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Volume 2: A Different Chief Chapter 798: Capture

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    April 16, Changping City.  Changping City is thirty miles away from Juyongguan City. It is mainly used to protect the imperial mausoleum and Juyongguan.  Changping was originally a county. In the first year of Jingtai, Yong'an City was built eight miles east of the city. Soon after, a new city was built south of Yong'an City, covering a total of ten miles and twenty-four steps. The government offices, health offices, etc. moved in one after another, and the original county seat was slowly abandoned.  During the Zhengde period, the administrative office was upgraded to a state in Changping, Yong'an City, with a general army, deputy general soldiers, military personnel, eunuchs guarding the mausoleum, etc., which became an important barrier between Juyongguan and Jingling.  After the bandits captured the capital, Liu Zeqing and others attacked Changping Prefecture from the west. All the troops surrendered, but the commander-in-chief Li Shouxuan scolded the thieves for being unyielding. In the end, the thieves surrounded them, and Li Shouchen drew his sword and committed suicide. ??????????????????????????????????????????????? However, the people who surrendered the officials and generals and eagerly cheered for the army to enter the city did not look forward to their good days. Soon after, the looting and stipends began. Like the capital, Changping City fell into a bloody storm, crying and regretful.  ¡°Furthermore, because Li Zicheng discovered that the act of recovering stolen goods and providing compensation had already caused extremely adverse effects, he ordered it to stop on April 8. The detained officials were released regardless of whether they had recovered the stolen goods or not. He also ordered all battalions and soldiers to stop harassing the civilian population.  But in fact, it only roughly stopped in the capital. The activities of collecting stolen goods and providing salary subsidies were still vigorously carried out in cities near the capital and under the jurisdiction of Shunjun.  It¡¯s easy to ask God but hard to send him away. The evil desires hidden in human nature are unleashed, and it¡¯s not easy to shut them down and take them back.  In particular, who are the guards of Changping City, Liu Zeqing and Qiu Lei?  One is ruthless, and he must report, and even eat people's brains and hearts. He only knows to escape, and the people are unparalleled.  One is a vulgar and domineering warrior, who is on the same level as Zuo Liangyu and others. He only knows how to plunder, and even ambush and rob his own subordinates for money.  With these two people here, you can imagine what kind of life the soldiers and civilians in Changping City are living now. Everyone has endless regrets. They should not have surrendered the thieves at the beginning, but should have followed the commander-in-chief Li Shouzhen to fight to the end.  But there is no regret medicine in the world. Apart from crying, everyone can only hope that the Jingbian Army will arrive soon and the General Zhenglu will come to save them from the fire and water.  Of course, the former Ming officials and generals and the people of the former Ming Dynasty were worse off than death. For Liu Zeqing, Qiu Lei and others, these days were extremely happy, and they felt as light as if they were in heaven.  "Getting rich, getting rich, this important place in the capital is really rich. A humble little rich man can sometimes even earn one or two hundred thousand taels of silver. Changping has many wealthy households and a large population. Taken together, it can  How much was looted? Even if a portion of it was turned over to Liu Zongmin's Biyizhenfu Division, most of it was still kept by himself. Starting from the generals Liu Zeqing and Qiu Lei, all the rebellious Shandong soldiers felt that they had taken refuge at that time.  "Chuang Wang is indeed a wise decision." "And in addition to money, there is also the temptation of beautiful women. In the past, the Qiu Ba people in their thirties and forties could not get a wife, but now I have one on my left, one on my right, and even a young lady from a rich family.  , the eldest lady of the official family can get involved.  Some people with strong tastes even choose wives. How dare your men stop them?  Damn you, I'll chop off your head with a knife.  They were in a state of ecstasy, wishing that such happy days would last forever.  For Liu Zeqing and Qiu Lei, they are not without conflicts. Qiu Lei became famous earlier and served as the commander-in-chief longer than Liu Zeqing.  But Liu Zeqing's strange peak rose up and guarded the wealthy Linqing land. This was a famous water transportation center with unimaginably rich oil and water.  Therefore, Liu Zeqing's troops quickly surpassed Qiu Lei's. The two of them had a total of 20,000 troops and 3,000 servants and cavalry, of which Liu Zeqing accounted for 2,000.  There was a lot of acrimony between the two, but now the overall situation was more important and the search was more important, so after careful negotiation, the two decided to divide the territory and share the responsibility, without interfering with each other, but they got along quite happily.  Liu Zeqing was fond of singing and singing. As early as Linqing, he kept more than a hundred beautiful prostitutes to pamper and pamper him. He went north with the army, but of course he couldn't bring beautiful women with him.  But it doesn't matter, after arriving in Changping, he robbed many women from good families, pampered them with beautiful prostitutes, and had endless fun day and night.  In fact, as early as the capture of Changping, Liu Zeqing and Qiu Lei also joined forces to attack Juyong Pass, but they could not even penetrate the Nankou Pass, let alone Juyong Pass City.  Now, he spends his days drinking and drinking, getting drunk and dreaming, and even throws everything around him out of the sky.  Juyongguan, and even everyone in Xuanfu Town, has long been forgotten in their memory. Only some sentry posts were left near Nankou Pass earlier.  Today, after having a sumptuous breakfast, Liu Zeqing was about to gather all the performers and entertainers to start his day of drunkenness and dreaming all over again. However, a sentry rider stumbled into the house, suddenly awakening him from his sweet dream.  ¡­ ¡°Kill the thief!¡± The sound of hooves was like thunder, five thousand cavalry came like a tide, and 20,000 horse hooves hit the ground like rolling thunder in the sky.  The earthThere was a violent vibration, and the dust in the sky was like a wild sandstorm, overwhelming and coming here.  Seeing the thunderous sound of horse hooves trampling on the ground, all the knights wearing red gold-rimmed uniforms were covered by the golden-red tide. Their uniforms all had patterns of the sun and the moon and waves, and there were also golden rims of the sun, moon and waves.  Big flag.  With unstoppable momentum, they rushed straight into the sparse and chaotic military formation on our side, and in an instant they smashed our military formation into pieces.  "Failed?" Liu Zeqing was lost and pale, so defeated?  After the sentry who broke into the mansion in panic early in the morning reported the news of the Jingbian army's attack, Liu Zeqing was awakened from all his sweet dreams. He hurriedly went to the top of the city to wait and see, and sure enough he saw a group of cavalry running towards Changping City, with smoke and dust billowing behind them.  , there seems to be a large group of people.  Liu Zeqing was also experienced in the military, and he could see at a glance that there were as many as three or four thousand cavalry coming from behind, which surprised him.  In the past, he had only heard about it. After staying in Changping for nearly a month, he knew more about Xuanfu Town. He knew that Wang Doujing's border army there had many soldiers and horses, and they were quite powerful. This could be seen from his failure to attack Nankou Pass.  At this time, the elite soldiers of the Jingbian Army, Guang Geng, surprised him. There were three to four thousand cavalry here alone!  You must know that three or four thousand cavalry is not a simple matter. Liu Zeqing, who has worked hard for many years, can only manage two thousand cavalry.  Relying on these cavalry, he ran rampant in Shandong and even recruited kings.  The enemy in front of them has three or four thousand cavalry, and I don't know if there are any behind them. As expected, the Jingbian Army should not be underestimated.  However, although Liu Zeqing was shocked, he was not in chaos. Although the enemy was strong, he had more troops and Changping was considered his territory. How could he allow others to interfere?  He urgently discussed with Qiu Lei. They both had the same idea. This city that controls the capital and the main road to the west cannot fall into the hands of others, especially since we are outnumbered. How can we not fight?  The two men immediately mobilized troops and horses, except for a small number to defend the city, they all pulled out of the city to fight, to give the invading Jingbian army some color.  "However, the two men's subordinates were already in disarray. They had been chasing stolen goods for nearly a month, and they had no military discipline. They just cursed and dragged the army outside the city.  They were one mile away from the west gate. Their formation had not yet been set up, the artillery at the top of the city was not ready, and the cavalry on the opposite side had already launched an attack.  Then Liu Zeqing and Qiu Lei were horrified to see that there were more cavalry on the opposite side. The cavalry that gathered from the rear of the two sides was probably not less than 5,000 cavalry.  They are all more skilled in equestrian skills. Judging from their performance on horses, I am afraid that each of them will be no less powerful than his own servants.  Sure enough, under their unparalleled attack, the men and horses came like a tide. The sergeants in the front line fired their weapons from a distance, shot a few arrows randomly, and then collapsed.  They howled in an earth-shattering manner, and were cut into countless messy pieces under the sweep of the iron cavalry. They were plowed down piece by piece like weeds, and then howled and rushed towards the Chinese army with all their strength.  From time to time, they were trampled to the ground by horse hooves and turned into bloody pieces of flesh.  "You lost like this?" Liu Zeqing's face was as pale as paper, and everything in front of him was like the deepest nightmare.  Last night, he was having fun with the beautiful woman he snatched until late at night. It was calm during breakfast today, but in the blink of an eye, the dream was shattered?  "Commander, let's go quickly!" "Commander, the thieves are powerful. Let's enter the city quickly and then report to the capital." The general beside him hurriedly persuaded him. They had no intention of fighting, and the troops in the front line were defeated.  The Chinese army, which has been driven over like a tide, will soon be approaching them. In military terms, this situation is considered to be overwhelming and there is no way to recover.  Liu Zeqing was still thinking about struggling again and whether he should fight back with Qiu Lei and his servants. Suddenly he looked in horror and saw another stream of iron appearing on the right wing. They were as elite as the Jingbian Army in front. They were all the elite servants.  Riding combat power.  They wore the same red uniforms with gold trim, and their number was probably as many as two to three thousand. Their elite cavalry formed a vast iron wave and rushed into the right wing, smashing their own formation into a mess.  Liu Zeqing suddenly knew that these elite cavalrymen of the Jingbian Army must be hiding near Beishan, and then after breaking through the frontal attack, they would give him a heavy blow.  Liu Zeqing's whole body trembled with shivers. These Jingbian troops had such a big plan, and I'm afraid there might be something behind them.  Sure enough, just as he thought this, a sharp whistling sound came from the city. A rocket shot into the sky from the city and exploded in mid-air. A series of bright fireworks flashed and slowly merged into two golden characters: "Wan Sheng."  "The thunderous explosion made Liu Zeqing tremble all over. He looked around in horror, and saw that with this order, thick smoke suddenly billowed in the city, and then the shouts of death were heard. The sound became louder and louder, and finally the whole cityEveryone was shouting: "Kill the thief!" The shouts gathered the voices of countless people, including men and women, old and young. It seemed that the people in the entire Changping City were shouting to kill.  Liu Zeqing and others turned around in despair, what happened?  At this moment, a horseman rushed over and shouted to Liu Zeqing in panic: "Commander, it's not good, the north gate has been opened, and the Jingbian Army rushed into the city, with as many as two to three thousand horses." Liu Zeqing has not responded yet.  Come over, another horse is coming: "Commander, the east gate has been opened." "Commander, the south gate has been opened, and countless people are rushing out of the city." "Commander, countless people are coming towards the west gate, and the brothers who are left behind in the city are  They killed them one by one!" Not only Liu Zeqing, but everyone around him was also trembling. Why is this?  They remembered that when they entered Changping City, the four city gates were opened like this, and now they are opened like this?  The chaos in the military formation has spread to the central army. The cavalry of the Jingbian Army rushed in, slashing and killing, and the screams and sounds of fleeing could be heard.  At the same time, Liu Zeqing saw people pouring out from various sects.  There were men and women, old and young, and all of them were holding hoes and sticks in their hands.  Even many women hold kitchen knives in their hands and use the pot lid as a shield.  They shouted at the top of their lungs: "Kill the thieves!" These usually weak people were now as powerful as crazy tigers, and they rushed at them without fear.  In front of them, some remaining soldiers and horses stumbled away, and then they were unceremoniously drowned by the rain of hoes and sticks. They made piercing and unspeakable pleas and cries, but it had no effect at all.  ¡°Many women in particular pounced on them crazily. They screamed and bit off the flesh of these people piece by piece, like zombies crossing the border.  Liu Zeqing was confused and frightened. Why is this?  It happened so fast and suddenly that he had no time to think. It seemed like everything was fine yesterday.  Involuntarily, he was chased away by his subordinates and fled towards the capital. In the chaos, he was still thinking: "My troops are scattered like this? I have worked hard to collect gold and silver treasures for almost a month, just like this."  Gone? The beauties he worked so hard to plunder are gone like this?" He thought: "By the way, the latest beauties have not yet enjoyed themselves." "The Jingbian Army is really strong, how can these thieves persist?  "When?" "They are not the Jingbian Army. The Jingbian Army is much stronger than this. Those are not the bandit headquarters, but the surrendering southern barbarian army." The whispers of foreign voices came from a mountain forest in Beishan.  On the side, there are more than a dozen people dressed as Ming Dynasty people carefully lurking here.  However, from their violent eyes, dark and red skin, small eyes, big round faces, often two rat whiskers, and very shiny temples, if you carefully identify them, you can still tell that they are not from the Central Plains race.  The one who spoke at this time was Fende Bashiku Tonggar, and the one who corrected him was Niulu Zhangjingsolhenuo. Next to him were Gebushe Xianbing Hundashan, Zhaisamu, Ebei and others.  He was the most elite Sentinel Cavalry of Gebusixianying in the Qing Dynasty.  They had been sent out several days before the main army to spy on various places. At this time, more sentries came to the edge of Changping.  Saul Henuo was originally a man with a red banner in Manchuria. Because of his series of military exploits, he promoted Gebushe Xianniulu Zhangjing. Historically, he was also quite strategic. He once advised Abate: "Those who cannot descend from the river must rely on foreign aid.  After destroying one of his camps, they were all disintegrated. "Abatai then sent his general to attack the general Xue Di Zhong's camp. Xue Di Zhong was defeated and all the reinforcements were defeated.  At this time, he looked down the mountain and saw the battle between the two sides. The bandits were quickly defeated. A solemn look flashed in his eyes. The 10,000 cavalrymen who had returned to the Jingbian army at the foot of the mountain should not be underestimated. Everyone had a Ming army.  With the strength of Zhongjia Ding Jingqi, no wonder the rogue bandits were defeated.  What particularly frightened him was that the Jingbian Army was so good at conducting espionage matters that they instigated a city-wide rebellion right under the eyes of Liu Zei. In the blink of an eye, the internal and external forces cooperated, and Liu Zei's city was lost.  He carefully watched the battle situation at the foot of the mountain, and then corrected Tong Gal beside him. Suddenly his eyes narrowed and he said: "Those are the Jingbian Army!" The slaves looked at it, and saw a sea of ??flags coming from a distance.  There were layers upon layers of cavalry in the space. They were in strict formation and seemed to be galloping.  But even while running, they still maintained a strict formation, strong military spirit, and came dazzlingly.  And their troops seemed to spread to the horizon, and there were no one knows how many before and after them. Tong Gal and others were all changed.  Sol Henuo looked around cautiously and said solemnly: "The Jingbian Army has indeed been dispatched. This news must be sent back immediately." There were a group of horses gathered in the woods. Each horse had a bit on its mouth and all its hooves.  Wrapped in fine cloth, it can make little or no noise while traveling.  SorhonoThe others quietly got on their horses and left the woods quietly, just like the most skilled hunters, and they were even more cautious and professional in their actions.  No one on both sides of the enemy and us fighting in the plains at the foot of the mountain noticed their existence.  "Master Cat, it seems that those Tatars have gone back to spread the news." What Sol, Nuo and others didn't know was that a group of people were quietly spying on them in the woods on a hilltop a few miles away from them.  They all held telescopes wrapped in gray cloth, wore gray felt hats and gray clothes.  The leader was an ordinary-looking man who looked like a shrinking old farmer. Next to him was a thin middle-aged man, but they were Yu Maoer and Qian Hai.  A few years have passed, and Yu Maoer has become the backbone of the sentry camp. At this time, he has the title of general manager, and Qian Hai next to him also holds the title of team officer.  Their armor has also changed slightly, replacing them with gray clothes, but inside they are all made of fine chain armor.  This is an upgraded version of chain armor. It is also lightweight and has better protection.  They used telescopes to spy on Sol Henuo and others from a few miles away. Sol Henuo thought he was careful, but in fact, his every move fell into the eyes of Yu Maoer and others.  Watching them quietly mount their horses and drive away, Yu Maoer ordered: "Don't alert them, just follow them at a distance."  Outside Changping City, Liu Zeqing and Qiu Lei's men and horses were running for their lives all over the mountains and plains. Changping City  Unable to go back, they desperately fled towards the capital.  They all ran away desperately, only hating their parents for having two legs.  The elite cavalry in red and gold-rimmed uniforms kept roaring in pursuit. In addition to these death-defying elite cavalry, these defeated soldiers were horrified to find that wherever they passed, villagers from every village and village in the ten miles and eighty villages came to greet them.  All were wielding hoes and sticks.  With that kind of crazy momentum, he will never stop until he smashes them into pieces.  ¡°Less than a month ago, on their way to Changping, almost all the people were eating out of the pot.  In less than a month, the situation of people's hearts has become like this.  There were pursuers, and people kept intercepting and shouting for death along the way. Liu Zeqing and Qiu Lei had fewer and fewer people around them. In the end, they completely gave up on the infantry and only hoped that the cavalry in the camp could escape with their lives.  However, there were too many pursuers, with at least six to seven thousand cavalry clinging to them, and the two men's cavalry was only three thousand. It was unknown how much they had lost in the previous chaos.  Slowly, they even gave up on ordinary horsemen, hoping that their servants could escape with their lives.  However, seeing the Jingbian army and cavalry chasing after them, Liu Zeqing felt despair in his heart. Even if he could escape with his life, he might not have more than a hundred servants and cavalry under his command after reaching the capital. Without the soldiers and horses, he would not be able to survive.  What is it in Dashun?  Why is this happening?  Liu Zeqing still doesn¡¯t understand what happened.  He had the feeling that he was still in a dream.  (~^~)
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