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Chapter 196 Transfer to Baoding
In Huolu and Zhang Cheng's barracks, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei did not object to Zhang Cheng's proposal. At this time, it was natural for everyone to seek refuge with Chen Xinjia.

Although the strength of Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and others is not as good as before, there are still more than a thousand elite riders by their side, and their combat power has not been lost, and their prestige in Xuanzhen and Shanxi Town is Sulong. In the future, when Chen Xinjia takes office, he will also need two People help out.

Everyone agrees with what Zhang Cheng said, Yang Guozhu looked pensive, but Hu Dawei said: "A while ago, Chen Duchen led Datong Wang Pu's troops to Yuanyun Town, I don't know where it is now!"

Zhang Cheng saw that Yang Guozhu was just looking at him but didn't speak, so he said: "Now, our soldiers are small and tired, so it's not suitable to rush around here, so we stationed our troops here to rest and recuperate.

According to a recent investigation, the Tartars did not go deep into the territory of Yunzhen. I think Chen Du will return to aid Jifu in the near future. "

Zhang Cheng looked at Yang Guozhu and the other three, and continued: "Although our subordinates are less than [-], they are all more than a hundred battles. How can they be compared with Guan Ning's army that collapsed without fighting?
The current strategy is to rest here with peace of mind and send out more sentry cavalry to collect the broken soldiers as much as possible, and to find out Chen Du's movements, so I can return to Chen Du's command as soon as possible. "

Zhang Cheng knew very well that at this moment, the Xuan army was defeated, the Guan Ning army was disintegrated, and the Qing army would be invincible, and the state affairs would inevitably be corrupted. People are terrified!
It's just that the combined strength of the four of them is only four thousand, but how can they win a battle? They have to be under Chen Xinjia's command first, and rely on the strength of Chen Xinjia and Yang Sichang to protect themselves.

Yang Guozhu said at this time: "Hushuai, now it seems that only what Zhang Cheng said is the right way for us, and we can cultivate here with peace of mind, and wait for news from Chen Duchen."

Hu Dawei looked deeply at Zhang Cheng, and continued, "That's the only way..."

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That night, Yang Tinglin was writing vigorously in his room. After Zhang Cheng sent Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei away, he started a long conversation with Yang Tinglin. Now he is writing a memorial to the court according to Zhang Cheng's intention.

The memorandum exaggerated the tragedy of the Julu battle and the blow to the Qing army, but pointed all the responsibilities to Gao Qiqian, who told Lu Xiangsheng to stick to Jiazhuang, but he supported his troops and watched Lu Xiangsheng. The Xuan army was defeated by the slave bandits.

I am also afraid of the power of slaves and thieves. If I don't fight, I will collapse.

Here Yang Tinglin wrote vigorously, while the Hulu Wei Zhice came to Zhang Cheng's room. He wanted to join Zhang Cheng's command and follow the slave killers, but Zhang Cheng refused.

"At that time, if the general hadn't come to help, Huolu would no longer exist. Zhice and his father and brother would have died together with Huolu. Now that Zhice admires the general, he is willing to follow the general and do his best. I hope the general will not hesitate to take him in!"

Wei Zhice expressed his inner desire sincerely.

"Hehe, brother Zhice, why bother? You are a freshman, how can you live with me like this, and once you join the army, it will be difficult to turn back!"

"Zhi Ce admires the general, and he is born to follow him. Why do you regret it? When the country is in turmoil, what is the use of recruits? Zhi Ce is willing to fight with the general and help the general. He has no regrets!"

Zhang Cheng was in a dilemma. Wei Zhice was different from other people before him. He was an intellectual of this era.

But Wei Zhice is not relentless, and he brought more than [-] clansmen with him, all of them are guards of his family, but these young people are very aggressive. I heard that Wei Zhice is going to vote for a general in the Xuanfu , They all clamored to follow together.

In the end, Zhang Cheng still didn't turn around Wei Zhice, so he had to agree to his request. However, Zhang Cheng also put forward a condition, that is, Wei Zhice would accompany Chen Dakuan's infantry to escort Zhang Yan's body back to Xuanfu.

Zhang Cheng did not allow him and his [-] clansmen to go to the battlefield before receiving formal training.

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While Zhang Cheng and others were resting in Huolu and Zhending, under the prying of the Ye Bu Shou people, intelligence from all over the place continued to come in.

After the Battle of Julu, Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, Xuan Quan's army was defeated, and Guan Ning's other armies were also defeated, especially Gao Qiqian, the director general's army, had no news, and his whereabouts were unknown.

Liu Yuliang, the chief assistant who had asked to inspect the army, was not allowed to enter Jinzhou. He wanted to go to Zhending. On the way, he heard that the Guanning army was also defeated by the Qing army. He was frightened and fled to Tianjin.

On December 21st, news came that the news about the Qing army's invasion of Yunzhen had been proven to be a misinformation. Chen Xinjia led the army and horses under his command, as well as the army of Datong General Wang Pu's army, who were ordered to return from Yunzhen. Arrive in Baoding and stand by.

And Hong Chengchou, the three-sided governor who worshiped the prince Taibao and led the Ministry of War, was leading the Shaanxi army to narrowly wipe out Li Chuang's remaining prestige, and became the King of Weiqin.

The army Chen Bing was near the capital, only because Huang Taiji himself, the chief of the slave slaves of the East, was attacking the Ningjin defense line outside the pass with Duoduo, Azige, Jierhalang and others.

Therefore, most of the Shaanxi soldiers followed Hong Chengchou to station in Gyeonggi, just in case, only a fine cavalry rushed to Zhending Mansion to reinforce Sun Chuanting.

On December 24th, Zhang Cheng, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and other generals set out from Zhending Mansion and Huolujian to set out to protect the coffins of Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Yan and others, and led the army northward to Baoding Fucheng. It is consistent with Chen Xinjia, Governor of Xuanda.

At this time, the imperial court had received news of the defeat of Lu Xiangsheng's Xuanda Army and Gao Qiqian's Guanning Army. For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen demoted Yang Sichang to three ranks as a punishment, but he still trusted him.

At the same time, the imperial court also arrested Yu Shiming, Zheng Yicheng, Hou Guangguo, Ye Mengxiong and other officials from the lost city.

In addition, Bian Yongqing, the eunuch of the imperial horse, guarded Xixie, Jizhen, thinking that he would fight against slaves and protect Gyeonggi.

Lu Xiangsheng died in Julu, everyone in Beijing has heard about it, but Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the army, still has no news. There are rumors in Beijing that Lu Xiangsheng died because of Gao Qiqian's failure to save Julu. However, his own Guan Ning army collapsed without a fight, and had already absconded in fear of crime.

At the same time, after defeating the Xuanda and Guanning armies one after another, the Qing army looted everywhere, and even broke Changping, Baodi, Pinggu, Ji, Ba, Jing, Zhao, Qinghe, Liangxiang and other cities.

The Yuetuo Suo Department of the Qing army drove straight in, turned from Qinghe and the old city to loot in Shandong, and smashed Dongchang Mansion. The Ming army fled watching the wind, and the capital was shaken.

On December 27, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Sun Chuanting to replace Lu Xiangsheng with Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War and Youqian Capital Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and governor of all towns and cities in the world to help soldiers, and gave Shangfang a sword.

However, because Lu Xiangsheng's Xuanda Army and Gao Qiqian's Guanning Army had been defeated and disbanded one after another, although Sun Chuanting was called the governor, he had no soldiers to supervise him. He had only less than [-] Shaanxi soldiers stationed in Zhendingfu City. .

(End of this chapter)