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Chapter 329 Wu Sangui at the Crossroads of History

At dawn the next day, somewhere on the bank of the Wuqing River in Tianjin.

Wuqing River is the artificially widened canal channel that Tonghui River turns south after passing through Tongzhou and Xianghe counties.

After the river reaches the Acropolis of Tianjin in the south, it merges into the Wei River and flows all the way to Dagukou, where it flows into the Bohai Sea.

Zhang Yan had been dreaming for an unknown amount of time, and at one point she felt that her soul was wandering, that she was going to see the late emperor, and she was completely unconscious, but in the end, she was awakened by bursts of soreness and vomiting, and instinctively spit out a few mouthfuls of water.

After being in a coma for a long time, she barely recalled that the carriage they were riding in was flattered by her with a sword, and they jumped into the river in pain, and they and the carriage were washed away by the river.

The Tonghui River is considered a natural river, with a certain drop, and the water flow speed is not bad.After passing through Xianghe County and turning into Wuqing River in Tianjin, it is considered a complete artificial canal section. There is no drop in the river surface, and the flow speed is slow. The wreckage of their carriage was washed all the way to the shore. I don't know all of this. Only those who have opened their eyes can know.

Realizing that she was not dead yet, Zhang Yan immediately had an idea. She vomited desperately, tried to wake herself up completely, and then began to check the wreckage of the wrecked carriage to see if there were any companions who were lucky enough to survive.

She first found the comatose niece Princess Kunxing, but she didn't care about her life or death, so she left it aside, and then looked for Queen Zhou.

With great difficulty, dragging his limp body, he found Empress Zhou, who had already been rushed quite far away, at least dozens of steps away from the car.Zhang Yan tried the other person's breath, and tried her best to pinch and press a few times indiscriminately. She didn't know much about first aid, so she was exhausted very quickly, so she had to give up.

Empress Zhou had already drowned, she was not good at water, she swallowed a lot of river water within a few minutes after she fell into the water with the car tied to the stone, her lungs were filled with too much water, and after midnight, she was naturally unlucky.

Since ancient times, if a drowning person has sucked in a lot of water and floated up again, he will die completely. Even if the stone in his hand has been lost after losing consciousness, it is useless.

If you want to survive, you usually have to rely on great perseverance to hold your breath and suffocate when you fall into the water, and then float back to the surface of the water naturally within a quarter of an hour after being unconscious, without inhaling too much river water into your lungs.It is possible for a person to float naturally on the water without struggling or inhaling too much river water.

This is mostly the case with those sailors who fell into the sea, lost consciousness and were washed on the shore, and finally woke up again.

Seeing that Empress Zhou was dead, Zhang Yan was also saddened by the death of a rabbit, and she felt quite guilty: this way of keeping her innocence was thought up by her.

In the end, she survived because of her determination and good luck.However, due to poor water quality and panic, Queen Zhou inevitably died.

If I can live alone in the world in the future, how can I face my brother-in-law and younger siblings when I go underground in a hundred years?Could she tell Chongzhen: I didn't die myself, and I didn't come down to accompany the late emperor, but I instigated my younger siblings to come down to accompany you first?
In the midst of panic, Zhang Yan suddenly thought of something: she hadn't checked the life and death of her niece, Princess Kunxing, and Princess Zhu. Checked out in the past.

After snorting, Zhang Yan raised a glimmer of hope: Zhu Xi is still alive!It should be that she fell into a coma when she fell into the water, so she didn't struggle, nor did she inhale too much water. As for the stone tied to her belt, it must have broken her belt when the carriage hit the river bed and drifted a certain distance. Then it floated to the surface.

Zhang Yan hastily rescued her indiscriminately, but Zhu Xi's life should not be lost. She was unexpectedly rescued by the queen's aunt who was not working hard and couldn't do any housework. Get some water out.

"Aunt Huang? Where is this place? Father... um, where's Queen Mother?" Zhu Xi couldn't help but feel sad when he mentioned the word father and emperor.
She vaguely recalled that the last scene she saw before she fainted was the head of her father, which was directly smashed to pieces by that stubborn thief general with a mace.Zhu Xi, who has never seen the world since she was a child, and has never experienced bloodshed, how can she bear this kind of psychological shock?Of course, I fainted immediately.

When Zhang Yan was asked this question, she sighed sadly: "Auntie, I'm sorry, your mother has already died for the country. To prevent being humiliated, we all threw ourselves into the river..."

Then she succinctly explained the cause and effect without repeating the details.Zhu Xi was shocked for a long time before he accepted so many upheavals, and felt sad for a while.

Zhang Yan encouraged her, saying that now is not the time to be sad, she should quickly find out where this is, and try to escape as far as possible.

They searched briefly again, but found no other royal relatives and female relatives alive, only found a comatose maid, and asked the maid to help carry the body of Queen Zhou, trying to transfer it, thinking about burying it one day.It's a pity that the palace maid was also weak and weak, so she had no choice but to leave it behind and dug a random hole to bury Queen Zhou hastily. Zhang Yan just made a simple mark, hoping to come back and find it one day.

After finishing all this work, the sky was already slightly bright. Zhang Yan could tell which side was the east by looking at the rising direction of the sun. The group of people only dared to find the most tattered court ladies' clothes outside, and walked along the canal roughly towards the southeast. direction to go.

When you see the crowd, you have to avoid it, and try to smear river mud on your face, so as not to expose your appearance and be coveted.

A group of women were already weak, and they had to stay in fear when they came out day and night. They hid and stopped for a whole day, but they only walked thirty miles lightly.

As the pampered queens and princesses, they dare not drink the raw water in the canal directly like the refugees for the time being. A straw stack for shelter.

After being so hungry for two full days, just when they felt that they had to die in the end, there was finally a commotion outside.

It was already the twelfth day of the first lunar month, and it was also the early morning of the fourth day after the city of Beijing was broken.

Zhang Yan and Zhu Xi, who hadn't eaten a grain of rice since the day after the city was broken, trembled with fright when they heard the sound of cavalry galloping outside the deserted village, and dared not move at all.

It was a long time after the soldiers and horses had passed before Zhang Yan let the surviving court lady who looked safe, covered her face with black mud, go out to inquire, but when she came back after a long while, she still found nothing—almost all the people in the vicinity had fled, and there was no woman to be found.And no matter how ugly the maid pretended to be, she would not dare to talk to the man, for fear that the man would be in a state of chaos, and the other party would go hungry and cause trouble instead.

Zhang Yan had no choice but to continue to hide and wait for the opportunity.

They also missed the opportunity, and had no way of knowing that the team of rogue cavalry who had passed by earlier in the morning was actually [-] elite cavalry sent by Zhu Shuren to meet Cao Bianjiao, Huang Degong, and Zhu Wenzhen.

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Zhu Shuren learned of the latest situation in Beijing two days after Beijing was breached and more than a day after Chongzhen was killed, and sent Cao Bianjiao and others northward to investigate.

Now two more days have passed, Zhu Shuren's cavalry has arrived at the junction of Hejian Mansion and Shuntian Mansion, roughly between Tianjin Wei and Baoding Mansion.Li Zicheng himself had already returned to Beijing. He didn't want to have a hard battle with Zhu Shuren's army immediately, so he sent his cavalry south to spread the news of Chongzhen's "suicide and martyrdom".

Otherwise, Zhu Shuren's main force is still in the Linqing and Qinghe areas, and only [-] cavalry go deep alone. If they are surrounded by hundreds of thousands of main forces of the invading army, the [-] cavalry are elite and good at fighting, facing more than ten times the enemy , and there will inevitably be heavy casualties.

Li Zicheng believed that Zhu Shuren just wanted to save Chongzhen, not to fight alone with him.As long as Zhu Shuren sees that there is no point in marching north immediately, he should retreat in spite of the difficulties.

Even Song Xiance speculated maliciously in private, saying to Li Zicheng: Zhu Shuren may just want to put on an appearance of loyalty to save Chongzhen with all his strength.

As for whether he really wanted to rescue Chongzhen, Song Xiance was not optimistic at all.But Li Zicheng didn't dare to fully trust Song Xiance's judgment. He was still not as open as Song Xiance in maliciously guessing the enemy's lower limit.

Both sides had their own thoughts, and this cavalry contact battle near Baoding ended hastily in a way that was close to a farce.The two sides only had a short and fierce battle, and then broke into the army to publicize that Chongzhen had committed suicide and martyred himself, and hit the morale of the rescue officers and soldiers.

Among the officers and generals, Cao Bianjiao had the most experience in fighting the bandits, and he had also fought against the Tartars in Liaodong for many years, and he had the hottest temper.But ever since Hong Chengchou defected to the enemy and Cao Bianjiao was rescued by Zhu Shuren, he has restrained himself a bit, and he has an account in his heart, knowing that the interests of the small group of Lord Guo should be the most important.Hearing that Chongzhen was dead, he didn't insist on fighting to the end.

In contrast, Huang Degong was the least afraid of things. When he heard that the emperor was dead, he just became more angry and clamored to kill these regicides.In the end, it was Zhu Wenzhen, the most confidant of Zhu Shuren's subordinate, who held him back and persuaded him like this:
"General Huang, don't be reckless! The governor told us that we are not fighting the bandits this time, but trying to save him! Since he can't be saved, it's better to think long-term! Our army is weak now, and the rear army can't keep up. There is nowhere to raise food for the long-lasting war in Chidi, Hebei, so it is better to draw it slowly!"

Huang Degong's eyes were about to burst: "As a minister, if your father is murdered and you don't take revenge, you are in vain! Although the robbers are powerful, how many soldiers and horses can the bandit army in front of you have? He can still twist 10 people into one." The rope won’t work? Since we hit it, take the opportunity to kill one of them, it’s okay if it hurts!”

Zhu Wenzhen held back again: "Did you forget to analyze the deduction and analysis of the governor before departure? Now that the capital has been completely washed up, the north will inevitably be shaken, and it will not be restored overnight! Wu Sangui of Shanhaiguan may not be able to stick to it and carry it at the same time." Live intruders and Tartars. If Tartars enter the pass, they must fight the intruders!
The Governor-General also knows the righteousness of the nation, and he will not join forces with the captives to fight the captives, but he will never ignore the death of the king's father and join forces with the captives to fight the captives.Now we can only hold on to the provinces that are still stable, and wait for the Tartars and the bandits to kill each other, and after each is damaged, we can take over the bandits and flatten the captives!
The governor has already said that if His Majesty is dead and Li Zicheng is alive, it is impossible to pardon the rest of the thieves.But in the future, as long as Li Zicheng dies, the imperial court will only punish the chief culprit, pardon the rest, and let them make contributions for the righteousness of the nation!Now we kill them all ourselves, that is to help the Tartars lighten the burden! "

Before the three generals set off, Zhu Shuren did explain what he had said, and he had to say that his prediction was a bit too much, it was completely outspoken, and a bit unfair.

But Zhu Shuren also felt that these people were his own, so he could speak openly.Zhu Shuren's prophecy has always been very reliable. If he insists on saying this, others will listen with suspicion.

Huang Degong calmed down again and again before giving up. After a small battle, they each led their troops to retreat.

Although they did not immediately cause huge damage to the Chuang army, in fact, they indirectly opened up a gap, so that in the three to five days after Chongzhen's death, the main force of the Chuang army in Tongzhou and Xianghe, as if facing the enemy, transferred south to plug the leak. , and other directions are further relaxed.

……

Cao Bianjiao, Huang Degong and others went back to report to Zhu Shuren the news of Chongzhen's death.

But the Chuang army on the opposite side couldn't fully believe that Zhu Shuren's troops would retreat so easily, so they still kept vigil in the Baoding area for several days, and they were also dragged down by a considerable amount of troops.

However, on the second day after Cao Bianjiao retreated, a new accident occurred suddenly in the direction of Tianjin Wei.

A government army coming from the sea suddenly landed at Dagukou, and took advantage of the opportunity to enter the old canal.

The generals leading the army are, of course, Zhang Mingzhen, the commander-in-chief of coastal defense of Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Chenggong, who came here temporarily to play a guest role.

They traveled northward by sea from Huai'an and other places in Jiangbei nearly half a month ago.When Zhu Shuren gave them the order, he thought it would be too late for them to save Chongzhen, so he gave them the order to avoid self-defeating.What Zhu Shuren hoped was that they could take part of the Ming army from Shanhaiguan at the time after Chongzhen's death and before Wu Sangui's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, so as not to take advantage of the Tartars.

Of course, the Chuangjun garrison near Dagukou was caught off guard, unable to organize effective resistance at all, and immediately collapsed and surrendered——

In fact, Chuangjun had never been in the direction of Dagukou at all before, and as many direct troops as he sent, at most he sent a brigade to receive them.

Because Li Zicheng, who has always been thinking about land power in the northwest, how could he think that these seaport towns have any military and economic value?Even Tianjin Wei didn't block his way to march into Beijing, so Liu Fangliang, who broke into the South Road of the Army, had come to Beijing from Baoding at the beginning, and Tianjin Wei was directly ignored.

Later, Beijing was besieged, and the Ming army on Tianjin Wei's side immediately weakened and sent people to contact them to surrender. Li Zicheng didn't pay attention to it, and directly asked a brigade to bring a small number of people to take over the territory.

Therefore, at least [-]% of the troops garrisoned here were the official troops of the Ming Dynasty just a few days ago, and they just changed their banners. Now they encounter the troops of the Ming Dynasty attacking again, of course they have no fighting spirit, and they directly voted again.

In particular, it has been the fifth year since the reform of water transportation to sea was carried out in the Ming Dynasty, and Dagukou is the end point of the sea route after the transformation of water transportation to sea.The grains transported by the South Sea had to be unloaded at Dagukou, reloaded into small boats in the inland canal, and then transported all the way from Wuqing River to Tonghui River to Jishuitan in Beijing.

Therefore, the defenders of the Ming army at Dagukou and Tianjin Wei originally belonged to the water protection system.Zhang Mingzhen led the team to beat them, which was equivalent to the real old boss coming to the door. Who would resist?

To use an inappropriate analogy, it is as easy as letting Napoleon bring a ship of Elba guards to face the [-]th Division who came to encircle the "Monster of Corsica".

Li Zicheng's brigade left at Dagukou was directly killed by the rebellious army, and a small number of old thieves from the direct line were also drowned and wiped out.

It's just that they came from the sea, which was equivalent to being blocked and disconnected for half a month, so when they first landed, they didn't know the situation on the mainland, and they didn't know that Chongzhen was dead. Entering Tianjin Wei, just to find out the news and see if he can save the emperor.

Zhu Shuren never expected them to save the emperor, but they couldn't say that clearly before departure, they could only make a little trial and error on their own - if they were directly ordered to land in Shanhaiguan instead of Tianjin Wei, then everything would be messed up, and the world would Knowing that Zhu Shuren absolutely expected the emperor to die.

Zhu Shuren can only believe in Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong's adaptability, and accept when things go wrong.

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PS: I made up 12 words above...The quality is not very good, I mixed up the full attendance in December...Sorry...

Maybe I will rest for a few more days. It is really empty for people who are fat and sick. I need to lose weight in the future... I am in a good state and I can change it occasionally.It's impossible to get the perfect attendance award in January anyway, and I guess they will simply put sheep for a few days during the Chinese New Year...

For so many years, I never dared to herd sheep during the Chinese New Year with good grades before, but this time it was poor grades.

　This book is also a mental exercise.I have achieved a very remarkable feat. I turned on the mobile terminal a while ago and looked at the number of news in the "Works Daily" column, which is already "99+".

　　This means that I have persisted for more than 99 days without opening the background to see the results.I don't even know how low my subscription is now, so it won't affect my mood.

　　In addition, I would like to apologize to some book friends who I don't know and who have rewarded more than the helm master.I later discovered by accident that it seems that in the past few months, some book friends have given a reward of 100 yuan to be upgraded to a rudder master or above.But I didn't thank any of them, I'm really ashamed.

　　To clarify, it’s not that I’m short-tempered and proud, and I don’t appreciate such a large amount of rewards. It’s because when I wrote this book, the important factor for maintaining my creative momentum was not to look at the backstage for several months.

　　Because once you see the numbers, you may be discouraged. Once you feel humiliated, you will lose your face and you will not be able to write the book.

　　If I insist on not watching, I can pretend to be an ostrich. I don’t know how low the chase has fallen, and I can still lie to myself "how much worse can I go", so that I can write down with psychological hints.

　　So, the best way is, please don’t give this book any more rewards, because no matter how much you reward, I can’t see it, and it won’t even have the effect of encouragement. Everyone, don’t give a reward for such a book. Rewarded.

　　I don't look at the backstage, just write a few words, which is the greatest encouragement, and the incentive effect is better than any reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)