Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1400 Chang'an Surrenders
In the Battle of Lintong, the Ming army defeated nearly 20 main forces of the Jin army, plus hundreds of thousands of garrison troops, killed [-] enemies on the battlefield alone, and captured hundreds of thousands of people. There were only more than [-] people in the Kingdom of Jin. Escape in both north and south directions.

Meng Qiaofang crossed the Wei River and gathered [-] remnants of soldiers in Gaoling. In the future, when he had to take a rest, he learned that Li Laiheng did not attack Yan'an, but left Yan'an and went south with light troops. He had already killed Fuping in the north of Gaoling.

When the Ming army in northern Shaanxi learned that Meng Qiaofang was going south and realized that the enemy on the opposite side had turned into a garrison army, Li Laiheng and the others turned pale with fright, and instead of entangled with the garrison army that was sticking to the camp and city, they chose to venture south to rescue the protector.

This made Meng Qiaofang, who was gathering soldiers and horses in Gaoling, extremely shocked, and Hauge, who had escaped at this time, brought another news that Ming general Liu Fangliang crossed the Weishui River to the north and was about to send troops to Gaoling.

This time, it became a two-sided attack again. Northern Shaanxi couldn't stay any longer. Hauge and Meng Qiaofang didn't care much. Before more routs arrived, they led a group of remnants and fled to Pingliang in a hurry, and prepared, Flee all the way west, and go to Yongliang or Yinzhou.

In the south, Wu Sangui led the remnants and retreated into Lantian. He knew that the Ming army would not let him go and would send troops to chase him down. He was also worried that the Ming army in Hanzhong would encircle him and cut off his way to the west, so he didn't stop at all, so he followed Qinling At the northern foot, go straight to Fengxiang Mansion.

Various people of the Ming army chased and killed them all the way, chasing after the Jin army, chasing and beating the Jin army, and heading west all the way.

In Chang'an City, the news of the defeat came, and the city was full of mourners.The streets in the city were crowded with people carrying big bags and small bags and driving vehicles to flee.

Now all kinds of news about the Ming army's burning, killing and looting all the way spread to Chang'an City. Some people said that the army had already arrived outside the city, causing even greater panic among the people in the city.

All of a sudden, looting became common in the city, and hooligans took advantage of the momentum to create chaos. Shops and houses that were knocked down could be seen everywhere along the street, and corpses lying on the ground beside the street were ignored. Tens of thousands of people left with their families. City, fled westward.

Of course, some ordinary people have nothing to escape, but the rich and powerful in the city dare not stay in the city.

In the past, whenever a country was destroyed, the capital would inevitably go through a bloodbath. After the enemy soldiers occupied the capital, it was almost non-existent to liquidate without extortion, burning, killing and looting.

In the Imperial Palace of the Kingdom of Jin, the Dajin Prince Qi was walking in the palace with red eyes, and Hauge left him in Chang'an to supervise the country when he set off for the expedition.According to the news from the front line, some said that the emperor had been killed by the Ming army, and some said that the emperor had escaped to the north. Although the news was very confusing, one thing was certain, that was the defeat of the Great Jin Kingdom.

In the early morning, after the Ministry of War sent a message that the Ming army was rushing westward, and the striker was less than [-] miles away from Chang'an, the entire city of Chang'an fell into chaos.

Qi Zheng'e hastily asked his servants to recruit important ministers to the palace for discussion, but no one has come yet.

At this time, he was standing in the palace, and the servants and maids in the palace, including some imperial guards, began to scramble for things. The palace was in chaos, and the princes and harem concubines hid in the palace and shivered.

Qi Zheng'er is the eldest son of Hauge, and he has been the prince for nearly ten years. He never thought that Dajin's life would be over before he ascended the throne of God.His situation was not as good as that of Qin Ershi. Hearing the commotion outside, Qi Zheng stood blankly in the main hall, looking at the magnificent palace, ten years seemed like a dream.

At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps from outside, and Qi Zhengfeng turned his head to look, only to see the embarrassed Ledu hurried in.

"Prince, the whole of Chang'an is in chaos. The officials and rich people in the city are fleeing to the west. Let's go too!" Ledu walked in, panting and saluted: "I have prepared a fast horse, please hurry up, prince." Get ready, before it's too late."

"Concubine Kong is still here, can the city stick to it? Is it really time to give up Chang'an?" Qi Zheng looked around the palace with some reluctance, "This is the foundation of my Dajin for more than ten years... "

Ledu was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Prince, Han Chen has almost run away, Prime Minister Kong is now behind closed doors, and I don't know what the plan is, the prince can't rely on them. Now your majesty is dead or alive, I have to protect you, the prince. Go out, if your majesty has any misfortune, the crown prince is the emperor of Dajin, so there must be no loss!"

Hearing this, Qi Zheng couldn't help trembling...

At this time, the streets in Chang'an City were already full of people rushing around, the city was full of noise, and people fled to the west gate in panic.

At the gate of the city, a group of cavalry in disheveled armor, but guarding a civil servant, galloped into the city.

"Get out of the way, and those who stand in the way will die!" The cavalry in front waved their whips and roared loudly, clearing the way for the civil servants, which caused a lot of chaos on the street.

The cavalry rushed all the way, and in a short time, they galloped from outside the city to the palace gate. The thin civil servants and cavalry dismounted one after another, and then directly broke into the palace.

Entering the palace, there were figures running around in a panic. The civil servant grabbed an eunuch and let out a roar that was asymmetrical to his figure, "Where is King Jingyang?"

The servant was trembling with the burden in his arms, and said in a trembling voice, "King Jingyang should be in Concubine Han's Xianfu Palace..."

The civil servant pushed the servant away, then turned his head and said: "Go to Xianfu Palace."

After finishing speaking, he led a few soldiers and hurried east to Xianfu Palace, obviously familiar with the palace.

Xianfu Palace is one of the harem of the Kingdom of Jin, inhabited by Concubine Han Gui, the daughter of Han Chaoxuan.In order to win over the Han officials, Hauge married the Han gentry of the Kingdom of Jin. Soon after Han Chaoxuan's daughter entered the palace, she was made a noble concubine.Because Wu Sangui and Meng Qiaofang were too powerful, it would be terrible if they became foreign relatives again. Therefore, Hauge married the princess to them, or facilitated their marriage with the Manchu nobles.

At this time, the entire harem was in chaos, and the Xianfu Palace was no exception. The servants and maids were in a mess.

A noble lady in her late thirties, guarding a five or six-year-old boy, accompanied by several maids, was shivering in the bedroom, when suddenly the door was pushed open by a soldier, and the civil official led several soldiers in.

The boy is the ninth son of Hauge, whose Chinese name is Zhao Ding'an. When he saw the person coming, he immediately broke away from the woman and ran to the civil servant, shouting: "Uncle, uncle."

The lady also exclaimed, "Didn't my brother follow my father in the customs clearance? Why did he return to Chang'an? Could it be..."

The civil servant is the eldest son of Han Chaoxuan, named Han Guodong. He hugged Zhao Dingan, and then said anxiously: "He Tengjiao and Hao Yaoqi are in a hurry to attack Dasan Pass. I was ordered by my father to go back to Chang'an to urge food. The team now knows the current situation, so they hurried to Chang'an."

As he said that, he looked at the empty palace and felt a little bit sad, but now is not the time to be sentimental, the Ming army will kill Chang'an at any time, he said to Concubine Han: "Madam, now is not the time to talk, we must leave quickly Changan, don’t be in a hurry if you’re late.”

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On the third day of the fifth lunar month, Wang Yan led an army to the city of Chang'an.

This is the core of Guanzhong. For more than ten years, it has been the capital of Li Zicheng and the capital of the Kingdom of Jin. The city is very tall and majestic.

For the first time in many years, the generals of the Shun line in the Ming army still remembered the miserable scene of their hasty evacuation, but now they have come back, but their identities have changed.

Looking at Chang'an City, all the soldiers couldn't help sighing, taking Chang'an, the turbulent era will be over.

Li Guo rode in front of the army, looked at the city of Chang'an from a distance for a while, then pulled out his horse and came back, bowed in front of Wang Yan and said, "Jianguo, let the army attack immediately?"

Wang Yan looked at Chang'an City, when suddenly a thick smoke rose from the city, and then the gate of Chang'an City suddenly opened wide.

"Don't fight, the city gate is open!" Wang Yan laughed when he saw this riding on the horse.

Hearing this, Li Guo turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw the east city of Chang'an slowly opened, dozens of officials lined up and stood on both sides of the city gate, a general of the Jin army rushed out without any weapons, until the front army was stopped, Not long after, he was brought to worship Wang Yan, "The villain was ordered by Kong Xianggong to come here to surrender, and respectfully invite His Royal Highness Daming Jianguo to enter the city."

Wang Yan smiled slightly, quite complacent, "Where is Kong Wenqi?"

The general said with a low headache, "Kong Xianggong hanged himself at home..."

Wang Yan couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, he felt a little unhappy, what the hell is this, he wants to die in danger to serve the Kingdom of Jin, and can he still gain a good reputation?What is the lonely king?

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