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    This book is an fictional historical work based on the setting "Xinshun" of the famous setting party member and the pit king Zao Manxiong. I hope everyone will like it.  It was already midnight on May 16, 1645, and the streets in Xiangyang City were already quiet. The deserted streets looked particularly gloomy and desolate.  Soldiers in iron armor stood at important street entrances, checking the occasional passers-by.  Red or white paper lanterns are hung outside the door of every house, dimly lit, swaying under the eaves.  Under the dim light, you can see large woodblock-printed martial law notices posted on the walls at each street intersection.  In the narrow and long streets and alleys, there are often watchmen carrying small lanterns and banging broken gongs or clappers. The shrinking shadows appear for a while and then disappear into the darkness; the slow and listless sound of the gongs or clappers  The sound also gradually faded away in the wind.  On the city wall, Li Guo looked at the northern sky. Bursts of gunfire came from that direction. It was Dengzhou's Shun army that was resisting the pursuit of the Tatars.  There was a frown on his upright forehead, which almost formed a "chuan" shape, and his expression looked worried and solemn.  Even the most favored general beside him was holding his breath at this time, lest he make any strange noise and disturb the contemplative general.  A messenger quickly rushed up from under the city wall, knelt down on one leg in front of Li Guo, and said in a low voice: "Captain, there is an urgent edict from the imperial court, your Majesty has summoned you!" "Well, I'll be there right away!" Li Guo frowned.  He jumped slightly. Since the Battle of Tongguan in the first month of this year, the Dashun Army has been defeated in consecutive battles. They retreated all the way from Xi'an to Hubei. The Emperor of Dashun, Li Zicheng, was also wounded by an arrow. The injury was not serious. Compared with last year's eastern expedition, the Dashun Army was defeated.  The situation in Beijing and the situation across the country are completely different.  "Captain, the palace is ahead, let's dismount!" The general on the side reminded him in a low voice when he saw the bright yellow lantern at the corner in front - it was the sign of Emperor Dashun's presence.  "Well, so fast!" Li Guo seemed to have just woken up from his sleep, his eyes widened in surprise, and he looked at the lantern not far away.  After a while, he jumped off his horse, adjusted his military uniform a little, and walked quickly not far away.  A short man came up to him. This man was Song Xiance, the founding military advisor of Dashun. He grabbed Li Guo's forearm and whispered: "Haohou! Your Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time. Come in quickly!"  "How is your Majesty doing now?" Li Guo asked in a low voice, his worry evident in his words.  Song Xiance did not answer his question directly, but pulled his sleeve hard and quickened his pace.  Seeing the other party's performance, Li Guo's heart immediately became heavy. He walked quickly through the two courtyards and saw more than ten people standing or sitting in the inner courtyard. They were all the core figures of Dashun at this time.  An anxious look.  Li Guo saw Li Guo and was about to come forward to salute him, but Song Xiance grabbed him and made a group salute to everyone: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty is summoned!" As he spoke, he pulled Li Guo forward.  inside the house.  "Your Majesty!" When Li Guo saw Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng reclining on the couch, he couldn't help but feel a sore nose and knelt down.  This uncle who raised him up, taught him how to bend a bow, shoot an arrow, and march and fight in wars is now haggard, with sunken cheeks, sunken eyes, and has lost his shape.  "Get up, get up quickly, we are all members of our family!" Li Zicheng struggled to sit up, but his injuries had seriously weakened his already strong physical strength. If Mrs. Gao hadn't supported him, he would have almost fallen.  He was about to fall off the bed, and Li Guo, who was kneeling on the ground in fright, rushed forward to hold him up.  Li Zicheng finally lay down on the couch again with the help of Li Guo and Mrs. Gao. After a while, his rapid breathing gradually calmed down, and he asked in a low voice: "What are Donglu's movements?" Li Guo's  His face immediately became solemn, he pondered for a moment, and replied in a low voice: "The Donglu soldiers are very sharp, and they fought with our army in Dengzhou, Chengtian, and De'an several times. Our divisions were defeated and many soldiers were lost!"  " The room suddenly became silent. The places mentioned by Li Guo were all important strongholds near Xiangyang. The closest ones to Xiangyang were only more than a hundred miles away. If a cavalry raid could cover them up in less than a night, you can imagine the current situation of the Shun army.  And know.  "Then how do you think we should defend ourselves against the enemy?" Li Zicheng asked in a low voice.  "Your Majesty!" Li Guo took a deep breath and said: "The four prefectures of Xiangyang, Chengtian, De'an, and Jingzhou have been in business for more than a year and have a solid foundation. The Tatars have traveled thousands of miles, which is conducive to a quick battle but not a long-lasting one.  Your Majesty currently has 130,000 troops in camp, and 70,000 troops in the four prefectures of Xiangyang, Chengtian, De'an, and Jingzhou. It is not necessary that there are not many troops. It is just that the battle has been unfavorable. The soldiers are afraid of the Eastern invaders and are angry to capture them.  In my humble opinion, General Mo and Governor Bai will stick to Xiangyang and transfer the camp and supplies to Jingzhou. Your Majesty will lead the elite troops to guerrilla outside and fight against the thieves. Although the Donglu troops are sharp, they will not last long. As long as they persist for more than a month, the battle will be inevitable.  There is a turning point!" Li Zicheng frowned and said nothing after listening to Li Guo's suggestion.Only then did he reply in a low voice: "The Donglu soldiers are extremely sharp and have red cannons, so they are really difficult to defeat. Now that the northwest has been lost, the southeast cannot be lost again. There are tens of thousands of ships in Wuchang. It is better to unite the army together and move along the Yangtze River."  What do you think about going down to the southeast and fighting with the Tatars?" "Absolutely not!" Li Guo was shocked when he heard this: "Your Majesty, the four prefectures of Xiangyang, Chengtian, De'an, and Jingzhou are in the southeast.  How can we lose Jingzhou and have Jiangnan as a barrier? Besides, most of the soldiers under my command are from Jingzhou. If your Majesty abandons the land of the Four Prefectures, they will inevitably be disintegrated. Then they will be enemies everywhere. I'm afraid you will regret it!"  Li Zicheng couldn't help but feel angry when he saw that his nephew and most trusted general also objected. Just as he was about to have an attack, he felt dizzy and almost fainted. Others were shocked when they saw this, and they shouted in surprise and called out.  The doctor came over and dealt with it for a long time before he revived Li Zicheng.  Li Zicheng woke up leisurely and smiled bitterly: "Look at me like this, I don't know how long it will be. I recruited you today not for anything else, but for someone to continue to carry the flag after I fall!"  "Your Majesty!" Li Guo was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly knelt down on the ground and said anxiously: "Your Majesty has been in great prosperity in the Spring and Autumn Period, but he is occasionally ill. He will be well for a while. After thousands of years, he will pass on this chaos to his descendants.  I will not dare to obey you even if I die!" "Haihou, how can I take charge of the country at a young age in such troubled times? You are my nephew. In terms of blood, no one in the army is closer to you. In terms of prestige,  You are no less than others. If I am gone, who else can inherit the great cause of expelling the Hulu?" At this point, Li Zicheng's eyes suddenly darkened, and his body leaning on the brocade cushion slowly slid down.  .  Li Guo hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and Lian Sheng shouted, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Several people in the room were busy for a long time, and Li Zicheng just woke up leisurely. Li Guo smiled bitterly and said: "Haohou, look at how I look like this, how can you still do it?"  Don't you obey the order? Li Guo looked at Li Zicheng's dejected face, took a step back, lifted up the front of his robe, knelt down on his knees, kowtowed three times, and said in a deep voice: "I obey the order!  " Li Zicheng nodded with satisfaction. Seeing this, Song Xiance walked quietly out of the house. A moment later, a dozen core civil and military ministers of the Shun Dynasty who were waiting outside came into the house. Li Zicheng summoned Li Guo to him.  Next to him, he whispered: "I am seriously injured and unable to deal with state affairs. I should deal with military affairs without any delay.  If anything happens, I will succeed you as Emperor Dashun!  " There was silence in the room. After a while, Gao Yigong was the first to kneel down to Li Zicheng and Li Guo. Everyone also followed suit and bowed down, saying in unison: "I obey the order!  ¡± Early the next morning, Emperor Taizu of Dashun, Li Zicheng, died, and his nephew Li Guo came to the throne, and later generations called him Taizong. On the day Li Guo ascended the throne, he immediately sent 6,000 elite troops to counterattack Dengzhou and defeated the Donglu forward  , won three hundred soldiers, and one hundred and twenty war horses, burned his warehouses and walls, and returned, known in history as the first battle of the ZTE! Looking at the pouring rain outside the tent, Azig was in a bad mood. As the first emperor of Taizu Emperor Nurhachi!  Twelve sons, after the Qing army entered the Pass and pacified Beizhili, he led Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi and others as General Jingyuan, leading the army from Shanxi to Shaanxi, chasing the Shun army, and won consecutive battles along the way.  Xiangyang City actually suffered some losses. First, the forwards who broke through Deng City were counterattacked by the Shun Army. Not only did they lose Dengzhou, but they also suffered many casualties.  Instead of fleeing before, they resisted very resolutely. They pursued the march too fast and the red artillery fell behind. After capturing many key points outside Xiangyang City, they could only do nothing in the face of the high and thick walls of Xiangyang City.  , Dun soldiers have been here under Xiangyang City for more than a month. The continuous rain has made the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners who are accustomed to the dry and cold climate outside the Great Wall have developed diseases, because many horses have eaten a lot of weeds and cannot be taken care of, and many of them have died of illness.  This made him, who was always known for his toughness and irritability, feel like the two veins on his forehead were throbbing and his temples were about to explode. ¡°General, the red cannon has arrived in Dengzhou!  We can reach Xiangyang in three days." A Geshiha walked quickly behind Azig and whispered. "Okay!  "Azig roared excitedly. This sudden good news made him pace back and forth in the tent. Geshiha, whom he liked very much, saw that his master was in a good mood and cautiously advised him: "Then  The slave went back and asked the artillery team to hurry up and transport the red cannon to the camp as soon as possible!  "    "No!  "Although Azig has a very bad temper, he went on an expedition with his father Nurhaci at the age of twelve and has rich military experience. "It has been raining for days now and the roads are slippery. It is not suitable for my cavalry to move around. If the artillery team is brought here, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to do so.  The intruder found out and escaped, but was unable to catch up.  It's better to let the artillery team stay in Dengzhou first. When the rain stops and the road is dry and hard, which is convenient for riding, then the artillery team can be brought here. It will be just in time to catch all the intruders and save trouble!  " "Cha!  ¡± Xiangyang City, Dashun HuguangIn the Jiedushi Mansion, Li Guo was sitting at the table with various memorials piled up in front of him. Except for the bright yellow robe on his body, the Dashun Emperor who had just ascended the throne was dressed like him.  It is no different in the military affairs of Xiangzhu.  Judging from his frown, it was obvious that the battle situation in front of him was not so favorable to Dashun.  "Your Majesty, please let me know if there is an emergency in the work ahead!" Song Xiance walked in from outside, his steps very hurried.  He walked to Li Guo, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Li Guo.  Li Guo took it and opened it, and his expression suddenly changed.  "The red cannons of Donglu arrived in Dengzhou seven days ago!" Even if Li Guo didn't look in the mirror, he knew that his face at this moment must be the same as that of a dead person.  Originally, although the Donglu soldiers were good at field battles, they were not good at attacking cities.  But after obtaining the red cannon from the returning border troops, this shortcoming was made up for.  In the recent Battle of Tongguan, the Shun army dug trenches and stood up walls. They suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of red cannons. Li Zicheng had to flee back to Xi'an, and then abandoned Xi'an and fled to Jingxiang.  "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Song Xiance looked at Li Guo's slumped face and said repeatedly: "The red cannon has arrived, but the Donglu did not transport it to the front line, but just left it in Dengzhou. Obviously to wait.  The weather is clear and the ground is dry and hard for the cavalry to gallop. Then use the red cannon to attack the city and wipe out our army! Now the only option is to take risks!" Li Guo was stunned when he heard this and then asked.  "Your Majesty," he said, "please come to the military advisor!" "Your Majesty, the Donglu have been besieged for many days. Their troops have been exhausted, and their elite soldiers are all outside the city. If your Majesty orders the army commanders outside the city to attack Dengzhou directly, they will not be prepared to attack. Dengzhou month ago  It was even attacked by our army and its walls were completely burned. Even if it has been repaired, it must not be difficult to destroy!" Hearing Song Xiance's words, Li Guo's pale face suddenly turned red.  He stood up in a hurry and paced back and forth in front of several cases. Song Xiance stared at Li Guo eagerly, his eyes never blinking.  Suddenly, Li Guo pulled out the saber hanging on the wall, cut off a corner of the desk with one blow, and shouted sternly: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, in one fell swoop! Pass the order, choose three thousand cavalry, and three men and three horses. Set off tonight for a surprise attack."  "Dengzhou!" "According to the decree!" "The Chronicles of Taizong Shunshi" records: In June of the first year of the Xingguo period, the Donglu army besieged Xiangyang.  It's coming, the situation is very urgent.  On Ding Chou day, the emperor used three thousand fine cavalry to attack Dengzhou and beheaded 400 captives. He gained no military resources and the artillery team among the captives was among them.  On Xinsi day, Wang's army went out from the north gate of Xiangyang to fight the Donglu army. The two armies were locked in a stalemate, which happened more than ten times. At noon, the commander of the Zhaozi camp of the Donglu army, Zhao Manxiong, with his troops, took action.  There was a huge defeat, and more than a hundred of the generals surrendered before the battle. Azige, the leader of the army, only escaped with his life. After this battle, the heroes of Henan and Hanzhong rose up one after another and obeyed the orders of the dynasty.  " In October of the fourth year of Xingguo's reign, I returned to Germany and the Dashun Army marched to the camp. The night wind blew on the armor of the guards, making crisp collision sounds from time to time. The moist air exhaled by the soldiers when they breathed was blown by the cold wind, and soon  It was condensed on their beards and hair, and looked like translucent crystals under the moonlight. From a distance, these soldiers standing outside the palace of Emperor Dashun did not look like living people, but more like stone sculptures of Weng Zhong.  A burst of rapid horse hoofbeats broke the silence of the night. After a while, a group of people was walking towards the gate of the camp. "Who is it?"  "Following a sharp shout, there was a clash of armor and weapons in front of the gate. Before the shout ended, a deep reply came from the other side: "It's a certain family!  " At this time, the visitor was already approaching. The leader of the guards had already seen the leader clearly and hurriedly shouted: "If you don't get out of the way, you will see Pingzhang!  " Gao Yigong nodded and asked in a low voice: "Is Your Majesty inside?  "The leader of the guards nodded, stretched out his hand and said in invitation: "Your Majesty has ordered that as soon as you arrive, you will come to see him immediately without any communication!  " Gao Yigong nodded, with a solemn expression. Five days ago, he who stayed in Hanking received an urgent order from the front line and hurriedly galloped here. He was thinking about it along the way, but he didn't know the reason. He was very uneasy in his heart. Look.  There was no one around, so he asked in a low voice: "Have there been any changes in the Japanese army in the past few days?  "The leader of the guard froze, and lowered his voice and said: "I'm telling Pingzhang, I don't know, but I haven't seen His Majesty riding a horse for more than ten days!  "    "Um!  "Gao Yigong nodded. He was born in the army, and he is especially good at riding and shooting. He is an emperor on horseback. No matter how busy he is with government affairs these years, he will take some time to go out riding every two or three days. If the words of the guard leader are  Combined with the urgency of the edict, it meant something unusual. Gao Yigong suddenly felt that his steps became heavier.  "When Gao Yigong entered the room, he saw Li Guo lying on the bed, and Niu Jinxing, the political minister of Pingzhang, standing beside him with a look of disbelief.Relatives.  Li Guo raised his head slightly and glanced at Niu Jinxing. Niu Jinxing coughed.  He unfolded the edict in his hand and said in a low voice: "I am not hesitant now. I will go on a great journey. I will have no children. I will pass on the power to the general and Pingzhang's military and state affairs. Pingzhang's political affairs will be assisted by Niu Jinxing." Like a thunderbolt.  On top of Gao Yigong's head, his knees weakened and he knelt down on the ground, saying repeatedly: "I dare not obey the imperial edict even if I die!" "Yigong, come here!" Li Guo lifted it up with the help of Niu Jinxing  He started to kneel to Gao Yigong, who was standing next to him, and said in a weak voice: "I have no children. The Li family conquered from Taizu, so they have many things. Although they have adopted sons to prosper, they are still young and cannot run the country. And  The Shu tribe is causing trouble today, so don¡¯t do anything serious to a child, please encourage him!" Gao Yigong looked at Li Guo's angry appearance, and Niu Jinxing on the side also tried to persuade him again, gritted his teeth and nodded.  Seeing that Gao Yigong agreed to his request, a self-deprecating smile flashed across Li Guo's sallow face, and he whispered: "In the past, the Gao family gave Li a military gift, but now the Li family has given the world to the Gao family, and merchants have borrowed money."  , please refer to it for details!" When Gao Yigong heard this, he didn't know how to respond. He could only kowtow to the ground. Suddenly he heard Niu Jinxing scream: "Your Majesty!" When he looked up, he saw Li Guo's head.  He had sunk into the pillow and died, with that self-deprecating smile still on his lips.  In October of the fourth year of Xingguo's reign, the emperor died at the age of forty-one. His temple name was Taizong. Gao Yigong succeeded to the throne and was known as Shizu in history.  "The Chronicles of Emperor Taizong of Shun Shi" commented: Since ancient times, no one has had as much trouble as the great Shun people in the world. Sixteen years after Taizu started his army, countless people were in danger. When Jiashen entered Yanjing, the world thought that the great cause was settled, but then Dongdong  If the enemy invades, the overall situation will be ruined.  At that time, the power of the captives was expanding, and they were taking the south of the Yangtze River. Taizong used the land of Jingxiang and several mansions to fight back and forth, but finally turned around.  Cherishing Heaven and not taking holidays, but calmly settling down, how can we add to the false prescriptions of Yao and Shun?  In the next few years, the great cause was determined, and the talents followed the destiny of the ancestors and were also the plans of Taizong!
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