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The first thousand and sixty-ninth chapters of the country's mourning with dark clouds covering the sun (3)

After destroying more than 30,000 cavalry of the Yinghuang Banner Haoge unit, the central army of the Po Slave Army was transferred back to Shenyang one after another. More than 100,000 main forces led by Chen Zheng, deputy commander of the Po Slave Army, continued to eliminate the remaining enemies in eastern Liaodong with the cooperation of the 300,000 foreign servants. The reason why the Po Slave Army led by Chen Zheng was slow to act was mainly because it besieged millions of Jurchens near Jiulian City. Otherwise, they would eliminate these people completely. Zhang Ping'an always felt a little uneasy. .The first to be transferred from the Liaodong front was Zhang Youhe's army's Xiang Battalion. They were first transferred to Guangning City due to slow marching. Zhao Guangming's army's chariot battalion was stationed in Shenyang, and Liu Yuhu's army became an important force to station Liaodong. As for the next attack by the Possess Army, there is still a suitable reason. As the commander of the first army, Zhang Ping'an stationed the commander's tent in Niuzhuang Post, where he could command the Liaodong battle nearby, and also pay attention to the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty within the pass.

Don’t see that the main forces of the Slave Army gathered in Liaodong, Zhang Ping'an was always staring at the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Chuang Army. On this day, emergency intelligence came from the Ming Dynasty. Yang Meng, deputy chief of the Zhending Intelligence Department, came to the prefect Sun Jing from the King of Chuang Li Zicheng. Although Yang Meng did not mention the specific details of how he wanted Sun Jing from the King of Chuang, this result gave Zhang Ping'an what he wanted, that is, the fear of the Slave Army in his heart, with a strong appearance. With this premise , the Po Nu Army can calmly mobilize troops. In order to further paralyze the crusing army, Zhang Ping'an ordered the withdrawal of all exposed intelligence departments and detective offices from the crusing army war zone. At the same time, Zhang Ping'an ordered Yang Meng, deputy general in Zhending, to meet the King of Chuang again to express his gratitude in the name of Chief of Staff Gu Xin. As long as the crusing army has not occupied the capital, Zhang Ping'an must avoid suspicion at this critical moment. In order to arouse Li Zicheng's ambition, Zhang Ping'an also ordered the gift of 5,000 stones of food to the crusing army.

Zhang Ping'an's action of giving food to the crusing army caused the worry of Chief of Staff Gu Xin. The north of the Ming Dynasty was affected by natural disasters and man-made disasters, and it was full of hunger. Now the most valuable item in the north is food. The act of Zhang Da's voluntary delivery of food to the crusing army was simply a waste of money to make a living. Gu Xin suggested to Zhang Ping'an with a worried look on his face: "Boss, it's better to give silver than to give food. After all, the white silver is beautiful but not edible. Giving the crusing king 30,000 taels of silver is the same hint!"

Chief of Staff Gu's advice was obviously more realistic. He had guessed that the purpose of Zhang's delivery of food to the Chuangjun was to encourage him to continue to march into the capital of the Ming Dynasty. After listening to Gu Xin's suggestion, Zhang Ping'an gave him a roll of his eyes and smiled: "You little face. Sometimes you have to be kind. Giving silver is different from giving food! The bandit Li Zicheng alone would be suspicious. He would think that there must be a problem with me, a person who likes wealth, and having money to do things. And giving food is different. First, it is in line with my true nature of keeping wealth, and secondly, the food is more affordable, and thirdly, the meaning I conveyed is very clear. Well, there is no need to fight for these things. Let's discuss the mobilization and arrangements of the three battle barracks of Zhang Li, Hu Ming and Huang Zhi! By the way, the newly trained 60,000 young soldiers are temporarily placed in the Iron Cable City, and they will all supplement them to these three battle barracks."

According to Zhang Ping'an's vision, these three combat barracks mainly lived on the front line from Guangning to Ningyuan, to prepare for the next entry into the pass. Zhang Tong's headquarters, the general manager of the Battle of Yixing Camp, had arrived in the Xiaolinghe area, Zhang Youhe's troops set out first, and Zhao Guangming's troops would set out west in ten days. As long as the central cluster army was arranged east of Ningyuan, there would be basically no problems entering the pass within five days. Zhang Ping'an and Gu Xin decided not to mobilize the three main combat barracks. After a long time, Zhang Li and the others began to drive westward in batches. However, the emergency intelligence from the Ming Dynasty disrupted all Zhang Ping'an's deployment. Emperor Chongzhen, who had been struggling with whether to leave the capital to take refuge, seemed to have been kind-hearted. He ordered the prince Zhu Cilang to accompany the ruling of the judicial affairs office of Ponucheng, Yang Lian, to go to Liaodong to fight on behalf of his father. At the same time, he sent King Yong and King Ding to the family of the father-in-law Zhou Kui and Tian Hongyu, and Zhu Youjian also made the worst plan.

Zhang Ping'an, who received this emergency intelligence, did not turn around for a moment. He understood why Emperor Chongzhen was so pessimistic. This emergencies made Zhang Ping'an busy, and he had to make a major adjustment to the deployment. First, Zhang Ping'an ordered the evacuation of the Po Slave Army in Ningyuan, so that at least the prince Zhu Cilang and Yang Lian who arrived in Ningyuan could not see the assembly of the Po Slave Army. As for the three main combat camps in the central cluster, they were far away from the official road and were not allowed to be discovered by Yang Lian. It was strange. Zhang Ping'an ordered Zhang Li, Hu Ming and Huang Zhi that no one could expose the banner of various war barracks in front of Yang Lian, and even if he hid in the deep mountains, he had to hide thoroughly. Zhang Ping'an himself hurriedly retreated to Chenyang, and he wanted to make the illusion that the war in Liaodong was still fierce. For this reason, he ordered Chen Zheng, the deputy commander of the Po Slave Army, to suspend the pursuit of the elderly, weak, women and children of Jiannu near Jiulian City. Zhang Ping'an only asked the troops to surround 800,000 people in the encirclement.

As for Zhang Youhe who was already on the way to fight the Elephant Camp, Zhang Ping'an asked them to rest for several days after arriving in Guangning. When Yang Lian and the prince arrived in Guangning, they made a marching state to show that he, the Duke of the Ming Dynasty, had to rescue the Ming Dynasty and acted to serve the king. In addition to these military mobilizations, Zhang Ping'an issued a closure order to the General Staff and the Guards' Battalion in the name of the commander of the Possess Army. No one is allowed to mention the true military information of the Possess Army in front of Yang Lian and the Prince of the Ming Dynasty. Those who violate the order will be killed. Unforgivable. After this series of military orders was issued, the General Staff suddenly became busy. Zhang Ping'an, who was sitting alone in the tent of the commander, felt quite contradictory. He knew that all this revolved around one theme, that is, Zhang Ping'an's ambition to enter the Central Plains. As an ambitious and fond of reading history books, Zhang Ping'an kept comforting himself that changing dynasties was a price of bleeding. Deep in Zhang Ping'an's heart, he admired Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty very much. With this role model, Zhang Ping'an naturally followed suit.

The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 200 years, and its orthodox status cannot be easily shaken. Without the status of righteousness, Zhang Ping'an would face endless resistance. Even in the Ponu City area, he could say nothing, but he would still be restrained by scholars such as Yang Lian and others. The Han people have been strong in the traditional Confucian power for thousands of years, which made Zhang Ping'an, the hero, have to deal with it carefully. He hid the whereabouts of Zhang Li and his army, which was to make a good appearance, that is, the military strength of the Ponu Army was mostly concentrated in the hinterland of Liaodong and could not be done for a while. Entering the capital to serve the king. The purpose of Zhang Ping'an's doing this was mainly to use the hands of Li Zicheng, the King of Rebellion, to eliminate the noble forces and eunuchs in the capital. Over the years, what Zhang Ping'an hated the most was these corpse-like worms, who could be said to be accomplices of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Ping'an, who wanted to be a archway, also ordered Hao Yidao, the commander of the personal guard camp to carefully search every corner a hundred miles west of Chenyang. Since he wanted to be a qualified guard camp, he showed that the matter must be done without any leakage. Zhang Ping'an would lead hundreds of cavalrymen in the Guards to welcome the prince and his party.

Using this force, he hinted to Yang Lian and the prince that the Ponu Army's troops were so tense that even his escort and guard camp were pitiful. At this time, the Qing emperor Fulin could not stay in Shenyang City. He ordered Fulin, Bumubutai, Dorgon, Haoge, and Daishan to take Funu City to Ponu City. These Qing emperors and empresses left Liaodong Zhang Ping'an to be at ease, at least they would not be noticed by Yang Lian, who was familiar with the inside story of the Ponu Army in the short term. With one spy after another from the capital, Zhang Ping'an knew about Emperor Chongzhen. The inside story of the prince sent to Liaodong. The Ming Dynasty court discussed several times, and some ministers proposed to move the capital to Nanjing. Emperor Chongzhen's face-loving personality made him unable to make a decision. The Ming Dynasty ministers had a bad habit and liked to fight to the death on all issues. From Zhu Youjian's heart, he agreed to move the capital to Nanjing to make a comeback. However, there is a prerequisite for moving the capital, which is the route of moving the capital. The army of bandits Li Zicheng almost blocked all land passages, and the only safe route was left.

However, this sea route was controlled by the Navy of the Pokémon Army. Without the pseudo-vassal Duke Hua, the road would be extremely dangerous. In fact, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian only had to put down his figure and beg Duke Hua to let the water go. With Yang Lian's constraints, Zhang Ping'an really didn't dare to refuse. This matter was bad because of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian's good face. Zhu Youjian never wanted to speak in person, but wanted Zhang Ping'an to take the initiative to propose it. Zhang Ping'an would not do such a stupid thing. Yang Lian sent him an urgent report, and Zhang Ping'an pretended not to understand it, or wrote a memorial that the Ming Dynasty had to move the capital. This memorial was very

Naturally, he was opposed by the ministers who opposed the capital to move the capital. The court discussions failed again and again, and the capital was moved to pieces. The last straw that crushed the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian's psychological defense line was that Mou Cheng, the general of the Shenji Camp who guarded the west of the capital, abandoned his official position and fled. What's more important is that Mou Cheng did not flee anywhere else. He led nearly a hundred family members to Zhangjiazhuang directly. Although Yang Lian, the judicial affairs yamen of the Ponucheng, had the power to preside over the affairs of the capital, he did not command the military affairs of the Ponu army. Zhang Wuwei, the chief general of the personal guard camp, was under the control of Zhangjiazhuang.

When Mou Cheng came to the door, Yang Lian had a huge disagreement with Zhang Wuwei. Yang Lian advocated the transfer of the general of Shenji Camp to the Ming Dynasty for handling, while Zhang Wuwei insisted that Mou Cheng could not be handed over to the Ming Dynasty without the order of Zhang Dashen. In fact, Zhang Wuwei had already received Zhang Ping'an's secret order. Any general of the Ming Dynasty's official army abandoned his official position and ran to Zhangjiazhuang. The slave army must ensure the safety of his whole family. Therefore, General Mou Cheng has always received special care from Zhang Wuwei. Yang Lian had no way to bring Mou Cheng to justice because he did not possess military power.

General Mou Cheng abandoned his official position and fled, which caused serious consequences. The generals of the three thousand camps and regiment camps, and the generals of the participating generals also learned that Mou Cheng led his whole family to Zhangjiazhuang to take refuge. It was these generals who escaped at the last minute, which caused the overall morale of the Ming army to defend the city to shake. In just half a month, more than half of the official troops guarding the capital escaped. The local troops who came to serve the kings from all over the place suddenly ran away in birds and beasts after the Beijing camp collapsed. At this time, the only troops that the Ming court could rely on were the Guanning army of Wu Sangui, the general of Shanhaiguan. (To be continued)
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