Zhu Cixuan brought five thousand cavalry and his speed was instantly raised.

We went all the way to Shanhaiguan.

The defenders on Shanhaiguan did not react for a while. They were facing a great enemy and thought that Jiannu had come from behind.

Zhu Cilang was so amused that he had someone show the military talisman token and passed it safely.

Before leaving, Zhu Cixuan complained to the guards of Shanhaiguan: "Don't you really think that Jiannu can kill from the back, right?"

The guard general named Li thought seriously for a while and said, "Go back to Your Highness, all the soldiers at Shanhaiguan should feel this way."

Zhu Cilang: “…”

It seems that it still needs to work hard to cultivate the self-confidence of the Ming Dynasty's military and civilians.

Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "You guys are just a little scared by Jiannu too much. From now on, you will know that things like Jiannu are actually just paper tigers!"

After saying this, Zhu Cilang rode his horse and was the first to run out of the pass.

In this place near the coastline in western Liaoning, there is a very narrow and long coastal plain area, which is called the "Xiang Liaoning Corridor".

In order to resist the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty once arranged three important city passes, "Jinzhou-Ningyuan-Shanhaiguan" in this corridor as the defense line in the core area, namely the Guanning Jin defense line.

This is also the name of Guanning Army.

However, as the war continued, Jinzhou and Ningyuan fell into the hands of the Qing Dynasty one after another, and the territory controlled by the Ming Dynasty was Shanhaiguan.

Originally, there were several pass cities outside Shanhaiguan, but as the capital was in a hurry at the beginning of the year, Wu Sangui led his army back to aid, and gave up all pass cities outside the pass cities when the Shanhaiguan defenders were insufficient.

Zhu Cilang soon arrived outside one of the passes.

"Where is this?" Zhu Cixuan asked Gao Dejie beside him.

Gao Dejie was a general in the Guanning Army. He was naturally familiar with this and said without hesitation: "If you go back to your highness, this is Balipu."

Zhu Cilang nodded slightly, looked out from afar and found that there seemed to be people. He was surprised: "There are still people? Let's go and take a look."

Balipu is a very small Guancheng. There were cannons on the Guan wall, but they had been removed by the Ming army who had left.

With one charge, the cavalry directly crossed the wall and opened the door.

Then, Zhu Cixuan rushed in with the main force of the cavalry and entered Balipu.

Looking around, Zhu Cilang was suddenly stunned.

There are indeed people in Balipu, and there are quite a few people, but these people are not the Qing army that Zhu Cilang imagined, but a group of ragged refugees.

The number of this group of refugees is about hundreds, distributed one by one, one by one, and one by one, and there seems to be a bit tacit understanding between them.

Seeing the arrival of the brigade of cavalry, the refugees were obviously very afraid.

Zhu Cixuan spoke calmly: "Who are you waiting for? Someone can speak."

A moment later, an old man stood up tremblingly and saluted Zhu Cilang: "Old Li Erlang, I have seen this great general."

Zhu Cixuan looked at the old man and his tone softened: "Who are you waiting for, why are you here?"

Li Erlang hurriedly said, "We are all people of the Ming Dynasty."

Gao Dejie, who was standing beside him, frowned and said, "There are several villages nearby. Could you please be the villagers of these villages?"

Li Erlang nodded repeatedly and said, "This general is right. We are from Lijia Village, and there are also from Zhangjiazhuang and Wangjiatun here."

Gao Dejie became more and more confused and said, "Why are you not in the village? Wait, is it that Jiannu has come?"

Li Erlang sighed and said, "What the general said is. Lao Jiu and others originally just wanted to stay in the village and live a good life, but a few months ago, the troops in Balipu retreated to Shanhaiguan for some reason, and then Jiannu came."

Gao Dejie said, "You didn't fight back?"

The wrinkles on Li Erlang's face became more and more: "General is joking. That's the land that Lao Jiu and others use to survive. How could he not resist? But no matter how much he resists, Jiannu just calls their army, Lao Jiu and others... he can only see this."

Gaode is silent.

Zhu Cixuan had already understood the whole story after listening to this conversation.

These refugees are from nearby villages. They originally relied on the protection of the Ming army defenders in Balipuguan City, so they could survive with difficulty.

But a few months ago, Balipuguan City was abandoned by the Ming army, and the people of these villages had no protection, so naturally it was impossible for them to withstand the looting of Jiannu.

Zhu Cilang said, "There should be more than this in several villages. It seems that Jiannu has killed many of you."

Li Erlang sighed and said, "Yes, I'm going to hide it from this major general. At least half of the people in our Lijiazhuang were either killed or robbed by Jiannu and became slaves. Lao Jiu and others were all dead. Lao Jiu and others were lucky enough to escape here and seek a way out."

Zhu Cixuan said: "Then why don't you go to Shanhaiguan?"

Li Erlang said: "I've been there, but after I said that, they can't help me."

Zhu Cilang said: "You can enter the pass and go to the Central Plains."

Li Erlang's body was shocked, and then his face showed a blank expression: "But, this is our home."

At some point, a sad atmosphere quietly spread.

Zhu Cixuan was silent for a while and said to Gao Dejie: ​​"Leave them some food later."

After saying this, Zhu Cilang drove his horse away from Balipuguan City.

Outside the city of Guan, Zhu Cilang rode his horse up to a small hill and looked at the east silently.

After a while, Gao Dejie chased after him and said, "Your Highness's order has been completed."

Zhu Ciyang nodded and suddenly said, "Is this the experience of the Han people in western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning?"

Gao Dejie's expression was a little sad, but he nodded: "Yes. After Jiannu occupied Liaodong and western Liaoning, they would occupy the original land and either kill or force the Han people there. According to the court's estimates, there are at least 500,000 Han people enslaved in Liaodong now, and may even exceed one million."

Zhu Cilang laughed loudly, and unconsciously held the pistol at his waist with his right hand.

"There is a village there, let's go and have a look."

Five thousand cavalrymen quickly approached the village.

This village was obviously crowded, but these people did not welcome them when they saw the arrival of the Ming army in the brigade, but instead shot bows and arrows.

With his extraordinary eyesight, Zhu Cilang clearly saw the people in the village.

Have braids.

Zhu Cilang laughed and raised the sniper rifle in his hand.

With a bang, a corpse fell to the ground, blood flowing, dyeing the braids red.

Zhu Cilang shot after shot, killing all the people who dared to emerge.

The cavalry roared in, and in just ten minutes, all the Manchus who dared to resist were killed.

The remaining people in the village were gathered together next to a crooked tree in the middle of the village.

Zhu Cilang looked around and found that there were hundreds of people, so he was stunned.

A few seconds later, Zhu Cilang came to his senses and said, "Which are the people of the Ming Dynasty, stand up."

As soon as he finished speaking, many women immediately cried and left the crowd and knelt in front of Zhu Cixuan.

"General, make the decision for us."

Zhu Cilang looked at the women in ragged clothes, almost all of whom were injured, and some people were even unclothed, revealing a large area of ​​privacy, and suddenly understood something.

Zhu Cixuan raised his gun and pointed at a man who wanted to walk over: "Stop."

The man was stunned for a moment, then showed a flattering smile: "The general misunderstood, I am also a Han person."

His Chinese language is indeed very standard, like a fake one.

Zhu Cilang glanced at the braid behind the other person's head and shook his head: "No, you are not."

Zhu Cixuan pulled the trigger and the man fell to the ground.

Zhu Cilang continued to pull the trigger without any pause.

One man with braids fell down.

After typing a magazine, Zhu Cixuan let out a long sigh and looked around: "Why are you still standing there? Kill all these Jiannu."

Gao Dejie was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, if you kill them all, I'm afraid the censors from the court..."

Zhu Cilang interrupted Gao Dejie's words: "Kill them all, now, right now."

Gao Dejie understood something and looked up and said, "Didn't you hear your highness?"

The cavalry received a positive order and decisively attacked.

After a while, many corpses were lying on the crooked tree, and the strong smell of blood swept across everyone's nose.

Zhu Cilang smiled and said slowly: "General Gao, send someone to tell Li Erlang that they can go home."

Gao Dejie reminded: "Your Highness, Li Erlang and the others are from several different villages, and this place is just one of them."

Zhu Cixuan smiled slightly: "Of course I know, otherwise what do you think I will do next?"

Five thousand cavalry were a devastating force for several small villages.

After one day, Zhu Cilang completely cleared the people in several nearby small villages and did not let any of them go.

Gao Dejie hesitated for a long time and said, "Your Highness, since these Jiannu have surrendered, they are prisoners, and the killing of prisoners is unknown."

Zhu Cixuan played with the pistol in his hand and asked Gao Dejie a question: "General Gao, do you know how many people there are in Jiannu?"

Gao Dejie was a little confused and shook his head.

Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "In fact, there are only hundreds of thousands of Jiannu people, but I, the Ming Dynasty, have at least ten thousand people."

Gaodejie didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhu Cixuan put away his pistol and said calmly: "So, if we can kill every Jiannu we see, the country will soon collapse. Strategies? Combat power? Without enough population, all this is meaningless. Including the father, they all think that this palace is here to fight, but in fact they are not thinking right."

Zhu Cixuan inserted the pistol into his belt and smiled brightly.
Chapter completed!