Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 33

When Li Cunming settled in Xuzhou and began to display his ambitions, Li Guo and Gao Yigong ushered in the most obscure and confusing time in their lives.

Tongguan, bordering the Yellow River in the north and Qinling Mountains in the south, is the key to the land of the Three Qins.

The long wind is like weeping, and the sound of the waves is like anger.

In the Guannei military camp, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, and Song Xiance sat around a pot of charcoal fire, each with their own worries.

It is heard that Dashun's army was defeated in Shanhaiguan, and Emperor Dashun retreated to the west. Li and Gao followed Liu Fangliang and led the troops northward from Kaifeng to rescue him.

They haven't seen Emperor Li Zicheng so far, but they were engulfed by the fleeing army, left Henan, entered Shanxi, and retreated to Tongguan, where they met military adviser Song Xiance.

After spending many days in a daze, Li Guo suddenly remembered what Chongzhen said and realized that he could not continue to escape, otherwise the situation would become even more out of control.

After urgent discussions with Liu Fangliang and Gao Yigong, Li Guo decided to guard Tongguan with [-] soldiers and horses. Liu Fangliang led the army to continue chasing Luanjia, and must get in touch with the emperor.

At this time, Prince Azige of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was appointed as General Jingyuan, and together with King Pingxi Wu Sangui and King Zhishun Shang Kexi led 3 horses in pursuit, less than [-] miles away from Tongguan.

"I don't understand, how did the great situation turn into this in the blink of an eye, a complete defeat!" Gao Yigong suddenly cried out, his stomach full of unknown anger made him uncomfortable.

Li Guo was stunned and said nothing, Song Xiance sighed: "Hey!"

Gao Yigong said: "Mr. Song, you have read books and are more knowledgeable than us. Come and tell me, why did we lose?"

"Hey!" Song Xiance still sighed.

"Is Chongzhen really a god who came down to earth?" Li Guo muttered to himself, as if he was talking in his sleep.

"What did you say?" Song Xiance asked.

Li Guo said: "After I was captured alive by the Ming army, Chongzhen released me and left on the night, he said a lot to me. He once predicted that Wu Sangui would surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and that the Dashun army would not be able to defend the capital. Hit the point!"

Gao Yigong said impatiently: "Okay, okay, you have nagged these words in my ears several times, it's annoying me to death. His Chongzhen is precarious, his ass is full of shit, occasionally he guesses something right, what's the matter?" Fantastic?"

"Chongzhen really had such a prophecy?" Song Xiance exclaimed, and immediately took out a crumpled letter from his arms, "Two generals, please read it."

This is the letter Li Cunming wrote to Li Zicheng, which has been kept by Song Xiance.

After Li Guo saw it, he was speechless for a while.Gao Yigong wandered around the room like a headless fly, muttering in his mouth: "God, is Chongzhen really a god?"

Then a burst of resentment broke out, pointing at Song Xiance's nose and cursing: "Mr. Song, since Chongzhen has kindly reminded you beforehand, why don't you follow suit?"

"My General Gao, you have wronged me to death! Liu Zongmin tortured Wu Xiang, and I persuaded the emperor to give an order to stop him, but he refused to listen; the emperor hurriedly led troops to attack Shanhaiguan. After entering the customs, the emperor and Niu Jinxing only wanted to escape to save their lives, I also advised them, but they still didn't listen..."

Li Guo said: "We know the character of Song Junshi, and we also admire it from the bottom of our hearts. Now it seems that General Liu Zongmin and Prime Minister Niu Jinxing are the ones to blame. The emperor trusts them too much."

Gao Yigong gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Zongmin went to battle to kill the enemy, Niu Jinxing is the worst, I will kill him sooner or later!"

"It's useless to complain now. We must hold on to Tongguan first, and we can't let the Tartars invade Xi'an City. Chongzhen warned me that no matter what, we must persuade our emperor to keep Xi'an and keep a base." Li Guo said.

"The Tartars came to attack Tongguan, with 3 horses, can we hold it?" Song Xiance was worried.

"If you can't defend it, you have to defend it!" Gao Yigong calmed down. He was still an excellent general. Go to feign surrender, and then find the right time to cooperate internally and externally, and you will definitely be able to catch the tartars by surprise."

Li Guo hurriedly said: "No, it's too risky..."

"When we were defeated at Ningling City, you risked your life to cover my retreat. Now it's my turn." Gao Yigong patted Li Guo on the shoulder and said boldly and emotionally, "You and I I have been born and died for so many years, and I have treated each other with all my heart, so why do I need to say more?"

Song Xiance said: "I think this plan is feasible, so let's do it. I'll leave Tongguan to the two generals. I'll go to Xi'an immediately. Even if I die at the emperor's feet, I have to persuade him not to run away again!"

The three made a plan and acted immediately.

Gao Yigong took 3000 troops to feign surrender, and Li Guo sent Song Xiance out of the pass.Standing on the tower of Tongguan City, overlooking the surging Yellow River, Song Xiance said: "General Li, do you still remember the prophecy I said about 'Eighteen Sons Master the Divine Artifact'? "

Of course Li Guo remembered that Song Xiance was originally a charlatan, who made a living by reading fortune tellers.Later, he defected to Li Zicheng's army and offered the prophecy of "Eighteen Masters' Artifact", which won Li Zicheng's favor. Since then, he has been in the Dashun army.

"People say that the old man flattered and made up a set of nonsense to deceive King Chuang at that time. But this prophecy has been handed down since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and some people even say that this sentence came from Liu Bowen's mouth."

"Zhu Yuanzhang's No. 18 prince, Zhu Wei, listened to this prophecy and wanted to rebel. He was constantly suppressed by Emperor Jianwen and Emperor Yongle. This is a clear proof."

"General Li, please believe this old man. This prophecy is definitely not groundless. This world will belong to the person surnamed Li after all! Look, what is that in the sky?"

Li Guo raised his eyes and saw a strange sunset glow hanging in the sky, shining golden like a flying dragon.

"That's Long Hang, the real Dragon Emperor is born!" Song Xiance said very confidently.

But all of a sudden, his heart skipped a beat and he thought to himself: "That's not right. Li Zicheng is in Xi'an. The dragon hanging should appear in the west, but why is it in the southeast?"

……

Eight days later, there was a hunting ground twenty miles east of Tongguan.

Azig was leading a group of people to hunt enthusiastically. He laughed loudly and said: "I used to only hunt outside the Shanhaiguan Pass. The jungle was icy and snowy, chasing bears and wild boars all over the mountain. Now I have entered the pass and started hunting. Another fun."

"My lord is very heroic, I must have gained a lot today." Wu Sangui said.

Gao Yigong was also invited to hunt. He rode a horse and followed Azig not too far or too close. When he heard Wu Sangui talking, he squinted at him.

"General Gao, do you have something to say?" Wu Sangui smiled.

Gao Yigong turned his head around and didn't answer.

Azige said: "General Gao is young and promising, which reminds me of my youthful years. General Gao, you led the troops to serve under my command. You are a man who understands current affairs. I am so happy! You have been in the mountains for many years. Fighting in Shanxi and Shanxi is more familiar with geography, and presumably hunting is more handy, why don't you show me a show?"

"The last general will help the prince!" Gao Yigong said, picked up a bow, and galloped across the field on horseback.

After running a few meters away, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back, Gao Yigong screamed, and blood gushed out of his mouth.

Touching his back with one hand, he pulled out a feathered arrow.His complexion changed drastically, he turned around staggeringly, and saw Wu Sangui pointing a bow at him, obviously he had suddenly cast a cold arrow to kill him secretly.

Azige exclaimed: "King Pingxi, what are you doing?"

Wu Sangui didn't change his face and said: "This person must have surrendered feignedly, and he can't stay. I will remove the root of the trouble for the prince!"

"Wu Sangui, my day... my ancestors..."

Gao Yigong was furious, he pulled out the knife at his waist, and made a gesture to charge at Wu Sangui, but he fell off his horse, staring at his eyes.

"Kill all the peasant soldiers who surrendered!" Wu Sangui roared.

Guan Ning's iron cavalry led away, and within a short time, drove the [-] peasant army into a narrow area, killing them all.

As night falls, the stars hang down and the fields are wide, and the moon surges and the river flows.The green grass on the field whirled and swayed, and the wind was filled with a strong smell of blood.

(End of this chapter)