When Hong Chengchou rushed to the capital with 800 miles in a hurry, more than 800 servants led by Wang Pu had already entered Jiuliancheng. Not far ahead was the Yalu River, and after crossing the Yalu River, it was the border of North Korea.

[Jiuliancheng is Zhenjiang. Mao Wenlong, the general of Dongjiang Town of the Ming Empire, once fought a bloody battle with Jiannu here. This battle was also Mao Wenlong's fame battle. However, later Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, and Jiannu moved from the barren Changbai Mountains to the fertile Liaohe Plain. The Jiuliancheng was abandoned and now it has become a ruin like Liaoyang.

Let me briefly introduce North Korea.

In 1392, Lee Sung-gyu abolished the last generation of Goryeo Kings and established the Joseon Dynasty, also known as the Lee Dynasty. The total population of the Joseon Dynasty reached more than one million during its heyday. However, after Japanese invasion and two massacres of the Qing army, North Korea's vitality was severely damaged, and the total population dropped sharply from more than one million to less than 300,000, and the population of the capital Hanyang dropped sharply from 100,000 to less than 300,000.]

Wang Pu pointed to the dilapidated city block in front with a horse whip and asked Zhen Youcai behind him, "Youcai, where is the front?"

Zhen Youcai said: "General, there is Jiuliancheng in front of me. The river in the south of the city is the Yalu River. After crossing the Yalu River, it enters the border of the Kingdom of Korea. Before the Jiannu emerged, this Jiuliancheng was a market town where I traded borders between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea. The villain also came here to enter the Korean ginseng."

Seeing that it was getting late, Wang Pu ordered Scarface beside him and said, "Scarface, send the order to camp in this Jiulian City tonight and cross the river early tomorrow morning."

"yes."

Scarface agreed and took the order and left.

Wang Pu turned over and dismounted his horse, moved his legs, which were a little numb because of long-term riding, and turned to Zhen Youcai and said, "Youcai, if we just drove into the borders of the Kingdom of Korea like this, would we be troubled by the Koreans? After all, North Korea has been beaten by Jiannu, and now it is a vassal state of Jiannu."

Zhen Youcai said: "The villain is also thinking about this question along the way. The villain thinks he should act carefully."

Wang Pu asked: "Do you have any good solutions?"

Zhen Youcai said: "Pretend to be Jiannu."

"Pretended to be a Jiannu?" Wang Pu nodded, "Well, this is a good idea, and the clothes and armor are all ready-made. In order to make a necessary arrangement, Qiao Zhuang confused Jiannu. The more than 100 sets of Zhenghongqi armor seized in Changyong Fortress and more than 1,000 sets of Jiannu's jackets have not been thrown away."

Zhen Youcai said: "To be cautious, the villain thinks that his hair should be shaved into Jiannu's style."

"This is not a problem," Wang Pu said, "At worst, after getting on the boat, the brothers will shave off the camera on their heads and turn them into bald heads."

[Note: The hair styles of the Qing Dynasty were not shaved at the beginning as you saw in the Qing palace drama, and the hair was dragged with a big braid on the back of the head. At first, only a small hair that was as big as a big money was allowed to be kept, and a small braid was made, which was called "Money Rat Tail."]

Zhen Youcai's eyes turned and then said, "General, there are additional benefits to letting the brothers pretend to be Jiannu."

Wang Pu said: "Oh, let's talk?"

Zhen Youcai said: "If the brothers pretend to be Jiannu, they can burn, kill, and loot in North Korea without restraint. Moreover, the North Koreans will keep this account on Jiannu. The general and brothers can be happy and benefited. After that, they can still take the blame. Why not do it?"

"Okay, Zhen Youcai, your brain is very useful." Wang Puzhen smiled and said, "Just do it, Xiaoqi, come here."

Wang Xiaoqi ran to Wang Pu happily and asked, "General, are you looking for a villain?"

Wang Pu said: "The order was given to all brothers shaved their hair, shaved their hair style into Jiannu's style, and then selected more than a hundred people to replace them with the armor of the Jiannu's Red Banner Cavalry, and the remaining brothers all changed into Jiannu's battle robe."

"Ah, shaved into Jiannu's hair style?" Wang Xiaoqi frowned, "General, as the saying goes, your body, hair and skin are accepted by your parents, you can't shave it randomly, and shaved into Jiannu's hair style. If others slander us after returning to the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't we be able to wash it even if we jumped into the Yellow River?"

"Stop talking." Wang Pu said impatiently, "You go and tell your brothers that as long as they are willing to shave their heads, they can do whatever they want after entering North Korea. I don't believe that these bastards still refuse to shave their heads."

"Whatever you do?" Wang Xiaoqi's eyes lit up, "That North Korean woman..."

"Yes." Wang Pu said, "It's okay to be happy, but you can't bring women to march."

"Okay, okay, that's fine." Wang Xiaoqi said with a lewd smile, "The villain is going to pass the order now, hehe."

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Besides, Duoduo, Prince Yu of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, led 5,000 cavalry to advance day and night. After rushing to Lianyun Island, he realized that no Ming army had ever been here. Duoduo thought that Prince Zheng Jiergalang could not deceive him. Since the Ming army did not come to Lianyun Island, it must have changed the direction of the march halfway and headed in another direction.

Duoduo did not dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly sent a detective cavalry to investigate. Finally, he heard a Ming army heading towards Jiuliancheng with great fanfare. When Duoduo learned the news, he was about to lead his army to pursue him. Dorgon condemned the horse and sent a secret letter, which said that there would be a major change in Shengjing, and Duoduo quickly led his army back to Shengjing.

[It is necessary to introduce the relationship between Ajige, Dorgon and Dodo. Ajige is Nurhaci's twelfth son, Dorgon is Nurhaci's 14th son, Dodo is Nurhaci's fifteenth son, and all three of them were born to the concubine Abahai. Dorgon is the lord of Zhengbai Banner, Ajige, and Dodo are the lord of the lord of the white Banner.]

Dorgon asked Duoduo to quickly lead 5,000 cavalry of the white flag to rush back to Shengjing. The purpose was very simple, to prepare for the upcoming battle for the throne.

Dorgon's biggest opponent was Prince Su Haoge, who was the eldest son of Huang Taiji. Both Zhenghuang and Yinghuang flags were loyal to him. Haoge himself was the banner owner of Zhenglan flag and had a very powerful force. At this critical moment, Duoduo and his five thousand iron cavalry could not stay away from Shengjing.

Without any hesitation, Duoduo decided to give up and continue to hunt down the Ming army. The most important thing now is to lead the army back to Beijing to help the fourteenth prince Dorgon seize the throne.

Duoduo's thoughts were exactly the same as Jirgalang and others. Although these people shouted that they would save Huang Taiji at all costs, in fact, everyone knew that it was impossible to save Huang Taiji. Saying some beautiful words was just a gesture. In their hearts, they had already begun to think about which camp they should stand in the upcoming battle for the throne?

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Zijin City, Qianqing Palace.

The genius Mamaliang, and all officials lined up in a long queue and slowly entered the Qianqing Palace hall under the guidance of the eunuch. Just like usual, Emperor Chongzhen had already sat on the dragon throne early. There were sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen was the most diligent, even more diligent than Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Some historians even say that Emperor Chongzhen never missed a morning court since he ascended the throne to the hang of Coal Mountain, and his average sleep time was less than two hours a day. This statement is not very credible, but it is undoubtedly true that Emperor Chongzhen was a rare diligent emperor in the feudal history of China for more than 2,000 years.

All the officials knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, shouted three times and retreated to their own positions, and then they bowed their heads one by one and stopped talking. The Ming Dynasty was unfavorable. Jiannu was rampant in the north, and bandits in the Central Plains were rampant. Huguang, Zhejiang, Shandong, Henan, Hebei, and Shanxi provinces have been severe drought for several consecutive years, with thousands of miles of naked land and locusts plagued, and many prefectures have begun to eat people.

The country is in a difficult situation and is in a state of great power to turn things around. If you can pretend to be mute without speaking in this extraordinary period, you can pretend to be mute without speaking.

Emperor Chongzhen's brows gradually frowned, and the performance of all officials made him very dissatisfied. He was eating the king's fortune and being loyal to the king's affairs. Now the world is in trouble, but these officials pretended to be deaf and dumb. What's the matter?

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes fell on Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, and asked: "Chen Aiqing, have the reinforcements who went to Songshan to rescue the siege sent?"

Chen Xinjia hurriedly stepped out and said, "Long live the remarks, I have arranged three reinforcements to come out of the pass and lift the siege of Songshan."

"Yes." Emperor Chongzhen nodded, his embarrassing face eased a little, and then asked, "When will the three armies reach Songshan? How many troops are there?"

Chen Xinjia said: "This..."

Emperor Chongzhen asked: "Why, is Chen Aiqing in trouble?"

Chen Xinjia had no choice but to say: "Long live, the three reinforcements have a total of more than 9,000 troops."

"What! There are only more than nine thousand people?" Emperor Chongzhen said furiously, "How can the only army be able to escape the siege of Songshan?"

Chen Xinjia replied with a sad face: "Long live, Jingying, Jizhou, Xuanfu, Miyun, and Datong towns have all been drawn, and there is no more reinforcements."

"I don't care about these." Emperor Chongzhen said furiously, "If you can't send reinforcements, you are incompetent. If Songshan and Jinzhou are lost, I will ask you!"

Chen Xinjia was so scared that he knocked his head on the ground, and he didn't dare to say another word.

"Report, Songshantang Report..."

At this moment, a little eunuch raised his hands high and walked into the hall quickly.

The ministers of the two squads looked tumbling. They received reports from Songshan almost every day, just saying how critical the situation in Songshan and Jinzhou was, urging the court to send reinforcements as soon as possible.

The little eunuch went straight down the jade stairs. Wang Chengen, the eunuch standing at the stairs, quickly took the Tangbao and presented it to Emperor Chongzhen's imperial case. Emperor Chongzhen opened the Tangbao and read it expressionlessly. After reading a few lines, Emperor Chongzhen's face suddenly changed. He stood up suddenly from the dragon throne, and his hands holding the Tangbao began to tremble slightly.
Chapter completed!