An army is marching through the mountains and ravines in the territory of Qingyang Province in northern Shaanxi.

This was a fairly large army, not only numerous, but also accompanied by many mules and horses, making the ranks even larger. Standing in the middle of the team, it is difficult to see the head and tail, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, are marching towards the northwest. The vanguard of the army has already stepped into the territory of Pingliang Mansion, and the rear army is still next to the meridian water in Yan'an Mansion.

Wu Sangui was in this team, riding a Liaodong horse, wearing a long iron armor, wearing an eight-petal hat and an iron-tipped helmet, and the braid hanging from the back of his head disappeared at some point, completely dressed as a general of the Ming army.

Behind him, he also disappeared from the Da Xuan of the King of Pingxi of the Qing Dynasty, but replaced with the Da Xuan of Pinglu, the general of Pinglu who guarded Ningxia Town-the chief military officer of Ningxia Town, and the general seal of Pinglu, which was an official of the Ming Dynasty! And Ping Xibo is also the lord of the Ming Dynasty!

Now Wu Sangui hid his braids, played the signboard of the Ming Dynasty, and appointed himself a general Pinglu, the chief military officer of Ningxia Town, not to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway, but to win over the gentry in Shaanxi who were still loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

When he fought in Shanxi earlier, he had tasted the sweetness of the assistance of Jin merchants and Shanxi scholars, and he also knew how unpopular the rogues were.

Therefore, after entering Tongguan, he ordered the troops to put away the banner of the Qing Dynasty, and asked the soldiers to hide their braids, and also asked people to make some Daxu of General Ping Xibo, the chief military officer of Ningxia Town.

And from this big picture, you can probably know Wu Sangui's goal after entering Tongguan - although Dolgon promised him a king of Guanzhong, Wu Sangui knew how many catties he had. His little strength can't compete with Li Zicheng at all...... And he was overshadowed by Zhu Cihong, and he was about to become Hong Chengchou's second! Where do you dare to fight for all your strength?

If Guan Ningjun runs out, Dolgon will let him go down to accompany Hong Chengchou!

Therefore, after Wu Sangui entered Tongguan, he set up a large camp at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, and the main force crossed the Wei River at night and entered Weibei. Then march along Luoshui into the territory of Yan'an Mansion, and then march west along the Meridian Water to enter Qingyang Mansion.

In order to hide his whereabouts, his army of 40,000 avoided the towns as much as possible, and the people he met along the way were all entangled in the army.

Although Li Zicheng has occupied Shaanxi for more than a year, he has never operated the grassroots - allocating land to soldiers is also a kind of operation, but Li Zicheng has not implemented it. His officials were only sent to the county, and although the people's hearts were towards him, there was no channel of communication between the people's hearts and the Dashun government. So even if some "people" discovered Wu Sangui's army, they couldn't react to Li Zicheng for a while.

Therefore, Li Zicheng will temporarily lose control of the movements of Wu Sangui's army!

However, Wu Sangui also knew that Li Zicheng would not be "blind" for too long, after all, the movement of the 40,000 army was too big, so he had to hurry up and keep the troops away from Chang'an as much as possible and close to his first target - Guyuan Prefecture in Pingliang Prefecture.

It was originally the garrison of the general army of Shaanxi Town, and it was the main road leading from Guanzhong to Ningxia. As long as you go north along the Hulu River that flows from the side of Guyuan Prefecture City, you can enter the territory of Ningxia Town.

As long as Ningxia Town is occupied, Wu Sangui will have a truly reliable base!

Ningxia Town is one of the nine important towns, under the jurisdiction of Ningxia Wei, Ningxia Qianwei, Ningxia Zhongwei, Ningxia Rear and Ningxia left and right Zhongtun Wei, with a large number of border military households and generations of generals.

Moreover, in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, when Li Zicheng took over the three sides, Ningxia had no resistance at all, and it was determined by Li Zicheng's biography. Therefore, Ningxia's generals, military households, and agricultural production did not suffer much loss.

Now it can be used by Wu Sangui!

After taking control of Ningxia Town, Wu Sangui also planned to continue to seize Gansu Town to the west, taking all of the Hexi Corridor and Xiningwei.

In this way, Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, can become a veritable king of the northwest!

"King Pingxi, King of the Northwest......" Wu Sangui muttered to himself, and a smug smile rarely appeared on his face. Looking at the layers of mountains in front of him, watching the long army and horses rolling forward, and looking at the sunset in the west, he turned his head and called again, "Liu Sheng, how far is the front team from Guyuan Prefecture?" ”

"Back to the prince, there are about fifty or sixty miles." Liu Sheng is a native of Qingyang Mansion and is very familiar with the terrain of Qingyang and Pingliang, "Just now the front team came to report that they had captured Shuangfeng Fort and Magang Fort, and the road to Guyuan Prefecture had been opened. ”

"Fifty or sixty miles...... Wu Sangui looked up at the sky, it was almost dusk, "It seems that it will be night again...... I wonder if the brothers are still able to walk? ”

Guo Yunlong, who was marching with Wu Sangui, said: "If you can't walk, you have to walk...... This battle is to compete with the rogue, but you can't lose! ”

Li Zicheng also regarded Wu Sangui as an official soldier, and Wu Sangui's side did not completely change his thinking, and still regarded Li Zicheng as a rogue who ran fast.

But in fact, Li Zicheng's army can no longer "flow"!

While Wu Sangui led his troops to march desperately, Li Zicheng's army did not move half a step in his capital Chang'an Mansion.

Because not long after Ma Shiyao recovered Tongguan, the Da Xuan of Duoduo, the prince of Yu in the Qing Dynasty, appeared in Fenglingdu, which is separated from Tongguan by a river!

Now that Wu Sangui is in the west and Duoduo is in the east, Li Zicheng, who originally had Guan Longxingsheng, suddenly fell into a comprehensive passivity.

"Emperor, Emperor, I have found Wu Sangui! Wu Sangui went to Pingliang Mansion ......"

In the Wuying Hall of the Imperial City of Chang'an, Li Zicheng, who was anxious to discuss countermeasures with his ministers, finally knew where Wu Sangui was.

"Pingliang?"

"Emperor, it was reported by Chen Zhilong, the envoy of Ningxia Jiedu."

After listening to the report of Chen Linran, the secretary of the military government, Li Zicheng only felt dizzy. On the Ningxia side of Dashun, there were only two generals, Chen Zhilong and Niu Chenghu, and five or six thousand defenders adapted from the Ming army. How could it be possible to fight with the Guanning army of 30,000 or 40,000 people?

Even...... They don't necessarily fight, and those two wall grasses have to take refuge in Wu Sangui as the third minister - I don't know if Wu Sangui is now a second minister or a third minister (to take refuge in Daming)?

"Emperor," Liu Zongmin, the Marquis of Ru, hurriedly asked for battle, "the minister will lead the troops to save Ningxia!" Give 40,000 soldiers to the ministers......"

"No need!" Li Zicheng didn't wait for Liu Zongmin to finish speaking, then interrupted, "It's not appropriate to divide the troops now...... What Wu Sangui is trying to do is nothing more than Ningxia and Gansu, just give it to him! The trouble of your henchmen is still a Tartar! ”

That's a bit of a strange thing to say...... Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Gu Ying, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance who were present couldn't help frowning!

What does Emperor Yongchang think? By Wu Sangui rampant in Ningxia and Gansu? Will this work? Who dares to guarantee that he will not kill from the west and take Chang'an City when the Dashun army and the Tartars meet in the east......

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