Xiao Tianjian's edict issued by the Beijing division was transmitted in all directions at a very fast speed, when many of the northern officials and people who had not yet surrendered to the Dazhong Dynasty after learning the news, even if there was a big uproar, these local officials still had a trace of illusions, thinking that they were Ming courtiers, as long as the Ming Jingshi was still there, and the Chongzhen Emperor was still there, then they could still be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but when they learned the news, they were completely confused, and the capital of the Ming Dynasty had been taken by the Dazhong Dynasty, The Ming Emperor to whom they were loyal was also dead, so who were they loyal to? What's the point of continuing to persevere? So some officials who were a little ambitious cried and simply hung up the seal and left, this official didn't do it, this Ming Dynasty was finished anyway, they simply went home, and from then on closed doors and didn't care about things outside the window, who loves in this world, who goes! There are also some officials who are reluctant to take this official position, so they hurriedly find the nearest Dazhong Army to deliver the order, and immediately announced the surrender of the Dazhong Dynasty, and from then on turned around to the Dazhong Dynasty and continued to be the officials of the Dazhong Dynasty, as for the remnants of the officers and soldiers, most of them dispersed on the spot, and those who went home to farm went home, surrendered to the Dazhong Dynasty, and individual officers and soldiers simply fell into the grass and started to do business without capital, in short, in a few days, the entire Beizhili remnants of those places that had not yet surrendered to the Dazhong Dynasty changed banners overnight and began to accept the jurisdiction of the Dazhong Dynasty.

The news flew into Shandong like wings, and the officials in Shandong who learned the news immediately announced their surrender, changed their courts, and joined the Great China and North Korea.

At this time, more than 10,000 people had just been gathered, and Liu Zeqing, who was entrenched in Dengzhou City, also quickly learned the news that the Beijing division was broken, and soon heard the news that Chongzhen had hanged himself in the coal mountain in the capital, and Liu Zeqing was immediately frightened.

In the past two years, Liu Zeqing was really scared by the Dazhong Army, and there were tens of thousands of officers and soldiers under his command, but after the Northern Expedition led by the Dazhong Emperor Xiao Tianjian, he immediately abandoned the Jining Prefecture that he was guarding, and fled to Tai'an Prefecture first, and learned that Jining was captured by the Dazhong Army, and the two places were still 500 miles apart.

As a result, the tens of thousands of troops under his command can be said to have not fought with the Dazhong army, and they were dragged down by him during the escape, and when he fled to Dengzhou, he found that the more than 30,000 officers and troops who followed him only left six or seven thousand defeated soldiers after arriving in Dengzhou, and the rest fled halfway, and he also learned that in order to go north as soon as possible, the Dazhong army did not attack Jining and Tai'an and other places at all, but went north along the canal, which made Liu Zeqing regret it, but he did not dare to lead his troops to help Cangzhou and other places. In June, Chongzhen sent someone to Dengzhou to issue an order, ordering him to raise troops and rush to Beijing to enter the guard, but Liu Zeqing did not pay attention to Chongzhen's stubble at all on the grounds of insufficient food and salary, but planned to stay in Dengzhou and wait and see the limelight.

Liu Zeqing originally wanted to see how to deal with the Jiannu army after the Dazhong army went north, in his opinion, although the Dazhong army is powerful, but the Jiannu is not a vegetarian, it is not good that the Dazhong army and Jiannu will fight in the Gyeonggi area, and when the time comes, he can take the opportunity to make a fortune, control the land of Shandong, and become a king of Shandong.

But then he got the news, not only did the Dazhong army fight with Jiannu, at the end of June, Xiao Tianjian led the troops to open up the Grand Canal, and annihilated 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses in Tongzhou in one fell swoop, and then led the troops to Shanhaiguan, and once again defeated the Jiannu army, and Shengsheng knocked the fierce Jiannu army back to Liaodong Pass, it is said that the 200,000 Jiannu army lost nearly half of the soldiers in this battle, and Liu Zeqing was scared to the point that his hands and feet were numb, and he secretly shouted that he did not follow the order to enter the guard, which was a wise move. Otherwise, he doesn't know how he died.

Later, he also heard that someone suggested that Emperor Chongzhen abandon the Beijing Division, lead the civil and military officials to flee to Dengzhou and flee south to Liangguang, Fujian, for which he also raised a glimmer of hope, during this time in Dengzhou, Laizhou and other places, search for sea ships, ready to follow Chongzhen to cross the sea to the south, at least he is considered to be a meritorious escort, Chongzhen will definitely not be held accountable for his refusal to lead troops into the guard, after arriving in the south, he can not be promoted, become a general or something.

But waited and waited, but did not wait for Chongzhen to lead the civil and military officials to flee to Dengzhou, but waited for the news that the Beijing division was broken and Chongzhen hanged the coal mountain, and Liu Zeqing panicked.

Chongzhen is dead, then the Ming Dynasty is over, although he has prepared a group of sea ships, ready to go south to Fujian, but with the ships he has so far, it is not enough to load all his soldiers and horses and transport them to Fujian, and he lacks food, and his generals love the land and refuse to go with him, as long as he announces that he will board the ship and abandon Dengzhou, then the more than 10,000 people and horses under his command who have been gathered together will immediately disperse, even if he escapes to the south by sea, what can he do?

When he had no soldiers and no generals, he arrived in Fujian, where is there Zheng Zhilong's Zheng family, annexing him is like playing, and then he can only end up with a chicken and a flying egg.

But just when he was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do, his own soldiers rushed into the hall where he was, knelt down and reported to him: "Open the military gate! There is a person who claims to be from the Beijing Division, saying that he is an old man from the military gate, and wants to ask to see the military gate! ”

Liu Zeqing was upset, and he was not very clear about the situation in Jingshi, he heard that someone from Jingshi came to him at this time, he frowned at first, and he didn't think about it, but when he thought that at this time, someone could claim to be his old man, or Jingshi came over, so he asked: "Who is it?" Have you asked clearly? ”

The family who reported the news hesitated for a moment and then shook his head and said, "He didn't want to say it, he just said that after the military gate saw him, he would naturally recognize him!" But on a small scale, this person seems to be a ...... It's a ......."

Liu Zeqing saw this guy, so he immediately said angrily: "What is it? Why are you talking so much today? Is there anything strange about it? ”

The family hurriedly bowed his head and replied: "Judging from the small one, the person who came seems to be the father-in-law in the palace!" ”

Liu Zeqing stood up immediately after hearing this, isn't his father-in-law a eunuch? Which eunuch would come to him at this time and call himself an old man? So Liu Zeqing rolled his eyes and immediately ordered: "Bring him in!" ”

Not long after, a ragged man was brought into Liu Zeqing's mansion, and Liu Zeqing stood under the eaves in front of the lobby door and watched this person walk into the courtyard.

Liu Zeqing carefully looked at this person dressed like a flower child, and saw that this person had a yellow face and thin muscles, and his face was full of filth, but his chin was smooth and without half a beard, he really looked like a eunuch, but in his mind, he didn't seem to know this person, so he asked this person with his hands behind his back: "Who are you?" The official doesn't know you, how dare you call yourself the official's old friend? ”

After this person named Huazi saw Liu Zeqing, his originally rickety body suddenly straightened up, his eyes opened violently, and he looked directly at Liu Zeqing, which suddenly made Liu Zeqing feel a kind of pressure rushing to his face, it is obvious that this person must be a person who has been in the top position for a long time, otherwise he would not have developed such a temperament.

"In the next place, it is the master of ceremonies who holds the seal of Fang Zhenghua, and I have seen Liu Junmen......" This person suddenly took out a sign from his arms, held it in his hand and lit it up in front of Liu Zeqing.

Liu Zeqing's pupils contracted suddenly, and the eunuch Fang Zhenghua of the master of ceremonies was in charge of the eunuch, this name was like thunder, this person was among the palace attendants, the eunuch who was most valued by Emperor Chongzhen in recent years, although he could not be called a high and powerful eunuch, but he was also one of the few big eunuchs who rarely spoke in the Jingshi, so he didn't dare to hold it anymore, and hurriedly saluted: "Liu Zeqing, the general soldier in Xiashan, has seen Gonggong Fang!" I don't know that Fang's father-in-law came from afar, and he missed the distance, and he hoped that Fang's father-in-law would forgive his sins, and he would like to ask Gongmian to see the tea! ”

Fang Zhenghua looked really miserable at this time, a dirty and tattered clothes, and an unpleasant smell on his body, if it weren't for the brand he was holding was a waist card in the palace that could prove his identity, ordinary people really couldn't believe it, he was the famous master of ceremonies and eunuchs in the Beijing Division over the years.

After being let into the lobby by Liu Zeqing and sitting down at the top, Liu Zeqing immediately asked people to serve refreshments, this Fangzhenghua was really hungry, and he didn't care about any face, grabbed the snacks presented by the next person, and stuffed them into his mouth, choked after a few mouthfuls, and quickly took a few sips of tea, and then he got angry, and he didn't care about explaining his intention to Liu Zeqing, so he swept the refreshments sent to his stomach like a whirlwind, until he saw that there was nothing in the plate, Only then did he swallow and spit at the mouth, rubbed the crumbs in his hands together, poured them into his mouth, and drank the tea as if he had not eaten enough.

"Quick! Prepare wine and good food, and invite Fang's father-in-law to dinner! Father-in-law Fang has suffered along the way, don't worry, since you are here, you will be safe! Eat slowly, although I am nervous here, but I can always ensure that my father-in-law is full! Liu Zeqing saw the embarrassment of Fangzhenghua, so he hurriedly persuaded.

Fang Zhenghua nodded, his face recovered a little, he took the towel sent by the next person and wiped his face, and after taking a deep breath, his spirit became much better, and then he took out a piece of Huang Juan from his arms, stood up and said: "Shandong General Liu Zeqing takes the order!" ”

Liu Zeqing instinctively immediately knelt down and shouted loudly: "Weichen Liu Zeqing takes the order!" ”

After listening to Fang Zhenghua's recitation of this holy decree, Liu Zeqing knelt on the ground and was a little dumbfounded, it turned out that Fang Zhenghua did not come here alone, and there were actually the prince and the two little princes who came here with him, it turned out that Fang Zhenghua was in the capital before it was broken, and he was given the holy decree of Chongzhen, and with Chongzhen's three princes, he sneaked out of the Beijing division first, and it took almost a month to run from the Beijing division through the control area of the Dazhong Army to Dengzhou, Fang Zhenghua was ordered to take the three princes to board the ship from Dengzhou, Liu Zeqing was ordered to send someone to escort them to Fujian.

Seeing Liu Zeqing kneeling on the ground and looking stupid, Fang Zhenghua immediately shouted: "Liu Junmen still hasn't received the order to thank you?" ”

Liu Zeqing came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly raised his hands above his head and shouted: "Liu Zeqing takes the order!" ”

Fang Zhenghua handed over this piece of Huang Juan to Liu Zeqing, and suddenly cried loudly, it turned out that before Fang Zhenghua led the three princes to Dengzhou, he also heard Chongzhen's bad news on the road, endured his grief, and escorted the three princes to Dengzhou.

Before he entered Dengzhou, he was worried that after Dengzhou heard the news, Liu Zeqing would lead his troops to surrender to the Dazhong Army, but after arriving here, he found out that Liu Zeqing still controlled Dengzhou and Laizhou at the moment, and did not surrender to the Dazhong Army, so he dared to come to Dengzhou with the three princes and found Liu Zeqing.

Poor Fang Zhenghua took three princes along the way, was frightened, and was robbed twice by a group of thieves on the road, when he went out of Beijing, he brought a few attendants, and he also fled to death, and the last guard who escaped actually swept away their coils, and after passing Cangzhou, Fang Zhenghua and the three princes had to make up as Huazi, and ran to Dengzhou by begging along the way, and the four people were in danger several times on the road, either they were almost eaten by hungry wild dogs, or they almost starved to death, Fortunately, Fang Zhenghua had a little effort at hand, so he barely struggled to escort the three princes to Dengzhou.

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