When the Eastern Route Army entered the Tiger Prison Pass, Liu Shun parted ways with Dai Zhifan, and after they took Kaifeng, they had already learned about the battle situation in Heluo.

After the two understood that the main force of the Jin-Qing coalition army was facing the main force of the Ming army near Wan'an Mountain in the south of Luoyang, and Luoyang was very empty, the two decided that Liu Shunshuai would lead an army of 40,000 to take Luoyang, and Dai Zhifan would lead 80,000 people to the south and attack the Jin-Qing coalition army with the king of Chu.

It's just that the two didn't expect the rout of the Jin-Qing coalition army, it was a little earlier, Liu Shun led 40,000 horses and horses, and when he approached Luoyang, the defeated army of the Qing army had already walked around the city.

Liu Shun, Li Yuanyin and other generals led the army to Luoyang City, which was the ancient capital of several dynasties and the heart of China, and the Ming Dynasty lost him for more than ten years.

From the term "chasing the Central Plains", we can know the importance of the Central Plains to China. Whoever wants to occupy the Central Plains and occupy the heart of the world in history will have some confidence to be called Chinese orthodoxy.

After many years, Luoyang has fallen into the hands of the enemy for more than ten years, but today, the Ming army has finally come back.

The 40,000 Ming army stopped in front of the majestic Luoyang City, and the soldiers couldn't help but sigh, how did such a Xiongcheng fall into the hands of Hu Lu, and now they can take this Xiongcheng?

Li Yuanyin came to Liu Shun's side, looked at the head of Luoyang City, and asked, "Dudu, is it beating or stroking?" ”

"Although the main force of the Qing army is fighting against His Highness, there should not be many people in Luoyang City, but this city is too high, and the defense is perfect, if you can't fight, you won't fight, let's touch it first!" Liu Shun looked at Luoyang in the distance, pondered for a while, and said, "Let's put the posture away first, scare them, and let them know the consequences of not falling!" ”

Li Yuanyin nodded, feeling that it was reasonable, if he could not fight, he would not fight, and he could not increase casualties.

He believed that as long as the Ming army set up the formation, the Qing army in Luoyang City, even if they did not go out of the city to surrender, would abandon the city and flee, because their appearance had already foreshadowed the defeat of the Qing army.

"Okay, then let the army line up in formation, and then send people to the city to deliver the letter, if the Qing army does not surrender, then after the city is broken, all of them will be killed!"

Liu Shun nodded, agreed with Li Yuanyin's words, and then waved his hand to let him do it, he picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked at Luoyang City, but when he looked at it, he found that Luoyang City slowly opened, and a group of people walked out of the city.

"Hey, the gates are open!" Liu Shun put down the clairvoyant mirror and said in surprise.

Li Yuanyin was about to command the soldiers and horses to line up, when he heard the voice, he hurriedly looked at the city gate, and saw a group of people walking out, all of whom did not bring weapons, not like they were going to fight with the Ming army.

After a short time, several people came to the Ming army, and they were stopped by the soldiers for questioning before they were taken to the Chinese army.

"On behalf of the people of Luoyang, the villains are hereby inviting Wang Shi into the city!" Several of them were a little older, because they should be the elders of the city.

Liu Shun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then reacted, glared and asked, "The Qing army in the city has already fled?" ”

"Back to the marshal, it is said that the Qing army was defeated by His Royal Highness the King of Chu, last night the Qing army defeated the army did not dare to enter the city, directly detoured to the north, the Qing army in the city burned and looted in the city for most of the night, this morning fled Luoyang, it seems to be going to Mengjin." The old man at the head hurriedly saluted and replied.

Liu Shun and Li Yuanyin glanced at each other, their eyes showed surprise, they didn't expect that the army had just arrived, and before they could exert their strength, the king of Chu had already defeated the main force of the Qing army.

This makes the two of them feel useless, but in any case, it is also a good thing to be able to take Luoyang without blood.

With the majesty of Luoyang, if the garrison of the city is sufficient, it is possible for the Ming army to attack it for a year. In order to avoid attacking the city, Wang Yan retreated to the front line of Wan'an Mountain, and now the Eastern Route Army took Luoyang in person, which was exactly what he wanted.

In order to prevent fraud, the two first sent 1,000 people into Luoyang, and after occupying the urn city, the army slowly drove into the city.

In the city, there are obvious traces of destruction, there are still blood stains on the streets, and many people still have white flags hanging in front of their houses, which should have died in the chaos last night.

On the street where Liu Shun and Li Yuanyin rode horses, Luoyang City was extremely deserted, the market was half empty, and the doors of many shops were smashed.

"This Luoyang used to be a big city with a population of hundreds of thousands, with prosperous commerce and bustle, but now it has become like this!" Compared with the majestic city wall of Luoyang, the depressed scene in the city can only be said to make Liu Shun very disappointed.

"This is all the sins created by the Qing army!" Li Yuanyin rode on the horse and looked around, and suddenly hugged his fists on the horse and said: "Governor, please lead the men and horses of the headquarters to pursue the Qing army!" ”

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To the west of Luoyang City, more than 50 miles, on the south bank of the Gushui River, a crowd suddenly appeared. The front of the crowd is sparse, but the further back it goes, the denser the crowd becomes, just like a flood peak.

After the Jin-Qing coalition army was defeated by the Ming army in the south of Luoyang, tens of thousands of cavalry threw off the infantry army and fled first, but the infantry army could not keep up with the speed and was left far behind.

As soon as the coalition army was defeated, Meng Qiaofang did not hesitate to lead the Jin army to flee west, and Li Benshen, Liu Zhong and other green battalion generals also followed the Jin army.

Kong Youde and Shang Kexi did not follow the Jin army, they fled north first, wanting to chase the Qing cavalry, but halfway through the run, they encountered the rampaging horse army, and were killed by a rush, and the two were killed by the horse army.

At this time, against the Gushui River, like the defeated army going west, it was a gratifying man, with more than 20,000 people.

Most of them had no weapons in their hands and no armor on their bodies, and the soldiers hurried westward, and from time to time exhausted people in the ranks tripped over stones, and no one stopped to help them.

Shang Kexi was supported by his eldest son, Shang Zhixin, and walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

He looked really embarrassed, his face was covered in blood, his helmet was long gone, the armor on his body was torn off, and he didn't know where his shoulder pads had gone.

Shang Zhixin was also covered in blood, his pigtails fell apart, and he helped Shang Kexi forward with a pale face.

"Where is this?" Shang Kexi was out of breath, and after running for a day and a night, he really had no strength.

"Father, more than twenty miles away, you will reach Xin'an County!" Shang Zhixin said breathlessly.

Hearing this, Shang Kexi stood still, he found a quick stone and sat down, waved his hand, "Don't go, don't go." ”

As soon as he stopped, the rout soldiers also stopped, they fled for a day and a night, almost no strength, the rout soldiers immediately lay directly on the ground, some people used all their strength, climbed to the Gushui River, buried their heads in the river, desperately drank a few sips of water, trying to fill the already empty stomach.

Shang Zhixin helped Shang Kexi to sit down, looked at the miserable appearance of the soldiers around him, and couldn't help but ask melancholy: "Father, can we escape this time?" ”

Shang Kexi looked at the defeated army, and his heart also felt a pang of pain, how many family businesses had been accumulated by the king of Henan in the past ten years, and all of them were gone in the first war. Although his heart was miserable, he did not lose hope.

He looked at Shang Zhixin, panting heavily, and said while swallowing saliva: "Don't worry, my son, let's continue to walk towards Tongguan after resting for a while, and when we catch up with Meng Qiaofang and the gang, we will be safe!" ”

Shang Zhixin couldn't feel at ease, "Father, are we really going to the Jin Kingdom?" ”

"Daqing is over this time! I went to Mengjindu, whether I could cross the river is not yet known, and even if I can cross the river, my father estimates that the Qing Dynasty will not be able to hold out this year, and the thief will inevitably take advantage of the big victory to collect Hebei! We go to the Kingdom of Jin so that we don't perish with the Qing Dynasty! Shang Kexi said, already relieved, he reached out and patted Shang Zhixin's shoulder, and encouraged: "When I first took refuge in Huang Taiji for my father, I was even more embarrassed than now, and now we still have these horses, as long as we arrive in the Jin Kingdom, our father and son can still make a difference!" ”

Shang Zhixin listened to his words and just felt a little relieved, but at this time, the soldiers in front of him suddenly made a commotion, and the defeated soldiers who had no strength actually stood up in shock.

Shang Ke was happy to see this, and hurriedly stood up and looked, but his vision was covered by the rout, and he suddenly shouted, "What's the situation?" ”

"There are enemy troops, enemy troops are coming!" Panicked voices rang out in response to his question.

In front of the rout, the Ming army, which was ordered to intercept the rout fleeing west, suddenly appeared, but it was 30,000 loyal and brave formations, placed in front of them.

Shang Kexi fled north first, and only turned to the west after half of the escape, Liu Fangliang and He Zhen came directly to the northwest, and the soldiers were all on horses, so they went to Xin'an County before them.

When the Ming army arrived, it happened to catch up with the tails of Meng Qiaofang and Li Benshen, He Zhen led 10,000 cavalry to pursue the Jin army and the green battalion, while Liu Fangliang led 30,000 loyal and brave towns to block here.

The rout army looked around, only to see the Ming army lined up in a neat queue, and the firecrackers held the firecrackers and pushed them in a horizontal formation.

Just escaped from death, the rout soldiers who came down from the battlefield were exhausted, and there was no morale at all, how could they meet the Ming army, Shang Kexi had not yet given the order, and the rout soldiers ran back in horror.

The Ming soldiers did not rush to chase, so they drove them away, and from time to time they raised their guns to shoot the backward routs and drove them in the direction of Mengjindu.

At this point, according to Wang Yan's instructions, the Ming army advanced from the east, west, and south directions, and drove the routed troops to the narrow area of Mengjindu like prey, preparing to annihilate the remnants of the Qing army in one fell swoop······

Thank you for the 4000 Ascending Terrans, 3000 grains in front of the temple, 2000 Alai classmates, and 1000 from the last descendants of Shino Saburo, today's holiday, thank you for your support! My face is red!

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