More than 300 Qing soldiers were defeated by the rebels when they were caught off guard, and the clever ones had already abandoned their swords and surrendered, and the stubborn ones were all killed.

Na Zhan Ba was in a panic and wanted to seize the horse and flee, but unfortunately he had already been targeted by Wang Wei, and before he could break out of the encirclement, he was shot down by an arrow.

After the battle, Wang Yan asked the detained Ming officials to open the shackles, and after getting to know each other one by one, he escorted the captured Qing soldiers and Zhan Ba forward.

Beizhili was completely under the control of the Qing army, and it is said that Taiyuan had also fallen into the hands of Ye Chen, and the whole of Hebei was included in the territory of the Qing court, and it was impossible for Wang Yan and his rebels to continue to stay here.

They were to make a detour to Henan and enter Huainan to join the Ming army.

In order to ensure that the whereabouts of the righteous army were not revealed, the only way to do this was to kill these captured Qing soldiers.

These people are all Han Chinese, and after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, they were organized into the Green Battalion, they thought that surrendering would save them from death, but they didn't expect Wang Yan to give them a chance to live at all, and they were terrified one by one, and begged for mercy again and again.

If Wang Yan was the scholar who had just escaped from the capital, he might have been soft-hearted and let them go, but after experiencing the Battle of Qingzhou and these days of escape, the softness in his heart has been slowly replaced by iron and blood.

After the Qingzhou Incident, the rebels in Shandong swarmed, numbering no less than 100,000, but now they are all dead and wounded, and only they survived.

Along the way, how many brothers and how many rebels died in battle, he had to give them an explanation. If Wang Yan wants to complete his mission and save the Ming Dynasty, he can't be merciful.

More than a dozen people were tied up on the side of the road, and their heads were wiped off by the rebels in horror, and Zhan Ba's face turned pale when he saw this: "I am a bachelor of the Qing Inner Academy, you can be of great use if you stay in me!" ”

More than a dozen human heads fell to the ground, blood spilled all over the ground, dyeing the weeds on the roadside into a bewitching crimson color, which made people shudder.

Boundless fear spread in Zhan Ba's heart, making him look like mud, Wang Yan saw him like this, disdainful in his heart, and said coldly: "The generation of the number of classics that have forgotten their ancestors, what is the use of my stay!" ”

"What Childe said is very true! If you like to clear the old thief, you should be cut with a thousand knives! Liu Shun on the side had long seen that Zhan Ba was not pleasing to his eyes, and he was ashamed of him in his heart, and before he agreed, he took out his waist knife and slashed it on his leg.

Liu Shun was originally a splash of skin, but he loved and hated clearly, he could swear to die because Wang Yan saved his life, and naturally he could hate Zhan Ba because he surrendered to the Qing court.

With a knife slash, in one go, Liu Shun's ruthless nature was revealed, Zhan Ba's thigh was instantly cut, and blood instantly stained his pants.

"Ah~" The pain made Zhan Ba let out a terrible scream, and a stream of liquid suddenly mixed with blood, emitting a scorching smell.

Wang Yan didn't stop Liu Shun's movements, but Zuo Maodi on the side frowned slightly, seeing that Liu Shun was going to raise a knife and continue to cut Zhan Ba, who was constantly crawling back, he was afraid that he would hack Zhan Ba to death, so he hurriedly came out to stop him: "Liu Zhuangshi, slow down!" I have something to ask him. ”

Liu Shun stopped his movements when he heard this, looked back at Wang Yan, and saw that he nodded, before retreating to the side.

"I asked you, since Dolgon let my mission return to the south, why did he send Er to detain me, but let Chen Hongfan return to the south alone, what is the intention of the Qing court?" Zuo Maodi looked at the frightened Zhan Ba and asked.

Zhan Ba escaped, seeing that he was still of some use, his heart was secretly happy, he endured the pain in his leg while thinking about how to save his life.

"Lord Zuo, I can tell you everything I know. However, can Lord Zuo keep me from dying? Zhan Ba said as calmly as he could.

The rebels are now in charge of Wang Yan, and Zuo Maodi has to look like Wang Yan.

"Let's put it another way, if I can satisfy Lord Zuo, I can spare your life." Wang Yan nodded.

Zhan Ba was obviously dissatisfied with Wang Yan's ambiguous words, this old man knew very well that this was his only value now, and if he lost it, he would no longer have any value.

"Hey~ you old thing!" Seeing that Zhan Ba was silent, Liu Shun was angry, and he stepped forward with a knife to cut him. "My son-in-law gave you a chance, you still have a long face, right?"

"Ah~ and slowly~ ah~ Strongman, I'll say it all." Zhan Ba's face turned pale when he saw this, and he hurriedly begged for mercy, but he was still cut open by Liu Shun on the other leg.

Zhan Ba is a scholar, and he really hasn't seen Liu Shun's wild way, and when he went down with two knives, he suddenly had no other thoughts, and he took the initiative to explain without waiting for Zuo Maodi to ask again.

"The regent ~ no ~ is the captive head Dolgon sent me to detain Lord Zuo because Chen Hongfan Mi is willing to surrender to the Qing." Zhan Ba looked at the sword in Liu Shun's hand, he was really afraid of this fierce rebel colonel. "Chen Hongfan said that he was willing to help the Qing court persuade the southern princes to surrender, and Dolgon was overjoyed, so he decided to detain Lord Zuo according to Chen Hongfan's request."

After listening to Zhan Ba's story, Zuo Maodi's heart couldn't help sinking, and sure enough, as he expected, Chen Hongfan's old thief was really cleared.

When Liu Shun saw that Zhan Ba finished speaking, he looked at Wang Yan, and the look in his eyes was self-evident, asking Wang Yan if he would kill this old thing.

After hearing this, Wang Yan felt that this Zhan Ba might be useful in the future, so he stopped him with his eyes. "Zhan Ba, I can spare your life, but you must obey my orders and act according to my arrangement, do you understand?"

Hearing that he can save a life, then where would Zhan Ba be unwilling, just let him ****, he will not hesitate to eat it all, and after wiping his mouth, he will praise it again.

Wang Yan left Zhan Ba's life also temporary, in his mind, since the Qing court can use Chen Hongfan as a traitor, then why can't he put a nail in the Qing court for the Ming Dynasty.

At that moment, Wang Yan asked Zhan Ba to write down Chen Hongfan's surrender to the Qing Dynasty and his betrayal of Chen Hongfan, and then drew them one by one, and then asked the sergeant to put him on a war horse, and told him that if the Qing court asked, he only said that the righteous army was going to Shandong, and he would let him go.

With a confession and a letter of allegiance in hand, Wang Yan was not afraid that he would betray him, and when he was far away, Wang Yan handed over the confession that stated that Chen Hongfan had surrendered to Zuo Maodi, and the other copy was collected by himself, and then asked the soldiers to quickly clean up the battlefield.

"Shiheng, Chen Hongfan surrendered to the Qing, I am worried that the southern princes will be deceived by him, and he will be negligent in his precautions, so that the Qing court will have a chance." Zuo Maodi and Wang Yan stood on the side of the road, worried. "I want to return south as soon as possible and expose the face of the thief, I don't know that Shiheng may help me!"

"Wansheng and others also want to return to the south, but Shandong and Tuo are very strict and impassable, so they can only make a detour to Henan. Wang Yan pondered.

Zuo Maodi frowned slightly, but after thinking about it, there was no other way, so he had to nod and agree, and did not speed up the return.

At this time, he looked at the soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield quite methodically, obviously it was not the first time to attack the Qing army, and he immediately had the idea of recruiting more than a thousand troops.

Before the northern envoy, Hongguang Dynasty was afraid that recruiting the Shandong Righteous Army would tear his face with the Qing court, but now that he had failed, Zuo Maodi naturally had no scruples. "I don't know what Shi Heng's plans are in the future, I have the position of the right attendant of the military department, and I have the right to appease, Shi Heng is willing to accept my recruitment."

"Great goodness!" Wang Yan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said happily: "Late life and others have no place to return, the anti-Qing Dynasty is to protect the Ming Dynasty, Lord Zuo can appease us, we are naturally willing!" ”

"That Shiheng's department was organized into the Zhongyi Battalion, and Shiheng was the thousand general of the Liupin Battalion, and he was given the rank of General Zhaowu." The king did not hesitate to respond to the matter of recruiting An, which shows the heart of loyalty, which made Zuo Maodi impressed, and directly promised a high position at the moment. "When I return to Beijing, I will ask the military department to reissue documents, money, food, and equipment, does Shiheng think it is feasible?"

"Good! In the end, everything will be arranged by the adults! ”

At this time, after the battlefield was cleared, Wang Yan directly reorganized the righteous army, Wang Wei was the deputy Qianhu, Qian Yifeng, Liu Shun and others were the hundred generals, and the name was made and handed over to Zuo Maodi, and then he led the troops south.

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Dolgon was very concerned about Chen Hongfan's obedience, and when the scholar Zhan Ba recovered the northern mission, he would give him a face-to-face lecture, and when he saw Chen Hongfan, he could promise that "on the day of success, he will be honored by the world." ”

After the northern mission was detained by Zhan Ba, Chen Hongfan traveled south with joy, and soon crossed Shandong and entered the border of Lianghuai.

In order to have a good position in the Qing court in the future, and in order to prove his ability to the new master, Chen Hongfan did not return to Nanjing directly, but deliberately detoured and entered Gao Jie's camp, wanting to do something counterproductive.

Gao Jie, the word Yingwu, a native of Mizhi, Shaanxi, was originally Li Zicheng's general, and later because of his secret affection with Li Zicheng's Mrs. Xing, he brought a big hat to Li Zicheng, and he took Mrs. Xing to escape from the camp and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

Gao Jie's department was on the front line of Xuzhou, and Yijing was the forefront of the fight against the Qing army, and when he heard that Chen Hongfan of the Northern Mission had arrived in the camp, he naturally wanted to know the result of the negotiations with the Qing court.

At that moment, he asked people to set up a banquet to wash the dust for Chen Hongfan. The two were polite, and the atmosphere was harmonious, and after three rounds of drinking, and people were slightly drunk, Chen Hongfan felt that the time was ripe, so he took the initiative to introduce the topic to the Qing court.

"Uncle knows that the Qing general Ye Chen's department has conquered Taiyuan, and the land of Hebei is all owned by the Qing court." Chen Hongfan put down his wine glass and deliberately exaggerated the momentum of the Qing court. "I'm in Beijing, I heard that Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing soldiers will send troops south in a few days, Uncle has a plan!"

Gao Jie was already a little drunk at this time, and he didn't think about Chen Hongfan's words, but when he heard that the Qing soldiers wanted to take Huainan, he immediately said angrily: "If he wants to get the south of the big river, he must use Beijing to exchange with me." ”

Seeing the discord between the words, Chen Hongfan knew that it was not easy to recruit Gao Jie, and he had no intention of staying, and he was worried that what he said just now would cause Gao Jie to be suspicious, so he deliberately dropped the wine glass in his hand on the ground and pretended to be in the shape of a stroke. "My old illness has relapsed!"

Gao Jie was shocked when he saw it, afraid that Chen Hongfan would die in his camp, so he hurriedly asked people to help him down.

That night, Chen Hongfan escaped from Gao Jie's camp and went south in the starry night.

After arriving in Nanjing, Chen Hongfan hyped up the message of peace, and then secretly played Hongguang to frame Huang Degong and Gao Jie to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and for a time there was an undercurrent in Nanjing.