Chapter 1402: Chang'an surrenders
In the battle of Lintong, the Ming army defeated the main force of nearly 200,000 Jin troops, plus hundreds of thousands of tun troops, killed 40,000 enemies and captured hundreds of thousands of prisoners on the battlefield alone, and the Jin country only had more than 60,000 people, following Wu Sangui and Meng Qiaofang to escape from the north and south.
Meng Qiaofang crossed Weishui, gathered 30,000 remnants of troops in Gaoling, and had to rest in a hurry in the future, so he learned that Li Laiheng did not attack Yan'an, but abandoned Yan'an and went south directly, and had killed Fuping in the north of Gaoling.
After the Ming army in northern Shaanxi learned that Meng Qiaofang was going south and understood that the enemy on the opposite side had become a tun army, Li Laiheng and other generals were shocked, and did not entangle with the tun army that held the camp and the city, so they chose to venture south to rescue the protector.
This made Meng Qiaofang, who had gathered troops and horses in Gaoling, extremely shocked, and Haoge, who fled at this time, brought another news, the Ming general Liu Fangliang crossed north from Weishui and was about to march to Gaoling.
This time, it has become a two-sided posture, northern Shaanxi can't stay, Haoge and Meng Qiaofang can't care a lot, and without waiting for more routs to come, they led a group of remnants of the defeated army to flee to Pingliang in a hurry, and prepared, all the way to the west, to Yongliang or Yinzhou.
Wu Sangui in the south led the remnants and retreated into Lantian, knowing that the Ming army would not let him go, and would inevitably send troops to chase and kill, and was worried that the Ming army in Hanzhong would outflank him and cut off his way to the west, so he didn't stay at all, and went straight to Fengxiang Mansion along the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains.
The Ming army chased and killed all the way, chasing the traces of the Jin army, chasing the Jin army fiercely, and also went all the way to the west.
In Chang'an City, the news of the defeat came, and the city was full of mourning. The streets of the city were crowded with people carrying large bags and small bags, driving vehicles to flee.
Now all kinds of news about the Ming Dynasty army burning, killing and looting all the way has been transmitted to Chang'an City, and some people say that the army has arrived outside the city, causing greater panic to the people in the city.
For a time, looting was rampant in the city, and the ruffians and hooligans took advantage of the situation to cause chaos, and shops and houses that had been knocked open could be seen everywhere along the streets, and the corpses that fell to the ground everywhere beside the streets were ignored, and tens of thousands of people dragged their families out of the city and fled westward.
Of course, some ordinary people have nothing to escape, but the rich and powerful people in the city dare not stay in the city.
In the past, whenever the country was destroyed, the national capital would inevitably experience a bloody storm, and after the enemy soldiers took the capital, they did not extort, burn, kill and loot, and carry out liquidation, which was almost non-existent.
In the palace of the Jin Kingdom, the big golden prince Qi Zheng walked in the palace with red eyes, and when Haoge went on the expedition, he was left in Chang'an to supervise the country. The news from the front line, some say that the emperor has been killed by the Ming army, some say that the emperor fled north, although the news is very confusing, but one thing is certain, that is, the Dajin Kingdom has been defeated.
In the early morning, after the military headquarters sent a message that the Ming army was rushing westward, and the advance was less than thirty miles away from Chang'an, the entire city of Chang'an fell into chaos.
Qi Zheng'er hurriedly asked the chamberlain to recruit important ministers to come to the palace to discuss, but no one has come yet.
At this time, he was standing in the palace, the palace attendants and palace maids, including some forbidden soldiers, began to scramble for things, the palace was in chaos, and the princes and harem concubines were hiding in the palace and shivering.
Qi Zheng'er is the eldest son of Haoge, and he has been the prince for nearly ten years, but he didn't expect that before he ascended the throne, Dajin's country would be over. His situation is not as good as even Qin II, Qi Zheng's forehead listened to the noise outside, stood in the main hall in a daze, looking at the magnificent palace, ten years like a dream.
At this moment, a rush of footsteps came from outside, Qi Zheng turned his head to look, and saw the embarrassed Ledu hurriedly walking in.
"Prince, the whole Chang'an is in chaos, the officials and rich people in the city are fleeing west, let's go quickly!" Ledu walked in, saluted with a breath: "The minister has already prepared a fast horse, please prepare the prince quickly, it will be too late if it is too late." ”
"Kong Xiang is still coming, can the city hold on? Is it really time to give up Chang'an? Qi Zheng looked around the palace, a little reluctant, "This is my foundation for more than ten years of gold······
Le Du was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Prince, Hanchen is almost finished, Kong Xiang is closed now, and he doesn't know what the plan is, the prince can't count on them." Now Your Majesty doesn't know whether he is dead or dead, and the minister has to protect the prince to kill you, if Your Majesty has any misfortune, the prince is the emperor of Dajin, and there must be no loss! ”
When Qi Zheng's forehead heard this, his body couldn't help but tremble······
At this time, the streets in Chang'an City were already full of people walking quickly, and the city was full of noise, and people fled to the west gate in panic.
At the city gate, a group of undressed cavalry, escorting a civil official, galloped into the city.
"Get out of the way, death to those who stand in the way!" The cavalry in front brandished their horsewhips and roared loudly, opening the way for the civil officials, causing a burst of chickens and dogs to jump in the streets.
The cavalry rampaged all the way, and in a short time, they galloped from outside the city to the palace gate, and the thin civil officials and cavalry turned over and dismounted one after another, and then broke directly into the palace.
Entering the palace, there were figures running in a panic everywhere, and the civil official grabbed a eunuch and let out a roar that was asymmetrical to his figure, "Where is King Jingyang?" ”
The chamberlain trembled with his burden in his arms, and said in a trembling voice: "King Jingyang should be in Han Guifei's Xianfu Palace······"
The civil servant pushed the attendant away, then turned his head and ordered, "Go to Xianfu Palace." ”
After speaking, he led a few soldiers and hurried east to Xianfu Palace, obviously familiar with the palace.
Xianfu Palace is one of the harems of the Jin Kingdom, where Han Guifei lives, who is the daughter of Han Chaoxuan. In order to win over the Han Chen, Haoge married the Han gentry of the Jin Kingdom, and soon after Han Chaoxuan's daughter entered the palace, she was named a concubine. Wu Sangui and Meng Qiaofang were too powerful, and it would be too terrifying if they became relatives again, so when they treated these two, Haoge married the princess, or promoted their marriage with the Manchu nobles.
At this time, the entire harem was in chaos, and Xianfu Palace was no exception, with the chamberlains and palace maids making a mess.
A noble lady of less than thirty, protecting a boy of five or six years old, followed by several palace maids, hiding in the dormitory and shivering, suddenly the door was pushed open by the soldiers, and the civil official led several soldiers in.
The boy was Haoge's ninth son, whose Chinese name was Zhao Ding'an, and when he saw someone coming, he immediately broke away from the woman, ran to the civil official, and shouted: "Uncle, uncle." ”
The noble lady also exclaimed, "Didn't my brother follow his father in Dasanguan, how did he return to Chang'an, is it ······?"
The civil official is the eldest son of Han Chaoxuan, called Han Dong, he picked up Zhao Dingan, and then said urgently: "He Tengjiao and Hao Shaoqi are very anxious to attack Dasanguan, I was ordered by my father to go back to Chang'an to urge food, met the team fleeing from Chang'an, and knew the current situation, so I hurried to Chang'an." ”
As he spoke, he looked at the empty palace and sighed a little in his heart, but now is not the time to be sentimental, the Ming army will kill Chang'an at any time, he said to Han Guifei: "Niangniang, now is not the time to say more, we must leave Chang'an as soon as possible, it will be too late." ”
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On the third day of the fifth month, Wang Yan led a large army and approached the city of Chang'an.
This is the core of Guanzhong, more than ten years, has been the capital of Li Zicheng, and has been the capital of the Jin country, the city is very tall and majestic.
A group of Shun generals in the Ming army, after many years, still remember the miserable scene of the hasty evacuation at the beginning, and now they have killed it again, but their identities have changed.
Looking at Chang'an City, all the soldiers couldn't help but sigh, taking Chang'an, the turbulent era is over.
Li Guo rode in front of the army, looked at Chang'an City from a distance for a while, then pulled his horse back, saluted in front of Wang Yan, and said, "Prison country, let the army attack immediately?" ”
Wang Yan looked at Chang'an City, and at this time, a thick smoke suddenly rose in the city, and then the gate of Chang'an suddenly opened.
"No need to fight, the city gate is open!" Wang Yan smiled when he saw this on his horse.
Li Guo heard the words, turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw Chang'an East City slowly open, dozens of officials lined up to come out, standing on both sides of the city gate, a Jin army general rushed out, without weapons, until the front army was stopped, and after a short time, he was taken to Wang Yan to worship, "The villain was ordered by Kong Xianggong to come to surrender, and respectfully invite His Royal Highness the Ming Prison to enter the city." ”
Wang Yan smiled slightly, quite complacent, "What about Kong Wenfu?" ”
The general lowered his head and said, "Kong Xianggong hanged himself at home·····"
Wang Yan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and felt a little unhappy in his heart, what the hell is this, he wants to repay the Jin Kingdom with his death, and can he still have a good reputation? So what is the Lone King?
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