Feint with an army and lure the opponent into their own encirclement, which is the usual trick of the rogue. In the case that the overall strength is inferior to the opponent, the rogue used this trick to defeat the officers and soldiers repeatedly. It stands to reason that Liu Guozhu is experienced and will not be easily fooled, so it is strange that Liu Zongmin is really defeated, performing in his true colors, and nearly 10,000 people are "bait", and no one can guess the ending.

The Dashun army has snowballed to as many as three or four hundred thousand people, although most of them play soy sauce, but there are more ants and can bite the elephant to death, the people all over the mountains and fields rushed over, the shouting of killing was deafening, and the legs of the Baoding cavalry began to tremble.

"Zhentai, how is this good?" Several subordinates asked in a shudder.

Liu Guozhu looked at the dense crowd of ants, his heart was cold, he raised his saber, and shouted tragically: "I can't run away, I will directly impact the Liukou main formation, kill one is enough, kill two to earn, and die decently, I can't nest my pocket, and I will lose the face of my Baoding camp!" ”

"Kill!" The Baoding cavalry followed Liu Zongmin, who crossed the river, and rushed forward without hesitation.

Liu Zongmin was taken aback, he didn't even care about the old camp, desperately urged the war horse to go ashore and ran into the Chinese army formation. He looked at the banner of the word "Shun", found Li Zicheng, and shouted: "Generalissimo, Zong Min has introduced the officers and soldiers into the encirclement, and it is a good time to start. This group of officers and soldiers in Baoding is very strong, as long as they are annihilated, there will be a great lack of resistance on the way north......"

Li Zicheng frowned, he naturally saw that Liu Zongmin was very embarrassed, not at all to feign defeat and lead the official army into the urn, but to eat the defeat solidly. However, at the moment of the great enemy, he doesn't want to dwell on this issue, and besides, Liu Zongmin is an old general, he needs these people to support him to attack the capital, and even ascend to the throne, and some things can only be turned a blind eye.

He waved his hand: "Surround these officers and soldiers, I want to catch them alive." "The opponent can beat Liu Zongmin to the bust, there must be two brushes, if you can take it for your own use, you will add a general. Now that he is strong and strong, he has a lot of confidence in recruiting officers and men.

The murderous cavalry came out of the crowd and greeted Liu Guozhu. In the distance, a tidal crowd also surrounded and drowned the soldiers and horses of Baoding......

A few days later, in the territory of the Daimyo Mansion.

Summer Nan rode on a horse and listened to the report of the Intelligence Division.

"What, the Baoding General Army was annihilated, Liu Guozhu was captured alive, and Li Zicheng failed to persuade him to surrender?"

Wang Qinian nodded: "According to the news passed on by Liu Heizi, Chu Shengchang and others, Liu Zongmin, the general under the command of the thief, was defeated by him, but he was surrounded by a large army on the way to pursue and was captured after the battle. ”

"It's a pity." Xia Nan was a little regretful, "Are there a few hard bones among the officers and soldiers who are willing to fight and can fight, Liu Guozhu is counted as one, and now it falls into the hands of Li Zicheng, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky." You let Liu Heizi and them keep an eye on the point, if there is a chance, try to save it, but don't be reluctant, first ensure your own safety. ”

"Yes." Wang Qinian respectfully responded.

"Where is Li Zicheng now, and how far is it from us?"

"The army of Liukou has entered Shuntianfu, and the resistance encountered is sporadic. According to the report sent by Huanglong of the Beijing Division, in order to protect the capital, Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, has transferred the army guarding against us from Yongping Mansion back to the Gyeonggi area to strictly defend it, and the Liukou will not have much resistance before arriving in the Beijing Division. In addition, the Ministry of War has sent many batches of messengers one after another to urge us to enter King Qinqin as soon as possible. ”

"Haha......" Xia Nan laughed loudly, "In the end, pinning the hope of King Qin's rescue on me, a thorn in the head of the imperial city, is really a great irony!" Yang Sichang bombarded the barracks and wanted to kill me, but did he ever think about it today? ”

Sima De next to him said with a smile: "Yang Sichang can't even imagine, the faster we urge us, the closer he and the emperor's death will be, and all of this is our game." ”

Lin Weiye shook his head: "You politicians, it's really dark. In order to seize the world, go around such a big circle, how many people have to die to die? If you want me to say, just roll up your sleeves and go up yourself, let Chongzhen abdicate and make way for Xian, how easy it is, and it won't kill too many people......"

Sima De pursed his lips disapprenously, but because of Lin Weiye's identity as the second leader, he didn't dare to refute directly.

Xia Nan pointed at Lin Weiye with a smile and quipped: "Lao Lin, you have an elm head, if it is a TV series, you will not survive for three episodes, and you will help others count the money if you are sold." I told you a long time ago that it is not difficult to break into the capital, but in this era, the name of righteousness and the desire of the people are the most important. Li Zicheng has no righteous reputation, just a rogue leader, even if he enters the capital, it will be short-lived, and I will not repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

"Besides, it's better to die a few people now than tens of millions of people to die when the Qing army enters the customs in the future." Summer looked south and looked north, "The change of dynasties will inevitably lead to bloodshed and sacrifice, no one can avoid this, you have to know how to weigh the weight." ”

Huang Hansheng, who had not been silent, asked: "General, can it be that you can calculate how many people the Qing army killed when it went south?" Tens of millions, how much is this, the subordinates don't quite understand. "The superficial arithmetic learned in the military academy can only be calculated to hundreds, thousands, thousands, millions, or even tens of millions, which is beyond the scope of Huang Hansheng's understanding.

Xia Nan naturally won't say that this is not an estimate, but something that really happened in history. According to the calculations of historians, the total population at the end of the Ming Dynasty was close to 200 million, while the population of the early Qing Dynasty was only about 100 million, that is, the number of population reductions caused by the entry of the Qing army into the customs was at least about 40 million to 50 million. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the whole north and south of China were in ruins, Zhili "looked at the pole, the fields were desolate", Henan was "full of hazel famine, few people", Sichuan was "hazel and hazel reckless, such as the beginning of heaven and earth", the imperial history of the second year of Shunzhi said: "than the year, the beacon smoke is not quiet, the red land is thousands of miles, from Jinan and Shandong, abound", it can be seen that the land of China after the war at that time withered to what extent.

"Han Sheng, let me explain to you like this: our Ming Dynasty now has 10,000 people, and with the urine nature of the Qing army's indiscriminate killing, if they enter the customs, this number will have to be halved, and the total population of the Ming Dynasty will be reduced by half." Xia Nan made a slashing gesture.

The crowd fell silent. Xia Nan has always been like a god, and everyone did not doubt what he said, as soon as he heard that the entry of the Qing army into the customs could reduce the population of the Ming Dynasty by half, this heaviness overwhelmed everyone.

Sima De broke the silence: "So God sent down a saint like the general to save the Ming Dynasty from fire and water, exterminate the Liukou, and expel the Tartars. ”

The emotions of the crowd rose high, and they raised their fists and shouted:

"Who else is me!"

"Swear to follow the general to the death and save the Ming Dynasty!"