In the dark night, the outer city, which had only experienced the devastation of the army, was once again reduced to a tragic battlefield.

Guan Ning's iron cavalry galloped down the wide street and crashed headlong into the 50,000-strong army led by Li Guo. The men and horses who had already been tortured by the roar of the camp were powerless to stop the large force of cavalry that was attacking with all their might, and they were rushed to the ground like chopping melons and vegetables, and the corpses were everywhere.

Wu Sangui personally led the family Ding Chong at the forefront, this way of fighting was the favorite of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, in the face of the infantry-based troops without a strict formation, they only needed to put down the saber and use the inertia of the war horse gallop to harvest their lives.

Soon, the 50,000-strong army completely collapsed under the internal strife of its own people and the impact of the Guanning army, leaving the corpses all over the street, and the remaining people completely lost their fighting spirit and fled in all directions, and the street leading to the Desheng Gate in front was suddenly empty. Wu Sangui sat proudly on horseback and looked around, the first credit of the Guan Ning army entering the city was in hand.

A confidant general approached and asked, "Zhentai, is the next thing to wait for the Qiong Navy to come forward to meet us?" ”

"Don't wait for them, keep going." Wu Sangui replied firmly, "Although we join forces with the Qiong Navy, we are not here to help them. Since the prince is in the capital, let's enter the city first, find a way to find the prince, and support the prince to ascend the throne before Xia Nan, the first hero of Conglong is my Wu someone, not him Xia Nan. ”

"But we don't know where the prince is, so looking for someone without a clue is not looking for a needle in a haystack?"

"The body of the prince's daughter cannot be hidden in the homes of ordinary people, it must be in the palace's relatives or important ministers of the imperial court, most of these people's mansions are in Xicheng, and they can always be found by searching and digging three feet into the ground." Wu Sangui said firmly, "Without further ado, while the defenders of the inner city have not yet reacted, they set off quickly and caught them off guard." ”

Receiving orders left and right, and was about to split up to deliver the order, Wu Sangui added: "Remember, if you find the trace of the prince, you must grab it at all costs - even if it is in the hands of the people of the Qiong Navy." ”

“…… What does Zhentai mean, even if he tears his face with Qiong Haijun, he has to snatch the prince? ”

Under the light of the torches, Wu Sangui's face was cloudy.

"If you encounter the main force of the Qiong Navy, if it is only a small number of people, they will all be wiped out, and then they will die and not admit it, and they will all be pushed to the head of the rogue, even if Xia Nan suspects, ......we can't help it."

"Yes, my subordinates obey!"

After the Guan Ning army dispersed the 50,000 troops, they reorganized their men and horses slightly, and then rushed towards Deshengmen without stopping.

At the same time, Liu Zongmin led a large group of men and horses to set off from Deshengmen to the north. As soon as he got out of the city gate, he encountered the stragglers who had fled in front, and he ordered someone to grab a few questions, only to learn that Li Guo's army had been completely annihilated, and the front was the Guanning army that came with the might of a great victory.

"Thief, your mother, Lao Tzu finally enjoyed some blessings in the flowery world of the capital, and these officers and soldiers are going to make trouble! Li Guo is really a waste, 50,000 people can't even hold on for an hour. Liu Zongmin hatefully cut down a rout, "Give Lao Tzu to meet him, but I want to see if this Guan Ning army is three-headed and six-armed?" ”

The two armies marched against each other and soon came into contact. On the one hand, Liu Zongmin, who tried to protect his vested interests, and on the other hand, Wu Sangui, who wanted to fish in troubled waters and snatch the first credit for supporting the new emperor, both sides were unwilling to take a step back, so another fierce battle began.

Wu Sangui didn't expect that the fighting will of this group of people was so much stronger than just now, and he scolded: "Where did the miscellaneous come from, bad for my good deeds, give me a hard rush!" "If you are entangled outside the Desheng Gate for too long, the speed advantage of the cavalry will be negated, and the Qiong Navy will benefit from the fisherman, and the last to come first, if you let Xia Nan advance to the inner city, your wishful thinking will be in vain.

But Liu Zongmin is known as the first military general of Dashun, he came prepared, and he held his breath, not Li Guo's old, weak, sick and disabled can compare, in the face of the Guanning army who wanted to fight quickly, the two sides fought inseparably, and the battle fell into a stalemate.

Outside the Desheng Gate, the sound of killing shook the sky, in the north of the two armies, the Qiong Navy divided into two roads, bypassing the fierce battlefield in front, and wanted to detour into the inner city from Fuchengmen and Chaoyangmen.

But the dying and struggling Dashun army would not let anyone easily succeed, Hao Shaoqi and Tian Jianxiu's army faced the second army and the third army of the Qiong navy as the vanguard respectively, and the battle began at the same time, and the three directions of the inner city fell into fierce battles.

"Woo Woo ......"

Fierce gunfire came from the east and west, and in the first army formation in the middle lane, Xia Nan sat in the town and personally commanded it, getting the information he wanted from the heralds who reported the news like a stream, so as to make a correct judgment.

"Report, Xicheng is the Hao Shaoqi Department of the Dashun Army, which has started a war with the Second Army, and according to the preliminary judgment of the front line, the number of enemy troops is about twenty or thirty thousand......"

"Report, Dongcheng is the Dashun army Tian Mixiu Division, and it also fought with the Third Army, about 30,000 or so......"

"Report, Wu Sangui and Liu Zongmin's troops are fighting in the front, and the winner has not yet been determined......

After listening to the battle reports on the battlefields everywhere, Xia Nan closed his eyes and fell into deep thought. The people on the left and right knew that he was going to make a decision, and they didn't dare to disturb him, they all held their breath, and there was silence around them, only the sound of shouts and gunshots in the distance.

Xia Nan understood that under the joint attack of the Qiong Navy and the Guan Ning Army, coupled with the smooth breakthrough of the outer city, he was caught off guard, and the rout of the Dashun army was only a matter of time - if Li Zicheng planned to defend the inner city, then the battle would develop in another direction, and even if he could achieve the final victory, he would break a few teeth, but he chose to go out of the city for a decisive battle, which was undoubtedly a failure, and would only accelerate the speed of the defeat of the Dashun army - now the question is, who will enter the city first, Qiong Navy or Guan Ning's army, There will be different implications for the political landscape that follows. The reason why Wu Sangui fought so hard is probably because of his wishful thinking of finding the prince first.

Obviously, whoever finds the crown prince first will have the upper hand in terms of righteousness, and will have a great advantage in the distribution of political interests after the war. Although the crown prince is under the control of the Qiong navy, no one can guarantee 100% that the prince will not fall into the hands of Wu Sangui in the chaos, if it really comes to this point, even if he can rob people and injure the prince in the chaotic army, all the foreshadowing done before will be wasted, and the arrangement of using Li Zicheng to attack the capital has become a wasted effort. If this is the ending, it would be better to capture the capital directly, even if it bears the notoriety of "killing the king".

Xia Nan opened his eyes and ordered: "The first army will go to the right, assist the second army to repel Hao Shaoqi as quickly as possible, and enter the inner city from Fucheng Gate." ”

Xia Nan and Wu Sangui have the same line of thought. The crown prince is in the Wen Tiren Mansion, and the mansion is located in the west of the city, and if you want to reach it by the shortest route, in addition to going directly south from Desheng Gate, it is the closest to Fucheng Gate in the west. If you want to seize the opportunity and control the righteous name, success or failure is here.