Shinno.

The heavy rain that lasted for two days a few days ago gave the soldiers of the Shun Army who had been surrounded for more than half a month a chance to breathe, because the Qing army was unable to attack the city in the heavy rain, and the Qing army camped outside the city, and the crime of suffering and living was even worse than that of the Shun Army in the city.

After the rain stopped, the mud outside the city was abnormally muddy. The shield vehicles used by the Qing army to attack the city could not be advanced under the city. The heavy rain further led to the poor food supply route of the Qing army. In addition, the continuous siege was unsuccessful, so the situation gradually became beneficial to the surrounded Shun army.

In the past two days, the Qing army commander Ajige just sent people to the city to persuade the surrender, saying that as long as Li Zicheng removed the imperial title and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty could be granted the title of king by Wu Sangui, and even Shaanxi and Gansu could be the place where Li Zicheng was the town.

There was no response in the city.

As Niu Jinxing said to Li Zicheng, there are many princes in Manchukuo, and there are many princes as if they are kings. Before the Han people were named kings, there were Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming, and how can these people be compared with Emperor Yongchang of Dashun?

Li Zicheng had no intention of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. He personally destroyed the Ming Dynasty. If he turned to Manchu, a traitor would be called Li Zicheng forever to be cursed by future generations.

The reason why Ajige was unable to attack the city was not only that the food and grass could not be delivered in time, but even the artillery of Shangkexi's troops was stranded on the road due to the rain. Without artillery, he attacked fiercely, and not only caused the loss of troops and generals, it also made the morale of the Qing army sluggish.

Helplessly, Ajige had to deploy a siege to siege Li Zicheng to kill him, while reporting the difficulties here to Beijing, so as not to issue another order to reprimand him by his overly strong brother. At the same time, the governor of Shaanxi Meng Qiaofang ordered the civilians to clear the Shangluo grain road blocked by mudslides.

Although it has not rained these two days, there has not been a sun. It has always been cloudy. From time to time, it will rain for half an hour, and many officers and soldiers' bedding has become moldy.

Compared with the Shun Army, where there are houses in the city to live, tens of thousands of Qing troops and surrendered troops camped in the mud outside the city. Whether it was the real Manchu and Han army or the two kings surrendered troops, they were in great difficulty.

After dark, the military and civilians in Shinye City fell asleep again with peace of mind, and the snoring was deafening, but some people could not fall asleep.

Apart from the one who is on guard at night, there is the one who has something to do in his heart.

Among them is a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old, covered in mud, with a disheveled head and face, like a beggar. Others leaned against each other and slept soundly under the eaves of the corridor, but he looked around, sometimes hugging his knees and pondering, sometimes showing a sad face, sometimes gritting his teeth.

This young man is Xu Lin, the nephew of Xu Xiden, the former Yongkang Hou of the Ming Dynasty.

The first generation of Yongkang Marquis Xu Zhong followed the Ming Taizu to fight south and north in his early years to guard Kaiping. During the Jing Dynasty, Xu Zhong led his troops to surrender, made many military achievements, and was awarded the title of Yongkang Marquis. By Xu Xideng was the eleventh generation. If it were not for Li Zicheng's Dashun Army, the seventeen-year-old Xu Xi would have probably inherited the twelfth generation of Yongkang Marquis of the Ming Dynasty.

Unfortunately, Xu Xi is just an unattentional horseman among the Shun Army. His father Xu Xideng sent his son Xu Xi out of the Marquis' Mansion before Shun Army broke through the city. After Shun Army entered the city, he committed suicide immediately. All the savings of the Marquis' Mansions in the past dynasties were confiscated by Shun Army.

As long as Xu Xi was not exposed, he could escape from Beijing safely. But soon after, the Shun Army marched into the east to Wu Sangui at Shanhaiguan and recruited more than 30,000 people from Shuntian Prefecture to serve as husbands. Xu Xi was summoned by the Shun Army together with Mu Hu, the servant of Gao Zhubo, who was the former Honglu Temple who took him in.

After the Shun Army was defeated, the Qing army slaughtered Shun Army and civilians on a rock. Mu Hu lucky enough to take Xu Xi to escape from the massacre. He wanted to take Xu Xi south, but he never had a chance. He ran to Yongping and was forced to be taken away by the remnants of Shun Army. As a result, he followed the Shun Army all the way, first to Shanxi, then to Shaanxi, and finally to Xinye, Henan.

Xu Xi was the son of the Marquis' Mansion. Seeing that many slaves in the family were feeding horses, he and Mu Hu fed the horses for Shunjun. However, they were attracted by Shunjun, who was summoned, and they never abandoned them.

But thinking about the hatred of the country, how could Xu Xi, who was young, be willing to serve the thieves? However, he and Mu Hu were trapped in this Xinye City, with Qing troops outside the city, and even if he wanted to run away, he had nowhere to escape.

The heart is full of hatred. Others are sleepy and want to sleep, so this young man is unable to sleep.

"Little Marquis... Master Lin, go to bed quickly. The sun will come out tomorrow. As soon as the earth is running, the Tartars will definitely attack the city. There will be no chance to sleep at that time." Mu Hu, who woke up accidentally, saw Xu Lin sitting there holding his knees, and knew his thoughts and advised him.

"Brother Mu, when will this end?" Xu Lin looked sad and extremely depressed.

"It's useless to take one step at a time."

Mu Hu was actually helpless. He had the opportunity to escape alone at the beginning, but he thought that this young man was the son of Marquis Yongkang, and his father died in Beijing and a new emperor was established in Nanjing. So if he could bring the son of Marquis Yongkang who died in his country to Nanjing, the court would definitely give preferential treatment, which would be better than him who went to the south to continue to be a slave.

Xu Lin let out a whistle, knowing in his heart what Mu Hu was saying, but he couldn't sleep no matter how hard he was.

An unknown son of former Ming Yu Ni in the city was full of worries and could not sleep. The core of the military and civilians in the city, Li Zicheng, Emperor Yongchang of Dashun, also had no intention of sleeping.

Niu Jinxing, who retreated into Xinye with Li Zicheng, advised: "Your Majesty, this rain has fallen in time. Although there are many Huma, we have food to eat. Over time, the one who can't hold on to it is his Huma."

Li Zicheng stared at the Qing army camp outside the city for a long time, and suddenly said, "Old Niu, I want to break through."

"Breakthrough?"

Niu Jinxing was shocked and said in a lost voice: "You can still hold on in the city, and the food can last for a month or two. If Your Majesty gave up Xinye, the Qing army would definitely pursue it with all its might, and there would be no more breathing place!"

"I cannot be trapped in this little Xinye. There are no reinforcements outside. This place is a Jedi. Don't forget that the Qing army has failed to attack the city, but because the artillery has not arrived, when his artillery has arrived, the small Xinye City will definitely not be able to stop it."

Li Zicheng was deeply concerned about the Qing army artillery, Chen Yongfu and others were persistent in the Taiyuan battle, but the Qing army artillery was broken into the city in half a day. Can Xinye small city still be compared with Taiyuan City?

"I have decided to break through while the Tartars are not prepared." Li Zicheng made up his mind, and he had this idea a few days ago.

Niu Jinxing remained silent and asked for a while: "Where will Your Majesty go after breaking through?"

Li Zicheng said without thinking: "Go to Jingxiang."

"Previously, Bai Wang led his troops north, and there were almost no garrisons in Jingxiang. Now it has been occupied by Zuo Liangyu. If His Majesty breaks through the encirclement and goes to Jingxiang, wouldn't he be in a dangerous place?"

Niu Jinxing reminded that he was very worried about his son Niu Fu, because Niu Fu was the prefect of Xiangyang, and I don’t know if Xiangyang is still there now.

"The left thief fears me like a tiger, it's not worth mentioning." Li Zicheng didn't care about Zuo Liangyu's defeated general.

Seeing that he could not persuade him, Niu Jinxing had to say, "There are many Qing troops outside the city. If Your Majesty forcefully breaks through, it is impossible for all the people and horses in the city to rush out."

Li Zicheng sighed and said, "I only take the Imperial Camp and the Queen to break through. Everyone else should rest assured." After saying that, he ordered without any doubt, "It's not too late, Lao Niu, prepare quickly, and you must leave the city before the second update!"

Niu Jinxing had no choice but to agree and informed the officials of the Dashun regime who had to be brought with him.

At the same time, Li Zicheng secretly summoned the generals and decided to break out of the city and talked to the generals. Some of the generals were surprised, some persuaded, and some supported, but in the end they reached an agreement.

On the second update, Tian Jianxiu led his three thousand troops to suddenly rush out of the South Gate of Xinye and rushed to the Qing army.

The movement quickly alarmed the Qing army units in the night.

"What's up?"

Shang Kexi was shocked and asked outside.

The personal soldiers outside shouted: "Prince, the thief army in the city seems to be breaking through!"

Shang Kexi was shocked and led his men out of the tent. He heard the shouts and killings in the south, accompanied by a large number of torches. The Eight Banners of Manchuria guarded the south of Xinye, and was now fighting with the Shun army that rushed out of the city.

Shang Kexi looked at it for a moment, suddenly looked back in the tent and sneered at Gu Junen: "Li Zicheng is not defending the city and is seeking death. How can you promise me if you ask me to agree to you?"
Chapter completed!