As the place closest to the Xia Kingdom from the Ming Dynasty, despite the confrontation between the two armies, communication on the surface has never been interrupted.
When people from the Ming Dynasty enter the Xia Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty will not stop them; similarly, when people from the Xia Kingdom enter the Ming Dynasty, the Xia Kingdom will not stop them.
It is precisely because of this that Cangzhou has long been infiltrated by Xia State like a sieve.
As an official, Bian Dashou is not well-known, but he has already been on the list of the Xia State Intelligence Department.
Under the operation of the Intelligence Department, Bian Dashou's family's business flourished and they made a lot of money.
Bian Dashou was an official in Shaanxi, and his heart had already changed color.
No one knew that his master was a staff member of the Intelligence Department.
When he received Wang Qionian's order to dig up Li Zicheng's ancestral grave, it was the staff of the Intelligence Department who stopped him.
The situation was passed to Wu Jingxian, director of the Shaanxi Department of the Ministry of Intelligence.
As luck would have it, the Ministry of Intelligence sent a letter from Fu Zonglong to persuade Wang Qionian.
Wu Jingxian asked Bian Dashou to come over and pay a visit to Wang Qiaonian together.
"Bian Mingfu, what do you want?"
Seeing that Bian Dashou did not carry out his order and instead came to Xi'an, Wang Qiaonian felt something was wrong and couldn't help but question him.
Now that the matter has come to this, Wu Jingxian naturally will not embarrass Bian Dashou, but takes over.
"Master Wang, the Bian Ming Mansion must not be blamed at this time. Wu Jingxian, director of the Shaanxi Division of the Xiaxia State Intelligence Department, was ordered to come and point out a clear path for Master Wang."
When he heard that he was from Xia country, Wang Qionian's expression changed drastically and he stood up hastily.
"How dare you, a traitor and traitor, show up in front of this Constitution? Aren't you afraid that I will give you an order and bring you to justice?"
Different from his embarrassment, Wu Jingxian was there.
"Master Wang, I am here to make friends, not to make enemies. I believe that Master Wang also has this intention, and he will not embarrass me."
Wang Qiaonian looked ugly and glared at Bian Dashou bitterly.
He still doesn't understand that the magistrate of Mizhi County may have surrendered to the enemy.
"I have nothing to say to the rebellious officials and traitors."
When Wu Jing came here earlier, he had already thought of a countermeasure and did not directly persuade him.
"Master Wang wants to imitate Su Chijie and write historical stories, so I naturally admire him very much. The Ming Dynasty has more than 200 emperors, so there should be some loyal ministers and filial sons. I am here just to be entrusted by others."
With that said, Wu Jing first handed over Fu Zonglong's letter.
Wang Qiaonian instinctively felt that this was a letter of persuasion to surrender, and he did not read it intentionally, but he was also very curious.
Finally, I mentally encouraged myself and felt that I would not be deceived, so I opened the letter.
When he saw that it was written by Fu Zonglong, one can imagine Wang Qiaonian's state of mind.
He and Fu Zonglong were close friends, and he knew very well that Fu Zonglong was not a person who was greedy for life, fearful of death, and pursued fame and fortune.
If there is anyone in the Ming Dynasty who can be more determined than him and sacrifice his life in national calamity, it must be Fu Zonglong.
However, the cold reality is that Fu Zonglong actually defected to Xia Kingdom.
Such a loyal person had betrayed the Ming Dynasty, which made Wang Qionian's heart filled with chills.
Even though he had long felt that his name was declining, and there seemed to be no way to save him, when it really happened, it was so hard to accept.
Fu Zonglong made it very clear in his letter.
He turned to the Xia Kingdom just because he didn't want the land of China to fall into the hands of deceitful people. Looking at the world now, the only one who can save all people is the Xia Kingdom.
Since there is still hope, a useful life cannot be abandoned easily.
It doesn't matter if the Ming Dynasty dies. If the world is not destroyed, we must continue to work hard for it.
Fu Zonglong quickly accepted Xia Guo's ideas and made a good distinction between the feudal dynasty and the country.
"Now that Yang Wenyue has been defeated, there are less than one out of ten people in Henan who can still fight. Mr. Wang wonders if there is a way to return to heaven? If you go to the Central Plains, you will just be buried with the Ming Dynasty. Mr. Wang might as well go to Xia Kingdom for a walk
, take a look, if you still feel that the world is hopeless, we can’t take away people’s ambitions.”
Wang Qiaonian's resolve was shaken.
He had long known that going to Henan would not end well, and at the same time he had seen enough of the darkness of the Ming Dynasty.
But there was something he didn't know.
"We have heard that the Xia Kingdom is tyrannical and has the ambition to reshape the world. But why is it trapped in a corner, allowing the war to continue and countless people to mourn and die in vain?"
Wang Qiaonian's greatest wish is for the world to return to peace.
Xia Guo obviously has great strength, but why does it just watch wars raging in all directions, regardless of the life and death of the people?
It can be said that if this issue is not clear, he may not join the Xia Kingdom.
But for such a big subject, how could a director like Wu Jingxian know about the national strategy?
With no other choice, Wu Jingxian had no choice but to come up with his own opinions.
"The chaos in the world is not just in one place in the Central Plains, but everywhere. But all the places are unified and complicated. Either our country of Xia will not take action, or if we take action, the result will be accomplished in one battle. The difficulties in each of them will be explained to Lord Wang.
Know."
Wang Qionian doesn't know the answer to this.
He fell into deep thought.
Thirty thousand troops gathered in Xi'an. The men had no food to eat and the horses lacked fodder. Morale was low and the soldiers had no fighting spirit.
Generals He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu were waiting around, but neither Wang Qionian nor the order to set out came. Monk Zhanger was all confused.
As the days passed by, the army really ran out of food and grass. The three of them held urgent discussions and hurried into the city to visit Wang Qionian.
When we arrived at the Governor's Yamen, we saw that the place had been robbed.
The open door was unguarded, and various documents were scattered everywhere. Many officers were running back and forth like headless chickens, and some even hid things secretly and tried to escape.
"What happened?"
He Renlong quickly grabbed a clerk and asked.
The clerk was so frightened that he told him the reason.
"Master Bingxian left without saying goodbye, and there were no other officials in the mansion. Everyone said that Li Zicheng was calling, and it was important to run for his life."
Wang Qiaonian ran away!
News that the new governor of the three sides, Wang Qionian, had run away reached the capital, and Chongzhen vomited blood on the spot.
There were three governors in total, and two of them ran away.
There was another one who, not only lost the battle, actually surrendered to the enemy and defrauded the city.
If the defenders hadn't been quite capable and shot him dead, the consequences would have been unpredictable.
"Isn't there a single loyal minister in such a large court?"
Amidst Chongzhen's heart-rending roar, the ministers just kowtowed and no one responded.
The Ming Dynasty is already like this, who will be a loyal minister?
Look what happens to loyal ministers.
Autumn passes and winter comes, frost and cold cut bones.
The Ming army, surrounded in several lonely cities, gradually came to its end.
food……
It was all eaten up long ago.
Then there was not even dirt to eat, so the hungry soldiers had to eat their dead comrades.
But since there is no way to break through, this struggle is meaningless.
They looked southward every day, eager for reinforcements from the imperial court to arrive.
But the imperial court could no longer form any army.
February 28th is a not very auspicious day.
Feeling that the time was ripe, the Qing army finally launched a general offensive.