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Chapter 57: The King of Diligence in the North

Although martial arts are declining now, Huashan Sword Technique has been repeatedly tempered by its predecessors and has been lost a lot, but all the remaining exquisite sword moves are considered to be the best sword technique in the world today.

The "Divine Fist Invincible" Gui Xinshu was not good at teaching his disciples. His disciple Mei Jianhe had not yet learned the Huashan Sword Technique to the depths, but he was able to make a great reputation in the world. This shows that the power of Huashan Sword Technique cannot be underestimated.

Mu Renqing was taught with sincerity, so Wang Zhilong naturally learned it with great care. In the next few months, he was practicing swordsmanship.

In the blink of an eye, it was the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. In January, Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an, established the capital of Xi'an, established the country's name "Dashun", changed the reign to Yongchang, and granted the title of the hero to be the fifth-class title, established the regime, and then began to march the Ming capital eastward. In February, the army crossed the Yellow River, conquered Fenzhou, Yangcheng, Puzhou, Huaiqing, Taiyuan, and conquered Xinzhou. He encountered the general guarding the pass in Daizhou, Zhou Yuji, defended the city on the city. The two sides fought for more than ten days. In the end, Zhou Yuji retreated to Ningwu Pass because he had little troops and had no food.

Zhou Yuji was in charge of Ningwu Pass, and finally he used up his gunpowder and was captured by several arrows. The rebel general Zhou Yuji hung on a high rod, shot him and then dismembered him. Zhou Yuji's wife Liu, quickly came to Yongjian, and led more than 20 father and daughter to the house to shoot arrows to fight against the rebel army, and they were all burned to death.

In early March, Li Zicheng conquered Ningwu Pass, and more than 70,000 soldiers died in the rebellion army, with heavy casualties. In anger, Li Zicheng directly ordered a massacre of the city, not even women and babies, and many people were killed.

Although the war in Jinling was not good, Jiangnan was still relatively calm. Zhu Cixuan also asked Chongzhen for an order, hoping to take Lu Xiangsheng, but Sun Chuanting led the recruitment and training new army to the north, but Chongzhen ordered him not to leave Jinling.

The palace is full of grass and birds flying. In the spring of Jiangnan, Wang Zhilong, wearing a black uniform, was in a illusion, immersed in the swordsmanship. The invisible sword energy left traces on the ground...

Next to the martial arts practice ground, there was a reclining chair and tea table. Liu Rushi was having a tea chat with Gu Yawen, watching Wang Zhilong practice swordsmanship.

After a while, seeing Wang Zhilong pulling away his sword and stopping, Liu Rushi and Gu Yawen couldn't help but get up to greet him, one handed over the towel to wipe his sweat, and the other handed him a cup of tea.

"Yawen, you are pregnant, be careful!" Wang Zhilong, who took the cup of tea handed over by Gu Yawen, glanced at her slightly bulging belly, and said that, handed the teacup to the maid who followed her.

At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps came, and Jiao Wan'er was running from a distance: "Master! Master! The north is urgent to believe!"

"Hmm?" Wang Zhilong, who frowned and turned to look at the anxious Jiao Wan'er, couldn't help but meet him and asked, "Wan'er, what happened?"

"Master, look!" Jiao Wan'er handed a rolled-up note to Wang Zhilong.

He frowned and reached out to take Wang Zhilong and looked at him. His expression changed a little, and then he suddenly held the note tightly, his face looking cold and ugly.

"Husband, what happened?" Seeing Wang Zhilong's angry look, Liu Rushi couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Li Zicheng slaughtered Ningwu Pass!" Wang Zhilong, who looked at Liu Rushi, said in a deep voice: "It's a good thing that the people who followed him raised their troops, but now they have not yet won the world, he actually made the move to massacre the city. Even women, girls and children are not spared from Ningwu Pass. If he is so cruel, it would be the misfortune of the people in the world. With this point, he would not have the fate of being an emperor!"

When he heard that Li Zicheng had actually massacred the city, Liu Rushi and Gu Yawen on the side couldn't help but shout and their faces changed slightly...

"More than 70,000 people died and took over Daizhou. Ningwu and the rebel army were useless. Are there all the wastes under Li Zicheng? Pointing at these wastes, even if they are lucky enough to fight to the capital, they will not be able to sit in the world." Wang Zhilong, who sneered, turned to Gu Yawen and said, "Okay, Yawen, you are pregnant, don't be tired, go back to your room to rest!"

Gu Yawen nodded and responded. Liu Rushi also spoke to Wang Zhilong and left with Gu Yawen.

"Zhou Yuji, what a pity! I have been practicing sword skills these days, but I have neglected this loyal minister and general." After the two girls left, Wang Zhilong shook his head and sighed, and couldn't help but ask Jiao Wan'er: "If you take down Ningwu Pass, Li Zicheng should be about to kill the capital, right? Zhou Yuji died, and Li Zicheng's shock to massacre the city, I am afraid that many people who are greedy and afraid of death will surrender next. Wan'er, go and talk to King Ding, it's time to start preparing to go north."

"Yes, Master! King Ding has been waiting for a long time," Jiao Wan'er, who responded respectfully, quickly turned around and left.

Looking at Jiao Wan'er's departure back, Wang Zhilong, who was standing in place and was silent for a moment, practiced the sword again. However, his sword technique was obviously more sharp than before, with more hostility and killing smell. The last sword slashed on a weapon stand on the martial arts field. The sharp sword energy instantly tore the weapon stand to pieces, and the wood chips flew. Even the few guns that were not on the weapon stand were cut off by the sword energy in the waist, and the section was as smooth as new.

Three days later, the 20,000 veterans and 30,000 new troops drawn from Jiangnan, a total of 50,000 troops were transferred, led by Lu Xiangsheng and Shi Kefa, and followed King Ding Zhu Cixuan to the north to serve the king. Wang Zhilong naturally went north with the army.

But they were still one step slower. To be precise, the generals of the Ming army were scared by Li Zicheng and lost their courage. Datong and the generals of Xuanfu surrendered one after another. When Chongzhen hurriedly dispatched troops to protect the capital, it was too late. The rebel army was unstoppable and soon arrived in Baoding and entered the capital. The soldiers guarding the city had no intention of resisting. The rebel army had just surrounded the capital for only two or three days. Before the arrival of the army of kings, someone had already colluded with the enemy and led the rebel army into the capital.

Zhu Cixuan, who had just arrived in Shandong, received the news that the rebel army had reached the capital. He could not sit still. Regardless of Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting's dissuasion, he followed Wang Zhilong to the capital first.

When the master and disciple entered the capital, the city was in chaos. The rebels were about to attack the imperial city. The palace maids and eunuchs in the imperial city fled one by one.

In the main hall of the Forbidden City Imperial Palace, Chongzhen, who poisoned the queen and concubines with poisoned wine, looked at the prince Zhu Cilang, the fifth prince Zhu Cilang, and the young prince who were kneeling in front of their mothers and cried bitterly, and the little princess who were nearly five years old, and couldn't help but growl in a low voice: "Don't cry!"

"Father!" He shouted in a grief as he looked up at Chongzhen's prince Zhu Cilang. Chongzhen also walked slowly to him and squatted down, stretched out his hand and touched his face: "Son of the Emperor, do you want to be the prince of a devastated country, or...

"Father, no matter whether you live or die, your child is willing to accompany you!" Before Chongzhen could finish speaking, the prince Zhu Cilang was crying.

"Okay... My prince has grown up, it's a pity..." Looking at Chongzhen, who nodded slightly and smiled slightly, a hint of sorrow flashed in his eyes. At the same time, the sword in his hand had already penetrated the body of the prince Zhu Cilang.

The fifth prince next to him, Zhu Cixiao, the king of Yong, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw this scene, and was so scared that he collapsed to the ground.

"Father!" A pleasant scream sounded. When the princess Ajiu who came to the hall saw this scene, she couldn't help but block her mouth with her jade hand. The dazzling blood on the sword tip from the prince's back, which made her unable to help but tremble all over.
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