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Chapter 369

The Shun Army in Xi'an City had only three thousand old and weak soldiers, and they were no match for the Qing army at all. The five thousand civilians were just giving food in vain in front of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia, so most civilians chose to surrender.

The gentry in the city had long been dissatisfied with Li Zicheng, so how could their militia fight against the Qing soldiers? When the Eight Banners soldiers rushed into the city, they instead assisted the Eight Banners soldiers and hunted down the remaining Shun soldiers in the city.

Fortunately, Mrs. Gao took the Jianfu Camp and some of the female relatives in the city to take advantage of the chaos in the city and fled Xi'an City in disguise and did not fall into the hands of the Qing army.

Because Xi'an was Niu Jinxing, Zuo Guangxian and the gentry in the city took the initiative to open the city and surrender. Therefore, Ajige and Haoge did not let the Qing army slaughter the city in the city, but appeased the people in the city. When they saw women leaving the city, the Qing army did not stop them. The Qing soldiers guarding the city gate only intercepted and interrogated the young man who was about to leave the city.

However, most of the families of the Shun Army officers and soldiers failed to escape from Xi'an City, and fell into the hands of the Qing army and became prisoners.

Mrs. Gao took the female soldiers and her family who escaped from the city by chance and headed straight to Tongguan. Their horses were all left in Xi'an City, and a group of women could only marches to escape to Tongguan.

Fortunately, the Qing army did not chase after him, because the Qing army that had just occupied Xi'an City wanted to appease the gentry in the city, control the Shun Army's warehouse in Xi'an, and then arrange the defense of Xi'an City, waiting for the arrival of the Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Camp Army, who were still halfway, so they had no time to take care of the people outside the city.

"Dear fellow villagers, the thieves have been entrenched in Xi'an for six years. Dear fellow villagers, you have suffered!" Ajige stood on the high platform and shouted loudly to the gentry surrounding him.

The gentry in Shaanxi suffered enough under the rule of Dashun. Their land was confiscated by Li Zicheng and distributed to those mud-legged ones that they despise on weekdays. Many corrupt officials were killed, and the gentry almost lost all their property. It can be said that these gentry had long been looking forward to the Qing soldiers coming to rescue them as soon as possible.

"Prince, we have been fed up with the pain of the bandits. You are finally here!" An old gentleman walked to Ajige's stage with a crutch and kowtowed to Ajige on the stage.

Ajige looked down on the old squire and his nostrils were facing the sky. He didn't want to pay attention to these lowly dogs in his eyes.

But Haoge was different. He walked off the stage himself and helped the gentry up with both hands: "My fellow, you have suffered."

The old squire took out an account book from his sleeve and presented it to Haoge with both hands: "Prince, please check it out. This is the property that Caomin was plundered by the thieves. I hope the prince and the king's army will make the decision for Caomin!"

Haoge took the account book and carefully looked through it page by page. After reading it, he handed it back to the old squire and patted his shoulder and comforted him: "Old man, don't worry, our Qing Dynasty King Army came to Shaanxi to rescue the people who were poisoned by the bandits in Shaanxi! Our Qing Dynasty King Army will definitely take back all the things you lost!"

The gentry in the audience was ready to take back everything they had lost after the Qing Dynasty controlled Shaanxi. When Li Zicheng distributed their fields and property to the Muli Leathers, these gentry secretly kept an account book, which recorded which of their fields and property were distributed to Muli Leathers by Shunjun. One day, the royal army would recover Shaanxi and these books would be used.

The name of this account book is called "Change the Sky Account". After the sky changes, this account book will come in handy.

Now that our Qing Dynasty's mighty heavenly soldiers have recaptured Xi'an, the sky-changing account will soon work.

Haoge then said to the gentry: "Dear fellow villagers, our Qing Dynasty King's Division will definitely help you regain everything you have lost, but you still have to wait for a while. The Qing Dynasty King's Division is only the vanguard cavalry, and the number of people is not large, so we can only defend Xi'an City first! Our Qing Dynasty's main army is still behind. Before the main force arrives, all we have to do is to defend Xi'an to avoid the thief army counterattacking! When the main force arrives, I will definitely take the royal army with you to help you get justice!"

"The prince is thousands of years old!" The gentry knelt on the ground and sang praises to Haoge.

Ajige was very unhappy: Haoge, the master, snatched away my limelight! Let you show off! Do you think your father is still alive? I made my brothers three unhappy and took your life in minutes!

Although Ajige's cunning is far less than that of his younger brother Dorgon, and he shows everything he thinks, Haoge does not speak in his eyes. He thinks to himself: I am the son of the late emperor no matter how much I say it is, but you Ajige dares to touch me? Even your younger brother Dorgon still has to give me face!

On the outside, Ajige and his two younger brothers are both handsome and look gentle. But in fact, Ajige and his two younger brothers are far from comparable. Dorgon and Dodo are both literary and martial, but Ajige is just a reckless man. He is a brave and unscrupulous guy. He doesn't like studying and doesn't have much ink in his belly, so he is scheming. Not to mention comparing with Dorgon and Dododo, even Haoge and Ajige are not as good as him.

Haoge actually has quite a lot of ability, and it can be said that he is both literary and military. However, he has never fought against Dorgon, and as a result, he made the six-year-old Fulin ascend the throne to the throne.

If it weren't for Haoge's ability to lead troops to fight, Dorgon would have wanted to kill him long ago.

It is expected that Kong Youde and Shang Kexi's army will arrive in Xi'an in seven days. The Qing army closed the Xi'an city gate, arranged defenses, and searched the local officials appointed by Dashun in the city.

Most of the local officials appointed by Dashun chose to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but a few people would rather die than surrender and were killed by the Qing soldiers. Among the victims, many of them were once officials from the Ming Dynasty, but they were brutally killed because they were unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

The reason why those officials of the Ming Dynasty were unwilling to surrender was because they had heard that after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, these officials had to shave their hair and change their clothes, shaved their hair, and only leave money and rat-tail braids to become officials for the Qing Dynasty.

If you are unwilling to be an official of the Qing Dynasty, I'm sorry, there is no such choice! At present, the Qing Dynasty lacks manpower and needs Han officials to help them manage the local area. If these former Ming officials are willing to surrender, they are the best candidates for official positions. If they refuse to become officials, it means they are unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and they will be beheaded.

After the Qing army arranged the defense work for Xi'an City, they closed the city gates and waited for the arrival of the main army.

At this time, Mrs. Gao and her female soldiers fled to Tongguan on foot.

Tongguan Guard Tian Jianxiu found that Mrs. Gao came with a group of female soldiers, so she quickly opened the door and put them in.

"Xi'an is lost? Governor Liu was killed? What's going on?" Tian Jianxiu was shocked when he heard this news.

"It was Niu Jinxing and Zuo Guangxian who betrayed the gentry in the city, colluded with the gentry in the city, assassinated General Liu, and put Jiannu in the city!" Mrs. Gao talked about the loss of Xi'an.

Tian Jianxiu asked, "How many people from Jiannu came to attack Xi'an?"

"About 20,000 people, but where did they come from? Aren't we guarding the north? How could Jiannu break through our defense and come to Xi'an?" Mrs. Gao felt very strange.
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