"They were captured by Li Zicheng's army."
"ah?"
Zhao Xiaodie was shocked: "Weren't we going to use her to persuade the Second Elder to surrender?"
"They've been captured by Li Zicheng's army, which is a good opportunity to persuade the Second Elder to surrender."
"???"
Zhao Xiaodie was completely confused and hurriedly chased after him to ask why.
...
Soon, news of the fall of Beijing spread throughout the country. The emperor fought valiantly but was ultimately defeated and hanged himself on Coal Hill.
Wu Sangui, the general of Shanhaiguan, was leading his army back to reinforce the capital. Li Zicheng's army sent envoys to persuade him to surrender. He was wavering at first, but soon Wu's mansion was captured, and his father and Chen Yuanyuan were taken prisoner. It is said that Li Zicheng was amazed by Chen Yuanyuan's beauty and took her into his harem.
Wu Sangui, enraged by the loss of a woman, decided to surrender to the Manchus and led the Qing army into the pass.
Li Zicheng then led his main force northward, intending to first annihilate Wu Sangui's troops, take over Shanhaiguan, and keep the Qing army outside the pass.
When the leaders of the Jimei faction received Wu Sangui's plea for help, they were unsure of what to do. Many worried that it was a ruse by the Second Elder and Li Zicheng to ambush Jimei's main force.
After all, the Order faction and the Annihilation faction are mortal enemies, so how could the Second Elder possibly surrender?
Even the Conqueror King was unsure, so he consulted Zaun for his opinion. Zaun overruled the objections and sent a large army to meet them.
So the Conqueror King led his army to annihilation day and night to enter the pass. When they were about to reach the battlefield, they had already received several requests for help from the Second Elder.
Although the Second Elder's army was elite, its small numbers made it difficult to withstand the rising momentum of the Breeding Army.
The Conqueror King, however, changed his previous strategy of rapid march, allowing his men to rest slowly before moving to the battlefield. He clearly intended to completely exhaust the Second Elder's forces, causing them to weaken each other before he could reap the rewards.
He calmed and dismissed the Second Elder's men, then noticed Zu An writing rapidly on a book. Curious, he asked, "What are you doing?"
"After all, as a messenger of memory, I still need to record what actually happened in history," Zuan replied casually as he wrote furiously.
The Conqueror King laughed heartily: "You should record in detail how our Annihilation faction achieved a great victory."
In fact, the various paths do not really reject believers in memory, because the Mirror Messenger basically does not interfere with the development of events, unlike those annoying historians of time in the Chaotic and Mystic paths.
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