Yanqing (a mandatory stop on the route from Juyong Pass to Xuanfu).
Li Zicheng lay half-reclined on his bed, his brows knitted tightly together. The fallout from the military defeat had been immense—so great that, as Emperor, he found himself somewhat disheartened. Sometimes he wondered: would it be better to just surrender?
"Juyong Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Why did Your Majesty choose to retreat to Xuanfu?" Niu Jinxing, the Left Chancellor, asked from a stool not far from the bed, his voice laced with disbelief.
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