Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 918
Back in the general's mansion, Zhou Yuji retreated to the left and right, summoned the captain of the scout who had been hit by an arrow and was somewhat depressed, and asked, "What's going on?"

Facing the sharp gaze of the general, the scout captain straightened his back, gritted his teeth and said, "Guan Ning's army! Guan Ning's army is heading south! They rebelled!"

Zhou Ruhu was shocked, and shouted: "Don't talk nonsense! You can't joke about this kind of thing!"

The captain of the scout said: "Even if this subordinate has the courage, he would not dare to joke about this kind of thing! Under the order of the general, he led [-] brothers to Shanhaiguan to inquire about the situation, but he encountered Guan Ningjun on the way. !Although they have shaved their hair and changed their flags, but my subordinates have served in the Shanhai Navy for three years, and I can still recognize many of their generals. This is the real Wu Guanning Army, and they are all reversed!"

Zhou Ruhu trembled all over, looked at Zhou Yuji, and said in a trembling voice: "Father... father commander, how could this happen! Well, why did the Guan Ning army rebel? The rebellion of the refugees is justifiable, because Daming is sorry for them, but the Guan Ning army If there is no reason to rebel, Daming is worthy of them!"

Zhou Yuji's face sank like water, and he asked the scout captain: "How many troops have the enemy sent out? How far is it from here?"

The captain of the scout shook his head: "The subordinates and brothers were lurking on the hills to observe, and only saw the enemy army marching southward along the official road one after another, as if opening a gate to release water, and did not see the end for most of the day. I'm afraid that the tens of thousands of Guanning troops guarding the Shanhai Navy have already mobilized!"

Zhou Yuji was horrified and murmured: "Have the whole army been mobilized? The ancestral Guan Ning army is not far away!" His hands were shaking slightly uncontrollably, because he knew better than anyone else that Chongzhen's Northern Expedition would defeat Northern Zhili. The soldiers are almost exhausted. Jizhen, Changping, Tianjin, Dongjiang, Denglai...these military towns are all resorting to empty city tactics, let alone the city of Beijing. There are only tens of thousands of Beijing camps left that are neither attractive nor useful. , these tens of thousands of Beijing Camps are still on paper, only how many ghosts know the real number!There is really no need for the Qing army to be dispatched. These 10,000+ Guan Ning troops alone are enough to sweep through Northern Zhili and destroy the Ming Dynasty - if there are no variables!
Zhou Ruhu jumped up and called: "Father, what you hear is not what you hear, what you see is what you see, wait for the boy to bring the scouts over there to investigate and see what happens!"

Zhou Yuji waved his hand weakly, and said: "No need, Zhou Ping has been with me for several years, and he has never made a mistake in the previous reconnaissance. I can trust him!" Said to the scout captain: "Zhou Ping, go down and bandage, don't cause any serious problems. .Also, don't let the wind leak, or I will want your head!"

Zhou Ping took the order, turned around and went down.

Zhou Yuji paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, sighing long and worried.Zhou Ruhu was so anxious that he shouted: "Father, don't sigh, hurry up and find a way!"

Zhou Yuji smiled bitterly: "This is a situation of no plan. Even if Zhuge is reborn and Sun Wu is reborn, what can we do? In the north of Zhili, we are the only ones left. The army of the Northern Expedition is probably over. Marquis Su Yi and the emperor..." Shaking his head, he dared not say any more, but the meaning was clear enough:
I'm afraid these two will never come back!

Zhou Ruhu punched the wall, and said angrily: "This is all nonsense! How did the good situation turn into this all of a sudden!?"

Zhou Yuji smiled miserably: "Don't you know the nature of those civil servants in the court? They have no other skills, but the ability to drag their own people back is unmatched!" At this point, he was excited and patted Forehead, called: "Not good!"

Zhou Ruhu was taken aback and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Yuji said with a flustered expression, "No, the empress and her highnesses are still in Beijing! Now they are literally staying in a wolf den, and they may be torn to pieces by the hordes of wolves at any time! Xiaohu, I will give you Two hundred elites, you take them, find a way to sneak into the capital, and rescue the empress and the queen! Your Majesty may have encountered an accident, and the empress must not make any mistakes!"

A mere 200 people broke into the capital to rescue the queen, concubines, and princesses who were stared at by countless pairs of eyes. It was like pulling out teeth, but Zhou Ruhu was full of courage and was not afraid at all. He just asked: "What about after saving the mother and the others? How to arrange it?" ?”

Zhou Yuji looked at his son. This father, who was always stern and strict, showed a rare loving and gentle look to his son, and said in a low voice: "After you rescue them, you will protect them all the way south. No matter what happens, don't look back, and don't stop. Come down until you enter the Daimyo Road, understand?"

Zhou Ruhu cried out, "What about you? What are you going to do!?"

Zhou Yuji said in a deep voice: "Me? I will lead these two thousand elite soldiers to defend Tangshan to the death, firmly stuck in the throat of their entry into Gyeonggi! I want them to smash their heads under the city of Tangshan, and I want them to know the bloody nature of Ming soldiers and civilians. I'm still here, I want them to know how powerful I am, Zhou Yuji!"

Zhou Ruhu lost his composure and yelled: "Father, you will die! We only have two thousand people, but we are facing 10,000+ Guanning rebels, 10,000+ elite slaves, and countless people behind to make trouble. You are Sun Wu reborn, and Wu Qi is reborn, and you will die here too!" At this point, he had tears streaming down his face, fell to his knees with a plop, hugged his father's legs, and cried, "Father, let's get out!" Let's evacuate to Beijing together, pick up the empress and the others, and then evacuate to Daming Road! It's still too late, the Beijing camp's bastards can't stop us! Please, evacuate with me, I don't want you to die Here, die in vain here!"

Zhou Yuji sighed, stroked his son's hair, and said, "There is only one life. If there is a choice, who would want to die? But... Tangshan is the gateway to Gyeonggi, and someone must guard it! Moreover, such a big country is about to perish. , but no general is willing to be buried for it, and will be laughed at by future generations. Xiaohu, don't say any more, take your troops and return to the capital, time is running out! Also, take good care of your mother and grandma, we The Zhou family, it's up to you!"

The stern general had made up his mind, and no matter how hard his son pleaded, he did not waver in the slightest.In the end Zhou Ruhu had no choice but to take two hundred elites with high martial arts skills under his stern reprimand, disguised themselves, rode fast horses and left Tangshan, galloping towards Beijing.It was a long way out of the city, but Zhou Ruhu still looked back frequently, and every time he looked back, he could always see a tall figure standing on the city wall and waving to him, like an indestructible mountain.

For children, every father is the tallest and most majestic mountain, which can shelter them from the most violent wind and rain.But now, for Zhou Ruhu, the tallest mountain in his mind is about to collapse, and this farewell may never have a chance to see him again.

Watching his son leave step by step, Zhou Yuji put down a heavy stone in his heart and turned his gaze to the north.

In the north, the cold wind is howling, the battle clouds are densely covered, and the fierce murderous aura is surging. Presumably, the Qing army with the Guan Ning army as the vanguard is not far from Tangshan.With [-] solitary troops facing hundreds of thousands of troops, there is absolutely no chance of winning. He knew that he would die and the city of Tangshan would be breached. He also knew that his best choice was to evacuate to Beijing with his son, and flee south with the queen and prince. Not only can he save his life, but he can also make a great contribution, but these are not among his choices.Every general has the last line of defense in his heart, and Tangshan City is his last line of defense. He must be nailed here like a nail to buy time for the people in Gyeonggi to evacuate, even for a day!
The cold wind was still blowing endlessly, snow flakes and powder flew violently, standing in the cold wind, this stern general soon became an ice sculpture.

There is a strange atmosphere in the city of Beijing, and even the dullest person can feel it.

After the army of the Northern Expedition left the customs, the capital was under martial law. At the beginning, everyone thought this was a matter of course. After all, there were mountains of corpses and bloody battles outside the customs. It is strange that the capital is not under martial law.However, with the passage of time, everyone found that they had cut off contact with the outside world. The Jingying, who had always been so lazy, patrolled the streets and alleys as if they had found chicken blood. The entire capital city was shrouded in an atmosphere of terror, and the number of scholars and officials pouring into the capital city did not decrease, but increased instead... All these things made people shudder.The most surprising thing is that those Qingliu spray dogs who have always been bullying the world have now shut their mouths. When acquaintances ask them for news from the court, they just smile mysteriously and refuse to say anything. Just thinking about it makes people shudder.Those who were timid and well-connected tried their best to escape from this suffocating cage, and those without connections had to stay in the capital. Fortunately, although the capital is under martial law, for some reason, the price of goods is quite low, and they can still survive.And those bold ones are actively looking for a way out. They smell a great crisis, but they also smell a great opportunity. Wealth and wealth are sought in danger, how can we not give it a go?Maybe this is an opportunity?

Zhou Ruhu led [-] elite troops without hesitation, galloped [-] miles a day and night, rushed back to Beijing, and sneaked into the city of Beijing after a lot of effort. The people are dying, there are few pedestrians, the doors are closed, and occasionally some passers-by are in a hurry, and they seem unwilling to stay on the road for a while.On the contrary, the number of patrolling soldiers has doubled. When they see people they think are suspicious, they will arrest them and throw them into prison without saying a word. The families of the wealthy households were seized of their properties, their wives were divided up, and the sound of wailing and wild laughter was heard endlessly. The whole city of Beijing felt to him like a big prison, and the millions of residents were all prisoners!

On the contrary, there are restaurants and restaurants, and the Fireworks and Willow Lane is still very lively. bustling.Who knows where so many romantic literati have emerged, from Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Jiangnan... The southern tune and the northern tune are all in one room, and each of them is as energetic as a chicken blood!Seeing them, Zhou Ruhu became furious, and really wanted to bring someone in and kill them all!
"Major General, don't be impulsive!" Captain Zhou Long reminded in time, he grew up with Zhou Ruhu, and he knew his temperament very well.

Zhou Ruhu said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I'm sensible." Once again, he gave those scholars who were leaning on the restaurant's Zhu Lan reciting the wind and enjoying the moon a bitter look, turned around angrily, and walked towards the imperial city.

Although there is no evidence, his intuition tells him that Daming's good situation has been completely destroyed, and suddenly he has become internally and externally troubled and perilous. It is absolutely inseparable from this group of guys who are enjoying the carnival feast!
This account will be settled with you later!
In the cabinet, Wen Tiren glanced at the bulletin sent by Bailijia urgently, and said with a complicated expression: "They... are here!"

Wang Yingxiong, Hou Xun, Wu Zongda and other important officials were silent.They did everything possible to instigate Chongzhen to launch the Northern Expedition regardless of the cold winter. They turned their hands into clouds and rained their hands and destroyed the border defense line that Lu Xiangsheng painstakingly managed. The goal is about to be achieved.The 30 army led by Chongzhen has been buried by the snowstorm in Liaodong. Yang Menglong's life and death are uncertain.Now that Shanhaiguan is closed and wide open, hundreds of thousands of Qing troops marched into Gyeonggi and will soon arrive in Tangshan, which is only one step away from Beijing and Tianjin. All their plans will come to a perfect conclusion soon.A new dynasty is about to be established, and those former officials who have made great efforts must be reused, and they can even go further. However, they are not happy now!

It's like a naughty child pried a piece from under a pile of bricks like a hill, and then watched the hill collapse in front of him.Their deeds will soon win them glory and wealth, but they will also win the eternal curse of the world.It is very possible to shave their hair and change their clothes, change customs, and cut off the inheritance of the clothes of the Han family. They cannot escape this historical responsibility!Thinking of this level, few people can laugh!
On the contrary, Zhang Pu, Qian Qianyi and others who had just entered the cabinet were rejoicing.All these dirty things are done by others, and they enjoy the rewards, so naturally they don't have any psychological burden.

After a long while, Wen Tiren forced a smile, and said to everyone: "Come on, everyone. At this point, can you go back again? Chen Shangshu, you can give Zhou Yuji a fire ticket to lead his troops to evacuate Tangshan quickly and return to the capital defense division." !"

Since the unlucky Yang Sichang went to Nanyang and disappeared, Chen Xinjia is currently the minister of the Ministry of War.Chen Xinjia knew what Wen Tiren meant. Zhou Yuji's troops were mainly infantry. When the army was under pressure, he left Tangshan Jiancheng and returned to the capital.Once the remnants of this Tianxiong army are wiped out, there will really be no soldiers in Beizhili to fight!He shook his head and said, "This man's heart is like a rock, he won't obey orders."

Wen Tiren said: "Then take down all his friends in the capital and his family in Shanxi, and see if he listens! By the way, the harem should keep an eye on it, don't let the queen run away, or it will be troublesome!"

Luo Yangxing, the boss of Jinyiwei, said: "Lord Shoufu, don't worry, the harem has been stared at by my Jinyiwei, not even a fly can fly in! It's just..."

Wen Tiren asked: "Just what?"

Luo Yangxing said: "It's just that according to the news from the offline, the Heluo new army has arrived at Daming Road and is heading towards the capital!"

As soon as they heard the words "Heluo New Army", everyone in the room shuddered, and even showed angry expressions.

They colluded with foreign enemies and destroyed Daming, and they were not forced by the Heluo New Army!

Wen Tiren smiled coldly: "So what if we arrive at the Daming Road? The Qing army has already reached Tangshan, can they fly over? Furthermore, the change of banner in North Zhili is a foregone conclusion, and the best choice for the new army in Heluo is to establish a new separatist regime. Instead of continuing to go north! This is a futile situation, not to mention that the Heluo New Army is leaderless, even if Yang Menglong comes back, what will happen!"

(End of this chapter)