Beiyang new warlord

On the other side, inside the pass, the torrent, which is far more vast than Wenmeng's partial division, is also rushing towards the east. The last Juyongguan pass is broken, and there is no checkpoint stronghold that can hinder Li Zicheng's advance. , the red cloak behind him was blown up violently by the strong wind, and one of his one eyes watched viciously and triumphantly as the army under his command passed through the narrow pass of Juyongguan, and then entered the great plain near Yanjing.

On March 27, Chuangjun arrived in Changping.

However, history is such a small difference, a thousand miles away, compared with the former Ningwuguan, this time Zhou Yuji led his men to resist for a full eleven days, and these eleven days also changed the fate of the Ming Dynasty a little bit. It's time to change Guan Ningjun, who was regarded as a life-saving straw!

Dense flags lined up from Fuchengmen to Guangningmen in the inner city. The Guanning Army did not defend the city, but directly outside the city. The defensive positions of the Ming army were like brackets. The infantry dug out a section The trench, with cannons standing in it, is full of armor on both sides, and the Liaodong cavalry, Wu Sangui's main force is stationed here. His army is divided into five parts, facing Li Zicheng's main force.

More than 30 soldiers and horses from Ji Town in Tangtong stationed at Guangning Gate, which was relatively outside the battlefield. As for the [-] Beijing camps on paper, they were distributed on various city walls and stationed at the other nine gates. It is a bit unrealistic to break into the army and fight in the field.

This was the first time that Li Zicheng had arrived outside the capital city, and the rear army was stationed in Changping. He couldn't help but personally lead the vanguard to the capital city.

In this era, there is really no city that is bigger and more spectacular than the capital. Wu Sangui's majestic Guan Ning army under the city was directly ignored by him. What was displayed in his single eye was a magnificent sea of ​​cities, densely packed. The towns and residences under the city stretched endlessly, and although they were a little dilapidated, the neat and mighty city walls ran from north to south, with almost no boundaries in sight.

After a long time, the shriveled leader let out a sigh of relief and shook his head greedily.

"This is the grand plan and great career that a man should have!"

Coincidentally, on the first day when the Chuangjun attacked, Emperor Chongzhen, who had always lived in the deep palace, couldn't help but climbed to the top of the city and looked towards the northwest.

But this time the emperor did not collide with the emperor. After all, both sides have hundreds of thousands of troops. Even Li Zicheng and Chongzhen are separated by four or five miles, and the two did not see each other at all.

However, compared to Li Zicheng's lofty ambitions, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty felt a sense of confusion. A few days ago, the Guan Ning army's complacency and confidence in victory disappeared like spring sun melting snow. In Li Zicheng's eyes, In the endless city, in his eyes, there are endless thieves, and the densely packed Dashun banners cover the sky and cover the ground. Even if it is just a front army, there are more than [-] people. It is more than [-] miles from the north to the south, and it is also invisible. Enthusiasm.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Seeing that Chongzhen's hands couldn't stop shaking violently, the accompanying eunuch Wang Chengen couldn't help but hurriedly called out beside him, but Chongzhen still didn't look back, his whole body trembling with excitement, unbelievably shocked shouted angrily.

"Since I ascended the throne, I have spent all my clothes and food, working hard all the time, because I am afraid of delaying the legacy left by my ancestors! I have been so diligent! But why? Why does the whole world turn against me?"

Hearing Chongzhen's roar, Wang Chengen was speechless, not only him, but also a series of important ministers such as the first assistant university scholar Wei Zaode, the second assistant Li Jiantai, the cabinet Fang Yuegong, Fan Jingwen, etc. also bowed their heads involuntarily.

But the corners of Wei Zaode's mouths could not help but sneer.

There is a kind of busy work, called busy work! Busy work, sometimes it is better not to work! First, I think about it, Emperor Tianqi was busy with carpentry work in the palace every day, and the world was ruled by Wei Zhongxian. At that time, at least the national treasury Sufficient, the frontier army is not chaotic, and when the money is needed, Eunuch Wei can also catch it. It seems that the master has been busy. In the end, the court couldn't even get a million taels of military pay, and finally had to rely on the donations of the courtiers. Get through this!

But this sneer was only for a moment. Looking at the seemingly countless invaders on the horizon, worries also surfaced on the faces of these extreme officials. Now, how can they keep their privileges, glory and wealth?

It was almost dusk when Li Zicheng arrived, and the emperor versus emperor ended briefly as the sun became more and more westward. More and more troops arrived on the outskirts of the capital. The campfire, which was as numerous as the stars in the sky, flickered in the wilderness of Gyeonggi, and Emperor Chongzhen hurried back to the palace.

The location of the office was changed again by Emperor Chongzhen, and it was changed to Linfu Hall, but this auspicious name did not bring any stability to the empire. The grave-like silence and heavy pressure still weighed down on everyone. Can't hold my head up.

After a long time, Chongzhen raised his head with difficulty and asked dully.

"Tomorrow, the intruders are about to attack the city. Gentlemen, what is the strategy to defeat the enemy?"

"Your Majesty, please transfer Liao soldiers!"

Loyal ministers will always be loyal ministers. Although the last time the southward move discussion has become a public enemy of the court, Li Mingrui still stood up regardless of himself and kowtowed heavily to the ground.

"In the Anshi Rebellion in the early Tang Dynasty, the imperial court was poor. We exchanged the wealthy children of the two capitals for Huihe soldiers to quell the rebellion, defeated the Anshi rebels, and protected the 150-year foundation of the Tang Dynasty. Now the trespassers are coming to the capital. The country is in crisis. Protecting our country is the top priority. The minister thought that before the intruders were killed, they should send a strong man and Princess Changping to break out of the siege and go to Liaodong to pick up the relatives. With the friendship of son-in-law, the righteousness of the court, and the life of the king of Liao, he invited the king of Liao to enter the pass and retreated the intruders. Soldiers, to protect our country of Ming Dynasty!"

But at this juncture, the lovely cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty hadn't forgotten the party struggle. Before Li Mingrui could finish speaking, Wei Zaode stood up and knelt in the courtyard.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable! Isn't this a marriage? How can I bow my head to a traitor and traitor?"

"Your Majesty, what is the face of the imperial court?"

"It should be like this. Once that traitor is allowed to enter the pass, he will enter the capital on the same level as Dong Zhuo of the Han Dynasty! Your Majesty, Li Mingrui should be executed!"

Suddenly, a large group of ministers knelt on the ground with their heads on the ground and their buttocks in the sky. This scene made Chongzhen feel a disgusting aura coming from bottom to top.

Standing up in silence, he waved his hands in disgust.

"Everyone, step down!"

It was really an evening scene at the end of the road, seeing the emperor turned around and leaving, those important officials looked at each other in blank dismay, and had no intention of competing with each other, but at this moment, outside the hall, Wang Chengen trotted in again, and knelt down heavily in front of the hall .

"Your Majesty, Du Xun is back!"

Du Xun is the eunuch of the Juyongguan Army. Since he left Juyongguan two days ago, there has been no news of him. When he comes back, at least he can bring back some enemy information.

"Let him in!"

After all, he was from the palace, and Du Xun was quick to return to the palace. Even Wang Chengen was a little happy, and led him into the gate of the palace when he turned around. The eunuch Du Xun's expression suddenly became awkward.

"Du Xun, why don't you hurry up and pay your respects to His Majesty?"

He looked at him standing there in amazement, his tone was a bit hurried, and Wang Chengen whispered anxiously behind him.

This sentence seemed to have finally forced Du Xun to have no way out, as soon as he gritted his teeth, the eunuch still didn't kneel down, instead he took out a roll of yellow juan cloth from his sleeve.

"Our family, Du Xun, is ordered by Emperor Dashun to present a letter of credence to Emperor Ming!"

"You, you turned to the intruder!!!"

Even if the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty didn't believe it and were unreliable, at least Emperor Chongzhen hadn't doubted the servants and eunuchs around him, but Du Xun's series of cold words seemed like a basin of icy cold water poured on his head. His head was full of anger, his arms were trembling, he suddenly stood up in disbelief, and pointed at Du Xun's nose.

Finally unable to bear the pressure, the rebellious eunuch finally thumped and knelt heavily on the ground, holding the book of credentials on his head, and said tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, I can't help this old slave! This old slave is also for His Majesty's benefit!"

"For my own good!"

Extremely angry, Chongzhen became a little annoyed, laughed a few times in such a weird and nervous way, and pointed at Du Xun's nose sharply.

"Okay, tell me, you dog slave, how did you do it for my good?"

Trembling like a sieve, Du Xun hastily opened the yellow juan cloth again, muttering in a trembling voice, however, listening to the contents of the juan cloth, the expressions of Wei Zaode's series of ministers couldn't help but become moved.

And this, this good thing?

Chapter 561. Faint and bright, stop when you meet the rules

"The solitary postman in Yinchuan started from poverty and ran among the wild sands. The bureaucracy is dark and corrupt. It is a helpless act to expose the rebellion. It is not against His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Now that the army is approaching the city, there is nothing to do! This king will not encounter harm and a diligent and enlightened holy emperor, so he sent envoys here! As the imperial court agreed to negotiate peace, cut off the northwestern area as the king and make it a country, rewarding millions of taels of silver in With my great army, this king can retreat to Henan, suppress bandits for the imperial court, and arrive at Liao Fan outside!"

"Looking forward to the book of the Holy Son of Heaven!"

Du Xun's hoarse voice made the entire Linfu Palace silent. He never expected that Li Chuang would back down when he was already on the verge of subjugation. In this way, everyone's prosperity and wealth would be preserved, and neither would Da Ming. As for the ceding of the northwest, not to mention that it was already in Li Zicheng's hands, even if he was not there, no one wanted to take care of the place that has been barren for nine out of ten years.

As for the title of king, if Chongzhen 15 years ago, it would have been absolutely impossible, but now a Liao king has been crowned, so what if another Qin king is crowned, as the saying goes: one sheep is also chased, and two sheep are also released!

Not only the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned, even the emperors such as Chongzhen were thoughtful.

The fate of the empire seems to have taken a turn for the better once again.