Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

The ministers knelt down and shouted in unison:

"I respectfully welcome Your Majesty to take over the throne and rule China!"

"I respectfully welcome Your Majesty to take over the throne and rule China!"

"I respectfully welcome Your Majesty to take over the throne and rule China!"

……

Accompanied by bursts of shouting, Li Zicheng and his party slowly entered the capital.

The group of people who followed Li Zicheng into the city were all cavalry. Whether they were generals or civil servants, whether they were Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Niu Jinxing, and Song Xiance, everyone was riding a tall horse.

At this moment, it was as if he had returned to China before Wu Meiniang was mixed with water.

Courtiers do not care about martial arts - civil servants can mount their horses to kill the enemy, and military generals can also dismount and govern the country...

……

Dashun's monarchs and ministers galloped away on horseback. Even though they were not galloping, the horses' hooves were too many and the dust they raised was still overwhelming.

The courtiers kneeling on both sides suffered disaster.

As usual, they organized their manpower yesterday to cover the official road with a fine layer of loess.

Clean water splashing on the street and loess on the road were the etiquette formulated by the courtiers for the king when traveling.

However, at this moment, this has become a life-threatening matter...

Thousands of horses stampede, raising dust comparable to a sandstorm.

The courtiers who knelt on both sides to please Li Zicheng suffered bad consequences.

"Cough cough..."

"Cough cough..."

The officials in the capital were disgraced, the colors of the prison uniforms could not be distinguished, and the black gauze could not tell the difference between Liang Guan...

Each and every official in the capital, even though his nose and tears flowed from being choked, he did not dare to cough loudly;

Even though he ate half a kilogram of sand with every breath he took, he still knelt on the ground respectfully, motionless.

He was suppressing his cough, fearing that Li Zicheng would hear it and harm his future...

……

There were only more than 3000 officials who were qualified to gather in front of and behind the city gate to welcome Li Zicheng into the capital.

In such a huge capital, there are more than tens of thousands of officials wearing official robes!

The remaining generals and subordinates could only kneel in the city and wait silently.

On both sides of the road, "gentlemen" in all kinds of clothes were kneeling. They lined up from behind Yongding Gate, through Zhengyang Gate, and all the way to Chengtianmen (Tiananmen). (5.4 km)

The ten-mile long street was filled with officials at all levels kneeling.

Looking carefully, everyone has taken off their prison clothes, revealing their bright patches.

Civil servants are clothed with birds, and generals are clothed with beasts of prey.

If you look carefully, you will see a group of "dressed beasts" on the ten-mile long street!

……

Li Zicheng sat upright on his horse, his body swaying back and forth as the horse moved forward.

Everywhere he went, he was accompanied by deafening shouts of "Long live".

The corners of Li Zicheng's mouth curled up.

Through the densely packed heads, he looked at the shops and houses on both sides.

However, I saw that the doors of these rooms were closed tightly, and occasionally panicked faces flashed past the windows.

Li Zicheng frowned slightly.

People are afraid to open the door. This is not a good thing!

It seems that we need to appease the people first...

……

Chengtianmen is the main gate of the imperial city. This gate isolates the inside and outside. Historically, only princes and ministers can pass through. Entering this gate means entering the center of China.

Li Zicheng asked Wang Dehua to stop.

He stood in front of the White Jade Bridge in Mahan.

In front of you are the five Jinshui Bridges, Li Zicheng Zhuma Yudao Bridge, and on the left and right are the Wanggong Bridge and the Ranking Bridge, which gradually narrow.

He looked up and saw the majestic imperial city in front of him, with five gates and nine double towers. It was so majestic that there was a huge plaque hanging in the middle of the city gate downstairs——

"The Gate of Bearing Heaven!"

Looking at this majestic city tower with double eaves and yellow glazed tile roof, Li Zicheng couldn't help but sneer:

"If your Zhu Ming dynasty was really lucky, how could I conquer the capital?"

Li Zicheng picked up his bow and arrow and prepared to shoot at Chengtianmen.

At this time, Wei Zaode and other officials from the capital had followed Li Zicheng and his party to the Chengtian Gate.

Everyone held their breath, wondering what Li Zicheng was going to do?

But I heard Li Zicheng shout:

"If I shoot the Tianzi of Chengtianmen, it will prove that God has allowed me to unify the country and become the master of the country."

After roaring, Li Zicheng took aim with his bow and shot an arrow.

"call out!"

The arrow cut through the void and hit the plaque hanging on the city gate tower.

Everyone looked intently and saw an arrow stuck firmly under the word "天" in "Chengtian Gate".

Dashun civil and military officials immediately cheered in unison, and Wei Zaode and others also clapped their hands and laughed, flattering each other.

Among the crowd, there was only one person with a solemn expression.

This person is Li Yan.

He looked up and saw that the arrow shaft was directly under the word "天". Looking up from the bottom, the arrow shaft seemed to have the word "天" coming out of its head.

It's like the "Gate of Chengtian" has become the "Gate of Chengfu".

Li Yan looked a little ugly. He moved his lips a few times, but finally said nothing.

Li Zicheng's face was also a little solemn. He frowned slightly and stared at the arrow.

Niu Jinxing, who was on Li Zicheng's side, saw that Li Zicheng's face was wrong, but he laughed, stepped forward and said to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty's arrow hit the bottom of the sky. Doesn't this mean that your Majesty hit the sky!"

When Li Zicheng heard that it made sense, he smiled calmly and didn't care anymore. He rode his horse and rushed into the Forbidden City first.

……

Just as Li Zicheng rode into the imperial city, Zhu Youjian's army of thousands of people also approached Liu Fangliang's military formation.

Viewed from a high altitude, the Dashun Army in red clothes and armor, flying the white Zuoying camp flag, has a strong lineup and spreads boundlessly. The camp they formed spreads for more than ten miles, surrounding the entire city of Baoding.

The Ming army under the Huanglong banner of the Ming Dynasty is just a small rectangular block.

On one side is a behemoth of 15 troops.

There are only a thousand soldiers on one side...

This is a duel with a huge disparity in strength and almost no suspense about victory or defeat.

However, in front of the Dashun Army formation, Liu Fangliang and others looked stunned and in complete disbelief.

The impatient Guo Sheng said in shock: "Then, then, could it be that we saw it wrong?"

How is it possible?

What was erected on the opposite side was actually the military flag of the Ming Dynasty?

Liu Fangliang frowned.

The opposite side is actually Emperor Ming?

Is it...

Zhou Fengwu sighed: "I underestimated Emperor Ming!"

"It seems that the Ming army that occupied the new city is actually the Ming Emperor himself!"

"How is that possible?" Zhao Yingyuan felt like his head was going to explode:

"Didn't you say that it was a small Ming army with only a hundred people?"

……

"Yes!"

The generals discussed one after another:

"If we had known that Emperor Ming was in Xincheng, why would we have sent Niu Chenghu with a mere 500 people!"

"Why is Emperor Ming so bold? Even if he takes the new city by accident, what will happen to him?"

Zhou Fengwu's face was solemn: "Niu Chenghu is probably in danger."

Listening to everyone's comments, Guo Sheng spit on the ground viciously:

"Fuck you, no matter who is opposite him, I don't believe that these 1000 people are invincible!"

He turned to look at Liu Fangliang:

"I will take my 2 troops and devour him in one go!"