"Is he Bai Bangzheng?" Zhu Changwu had already arrived on the city tower, looking at the two thousand Ming army troops below the city, and asked with a smile on his face.
"Yes, he is Bai Bangzheng." Wu Linzheng nodded. The other person was Deputy General Liugou. We were all members of the Ming Dynasty military generals, so they naturally knew each other.
"Then... let them enter the city." Zhu Changwu still said with a smile, but deep down in his heart, murderous intent began to fill the air.
Others may not know Bai Bangzheng's true identity, but Zhu Changwu knows it very well. According to the date, Liugou had long been breached by the Dashun Army, and this man should have surrendered to Li Zicheng long ago in order to survive.
But now that he appears here, it goes without saying that there must be something wrong with this person.
Zhu Changwu was still wondering why the intruders had not attacked Beijing for two days when they clearly had an absolute advantage in military strength. He did not believe that the opponent would be scared after losing to him once.
Looking at the history of Li Zicheng's family, we can see that he was a man who grew up in adversity and suffered many defeats to become what he is today. Would such a person back down just because of a failure?
After seeing Bai Bangzheng, Zhu Changwu finally figured it out. It turned out that the other party was playing tricks.
First send a surrendered army into the city to act as internal response, and then you have to play the trick of combining internal response with external response.
Very good, this is something that can be used. Isn't it just about taking advantage of the situation? It is said that later generations will study Sun Tzu's art of war more thoroughly, and he is not afraid of anyone when he plays this trick.
Bai Bangzheng and the others entered the city and were personally received by Zhu Changwu and Wu Linzheng.
When the two parties met, Zhu Changwu was very enthusiastic, even a little too enthusiastic. At least in the eyes of Wu Linzheng on the side, something was wrong.
But he couldn't tell what was wrong.
"Oh, General Bai, you are here. You don't even know that the city of Beijing is in danger now. We don't have enough troops to defend the city. If the intruders come here at this time, we will have to give up here and fight out. Escaped in a bloody way."
When they first met, Zhu Changwu showed his heartfelt expression.
When Bai Bangzheng heard these words, he was shocked. The facts turned out to be as King Dashun had guessed, the Ming army was preparing to abandon the city and flee.
Fifteen thousand Ming troops, as well as those powerful weapons, if they really want to escape and choose a direction to rush and fight, they may really escape. If that were the case, the Ming Emperor would have escaped and only left behind a capital city, and most of the meaning of the occupation would have been lost.
Fortunately, there are smart people around King Dashun. They can think of this in advance and let him enter the city first. In this way, Dashun's army can know in advance what moves the Ming army will make, and they will not be afraid that they are playing tricks. What a trick.
"Oh, General, I know your name very well. Thanks to your presence, the city of Beijing was not captured so smoothly by the thieves. You are a great hero and the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty." Bai Bangzheng smiled. Yes, now he started pouring ecstasy soup into Zhu Changwu.
He could finally see that the current capital of the Ming Dynasty was decided by the young man in front of him. If he wanted to know the dynamics of the Ming army, as long as he had a close relationship with this person, why would he not know?
After receiving this compliment, Zhu Changwu's face really got better. He laughed loudly, but also waved his hand, saying not taking any credit, but clearly and proudly, "Hey, I just did my job. To say that the emperor is more powerful, he had already prepared for this situation, so he prepared some new weapons in advance, so that he could drive the thieves out of Beijing. It is a pity that such weapons have been used up 80% in the last game .”
As he spoke, Zhu Changwu sighed, looking very helpless.
Another important piece of news, the Ming army's new weapons were actually going to be used up in the first battle.
Speaking of which, this is easy to understand, after all, the cost of such fresh weapons must not be cheap. Looking at the Ming Dynasty, the treasury has long been able to run away from rats. If there is no money, what can we use to manufacture it?
"But fortunately, Your Majesty also knew that the intruders would attack the city at any time, so he asked for help from Shanhaiguan in advance. The Guan Ning cavalry there was already preparing to head for the capital." Zhu Changwu said in a tone that said that the death of a person would not be worth his life.
Even Guan Ning's cavalry were mobilized. They were the absolute elite of the Ming Dynasty. Although they were small in number, their combat effectiveness was extremely strong. It is precisely because of their existence that Jiannu has been unable to conquer Shanhaiguan and thus preserved the temporary peace of the northern border of the Ming Dynasty.
Bai Bangzheng really didn't expect that he would get so much useful information just after he came. He wrote it down in his mind and prepared to send someone to report to Li Zicheng soon.
"Brother Bai, it's great that you can come this time. With these two thousand soldiers and horses, we will be more confident in breaking through. When the time comes, when the intruders launch a siege to the capital, we will start from one Xiang Fang fought out, and then joined the Guan Ning cavalry to go to the capital together. At that time, we would free up the city of Beijing, introduce the Qing army into the pass, and wait for the intruders to fight them. Hehe, it would be better if both sides were injured."
Zhu Changwu continued talking, looking very proud, as if he had everything figured out.
Before Bai Bangzheng could finish digesting it, Zhu Changwu sighed again and said: "Now we are afraid of intruders and not besieging the city. Instead, we will put all the troops outside the city and wait for us to take the initiative to fight out. If that is the case, once we If we attack, clues will inevitably come out. Once they grasp the direction of our retreat, it will be really dangerous. But fortunately, the intruders must be arrogant now, and they will not be stupid enough to surround us without We are actually worrying about the attack."
"Yes." Bai Bangzheng was overjoyed when he heard this.
Just now I was thinking about how to break the Ming army's chess game. But now that Zhu Changwu said this, he immediately found a way to deal with it. While feeling happy, he asked cautiously, "But I don't know when the general is going to take action?"
"Well, it depends on the actual situation. If the intruders besiege the city, we will immediately act according to the plan. And if the intruders remain motionless, His Majesty means to break out tomorrow night, and then we will act suddenly. The intruder will not set up defenses, and the success rate of breaking out is still very high."
Zhu Changwu seemed to have no scheming at all, he just said whatever came to his mind. After speaking, he did not forget to remind him, "General Bai, this matter is still a secret from the top. Only His Majesty and us leading generals know about it. The other soldiers have no idea at all. They really think we want to do it." We are guarding the city of Beijing, so this news must not be leaked out."
Seeing how formal Zhu Changwu said it, Bai Bangzheng nodded quickly and said: "Don't worry, we will not know this in the future, and we will definitely not tell it to our soldiers in advance."
Bai Bangzheng, who said this, added in his mind that he would not tell the Ming army, but he would tell the Dashun army, and then prepare early, and then wait for the Ming army to take the initiative to attack, and they suddenly appeared Surround it, and the situation can be determined.
After talking so much to Bai Bangzheng in a short period of time, Zhu Changwu seemed to be less interested. He said to the Jin Yiwei beside him: "Immediately bring people to arrange food and accommodation for General Bai's team. They are all our own troops." , don’t neglect it.”
"Yes." Jin Yiwei agreed quickly.
Bai Bangzheng also needed to convey the newly obtained information to Li Zicheng immediately, so he used the donkey to go downhill and said: "Okay, I will go and settle the army first. When the arrangements are made, I will come and ask the general for instructions."
"Haha, okay." Seemingly satisfied with Bai Bangzheng's attitude, Zhu Changwu laughed and agreed.
The other party left, seemingly very happy, and followed Wu Linzheng as he came closer, "General, is there something wrong with this person?"
"Huh? Did you see it?" Zhu Changwu chuckled. Wu Linzheng also saw something was wrong. He was very smart.
"Can't you tell? When did you say you were going to break out? You were obviously telling the other party. But, this person is really my deputy general Liugou of the Ming Dynasty." Wu Linzheng looked puzzled.
"I didn't say that he is not Deputy General Liugou, but he is now a surrendered general of the Ming Dynasty. He has surrendered to the intruders long ago. This time he is here to check our reality and prepare to do internal response. Okay, you don't need to go for the specific matters. Understand, you just need to know that if you have nothing to do, just keep an eye on him, and if he makes any moves, just notify me in time."
Zhu Changwu didn't intend to explain too much to Wu Linzheng, and he couldn't explain it clearly at all.
It's better to pretend to be mysterious. After all, the other party is your subordinate, and he has to listen to you on many things. As for himself, since Bai Bangzheng came to his door on his own initiative, Zhu Changwu would of course take the opportunity to fight back. Otherwise, wouldn't he be sorry for the trap Li Zicheng set?
After Zhu Changwu sent Bai Bangzheng away, he went to Ji Jinkai and others to discuss going to war. The fact that Bai Bangzheng led troops into the city was soon known to Wang Zhixin and others who were hiding in the city.
Yang Guanguang was also there, but his face was slightly pale because his finger was broken.
In a house in the capital that is not very eye-catching, but is not small in size, Wang Zhixin, Wu Mengming, Luo Yangxing and Yang Guanguang are gathering together, looking forward to the door.
While waiting, a group of people finally walked in from the outside. As soon as the leader appeared, Wang Zhixin stepped forward with a look of shamelessness and said, "General Li You, thank you for your hard work."
The person who came was none other than Li You, one of the twenty-two generals under Li Zicheng. This time he entered Beijing to cover up with Bai Bangzheng. Once they found a suitable opportunity, they would take action quickly. They would first control Chongzhen and then find it. The man named Zhu Changwu was killed in one fell swoop.
