Along the way, we only encountered a tough enemy in Daizhou, Shanxi General Zhou Yuji. After that, everything went smoothly. I originally thought that without foreign aid and lack of troops, the city of Beijing would be easy to win, but I didn't expect that I encountered another enemy. wall.
It's okay now, we can see the outcome tomorrow.
Thinking that after winning this battle, they might go straight to Beijing to enjoy the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, they all felt uncontrollably excited.
"Okay, let's go back and have a good rest. We will arrange a small number of soldiers to patrol during the day tomorrow so that the army can have a good sleep. At night, prepare to capture Chongzhen alive and defeat the Ming army." Li Zicheng said with a smile on his face.
"Capture Chongzhen alive and defeat the Ming army." All the generals answered in unison, and then they all laughed.
April 29, 1644 AD.
It's the fifteenth day since Zhu Changwu came to this world.
It was the fifth day since Zhu Changwu came to the capital.
Early in the morning, after having breakfast, Zhu Changwu took Sun Chuang and four Jinyi guards to the place where Bai Bangzheng's military camp was located.
Zhu Changwu came early in the morning, which surprised Bai Bangzheng. But when he saw the general and learned that he was going to take him to the palace, saying that the emperor wanted to recognize him first, he immediately became excited. got up.
With Bai Bangzheng's status, he would never see Chongzhen at all. He had gone to court once, but because he stood too far back, he had only seen it from a distance and couldn't see clearly at all.
But this time, he will be responsible for protecting Chongzhen's safety. It can be said that Bai Bangzheng's status has been improved immediately, which makes it difficult for him not to be excited.
"Okay, General Mo will order his troops to go forward immediately." Bai Bangzheng agreed immediately.
"Yes, but you can't bring too many people. Just bring about twenty people. You also know that the news that the emperor is abandoning the capital cannot be spread yet, otherwise there will be trouble." In Bai Bangzheng's ear, Zhu Changwu whispered Reminder.
"Yes, what the general said is true. I will take twenty soldiers to the palace to attack the enemy." Bai Bangzheng did not doubt that he was there.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Bai Bangzheng and Zhu Changwu, who were leading twenty soldiers, left the military camp and headed straight for the palace.
Along the way, Zhu Changwu was talking about some of the rules in the palace, such as not looking directly at the emperor, bowing to him if he wanted to, and then saying "long live the emperor" and so on.
These are just basic etiquette, and Bai Bangzheng naturally understands them, but Zhu Changwu said the words, and he kept nodding and saying yes.
But what he didn't know was that he himself would never follow these rules when Zhu Changwu told him.
In Zhu Changwu's eyes, kneeling down and worshiping did not exist at all.
A group of more than 20 people soon arrived at a side entrance of the palace. Next to him was the tall palace wall. Zhu Changwu looked at it and said, "This time our actions must be kept secret. We must not let anyone know, so we can only use the side door. Do you understand?"
"Understand, understand, it will eventually become clear..."
Bai Bangzheng, who was riding on the horse, only said this, then he felt a chill on his neck, and then he was speechless.
Blood flowed out from under his neck. Bai Bangzheng, who had lost his strength, immediately fell off his horse. He still wanted to struggle and say something, but the only thing he could do was to point his finger at Zhu Changwu, who was still riding on the horse, and followed. He tilted his head and couldn't say a single word.
Bai Bangzheng died like this, still confused when he died.
He didn't understand why he was chatting and laughing with the general just now, but the next moment, he suddenly took action.
It was so steady and ruthless that he didn't even feel it and just fell off his horse and died.
If he had known that Zhu Changwu had found out his true identity from the first time they met, and that he had spent these days being used by the other party, I am afraid he would not think that he was wronged.
Zhu Changwu's action was a signal.
After Bai Bangzheng's throat was slashed by the tiger-tooth dagger, he followed Sun Chuang and the two Jinyi guards he brought with him to take action.
Completely unprepared, three of the twenty soldiers were killed without even drawing their swords. Zhu Changwu followed Zhu Changwu off the field, grabbed the white blade with his bare hands, and after taking the saber of a soldier, he passed through these people while dodging left and right.
When Zhu Changwu walked past these people step by step, and finally stood still, with the saber in his hand stuck on the ground, the more than ten soldiers who had just been beaten to death and wanted to resist, were like As if they had been pushed down by something, they fell to the ground one by one.
"Cleaning up."
He shouted towards the side door not far away, and followed by a group of young eunuchs who had been waiting here for a long time ran out carrying water basins.
They were all Wang Chengen's men and were ordered to wait here to collect the bodies.
After a while, the original appearance was restored under the city wall, and not even a drop of blood could be seen on the ground. Only when the breeze blows, there will be a faint smell of blood filling the air.
Zhu Changwu had already left here at this time, and then threw the troop deployment token found from Bai Bangzheng to Sun Chuang, "Go, mobilize these two thousand Ming troops in batches, and kill them all!"
"Yes." Sun Chuang accepted the token and left quickly with Jin Yiwei.
Seeing his leaving figure, Zhu Changwu sighed helplessly. He really didn't want to kill these people, but he had no choice.
Two thousand Ming troops have entered the capital for several days, but no one has come to find himself, the general, to expose Bai Bangzheng's identity. This explains everything.
No matter what the reason was, since they all surrendered to Li Zicheng, they were their enemies.
Zhu Changwu would never have any kindness towards his enemies, because he knew that doing so would be irresponsible to himself and the soldiers who were willing to believe in him and follow him.
The news of Bai Bangzheng's murder did not spread in the city, because the eyes of everyone in the capital were attracted by the upcoming military parade.
The previous military parade was an eye-opener for everyone. Even the emperor appeared that time, but I don't know if Chongzhen will show up this time.
But what disappointed the people was that this military parade was actually outside the city, and people were not allowed to watch. When some people ran out of the city in disbelief, what they saw was the scene of a tight defense in front of the Zhanghua Gate. Zhang Zheng was guarding here with some soldiers. Unless there was an instruction from the general, no one was allowed to Take a step out of town.
Even the outer city gate, which had not been closed when the intruders came last time, was actually closed at this moment, completely killing the hearts of the people who wanted to watch the excitement. At the same time, he also had the heart of an intruder and spy who wanted to find out what was going on.
Li You in the city looked puzzled when he learned that the Ming army was going to have a military parade.
The last time he won the battle, he could understand why a different kind of military parade was held in order to boost morale and gain the support of the people in the capital.
But now, there is obviously no war, but there is a military parade. So what does that mean?
It is said that when something goes wrong, it becomes a monster. Li You really wants to find out what is going on. But the outer city gate has been closed, and it is impossible to go out openly.
"Send people immediately to look for weak areas to see where we can get out of the city. No matter what, we must find out what the Ming army is going to do." Li You became fierce and gave an order to the brothers who had brought five hundred old soldiers.
Li You was still thinking of ways to go out of the city to inquire about the news. Outside the city, a full 50,000 Ming soldiers had already begun to gather under the leadership of their respective generals.
Yesterday, Zhang Yi recruited more than 10,000 new soldiers. These new soldiers, who had just been welcomed into the military camp with the beating of gongs and drums, never imagined that they would go to the battlefield in less than a day.
Zhu Changwu rode on a tall horse and stood proudly in front of 50,000 Ming troops.
On both sides of his desk were wooden boxes filled with silver coins.
"Come here, open the box." Zhu Changwu shouted. Then someone stepped forward and opened all the four hundred large wooden boxes, and the white money came into everyone's sight.
By visual inspection, one box contains five thousand taels of silver, and four hundred boxes is a full two million taels.
Two million taels of cash is definitely an astronomical figure for ordinary soldiers. Many people are even too poor to see so much silver at once in their lifetime.
Now that it is placed in front of everyone, this visual impact is very strong.
"The old rules remain unchanged. If you kill one intruder, you can get one or two silver coins. If you kill three people, you can be promoted from an ordinary soldier to a corps leader. This is what I can decide for you. And all you need to do is kill the enemy, and then kill the enemy again. .”
"Some people may say that I have just joined the army and have not practiced yet, but I want to ask you, if a robber comes to your home and wants to kill you and your family, do you still have to tell him not to do it yet? I Not ready yet?”
As soon as Zhu Changwu's voice fell, a burst of whispering came from the various military formations that had been lined up.
Some people thought this before. It is true that some of them just joined the army yesterday, that is, they just entered the military camp last night. They couldn't even name many of their comrades around them, but no one expected that today they would... Going to the battlefield to fight with others.
It is impossible to say that I am not nervous at all.
But even more excited.
Perhaps because they have never seen the cruelty and blood on the battlefield, most soldiers are the stupid and bold type. Some of them even think that all they need to do to fight is to fight hard, and they don't know what cooperation is and how to save energy and expand the results.
But it doesn't matter, as long as they have the courage, because Zhu Changwu didn't point these people to fight a tough battle at all. They just need to follow the army to charge and then pick up the slack on the battlefield.
As long as they have the courage to wield a sword when they see a lone enemy, that's all.
