"Your Majesty, please drink some water."
In the barren mountains, the embarrassed counselor Gu Yan held a kettle and handed it to Li Zicheng respectfully, admonishing him painstakingly.
And Li Zicheng sat on the hill in a daze, alone and in a daze.
As Emperor Dashun, Li Zicheng already felt powerless.
This feeling was even more powerless than when he was chased and beaten by Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting.
When he reached the gates of Beijing, he looked so majestic and heroic, feeling that the world was under his control.
But he never thought that one hundred thousand Ming troops who came from nowhere suddenly came out of the city. His dream of being the leader of the world ended on the spot, and he fled in a hurry.
And after escaping all the way to Shanxi, for some unknown reason, the guys who had knelt before him all changed their expressions, and they all claimed to be loyal and loyal to the Ming Dynasty and launched attacks on themselves.
Especially those Shanxi merchants are even more hateful, hateful!
Behind him, a battalion of mad dogs came from nowhere and bit him without letting go. Finally, Li Yan personally asked for orders to attack, which allowed Li Zicheng to escape.
When he came, he brought an army of nearly 200,000 people, but when he left, he had less than 10,000 people left with him.
Of course, most of these 200,000 troops are newly recruited and surrendered troops from the Ming Dynasty, but 60,000 of them are elites from the old battalion, and now there are only less than 10,000 elites left in the old battalion.
Although there are still some elite soldiers from the old battalions in various places, even if the soldiers are united, there are only 30,000 brothers left.
well.
Li Zicheng numbly took the kettle and took a rough sip. Then he heard Gu Yan cautiously say: "Your Majesty, I just received a report from the scouts under General Liu. When Liu Tongchun saw your defeat, he directly raised his flag and rebelled." , General Liu has led his troops to suppress the rebellion and beheaded the villain Liu Tongchun."
After hearing Gu Yan's report, Li Zicheng did not have any emotional fluctuations, as if this matter was not a big deal to him.
Suddenly, Li Zicheng seemed to have calmed down, looked at Gu Yan, and asked: "Well, I heard that the heavenly soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were actually Zhu Chongba, his fourth son, and a Taoist emperor from the Ming Dynasty. I brought him here, so the Chongzhen child is blessed by his ancestors, right?"
After hearing Li Zicheng's question, Gu Yan didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Well, you know, if that's not the case, how could Chongzhen's child be your opponent..."
Li Zicheng murmured to himself.
"Report!"
At this moment, a scout on horseback came to report: "Your Majesty, Datong guard Jiang Yu has cut off Datong, killed our messenger, and is leading his troops to pursue us!"
"What?!"
At this moment, Li Zicheng was like a frightened bird. He jumped down from the hill and said: "Quickly, retreat! The situation in the world is too complicated. Don't trust these Ming Dynasty generals who surrendered along the way! Go back to Shaanxi directly. Return to Xi'an!"
After the First World War, Li Zicheng no longer had any ambition to dominate the world.
His current thinking is just to take it one day at a time.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and Zhu Houcong are all here. Four of them fight one. How to play?
Where are the ancestors of the Li family? Give it some use!
…
April in Liaodong is the most suitable season for climate.
Spring is warm, flowers are blooming, and the area is full of vitality and greenery.
The soldiers of the Eight Banners lined up according to each flag, without saying a word, but with murderous intent, they marched towards the south.
The Eight Banners of Manchuria are divided by color and consist of four colors: yellow, white, red and blue. In addition to these four flags, there are also four flags: yellow flag, white flag, red flag and blue flag.
The flag of the Eight Banners fluttered in the wind. Under the blue sky of the Northeast, it stretched endlessly and rolled like a bright swimming dragon.
The Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia almost came out in full force. The Eight Banners of the Han Army also sent troops under the coordination of generals such as Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, etc. The total number of troops exceeded one hundred thousand, and all supplies were available.
Dorgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, rode on a yellow sedan that required four people to lift. In front of the sedan, there was another person holding a big yellow umbrella.
Although he is named the regent, Dorgon now regards himself as the emperor everywhere and does not take his nephew Fulin seriously at all.
When he learned that Li Zicheng was attacking Beijing, Dorgon had a bold idea in his mind.
He wants to take this opportunity to enter the Central Plains and plunder. If possible, it would be best to expand some territory!
His plan is very simple. If the Ming Emperor loses to Li Zicheng, then he can recruit Wu Sangui from Shanhaiguan and cooperate with Wu Sangui to enter Beijing and occupy the north in the name of avenging Emperor Chongzhen.
If you don't agree, then we can break through the Great Wall from Jizhou or Miyun, and then take our time step by step.
The former can annex the north, and the latter can... plunder a wave and then go home.
In any case, this troop dispatch is not a loss for Dorgon.
But it's most likely the former.
Because countless Han people analyzed that Li Zicheng's attack on Beijing was probably a sure thing, and Emperor Chongzhen was definitely not Li Zicheng's opponent.
"Reporting to the Regent, there has been no news from Wu Sangui. It may be that there are snakes and rats on both sides, wanting to sit back and watch the success or failure between our army and that Dashun!"
Fan Wencheng rode beside Dorgon's carriage and reported the latest situation to Dorgon. After hearing Fan Wencheng's report, Dorgon frowned and then said: "You guys, don't you mean Wu Sangui You intend to surrender to our Qing Dynasty, why is there something different now?"
Fan Wencheng immediately said sincerely: "Prince Regent, my previous prediction was a bit off. Li Zicheng was also an ineffective person. When he stormed Beijing, he was defeated by the Ming army and was defeated by the Ming army. It is said that the Ming army had 100,000 soldiers and horses. They are magic weapons borrowed from the three dynasties of Hongwu, Yongle and Jiajing. It is really a joke. Emperor Chongzhen estimates that the number of troops has been reduced and there are not many troops anymore, so he can only report like this."
"Will you win tomorrow?"
Dorgon frowned, as if he was very dissatisfied, but did not take the rumor seriously. There was a hint of gloom on his sallow face, and then he said: "Xuan, my brother Azige, my brother Dudo, and Hong Chengchou Come."
"It seems that we can't win anything when we go south this time, so just hug him and leave! Duduo, lead your troops to Shanxi and grab a handful. Hong Chengchou, take the Eight Banners of the Han Army and watch Shanhaiguan , don’t let Wu Sangui come out and cause trouble. Azig, I am counting on you, brother. I hope you can lead your troops by sea and go to Tianjin to put some pressure on the Ming Dynasty."
…
Wu Sangui at Shanhaiguan was in a state of confusion.
He also received an edict from Emperor Chongzhen, ordering him to go to Beijing to have an audience.
At the same time, intelligence from Liaodong was also received. Dorgon came out in full force and a hundred thousand troops went south.
But Wu Sangui was very hesitant, not knowing whether to go to Beijing or how to face Dorgon.
When Beijing was approached by Li Zicheng, Wu Sangui could have rushed to rescue Beijing at night, but Wu Sangui had some small thoughts, so he did not go.
But now that Beijing has come out of siege, he is in an awkward situation.
Although he was the guard of Shanhaiguan and controlled the troops, who knew why Chongzhen was crazy?
How many governors have changed in Jiliao from generation to generation? It's just a guard who died, it's not a big deal.
He Chongzhen doesn't know what he is thinking all day long. With this little money, can he command our Master Guan Ning to work? Now Guan Ning's cavalry still relies on Wu Sangui's money that he embezzled in the past few years for his military salary. He can't move without money.
After all, it's different when there's a war.
Compensation and reward.
It was all a waste of money. It was impossible to fight without money. It was impossible on this big stage in the late Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Wu Sangui had a difficult choice between spending money that might be wasted and saving money without spending money.
However, just by hesitating in one thought, he missed the opportunity.
The siege of Beijing was rescued. Now if the emperor is held accountable, what should we do?
For a moment, he thought of the Manchus outside the Pass.
The regent Dorgon once promised that if he changes sides and surrenders with courtesy, he can break the earth and become the king...
Wu Sangui felt a little hesitant in his heart, not knowing what to do.
As for worshiping the emperors of Hongwu, Yongle and Jiajing.
Wu Sangui didn't take this seriously at all.
How can the dead be resurrected?
…
"Okay, okay, your majesty has his own destiny!"
In the city of Xuzhou, Shi Kefa was so happy that he couldn't help but smile from ear to ear. After receiving the imperial edict from Emperor Chongzhen, he was already impatiently planning to go to Beijing to meet the emperor.
Next to Shi Kefa, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing were sitting separately. When he heard Shi Kefa's words, Liu Liangzuo couldn't help but cupped his hands in front of Shi Kefa and said: "Congratulations to Mr. Shi, entering the capital this time is just like a golden scale leaping high and a flying bird flying up." Oh my God!"
"No matter where you are, I still look up to you generals."
Shi Kefa smiled and spoke, and then said: "The Holy Majesty's decree ordered us to lead the troops north and station troops in the suburbs of Beijing to prevent rogue bandits from plundering. The Holy Majesty ordered four generals to go with the governor, and also to bring the leader of the Donglin Party with him. Qian Qianyi, but I don’t know why.”
When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other.
"Generals, the Beijing camp has been empty after fighting with Li Zicheng for a while. Your Majesty, with this move, wants to confer four generals on the title of marquis and worship him as generals to discuss major world affairs! Generals, please don't refuse!"
Huang Degong did not hesitate and immediately bowed down and said: "Since your Majesty has called you, I, Huang Degong, will obey the imperial edict!"
Gao Jie hesitated for a moment, and then he also raised his hands to Shi Kefa and said, "I will go there eventually."
Generals Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing heard this. Although they were extremely reluctant, seeing that Gao Jie and Huang Degong had already agreed, they could only raise their hands and say:
"It is a blessing for me to be able to share your Majesty's worries!"
