Not long after Shang Zhixin left, Sony and Suk Saha came together!
Suksaha still held an envelope in his hand, with a mysterious look on his face.
"Your Majesty, this is, this is Gege's personal letter to you!" Suksaha looked around and found that there was no outsider, so he handed the envelope over with both hands.
"This is..." Fulin's hands were shaking a little as he took the letter, then tore open the seal, took out the letter paper inside, unfolded it and read it.
This is a letter written by Princess Ajige of Jianning. The content is very simple, just to persuade him to surrender! Ajige told Fulin in the letter that although Fulin's Zhu Amma and Prince Gong were both snatched away by Bomubogor, Zhu Cixiang was still willing to give him one last chance...as long as he was willing If he sneaked out and surrendered, Zhu Cixiang was willing to make him a marquis and let him live a life of food and clothing in Nanjing without any worries.
If he doesn't cherish this opportunity, once Beijing is broken, Emperor Zhu will not be so easy to talk to. If he seizes Fulin again, he will be charged with treason.
Those who commit rebellion are punishable by beheading... If the crime is serious, they may be executed in languid manner - he is not a beauty like Kong Sizhen, so don't even think about using your hair to pay for it!
"Your Majesty, what's in the letter?" Suksaha asked.
This letter was sent to him by one of his confidants, an old Manchurian guard general who was now the guard of Deshengmen. Said to have been brought by the released prisoner of the army, it was a personal letter written by Princess Jianning to the emperor.
"Persuading surrender..."
Sony asked: "What conditions?"
"Save death, become a marquis..."
Sony shook his head: "Why don't we wait? Three hundred thousand Ming troops are surrounding the city. They will consume at least twenty thousand dan in one day. If we delay him for another month, we will definitely have better conditions."
His idea also makes sense. Twenty thousand dan a day is 600,000 dan a month! If Zhu Cixiang can't bear the consumption, he will definitely offer better conditions to induce surrender.
"We can't wait any longer..." Fulin shook his head, "Just now Shang Zhixin said that Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, Kong Tingxun, and Shen Yongxing are going to send troops to fight the Ming army to the death... They are going to fight to the death!"
"Desperately? Why?" Sony was surprised.
"Because the city of Beijing cannot be defended... They have dug trenches under the Chaoyangmen Fortress." Fulin's face drooped, "Do you think this is happening?"
Sony and Suksaha looked at each other and nodded.
Suk Saha, who participated in Beijing's city defense, said: "The Ming army dug trenches in the east of the city. The trenches not only dug outside the Chaoyangmen Fortress, but were only a few dozen steps away from the defensive trenches of the Dongzhimen Fortress and Xiaodongmen Fortress... ..In addition, the eight giant cannons of the Ming army can also eject explosive bombs with incredible accuracy, causing heavy casualties to the soldiers on the Chaoyangmen Fortress!"
Sony lowered his voice: "Fortunately, the Ming army did not dig a long trench in the north of the city, but only set up defenses in Beitucheng... and they didn't pay much attention to the long river."
Changhe, formerly known as Yuhe, was earlier called Jinshui River, Zaohe, and Gaoliang River. It is a waterway in the west of Beijing, connected to the North Moat. Before the mid-Ming Dynasty, this was the imperial river where the emperors and concubines of the Ming Dynasty went out of the city to visit their palaces and gardens in the western suburbs. By the late Ming Dynasty, it was gradually deserted, and the river was silted up, making it impossible to sail boats. However, after Beijing returned to the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon had people dredge the long river and restore its navigation ability.
Fulin understood what Sony meant and nodded slightly: "Then let's set up a battle formation between Deshengmen Fortress and Andingmen Fortress in the north of the city!" He paused, "I should also go down to Meishan for a walk, just In... I will sit in the Thousand Buddha Temple. If the battle outside the city is successful, I will go out of the city to boost the morale of the troops. If it is unfavorable, I will also go out of the city... Sony, Suk Saha, what do you think? "
Sony and Suksaha looked at each other and nodded.
Sony said: "Your Majesty, I will go and prepare now. I will make sure everything is foolproof!"
Suk Saha also said: "Your Majesty... my servants are going to make preparations as well. I will definitely be able to protect your Majesty!"
Fulin sighed and said with a wry smile: "What's the point of talking about being safe now... I'm just sorry for the late emperor!"
Early the next morning, when Kong Tingxun, Geng Zhongming, Shang Zhixin, Shen Yongxing and other four people went to Meishan, Fulin had already put on the cotton armor specially used by the Qing emperor, with a sword hanging on his belt, and was sitting on the throne. He was motionless. Sony, Suksaha, Banbulshan and others around him also put on their military uniforms, and their faces looked as tense as anything.
"I have decided that I will fight to the death with the Emperor of the Zhu family! I will personally visit the battle formation to boost the morale of the three armies!" Fulin gritted his teeth, "Send someone to declare a battle... I am in the north of the city. Set up a battle formation and fight with the man named Zhu! If he is a hero, don't hide away!"
Very good!
Kong Tingxun and Shang Zhixin looked at each other, feeling like they had been saved.
Geng Zhongming and Shen Yongxing were shocked. What kind of medicine did the emperor take? It's just a matter of living a good life, so we have to fight hard! There are 300,000 Ming troops outside Beijing. They are well-equipped, well-trained, and their morale is extremely high. They are all waiting to capture you, the Qing Emperor, for meritorious service! You go out on your own...whose morale are you encouraging?
"Your Majesty, no!" Geng Zhongming knelt down with a plop, "Your Majesty, now that Zhu Ming is powerful and our army is weak, we can only hold on to the fortified city and rely on our troops to wait for King Yu's troops to come. We must not risk an attack. Throw the Qing Dynasty at a throw!"
Shen Yongxing also knelt down: "Your Majesty, think twice! The swords and swords in the battle formation have no eyes, not to mention that there are cannons that can kill the generals from miles away. Even if the Emperor wants to fight the Ming army outside the city, he will send the generals to fight immediately. But, the emperor’s body of ten thousand gold must be taken care of!”
Fulin nodded: "You two are right...but now the Ming army's trenches have dug under several fortresses in the east of the city. If these fortresses are not protected, the city will not be destroyed." Far away. So I decided to make a desperate move and go out of the city for a decisive battle. If we fail to win, then I will lead you to break through and go to the outside of the pass to surrender to King Yu.
But I can’t take too many risks... Just sit down at Thousand Buddha Temple, wait for the decisive battle outside the city to reach the critical moment, and then lead the three hundred guards and cavalry out of the city! "
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"Thousand Buddha Temple?"
In the Chonghua Palace, Shang Kexi has received reports from Shang Zhixin and Kong Tingxun. Lao Shang muttered: "There can't be any fraud, right? The little emperor is stupid, but Sony and Suk Saha are monkey spirits. Don’t be playing any tricks!”
"Father, what kind of deceit can they have? There are three hundred cavalry anyway. If they can charge up in the wilderness outside the city, what's the use in Thousand Buddha Temple? My son brings a thousand men, pulls three cannons, and accurately Clean it up! Anyway, the Emperor of the Zhu family didn’t say he wanted to live, so it’s the same as handing over his head and going out!”
Kong Tingxun also said: "Yes, King Shang, we have 40,000 people at hand, and the little emperor has thousands of people. As long as we go down the mountain, they are all in our hands!"
Shang Kexi nodded: "That's right... Now I'm afraid that he will stick to Meishan. As long as he goes down to Meishan, what else is there to be afraid of?"
He looked at his son: "Zhixin, I will give you three thousand soldiers and five 3-pound cannons, and we must take down the little emperor!"
"Got the order!"
Shang Kexi said to Kong Tingxun again: "Old nephew, send someone to see your old sister and the Ming Emperor. We must get an accurate answer. I heard that the Ming Emperor will keep his word. As long as we get his word, our lives can be saved. .”
"Okay," Kong Tingxun said, "I asked my godbrother Kong Sibao to sneak out of the city."
"There is no need to sneak out," Shang Ke said happily, "Just go in the name of sending a letter of war... Let's pretend to go out of the city to set up a battle formation, have a fake fight with the Ming army, and wait almost Then coax the little emperor out of the Thousand Buddhas Temple. Zhixin, you are setting an ambush in the Thousand Buddhas Temple and take him alive."
"Father, isn't this troublesome?"
Shang Kexi waved his hand: "Don't forget Ajige, she is a beauty... She has followed Emperor Zhu since she was a child. I'm afraid that girl Sizhen can't compare with her, so we can't do everything right. ! As long as you can catch them alive, try to catch them alive as much as possible."
