Chapter 4: The Bloody Battle of Ningwu

"Chen Yan?"

"The minister、、、、、、 the minister is here!" Chen Yan, who was named by the emperor himself, walked out tremblingly. ?? 八一Chinese (八)(一)(八).?8(一)1(一)Z?

"Tell me about it! Now that the thieves are pushing in, what should I do?" Although he was very dissatisfied with Chen Yan's delayed behavior, Chongzhen still hoped that Chen Yan could say what he was looking forward to.

"、、、、、、 Chen" Chen Yan raised his head and met Chongzhen's hopeful eyes, and he was so frightened that he quickly retracted, "The minister is stupid, and the minister doesn't know what to do!"

"What? What are you talking about?" Chongzhen, who was full of hope, waited for a long time to hear such words, and Chongzhen was suddenly angry!

"Wei Dezao, you are the second assistant of the cabinet, you come!" Seeing Chen Yanhexagram, Chongzhen set his eyes on Wei Dezao, the second assistant of the cabinet.

Wei Dezao, who was already ready to echo Chen Yan, didn't expect that Chen Yan would change his hexagram in court, which caught Wei Dezao off guard, so that he was called out by the emperor, and suddenly sweat was so frightened that Wei Dezao kept wiping his forehead with his sleeve.

"Wei Dezao, didn't you hear what I said?"

"Minister, minister doesn't know!" Chongzhen's words frightened Wei Dezao and knelt down directly.

The reason why Chen Yan changed his hexagram was because he was afraid of taking responsibility.

"Waste, waste, all waste! I am not the king of the dead country, you and the others are all the ministers of the dead country!" Chongzhen pointed to the ministers below and scolded loudly, so frightened that the ministers fell to their knees.

"The minister should die! The minister should die!" Chen Yan and Wei Dezao kowtowed vigorously and begged for mercy.

"You two!" Chongzhen was speechless to Chen Yan and Wei Dezao, "Come on, put me on death row!"

As soon as Chongzhen's words fell, the two brocade guards outside the hall dragged the two of them out, Chen Yan didn't expect that he had miscalculated today, and his face was suddenly like ashes.

"Your Majesty!" Just when Chongzhen had a headache and was sad, Li Mingrui stood up again, Li Mingrui understood that if he didn't say anything at this time, then the plan to move south would be stillborn before it could be completed, and the Ming Dynasty would be ruined here.

"Li Mingrui, tell me quickly, what do you think!" Chongzhen saw that it was Li Mingrui, and immediately couldn't wait for him to speak.

"The minister thinks that this is the autumn of my Ming Dynasty's life and death, and now the three sides have been lost, and the Beijing division has no danger to defend, for my Ming Dynasty, for my Ming Emperor, the minister proposes to move the capital to Nanjing immediately!"

"Move the capital to Nanjing?" Li Mingrui's words made the ministers explode all of a sudden, and they all started to discuss.

Li Mingrui hurriedly said the benefits of moving the capital to Nanjing in the court again, "Minister, Li Mingrui suggested that the emperor should consider moving the capital immediately for my Ming dynasty!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think, is it appropriate to move south?" Chongzhen did not make a decision immediately, but asked for the opinions of the ministers.

The ministers are also you look at me, and I look at you. They all understood what the emperor was waiting for, but none of them spoke.

"Your Majesty!" Zuo Yushi Li Banghua said out of class, "The minister has a plan to ensure that the emperor does not have to go out of Beijing to ensure that the Ming Dynasty is worry-free!"

"Oh! Aiqing has a good plan, tell me quickly!" As soon as he heard that Li Banghua had a good plan to ensure the Ming Dynasty without leaving Beijing, Chongzhen hurriedly pricked up his ears.

"Why didn't the emperor send the crown prince and the two princes to Nanjing, so that I can ensure that everything is safe!" Li Banghua said his thoughts proudly.

"Bastard!" Before Li Banghua could continue, Chongzhen slapped the table and shouted, "You take the crown prince to the south, where do you want to support the crown prince and let me become the emperor in this Beijing city?"

"That's not what the minister meant, that's not what he meant!" Li Banghua, who was still proud just now, was so frightened that he kept kowtowing and apologizing.

"Hmph!" Chongzhen angrily threw his sleeves and ran into the back court.

Ningwu Pass, on January 8, Li Zicheng swore troops from Xi'an, crossed the Yellow River east into the southwest of Shanxi, arrived in Pingyang on the 23rd, the prefect Zhang Lingran surrendered to the enemy, and on February 3, the governor of Taiyuan, Cai Demao, committed suicide and arrived in Ningwu on the 16th.

At this time, Ningwu Pass was already on alert for the whole city, and the garrison general Zhou Yuji personally led 30,000 officers and troops to defend the city. As a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Yuji had already prepared to live and die with Ning Wu, so he also deliberately killed the envoy sent by Li Zicheng to persuade him to surrender in order to cut off his retreat.

"Brothers, break through Ningwu and march for three days!" Liu Fangliang pulled out his waist sword and raised it above the top and shouted loudly, while behind him, the army of 50,000 was ready to show his fangs when he waited for the commander to give an order.

"Rush!" With Liu Liangliang's order, 50,000 troops swarmed up, because the road was too smooth, Liu Fangliang did not have too much preparation, except for the ladder equipped with siege ladders, there was no other siege equipment, in Liu Fangliang's opinion, this Ningwu is no different from other cities, as long as the attack is two, the city will definitely open and surrender.

On the top of the city, Zhou Yuji had already prepared to defend against the enemy, "Brothers, the time has come to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and seal the wife and shadow!

The generals and colonels in the city also continued to encourage the recruits around them, "Brothers, you have made meritorious contributions to the enemy! The time has come to be loyal to the country!"

The shouts did their job, and the defenders of the city took their positions, even the slightly timid recruits took their positions, the archers were already full of bowstrings, and the hot oil pan was constantly tumbling.

The raging rogues finally reached the range of the archers, and the longbows that had been prepared on the castle tower began to roar, and the sky was covered with a rain of arrows, covering the sky for a while.

"Ahh

"Don't panic, everyone, raise your shields!" Under the loud scolding of the rogue colonel, a few wooden shields began to fall sparsely, and the rogue under the city began to slowly move towards the moat in the rain of arrows.

Due to the urgency of time and the eagerness to attack the city, Liu Fangliang did not order people to fill the river, but simply used the siege ladder as a springboard for movement, and after paying a heavy price, the rogues finally rushed under the city wall.

The defenders at the head of the city had already prepared the rolling stone wooden barriers, and the hot fire oil was also pouring down, and suddenly there were heart-rending sounds from the city, and the air began to fill the air with the smell of barbecue.

There are constantly rogues falling from the ladder, and the city tower is already full of corpses at this time, and the rogues have already lost the courage to continue the attack, but in the face of the overseer team behind, they can only continue to attack forward.

"I don't believe that you are not afraid, pour it for me! Keep pouring!" With Zhou Yuji's order, the oil pot continued to fall, and the severe burns made these rogues run in all directions.

"Ignite!" The bow and arrow, which had been lit with fire, had already been aimed at the rogue under the city.

"Rockets! Run, it's rockets!" Seeing the ignited rockets on the castle tower, the rogues couldn't stand it anymore and began to run in all directions.