"Drive!" Hong Chengchou kept whipping his war horses, and now he only had one thought, that is, to hurry up and gallop to Changling to turn around. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hong Chengchou is not stupid, he doesn't think that his 1,000 elite cavalry can resist the attack of the Tartars, and the reason why he has to lead 1,000 elite cavalry to Changling is for the sake of An Chongzhen's heart. Chongzhen has already issued an order, and Hong Chengchou, as a courtier, can only do it, otherwise it will be a big rebellion. In order to prevent this from being a trap of the Tartars, Hong Chengchou still kept an eye on it, and the 20,000 troops stationed in the camp did not move, and he only led 1,000 elite cavalry to the danger.

According to Hong Chengchou's plan, the target of this thousand people is small and mobile, even if the Tartars have a trap in Changling, he can escape with these thousand people, but Hong Chengchou still thinks things too simply, he completely ignores his weight in the hearts of the Tartars. He also underestimated the Tartars' determination to get rid of him.

As soon as Hong Chengchou's 1,000 cavalry left the camp, the Tartars' spies had already transmitted the news back to the Tartars' camp, and under the command of Dolgon, the Tartars, who had already been ambushed on the road that Changling had to pass, had already made preparations, and a large net set up for Hong Chengchou had been quietly rolled out.

Hong Chengchou's 1,000 cavalry had just arrived at Changling, and before they could enter the mausoleum area, the Tartars who had been in ambush for a long time poured out of their nests and approached from more than a dozen directions、、、、、、

Huangji Palace, Chongzhen has not slept well for three days, these days he is staying in the Huangji Palace every day, constantly inquiring about the progress of various reinforcements.

At this moment, the eunuch Gao Qiqian sent by Chongzhen to supervise the army in Ningyuan ran in in a panic, knelt on the ground and cried, "Long live Lord, it's not good, something big, something big!"

Chongzhen's brows tightened, "What's wrong?"

"Lord Hong, he 、、、、、、" Gao Qiqian panicked and couldn't even speak, "Lord Hong led his troops to Changling to protect the mausoleum, and the whole army was annihilated, Lord Hong, he 、、、、、 he was also captured!" After speaking, Gao Qiqian couldn't hold back his crying anymore.

"What?" Hearing the news, Chongzhen could still stand, his eyes were black, and he was almost planted on the ground, but fortunately, Wang Chengen was quick and grabbed Chongzhen.

Wang Chengen carefully helped Chongzhen to sit on the dragon chair, kept stroking his back, Chongzhen rested for a while, shook his head, and said weakly, "Quick, quickly call Zhou Ge Lao and Chen Aiqing to the palace!"

After a while, Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia, who received the edict, hurried over, and on the way, they already knew the news of Hong Chengchou's capture.

"See the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" the two of them shouted long live as soon as they entered the mountain.

is different from usual, Chongzhen did not call the two of them even, for the two of them, Chongzhen even complained a little in his heart, one as the head of the cabinet and the other as the secretary of the military department, he didn't even see that this Tartar attack on Changling was a trap, and now Hong Chengchou, who is the most capable of fighting in the Ming Dynasty, has been trapped, who else can Chongzhen use to lead the reinforcements of the Beijing division and resist the Qing army.

Of course, Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia knew what the emperor was thinking, and they couldn't help but lower their heads, in fact, it was difficult for them to be courtiers, not that they did not object to Hong Chengchou going to Changling to guard, but that they could not afford to bear the responsibility for the destruction of Changling as courtiers, and now that they have fallen into such a field, they can only endure silently as courtiers.

"Hong Chengchou was defeated and captured!" Chongzhen took a heavy breath, although there was still resentment in his heart, but Chongzhen understood that now was not the time for resentment, and how to resist the Tartars outside the city was the top priority, not the time to liquidate Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia.

Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia heard the emperor's words, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, the two of you, you look at me, I look at you, and finally Zhou Yanru spoke, "The ministers have heard about Lord Hong's defeat and capture!"

"Chen Xinjia, where are all the reinforcements!" Hong Chengchou was captured, and the Guan Ning army could no longer reassure Chongzhen outside Beijing, so he hurriedly asked about the whereabouts of the other Qin Wang's divisions.

"Back to the emperor, according to the Tang report received by the Ministry of War, in addition to the 80,000 Guanning army led by Gao Gonggong, 100,000 soldiers and horses of Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, have left Tongguan and have now arrived in Daimyo, and Wang Feng, the squire of the Nanjing Military Department, has led 80,000 troops into Shandong, and Zuo Liangyu, the general soldier of Huguang, has arrived in Luoyang with 50,000 soldiers and horses!"

"It's too slow, it's too slow!" Chongzhen couldn't help but shake his head, although there are a lot of reinforcements from all over the country, but they are thousands of miles away from the Beijing Division, and the water is far away from the near thirst, "Isn't there any reinforcements from closer?"

"Yes, there is the emperor!" Chen Xinjia thought about it when Chongzhen asked him, "Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, has arrived with 30,000 troops, and he is now in Guang'anmen."

"Lu Xiangsheng! Okay, good!" Chongzhen has already heard of this Lu Xiangsheng, this person is a good manager of the army, brave in battle, and a rare fierce general. "Spread the decree and order Lu Xiangsheng to come to see him tomorrow!"

Gao Qiqian took out a letter from his arms, and whispered to Gao Qiqian, and Gao Qiqian smiled happily.

"Go back and tell your master, as long as he really has the heart of this peace talk, my father-in-law will definitely convey this intention to my emperor!" Gao Qiqian patted his chest and promised.

"Then there is Father-in-law Lao!" the man said, and walked out of the big tent without looking back, and disappeared into the vast darkness of the night.

"Quick, quick, I have something important to meet the emperor!" sent away the Tartar spies, and Gao Qiqian entered the city overnight to meet Chongzhen.

"What's the matter with you slave in the middle of the night?" Although it was late at night, Chongzhen didn't feel the slightest sleep, and was still diligently reviewing the folds.

"Your Majesty, a great event, a great event!" Gao Qiqian smiled and took out a secret letter from his arms, "This is a Dolgon slave to Long live, he Dolgon wants to negotiate peace with me!"

"Really?" Chongzhen quickly stood up, took the secret letter and read it carefully, since he rejected the peace negotiation plan proposed by Tatar before, Chongzhen still regretted it a little, although the conditions proposed by Tatar before were a little harsh, but it was not unacceptable. Now that Hong Chengchou has been captured, there is no general outside the army, and peace talks may not be a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

"How many people know about this matter?" after reading it, Chongzhen asked in a low voice.

"Back to the emperor, only the Lord and the slaves know about this matter. As a minion, Gao Qiqian certainly understands Chongzhen's thoughts, and he won't be stupid enough to talk about such a big thing as peace talks.

"Okay, I ordered you to handle this matter on my behalf, and remember not to leak the news!"

"The slave obeys the order!" Gao Qiqian had never received such attention before, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.