Chapter 16: Assassination of Chongzhen

The city was changing equipment, and there was no idle outside the city, Li Zicheng transferred 50,000 Ming troops and brought 30 red-coated cannons, and he himself also had a firearms battalion, about 2,000 people. Seeing the arrival of the red-clothed cannon, Liu Zongmin laughed proudly:

"Hahaha, Your Majesty, with these cannons, give me another 20,000 horses, and I promise to blast open the gate of the Beijing Division in three hours and enter the Ming Imperial City."

"What do you think, Strategist?"

Seeing Liu Zongmin's request to fight, Li Zicheng did not agree immediately, but asked Niu Jinxing's opinion, Niu Jinxing smiled and said:

"Your Majesty, I don't recommend attacking the city immediately, sooner or later, the Jingshi is in our pocket, there are a lot of casualties in today's battle, we should study it carefully and launch a general attack tomorrow."

"Bull Venus, you ......"

Liu Zongmin glared at Niu Jinxing fiercely, and his mouth was still scolding, he felt that Niu Jinxing was deliberately manipulating him.

Li Zicheng's face sank:

"Huang Hu, talk well and don't quarrel, listen to the military advisor first, after we study the tactics, you are still the vanguard."

Seeing that Li Zicheng was serious, Liu Zongmin did not dare to be rude anymore, and then the commanders of the Dashun army all participated in the formulation of the general attack plan against the Beijing Division.

After discussion and study, the tactical plan of the Shun army was formulated two hours later.

In the first formation, 60,000 Ming troops surrendered, carrying thirty red-clothed cannons to open the city gate in red, or bombarding the city wall of the Beijing Division, opening the gap in the defense of the Beijing Division, and commanding Tang Tong.

The second formation, on the 100,000 Dashun new barracks, commanded Liu Zongmin (strongly requested by himself)

In the third formation, 50,000 old Dashun battalion soldiers commanded Hao Shaoqi.

In the fourth formation, Dashun's 50,000 elite infantry, commanded Tian Jianxiu.

In the fifth formation, 100,000 ordinary cavalry in Shangdashun, commanded Yuan Zongdi.

The sixth formation, 50,000 elite cavalry in Shangdashun, commanded Li Guo

The commander-in-chief Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing and two other military divisions.

The 2,000 firearms battalion and 10,000 elite cavalry did not participate in the battle and were responsible for protecting the safety of the Chinese commanders.

In this way, the general offensive and tactical arrangement of the Dashun army was completed, and no one had any objections to this tactical arrangement, even Liu Zongmin, who had always been a thorn, did not speak this time.

Seeing that no one objected, Li Zicheng ordered:

"The new military camp has strengthened its vigilance, and the veteran barracks and elite infantry and cavalry have all rested well to prepare for the general attack tomorrow morning."

"Obedience"

It can be seen from this tactical arrangement that Li Zicheng really does not have a million troops to besiege Beijing, and the number of troops should be around 400,000.

There were not many Liukou cavalry, but after attacking all the way, the Ming army surrendered one after another, and Li Zicheng's cavalry grew rapidly, reaching 150,000.

But the real elite only has 50,000 cavalry and 80,000 elite infantry.

These are Li Zicheng's main belongings, and they are also his dependence.

The surrender of the Ming Dynasty was used as cannon fodder by him, rushing to the front line of the battle, followed by the new barracks, and finally Li Zicheng's headquarters and elite army attacked.

It can be said that they are scheming, even if the Ming troops and the new military camp are all killed, the losses of the Dashun army are still acceptable, and their elite has not yet been served.

The Jingshi City was also prepared at this time, with three hundred red-clothed cannons mounted at the head of the city, the new army, the Shenji Battalion, and the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry took turns to guard them, and the other armies began to rest.

Zhu Youzhen did this, but also to save his strength for tomorrow's decisive battle, their weapons are advanced, but they have to guard against Dashun's crowd tactics.

The night is getting deeper, there is silence in the city, the people are not allowed to go out, only the east factory guards, the west factory guards and the brocade guards patrol the streets.

In the dark night, this silence and silence are a little terrifying, and at the critical moment of the life and death of the Ming Dynasty, no one knows whether it is the darkness before the dawn or the final fall of the Ming Dynasty.

"Boom......"

In the silent night, six figures suddenly flashed, and the speed of these six people was very fast, walking around the alleys and picking remote places to walk, and gradually approaching the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, the Qianqing Palace was also silent, there were only three brocade guards on duty in front of the door, and the lights were still on at Zhu Youzhen's residence.

Yue Nu A Qing was on a Taishi chair and had fallen asleep, while Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, was also lying asleep on the dragon collapse.

Although there are not a few people in Jinyiwei and the East and West Factory, they will certainly not be able to take care of them everywhere if they are placed in such a large Jingshi.

In order to prevent rebellion and riots, Zhu Youzhen sent everyone else, leaving only three brocade guards to guard the door in the Qianqing Palace.

Six black shadows quietly stopped on the roof of the room where Zhu Youzhen slept, they were all black-clothed people wearing black clothes and masks and black cloths.

One of them was a little petite, and judging by the proportions of her body shape, she should be a beautiful woman, and it could be seen from her gestures that she was the leader of these people.

At this time, a masked man quietly approached the leader and whispered:

"Holy Maiden, it seems that the information is very accurate, there is really no one in the Qianqing Palace, how could Chongzhen Lao'er never think that we would come to kill him."

The holy woman looked back at the person who spoke and admonished:

"Everyone still has to be careful, the three elders, you go to deal with the Jinyi Guard, the two Dharma Protectors and I enter the room through the window, remember to be clean and neat, and retreat quickly after you are done."

The six of them crouched on the roof, discussed in a whisper, and then prepared to move, but they spoke so softly that only a few of them could hear them.

The person who came was none other than the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus Sect, the three elders and the two protectors. It can be said that in order to help Li Zicheng, the White Lotus Sect also fought hard, and almost all the core leadership was dispatched.

After the White Lotus Sect Holy Maiden Qinglian made arrangements, the six of them began to act, and the three elders quietly approached the three brocade guards, and suddenly raised their hands, and three white mist pounced on the three brocade guards.

This kind of white fog can't be found at all in the dark night, Jin Yiwei suddenly felt a little dizzy, and hurriedly shook his head to sober himself up.

The three of them are dedicated to protecting the emperor, and they must not go wrong, otherwise the green dragon will cut off their heads, and when a brocade guard shook his head, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

He seemed to see three black shadows rushing towards him, and for fear of waking up the sleeping emperor, he did not shout loudly, and was ready to draw his sword to protect the emperor.

But it was already late, and the speed of the three people who came was too fast, and before the brocade guard embroidered the spring knife was pulled out, he felt a cold neck.

He opened his mouth to shout, but found that he couldn't make a sound, and he rolled over and fell to the ground, and almost at the same time, the necks of the other two brocade guards were also severed.

Although Jin Yiwei is good, not all of them are as powerful as the four major commanders, most of them are second-rate skills.

Don't underestimate second-rate talents, hundreds or thousands of such people are together, and once a first-class master is besieged, he can only kill himself.

Although the three elders of the White Lotus Sect were first-class masters, in order to ensure the completion of the task, they still decided to use the drug first, and after getting the three brocade guards one-on-one, they kicked open the main door and entered the room.