For Li Zicheng, it doesn't matter whether Zhou Yuji descends or not.

After counting the casualties, it was found that a small Ningwu Pass, with only 4,000 Ming troops, actually killed 70,000 Dashun troops, Li Zicheng did not speak for a long time.

The 70,000 Dashun army was folded in Ningwu Pass!

If the Ming armies in Datong, Xuancheng, and Juyongguan were like this, then there would be nothing to point out in this Eastern Crusade!

Seeing that the emperor had a cold face and didn't speak for a long time, Sun Ke said affirmatively.

"Your Majesty, if the minister's expectations are not bad, Jiang Hao and Wang Chengyun will surrender in the next few days!"

Just as Sun Kewei guessed, almost the day after Li Zicheng took Ningwu Pass, that is, late at night on February 23, Jiang Xuan, the general soldier of Datong, was delivered. In this regard, Li Zicheng was naturally very happy, and the messenger who sent the letter was naturally treated, but he had just sat down, and the surrender of the Xuancheng chief soldier Wang Chengyun had also arrived, and it was sent by a hundred horsemen.

So far, Li Zicheng has successfully opened the road to attack the capital, and he is in a very comfortable mood, looking at Sun Ke and saying.

"Prime Minister, right now, all that's left in front of us is Juyongguan?"

Sun Ke replied:

"Yes, there is only one Juyong left."

Li Zicheng asked again.

"So in the eyes of the prime minister, will the Juyong guards surrender?"

After thinking about it, Sun Ke replied.

"From the minister's point of view, there are not many Zhou Yuji in the Ming Dynasty, besides, hasn't the emperor already decreed that Zhou Yuji will not die? Juyong Guan will presumably know about this soon, the emperor will not even kill Zhou Yuji, not to mention him, when the time comes, if he is promised glory and wealth, he will inevitably surrender. ”

Li Zicheng nodded, and ordered Wang Qianmao, the deputy envoy of Ningwu Armament, who died by suicide, to use a coffin to bury his entire family.

"Hey, there are still a lot of loyal ministers in the Ming Dynasty, just like the prime minister said, we can't treat these loyal ministers lightly, saying that it is treating them well, in fact, it is also to win people's hearts."

Then he turned to Liu Zongmin and asked:

"Is there any difficulty in conscription?"

Liu Zongmin replied:

"Your Majesty, the disaster in Shanxi is not as serious as in Henan and Shaanxi, although there are many hungry people who are willing to join the army, but there are only tens of thousands of people, and in the past two years, the plague has been rampant in various parts of the north, and the people have suffered many deaths and injuries, and it is really not easy to recruit soldiers. This time, we are in Daizhou and Ningwuguan, and the loss of troops before and after will not be less than 100,000 people, so we have to enrich the source of troops. ”

Li Zicheng was silent, as if he had poured a scoop of cold water on his heart, and turned his head to look at the military division. Song Xiance hurriedly bowed and said: "Lin Quan is very worried, since the loss of troops is huge, then some things can be relieved. ”

Li Zicheng continued to be silent, in order to change his reputation for two years, he rarely plundered the people as soldiers, but now it is not as usual, there are 100,000 casualties in Daizhou and Ning. If you can't replenish the troops, how can you take the capital?

In the past few years, whenever he went to a place, although he would torture corrupt officials and local eunuchs and heroes, he would also open a warehouse and give relief, so he was called a savior by the displaced people. Now he has just established the Great Shun Dynasty and broken Taiyuan, not only did he not give relief to the people of Limin, but even plundered them as soldiers.

This is detrimental to his reputation!

But the current situation is indeed a little tense. Just when he hesitated, he thought about it again, now the army is crusading eastward, which is fundamentally different from the situation in the past, and what is going to be taken now is the world!

Now, of course, we have to test the current major events first!

So he nodded and said.

"Then let's do it!"

Of course Li Zicheng doesn't care, his decision will make how many people be killed when they plunder the people, for him, the most important thing at the moment is the capital, as long as the capital is captured, the Ming Dynasty will be his Dashun......

When Li Zicheng was waiting for the captives to serve as soldiers in Dayuan, the news of the fall of Ningwuguan and the surrender of the Xuanda army finally reached the capital.

When the news came, it was naturally a big earthquake in the capital, and Chongzhen was even more surprised and speechless for a long time.

"Ningwu Pass has fallen, and it has only been held for less than seven days!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was annoyed and upset, and said angrily:

"What does he Zhou Yuji eat! Ning Wuguan is so dangerous, he only guards it for so many days, it is really a negative emperor's grace, is he dead? ”

The emperor's words chilled the heart of Jiang Dejing, who had just replaced Chen Yan as the first assistant of the cabinet.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Yuji has done his best with only 4,000 soldiers and horses, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses against thieves, and he has blocked the enemy for seven days according to the danger."

Jiang Dejing's report made Chongzhen also frown and said:

"Why are there only four thousand soldiers?"

Wei Zaode hurriedly said.

"Your Majesty, when the thieves crossed the Yellow River, Your Majesty had intended to transfer Liao soldiers into the customs and gallop to Shanxi, but some courtiers stopped them, so that this proposal was shelved, and after Zhou Yuji withdrew to Ningwu Pass, he repeatedly asked for help from the imperial court, but the imperial court really did not have a single soldier to help."

Wei Zaode's "courtier" refers to the previous first assistant Chen Yan, as the first assistant Chen Yan is mediocre and mean, during the official period, he wantonly excluded dissidents, announced personal vendettas, deceived Chongzhen, as Zhou Yanru's removal of Chongzhen's number one favored minister, Chen Yan not only did not plan, but also made repeated mistakes, when Li Zicheng invaded Shanxi, Chongzhen and the ministers originally wanted to transfer Ningyuan Wu Sangui or Shenyang Zu Zerun, and led the border army to enter the customs to resist Li Zicheng, but Chen Yanli was the only one who opposed the transfer of Wu Sangui and opposed the transfer of Zu Zerun, which led to the failure of the Liao soldiers to enter the customs. After the fall of Taiyuan, the ministers wanted to give Chen Yan a crime, and Chen Yan said to Chongzhen, "The minister's judgment is improper, and the crime deserves death." ”

Chongzhen angrily reprimanded:

"You are innocent of death!"

Then it was blasted out of the hall, and the first assistant was replaced by Jiang Dejing.

Hearing Wei Zaode mention the old things, Chongzhen said angrily.

"Chen Yan is really innocent!"

After that, Chongzhen, whose face was extremely ugly, asked.

"Now that the Liao soldiers are transferred into the customs, are you still in a hurry?"

When he asked, Jiang Dejing, Wei Zaode and the others were dumbfounded.

Is there a hurry?

Now that the two places of Xuanda have fallen, there is only one Juyong Pass in front of the thieves, is it still in a hurry?

Previously, Zhou Yuji fought with his life to buy seven days for the capital, what did the emperor do?

Regret?

When Taiyuan fell, he should have regretted it extremely, but why didn't he transfer the Liao soldiers?

"This ...... Your Majesty, now you should not only send Liao troops to help, but also issue another order to all parties to summon the world's soldiers and horses to Qin Wang. ”

"Summoning the world's soldiers and horses!"

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, since he succeeded to the throne, he has issued an edict more than once to summon the king of soldiers and horses in the world, but now when he issued an edict to King Qin again, his heart was extremely uncomfortable.

Naturally, he thought of that nephew, that Deshizi!

As soon as he arrived in Huguang, he pacified Zhang Xianzhong, who had been wandering for many years, and now what about the imperial court? But he was forced to this by the thieves, not only to transfer the Liao soldiers who were watching him into the pass, but even to summon the world's soldiers and horses to the king.

Come to think of it, he must be watching my jokes!

Emperor Chongzhen's heart suddenly had a mixed mood, and even his hands couldn't help but clench into fists.

"Summoning soldiers and horses from all over the world, are you still in a hurry?"

The emperor's question made Jiang Dejing hurriedly answer.

"Your Majesty, as long as the holy decree is issued, not only will there be Liao soldiers entering the customs, but also loyal ministers will come to the aid of Beizhili, Shandong and other places, and the time will definitely protect the Beijing division without losing ......."

Bao Jing Shi is not lost!

I can't even hold the capital.

Again, Chongzhen thought of De Shizi, his mood can be described as extremely complicated, once upon a time he was jealous and envious of Zhu Ciying, of course, he also moved to kill him more than once, if it weren't for that kid's domineering, I'm afraid he would have been imprisoned in the high wall of the central capital, just like the Tang King......

Chongzhen, who was thoughtful, in the next time, he didn't even hear much clearly what the ministers said, and when he came back to his senses again, he only heard Jiang Dejing say there.

“…… The only way to do this is to make the most of the world's soldiers. ”

"That's true, however, it is necessary to issue an order as soon as possible, after all, since the thieves captured Taiyuan, they have been traveling day and night, even under several cities, and their intentions are extremely obvious, that is, they want to take advantage of the imperial court to transfer the world's soldiers and horses to the king, and go down to the capital first."

Hearing this, Chongzhen, who was in a depressed mood, looked at the two ministers and frowned.

"Since this is the case, then I will issue an order to invite the king of the world's soldiers and horses!"