Chapter 541: Attack on the King (Second Update, Ask for Subscription)
Just when Zu Dashou and his party turned their horses and ran in the direction of Zhangjiawan, on the official road more than ten miles east of Beijing's Chaoyang Gate dozens of miles away, a team of cavalrymen with wide brimmes and white felt hats and blue robes were marching in line, and behind them was a full set of Huanglong honor guards, although these honor guards were paid from King Fu, King Qin and other princes, but now they are the honor guards of Emperor Dashun.
Behind the guard of honor was a military commander who rode a horse and held a yellow umbrella. To the left and right of the yellow umbrella are ten guards and generals. Then there was Li Zicheng, who rode a red horse, he wore a light cyan silk robe embroidered with a flying dragon, a bright yellow silk silk around his waist, and a wide-brimmed white felt hat, which seemed to be no different from other cavalrymen, but his hat was made of golden silk thread, and a dazzling golden top was exposed on the top of the hat, and there was a piece of blue jade.
The yellow umbrella, the hat tassel, and the flying dragon on the robe all show that he is the emperor, and the light cyan dragon robe and the blue jade in front of the hat indicate that he is "water virtue should be lucky".
This "royal horse" is also a yellow bridle head, yellow silk reins, golden chewing rings, golden stirrups, golden bells, in short, that one is extraordinary, only these gold can be worthy of his emperor status.
Ahead is the capital!
He Li Zicheng is going to ascend here!
Just when Li Zicheng was thinking like this, he only heard the sound of rapid horses' hooves in front of him, and after a while, he saw two cavalrymen galloping towards him, and when he reached the imperial cavalry holding a large banner, he suddenly grabbed the reins.
One of the cavalrymen shouted at the royal guards.
"Your Majesty, last night there was a Ming army brigade out of the city, about a thousand horsemen and horses escorted more than a dozen carriages, all the way to the northeast, Bo Hou has already led five thousand elite horsemen to pursue the past!"
Another knight reported:
"The Marquis of Bo is worried that there will be an emperor and empress of the Zhu thief in the brigade going northeast......"
"What?"
Heard? The man's eyes widened.
"The emperor of the Zhu thief escaped from the city?"
"What! The emperor of the Zhu thief escaped from the city? ”
Don't wait for someone else to pass it on? Li Zicheng said with wide eyes.
"How can you let him escape? I'm still waiting for him to give up the throne......"
Actually, in order to make his throne brighter? Back in Xi'an? They have already made a plan to let Chongzhen give up the throne to themselves? Of course, it doesn't matter if Chongzhen is dead? Among the captives brought with the army, there are several vassal princes of the Zhu family? When the time comes, he will refer to the previous successor to the throne as the emperor, and then let him give up the throne to himself, so that it can also show that the world of Dashun is dignified and upright.
But now Chongzhen actually escaped!
This is not in his plan, doesn't it mean that Emperor Chongzhen has a strong temperament? Definitely not going to escape?
Why did you suddenly run away again?
What can I do?
It's going to be a big deal for you!
When Li Zicheng was worried that Dashun's country was not in the right position? Riding on the horse, Song Xiance had already ridden forward and asked the messenger for details.
When he asked, Prime Minister Sun Cheng just rode on the horse silently, as if nothing happened, and as for the other ministers, most of them had complicated expressions? Most of their eyebrows were filled with a little joy, after all? Many of them were vassals of the Ming Dynasty, and now the emperor has escaped from the capital...... That's a good thing!
Of course? They also know that the emperor fled from the capital? Does it mean that Dashun may not be able to win the world smoothly? Daming even has a chance to ZTE again? After all, Jiangnan is still in the Ming Dynasty, and General Pingyu has already gone north, in case Dashun is defeated, they will commit big sins one by one!
This is ...... It's hard!
I don't know if there will be a chance to surrender the officers and soldiers again.
Just when everyone's minds were floating, Song Xiance came over again and reported:
"Your Majesty, Emperor Zhu Thief is likely to be out of the capital! E-just asked, said that the day was not bright, the Ming army first burned the camp of Dongzhimen with rockets, and then more than a thousand fine horsemen fled in chaos, the general led a team of cavalry to patrol and defeat some cavalry, and captured a few prisoners, although those captives did not say who the people who fled were not, but they said that they were all Pingliao Bozu Dashou Mansion on the house, yesterday Zu Dashou entered the palace, brought back a few people, and then they killed out of Dongzhimen this morning, they escorted the carriage out of the city, want to come, It was very likely that the emperor of the Zhu thieves was on the carriage, and they should have gone to Shanhaiguan. ”
Hearing this, Li Zicheng took a breath, and his thick eyebrows were already twisted into a ball.
Emperor Chongzhen actually fled like this, which is really not a good thing!
On the one hand, it disrupted his plan, and on the other hand, he had to worry that once Emperor Chongzhen arrived at Shanhaiguan, in case he transferred more than 200,000 elite soldiers from Liaodong, then the situation would be unfavorable to Dashun.
Or withdraw now?
Again, such a thought came to Li Zicheng's heart, although there are 500,000 horses under his command, but thinking that there are more than 200,000 elite border troops in Liaodong, he can't be careless!
"Strategist, maybe this is also a trick played by Emperor Zhu Thief!"
There was a Wenchen there and said.
"If Emperor Zhu Thief wanted to escape, he would probably have escaped a long time ago, and would he have waited until now?"
It stands to reason that this must be the case, but Li Zicheng touched his beard, glanced at those ministers, and said in his heart: I'm afraid that one by one you are still thinking in your hearts, Chongzhen is orthodox, and I don't want to catch Emperor Zhu Thief.
In fact, even if he has been an emperor a long time ago, Li Zicheng's heart is still extremely unconfident in himself, he is not like Zhu Yuanzhang, who is an emperor who relies on expelling Tartars and sits upright. Therefore, he is not confident in his bones, and even thinks that those subordinates must look down on him in their hearts, he is just a post man, who can look down on a little person like him?
The lack of confidence naturally led to suspicion of them, doubting their motives, Li Zicheng shouted.
"Come to Heng!"
As his words fell, a tall and burly young man in his twenties rode forward next to him and came to his side.
"Your Majesty, you call me?"
Li Laiheng is the son of Li Guo, a general.
Li Zicheng smiled:
"Come to Heng, your father went in a hurry, he may not be able to catch up, that ancestor Dashou is a famous general of the Ming Kingdom, and his family is also a top elite, you can't deal with it carelessly, if the Zhu Thief Emperor escapes to Shanhaiguan, he must be captured!"
"The Minister's Order!"
Lee Rae-hyung agreed loudly.
Li Zicheng looked back at Tang Tong again, he was the chief soldier of Xuanhua, and after the fall of Ningwu Pass, he surrendered to Dashun, looked at him and said with a smile:
"General Tang Bing, you are familiar with the terrain around the capital, so you will lead the troops and bring Heng to capture the Zhu Thief Emperor!"
"The last will be ordered!"
Where did Tang Tong dare to disobey the emperor's will, besides, the Dashun Emperor in front of him had no son, and Li Guo was his own nephew, in case this Dashun Emperor went, Li Guo succeeded to the throne, and Li Laiheng might also be the future Dashun Emperor......
Yes, this is to take the head of Emperor Chongzhen to embellish the credit for others!
Hey, there's no way, who makes the family ...... Fengzi Longsun.
After receiving the order, Tang Tong said:
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that with Zu Dashou's ability, since he finds that there are chasing soldiers behind him, he will definitely not flee according to the original plan, especially in the current situation, since the Emperor of the Zhu family is there, he must know that we will pursue all the way, so the minister thinks that he will definitely find another way, he will not necessarily go to Shanhaiguan by land...... The minister was worried that he would go to Tianjin Wei, which was an important town for transportation and shipping, and there was a river next to it that could be used by sea ships, and cavalry alone could not block the passage of sea ships. If they arrive in Tianjin, it will be like a dragon entering the sea, and they will never want to chase them again. ”
Li Zicheng laughed and said:
"Tang Tong, I knew that you must have your own opinions, and you are right. Let's guard against them and flee by sea. Now that we have conquered the capital, how can we not let the Emperor of the Zhu family escape? General Tang Bing, you lead the troops to follow Heng, you chase after you, in short, you must capture the Emperor of the Zhu family! Rest assured, I will treat him well. ”