In fact, it's not just a peaceful day for the common people!

As an emperor, especially an emperor who does not inherit the throne by blood, Zhu Guoqiang must take the head of his enemy as a congratulatory gift for his accession to the throne, and even this is the foundation of the legitimacy of the throne.

Why did Zhu Laosi want the Son of Heaven to guard the country?

Why did Zhu Laosi keep sweeping the grassland?

To put it bluntly, it is to gain legitimacy for the throne. But even so, the so-called "legitimacy" still has to be discounted by him. Even if Zhu Di can use a knife to speak for himself and tame officials with a knife, but throughout his life, Zhu Di has been worried about this "legitimacy" and hangs his courage. Even some of the roots of the Ming Dynasty's accumulated diseases are in this place.

Another example is the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even if they used the shaving order to break the backbone of this nation, destroy the culture of this nation, and tame the literati of this nation. But even when it came to Qianlong, even they still questioned their legitimacy, otherwise they would not have raised a literary prison, lest the Han people question it.

Legitimacy seems to be not worth mentioning, but it is related to the confidence of the entire dynasty for generations.

And what is the legitimacy of Zhu Guoqiang's throne?

It's Li Zicheng's head!

While thinking about using Li Zicheng's head to dye the crown red, Zhu Guoqiang's eyes narrowed into a line, and he said to himself in his heart.

"Li Zicheng, now I have everything ready, I only owe you your head......"

While thinking about Li Zicheng's head, Zhu Guoqiang asked with a smile.

"Is there any news from Wu Sangui?"

"Back to Your Majesty, since Wu Sangui returned to Shanhaiguan, there has been no other news."

History has an astonishing ingenuity, although in this time and space, Wu Sangui did not need to carry and lead hundreds of thousands of Ningyuan soldiers and civilians to evacuate Ningyuan, so the speed of the march was faster, but the corresponding speed of Li Zicheng's attack was faster. So when he arrived at Shanhaiguan, a succession of bad news came to him - Tang Tong had already surrendered to the thief at Juyong Pass!

The men and horses of the Beijing camp also collapsed without a fight in Shahe!

The thief army has come to the city, and the capital is under the onslaught of the thief army!

Wu Sangui had thought that Tang Tong was not the opponent of the thief army, but he should defend the pass, but he did not expect that he would surrender without a fight. Now that Tang Tong has surrendered, King Qin's men and horses are left with only one of them, and he has become a lone army. How could he, Wu Sangui, rely on his own strength to fight a decisive battle with the Liukou?

Faced with such a situation, Wu Sangui had to fall into deep thought.

He led his troops into the Guanguan Neiqin King this time, not really wanting to fight to the death with the Liukou. For their own strength? Wu Sangui is very clear. With these centaurs? Whether he could stop the 500,000 army of the rogue, he was not the slightest sure in his heart. But he couldn't disobey the emperor's holy decree? Only the king of customs clearance.

But for now......

King Qin's soldiers and horses? Hurry up, the capital is saved? If you hurry slowly, the capital will fall.

What now?

Don't even wait for Wu Sangui to hesitate? Just when Wu Sangui and Wang Yongji discussed the matter of grain and grass? Just as he was about to go out to conquer King Qin, news came from there that the capital had fallen.

In addition to being stunned, people were all concerned about the whereabouts of the emperor, and then the news came but stunned the world - Emperor Chongzhen's edict was passed on to Zhu Ciying, the son of the German domain!

As for the emperor...... Already martyred!

The emperor is dead!

What about the new emperor?

is going north to Qinwang...... No? It's on the way north to report the revenge of the emperor!

Faced with such a situation? The young Wu Sangui ran out of ideas for a while. He was ordered to lead the troops into the king of Guanqin, but now before the people arrived, the capital fell, and the emperor was martyred. He, Wu Sangui, has committed a great sin.

Even if it is not pursued now, it is inevitable that there will be repetition of old things in the future? It's a capital offense to mention it! Even after death, it is possible to whip the corpse.

The sin of the king!

Who can afford such a crime?

Just as Wu Sangui was anxiously imagining all kinds of things in the future, someone suddenly reported:

"Governor Wang is coming from the city."

When I heard that the governor was coming? Wu Sangui, who was worried, hurriedly went to Yuanmen to greet him. He came at the right time, and now Wu Sangui urgently needed someone to give him an idea.

Although since Yu Qian, Da Ming has been heavy on literature and light on martial arts? Even the county order of the seventh rank can train the first-rank military generals to be the same as their grandsons. But is it different now? This doesn't even have anything to do with Wu Sangui's earl? It is because he is in the chaotic times, and the governor does not have many men and horses in his hands, and he must rely on the power of Wu Sangui, so Wang Yongji is called the governor, but his status is far from being compared with the past.

In the past few days, he has been trying his best to raise grain and grass for the 50,000 Guanning army, but he never thought that the grain and grass were not ready, and the capital fell there, and the emperor was martyred, not to mention, and the throne was passed on to the son of virtue.

Wang Yongji said:

"Hundreds of thousands of rogue robbers stormed the capital, to us although there is a heart of the king, the difficulty of saving the monarch's father, but the success is in vain, now the first emperor is martyred, the new monarch is going north, but now all loyal ministers and righteous people, will swear to die for the king for the country, regardless of the cost of the fierce attack on the rogues, not only can the first emperor revenge, the next can get the joy of the new king."

Wang Yongji, who knew Wu Sangui's concerns, was afraid that he would follow Tang Tong's example, but he didn't dare to say it clearly, so he had to say what he meant tactfully. Wu Sandu understood as soon as he heard it:

"I, Wu Sangui, received the grace of the country and led the troops into the king of Guanqin, but I failed to save the difficulty of the monarch's father, causing the monarch's father to be martyred, and Sangui had to fight to the death with the thieves to avenge the revenge of the monarch's father!"

He said it impassionedly, and Wang Yongji also nodded one after another.

They all understood the environment they were in—before King Qin's soldiers and horses arrived, the first emperor was martyred. If they are investigated in the future, Xinjun will definitely attack them.

If you don't want to be the scapegoat, you have to make a lot of contributions!

Thieves?

To be honest, they really don't have that mind, especially Wu Gui, others don't understand the general, how can he not understand?

Pingyu Army...... When the Pingyu army enters the customs, not to mention 500,000 rogues, even a million rogues will not be enough to kill. The two of them couldn't help but sigh deeply as they talked. Then Wang Yongji raised his head and asked:

"Uncle, this thief is holding 500,000 thieves hostage, I don't know what the best strategy is for Uncle to defeat the enemy and return to Beijing?"

Wu Sangui was silent. He knew very well: he only had 50,000 horses, how could he deal with 500,000 arrogant rogues? What's more, the enemy has already occupied the capital, and if he rushes to go, and waits for work, wouldn't he be throwing himself into a trap? He only has this little possessions, and once he fails, not only will he not be able to make meritorious contributions, but even he and tens of thousands of Guan Ning soldiers will be finished.

Suddenly he had no idea again, and lowered his head and did not answer. Wang Yongji said again:

"Uncle, if you miss this opportunity now, I'm afraid that you and I will definitely be Ming sinners one day!"

Before he finished speaking, Wu Sangui suddenly raised his head and said:

"Sangui Mengxian Emperor Teen, crowned earl, even if the liver and brain are smeared, it is difficult to repay the emergency. Sangui starry night rushed to help, but could not save the monarch's father's difficulty, resulting in the martyrdom of the monarch's father, if there are any more scruples, how can he be a minister again? In any case, we have to march quickly. The only way to repay the favor of the emperor is to fight to the death with the thieves, even if he dies on the battlefield. ”

Wang Yongji arched his hand again and again:

"Okay, good, Uncle is so generous to go to the country, it will definitely go down in history and be famous for all generations."

Wu Sangui said: "We don't dare to stop here for long, so we will wave our troops forward tonight." Please stay in Yongping, quickly raise military salaries, food and socks, and don't make the Guanning soldiers fight in their stomachs. ”

As soon as Wang Yongji heard about the raising of grain, he showed a little embarrassed face and said: "Raising military salaries is naturally important, but now the eastern Hebei region is very dilapidated, and it is difficult to fully count the food and salaries. However, King Qin had a big business, and Ben Yuan should try his best to raise it, as long as the army arrived in Beijing, although the court was poor, he could always try to solve it. ”

Wu Sangui asked: "From the perspective of my lord, is it too late for our army to rush to Beijing?" ”

Wang Yongji said: "It's hard to say this, my generation has no other good way to serve the country, and we can only do our best to wait for the destiny of heaven." ”

Wu Sangui nodded and said, "Maybe it's too late." ”

Wang Yongji asked, "When will the general set off?" ”

Wu Sangui replied: "I want to convene a meeting of the generals immediately, and then immediately gallop to the Beijing Division, and dare not delay." At the meeting, please come in person, give instructions to the generals, and say a few words to boost morale. ”

Regarding Wu Sangui's request, of course, Wang Yongji immediately agreed.

With a long sigh of relief, he knew that now he and Wu Sangui had almost passed this level.