Zhang Huang said: "Dashuai thinks that Li Zicheng will occupy the capital like the Yellow Nest in the late Tang Dynasty, but he will be unpopular after all and will be driven out soon?" ”

Gu Tong said: "Li Zicheng has Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others under him, it is said that Li Zicheng obeys their words, these two people are from Confucianism, they must know the allusions of Huangchao, they will definitely remind Li Zicheng." [No pop-ups. 】”

Sun Chuanting sneered: "Back then, it wasn't that no one reminded Huang Chao that Pi Rixiu, a talented man at the end of the Tang Dynasty, was not Huang Chao's guest?" Although Li Zicheng is ambitious, he has a humble background and has no faith, so how can he sit on the dragon throne. ”

Zhang Huang said: "Born in a humble background...... Think about the Han Gaozu back then, Liu Xuande and the Taizu of this dynasty, aren't they all like this? Didn't you also sit in the world? ”

Sun Chuanting said: "How can it be the same? Han Gaozu, Liu Xuande and Taizu of this dynasty, although they came from humble backgrounds, they are decent and very faithful, how can they be compared to Li Zicheng and other grass cowards! ”

Gu Tong said: "If Li Zicheng is like Huang Chao and can't gain a foothold in the capital, we can take the opportunity to send troops to restore the capital." But even if the capital is recaptured, the saint has collapsed, who will be appointed as the successor? ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Listening to the news from the thieves, and the people spread that before the martyrdom of the saint, he had killed all his children, in fact, there were few children in the saint, and all of them died in the national disaster, which is lamentable. ”

Gu Tong thought for a while: "The closest branch to the blood relationship with the saint is King Fu, but King Fu has been killed by Li Zicheng, and only the little King Fu Zhu Yousong is still there, and it seems that he can only serve him as the master." ”

Sun Chuanting said: "King Xiaofu's fief is in Henan, a few months ago because of Li Zicheng's attack, King Xiaofu has taken refuge in Nanjing, where it is still the boundary of the court, I believe that we are not needed, naturally there are officials of the court to serve him as the master, and then we just need to support it." Don't worry about this, Daming still has half of the country, how can it be said that it will die. ”

Zhang Huang said: "But even if we have a foothold in Shanxi, there will be anti-thieves all around." There is a Qin army in Guan, Zhili is Li Zicheng's world, and Henan is also shared by the Qin army and Li Zicheng, and there are Mongols and Qing troops in the north, we are embattled. I'm afraid that in the end, I will have to be squeezed out. ”

Sun Chuanting sighed: "What I'm really worried about is this, so I invited the two of them to discuss it, and now it seems that our army will return to Shanxi and break Tian Jianxiu, it should not be a problem, although Tian Jianxiu has hundreds of thousands of horses, but he is not a commander, he lacks the demeanor of a general, and he is much worse in terms of emergency response." What is really difficult is how to stabilize the situation in Shanxi after defeating him. ”

Gu Tong thought for a while: "When that time comes, I'm afraid we will have to be wronged and seek peace with the thieves in a certain aspect." If Li Zicheng and the Qin army join forces to attack, we will have few men and horses, and we will definitely not be able to hold Shanxi. ”

Sun Chuanting nodded: "Ben Shuai also thinks so, Li Zicheng is the great enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and he must not ask for peace, so in the end, he can only throw a smile at Qin Jun." Hehe, that's the most reluctant thing I am. The King of Qin once sent someone to assassinate me, and I almost succeeded, and I still have scars on my body, but at this time I have to bow to the Qin army. ”

Gu Tong said: "This time, that time." From the student's point of view, suing for peace with the Qin army is not a bow, because this King of Qin, after all, was canonized when the saint was alive, and although the two sides had a war later, on the surface, he did not tear up the agreement between the two sides. ”

Sun Chuanting's eyes lit up: "Yes, I forgot about it." But then his expression darkened again, and he sighed: "But whether Qin Jun can accept our request for peace, I don't know." King Qin and several of his ministers are all shrewd, and they will not think that this is our delaying tactic. ”

Zhang Huang said: "Judging from the students, although the King of Qin is shrewd, and his ministers are also capable people, because of this, we may have hope of peace." ”

Sun Chuanting was stunned: "Oh? Tell me about it? ”

Zhang Huang said: "Although the Qin army has joined forces with Li Zicheng several times, it was at a critical time for both sides, and it was necessary to join forces, but now it is different, the capital has fallen, the saint has been martyred, Li Zicheng must want to be the emperor, at this time, the Qin army has become a potential enemy from his alliance." Even if the two sides don't turn their faces, they will fight openly and secretly, and we occupy Shanxi, we are sandwiched between them, the Qin army can negotiate peace with us, and also avoid direct conflict with Li Zicheng, after all, at this time, Li Zicheng's power is the largest, and the Qin army doesn't want to rush into war with him. With us in Shanxi, the Qin army in Guanzhong can sit back and relax. What does the handsome think? ”

Sun Chuanting was very happy: "Zhang Gongzi's words are extremely true, Li Zicheng entered Beijing, and since then he has become a loner, and the alliance around him no longer exists. And anyone can turn against him under the banner of avenging the saint. ”

Gu Tong also said: "Yes, Li Zicheng has become a bird, and when the overall situation of the world is undecided, he will definitely put himself in the highest position first, and it will definitely outweigh the losses." ”

Sun Chuanting nodded: "Okay, our banner remains the same, it is still the Ming army, rest for two days, and then return to the division, first send a message to Wang Qiaonian, so that he can be prepared." ”

So Sun Chuanting led the army to rest in the Taihang Mountains for two days, and on the morning of the third day, Sun Chuanting's body had recovered a lot, so he ordered the men and horses to return the same way.

He sent his general Sun Guoren to be the vanguard of the front, leading 10,000 horses to go first, this Sun Guoren is one of his distant nephews, brave and brave, not afraid of death, is a pioneer material, so Sun Chuanting has always entrusted him with the task of the front army.

After Sun Guoren left, Sun Chuanting asked Gao Jie to lead the Chinese army, and he led Zhang Huangyan, Gu Tong and others to break off, and the army was drawn in turn.

Just as Sun Chuanting's subordinates packed up the big tent of the Chinese army and were about to go on the road, a small group of scouts suddenly ran from a distance, this is a mobile outpost sent by Sun Chuanting, they left the army for twenty or thirty miles, probing the surrounding enemy, I don't know why they ran back at this time.

The leader was a flag general, who ran to the army and shouted: "Where is the marshal, where is the marshal?" ”

Someone pointed not far ahead: "It's just above the Shuai flag." The flag always ran over, and sure enough, he saw Sun Chuanting sitting on a horse, commanding people to go on the road, Gu Tong and Zhang Huangyan left and right, and immediately served.

Mr. Qi ran to Sun Chuanting's horse and knelt down on one knee: "Report to the commander, we caught a few strange characters." ”

Sun Chuanting was stunned when he heard this, here and now, if there are strange characters, eighty percent of them are J fine sent by Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng has just captured Beijing, and his own troops are very hidden, so it is impossible for Li Zicheng to know. So he asked, "What kind of person is it?" ”

Qi Zong said: "There are six people, all wearing civilian clothes, but four of them are eunuchs, and one is a teenager, about ten years old, and the other one seems to have been a soldier." ”

Sun Chuanting was shocked when he heard this: "There are eunuchs here?" Is it true? ”

Qi Zongdao: "Exactly, the villain has experienced the right body, and he is indeed a eunuch." Sun Chuanting said: "Quickly bring those people." ”

After a short time, he returned with a troop of cavalry, and among the cavalry there were six more civilians.

When Sun Chuanting approached, Sun Chuanting looked at them one by one, but only saw five, and did not see the young man he said. Just as he was about to ask a question, he saw a head poking out from behind a man without a beard, and it turned out that the young man had hidden behind the man, and the two rode together.

Sun Chuanting didn't look at it, as soon as he looked at the young man, he immediately opened his phoenix eyes, looked up to the sky and shouted, rolled the saddle and dismounted, ran to the young man's horse, and knelt down on his knees: "Your Highness, it's too late to rescue the minister, and the capital crime is ...... capital crime" After finishing speaking, he actually cried so much that he couldn't cry, and two tears flowed.

When everyone saw it, they were all puzzled, Gu Tong and Zhang Huangyan also hurriedly jumped off the horse, walked to Sun Chuanting's side, and asked in a low voice: "Dashuai, who is this person?" ”

Sun Chuanting stopped his sad voice: "Quickly kneel down and salute, this is the third son of the saint, His Royal Highness Zhu Cijiong." ”

Because Chongzhen is in the prime of life, after giving birth to several sons, he has not set up a prince, he likes this Zhu Cijiong very much, and once asked Sun Chuanting about the establishment of a prince, but Sun Chuanting said that it is not the time to establish a prince at this time, so when he saw Zhu Cijiong, he called His Royal Highness.

Sun Chuanting had seen this His Royal Highness Zhu San, so he recognized it at a glance.

As soon as he knelt, everyone around him knelt down, and then Zhu Cijiong spoke: "It turned out to be Inspector Sun, get up quickly." My father has a decree on his deathbed, and asks General Du Guowei, the deputy envoy of the Imperial Forest Army, to escort me out and go to Shanxi to find you. ”

Sun Chuanting cried and said: "The minister can't protect the saint, so his old man's coal mountain is martyred, and it is impossible to escape the blame for his death, please let His Royal Highness ...... guilt"

Zhu Cijiong hurriedly jumped off the horse and helped Sun Chuanting with both hands: "The superintendent doesn't have to blame himself, everything has its own number of days, my father ordered me to make up and escape from the capital, I must find you and restore my Ming Dynasty." ”

Although Zhu Cijiong is only in his teens, he has been exposed to it in the palace, coupled with the teachings of Chongzhen in his usual days, he actually has a fluent answer to a capable minister like Sun Chuanting, and he has a bit of a royal atmosphere. Sun Chuanting was even more happy: "Your Highness has to escape the catastrophe, that is God bless my Daming." Weichen believes that His Royal Highness will definitely be able to recover the capital and restore my rivers and mountains. ”

Then Sun Chuanting ordered to go down and inform the whole army that the three highnesses came down to the army, and there were successors to the Ming Dynasty.

When the three armies heard this, the sound of cheers shook the mountains and fields.

Sun Chuanting ordered to return to Shanxi immediately, after the team walked to Anze County, they went into the city to rest, Gu Tong and Zhang Huangyan came to find Sun Chuanting, Sun Chuanting had just finished arranging Zhu Cijiong's residence, and he had not rested, and when he saw the two coming, he smiled and said: "Something is wrong with the two of you?" ”