The East Palace Guard Battalion led by Wang Qi and the Right Bureau of the Camp led by Wang Zhou are both composed of the so-called "heroes of overcoming difficulties", and the morale is still quite high!

Because these heroes have brainwashed Zhu Cihong, I believe that after following the prince to Jiangnan, there will be land and a lady. And they have also gained a lot of silver taels in the past few days, eaten good meat and rice, and ate and drank with the prince, all of whom are the prince's henchmen.

In addition, the lies that Zhu Cihong fooled the thieves last night also blinded these heroes who overcame difficulties.

Prince Zhu is so treacherous, of course he is deceived by his own people, how can he tell his subordinates that the matter of borrowing troops and relatives from Manchuria is fake?

These heroes thought that Dolgon was leading the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers and Wu Sangui to Beijing together, and now they could escape safely, can their morale not be high?

And Zhu Cihong asked the Ming army guarding the Yongding Gate to leave all the flags on the gatehouse and bluff, and his East Palace Guard Battalion and the Right Bureau of the Kenan Camp did not bring flags.

Therefore, when they walked out of the range of the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Mountains and Rivers, and entered the prosperous area outside the Zhengyang Gate, many old and young people wearing people's clothes poured out on both sides of the street, and some people took firecrackers and set them off, crackling and lively!

"Hey, why did someone set off firecrackers? There are still so many people ......" Zhu Cihong rode on a tall horse, looking at the people on both sides of the street, all of them were beaming, and some people were setting off firecrackers, this scene seemed familiar!

This...... How is it similar to when the People's Liberation Army entered the city in the documentary when I was a child? Do the people of Beijing support themselves so much? They already know that they are wise and martial, and they are the masters of the Ming Dynasty? It seems that the people of the capital still have a vision!

Just when Zhu Cihong was a little moved, someone suddenly took the lead in shouting slogans and poured cold water on Prince Zhu's head.

"Eat his mother, eat his mother, eat not enough to break the king. Don't be bad, don't pay food, everyone has a happy ......"

I don't know who took the lead in shouting the slogan of welcoming the king. Then the people on both sides of Zhengyangmen Street shouted together, and the more they shouted, the more energetic they became, and the shouts of "eat his mother, eat his mother" overshadowed the roar of the tiger squat cannon that sounded again outside the city.

It turned out that the frightened guns outside the outer city wall of Beijing roared all night last night, and the people who didn't know the truth thought that King Chuang's army was attacking the city!

This morning, because King Chuang's soldiers and horses were busy arranging troops, they didn't fire guns and cannons. When the people in the outer city heard this, they all thought that King Li Chuang's side had already won the battle, so they all happily ran out to meet King Chuang.

Hearing this shout, the faces of the generals who followed Zhu Cihong all changed.

These turned out to be Diao people! The streets are full of people! It's so hateful...... I don't know if the prince will be furious and order everyone to kill people and set fires?

Although these people are all Diao, they are Beijing villagers after all......

"Hahaha......" Zhu Cihong suddenly laughed, as if he was not the prince of the Ming Dynasty, but a real thief!

"Why is Chitose laughing?" Wang Qi, the foreman of the East Palace guard, rode a horse and walked beside Zhu Cihong, and when he saw that the prince was laughing for no reason, he immediately went to inquire.

Zhu Cihong glanced back at Wang Qi, with a mocking smile on his face, "This is the people of Jingshi who my father was reluctant to abandon...... He also feared that the thieves would kill the people, which was ridiculous. These people are clever, the palace will calculate for them, and in more than a month, they will have to welcome the new master! ”

Are there so many new masters?

Wang Qi was confused when he heard it, and Zhu Cihong didn't explain to him, but just smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go to Zhengyangmen to have a look...... The door isn't closed, is it? ”

"It's not closed," Wang Qidao said, "Admiral Wu is personally guarding there, and if the prince doesn't return, he won't close the door." ”

"Good!" Zhu Cihong just smiled, "Go to Zhengyangmen and see who else is there?" ”

"Who else?" Wang Qi sighed, "Aren't they just ignorant people?" ”

Zhu Cihong sneered and said, "Hehe, it won't be just the people. ”

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Of course, it will not be only the people of Beijing who will open the door to welcome the surrender...... Even the people know that the Ming Dynasty is not good, but can the officials not know?

Therefore, in the officialdom of the Beijing Division, some people have long been planning to abandon Ming and surrender. And Zhang Jinyan, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, was one of the leaders of the surrender faction. As early as the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, when he took over as the secretary of the military department, he had secretly contacted Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang-when he took over the military department, Emperor Chongzhen was actually desperate, and he had nothing to do about it, and he had to worry about being slaughtered as a scapegoat by Emperor Chongzhen all day long.

The military department of the Chongzhen Dynasty is still a very dangerous errand! In the seventeen years of the Chongzhen Dynasty, there were a total of fourteen military department scholars, four of whom committed suicide in fear of crime, one died in prison, one was executed by order of Emperor Chongzhen, one died in exile, one was killed by Li Zicheng's army, and eight of the fourteen did not die well! Hehe, the death rate of the military department Shangshu must be higher than that of the soldiers below.

Among the military department scholars who did not end up with a good death, five were dismissed from their posts and investigated, and only one was honorably retired. The one who retired with honor was Zhang Jinyan's predecessor Feng Yuanbiao, who was old and sick, and he really couldn't do errands. As for Zhang Jinyan himself, he was dismissed from his post not long ago and investigated.

However, because Li Zicheng came too quickly, no one went to investigate him and deal with him, so he was dismissed.

After the dismissal, Zhang Jinyan did not leave the dangerous city of Beijing, but walked around, recruited a group of like-minded protégés and former officials, and prepared to welcome the new master together and surrender to Li Zicheng.

And Zhu Cihong's sudden "eloquence and strategy" in the past few days really scared Zhang Jinyan. It's not that I'm worried that Beijing City will be turned into a fortified city by this outrageous prince, but I'm worried that Zhu Cihong will find out about his surrender......

This prince is a little rough, and if he really wants to catch him, he may just click at once, and he won't even have a chance to spend money to buy his life.

But this morning, Zhang Jinyan's hanging heart finally let go. Because the family members he sent to inquire about the news on the street outside Zhengyangmen rushed to report that Li Zicheng's army had entered the city!

It's finally here!

"Hahaha!" Zhang Jinyan slapped the table and laughed three times, "It's done!" He glanced at the officials in the hall who were listening to the news and discussing countermeasures with him. Everyone, let's go with Zhang to welcome the new master outside Zhengyang Gate! ”

The house he rents now is not in the inner city, but in the outer city, in Langfang Hutong, which is next to Zhengyangmen Street. rented a big house, in addition to his own family to live, but also raised a lot of families, the city when he was the secretary of the military department from the Beijing camp to the outlaw. Nominally, it is a caretaker, but in fact, it is for the convenience of welcoming and descending.

After the army of thieves arrived in Beijing on the 17th, many officials who were like-minded with Zhang Jinyan also moved to the outer city with their families, so as not to be caught by Zhu Cihong, the stunned young prince. This morning, these people all gathered in Langfang Hutong, one by one neatly dressed in robes, stretching their necks and waiting for the good news that Li Zicheng had entered the city.

Now the news is finally here, and that's great!

A group of Ming officials followed Zhang Jinyan happily, took twenty or thirty armed men out of the house, and soon went to Zhengyangmen Street.

After going to the street, they soon saw Zhu Cihong and others coming in line.

Zhu Cihong's people don't look like the Ming army, they don't play the flag, they are not embarrassed, and they are shouting slogans to welcome the king on both sides of the street.

Needless to say, it must be the vanguard of the king who entered the city.

"Hurry up," Zhang Jinyan hurriedly greeted the officials who were with him, "they are all lined up according to the size of their official positions...... Zhong Zhao, you are a young James, come with me. ”

The official named Xiang Yu, who was called by Zhang Jinyan, is forty-six years old this year, and is currently the young Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion, or the lecturer of the East Palace, and is a subordinate official of Zhu Cihong, the crown prince. Somehow, he followed Zhang Jinyan to join the team of abandoning Ming and Shun.

In addition to Xiang Yu, there are also Shu Jishi Liang Zhaoyang, Shu Jishi Zhou Zhong, Shu Jishi Wei Xuelian, and Guozijian Qian Weikun. All of them are well-educated people, and if they want to come to Li Zicheng's side, they also have their place......