"The prince said that there are strong men in Beijing City, so please go back!"

A group of loud-voiced Jingjun selected by Wang Chengen left Bei'anmen and shouted loudly as they walked along the north wall street of the imperial city.

After waiting in line for a long time, the strong men in the long queue began to discuss this condition when they heard this.

"Why do you have to be careless? How can you care about this money and silver for a day's livelihood? Could it be that we are afraid that we will die during the war with the rebels, and there will be no one to take care of us at home? ”

"Whatever! It's a fool not to make money...... One penny a day! Isn't the rebellion still coming? ”

"That's right! Rebel and didn't come, why don't we make this money? ”

"Yes, it's a big deal, and we won't come out of the cat's house."

"yes, I don't know when the rebellion will come...... I heard that the rebellion is coming, and the people will have a good life! ”

"What a good day?"

"Juntian is exempt from taxation, and no ...... is levied for three years"

"Really?"

"What nonsense? Don't you look at this place? Do you want to earn the prince's silver? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, you can't talk nonsense......"

The strong man here is not Wu Xiang's family, Wu Xiang's family everyone has hundreds of acres of grange, and they must be divided into landlord classes. Of course, they will not approve of "Juntian", and they do not pay taxes or grain in the first place, and it is not attractive to them to not collect taxes for three years. Most of the strong men in Beijing are working people, and some are farmers who have not been bankrupt for a long time, and the slogan of "the king will not pay for food when he comes" is of course attractive to them.

But King Chuang hasn't come yet...... Since he didn't come, of course Prince Zhu's "wool" still has to be picked.

As for whether he can come out of Bei'anmen after picking the prince's wool, no one has seriously thought about it.

And after all, Beijing City is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, compared to other places in the Ming Dynasty, there are many rules, and no one has ever dared to force a strong man in Beijing City! It's not the first time that Beijing has encountered the enemy, and the captives have come and gone several times, when did the imperial court use deception to deceive people into being soldiers to fight the captives?

Therefore, Zhu Cihong's last chance to escape for the "scattered dings" was basically wasted.

Zhu Cihong, who was already standing downstairs at the Bei'anmen Gate, saw that there were not many strong men in line leaving, so he smiled and said to Wu Xiang beside him: "Admiral, let the generals and hundred generals choose their own people." ”

"Whoa!" Wu Xiang received the military order, turned around and went to pick people according to his family.

Zhu Cihong said to Wang Chengen again: "Wang Companion, tell me about this palace, what are your plans for escorting the new army?" ”

Wang Chengen replied: "Returning to the Chitose Lord, the old slave and Admiral Wu plan to organize the three battalions, nine bureaus, twenty-seven divisions and seventy-two flags, each flag has two flag chiefs, one is served by the Wu family, and the other is served by the Ti cavalry, among which the flag commander served by the family Ding must also be the captain, and each flag will select two people from the pure army or the brave selected today to serve as the captain......

"You don't need two flag commanders for one flag," Zhu Cihong shook his head, "And Ti Cai can't lead troops, what kind of flag chief should he be?" Take them all back and make up a separate war division. ”

Wang Chengen reminded in a low voice, "But in this way, aren't these three battalions of Chitose Lord completely under the control of Admiral Wu......

"This palace has its own measure!" Zhu Cihong said, "But the most important thing now is to escort you out...... Don't ask for trouble. ”

In fact, Zhu Cihong is not afraid of trouble, but afraid that Wang Chengen will control this new army! Wang Chengen is Chongzhen's diehard loyalist, this kind of army is going to be controlled by Wang Dugong's cavalry, isn't Prince Zhu equivalent to being pinched in the palm of Chongzhen's brainless "pit father"?

Wang Chengen is also a person who has no opinions, and said immediately: "It's still a thousand years old." ”

Zhu Cihong asked again: "If you have bravery, do you have weapons and armor?" ”

Wang Chengen said: "Yes, both the Jingying and the Nanhaizi Jingjun have reserves, especially the Nanhaizi Jingjun's treasury still has a lot of good things in it, all of which were purchased by Wei Wei when he ran the Jingjun in the past, although most of them were allocated to the Jingying and Guanning Army, but we still keep the best guys." “

Zhu Cihong said in his heart: Let's just say that you are not as good as Wei Zhongxian, right? Now I have to eat Wei Zhongxian's old book, and I'm really not afraid of being embarrassed!"

Zhu Cihong asked again, "Are the carriages, horses, horses, and dry food ready?" ”

Horses, wagons, horses, horses, and rations were all prepared for the escape!

Wang Chengen replied in a low voice: "Back to the Chitose Lord, the old slaves have all asked people to prepare." ”

"Prepare it tonight!" Zhu Cihong advised, "If you want to enter the imperial city, put it in the inner school yard and let the Jingjun send someone to take care of it...... Don't miss anything! ”

"The old slave understands, the old slave will arrange it properly, please rest assured."

Wang Chengen's ability to do things is there, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get to his current position. His problem is that he has no decision-making ability and does not dare to make decisions about anything. Now that Zhu Cihong had an idea, he immediately took action and asked his henchmen and eunuchs to search for Roman horses, horses, and carriages, and prepare dry food and horse feed.

On the 15th and 16th, before Wang Chuang's army arrived outside Beijing, Wang Chengen was naturally still a powerful figure, and this little thing would definitely be done. However, after the 17th, the authority of Wang Chengen and Chongzhen will decline rapidly, and on the 19th, it will be called the heavens and the earth.

Zhu Cihong's mind is far more careful than Wang Chengen's, so he ordered Wang Chengen to prepare yesterday.

"And the city gates!" Zhu Cihong said, "The Chaoyang Gate and Dongzhi Gate that open to the east in the inner city must be under the control of reliable people. ”

Wang Chengen is now the Admiral of the Nine Gates, and the so-called Nine Gates refers to the nine gates of the inner city of Beijing. And the inner city of Beijing is not surrounded by the outer city, but the outer city is south of the inner city. There are six gates on the east, north and west sides of the inner city, which provide direct access to the outside of the city.

And the army of King Chuang must have come from the northwest, so it was difficult for Zhu Cihong to escape from the city gates on the west and north sides, and only Chaoyang Gate and Dongzhi Gate could escape.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong must let reliable people master these two city gates, so that he can't open the door and run out when he can't get it.

"The old slave asked his godson to guard these two gates!"

"Nope." Zhu Cihong shook his head, "Dongzhimen let your godson go, and Chaoyangmen let Wu Sanfu go." ”

Compared with Wang Chengen's godson, Zhu Cihong still believes in Wu Xiang's own son.

He paused, "If my father doesn't leave tonight, then I will order someone to block all the inner and outer city gates except Dongzhi Gate, Chaoyang Gate, and Zhengyang Gate!" Around the three gates, such as Dongzhi Gate, Chaoyang Gate, and Zhengyang Gate, martial law must also be imposed by the Pure Army. ”

The circumference of the city of Beijing is forty-eight li, the city wall is tall and solid, the width of the wall base is up to seven to eight zhang, up to four zhang, the rammed earth is covered with bricks, it is very solid. The red-coated cannons in the hands of the invading army or the Qing army could not destroy such a strong city defense. Moreover, Li Zicheng came in a hurry, and it was impossible to carry heavy artillery.

Therefore, the invading army also entered the city, and the only way to do so was to climb the walls or seize the gates. In history, Li Zicheng's army relied on the officials and eunuchs in Beijing to take the initiative to enter the city. Therefore, Zhu Cihong simply came to block the city gate!

After blocking the city gate, even if someone wants to sell the gate, it will be much harder, and it will take a long time to dig it. If you don't dig up the mud and masonry that blocked the door, then Li Zicheng's army will have to climb the wall. At least you have to build a lot of ladders that are more than four feet tall, and you have to build a large number of them, which is a lot of work. And it's also troublesome to climb the wall, and it's not good-looking. Li Zicheng doesn't want to ride a high-headed horse into Beijing, let's climb in!

Zhu Cihong paused, and then said: "The Imperial City and the Forbidden City also have to arrange people to block the city gates, and they have to delay as much as possible!" ”

If Zhu Cihong wants to break through with Chongzhen, then he will inevitably arrange manpower in Beijing to delay time, and the Imperial City and the Forbidden City are the last fortresses.

"The old slave understands," replied Wang Chengen, "the old slave will do it!" ”

After Wang Chengen turned to leave, Zhu Cihong set his eyes on the outside of the city. At this time, the family members sent out by Wu Xiang had already dragged Zhuang Yong, who did not know that he was "trapped", into Bei'anmen one after another, and went to the inner school field.

Zhu Cihong sighed and said to the left and right: "Let's go, let's go to the inner school lobby...... It's going to be a busy day. ”

Busy with what? Of course it's a fool! Then flicker, continue to flicker, you have to make those guys in the quilt believe that Daming still has "investment value", they are not quilted, but "value investment", and there will be rich returns in the future......