The military flag of the king with black characters on a red background began on March 22 of the first year of Yongchang in Dashun, and fluttered in various places in the inner and outer cities of Beijing and over the imperial city. Although it was three days later than in history, Li Zicheng still got his wish and became the master of Beijing.

On the third day after the surrender of the three loyal and righteous ministers who held the Zhengyangmen urn city, that is, on the 24th, Li Zicheng held a grand ceremony to enter the city under the arrangement of Song Xiance, the founding army division. It is not from Yongding Gate to Zhengyang Gate and then to the Imperial City - this route from south to north is unlucky, because most of Chinese history has been from north to south, pacifying the world. Basically, if you occupy the north, you are the lord of the world.

Therefore, after Li Zicheng took the Zhengyang Gate, he returned to the Diaoyutai Palace from Yongding Gate, and waited for the soldiers who entered the city first to organize the people to clean up the mud and gravel debris that blocked the Desheng Gate, the north gate of the inner city of Beijing. It was not until March 24 that the auspicious time was chosen, and the city entered the city from Desheng Gate. However, after entering the city, you can't enter the imperial city through Bei'anmen. Bei'anmen is the back door, how can the new emperor go through the back door? Isn't this the backdoor emperor? The new emperor must enter the imperial city through the main entrance. Therefore, Li Zicheng's route into the city on March 24 was very complicated.

On the same day, Li Zicheng was followed by the civil and military officials and his imperial camp pro-army, and went all the way south after entering the Desheng Gate, and then turned from the Xidan archway to the east and went to the West Chang'an Street. Then go south from the road between the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Jinyi Guard, turn to the front of the Daming Gate, and then take the Daming Gate into the city. Everywhere you pass, you are "vigilant" along the way, every ten steps, there are soldiers stepping post, the atmosphere is solemn, only there is no arrangement of loess paving.

In the places where the Son of Heaven of Dashun entered the imperial city, martial law was all imposed, and it was extremely quiet. On both sides of the street, every family closes the door, and at the same time, an incense case should be placed outside the door, and a yellow tablet is set up on the case, which reads "Long live the Yongchang Emperor, long live". Yellow paper and red paper are pasted on the doors of each house, and the word "Shunmin" is written on them. The people of each family also went out to welcome the new master, and they all knelt beside the incense case, did not dare to raise their heads, did not dare to make a sound, and also pasted the word "Shunmin" written on yellow paper on their heads...... The above is the etiquette for Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance to discuss and set the Beijing people's welcome to the new lord.

However, they did not expect at this time that this set of etiquette mastered by the people of Beijing would be useful in the near future!

Of course, Li Zicheng didn't expect that he was actually a pick-up genius, and he received a bad plate that even Zhu Cihong couldn't do anything. So when he entered the city, he was still very proud. Riding on a tall dragon horse, he tried to maintain a solemn demeanor, and his only eye was blazing forward, never turning his eyes. But in my heart, I couldn't help but think of Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Just before Li Zicheng entered the city, the Tang horses sent by Li Guo and Li Laiheng arrived at Diaoyutai one after another, bringing Li Zicheng two pieces of good news.

The news sent by Li Guo was about setting up an ambush in Tianjin to hunt and kill Chongzhen's father and son...... He had already sent a brigade of cavalry from the old battalion of Dashun led by Hao Shaoqi to contact the Tianjin Soldier Daoyuan Yuzong. Prepare to ambush Chongzhen's father and son in Tianjin City, or capture or kill!

Li Laiheng's news is even better, saying that he has captured Emperor Chongzhen's two sons, a concubine, and a loyal eunuch named Wang Chengen, who surrendered by decree.

According to Wang Chengen's confession, Emperor Chongzhen is not on this road, but Chongzhen's crown prince Zhu Cihong is indeed on this road! And it has been protected by Qiu Zhizhong, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and Zu Zepu, the Jinyi Guard, and fled to Yongping. Li Laiheng ordered his subordinates to escort the captured son of Chongzhen, the noble concubine Yuan, and the loyal eunuch Wang Chengen back to Beijing, and then personally led the cavalry to continue the pursuit.

In other words, Zhu Cihong also has a double share...... I don't know if it's in Tianjin, or if it's going to Yongping?

If it's okay in Tianjin, even if Hao Shaoqi and the Ming Dynasty's subordinates miss, Li Guo and Tang Tong still have more than 10,000 people, as long as they arrive in Tianjin in time, they are afraid that they won't be able to take it?

But it's not easy to go to Yongping...... Zhu Cihong, the prince, is not easy to deal with, and he is much more harmful than Chongzhen. Although Chongzhen is known as the Ming Jun, he is actually a stupid emperor. But his son Zhu Cihong is too treacherous! It's so unbelievable, I can even think of a bad trick like "loyalty certificate". I don't know how Chongzhen teaches children?

If he is allowed to run to Yongping to join the Guanning Army Brigade, what will he do?

Just when Li Zicheng complained in his heart that Chongzhen, the honest emperor, had not educated the prince well, he had already arrived in front of the Xidan archway.

Li Shuangxi, who was escorting, stepped forward at this time, handed Li Zicheng a carved bow and three feather arrows with arrows removed, and said softly: "Father, it's time to make an oath of three arrows!" ”

Li Zicheng then remembered that the time for the show had come!

He hurriedly reined in the dragon pony horse, took the bow and arrow, fired three arrows in a row to the back, and then recited a limerick poem prepared by Song Xiance: "When the soldiers enter the city, don't be alarmed." Every family opens their doors and continues to make a living. The officers and men of the three armies returned to the barracks. Harassing the people will not be tolerated! ”

Immediately after the recitation of the limerick, an edict official repeated aloud in a loud voice like a bronze bell. Before the limerick, the headline of "Long live has a purpose, the army and the people obey" was added.

Then, the surrounding soldiers and kneeling people all cooperated very well and shouted long live the mountain......

This is the support of all the people!

The little cloud in Li Zicheng's heart was suddenly swept away, and he looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, then rode his horse and continued to move forward.

Beijing is in hand, the north is almost pacified, Dashun is the will of the people, and the Ming Dynasty is finished...... The army and division have been calculated, the only hurdle is Dongyu, as long as the Dongyu Tartars are defeated, he Li Zicheng will be the co-master of the world.

No matter how great Zhu Cihong's ability is, he can't save the Ming Dynasty!

After walking for about half an hour, Li Zicheng finally walked around the Daming Gate and appeared in front of Chengtianmen, that is, Tiananmen in later generations.

Song Xiance, the commander of the army, stepped forward at this time and said to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, please shoot arrows at the Gate of Heaven to remove the anger of the Zhu Thief Emperor." ”

Li Shuangxi once again handed over the carved bow and feather arrows, and this time, of course, he did not pull out the arrows. Li Zicheng laughed, raised his bow and arrows, and hit the plaque of "Gate of Heaven" with only one arrow. The civil and military ministers who followed him and the escort pro-army cheered again.

"Hooray! Hooray! ”

Li Zicheng laughed and said: "From today on, I am the lord of the world, and Dashun is the orthodoxy of the world!" ”

His declaration is not wrong, from now on, he is the co-master of the world, Dashun is the orthodoxy of the world, and Chongzhen, Zhu Cihong and his son are thieves!

However, he didn't expect that his co-master of the world had a probationary period!

The trial period is one and a half months! If Dolgon can be defeated within a month and a half, then he will become the official co-ruler of the world, and the Great Shun Dynasty will be stable.

If Dolgon can't be defeated, then Zhu Cihong will have to take up his post again and lead hundreds of millions of Han people in the world to save the country and resist the Qing Dynasty...... And during Li Zicheng's probationary period as emperor, Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong were very dangerous.

Because the people of the world have not yet recognized that Li Zicheng is the true face of not resisting the emperor, it is the general trend to abandon the Ming and return to obedience.

Li Zicheng's good mood as the probationary emperor did not last long, because by the second night, two bad news related to Wu Sangui reached the Forbidden City in Beijing at the same time.

"Your Majesty...... Chen just got the news of Wu Sangui in two places! "Walking into the Wuying Hall where Li Zicheng was stationed, it was Li Yan, the general, who reported to him.

Li Yan is a rare talent in Li Zicheng's army, a native of Henan, who has made great achievements. Probably because she was handsome, she was plundered by a rebel female robber Red Lady, and then she fell into the grass with dry firewood and fire. In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, he took refuge in Li Zicheng, and now he is the general of Li Zicheng's old battalion, and he is Tian Jianxiu's deputy.

Tian Jianxiu has the power to control the armies under Li Zicheng, similar to the chief of the general staff, and the military information reported by various departments is also summarized to him first, and then reported to Li Zicheng.

Now Tian Jianxiu is busy arranging the troops stationed in the city, and Li Yan is in charge of the matter of military intelligence.

"What's wrong with Wu Sangui?" Li Zicheng glanced at Li Yan and asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Li Laiheng reported that on the 25th near Yutian, he had encountered a large force of cavalry led by Wu Sangui and had to abandon the pursuit. Zhu Cihong is now in Wu Sangui's army! ”

"What?"

Li Yan then said: "Marquis Bo (Li Guo) also reported that on the 25th, Wu Sangui led a thousand Yiding cavalry to rush into the Tianjin Acropolis, which ruined our major affairs, and Hao Shaoqi's three or four hundred old battalion brothers were all folded in Tianjin......