Zhu Youlan, who was questioned, immediately raised her head and replied, "The courtiers are the daughters of the kings of Yongding County in Tai'an, and Your Majesty came here this time because..." ”

Before the words were finished, there was Ming Ning Yuanwei's right staff general: Hu Guozhu, hurriedly walked out to report the situation and said, "Report, Your Majesty, Jizhou Wei in the Jizhou area of Gyeonggi Shuntianfu found that there are Dongyu Jiannu Tartar cavalry, should we quickly gather troops and horses to resist?" ”

In fact, these words made Ming Shunzong a little overwhelmed! Because although he is a great emperor, he has no real power or troops, and the people who have been sent out to announce the edict have not yet returned! At present, there are only a few thousand people in the capital, most of them are palace maids, eunuchs and civil and military ministers, and there are 500 people in the original capital garrison, and the rest are 300 people in the Guanning army in the outer city and the inner city.

And Ming Shunzong was able to ascend the throne and claim the emperor by relying on the escort of the Guan Ning army, and now he is clearly determined to see his power and whether it has any use value?

Ming Shunzong knew this, but he still raised his courage and proclaimed: "Spread my will, let the founding prince return to Beijing to resist the enemy as soon as possible, and also order the remaining soldiers and horses in the North Zhili area, and by the way, contact the Southern Army Qin King available in the area of Shandong Chengxuan's political envoy." ”

Seeing the young man in front of him talking without being anxious and out of breath, it really made Ming Ning Yuanwei's right staff general a little nervous, after all, everyone knows that there are still soldiers and horses to be adjusted in Beizhili right now? There are almost only the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled left! And the founding prince of the Ming Dynasty, Ning Yuanwei: Wu Sangui, how could he reach Beijing all at once? Therefore, the right staff general of Mingning Yuanwei had no choice but to go down and arrange the city defense.

Faced with this critical juncture, Wu Junzhen stepped forward and boldly asked for his life: "Your Majesty, the small one is willing to lead the troops to fight, and the small one has just come to Beijing from Nanzhili all the way, in order to help His Majesty recover the Ming Dynasty, and now South...?" ”

Seeing this, Ma Wei hurriedly grabbed him and explained to His Majesty the Emperor: "Your Majesty, Brother Wu, he is excited for a while, and he is willing to fight with him, after all, I have seen the fleeing people suffering unspeakably because of the war, and I ask Your Majesty for permission!" ”

On the side, Liu Ruilin also followed to ask for battle, but he didn't dare to mention the matter of Nan Zhili, but Ming Shunzong is not a fool, he seems to know something? Then he asked, "You said that you came from Nanzhili?" Dare to ask how many garrisons are still in Nanzhili? Why haven't you come to Beizhili Qinwang so far? ”

Only then did Zhu Youlan realize that His Royal Highness Prince Fu had been proclaimed emperor in Nanzhili, if he let His Majesty the Emperor in front of him know that there was another emperor in the south? Then I'm afraid it will cause something bad, so I will help relieve the siege and say, "Your Majesty, they are all people who escort the courtiers to come, because they live in Nanzhili, but after all, they are civilians, how do they know about the local garrison, and at present, there are not many garrisons in the territory of Shandong Chengxuan's political envoys!" There are only thousands of troops in the Denglai area! However, when the courtiers came, they had also experienced a rebellion among the homeless, and now I am afraid that the army can only protect itself. ”

After listening to Zhu Youlan's words, Ming Shunzong suppressed his anger and said, "That's it! For the sake of the righteous men who dared to ask for their lives, I was not a foolish person, so I sent three righteous men to defend the city together with the Gyeonggi garrison. ”

And Yao Qiuyue naturally asked for orders to fight together and was also allowed to do so, the four of them each received firearms in the military department, Wu Junzhen took a Miru gun, a lancet and a bag of ammunition, Ma Wei received a three-eyed god gun, a goose wing knife and a bag of ammunition, Liu Ruilin chose to choose something that was useless, so he had to pick up the bird gun and the trident, and finally Yao Qiuyue directly chose the melon skin hammer to fight.

After the equipment was chosen, Zhu Youlan was not at ease, so she escorted Wu Junzhen from the north to the Xuanwu Gate and returned to the imperial city accompanied by the palace maids.

Along the way, Zhu Youlan was very concerned about him, and specially ordered the rest of the people to branch out the jade pendant made of acacia knots, and handed it to Wu Junzhen with the royal unicorn jade that can only be used by the horse master, and said in his heart, "Return the pearl to tears, I hate to meet when I am not married!" ”

Wu Junzhen, who was wearing waist-high chain mail, looked at His Royal Highness the County Lord, and seemed to have a sense of sympathy, looking straight at her, and at this moment, he seemed to have a feeling of admiration for His Royal Highness the County Lord.

At the same time, after the defeat of the Liukou Shun army in the battle of Dingzhou, some of the Shun troops who fled from the north and south of Zhili spread the news of the defeat of the Li thief, causing the soldiers and civilians in the Central Plains to defect to Dashun after learning of the situation.

In the middle of the night, the four towns of Jiangbei, the south of Zhili, Fengyang Prefecture, Haozhou, Wupingwei and Yingzhou, Yingchuanwei, a large number of Ming troops and Shun troops came to the city, the soldiers held torches and shouted loudly, "Open the door, open the door, we are the garrison of Henan Chengxuan's political envoy Sizhou Prefecture and County Guard to the south, and sincerely surrender to the imperial court, asking the lord to open the city gate and let me wait in." ”

The soldiers defending the city looked down at the firelight and found people wearing chain mail and armor shouting below, and the soldiers did not dare to open the city gate without permission, so they went to report the matter to the guard commanders, the soldiers, and the senators on the left and right.

Ming Wu Pingwei Commander: Guan Jiang, Ming Yingchuan Guards Beidao: Dou Tuo, successively sent soldiers to Fengyang Mansion to report the news, in order to safely deliver the letter, the official army sent four teams to report the matter to the senior officials of the four towns in Jiangbei, the first to receive the information was the Governor Yangzhou Prefecture Ming Nan Zhili Military Department Shangshu: Shi Kefa, not the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty An Zongfu Wang Hongguang Emperor: Zhu Yousong, and the rest of the officials including the first assistant of the Ming Cabinet and the right deputy of the East Pavilion University Shidu Cha Yuan Imperial History: Ma Shiying, have not been believed.

The local Ming army generals did not dare to open the city because they suspected that there was a problem, but they also had to accept them, so they let the surrendered soldiers live in empty houses and school grounds outside the city, and also let Shi Kefa, the Shangshu Supervisor of the Ming Southern Zhili Military Department, who had received the letter in advance, take the lead in leading the troops to resolve to take in this group of troops to expand their power, in order to go north to take in the Central Plains Henan Chengxuan Political Envoy Division and Shandong Chengxuan Political Envoy Division.

This matter soon spread to Emperor Dashun, the political envoy who fled to Shanxi: Li Zicheng, which made Emperor Dashun, who had just arrived in Yuci County, Taiyuan Prefecture, and who had not yet sat down in the military camp and was drinking tea, suddenly heard that a soldier came to report the military situation. ”

As soon as the words fell, the teacup in the hand of Emperor Dashun immediately fell to the ground, and the tea spurted out of his mouth excitedly, his eyes were hideous, his hands trembled and stretched out, grabbed the herald, and asked, "Is this true?" I have just withdrawn from the Central Plains, and these turtle grandsons are in a hurry to surrender to the Ming Dynasty? When he returns to Beijing in the future, he will send troops south to kill all these turtles and grandchildren! ”

The scolding was particularly loud and kept out of the camp, so that the deputy general of the right battalion of Dashun who passed here: Li Yan, after hearing this, he was a little passionate, and he hurriedly went into the tent to pay homage to the Emperor Dashun.

Then Emperor Dashun did not have impulse, but immediately ordered to convene the generals of the civil and military forces overnight to discuss countermeasures, and summoned the princes, dukes, marquises, earls and below and the soldiers ** Shangshu, Jiedu envoys, general meetings, defense envoys, the governors of the five military departments, the general power, the deputy general power, the general army, the brigade guard, the flag, the general general, the deputy general, the general, the general Guoyi, the general and the mighty, the captain, the flag, the general, the sentinel, and other elite generals of the Dashun Empire who are currently accompanying them to discuss major matters.

The first is the defeat of the northern war caused by the pursuit of the Wu army and the Eastern Jiannu Tartars! The second is that Henan Cheng announced that the defection of the military and civilians in the whole territory of the political envoy department has reduced the territory of Dashun, and the third is what to plan for in the future? I would like to hear the opinions of the audience.

In the battalion, the third brother of the Dashun Emperor, Prince Cao of Dashun: Li Zijing, the general of the Dashun Zhongying Battalion, Ruhou: Liu Zongmin, the commander of the Dashun Zhongying, the general Zehou Guogong: Tian Jianxiu, the commander of the Dashun Zhongying, the commander of the Dashun Zhongying, the general Taipingbo: Wu Ruyi, the powerful general of the Dashun Zhongying Biaoyou, Wuyangbo: Li You, and other generals of the central battalion proposed that the current Shanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Division should be used as the front line, and they were waiting for an opportunity to return to Shaanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Division Xijing Chang'an City to recuperate.

However, the Dashun Left Battalion General Cihou: Liu Fangliang, the Dashun Left Battalion Left Biao Guoyi General Wu Shanbo: Ma Shiyao, the Dashun Left Battalion Right Mighty General Zhongzhou Bo: Liu Rukui, and other left battalion generals thought that Shanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Division should be garrisoned and strengthen the defense line of Henan Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, so as to prevent the Ming Army and the Eastern Capture Coalition Army from taking the opportunity to attack from the north and south!

At this point, the general of the right battalion of Dashun Huaihou: Liu Xiyao, the left standard of the right battalion of Dashun General Guo Yi Heng Shanbo: Bai Minghe, the right standard of the right battalion of Dashun General Guo Yi Guang Shanbo: Liu Tichun, the deputy general of the right battalion of Dashun: Li Yan, and the generals of the right battalion unanimously agreed that it was only in the proposal to prevent the north, and the Ming army in the south was secondary?

Because this time they lost to the Wu army in the north, the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the Manchu Eastern Capture Jiannu Tartars, not the Ming army, and the current Ming army has no action, so they don't pay much attention to it!

However, Zhao Hou: Xie Junyou, the left standard Guoyi general of the Dashun front battalion, and Ning Lingbo: Tian Hu, the right standard Guoyi general of the Dashun front battalion, thought that at present, Henan Cheng announced the rebellion of the political envoy department, and if he did not send troops as soon as possible, he would probably lead to more people mutiny? If it can be suppressed, it can be regarded as a bit of prestige.

Regarding the dispatch of troops, the generals of the battalion system of the rear of the Great Shun are all the governors of the country, the Marquis of the country: Li Guo, the left standard of the Dashun rear battalion, the general of Guo Yi, the general of the Dashun rear battalion, Zhang Neng, the right standard of the rear battalion of the Great Shun, the general of the Xiangnan Hou: Ma Chongxi, the general of the Great Shun Quan Linqubo: Gao Yigong, and the generals of the rear battalion unanimously agreed, and finally after the results of the discussion of the generals of the five battalions of the military department of the Great Shun, the Emperor of Dashun felt that the Shanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Division should be guarded, and the Henan Chengxuan Political Envoy Division could not be lost.

As soon as the opinion was released, the deputy general of the right battalion of Dashun on the side stood up and took the initiative to ask for help, saying that he was willing to personally lead 20,000 elite soldiers south to Henan to Cheng Xuan to put down the rebellion.

He also asked Emperor Dashun to issue an edict to let Dashun Henan Tonghui (political envoy): Lu Tianshuo, cooperate with himself and invite the local defense envoy (Bingbei Dao), Fu Yin (prefect), Zhou Mu (Zhizhou), and county order (Zhi County) to also cooperate in the fight to eliminate the rebellious party.

Emperor Dashun was a little hesitant about these requests, and at this moment, the prime minister of Dashun and the scholar of Tianyou Pavilion University, Zhe Pingbo: Niu Jinxing, whispered to Emperor Dashun, "Your Majesty, since Li Gongzi, the deputy general of the right battalion system, is so loyal, it is better to let him go to war!" It's okay to share your Majesty's worries and solve problems. ”

However, the strategizing Emperor Dashun did not approve the request of the deputy general of the right battalion system of Dashun, but instead sent the general of the right battalion of Dashun to fight, and left the deputy general of the right battalion of Dashun by his side.

However, because of the request of the deputy general of the right battalion system of Dashun, he established his prestige in the army, and because of this, he was jealous of the prime minister of Dashun and the scholar of Tianyou Pavilion University, Zhe Pingbo, worried that His Majesty would promote him to the title, and the prime minister of Dashun and Tianyou Pavilion University Shi Zhe Pingbo was just an earl, and he was angry and thought of a way the next day? Early in the morning, he went to the Zhongjun tent to play to Emperor Dashun, saying, "Your Majesty, the minister received a secret report last night? ”

Emperor Da Shun, who was having breakfast, looked at him and asked, "What's the secret report?" ”