In late March of the eighth year of Hongxing in the Ming Dynasty, Yingtianfu, Laoshan Palace.

The old mountain in March is shrouded in smoke and rain, which is very humid, which makes Zhu Cihong, who grew up on the bank of the Xiangjiang River in Hunan in his previous life, have a feeling of returning to his hometown.

These days, Hebei, Korea, Monan grassland, Burma, the Western Regions and other places are chaotic, everywhere is filled with gunsmoke, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Ming Dynasty are scattered on various distant battlefields, or have been engaged in a big war, or are preparing for a big war. And Zhu Cihong, the emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty, has been squinting in the old mountain palace to enjoy his imperial life.

He now has a few more children, Queen Wu Sanmei has added a new daughter to him, and the imperial concubine Zheng Chagu has given birth to a son - she already has three sons and one daughter in hand, which has made Wu Sanmei feel a lot of pressure! The talented girl Xu Erlin also gave birth to a big fat boy to Emperor Zhu, with a big forehead, and he is very smart when he looks at it.

And Kim Dong-joo finally got pregnant at the beginning of the year...... Compared with Zheng Chagu, who is there at the touch of it, her fertility still looks a little weak!

Ning Xiangyu and Fei Zhen'e, who followed Emperor Zhu in Tianjin, were also diagnosed with Ximai in February and March...... What a bumper harvest!

However, his harvest is still much worse than that of Emperor Chongzhen! The number of Chongzhen's sons and daughters is now almost in the triple digits...... What a way to go on like this!

"Brother Chun, when are you going to go on the expedition?"

In the Taiji Palace of Laoshan Palace, Zhu Cihong, who went to drink the full moon wine of his thirty-fifth brother, was looking at the crying big fat boy in the arms of a mixed-race beauty (Concubine Hu) and was worried, when he heard Chongzhen ask about national affairs.

"Father, why do you ask this?" Zhu Cihong didn't look very happy...... I'm not in a hurry to be an emperor, why are you in a hurry as a retired emperor?

Emperor Chongzhen sighed when he heard this: "There is nothing to ...... I am getting old, and I miss the city of Beijing more and more, so I think that I can go to Beijing and climb the coal mountain in my lifetime. ”

"Climb Coal Mountain?" Zhu Cihong said: You will be disappointed if you go! Your beloved crooked-necked old locust tree has been cut down by that eldest grandson of Fulin!

"Climb the coal mountain to take in the scenery of the capital!" Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be stuck in a fond memory, "When I was emperor, I couldn't go anywhere, and I didn't even go out to Beijing a few times...... Climbing the coal mountain and looking far away is the way for me to enjoy the great country. ”

A broken mountain of dozens of meters, still watching the great rivers and mountains, can Tongzhou see it? Emperor Zhu said in his heart: You have this kind of knowledge, how can you rule the world? He deserves to be deceived by a gang of traitors!

Fortunately, I've been to a lot of places! I've been a "trapeze", and I haven't been abroad much, but I've almost traveled to prefecture-level cities in China, so I can be said to be well-informed!

"Since my father has this idea," Zhu Cihong paused, "Then let's go back and fight Beijing together!" ”

"Really?" Emperor Chongzhen showed a surprised expression, "Brother Chun, are you sure of victory?" I have been watching the history of the Battle of the Sorghum River in Song Liao in the past few days, and I am a little frightened! ”

Zhu Cihong smiled: "Father is too worried...... There will be no battle for the Sorghum River! Because Dord's Western Expedition has gone to Korea! ”

Chongzhen was stunned, "Huh? Expedition to Korea? But North Korea is east of Shenyang! ”

"Soldiers don't get tired of cheating!" Zhu Cihong said, "Duoduo knows that the Western Expedition will be defeated, of course he has to change directions......

"North Korea is our vassal, right?" Chongzhen asked.

"Not yet!" Zhu Cihong said, "Our negotiations with North Korea are stuck on the demarcation of the border, and the North Koreans have offered to help us crusade against the remnants of the Eastern Prisoners, and after winning, they want to return the lost territory of North Korea in the two indiscriminate chaos." ”

"What's wrong with that?" Chongzhen didn't quite understand.

"Of course not!" Zhu Cihong said, "Because the Dongyu have not ceded the land of North Korea...... At least not before this invasion of the Duoduos! ”

"Oh." Emperor Chongzhen was still indifferent, "Why should you pay attention to the details of this." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled: "North Koreans who shouldn't be taken to heart...... Now, while our negotiations with North Korea have not been completed, Duoduo has invaded North Korea with his army. Without the signing of the "Treaty of Clans", North Korea would not be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty would have no obligation to protect Korea! ”

"What? You're just watching North Korea being occupied by the East? Chongzhen was taken aback.

"Of course not," Zhu Cihong sneered, "I don't look at North Korea!" What's there to see? ”

"This ......" Chongzhen really can't understand where the North Koreans offended Zhu Cihong?

Zhu Cihong smiled: "North Korea is not so easy to be defeated by Duoduo...... So let's go north calmly, set off next month, and go north by land! Father, can you still ride a horse? ”

"Why not?" Chongzhen patted his chest, "I can not only ride a horse, but also shoot arrows on horseback!" If I encounter the Rangers of the Eastern Captives, I can still fight them! ”

He didn't exactly blow this, and with his current physical condition, he could also get a Baturu......

"Okay!" Zhu Cihong said, "That son is waiting to see the emperor's heroic posture of killing the enemy!" ”

......

"Why haven't you come yet?"

Zhu Cihong and Emperor Chongzhen had not set off from the Laoshan Palace in March, and their filial son, Sun Fulin, had been waiting impatiently, and was now looking out of Beijing with a telescope in the coal mountain fortress.

Outside the city of Beijing, there is a barren area, although it is already the season of wild crops, but through the telescope, the Shunzhi Emperor can only see wild grasses and dilapidated villages, as well as the outline of the half-collapsed Tongzhou city wall...... Occasionally, a group of cavalry, mostly black lancers of the Ming army, wandered around the city of Beijing in order to prevent food supplies from entering the city, and at the same time to prevent the military dependents in the city from leaving.

Beijing is not besieged now, but it has been trapped, and the internal and external traffic is extremely unsmooth, and there is basically no food supply to transport in.

Seeing that the grain in Beijing is being consumed rapidly, Shunzhi is already so anxious that he is about to smoke, and he is looking forward to it day and night for the past few days, looking forward to his new Amazhu Cihong leading troops to fight him!

It's not because of cheapness, but if Zhu Cihong doesn't come again, the millet left by Doama will not be enough to eat...... If Zhu Cihong does not come for a year, there may be a food shortage in Beijing, and if he does not come for a year and a half, Beijing will run out of food!

The reason for this was that in Dolgon's plan, the number of troops guarding the fortress was 30,000, and the number of non-combatants in the city should not exceed 10,000...... But now, there are as many as 50,000 defenders in the city of Beijing! The number of family members who could not fight was as high as 1780,000.

More than 200,000 people are eating the rations that originally supplied tens of thousands of people, can the consumption be too great?

In order to raise grain for the city of Beijing, Shang Kexi and others also organized the besieging Ming army to raise grain nearby, and also sent troops to loot grain around the city of Beijing to cause destruction, making the city of Beijing a barren place, and losing the possibility of supplying grain to the city of Beijing.

If the Ming army doesn't come, there are so many mouths in Beijing, I'm afraid that I won't be able to sustain it!

"Your Majesty!" Sonny didn't know when he had already arrived behind Emperor Shunzhi, "Slave Sonny respectfully asks for St. Ann." ”

"Get up and speak."

"Huh."

Shunzhi asked, "Coming back?" ”

"Just came back."

"How?"

"Your Majesty, it'......s all right," Sonny said, "The minion has gone on a trip in person, and nothing goes wrong!" ”

"Didn't anyone find out?"

"No," Sonny said, "the one in charge of the Thousand Buddha Temple is the monk Tongxiu from Jieshi Mountain, and the one lurking in the West Mountain is Suo Etu, the son of the slave, and he and the dead are all the children of the old Eight Banners. In addition, Nalan Pearl will pick us up at the destination......"

"That's good!" Shunzhi sighed, "By the way, did you meet the Ming army when you came back?" ”

"I met a team, about forty people." Sony said.

"And how did you get away?" Shunzhi asked.

Sonny said: "The minions put on the makeup of ordinary people and mixed in with a group of refugees, so they didn't embarrass the minions, but just scattered some posters and told us to go back to the city and leave." ”

"Post? What is said above? ”

"It says that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is going to drive a personal expedition to attack the city of Beijing......"