The hearts of the people are lost!

Under what circumstances will hearts and minds be lost?

Sometimes, it's very easy to lose hearts and minds.

On the first day, that is, on the third day after Prince Li was killed, for the Qing troops stationed in the southern mountains, Prince Li's sudden killing, although it caused turmoil in the Qing army, but the big guy could barely accept it, after all, the reason for killing Prince Li was "self-respect", and this reason was quite sufficient.

When the defense battalions were connected to leave the defense area and assembled at Dingyuan Fort, that is, to the station of General Zhennan, the flag battalions stationed in various places wanted to abandon their garrisons, and they did not dare to delay the military life for any reason, after all, people like Prince Lianli would kill them when they said they would kill them, let alone other people?

Although they were attacked by the mountain people on the way to evacuate, the actions of hundreds of flag battalions abandoning their positions at the same time and assembling one after another made the weak mountain people have to stay away most of the time.

In just a few days, tens of thousands of Qing troops stationed in the Qing Dynasty gathered at Dingyuan Fort, that is, when they thought that the army was going north to rescue Jingnan and relieve the siege of Jingnan, a news suddenly came out.

The army is going to retreat to Herat!

Although most people are unfamiliar with Hetra, they know that Herat is not the border of the Qing Dynasty, but the mountain city that Wang Huaxing captured from the Afghans, and now preparations are ready for the withdrawal of the army there.

The Qing army and civilians who gathered at Dingyuan Fort from all over the country also knew about this decision.

What should the emperor do?

Before the army had even set out, the hearts of the people were already terrified.

Isn't it to rush to the aid of Jingnan? Why is it suddenly necessary to retreat to Hetra?

None of them could understand the prince's decision, and they even began to worry that they might be attacked by the mountain people when they entered Afghanistan, after all, they had formed an irresolvable hatred with the mountain people for killing, plundering and adultery in the past few years.

Although the military and civilians are still calm on the surface, the hearts of the people have begun to float.

The self-respecting Jieshu is dead.

Why didn't the prince go to the rescue of Jingnan?

People are puzzled.

It was at this time that suddenly, news came out - the prince ordered Wang Huaxing to lead 20,000 troops to rescue Jingnan!

Okay!

After this news came out, even the people who reacted slowly reacted to it, and the cause of Jieshu's death was not "self-respect", but the prince's desire to seize power, as for sending Wang Huaxing north to rescue the emperor, he would simply go to death.

The Ming army has 100,000!

But he only gave Wang Hua 20,000!

Not only did Wang Huaxing go to death alone, but the 20,000 brothers were also sent to death by the prince.

As soon as the news came out, the already chaotic military mentality immediately changed, and almost everyone's minds began to float.

Dingyuan Fort, which seems to be peaceful, still seems extremely calm, the soldiers are still in the barracks, their families also live inside and outside the city, the soldiers and the people have not moved, there is no rebellion among the soldiers, and there is no situation where they have scattered and fled.

But even so, Dingyuan Fort had been under martial law a few days ago, and the city and outside the city were even more heavily guarded than usual. Sentry posts were added at the intersections of the streets, and from time to time there were patrols on horseback walking through the streets, with solemn expressions and murderous faces, and the officers who led the team looked around coldly, but whenever there was any movement, no one doubted that he would use the knife. There are two lines of soldiers standing outside the yamen gate in the city, and the firecrackers are watching back and forth, and the streets in front of the yamen are strictly forbidden for pedestrians to pass.

This yamen was originally the line of Prince Li, and now it is the line of the crown prince. The whole yamen was very quiet. Although there are constantly nervous officials, wrappers. The officials were busy coming and going, but no one dared to speak loudly or let their footsteps sound.

"This hall wants to punish him for the nine clans!"

Again, a shout came from the house, and it was the prince's angry scolding.

"Wang Huaxing! This dog slave actually dares to say that this hall is a mess! ”

In any case, Yinren couldn't accept all this, he didn't expect that Wang Huaxing, who was plain and submissive, would dare to have a different heart, and as soon as the order from his side was sent, he replied to the order there.

"This chaotic order is also, the minister will not obey the order!"

Simple eight words, this is Wang Huaxing's reply, these eight words are like a loud slap in the face, and he is dizzy after being pumped, and he doesn't even come back to his senses for a long time.

In any case, he didn't expect Wang Huaxing to be so bold.

"This dog minion actually dares to do this to the main hall, does he think that the main hall will not dare to kill him?"

Yinren scolded angrily.

He asked, scolding.

"Mingzhu, he is your sworn brother, you tell the main hall, what kind of bear heart leopard gall did this dog slave eat, and he dared to do this to the main hall!"

"Minions, minions don't know ......"

Mingzhu, who was kneeling on the ground, put on a panicked look.

"Slaves are also very strange, logically speaking, there are a lot of us in the Hetra army, why is he so bold and dares not to obey orders, it is really ...... Extremely bold......"

Although kneeling on the ground, looking panicked, Mingzhu couldn't help sneering in his heart, looking at the rampaging Yinren, the coldness in his heart became even stronger.

This is the crown prince of the Great Qing Kingdom!

With such a prince, can the Great Qing Kingdom still be saved?

It's hopeless!

For Mingzhu, who has been up and down all his life, what he is best at is betraying, for so many years, suppressing opponents and betraying friends, he has not done less, even for Wang Huaxing, he has fallen into the well more than once, for him, interests are always the most important.

Now, Mingzhu is even glad that he made the original choice, but unlike in the past, this time he betrayed not a person, but a country - betraying the Qing Dynasty!

However, it is not a big deal, and between personal glory and wealth and the country, he chooses the former. Since the Great Qing Kingdom is hopeless, it is better to sell it at a good price while it can still be sold!

Mingzhu, who was kneeling on the ground, didn't pay any attention to the prince's anger at all, and there was only one thought left in his heart, that is, after all this, whether Wang Huaxing would fulfill his promise.

Promise!

Wang Huaxing is a man of promises......

Really?

In this regard, Mingzhu both believed and doubted, after all, who would have thought that Wang Huaxing, who had made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty, had already defected to the Ming Dynasty.

No one thought of it, but it was also not unexpected, after all, the Great Qing Kingdom acted against Wang Hua, it was too inauthentic, according to his merits, it was also appropriate to be crowned a king, but in the end, what did he end up with?

The king was not sealed, and was even left out in the cold for several years.

But how can anyone not be cold?

"Hey, Your Majesty, it's not a slave who is unjust, it's really forced by the situation......"

After talking to himself like this in his heart, looking at the angry prince, Mingzhu kowtowed again and said.

"Your Highness, the servant thinks that the most important thing at the moment is not to be severely reprimanded, but to be kind and comforting and enveloped to dispel his dissatisfaction, otherwise it will ......"

Without waiting for Mingzhu to finish speaking, Yinren scolded angrily.

"Mingzhu, don't you see that Wang Huaxing's dog slave has a different heart? What a mess! Now that the decree of the main hall has reached him, it is a chaotic order, and the dog slave has never thought of listening to the main hall at all! ”

Yinren said coldly.

"Even, now that dog slave may have reported all these things to Huang Ama, Mingzhu, let me ask you, if Huang Ama investigates it, what should this palace do?"

Although he was angry in his heart, Yinren also knew very well that for Wang Huaxing, who had a connection with Huang Ama, he would definitely seek support from Huang Ama, and for Yinren, he was naturally unwilling to face all this.

"Your Highness, even if the emperor knows about it, what can he do?"

Mingzhu asked rhetorically.

"Now Jingnan is surrounded by the Ming army!"

Emperor...... Even if the emperor knows, what's the use? Could it be that the emperor can still fly out of Jingnan? The current emperor...... For the outside of Jingnan City, it is nothing more than a name.

"Pearl ......"

Yinren stared at Mingzhu before speaking.

"Actually, the main hall and the main hall are not so ruthless. Just ......"

Sighing, Yinren said again.

"This hall has to leave some vitality for the Great Qing Kingdom, don't you say?"

Sometimes, after a lie has been told thousands of times, even a liar will believe it, just like Yinren himself now believes that everything he is doing now is for the sake of the Great Qing Dynasty and to preserve the vitality of the Great Qing Kingdom.

"According to Huang Ama's plan, transfer these hundreds of thousands of people to Jingnan, it seems that the siege can be lifted, but what if the siege can't be lifted?"

Yinren said slowly, as if he was explaining to Mingzhu and to himself.

"If you can't break the siege, the last trace of vitality of the Great Qing Kingdom will be consumed, and at that time, what will the Great Qing Kingdom do? What about our flag people? I'm afraid that there will be no more banner people in this world, maybe all the banner people will die under Jingnan City, and when the time comes, who will laugh. Ming people will laugh, they will laugh from ear to ear, because all of a sudden, we will be completely solved. ”

Yinren shook his head, but he was only a teenager, and he looked worried at this time, and he seemed to have a maturity that did not match his age.

Mingzhu, who was kneeling on the ground, did not immediately answer, he can be said to be very familiar with these reasons, and even these views were instilled in the prince by him and other ministers before, after all, when he first left Beijing, everyone thought that the prince was going to retreat south, so he naturally wanted to do everything possible to find reasons for the prince. So that the prince does not need to bear the reputation of unfilial piety.

But who would have thought that the emperor had other plans, and there were only a few people who knew the emperor's plans, the prince was one of them, and the prince mentioned retreating south before, but it was just for acting, so that everyone thought that he would really retreat south, but acting, the prince was really going to retreat south this time.

"What the prince said is very true."

While kowtowing in agreement, Mingzhu said to Yinren again.

"The minion is not thinking about this now, the minion is worried that if the news of Wang Huaxing's disobedience comes out, will it cause any chaos......

Mingzhu's reminder made Yinren say sharply.

"Mess?"

Snorted, Yinren said.

"They dare! Give the order to go out now, but whoever dares to make trouble will be killed! ”

Messing around?

Of course, no one will make trouble, and almost no one dares to commit it, or hit a stone with an egg, but after the news came out that the prince wanted to use a knife to kill people and send Wang Huaxing to the north, the hearts of those who had been panicked because of the retreat to the south and the death of Prince Li became even more chaotic.

Those who had been watching began to worry about themselves.

For the officials, they are afraid that they will become another masterpiece and be beheaded on trumped-up charges, and they are also afraid that they will become another Wang Huaxing and be killed by a knife. As for the ordinary soldiers, they were also afraid that they would be hit by 20,000 people who went north.

In the Great Qing Kingdom, there have never been any secrets. Everyone knows that those 20,000 horses must have gone to die, but where did these 20,000 horses come from?

It must not be the elite brought by the prince when he left Jingnan, it must be from the southern garrison flag soldiers, even if they escape this catastrophe, what will happen in the future? What if the prince wants to kill that person by borrowing a knife to kill people in the future?

They even thought of Wang Yukun, who had disappeared, although he was only a civil official. But as the prince's confidant, his whereabouts are now unknown. Where is he? Whether it's life or death, no one knows.

No one cared about him.

Even when the crown prince knew that Wang Yukun might escape. I just responded casually. Even the crown prince did not care about his whereabouts.

The crown prince can not care, however, for those who lead the troops. They also don't care about a missing person. But they care about themselves, about their own lives and deaths.

Even now. They survived, but who knows if the prince will attack them in the future.

I can hide from the first day of junior high school, but I can't hide from the fifteenth!

On the one hand, the prince's ruthlessness made everyone panic. On the other hand, in the face of the current situation, no one thinks that the prince can turn the tide. So there are always some smart people who make their choice first.

In the last few days. More and more soldiers are fleeing. Not only the soldiers, but even a large number of troops fled in formation. They all chose to leave with their families. In their opinion, it is necessary to go with the prince to an unknown future. It's better to take your own destiny into your own hands.

The hearts of the people are lost. It happened almost instantaneously, but no one could stop it, and at this time, everyone was planning for themselves.

Although there is a military obstacle, but it can't stop people's desire for life, for all this, the prince first, all he can think of is to kill.

Although he wanted to use the knife in his hand to block the people from leaving, the effect was not very good, and even the people he sent out to block them chose to flee......