If you want to talk about panic, the most panicked are the officials who surrendered in the Ming Dynasty, the civil and military generals, the honorable ministers, and the names of the people, adding up to hundreds of people!

If Zhou Zheng fights back and protects the Daming Dynasty, then they are all rebellious and want to connect the nine clans!

From the dragon's work to the destruction of the family, who can accept it?

These people are both snakes and rats, worried and uneasy, many people found the former Ming Dynasty military department squire, Zhang Jinyan, who was promoted to the secretary of the military department of the Dashun Dynasty with meritorious service, hoping that he would pass on the news to Zhou Zheng.

Zhou Zheng's cavalry marched around the city, stopping those fleeing from the city and keeping a close eye on the movements of bandits elsewhere.

It was dark and dark, Man Gui, Yang Guozhu, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhao Shujiao, Cao Wenzhao and others finally arrived with a large army, and the first step was to surround the capital.

Above the capital, Li Zicheng's army was full of various costumes, and if you took a closer look, they were actually ragged people, with extremely scarce armor, and they stared at the city gate in panic and uncalmly.

Li Zicheng summoned the generals who fled back and discussed defending the city, and in the end, it actually became a 'breaking the enemy', this so-called 'breaking the enemy', everyone present knew that it was an escape.

Zhou Zheng's army of more than 100,000 people surrounded them with 10,000 or 20,000 people, even if they were trapped and trapped.

Li Zicheng convened Niu Jinxing, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Zongmin and others to discuss and discuss, but they didn't come up with a good solution.

Li Zicheng was very annoyed, shook his hand, and went back to the harem.

The people left behind looked at each other, Niu Jinxing thought about it, and hurriedly went to prepare for the enthronement ceremony again.

The Qianqing Palace was brightly lit, and all kinds of ceremonies were well prepared, and officials at all levels, civil ministers and military generals also came early to wait for the rehearsal.

At first, these officials did not dare to speak, but only looked at the road, but then they grew bold and began to whisper. One by one, their faces were worried, their expressions were frightened, and they were stubborn, cooperating with this hurried enthronement ceremony.

Especially those generals of the Ming Dynasty, they are ten times more worried than Li Zicheng's people!

Zhang Jinyan stood in a relatively high position, looking at the enthronement ceremony that seemed to be complete, but in fact it was full of mistakes and omissions, and he was about to faint in a panic.

Outside the Dongzhi Gate, Zhou Zheng's camp.

Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao, Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao, Cao Bianjiao, Yang Guozhu, Gao Jie, etc., all above the general army are here.

Gao Jie has been appointed by Zhou Zheng as the chief soldier and continues to be in charge of his original army.

When Gao Jie saw that Zhou Zheng really fulfilled his promise, he was naturally grateful to Dade, his doubts were eliminated, and he was naturally loyal and hardworking.

He looked at the map of the capital and said: "My lord, the eight gates of the capital, Desheng Gate should be the weakest here, it was originally my people who were stationed, but now I don't know who it is, but it must be sent over casually to make trouble." ”

Gao Jie knows Li Zicheng's people very well, and it makes sense for him to say this.

Zhou Zheng snorted and said, "Jiandou, what do you think?" ”

In terms of war experience, Zhou Zheng really can't compare to Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng has been studying and listening: "My lord, the capital is not compared to other places, and I am afraid that the loss will be not small if it is blindly attacked, and if Li Zicheng jumps over the wall in a hurry, slaughtering the people and officials in the city, there are ...... Your Royal Highness the Prince, our sins will be great. ”

Zhou Zheng listened, and immediately frowned, the little prince must be kept, otherwise when he enters the city, he will have to worry about the succession to the throne.

Zhou Zheng stood up without moving, looked around at everyone, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the bloodline of the first emperor, and my prince of the Ming Dynasty must not have anything to do!" ”

Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao and others are not Zhou Zheng's neighbors, and they can't naturally understand Zhou Zheng's thoughts and purposes, so they all nodded silently, these are all due meanings.

People with sharp minds, seeing that Zhou Zheng did not take the opportunity to rebel or other meanings, were also secretly relieved.

Zhou Zheng has a great favor with Lu Xiangsheng, even if Lu Xiangsheng is vaguely aware of it, he will not say much in this case, and said: "The idea of the lower official is to encircle the three and let Li Zicheng go out." ”

Man Gui was stunned for a moment, and said puzzledly: "We finally surrounded the thief, why did we let him go?" Let it out, but let the tiger return to the mountain, it will be difficult to catch it again. ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Zhou Zheng and said: "The northwest is too chaotic, if Li Zicheng dies, more people will inevitably emerge, it will really be a pot of porridge, we will spend more manpower, material resources and time to suppress the bandits, if Li Zicheng escapes to the northwest, gather and annihilate it, it will be decided in a battle, it is the most suitable." ”

Cao Wenzhao pondered and said: "The last general thinks that Lord Lu's idea is good, the northwest is like a pool of deep water, and there are too many officials and soldiers in it, and the court can't afford it. If Li Zicheng can gather people together and cut it off at one time, it is indeed the most advantageous way. ”

Zhao Shujiao, Man Gui and the others had thoughtful expressions and did not refute again.

The Northwest Rebellion, sporadically began in the Wanli period, and the Great Blaze was in the Apocalypse year, which has been nearly twenty years, and the Ming Dynasty has been extremely tired.

It can be solved at one time, and no one wants to continue to drag it out.

Zhou Zheng was also thinking that Lu Xiangsheng's strategy was naturally good, which could not only recover the capital as soon as possible and stabilize the hearts of the people in the world, but also keep the northwest from collapsing.

The only drawback is that Li Zicheng let the tiger return to the mountain, and the official army may not be able to get rid of it easily, the northwest is too big, and Li Zicheng will have a sports war, which will really give Zhou Zheng a headache.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Zhou Zheng and knew that he was embarrassed, so he said quietly: "My lord, now it is not what it used to be, without the constraints of the imperial court, it may not be so difficult to exterminate the rogues." ”

Lu Xiangsheng is also a person who has suffered the consequences of the court's 'work', and knows that the root of the suppression of bandits is in the imperial court, not in the northwest.

Zhou Zheng glanced at him, nodded knowingly, and said, "Then surround the three and let Li Zicheng escape back to the northwest." Let's talk about the strategy of continuing to suppress bandits. Zhao Shujiao, Cao Wenzhao, you led an army of 40,000 from the Daimyo's Mansion, Henan, and Nanzhili all the way to the south, opening up the road with Li Banghua. When the time comes, I will let him return to Beijing, and his army will be taken over by you, and then enter Huguang, recover Xiangyang, and enter Sichuan, Guizhou, and Shaanxi. Man Gui, Yang Guozhu, Cao Bianjiao, 60,000 of you came out of Shanxi, first exterminated the bandits in Shanxi, and then recovered Xi'an for me, and surrounded Li Zicheng on the border of Shaanxi and Sichuan in a dragnet style, waiting for the army to conquer together! ”

Everyone looked at the map and listened to the route planned by Zhou Zheng, but there was no problem, Cao Bianjiao spoke up at this time, and said: "My lord, the prisoners outside the gate have not moved, do you need the assistance of the cavalry of the lower officials?" ”

The best way to deal with cavalry is cavalry.

Zhou Zheng thought for a while and said, "No, with only 20,000 people, Huang Taiji doesn't dare to take risks." ”

Seeing that Zhou Zheng was calm and confident, everyone also had confidence in their hearts, and they raised their hands one after another and said: "Xiaguan (the last general) takes the order!" ”

Zhou Zheng made a plan here, quickly rearranged, more than 100,000 troops, rested quietly, and waited for tomorrow's siege.