The figure of three thousand taels of silver really surprised Queen Zhou, she didn't expect that her father could be so greedy that he dared to lose part of the money he gave him. She covered her mouth and almost told her father that she had given her father five thousand taels of silver, and that her father had lost two thousand taels.

Emperor Chongde was still immersed in disappointment and sorrow, and did not notice the empress's abnormality.

"Guozhang has made such a good start, how can anyone else come up with money! Alas, the state affairs are getting worse, am I really going to become the king of the dead country? Saying this, Emperor Chongde couldn't help but shed tears.

Empress Zhou couldn't say anything to comfort him, so the two of them could only cry as Chu prisoners. After a while, Queen Zhou suddenly remembered an important matter, and quickly wiped her tears and said:

"Your Majesty, the form is so dangerous now, do you want to let the prince ......"

Emperor Chongde shook his head and said, "It's not here for the time being. Juyong Pass is the Xiongguan Pass in the world. Although there are many thieves, where can they be defeated so easily? Moreover, the capital city is high and deep, and there are red-clothed cannons and 100,000 Beijing camps. Where can thieves easily defeat them? If the prince is allowed to go south at this time, I am afraid that it will shake the morale of the army. The cabinet will certainly not agree. Besides, after my Dazhao was set to be the capital here, it was not the first time that the Jingshi was soldiered, but when did my emperor and prince of Dazhao abandon the city and flee before the thieves arrived in the city? ”

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Guarding Juyong Pass is the chief soldier Tang Tong. Tang Tong had more than 20,000 men under his command, including 8,000 soldiers. Considering the danger of Juyongguan, if it is just to defend the city, the auxiliary soldiers can also be used to throw stones. Therefore, if Tang Tong and 20,000 people are honestly defending the city, although Huang Zide has many men and horses, it is impossible to take Juyong Pass in the short term. And Huang Zide is now extremely short of military food, once the army is under the fortified city, and he can't defeat Juyong Pass in a short time, he will fall into the dilemma of insufficient food and grass. However, Jiang Xuan, who had just surrendered, said that he had a good relationship with Tang Tong, and he could write a letter to recruit Tang Tong.

Although Huang Zide knew at this time that the more troops were surrendered, the bigger the problem would be, but at this time, he could only drink to quench his thirst.

"Now I can only gamble, if I can win the Jingshi, all the problems will be easy to say." Huang Zide thought so.

Within two days, before the army could reach Juyong Pass, Tang Tong's letter of surrender was delivered. A day later, Huang Zide's army arrived at Juyong Pass, and Tang Tong led his generals to surrender.

Tang Tong surrendered to Huang Zide with more than 20,000 people, Huang Zide still asked him to bring his own people, and now the strength in his hands is simply not enough to suppress the surrendered army, and naturally it is impossible to reorganize these surrendered troops according to the drill code, so these surrendered troops are basically no different from when they were still in the official army except for the change of banners.

At this time, Emperor Chongde finally saved nearly 100,000 taels of silver through various means, including "happy donations". As soon as he heard that the silver had been taken, Wu Changbo, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, immediately became faster. He wrote that he would immediately bring tens of thousands of his subordinates to the rescue.

It's just that at this time, it was already a little late, Wu Changbo was still in Shanhaiguan at this time, but Huang Zide had already taken Juyong Pass bloodlessly, and now there was only one horse between him and Jingshi.

At this time, Huang Zide received a letter from Xuanyi Daoren, which repeatedly emphasized one thing to Huang Zide, that is, you must not really capture Jingshi, because once this happens, it is easy to fall into the middle of the remnants of the Zhao Dynasty and the Tartars in the north.

Huang Zide knew that most of his troops at this time were surrendered troops, and it was probably okay for these troops to fight a smooth battle, but if they were ...... against the Tartars, considering the invincible prestige of the Tartars for decades, Huang Zide felt that these surrendered troops did not have the courage to fight with the Tartars. If you really want to deal with the Tartars, not to mention whether these surrendered troops will fall over immediately, for now, you can really only rely on the more than 10,000 real people in your hands to fight with the Tartars.

Huang Zide understands that once the Tartars enter the customs, there will definitely not be only 10,000 people. Relying on more than 10,000 people, he can't beat those Tartars no matter what. After reading Xuan Yi's letter, Huang Zide sighed and said to himself: "What the Taoist chief said still makes sense, but it is difficult to ride a tiger now......

At noon the next day, Huang Zide's army came to the city of Jingshi. Huang Zide stopped Hui Yuanru from sending people to persuade the officers and soldiers of the Beijing Division to surrender, but first sent a letter to Emperor Chongde. In this letter, Huang Zide changed his attack on Emperor Chongde in the previous text, not only no longer scolding him as a faint monarch, but praising him for his diligence in governing the country. It was only because he was deceived by the small group, coupled with the Tartars outside the gate, and the thieves such as Zhang Bingzhong inside the gate who kept making trouble, that he failed to govern the world well. Now the real loyalty, he Huang Zide told the emperor that if the emperor was willing to trust him, and named him the king of Jin, and provided him with some grain and grass, he would be willing to drive the king forward and go to the court to pacify traitors like Zhang Bingzhong, as well as those damned Tartars outside the Guan.

Of course, Huang Zide knew that Emperor Chongde would definitely not believe that he was the so-called true loyalty, but if he was smarter, he would definitely know that he was just extorting a ransom fee from him. Even if Emperor Chongde was not smart enough, Huang Zide believed that those courtiers under Emperor Chongde would definitely be able to see his true intentions. When the time comes, they will take out a batch of money and grain, and Huang Zide will naturally break the siege after getting enough food to support the army to return to Jingxiang. Then, they were temporarily safe, and Huang Zide was also temporarily safe. Wouldn't it be a win-win situation for both worlds?

However, there are different opinions on whether the letter will be effective. At least Hui Yuanru decided that this letter must have no effect at all. For if he agrees, he bows his knee to the thief. The first is whether the thieves will really withdraw after they get the money and food. What if the thieves get the food and eat the deceived food and continue to attack the city? Wouldn't that be going to stage the story of the shame of Song Jingkang again? Even if the thieves are all honest and trustworthy good thieves, and make an alliance under the city, this kind of loss of power and humiliation of the country, someone will always come out to take responsibility in the future, right? Emperor Chongde will definitely not take this responsibility, a few days ago, it was rumored that the imperial court secretly made peace with Dongxuan, and public opinion was in an uproar for a while. Then Emperor Chongde shrank his head inward, and directly threw Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, out and cut off his head "to thank the world". If anyone agrees to the request in this letter this time, even if the thief army really retreats. After the thief army retreats, he will most likely be dragged out by the emperor and cut off his head "to thank the world". So:

"Pseudo-Zhao will not agree to this clause." Hui Yuanru said in the end.

However, Liu Jiexuan did not agree with him: "No matter what, let's try it first." The soldiers are coming to the city, fighting one or two victorious battles, and letting them know that they will definitely not be able to hold it, maybe they will be weak? After all, it will be in the future when the head is cut off in the future. Besides, the old gentleman said that Emperor Chongde is a shameless person, and what he did made his family top the tank. Most of these people are afraid of death. Let's fight a few victories under the city, and when he sees that death is coming, can he still be soft? Besides, now, if we don't get food, we won't be able to live this day. Whether it's useful or not, let's send the letter in first! ”

After the letter was delivered, the result was the same as what Hui Yuanru said, and there was no response from the imperial court. So two days later, Huang Zide's army arrived outside the city.

Emperor Chongde couldn't wait for reinforcements from Shanhaiguan at this time, so he had to let the Beijing camp prepare for defense. According to the general rules of defending the city, there will always be some officers and soldiers camped outside the city gate to fight with the army in the city. In order to boost the morale of the defenders, the silver that was originally going to be given to Wu Changbo in Shanhaiguan could only be embezzled first. It's just that Shanhaiguan also has a lot of connections in Beijing, so naturally this news can't be hidden from Wu Changbo, so Wu Changbo, who was already preparing to go out, immediately stopped and didn't move.

Huang Zide placed the camp outside the Changyi Gate, and the Beijing camp was outside the Changyi Gate, close to the city gate, and more than 2,000 horses were also arranged. Huang Zide decided to give the emperor in the capital a dismount with these people. Huang Zide called Huang Guo and said to him: "I will give you a thousand men and horses, can you defeat the two thousand people outside the city with the artillery on the city wall?" ”

Huang Guo rode on his horse, squinted his eyes and stared at the officers and soldiers over there for a while, and then said, "Just those officers and soldiers?" I can break them in a cup of tea. ”

Facts have proved that Huang Guo really didn't brag, his cavalry really only took a cup of tea, and with just one charge, it scared those officers and soldiers outside the Changyi Gate to blow up the camp. They didn't even hold out until they met each other, and they scattered. The officers and soldiers in the city opened artillery to help the battle, but because they lacked training, they fired a few cannons not only failed to hit the revolutionary army, but accidentally injured many officers and soldiers.

Looking at the appearance of the officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp, Huang Zide couldn't help laughing.

This battle almost frightened the officers and soldiers in the Beijing Division. Even the defenders who had been placed outside the other gates were quickly recruited into the city.

After this battle, Huang Zide sent a messenger again to send a letter similar to the previous one, but with more severe wording and a little more demanding (and increased the amount of grain and silver requested). However, there was no reaction from the imperial court. In fact, now the imperial court can't agree to it, because they can't come up with such a large sum of money.

Huang Zide waited outside the city for another two days, but there was still no response from the imperial court.