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In fact, the matter of discussing peace is not necessarily what Chongzhen thought of, after the slave chief Taiji outside the gate ascended the throne, he has sent envoys many times to try to contact the Ming Dynasty and discuss the matter of peace. （）

Huang Taiji's request is to sit on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty outside the Guanguan, and the area outside the Shanhaiguan Pass will be owned by the Qing State, and the two countries will divide the territory and rule, and the Ming Dynasty will follow the example of the Northern Song Dynasty to treat the Liao State, and the New Year's currency will be lost to the Qing State, and the two sides will strike the war.

But because the Ming Dynasty and the opposition are very resistant to the matter of making peace with Jiannu, no one dares to be this up-and-coming bird and outcropping rafters to propose peace with Jiannu, for fear that they will be pointed out by Wanfu, and they will end up in disgrace in the future, in addition, the Ming people have an innate contempt for Jiannu, thinking that it is impossible to negotiate peace with them, and the upper and lower levels used to firmly believe that sooner or later, they will be able to settle Jiannu, but in recent years, Jiannu's strength has become stronger and stronger, And it has always been an offensive against the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty is declining, and the war with Jiannu is even more defeated, coupled with the domestic civilian army, the Ming Dynasty pressed the gourd to float the scoop, and the financial situation is even more stretched, so Chongzhen considered the matter of making peace with Jiannu.

Although Chongzhen had the idea of negotiating peace with Jiannu, he didn't dare to put it forward clearly, for fear of ruining his reputation as a so-called Mingjun, so last year he only secretly instructed Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian to secretly negotiate the conditions of peace with Jiannu, but later I don't know because of what link there was a mistake, the rumors were revealed, and the government and the opposition were in an uproar.

Now that Yang Sichang has died in Suizhou, Gao Qiqian's eunuch was also captured by the Xingtian Army, surrendered to the Xingtian Army, and betrayed a lot of his privacy.

If he can negotiate with Jiannu, then the pressure on the north will be reduced, so that he can transfer a large number of Chen Bu's officers and troops in the north from the north, and let them go south to deal with the Xingtian Army, in this way, Da Ming may still have a chance to solve the great enemy of the Xingtian Army.

Once I thought of this and thought about the huge benefits that it might bring, this idea couldn't help but start to swell rapidly in Chongzhen's mind, but on the other hand, once this matter was negotiated, if the government and the opposition heard the rumors, it was estimated that there would be an uproar, Chongzhen had a problem, that is, he cherished his reputation, don't look at the current virtue of governing the country, but he still insisted that he was a Ming Jun, and although it was a forced delaying tactic to negotiate peace with Jiannu, But it will still be scolded by the people of the government and the opposition.

So he sped up his pace of pacing back and forth in the main hall, and the attendants and palace maids who were waiting in the hall were a little dazzled, and he suddenly stopped, with a determined look on his face, and ordered loudly: "Quickly recruit Chen Xinjia into the palace to meet Yu I!" ……”

After Chen Xinjia heard the order, he hurried to the palace, Chongzhen Ping retired from the palace attendants and palace maids, and began to discuss with Chen Xinjia secretly.

After Chen Xinjia left the palace, he stood at the palace gate and shook his head and smiled bitterly, now that the state affairs are not in place, the saint is finally determined to negotiate peace with Jiannu, once this matter starts, then he Chen Xinjia estimates that he will become the finger of Qianfu, but if he doesn't do it, he can't do it, Xingtianjun is really making too much trouble at the moment, Huguang is estimated to be helpless, once Nanzhili is occupied by them again, then the Ming Dynasty will be completely finished, this Chen Xinjia still knows this, but he can't come up with a good way to deal with it for a while, can only send people to urge Ding Qirui to step up the suppression of the Xingtian Army, but he also understands in his heart that even if Ding Qirui is forced to death, now Ding Qirui has no ability to suppress the Xingtian Army.

Does Yang Sichang have wrists? How can Ding Qirui be compared with Yang Sichang, but what about Yang Sichang? After taking the throne, not only did he not destroy Li Chuang, Zhang Xianzhong and Xingtianjun, but let Xingtianjun sit in Henan, and now he was forced to die in Suizhou City by Xingtianjun, Yang Sichang can't do it, and he can't do it, not to mention Ding Qirui, he must be even worse.

And now the saint is anxious to negotiate peace with Jiannu, it can be said that it is really helpless, at the moment there are fewer and fewer officers and troops available in various places, even if there is, it is simply impossible to face the Xingtian Army as an enemy, looking at the world, I am afraid that the only people who can fight with the Xingtian Army are now Guanwai Hong Chengchou and those new guards under his command Shaanxi soldiers and Guanning Army, if the northern soldiers and horses cannot be transferred south to face the Xingtian army in a short period of time, even Sun Chuanting, it is estimated that there is no way.

This is all forced by the Xingtian Army! After he sighed, he hurriedly boarded his sedan chair, stepped on the sedan board and said, "Go home quickly!" In addition, I sent someone to invite Ma Shaoyu of the Ministry of War to meet me, and I also invited Zhu Jizhi, the head of the Ministry of War, to come to Fuzhong......"

Two days later, Ma Shaoyuhe, accompanied by Zhu Jizhi, quietly left Jingshi and headed for Yizhou, Guanwai, without any contact with local officials along the way, and quietly left Shanhaiguan......

Looking at the dense army of the Xingtian Army outside the city, as well as the banners waving in the wind like a forest, at this time, Song Yihe had no choice, and under the protection of the family, he personally put on the battle, put on a set of iron armor on his body, and hung a sharp sword on his waist, and climbed to the head of Wuchang Mansion.

It's a pity that at this time, the defenders of the city were colorless, standing on the city wall tremblingly, looking out of the city, full of fear left, but without the slightest courage to fight to the end.

Song Yihe worked tirelessly to climb the city wall in person, inspected all parts of the city wall, and constantly summoned the defending generals, cheered them up, and behaved as relaxed as possible, telling them that the reinforcements were rushing up the river from Nanjing to Wuchang Mansion, as long as they held out for a period of time, the reinforcements would arrive, and then they could defeat the thief army from inside and outside.

If you deceive a child, this kind of thing is estimated to be successful, but if you want to deceive these generals, it is basically the same as not saying, now in Wuchang Mansion, everyone knows that the Xingtian Army has laid down Huangzhou and Ezhou a few days ago, and completely cut off the road to Wuchang City from both land and water, which is already a well-known thing, and the Xingtian Army has gathered tens of thousands of troops outside the city, and has firmly surrounded Wuchang City. But it was only given to the new army of the King of Chu, and there was no one of them, so these generals were already dizzy, if it weren't for the fact that the King of Chu now has a large number of people listening to the tune, they even had the heart to simply attack the King of Chu's mansion, robbed this bastard and pulled it down, everyone scattered in two, each went back to his own home, and went to find his own mother!

Listening to Song Yihe's words, the generals said yes again and again on the surface, but in their hearts they had already begun to scold their mothers, and secretly said that if anyone is desperate, it is definitely a bastard, this life is raised by his mother's father, no one jumps out of the cracks in the stone, the court does not give food or pay, they can't eat enough, and they have to work hard, phew! Don't even think about it, watch the limelight! If it doesn't work, then Lao Tzu will throw the guy and surrender and pull him down.

Song Yihe didn't know what the soldiers were thinking, seeing how cheerfully these generals agreed, he thought that it had mobilized their morale! I was somewhat relieved.

As for the new army of King Chu, it is also not much better, when the Xingtian army began to cross the river, some people were already numb, most of them were defeated under the Xingtian army, basically they had seen the strength of the Xingtian army, the reason why they joined the new army of the king of Chu was just to find a way to eat in a short period of time, it was better than starving to death in Wuchang Mansion! As for making them fight with the Xingtian Army, it's a joke! This life is not too long for anyone, and there are really not many people looking for death.

It can't be said that there is no one who wants to die to the end, but there are also a small number of officers and soldiers and officials in the city who advocate fighting to the death, saying that they are eating kings and soldiers, and now the thieves are coming, it is time for them to repay the country, especially the soldiers of the wealthy clans who fled from all over the country, they really want to keep Wuchang City, because their relatives are in the city, and a lot of their family wealth is also in the city, once the city is broken, they will have nothing, so this part of the people is probably the most firm in their beliefs.

As for Xiao Tianjian's side, after the troops crossed the river, he also crossed the river to the outside of Wuchang Mansion, first commanded the soldiers and horses, and took down the Wuchang County outside Wuchang Mansion on September 12, and pulled the more than 200 captured officials and officers and soldiers who tried to resist in the city outside the south gate of Wuchang City.

For these more than 200 people, Xiao Tianjian was determined to borrow their heads, and immediately ordered these more than 200 people to be escorted to the two city gates in the southeast of Wuchang Mansion, lined up according to them, and then gave an order, sent knife players to go up, and one by one they raised their swords and fell, regardless of the cries and begging for mercy of these people, and cut off all the heads of these people.

Hula rolled all over the ground with more than 100 heads, and the blood in the cavity of the headless corpse flew far away, this scene was undoubtedly very shocking, even some of the new recruits who had joined the Criminal Heavenly Army were so frightened that they shrank their necks, not to mention the defenders in the city, when they saw that the Criminal Heavenly Army was so ferocious, they killed more than 200 people at once, and they were immediately frightened.

After killing these people, there were loud soldiers in the Xingtian army, who rushed to the city with a big copper horn in their hands, and shouted: "The defenders of the city have listened! Today's court is brutal and immoral, when the court Zhu thief does not sympathize with the suffering of the people, the government is even more tyrannical, you can't work for it, our lord has the virtue of a good life, you also have a family and a room, I can't bear to watch you wait for the city to be buried, give you a day to think about it, tomorrow our army will start to attack the city! If someone doesn't know whether to live or die, then this is the end of your wait!

That's right! Besides, if someone harms the people in the city, even if you surrender, you will be killed! Remember it all! ”

After shouting like this many times, the soldiers turned around and retreated into formation, but the defenders of the city began to come alive one by one.

Although some officers still tried to suppress their subordinates, so that they could not think crankily and prepare for a death battle, this person's heart is the most difficult thing to manage, and it is not something that you can control!

(This month's reward is really not powerful!) Sighing! ）