At this time, in the imperial city, with the news that Tang Tong and Bai Guangen fled back with a big defeat, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the people were panicked.

Li Zicheng looked at Bai who was kneeling on the hall with a gloomy face, and Tang and the others were speechless for a long time. Because the two of them are generals, in order to show themselves in front of the new emperor, they are eager to make meritorious contributions, and they did their best this time.

"The two Aiqing have worked hard, come on, carry it down and ask the Tai Doctor to heal him."

At this moment, Li Zicheng had a headache, and before his emperor's throne was hot, a strong enemy came to the door. Only then did he realize that it was more tiring to sit on the country than to fight the country, and to fight the country was to pay attention to being accurate and fast: first accurately find out the city with weak defense, then plunder it fiercely, and finally quickly transfer to find the next one. As the saying goes, don't make trouble, don't make trouble. Now that he is the emperor, the people under him are no longer the objects of his own plunder, but the objects of his own protection, and their eating, drinking, and Lazar are all tied together, which makes him anxious every day.

Not to mention the irritability of the court, the most famous Dongxing Building in the capital today is very lively, and the entire restaurant is wrapped up by Li Zicheng's godson Li Shuangxi. Just over halfway through the banquet, his subordinates reported that the emperor had ordered all the generals to go to the Emperor's Palace for deliberations.

"Talking about, Chongzhen Lao'er let Lao Tzu run away, what else is there to discuss. Go. Go. Go, don't disturb Lao Tzu's alcoholic nature, carefully Lao Tzu cut you. Li Shuangxi spit out the smell of wine and waved his hand.

The father-in-law who passed the decree next to him stood silently aside, he hadn't figured out the temperament of these rural masters who had just entered Beijing, they were not as easy to deal with as the sour scholars of the Donglin Party, and they would fight if they didn't agree with each other. He was afraid of incurring an unwarranted disaster, so he didn't answer: Anyway, the will has already arrived, and it's up to you whether you go or not.

"General Li, this is someone from the palace, I'm afraid..."

Li Shuangxi was right when he thought about it, and the people in the palace still didn't want to offend, so he softened and said: "This father-in-law will go next door to rest for a while, and this king will enter the palace with you later." ”

The father-in-law had no choice but to go to the next room to eat and wait.

Li Shuangxi couldn't stand everyone's praise and toast, and after a while, he got drunk and unconscious. Li Zicheng sent someone to urge again, and his subordinates saw that Li Zicheng actually sent two groups of people to urge after a while, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he carried him into the palace.

Besides, the Imperial Palace at this time was far less festive than when he ascended the throne a few days ago, and the atmosphere was a little dull. Li Zicheng looked around and found that his generals were still in a state of drunkenness and death after more than ten days of carnival in the city, and they did not feel the urgency of the military situation at all. There were even a few generals who were still drunk despite being forced to come to the meeting by his military orders.

Li Zicheng couldn't help but be a little annoyed, he pointed to his drunken and unconscious godson Li Shuangxi and scolded: "Bastard, the Tartars are coming to the city, and you are still drunk like this!" ”

Li Shuangxi lay on the stretcher with his drunken eyes open, and said blankly: "Where is this..."

Li Zicheng was completely angry at this question, he kicked Li Shuangxi off the stretcher, and said angrily: "Strip him naked, drag him down and throw him into the water tank outside the hall to wake up the wine!" Then Li Zicheng swept his eyes and said majestically: "If there is anyone who is not sober, I will also let him sober up!" ”

Several generals were so frightened that their necks were cold, and the wine suddenly woke up halfway.

The hall fell into a deathly silence, because although they drank too much wine, they were not confused, and they all knew in their hearts that the Qing soldiers were powerful, and no one intended to lead the troops to the battle, so silence at this moment was the best choice.

It was Song Xiance who broke the dull atmosphere and said: "Your Majesty, the current situation is very unfavorable to me, the Qing army is not like the Ming army, they are all brave and good at fighting." ”

Li Zicheng's brother-in-law, General Quan Gao Yigong said: "Why should the Song military master raise the morale of others and destroy the prestige of his own people, my brother-in-law even defeated this huge half of the country, why not be afraid of the people in the countryside in a corner of the country." ”

Song Xiance said: "Oh? General Gao intends to lead his troops into battle? ”

Gao Yigong was not stupid, and when he knew that he was not impulsive, he said: "Hmph, if this general goes out, he will naturally be able to kill them without leaving a piece of armor, but to deal with these shrimp soldiers and crab generals, I naturally don't need me, everything is decided by the emperor." He knew that the Qing soldiers were not easy to deal with, so he directly threw the problem to Li Zicheng.

Song Xiance saw that he was unwilling to lead the troops, which was also in line with his strategic intentions, so he said: "Hey, General Gao doesn't know, several generations of Ming Emperors have conquered Liaodong, and they have been fighting for decades without success, so I have to be careful." ”

Li Zicheng was born recklessly, and he has always obeyed Song Xian's advice, he asked: "Then according to what the military advisor said, what should I do?" ”

Song Xiance thought for a while and said slowly: "Your Majesty, according to your subordinates, for the sake of today's plan, you should negotiate peace." ”

Although no one intended to lead troops into battle, as soon as his words came out, the hall suddenly exploded.

"What, make peace with the Tartars? Big joke. ”

"That is, I never knew what peace was about, and everything in the world has always been the final word."

Liu Zongmin, another general of power, also said: "Bullshit peace, the military advisor is afraid of him, I am not afraid, I will talk after the fight is over!" ”

It turned out that they were not unwilling to lead the troops, but they were unwilling to lead the troops alone, and no one dared to go alone.

Li Ziwei also had no intention of negotiating peace, in his opinion, the little Jurchen was not to be afraid, although he defeated Bai Guangen's troops, but it was all a Ming soldier, and it did not show how powerful the Jurchen was.

He was very happy to see that the generals who were still dull and silent just now were suddenly filled with righteous indignation, so he said proudly: "Since the day I started the army, I have vowed to build a paradise for the common people in the world where everyone has land and food, and I will definitely not allow his little Tartar to step into the Central Plains!" ”

Song Xiance saw that the generals were aroused by himself, and he didn't have any taste, he really wanted to negotiate peace and deal with Chongzhen together, but at the same time, he also had the luck psychology of deciding the male and female in a war.

It is imperative to go to war, Li Zicheng personally led the five powerful generals Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu, Li Guo, Liu Zongmin, Niu Jinxing, etc., to lead 300,000 troops stationed outside Yanjing City and decided to fight to the death with Dolgon.

Three days later, Dolgon also led an army of 230,000 troops from the Five Banners of Manchuria and the Three Banners of Mongolia and Han to the outskirts of the imperial capital. Just when the generals thought that a great war was about to break out, he strictly ordered all battalions to guard the camp gates and not to fight. He was waiting, waiting for Kong Youde's Hongyi cannon.

After five days of confrontation, on April 25, Li Zicheng sent Liu Fangliang, the general of the left battalion, to lead 3,000 troops to attack the Qing army's camp. Dolgon ordered his brother Duoduo and Azig to lead more than 10,000 cavalry to outflank each wing, Liu Zongmin's 50,000 infantry advanced very smoothly, like a dagger piercing the Qing camp, and Duoduo and Azig's 20,000 cavalry were like two giant hands, holding this dagger rigidly. It was a bloody battle in which the outcome was determined by strength, and both sides fought hard, suffering heavy casualties.

Just when Liu Zongmin entered the enemy formation and pierced the enemy's heart when he saw it, he saw a row of cannons suddenly lined up outside the camp of the commander of the Qing army, and there were as many as 100 cannons.

Dolgon smirked on the hillside: "Haha, let you try the power of this king's Hongyi cannon!" Smash them for this king!! ”

With Dolgon's order, countless cannonballs fell from the sky, accompanied by a loud sound to the sky, how could the Dashun army have ever seen such a battle, it was instantly bombarded and torn apart, and it was quickly defeated under the two wings of Duoduo and Azig.

Dolgon, on the other hand, took advantage of the situation to attack in a big way, and the Manchu soldiers were mainly cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and the Dashun army was bombarded by artillery and quickly cut them apart, so that they could not care for each other.

Li Zicheng was furious when he saw the defeat of the army, so he had to personally lead 10,000 soldiers to the rescue. He shot and killed several Dashun soldiers who fled, and said angrily: "If there are any more retreaters, there will be no mercy!! ”

"Kill. Kill. Kill" The soldiers behind him also roared, and this roar immediately suppressed the scattered deserters, and the remaining remnants of the soldiers quickly approached him, barely resisting the impact of the Manchu cavalry. With Li Zicheng's joining, the situation of the rout was quickly brought under control, and the two sides became evenly matched again.

The battle lasted until the evening, with heavy casualties on both sides, and the Dashun army suffered heavy losses. Dashun fought head-on with the Manchu soldiers for the first time, and only then did he really feel the strength of their field battle, Li Zicheng listened to Song Xiance's advice, and had to withdraw the camp to the Beijing division overnight, wanting to rely on the high walls of the Beijing division to resolve the advantage of the Manchu cavalry.