Li Zicheng spent most of the night finally lulling Gao Guiying to sleep, and just after closing his eyes, he was woken up by He Xiaomi, "Metropolitan Governor ......"

He turned up gently, so as not to wake up Gao Guiying, got out of bed with his clothes draped indiscriminately, pulled out the dark latch on the door, and walked out of the bedroom lightly, "Xiaomi, what time is it?" Is the army about to go on the march? ”

"Metropolitan Governor," He Mi hesitated a little, but finally said: "It's not a matter of going on an expedition, it's a message from the Hanqing Bureau!" ”

"The message of the Hanqing Bureau? Could it be that Gao Yingxiang's matter has a result so quickly? Li Zicheng's heart sank, if there was information so soon, it would definitely be detrimental to Gao Yingxiang.

He took the message, opened it and looked at it, and immediately frowned, it was indeed a message sent back by Wang Anping, but it was not about Gao Yingxiang.

Li Zicheng glanced at the message, and immediately shivered: At the end of June, the Tatars knocked on the pass, and in July, the king of Dorowuying, Azige, entered the Juyong Pass and surrounded the Jingshi......

According to rumors, Huang Taiji has been proclaimed emperor in Shengjing in April, with the country name Daqing and the year name Chongde, because Jingshi is far away from Shaanxi, and things are not very certain......

The message was sent by carrier pigeons, and Wang Anping was afraid that the information would not be detailed enough, so he used two carrier pigeons, but Li Zicheng still felt that it was far from enough.

If Gao Yingxiang's arrest just tickled him, then today's Tatar incident touched the most untouchable heartstring in his heart.

After coming to Daming, at first it was to survive, since he established a firm foothold in Xining, Li Zicheng's heart has firmly integrated the responsibility and national feelings of later generations into his own bloodline, and has become his life's unchangeable pursuit, "Chinese Empire", is the highest dream and ideal of his life!

Gao Yingxiang's problem, in the final analysis, is the Han nation's internal struggle between their own people in order to survive and power, and the entry of the Tatars is the naked plundering of the Han nation by barbaric aliens.

In the five northern provinces, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan, in the midst of bandits and soldiers, the people told the heavens not to cry out and the earth was not spiritual, and even the Shunmin were forced to become thieves......

Beizhili is under the nose of the imperial court, and it is also where the Beijing camp is located, thieves dare not easily step in, the people have just lived in peace for a few days, but the Tartars are bullying the heart of the Ming Dynasty!

Cruel Tartars, cowardly court......

What "the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies"? If you can't even guard the door, then the first damn person is the king!

Li Zicheng originally admired the Ming Dynasty's "no harmony, no compensation, no land, and no tribute", but at this moment, he seemed to understand that in the Han and Tang dynasties, "harmony" was just a strategy, the purpose was to minimize the damage of the people, and then accumulate strength to finally remove the threat of the nomads.

The discord of the Ming Dynasty is not only the backbone of the king and courtiers, but also a kind of institutional rigidity! Let the blood of hundreds of people make the courage of kings, and it is ordinary people who are tortured and killed anyway......

Gao Guiying got dressed, pushed open the door and walked lightly behind Li Zicheng, "Zicheng, I'm going on an expedition today, do you want to eat some desserts?" ”

"Oh?" Li Zicheng came back to his senses and tightened the clothes on his body, "No, I won't go on the expedition today!" ”

"Ah......" Gao Guiying was stunned for a while, Li Zicheng rarely changed his mind suddenly, is it for his uncle?

Li Zicheng raised his eyes, looked into the distance, his eyes became empty, and after a long time, he said slowly: "Xiaomi, the order, the second battalion is disbanded and returned to the camp, Wencheng, Shen Dao, Shijun, Shuangxi, as well as Old Man Mei and Mr. Tang come to discuss the matter!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Although He Xiaomi didn't know what was happening, he could only obey the orders of the Metropolitan Governor.

Li Zicheng entered the study alone and immediately sent a message to Wang Anping: Find out more about the Tartars!

After a while, everyone gathered in the front hall of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and after seeing Li Zicheng's face was not good, they all saluted, and then sat down on the opposite side.

It was rare for Tang Ruowang to see Li Zicheng's solemn expression, so he said tentatively: "Didn't the Metropolitan Governor go south to conquer Bashu today......

Li Zicheng was silent, but threw the message sent by Wang Anping on the square table.

Mei Zhihuan hurriedly picked it up, glanced at it, threw it to Liang Wencheng next door, and opened the next one, unconsciously screaming, his hands trembled violently......

Everyone was shocked, with Mei Zhihuan's age and concentration, he actually lost his temper in front of the Grand Duke, and that thing was definitely beyond his imagination.

There were exclamations from time to time at the venue, and only after about half an hour did it calm down, Li Zicheng said with a calm face: "Everyone, you are all the elites of the Heavenly Mandate Governor's Mansion, how will you deal with it next?" ”

Everyone didn't dare to speak, and after a moment of silence, Tang Ruowang said: "Grand Governor, everyone, although these two things are important, they don't seem to be directly related to the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion," after a pause, he said: "The imperial court is busy dealing with the north, and it is time to go south to ...... Shu."

"Mr. Tang doesn't know, Gao Yingxiang was captured, whether he is dead or alive, it really has nothing to do with us," Li Zicheng Ling Ran said: "However, Huang Taiji is called the emperor, this is to be on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty, and in order to demonstrate, he actually sent cavalry into the ......."

“……”

"Does Mr. Tang know? Why did Huang Taiji send Azig Xingbing soldiers to attack? ”

"Naturally, it is to expand the strength of the Qing Dynasty......"

"No, not only to expand the strength, but also to show off Huang Taiji's personal prestige," Li Zicheng said: "That's it, but once the Tartars enter the customs, the surroundings of the capital will become a barren land, and the property will be looted, and the strong men and women will all be looted and return to the north, the men are slaves, the women are maids, and the rest of the old and weak women and children are all slaughtered...... Near Jingshi, pity the people......"

"Ah......" Tang Ruowang waited for death and opened his mouth wide in shock, and after a long time, Fang said: "It's too barbaric, what generation is this, and you have to slaughter the people......"

Mei Zhihuan and Shen Dao knew the crimes of the Tartars the most clearly, and nodded unconsciously, Mei Zhihuan was influenced by Li Zicheng, and has always been "people-oriented" in Gansu Province...... ...... iniquity"

Li Guo said slowly: "Metropolitan Governor, what should we do now?" ”

"I plan to suspend the expedition to Bashu, concentrate the second battalion, tiger cavalry, and wolf cavalry, go east out of Longshan, or go beyond the border wall, and try to save the people......"

"Dadu Governor, absolutely not," Guo Shijun hurriedly said: "Outside the border wall, all the tribes of Monan Mongolia have taken refuge in Huang Taiji, and the Tartars can move freely, if we march from Monan, it will be in danger, and it is not feasible to go east out of Longshan, Sun Chuanting ambushed Gao Yingxiang in Heishuiyu, it can be seen that the Ming army still laid heavy troops along the way......"

Liang Wencheng also said: "Governor, we ambushed the Tartars in Helan Mountain last time, and Dolgon and Hauge lost their troops, this time the Tartars went south, will they take revenge on us by the way......

Ma Qiao, when is it, and you still have to leave heavy troops to suppress thieves...... Li Zicheng scolded secretly, but Liang Wencheng's words alerted him, would Azig avenge them for Dolgon? It's about preparing first.

Between Lanzhou and Beijing, there is also Shaanxi and Shanxi, and it is really difficult to use cavalry to attack for a long distance, and there are heavy troops of the imperial court along the way......

To rescue the people of Jingshi, the whip of the Mandate of Heaven is beyond the reach of the whip, and they can only protect the people on their own land, Li Zicheng sent an order to Wang Anping, put more manpower, and pay close attention to the movements of the Tartars.

At the same time, he asked Li Guo, Gao Yigong, and Wang Junzhuo to gather cavalry, which were in a state of combat readiness and ready to fight at any time.

Although he did not send troops to Beijing, at this time, the matter of going south to Bashu was in vain, and Li Zicheng was unwilling to add an excuse to the imperial court to exterminate the thieves when the Tartars broke through the barriers.

Let's wait until the Tartars are out of the plug!

The Song Ministry of Culture temporarily resided in Longnan Mansion, and there was no need to withdraw it, so it was regarded as a local garrison, and the grain handed over by Longnan and Taozhou did not need to be transported to Lanzhou for a long distance, just as military rations.

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In the Imperial Palace, Zhu Youzhen's face was gloomy, and when he saw that the ministers were all bowing their heads and being silent, he took the initiative to change his face, and his brows relaxed, "Ladies and gentlemen, Li Fuguo's military supervision is unfavorable, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, asked the court for help, and the Tartars have passed the Juyong ......Pass."

Everyone didn't dare to speak, and no one was sure that the cavalry of the Tartars would probably touch the emperor's head if they spoke at this juncture...... Once splashed with dirty water, with the emperor's current mood, it will be light to lose the official and remove the knight.

Zhu Youzhen's face turned white and red, red turned white, and his eyes were a little dizzy, he pinched his thigh hard through the cuffs of the dragon robe, and the pain made him sober up a lot, but the ministers were helpless, which made him extremely angry, and he couldn't pretend to be calm anymore, "I know that there are impeachments and noises on weekdays, and they fight like roosters, but today is a national disaster, but one by one is dumb......"

Wen Tiren's face couldn't hold it, he was the first assistant, others could pretend to be dead, but he couldn't, if he didn't say anything, it was estimated that the emperor would be a general, rather than being a general, it was better to take the initiative!

He took a step to the left and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the target of the Tartars must still be the Jingshi, and the minister thinks that Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army should be transferred to Xuanfu to meet the enemy!" ”

"Lu Xiangsheng is still in Huguang at the moment, right?"

Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, hurriedly went out of class and said: "Your Majesty, Lu Xiangsheng is chasing Liukou, and he has just crossed the Yellow River at this moment, and he is not far from the Beijing Division......

Zhu Youzhen trusts Lu Xiangsheng more, and he has made great contributions to the pursuit and killing of the rogue, but the target of Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army is still the rogue, "Lu Xiangsheng is the prime minister of the five provinces, if he goes north, the thief's business ......"

Wang Jiazhen, the right attendant of the military department, secretly thought that compared with the Tartars, the thieves were much easier to deal with, so he hurriedly snatched them out, "Your Majesty, exterminate the thieves, you can't relax for a day, and the ministers are willing to go to Henan and Huguang to supervise the army!" ”

Zhang Fengyi was furious, now that the Tartars have entered the customs, the north has burned his eyebrows, okay you Wang Jiazhen, but at this time, under the guise of a thief, thinking of sneaking away? What should I do if you're gone? Do you want me to go to Changping to oversee the army?

He didn't wait for Zhu Youzhen to make a decision, and hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Wang's method, I'm afraid it won't work, what Lu Xiangsheng relies on is his Tianxiong Army, this time he will go north, he will definitely bring the Tianxiong Army, even if Lord Wang goes to suppress bandits, there are no soldiers in his hands......"