Above the surface of the Yellow Sea, the blue sea merges with the distant sky.

On this somewhat choppy sea, there is a fleet of dozens of ships, riding the northwest monsoon wind slowly moving into the distance.

The figures in the fleet were longing, and from time to time there were a few sharp voices rising and falling, but they were the unique voices of the eunuchs in the palace.

Where this fleet is located, but the Ming Dynasty Emperor Chongzhen and his party who set sail south from Tianjin Wei are located, because the ground is not peaceful, and the pirates who have been quietly absent on the sea over the years, Emperor Chongzhen and others deliberately took the sea and land, and did not take the Cao Yun or land route.

It is also ironic that there have always been voices in the DPRK and China to open the sea, but in the end, these voices have always been vetoed by the princes and ministers of the inner court; However, now that they are fleeing south, the first safe route that comes to everyone's mind is the sea route.

Since the strong rise of Hongmen, there are fewer traces of pirates in the waters around the Ming Dynasty, and the court has opened the sea ban one after another a few years ago, and the maritime trade is frequent, making this once the Ming Dynasty's henchmen and the flow of pirates, gradually lose their living environment, and then make the Ming sea area is safer than the northern ground environment today.

"Your Majesty, Jinyi Wei came to report that he had imprisoned Hong Chengchou, the governor of Xuliao, in the heavenly prison, and I don't know what to do next?"

In a 2,000-material Dafu ship, Emperor Chongzhen sat in the cabin, looking at the location of the northern daimyo's capital.

An old henchman eunuch walked in and whispered to His Majesty in front of him.

Since boarding the ship and heading south, Emperor Chongzhen has always liked to be alone, unless necessary, he doesn't even want to go to Class A to walk around, but his quiet appearance at this time has also made the eunuchs around him gradually get used to it.

"Let him stay in prison until he dies!"

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly raised his head, his face was fierce and murderous: "My great country and my trust in him have been buried by him!" ”

"He should have died in Shanhaiguan and Zunhua City, but now he dares to shamelessly flee back to Beijing, is it really a bodhisattva of clay sculpture?"

"I want him to give my Jingshi a funeral!!"

At this time, Chongzhen's words were vicious, his personality was cold and cold, but he finally recovered his appearance in the capital, although the eunuch who came to deliver the message suddenly realized in his heart and restrained his movements, but at the same time, he was also a little relieved, and his master had not really lost his soul.

"No!"

The eunuch bowed down and retreated, and had his own means to spread the holy oracle.

After Chongzhen's heavy words and other culprits finally got the punishment he deserved, Chongzhen's land at this time also regained some vitality, and in the next few days, he began to gather a group of important ministers who went south with the team to discuss the next matter.

Among the Beijing Division, with the last line of defense such as Zunhua City being based on the Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui and the remnants of the front foot had just fled back to the Beijing Division, and the iron cavalry of the Qing Dynasty people on the back foot followed and surrounded them, and the traces of the army appeared near the north gate of the Beijing Division.

At this time, the capital division of the important place, has long been empty, 100,000 soldiers of the Ming forbidden army, 80,000 soldiers followed Emperor Chongzhen south, a huge Ming division is indeed only only 20,000 soldiers stationed, which can be seen in the emptiness of the army.

Even with the defeat of the Daimyo's Mansion and the soldiers of the Guard, as well as some recruited ruffians, as well as Wu Sangui, who fled all the way and integrated the defeated soldiers, the entire Beijing Division only had about 40,000 soldiers.

"Xu Zhi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Officers and Soldiers, was ordered by His Majesty to be added as the chief officer of the Shuntian Mansion, and then the support of all the generals is needed to guard the city!"

Wu Sangui and the others were fortunate that they were not imprisoned in the heavenly prison like Hong Chengchou, but because they were still of some use when they were defending the city at this time, and although the soldiers under their command were remnants, they also had some strength, so after they were defeated and fled into the city, they were summoned by Xu Zhi, who was temporarily promoted from outside the officials of the court, and at the same time asked about the situation of the Qing Dynasty's troops.

I am afraid that the Qing people have not had time to sort out the capture after breaking through the Zunhua defense line, but now they are already under the city of the Beijing Division, and the main army has surrounded the Beijing Division.

Wu Sangui and other soldiers saluted Xu Zhi with a heavy heart, in their opinion, at this time, waiting for the Beijing division to have countless flaws, there is actually no meaning to the discussion of whether or not to hold the Beijing division, the only thing that makes them think more is to guess how long it will take for the emptiness and waiting for the Beijing division to be broken by the Qing people, and the next consideration of themselves and others.

Fortunately, at this time, the vast majority of the gentry and merchants in the Beijing division have already gone south, and even many people have gone out of the city to avoid the military disaster, which will certainly make the Beijing division more empty, but the soldiers who defend the city without many worries will not be too heavy when the city is broken.

In the city, the Ming defenders led by Xu Zhi solemnly waited for the siege of the Qing soldiers and horses outside the city, but at the same time, the dark tide was also turbulent in the city.

"Whew!!"

"Woola!!"

"Dispose of the corpse, find a place to hide, don't show your feet!"

In the middle of the alleys such as the remote houses in the city, several figures suddenly burst out, knocking two men dressed in ordinary clothes to the ground on the spot, stabbing them to the vital point and dragging them into a dark place.

"You guys are really careless, you went out to ask for news at this time, and you didn't even know that you were being targeted by Jinyiwei and others!!"

After cleaning up the corpses, several figures went around the complex alleyways near the houses with great caution, until they made sure that there were no tails to watch, and then returned to their hidden lair.

As soon as he entered the door, the person who had just given the order had another attack, and grabbed the two guys behind him who bowed their heads solemnly and reprimanded them, so that they did not dare to raise their heads for a long time.

It wasn't until after the anger had subsided that the man in charge spoke to ask for information.

"Tell me how your investigation went?"

"Report to the battalion commander, the target now lives in their family's old mansion in Jingshi, and there are not many personal soldiers under his command, only more than 20 people, except for the guards who stay in the family house, and follow the target to and from the camp every day There are only about ten people."

The two young men, who had just been reprimanded so much that they didn't dare to raise their heads, hurriedly raised their heads, and told 1510 the news they had found out in a solemn tone.

"Ten personal guards, plus the strength of the target itself, it seems that the difficulty of this mission is actually not too big!"

The man who was called the battalion commander listened to the reports of his subordinates while muttering something to himself.

(End of chapter)