Beijing, Forbidden City, Zuoshun Gate Inner Partial Palace.

"Mr. Yang, what is the situation in Jinan now?" Chongzhen asked anxiously behind the imperial case.

Yang Sichang came out of the queue of a group of officials, bowed down with a wat board, and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, now Jinan has been besieged by captives, and the internal situation is unknown. Between Shandong and the capital, the captives were rampant, and the Tang newspaper was not transmitted, and now the news is that before the first day of the first lunar month, Jinan is still holding on. Although there are many material reserves in the city of Jinan, there are only more than 1,000 old and weak defenders in the city, so the situation is not optimistic. ”

Chongzhen frowned, dissatisfied with this answer. After that, he asked loudly: "Does the military department have a bill?!" ”

Yang Sichang hurriedly bowed down and reported: "Back to Your Majesty, the ministers have already discussed to let the governor Sun Chuanting and the governor Liu Ge Lao (Liu Yuliang) gather troops to rescue Jinan together." ”

"What are the troop forces now?!" Chongzhen immediately asked.

Yang Sichang immediately replied: "Now the number of troops gathered is 180,000. ”

"Good!" Chongzhen stood up from the throne and ordered loudly: "180,000 elite soldiers, it should be able to fight." Immediately give orders to Sun Chuanting and Mr. Liu, let them rescue Jinan. We must save the city of Jinan, and we must not let the German Fan (King De) fall into the hands of the Dongyu! ”

"Obey." Yang Sichang bowed to the end, accepted the order, and immediately retreated into the queue.

Now is not the time to show off, the first assistant Liu Yuliang just didn't hold back, and stood up and said that he wanted to go out to supervise the teacher and share the emperor's worries. After calming down, I knew that I had done something stupid, and I wanted to discuss with the emperor and change the supervisor to a reading division (the supervisor has leadership responsibilities, and the reading division is to review the troops, and he will come back after the review, and there is no responsibility). But the will has already been made, and how can it be changed? In the end, he went out of the capital and went to serve the frontier with Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting started as a thief, although he was a civil servant, but he had been in battle for a long time, and he had also trained Qin soldiers with strong combat power, so it was naturally no big problem for people to fight against Dongyu. But Liu Yuliang is a real civil servant, he has never led soldiers, has never fought, and can be involved in martial arts, that is, his old man likes fencing. Therefore, after Liu Yuliang learned that Lu Xiangsheng was defeated and died, and the Qing soldiers were coming, his first reaction was to run. immediately ran to Sun Chuanting's camp, which could be regarded as a little soothing for his frightened emotions.

Chongzhen saw that the ministers of the cabinet below and the six ministries were all standing silently with their heads bowed, and no one wanted to come out to report anything again, so he waved his hand and said, "Retreat from the dynasty!" After that, he went out of the side hall door surrounded by eunuchs of all sizes, sat on the royal seat, and returned to the Qianqing Palace to deal with the twists and turns.

After all these years of emperors, he finally understood that all ministers and celebrities, honest gentlemen, were unreliable, and they were not as reliable as the eunuchs around him. So he sent all kinds of prison troops, and he absolutely had to review the recital himself, and if he was really sleepy, he also asked the eunuchs to read it to him, and then he gave advice on how to deal with it, and then handed it over to the cabinet, and the draft decree could take effect after it was sealed. Now he is the brain of the Ming court, so he is very tired, but he feels that there is still not enough time, and he always feels that it would be good if he could have twenty-four hours a day.

He casually glanced at the few lanterns in the palace, a little sad. He still remembers that when he first ascended the throne, the lanterns in the palace were made of pearls and glass, and if they were damaged, they would immediately be replaced with a brand new one. It's only been ten years, and he's been thinking about the reason, but he hasn't found an answer yet.

But soon, he regained his perseverance, he wanted to be the master of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, and he wanted to be a promising king who went down in history, how could he be defeated by this little unsatisfactory? No, absolutely not!

Chongzhen's monarchs and ministers are still sending troops to rescue Jinan, but Jinan has fallen as early as the second day of the first lunar month, and King De, whom Chongzhen cares about, has also fallen into the hands of the Qing army.

In the eighth year, Fengyangzhong was attacked by thieves and the imperial tomb was destroyed. Now that the city of Jinan is broken and King De is captured, is the Jiangshan Sheji of the Ming Dynasty really in danger? Of course, after the fact, these thoughts will appear in everyone's hearts, and perhaps Emperor Chongzhen, who is anxious at this time and wants to relieve the south, will also think so.

Outside Jinzhou, the Qing army camp.

After Dolgon and Yue Tuo led the army to detour through Mongolia to invade the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji came to Jinzhou with tens of thousands of troops to contain the soldiers and horses of Liaodong, so that they did not dare to send troops to rescue Beijing.

In the huge tent of the Chinese army, there was only one charcoal basin, and it was as cold in the big tent as it was in the field. The little eunuchs shivered coldly, but the fat Huang Taiji, who was sitting behind the handsome case, was only wearing a single coat, his face was red, he was holding a book in his left hand to read, but he was holding a towel in his right hand, covering his mouth and nose. By the time he took the towel off, there was already a large pool of blood on it—Huang Taiji was bleeding from his nose.

"Your Majesty, the mansion of the Ming Kingdom has arrived." The little eunuch came in and knelt in front of Huang Taiji, holding a small book in both hands.

Huang Taiji put down the "General Guide to Senior Administration" in his hand, and then took away the towel covering his nose, and looked at a large patch of blood on it, and a trace of panic flashed in his heart. But his nose was now bleeding less, and he tossed the towel aside and commanded, "Burn it!" ”

"Huh~", the little eunuch dragged a long tail note, took the towel, and carefully retreated.

Huang Taiji took the Ming Dynasty mansion newspaper handed over by the eunuch and read it seriously. This is his habit for many years, and the Ming Dynasty's Di Bao has a lot of information, the major policies of the imperial court, and the promotion and reward of officials, which can be seen in the Di Bao. However, most of them, Huang Taiji could see at a glance that the ministers of the Ming Dynasty were fooling their emperor, and only the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who stayed at home could be deceived by his ministers like fools.

"The Ming reinforcements are going to Zhili in a steady stream," Huang Taiji finished reading the newspaper and ordered: "Fan Bachelor (Fan Wencheng), you draw up a decree and send it to Dolgon and Yue Tuo, and ask them to be careful, and if they are robbed, they will almost prepare to return, and don't be surrounded by the reinforcements of the Ming Kingdom." ”

"Obey." Fan Wencheng bowed down to receive the decree, immediately roasted his frozen hands on the charcoal basin, and asked the little eunuch to help him grind the ink and prepare to write the holy decree.

Huang Taiji took advantage of this time and asked again: "Master Fan, the businessmen from Shanxi haven't come yet?" ”

"No, I guess they're still preparing the goods. In recent years, there has been a severe drought in the north, and there are not many people growing grain in the south of the Yangtze River. Fan Wencheng explained for the Jin merchants.

Huang Taiji nodded and said, "It's really not easy, I will reward them well in the future." They not only brought me grain and iron ore from the Qing Dynasty, but also brought intelligence from all over the Ming Kingdom, which is really indispensable. and Wang Tianxiang and Dou Shou, who made red-clothed cannons, and Liu Jiping made the same contribution! ”

"The emperor is eloquent and strategic, God bless the Qing Dynasty." Fan Wencheng knelt down and praised loudly.

Huang Taiji smiled smugly, but immediately felt something hot flowing in his nose. So he had to put away his smile, and picked up a new towel from the imperial case and put it under his nose, and his nose began to bleed again.