Li Yan led his troops to the east of Beijing, and sent 10,000 people to the south to garrison, 10,000 to the east on the spot, and 10,000 led by Li Mu to enter the city from Chaoyangmen. What they had to do was to gather all the defenders in the city and move them outside the city. Then, before the arrival of the Qing army, the defense of the city head was prepared.

Their dead have been cremated in Tongzhou, a total of 1,387 people, and the urns of these people have also entered the city with the troops. Six hundred and thirty-six seriously wounded were also carried into the city to recuperate in the inner city. The 1,150 lightly wounded were left alone in a battalion, plus a battalion of generals, who were sent to the city wall to command the people to defend the wall.

Li Yan's arrival did not make the capital chaotic, whether it was the people or the gentry, what should they do. They experienced Li Zicheng's entry and escape, and also experienced the entry and escape of the Qing army, including the recovery of salaries and silver, and the wanton looting of the Shun army and the Qing army before retreating, and even the imperial city was burned. They have long been numb, and there is nothing to be surprised or afraid of.

The officials who stayed in the capital did not come out to greet Li Yan. At the beginning, they surrendered to Dashun and persuaded them to enter the table, but in the end, they were forced to pay for the salary, and they were put on the stick if they didn't come out, which was really regretful for not being at the beginning. After that, he came out to greet the Qing army, thinking that the prince had been snatched back, but it was empty joy. Who knows how long Li Yan can stop when he comes to Beijing? None of them are motivated.

Li Yan entered Beijing in the indifference of the people in the capital, and the people who had to go out had "Shunmin" on their hats or foreheads, and the words "Shunmin" were also pasted on the door. Everyone else is closed and hiding in their homes and afraid to come out, so the streets are very deserted.

Of course, there are still many houses that have been destroyed by fire, and some are still smoking. The family members were crying helplessly on the edge of the house, not caring at all that the capital had changed its owner again.

He entered the imperial city directly from Donghua Gate, but what he saw was also full of ruined scenes. A fire when Li Zicheng left burned most of the imperial city. There are still some eunuchs in the imperial city who are taking care of them, but they are all old and weak, and they can't do any work. Some of the other eunuchs committed suicide, some escaped, and some followed Li Zicheng to the west. The ranks of eunuchs as high as tens of thousands are now only two or three thousand.

Li Yan instructed Sun Sifu: "Send some people over to take a look at all the warehouses and palaces inside, and register the things." The guards here don't need to move for the time being, just keep an eye on the valuables. ”

"Yes." Sun Sifu quickly went to inform.

Li Yan also knew that there would not be many valuables in this Forbidden City. When Li Zicheng and the Qing army withdrew, they had already taken almost everything. As for the defenders here, they are all natives of the capital, and if they lose their jobs, it will make the Forbidden City unpeaceful.

Li Yan looked casually, then left Beijing City and returned to the camp in the south of the city. When he went back, he learned that Hou Sui and Chen Yan were waiting for him in the camp.

Li Yan ignored it, and only returned to his big tent after making a round around the barracks. Thanks to Li Zicheng's previous preparations to stick to Beijing, the houses outside the city have basically been demolished, so that they can set up camp outside the city. Their large battalions were also arranged outside the moat, in order to be able to directly allow the Qing army to come over and fight directly with the Qing army.

When he had finished inspecting, he returned to his tent. Hou Sui and Chen Yan had been waiting outside the big tent, but they didn't kneel, they just bowed and saluted.

Li Yan entered the big tent, sat down, and then asked, "Mr. Hou, didn't you surrender to Li Zicheng and retreat west with Li Zicheng?" How did you come back again? ”

Hou Sui lowered his head in shame and arched his hand: "The grass people did not surrender, they were kidnapped by them. The grass people took advantage of the panic of their soldiers and horses to escape. ”

"I see." Li Yan said meaningfully: "The noble prince is very active in Nanjing, and he also went to Henan to contact the official gentry, wanting to support them and support King Lu." ”

It was the first time Hou Sui had heard of this matter, but he also knew that once he participated in it, it would be very dangerous to succeed or not. His face turned pale and said, "This, this, the grass people don't know." The dog is reckless, please forgive the generalissimo. ”

Li Yan was also surprised when he looked at Chen Yan next to him, knowing that they didn't know the news that King Fu had done the founding of the country. So he said casually: "But your son wasted his efforts, and in the end King Fu became the prisoner." ”

Chen Yan lowered his head, but his eyes were boneless. Since Nanjing has been founded, although he is the former first assistant, it should be possible to go to the south and enter the cabinet or take charge of a department.

Hou Sui is much calmer, he can see that the south has not reached a consensus when the dynasty is in danger, and there is still internal party fighting, no matter which side it faces in the future, it will be difficult to last. He has thought about it, he doesn't want to do this official, or return to his hometown to retire. Although he bought some properties in Nanjing that year, he still kept some of them in the Guide Mansion. After two ups and downs, he now feels that stability is the most important thing.

Originally, he didn't want to come to see Li Yan, but he couldn't stand the begging of his colleagues, so he had to let him, who was considered a person who had some friendship with Li Yan, probe Li Yan's bottom and see what Li Yan's attitude was.

So he could only stubbornly ask: "Dare to ask the generalissimo here, what is his proposition?" ”

Li Yan said casually: "An Min, calm the chaos." ”

"So, what about after the chaos?" Hou Sui then asked.

Li Yan smiled and asked rhetorically, "What does Mr. Hou think it should be?" ”

"This, this," Hou Sui stammered: "The generalissimo is the prince, after quelling the chaos, he should be the blood of the emperor and Ming." ”

Li Yan laughed and said, "What Mr. Hou said is not true. Besides, I heard that the three princes were killed by Li Zicheng, and this royal blood and bones are hundreds of thousands of dollars, who does Mr. Hou say is better? ”

Hou Sui was sweating all over his head, and arched his hand: "The grass people dare not beak this matter, and the generalissimo will say a word." However, the killing of the prince and others is all rumors, and they should not be believed. ”

"Qin lost his deer, and the world chased him." Li Yan said with a smile: "Da Ming is dead!" The so-called royal bloodline, if they keep to themselves, they can still live with peace of mind. If their hearts are higher than the sky, I am afraid that there is only one way to destroy the clan with their bodies. ”

Hou Sui and Chen Yan both bowed their heads, not daring to refute Li Yan's statement. Those who dared to act committed suicide as early as when Li Zicheng broke the city, and they naturally did not dare to touch Li Yan's scales. Besides, now that they already know that Nanjing already has a prison state, they are not without a place to go. And looking at Li Yan's attitude, it doesn't seem that he has the intention of forcing them to stay, so they naturally don't have to fight for Li Yan.

Li Yan looked at the silent two with a smile, knowing that his revelation of Nanjing had played a role. Let these people go and cause trouble in Nanjing. Now there are two factions in Nanjing, plus those who have fled south, there is nothing left in Nanjing except for party strife.

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