Chapter 56: This Is Wonderful
Yang Qing quickly slipped to his destination.
This is a separate courtyard at the back of the Shanhaiguan General Military Mansion, where the original Gaodi family lived, and now all kinds of imperial honor guards have been placed as Chongzhen's palace......
Or it can also be said that prison.
Chongzhen can't get out of this small courtyard, of course, the external saying is that His Majesty the Emperor suffered from the wind and cold on the way out of Beijing, and was angry with the rebel minister Yang Qing, so the dragon body is bedridden, since this is the case The cabinet governor's mansion These loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty can't come to disturb the emperor to recuperate, and if there is anything to deal with, just deal with it yourself, although the military and civilians of Shanhaiguan actually know that His Majesty the Emperor will scold the street in the palace from time to time, but there is no need to care about this kind of thing.
The military and civilians of Shanhaiguan did not say how deep their feelings for His Majesty the Emperor were.
Yang Qing listened quietly outside the wall.
Soon a series of hurried footsteps came from inside, and he quickly disappeared into the flowers, and then saw Li Yutian walk out of it, and then left with the two officers waiting outside.
Yang Qing looked at him with some confusion.
In other words, this governor of Liaodong, in fact, Wu Sangui's top boss outside the Guan, actually did not attend the meeting just now, but ran to Chongzhen's palace, which is obviously a problem.
But he is not interested in caring too much, Chongzhen will definitely not sit still, and will also find a way to save himself, after Li Yutian and his party disappeared into the darkness, he quickly slipped into the half-open courtyard gate, there should have been guards here, but it is estimated that it has been relaxed for a long time, after all, even if Chongzhen comes out of this small courtyard, it is impossible to get out of the General Military Mansion, this General Military Mansion can be part-time and the current Dadu Governor's Mansion, Wu Sangui's cronies are stationed here, and even Gao Di, the original Shanhaiguan General Soldier, took his people to move to a nearby temple.
What can Chongzhen do even if he gets out of this small courtyard?
As soon as Yang Qing entered, he saw Wang Chengen walking out of the opposite door, he immediately appeared, Lao Wang was stunned for a moment, and then Yang Qing hid in the shadow next to him, Lao Wang quickly sobered up and regained his composure, and said a few words to the two maids who were coming over, and the latter saluted and left. Then he shouted to the side again, several soldiers who should be guards stepped forward and saluted, and they didn't know what he arranged, these people immediately turned around and left and went out from the courtyard gate, Lao Wang looked at both sides vigilantly and then waved in the direction where Yang Qing was hiding.
"Your Majesty is good?"
Yang Qing stepped forward and whispered.
"I haven't been by those rebels and thieves!"
Immediately afterwards, Chongzhen appeared behind Lao Wang and said with some relief.
"Your Majesty, you've lost weight!"
Yang Qing said affectionately.
"Come in and talk about it!"
Chongzhen said.
The three of them quickly entered the door, there was only Yuan Guifei inside, Yang Qing hurriedly saluted them again, the situation was special at this time, and there was no need to be too verbose in etiquette.
"Your Majesty, the situation is critical at this time and requires Your Majesty to make a personal decision."
Yang Qing said very directly.
"Are those traitors going to kill the king?"
Chongzhen said unexpectedly.
"No, Han Zanzhou, who came to Nanjing yesterday, Shuntian Governor Song Quan, Li Zicheng's subordinate generals Li Guo and Li Laiheng, broke Jiannu in Ningyuan north and captured Ningyuan, at this time Song Quan and Li Guo held Ningyuan with tens of thousands of troops, locked off Dolgon's way to the south, Chen Sheng captured Jiannu's general Ao Bai outside the city Lingchi, and beheaded thousands of Jiannu to pile up Jingguan outside the city, Wu rebelled and broke his courage, and was discussing abandoning the city and fleeing to Jiannu.
It's just that they want to sacrifice their Majesty to Jiannu. ”
Yang Qing said.
"These wolf-hearted things!"
Chongzhen said hatefully.
"At this time, it is His Majesty's adventure, and the minister is carrying a way out of the city, but it is difficult to ensure safety, the minister can indeed come and go freely, but it is difficult to carry another person, the patrol and vigilance in the city are all Jiannu, once it is discovered, the minister can only say that he swears to protect His Majesty and live and die with His Majesty. The second is that His Majesty went out of the city with Wu Sangui, and the ministers went out of the city to gather Li Zicheng's elite cavalry, and set up an ambush in the middle of the attack, but Wu Shun's entourage still had thousands of Jiannu, and this battle was bound to be a bloody battle, and the ministers still did not dare to protect His Majesty in the war. The third is that His Majesty went with him, and the minister led the Jinyi Guard to wait for the opportunity to rescue him on the way, but the minister still did not dare to guarantee that nothing was lost, after all, Dolgon's army was still in Ningyuan, and the distance was only two hundred miles, once His Majesty fell into the hands of Dolgon, it would be difficult for the minister to rescue him, so he needed to ask His Majesty to decide. ”
Yang Qing said.
He actually didn't have a good heart.
No matter which choice is made, Chongzhen may die in chaos, but for him, Chongzhen's death is more in line with his mind than Chongzhen's being taken to Shenyang, a dead Chongzhen will not have those troubles in the future, and Chongzhen's death in the chaos can only be counted on the head of Dolgon, so it will be difficult for the successor to make peace with our Qing Dynasty.
O father's enmity!
But it's not absolutely like that.
After all, no matter which choice is actually there is a possibility of rescue, the two possibilities can only be said to be five or five points, so it can be regarded as his dedication to Chongzhen, in fact, it stands to reason that he is the most reasonable not to come, let Wu Sangui escape with Chongzhen, and then let Li Zicheng's people attack, so even if Chongzhen dies, it has nothing to do with him.
And this is undoubtedly causing trouble for yourself.
But he still wanted to rescue Chongzhen as much as possible.
If this emperor can go to Nanjing, then he is the first hero to save the driver, and the future is naturally needless to say, although he is rude and does not understand etiquette, and the princess's Sima Zhao's heart is well known, but he is a good thug, he will become an important weapon for Chongzhen to deal with Wenchen and military generals.
Not to mention his several life-saving graces to Chongzhen.
And if you change someone else, whether it is the prince or King Fu, he will not be able to become a cronie of the new monarch, if you change the prince, maybe he will kick him aside, after all, he is the mastermind who made the prince a hostage, although the prince was already in the hands of Li Zicheng at that time, but it is difficult to say whether the prince will hate him in this kind of matter, as for King Fu's accession to the throne, then it will be difficult to maintain the peace of Mingshun, King Fu and Li Zicheng are enemies of killing their father, and as the main planner of the peace of Mingshun, he may also be liquidated, And Chongzhen continued to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, both in public and private, and it was the best result for Yang Qing.
"Even if I die on the battlefield, I can no longer be humiliated by Jiannu!"
Chongzhen patted the case and said.
"You return quickly, lead the troops to wait outside the city, if Wu Shun dares to take me out of the city, you will attack with soldiers, even if I die on the battlefield, I will not live up to Taizu."
He went on to say.
"Obey the order!"
Yang Qing hurriedly said.
However, at this moment, there was a faint sound of bird guns shooting outside, and before they could react, a more intensive sound of shooting was heard.
Yang Qing was stunned for a moment, he quickly rushed out of the door and went to the roof a few times, and then he saw the dense firelight flickering in the west of the city, which was particularly eye-catching in the dark ancient city, and the next moment a faint shout of killing came into his ears, he quickly turned his head to look at the street behind the General Soldier's Mansion, and then a group of Ming soldiers suddenly rushed out of the alley and started a melee with a patrol of Qing troops......
"Kill, kill Jiannu and save the holy car!"
Shanhaiguan Adjutant General Gao Xuan shouted while carrying a knife in the personal guard.
The infighting has finally begun.
In fact, this is also normal, Wu Sangui can indeed surrender to our Qing Dynasty, he and these people have just withdrawn from the Ningyuan area, those generals' original industries are also outside the pass, and there are also a lot of relatives and friends in the Qing army, after they surrendered, not only the property was lost and recovered, but also Dolgon, who suffered serious losses at this time, will welcome them with open arms, at least Wu Sangui must also be treated at the level of King Sanshun, after all, he has an elite in his hands whose real combat effectiveness is not inferior to the main force of the Qing army.
But the Shanhaiguan Army is different!
They are all guards in eastern Hebei, and they abandoned their wives, children and homes to join us in the Qing Dynasty?
Just kidding!
It is only right to atone for the sins of the heads of the soldiers of the Qing army.
Including their leader Gao Di, Gao Di and Li Zicheng are still half of the villagers, he is from Yulin, Shaanxi.
At the same time that the high school election led the soldiers to fight fiercely with the Qing army, Leng Yundeng, who was originally responsible for the guard of Ying'en Gate, led a large number of soldiers to advance towards the General Military Mansion, and launched a fierce battle with the Qing army on the street. And at the same time, the cannon in the hands of the Guan Ning army originally stationed on the drum tower opened fire, but to Yang Qing's surprise, the target of the Guan Ning army's bombardment was also the Qing army, and a team had just rushed out of the general army mansion, trying to intercept Leng Yundeng's Qing army, which was instantly hit by the cannonballs behind it. In the distance, the fire of the war in Weiyuan Gate was also ignited, and the Guanning army should be responsible for the defense, that is to say, the Guanning army also joined the battle against the Qing army, and even the fire of bird guns appeared on the city wall, especially connected to the Great Wall, as the main commanding height of the southeast of the Great Wall, Jingbian Tower directly ignited a fire, and together with the Qing army stationed inside, it became a torch standing at night.
The entire Shanhaiguan was in the blink of an eye.
After thinking about it, Yang Qing also understood Guan Ningjun's choice.
Wu Sangui's breakthrough was limited to those of his cronies, because the latter was cavalry, that is, the so-called Guanning Iron Cavalry, but it definitely did not include the guards who accounted for the majority of the Guanning army, the latter was infantry, and they were slaughtered by Li Zicheng's cavalry when they hurried out of the city, and the families of these people were all in the city, they could run but their families would definitely not be able to follow, and then stay in the city and be destroyed as the family members of the rebel party, not to mention that they could not run out at all.
In this way, it is more cost-effective to exchange the heads of the Qing army and Wu Sangui for pardon.
In the final analysis, it is the interests that decide.
Just like in the original history, Guan Ningjun followed Wu Sangui to surrender to the Qing Dynasty because of interests, and at this moment, Guan Ningjun also betrayed him without hesitation because of interests!
"It's fantastic!"
Looking at Shanhaiguan, which was caught in the flames of war in the blink of an eye, Yang Qing sighed with satisfaction.
Then he took out a copper tube from his bosom, then took out a fire breaker and lit the hanging fuse below, and as the flame sprayed downward, a ceremonial flower suddenly flew into the sky and exploded in the dark night......
(Update the problem, my uncle died a few days ago, my mother was busy with funerals and was tired and not in good health, I mainly watched the children during the day, and I could only write a little at night, so for the time being, one chapter a day, two chapters on Saturday and Sunday, it's hard to say when the two more will be restored)