On the third day of the first lunar month, Li Zicheng was not idle, and he sent three messengers out. Vertex updates are the fastest

As soon as he went to Luoyang, he ordered Li Guo, who was stationed in Luoyang, to cross the river from Mengjin and go deep into the north of the Yellow River, first take the only remaining Huaiqing, Weihui and Zhangde three mansions in Henan, and cooperate with the Mandate of Heaven army that arrived later to form the South Road Army;

The second group of messengers went to meet with Wang Anping, the head of the Han Qing Bureau, and ordered him to mobilize all his forces and fully cooperate with the Northern Expedition of the Mandate of Heaven to Beijing;

The third group of messengers was even more desperate, they rushed to Beijing, and the messengers carried Li Zicheng's handwritten letter and directly asked Zhu Youzhen to fight.

Whether Zhu Youzhen can receive this handwritten letter, Li Zicheng is not sure, for the Heavenly Mandate Army, this is just the icing on the cake, Zhu Youzhen can not receive this letter, and there is no loss to the Heavenly Mandate Army; If Zhu Youzhen can receive this letter, it will just make the imperial court panic and win time for the Heavenly Mandate Army to prepare for war.

The current Mandate of Heaven Army already has the ability to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, Li Zicheng doesn't care about the preparation of the Ming court in advance, a top-notch court, no matter how much it tosses, it is impossible to affect the general trend of the world and change the course of history.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the Mandate of Heaven army had prepared grain, grass, equipment, etc., and assembled outside the Changle Gate in the east of Xi'an.

The 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, Independent, and Mukden Battalions had a total of three cavalry regiments and 40 infantry regiments in eight battalions, of which 17 infantry regiments were equipped with rifles.

220,000 troops, this is almost ninety percent of the combat effectiveness of the Mandate of Heaven Army, in order to take down the Beijing Division as soon as possible and completely bury the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng has to fight hard.

Among the civilian officials accompanying him, in addition to Minister of Personnel Song Xiance and Minister of National Defense Niu Jinxing, there were also many middle- and low-level officials.

This is a fateful battle, if it is won, the Mandate of Heaven Army is very likely to win the world, once defeated, the Mandate of Heaven Army in addition to retreating to Xi'an, the future future and destiny will fall into an extremely uncertain state.

Although Li Zicheng discussed several times with the officials of the Eighth Department of the Third Academy, he did not dare to be careless, whether in terms of quantity or quality, the number of troops dispatched for this expedition was already the limit of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Premier Liang Wencheng, President of the State Court Lu Zhiqi, and President of the State Supervision Yuan Shen Dao took the officials who stayed behind to Changle Gate to see off Li Zicheng.

Outside the Changle Gate, the Kyushu flag of the Heavenly Mandate Army was waving in the wind, and the army of more than 200,000 people seemed very crowded, but the Yongchang Emperor Li Zicheng and the officials of the three courtyards and eight departments were there, and the soldiers were not only orderly, they didn't even have a sneeze, only countless war horses shook their heads, I don't know whether they were frightened or excited.

There are two main types of soldiers' uniforms, soldiers armed with rifles, all of whom are wearing camouflage uniforms, while soldiers who are still equipped with cold weapons, and cavalry, are all silver-black armor, which makes people understand at a glance.

Li Zicheng first glanced at the neatly arranged soldiers around him, then asked the officials who knelt to be flattened, whispered a few words to Liang Wencheng, and then turned over and bowed his hand to the officials left behind, "Wencheng, Zhiqi, Shen Dao, Xi'an, I will hand it over to you!" ”

Liang Wencheng, Lu Zhiqi, and Shen Dao led the civil and military officials to kneel in the cold wind, and Liang Wencheng, who was the head, said loudly: "The ministers are waiting for the emperor's triumphant return!" ”

Will you definitely return if you are triumphant? Li Zicheng laughed secretly, turned around and shouted in a deep voice: "Let's go!" ”

"Let's go!" He Xiaomi shouted, and then the voices of the heralds came and went, and they spread throughout the whole army.

The independent battalion was the vanguard, and the fourth battalion would be the main force of the army on the southern route.

On the afternoon of the ninth day of the first lunar month, Zhu Youzhen received a letter from Li Zicheng and held a court meeting early the next morning.

At today's government court meeting, there was originally only one problem, that is, how to meet the Heavenly Mandate Army, but Zhu Youzhen had his thoughts, so there were two problems at the court meeting.

Zhu Youzhen first showed the ministers Li Zicheng's extremely arrogant handwritten letter, and then said slowly: "Zhong Aiqing, the rebels of the Heavenly Mandate Army have openly rebelled, and they will send troops to fight a decisive battle with the imperial court, what are your best strategies to retreat?" ”

The court was booed, but no one dared to speak, the more than 200,000 elites of the Heavenly Mandate Army, who dared to poke its sharpness? So many overseers were defeated and died......

Zhu Youzhen was not disappointed, the ministers were helpless, as early as he expected, every time the selection of the superintendent, and even the military department book, it would last for several days, and now the Mandate of Heaven Army is getting stronger and stronger, who will not care about life and death for the sake of the Ming Dynasty?

Ministers are helpless, maybe not a bad thing!

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the ministers with his gaze, then landed on Li Mingrui's body, bowed his head slightly, then withdrew his gaze and sighed softly.

Li Mingrui shook his long sleeves lightly, took two steps outward, knelt down in the court, his heart was on the ground, his back was facing the sky, and he played: "Your Majesty, the minister...... There's a book to play! ”

"No rudeness!" Zhu Youzhen's face had a faint smile, "What does Li Aiqing want to play?" ”

Li Mingrui got up, bowed slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, the Mandate of Heaven Army has gone down to Henan, Huguang, and Shaanxi provinces, and killed countless Ming governors and officials...... It is better to temporarily move the capital to Nanjing, and when the situation changes, the imperial court will organize a strong army, take advantage of the situation to recover the Beijing division, and deal a heavy blow to the Mandate of Heaven army......"

He presented a piece of music that had already been written, and the eunuch Wang Chengen took it and handed it to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen took the chapter, read it carefully, and waited until his mind calmed down, then he raised his head and glanced at the ministers, "What do you think?" ”

Everyone was very surprised by Li Mingrui's recital, and they didn't dare to speak for a while, for fear of distracting Zhu Youzhen's mind and being forced to fight on the battlefield.

Zhu Youzhen is very embarrassed, even if there is no way to withdraw the army, now that Li Mingrui has proposed a plan to move south, you don't express your position, do you have a way to withdraw the army?

The imperial court really raised these pigs' heads for nothing!

The more Zhu Youzhen thought about it, the more angry he became, but his opposite side was countless ministers, and he couldn't cut them one by one, so he slapped his palm on the dragon chair and shouted in his mouth: "Seeing that the Heavenly Mandate Army is about to come to the city, as courtiers, you can hold the court's money, but you can't share your worries for me......"

"Wait for a capital offense!" The ministers saw that Zhu Youzhen was angry, and under the leadership of Shoufu Chen Yan, they knelt on the ground one by one.

Zhu Youzhen was speechless for a moment, I don't want you to kneel, but I want you to agree with Li Mingrui's proposition!

He swallowed and spit, barely suppressed his anger, and said coldly: "Whether you are guilty of capital crimes or not, it is not a matter for the imperial court to discuss today, now that the Heavenly Mandate Army wants to go north to the Beijing Division, and Li Aiqing advocates moving south, what are your opinions?" ”

The court was silent, hundreds of officials knelt down, only Li Mingrui was standing, and the rest were all buttocks.

And the ass can't speak!

After a stalemate for a while, I don't know who it was, I couldn't hold it back, and suddenly let out a loud fart, which finally broke the silence of the court.

I don't know if it's a response to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen was even more annoyed, but he was the king of a country, and he couldn't punish the minister for a fart thing, but he was anxious in his heart.

Li Mingrui was even more anxious, since the ministers had no objections, the emperor happened to be arbitrary! He gestured with his eyes, hoping that Zhu Youzhen would make a final decision and confirm the matter of moving south in the court.

Zhu Youzhen also understood what Li Mingrui meant, but he would never be arbitrary in this kind of thing that would be infamous in later generations, unless the ministers begged him, he reluctantly made it difficult for him, and when the time came, the major event could be decided.

The ministers seem to know that this is a matter of historical infamy, and they can only talk with their butts, do they need to give up the matter of the capital and the imperial tomb, and need their own wise emperor to carry the black pot?

No, this kind of thing that is detrimental to wisdom must not be done by yourself.

"All the ministers are flat!" Zhu Youzhen avoided Li Mingrui's gaze, sighed secretly, and said, "Since Zhong Aiqing has no intention of moving south, then this matter will be abandoned for the time being!" He put the word "for the time being" very seriously, hoping that the courtiers would hear the mystery.

The matter of moving south, because the courtiers did not dare to take responsibility, could only give up for the time being, but the matter of the Northern Expedition of the Heavenly Mandate Army to the Beijing Division, but they could not pretend to be deaf and dumb, the Ming Dynasty belonged to the Zhu family, and the courtiers could pretend to be deaf and dumb, but the king must make plans in advance.

Zhu Youzhen waited for the ministers to get up, and glanced at the ministers again, and there was no longer the spirit in his eyes, "Zhong Aiqing, the Heavenly Mandate Army has left Xi'an, and will cross the Yellow River and enter Shanxi in the near future, do you have a way to retreat?" His gaze deliberately stayed on the faces of the first assistant Chen Yan and Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the military department, for a short while.

The two of them trembled with fright, my mother, if I had a way, wouldn't I have killed the thieves long ago? At this time, didn't handing over the task of the thief to me force me to go to the battlefield and die?

Zhu Youzhen is also angry, since there is no way, why don't you agree to move the capital? Seeing that the Liukou is about to fight the Jingshi, you are the most trusted minister of the imperial court, shouldn't you share my worries?

Chen Yan and Zhang Jinyan didn't dare to speak, who dared to speak in military affairs? At this time, if you don't get favored by the emperor, you need to lead troops to fight, that is, you are looking for death.

The ministers all had the idea of protecting themselves, and there was no strategy for retreating, so the court meeting could not be held.

Zhu Youzhen's expression was very lonely, but the ministers looked at it in their eyes, but they were indifferent, the Ming Dynasty is the Ming of the Zhu family, not the Ming of the ministers, or the change of dynasty, and the new dynasty also needs manpower.

Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other rogues have been slaughtering the Ming clan, but for the local gentry, they have been wooing, and people with a discerning eye know that the rogues only hate the Ming clan, not the hundred officials in the court!

There is no need for them to perish with Da Ming.

Zhu Youzhen didn't know the thoughts of the ministers, or rather, he didn't know how many ministers in the court had such thoughts, but the monarchs and ministers didn't have the same minds, and they couldn't have understood it any better, he was moving towards the Ming Dynasty, and the ministers only wanted to protect themselves......

A feeling of weak fatigue suddenly hit him, he yawned involuntarily, and weakly spat out two words: "Retreat!" ”

"Retreat!" Wang Chengen's sharp voice was stirring in the main hall, Zhu Youzhen had not yet gotten up, and the ministers had begun to withdraw from the Imperial Palace......