The capital is very large, and the big ones are in a circle. The outermost part is an outer wall with a radius of forty or fifty miles, and an inner wall is covered inside. There is also an imperial city inside the inner city wall, and there is also a Forbidden City inside the imperial city.

But the very large capital is also deserted now. There were not many pedestrians on the street at all, only the groups of officers and soldiers who hurriedly walked by, all with happy expressions on their faces for the rest of their lives.

A few days ago, seeing that millions of Dashun soldiers were divided into two routes, one south and one west, and surrounded the capital, the whole capital suddenly panicked, and chickens flew and dogs jumped.

The powerful and powerful people who have connections and roads have begun to run away, and one after another full of big cars are clattering out of the city.

Everyone knows that they can't count on those Beijing camps who have never fought at all, and there is only a dead end in the capital.

The little people also packed up their valuable items one by one in a hurry, and also rushed out.

But these people who ran out ran back a few days later, because the roads on three sides were blocked by the Dashun army, and only the north was left. But there is a Great Wall in the north, and it is the territory of the Mongols when you climb over the Great Wall, let alone go.

Every day there is bad news into the capital, today it is the Dashun army that occupies the Zhending Mansion, tomorrow it is the Dashun army that occupies the Tianjin Wei, these cities near the capital are simply like opening the city gate to welcome the Dashun army.

These bad news made the people in the capital even more panicked, and all kinds of rumors and rumors flew all over the sky. What Dashun army will come to the city tomorrow, and it will also slaughter the city. The emperor is ready to issue an edict to pass on the throne to the eight-year-old prince, and he is ready to be the emperor......

These rumors are even more frightening.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were helpless in the face of the pressure of the soldiers, and they all shouted that they wanted to stand with the Liukou and live and die with the capital, but in private, they had already packed up the gold and silver, wrote the table of surrender, and waited for the Dashun army to enter the city and immediately put on the pledge.

The emperor's mouth was bubbling anxiously, and he was anxious about the cabinet and the six Shangshu deliberations every day. But what good ideas can these people have at this time?

Many people have just been promoted, and these people usually talk about it, but now when it comes to this kind of life and death, they only have to be afraid and think of a way back for themselves, where will they have the ability and courage to turn the tide?

In the end, it was the newly appointed cabinet chief assistant Xia Junze who took up the burden.

This is a veteran who has been on the battlefield and is also a Confucian general. Previously he was the secretary of the military department, and after the previous first assistant Wen Tiren was deposed, he was promoted by Emperor Jian to become the first assistant.

said that it was Jian Ba, but in fact, no one wanted to be the first assistant. The situation has eroded to the worst, and whoever is the first assistant is looking for guilt, so those smart people are trying their best to excuse themselves.

In this case, the upright and fierce Xia Cannon took office.

The emperor, who was young and uninformed, panicked, was like a man who fell into the water and grabbed a life-saving straw, and gave Xia Junze the sword of Shang Fang, and let him preside over the defense of the capital, and the right to cut first and then play.

The first thing Xia Junze did when he took office was to rectify the Beijing camp and the forbidden army, execute a group of generals who ate people and did not do personnel, and promoted a wave of generals in the firing line, so that the morale of the Beijing camp could barely be supported.

The second thing is to block the nine gates of the capital, only allow entry but not exit, and violators of the order will be beheaded on the spot.

The third thing is to mobilize the people and levy them to help defend the city.

The fourth thing is to suppress rumors, calm prices, and use thunderous means to suppress those who spread rumors and take advantage of the opportunity to raise prices.

Through these few things, the panic in the capital has been stabilized for the time being.

But Xia Junze knows very well that this is just an expedient measure. Once the Dashun army besieges the city, the capital will not last long.

Therefore, the most important thing he did and the thing he pinned his greatest hope on was to write a letter to Jiang Chuan, the king of Qin, who had already led troops into the customs, asking him to quickly lead the troops to King Qin.

Xia Junze knew that the Ming Dynasty was hopeless, and he also saw that Jiang Chuan, the king of Qin, was an ambitious person. He actually hesitated for a long time to make this decision.

However, he is not the kind of foolish and loyal person in the end, it is better to hand it over to Jiang Chuan, a person who really has means and ambition, than to let the Dashun army attack the capital and hand over the fate of the royal family and the people of the capital to a predatory regime.

The lesser of two evils, as a battlefield veteran, Xia Junze finally chose Jiang Chuan.

As an old minister who is familiar with history books, he knows very well what it means to let a foreign feudal king enter the king of Jingqin at a time when the imperial court is in crisis.

But he felt that this was the best ending.

Jiang Chuan's reply reassured him, although the two had never been masked, but this King of Qin, who suddenly rose like a comet, gave Xia Junze a trustworthy impression.

Xia Junze, who had confidence in his heart, worked hard to maintain order in the capital, and on the other hand, sent people to step up inquiries about Jiang Jiajun's movements.

The good news came one after another:

The Jiang army defeated the Dashun army Hao Shaoqi with 50,000 horses and killed the general Hao Shaoqi at Shanhaiguan.

Jiang Jiajun defeated the 180,000 troops of the Dashun Army in two battles outside the Tianjin Acropolis, killed Li Zicheng's wife and brother Gao Yigong, and defeated Li Zicheng's general Yuan Zongdi.

These news made Xia Junze happy and surprised. Naturally, the capital was saved, and the shock was that the combat effectiveness of the Jiang family army was really strong, which was shocking.

According to the report of the spies at the time, the Jiang family army was outnumbered in every battle, but in the end it was a big victory without doubt.

The news came one by one, and the people of the capital were greatly relieved after being surprised, and the name of Jiangchuan, the king of Qin, became the name of everyone in the capital overnight.

Many people set up a shrine for Jiangchuan at home, burned incense and prayed, hoping that the gods and Buddhas would bless His Royal Highness King Qin with peace and health.

The limelight of King Jiangchuan of Qin was unparalleled for a while, and the person that the people of the capital must talk about when they meet is Jiang Chuan, King of Qin, and one thing that must be said is the outstanding achievements of the Jiang family's army.

Under this kind of atmosphere, Jiang Chuan was soon shaped into a heavenly god general, and his Jiang family army was all heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals who came down to save the people of the Ming Dynasty.

If Jiang Chuan knew, he would definitely feel that in a sense, these rumors were close to the truth of the matter.

The people have their own practices, and the officials have their own practices.

They began to inquire about the preferences of King Jiang Chuan of Qin, whether there was a wife room or not, and even thought about marrying their daughters and sisters to King Qin after King Qin entered the city, so as to tie up King Qin's thighs.

It is a person who can see that once the king of Qin enters the capital, he is an absolute minister. If you don't tie it up early, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it in the future.

At this time, no one thought about what the emperor was thinking.

In this frenzied atmosphere of the whole city, the news that King Jiangchuan of Qin broke Li Zicheng's army of 300,000 and that Li Zicheng was defeated and fled, which made this frenzied atmosphere even more advanced.

Two days after this great victory, the news came that Li Zicheng's Western Route Army had stopped advancing and retreated to Jinju, which made the people in the capital cheer.

Everyone knows that it was the prestige of King Jiangchuan of Qin who scared off the Dashun army, and the capital was truly preserved.

Therefore, before Jiang Chuan entered Beijing, he had already become a savior and a hero in the hearts of the people of Beijing. In the hearts of the officials, he is already the first minister of the Ming Dynasty who must hug his thighs.

And today, the King of Qin sent someone to bring news that he was going to enter the city with a large army.