Emperor Chongzhen and his entourage had just arrived under the Nanguan City, and they saw the gate of the Guancheng open from a distance, Wang Guoxing took a tall general in his forties, and trotted all the way over, and more than a dozen steps away, Wang Guoxing knelt down on one knee and reported loudly to Emperor Chongzhen, who was still riding on a horse: "Your Majesty, Juyong Guannancheng is already in the hands of the front division of the palace, and the ministers respectfully invite Your Majesty to enter the city!" ”

The tall general who knelt on his knees behind Wang Guoxing then said loudly in a trembling voice: "Humble duty, Juyong guards the imperial general, Wang Chengyin, knock on the emperor!" Long live the emperor, long live, long live! ”

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen didn't like it in his heart, so he didn't say anything, nodded to Wang Guoxing, and went directly to the city. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Guoxing immediately got up and got on the horse and followed him, and that Wang Chengyin didn't know whether to get up or continue to kneel when he saw this situation.

Fortunately, Li Banghua, who was following closely, raised his hand at him and motioned for him to get up and mount his horse to follow.

Of course, Li Banghua knew that the emperor would inevitably be unhappy in his heart, after all, the guards of a closed city did not have the slightest sense of vigilance, and it was not until so many large groups of people arrived at the city that they hurriedly rushed out to greet him, and it seemed that he was still called out by Wang Guoxing.

Li Banghua guessed correctly, Emperor Chongzhen's mood at the moment was indeed unhappy. In his opinion, even if he explicitly forbade Wang Guoxing to inform the Juyong Pass guard in advance that His Majesty the Emperor was going to come to inspect, as an important gateway to the west of the Beijing Division, the guards and officers and soldiers of Juyong Pass should be able to discover the troops galloping from the south one or half an hour in advance to be qualified!

When he arrived at the gate, the general who guarded the city hurriedly came out to greet him, first of all, it showed that the general guarding the pass did not have any sense of precaution in times of peace.

Secondly, it shows that the dungeon fort leading to Changping south of Nanguancheng is in vain, and it does not play the role of scouts for observation and vigilance at all.

Therefore, at the moment when he rode his horse into the city, Emperor Chongzhen's heart was that no matter who the general guarding the pass was, he could no longer be placed in such a vital position.

The emperor entered the Guancheng, it was noon at this time, the sun was shining in the sky, although it had entered the early winter season, but the Guancheng of Juyong Pass was fine, and it was not too cold.

The two gates of the outer city and the inner city of Nanguan City have been taken over by Li Ruolian, the commander of the front division of the palace, so the emperor went straight through the urn city of Nanguan City, entered the second Nanguan gate, and then got off his horse in the open space in the Guancheng and took the people accompanying him to the top of the Guancheng.

Wang Guoxing and Sun Chengzong followed closely, and Hai Lanzhu and Wang Chengen were also on the side.

Looking north from the Nanguan City, a river runs through the north and south in the small Juyong Guancheng, enters from the water gate of the North Guancheng, goes out from the water gate of the Nanguan City, there are several stone bridges on the river, and the two sides are the official offices, the houses and the shops that stand in a forest, showing a chessboard layout. Looking north beyond the Beiguan City in the distance, there is a landform of two mountains sandwiched by a river, with steep mountains on both sides, a narrow road in the middle, and a river.

From this point of view, Juyong Pass is like an iron lock, locked on this passage from Datong and Xuanfu to the Gyeonggi region.

But looking at the magnificent scenery in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen's heart couldn't be happy.

Wang Guoxing looked at the emperor's face, and found that it was very different from the elated situation when the emperor came, and he was also worried in his heart, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, it is past noon at this time, do you want to let the guards in Juyong Pass arrange for the army to eat and rest first, and then ask questions after lunch?" ”

After Wang Guoxing said this, he looked at Sun Chengzong, who was thoughtful.

Sun Chengzong is the governor of Zhili, and now the military and political affairs in the northern Zhili should be under his control, if the emperor is dissatisfied with the officials of Juyong, of course he also has a certain responsibility.

Sun Chengzong knew the meaning of this Jinyi Weibei town envoy, so he bowed down to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty is here to live in Yongguan, and the guards in the pass will be at a loss, Your Majesty's mood, and the minister can understand it." However, it was already past noon at this time, and His Majesty had come far away to work hard, so it was not too late to rest and settle down before dealing with it! ”

Now this Emperor Chongzhen is also in a hurry, but he is still calm, listening to Sun Chengzong and Wang Guoxing say this, of course, he also knows that this is the right reason, so he nodded, and then said to Sun Chengzong: "Sun Aiqing is the Minister of Military Aircraft, and the Governor of Zhili, this place should be in charge of you, the big guy is now, I'm afraid they are all hungry, let the city guard Zuo arrange food and rest first!" ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly turned around and said to Wang Guoxing: "Who is the surname of the Juyong guard, and what is his position?!" ”

Wang Guoxing immediately replied: "The name of the guard general here is Wang Chengyin, and the minister's view is the rank of general!" ”

"Wang Chengyin?!"

Emperor Chongzhen listened to Wang Guoxing's words, and his heart was suddenly stunned.

When he was outside the city just now, Wang Chengyin's self-introduction, although Emperor Chongzhen heard it, but he didn't go to his heart, and when he heard this name again, he suddenly remembered someone.

This person's name is naturally also called Wang Chengyin, but now this Chongzhen Emperor saw this name when he read the history of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, and his position is the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town.

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town was precisely Wang Chengyin.

It was the general army of Xuanfu Town, whom Chongzhen relied on, that took the initiative to send people to contact and contact before Li Zicheng led the army to Xuanfu, and sent a surrender table, so that Li Zicheng, who had suffered heavy casualties after capturing Ningwu Pass and had the intention of returning to the west, suddenly strengthened his determination to go east to besiege the Ming Jingshi.

Wang Chengyin not only took the initiative to surrender himself, but also took the initiative to dismantle dozens of cannons on the fort at the head of Xuanfu Town to show his sincerity in not resisting.

The most hateful thing is that when Li Zicheng's army approached the city, he not only did not resist himself, but also forcibly detained Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of Xuanfu who swore to die and insisted on resisting, and handed it over to Li Zicheng's army for disposal.

As a result, Zhu Zhifeng preferred to die in front of the persuasion envoys of the Dashun Army, and finally chose to commit suicide.

The same Wang Chengyin, in the winter of the second year of Chongzhen, when the Houjin army besieged the Beijing Division, Man Gui led the Ming army and Jianlu in a fierce battle outside the Guangqu Gate, when he was the general of Jizhen, he faced the attack of the Jianlu army, first retreated, causing chaos in the Ming army, and finally killed Man Gui and Sun Zushou.

After thinking of these things, Emperor Chongzhen's face was even more gloomy as water, and he was speechless for a long time, no matter whether this Wang Chengyin was the Wang Chengyin in history or not, just rush this name, you must rather kill the mistake than let it go!

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen fell into deep thought after asking, Wang Guoxing thought for a while and said: "This Wang Chengyin is waiting under the city, if Your Majesty wants to see him, Weichen will upload him up!" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said, "No need! Let him wait! ”

Historically, the defense of the Inner Great Wall on the front line of Juyongguan has not always been under the jurisdiction of Jizhen, because sometimes, it is also under the responsibility of nearby Changping.

Changping was a Zhili state in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, but it also set up a military town many times, but this Changping town was set up from time to time, and most of them were appointed by the deputy general soldiers, except for guarding the imperial tomb, rarely played a real role.

This deputy commander-in-chief of Changping is sometimes independent, and it corresponds to the Governor's Office and the Military Department of the Five Armies, but more often it is subordinate to the General Military Office of Jizhen.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the deputy commander-in-chief of Changping was in charge of the line from Juyong Pass to Bauhinia Pass for a period of time, but the main task of Changping Town was to protect the Ming Dynasty imperial mausoleum in Changping.

After the death of the Emperor of the Apocalypse and the start of the Deling project, Wu Guojun, the deputy chief soldier who was acting for the military affairs of Changping Town, has been ordered to serve as a full-time mausoleum worker, and the first line of Juyongguan has returned to the jurisdiction of the Jizhen General Military Office.

So this time, although the deputy commander-in-chief of Changping knew that the emperor was going to Juyong, he was responsible for guarding the imperial tomb, so he did not accompany him.

Emperor Chongzhen knows this, and he also knows how the defense of Juyongguan is, so he can't blame this Wu Guojun, after all, he has been busy with the affairs of Deling since he took over, not to mention that this Wu Guojun is not useless in the original history.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen made up his mind, and then said to Li Banghua, who had been standing on the side since he went to the city: "After Liu Wenbing and Wen Zhenmeng brought the Shenji Battalion into the city, they immediately closed the city gate, regardless of the southern and northern cities, and no one was allowed to enter or leave!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, what is the emperor going to do? Is something big going to happen again?!