Liu Guozheng said: "Your Royal Highness is merciful, it must be for the sake of the friendship between the monarchs and ministers who have been caring for more than ten years to send us to the rescue, but the Ming Emperor is alive, how should my lord deal with it?" His Royal Highness can't bear the infamy of killing the lord, wouldn't it be troublesome for His Highness to save the Ming Emperor? ”

Li Xihan was speechless for a while, and said: "This ......, Lord Hou, this lord doesn't think about it anyway, I will do whatever His Highness tells me to do." ”

Qian Meng said: "I dare not agree with what Lord Li said, I can't wait for His Highness to kill the Ming Emperor and let His Highness ascend to the Great Treasure early is already benevolent and righteous, why do you want to save his life?" Isn't the death of the Ming Emperor just in the hands of us? ”

Liu Guozheng said: "What does General Qian mean is that we are still actively arranged, but we will not save us at a critical moment?" ”

Qian Meng said: "That's right, I think that we will not only see death and not save us, but if there is an accident, we will fall into the well, and we must ensure that the person's life goes to Huangquan." ”

Li Xihan was anxious when he heard this, stood up and said: "No, this lord has followed His Royal Highness for nearly twenty years, and he has always obeyed orders, and he must not do this thing that betrays the master." ”

Liu Guozheng also hesitated a little and said: "His Highness sent us here to perform the task impeccably, if we bring back a corpse in the end, how can we have the face to go back?" ”

Li Xihan said: "Yes! We are all soldiers, His Royal Highness has always taught us to obey orders and listen to commands, anyway, this lord will do his best to save that person, not to save people but to harm people This lord will not do it! ”

Li Xihan's words were categorical, Liu Guozheng's hesitation was immediately dispelled, and he said with a final word: "Rescuing that person is an unchangeable plan, we are all pure soldiers, don't exist in the fancy intestines of politicians, be simple and down-to-earth." I ordered, starting with me, to strictly implement the rescue plan. Whoever neglects their duties and causes the death of the target will be court-martialed. ”

Qian Meng saw that the two lords were resolutely implementing the established plan and could not raise any objections, but he did not give up and retreated:

"The lowly will do its best to help save that person, but when he meets that person, the lowly will contact some civil and military to persuade him to give up the throne and the king of my family, if he refuses, the lowly will kill him even if he goes to the military court."

Qian Meng was a little ruthless, he was ready to contact some Ming and "Nanming" civil and military forces to force the palace, if Chongzhen refused to comply, he was ready to take bloody measures.

Liu Guozheng said very seriously: "That person has been desperate and chose to commit suicide, after we save him, we should be able to succeed if we put forward some conditions." General Qian Meng can try to persuade him to take the throne, but no matter whether he succeeds or not, he cannot use force to force him, in a vain attempt to kill that person and never mention it again. ”

As long as Li Xihan didn't let him disobey the military orders of the King of the South, everything else was easy to say and discuss, and he also came to the spirit and echoed: "My lord, His Royal Highness the King of the South, has a lot of help, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty betrayed his relatives, and it was logical for Zen to give the throne to His Highness, and he couldn't help it at that time." ”

Qian Meng saw that Liu Guozheng and Li Xihan were not allowed to simply end up with Chongzhen without a rut, and said depressedly: "The two lords don't take it for granted, the humble position has been mixed in the Beijing division for 20 years, and the temperament of the saint today can be described as insightful, as far as I know, that person is a good man with iron bones, he must rather be a broken jade than a complete tile, we are afraid that it is useless to coerce him, and the humble position thinks that persuasion is fruitless or let the humble position result in him." ”

Liu Guozheng said: "If we save him, whether we are sincere or not, we must protect him thoroughly, otherwise we will cause trouble for His Highness, and that person died in the hands of us, wouldn't it be for His Highness to bear the infamy of killing the lord." ”

Li Xihan said: "Yes, Your Highness cherishes your reputation, and we are all confidants, how can we discredit Your Highness?" ”

Qian Meng was speechless, saying that a thousand ways and ten thousand to ensure that person's life is the bottom line, which is difficult to do.

Qian Meng had a headache, I really don't know why the prince issued such an unfavorable order for himself, the Ming Emperor was really cornered by the thieves and chose to commit suicide and martyrdom, what a good thing.

Now the Ming Dynasty is friendly with the "Nanming" up and down, and the prince takes this opportunity to raise the banner of avenging the Ming Emperor to lead the "God of War" soldiers to exterminate the Liukou, and sit on the throne, how logical!

After thinking about it, Qian Meng gritted his teeth and said: "The two lords should not look forward to the future, the humble position is due to His Royal Highness's kindness and voluntary bearing the consequences, and that person will not give in at that time, and the humble position must not let him see His Highness." ”

Liu Guozheng saw that Qian Meng still did not let go, and persuaded: "General Qian, don't go to extremes, this matter needs to be considered in the long run, anyway, there is enough time after saving that person, let's not be in a hurry, the top priority is to deploy carefully, and we must not fall short at the critical moment." ”

Qian Meng said: "Don't worry, sir, that person's daily actions can be grasped in time, including how many bowls of rice he ate, and which concubine he was lucky with." When the man was cornered, he would have been fine if he appeared in time to save him. ”

Li Xihan said: "Now the thieves have not surrounded the Beijing Division, it is estimated that we still have about a month to investigate the terrain on the spot, General Qian's retreat plan is no problem, anyway, there is enough time, Benjue suggested a few exercises, and let our special combat team run in with the agents of the Military Intelligence Department a few times." ”

Qian Meng said: "It's no problem at all, there are five armies all under the British cover, even if the movement is relatively large, it doesn't matter, just be generous in the name of the Beijing camp exercise." ”

Although there were disagreements, an agreement was reached on the important matter of saving Chongzhen first, Qian Meng used all the agents to closely monitor the palace, and the agents lurking in the palace were also keeping an eye on the emperor's whereabouts at all times.

In order to be prepared, Qian Meng had already found a few people to be locked up in the inner courtyard of a closed Qianzhuang, and several sets of the emperor's civilian clothes, regular clothes, and the uniforms of the great eunuchs were made.

Qian Meng can be said to have hands and eyes in Beijing, and asking a few people to be substitutes for the dead ghost is just a gesture, but he kept an eye on it, and did not dare to arrest the good people casually, but selected a few people with suitable appearance and figure among the undercover thieves who had already mastered.

At the beginning of March of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the anxious emperor was completely confused, he had no silver in his hand, so he could only take the method of sealing officials and making wishes, hoping that all the chief military officers would kill thieves for the country.

Chongzhen canonized Huang Degong, the chief soldier of Fenglu, the chief soldier of the left capital, Li Qifengping, the thief uncle, the general soldier of Jiang Chu Yingwan, Ma Daining Nanbo, the right governor of the general army of Jizhen, Wang Chengyin, the chief soldier of the general army, Gao Jie Jingxibo, and so on, etc., each gave the seal.

How stingy the Ming Dynasty is, and at this time, in order for the military leaders of all walks of life to be able to serve the imperial court, Chongzhen didn't care about the ancestral system at all, and regardless of the opposition of many civil officials, he canonized more than a dozen earls in one go, but the result belonged to the natural and eggy, the army of thieves was marching forward, and the heads of the Ming army were waiting and watching.