"You've done a great job!"

Zhu Cihong took the jade seal, and his expression was very happy. In a few days, he will go back to Nanjing to meet Chongzhen, and it is already a good start to seize the army and establish a foundation, plus these jade seals, I am afraid that Chongzhen's heart will be very happy.

He has a good idea of this emperor Lao Tzu...... There are too many suspicious and fickle surnames, so it is best to only report good news, not bad news, do more things, take less power, and lay more foundations in a year!

"The slave doesn't dare to take credit," Fei Zhen'e didn't dare to speak, and said timidly: "It's all Sister Wei's idea, at that time, there was chaos in the palace, and the eunuchs were scattered and fled, Sister Wei said that since we want to try to follow the emperor, we have to bring the jade seal...... Oh, by the way, and the god lord in the temple of the gods, we have brought them all. ”

"Your faithfulness is truly impressive."

"Echo Master......" Wei Qinghui made a great achievement, the crown prince praised repeatedly, she did not have any proud or complacent expression, Leng Meiren was still very calm, looking at Zhu Cihong, her eyes were also clear and calm.

She said slowly: "My sisters are both orphans, and they have no relatives, they have grown up in the palace since they were children, and the emperor and queen treat slaves and maids well, so they ......."

"Okay, I got it!"

Zhu Cihong knew that the doubt in his words just now had touched this sensitive and intelligent girl, so he quickly raised his palm and stopped Wei Qinghui's words.

He pondered for a while, and a smile appeared on his face: "With your great merits, it is inconvenient for my father to ask you to do the work of a palace maid again." And meritorious service is not rewarded, not done by the superiors. Well, there is no good settlement in a hurry...... Wei Yue, these two palace people, they will recognize you as the eldest brother, and you will arrange it properly! ”

In this way, even if the two beautiful girls are handed over to Wei Yue to be responsible, and after receiving this kind of task, Wei Yue, who is fearless in thousands of troops and horses, swords, guns, swords, and halberds, also looks like he is going to die, but since these two girls have made such a great achievement, and because they are women, it is impossible to give any official titles or silver rewards, it is estimated that the next step for the royal family is to choose the good one among the sons and daughters of the royal family to marry...... For a woman, that's the greatest reward.

Therefore, Wei Yue could only stride forward, clasped his fists, and said in a deep voice: "I am still in the army now, so I can only wronged the two of you first." ”

"My sister has seen my eldest brother."

"I've seen big brother."

The two girls were very generous, maybe before Zhu Cihong decided, they themselves had discussed what the result would be after arriving in Nanjing.

"By the way, this Huimei girl, let's go to Wei Yue too...... Well, that's it. ”

Before Wei Yue jumped to his feet, Zhu Cihong turned over his horse, smiled faintly, and said: "This level is very important, but it is not possible to disturb the people so much, I heard that there are still a few places where the card fights because of oil and water...... You say, "What should I do?" Well? ”

At this time, no one dared to suspect that the crown prince was not connected to the military, in fact, the defense of various places was very chaotic, and even divided their own territory, everyone grabbed money, but no one had to worry about the serious defense and garrison at all, everyone drilled to a good place, the checkpoints are all near the river or important official roads, but there are no big villages and towns, who wants to guard seriously?

The river pond in front of him was guarded, or Xu Zhen knew that the prince was going to inspect the defense, so he specially sent his own team over, but he touched the gray ...... Now this kung fu, no one dares to come up with random ideas.

"In my opinion, the matter of dividing the town into camps and dividing the border cannot be delayed any longer." Although Zhu Cihong's voice was steady, it also contained unswerving determination, he thought about it, and said: "The original Shandong Town will naturally be changed to Huai'an Town, and it will be fortified in sections!" As for my six rates, I will mainly choose strong men to enter the camp, and I don't want your soldiers, can I rest assured? ”

When he said this, all the generals just laughed, pretending to be naïve, and just didn't speak.

Only Xu Zhen had just poked the basket, and at this time he hurriedly patted his horse forward, and said very respectfully: "Your Highness wants to build six rates, of course, money, grain, mules and horses are ready-made, but the soldiers are not available overnight, and there are hundreds of elite soldiers here, and there are also ten years of hard work, if Your Highness is not suspicious, the minister is willing to contribute troops to the six rates, as the prince's personal soldiers!" ”

It's also a shame that he is just a town general, and his words are very beautiful, but when Zhu Cihong nodded, of course his colleagues hated him.

Ordinary auxiliaries and strong men don't matter, veterans who have been fighting for many years are all familiar with it, and they can fight while being very obedient, and they are all fed with silver...... Hand it over, who doesn't feel distressed?

"General Xu's loyalty is palpable, but ...... Let's talk about it. Zhu Cihong only smiled slightly, glanced at the generals, and said coldly: "Everyone has an account in their hearts, over the years, the court has been kind enough to you, at this time, you still refuse to show your conscience?" The soldiers and horses were all raised by the imperial court with food and salary, could it be that your private soldiers were not successful? That's it for today, after I go back, I have nothing to do and raise the pillow, think about it a lot! ”

The generals who said it were all drenched in cold sweat, turned over and dismounted and prostrate on the ground, bowing their heads one by one, not daring to move at all. On patrol today, in addition to the pro-army generals in the East Palace, the rest must have at least an official position as a general, and there are thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and there are more than 1,000 people if there are less, all of whom can be regarded as powerful factions in Liu Zeqing's old department.

Of course, those who are very loyal to the old handsome have been cleaned, and now their heads are still in small cages, hanging on the gates of the three cities of Huai'an, the old and the new, and the most loyal of them are hung on the Zhandai Gate, and Liu Zeqing's grinning head is hung together.

Now the situation is more clear, the prince must take the soldiers and horses and Huai'an Mansion in his hands, here is the north and south, the place is rich, it is a really good place, since the place is mastered, the money and food will not be able to run away in the future, since the prince has such determination, but he also has to think of a way out.

"Old horse, how's it going? Do you have more than 4,000 men in your hands, and 500 mules and horses? Your Highness wants to build an army and set up six rates, what's the matter, how much do you want to pay? ”

"You still don't understand my family? Four or five thousand people are true, more than half of them are strong men who have just pulled, how can they not be as good as our Brother Xu, although there are not many people, all of them are top elites, he sacrifices a few hundred, and we will all of them. ”

"That's right, Brother Xu, you have a place to stand in front of the prince now, and you will be developed and noble in the future, don't forget our brothers...... Remember, our old king and you have stirred a horse spoon in a pot! ”

"Old Xu, do you remember? Last time you drank and got drunk, I still carried you back to the camp! ”

"Treat, if Lao Xu doesn't invite him, we won't leave his camp!"

A group of people are sarcastic, but they also understand in their hearts that the prince even killed Liu Zeqing, and these people only kept their surnames and rights as peripheral generals, and now the prince wants soldiers with one mouth, what can he do? At the moment, he was just going to let out a bad breath, and everyone was gossiping, making Xu Zhen's face very ugly, just a word from everyone, and this guy could only consider himself unlucky.

After the generals rode away in turn, he spat on the ground viciously and scolded: "Grandma, Lao Tzu is fucking the prince, look at you bite Lao Tzu's bird!" ”

………… April 17 of the 17th year of Chongzhen.

It had been less than a month since the occupation of Yanjing, and Li Zicheng was already on his way to Shanhaiguan.

On the morning of April 13, knowing that he had to fight with Wu Sangui, Li Zicheng's determination was very fast, and the army immediately set off towards Shanhaiguan, but when he arrived in Sanhe County, he met a messenger sent by Wu Sangui and asked the army to slow down, and Wu Sangui would surrender again.

Facing Guan Ningjun, the emperor of the Great Shun Dynasty really had no bottom in his heart.

It was about Cao Wenzhao and Hong Chengchou's Guan Ning Army that impressed him too deeply, and around the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, it was the strong soldiers from outside the Guanhai who beat him to the ground, and the main force was scattered, and he almost finished the game.

At this critical moment, he was fooled again.

From Yanjing to Shanhaiguan, the army would not move for more than five days, but Li Zicheng slowed down and began to unrealistically fantasize in his heart that Wu Sangui would be able to surrender.

In his army, with Wu Xiang by his side, according to historical facts, there will be the crown prince and several princes, but now there are only Wu Xiang and Qin Jin.

Relying on these people and the title of earl, Li Zicheng hopes to solve the trouble without blood.

Of course, being so tolerant and having illusions about Wu Sangui again and again is also because he doesn't have much confidence in defeating Wu Sangui.

Although, under his command there are nearly 70,000 troops, a large number of mules and horses, these people are the main force that has followed him for many years, and they are the old battalion of the old battalion!

It's just that the emperor of Dashun is not the king of Chuang back then, and he has no way to go deep into the army and check the minds of the soldiers. In fact, the morale of the Shun army is not high, after the occupation of Yanjing, the sharpness is completely lost, and because of the months-long march to fight, even if the road is smooth, the soldiers are tired, and they need to adjust and rest for a long time to recover their physical strength and morale through training.

But the newly established Dashun has no time, at this point, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin, Niu Jinxing and others are very clear that the gentry and generals who look at the wind and surrender along the way have no actual mastery, they rely on Dashun to have the new dynasty of heaven, so to get the hearts of the people, once Wu Sangui does not surrender and the new dynasty has no way to strike, the people's hearts will be lost.

And what's even worse is that Chongzhen and the crown prince escaped, this blow is too deadly.................. Compared with the changes in the north, all parts of the south, except for the provinces of the Central Plains, there are thieves, bandits are troubles, and there are small-scale battles in the villages, which can be regarded as a peaceful and prosperous era.

Of course, the overall situation is unstable, the finances are failing, the army is numerous and complicated and useless, Zuo Liangyu is known as 800,000 in one town, and I am afraid that even Zuo Zhen himself does not know how many available soldiers there are.

Unable to make ends meet, people's hearts are unstable, these are all problems that need to be solved urgently, and what is still worrying is Zhang Xianzhong, who occupied most of Hunan in Changsha in 16 years. Because of the emptiness in the south, except for some general soldiers and horses and Tusi soldiers available in Yunnan and Sichuan, there is hardly any one that can block the front of the eight kings.

However, what can be reassuring is that Zhang Xianzhong has turned to Sichuan in this year, and the main force of the army has left Hunan and is fully westward.

It's a big thing to breathe a sigh of relief!

In contrast, the crown prince seized Liu Zeqing's soldiers and horses in Huai'an, and after a few days, announced the establishment of the crown prince's six rates, in the eyes of many people, in addition to not conforming to the ancestral system and etiquette, it is not so worthy of attention.

(To be continued)