These 20,000 people are not exactly 20,000 Mongols, but they also account for six or seven out of ten, as soldiers, they all have a wildness and madness in their bones, and the Mongols are even more so, so when they see the Daming city and tall houses that are extraordinarily luxurious compared to their original Mongolian small cities, their eyes are bloodshot. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although they have obtained equality on the surface in Ningxia, they are undoubtedly shorter in their hearts for a while, and they are not allowed to have other thoughts there, but now it is different, but in war, for those who lead the army outside, there is nothing that is not okay, and they feel that it is normal to do something.

Treasure, women, food... These are what they want, especially women, in Ningxia they are not allowed to marry Han women, then they can also taste it here, no one will blame it...

From Shanxi to the present, they have robbed a lot of cities, the objects of the order to loot are only for large households, passing by the city in their eyes is 'prosperous', so the restlessness broke out on the first day, some soldiers rushed into the homes of the peasant people, and then immediately were executed on the spot more than 200 people, the reaction was so fast that the people were full of joy in horror, they did not suffer a little loss, and always saw the rumored excellent anti-thieves to the people, sure enough... The real deal.

After robbing the big households, they ran away, but they would kill a few officers and soldiers, and they didn't even take the lives of the big households, and they did not hurt the people at all.

And these Mongolian soldiers dare to be angry and dare not speak, although there are nearly 15,000 Mongolians among the 20,000 people, but the memory of the scene of the Ningxia soldiers destroying and conquering Inner Mongolia is still not far away, and their cities will be wiped out in a snap of their fingers, they can't afford to resist, not to mention that the deafening weapon that executed them is too powerful, and the person will die with a bang, only a blood hole on the head makes people tremble, in short, no matter from which point of view, they have no need to resist.

After passing through a few cities, what they did was basically to collect food and property and transport them to the fortified city occupied by Ningxia, and after the first time more than 200 people were killed, the generals who led the team in Ningxia did not reprimand them for anything, and then there were still people in the second city who couldn't help but be restless, and naturally ended up with the same result.

Now they are really vigilant, if they don't want to die, they will settle down, to be honest, the days of working for Ningxia are really good, the food is good and the military salary, unlike in Mongolia where there is no silver, although there will occasionally be a few who are not afraid of death or are lucky to jump out again, but in general, they are calm when they come to the capital of the army.

The soldiers' salaries in Ningxia are one in a quarter, and the Mongolian army in Ningxia is one in a month, and the feeling of holding the silver in their hands makes them forget the fear before, listening to the reward that the general said, the eyes of the capital are suddenly full of eagerness and greed, killing one enemy, rewarding one or two silver.

For these native soldiers in Ningxia, these silver are nothing, because when they fought Houjin and Mongolia before, they were five taels per person, or accumulated military merit to be promoted, but these Mongols, even if the soldiers of the Monan grassland were panicked and weak, each of them had the blood of the Han people in their hands, and they had never been rewarded.

It's like you were going to eat, and now you have a reward for eating, why don't you do it? Is it high or not?

Chongzhen stood at the head of the city, he didn't want people to see the anxiety and irritability in his heart, so his face was expressionless, Wu Sangui had come with 8,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, and then even the two sides fought a few battles, Wu Sangui always failed to get benefits.

Looking at the anti-thieves in the solemn atmosphere under the city, he really felt a sense of powerlessness, but this feeling came too much and he didn't feel that the sky would fall, but the chill in the gray weather this time made him feel a little desperate, what should I do? What now? It's the end of the year, but the capital doesn't have the slightest sense of festivity, but is besieged by soldiers, irony, great irony!

Wu Sangui was a little depressed, how could he feel like he couldn't go to the road in the second battle, the first time was to take soldiers and horses to fight Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde's anti-thieves, 3,000 against 50,000, it is simply invincible to fight wherever it is, why are they all anti-thieves so different? But even more depressed than him were the Mongols.

When did the special Han people become so powerful? Even if they have the upper hand, the other party has not lost many people, and this bounty is still far away.

Lu Xiangsheng lowered his head and his eyes wandered on those anti-thieves from time to time, and he was also very heavy at this moment, until Chongzhen called him back to his senses.

"Lu Aiqing, what do you think I should do now..."Chongzhen squinted his eyes, his voice was not hurried or slow, and he sounded a little weak.

"Wei Chen thinks..."Lu Xiangsheng sighed unconsciously, "It's better to stick to it, otherwise even if the other party is scattered, it will be very damaged..."

Chongzhen raised his eyebrows, the wrinkles on his face were squeezed together, and he didn't speak.

"The capital is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the city walls are strong, Wei Chen is confident that it is only these sixty or seventy thousand people, even if it is ten times more, it will be absolutely difficult for them to step into this capital!"

Chongzhen's gloomy face suddenly smiled, Lu Xiangsheng felt very weird, only to listen to him and ask again, "Lu Aiqing thinks it's okay if this imperial city is surrounded like this?" ”

"Even if the thieves surround the capital for several months or even longer, the imperial court still doesn't dare to fight? Where is the majesty of the court? ”

Lu Xiangsheng knew that what Chongzhen said this time was reasonable, not like Chongzhen who wanted to save face like before, but the fact, if he didn't handle it well this time, it would be an exaggeration, but in addition to this method, it was only a strong attack.

"30,000 soldiers were killed in the last battle in Yixian, and now there are still 230,000 soldiers in the total strength, and the Qinwang army is still being recruited one after another..." All of this is consuming the last line of vitality of the Ming Dynasty.

"Kill chickens and pigs today, be sure to let the soldiers eat well, and let the soldiers rest well, leaving only the forbidden army on duty..."

A sadness appeared on Lu Xiangsheng's face, and then quickly dissipated and patted the shoulder of a soldier who was standing guard on the city wall next to him, and left with a few words of encouragement and a little gloomy, he knew that starting tomorrow, he would consume the other party with flesh and blood.

And then what? Waiting for those forcibly recruited recruits to come? Lu Xiangsheng shook his head, he couldn't see a way out, but he still had to follow the order.

.........

Zhang Yan felt that women were really fickle, and it could be seen from her own changes that she was half lying on the bed at the moment and learning about the situation outside the city.

Ningxia's power has really reached this level, Da Ming seems to be really dying, Zhang Yan thought that she shouldn't care, because there was no fluctuation in her heart, and all she could do was lie here and watch the unchanged scenery, and then wait for the news that the capital was captured, and finally die.

The maid brought a couplet and the word blessing and pasted it on the palace wall of this Yi'an Palace, Zhang Yan found that it was almost the new year, but the atmosphere was so cold and gloomy, she suddenly became very much thinking about that man at the moment, maybe she didn't love much, but she was very lonely, when people were lonely, any beauty would be infinitely magnified, and she was sure that she was very happy at that time.

"He must hate me to death, right?" Zhang Yan had a thought in her heart, and then laughed at herself, what does it matter, anyway, she will not appear in front of him alive anymore, she is sure.

The maid walked in slowly with Wang Chengen.

"Princess, why are you here again? Didn't the mourning family tell you not to come? Zhang Yan noticed this slight movement and said lightly.

The maid trembled slightly on the side and didn't dare to speak, she felt the coldness in these words, but she didn't want to, who would dare to stop her with the emperor's token.

"Okay, you go down first..."Wang Chengen said with a smile, and when he heard the sound of the door closing, the humble smile on his face turned into a wry smile.

"Queen Mother, isn't the villain ordered by the emperor to do nothing? No matter how chaotic it is outside, the emperor still cares about you..."

"Sending you here once a day is a concern?" Zhang Yan asked rhetorically, "But it doesn't matter, anyway, the mourning family is here every day and won't run..."

"However, I still have to thank you for what happened last time, Wang Gonggong..."Zhang Yan's tone changed and said faintly, "Why do you bother, now that Da Ming is like this, what else can the mourning family care about?" Death is not a relief. ”

Wang Chengen knelt down with a 'bang', and his tone was choked with tears, "The Queen Mother, don't say that, the old slave is reluctant to you..."

"Okay, why are you crying at a lot of age? The mourning family is the queen mother, and the person you serve is the current emperor, the son of tomorrow! ”

"But in the heart of the old slave, the Queen Mother will always be my master..."

"It's just the emperor, the mourning family has already told you that your allegiance is only to the emperor!"

“――――”

"Then has the Queen Mother lost her concern for Daming?" Wang Chengen had no intention of getting up, still choked up, "Even so, isn't there still Lord Ning?" ”

“――――”

"You... Say what? Zhang Yan was stunned, paused and asked. She wasn't surprised that Wang Chengen knew about it, after all, the imperial doctor had seen that he had ** in the past few days and couldn't hide it, and the object was obviously Ning Zhiyuan, she was surprised that Wang Chengen could say such a thing.

Wang Chengen was obviously also shocked by the words he blurted out, and listened to Zhang Yan's question, so he gritted his teeth and said, "What the old slave said is Lord Ning, and the Queen Mother and him may not be a good result... And the Queen Mother can rest assured, the Imperial Doctor will not say it anymore..."

Zhang Yan sighed, who would care about the life or death of the imperial doctor, but Wang Chengen was a little angry when he said this, "Just because he is powerful, will you submit to him?" Princess, why do you have this idea? The mourning family and him just take what they need! Remember! No matter how good you are, you can't lose your integrity! ”

Wang Chengen was so frightened by this anger that he kowtowed repeatedly, "Queen Mother, although the old slave has not read any books, he is by no means the one who betrays the master for glory..."

Zhang Yan snorted coldly, she occasionally thought about this in her heart, and Wang Chengen said it was a completely different concept.

"The old slave has not been welcomed when he has entered the palace since he was a child, even now, as a close attendant of the Son of Heaven, he can see that others are flattering openly and poking his backbone secretly, and the old slave who is really good to the old slave only remembers two people, one is the Queen Mother, and the other is Lord Ning..."

It is well known that Chongzhen has not had a good impression of eunuchs since he was a child, so Wang Chengen did not mention him, otherwise it would be hypocritical.

"Him?" Zhang Yan's anger seemed to have disappeared, and she was a little curious, "You have met him a few times in total, why do you have such an opinion, comparing the good of the mourning family to you from entering the palace with him?!" At this moment, she was like a little girl.

Wang Chengen listened to Zhang Yan's tone and understood more clearly, he was an old man, otherwise he would not have stayed by Chongzhen's side for so long and won his trust.

"The old slave seemed to see the shadow of the queen mother who had just entered the palace at that time, he was approachable and did not look down on the old slave in the slightest, and the people under his rule lived and worked in peace and contentment, and defeated foreign enemies many times..."

"You were bought by him?" Inside the curtain, Zhang Yan blinked suspiciously.

"Absolutely not!" Wang Chengen flatly denied it.

“――――”

"Okay, don't say this kind of thing anymore in the future..."Zhang Yan was silent for a moment and slowly spoke, her tone was much more normal, which made Wang Chengen also breathe a sigh of relief.

"However, you still don't have to come every day in the future..."Zhang Yan instructed, "I still remember that the mourning family sent you to the Xinwang Mansion on an errand... It's been years... You can forget about the words of mourning at that time..."

"Remember, in the future, your master will only be the emperor, and you should not get too close to the mourning family, just like in the previous years..."

Wang Chengen nodded yes, and then slowly got up and walked out, he was still used to the wise and kind queen mother before, and he would never be so pessimistic, at that time, His Majesty was only the king of Xin, and the queen mother was only the queen, and he went to monitor the king of Xin.

At that time, Zhang Yan was so good at planning, because of her kind personality and thinking for the sake of the Ming Dynasty Wang Chengen has always been very loyal to her, even now.

The sound of closing the door sounded again, Zhang Yan was stunned and came back to her senses, she found that her heart would fluctuate because of Wang Chengen's words.

She didn't understand that feeling.

.........

.........