readx; Zhu Youzhen and Sun Chengzong finally led the army back to Beijing. www.biquge.info As expected, the emperor suddenly closed his door for two consecutive days when the enemy was present, and the ministers were about to go crazy. In the palace, only Queen Rui'er knew the inside story, during which in addition to receiving two red lady's flying pigeon letters, informing the general location of the march, Rui'er could only wait, because Zhu Youzhen and others were always on the move, and could only send letters, not receive letters.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen hurried back to the palace to go to court. In fact, there are still a lot of important and urgent matters waiting for him to deal with, and the court is just to 'show' his face, so that everyone can feel at ease.

Before he could sit firmly on the throne, he was surrounded by snowflakes. These recitals are mainly divided into two categories: one is the report of the emergency, and the other is the opinion of officials at all levels on the war.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen read the Tang News first. Because he had captured prisoners on the march, he had already been mentally prepared, but the speed of the advance of the Houjin army still shocked him. In addition to the fall of Zunhua and Jizhou, Amin commanded the three banners of the eight banners inlaid with white flags and 'Meng', marched eastward, broke through the two county towns of Qian'an and Luanzhou in one day, and continued to threaten Yongping Mansion in the east, that is, Lulong County in the previous life; one also bypassed Yongping and took the two counties of Funing and Changli in the east.

Since Gao Di, the governor of Liaodong, strictly implemented Zhu Youzhen's holy decree, the Shanhaiguan border army could not hold out, and the officials, troops and people of Yongping also withdrew to Shanhaiguan, so it was only a matter of time before the Houjin army occupied the above-mentioned prefectures and counties. As a result, Shanhaiguan became an isolated city, and the connection with Jingshi and Tianjin Wei was completely cut off.

In the southeast of Beijing, Tianjin Wei, Bazhou and other places are also in an emergency. However, Zhu Youzhen knew that the southern route of the Houjin Army, that is, the blue flag led by Haoge, was the weakest of the four route armies, and it should only be a suspicious soldier. Moreover, the soldiers and horses of King Qin in various places are gathering in Baoding and Hejian, and it is impossible for Haoge to rush south without scruples, so he doesn't pay too much attention to it.

As for the two-way army from the west, which is also the absolute main force of the Houjin army, it has broken through from Jizhen to Shuntianfu and broke through Pinggu County yesterday. The Western Route Army led by Dai Shan and Yue Tuo did not stop, from Pinggu to the northwest and attacked Miyun and Huairou counties.

According to this speed of marching, it is possible for Huang Taiji to hit the front line of Tongzhou and Shunyi today, and after the Western Route Army breaks through Miyun and Huairou, it will continue to attack Changping County to the west. The armies of the central, southern, and western routes have formed a zigzag encirclement of the Beijing Division, and it seems that Huang Taiji is preparing to directly attack the Beijing Division.

As for the recitals of the ministers, they are naturally all related to the war. After the past, Jin Yuan was in Liaodong, and there were still nearly a thousand miles away from Beijing, although these ministers said that they were 'excited' and generous, but there were few who were really anxious in their hearts.

But now that the enemy army is about to hit the Beijing Division, many ministers are really afraid. Not to mention the defeat of the Beijing Division, even if the soldiers are in the city, they can't stand it, so many people are extremely dissatisfied with the several holy decrees issued by Zhu Youzhen before. In their opinion, it is necessary to immediately transfer the Shanhaiguan border army, the Xuanda border army and the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang in various places to conduct a decisive battle with the Houjin army in the Jizhou area.

In particular, Zhu Youzhen's order for Sun Chengzong to give up Tongzhou was resolutely opposed by most of the officials headed by the minister of the Donglin Department. There are two reasons for them: one is that Tongzhou is the eastern 'gate' of the Beijing Division, and if Tongzhou is not lost, the Houjin army will not be able to defeat the Beijing Division, so holding Tongzhou is equivalent to ensuring the safety of the Beijing Division; and the other is that Tongzhou is rich in materials, and giving up is equivalent to capitalizing the enemy.

In fact, there are two other reasons why these officials are difficult to say. First, among the wealthy and wealthy families in Tongzhou, many of them are inextricably linked with officials in the DPRK and China. Now that these people had been driven to Jingshi, once Tongzhou fell, their family property would be completely destroyed, so they tried their best to persuade the officials to play a concert, intending to persuade the emperor to change his mind and return to Tongzhou.

The second reason is even more unreasonable, because this retreat was presided over by Sun Chengzong. Originally, although Sun Chengzong was not a member of the Donglin Party, he had a good relationship with Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and other former ministers of Donglin, and he also had great sympathy for the persecution of the Donglin Party by the Eunuch Party.

But as time went by, in the open and secret struggle with the emperor, the ministers of the Donglin Department felt more and more that Sun Chengzong was on Zhu Youzhen's side, and occupied the crucial position of the official secretary, so he wanted to find an excuse to impeach him and replace him with a member of the Donglin Party, so that the Donglin Party's control over the government would be stronger.

However, Sun Chengzong was highly respected, and he was very cautious in his work, and the Donglin Party members could not find a suitable reason to join him for a while. This time to preside over the retreat of Tongzhou, can give the Donglin Party an excellent opportunity, not only the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, but also many officials in the six departments have played, saying that Sun Chengzong is afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and the barbaric retreat has caused complaints, and must be punished.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly read all the movements, and only said with a calm face: "Tongzhou is something I want to give up, and Lord Shangshu is also under my holy decree to supervise the retreat." The proposal to punish Sun Chengzong was not allowed. The Tartar army will soon arrive, and I will still go to inspect the city defenses, so let's retreat first! ”

After saying that, he left all the ministers and immediately left the palace and rushed to the Temple of Heaven. Here Zhu Youzhen announced that the Temple of Heaven would be used as a temporary residence for His Majesty during the martial law period in Beijing, and the Tartars would never return to the palace if they did not retreat. Because the Temple of Heaven is located outside the Chongwen 'Gate', it belongs to the outer city, while the Forbidden City is within the inner city and the imperial city. Zhu Youzhen was stationed in the outer city of His Majesty, that is, to tell all the soldiers and civilians of the Beijing Division: The outer city will never give up, and the emperor swears to defend the Beijing Division!

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Youzhen issued a series of wills. The first is to immediately send a reconnaissance force, in addition to investigating the movements of the Houjin army, the main purpose is to search for the whereabouts of Hao Yongzhong.

The second is to settle the people who have withdrawn from Tongzhou and other parts of the capital division, and order the soldiers and horses of the five cities to enforce martial law more strictly, and the Imperial City Guard Regiment and Jinyi Guard are responsible for the guards of the Imperial City and the Temple of Heaven.

The third is that the three battalions immediately take over the defense of the Beijing Division, and appoint Sun Chengzong to guard the northern city, Wang Zaijin to guard the western city, Yuan Keli to guard the southern city, and he himself to guard the eastern city. Of course, the meaning of this "defending" is actually to supervise the battle, and the operational command is still under the command of the commander of the five military battalions.

The fourth is to immediately send the artillery that has been shipped back to the military factory for trial firing. Prior to this, the military factory had already learned the technical data such as the caliber of this batch of artillery, and prefabricated a small batch of ammunition 'medicine'. But before the artillery arrived, it was not easy to produce it on a large scale, because as long as there was a slight deviation in the dimensions, it would not be usable at all. This batch of artillery will come in handy in the defense of Beijing, and Zhu Youzhen naturally attaches great importance to it.

Just as he was about to inspect the munitions factory in person, the 'attendant' guard hurriedly came to report: "General Hao is back!" ”

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