After the news spread that Li Zicheng's army was attacking the Beijing Division, the Ming people in Jiangnan and the provinces debated how long the Beijing Division could be defended. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is a hot topic in the teahouses and restaurants in every city and town. When it's busy, you can even argue all night long!

Some people said that because of the bubonic plague in the capital a few days ago, the Beijing camp suffered a lot of losses, and the capital was afraid that it would only be able to defend for two or three months at most.

When Zhu Zilong was in modern times, he once watched a movie.

"The Great Ming Tribulation"!

The film is based on the 16th year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty (1643), the plague in Beijing City as the historical background, through the personal experience of a general (Sun Chuanting) and a doctor (Wu Youke).

tells the story of the ups and downs when the Ming Dynasty was about to die, and the "generals" and "doctors" lacked skills to return to the sky, indicating that the Ming Dynasty was difficult to return.

The great plague depicted in the film caused the village to wither, the soldiers to drop sharply, and the corpses to float in the river and the military doctors were helpless. In the end, the general had to endure the pain of burning the sick soldiers to death and then wave his army out of the city.

In real history, it was the little rat that indirectly caused the fall of Beijing and the early demise of the Ming Dynasty.

According to historical records, since the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, there were often turmoil between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian border, resulting in many Han Chinese being captured or fleeing to the Mongolian steppe. Large areas of pasture have been reclaimed as farmland, changing the ecological environment of the pasture.

The living space of rats that originally lived on the grassland has been compressed, and the chance of contact between humans and rats has greatly increased. At the same time, the last years of the Ming Dynasty coincided with the frequent droughts, and there were three major droughts during the Wanli period, all of which caused plagues.

The drought is raging, and it's not just refugees who are fleeing the famine to save their lives, rats are also looking for food. A larger number of rats, and therefore a natural entry into human habitation.

In ancient times, when medicine was not developed, the plague bacillus transmitted the virus to refugees through the fleas that were stored on them. The migration of refugees has allowed the virus to spread to a larger area.

"Ming Tongjian" recorded: "The great epidemic in Beijing, the dead are not counted. "The number of deaths is too great to count.

"Chongzhen Record" also recorded: "The great epidemic in Beijing, the number of death days is tens of thousands. ”

At this time, the number of deaths in Beijing was so large that there was no one to collect the corpses -- "death pillows, ten rooms and nine emptiness, and even all households were wiped out, and no one collected the corpses."

The inconspicuous rat was the last straw that collapsed the defense of the capital.

Nema, TM's pit daddy rat!

Hong Chengchou really wanted to return to the division to rescue the capital, but unfortunately Zhu Zilong and Wang Chengen, who got the secret order, tried their best to dissuade him.

What to say, the capital division is strong, the city wall is high and thick, and the circumference of the city is sixty or seventy kilometers. Not to mention holding it for two or three years, even if it is incompetent, the hidden food of the defenders and local tyrants inside can also keep them for a year.

has been on the front line, and it is about to be separated from the Qing army, and at this time, you must not return to the division, so you can suppress it.

In this eventful time!

In the provinces south of the Yangtze River, some people privately discussed whether the Ming Dynasty was exhausted, and whether they should follow the trend and welcome the new master?

In general, everyone in the Ming Dynasty has a complex mind and a wait-and-see attitude.

At this moment, in the capital of Daming!

In the cabinet palace, several cabinet ministers who were reluctant to move the capital roared to other officials: "What do you think? The old man has played a lot of tricks, and I implore you to come and discuss the defense plan of the war together. It's all like a stone sinking into the sea...... Can't they see millions of rogues? Or are they confident in their hearts that they can keep the thieves under the city by relying on the walls of the Jingshi alone? ”

Their tones were full of resentment, frustration, helplessness, and other emotions.

A face turned as red as an apple from anger and anxiety, and the thin and weak body tensed tightly, and the voice continued to tremble as he spoke. Let the atmosphere in the room be depressing, in addition to being depressing, it is still depressing.

The answer to them was still the silence and disobedient eyes of the other officials. At this moment, they experienced the helpless emotions of the former emperor and empress. Hate iron does not make steel!

After a while, a representative of an official came out and replied: "The gentry in the city are not enthusiastic, they all look around and watch, and some people even say, Li Zicheng will come when he comes, why are you afraid?" The lower officials and others are also powerless. ”

When the official heard this, he sighed and scolded angrily: "The court treats the gentry too much, and Your Majesty only corrects it slightly, so they are afraid of this?" Could it be that they thought that the thieves would treat them better than the emperor? That's it, the official went out of the city at night and went south to accompany the emperor to move the capital. ”

After speaking, the officials who were originally poor officials in Qingliu rose up and left.

Most of the remaining officials still look at each other coldly, but they do not say much or intercept them.

For an emperor and empress who supported the princes of the four seas and attacked the gentry, in fact, these people have long had a secret hatred in their hearts.

Even, many of them still think that they are still brainless. If the thieves really win the world, they will change, the new dynasty and the new atmosphere, if they really want to govern the country, can they still be separated from these officials and gentry?

However, if the world lets the Duke of the Four Seas and Zhu Zilong mess up the dynasty, it will be the nightmare of my generation of scholars.

I'd rather be a real villain (Li Zicheng) than a hypocrite (Zhu Zilong).

Obviously, it's what they really think in their hearts.

It's just that these people obviously don't have self-knowledge, and Zhu Zilong's discipline is low. But compared to them, they must be good people. They are the real hypocrites, the resident worms of the Ming Dynasty!

Inside the Cabinet Palace, after the emperor left, they themselves elected one of the members of the Qingliu Cabinet.

Li Banghua saw everything in front of him, suddenly stood up and said categorically: "There are powerful people in the world, and the Ming Dynasty is the most important." Although the Beijing division is solid, it will stick to February and March. The matter was too urgent, and Lao Dang decided to send someone to the front line secretly, begging the Duke of the Four Seas to let the Shandong defenders send troops! ”

As soon as Li Banghua's words came out, all four were shocked.

A Donglin party official shouted: "Summoning the Shandong army? Don't you hear about Cao Mengde and Dong Zhuo? ”

Another official even spoke wildly, all of which were condemned: "I am afraid that the front door will drive the tiger, and the back door will enter the wolf, repeat my Ming Dynasty, and become the disaster of the emperor at the end of the Han Dynasty!" ”

In an instant, Li Banghua's hands trembled, and his face turned blue in an instant. Speechless!

It's time for these people to still fight in the party, it's just that they can't do it!

Of course, with their villainous hearts, they do think so.

On the front line, there were other Ming troops to contain the Zhu family army and fight together.

And in the rear, the emperor lost his virtue and left (they thought it was immoral), if the Shandong Zhu army took advantage of the danger of the people to enter, he made a great contribution. It is not impossible for his subordinates to forcibly support Zhu Zilong as emperor as they did in the Song Dynasty.

When the time comes, with Zhu Zilong, the grandfather of the country, with the ruthlessness of their various suppressions, it is estimated that there will be no good fruits to eat in the future.

With this kind of thought, they naturally went farther and farther on the road of death.

As the saying goes, "Heaven is evil, but you can still live." You will not live!"

It couldn't be more accurate to describe them.

"Enough!" "Enough!" "Enough!" "Enough!" "Enough!" "Enough!"

At this time, in the cabinet palace, the remaining hundred officials and the new cabinet members all rose up with their sleeves brushed up, and they did not speculate for more than half a sentence, and they broke up unhappily.

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A few days later, Li Zicheng's army broke through and defended the cities at Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass.

It is not far from the arrival of soldiers in the city.

Looking at the smoke and flames in the suburbs, thieves are burning and plundering the cities of Gyeonggi, killing people and setting fires. Of course, the excuse used is very good, it is called liberating the people of the Ming Dynasty from fire and water.

Jingzhong sent probes and did not take out at night to reconnoitre, but most of them were plundered into the camp by Li Zicheng's thief army, and few were able to come back.

The majestic Beijing division stands, quite desolate, and on the majestic city wall, the defenders are confused and do not know what to do.

Hundreds of years ago now, looking at all countries in the world, east and west, only the Ming Dynasty, there is such a big city, which is a miracle of the world.

However, such a miracle city is also useless in the infighting.

Fu Yingshan, one of the guards, was on the city wall, looking at the big general's cannon in the distance and on the side, and sighed in his heart. I hope that with these 200 artillery pieces and the tall city walls, we can hold on for about half a year.

Just wait for the Ming coalition army to return to the division, and Li Zicheng's threat will definitely be solved.

Now, the Yongding Gate, which is only guarded by itself, must not be lost.

Yongding Gate is the main gate of the outer city wall of Beijing in the Ming and Qing dynasties, located on the central axis of Beijing, in the middle of Zuo'anmen and You'anmen, it is the largest one in the outer city gate of Beijing, and it is also the thoroughfare that enters and exits the capital from the south.

It was founded in the 32nd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1553), which means "eternal stability".

The shape of the city tower is the same as the inner city, the heavy eaves rest the mountain three drops of water pavilion type building, the ash tube tile green glazed tile cut edge top, the face is five rooms wide, and the width is 24 meters; There are three rooms deep, 10.50 meters deep, and 26 meters high.

In the 21st century, it began to be demolished in 1950, and in 1957, in the name of obstructing traffic and being a dangerous building, the Yongding Gate Tower and the Arrow Tower were demolished.

However, in 2004, the Yongding Gate Tower in Beijing was rebuilt, of which the urn city and the arrow tower were still built, becoming the first restored city gate in Beijing.

Historically, (1629) December, Huang Taiji led the Qing Eight Banners Army to attack Beijing, and a battle of Beijing was launched outside Deshengmen, Guangqumen, Zuo'anmen, and Yongdingmen.

Now, it will usher in the decisive battle between the Ming soldiers and Li Zicheng.

Although the Yongdingmen city is strong, Fu Yingshan looked at it all the way, and the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.

Because, there are only a few busy sergeants on the city wall, and most of them are lazy and lazy, and they don't think so, such a mental outlook, they still want to keep the Beijing Division?

Even the people in Jingying are just as lazy. The other situations are even more unsightly. The situation is pressing!

Especially those people who were urged to work, their expressions were numb, and some of them glanced at them, and they were full of coldness and hatred.

Danger, danger!

Most of the soldiers were ragged and in tattered uniforms. Under careful questioning, Fu Yingshan's heart fell straight down, it turned out that everyone was not only forced to come, but also did not pay salaries, and did not even eat three meals a day.

If you want the horses to run and don't give the horses grazing, what do the remaining officials and cabinet elders in Beijing, as well as the rich businessmen, want to do?

Suddenly, there were cheers in front of him, and someone shouted: "The old man in the palace has donated, the food and money are here, everyone go and line up to get it." ”

However, after a short period of time.

The soldiers who got the money to defend the city, you look at me, I look at you, with sarcasm and sneers in their eyes.

"Defend the city for half a month, give money ten wen, hehe, this money is not enough to buy a baked cake, hundreds of officials are waiting for me, it is really gracious."

Fu Yingshan, who was watching on the side, was a little embarrassed, but at the same time angry in his heart. Needless to say, first, the household department is really poor, and second, even if the money is paid, the corrupt officials will be allowed to get kickbacks halfway, otherwise it will never be possible for each soldier to be paid ten cents in wages.

Now prices are skyrocketing, especially for grain, and a baked cake costs 20 yuan, and 10 yuan is simply a flower child.

This is really, chilling the hearts of the soldiers defending the city!

- (To be continued.) )