A.D. 1644, March 15, 17th year of Chongzhen.

This day is a day that history remembers, because, on this day, Li Zicheng led a million peasant army to finally break through the last barrier in front of Beijing Changping, and the soldiers were under the gate of Pingzemen, and at the same time, the other route led by Liu Zongmin also passed through the layers of obstacles of the Ming army and joined Li Zicheng victoriously.

At this moment, Li Zicheng is high-spirited, from a post pawn, then to become a prisoner waiting to be killed, and then to kill officials and rebel, in the past few decades, how many times life and death intersected, how many times, by the Ming army to chase and kill like a dog, now, he finally waited for this moment, as long as he broke through the city in front of him, the whole world would be his, thinking of this, Li Zicheng couldn't help but tremble with excitement.

At this moment, the entire Dashun Army was also excited, Niu Jinxing, Li Yan, Liu Zongmin, these high-ranking officials of the Dashun Army, who were originally like grass mustard, actually had the opportunity to overthrow a dynasty with their own hands, and it was even very likely that they would create a dynasty with their own hands, so as to leave a name in history, such a great achievement, how could they not feel excited.

Compared with the celebration in the Dashun army outside the city, the city of Beijing is a scene of panic and apocalypse, on the golden and brilliant Jinluan Palace, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries who originally talked loudly and decided the fate of tens of millions of people in a word seemed to be dumb at this time, pulling their heads, if it weren't for the slight undulating chest, proving that they were still alive, maybe someone else would be here in the future here is a bunch of sculptures?

"Let's talk about it, now that the thieves have come to the city, do you have any good strategies for retreating, if there is, come quickly, I will definitely be rewarded." At this time, Chongzhen's tone was hoarse, his voice was low, his eyes were bloodshot, and his body had long since lost his previous magnificent and atmospheric image of the emperor.

It's just that Chongzhen's words are destined to be asked in vain, and there is no sound in the entire hall, and no one dares to speak.

"Hahaha, I really raised a group of rice buckets, usually fight for good, one can speak better than the other, the words of the sage, come when you open your mouth, now at the critical moment, when you need to contribute to the monarch's father, one by one has become mute, you really deserve to be a good official!" Seeing the silent hall, Emperor Chongzhen roared angrily, at this time, he finally no longer needed to maintain any imperial image, for these officials he had long been unaccustomed to, he wanted to kill them all, but unfortunately, he also knew that this was just a delusion.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please calm your anger, Wei Chen thinks that although the thieves are coming to the city, they may not be able to capture the city of Beijing, you know, the Manchu Tartar captives also came to the city of Beijing, but they were all beaten by my loyal people of the Ming Dynasty and fled, therefore, Your Majesty, now you only need to issue an edict to gather loyal people from all over the world to come to King Qin, just a few thieves, must flee from the wind." Seeing that the look in Chongzhen's eyes was getting more and more terrifying, Wei Zaode, the first assistant of the cabinet, finally had no choice but to speak.

Hearing Wei Zaode's words, Emperor Chongzhen's expression finally calmed down, and he said in a panic, "Yes, yes, I have been in the world for more than 200 years, and I have treated officials and people well, and loyal and righteous people should be endless. ”

Hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, although all the officials below had a look of approval on their faces, they were disdainful in their hearts, if a few years ago, these officials still had illusions about the Ming Dynasty, then with the frequent faint moves of the imperial court over the years, the already precarious actions have become what they are today.

From Li Zicheng's opening of the imperial examination in Xi'an, so as to get the response of countless scholars, it can be seen that most of the people in the world have given up the Ming court, in this case, even if there are really loyal ministers to come to King Qin, Lu Xiangsheng's fate is their example.

When Lu Xiangsheng entered the Kou Pass of the Manchu Qing army, when the soldiers besieged the city of Beijing, he responded to Chongzhen's edict of King Qin, and came to King Qin with 20,000 Celestial Elephant Army, halfway through, encountered the encirclement of 30,000 Azig troops, after several battles, repelled the Qing army many times, and even forced the Qing army to give way, helplessly, because of the hurry, Lu Xiangsheng's Celestial Elephant Army was short of food and grass, and in addition to the bad weather, he was finally defeated by the Manchu army, and died in battle, and at that time, The eunuch Gao Qiqian took more than 100,000 Guan Ning iron horsemen less than fifty miles away from him, but he was indifferent, watching such a loyal and righteous man die.

Afterwards, many upright people wrote to impeach the eunuch Gao Qiqian, asking him to be killed to thank the world, but unfortunately, what is disappointing is that in the face of this monstrous public anger, Emperor Chongzhen had no interest, but just dismissed Gao Qiqian's qualifications as a prisoner, and soon sent him to Nanjing as a left-behind eunuch.

It's just that Emperor Chongzhen didn't know anything about this, and he thought that he only needed to issue the edict of King Qin, so that he could get a group response from all over the world as before, and once again alleviate the crisis in the capital.

Just when Emperor Chongzhen was ecstatic by the seemingly beautiful but useless means proposed by the ministers, in the harem, Zhu Weiyuan, the princess of Changping, who was supposed to be married, was dressed in plain clothes at this time, sitting steadily in the garden, staring at the remnants of the garden without blinking, but her mind didn't know where to think for a long time.

Yesterday, it was originally her wedding day, when she sat on the sedan chair, she originally thought that her life would be like this, and after marrying into the Zhou family, she would be filial to her in-laws, respect her husband, have children, and live her life.

It's a pity that when the sedan chair was halfway there, a shocking roar came from outside the city, and then someone frantically shouted "There is a thief army attacking the city".

Originally, those people who watched the excitement, heard this, instantly panicked, even if those guards in how to block it is useless, in the panic, the team was rushed by the crowd, the sedan chair was knocked over, when she fell from the sedan chair to the ground, her heart did not have the slightest anger, but had a sense of relief, and then, seeing that the wedding could not go on, she returned to the palace under the protection of the guards.

One day and one night, she passed in a daze, although her mother and sister came to persuade her, but unfortunately, she did not listen to a word, because her mind was all occupied by a figure, and she could no longer hold anything else.

"Come on, come on, Zong Min, Jin Xing, everyone talks, now that Beijing City is in front of us, how should we fight it, you know, this is not comparable to those big cities before, more than two hundred years of Jingying, this Beijing City must have been strengthened by the emperor Lao'er is very strong, if we want to fight down, we really have to think of a way." Sitting in the big tent, Li Zicheng asked with a smile while drinking wine.

"Uncle, do you still need to think about this, now our Dashun army is not the same as before, now we have hundreds of artillery alone, not to mention anything else, set up these artillery pieces in front of Beijing City, and bombard them in turns for a few days, I don't believe that it will not be broken." It was Li Guo who spoke, Li Zicheng's nephew.

Hearing Li Guo's words, Li Zicheng and many generals in the big tent couldn't help laughing, but they didn't say anything.

Seeing this situation, Li Guo was a little embarrassed, his face was slightly red, and he asked Li Yan beside him in a low voice, what did everyone mean by this.

Hearing Li Guo's question, Li Yan also explained to him with a smile, it turned out that the reason why Li Zicheng asked such a question was not that he really didn't know how to capture Beijing City, you know, although Beijing City is strong, it is limited compared to Xi'an, he can even capture Xi'an, and it is not a problem to capture Beijing at all.

The reason why he asked everyone what they meant, that is, he wanted to capture Beijing City safely, after all, Beijing City has been the royal capital of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and all kinds of prosperity are not at all comparable to the lonely Xi'an City, and Li Zicheng has already decided that if he really establishes a dynasty, he will use Beijing City as the capital.

"The king doesn't need to be in a hurry, if you want to capture Beijing City, you just need to make a fuss, you know, we have a lot of useful people in our hands, as long as they let them promote it for us, Beijing City will be broken without attacking." After everyone laughed, Niu Jinxing spoke.

"Oh, what do you mean by Zuo Fu's words, let's talk about it quickly, what the hell is it, he actually has this ability." After Li Zicheng heard it, he couldn't help but say with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Hahaha, the king still remembers Du Xun and Du Zhiyu and others who we recruited halfway, whether or not we can succeed in those Beijing cities this time, the key is on them." Niu Jinxing said.

Hearing Niu Jinxing's words, everyone in the big tent couldn't help but be stunned, what Niu Jinxing said was not a general, but some eunuchs, Du Xun was guarding the Xuanfu, and Du Zhiyu was guarding Juyongguan, these eunuchs were all in the Dashun army before they arrived, they switched and surrendered, hearing the name of Niu Jinxing, Li Zicheng couldn't help frowning, for these eunuchs, Li Zicheng was extremely disgusted, more disgusted than those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, at this time when he heard Niu Jinxing mention them, how could he not frown.

Seeing Li Zicheng's appearance, Niu Jinxing didn't feel any discomfort, and said with a smile, "The king looks down on these eunuchs, but you must know that all kinds of people have all kinds of people's uses, if we really want to take Beijing City bloodlessly, we really need these eunuchs." ”

Hearing Niu Jinxing's sworn appearance, Li Zicheng nodded slowly and said, "Okay, since Zuo Fu said that it can be useful, then this matter will be handed over to you, tell them that as long as they do a good job, this king will definitely reward them heavily, otherwise, this king doesn't mind cutting off a few more heads." ”

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