Not only Li Zicheng, but also those subordinates who came to Beijing with him, after seeing the tall, mighty and prosperous city of Beijing for the first time, they all showed greedy eyes, almost penetrating the layers of city walls, and nakedly placed on the bodies of those noble officials in Beijing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Zongmin excitedly took off his helmet, rode a horse and stood behind Li Zicheng, laughing happily, while pointing to the head of the city and saying to Li Zicheng: "King, you see, if you can attack this city, you are the co-lord of the world, and you can ascend to the supreme throne." ”

Li Zicheng was also excited in his heart, but at the same time he was excited, he also understood the difficulty of attacking the Jingshi City, so he did not get carried away like Liu Zongmin, but looked at the locked vermilion gate of the capital and the unattainable thick city wall with concern, frowned slightly, and said: "Then we must capture Beijing first!" ”

"Drive!"

With a light rein and the horse's head, Li Zicheng rode his horse and walked towards the rear army, and at the same time said to Liu Zongmin, who was following him: "Beijing's city defense is tall, and it is full of stones and fire oil, as well as straw that can be lit at any time. ”

Liu Zongmin said: "They are all brainless barbarians, we have won the hearts of the people all over the world, what city cannot be broken?" ”

Li Zicheng smiled coldly and asked, "When Zhou Yuji broke Taiyuan, he didn't avoid fighting to the death, and we lost too many people. Although there are still 500,000 troops in the army, tell me, is this Jingshi really better than Taiyuan to attack? ”

Liu Zongmin shook his head and replied bluntly in the face of Li Zicheng's question: "Beijing is actually comparable to Taiyuan, and if it is attacked, it will be a hundred times more difficult. ”

"If you know! Sigh! Li Zicheng stopped the horse, got off the horse and came to the makeshift tent, took off his clothes and armor, looked at the sky outside the window, and said: "It's obviously winter, why does the widow feel so hot?" ”

Liu Zongmin looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky and shook his head! He didn't feel hot. Moreover, he felt that if this kind of weather continued for a few more days, the army might be able to freeze to death.

"How much do we have left?"

Li Zicheng asked Niu Jinxing.

Niu Jinxing said: "It's not much, it can last for ten days at most." If the follow-up military rations cannot be delivered after ten days, we will have to withdraw our troops first. ”

Li Zicheng has food, and there is a lot of it. Sitting on the fruits of Zhu Changyuan's labor, he got more military food in Shaanxi than anyone could have imagined, however. As his front lengthened and the weather became colder day by day, there were major problems with the delivery of military rations.

To supply the grain of the 500,000-strong army, at least one million peasants need to be conscripted as workers to transport grain, and a cart of grain from Shaanxi to Beijing must be eaten one-third, when you go back. And a third of it.

As a result, most of these military rations actually went into the mouths of the grain transport army. But there is no way around it.

"Difficult!" Liu Zongmin shook his head and said.

It's not that he hits the boss, but the facts are in front of him.

Li Zicheng didn't care much, and said, "It doesn't matter, we have to withdraw the army anyway!" ”

"Withdrawal?" Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing looked at him in surprise at the same time, not understanding why Li Zicheng would suddenly say this. You must know that it is not easy to capture these four important military towns by deception before and after.

Especially Zhou Yuji in Taiyuan Town, almost made Li Zicheng want to vomit blood! But now how can he say that he is going to withdraw his troops? If the troops are withdrawn, won't all this be in vain?

"King!" Niu Jinxing was the first to disagree, if Li Zicheng couldn't be the emperor, he, the prime minister, could be said to be empty talk. It is impossible for one person to be above ten thousand: "The king must not think about this, now that Beijing is in front of him, if the king does not fight and retreats, it will make the world laugh in shame!" ”

Liu Zongmin also said: "Big brother." I still want to be a general! ”

Li Zicheng didn't listen to the persuasion of the two of them, waved his hand and said, "You don't know the severity of this!" If we go up in one fell swoop and capture the capital, of course, it is the best, if it is protracted and cannot be attacked, then the divisions of King Qin from all over the country will rush over one after another, and we will be defeated. It has lost its roots. ”

"Moreover, our military rations are not available!" Li Zicheng then continued to analyze his subordinates and said: "Do you know that there is a plague in the capital now, and I am afraid that our soldiers will also fall ill, so now is the best way!" ”

"Then we fought for so long, left so much blood, and sacrificed so many brothers, just to come to Beijing City and go back?" Liu Zongmin and Li Zicheng are brothers, and they have nothing to talk about each other, so he has no scruples when he speaks, and Li Zicheng will not take it too seriously.

"Of course not!"

Li Zicheng smiled slightly and said, "How can you come for nothing?" The ambition in his eyes slowly rose, and he said to Niu Jinxing and Liu Zongmin with a smile: "I thought about it for a day yesterday, and I think that now that our troops are coming to the city, the best strategy is to force this Chongzhen to make peace!" ”

"Peace talks?" Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing's eyes almost fell to the ground: Why did you come here from Shaanxi to negotiate peace? Are you sure you don't have something wrong with your brain?

Of course, this kind of thing can only be lewd in the heart, and it is impossible and dare not declare it.

"Don't panic, you two!" Li Zicheng smiled and said: "Now that I am in the city, I am the one who has the initiative, so I naturally have to put forward some conditions. The widow has already thought about it, let Chongzhen be the king of the northwest, and hereditary reckless to divide the party. I proclaimed him a vassal, but I did not listen to the tune or the announcement, and asked him again for a million taels of silver as a military salary. ”

Niu Jinxing listened to Li Zicheng's idea, and did not express his opinion at the first time, but quietly thought about it in private.

Liu Zongmin resolutely disagreed, and said: "Big brother, in this way, we will suffer a big loss!" I'm afraid that the brothers below won't be willing either! ”

Li Zicheng ignored Liu Zongmin, glanced at Niu Jinxing in a blink of an eye, and asked by name: "What does the prime minister think?" ”

The boss has taken a roll call, and it won't work if he doesn't answer. Niu Jinxing arched his hand, but did not face Li Zicheng's question, but asked rhetorically: "I don't know what rights this Northwest King has, and how big is the territory?" ”

Li Zicheng seemed to have become the king of the northwest now, and said with a smile: "The territory is naturally Shaanxi and Shanxi, as for the rights?" Compare it to the king of Yanming back then! ”

King Yanming, Zhu Changyuan!

Zhu Changyuan, who was thousands of miles away, suddenly sneezed, touched his nose and looked into the distance, and muttered to himself: "Who is the mother, and he is talking bad about Lao Tzu behind his back." ”

At this time, the mobile phone in his hand suddenly rang, and after connecting it, he learned that it was the secret pile in the capital and the latest battle situation of Li Zicheng's siege of Beijing came again.

After answering the phone, he deeply felt that no matter how important Myanmar is, it is time to go back and clean up the mess, otherwise it will take a lot of effort.

So, he hung up the phone to Kong He, explained a few words to him about military affairs, and then returned to Sun Moon Island in a flash through the medium of modern society.

In fact, in addition to Li Zicheng constantly chanting Zhu Changyuan's name, there is another one who is still remembering him, that is, Chongzhen.

At this moment, he was still in the side hall of the platform hall, looking at several ministers in the hall with a worried face, and chanted like a nervous voice: "Zhu Changyuan, Zhu Changyuan, Zhu Changyuan." "It's as if everyone else in front of you is an ornament.

"If Uncle Huang is here, why is there today's disaster?" Chongzhen's face was pale, he slowly closed his eyes, and whispered to the ministers: "What if I issue an edict to punish myself and restore the official position of the emperor's uncle?" ”

Cabinet Zhang Si knew: "No, even if Your Majesty is sincere, Zhu Changyuan may not be able to comprehend the king's heart!" ”

Zhang Sizhi said it more politely, but the meaning of the words was very clear: Don't go, what's the use of the edict of sin, Zhu Changyuan won't appreciate it.

Chongzhen also knew that this would be the result, took a deep breath, and said: "If it is really given to him this Ming Dynasty and give way to him, the imperial uncle may come to King Jingqin?" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, the pot immediately exploded.

Whether they agree or oppose it in their hearts, it is impossible to say it, and the only answer for the ministers can only be against. After all, who knows whether the emperor is playing real or testing this time?

Otherwise, if you leak it, it will really harm the nine clans!

Chongzhen also knows this, but unfortunately, no one on the scene knows that he is telling the truth at this moment, it is the truth! In his heart now, nothing matters, there is only one thing: I can die, I can lose the throne, I can admit my mistakes, and I can do anything! But only I can't be the king of the fallen country, I can't be sorry for the emperor's ancestors, and I can't let this Ming dynasty be ruined in my hands.

"This is what I say in my heart, I don't care whose hands the country falls into, as long as he is the blood relative of Emperor Chengzu!" Chongzhen suddenly stood up from his seat, reached out and took a royal pen, and even wanted to personally carry the pen and make an edict.

The ministers were really frightened at this time.

Especially Xue Guoguan, Zhang Sizhi, Jiang Fengyuan and others, who had a grudge against Zhu Changyuan before, were almost scared to pee their pants. Just kidding, let that killing god be the emperor, who else in the world can have a better life?

"Your Majesty!" Xue Guoguan kowtowed a few times and said: "The inheritance is orderly, the blood is close to the family, if Your Majesty insists on going his own way, the minister is willing to splash three feet of blood!" ”

"The minister is also willing to splash blood three feet to the death!" Jiang Fengyuan ran out, and his forehead was stained with blood.

Chongzhen's eyes were resolute and did not change in the slightest.

Liu Zunxian coughed twice, walked out with difficulty, and said, "Minister, beg Your Majesty to let the minister give office!" ”

Chongzhen snorted coldly and said, "Quasi! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Zunxian knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, and said: "Your Majesty take care, but before the minister leaves, he still has questions, dare to ask His Majesty!" (To be continued.) )