The change came too quickly, and Yang Sichang was a little caught off guard.

Li Zicheng's Liukou suddenly began to march towards Beizhili on a large scale, and Zhending Mansion, where he led the army, became the center of the whirlpool.

The Liukou soldiers were divided into three routes, the Henan direction was led by Liu Zongmin, and directly entered Beizhili from the direction of Weihui Mansion, and soon occupied the Daimyo Mansion and began to attack Shunde Mansion, the front road army was obviously coming in the direction of Zhending Mansion, and the Liukou led by Li Zicheng started from Taiyuan Mansion in Shanxi Province and came directly in the direction of Zhending Mansion, and there was a Liukou all the way, led by Gu Junen, after starting from Taiyuan, quickly headed towards Datong.

The Rogue had launched an all-out assault without any prior warning.

Yang Sichang really didn't understand why Li Zicheng suddenly reversed and began to attack the imperial army.

You must know that the emperor has enshrined Li Zicheng as the governor of Tongzhi, and after Li Zicheng occupied Shaanxi, he was crowned the king of Dashun, and he could directly control Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan and other places.

In less than a month, the situation suddenly took a huge turn.

Instinctively, Yang Sichang thought of two situations, one was that the Liukou suffered a crushing defeat in Tongguan, and vented this anger to the imperial court, so he began a large-scale attack, and the second was that Zheng Xunrui and Li Zicheng reached a deal in private, so that Li Zicheng reversed the attack on the imperial army.

However, there was no news of the defeat of the Liukou in the direction of Tongguan, and if the Liukou were really defeated in Tongguan, it would be impossible to quickly launch an attack on the imperial army in such a short period of time.

Could it be that Zheng Xunrui and Li Zicheng reached some deal in private.

Thinking of this possibility, and being sure that this possibility was real, Yang Sichang felt cold all over his body. This shows that Zheng Xunrui has made up his mind to completely overthrow the imperial court, and on this basis, he gave Li Zicheng some promises, prompting Li Zicheng to launch an attack on the imperial army.

Yang Sichang no longer has any other strength to rely on.

The entire army that the imperial court can control, at most 300,000 people, is not guaranteed to be effective. Moreover, the slightly stronger troops were all stationed in Shanhaiguan, and the army of more than 100,000 led by him had almost no morale.

With an army of less than 200,000, facing nearly a million rogues, how to fight such a battle.

Yang Sichang quickly wrote a letter to the imperial court, and at the same time led the army to retreat to Baoding Mansion to avoid a quick confrontation with the Liukou.

Yang Sichang was no longer able to continue to retreat, and Baoding Mansion was the gateway to Shuntian Mansion. Once Baoding Mansion was occupied by the Liukou, the capital was in great danger.

The army stationed in Xuanfu and Shanhaiguan did not dare to be transferred for the time being, and once the army in these places was withdrawn, the Houjin Tartars could drive straight into Beizhili, especially Shanhaiguan, once lost. It means that the barrier to protect the capital is all lost, and at that time. The gods can't save the rout.

Yang Sichang can only defend the city of Baoding, here to start a decisive battle with the Liukou, if he can repel the attack of the Liukou, then the court can survive the most dangerous time, if it is defeated by the Liukou, the court has no suspense into a desperate situation.

And Yang Sichang can be sure. At this moment, Zheng Xunrui will never make a move, and even hopes that this situation will appear.

After more than 100,000 troops entered Baoding Mansion, Yang Sichang once again wrote a memo to the emperor, showing his determination to resist the attack of the Liukou to the death.

The capital is almost in chaos.

The news of the large-scale attack on Beizhili by the Liukou is unlikely to be concealed. For a long time, the propaganda of the Liukou in the capital is negative, and the common people here think that the Liukou are all blue-faced fangs, that is, a gang of bandits, who rob when they see a woman, and kill a man when they see it, as for the property at home, they can't keep it, and the Liukou will kill all the men, rob all the women and the money and food, and nothing will be left.

The first to panic were the scholars and scholars.

These scholars and scholars were once the backbone of the Ming Dynasty and the most important force to maintain the operation of the dynasty, they seemed to be very powerful, almost able to influence the government, and regarded themselves as superior people, they were afraid and hated the Liukou, and they also knew that after being captured by the Liukou, it would be difficult to have a good end.

It is said that these scholars and scholars should be united at this moment to resist the rogue together, even if they can't contribute, at least they can contribute money and food to help the court exterminate the rogue and help the court to exterminate the rogue Kou, but what is surprising is that these scholars and scholars are all a dime a die at such a critical moment, and some people in private are even ready to contact the rogue in private, just in case, if the rogue invades the capital, they can at least save their lives and wealth.

There are also some scholars and scholars who are ready to flee the capital and go to Shandong along Hejian Mansion, as long as they can reach Shandong, they will be considered safe, after all, Shandong is controlled by the Zheng family's army, and the Liukou will not dare to enter Shandong.

It's a pity that this is also a dream, the news circulating in the capital, Liu Zongmin, the general under Li Zicheng, has divided his troops to Hejian Mansion at the same time as capturing the Daimyo's Mansion.

Feeling cornered, the scholars and scholars began to curse the imperial court, they thought that the imperial court was useless and could not protect their safety, they knew that this was the case, it was better to go directly to the south and defect to Zheng Xunrui.

At this moment, these scholars and scholars, regardless of whether they are monitored by Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi.

The chaos in the capital has affected the Forbidden City.

If it weren't for Wang Chengen and other ceremonial eunuchs to dissuade him, saying that Yang Sichang has extraordinary abilities, and there are brave generals such as He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu under his command, and Wu Sangui and others in Shanhaiguan will be able to defeat the Liukou and prevent the invasion of the Houjin Tartars, Zhu Youzhen may have passed the throne to the crown prince, and he plans to abdicate and accuse the world.

The comfort of Wang Chengen and others has a certain effect, but it has no decisive effect, after all, the rogues have entered the North Zhili, you must know that these rogues are different from the Houjin Tatars, their purpose is to capture the capital.

September is the season of autumn and the most comfortable season of the year, but unfortunately Zhu Youzhen's heart has frozen.

In the Qianqing Palace, the early dynasty has ended, and only Wang Chengen is accompanied by Zhu Youzhen.

"Wang Chengen, I really don't understand, I thought that the Liukou was homeless, afraid of freezing and starving to death before rebelling, when the court exterminated the Liukou, I had mercy and agreed to appease the first, and vigorously compensate for the famine in various places, now these Liukou are attacking Beizhili, the next step is to attack the capital, they are thinking about my life."

Wang Chengen's face was like water, although his heart was very bitter, he couldn't show it.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that it will be difficult for the rogue to become a climate after all, Lord Yang is brave, and he will definitely be able to resist the rogue ......"

Such comforting words, Wang Chengen has already said too much, and he feels numb, but he still has to say it.

"Jinyiwei and Dongchang reported that there are many people in the capital who want to rebel, and they talk about it in public, and those words make me embarrassed, Wang Chengen, do you think I want to punish these people."

The emperor said about this matter, Wang Chengen is very clear, most of the scholars and scholars in the capital, including some officials in the court, are very abnormal, they talk about the government in vain, slander the court, has caused a very bad impact, Jinyiwei and Dongchang control some of them.

How to deal with these people, Wang Chengen has a different view, when the situation is chaotic, it is said that the killer should be killed, resolutely and decisively stop the criticism, and stabilize the situation, but the current situation is different, once the imperial court kills, it shows that it is possible to forcibly suppress it, but the undercurrent cannot be stopped, and it may even cause a large-scale backlash, and some people simply go to Li Zicheng.

"Your Majesty, the slaves and maids think that these people are fascinated by ghosts for a while, or they are mainly admonished."

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen and let out a long sigh.

"Wang Chengen, when I heard you say these words, I remembered that when I first ascended the throne, I was also in this state of mind, unwilling to kill people, unwilling to implicate innocents, even Wei Zhongxian, I made him commit suicide, the civil and military ministers in the court, sharpened his sword Huo Huo, and I did not allow it, now it seems that my heart at that time was buried with huge hidden dangers."

Wang Chengen chuckled in his heart, could it be that the emperor was ready to kill.

"According to what you said, let Jinyiwei and Dongchang release all these people, I still don't want to kill more, I want to see what these people will say after they get out of the edict."

Looking at the entire imperial court, the one who can really persuade Zhu Youzhen is Wang Chengen.

Then there was a long silence, although the emperor decided to let go of these people who were talking about the government in vain, but there was still a big problem, that is, the civil and military ministers in the court, because the Liukou suddenly attacked Beizhili, so that these civil and military ministers were excited, they thought that the court was deceived by Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng had been appointed as the governor of the same knowledge, I don't know how to appreciate the grace of the emperor and the court, but treacherously, a large-scale attack on the court, such an act can not be tolerated.

And the one who caused all this situation is undoubtedly Yang Sichang, the first assistant of the cabinet.

Signs of a large-scale impeachment of Yang Sichang have emerged, led by Qian Shisheng, the first assistant to the cabinet.

Yang Sichang is leading the army in Baoding Mansion to fight against the Liukou, at such a critical moment, if there is a large-scale impeachment in the DPRK, I don't know what Yang Sichang in Baoding Mansion will think, and whether he will become the second Hong Chengchou.

One problem after another was placed in front of Zhu Youzhen, which overwhelmed him and made him more and more disheartened. (To be continued.) )