The Tartars transferred Hongyi artillery to attack the city, and the shock to the Jingshi and even to the great emperor Zhu Youzhen was unprecedented. Even if the monarchs and ministers knew that the Hongyi cannon might not pose a sufficient threat to the walls of the Jingshi, no one could afford this kind of risk, Yang Sichang couldn't, and neither could Zhu Youzhen.

After the will of Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting to enter King Jingqin as soon as possible, Zhu Youzhen sat weakly on the dragon chair, and the thief could not be cut off for a moment, so he was like sitting on pins and needles for a moment. At this time, these two people were transferred north, but they didn't know whether it would be a blessing or a curse in the future.

In fact, Zhu Youzhen in his heart is very much in favor of Yang Sichang's "outside must first be at home" policy, has always been the same implementation, since the beginning of the throne, Shaanxi chaos, and then swept the Central Plains, he has been trying his best to suppress thieves, the governor and below the officials have killed themselves are countless, and the total soldiers and generals killed in the war are also countless. Finally, when he was about to extinguish this great turmoil that had plagued the whole country, the Tartars came to make trouble, and it was because of this thief that he killed more and more.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, the thief Zhang Bu trapped Fengyang, burned the ancestral tomb of Taizu, and destroyed the ancestral temple, which was a scandalous thing that had never been seen in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and it was a defeat. The arrogance of the thieves is also becoming more and more arrogant year by year. At the same time, the situation in Liaodong is also gradually deteriorating, and the Tartars have entered the Kou several times as if they were no man's land, and no one can stop the huge Ming Dynasty.

The thief and the Tartar are like two nooses, one south and one north, which stuck Zhu Youzhen's neck, making him breathe for a moment. Now, the thieves are appeased, the defeated are retreated, and the anti-thieves in the world are about to be cleaned up, but the Tartars have broken through on an unprecedented scale. Falling short? Zhu Youzhen was reluctant to continue thinking about it.

The little eunuch tiptoed into the hall, and the eunuch who was panicked and roared to report the news during the day was killed by the emperor on the spot, so frightened that everyone in the palace did not dare to act recklessly. Zhu Youzhen noticed that the little eunuch was about to speak and stopped, and asked weakly with drooping eyelids:

"What?"

The little eunuch Xu was just beside the emperor not long ago, and his nervous face was full of sweat and beads of sweat were crackling down, and he didn't dare to raise his sleeves to wipe it.

"Long live Qiyu, the military newspaper handed in from outside!"

The expression of the little eunuch was like a mournful examination, Zhu Youzhen could also guess that there would be no good news, raised his hand, and motioned for him to continue.

"Wang Pupai, the chief soldier of Datong Town, sent someone to send it, and said, said yes, the day before yesterday, I saw Sun Ge Lao and Liu Ge Lao being tartarized in Anzhou...... Tartar...... Eight, eighty percent is already, martyrdom! ”

Zhu Youzhen guessed that it was not good news, but he didn't expect it to be such a thunderbolt, he stood up from the chair, snatched the military newspaper in the hand of the little eunuch, and roughly swept it from top to bottom, and his heart fell into the abyss.

After Wang Pu went south with his will, he finally didn't have time to enter the city to preach. The Tartars were besieging the city, and he was not allowed to enter, so he had to wander outside. I don't want the Tartar Dudu Department to suddenly go north to join forces with Dolgon, and the city of Gaoyang will be broken with all his strength.

In the chaos of the army, hundreds of people and the Ming army broke through, and finally all the way south and all the way north, all the way to the north are cavalry, the Tartars bite and hold on, there are detectives who have seen it with their own eyes, there are two old men sandwiched in the way to the north, it is clear that Sun Liu is the two elders, but it is a pity that the Tartar army is numerous, Wang Pu's thousand people do not dare to compete with it at all, and they watched the cavalry in the north being besieged in Anzhou, and then being eaten and eliminated.

According to the military newspaper, the two elders would die in battle and not become Tartar prisoners. How Zhu Youzhen didn't understand that this was a hint that the two important ministers of the court had the possibility of being captured by the Tartars. If this is the case, the blow to the Ming Dynasty will be great, one is the first assistant of the cabinet of the dynasty, and the other is the bachelor of the governor of the world, the king of soldiers and horses, and the two are captured together, what a shame and fiasco!

Zhu Youzhen didn't understand, the previous time he repeatedly killed the Tartar generals, and even Yue Tuo, who loved Xinjue Luo, was cut off his head, how could he be defeated so suddenly? He didn't have an idea for a while, so he had to ask the little eunuch to invite Yang Sichang, who he had just taken away, back.

Although this Yang Sichang is not a talent for leading troops, he is a genius strategist. Zhu Youzhen positioned Yang Sichang as such, and the strategy of "four positive and six corners, ten sides of the net" initially proved to be effective, and the world could have been decided, but the Tartars came to take advantage of the fire to rob again, and it always felt like a bad move.

The little eunuch who passed the decree almost followed Yang Sichang's footsteps and followed Yang Mansion. Yang Sichang didn't even drink the hot tea, and his butt didn't touch the chair, so he hurried to the palace with the little eunuch.

On the way, Yang Sichang inquired, and learned the content of Wang Pu's military report from the mouth of the little eunuch, but he didn't know what to do like Zhu Youzhen. First of all, although Gaoyang fell, it was not a fiasco militarily, and thinking that Gaoyang was a small city that could hold the main force of the Tartars for several months, which was a big victory in itself. But from a strategic point of view, with the fall of Gao Yang, two important cabinet ministers were killed in a row, and there was even the possibility of being captured by the Tartars, which had a great impact. It has opened a precedent for the country! In other words, there have been a lot of things that have not been done in the past three hundred years since the Chongzhen Dynasty, but I don't know if the emperor can bear it anymore.

It's getting late, the cannons outside the city have finally stopped, it is estimated that today's offensive of the Tartars is over, but it is always surrounded like this, and it is not a matter, and the Shaanxi army of Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting will not be able to do it for more than a month, is it annoying?

Yang Sichang did not take a sedan chair in order to hurry, but instead rode a horse. Even on a bumpy horse, he was still thinking in his heart about where there were still soldiers to adjust. As early as the early stage of the war, the soldiers and horses of these two towns have been beaten by the Tartars, and self-protection is still insufficient, where are the surplus troops to rescue the Beijing Division?

A few further south, the Guanning army led by Gao Qiqian was the first in the country, but it was unexpectedly defeated by Gao Qiqian's eunuchs, Lu Xiangsheng and Shanxi General Hu Dawei did not know where at this time, but since Du Du's army was able to go north, these two people may also be more auspicious.

There is really an army that makes Yang Sichang's eyes shine, that is Liu Zeqing's department in Shandong, Liu Zeqing of the Zhili War is looking forward to it, his strength is well preserved, and it is appropriate to transfer him, but whether this guy can listen to the tune still needs to be studied.

Thinking about it, under the great tomorrow, the adjustable soldiers were only the soldiers of Hongsun in Shaanxi, and they couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He already had a faint premonition in his heart, internal and external troubles, anxious, a dynasty is about to fall, it's just that, right?

Yang Sichang is not the only one who has this idea, even Zhu Youzhen has thought about this problem more than once in his heart, looking at Yang Sichang who was kneeling on the ground, although he felt powerless in his heart, it was a little more flame of hope.

"Yang Qing, please get up quickly."

Zhu Youzhen gave Yang Sichang a hand, and asked the little eunuch to bring a stool, spread a soft cushion, and give him to sit down.

"Yang Qing must have learned about the military report, can he have a countermeasure?"

The so-called countermeasures were still discussed at noon, and the most important thing was how to retreat the soldiers outside the city, and now there was an extra dagger that could be pierced at any time as if it was against the chest. He once thought ruthlessly in his heart, it was better for the two old guys to die when the city was broken, so why break through and do more? In the end, let the court bear this shame.

Yang Sichang had no good way, so he had to say what he had thought about on the road. First, the Shaanxi army was transferred to King Qin, which the emperor had approved before. The second is to transfer Liu Zeqing's troops from Shandong to Beijing. Compared with Hong and Sun, Liu Zeqing is closer to Jingshi, and he can reach it in ten days by rushing along the canal......

Looking at Yang Sichang, who was tired of sitting there to explain, Zhu Youzhen's originally somewhat fiery gaze gradually cooled down, is this the way to deal with the crisis in front of him? If Liu Zeqing can come to Beijing and come early in the morning, why wait for today? Although Zhu Youzhen's ears and eyes are not bright, he is not a fool, Liu Zeqing shirked his responsibility, and he knew it even more, but because he had just been promoted to the governor of his left capital, it was inconvenient to repeatedly condemn him.

"Is there any other way to do it besides these two?"

Yang Sichang was silent, and Zhu Youzhen asked again: "How should the two ministers Sun and Liu make arrangements for the future?" ”

"According to the opinion of the ministers, people should be sent to investigate first, and if they are alive, they should see people, and if they die, they should see corpses, and then they should be disposed of according to the rules and regulations of the imperial court!"

Yang Sichang played a trick in his answer, and he also understood that Zhu Youzhen did not want this kind of answer, and the important ministers were captured and either died or surrendered. If you die for a qiē, it's easy to do, according to the rules and regulations, you are afraid that people are not dead, which will be troublesome.

One possibility is that people did not die or surrender, but were captured alive, how can the dignity of the court remain? Of course, the courtiers are greedy for life and afraid of death, but how can the court reprimand him for stealing his life? The other possibility is the worst outcome, unable to withstand the coercion and temptation and surrender to the Tartars, which is the first time that the dynasty has never been, and the cabinet ministers have surrendered to the enemy, especially the first assistant of the cabinet, the impact is so bad that the blow is far-reaching, and it is difficult to estimate.

But based on Yang Sichang's private speculation, Sun Chengzong and Liu Yuliang, I am afraid that the latter is more likely to surrender due to coercion and temptation, but this kind of thing is accurate again? In short, this is a big trouble, especially Sun Chengzong, the emperor has just specially ordered to increase the rank of official, and as a result, he has made such a come, so what is the emperor's face?

Yang Sichang flinched at the critical moment, did not dare to make a bold decision, and set up an ambush with him, which made Zhu Youzhen disappointed for a while, the world is becoming more and more bad, even though he is not the king of the dead country, but this world is a sign of defeat, sometimes he really wants to stand on the Chengtian Gate of the Forbidden City and shout, "Where is my minister of wind music?" ”