Outside Tongzhou City, Yang Rong did not wait for the news of Zhu Zhanji's victory, but waited for Wang Xian and his cavalry. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Seeing Wang Xian's figure appear at this time, the big victory is self-evident.

Mo Wen at the head of the city was relieved, and smiled at the soldiers who had not yet come to their senses: "What are you still doing in a daze, go out of the city!" ”

The soldiers rushed out of Tongzhou City, surrounded the 30,000 people with the cavalry of Shandong, and forced them to hand over their families!

Yang Rong was also very single, and came to see Wang Xian alone, and offered to exchange himself and the more than 10,000 hostages for the safe departure of 30,000 troops.

"Bachelor Yang seems to be disheartened......" Wang Xian looked at him expressionlessly, the person who ordered Xu Huaiqing to be killed.

"It makes no difference whether the old man goes back to Kyoto or not." Yang Rong smiled sadly and said: "The emperor actually had the intention of negotiating peace, and he was persuaded by the three of us, but this battle was lost, and we naturally have to bear the due responsibility." ”

Wang Xian pondered for a moment and said, "Okay." But there is one condition, those people in the East Factory cannot stay. ”

This is the meaning of the question, Yang Rong naturally agreed, and after going back, on the grounds of discussing countermeasures, he gathered the people of Dongchang together, and then the officers and soldiers swarmed up and tied them all up.

Wang Xian really fulfilled his promise and let go of the 30,000 troops.

Seeing the soldiers hugging and crying with their parents and brothers, he felt that this deal was a good deal.

More than 100,000 defeated troops fled back to Beijing, which also brought the news that the army was defeated and the crown prince and Yang Rong were captured. After repeated stimulation in the past two months, such terrifying news can no longer make the people's emotions fluctuate much. They are just worried that if Zhen Guogong attacks Beijing City, will it drag on for a long time, what if there is no food at home, how can the family survive?

The princes and ministers were also numb, and no one was even surprised, as if losing to Wang Xian was a matter of course, and winning him was a miracle. Many people began to regret that they hadn't secretly contacted Wang Xian before to see if they could surrender to the past. At present, the capital has completely entered a state of combat readiness, the nine gates are closed, and everyone is not allowed to approach the city wall, so they can't get in touch even if they want to.

There are also many ministers who are absolutely loyal to Emperor Hongxi, after all, in addition to Wang Xian, Zhu Gaochi is a good emperor who is generous and loves the people like a son. These officials took the initiative to donate their family property to recruit Ding Zhuang, and pacified and rectified the defeated army, and did their best to defend Beijing for the imperial court.

There was a bleak wind and cold rain in the Forbidden City, and when she heard that the crown prince was captured, Empress Zhang fainted at once. After listening to Yang Shiqi's report, Emperor Hongxi was not very surprised, but just shook his head and sighed: "Why do you have to get this step......

"Your Majesty, you can only obey the mandate of heaven by doing your best. How to accept fate if the personnel is not exhausted? Yang Shiqi's expression was also very calm: "Now please ask the emperor to send an envoy to send Weichen's head to Tongzhou and negotiate peace with Wang Xian." ”

"Hey, if you knew today, why bother in the first place? ......" Zhu Gaochi looked at this old minister who single-handedly destroyed his country, but he couldn't say a word of reproach, and there was no need.

"Even if I do it again, the minister will still do the same thing." Yang Shiqi laughed miserably and said, "It's a pity that I don't have a chance to do it again......"

"I'm not in a hurry today, go back and say goodbye to my family." The emperor let out a long sigh, he couldn't bear to look at Yang Shiqi anymore, and he didn't want to see him again.

"Your Majesty!" Yang Shiqi endured and endured, but after all, he couldn't hold back, and said to the emperor: "Now there are still more than 200,000 troops in the capital, and there are also Chengshan Marquis, as well as vassal kings from all over the country, please don't be discouraged!" After a pause, he raised his voice and said: "As long as you delay time in the name of peace talks, you will drag Wang Xian's hundreds of thousands of troops outside the pass to death!" The final victory still belongs to the emperor! ”

Zhu Gaochi's eyelids twitched a few times, but he didn't open his eyes after all, but said slowly in a strange tone: "You still haven't given up......

"That's all there is to it! Say goodbye to the emperor forever! Yang Shiqi burst into tears, bowed to the emperor three times and bowed heavily, and then slowly got up with his arms supported, and left the Qianqing Palace with one foot deep and one foot shallow, he paid everything for it.

There was a dead silence in the dark palace, and after a long while, the eunuchs, who had been keeping their heads down, realized that the emperor had passed out.

"Imperial Doctor, pass on Imperial Doctor!" The screams of the old eunuch Zhang Cheng finally broke the suffocating silence.

When the emperor woke up, it was already the second half of the night.

Zhu Gaochi asked the queen, Zhu Zhanjun and Zhang Cheng who were guarding in front of the dragon bed to step down, leaving only one person sentenced by the Zhou Yuan of the Tai Hospital.

Zhu Gaochi looked at the top of the tent with a sloppy gaze, as if he was wandering outside the world. Zhou Yuan Judge knelt in front of the dragon bed uneasily, and only after a long time did he hear the emperor slowly ask: "You tell me the truth, how much time do I have left?" ”

Zhou Yuanju cried and didn't dare to answer, only to hear the emperor say again: "If you don't say anything, you will kill your whole family." ”

Zhou Yuanju had no choice but to speak with difficulty: "The emperor's dragon body is terminally ill, and it will ...... at any time Pentian ......"

"Sure enough......" Zhu Gaochi laughed, and the laughter was so infiltrating.

The city of Tongzhou is a place of joy, the soldiers slaughtered pigs and sheep, celebrated the victory, and also celebrated the rescue of their relatives.

Wang Xian, accompanied by Wu Wei, Mo Wen, and Erhei, climbed the west city wall and looked into the distance. Although you can't see Beijing City dozens of miles away here, the city is five feet high and the magnificent capital of the Ming Dynasty clearly appears in everyone's mind.

"My lord, is it time to attack Beijing next?" Erhei touched his shiny bald head, and put his light in one eye. The big victory outside Tongzhou City came too easily, which always made him feel unfinished, and also raised the appetite of Shandong soldiers.

Wang Xian looked at Erhei, shook his head slowly, and said, "There is no such link in my plan. ”

"Huh?!" Wu Wei and Mo Wen were not surprised, obviously they had already known Wang Xian's plans. Erhei was taken aback and said, "Didn't the adults let the soldiers prepare for the siege?" ”

"It's just for show, to scare and scare people." Wang Xian smiled slightly.

"Why?!" Erhei felt incomprehensible.

"Because, you can't fight, you can't fight, you can't fight." Wang Xian said softly: "Don't be carried away by the victory, it is already our current limit to be able to go so far." He sighed and said, "From the beginning, my goal was Tongzhou, not the capital. ”

"What do you mean you can't beat?" Erhei asked in a muffled voice.

"The city of Beijing is not an ordinary city with thick walls, and no siege equipment can climb its head. Moreover, there were more than 200,000 troops in the city. Even if half of them are defeated generals, their families are in the capital, and they will still desperately defend the city. And there are also the army of King Qin, the army of the vassal kings from all over the country, and ...... After trapping Liu Sheng and them, more than 200,000 elite border troops were liberated. With our 50,000 or 60,000 horses, do you think we can attack it? Mo Wen explained for Wang Xian.

"Isn't there still a Tiger Cannon?" Erhei retorted unconvinced.

The so-called Tiger Zun cannon is the small cannon that swept the cavalry of the official army yesterday. It was secretly developed by Wang Xian according to the current level of artillery, combined with the tiger squat cannon of Qi Jiguang in later generations, and ordered the six departments of Jinyi Wei. The weight of the cannon is less than fifty catties, the cannon body is only three feet long, a carriage can transport four, and the soldiers can also carry it alone. The shortcomings of the current cannon being bulky and unable to move were completely overcome. It is especially suitable for mobile field combat with large armies.

Moreover, the barrel of the cannon is filled with 100 small lead pieces weighing five coins, and the top is pressed by a large lead bullet weighing 30 taels, and the killing range is very large when fired, and the lethality is also very considerable. There were a few more of them, and even the dense onslaught of cavalry could block them.

After this cannon was developed, it was secretly produced in the mountains of Qingzhou as a top secret, except for Long Wuye, who was in charge, even high-level officials like Erhei only saw its power for the first time yesterday.

Yesterday's terrifying thousand cannons fired in unison, giving Er Hei and many people the illusion that they were invincible in the world.

"It was specially used to kill the enemy in the field, and it was useless in siege warfare." Wang Xian shook his head and said.

"Hey......" Erhei sighed regretfully, and asked again: "Then why do you say you can't fight?" ”

"The capital is not somewhere else, there is no complete reason, attacking the capital will lose the hearts of the people." Mo Wen explained: "Our banner is 'punishing traitorous ministers and Qing Jun's side', now that Zhu Zhanji and Yang Rong have been captured, if Yang Rong didn't lie to us, the emperor should soon hand over Yang Shiqi, and if we continue, we will only lose people's hearts." Without the hearts of the people, there is no future......"

"What is it that can't be beaten?" Erhei asked in a muffled voice.

Mo Wen only said three words. "Juyongguan."

Erhei was speechless.

The next day, the envoys of the imperial court arrived.

It turned out to be Yang Pu. This respected old man, trekking through mountains and rivers to make a detour to Pingxingguan, and after more than a month, he easily returned to the capital, and he received such a task, how could he not feel like a world away.

When he saw Wang Xian, Yang Pu was still in a dream, mechanically conveying the emperor's meaning to him, saying that as long as Wang Xian agreed to negotiate peace, he could agree to any conditions, and then let Yang Shiqi's head be presented.

Wang Xian looked at the head in the box, and said in silence for a long time: "I agree to negotiate peace." ”

Yang Pu breathed a sigh of relief, but the generals in the room were shocked. It was easy to wait for Yang Pu to retreat, and the generals couldn't hold back anymore and shouted loudly: "Grandpa, how can you promise the emperor?!" "Yes, grandpa, let's go all out and capture the city of Beijing, the whole world belongs to the grandpa, what else to discuss?!"

Wang Xian quietly waited for the generals to finish venting, and only asked them one question: "Do you know how many days our army has been out of food outside Juyong Pass?" ”

Everyone was speechless like Mo Wen yesterday. (To be continued.) )