Chapter Eighty-Three: The Siege of Beijing

Seeing Zhou Jin mixed in the pile of refugees, Li Xin's heart sank, although this person is the teacher of Gaoyang County, but he is the second person in Gaoyang County after Lu Zhifan, is it? Without waiting for Li Xin to ask in detail, Liu Quan was the first to rush forward, and Zhou Jin, who was crying non-stop, started work left and right was a slap in the face.

Liu Quan smoked extremely hard, and scolded again and again.

"Let you bring in the Tartars, let you bring the Tartars, will you pay for the death of so many brothers?"

Before the refugees' original joy of salvation could bloom, they were pulled back by Liu Quan's vicious slap and were so frightened that they retreated. Lu Jiu hugged his shoulders and watched coldly, he had long been unaccustomed to Zhou Jin's virtue of crying and mourning and dead eyes, so he let Liu Quan beat him up and teach him a lesson, and he was happy to see this excitement.

"You...... You horseman, dare, dare to do something with this official? ”

Zhou Jin opened his mouth, Liu Quan was even more angry, this guy dared to scold his husband, and his blood surged for a while, and he was scolding him for not hearing anything clearly, but this time he was punching and kicking, and he was beaten more solidly with his head and face.

"I'll beat you to death on a donkey's day......"

A group of people had their own concerns, and they gathered in a circle to watch Zhou Jin being beaten, and the soldiers who had good deeds shouted one after another. Zhou Jin had been so humiliated since he could remember, and he had no choice but to restrain the chicken, so he gritted his teeth and stood up, not only did he not have a word of begging for mercy, but he also scolded Liu Quan angrily from time to time, but a scolding could only be exchanged for Liu Quan's more violent fists.

Zhou Jin scolded Liu Quan and Li Xin.

"Li Xin thief, you dare to ask the thief to beat the court officials, aren't you afraid that the Ming Dynasty will ask for your head? Yes...... Hmmm......"

Li Xin also wanted Liu Quan to teach him a lesson at the beginning, but he didn't expect this product to open a group mockery mode, and he scolded people when he saw them, and he really couldn't spare him this time. But he couldn't let the red-eyed Liu Quan continue to beat him, in case he was killed, it was not Li Xin's wish, so he stepped forward and grabbed Liu Quan. Don't look at Liu Quan's fierce look in front of the people, but in front of Li Xin, he immediately became like a docile little sheep, stopped his fist, still puzzled, and coughed a mouthful of thick phlegm and spit it down, that Zhou Jin just raised his head, and spit on his face.

Zhou Jin let the thick phlegm hang on his face, but it intensified.

"Thief Li, either you beat the official to death, or sooner or later, the official will use the three-foot king method in his hand to behead your dog!"

Zhou Jin's two front teeth were all knocked out by Liu Quan, and when he spoke, his speech became unclear, and his appearance was a little funny, which made everyone laugh.

Liu Quan heard that Zhou Jin actually claimed to be his own official, and he spoke in a crepe-like manner, and he seemed to know Li Xin, right? A heart can't help but go up and down, I don't know Taishan and beat the civil officials of the imperial court, how many heads do I have enough to cut off?

With this thought, Liu Quan suddenly wilted, rubbed back and tried to hide behind Li Xin.

Li Xin made Zhou Jin cry and laugh angrily, this product is like a stone in the pit, smelly and hard, obviously he saved him, not only did this thing not say a word of thanks, but scolded him, he really deserved to be beaten.

"Lord Zhou, why don't you do a good job in Gaoyang City, but what are you doing in the refugee pile?"

Lu Jiu opened his mouth in a strange way on the side. Zhou Jin, who was still high-spirited and ready to scold again, immediately lowered his head like a defeated rooster, and his voice was a little choked.

"Gaoyang City is broken, everyone has run away, Sun, Sun Ge Lao doesn't know whether he lives or dies......"

Then he cried and wept.

"Crying, crying bird, how could you have today if you hadn't joined forces to harm my thirteenth brother?"

Lu Jiu continued to sneer.

"Zhou Jin is dedicated to the public, at that time, everyone had to be cautious!"

Zhou Jin stopped crying and retorted word by word.

Li Xin sighed, Gaoyang City was broken after all, what Lu Jiu said may not be, even if he is in Gaoyang City, how can he stop all the main forces of the Tartars from attacking the city together? This was something he hadn't thought of in the first place. He hoped that he would meet Lu Zhifan at this time, not this annoying Zhou Jin.

"Master Teaching, ask yourself, don't you have the slightest prejudice against Li Xinke?"

Li Xin asked coldly, and Zhou Jin was speechless for a while.

Liu Quan heard that he was beating the Gaoyang County Sect, and this edict is a figure who follows Sun Chengzong, although Sun Chengzong's whereabouts are unknown at the moment, but in case of another willow and a bright future, the people around him will also rise with the tide, isn't this a mortal enemy?

But listening to Li Xin's words, it seemed that he had a deep relationship with this person, and a flame of hope rose again...... It seems that following in the footsteps of the envoy is the best way to go...... But Zhou Jin's next words made him fall into an ice cave.

"Li Xin, you are just a horse thief prisoner, you were able to live because of the light of the Tartars, and the court pardoned your capital crimes, shouldn't you be grateful for the newspaper? Who qualifies to pick and choose here? ”

What, what? Liu Quan couldn't keep up with the train of thought in the words of the two for a while. Horse thief, prisoner, amnesty? What's going on? He looked at Zhou Jin, who was in rags, and Li Xin, who was full of vicissitudes, and seemed to understand something.

Li Xindu has the intention of slashing Zhou Jin to death with a knife, this thing is self-sustaining and on the right path, although there is no subjective idea of seeking personal gain, but the situation is extremely narrow, do you have to see the situation when you break this kind of thing? Now that the enemy's situation is unknown, whether the unbearable accusation of a leading officer will shake the morale of the army. And that Liu Quan is a grass on the wall, and he relied on the identity of a fake envoy to suppress it, once he shows his cowardice, this thing is taking advantage of the chaos to rebel, and the future is unimaginable.

Didn't Zhou Jin think about it at all? Is it all grass or in your head? In vain for a while, the benefits of the tongue were obtained.

Li Xin's heart gradually cooled down, since you are so ignorant, don't blame Li Xin for being rude.

"Where is Lu Jiu?"

"The subordinates are here!"

"Tie me up this madman who is full of feces and cholera soldiers! If you dare to spit out half a sentence again, military law will act! ”

Lu Jiu suddenly agreed, strode forward, and was so surprised that Zhou Jin took a few steps back.

"You, what are you going to do, this official ......"

Where would Lu Jiu talk to him for a long time, twisting Zhou Jin's arms like an eagle catching a chicken, and at the same time taking out a rag and plugging his hateful mouth like a trick. The soldiers of the left battalion hurriedly stepped forward and tied Zhou Jin into a zongzi in three or two clicks.

Liu Quan was confused again, it is said that after listening to what Zhou Jin said, he felt that he vaguely understood something, but in an instant, Li Xin tied up Zhou Jin, and he also wanted to treat him for the crime of cholera and military heart, horse thieves don't have such bold means, right? Immediately, he scolded himself, he was really confused, these two adults made it clear that they were really fighting, but the envoy had military power in his hands, so what kind of teaching was just a fallen phoenix, how could he be confused?

A crisis caused by Zhou Jin's appearance was resolved by Li Xin, but his mood became heavier and heavier. Gaoyang fell, and his reason to go north was gone. At this point, where should he go from here?

……

It has been more than a month since the Ming Dynasty was under martial law, and it has snowed several times in a row, the grass and trees are withered and yellow, and it is desolate. In the Forbidden City, Zhu Youzhen, the great emperor, had an angry face, and since Wang Pu left Beijing, he had never received good news.

Today, the official who reported to the court brought a news that made him thunder, Gaoyang City fell, and Sun Chengzong was martyred! Zhu Youzhen was furious about this, and counted the courtiers up and down. Then he asked the ministers to find a way, and if they couldn't think of it, no one was allowed to go home.

The ministers were silent one by one, but no one dared to show their heads, for fear that they would be sent to the front line by the emperor to send their lives.

But at noon came another messenger with a piece of news that was heartening in despair. Sun Chengzong did not die, not only did he not die, but also sent someone to Beijing, he and Liu Yuliang prepared to move to Shanxi, and then recruit troops to fight again with the Tartars. At the same time, he warned the emperor that the Tartars were likely to move north, and asked the court to prepare early.

Hearing that Sun Chengzong was not dead, and that he was still on the front line of the battle against the Tartars, Zhu Youzhen's face softened, but this relief did not last long before it was disrupted by a panicked sound.

"Long live Qiyu, it's a big deal......"

This is the eunuch who supervised the army in the city, although he was a person in the palace, he couldn't roar that the court was so unruly, and he was about to reprimand, but he heard the eunuch kneeling outside the palace and shouting: "The Tartars are besieging the city, the Tartars are besieging the city!" ”

There was a buzz in the big point, and Yang Sichang hurriedly came forward to settle the ministers.

"Be quiet and listen to what he has to say!"

Then he pointed at the eunuch, "Father-in-law, come in and say." Zhu Youzhen acquiesced to Yang Sichang's behavior, and the little eunuch crawled in.

"The Tartar army went around to Changping, and then went south, and now surrounded the Desheng Gate and Anding Gate. The four gates of the east and west cities also appeared with an army of Tartars. The buildings and cars and ladders are all ready to be up, and they are about to attack the city......"

The demeanor of this eunuch when he was talking eloquently in front of Zhu Youzhen had already been thrown out of the clouds at this time, but Yang Sichang was still calm.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, what are the Tartars?"

Only then did the eunuch raise his head and think about it, and said, "There are always 100,000 people!" ”

Falsely reporting the number of enemies is a common trick used by generals to shirk their responsibilities, and the eunuchs of the prison army are naturally no exception, and Yang Sichang will not expose it, and continue to ask: "Can you see that the other party's main general Daxu?" ”

"Looks like Dolgon!"

The palace monarchs and ministers changed color when they heard this, Gaoyang had just broken the city, and Dolgon went north to Beijing, and the Tartars' intentions became more and more incomprehensible. Immediately afterwards, the urgent documents from the city were handed in one by one, and the Tartars had already begun to attack the city on a large scale.

Yang Sichang holds the high pool of the capital city and sticks to it, there will be no problem in a short period of time, but it is not a long-term solution, and he arched his hand under the jade step and said: "Long live, transfer the Shaanxi army into Beijing!" ”

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When everyone heard that Gaoyang had fallen, even Lu Jiu thought that it was no longer meaningful to go north, but Li Xinli ignored public opinion and decided to continue to go north. This time, Liu Quan stood firmly behind Li Xin, gathered the remnants of the army after the battle with the Tartars, and waited for the order to pull out.