Although Li Yan was worried that he would be eliminated by Zhu Youzhen, he would not be suspected of supporting the army and self-respecting.

But now he is all hoped, and he has long put life and death aside, and the meaning of the generals is very clear, he can only choose to wait for his death or the end of his official fortune.

Jinyi Wei Qianhu Lan Guanwei rushed to Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei, with the news that Li Yan and Chuang Jun intended to join the Ming Dynasty, and conveyed the news to Wu Mengming.

Wu Mengming, who was having lunch at the gate of Jiujiang City, heard that he hurriedly dropped the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, and he didn't care about eating, so he directly said to Lan Guanwei: "Take my token, immediately take Li Yan's reply to Nanjing to see Your Majesty, change horses or people, and let Your Majesty know about this as soon as possible!" ”

Saying that, Wu Mengming instructed the people around him again: "Inform Huang Zongbing that this official has gone to Jingzhou, and he doesn't have to worry about the southward movement of the Jiannu Azig Department, please ask him to tell Yuan Gong, and when Liu Zhaoji arrives, he will work together to suppress the left rebellion, and the rest should not be said, this is a top secret!" ”

Saying that, Wu Mengming immediately ordered someone to lead the horse, and the assassination of Li Zicheng and the appeasement of the Chuang army were important tasks assigned to him by Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen has already said that if he completes it, he will be able to make a thousand achievements, and he can be named an earl, and if he can't complete it, he will be a sinner for the ages, and he will die and cannot excuse his crimes.

As soon as Wu Mengming rushed to Wuchang, Wang Peng, the pacification envoy, also came to Wu Mengming, and escorted Niu Jinxing to Wu Mengming: "Commander, Li Zicheng is dead, this is Niu Jinxing, the prime minister of the army." ”

Niu Jinxing smiled awkwardly, he didn't expect that he would be caught by Jinyiwei one day.

"Kill it, why keep it, deal with it cleanly!"

Wu Mengming said that he personally drew his sword and split Niu Jinxing in half: "In the future, the history books will only record that Niu Jinxing was a meticulous work of the Qing army, so that Li Zicheng was assassinated, and Li Yan had no choice but to lead the rest of the army to join the Ming Dynasty!" ”

After speaking, Wu Mengming continued to rush to see Li Yan.

As soon as Li Yan heard that an envoy from the Jinyi Guard had come to ask for a meeting, he also ordered someone to invite Wu Mengming in.

"It's a great honor to see Mr. today," Wu Mengming said with a smile.

"Yes, Jinyiwei has always only killed people and arrested people, but Commander Wu didn't come to arrest Li today?" Li Yan asked with a smile, he is still a literati in his bones, and he naturally has no good impression of Wu Mengming, who is in the factory and health system.

"Mr. Li said with a smile, you are the person that Your Majesty cares about, Wu Mengming will not dare to do anything to you even if he has the courage to do it?"

Wu Mengming said, and when he saw Gao Yigong, he broke in: "Military advisor, I heard that someone from the imperial court has come?" ”

"There is a big official of Jinyiwei," Li Yan said with a smile.

"Grandma's, what kind of trouble is Jinyiwei coming to make trouble, is it possible that he still wants to cure our crimes", Gao Yigong asked with a knife.

"General, don't get me wrong, I just came to tell you that Wu has ordered someone to go to Nanjing to convey your affairs to Your Majesty, I believe that the imperial court will send someone soon, in addition, Wu has told the governor and governor of Huguang the news that you want to belong to the Ming Dynasty, I believe that soon, the imperial court will send grain and grass to reward the generals."

Wu Mengming hurriedly explained a few words, Gao Yigong didn't say anything, Li Yan didn't say anything more, at this time he still had to pay attention to the movements of the Qing army at any time, no matter how he talked with the imperial court, he couldn't take the Qing army lightly.

……

Zhu Youzhen is now staying in the Generalissimo's Mansion with Ma Shiying and others almost every day, and the Qing army of the Duoduo Department and the Azig Department has been pressing forward step by step, and his own side can't deal with it with all his might, and he has to find a way to deal with the remnants of Li Zicheng and Zuo Liangyu.

Zhu Youzhen can't take it lightly at all.

However, at this time, Jinyi Wei Qianhu Lan Guanwei broke in: "Tell Your Majesty, Weichen Jinyi Wei Qianhu Lan Guanwei Feng." ”

"Stop talking nonsense, just say what's important!"

Zhu Youzhen didn't even bother to wear shoes, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, he ran out and shouted at Lan Guanwei.

"Yes! Li Zicheng is dead, Li Yan and the various departments of the Chuang Army intend to belong to the Ming Dynasty, this is Li Yan's reply! ”

As soon as Lan Guanwei said this, Zhu Youzhen suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Ma Shiying and other officials under the Generalissimo's Mansion couldn't help but be very excited.

As Li Banghua, who sat back and watched the loss of the northern capital, regardless of his image in front of Zhu Youzhen, shouted directly: "Your Majesty, you heard it, Li Zicheng is dead, Li Zicheng, the thief who destroyed my ancestral tomb and seized my capital, is dead!" ”

Lu Zhenfei also wiped his tears excitedly.

"I also heard it, Li Zicheng is dead, the army is willing to belong to my Daming, and now Zuo Liangyu's department is about to be destroyed, and there is still hope for my Daming!"

After Zhu Youzhen said this, he yelled at Ma Shiying: "Why are you still stunned, hurry up and draft the will!" ”

Ma Shiying, who was also excited, was yelled at by Zhu Youzhen, and hurriedly ran into the clerical room, and Liu Kongzhao ran over when he saw this: "Old Ma, I'll help you sharpen the ink." ”

Ma Shiying picked up the brush, was stunned for a long time, and asked Liu Kongzhao: "Uncle Sincerity, what will Your Majesty ask me to draft?" ”

"I don't know, you ask Your Majesty!"

Liu Kongzhao said.

Zhu Youzhen had already walked in at this time: "How to appease the army will be discussed later, and now two wills are drafted, one is given to Lu Daqi, ordering him to defend the Tiger Prison Pass, at least for more than half a month, if he can't keep it, I will destroy his whole family!" ”

"The other is to Liu Zhaoji, the first army of the Guards, immediately launch an attack on Zuo Liangyu's department after three days, leave no one alive, and completely annihilate this group of rebels and thieves, if you can't hear the sound of artillery after three days, he Liu Zhaoji will cut himself!"

After Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, he went out of the clerical room, summoned Jinyi Wei Qianhu Lan Guanwei into the generalissimo's mansion room, and personally inquired about the specific situation of the invasion of the army, and other officials also followed.

"What! Li Zicheng will be buried according to the imperial ceremony! Li Banghua, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, asked questions in surprise on the spot, and said to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty, Li Zicheng is extremely evil, and now that he is dead, we can not investigate his guilt, but we still have to bury him with the emperor's ceremony, which is too forgiving, in the final analysis, he is just a thief, how can He De be buried with the emperor's gift." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Li Zicheng ruined my Ming foundation, his crime is unforgivable, and the rest of the thieves can be exempted, but Li Zicheng is unavoidable, now this person is dead, Your Majesty wants to show mercy and bury him according to the courtesy of the prince, why bother with the emperor's gift, treat a thief so favorably, where is the prestige of my court."

Lu Zhenfei also said.

Zhu Youzhen thought that the easiest thing to be accepted by the ministers was to bury Li Zicheng with the imperial rites, after all, this was just a ceremony, harmless, and in the original history, Li Zicheng entered Beijing, and after his own Zhu Youzhen hanged himself, Li Zicheng also buried himself as an emperor with the imperial rites, but Zhu Youzhen did not expect that this condition was the most difficult to be agreed to by the court bureaucrats.