As night fell, the peasant army suddenly stopped its offensive without any warning, except for the Li family's army, which had already entered the outer city, and the other troops stopped about two miles from the city wall.

Outside the Desheng Gate, the firelight is shrouded, the stars are dotted, and a team of Li Jiajun is patrolling, wandering around.

In one of the tents, Li Zicheng stood there majestically, facing everyone, giving a series of orders, and after everything was arranged, he said in conclusion: "You must remember to act in the early hours of tonight,"

After a word, without waiting for everyone to answer, as if he had thought of something, Li Zicheng's expression was blank, his voice rose a few points again, and he said loudly: "Listen, I emphasize one point again, after entering the city, those who dare to hurt the people will be killed!" Those who dare to plunder people's property will be killed! Those who dare to rob people's wives and daughters will be killed! ”

Sentences of killing are unforgiving, echoing in the big tent, although the sound is bursting, there are not many emotional fluctuations, but it is tantamount to a thunderous sound, exploding in everyone's ears, especially the void killing intent pervasive, everyone can smell a trace of blood.

"Yes, boss, my subordinates will definitely remember and abide by the military regulations!"

After a short silence, everyone spit out such a sentence in unison, which contained a certain sense of rhythm, and the cooperation was extremely tacit.

At the same time, in a certain secret room in the capital, Du Xun, Wang Dehua, Cao Huacheng, Zhang Yin and many other little eunuchs gathered together, and Du Xun assigned various tasks, everyone's expressions were so nervous and excited, looking at Du Xun expectantly, his expression was mixed with envy, jealousy and hatred.

"Cao Huacheng, in the early hours of the morning, took the torch as a letter, and after seeing the signal, he immediately opened the Fucheng Gate to welcome the Li family army into the city!"

"Wang Dehua, when the others take action, you and I will immediately take this fake holy decree and lead our credible people to quickly take down all the palace gates, and if there are guards who dare to resist, we will arrest them in the name of failing to resist the rebellion."

"Zhang Yin, when the war begins, you immediately enter the palace and monitor the emperor's every move, and you can't lose it."

......

Zhang's mansion, in the study, Zhang Jinyan sat there in a daze, looking lost and depressed, while his staff was constantly persuading on the side, looking bitter, and his worry was overflowing.

"My lord, you can't hesitate any longer, what you did today, although it did not cause substantial harm to Du Xun, but it also offended him to death, it is impossible to reconcile with him again, you can only take another shortcut, only to make up for it, open the Zhengyang Gate, welcome Liu Zongmin's troops into the city, and take another backer, in order to be fearless of Du Xun's revenge."

However, Zhang Jinyan was still unmoved, sitting there quietly, in a daze, his eyes were empty and blank, as if he was thinking about something, his lips moved slightly, and he muttered something to himself silently, as if he was stunned.

didn't get any response, seeing Zhang Jinyan's reaction was flat, the staff didn't have a little frustration, let alone give up, it seemed to see what Zhang Jinyan was thinking, the crux of the problem, and couldn't help but move in his heart, and began to knock on the side and take a roundabout route.

"My lord, okay, even if you are die-hard, keep the festival for the Ming Dynasty, regardless of your own death, you don't care about the safety of your family and clansmen. But have you ever wondered? As a scholar who is deeply influenced by Confucianism, he must not only have the sentiment of loyalty to the monarch, not only the feelings of Kuang Fu Sheji, but also the ambition to help the world, and take it as his responsibility to save the common people in the world and the people in the world. ”

While speaking, the staff slowed down their speech, observed the change in Zhang Jinyan's expression, and saw a strange look flashing in the other party's eyes, and then said: "My lord, don't forget, there are still hundreds of thousands of Li people in the capital, if the defenders of Zhengyangmen are allowed to resist to the death, if they annoy the rebels, in the end, the residents of the city will suffer from the suffering of the fish pond......"

Chengguo Mansion, in the study, the candlelight flickered, swaying, and in the dim light, Zhu Chunchen and Chen Yan sat opposite each other, talking in a whisper.

"Cheng Guogong, the building is about to fall, we have to make plans early?" Chen Yan's small eyes narrowed slightly, and his cunning and speculative face showed a meaningful look, and he said meaningfully.

"Oh~ Lord Chen, what do you mean by this?"

When he asked this sentence, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, looked puzzled, I don't know if he really didn't understand what Chen Yan meant, or if he pretended to be confused, so he looked at the other party in a daze, looking innocent.

Obviously, Zhu Chunchen's performance surprised Chen Yan, which completely put him in a passive situation, but when he thought that the situation was critical and the city would be broken, he had to grit his teeth and say hard: "Cheng Guogong, let's open the skylight and say something, we won't come to the void, everyone with a discerning eye knows that Du Xun and these eunuchs will make big moves, it is very likely that tonight, if they haven't expressed their goodwill to Li Jiajun, once they enter the city, you and I will be in a very bad situation." ”

Speaking of this, it seemed that he had figured out something, Chen Yan's expression suddenly relaxed, and he smiled slightly, as if reminding, and as if talking to himself, the words suddenly changed, and he continued nonchalantly: "Anyway, the lower official is from a civilian background, and in the end, the most at most is to return to the starting point, the family assets and land have been confiscated, and there is no danger to life, the royal family and nobles are different, that is the object of King Chuang's key 'care'." ”

In an instant, Zhu Chunchen could no longer maintain the appearance of the old god presence, his heart was suddenly shocked, he couldn't hold it anymore, his words were full of flattery, and he asked anxiously: "Hehe... Lord Chen, what do you think my father should do to get through this difficulty? ”

Chen Yan smiled, happy from the bottom of his heart, and did not continue to suppress, as soon as he heard Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, almost pleading for advice, he immediately whispered in his ear, and laughed with his eyebrows.

Jinzhou, the general military office.

At this moment, in the hall of Liangtang, there are many high-ranking generals of the Ming Court in Liaodong, most of whom are the Zu family.

"Generals, at this time, our situation is very painful, there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, Huang Taiji is eyeing the outside of the city, and he wants to break through the Ningjin defense line at any time; In the Guan, the overall situation of the chaotic army is in chaos, and the Qing army is raging, and the crisis has reached the land of Beijing, so far I don't know what the situation is in the Guannai? ”

As he spoke, Zu Dashou frowned, his face was anxious, as if he had thought of something, and said impatiently: "It's been more than half a month, and there is no news from Guannei, what happened?" Several groups of people have been sent back and forth to inquire about the news of the capital, but there is still no news, and I don't know if they were killed by the Qing army or intercepted by thieves, which is really sad! ”

However, at this moment, a woman walked in, and the generals in the hall automatically dodged away, making way for a way, and shouted one after another: "I have seen Madame!" ”

Looking at the woman who was gradually approaching, Zu Dashou's brows furrowed, a trace of incomprehension flashed in his eyes, and he asked softly again and again, "Madam, why are you here?" When did you enter the city? ”

The woman ignored the greetings of the generals, and went straight to the front of Zu Dashou, took out an envelope from her sleeve as she walked, handed it out, and said gently: "Husband, this is what Huang Taiji asked the slave family to bring to you." ”