In the northeast direction of the capital, west of Shanhaiguan, in the territory of Funingwei, a force of 200,000 troops marched slowly, with cavalry in front and infantry behind.

At this moment, a sentry galloped from afar, and as soon as he came to Li Yan's approach, it was a superb equestrian, accompanied by a long neighing of horses, and Li Yan rode side by side at the same time, and said loudly: "General Li, there are still less than 100 miles away from Shanhaiguan, everything is normal ahead, and some checkpoints have been taken down by the brothers and controlled." ”

Li Yan nodded lightly, signaled that he knew, no longer paid attention to the sentry, turned his head to look at Wu Sangui beside him, and said loudly: "Lieutenant Colonel Wu, I want you to take the first step, take a group of people and horses to Shanhaiguan, and negotiate with your uncle Zu Dashou in advance to discuss the matter of joining the Li family's army." ”

"Yes, General, the Admiral will obey."

Wu Sangui's mood was not high, and he was weak in replying, and he looked back in the direction of Jingshi from time to time, looking absent-minded, and his reaction seemed a little sluggish.

"Hehe... Lieutenant Colonel Wu, don't worry, your family in Beijing will be fine. Li Yan smiled, as if he had guessed Wu Sangui's thoughts, what he was worried about, and saw that the other party's expression had not changed much, and then added: "Don't worry, today's capital has long been surrounded by the boss, like an iron bucket, and it is impossible to communicate with the outside world at all." ”

"Moreover, as early as a few years ago, the boss planted people in the Beijing Division, even if the imperial court got the news and knew that you had joined the Li family's army, don't worry, the boss has notified the lurking personnel in the capital, transferred your family, and protected it, there will definitely be no danger."

It seemed that Li Yan's appeasement had played a role, Wu Sangui's mood was obviously much better, he hummed lightly, nodded and said: "Yes, general, the last general will lead a group of men and horses to Shanhaiguan to try to persuade his uncle to them." ”

"Slow~ Wait a minute!"

Li Yan stopped Wu Sangui, and then beckoned, Li Mu rode his horse from a distance, followed by a platoon of troops, and everyone's war horses were holding two small boxes, boxy, hanging on horseback.

"General Wu, Lieutenant Colonel Li Mu will go to Shanhaiguan with you to meet General Zu and others, they still have some things on them, it's me... Oh no, to be precise, it should be a big gift from the boss to General Zu. ”

As he spoke, the corners of Li Yan's mouth were filled with a smile worth playing, which was quite meaningful.

Hearing this, Wu Sangui paused for a moment, looked at Li Mu and the others, all of them were burly and extraordinary, and everyone exuded a fierce atmosphere, just like this, he suddenly felt that the combat power of these people in front of him was not inferior to his own.

I have to say that although Wu Sangui is young, only twenty-six years old, he is quite tactful, although there is some kind of speculation in his heart, he feels that Li Mu and the others are spying on him, he still nodded lightly without a trace, and did not ask what the gift was, but replied calmly: "Yes, general, even if you can't convince your uncle, the last general will bring everyone back safely." ”

"Well, Lieutenant Colonel Wu, with your words, I am relieved." Li Yan nodded with satisfaction, glanced at the sun that had already set westward, and then urged: "Okay, you guys should set off early, and strive to rush to Shanhaiguan before sunset, so as not to sleep in the wilderness." ”

"Yes, General!"

In an instant, after Wu Sangui agreed, he rode his horse and raised his whip, and with a loud shout of "drive~", he suddenly rushed out, like an arrow off the string, and went first, Li Mu nodded lightly at Li Yan, revealing a meaningful look, and then followed closely.

In the capital, on a street leading to Zhengyangmen, there are passers-by in a hurry, scattering and fleeing, and from time to time there are officials who maintain order passing through.

At this time, a group of dozens of people galloped over, walking through the street, forced by the chaotic scene, the crowd of people, had to slow down, slowly, one of them to the leader persuaded and said: "Your Majesty, with our horses, I am afraid that as soon as we leave the capital, if we encounter a chaotic army, it is easy to be captured." ”

"Hmph~ If you don't fight again, there will be no more chances, I don't want to sit still. If you stay in the courtyard of the deep palace, you will wait for the rebel army to conquer the capital, enter the Forbidden City, and capture me alive. ”

The person who spoke was none other than the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen and Wang Chengen, who had undergone some disguise.

However, no matter what kind of disguise, although they were all wearing people's clothes, a group of dozens of people still looked particularly conspicuous, attracting frequent sideways glances from passers-by, and they couldn't hide that temperament at all.

"However, Your Majesty, it is too unwise and too dangerous to evacuate the Beijing Division at this time. The best strategy is to stick to the city and wait for reinforcements. ”

Wang Chengen persuaded hard, so he got off his horse and knelt on the ground to beg, seeing that Zhu Youzhen was unmoved, and still insisted on fleeing the capital immediately, he was also helpless, knowing in his heart that this emperor was already distracted, had no idea, and only wanted to leave the capital.

"Your Majesty, even if you want to evacuate the capital, you must pay attention to ways and strategies, and you can't just bring such a few people~! Let's go back to the palace, so that we can plan for the long term, draw some men from the various city gates, and then escort you......"

However, before Wang Chengen could continue to persuade him, he was interrupted by Zhu Youzhen.

"Okay, is there any more to it? Hey, I said Wang Chengen, how did you become such a mother-in-law? Shut your mouth and do what I will! ”

While speaking, the group was still a hundred meters away from Zhengyangmen, and at this moment, the expression of a little eunuch accompanying him suddenly changed greatly, his body was trembling, and he pointed ahead, above Zhengyangmen, and exclaimed in a panic: "Your Majesty, look there!" ”

Looking along the fingers of the little eunuch, I saw three white lanterns hanging on the city gate, dancing gently with the breeze, which were particularly dazzling in the air, eye-catching, and could be seen at a glance.

Boom boom...

The cannon roared, constantly echoing, and the group suddenly stopped, and Wang Chengen muttered anxiously: "The white lantern, from one to three, carries the danger of the enemy's situation. ”

After a pause, Wang Chengen turned his head, looked at the stunned Zhu Youzhen, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, it's not good, there are three white lanterns hanging on the city gate, which means that the battle in Zhengyangmen is extremely dangerous, we can't continue to move forward, let's hurry back to the palace~!" ”

At this moment, Zhu Youzhen's flustered eyes became as calm as water, no longer so anxious and panicked, as if he had thought of something, suddenly turned the horse's head, and went straight in one direction, and shouted at the same time: "Come with me!" ”

On Long Live Mountain, accompanied by Wang Chengen and others, Zhu Youzhen climbed high and looked around, looking around the capital with a bitter face, and looking at the surroundings of the capital from afar.

At sunset, it gets darker and darker.

Looking at the direction of the outside of the city and Guangning Gate, even the sky was blazing, the wolf smoke was steaming, scattered in all directions, and the sound of fighting echoed in his ears, but Zhu Youzhen sighed again and again, wandering speechlessly, and his expression was gloomy.

"Your Majesty, let's hurry back to the palace, at such a critical and chaotic moment, the palace urgently needs your host, only you can appease the prince, princess and concubines!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Youzhen suddenly sobered up, as if he had thought of something, the dead gray color in his eyes turned into a cold murderous intent, and his face was full of ruthless determination, and while turning around and walking towards the horse, he shouted: "Go back to the palace!" ”