Historically, if Chongzhen wanted to move the capital to Nanjing, he had to prepare at least a month in advance.

Li Zicheng's capture of Beijing was an extremely brilliant battle. First, the troops were divided into two routes, and then they were divided again, cutting off the officers and men from the north and south, and approaching with a pincer offensive, forming a strategy of great encirclement of Beijing.

At the same time, there are also partial divisions blocking the canal, and even if Chongzhen flees south, he can only go to sea from Tianjin.

Now there is no need for that, the imperial court cannot pay the military salary, the officers and soldiers surrender one after another, and Li Zicheng can push all the way over.

Along the way, Li Zicheng's army did not commit any offence against the poor people.

There is nothing to commit, the common people are all poor ghosts, and it is difficult for them to survive, how can they have money and food to rob?

However, the gentry were a bit unlucky.

The gentry in the city, in particular, were often tortured.

When Li Zicheng attacked Taiyuan, he was very energetic in his torture, and Beijing's torture was just a copy of Taiyuan's torture.

On the eighth day of April, Zhao Han's birthday.

Li Zicheng's vanguard army occupied the earthen wall of the northern city of the Yuan capital. The Jingshi was terrified, the officials were discolored, and the emperor and the concubine feasted and drank and had fun.

The next day, the vanguard of the Dashun army arrived at the foot of Beijing.

On the way to the army, Li Zicheng had already been proclaimed emperor, with the country name "Dashun" and Jianyuan "", and he only had to enter Beijing to hold an enthronement ceremony.

Li Guozhen, the commander of Xiangcheng, commanded the three major battalions of the Beijing army, which were stationed outside the city, forming a rivalry with Beijing.

When the Dashun troops arrived, Li Guozhen fled without a fight, not only losing his armor, grain and grass, but also throwing more than ten artillery pieces to Li Zicheng.

The heavy responsibility of defending the city fell into the hands of the eunuchs.

Many Beijing soldiers who had never practiced were driven to the city wall to defend the city. They had plenty of armament, but unfortunately they had no rations, so they had to stand guard at the city walls hungry.

If there is still food at home, the relatives carry multigrain porridge and shout their names along the city wall, just asking their sons, brothers, and fathers to have a full meal before they die in battle.

But the situation was so chaotic that they couldn't find their families.

When relatives meet, the soldiers go down the wall, and the whole family hugs and weeps, causing the whole wall to start wailing.

Suddenly, Gao Chun, the eunuch who had surrendered, shouted: "King Chuang has an order, as long as Chongzhen abdicates the throne, the lives of the royal family can be saved, and the people of Beijing will not be subjected to soldiers!" ”

"Pull him up!" Wang Dehua, the eunuch in charge of guarding the city, said.

Gao Chun was hung to the city in a basket, and the two eunuchs discussed it separately.

Gao Chun asked, "Who is the commander in the city?" ”

"It's up to me." Wang Dehua said.

Gao Chun asked again: "What about the two supervisors, Sun Chuanting and Chen Xinjia?" ”

Wang Dehua said: "Sun Chuanting has been relieved of military power and is in prison. Inspector Chen closed his door and did not see the guests, as if he had no will to resist. After speaking, Wang Dehua asked, "Brother Gao, can you recommend one or two, we have also admired King Chuang for a long time." ”

Gao Chun smiled: "Hehe, you should be called the emperor." King Chuang has established himself as the emperor, and the country is called Dashun. ”

Wang Dehua said: "I also asked Brother Gao to go back and tell Emperor Dashun that Chongzhen had already saved his will to die and had sent the prince and daughter to Nanjing." ”

"Is that so?" Gao Chun has been guarding the mausoleum, and the news is very closed.

Wang Dehua said: "Let's go and talk about the soldiers, and we will soon be able to open the city to welcome the new emperor." ”

Li Zicheng's temporary headquarters was in Changping, and Gao Chun rode all the way to tell him everything about the situation in Beijing.

Li Zicheng exclaimed: "The princes and princesses have been sent to Nanjing?" ”

"That's true." Gao Chun said.

Niu Jinxing sighed: "Those who fight for the world, Your Majesty and Zhao Han also." Your Majesty should be diligent and love the people, treat the scholars well, and reorganize the army, and the torture is not a long-term solution, and you have to grow your own grain and collect taxes. ”

"After saying that King Chuang came and didn't pay for food, can he still go back on his word?" Song Xiance immediately objected, "What's more, the northern provinces are all in drought, how can they grow grain?" The eunuchs and officials in Beijing are all innocent, and they can feed the army by taking their money and food! ”

Niu Jinxing asked rhetorically: "How long can you support the army with torture alone?" In the future, if our army can't win quickly, what will it do to fight Zhao Han? ”

Song Xiance sneered: "King Chuang is here and doesn't pay for food, this nursery rhyme spreads to the south, and people everywhere will inevitably respond." At that time, even Zhao Han's soldiers will also turn against His Majesty! Eighteen sons, the main artifact, Your Majesty is the master of the mandate of heaven, how can you not win the world? ”

"Okay, we'll talk about that later." Li Zicheng didn't want to argue anymore.

Niu Jinxing's set of results was too slow, and as Song Xiance said, the provinces were in a big drought and planted a fart of grain. If you really want to farm honestly, before the grain is grown, all the soldiers of Dashun will starve to death.

Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin immediately led the main force to approach Beijing.

As soon as Li Zicheng's banner arrived, the gates of Beijing were immediately opened, and the guards fled home.

Wang Dehua took the eunuch out of the city to kneel to greet him, Li Zicheng nodded and said: "You have meritorious service in the city, follow me to serve the queen." ”

"Long live the appreciation!" Wang Dehua immediately hit the snake with a stick.

The titles of emperor, grandfather, and long live the emperor belonged to the inner court in the Ming Dynasty, and they must be close to the emperor.

In the Qing Dynasty, foreign ministers could also shout like this.

That's because some Manchu foreign ministers were born in the royal family, and they called the emperor and long live the lord as domestic slaves.

If Han Chen did not have the identity of Baoyi, he would not be qualified to call the Manchu Emperor "Long Live Lord".

The soldiers opened the way, Li Zicheng rode a horse and walked in front, Liu Zongmin was one horse behind, followed by two military divisions, Wang Dehua and Gao Chun, two eunuchs, could only trot all the way.

When the team came to the noon gate, hundreds of civil and military officials were kneeling there in unison and waiting.

Wang Dehua immediately rushed up, pointed at the ministers and scolded: "Misleading the country and thief, where is the Son of Heaven?" Why are you here? ”

The ministers replied, "Kneel down to welcome the Son of Heaven." ”

"You are all thieves who have misled the country, and the Ming Dynasty is corrupted, all of which are made by you, and you still have the face to kneel to welcome the new emperor?" Wang Dehua began to punch and kick, and beat the ministers with a fat beating.

"Well played!"

The Dashun soldiers cheered and cheered, and they all felt that Wang Dehua was a good eunuch.

Li Zicheng issued an edict on the way, the content did not mention that he would not pay for food, and he also took the initiative to wash the ground for Chongzhen. said that Chongzhen was not a faint king, but was deceived by internal and external courtiers, and it was corrupt officials and corrupt officials who made the people miserable. He also said that Chongzhen is not a faint monarch and will lose the world, proving that the Ming Dynasty has lost the mandate of heaven, and it should be up to him Li Zicheng to help Sheji.

It took a full month for the edict to be issued, and this statement has become a consensus. Therefore, the soldiers and the common people did not hate Chongzhen, thinking that corrupt officials were doing bad things.

Wang Dehua's move to beat and scold the minister of civil and military affairs was to show that he had drawn a clear line with the old dynasty, and second, to support the content of the new emperor's edict.

Hundreds of civil and military ministers knelt in front of the noon gate and let a eunuch beat and insult them.

Li Zicheng smiled and said to Liu Zongmin: "The Manchu Dynasty is so cowardly, no wonder the Ming Dynasty will lose the country." ”

Liu Zongmin sneered: "Your Majesty, don't look at them embarrassed at this time, in the past, they looted the people's fat and people's ointment, but each one was more fierce than the other. ”

"That's right," Li Zicheng nodded solemnly, "they will search for the people's fat and people's ointment, and I will come to scavenge for their anointing." This is called taking from the people, using it for the people! ”

Song Xiance immediately echoed: "Your Majesty is wise! ”

"Alas!"

Niu Jinxing sighed secretly, let the eunuchs beat and scold the minister, and did not train the officials themselves, who will manage the territory in the future, and how will he compete with Zhao Han for the world in the future?

Don't look at the fact that Li Zicheng occupies so much territory, many cities are in a state of anarchy, and agricultural taxes and commercial taxes cannot be collected at all.

Wang Dehua had a grudge against Xue Guoguan, he beat Xue Guoguan bitterly, and asked: "You, the first assistant, are the head of the thieves who misled the country." Come on, where is the big tomorrow? ”

Xue Guoguan was resentful and angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to show the slightest expression. He wrote down this hatred, kept it for the future, and slowly reciprocated, and immediately bowed his head and replied: "Emperor Ming or in the harem." ”

Wang Dehua stood up straight and shouted: "Open the noon door!" ”

……

Chongzhen and the concubine had a meal in Xiyuan, without any wine dishes, because the cook didn't know where to go.

"You guys, all on your way." Chongzhen, with a little drunkenness, supervised the suicide of the queen and the concubines.

He has been extremely strong all his life, and he can't pull his son to join Zhao Han, so there is only the road of martyrdom for the king.

If the king is dead, the concubine will not live, and living is an insult to the Ming Dynasty, and maybe he will be humiliated by the rebels in turn.

Queen Zhou said with tears in her eyes: "My husband is precious. ”

Several concubines also shed tears, and finally hugged their heads and cried.

Chongzhen turned around and walked outside the door, looking at the sky blankly, as if life was a dream.

Several white silk sticks hung up, and the sound of stools falling to the ground was heard one after another, each of which smashed on Chongzhen's chest.

Chongzhen didn't want to stay here, so he asked Wang Chengen to row a boat to take him to the other side of the lake.

Over there is the Coal Mountain, also called Long Live Mountain, which is the highest point of the entire Beijing city.

Climbing to the summit of Banzai Mountain, Chongzhen looks down on the entire city of Beijing. It's a pity that he doesn't have a clairvoyant scope, so he can't see much with the naked eye, and he only sees chaos in the Forbidden City.

"Am I really supposed to be the King of the Dead?" Chongzhen looked up at the sky.

If Zhao Han was here, he would definitely say: You really are.

Not to mention this time and space, in the battle that decided the life and death of the Ming Dynasty in history, Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou did not have any responsibility. Except for the final surrender of the two of them, the whole war was remarkable, and it can even be said that there was no mistake in the slightest.

At that time, the Manchu Qing army was seriously short of military rations, and as long as the Ming army did not make mistakes, they could win the battle in a stupid battle.

One Chen Xinjia and one Zhang Ruoqi kept urging them to march quickly, and Hong Chengchou was almost overthrown in command.

So they took the risk and rushed forward, and the army ran far away, leaving the rations behind. Huang Taiji, who was about to run out of military rations, was like a vulture discovering carrion, and saw the opportunity to occupy the military rations of the Ming Dynasty.

More than 100,000 Ming soldiers lost their grain and grass.

At this time, Hong Chengchou can still stay calm, and he can't find any flaws in all military orders. As a result, on the way to withdraw, the general soldiers scrambled to flee, and the retreat instantly turned into a rout.

Not to mention Hong Chengchou supervising the army, even if Han Xin is exchanged for being the commander, it is impossible to win this kind of foolish battle.

The two main culprits who led to the defeat - Chen Xinjia and Zhang Ruoqi, did not have anything to do after the defeat, and they were still trusted by Emperor Chongzhen.

To be honest, as long as Chongzhen doesn't mess with the prison army and doesn't throw Zhang Ruoqi out to fool around, it will be really difficult for Tartar to successfully enter the customs.

Looking down on his Beijing city for a moment, Chongzhen found a crooked-necked tree.

Wang Chengen knelt on the ground and watched Chongzhen hang himself.

"My country." Chongzhen took one last look at the city of Beijing, and his heart was full of infinite attachment and reluctance.

The city is noisy and chaotic, and the coal mountain is quiet and lonely.

The spring breeze blew, the branches and leaves swayed, and the body of the emperor swayed.

A dynasty that ends here.

(There is something to do today, only two watches, so I don't ask for a monthly pass.) ）