Zhu Youjian galloped on his horse, and within half a cup of tea, he arrived at Andingmen.

This is the north gate of the Beijing Division, and the location is important, and Li Zicheng arranged a team to guard it here.

Wang Chengen looked at the garrison of the city gate, and then looked at Chongzhen galloping in front of him, and his heart rose to his throat.

"Urgent military situation, quickly get out of the way." Zhu Youjian shouted loudly, and the herald was lit up at will, and he had no intention of stopping.

The garrison soldiers heard the shouts and saw the galloping horses, and subconsciously moved out of the way.

Zhu Youjian rushed over with a snort.

Wang Chengen also rushed out.

"Which battalion of heralds?" The guard asked the pawns around him.

A pawn raised his hand and waved away the dust, blinked and said, "I didn't see it clearly!" ”

The guard touched his head and looked dazed, "Damn, how can I register this for Lao Tzu!" I've been back and forth several times, and I can't do this job. ”

Zhu Youjian rushed out of Andingmen, without stopping for a moment, and ran out of more than 50 miles without looking back.

It wasn't until he heard the neighing of the horse that he reined in the horse's reins and slowly stopped.

"Chengen, rest, this horse should have been running for most of the day before, and if it runs again, I'm afraid it will die violently."

Wang Chengen flew off his horse and ran to Chongzhen's horse, ready to help him dismount.

"No need."

Zhu Youjian waved his hand and jumped down lightly.

He patted the horse's buttocks, let it forage for food and rest, and sat on the ground by himself to regain his strength.

The two closed their eyes on the side of the road, and soon after, the sound of horses' hooves was heard.

Wang Chengen stood up and looked nervously in the direction of Jingshi.

"Hooray, there are pursuers!"

Zhu Youjian still closed his eyes, listened quietly for a while, and said slowly, "Don't be a soldier, there are only more than 20 people, not chasing soldiers." We'll wait and see what happens. ”

There are not many people coming, and with his and Wang Chengen's skills, they can still deal with it.

After a while, a crowd of horses came from a distance.

Wang Chengen seemed to have weapons in his eyes, staring vigilantly, and his eyes were not instantaneous.

"Don't be nervous, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided. I see them as if they were my own. Zhu Youjian opened his eyes and observed for a while, and said lightly.

Wang Chengen subconsciously exhaled when he heard this, but he remained vigilant.

The people who came stopped at a distance of twenty or thirty meters, listened to the order, and turned over and dismounted.

After unloading his weapon, he walked briskly with a person behind him.

Wang Chengen flashed in front of Chongzhen and shouted, "Who is coming?" ”

"Minister, Fan Jingwen knocks on the saint!" A long-bearded man bowed, and all his followers knelt down.

Zhu Youjian looked at the kneeling crowd, tidied up his clothes, stepped forward with a smile, and stretched out his hand to help Fan Jingwen.

He vaguely remembered that in history, Fan Jingwen was martyred immediately after learning that Chongzhen had hanged himself. Unexpectedly, at this critical juncture, he found himself first.

"Mengzhang, loyal ministers!" Zhu Youjian exclaimed.

Fan Jingwen listened to Chongzhen's call for affirmation, and his heart was moved, and he quickly knelt down, "The minister is guilty of death!" ”

"The loss of the capital is not your fault. The treasury is empty, and there are no soldiers without pay; The party has been fighting for a hundred years, and there are generals who have no ambitions. The sin of Feel is my fault. ”

Zhu Youjian looked at Beijing City from afar and said lightly.

"Death penalty!" Fan Jingwen was frightened and didn't dare to raise his head.

In his heart, let the emperor flee in such embarrassment, the whole country should die.

"Well, I forgive you not guilty. Get up. Although Zhu Youjian has the memory of Emperor Chongzhen, he is still uncomfortable in the face of so many people's worship.

"How did you find out I'm out of the city?" Zhu Youjian helped Fan Jingwen up and asked.

"When the Holy One takes the horse." Fan Jingwen said, "Don't worry, the ministers have been sure again and again, and there is no one to follow the ministers." ”

"Hmmm! If you find me, you can go back to the capital first. ”

Fan Jingwen knelt down again, "The minister doesn't dare, the minister swears to follow the saint to the death!" ”

Zhu Youjian didn't answer him, and said in a deep voice: "Spread my message, let Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household, take his own people."

First rescued Li Banghua, Fan Jingwen, Shi Bangyao, Ling Yiqu, Liu Lishun, Wu Linzheng, Meng Zhaoxiang and others, and escorted them to Qian'an to see me. ”

"Yes." Fan Jingwen raised his head in surprise and said loudly, "Shouldn't the Holy Lord go to Nanjing?" ”

"I have my own decisions. In addition, if Jiadingbo has not been caught by the thieves, he will also pick up my three princes by the way. Zhu Youjian was mostly pessimistic in his heart.

In his memory, Chongzhen entrusted the prince to his father-in-law, Jiading Bo Zhoukui, in order to escape to Nanjing and ascend the throne.

On the day the city was broken, Zhou Kui sold the prince to Li Zicheng.

"Holy ......" Fan Jingwen cried, he didn't expect that Chongzhen would rescue the minister first, and then save the prince by the way.

With such a monarch, what more could the husband ask for.

"Hurry up and pass the decree, it's too late, these people will inevitably be martyred, and this is to save the lives of loyal ministers!"

Zhu Youjian patted him on the shoulder, he knew that there were more than 20 ministers who died for Chongzhen, but he could only remember these names.

"Obey the order, and the minister will go." Fan Jingwen stood up and said to the person behind him: "Xuan Chao, you have to swear to protect the emperor's safety." ”

After speaking, he bowed again and rode back to the capital alone.

Looking at the dust that gradually dispersed, Zhu Youjian sighed and said to one person: "You are Fan Xuanchao, I remember that you are Mr. Fan's eldest son." ”

Fan Xuanchao heard this and hurriedly knelt down, "Back to the saint, it is the grass people." ”

"You see that you are a literati, but you can ride a horse?"

"My father taught me." Fan Hyun replied nervously.

"Good! Follow me to Qian'an City! After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he turned over his horse, struck a horsewhip, and headed northeast.

The rest immediately followed.

This team of people are all Fan Jingwen's family, He has never seen the emperor, and he didn't dare to come out one by one along the way.

In the evening, everyone cleaned up a place, lit a bonfire, and invited Chongzhen over.

Zhu Youjian sat on the ground, looked at the trembling crowd, and smiled slightly.

When he opened his mouth, he asked about his name and surname, whether he had a wife or not, whether he had a meritorious reputation, and whether he could bow a horse. The crowd answered one by one.

The tension gradually faded.

After that, Zhu Youjian told everyone the story of Liu Bang, Taizu of the Han Dynasty, Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, until late at night.

Everyone was very nervous at first, but gradually found that Emperor Chongzhen was so kind.

So I slowly relaxed.

After listening to the stories of several founding emperors, they gradually substituted themselves into it, and they all wondered if they would become Zhang Liang, Han Xin, and Qin Shubao under Chongzhen in the future.

Zhu Youjian wanted this effect, and when he saw everyone's excited expressions, he knew that he had succeeded most of them.

In addition, through his conversation, he also discovered a talent, Yue Ban, who was proficient in carpenter's craft.

This made some adjustments to his plans.

Originally, he was going to wait for Ni Yuanlu and others in Qian'an, and then go directly to Shanhaiguan to take over the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

Then create that kind of secret weapon in Shanhaiguan, but Zhu Youjian is not sure if Wu Sangui will play the trick of killing people and overselling goods after seeing its power.

Now that there is a ready-made carpenter, he will go north directly in Qian'an, enter the Yanshan Mountains, and hide it for a few days to develop.

It is safest to wait until you build a secret weapon and then go out of the mountain.

After determining the plan, for the next two days, Zhu Youjian hurried during the day and brainwashed at night.

In the early morning of the third day, they rushed to the city of Qian'an.

Due to the clear walls of the city a few days ago, the officials, troops and people in Qian'an City went to the capital.

It wasn't until the city was broken that a small number of residents returned.

Zhu Youjian led everyone to ride in this small city, and he was quite happy.

Since the defense of Beijing did not start, the houses here are intact, and a large number of doors and windows are retained.

Zhu Youjian ordered people to tear down all the wooden doors, windows and bamboo products.

Start preparing supplies for crafting a secret weapon.

"Holy Lord, the grass people have collected more than 30 axes and wood-chopping knives." After Fan Xuanchao returned, he led people to tie up the knife and axe and put it on the horse's back.

"Hooray, the minister found some abandoned arrow feathers in this city's official residence, as well as two boxes of partially rusty arrowheads." Wang Chengen came back to tell the harvest.

"Firearms?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"Didn't find it." Wang Chengen was a little disappointed.

"Anyway, when I have resources in the future, I will order people to build better and more powerful firearms!" For his major, Zhu Youjian is very confident.

After a whole day of busy work, Zhu Youjian left a few people here to wait for Fan Jingwen and others, and he took the others to Yanshan.

When he arrived at the edge of the mountain forest, Zhu Youjian glanced back at the direction of the Jingshi and said loudly:

"I am at the end of the old things,

The coming year will still be full of flowers.

Dead leaves and branches are regretful,

The shoots are born every other year. ”

After that, Zhu Youjian urged the horse into the mountain.

Wang Chengen looked at Chongzhen's domineering figure, recalled the poem just now, and suddenly rose with sincere admiration.

If you want to say that he respected Chongzhen in the past, it was due to the respect and humility etiquette in his bones. Just now, Wang Chengen admired Chongzhen in his heart.

Walking deep into the mountains, Zhu Youjian found a valley and immediately ordered to set up camp.

As soon as the camp was set up, Zhu Youjian brought Yue Ban over.

took out the design drawing he drew in the Qian'an Mansion and asked, "You can make this." ”

Yue Ban kowtowed first before taking it with both hands, and after just looking at it, he opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"Who did this come from to be so exquisite!" Yue Ban exclaimed.

Zhu Youjian smiled in his heart and said, "I painted it, it's called Chongzhen Repeater!" ”

The joke, of course, is subtle, this is when he was in college, after Zhu Youjian saw a weapon in an Indian movie in which 100 arrows were fired at the same time.

I have itchy hands, and it took three days and three nights to design a copycat.

Although it is not as good as modern firearms, it is definitely a big killer in this era.

Especially in the current situation of lack of iron and medicine, we can only do this kind of cold weapon emergency.

"According to your ability, how many days can you make one?" Zhu Youjian is very concerned about timeliness.

"Back to the Holy Heavens, if everyone comes to help, you can make one in three days." Yue Ban estimated a safe time.

"No, we have to go faster."

Zhu Youjian was a little anxious.

After all, within three days, Wu Sangui would surrender to Li Zicheng.

Twelve days later, Li Zicheng sent Tang Tong with 8,000 men and horses to take over Shanhaiguan.

Twenty days later, Li Zicheng, who learned that Wu Sangui had repented, would personally lead an army of 80,000 to attack Shanhaiguan.

At that time, Wu Sangui surrendered and was captured, and the national catastrophe came.

Zhu Youjian had to build as many Chongzhen repeaters as possible within twelve days.

So you can take the next step!