Zhu Da was hung on the camp wall by the Ming army, and after several body searches, he was taken to the Chinese army.

On the way, the civil official who did not know the situation guessed the identity of this person, and kindly reminded, "Now, Lord Li has been enshrined by the emperor as the governor of Liaoxi, and the official is the capital of Liaoxi, and he will be included in the account, but he can be called Governor Li." ”

"Thank you." Zhu Dayan was concise and walked quickly, with an excited look on his face, which was difficult to hide.

A moment later, Zhu Da entered the Chinese military tent.

Li Yutian saw that the head of the person was wrapped in a black cloth, and immediately thought of the situation described in the letter, and asked: "A few days ago, the letter was written in the city, but you shot it?" ”

Zhu Daqiang suppressed his excitement and said, "Exactly." Liaoxi Hou knows that after Li Zicheng broke Beijing, how did he treat the princes of Emperor Chongzhen? ”

Li Yutian listened and instantly believed his guess.

It turned out that the day after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he captured the crown prince, King Ding and others, and then named the prince Zhu Cihong as the king of Song and the king of Ding, Zhu Cijiong Ding'an.

Just now, the civil official said that the person who came claimed to be the thief Song Wang, alias Zhu Da, and saw the letter signed "eldest son", and now seeing the popularity of the come, Li Yutian almost concluded that this person was the prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Suppressing his excitement, Li Yutian tried to stay calm and asked again: "Why is the eldest son missing a little?" ”

"It's not to the Beijing Division, it's just the eldest son, and only after entering the Beijing Division, can you add that point!" Zhu Da calmly spoke.

Li Yutian hurriedly walked out of the table, walked in front of Zhu Da, and knelt on his knees: "Minister Li Yutian, knock on His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"This matter is confidential, don't be so publicized at this moment, Liaoxi waited to get up quickly." Zhu Cihong hurriedly helped Li Yutian up.

Li Yutian looked flattered, and said in a trembling voice: "Why is Your Highness in Daning City?" ”

"It's a long story!" Zhu Cihong said slowly: "Can you give the palace some food first, for a few months, the palace has been hungry." ”

Li Yutian hurriedly went out and whispered to his own soldiers.

After a while, the soldiers brought pieces of meat, bread and rice soup and sent them to Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong sat down, picked up the food and chewed it slowly, not in a hurry.

"There is enough food in the army, Your Highness can eat more." Li Yutian Road.

Zhu Cihong shook his head, "People who have been hungry for a long time, eating too much at one time is not good for the body, just eat less tonight to satisfy your hunger." In the future, I will slowly replenish it. ”

"The minister understands, His Highness will use it slowly, and the minister will go out to arrange His Highness's residence." Li Yutian said respectfully.

"Well, go ahead." After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, he took a shallow sip of rice soup.

Li Yutian walked out of the military tent, walked far away, looked back, and saw that Zhu Cihong did not follow, so he whispered to a pro-soldier and said:

"You take my jade plate, as soon as the morning dawns, you quickly return to Beijing and tell the emperor about the prince.

Ask the emperor to send people from the East Palace, or send the prince to Liaodong to draw pictures to distinguish the authenticity of the prince. Remember, everything is secret! ”

The cronies knew the stakes, knelt down and took the jade plaque, and hurried away.

The next day, the Ming army set up the artillery, ignited it again, and began to bombard the city.

Zhu Cihong and Li Yutian stood together in front of the formation to observe.

"The builders were so scheming that they even covered the walls with wooden planks. It seems that the city is not easy to collapse for the time being. Li Yutian said.

Zhu Cihong smiled: "This plank plan was told to Jianyu by the palace, and the palace relied on the plank to get down to the city safely." ”

"Your Highness is really resourceful!" Li Yutian changed his words and slapped a sycophant.

"Liaoxi Hou stopped the shelling first, if it goes on like this, it will waste a lot of gunpowder, and it will be useless to attack the city."

"No shelling? How to break the city? Li Yutian saw that the wooden board was wrapped with straw and quilts, and he had a plan in his heart, but when he saw the prince's expression, he pretended not to know, and just asked.

"Shoot them with rockets, ignite the straw and quilts, and then sit back and wait for the planks to burn out before firing fire!" Zhu Cihong said confidently.

Li Yutian had a look of worship on his face, bowed down and said: "The prince kills two birds with one stone, he is really a god!" ”

Zhu Cihong smiled and didn't speak, but he was extremely happy in his heart.

Li Yutian looked at his face, understood in his heart, and quickly turned around and ordered.

After a while, the rocket was speeding, and the fire on the Daning city wall continued to spread, and the stone wall became a wall of fire for a while.

Shuo Sai in the city was furious when he saw it, "The hateful Han dog, who is so good at not speaking of martial virtues, can't be shelled, and even burns my wooden planks!" ”

It was useless to be angry, the fire was already complete, the planks were either burned, or the hemp rope was burned and fell under the city, and in less than an hour, the mottled city wall was again exposed under the Ming artillery.

When the Ming army saw this, they lit the fuses one after another, more than thirty cannons rang out in turn, the city wall continued to shake, and there were already several cracks. The city was in a panic, and Shuo Sai was ready for street fighting.

At noon on the second day, with a loud bang, the Daning city wall collapsed, leaving a 4-meter-wide opening.

Li Yutian was overjoyed and quickly ordered a general attack.

The Ming army lined up in multiple echelons, behaved in shields, and charged in turn.

When the defenders of the city saw the collapse of the city wall, they knew that they could not resist the Ming army entering the city, so they all held the will to burn the jade and stones, and withdrew to the city one after another, according to the order of the Shuosai army, or guarded in the bright place or hidden in the dark place.

Only a few soldiers with black cloth wrapped around their heads, waving white cloth and shouting, were taken back to the camp by the Ming army.

Shuo Sai led his troops into the county king's mansion, closed the door of the mansion and prepared to resist to the end.

Although he was flustered, he was still calm, and he gave orders again and again, and the white-armored soldiers in the palace rushed to the wall one after another and began to resist.

Outside the house, there were a large number of stragglers and clothed minions, all of whom were mobilized to erect fortifications at various alleys, and they did not retreat.

The Ming army had to advance cautiously, alley by alley.

When Li Yutian learned about it, hundreds of grenades were distributed among the generals. With a loud bang, the prisoners who were guarding the entrance of the alley fell one after another, and the defense began to crumble, and the Ming army slowly advanced with fewer casualties.

"The prince of Korqin has surrendered, the prince of Karaqin has also surrendered, Mongolian brothers, lay down your arms and come out to surrender, we will only kill the Jurchens, not the Mongols!" Someone shouted in Mongolian.

The effect was immediate, and in this desperate situation, most of the Mongol pawns chose to save their lives and walked out of the defensive fortifications one after another.

The speed of the Ming army's attack was increased again.

Shuo Sai had long expected this situation, and he sat calmly in the main hall of his mansion to calm the hearts of the army.

The white-armored soldiers in the palace looked firm, clenched their weapons, listened to the approaching shouts and explosions, and were ready to be loyal.

An hour later, the Ming army had already broken through to the Shuosai Palace, and surrounded it.

"Shuosai, you have no hope of escaping, surrender, our Hou Ye may be able to spare your life." The Ming army outside the house shouted.

The king did not answer.

The Ming army did not attack, but only tightly surrounded it to prevent the white-armored soldiers and dogs from jumping over the wall in a hurry.

About a stick of incense, there was a rumbling sound outside the mansion, and the white-armored soldiers in the mansion were shocked, "It's not good, the artillery of the Ming army has entered the city!" ”

Li Yutian stood at the head of the city, looked down on the palace, and smiled with satisfaction: "Hmph, Shuo Sai still wants to fight with me in the street and consume the lives of my Ming elite soldiers." I just don't fight you, just see how many shots you can make! ”