The musketeers behind the parapet lit their arquebuses.

"Stop!" Zhu Gaoyuan shouted, "Don't let it go." ”

In any case, it doesn't hurt to get in touch with the thieves first, maybe you can fool the thieves and let them fight the Mongol cavalry first?

For their own intelligence and eloquence,

Zhu Gaoyuan has always been very confident.

The musketeers extinguished the fire ropes and lowered their firebolts.

Seeing this, the thief immediately quickened up and came to the front of the trench.

However, it stopped when there were about thirty paces left.

Obviously, this rogue is also familiar with the accuracy of the Ming army's firearms, and his safety is still guaranteed thirty steps away.

"In Xia Li Yan, the right army division of the Dashun Army and the general of the Zhongquan pro-military system." The thief shouted loudly, "There is a heartfelt word that I want to hear from the heavens, and I invite the emperor to show up." ”

"You are Li Yan?" Zhu Gaoyuan stepped forward and said.

The person who came was Li Yan, which made Zhu Gaoyuan a little surprised, this is a fierce man with all-round talents in civil and military affairs.

Before Li Zicheng was assisted by Li Yan, he was a rogue, and he only knew how to run around and rob houses and houses, but since Li Yan came to defect, he not only formulated a political program, but also determined the most timely propaganda means, and in just a few months, he established a separatist regime in Henan Province.

When encountering such a person, Zhu Gaoyuan will of course meet for a while.

Wang Chengen and Kim Hyun were worried about Zhu Gaoyuan's safety, so they hurriedly protected him left and right.

"It's exactly down there." Li Yan waved his hand on horseback and said, "Li Yan greets the saint." ”

"Excuse me." Zhu Gaoyuan stretched out his hand to help him, and said, "Li Yan, I heard that you are also a scholar, and you have a Chinese style, is this really true?" ”

"It's true." Li Yan nodded.

He also said: "Now you might as well tell the truth, in the original name of Li Xin, is a native of Hanoi, fifteen-year-old Xiucai, seventeen-year-old Ju, nineteen-year-old to follow the master of my family, and then there is today." ”

Zhu Gaoyuan nodded, and said: "Since you are also a scholar, you should also read moral articles and the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, and you will be willing to fall and stoop to be a thief?" ”

Li Yan said: "The saint said that the Spring and Autumn Period, then talk about the Spring and Autumn Period, the Spring and Autumn Period of the Lu family has clouds, the world is not the world of one person, only the virtuous live in it, the Ming Dynasty has enjoyed the country for more than 200 years, the blessings of the ancestors have been exhausted, and now the sea is boiling, the world is swinging, my lord should be the will of the people, and it is the will of heaven to stand on behalf of the Ming." ”

"Assisting my lord in accomplishing great deeds is an act that is in accordance with heaven and the people."

"What is the saying of being willing to fall and stoop to be a thief? It is the words of the Holy One who dare not agree with the Lower Ones. ”

Zhu Gaoyuan almost applauded, and said in his heart that Li Yan's eloquence was almost a little bit like being able to open up with me.

Jin Xuan was furious and said: "Kong said Chengren, Meng said to take righteousness, you are in my Ming Dynasty to read the book, Chinese style, teach you is my Ming master, take you is the Ming Dynasty official, and it is my Ming court that provides you with the opportunity to learn, you can also be regarded as a person who has received the grace of the country, both favored but betrayed, isn't it unkind and unjust?" Such a villain's behavior is also worthy of talking about Spring and Autumn? ”

Li Yan smiled and said: "Since this adult talked about Confucius and Mencius, then talk about Confucius and Mencius, Mencius has clouds, and the fifth generation of the gentleman Ze was beheaded, the Ming Dynasty has been passed on since Emperor Taizu Gao, and it has been the twelfth generation, and the blessings have long been exhausted, since you admit that you are a disciple of Confucius and Mencius, why are you unwilling to accept the sincere teachings of the sage?" ”

"Misinterpretation!" Kim Hyun said, "You are misinterpreting, misinterpreting the words of the saint!" ”

"It is you who misinterpret it." Li Yan said suddenly, "Qin lost its deer, and the world chased it, if my generation of scholars only knows how to blindly adhere to the words of the sage and do not know how to be flexible, then Liu Han Dynasty Qin, Zhao Song Dynasty Zhou, Ming Dynasty replaced Dayuan should also be resisted by the world's scholars, how dare they call themselves Hanchen, Song Chen and Ming Chen?" ”

Wang Jiayan said abruptly: "After the violent Qin, Zhou has no way, and Meng Yuan is even more perverse in the Central Plains, and being replaced by Liu Han, Zhao Song and my Ming Dynasty is a righteous act that inherits the will of heaven and responds to the will of the people!" ”

"Well said!" Li Yan applauded and said, "Then now there is no way to be clear, the clan is useless in the country but spends money every day, officials at all levels are incompetent in governing the country but are greedy, and the military generals in border towns are afraid of building slaves like tigers but have done great harm to the people, so the brutal and corrupt court is replaced by the new dynasty, isn't it a righteous act to inherit the will of heaven and respond to the will of the people?" ”

"Huh? This! Wang Jiayan was immediately speechless.

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoyuan decisively dispelled the idea of arguing with Li Yan.

Li Yan is obviously a good guy, arguing with him is a waste of time, it's better to be direct with this kind of person, and there is no need to play with those twists and turns.

Zhu Gaoyuan said: "So what do you want to tell me?" ”

Li Yan said: "I want to say to the saint, the Ming Qi has been exhausted, and it is already the trend of the times for me to replace the Ming Dynasty with Dashun, and the saint will not go to the Saint Lianzhan except for bringing the disaster of swords and soldiers to the people, and bringing the disaster of extermination to the Zhu family, there will be no other gain, so I advise the saint to return to Beijing with me immediately, and give the emperor's throne to my lord." ”

"Shut up!"

"Presumptuous!"

"Hugh is nonsense!"

"How can it be!"

"Yellow-mouthed ruzi dares to do this!"

Before Li Yan finished speaking, Meng Zhaoxiang, Wu Linzheng, Gong Yonggu and other officials were already angry, and Jin Xuan couldn't help but want to shoot Li Yan with an arrow.

The Lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the Lord is humiliated and the ministers die!

It is a shame for these courtiers that the Holy One is so humiliated by thieves!

Li Yan turned a blind eye to this, and said: "If the saint can take the throne, then the hundreds of millions of Li people in the world will be very lucky, the Zhu family can also be preserved, and the saint can also be a rich and idle king. ”

I have to say that there is still some truth in what Li Yan said.

Putting aside the position of the Zhu family, from the standpoint of the country and the nation, it is indeed the best choice to give Li Zicheng the Zen position.

It's a pity that Zhu Gaoyuan is a traverser, he knows what kind of character Li Zicheng is, this is actually a dou who can't be helped, and he has been the emperor for a total of 42 days.

To give the throne to Li Zicheng is to give it to Jiannu for nothing.

Therefore, it is impossible for Zen to give up the throne, and in the future, after exterminating the thieves, let Li Zicheng be the director of the General Post Office, but it can be considered, well, that's it.

At that moment, Zhu Gaoyuan asked with a smile: "Li Yan, do you really believe that Li Chuang can succeed?" ”

Li Yan smiled and said: "Holy Lord, this is no longer something I believe or not, but my family master has already done something, and my Dashun Dynasty has occupied half of China and has a million soldiers!" Although the remnant Ming still owns half of the south of the Yangtze River, the civil officials only know how to pour infighting, and the military generals only know how to eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers, so they can't support it for a few years at all. ”

Zhu Gaoyuan nodded and said, "It seems that it is impossible for you to turn your back on Li Zicheng and serve me at the moment." ”

Li Yan seemed to have heard the funniest joke, shook his head and said: "The Holy Lord said that he is laughing, not only now, but also in the future, never again, I will never turn my back on the Lord." ”

Zhu Gaoyuan said: "Then you go back, you will not betray the master, and I will never admit defeat, let history and time prove whether my Daming is really exhausted, and whether your Dashun replacing Daming is really obedient." ”

Li Yan said: "I still hope that the Holy Lord can consider it carefully, because this is the last chance, just now, the Mongols have sent a large number of flying horses, respectively to the northwest, due north and northeast, if nothing else, it should be to move to other troops to rescue troops." ”

"Once the Mongol army is killed, our army can only temporarily avoid its front."

After speaking, he glanced at the Ming army arrayed in the protective wall, and said: "With the more than 1,000 horses under the command of the saint, I am really not underestimating, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold on to it even for half a day, so if the saint walks with him at this time, not only will he have no worries about his life, but also the wealth of the Zhu family. ”

"I'm still the same." Zhu Gaoyuan snorted, "I won't admit defeat." ”

"So I will take my leave." Li Yan waved his hand, and Lerma turned around and left.

Seeing Li Yan's back walking away, Wang Jiayan suddenly whispered: "Holy Lord, can you take a step to speak?" ”

Although Li Yan's words just now made people angry, there was a sentence that Wang Jiayan listened to, that is, the Mongols had already sent fast horses to move rescue troops, and it would be two or three days for the fastest, or three or five days for the slow, and a large number of Mongolian cavalry would definitely be killed, and then their monarchs and ministers would really be dead, so if they wanted to live, they had to find a way as soon as possible.

Zhu Gaoyuan said to Wang Jiayan: "The royal family is selfless, and there is nothing that I can't talk about in front of people." ”

Wang Jiayan said with a dark face: "Since this is the case, the minister has the courage to speak out, because of the judgment of the saint, you and I have been trapped in this military Jedi, and there are no less than 4,000 horsemen and Mongolians watching on the side, and it is impossible to break through!" ”

Zhu Gaoyuan's face became a little embarrassed, surnamed Wang, you speak really directly.

Wang Jiayan turned a blind eye and said: "For today's plan, only the minister leads the main force to break through to the west or north at night, as a suspicious soldier to attract thieves and Mongolian cavalry to chase and kill, and then a Xiao general will lead a number of horsemen to protect the saint to go south at night, cross Yanshan and return to Shuntian, and then dress up day and night and go straight to the south of the Yangtze River, then my Ming may still have a glimmer of life." ”

In fact, Wang Jiayan wanted to say this for a long time, but he couldn't find a chance.

What is unexpected, going north to Changping, and then crossing Yanshan to come to this Chahar grassland, this is all nonsense.

If he had gone south directly after the collapse of Chaoyangmen, he might have already arrived in Nanzhili by this time, so where would he be able to walk on thin ice and be precarious now?