Jiannu is already in full swing preparing to enter the customs.

And out of prudence, Dorgon requisitioned all his strength and used all his reserves.

However, at this time, Dolgon actually didn't have much ambition, but just held the speculative mentality that he could occupy an inch and get a point, and he was more just to grasp the military power.

On the other hand, the top brass of the Dashun Army were ignorant of this.

Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing didn't even think that Jiannu would send troops.

In the face of Wu Sangui, who surrendered and rebelled and was determined to use his teachers to help suppress him, Li Zicheng still tried to surrender, so he missed the last time window.

From this moment on, the defeat of the Dashun army was inevitable.

Almost at the same time, the news of the fall of Jingshi and the disappearance of Emperor Chongzhen finally reached Nanjing, the capital of Liu.

After receiving the report, Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, immediately felt a deep pain, and immediately invited Gao Hongtu, the secretary of the Nanjing Household Department, Lu Daqi, the squire of the Military Department, and Jiang Yueguang, the Zhan Shi of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, to discuss the plan.

After discussion, the meeting unanimously decided to "swear to heaven and earth, gallop to the king of diligence".

King Qin is sure, this is the greatest political correctness, and no one dares to oppose it.

The question is in whose name to raise the army? In your name, Scofa? That's definitely not going to work.

After all, the scale of King Qin this time is unprecedented, and it is to gather soldiers and horses from all over the world, not just the soldiers and horses of the headquarters.

Although Shi Kefa is the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, he is only a courtier, and you dare to raise troops without the edict of the Son of Heaven? Do you want to learn Cao Cao or what? Even if you Shi Kefa don't have the heart of disobedience, you will inevitably become a generation of powerful ministers, and when the time comes, won't the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have to look at your eyes and act, no, this is definitely not good.

So raise troops in the name of the vassal king? This is even more inappropriate.

The story of Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang and the king of Qin, is not far away.

The most suitable is of course in the name of the crown prince, the king of Ding, or the king of Yong.

It's a pity that the whereabouts of the crown prince, King Ding, and King Yong are also unknown now.

The ministers discussed and discussed, and it seemed that there was only one way, that is, to temporarily find a vassal king to supervise the country, and then call on the king of soldiers and horses in the name of the prison country, so that the name is justified.

More importantly, there is also a precedent for the feudal king to supervise the state in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhandong, the king of the Xuande Dynasty, and Zhu Qiyu, the king of the Orthodox Dynasty, both served as prisoners.

As for whether Emperor Chongzhen and the crown prince, King Ding, and King Yong can come back, what should they do after they come back, and whether the vassal king of the prison state will follow the example of Zhu Qiyu, the king of the servant state, to ascend the throne and become emperor after he takes power, and I will talk about it later.

Anyway, the country can't be without a king for a day, you must first find a vassal king to supervise the country, and then raise an army.

It's just that whether it is Shi Kefa, Jiang Yueguang or Gao Hongtu, they are not in a hurry to express their position.

Because Emperor Chongzhen's meanness and lack of kindness are well known to the world, if his old man comes back alive, then the minister who initiated the vassal king and the state will definitely be unlucky, and no one wants to be a victim of this.

The big four who stayed in the capital did not express their position, and the other officials were soft-spoken, even if they said it, it was useless.

So the situation was deadlocked, and the ministers met every day to discuss without results, and time passed quickly in such empty talk.

……

Two days passed quickly.

It's April 11th.

Li Yan is already looking forward to being in the Miyun Guard (Gubeikou).

But it was useless to look at it, because the Ming army never arrived.

"Second brother, are you sure that you haven't found the Ming army on the night you have been out?"

Li Yan frowned, and he still didn't believe the military report that didn't receive it at night.

How is that possible? With Chongzhen's temperament, how could he go to other mountain passes?

Li Mu shook his head and said: "Brother, I am sure that there is no trace of the Ming army, they have searched all the ravines within a radius of more than ten miles, and they have not even found a ghost shadow." ”

"It shouldn't be." Li Yan's brows furrowed more and more.

At this moment, Li Nian came in and said, "Brother, General Li You and General Gu Kecheng are here again. ”

As soon as the words fell, Gu Kecheng's loud voice came from outside the Xingyuan Gate: "Right Army Division!" And what about the right division? ”

Li Yan had no choice but to get up to greet him, and as soon as they met, Gu Kecheng said loudly: "Right Army Division, the Lord has sent a fast horse to urge us again, let us hurry back to Beijing, we really can't delay it any longer." ”

Li You also said: "Let's go back quickly." ”

"Okay, then go back." Li Yan's brows suddenly relaxed.

Because Li Zicheng will soon do his best to conquer Shanhaiguan with the main force of the Dashun army.

At that moment, Li Yan said again: "Pass my general's order, the whole army will be pulled out, and return to Beijing!" ”

With the sound of the trumpet, the Dashun army roared out of the valley where it was hiding.

Then he embarked on the road back to Beijing.

……

On the high mountain in the distance, the two horsemen were silently watching the Dashun army drive away.

Until the Dashun army disappeared into the distance on the mountain road and was out of sight, one of them rode Yiding and reined in the horse and said: "Let's go, let's hurry back to the camp to report to the saint." ”

Towards evening, the two horsemen returned to their camp thirty miles away.

The Ming army's camp was located in an extremely secluded valley, which Hu Xinshui discovered during his early hunting, and the entrance to the valley was a narrow rock crevin that could only be passed by a single rider, and was covered by vines all year round.

Wu came to Zhu Gaoyuan upside down, and said with admiration: "Shengshang, you are really a god, how do you know that there are thieves ambushing soldiers in Gubeikou?" ”

Zhu Gaoyuan smiled, and said in his heart that I am actually not sure.

It's just that there are still ten days before the outbreak of the Stone War at this time, so with the idea of just in case, I didn't rush into the customs, but I didn't expect to really avoid the ambush of the Dashun army.

Li Yan is also really powerful, and he actually calculated that he would enter the customs from Gubeikou.

But fortunately, no matter how powerful Li Yan is, he can't be a traverser, and he can predict the future, but he has to be careful with Li Yan in the future.

These are long words, but they are actually a change of thought.

At that moment, Zhu Gaoyuan said again: "Are the thieves ambushing the soldiers gone?" ”

"It's all gone." Wu Jiangtan nodded and said, "More than 5,000 cavalry, all gone." ”

Wang Jiayan, who was waiting on the side, said: "Holy Lord, can we enter the customs?" ”

"There's no hurry." Zhu Gaoyuan waved his hand and said, "Li Yan is unfathomable, who knows if he really left or faked?" In case he just made a false shot, and then took advantage of the night to touch back to Gubeikou to ambush, wouldn't we just fall into his calculations when we entered the customs at this time? So let's wait a few more days, anyway, we're not in a hurry now. ”

The Ming army is indeed not in a hurry now, there is time, and there is no shortage of food and grass.

In the first battle of the Hara Hetao, the grain and grass of the Gongtu Department and the thieves were all returned to the Ming army.

In addition to grain and grass, the Ming army also captured more than 2,000 war horses, and now one person has two horses.

So there is no need to be in a hurry at all, you can wait until Li Zicheng's army is drawn before entering the pass, at that time, it will be a smooth road from the north to Henan and then to the south, and no one can stop them.

However, Wang Jiayan and others don't know anything about this, so it is naturally difficult to agree.

At that moment, Wang Jiayan frowned slightly and said: "Holy Lord, although there is no shortage of food and grass for the time being, but staying in the mountains for a long time is not a long-term solution, and the minister thinks that it is better to go south as soon as possible to stay in the capital." ”

Wu Linzheng also said worriedly: "If it is delayed for a long time, I am afraid that the stay will change." ”

As senior members of the DPRK and the Central Committee, Wang Jiayan, Wu Linzheng and others are still very politically sensitive.

They know very well that the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, if Chongzhen has no exact news for a long time, then the officials who stay in the capital are very likely to find a vassal king to supervise the country, if it is delayed a little longer, the vassal king of the country is very likely to be the emperor, and even if Emperor Chongzhen returns to Liudu, he can only be an emperor.

Tang Xuanzong Li Longji became the emperor in this way.

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Gaoyuan didn't pay attention to it at all.

What about the vassal kings of the prison kingdoms? What about the emperor's throne?

Not to mention that the world is in chaos now, even in peacetime, Zhu Qiyu, who ascended to the throne by the king of the prison country, was not ousted from the emperor's throne in the end?

As long as you have military power, you are not afraid.

On the other hand, if you don't have military power in your hands, what can you do even if you get to Nanjing?

is nothing more than the same as the original history of Hongguang, Longwu and Emperor Yongli, becoming a puppet under the control of the military generals of various border towns, and he Zhu Gaoyuan doesn't want to be a puppet.

Therefore, the most important thing is to master the military power and become the strongest warlord in the Ming Dynasty!

Liu Zeqing, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Huang Jie, and Zuo Liangyu are too far apart to reach for the time being, so the top priority is to firmly grasp the armed forces in front of them, especially the 1,000 Yiding.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoyuan walked to the side of Wu Jiaotan and waited for Yiding to sit cross-legged.

"Holy." Wu Jiaotan, who was sitting and eating, was waiting for Yi Ding to get up instinctively again.

"Excuse me." Zhu Gaoyuan waved his hand and said, "Everything in the army is simple, there is no need to be so formal." ”

The Wu handful of charcoal and the dozen or so Yiding sitting around the fire laughed, only to feel that the emperor was very appetizing to them.

Zhu Gaoyuan caught a glimpse of the wine gourd on the waist of the charcoal, so he took it down casually and asked, "What is it contained?" ”

Wu Jiaotan hurriedly said: "Back to the saint, it is our Liao people's home-brewed soju, when you feel cold during the march and battle, you can drink two sips, which can drive away the cold." ”

Zhu Gaoyuan didn't say a word, pulled out the stopper and took a sip.

Wu Jiaotan and a dozen Yiding were stunned for a moment.

How does this emperor feel like they are brothers? Kindness.

"Good wine!" Zhu Gaoyuan wiped his mouth, and handed the wine gourd back to the charcoal.

Wu stretched out his hand to take it in a little stunned, and didn't know what to say for a while, Shengshang, I will treat you as a brother if you do this, what if you lose the courtesy of the monarch and the minister one day?