Soon it was another night.

At the right time, the first rays of sunlight shone on Li Yan through the clouds and through the leaves, dissolving the thin layer of cold dew condensed on Li Yan's eyebrows.

But the cold dew in Li Yan's heart became more and more serious.

really made Zhu Gaoyuan right, after leaving the Miyun guard yesterday afternoon, the thief really killed a horse pistol, and quietly returned to Gubeikou under the cover of night to ambush again.

However, this was in vain after all, and the Ming army did not appear.

"Right Army Division, let's go back." Li You said with a light sigh.

Gu Kecheng also persuaded: "Yes, if you don't go back to the Lord, you will really be angry." ”

Li Nian and Li Mu also looked at Li Yan silently, although they didn't speak, the meaning was obvious.

Li Yan glanced up at the rising red sun in the eastern sky, and finally nodded: "Okay, go back!" ”

This time, Li Yan finally did not kill back the carbine, and after leading the army to leave the Miyun rearguard, he went straight to Beijing, and after a day and night of rapid marching, he finally rushed back to Beijing before Li Zicheng sent his troops.

"Lord, the minister is incompetent." Li Yan said ashamedly, "I couldn't catch Chongzhen." ”

"I'll talk about Chongzhen's matter later, anyway, he is trapped in Yanshan and can't escape." Li Zicheng didn't blame too much, and then continued, "Right Army Division, Beijing will be handed over to you." ”

"Huh?" Li Yan was stunned when he heard this, which was somewhat unexpected by him.

What does this mean on the Lord? Do you want him to stay in Beijing? Will the Lord let him be left alone?

At that moment, Li Yan turned his gaze to Niu Jinxing, Niu Jinxing smiled slightly and said: "The Lord means that Beijing is too important, and there is absolutely no room for mistakes, and only the right army division stays to guard him can he dare to rest assured." ”

Let Li Yan stay in Beijing, it was indeed Niu Jinxing who suggested to Li Zicheng.

But Niu Jinxing's original intention was by no means because only Li Yan could take on this heavy responsibility.

This is actually part of Niu Jinxing's plan to eradicate Li Yan.

"Yes." Li Zicheng said, "In addition to Lao Tian and Lao Liu, you can rest assured that you are the right military division, but now Lao Tian is far away in Xijing, and Lao Liu is going to follow me on the expedition, so you can only stay and guard Beijing." ”

After a pause, Li Zicheng said again: "As for the army left behind, let Lao Gu's handsome standard stay, and Li Mu and Li Nian's handsome standard follow me to the east, my Zhongji battalion can't lack these two fierce generals." ”

Li Yanxin said that sure enough, the Lord was still wary of him in his bones.

Otherwise, he would not have let Gu Kecheng stay, and then took Li Nian and Li Mu to the expedition.

But it doesn't matter, he is open in his heart, he has never been selfish, and the Lord will understand one day.

At that moment, Li Yan said: "Since the lord is not ready to let his subordinates accompany him, then there is a sentence that must be said to the lord, and when you go to Shanhaiguan, you must be careful that Wu Sangui leads Jiannu into the customs." ”

Li Zicheng replied casually: "I already know about this. ”

Seeing this, Li Yan knew that Li Zicheng didn't take this to heart.

When Li Yan was about to persuade again, Li Zicheng had already directly beaten his horse and left, and turned back from a distance and said: "Right Military Division, during the time I am not in Beijing, remember to prepare for the enthronement ceremony first." ”

Li Yan arched his hand and said, "Yes, my subordinates should remember." ”

……

Another five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Thirty miles outside the Gubei mouth, in a hidden valley.

Wang Jiayan, Wu Linzheng, Meng Zhaoxiang and several other civil officials were gathering together to discuss how to advise.

"Guys, we can't wait any longer." Wang Jiayan said solemnly, "Today is April 17, and it has been nearly a month since the fall of Jingshi. ”

"yes." Wu Linzheng said worriedly, "If it drags on any longer, I may have a big change." ”

Meng Zhaoxiang, Wang Wei and several other civil officials also nodded in unison, and they all knew the meaning of Wu Linzheng's words.

Wang Jiayan said again: "I'll go to the saint to admonish, if the saint doesn't listen, then he will die, in short, today no matter what, I have to persuade the saint to lead the troops into the pass!" ”

"Yes, if the Holy One doesn't listen to me, he will be killed by his head."

"Add me one, if Da Ming is dead, what's the use of leaving me waiting?"

A few civil officials became excited as they spoke, and the atmosphere of resoluteness quickly spread, and these civil officials present were not verbal parties, they were real activists.

While discussing it, Zhu Gaoyuan suddenly walked over.

"Several of the Qing families are here." Zhu Gaoyuan smiled, "What are you talking about?" How did I feel the resolute and resolute breath of the first-class wind? ”

"Returning to the Holy Word, Ministers and ......"

Wang Jiayan was brewing emotions, but was interrupted by Zhu Gaoyuan coldly.

"Okay, let's not talk about it yet." Zhu Gaoyuan waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and pack up and get ready to enter the customs!" ”

"Huh?" Wang Jiayan suddenly felt a punch on the cotton, and said in amazement, "Enter the customs today?" ”

Wu Linzheng, Meng Zhaoxiang, Wang Wei and other civil officials also looked at each other, what do you say? They were all ready to die, but the Holy Lord suddenly offered to enter the customs?

Before this, the saint didn't show his mouth at all.

This is a little embarrassing, what are you talking about?

Holy Lord, can you say hello to your ministers first when you do things in the future?

Otherwise, it will be difficult for those of us who are ministers to do it, and we will not be able to keep up with your rhythm.

"Hurry up, you only have a quarter of an hour." Zhu Gaoyuan finished speaking and left.

Seeing Zhu Gaoyuan walk away, Wang Jiayan and several other civil officials were stunned for a long time and couldn't react.

On the contrary, Gong Yonggu, a few of them, as well as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, knew that Li Ruolian had already been lying flat, and since the Beijing division broke out, they have only looked forward to the emperor.

On the other side, Hu Guozhu had gathered a thousand Yiding and was waiting for Zhu Gaoyuan to speak.

Hu Xinshui was not with Yi Ding as usual, Zhu Gaoyuan was always very vigilant about Hu Xinshui, and it was impossible for him to stay with Yi Ding before he returned to Nanjing.

Zhu Gaoyuan is doing his best to make the Yiding forget the existence of Hu Xinshui.

Seeing Zhu Gaoyuan coming over, Yi Ding, who was originally sitting on the ground to rest, got up one after another.

Zhu Gaoyuan stretched out his right hand and walked in front of the queue, and the Yiding in the front row stretched out his right hand one after another, and high-fived Zhu Gaoyuan one by one, this is the ceremony that Zhu Gaoyuan brought to the Ming army.

The soldiers loved it.

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

Yi Ding in the front row cheered warmly while high-fiveing Zhu Gaoyuan.

Yi Ding in the back row couldn't high-five Zhu Gaoyuan, but he still followed by stomping heavily on the ground with the tail of the spear shaft, or slapping the rattan shield with his waist knife, creating a hot and restless sound.

Hu Guozhu frowned and looked at this scene, feeling very sad.

This Qianyiding didn't even treat his father like this, how could Emperor Chongzhen be?

Of course, Hu Guozhu could not understand all this, in fact, no one in this era could understand it, because Zhu Gaoyuan used the knowledge of image management here.

The general definition of image management includes internal recognition and external PR.

Zhu Gaoyuan has been strengthening the recognition of insiders with him, and at the same time carrying out public relations on Yiding, which has lasted for nearly a month.

Zhu Gaoyuan's methods include but are not limited to eating and living with Yiding, making family meals, etc., and successfully created an image of a pro-people emperor who is sympathetic to the low-level soldiers.

For such an emperor, there is no reason why the low-level soldiers should not support it.

As the bottom of the bottom, Yiding has no reason not to love it.

Of course, it should be noted that the Yiding people still have reservations about Zhu Gaoyuan's love, for example, once the food and salary are cut off, this love will be greatly reduced.

In fact, this Qianyiding will soon be put to the test.

Test their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor, and whether they are really willing to follow the emperor.

Zhu Gaoyuan walked back and forth in front of the Yiding queue and climbed to the high place in front of the queue, and said loudly: "There is one thing I don't want to hide from you. ”

"The foundation of the Ming Dynasty north of the Yellow River has been lost."

"In other words, there is no longer a place for us to stand north of the Yellow River."

"So I decided to temporarily avoid Jiangnan and reorganize the army before raising the Northern Expedition, so I have to ask you first, are you willing to go with me?"

Hearing this, Yi Dington was in an uproar.

It's a question they haven't thought about.

Going to Gangnam? Isn't that far from home?

Immediately, one of Yiding asked loudly: "What about our wives and children?" ”

"I really want to say that you can bring your wives and children with you." Zhu Gaoyuan's face showed a look of pain, and then he said with a dark face, "However, the cruel truth is, absolutely not!" ”

If you bring your wife and children, you have to bring your guys.

How do you march with the guys? Is it really a thief to be an ornament?

"What, can't you take away the family?" The Yiding exploded in an instant.

Seeing this, Hu Guozhu's face showed a look of schadenfreude.

Zhu Gaoyuan didn't panic, because he knew that Yiding would definitely go with him in the end.

The reason is very simple, a woman can find it again, and a son can be reborn, but the opportunity to change your fate is likely to be only once in a lifetime, and if you miss it, you will miss it.

Zhu Gaoyuan has been instilling this truth for almost a month.

The Yiding people have long been dreaming of the future marquis and uncle.

What's more, even if the Yiding people follow him, the wives and children who stay in Liaoxi will not necessarily be unable to live, at most they will have a hard time, because in the end, whether it is Wu Sangui, the thieves, or the Jiannu who occupy Liaoxi, they will not kill all the Liao people, and their wives and children are just the most ordinary Liao people.

This kind of thing can't give much time to think.

At that moment, Zhu Gaoyuan shouted: "I will not force you, so I will give you the opportunity to choose, those who are not willing to follow me will come forward, and those who are willing to follow me will stay where they are and don't move!" ”

The Yiding looked around blankly, but no one would step forward.

A few of them actually wanted to step forward, but they didn't move when they saw that others didn't move.

"Good!" Zhu Gaoyuan immediately shouted, "I must congratulate you, because you have made the most correct decision in your life, not only you will benefit from this decision, but also your wives and children, I believe that they will be fine!" ”

"Because we will soon be back in Liaoxi."

"Now hurry up and pack your bags, and pull it out in a quarter of an hour."