Li Banghua and Wang Jiayan glanced at each other, and shouted in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has now killed the ministers of the court and the central government, and is raiding the mansions of the ministers one by one...... We believe that food and grass will arrive soon, and you will no longer have to endure hunger and cold! ”

It's just that the words of the two were completely drowned out by the noise.

Helpless, Li Banghua could only let the soldiers behind him shout together.

Although the voice is loud enough, but now that the imperial court has long lost any prestige at all, how can a few words be convincing?

The noise grew louder and louder, and there were even desperate people who threatened to surrender the city.

Li Banghua's faces were very ugly, so they were not those mediocre officials, but ruthless people who guarded one side and held military power, so they naturally would not be frightened by these scenes.

The two glanced at each other, and then tacitly drew the saber at their waists, and so far, there was only violent suppression......

Knock –

Knock Knock –

Suddenly, the drums of war resounded through the heavens and the earth.

There was a sudden silence up and down the Changyi Gate, and everyone's faces changed, and they all looked out of the city!

However, it was quiet outside the city.

However, some of the sentinels who broke into the army were also startled by the sound of war drums, and fled away from the city gate on their horses.

"This ...... The sound of the drum seems to be from the inner city......"

"Yes...... It's Your Majesty coming! ”

Just when everyone was puzzled, Li Banghua and Wang Jiayan were suddenly overjoyed and exclaimed.

I saw the streets of the inner and outer cities, the flags of the honor guard swaying in the wind, the brocade guards riding horses on the side, Chongzhen sitting on the dragon, and behind him were a large number of royal forest troops.

Daming respects red, looking at it from afar, like a source of fire, blazing and sweeping.

When the soldiers and civilians who were still in despair saw this, in addition to being shocked, their spirits couldn't help but be shaken, and that sense of fear disappeared completely.

Knock –

Knock Knock –

The dragon was in front, the war drums were behind, all the way around, and when the whole team completely appeared in the outer city, the cart of grain behind them came into view, and everyone shook again.

Woowoooooo

The rolling horn sounded, the dragon slowly stopped, and Wang Chengen shouted at the top of his voice: "Your Majesty has arrived, and the ministers salute!" ”

"Minister, Li Banghua (Wang Jiayan), lead the soldiers guarding the city, meet Your Majesty......"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Li Banghua and Wang Jiayan were very excited, and took the lead in coming out of the queue and kneeling on one knee to salute.

The soldiers and the people who defended the city were overjoyed, and then they knelt on the ground together and shouted in unison.

Chongzhen's heart trembled at the shouts of these tens of thousands of subjects, but he enjoyed it a lot, and he couldn't help but glance at Zhou Xian, who was walking with the car, and felt a little more appreciation in his heart.

Putting on such a battle was all Zhou Xian's idea.

Originally, after he finished the inspection, he hurriedly returned to the palace to gather the Praetorian Guard, and formed a team of 5,000 people to leave the palace, one is to escort grain and grass, and the other is to reinforce the army.

Zhou Xian couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to take the risk to remind: "You are a saint today, and you are in such a hurry to go out of the city, and the soldiers and civilians defending the city will only be demoralized, which will show my loneliness." ”

So, after some consideration, Chongzhen began to rectify the forbidden army, with a uniform honor guard.

Now it seems that Zhou Xian is right, the morale of the soldiers and civilians defending the city has been greatly boosted, and there is light in their eyes.

"Since I inherited the unification, although I have been diligent for 17 years, I have no merits, the Central Plains natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, there are Tartars who harass and kill our people, and there are people inside who are unwilling to be oppressed by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and have become thieves and rob......bers."

Chongzhen's mouth is a guilty edict.

Of course, today's audience is no longer those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the ministers who have brought disaster to the country and the people.

But these ordinary people in front of them, low-level soldiers, are truly empathetic.

Especially seeing Chongzhen so young but old and haggard so far, with the blood-stained tattered robe, this is no different from the ordinary people's clothes, it can be seen how hard this emperor has worked over the years, such an emperor, is it really as legendary, is he a faint king?

"Da Ming is not guilty, the sin is my incompetence, now my people are besieging the city and rebelling, I don't blame them, it is I who owe them a Da Ming who lives and works in peace and contentment, but the thief Li Zicheng is not a good man and a woman!"

"He said that he cultivated with the people and did not accept money and food from the people, but in fact he burned and looted, broke through a city and robbed a city, and used his wife and children as a threat, so that the young and strong could attack the city and fill the trenches.

"This time, I personally guarded the city, and whoever killed the thieves and robbers was rewarded with ten taels of silver and three acres of fertile land. Those who are killed and wounded in battle, a reward of 100 taels of silver, 20 acres of fertile land, if the city is broken, I will die with all the kings, and I will never live alone! ”

Chongzhen's generous and passionate declaration can be described as sincere, and finally set a reward and punishment, shouting out the promise of dying with all the kings.

Li Banghua immediately shouted excitedly: "Swear to live and die with Your Majesty!" ”

"Swear to !!live and die with Your Majesty"

The others were stunned for a moment, and then reacted, and they also drank in unison, and the mountains roared and the tsunami shook the world.

Morale is booming!

……

……

Outside the city, break into the army camp.

Li Zicheng was gathered with several henchmen, standing on a high slope, holding a clairvoyant mirror, listening to the continuous shouts from the city.

"Look, it's the Nine Dragons!"

"It turned out that Chongzhen's little boy was personally in charge of the city, and it was no wonder that the morale of the generals who didn't defend the city was suddenly high......"

Wherever the generals looked at the Nine Dragons Banner, there would be shouts of mountains and tsunamis.

Li Zicheng looked at it for a long time, and finally smacked his tongue, "Su Wen Chongzhen is a diligent and thrifty kid, he is very frugal in food and clothing, and his dragon robe is also torn and mended.

In the past, I only thought that it was a means to deliberately confuse the people by those civil servants, but when I see it today, this little child is indeed not like a luxurious and dim person, the city is about to be destroyed, and he can still share the joys and sorrows with the army and the people.

Could it be that Daming still has reinforcements? ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the soldiers around him.

Several generals were breathless and bowed their heads silently.

"Du Xun!"

"The minister is here."

"If you want to find a way to sneak into the city, meet with Chongzhen, and say that I, Li Zicheng, am willing to bow down and call myself a minister, withdraw my troops back to Shaanxi, and then I will break into the army and rule the country with him, if he can reward the three armies with a million taels of silver, and jointly send troops to resist the Houjin Tartar captivity......"

Du Xun, the eunuch who was the original palm print, took the errand with a wry smile.

Li Zicheng waved his hand, and then looked at the young general Li Laiheng: "Little tiger head, you take someone to shoot a letter in the city tonight, and the letter will write that our army is willing to submit to the imperial court, as long as Emperor Chongzhen can agree to the conditions I offered, everything is easy to say." ”

"Order."

Li Laiheng bowed down and hugged his fists.