Before and after Lu Xiangsheng's death, Chongzhen changed into the crown dress of the Chang Dynasty under the service of the palace maids, and summoned the cabinet minister Liu Yuliang to the Wenhua Palace.

He didn't think that Lu Xiangsheng could resist the thief army, and even if he could, he would need to transfer troops into Beijing from elsewhere to defend the capital of Gyeonggi.

When he arrived, Liu Yuliang knelt on the ground and shouted long live.

Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair with a solemn face, and waited for Liu Yuliang to bow three times and bow nine times before saying:

"Xianqing, what do you think Lu Xiangsheng has a chance of winning when he fights with the thief army?"

"Lord Lu has been in Xuanda for many years, and his elite soldiers have gathered, and he can't eliminate the thieves in a short period of time, so it should be no problem to resist."

"You can't deceive a three-year-old child with these words, and even more so I."

"The minister is guilty."

"Well, now it's not a question of guilt, but how to get out of the enemy."

"The minister thought that he could order all the towns to enter the king of Jingqin, and ask His Majesty to make a holy judgment."

"It's okay for soldiers and horses from all walks of life to enter Beijing. But without a general system, I see that you have been in the cabinet for many years, and it is time to go out and experience."

"Minister...... Obey the order."

Liu Yuliang originally wanted to refuse, he was just a scholar, and he was okay to play with swords, so he wanted to fight with jackals, tigers and leopards, and the chance of winning was about zero.

But the emperor opened his mouth, how dare he refuse directly, he could only agree.

However, he left a back door for himself: "Your Majesty, the minister has no soldiers in his hands, and there is not enough money and food, please forgive me for a few days, and Rong Chen will find the household department to collect some silver to come out, recruit soldiers, and then lead the army to the battle."

"No need." Chongzhen had already prepared, "I will send 3,000 people from the Beijing camp to you, and you will take them to Baoding, and the governor will have soldiers and horses in the world."

Liu Yuliang was stunned on the spot, how can he fight a war if he only gives soldiers and not money and food?

Chongzhen had another consideration, he knew that Yang Sichang had borrowed 3,000 soldiers from Yang Chengying and spent money to support these soldiers.

He doesn't have much money in his hand now, and since the officials have money, they only give it to the soldiers and let him figure it out on his own.

In order to complete the task, Liu Yuliang will definitely pay out of his own pocket.

Why is Chongzhen so sure that Liu Yuliang is rich?

Because the three brothers of the Liu family are all members of the imperial court, the eldest brother Liu Yuyang is an official to participate in politics, and the second brother Liu Yulie is an official to the military department.

By the way, Liu Yulie was the governor of Shandong who failed to quell the rebellion during the Denglai Mutiny.

Chongzhen was afraid that Liu Yuliang would not be able to command the soldiers and horses of the towns, so he also gave him the sword of Shang Fang, and at the same time gave him a great name:

On behalf of me!

Chongzhen felt that in this way, the soldiers and horses in all towns should listen to Liu Yuliang's active diligence.

However, this is not the case.

The government offices in Hebei were either hollowed out or embezzled, and they could not manage the food of 3,000 people, so they closed the city one after another and did not wait to see him.

So much so that before they had gone far, the army ran out of food.

Soldiers began to flee.

Liu Yuliang was forced to have no choice, the top superintendent of the Ming Dynasty actually did a big thing.

What's the big deal?

He actually pretended to be a petty officer of the Shunjun army, deceived the county commander of a county, opened the door, and took care of a meal.

The county magistrate found out that he had been deceived and notified the other county officials.

The magistrates and counties refused to entertain Liu Yuliang on the grounds of "protecting the territory and reassuring the people".

Liu Yuliang and Sanqianjing were hungry again.

When he arrived in Guangzong County, Liu Yuliang was so hungry that he couldn't stand it, and commanded the soldiers of the Beijing camp to attack the county seat.

Then looted Guangzong County.

During the looting, Liu Yuliang met a big local squire and was scolded by the squire.

He said: You are a dignified Ming Governor, you don't go out to defend against thieves and soldiers, but you are here to sack your own county. Feed all the books you read to the dogs? It's the existence of people like you that makes Daming what it is today.

Liu Yuliang was scolded for breaking the defense, and ordered the squire to be dragged out and cut down. But probably because he really felt ashamed, he decided not to loot the county seat anymore and went straight to Baoding.

The soldiers of the Beijing camp saw that Lao Tzu would starve with you and run more.

By the time of Baoping, there were only 3,000 people

Four hundred people remained.

The superintendent is like this, and the warlords who guard the place are no better.

There are also powerful people such as Gao Jie and Bu Congshan, who slipped away very fast, and they didn't dare to fight Liu Fangliang's Southern Route Army at all.

In addition to appointing the superintendent to go on the expedition, Chongzhen also decided to shake the king of Qin.

Who's going to shake it?

Of course, it's Jiliao Inspector Hong Chengchou!

Chongzhen issued four edicts in a row ordering Hong Chengchou to lead the army to help, but Hong Chengchou refused on the grounds that he was seriously ill.

Chongzhen, who was angry, sent the internal supervisor to Shanhaiguan to find Hong Chengchou, and was also sent away by Hong Chengchou with a blade and a silver ticket.

Yang Yufan, the general soldier of Shandong, was stopped by Liu Fangliang of the Dashun army and could not reach the Beijing division.

Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Jizhen, arrived, leading an army of 8,000.

Chongzhen was overjoyed and allocated 4040 taels of silver from the inside. Four thousand taels were given to the soldiers, each of whom received five cents of silver, and the remaining fraction of forty taels was given to Tang Tong.

Guanwai has been fighting for many years, and each stone of rice is as high as 2.3 taels of silver, which is enough for five yuan.

Tang Tong left the Jingshi directly, and when the Dashun army arrived at Juyong Pass, he surrendered very smoothly.

Li Zicheng's troops came to the city, and Li Guozhen, the commander of the Beijing camp, led the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, which were stationed outside the city and were so hungry, that they surrendered without a fight.

There was no longer any military force in the vicinity of the Jingshi.

Chongzhen has no money, why don't he raise donations?

It's raised, but everyone is willing to pay.

Many people pay tens of taels or hundreds of taels of silver.

To be generous, only one Taikang Bo Zhang Guoji took the initiative to offer 20,000 taels, and was moved by the Marquis of Chongzhensheng.

Zhang Guoji is the father of the Empress of the Apocalypse.

In order to pretend to be poor, officials and eunuchs staged plays on the streets, taking out the worst antiques in their homes and selling them on the street.

Similar to this plot, the ninth and tenth masters of the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty" are also selling things on the street.

When Li Zicheng's troops came to the city of Beijing, Chongzhen only got together 200,000 taels.

It was too late.

On July 18, Li Zicheng led his army to besiege the Beijing Division.

Chongzhen, who had nothing to do, found two nobles he thought were reliable, one was his brother-in-law Gong Yonggu, and the other was Liu Wenbing.

Gong Yonggu got Chongzhen's sister Princess Le'an to marry and worship Ma Duwei.

Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, his aunt was the biological mother of Emperor Chongzhen.

Gong Yonggu and Liu Wenbing were friends with each other, and they were called "Liu Gong" at the time.

Chongzhen finally told them the truth: "Two months ago, you advised me to move south, go to the south to stabilize the foundation, and then build the northern expedition, I was mistaken by the female cadres, is it feasible now?"

Geng Yonggu hurriedly knelt down and replied: The thieves have surrounded the Jingshi, and if they want to escape, they must rely on the elites, but where did they find thousands of elites in a hurry to protect the emperor's southward migration.

Chongzhen gasped and asked, "Can the two Aiqing bring your family members to protect my southward migration?"

Liu Wenbing also knelt down and replied, "The ministers are in Beijing, and the number of people who support their families is limited, and the total is less than three hundred, how can they be worthy of the thieves."

"So, I'm doomed!" Chongzhen was completely dumbfounded.

"If the thieves break through the city, the minister will take the whole family *** to repay the emperor's great kindness."

Geng Yonggu and Liu Wenbing said in unison.

Chongzhen was speechless for a while, and after half a ring, he shook his hand and let them all go out.