Chapter 18 From Heaven to Hell, Where Did the 100,000 Army Come From?
"Is the city of Beijing ahead?"
The man like an iron tower rode a horse, staring at the endless towering city wall from afar, and couldn't help but sigh: "Eh is finally here!" ”
He wore a very common white felt hat, a bright red cloak draped over his armor, full of heaven, one eye socket was deeply sunken, and there was nothing inside, while the other eye was bright.
He is the No. 1 thief in the late Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng, the son of Dashun.
He came from a humble background, but he was a commoner in Shaanxi, and when he was a child, he read for two days and learned some crop tricks.
However, it is a pity that natural disasters and man-made disasters continue, and the well-off family that was originally quite solid has also declined, but fortunately, I read for two days when I was a child, passed all kinds of applications, and became a post man in Shaanxi, and has had an iron rice bowl since then.
But it's a pity that before this iron rice bowl was hot, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand, causing him to lay off employees on the spot.
After the layoffs, Li Zicheng, who couldn't get along, could only return to his hometown, and caused some trouble because of debts, and after killing a man, he had to go to Gansu with his nephew to join the army, and he mixed well and became the general manager.
Eating the iron rice bowl again, Li Zicheng wanted to be a Ming officer and soldier who ate the emperor's grain, but what he didn't expect was that the emperor Taiji detoured to Rehe to enter the Koujing Division, and the Gansu soldiers also had to go to the aid of the Beijing Division, so Li Zicheng also followed him to Beijing.
As a result, halfway through, the Ming Emperor didn't give a single child, and Li Zicheng, who originally wanted to eat the emperor's salary, was completely blackened and mutined with the army......
In this way, after fifteen years of struggle, Li Zicheng finally became the son of Dashun from a post pawn, and after conquering Beijing City, he became the co-master of the world and the master of China!
This kind of feeling, thinking about it, makes Li Zicheng feel excited.
Since I was a child, I have listened to the history of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to coexist with him today!
Although the difficulty of making a fortune is lower than that of Emperor Zhu, in the great unified dynasty of the entire history, he is also able to protect the existence of three and two!
Li Zicheng was full of emotion, looking at the bleak autumn breeze in front of him, he couldn't help but recall the hardships of his own business.
However, in the face of this Beijing city, Li Zicheng was a little worried.
Although the armament of the Ming Dynasty is lax, but this Beijing city is the capital of the Ming Dynasty after all, Li Zicheng has conquered the city over the years, but the real city has not been fought much, he still remembers the last time he stormed Kaifeng City: one of his eyes was broken there.
Therefore, he now has a headache when he sees Dacheng, and even has the idea of persuading Chongzhen.
"Your Majesty."
Suddenly, a voice interrupted his thoughts, and a Confucian scholar dressed elegantly came to Li Zicheng's side, and said very seriously to Li Zicheng: "The spies in the capital have new information, a few hours ago, there were suddenly tens of thousands of troops in the city, and there were twenty or thirty thousand horsemen who fled from the gate of the capital division and disappeared!" ”
This person is Li Yan, an important strategist in the Dashun army.
When Li Zicheng heard this, he was suddenly shocked in his heart: "Could it be that Wu Sangui came over with the troops of Shanhaiguan?" ”
Li Yan shook his head: "Gu Houye has asked, there is still no movement on Wu Sangui's side, and he is still rubbing on the road, and according to the report from the spies, these sergeants are all wearing Beijing camp armor, not border army armor. And ......"
After hesitating for a moment, he still said truthfully with a strange face: "And the spies also said that Chongzhen in the city went crazy, copied hundreds of noble and noble ministers, and cut down thousands of people, and said that Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Cheng Zuwen, and Emperor Shizong Su were alive, and they brought the great soldiers and generals to save Sheji, and those armies were brought down by these three emperors." ”
Some nonsense.
And Li Zicheng was also stunned, and after a moment of silence, he opened his mouth and smiled: "It's just a trick by Chongzhen Xiao'er to confuse his forehead, do you think that he has never read a military book?" Sub-count ear! ”
This kind of move to make a sergeant go out of the city and enter the city has appeared many times in history, how could he, Li Zicheng, believe it?
The only thing worth noting, and what could pose a threat, was the cavalry.
In the same way, he only felt that there were small groups of cavalry, perhaps hundreds, but he never believed that there were more than 10,000 cavalry outside the city.
If Chongzhen Xiao'er had this ability, Li Zicheng would have died 10,000 times a long time ago, and it would be his turn to sweep most of the Ming Dynasty?
More than 10,000 cavalry!
The last cavalry of the entire Ming Dynasty is also in Shanhaiguan, known as 50,000 Guanning cavalry, but the real number of 15,000 cavalry is already considered Wu Sangui's high wind and bright festival, and he has not eaten too much empty salary.
After all, among the 50,000 Guanning troops, there are not only cavalry but also infantry.
"But don't be careful...... In this way, you pass the military order, let Jun En come, and then ask Liu Zongmin to take the cavalry to guard against those cavalry, Chongzhen Xiao'er has no power to return to the sky, so he can only use this means and methods. ”
After that, Li Zicheng sighed faintly, and then said: "Chongzhen killed so many leading officials in the capital, it seems that he wants to fight to the end, the battle of Ningwu lost too many brothers who came out of the old camp, if it can't be attacked for a long time, then Wu Sangui of Shanhaiguan will take the opportunity to attack, even if Dashun wins, it is a tragic victory, how to compete with the Tartars?" ”
Li Yan wanted to speak on the side, but stopped.
After a while, another strategist, Gu Yan, arrived in time, looked at Li Zicheng with a worried face, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't worry, the emperor, we can negotiate peace with Chongzhen." ”
"Peace?"
Li Zicheng had a stomach, and he didn't know what the situation was.
It's all like this, negotiate peace?
"The so-called peace negotiation is to tell the people of Beijing that my Majesty the Son of Heaven is benevolent, and I don't want the lives of Beijing to be ruined, and I hereby discuss peace, among the Beijing Division, Zhu You's prosecutor has just opened a killing ring, and now everyone in the capital is afraid that everyone is in danger, and my Majesty the Son of Heaven is so benevolent, compared with the tyrant of Zhu Ming, he can naturally win the hearts of the people in Beijing."
Gu Yan smiled slightly, and then spoke: "In this way, in Beijing City, I am afraid that only this Zhu Ming's tyrant will be left, and the other Beijing soldiers and people of Beijing will be afraid that they will eat pot pulp to welcome the king, and this Beijing City will definitely be self-defeating!" ”
Hearing Gu Yan's words, Li Zi couldn't help laughing, and was about to say something when he suddenly heard two roars in the distance!
The sound was very loud, and soon it spread into one thunderbolt after another, and then it seemed to be a lot!
Li Zicheng couldn't help frowning, and then said, "Go and find out what's going on...... You also have ideas about the peace proposal, find someone to talk to Chongzhen in the city, let's discuss peace. ”
Gu Yan nodded: "Your Majesty can teach the eunuch Du Xun of the Xuanfu to go, and at the same time, let the officials of the Jingshi take a look, even if it is a eunuch eunuch, my Dashun can not blame the past and not hurt a single hair of it!" ”
"I have to Mr. Gu, if Xuande meets Kong Ming!"
Li Zicheng laughed loudly, but he didn't care about the sound of the cannons, and suddenly, he rode a fast horse to report, looking panicked and the situation was urgent: "Emperor, tens of thousands of Ming troops suddenly killed in the city of Beijing, and they suddenly killed them under the cover of artillery. ”
Li Zicheng was shocked when he heard this: "Quickly let the Sky Harrier take the brothers of the old battalion to the top, and we can't let the rout on the front line affect the soldiers and horses in the rear!" ”
"Yes!"
The herald hurriedly left, and Li Zicheng also hurriedly looked into the distance at this moment, and found that at some point, the Ming army actually launched a charge towards them!
There are only a few thousand soldiers in the Beijing Division, and all of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are vulnerable.
This, where did these 100,000 troops come from?!