One consequence of Li Zicheng's desperate efforts to kill the vassal gentry was that as long as the Dashun army besieged the city, almost all the gentry in the city resisted desperately.

The gentry who fled to Taiyuan before all paid money to recruit young people.

In addition to the 23,000 Ming troops, there are more than 30,000 young and strong people in Taiyuan City to help in the battle!

Although the Dashun army continued to attack, it was still helpless to take Taiyuan City.

In the end, Li Zicheng could only follow Song Xiance's strategy and continue to build embankments to flood Taiyuan.

However, the terrain of Taiyuan City is relatively high, and if you want to flood Taiyuan and build a dam, you have to dig a large number of diversion canals!

It's a huge undertaking.

However, the Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng is not short of people at present, and the Dashun army killed the gentry and divided the land, which won the support of the people.

In addition to the 300,000 Dashun troops besieging Taiyuan City, he also recruited more than 300,000 people from nearby Shouyang, Yuci, Qingyuan, Jiaocheng and other places.

Looking from Taiyuan Xicheng, it is dusty!

Both sides of the Fen River are full of people digging earth and embankments or digging trenches.

Chongzhen is in the eyes and anxious in his heart!

Yang Sichang and Wen Tiren are also at a loss, and Li Xianzhong has no intention of going south to snatch Chongzhen with Li Zicheng!

When Chongzhen learned that Li Xianzhong did not go south, even the last bit of hope was dashed!

He said angrily: "Li Xianzhong has always been cunning, he wants to use Li Zicheng's hand to get rid of me. And then use the name of avenging me to crusade against Li Zicheng! ”

"This traitor, I can assert that he will definitely usurp himself in the future!"

Yang Sichang and Wen Tiren glanced at each other, Your Majesty is out of shape!

It's good to know this kind of thing in your heart, how can you say it directly?

They hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers will do their best to defend Taiyuan City!" ”

Wen Tiren said: "Taiyuan is a famous place in history, as long as we stick to Taiyuan, I believe that the situation will definitely change!" ”

It's holding on again, but now there's really no other way out than to stick to them.

Recently, Chongzhen's mood has been getting worse and worse, and he has changed his previous simple style and started drinking!

It turned out that there was also a queen mother, Zhang Yan, who could admonish His Majesty, but now that Zhang Yan was separated in the process of fleeing, Empress Zhou had no laws to persuade Chongzhen.

I can only watch him borrow wine to kill his sorrows!

The more Chongzhen thought about it, the more angry he became, so he said to Wang Chengen: "You go and find Li Xianzhong's wife Hazia for me, and let her accompany me to drink!" ”

Seeing that Wang Chengen was a little hesitant, Chongzhen said: "He Li Xianzhong calculates my country and the world of the Ming Dynasty, what's wrong with me looking for his wife to vent?" ”

"Don't hurry up yet!"

In desperation, Wang Chengen had to comb Hazia who was doing miscellaneous things briefly, change her clothes, and send them to Chongzhen.

Since Zhu Yousong became the emperor, her life has been getting worse and worse, and Chongzhen is angry with their mother and son at every turn!

And they are very closely guarded, even the Queen Mother Zhang Yan can be lost, but Hazia, the hostage, was taken with her for the first time.

It's a pity that Chongzhen doesn't know that the "trump card" he thinks he is holding in his hand is just a waste card!

At this time, Chongzhen's face was flushed, and he was smoky, obviously he had drunk a little too much!

When he saw Hazia coming, he shouted, "Hazia, sinner, don't pour me wine!" ”

Despite her reluctance, Hazia barely managed to squeeze out a smile on her face, and picked up the flask to pour wine into Chongzhen's cup!

Unexpectedly, at this time, Chongzhen grabbed her body and held her in his arms!

Chongzhen said quite proudly: "No matter how powerful Li Xianzhong is, doesn't his wife have to serve me obediently!" ”

Unexpectedly, Hazia said: "I am indeed the woman of Li Xianzhong, the king of Liaodong County, but I am not the princess Hazia, my name is Su Tai, and I was originally the third concubine of Lin Dan Khan." ”

"In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, after the king of Liaodong County captured the city of Chahanhot, he took all the eight concubines of Lin Dan Khan as his concubines."

"I'm the niece of Yehe's right guard Jin Taiji, and I'm indeed related to Hazia!"

Although Luo Yangxing had reminded himself that Li Xianzhong's two sisters-in-law were likely to be transferred by him a long time ago, Chongzhen never expected that even Hazia was an impostor.

He pushed Su Tai to the ground.

Then he said viciously, "So what? I just want to play with the woman Li Xianzhong has played! ”

Su Tai said: "It is Su Tai's blessing to be able to serve His Majesty, but it is a pity that the king of Liaodong County has never touched me, not only me, but also Lin Dan Khan's eight concubines. ”

"He accepted us just to appease the Chahar Eight-Tribes Alliance!"

"Li Xianzhong, the king of Liaodong County, has never lacked women around him, but we are just tools for him to appease the Jurchen Mongolian tribes!"

"In his eyes, the real wives and concubines are only Hazia, Hai Lanzhu and Bumu Butai."

Chongzhen asked rhetorically: "Since you know that Li Xianzhong is just using you as a tool, why do you still pretend to be his wife to send him to death, it must be that this guy has played some despicable means to force you, right?" ”

Su Tai said with a smile: "The prince did not force Su Tai, I am Yehe Jurchen, and I do not have the support of the Chahar Eight Tribes League behind me, my son Ezhe wants to gain a foothold in the Chahar Department, and he can only rely on the support of Li Xianzhong!" ”

Chongzhen said disdainfully: "That's not to use your son's future to force you, of course Li Xianzhong will not come forward in person, some of his subordinates are 'dog legs' to hint at you!" ”

Su Tai said: "It seems that Your Majesty doesn't know your opponent, although Su Tai doesn't have much contact with the prince, but in fact, he prefers to use Yangmou!" ”

"Whether the prince is marrying Hazia of the Yehe Department or marrying Hailanzhu and Bumu Butai in order to win over Horqin Mongolia, when he is hiding and tucking away, everyone on the grassland knows it!"

"Including his support for Zai Sai of the Fried Flower Department to fight against Lin Dan Khan, they are all from the obvious."

"But you just can't do anything about him!"

"The Mongol and Jurchen tribes regard him as the 'Khan of the Mandate of Heaven', because he can provide us with trade and security, but the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can't do this!"

"At the beginning, he desperately rescued Ye Hebu for Hazia, and he also convinced everyone that his marriage with Li Xianzhong was far more reliable than Daming's title!"

Su Tai's words made Chongzhen begin to reflect on the Ming Dynasty's policy towards the Mongolian steppe for the first time!

The Ming Dynasty's policy of "not being in harmony" has always been a sign that it is stronger than its predecessors.

But if you don't want to be friendly with others, you don't have to refuse others to be friendly with you.

Li Xianzhong's method of "pulling one and hitting one" is not very clever.

Da Ming has actually been using it all the time, and Da Ming often pulls in Vara to fight Tatar, or reverse operations!

But it is really not as effective as Li Xianzhong's marriage with him.

For so many years, the Ming Dynasty has not actually occupied the Yinshan Hetao.

But Li Xianzhong did it, not only controlled a large area of grassland in Monan, but also let the Mongolian Jurchen tribes use it for him, and worked hard for him!

Not only Jurchen Mongolia, but even North Korea and Ryukyu!

Su Tai was not wrong, Li Xianzhong's conspiracy was more terrible than the conspiracy.

Just like he supported Zhu Yousong to fight against himself, can't these people who take refuge in him see the thoughts behind Li Xianzhong?

They just pretend they can't see it.

Zhu Yousong gave them a "fig leaf" to continue to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty!

Chongzhen hated that he hadn't been able to see through Li Xianzhong's conspiracy earlier!

But now what else can he do except use alcohol to dispel his sorrows and use alcohol to numb himself?

In the end, Chongzhen poured himself into the mud and fell asleep!

In his dream, he dreamed that the turbulent waters of the Fen River were surging, directly flooding Taiyuan City and breaking down the city walls.

The thieves took the opportunity to attack Taiyuan City.

They burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil, and countless soldiers and people of the Ming Dynasty were killed by these thieves, and the blood stained the entire Taiyuan City.

Yang Sichang, Wen Tiren, and Luo Yangxing, the ministers who were loyal to him, all died in battle!

In the end, the thieves invaded the Jin Palace, and Wang Chengen led a group of martial eunuchs with swords and guns in front of him.

But they were outnumbered and killed by the thieves!

Wang Chengen fell to the ground with several knives in his body, and shouted with the last trace of strength: "Your Majesty, run!" ”

There are thieves all around, where else can I run?

He ran as hard as he could, and he didn't know how long, and finally ran under a tree with a crooked neck!

At this time, Li Zicheng and others chased after him and forced Chongzhen under this big tree!

Li Zicheng shouted: "Chongzhen Xiao'er, as long as you are a vassal to me, I will spare you from death!" ”

"No, never, I will never be a thief! There are only kings who died in battle, and there are no emperors who surrendered! ”

When he finished speaking, the thieves laughed.

In the end, Chongzhen untied his belt and prepared to hang himself!

At this critical moment, Yu Qian Yu Shaobao appeared, only to see him wave his big hand, and countless Ming elites wearing armor fell from the sky and beat these thieves away!

Yu Qian told him that there would definitely be loyal ministers who would stand up to defend the Ming Dynasty.

But when Chongzhen asked who the loyal minister was, Yu Qian just responded with a charming smile!

No matter how he asked, Yu Qian was silent!

Soon after, Wang Chengen woke up Chongzhen, and he said anxiously: "Your Majesty is not good, the thieves have begun to flood Taiyuan City!" ”

At this time, Chongzhen woke up from the dream, and the dream just now was too real.

So he pinched his thigh hard, and the intense pain told him that he was not dreaming now.

The thieves really flooded Taiyuan, could it be that their dream came true? He hurried to the city wall, but saw that the thief camp outside the city was directly washed away by the flood, and countless thieves were struggling in the water!

I saw Yang Sichang say excitedly: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the aqueduct of the thieves has not yet been completed, and the embankment has been washed away by the flood in advance; Now, instead of being able to flood Taiyuan, they have flooded their own camp! ”

After Yang Sichang finished speaking, the officials in the city also said excitedly: "Your Majesty, the blessings are all in the sky, and the thieves will collapse without a fight!" ”

Chongzhen shouted excitedly: "Yang Qing, the enemy army outside the city is in chaos, and we just took advantage of the situation to kill the city and beat the thieves." ”

Yang Sichang said embarrassedly: "Although the main force of the thieves is indeed in the south of the city, and they have indeed been severely damaged by the flood, the main forces of the thieves in the other three directions are still there. ”

"Our army can still hold on to the city walls, and although a risky attack can severely damage the thieves, it is also likely to be besieged by the thieves! The minister suggested that it is better not to act rashly! ”

Chongzhen asked helplessly: "Could it be that we just missed the opportunity?" ”

Yang Sichang and the others all bowed their heads and were silent!

When a few people were embarrassed, suddenly the soldiers came to report: "There are a large number of Ming troops in the north of the city who are fighting with the thieves!" ”

The Ming army, could it be that Li Xianzhong's Liaodong Army has gone south?

Anyway, now Taiyuan has ushered in a turnaround?

They immediately rushed to the north of the city!

By the time Chongzhen and the others came to the north of the city, there was already a scuffle under the city.

At this time, thousands of cavalry led by Liu Fangliang were fighting fiercely with the cavalry of the Ming army.

Obviously, the flooding of the camp in the south of the city affected the morale of the breaking army, and they were not the opponents of the Ming cavalry in the first place.

I saw that more and more cavalry had fallen from the invading army, and they would soon be unable to hold on.

What's even more exciting is that the person who led the troops was actually Liang Tingdong, the governor of Datong's army, Pu Tongxuan!

After Wang Pu's defeat, he originally wanted to return to Datong, but unexpectedly, the Ming army in Datong had surrendered to Li Xianzhong, and at this time he happened to meet Yuan Chonghuan's troops who had retreated from Zhili to Shanxi.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan still had 20,000 elite Ming troops in his hands, so he persuaded Wang Pu to go to Taiyuan with him.

In the process of their southward journey, they encountered Liang Tingdong's troops, who were also defeated.

In this way, Yuan Chonghuan had 26,000 people in his hands, in addition to his own 20,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry.

However, in the face of 300,000 Dashun troops, this amount of strength is still not enough, and they can only wait for opportunities in Xinzhou, north of Taiyuan.

After discovering that the thieves were preparing to flood Taiyuan again, Yuan Chonghuan knew that his opportunity had come.

So they took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Dashun army to occupy the embankment in one fell swoop, and then took advantage of the fact that the aqueduct was not yet completed, and directly opened the embankment.

Then they took advantage of the flood in the south of the city and hurriedly sent troops to attack the north of the city.

When Chongzhen found out that it was Yuan Chonghuan's army that came to Taiyuan, he was even more convinced that Yuan Chonghuan was the person who saved the Ming Dynasty as Yu Qian in his dream.

The number of Dashun troops in the north of the city was not small, there were 50,000 people.

But there were not many cavalrymen, at most 5,000 men.

Both sides understand very well that the key to victory or defeat is actually to look at the cavalry, as long as their own cavalry can defeat the opponent, then they can easily crush the opponent's infantry.

Obviously, Xuanda's cavalry is superior!

After gradually crushing the cavalry of the Shun army, they began to charge the infantry of the thieves.

Both Wang Pu and Liang Tingdong actually held their breath in their hearts, they had fallen for the tricks of thieves before.

I saw that the cavalry of the Ming army was like several sharp spears constantly piercing through the infantry of the intruding army.

Wherever the cavalry passed, Dashun's infantry was constantly beheaded.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan's 20,000 infantry army also pressed up, and the Shun army was about to collapse.

At this moment, one of the thieves' cavalry rushed over.

The general who led the troops was none other than "a tiger" Li Guo.

However, since the main force of the Dashun army was in the south of the city, it was struggling in the water at this time, and it was impossible to go north to support.

So Li Guo only brought 5,000 cavalry.

Seeing the arrival of his own reinforcements, the Shun army, which was already on the verge of collapse, came to the spirit again.

In addition, the cavalry of the Ming army had already withdrawn to meet Li Guo's cavalry at this time, and their pressure was suddenly much less.

Unexpectedly, in the faint again, he was stalemate with Yuan Chonghuan's infantry army!

Yang Sichang looked at the situation and knew that the opportunity had come.

So he took the initiative to ask for battle and led the 3,000 cavalry in Taiyuan City to kill them.

The Shun army didn't expect that the Ming army in Taiyuan was also killed, and suddenly encountered a front and rear attack, and they collapsed in an instant, and they ran away.

However, Yang Sichang was not too entangled by these defeated soldiers at the moment, and he hurriedly led the cavalry to flank Li Guo.

Li Guo did not have an advantage in the first place, and at this time, seeing that the general trend had gone, he had no intention of fighting again.

Taking advantage of the fact that Yang Sichang's cavalry had not yet come to join the siege, he hurriedly retreated.

His retreat turned into a rout.

The cavalry of the Ming army pursued closely and covered all the way to the west of the city.

Although there were 300,000 people, most of them were improvised rabble or Ming troops.

It's good that such an army can fight a tailwind battle with a large number of people, but once Li Zicheng's old battalion is defeated, they will have no combat effectiveness at all.

The 5,000 cavalry who followed Yang Guozhu before were forced to surrender to Li Zicheng, and they didn't really return!

Now seeing the counterattack of the Ming army, they also took the opportunity to fight back and rushed to kill in the formation of the Shun army.

Li Yan and Song Xiance saw this situation and knew that this battle was bound to be defeated, so they hurriedly dragged Li Zicheng to retreat.

They first retreated to Yushe, and then fled all the way south to Qinzhou.

After collecting the defeated troops in Qinzhou, there were only more than 30,000 people.

But fortunately, Li Guo and Liu Fangliang and other generals were not damaged.

At this time, Li Zicheng still had Liu Zongmin's 100,000 men and horses outside Kaifeng, as well as more than 200,000 people in Shaanxi and Henan, and the total army was still no less than 350,000.

However, he didn't dare to stay in Shanxi any longer, he left a small number of men and horses to garrison several prefectures in Shanxi and Henan on the north bank of the Yellow River, and then crossed the Yellow River and retreated to Luoyang!

Chongzhen, who survived the catastrophe in Taiyuan City, ordered the construction of Yu Qian Temple in Taiyuan.

and crowned Yuan Chonghuan as a loyal and righteous uncle, in recognition of his proud achievements in Taiyuan to rescue the driver and break through the army of 300,000.

At the same time, Liang Tingdong and Yang Sichang, who had made meritorious contributions to the enemy this time, were also crowned as loyal and brave uncles and loyal and diligent uncles respectively.

After several people were sealed, they were all grateful to Chongzhen.

Now Chong Chongzhen has finally figured it out, he must use the title to envelop his subordinates, so that they are willing to die for themselves.

If he still sticks to the rules, then these people will go to Zhu Yousong sooner or later, no matter what, he has to return to Nanjing first.

At this moment, he naturally didn't mention Fengyang anymore, Fengyang was close to Shandong, which was controlled by the thieves, how could he stay?

Although Shoufu Wen Tiren was a little angry, there was no way, the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty has always been a knight without military merits.

Although these people have been knighted a little, after all, they have the merit of saving the driver, and others are not easy to say.

Chongzhen said when the time came: "If you can break the thief with 30,000 and 300,000, I will also give you a title!" ”

However, Taiyuan is not a place to stay for a long time, and soon Chongzhen set off from Taiyuan to start his journey south.

After the news of Yuan Chonghuan's destruction of Li Zicheng's 300,000-strong army in Taiyuan reached Beijing, Li Xianzhong was also very shocked.

He didn't expect that Yuan Chonghuan, who ran away from Zhili, would actually become the key to the final breakthrough!

At this time, Zhu Yousong had already arrived in Beijing from Kaiyuan and officially settled in the Qianqing Palace.

The Hongguang Imperial Court, which was originally in Kaiyuan, has also moved to Jingshi!

Now that Zhili has been basically taken by them, Shandong has not yet been completely resolved.

Originally, he had already thought about letting Li Zicheng kill Chongzhen, and then he took advantage of the situation to recover the whole country under the banner of revenge for Chongzhen.

Now it seems that things have changed, Chongzhen's life is still quite hard, and he decided to take matters into his own hands!

On the first day of September in the first year of Hongguang (the fourth year of Chongzhen), Li Xianzhong, the king of Liaodong County of the Ming Dynasty, invited Zhu Yousong, the emperor of Hongguang, and he would personally lead the army to the south to completely solve the puppet emperor Chongzhen.

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