Chapter 70 New Ming III
Wang Dan and his entourage passed through the Shanhaiguan Pass safely, galloped day and night, and arrived at the outskirts of Beijing late at night on the third day. In the distance, you can see that the outside of Beijing is densely packed with Dashun soldiers, and Resarit hurriedly takes the team into a small forest to hide, where you can see the situation outside.
"Oops! Li Zicheng has entered Beijing, it seems that there is no way to save Chongzhen Bird!"
When Wang Dan saw this posture, he immediately wanted to retreat and go back to Zhaojiabao.
Resarit observed for a moment, and then said to Wang Dan, "Lord, although the enemy besieging the city is numerous, most of them are militia with no special training, and if we move quickly enough, we should be able to break through into the city. ”
"You are stupid to me, for the sake of a Chongzhen, you have to attack the army of Li Zicheng who is now in full swing, and I don't have so many lives!"
After Wang Dan finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and was about to slip away, who wanted the Dashun army to start shouting in unison.
"Long live the king, long live the king......!"
Wang Dan thought to himself that it would be good to see King Chuang, and if he didn't see King Chuang at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he would leave a legacy in his heart. After thinking about it, he stopped the dragon elephant that was walking back, raised his head high and looked in the direction of the Dashun army.
The soldiers of Dashun cheered, crying and rejoicing for their years of hard work and finally succeeding, and the former high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty opened the city gate and knelt by the door to greet Li Zicheng.
Wang Dan was waiting to see the historical celebrities, and suddenly a team of people came out of the Dashun army, and they actually went straight to the grove.
Wang was shocked and said, "Could it be that Brother Zicheng found out, he sent someone to invite me to drink a little wine, abuse corrupt officials and ministers, and then find a way to knock on the rich!"
Resarit asked Wang Dandao, "Lord, should we take out that group of enemies now?"
"Hey, don't be so impulsive, there are a lot of them, let's try not to be discovered!"
After speaking, Wang Dan's team was silent.
There are not many Dashun troops coming. There are only about 100 horsemen, and the leader is a strong man who looks extremely powerful, but he is scolding all the way, and he looks like a deep resentful woman.
"Damn, isn't it just going into a city! What are you doing with so much nonsense, just go into the city and rob it, and make Lao Tzu blow this cold wind outside the city............!"
The strong man scolded all the way to the grove, and judging by the appearance of him and his men, he must have come to the woods to take shelter.
Wang Dan saw that the brother of the fierce general who was gradually approaching was walking towards him, and knew in his heart that he could not hide any longer, so he shouted first, "I am passing by." Leave right away. ”
After Wang Dan finished speaking, he led his men to run in the direction of Shanhaiguan, he didn't know that the golden armor he was wearing was the sun in the dark night, which was extremely dazzling.
When the fierce brother found the armor on Wang Dan's body, his eyes widened wider than a bull's eye, and he stayed for several seconds before he let out a scream like that of a miser whose property has been stolen by a thief.
"Oh, my gold! The thief in front is gone! Brothers, hurry up and chase back the gold, that is the ancestral treasure of my old Liu family!"
After the general surnamed Liu let out such a mournful shout, his subordinates screamed like an aphrodisiac and chased after Wang Dan, and more and more Dashun soldiers noticed this.
Just when Wang Dan thought that he could get rid of his pursuers with horsepower. But suddenly saw a 10,000-strong Dashun army in front of him. Wang Dan's road was blocked, and he immediately scolded, "How can there be an enemy ahead, we are going to be trapped and die here!"
This Dashun army was an elite army led by Li Yan, and it was originally intended to be used to block the escape of Chongzhen and other Ming officials. Who would have thought that Wang Dan and others would happen to be sealed inside.
This is also to blame Wang Dan and others for only watching the whole world celebrate Li Zicheng's entry into Beijing, and did not notice the transfer of the Dashun army, but they came to trouble the Ming officials on behalf of the common people of the world and asked for an explanation. How can you let those officials get out lightly.
Looking at the formation of the 10,000-strong army in front of him, Wang Dan also felt that it was difficult to pass. Listening to the roar of the thief catching the pursuers getting closer and closer, Wang Dan really hated Chongzhen to turn himself into a golden orc.
Wang Dan's team came to a complete halt. The trapped thirty-seven knights drew their weapons and prepared for a desperate battle.
But before they could contact the fight, Li Yan's army had already shot a dense rain of arrows, and the thirty-seven knights were attacked one after another, and after a few screams, the whole team fell silent again, still centering on Wang Dan to list the battle formation.
"Li Yan thief, you are not allowed to release arrows, if you shoot my ancestral treasure armor, I will swear to you that I will not give up!"
The fierce general brother who led more and more chasing soldiers let out a terrifying shout, and was very angry at Li Yan's attempt to destroy the Qilin Golden Armor with arrows.
"Open your greedy eyes, take a good look at the golden armor on this general's body, that piece of armor is not made of people's fat and people's body. I will dissolve this golden armor again and return it to the people!"
Li Yanyi's stern words shouted, so that Wang Dan suddenly seemed to see the red political commissar!
The king shouted weakly, "Two, this golden armor is my own, if you want it, I will take it off and give it to you, I only hope that the two generals can put it in the next way of life." ”
Who would have thought that Li Yan and Brother Meng shouted at the same time, "Shut up!"
Next, Li Yan insisted that the golden armor be dissolved, but Brother Meng demanded the return of his ancestral heirloom. Later, when the quarrel became anxious, Li Yan sneered unceremoniously, "Liu Zongmin, don't think that I don't know that your ancestors are all poor within the tenth generation, and the money that comes from them is such a thing." ”
When the fierce general brother named Liu Zongmin heard Li Yan expose his old bottom, he was immediately angry and shouted, "Brothers, someone wants to rob my old Liu's family heirloom in such a blatant way, what should we do!"
"Cut off the thief's claws!"
When Liu Zongmin heard the neat answer of his subordinates, he immediately shouted with satisfaction, "Brothers, follow me to snatch my family heirloom back!"
Liu Zongmin's cavalry rushed desperately towards Wang Dan, and Li Yan also led his men to pounce on Wang Dan, and the two gangs regarded Wang Dan as fragrant meat and decided to grab it in their own hands.
Wang Dan looked at the encirclement of the two groups in horror, and felt that if they were dragged here, hundreds of thousands of morale-boosting Dashun soldiers would drown their own group.
Resarit shouted at the king, "Lord, we can only get rid of our pursuers by storming the city!"
Wang Dan saw that the Dashun army of two different factions was about to surround him, so he nodded hurriedly and said, "Okay, I'll listen to your arrangement!"
Thirty-seven Zhaojiabao knights rushed past Li Zicheng's army, which was unsuspecting in the cheers, and in order not to completely anger the Dashun army, Wang Dan asked all his subordinates not to kill. Only horses were used to break a path in the army.
Li Zicheng, who had just entered the victory gate, had been hit like this for many years, and his long-cherished wish was finally achieved, and he entered the city!
The reason why Wang Dan wanted to make a celebratory gesture was only because he saw Li Zicheng with his own eyes, and it was Li Zicheng with a disgraced face.
"Ah, that's the emperor's unicorn general!"
"The unicorn will save the emperor in the future!"
"Hey, what kind of unicorn general does he have as a golden dragon general, the emperor only thinks about the benefits of those high-ranking officials, so don't care about us poor people!"
"Yes, the capital is already the king, and the world will soon have the surname Dashun. A unicorn won't do much!"
"Kill the faint king, King Chuang ascends the throne and becomes the lord of the world, so that we ordinary people can have a good life!"
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Listening to the slogans of the people in the surrounding capital, Li Zicheng became proud, and at the same time he was secretly vigilant. Chongzhen also has a brave and good Liaodong general soldier, if he can't subdue this fierce general, it will be very detrimental to his great cause.
Because Li Zicheng, who was constantly suppressed several times and almost perished, he deeply understands that in the troubled times when people's hearts are fluctuating, the influence of a hero is huge.
When he led his troops to besiege Beijing, he was just making the appearance of besieging the city. Just fired a few shots casually, who would have thought that the officials of the Ming Dynasty would rush to open the door and surrender, and he himself was extremely unbelievable. In the face of the sudden success of the minister, Li Zicheng's heart was full of unconfident fear.
And the sudden appearance of the unicorn will be the king of gall. It has become the target of Li Zicheng to vent his fear at this moment.
"As long as this person is subdued or killed, my Dashun Empire will be forever from now on!"
Li Zicheng decided in his heart, but before he could make any moves, a large force of cavalry galloped past him. It seems that this time it was the Dashun cavalry. Li Zicheng was furious, does this still take himself, the king who wants to be the emperor, in his eyes.
"You are the part, don't you know what to do and ask me for instructions!"
Li Zicheng and his men rushed into the city against the Dashun cavalry, and they couldn't stop shouting. But the cavalry turned a deaf ear and rushed into the city.
After a long time, a man on horseback finally stopped next to Li Zicheng, and immediately hugged his fist at Li Zicheng and shouted, "King Chuang forgive me, my brothers are also eager to find the heirloom stolen by the thief for my old Liu, so I don't have time to salute King Chuang, King Chuang, don't worry about these things with the little ones." ”
Li Zicheng roared angrily, "Liu Zongmin, what the hell are you doing, you don't listen to my orders and act privately, have you ever taken me, the king of Chuang in your eyes!"
Liu Zongmin said lightly, "King Chuang, you are my lord, but I am also your brother, why be so harsh on some trivial matters!"
"You!"
Li Zicheng was silent, he and Liu Zongmin did not belong to each other, and he really had no ability to let this brother listen to his orders.
Liu Zongmin saw that Li Zicheng didn't speak, and immediately looked proudly at the dense crowd of demoted officials and Beijing residents around him. Then his nostrils turned to the sky and he clasped his fists at Li Zicheng and saluted, "King Chuang, you are busy, I am going to chase the thief who stole my ancestral treasure!"
Looking at Liu Zongmin's distant back, Li Zicheng looked at the people around him who greeted him with a surprised face, he felt a burst of irritability in his heart for no reason, looking at the high victory gate, Li Zicheng wanted to walk to this tall city wall to see what Wang Dan and Liu Zongmin would do.
Li Zicheng didn't care about the people who greeted him warmly, and walked quickly towards the highest point of the Victory Gate Tower.
Behind him, the sincere greetings of those who knelt on the ground to greet the king were heard.
"Send the king ....... ”
Li Zicheng, who had experienced the scene just now, felt extremely harsh when he heard these words at this time.
Wang Dan rode at full speed on the streets of Beijing, only to see that both sides of the street were full of boiling water and cooking ready to welcome Li Zicheng's residents of the capital.
In just ten days, just ten days, Li Zicheng quickly changed from a master to a big bandit leader. At that time, Beijing was a white terror martial law zone, and if you dress well and go out, you will be invited by the Dashun sergeant to rub it at any time, which is as normal as going to a restaurant.
And those residents of the capital also exclaimed one after another when they saw Wang Dan, because Wang Dan was like a myth to the Ming people. In the million-strong army, Zhang Xianzhong was beheaded, and hundreds of thousands of homeless people were brought over the defenseless Jingshi, but he did what Dong Boss did. Even storytellers compare Wang Dan to Zhao Yun in the world, and constantly tell stories about the battles he has experienced.
Ordinary people like to listen to all kinds of legends of Wang Dan the most, but now the King of the Great Sage came to save all the people in the world, and he wanted to ascend the throne as the emperor, which is a mortal enemy of Bao Chongzhen's Wang Dan.
Seeing the thirty-seven knights of Wang Dan running quickly, countless Dashun cavalry roared after them, and the people were confused, what should they do at this time.
But the casual children were amused to see the cavalry running non-stop, laughing merrily by the roadside, while singing Li Chuang's minor tune in their mouths.
"Meet the king, pick up the king's ....... ”
The people of the capital began to wake up, this Emperor Chongzhen only has his court and ministers in his heart, and only King Chuang is truly for the people.
"Let's go, go and lead the way for King Chuang, only when King Chuang ascends the throne will we have a good life!"
"Yes, let's go help the king!"
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The people of the capital gradually mobilized, they took the kitchen knives and other things used at home, and spontaneously rushed in the direction of the palace, even those beggars who had nothing else also picked up broken bricks and other things from the roadside, and went to the palace together.
The chorus of the king of the king resounded throughout the capital, and the sound gradually resounded throughout the world.
Wang Dan heard the singing of the people in the capital, and his heart was very anxious, this Chongzhen is the wall is down and everyone pushes it, and he is in danger.
As the singing of King Yingchuang became more enthusiastic, some residents of the capital began to throw things at the king's courage on the side of the road. Cooked broth, porridge and the like kept being thrown at the knights, and some of them were so bold that they even threw away the toilet, mud, stones, and other things.
In short, the thirty-seven knights of Wang Dan are bearing the fire of the anger of the residents of Beijing against the Ming officials, although the thirty-seven knights have not enjoyed any welfare allowances from the Ming Dynasty.
After galloping for a short time, I saw the Forbidden City from a distance, and at this time, a group of people were attacking another group of people in the Chengtian Gate Tower, and they were all people in the palace.
From a distance, I heard a leading eunuch shouting to another group of eunuchs who were desperately unable to open the door, "Why don't you open the Chengtian Gate and welcome the king into the palace, this world is already the king." Now we have made great contributions to King Chuang, and the benefits of King Chuang's accession to the throne in the future will be indispensable to those of us who have made meritorious contributions!"
The eunuchs guarding the door on the other side were still guarding the door, and the two sides kept fighting, and the eunuchs who were guarding the door for Chongzhen gradually became exhausted.
Listening to the sound of the thirty-seven knights of the king daring approaching quickly, the two groups of people paused the fight at the same time and looked outside the palace gate.
Finding that it was not the king's horse, the eunuchs who attacked the Chengtian Gate shouted in panic, "Don't open the door, don't open the door, let these people come in, we won't be able to get any of them!"
The eunuchs who were desperately guarding the door saw Wang Dan's golden armor, and they immediately exhaled with great joy.
"It's Wei Guogong who came to the rescue, the sky is immortal!"
Before Wang Dan came to the Chengtian Gate, the eunuch guarding the gate opened the gate and waited for the thirty-seven knights to enter the palace.
After entering Chengtianmen, Wang Dan did not rush to save Chongzhen, because he didn't know the way, and there were eunuchs who betrayed Chongzhen to seize the door. If you don't pay attention to being locked up in the palace by those eunuchs, you and your subordinates will be doomed.
"Duke Weiguo, do you not recognize the location of the palace, please allow the servants to get on the horse and lead the way for you!"
Wang Dan saw that the person who spoke was not the red-clothed eunuch Xiao Dongzi, and he didn't expect that this little eunuch was quite loyal when Chongzhen was in danger. (To be continued......)