Along the way, I only met a hard bone in Daizhou, Shanxi General Soldier Zhou Yuji, and then everything went well, I originally thought that there was no foreign aid, and the empty Beijing City should also be easy to take, but I didn't expect that it hit a wall again.

Well, we'll see tomorrow.

Thinking that after winning this battle, they might go straight to Beijing City to enjoy the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, and they all felt a little uncontrollable excitement.

"Okay, let's go back and have a good rest, arrange a small number of soldiers to patrol during the day tomorrow, let the army have a good night's sleep, and prepare to capture Chongzhen alive at night and defeat the Ming army." Li Zicheng said with a smile on his face.

"Capture Chongzhen alive and defeat the Ming army." The generals replied yes in unison, and then they burst out laughing.

April 29, 1644.

It is the fifteenth day since Zhu Changwu came to this world.

It was the fifth day since Zhu Changwu came to Beijing.

Early in the morning, after Zhu Changwu had breakfast, he took Sun Chuang and four Jinyi guards to the place where Bai Bangzheng's military camp was located.

Zhu Changwu came early in the morning, which made Bai Bangzheng a little surprised, but when he saw that the general learned that he was going to take him to the palace, saying that the emperor wanted to recognize him first, he immediately became excited.

If you want to say that with Bai Bangzheng's status, you can't see Chongzhen at all. He had been to the court once, but because he stood too far back, he had only seen it from a distance, and he couldn't see it clearly.

But this time, he will be responsible for protecting Chongzhen's safety, and Bai Bangzheng's status can be said to be immediately unknown, which makes it difficult for him not to be excited.

"Okay, the last general will order his troops to go." Bai Bangzheng agreed.

"Yes, but you can't bring too much, just about twenty people. You also know that the news that the emperor is going to give up the Jingshi cannot be spread yet, otherwise there may be trouble. In Bai Bangzheng's ear, Zhu Changwu reminded in a whisper.

"Yes, what the general said is that I will take twenty soldiers to the palace to fight." Bai Bangzheng has no doubt about him.

Half an hour later, Bai Bangzheng, who was carrying twenty personal soldiers, left the barracks with Zhu Changwu and his party and went straight to the direction of the palace.

Along the way, Zhu Changwu was talking about some rules in the palace, such as not being able to look directly at the emperor when he saw him, bowing his head and bowing his head, and then saying long live the emperor and so on.

These are just basic etiquette, Bai Bangzheng naturally understands it, but the words were said by Zhu Changwu, and he still kept nodding his head and saying yes again and again.

But what he didn't know, what Zhu Changwu told him, he himself would never follow these rules.

What kneeling down and worshipping, in Zhu Changwu's eyes, does not exist at all.

A group of more than 20 people soon came to a side gate of the palace. Beside him was the tall palace wall, Zhu Changwu looked at it and said, "This time our actions must be kept secret, and we must not let anyone know, so we can only go through the side door, understand?" ”

"Understand, understand, the end will be clear..."

Bai Bangzheng, who was riding on the horse, just said this, and then felt a chill on his neck, and then he couldn't speak.

Blood flowed straight out from under his neck, and Bai Bangzheng, who had lost his strength, fell directly off the war horse, and then the person still wanted to struggle to say something, but the only thing to do was to point to Zhu Changwu, who was still riding on the horse, with a finger, and then his head was tilted, and he couldn't say half a word.

Bai Bangzheng died like this, and he was still confused when he died.

He didn't understand, he was talking and laughing with the general just now, why, the next moment, people suddenly moved.

It was so steady and ruthless that he didn't even feel it, so he fell off the horse and died.

If he knew that from the first time they met, Zhu Changwu had figured out his details, and then he had spent all these days being used by the other party, I was afraid that he would not think that he had been wronged.

Zhu Changwu's move is a signal.

After Bai Bangzheng was slashed through the throat by the tiger tooth dagger, he followed Sun Chuang and the two brocade guards he brought with him.

Completely defenseless, the twenty soldiers were killed without even drawing their knives. followed Zhu Changwu off the field, grabbed the white blade empty-handed, and after taking the saber of a personal soldier, he flashed left and right, passing through these people.

When Zhu Changwu walked past these people step by step, and finally stood still, and the saber in his hand was also inserted on the ground by him, the ten Yu soldiers who were about to fight and kill just now and wanted to resist seemed to have been pushed down by something, and they fell to the ground one by one.

"It's cleaned."

shouted to the side door not far away, followed by a group of little eunuchs who had been waiting here for a long time, and ran out with a basin of water.

They were all Wang Chengen's subordinates, and they were ordered to wait here to collect the corpses.

After a while, the city walls were restored to their original appearance, and not even a drop of blood could be seen on the ground. Only when the breeze blows, there will be a faint smell of blood in the air.

Zhu Changwu had already left here at this time, and then threw the troop transfer token found from Bai Bangzheng's body to Sun Chuang, "Go, transfer these two thousand Ming troops out in batches, and kill them all!" ”

"Yes." Sun Chuang took the token and said yes, and left quickly with Jinyiwei.

Looking at the back of his departure, Zhu Changwu sighed helplessly. He really didn't want to kill these people, but there was no way.

It has been several days since the 2,000 Ming army entered the Beijing Division, but no one came to him, the general, to expose Bai Bangzheng's identity. That says it all.

Whatever the reason, since they all surrendered to Li Zicheng, they are their enemies.

Zhu Changwu would never have any mercy for the enemy, because he knew that if he did so, he would be irresponsible to himself and to the soldiers who were willing to believe in him and follow him.

The news of Bai Bangzheng's killing did not spread in the city, because the eyes of all the people in Beijing were attracted by the upcoming military parade.

The previous military parade opened everyone's eyes, but that time even the emperor appeared, but I don't know if Chongzhen will show up this time.

But to the disappointment of the people, this time the military parade turned out to be outside the city, and the people were not allowed to watch. When some people ran out of the city without believing in evil, what they saw was the scene of strict defense in front of Zhanghua Gate, Zhang Ao was guarding here with some soldiers, unless there was an instruction from the general, no one would go out of the city.

Even the last time the thieves came, there was no closed outer city gate, and at this moment, it was also shut down, which completely cut off the hearts of the people who wanted to see the excitement. At the same time, I want to find out what is going on.

Li You in the city, when he learned that the Ming army was going to parade, he was puzzled.

The last time he won the battle, in order to boost morale and get the support of the people in Beijing, a different kind of military parade was held, so it is understandable that he was holding a different kind of military parade.

But now, it is clear that there is no war, but there is a military parade, so what does it mean?

The so-called abnormal thing is a demon, and Li You wants to understand what is going on. But the outer gates are closed, and it is impossible to go out openly.

"Send people immediately, look for weak areas, see where you can still get out of the city, and find out what the Ming army is going to do no matter what." Li You was ruthless and gave an order to bring five hundred old camp brothers.

Li You was still thinking about going out of the city to find out the news, and outside the city, a full 50,000 Ming soldiers had already begun to assemble under the leadership of their respective generals.

Yesterday, Zhang Ao recruited more than 10,000 recruits, and these recruits who had just been welcomed into the barracks by beating gongs and drums never thought that they would go to the battlefield in less than a day.

Zhu Changwu rode on a tall horse and stood in front of the 50,000 Ming army.

Two of his were filled with wooden chests containing silver dollars.

"Someone, open the box." Zhu Changwu shouted. Someone stepped forward and lifted all the four hundred large wooden boxes, and the white silver entered everyone's eyes.

Visually, one box contains five thousand taels of silver, and four hundred boxes are two million taels.

Two million taels of silver, for an ordinary soldier, that is definitely an astronomical amount, and even many people are so poor that they will never be able to see so much silver at one time in their lifetime.

Now in front of everyone, this visual impact is very strong.

"The old rules remain the same, killing a thief can get one or two pieces of silver, and killing three people can be promoted from an ordinary soldier to a captain. This is what I can call for you. And all you need to do is kill the enemy, and then kill the enemy. ”

"Some people may say that I have just joined the army and have not yet practiced, but I want to ask you, if a robber comes to your house and wants to kill you and your family, do you still have to tell him not to do it first? Am I not ready? ”

As soon as Zhu Changwu's voice fell, there was a burst of voices in the various military formations that had already lined up.

Some people thought like this before, and some of them did just join the army yesterday, that is, they only entered the barracks last night, and they couldn't even name many of their comrades around them, but no one thought that they would have to go to the battlefield today to fight with others.

To say that there is no nervousness at all, that is impossible.

But more than that, it's exciting.

Perhaps because they have not seen the cruelty and bloodshed on the battlefield, most of the soldiers belong to the stupid and bold kind. Some of them even think that they only need to work hard to fight, and they don't know what cooperation is at all, and how to save physical strength to expand the results of the war.

But it doesn't matter, they just have the guts, because Zhu Changwu didn't point at these people to fight any tough battles at all, they just need to charge with the army, and then pick up leaks on the battlefield.

As long as they have the courage to wield their swords when they see a lone enemy.