The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 757
"Okay." Ding Yi was overjoyed. Once the three elite cavalry arrived, they would be more sure of intercepting and completely destroying Li Zicheng.

Now that Li Zicheng fled to Changping, unless he left the customs and defected to the Qing Dynasty, he would definitely return to Shaanxi from Shanxi.

"Let Zhang Jing go to Yingzhou."

"Yuan Youcai is going to Daizhou."

"Cao Bianjiao went to Xinzhou."

"promise."

In this way, Ding Yi gathered [-] cavalry in Shanxi, which was much more than Li Zicheng, and he also had thousands of cavalry in Datong.

Their cavalry formed five lines of defense in Weizhou, Hunyuan, Yingzhou, Daizhou, and Xinzhou in Shanxi, intercepting them layer by layer.

At the same time, the strategy will be changed according to the direction of Li Zicheng's escape. If he can stop it, the five cavalry will go forward together. If the main force cannot be found, they will block it separately.

Then Ding Yi began to order again.

Shen Shikui, Chen Shifang, and Chen Hongguo's three divisions have 2 people. After tomorrow, everyone will ride horses and bring auxiliary soldiers. They will go to Baoding first, and then to Daizhou to pursue Yuan Youcai.

In this way, Ding Yi will have [-] soldiers and horses in Shanxi.

The [-]-step battalion is placed at the end, and the interception situation in front can be seen before action.

Ding Yi made up his mind to use [-] steps to block Li Zicheng in Shanxi, completely encircling and annihilating him.

Because Li Zicheng had to bypass Juyongguan, the route was much longer than them, and Ding Yi's soldiers and horses had plenty of time to catch up.

Ding Yi then ordered that each department send out a battalion to block the gates of Beijing City first, and the auxiliary soldiers transport all the artillery and everything across the river.

Another person was sent to Shanhaiguan to appease Wu Sangui and let him guard Shanhaiguan to prevent the Manchus from entering the customs.

He also told Wu Sangui that he would try his best to protect his family in the capital.

In the original history, Li Zicheng was defeated in a big battle, and when he came back, he killed more than 30 people in Wu Sangui's family. This time Li Zicheng didn't fight with Wu Sangui, and he didn't hate Wu Sangui that much, so Wu Sangui's family is still in the capital.

On April 17, the 1644th year of Chongzhen (22), Ding Yi, king of Zhenbei, led an army of 50 and Li Zicheng's army of one million fought a battle near the Marco Polo Bridge outside the capital, which took less than a morning.

Li Zicheng was defeated, and his army of one million suffered heavy losses. He fled with only [-] cavalry.

Ding Yi killed countless people and captured more than 6 people alive.

And two days later, led the army to surround the capital.

Ding Yi arrived at the foot of the capital two days late because he could not gather his soldiers and horses and was hunting for defeated soldiers everywhere.

After capturing the defeated soldiers for two days, they came to gather under the capital city.

It's just right for him to catch the defeated soldiers now, and his battalion also has horses. If he doesn't catch them, let them run around, and some bandits will be suppressed in the future.

As soon as Ding Yi's soldiers and horses arrived at the foot of the city, Li Yan on the top of the city couldn't wait to shoot down the book arrow.

The letter soon reached Ding Yi's hands.

Li Yan asked to surrender and negotiated conditions.

What Li Yan meant was that he was willing to surrender and offer up the capital, but he asked to serve as the commander-in-chief and block one side of the town. He would take his troops and horses to fight Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

It is also said that Li Zicheng asked him to burn the capital, and also plundered more than 7000 million silver in the capital, and let him sink the silver into the river.

As long as Ding Yi agrees, not only will he not burn the capital, but he will also offer more than 7000 million silver. In addition, the prince of Ming Dynasty Zhu Cihong is also in his hands.

After reading the letter, Ding Yi laughed and passed it on to the generals.

The generals were shocked.

"7000 million silver? Be good."

"So many? How could the old Chongzhen be subjugated?"

"Our Dongjiang Town can make so much money, we only have a surplus, and the capital has more than 7000 million. These bastards are really rich."

All the generals were talking about it.

Ding Yi laughed and said: "When Li Zicheng fought Luoyang, Zhu Changxun, the king of fortune, had 200 million wealth and refused to give money to the soldiers. In the end, when Luoyang was captured, Li Zicheng cooked and ate him. All the wealth was also cheaper for Li Zicheng."

"Li Zicheng opened the seal, and the king of Zhou tried his best to reward him with money. Li Zicheng couldn't break the seal three times. In the end, he dug the Yellow River waterway to break through Kaifeng."

"That's why this king often says, whether we are officials or generals, we should treat our own people and soldiers well, don't hesitate to reward them, and pay more attention to friendship than money. This is the way of long-term friendship."

All the generals had thoughtful expressions.

"The Ming Dynasty died at the hands of these noble officials. Their families had so much wealth, but they didn't pay taxes to the country. The country had no money, so naturally they couldn't train troops."

"And this king collects business tax and land tax, not to take advantage of everyone, but for the sake of the country and the world."

When Ding Yi changed his tone at the end, the generals immediately reacted and shouted.

"No matter how old the official is, he has to pay taxes." Xiao Yongqiu shouted first.

Everyone responded.

"Reply to Li Yan, the chief soldier is not there, the governor can, let him open the door, and tell him that his brother Li Nian is in my hands and he is not dead."

Not long after Ding Yi's arrow shot back, boom, the gate of Beijing City slowly opened.

On April 25, Ding Yi's soldiers and horses entered Beijing first.

First control the various sects, confiscate the weapons of Li Yan's men and horses, and at the same time control all important places in Beijing, and post Anmin stickers everywhere.

Ding Yi summoned the whole city, King Zhenbei's soldiers and horses have returned to the capital, the people should not panic, the peasant army has been defeated and left, from today, the capital will return to normal, as in the past.

The myth of Ding Yi's invincibility has been passed down in the capital more than ten years ago, and there are often people telling stories in major restaurants.

This time the God of War entered the capital, the people cheered and rushed to tell.

On April 27, Ding Yi led people into the city through Yongding Gate.

The streets on both sides of the capital are relatively quiet, most of the people should be hiding at home, only a small number of bold people will wait and see on both sides of the street.

The population of the capital was originally 80 million at the end of the Ming Dynasty. After 16 years of Chongzhen (the plague in 1643), when Li Zicheng entered Beijing this year, nearly [-] to [-] died.

Now the inner and outer cities add up to more than 20, and the agricultural population is about 40, and there are probably more than 60.

When a large group of cavalry first rushed through the open Yongding Gate, the power center of the Ming Dynasty had officially surrendered to Ding Yi.

And at the moment when he rode through Yongding Gate on a horse, Ding Yi's whole body seemed to feel refreshed by bathing in the holy light. The next moment, his face turned red, and endless excitement and excitement erupted in Ding Yi's body: From now on, the hundreds of millions of people of the Ming Dynasty, and thousands of miles of land, are all under my control.

Ding Yi clamped the horse's belly hard, and his body felt a strength that he had never experienced before.

From then on, those fears, fears, helplessness, guilty conscience, and all negative things will go away from me.

No matter how many sinister things I have done in the past, the history books will record my sageness.

THIS IS POWER--
Soon, Ding Yi felt the power of power.

But when he walked on both sides of the street, he didn't know who it was. Suddenly someone in the crowd knelt down and shouted: "Meet King Zhenbei."

The other people around were stunned for a moment, but immediately, everyone subconsciously followed suit and knelt down.

Then someone in the crowd chanted: "Long live."

The people were still a little dazed.

But soon, more people were shouting: "Long live."

Then all the people shouted: "Long live."

There were not many people outside, only a few thousand, but the voices of the crowd shocked the entire capital of the Ming Dynasty.

The ministers of the Ming Dynasty who were far away from the Zhengyang Gate in the inner city suddenly heard this voice, and their faces turned ashen, and the eyes of some smart people began to roll.

A lot of people were clearly surprised.

Why is it called long live?
After all, at this time, no one thought that Ding Yi would want to be emperor.

Holding the emperor to order the princes, this is already the most terrible result that everyone can think of.

But no one thought that Ding Yi would want to be emperor.

Because there is still half of Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty, and there are still countless officials and royal clans in Nanzhili.

The Prince of Ming Dynasty is still under construction.

After a while, the surging soldiers and horses came to Zhengyangmen.

The gate of Zhengyangmen was wide open, and a flag with the word "Zhenbei" was planted on the tower, and Ding Yi's soldiers and horses were stationed on both sides.

Zhengyangmen is the south gate of the inner city of the capital.

At this time, a group of civil and military officials and nobles were already standing outside the Zhengyang Gate. There were a large number of civil officials and military generals, and everyone was wearing official robes. There were more than 100 people.

Everyone stood there, quietly watching the direction Ding Yi was coming from.

Now Ding Yi's war horse moved forward slowly, 34 meters away from Zhengyang Gate, someone was already eager to try, and seemed to be eager to kneel down.

But Ding Yi didn't arrive, and it was a bit ugly for him to kneel in a hurry.

Suddenly, a red-robed military general in the crowd rushed out with a blushing face.

He pointed at Ding Yi and shouted: "Rebellious officials and traitors, dare to say long live, Ding Yi, do you want to be emperor?"

Ding Yi was stunned, staring at this person, it turned out that it was Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jin Yiwei.

There was an uproar all around, and civil and military officials turned pale with shock.

"Bold." Many people around Ding Yi rushed forward, drawing their swords one after another.

"Stop it." Ding Yi shouted.

Luo Yangxing stood angrily in front of Ding Yi's horse with a righteous and dignified look, with a sense of righteousness in his body.

Those who didn't know thought that Luo Yangxing was a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.

"This is?" Ding Yi didn't seem to know him. In fact, he had never been to the capital, and he really didn't know any officials in the capital.

However, he needs to remind these officials that I want to be emperor.

So, he asked Luo Yangxing to entrust him.

"My official is Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei." Luo Yangxing was full of righteousness: "As soon as the first emperor passed away, you led troops into Beijing and made the people shout long live. What is your intention, Ding Yi, don't forget you But as a son-in-law, you should hand over your military power and leave Beijing as soon as possible."

The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay. Of course everyone knew about Chongzhen marrying a daughter, but at that time Daming was about to perish, no one cared about it, and Chongzhen only said it, but he didn't actually marry her.

Many speech officials were already thinking whether they should speak up or not, the son-in-law and the prince are not in compliance, but Lord Luo was so clear about righteousness that he actually said it first.

Ding Yi's face was livid, and he looked quite angry. He looked around and said loudly: "My king, Ding Yi, has been entrusted by the late emperor to become Princess Kunxing's husband and has the blood of the Ming Dynasty."

All the officials who said the first sentence were stunned, you have the blood of the Ming Dynasty, and Princess Kunxing hasn't married you yet.

But these words have clearly revealed Ding Yi's ambition.

(End of this chapter)