Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 2 Frontal Breakthrough
Chongzhen has come to the elephant house near the Yumajian.

In the Ming Dynasty, surrounding countries such as Burma, Siam, North Korea, and Ryukyu often sent tribute and presented their own rare and exotic animals, and Burma, Siam and other countries paid tribute to many elephants.

There are no less than [-] elephants in the elephant house with the tributes from Myanmar, Siam and other countries plus the breeding elephants.

Looking at the well-cared-for elephants in the elephant room, Chongzhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Whether he can break through this time depends on these dozens of elephants.

"Long Live Lord." Wang Chengen gasped from behind.

Looking back, I saw Wang Chengen trotting over.

Wang Chengen was still holding a set of Shan Wenjia and a hoodie in his hands.

"The old slave went to the arsenal to see that there are still more than a hundred barrels of gunpowder."

"However, there are not many three-eyed guns, Lumi guns, and bird guns left."

Chongzhen couldn't help but frowned, this is not good news.

"Where are the horses from the Yumajian?" Chongzhen asked, "How many horses are left?"

Wang Chengen said: "There are still a lot of royal horses left, there are more than [-] horses."

While the two were talking, the sound of horse neighing and people suddenly came from the direction of the horse guard.

Chongzhen immediately put on the mountain armor and went straight to the Yumajian. From a distance, he saw a group of people and horses gathered on the grass field on the south side of the Yumajian.

It's the son-in-law captain Gong Yonggu who has arrived.

Gong Yonggu only brought a dozen servants with him.

Moreover, these servants are all wearing civilian clothes, not war jackets.

What's more, they are holding sticks in their hands, but they are riding horses.

Gong Yonggu himself only wore a padded armor and a scarf on his head.

Seeing this, Chongzhen's face suddenly turned black, it's too much!
There are only a dozen servants in the Duwei's mansion?Can't even take out a few firecrackers?I believe you ghost!

However, Chongzhen also knew in his heart that this was the root cause of Chongzhen's own planting. Chongzhen was extremely suspicious, and he was extremely vigilant about his clan's keeping family members and keeping weapons privately.

King Zhu Yujian of the Tang Dynasty took a thousand families with him out of good intentions, King Ding Qin,
As a result, instead of being able to exchange Chongzhen's gratitude, he was placed under house arrest.

Therefore, Gong Yonggu, Liu Wenbing and other dignitaries were very cautious in front of Chongzhen.

Chongzhen summoned two people into the palace yesterday and asked them to summon servants to protect him from the siege. The two said that we strictly abide by the regulations of the court and did not raise too many servants, so there is nothing we can do.

As a result, it came out again today, and my ass was on fire and I was still guarding against Chongzhen.

Chongzhen, Chongzhen, how did you become emperor?Fire prevention, anti-theft and anti-Chongzhen ah!
Seeing Chongzhen, Gong Yonggu knelt down and sang: "Minister Gong Yonggu's escort came late, death penalty!"

"Get up." Chongzhen said with a dark face, "Are there only a dozen servants in the Prince's Consort's House?"

"Yes, there are only these servants in the minister's mansion." Gong Yonggu lowered his head and said, "Because according to the imperial regulations..."

"Enough." Chongzhen said impatiently, "Hurry up and take your people to the arsenal to get weapons. You also choose a set of mountain armor to put on, so don't make people laugh."

"Yes." Gong Yonggu received the order and went.

After a while, Liu Wenbing also rushed over.

Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, was as cautious as Gong Yonggu, and only brought a dozen servants with him, who also carried sticks.

Immediately afterwards Hui'anbo Zhang Qingzhen and Xuancheng Bowei Shichun also arrived one after another. Like Gong Yonggu and Liu Wenbing, they only brought a dozen servants with them, all wielding sticks.

Chongzhen didn't even bother to complain about this.

These nobles are so frankly cheated, and now they can only count on those civil servants.

The few civil servants who arrived afterward finally did not disappoint Chongzhen again.

Wang Jiayan, the right servant of the military department who supervised Deshengmen, brought more than [-] people, including more than [-] servants, all of whom were strong, strong and brave people recruited from their hometown in Putian.

Wang Jiayan actually brought over a thousand people at the beginning.

Unfortunately, when they heard that Emperor Chongzhen was going to break through the siege, more than half of them broke up on the way, and when they arrived at the Yumajian, there were only more than [-] miscellaneous soldiers left.

Meng Zhaoxiang, the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment who supervised Zhengyang Gate, brought more than [-] people.

Taichang Shaoqing Wu Linzheng, who supervised Xizhimen, also brought over two hundred people.

There are also members of the Ministry of War Jinxuan Wailang, Zuo Zhongyun Liu Lishun, Zuo Yude Ma Shiqi, Imperial Academy reviewer Wang Wei, supervisory censor Chen Liangmo, and Wu Ganlai from the household department. They also brought dozens or hundreds of people to come.

In addition, Wang Guoxing, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Li Ruolian, the commander, each brought more than a hundred Jinyiwei.

By Chenzheng (8 o'clock), the servants, eunuchs, Minzhuang, Jinyiwei, and Jingying soldiers who had gathered in the Yumajian fence had already exceeded a thousand people.

In addition, there are more than [-] horses.

These are all the armed forces that Chongzhen can muster urgently.

It was less than Chongzhen expected. He originally thought that he could gather [-] people.

But fortunately, there are fewer people and fewer people. At least these are diehards who are willing to follow him to break through.

Chongzhen glanced over the faces of Gong Yonggu, Liu Wenbing and others one by one, and said in his heart that if he hadn't come, if the original historical track had followed, the officials and nobles present would soon die for the country.

At that time, the minister will die for the king, the wife will die for the husband, the son will die for the father, and the servant will die for the master.

Even though Chongzhen remembered the names of many of these officials, some of them lived in outer cities and could no longer respond to the imperial edict, some could not be found and could not be notified, and of course some refused to serve the imperial edict.

Li Banghua, the censor of Zuodu, and Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Household Department, failed to find anyone.

Fan Jingwen, a scholar of the Dongge University, refused to obey the imperial edict. The boss probably completely despaired of Chongzhen.

In short, only the dozen or so honorable officials in front of me can be summoned, and only these more than a thousand hard-core miscellaneous soldiers.

Chongzhen beckoned Gong Yonggu, Wang Jiayan, Wang Guoxing and other dignitaries and officials to come closer.

"The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the toughness knows the sincere ministers." Chongzhen said solemnly, "At this time of drastic changes in the family and the country, Qing and others are willing to abandon their families and careers to live and die with me. I am very relieved."

"I won't say any more nonsense."

"It's just one thing to call you all together, to break through!"

"Sure enough, it's a breakthrough." Wang Jiayan and the others were not surprised by this.

Chongzhen also said: "The capital has no way to defend, and the north of Huanghuai has been corrupted. I am determined to break out and go to Liudu to regroup. I will go to the Northern Expedition to restore my ancestors' foundation in the future."

Now, Wang Jiayan and the others were a little surprised that the Holy Majesty had changed his sex?

Actually proposed to move south by himself?Not afraid of being infamous for abandoning the land for no reason?

Unfortunately, at this juncture, even if you are willing to bear the infamy, it is too late.

Hundreds of thousands of thieves have already surrounded Beijing tightly, and they want to break out of the encirclement with just a thousand miscellaneous soldiers in front of them?It is simply ignorant.

Your Majesty, you woke up too late.

Wang Jiayan, who knows the soldiers and is straightforward, said directly: "My lord, it is too late to realize that it is too late to break through the siege. It is impossible to break through the siege of the thieves with the mob in front of me alone."

Wailang Jinxuan, a military member who also knew the soldiers, said, "Yes, it's too late."

Gong Yonggu, Liu Wenbing and other nobles and officials also looked sad.

Obviously, they also felt that the possibility of breaking through was extremely slim.

"Is it late?" Chongzhen said indifferently, "I don't think it's too late at all."

"My lord, the rogues at this time are not the thieves of the first year of Chongzhen, and the Beijing camp soldiers at this time are not Taizu, Chengzu or Renzong, and Xuanzong's Beijing camp soldiers. The servants, minzhuang and Jinyiwei in front of you, oh well There are middle officers who have never received training, let alone the slightest battle experience, we can't beat them." Wang Jiayan shook his head like a rattle.

Gong Yonggu and others also sighed, how could the mob beat the mighty army?
"You don't need to beat the bandits." Chongzhen said, "We only need to beat the three battalions."

"Can you beat the three major battalions?" Gong Yonggu, Meng Zhaoxiang and other honorable officials were stunned.

Only Wang Jiayan and Jin Xuan's expressions changed: "The Holy Majesty's intention is to break out from the front of Chaoyang Gate?"

"Yes." Chongzhen said in a deep voice, "After the three major battalions surrendered to the thieves, they were not scattered and incorporated, but were still placed outside Chaoyangmen on the spot. As long as we defeat the three major battalions, the scattered soldiers will overwhelm the thieves." With the soldiers in the formation, the thousands of rogues outside the Chaoyang Gate alone cannot stop the rout of hundreds of thousands of Beijing battalions!"

"And the scattered soldiers can provide us with excellent cover."

"At that time, in the face of hundreds of thousands of soldiers fleeing in all directions, the bandits don't know where to go after them."

"In this way, we will have enough time to go south calmly, or go east to join the Guanning Army."

Hearing this, the eyes of officials such as Wu Linzheng and Xungui lit up. This strategy seems to be feasible.

Only Jin Xuan shook his head and said: "Although the three major battalions are too weak to fight, there are tens of thousands of people. It's just a dream to defeat them with only a few thousand mobs in our area."

Chongzhen smiled slightly and said, "Who said we only have more than a thousand people?"

Wang Jiayan's expression changed and he asked, "Could it be that Guan Ning's army has gone outside the city?"

"It's not the Guan Ning army." Chongzhen shook his head and said, "I have prepared another surprise army."

"Surprise soldiers?" Meng Zhaoxiang, the right servant of the Criminal Department who supervised the Zhengyang Gate, said suspiciously, "If so, we can break through the siege quickly, and if the bandits enter the city later, the big thing will be over."

"You Sikou's words are very true." Taichang Shaoqing Wu Linzheng said, "Although I have people block the Xizhi Gate, there is no soldier guarding the Xizhi Gate at this moment. I am afraid that the bandit soldiers have already attached themselves to the city. I am afraid that the time left for the Holy Majesty Not much."

"It doesn't matter." Chongzhen said very calmly, "I expect that the bandit soldiers will not enter the city before Sichu."

Well, this is not expected, but according to historical records, the Dashun Army waited until Sichu before entering the city.

Before that, even if the Dashun army entered the city first, at most they would only control the city gate.

Chongzhen smiled again and said, "We still have at least half an hour."

(End of this chapter)