The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 20 Li Yan and the Red Lady
"Your Majesty, the walls of the capital city are tall and strong. It is reported that the little emperor has been collecting food and grass, taking in refugees, preparing the army for war, and worshiping Zhou Yuji as the general guarding the city. It seems that he is ready to fight to the end. Forcibly attacking the city, the casualties may be immeasurable.

The minister suggested that we can first send envoys to the city to negotiate, and ask the little emperor to agree to the king's separatist regime in the northwest, and then give some money and food. It is not impossible for our army to retreat temporarily. "

After a long while, Li Yan, the military adviser, came out and clapped his hands.

The tent immediately exploded, and there were many discussions.

"Hehe, Li Junshi, our army is in a state of unstoppable momentum. Now that a million troops are approaching the capital, the Ming court is already at the end of its strength, and it is only one step away from directly attacking Huanglong. However, you let the king negotiate a peace and retreat, disturbing the morale of our army. What is your intention?"

"That's right. Your Majesty is an unrivaled hero, the true Dragon Emperor. Seeing that the great cause can be expected, Li Junshi let the king die at the end and gave the Ming court a chance to breathe. Could it be that Brother Li still has a little illusion about Zhu Ming in his heart?"

Niu Jinxing stood up with a smile, and then Song Xiance also spoke, and stared straight at Li Yan after speaking.

"Yeah! How the hell can we negotiate peace at this time?"

"Hey, talk about a shitty peace, you literati are just talkative and have a lot of shit."

"According to what I said, go directly to the city, do you want anything?"

A group of generals also talked in a hurry, expressing their dissatisfaction with Li Yan's proposal for peace.

Everyone is working hard, isn't it just waiting for this day?

Waiting to go to the city, the king ascends the throne, canonize civil and military officials, everyone canonize the marquis for thousands of generations, is it not good to confer the title of wife and son?

How can you give up?

Li Zicheng on the main seat also frowned slightly, with a gloomy expression.

Li Yan also knows that he has committed public anger, but the rebel army seems to be powerful now, but in fact its foundation is unstable and there are many hidden dangers.

Once frustrated or injured, it will lead to unpredictable consequences.

So I had to explain again: "My lord, the north has long been corrupted, and the Ming court is just lingering.

Let's not talk about the casualties of our army's forced siege, even if we break through the capital in the end, it will be nothing more than an empty city, which is of little significance to our army.

Once the capital is broken, the soldiers and civilians in the south of the Yangtze River, civil servants and gentry will definitely establish a new king, and they will never die with our army.

And the slaves in the north are ambitious, and they have long had the heart to spy on our China. They will definitely take advantage of our army's unstable foothold and invade the south on a large scale. At that time, our army will be attacked by the enemy! "

"Hmph! Scary talk, our army has millions of soldiers, how can we be afraid of a group of barbarian slaves outside the pass? How can my king be compared to that kid from Chongzhen?"

With disdain on his face, Niu Jinxing snorted again and retorted.

"Chongzhen's ambition is great and talented, he is headstrong and conceited, he can't compare with the king, but the slaves outside the pass are not barbarian slaves.

Nannu chieftain Huang Taiji has great ambitions, and seeing all kinds of him, he is better than his father, and he is an inexhaustible hero.

If our army suffers heavy casualties under the capital city, or is unable to attack for a long time, and falls into a stalemate, then the food and grass will be in short supply, and we will be taken advantage of by them.

Your Majesty, instead of taking the risk of attacking the city, it is better to preserve your strength, get its money and food, return to the northwest to recuperate, prepare the army for war, wait for a few years, and when you have enough soldiers and food, your majesty will sweep the world with his troops again. Who can stop him then? "

At the end of Li Yan's speech, he bowed to Li Zicheng to the end.

Niu Jinxing wanted to say more, but Li Zicheng waved his hands, got up and said: "What the military adviser said is indeed true, let's send an envoy into the city to negotiate tomorrow!
If Chongzhen is willing to compromise, I, Lao Li, will accept that it is all right for him to be emperor for two years, but if he is stubborn, then no wonder I, Lao Li. "

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Li Yan quickly worshiped, and he was deeply relieved.

He didn't agree with the Northern Expedition from the very beginning, they had only conquered Guanzhong for less than a year, so it was really inappropriate to send troops to expand the territory.

Instead, it is time to rectify the internal affairs, recuperate, and consolidate the territory.

But there is no food in Guanzhong.

That's why they wanted to lay down the affluent south of Shanxi to raise food and grass. Who knew that the Ming army was defeated so quickly that it was beyond everyone's expectations.

As a result, it was out of control, and he hit the capital in just three months, which he never expected at the beginning.

In fact, Li Zicheng also understood that his foundation was not stable, and he had received too many surrendered troops along the way, and the city defender Zhou Yuji had already cast a shadow on him, so he adopted Li Yan's suggestion.

Although everyone was not reconciled, the king had made up his mind and had no choice but to give up.

But it looked like Li Yan's eyes were filled with a trace of disgust.

……

"Xianggong, in fact, you shouldn't have proposed peace to the king just now, alas!"

On the way back to camp.

A pretty and heroic young woman looked at Li Yan beside her with a worried look on her face.

The generals in the army originally held a grudge against the King for purge of military discipline, but now they propose a peace agreement, blocking everyone's road to wealth and honor, making it even worse.

In fact, from the bottom of her heart, she also agreed to immediately overthrow the Ming Dynasty and kill Chongzhen and all the corrupt officials.

"Hey! I don't know that this will cause the resentment of the soldiers? However, our rebel army seems to be strong now, but in fact it is strong on the outside but on the inside.

It doesn't matter if you keep winning, but once you lose a battle, even a single one, it may cause catastrophe. "

Li Yan sighed, the worry on his face was more intense than that of his wife Hong Niangzi.

The red lady opened her mouth, but she didn't say any more in the end. She admired her husband's ability and knowledge very much.

The next day, Li Zicheng selected a demoted official to call the door to negotiate.

The matter was reported to the palace all the way, Zhu Cihong was not surprised, ordered someone to hang him into the city, and decided to send Cao Huachun to contact and find out first.

An hour later, Cao Huachun came to Qianqing Palace to report.

"Go back and tell the envoy, and ask him to tell Li Zicheng that I am not a vassal, nor pay tribute, nor make peace, nor negotiate. The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies. If there is a way, I will attack!"

After Zhu Cihong finished listening, he said with a solemn face.

"My lord..."

"Don't say too much, let's go!" Zhu Cihong interrupted with a wave of his hand.

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Cao Huachun could only sigh, and backed away with his back bent.

Of course, it's not that Zhu Cihong doesn't want to negotiate, but that he doesn't want to talk now.

For one thing, he has already been waiting in full force, just waiting for the opponent to attack the city, so as to consume the troops and morale of the intruders.

Second, letting the intruders return to the northwest with money and food now is tantamount to raising thieves and thieves, and the threat will only be greater in the future.

What's more, he can get 1000 million taels of silver, but he can't get 200 million stones of grain and grass even if he sells him.

So it's better to provoke the other party and fight a big battle. If no reinforcements arrive at that time, it will not be too late to negotiate, and the price will be much lower.

If Wu Sangui and the generals from all over the country really came to help, it would not be a negotiation, but a robber thinking about how to escape.

Sure enough, after the envoy returned, Li Zicheng was furious.

Everyone also sneered at Li Yan.

But Li Yan was speechless, he didn't expect that the little emperor was tougher than his father Chongzhen, he didn't even talk about it.

"Since Zhu Cihong doesn't know how to praise, I want to see if this Beijing city wall is really indestructible!

After Gu Gong enters the city, not to mention the money and the throne, the Queen of Zhou and the Queen of Yi'an belong to my old Li! "

Li Zicheng might be really angry, even showing his small thoughts, and then he yelled loudly.

"Zong Min!"

"exist!"

"I ordered you to lead the troops of the headquarters to move to the south of the capital and be responsible for attacking the outer city."

"yes, Sir!"

Liu Zongmin clasped his fists and replied.

"Red Commander!"

"The last general is here!" Hong Niangzi also rushed out.

"I order you to lead the troops of the headquarters to attack the northern city of the capital."

"The last general takes orders!"

"Li Guo!"

"The child is here."

"Order you to command the rest of the battalions and attack the west!"

"The child must be ordered!"

Li Zicheng has been fighting for more than ten years, and has accumulated a lot of battle experience. He didn't ask the prime minister for advice, and directly issued a battle order.

The most common siege strategy was chosen, the main attack from the west, and the feint from the north and south.

(End of this chapter)