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

Chapter 35
Yutian County.

It is located in the east of the capital, about two hundred miles away from the capital, and it is under the rule of Shuntian Prefecture.

At this moment, a large army is repairing by the river ten miles south of the county seat. As far as the eye can see, there are densely packed war horses.

"Report! Marshal, Tan Ma has returned."

"Bring it right away."

"Yes!"

After a while, a Yebushuai was brought into the handsome tent.

"See the commander."

"How is the situation in the capital? Report it quickly!"

Wu Sangui asked impatiently.

"Report to the commander, the bandit army stopped attacking yesterday!"

"Oh?"

Wu Sangui's eyes lit up, he walked back and forth for a few steps before saying: "Explore again, if there is any abnormal situation, report it immediately, without delay!"

"Yes!"

After Ye Bu Shou retreated, Wu Sanpu asked: "Second Brother, this army of 10 troops has been preparing for so many days, why did it stop after three days of fighting? What the hell is going on?"

"It seems that the intruder's momentum has been exhausted, and it is difficult to continue the strong attack. At this time, he must have become a tiger-riding force. He can't attack, and he doesn't want to retreat. He should be ready to negotiate."

Wu Sangui said with bright eyes, obviously every move in the capital was always being watched by scouts.

"So, isn't our chance here?"

"Second brother, hurry up and march, otherwise if the intruder escapes or negotiates with His Majesty, wouldn't our efforts be in vain and we'll lose any credit?"

Wu Sanfu slapped his thigh excitedly and said urgently.

All the generals in the tent were also gearing up, obviously impatient to wait.

"No hurry, wait two more days."

Wu Sangui waved his hand.

He wanted to make sure that the intruders were really unstoppable, rather than taking a temporary break.

Once the intruder is really unsustainable, if he retreats, he will follow and kill him. Negotiations can increase his bargaining chips.

……

Two days passed in a flash, seeing that the intruder really did not launch any more attacks, Wu Sangui no longer had the slightest concern.

"Pass the order down, the whole army will break out of the camp immediately and march!"

In an instant, the horns of the entire camp continued, and an hour later, the [-] army marched westward in mighty strength.

Half a day later, Duoduo, who had already made a detour two hundred miles north of Xifengkou, received the news of Wu Sangui's call for camp.

Equally overjoyed, the next day they ordered the army to continue to slowly move south.

For Wu Sangui, Duoduo did not dare to be careless.

Knowing that Wu Sangui stayed in Yutian, he was also shocked.

Thinking that he was aware of it, he stopped immediately, watching the situation quietly, and even dared to send out a wave in disguise.

Now that he learned that Wu Sangui continued to head towards Beijing, his heart was finally relieved, but he still didn't dare to rush.

Compared with Wu Sangui who always stared at King Chuang, Duoduo always stared at Wu Sangui, but King Chuang didn't take Wu Sangui to heart.

At first, he was caring, but ever since Wu Sangui stopped in Yutian, he became contemptuous.

Thinking that Wu Sangui is just a timid, greedy for life and afraid of death, although he still sends out scouts every day, but the strength is obviously much smaller.

At this moment, King Chuang put almost all his energy into negotiating with Zhu Cihong.

Yes, King Chuang thought over and over again, weighed the pros and cons, and finally adopted Li Yan's suggestion.

Obviously, they also realized the shortcomings of the rebel army itself, as well as the risk of going south.

This time tens of 10 people were unable to defeat the capital, which is the best example.

However, although he agreed to give up Shanxi, Qian Liang refused to give up even an inch. He killed a million stone grains in one bite, and 300 million taels of silver was indispensable.

"Military division, did the little emperor ever compromise?"

"Back to the king, the little emperor agreed to 300 million taels of silver, but he refused to agree to 100 million shiliang, and only agreed to give [-] shi."

Li Yan said helplessly.

"Is there any reason for this? It's really impossible to pretend that I have a million-strong army?"

"I got mad, I'll go to the city and kill him."

Li Zicheng slammed his fist heavily on the table and roared.

Obviously, he couldn't bear it any longer. He had conceded so much, but the damned little emperor was still reluctant to part with some food. It was really hateful.

"Military Master, the little emperor didn't agree, so why did it take another night this time?"

"Could it be that the little emperor hosted a banquet again?"

Song Xiance said with a sour face.

When Chuang Wang heard this, his expression darkened and he stared at Li Yan.

I don't know who spread the news, after the couple entered the city that day, they were not only summoned by the little emperor in person, but also had a big banquet and talked with the couple until late at night, only then did they delay their return until the next day.

In just two days, everyone in the Chuang army knew about it.

It made everyone scramble to enter the city to negotiate, even Liu Zongmin and other warriors were eager to try, wanting to taste the royal wine and delicacies in the palace.

"My lord, this is the little emperor's plan to sow discord. His heart is sinister. I hope that the king will learn from you. Although the minister intends to refuse, he is no match for him to forcibly detain him."

Li Yan could only explain.

"Since this is the case, then the military adviser should not go any further, so as not to be provoked by the little emperor. Prime Minister, I will make a trip this time and tell the little emperor that one grain of grain is missing from 50 shi, and I will immediately attack the city!"

Li Zicheng nodded, then looked at Niu Jinxing and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Niu Jinxing didn't say anything, he also wanted to go to the city to see what the emperor looked like.

As a result, after entering the city, Zhu Cihong didn't bother to summon him at all, and sent an eunuch to dismiss him casually, not to mention hosting a banquet, and didn't even give him a drink of water.

This kind of huge differential treatment made Niu Jinxing almost pissed off, and returned to the camp full of anger.

That night!

In a side tent in the burglar camp, two scribes were sitting facing each other drinking, one of them showed a bored look on his brow.

"Brother Song Xian, Your Majesty relies on Li Yan for everything now, it won't work like this!"

"Brother Niu is too worried. From my point of view, although the king relies heavily on his wife and his wife, he always has a sense of defense. After all, they are both civil and military, no more than the other generals and me and other civil servants."

"That being said, didn't you listen to what the king said that day? After this negotiation, we will be married to Jinlan with the two of them.

After returning home, they will have to rely on the two of them to drastically rectify military affairs and government affairs, and then things will be very bad. "

These two were Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, the left and right prime ministers in the rebel army.

When Li Yan was in the future, King Chuang almost obeyed the two of them.

But since Li Yan came, this situation has changed. Chuang Wang began to adopt Li Yan's suggestion, and the strategies proposed by the two of them were frequently rejected.

Although King Chuang still valued the two of them highly, it also made them both feel a huge crisis.

"Two prime ministers, Your Majesty ordered you both to go to the Chinese army tent!"

Just as the two were drinking and discussing countermeasures, there was a rushing sound of Chuang Wang's personal guard outside the tent.

Both of them were stunned, why did they call them to the big tent in the middle of the night?

To discuss tomorrow's siege or retreat, or renegotiation, didn't we just finish the discussion?
Although full of doubts, the two hurriedly put down their wine glasses and immediately got up and rushed to the main tent of the Chinese army.

(End of this chapter)