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

Chapter 38
There was a change in the bandit army outside the city, Zhu Cihong received the news immediately, and immediately rushed to Xizhimen in a hurry.

After rushing to Xizhimen and going up to the city tower, they saw flames bursting into the sky outside the city, screams of killing, screams of gold and iron, rushing like thunder.

"Your Majesty, an hour ago, the bandit army suddenly assembled in the North Camp, and then directly attacked the West Camp. At this time, the two sides have already engaged in full-scale battle. I don't know why."

Zhou Yuji arrived one step earlier and hurried over to meet and explain, with both excitement and puzzlement on his face.

Obviously, they couldn't figure out why the thieves had a sudden infighting.

"Why are you fighting at night?"

"Isn't that right? Why is Hong Niangzi going to fight King Chuang?"

Zhu Cihong muttered to himself, frowning, feeling very surprised.

Because tonight he did send two groups of people to set up a divorce.

One dead man went to Xiying with the imperial decree and letter, while the other went to Beiying to inform Li Yan, the matchmaker.

According to his plan, after King Chuang intercepted the letter and imperial decree, he would definitely have doubts. Even if he saw through his estrangement plan, he would call Li Yan for questioning and verification.

And he gave the red lady Li Yan a warning in advance, and in the middle of the night, the two probably didn't dare to go.

Even if Li Yan was loyal and went there regardless of safety, Yi Hong Niangzi's character would never let him take the risk.

In this way, no matter what excuses the two of them were looking for to shirk away, the yellow mud fell into their crotches.

King Chuang would definitely think that the two had ghosts in their hearts, so they didn't dare to come. In addition, the letter stated that they would do it tomorrow, and they would definitely do something after dawn.

After Hong Niangzi and Li Yan discovered the change in Chuangjun's camp, they thought of the letter last night and Chuangwang recruiting the two of them late at night, and they also wondered whether Chuangwang really wanted to attack them?

In this way, the husband and wife can only rely on him in order to protect themselves. After all, once there are cracks and distrust in this relationship between monarch and minister, it is irreparable.

So his strategy seems rough, even a fool can see it, but it is a blatant conspiracy.

As a superior, he knows the mentality of this kind of people best, he is very suspicious, and guards against the rebellion of his subordinates all day long.

If you are more suspicious, you will investigate first. If you are more ruthless, you would rather kill the wrong than let it go.

"Could it be that Li Yan really went to the West Camp in a stupid way? Was he detained by King Chuang? Seeing that her husband hadn't returned, the red lady was so anxious that she led the army to kill him?"

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Cihong finally came to this conclusion.

Then he said excitedly: "Zhou Aiqing, in your opinion, can the red lady beat that Li Zicheng?"

"Your Majesty, a large number of soldiers and horses were drawn out a while ago when they broke into the west camp of the army. Now there are no more than a hundred thousand soldiers in the camp. The Red Lady's troops are quite disciplined, and they caught the opponent by surprise. The chances of winning are still great.

However, the attitude of the two camps in the southeast is still unclear, whether they will come to help, if the red lady fails to defeat the Chuang army before the arrival of the reinforcements, then most of them will be in danger of being attacked! "

Zhou Yuji quickly explained.

At this time, I still don't understand that all this is caused by His Majesty, and I also admire His Majesty's means in my heart.

Although curious, it is inconvenient for His Majesty not to ask more questions.

"Zhou Aiqing, at this moment the bandit army is in chaos, can our army take this opportunity to go out and kill him without leaving any behind?

Or to block the reinforcements and buy time for Hong Niangzi to kill the King Chuang? "

Zhu Cilang knew that King Chuang would definitely call for reinforcements, so he tried to say it after thinking about it.

Zhou Yuji was scared to death, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, absolutely not, at this time the two armies have completely fallen into a melee, and with the current state of our army, it will be very dangerous to rashly join the battlefield during the day, let alone night.

As for intercepting the reinforcements, the gates of the city have been blocked. After our army opens the gates and gathers outside the city, the reinforcements of King Chuang may have already reached the battlefield! "

"In this way, my nearly [-] troops can only stay in the city and stare blankly, and miss the opportunity to watch them fight?"

Zhu Cihong said somewhat unwillingly.

"Your Majesty, no matter who wins or loses this time, the bandit army will definitely lose its vitality. It is the best policy for our army to wait and see what happens. Otherwise, if there is a mistake, the bandit army will take advantage of the situation to attack the city, and the consequences will be disastrous!"

"Alas! It's a pity!"

Zhu Cihong slammed his fist on the guardrail and sighed.

In fact, Zhou Yuji also sighed and puzzled in his heart. He didn't understand why the red lady didn't attack immediately after leading the army outside the camp, but delayed for a full quarter of an hour.

This was definitely a fatal mistake. It not only gave time for the troops in the battalion to prepare, but also time for the reinforcements.

……

At the same time, the Yebushu team in the night in the north was also watching the melee from a distance.

"Good guy, what kind of madness is this burglar? Look at this posture, there are at least 10,000+ people! Tsk tsk!"

"Damn, it's better that all the smashing dogs and biting dogs are dead."

"Stop rambling, you two go back immediately and report the situation to the commander in chief. Each ride three horses."

The captain of this team who did not accept them at night was sure that the bandit army was indeed fighting and not acting, and did not dare to delay any longer, so he immediately ordered two people to report back.

"Yes!"

The two Yebushou immediately got on their horses and disappeared into the night.

Galloping all the way, three horses fell off, and the nose was bruised and the face was swollen. Only then did the two rush to the camp sixty miles away.

"Quick! There is an urgent military situation, take me to see the commander immediately..."

The sentinel didn't dare to delay, and immediately set up two people and rushed to the commander's tent.

"what?"

"The intruder actually had internal strife tonight?"

Wu Sangui, who was only wearing an undershirt, almost dropped his jaw when he saw the two of them.

"Yes, Commander. About an hour ago, tens of thousands of bandits from the North Camp suddenly rushed to the West Camp, and then the two sides fought. The battle was extremely fierce."

One of them said hurriedly at night.

"Okay! It's really God's gift to me, Wu Sangui! Haha!"

Wu Sangui slapped his thigh, looked up to the sky and burst out laughing.

"Congratulations Commander, Congratulations Commander!"

The little soldiers hurriedly flattered and patted on the past.

After laughing for a long time, Wu Sangui calmed down and gave an order: "Send the order, beat the drums and gather the generals, and the whole army must be assembled!"

"Yes!"

Immediately, the sound of war drums and the long sound of horns evacuated the camp, and countless people were awakened.

Two quarters of an hour later, all the generals came to the commander's tent fully armed and confused.

"Second brother, what happened in the middle of the night?"

Wu Sanfu was the last to come, and complained as soon as he came in.

All the generals also looked at Wu Sangui together, with puzzled expressions on their faces.

After all, it is already midnight, if there is an enemy attack, just meet the enemy directly, if there is no enemy attack, just start, and there is no need to wake everyone up for a meeting.

"Just visited Malaysia to report..."

Wu Sangui glared at his fourth brother, and then explained.

The generals were astonished after hearing this, and then they couldn't close their mouths with joy.

And at this time the second wave of Yebushou came again.

"Report, Marshal, about an hour and a half ago, tens of thousands of bandits from the North Camp suddenly rushed to the West Camp, and then the two sides fought. The battle was extremely fierce. About half an hour later, another bandit army came Joining the battlefield from the south, the specific strength is unknown, but it is estimated to be no less than [-]."

"Ha ha ha ha…"

"Ha ha…"

After Ye Bu received the report, there was a burst of laughter in the tent.

"Second brother, the bandit army is killing itself!"

"In such a large-scale melee, there must be a general rebellion among the thieves. This is a god-sent opportunity!"

"Order! The army marches immediately!"

"Yes!"

Originally, Wu Sangui hesitated to march overnight, but now he gave the order to march without hesitation.

Immediately, the [-] army led the horses and held the torches, followed the official road, and marched to the capital in a mighty way.

(End of this chapter)