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

Chapter 53 Attack of the Tartars
Early the next morning, Hong Niangzi took her 3 people out of the city and headed towards Tongzhou.

When leaving, Zhu Cihong sealed all the officials that should be appointed, and left a thousand female soldiers to garrison the inner court. The weapons and armor were also replenished, but the food and grass were only given for three days, obviously it was still a defense.

And the men and horses who saw the red lady also left the city, all the dignitaries breathed a long sigh of relief, but the civil servants lived like a year and wanted to run away.

Zhu Cihong was indeed planning to deal with them, and he wanted to call Li Ruolian, so Li Ruolian rushed to the palace to ask for an audience.

Seeing his anxious expression, Zhu Cihong frowned: "What happened to Li Aiqing?"

"Your Majesty, the assassin has already been recruited, and he was sent by Jiannu. According to him, Jianu broke through Shanhaiguan ten days ago..."

"what?"

"What did you say, Jianu broke through Shanhaiguan ten days ago?"

Zhu Cihong jumped up in shock.

"Yes, Your Majesty, according to the details, I judge that Jiannu is likely to use the whole family's soldiers to attack this time." Li Ruolian explained with a worried face.

"Damn it, it's been so many days, why hasn't anyone come to report?" Zhu Cihong punched the dragon case hard.

"Li Ruolian, what's wrong with you Jinyiwei? It took two days to review a detailed work. If we change to the East Factory, our family only needs an hour..."

"To shut up!"

Fan Xian, who had just been admiral of the East Factory, was still preparing to apply eye drops, but was so frightened by Zhu Cihong's violent shout that he fell to the ground.

"Your Majesty is incompetent, please come down!" Li Ruolian apologized in shame.

"Go and call Zhou Yuji."

Zhu Cihong waved his hands, he didn't have the heart to ask about their crimes, besides, he also knew that Jin Yiwei and Dongchang were busy with house raids and interrogation these two days, and Li Ruolian was at his wit's end.

Not long after, Zhou Yuji was brought in.

Hearing that Jiannu had breached the Shanhaiguan Pass ten days ago, Zhou Yuji was also shocked and solemn.

"Your Majesty, according to Jiannu's past style, the cavalry may have already arrived at the capital in ten days, but this time there is no trace of the Tartars near the capital.

As the saying goes, there must be demons when things go wrong, and the most urgent thing is to send scouts to Yongping Mansion immediately to find out the truth of Qing Jiannu, and then make a decision! "

"Well, then I will leave this matter to Zhou Aiqing. We must find out as soon as possible how many mounted infantrymen the Tartars have, and whether Shanhaiguan has really fallen."

"Yes!"

Zhou Yuji hurriedly resigned, knowing that the matter was of great importance and there was no delay.

After Zhou Yuji left, Zhu Cihong didn't have the heart to deal with those civil servants again. If the Tatars really invaded the whole country this time and broke through Shanhaiguan, it might not be as simple as looting.

Instead, they want to break through Beijing and take over the Central Plains.

Compared with King Chuang's army of millions, the threat of building slaves is much greater, and it is also much more difficult to deal with. Fortunately, there is no shortage of soldiers, horses, money and food in the city, and their morale is also good. In addition, they have experience in defending the city. It may not be possible to break through the city of Beijing.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong's heart relaxed a little.

Secretly said: This tall Beijing city is really well built, as long as it is well guarded, no matter how many or strong you are, you will not be afraid.

However, Zhu Cihong frowned again thinking that the last time the burglars broke out due to internal strife before being attacked by Guan Ning's iron cavalry and defeated hundreds of thousands in one fell swoop.

Building slaves is not like breaking into thieves. If they choose to besiege rather than attack, no one can defeat them.

"Damn it, it's been almost two months since I sent out the imperial edict of King Qin. Except for Wu Sangui, there is no Ming army to help. It's hateful!"

When Zhu Cihong thought of this, his teeth itched with hatred.

In fact, what he didn't know was that soldiers and horses from all walks of life in the world had already arrived.

Seven days ago, Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, received the news of the defeat of the intruders. He recovered from his serious illness, and immediately brought his army to the capital in a hurry to kill.

Gao Jie had also arrived at Hejian Mansion, but when he learned that the intruder fled south, he turned around and went to fight the intruder again.

However, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo set off three days later after receiving Zhu Cihong's imperial edict, but the journey was too far away.

Tongzhou.

The red lady didn't run away, but really came.

She originally thought that Zhu Cihong was a good emperor, and she had long intended to surrender, but Li Yan was unwilling, now that she has surrendered, naturally she will no longer have second thoughts.

"Commander Hong, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come here without any problems, I don't know what you are doing here today?"

On the top of the city, Liu Fangliang looked at the red lady and the army behind her, and raised her fists and asked vigilantly.

This red lady and her team came out from the capital, without asking, they must have surrendered to the Ming court, and the people who came here this time must be unkind.

"Brother Liu, to be honest, my younger sister has already surrendered to the imperial court. The intruder is narrow-minded, ambitious and talented. He listened to slander and killed my husband for no reason. How can such a heartless and unjust beast achieve great things?"

"Now that he has become a bereaved dog, it is only a matter of time before Wu Sangui captures him alive. Brother Liu is a hero in the world, why bother to work for such a villain?"

"Today, His Majesty is broad-minded, courteous to corporals, and clear rewards and punishments. He is a rare enlightened and virtuous monarch. Why didn't Brother Liu submit to the imperial court with his younger sister, and seek a bright future for himself and his brothers?"

"what?"

"Mr. Li was killed by the eldest brother?"

Liu Fangliang ignored her surrender, but was shocked by Li Yan's death.

I finally understood why Hong Niangzi went crazy and attacked Xi Daying that night.

"Alas! Brother is so confused!" After thinking it over, Liu Fangliang also punched heavily on the battlements.

Then he looked at the red lady and said, "Commander Hong, I deeply regret the death of the military division, but I share weal and woe with my elder brother. I made an oath at the beginning that I will never betray you in this life. If you want me to surrender to be that repeated villain, I will forgive you." !
However, I have a better suggestion, how about you and I join forces and go to Shandong to seek a great cause? "

I have to say that Liu Fangliang's proposal is very attractive.

It's a pity that Hong Niangzi is a woman, and she is not interested in that great cause, she only wants to avenge her husband.

If Liu Fangliang said to join forces and go to fight King Chuang, he might just follow him without saying anything, but now he shook his head and questioned.

"Brother Liu doesn't want to be that repetitive villain, but he comes to persuade my younger sister to be that repetitive villain. What's the reason?"

"So, Commander Hong is determined to submit to the imperial court?"

"A good bird chooses a tree to rest, but my younger sister naturally chooses a good master. I hope Brother Liu will consider it."

"No need, Commander Hong doesn't want to go with me, so please go back!"

"Brother Liu, you are also a man who knows how to fight, and you must know the truth that isolated cities cannot be defended. To be honest, His Majesty has assembled an army of 20, and he wanted Zhou Yuji to lead the army to attack you.

But the younger sister remembered that everyone belonged to the same line of the rebel army, so she begged for each other hard, so she begged for His Majesty's mercy and agreed to let me come to surrender first.

Even if Brother Liu doesn't think about himself, he has to think about the brothers in the city, right? "

Hong Niangzi was obviously not stupid, and even started bluffing and intimidating.

"Hmph! What about the 20 troops?"

"Then Wu Sangui has already gone south, and the lonely city cannot be defended. Could it be that Liu can't leave?"

Liu Fangliang is confident.

If the Ming army hadn't come to beat him, he would have run away long ago.

"Hehe, it would be feasible for brother Liu to leave earlier, but now that our army has arrived at the city, can you still leave?" The red lady sneered.

"how?"

"Could it be that Commander Hong really wants to disregard the old friendship and sacrifice his life for that little emperor, and wants to meet me in arms?"

Liu Fangliang's face also darkened.

"That night you flanked me and prevented me from killing the intruder to avenge my husband, and the relationship between my red lady and the rebels was broken."

The red lady finished speaking lightly.

Then his tone turned cold, he drew out his sword, and pointed at the top of the city.

"Liu Fangliang, stop talking nonsense. If you surrender today, we will be generals in the same dynasty. I still respect you as a man. If you continue to work for the intruders, you will die today, or I will die."

"Brother, why not surrender."

"King Chuang doesn't know whether he will live or die now, so why should we persist?"

All the generals around Liu Fangliang, seeing Hong Niang's resolute attitude, tried to persuade her.

There is no way, if you don't leave, you will die sooner or later if you are surrounded in the city. If you want to leave, Hong Niangzi's men will be watching, and you must defeat them before you can leave.

Although they have a total of 3 troops inside and outside the city, except for the [-] who fled into the city at the beginning, most of the remaining [-] have no weapons.

And look at Hong Niangzi's [-] army, almost everyone has an armor, it is really hard to predict the outcome of a real fight.

Seeing Hong Niangzi's desperate attitude, Liu Fangliang was also half-dead with anger, and more regretful.

Originally, yesterday, he had to report that a large army would come out of the capital and head towards Tongzhou, so he planned to leave.

But after knowing that it was Hong Niangzi's men and horses, he stayed behind, ready to persuade Hong Niangzi to go with him. Where can the two join forces in this world?
Who would have thought that she would disregard the past friendship at all, but now she is blocked by her, in a dilemma, neither fighting, nor leaving, nor guarding.

Not to mention how uncomfortable.

"Brother, a good man doesn't suffer from immediate losses. This bitch has a dead man now, and her eyes are red. We don't need to fight her head-on. It's better to surrender first, and then discuss the long-term plan."

"All right!"

Liu Fangliang finally nodded helplessly, he couldn't afford it, and when the Ming army arrived, there would be no chance at all.

In a fight with Hong Niangzi, let alone whether you can win or not, even if you win, I am afraid that you will suffer heavy losses, and you will be chased by the Ming army all the way, so it is better to surrender first and save your strength later.

(End of this chapter)