The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 218 The Stove King comes to Beijing
Huang Taiji understood why Emperor Chongzhen would use such a strategy.

Everything he said about the Kitchen King in the petition was true.

This is indeed a strategy where the old man and the clam compete for the fishermen's profit.

No, no one will benefit.

Only the Kitchen King.

With less than a hundred men, six thousand cavalry were wiped out. Emperor Chongzhen was unable to deal with the Kitchen King, so he thought of letting him deal with it.

"Such a divine man appeared out of nowhere."

Huang Taiji frowned and pondered, if he was a true god, why was the Ming Dynasty still in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen?

There must be something he doesn't know about.

Emperor Chongzhen should be aware of this matter.

At the same time, he also realized more deeply that exterminating the Kitchen King was almost impossible to accomplish with their Ming Dynasty.

"I think this is feasible," Yuan Chonghuan stood up directly.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't deal with the Stove King, and he couldn't deal with him either.

Joining forces is an inevitable trend, but he cannot come up with this method to join forces with generations of enemies.

Emperor Chongzhen was trembling with fear when he heard the news.

Abatai looked at Huang Taiji in surprise, but he did not execute him directly. This was not in line with the Taishu's character, but it was good to save his life.

The battle to defend the capital had truly allowed Emperor Chongzhen to see the true strength of Huang Taiji.

achievement.

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji took out a pen and paper and said, "The Kitchen King is strong, he is not something you and I can defeat, so let's come up with a joint strategy."

Such an enemy has no power to fight back when facing the Kitchen King.

This somewhat made Emperor Chongzhen feel a little more balanced.

If he had not been involved with the Kitchen King, his greatest contribution would have been to comfort the dead soldiers.

After all, if he could use such a risky strategy, he wouldn't refuse it. This didn't seem like a risky alliance.

Since Emperor Chongzhen also regarded the Stove King as a serious problem, it would be better to join forces to deal with the Stove King.

Huang Taiji believed that Emperor Chongzhen would never refuse this matter.

Compared with Kitchen King, Huang Taiji still feels that Emperor Chongzhen is cuter.

"Can we resist the Kitchen King?"

The name suddenly popped up in Huang Taiji's mind. Unlike the rough and heroic people of the grasslands, Huang Taiji had shown amazing wisdom and strategy since he was a child.

Presumably, the Kitchen King must have used his magic weapons, and the number of the magic weapons may have become even greater.

This is even if they occupy favorable terrain.

A total of fifty thousand soldiers died in this battle.

As for the Kitchen King, in order to waste one soldier and one pawn, he killed these cavalrymen and routed them into a rout at a distance of five hundred steps.

After Abatai left, Huang Taiji sat on a chair covered with wolf skin, frowning and thinking, the Kitchen King was a big deal, and at the moment, it seemed that it was impossible for Ming Dynasty to resist the Kitchen King.

According to estimates, most of the casualties among Huang Taiji's soldiers and horses were the Mongolian servants they drove here.

If it were a plain, they would probably be beaten to the point of being unable to fight back.

What Huang Taiji is most worried about now is this matter. Is he really the opponent of the Kitchen King? Although now, they have only had one battle with the Kitchen King.

The Eight Banners Army's casualties did not even exceed 5,000.

Abatai knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Huang Taiji, "Thank you, Grand Master, for not killing me. Abatai will definitely atone for his sins."

He instantly thought of this method and joined forces with Emperor Chongzhen to deal with the Kitchen King. Compared to the Kitchen King, the enemy Emperor Chongzhen seemed so fragile.

"This"

Although Abatai was defeated miserably, Abatai was already an effective general beside him. Even if he were to lead the army with 6,000 cavalry, it would still cost a lot to destroy these 6,000 cavalry.

But a lot of things can already be seen.

Since the last battle to defend the capital, Yuan Chonghuan has stood directly at the forefront of the storm.

That was six thousand prairie cavalry.

"Go down."

"The cavalry of more than 5,000 men sent by Huang Taiji has been destroyed by 90%, but the Stove King only sent a hundred men, without any expenditure, and achieved such results one soldier at a time."

"Abatai, let's spare your life for now," Huang Taiji looked at Abatai. Although this man had made such a serious military mistake, among the entire army, he was the only one who had seen Zao Zao. The king's methods.

"Join forces."

"To deal with the Stove King," the eunuch read out the words written in the envelope, and then bowed down.

If there wasn't a special reason that made it difficult for the Kitchen King to annex the vast land of the Ming Dynasty, perhaps his current enemy was the Kitchen King instead of the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Taiji waved his hand to atone for his sins. There was no shortage of general Abatai in his team.

There are countless rumors about him in the capital.

However, they were all suppressed by Emperor Chongzhen. The main reason was that he had followed Yuan Chonghuan's suggestion and used such a strategy.

At this time, those rumors seemed a bit ridiculous.

Of course he wouldn't believe it.

"Right now, Huang Taiji has defeated Zunhua and other cities and occupied the gateway to the northeast of the Ming Dynasty. If the other party wants to go south, it will be easy."

Emperor Chongzhen frowned. Although what Yuan Chonghuan said was unpleasant, he knew it was the truth.

Huang Taiji tried his best to bypass the Shanhaiguan gate, naturally in order to open up a route to attack the Ming Dynasty.

Although his attack on the capital failed, he planted several nails in the northeast of the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Taiji can use these nails to invade the Ming Dynasty at any time, but they have no way yet.

"To join forces with Huang Taiji, we must let his troops enter the pass. However, the current situation is similar to putting him inside the pass."

Ancient times are no different than modern times. If two countries join forces, one of them can provide the other with weapons, equipment, and economic support.

What Huang Taiji could give them was the support of soldiers and horses.

They don't have as many weapons, equipment, food, etc. as the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I believe that Hou Jin has a generational hatred for our Ming people, and although the Kitchen King is a rogue, he is still a citizen of our Ming Dynasty."

"If you want to destroy the Stove King and cooperate with others, won't you end up with a bad reputation in future generations?"

Some veterans couldn't help but said that no matter how much trouble the Stove King made, he was still one of his own family members, so there was no reason to unite with outsiders to fight against his own family members.

Some ministers with some stubborn ideas followed and whispered in agreement.

"Besides, to exterminate the bandits, we need to unite with foreign enemies. This will let future generations of monarchs think of Your Majesty, and let future generations of people evaluate Your Majesty."

The old minister continued.

Emperor Chongzhen's face became darker and darker. He looked at this old minister and the accompanying ministers around him. These old things couldn't have any effect on their business.

But whenever he makes decisions and choices that go against the ideas of these veterans, these veterans will immediately pick them out, talking about benevolence, justice and morality.

"Then you should tell me how to deal with Kitchen King and how to deal with Huang Taiji."

Emperor Chongzhen was expected to have undisguised anger.

The old minister was speechless for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, this matter should be the responsibility of the generals." As soon as he said this, the surrounding generals looked at him angrily. Didn't this push them to the edge of the fire pit?

"Then shut up. I think you are old and your brain is no longer clear." Emperor Chongzhen's forehead was throbbing with veins. His patience with this person had reached its limit. "You can resign from your official position and go to your hometown to retire."

He waved his hand. Although he was not the one to speak in the court, his position was not important, and the ministers could not stop him even if he was stripped of his official position.

"This"

"Pull it down."

"I think Yuan Aiqing's words are reasonable and we should unite with Huang Taiji to deal with the Kitchen King," Emperor Chongzhen looked around at the ministers.

With the veteran's lesson learned, all the ministers were almost silent this time.

There is nothing they can do against Kitchen King.

After all, it is better than Huang Taiji who defeated the capital.

They all fell into disgrace with the Kitchen King.

"Very good, then the matter is settled. Let's retreat from the court." Emperor Chongzhen just said this when he saw someone rushing in.

It was the deputy general who came with Yuan Chonghuan. He was supposed to be defending the city, and he looked panic-stricken at the moment.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is a divine creature outside the Yongding Gate. It is like thunder as it rushes around. It treats me, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, as if they are nothing," he said hurriedly.

He was patrolling at the top of the city, but unexpectedly, a large, blank object suddenly appeared outside the city gate, almost half the height of the city wall.

Almost all the soldiers who went to intercept fled without a fight, and he could understand that. After all, no one had the courage to stand in front of such a fast behemoth and intercept it.

Simply, the thing stopped a hundred steps outside Lincheng and had no intention of hitting the city wall.

Otherwise, he was really not sure whether the capital city wall could withstand it.

However, the thing continued to make a roaring sound.

The soldiers on the city wall were in panic.

"What! Tell me clearly, what is it?" Emperor Chongzhen stood up suddenly. Hearing the words of the lieutenant, he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.

"That thing was as big as a house, as high as half the city wall, and more than a foot wide. It was moving very fast and sounded like thunder."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's expression changed dramatically, as did some of the ministers around him. They all had very good memories, and they all knew about the Kitchen King's sacred chariot. The description given by this man was that of the Kitchen King's sacred chariot.

After traveling three thousand miles a day, the Kitchen King actually came to invade the capital.

Huang Taiji invaded the capital not long ago, and now the Kitchen King has followed him again.

In just over a month, foreign enemies and peasant armies successively entered the capital.

In the more than two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, such a scene had never occurred.

It looks like the country is about to perish and everything is in ruins.

The ministers looked horrified.

Even Emperor Chongzhen was confused.

In the past, I only heard about the Kitchen King's behavior in memorials, which was enough to frighten Emperor Chongzhen.

He thought that one day he might face Kitchen King, but he never thought it would be so soon.

Emperor Chongzhen's expression was gloomy and uncertain, "My dear friends, the person in that sacred chariot is probably the Kitchen King, and there may even be his soldiers inside."

"Now that the Kitchen King's troops are approaching the city, what should we do?"

He asked, and the ministers whispered to each other, Kitchen King, this is the name they have heard the most during this period.

One day, he actually appeared in front of them.

They all wanted to see what kind of divine man this was.

Although according to Qiu Zhaolin's description, the Kitchen King was six feet tall and handsome.

But no one could imagine that the Kitchen King would look so beautiful, and they all thought he should be a ferocious man.

Or maybe he's an old man with an immortal spirit.

"Your Majesty, I think this is an opportunity to kill the Kitchen King. Although the sacred chariot is huge, its artillery is more powerful. If you kill the Kitchen King, the world will be settled."

Lai Zongdao suggested.

"Yes, this is also an opportunity. When the two armies are fighting, the Kitchen King is protected by magical soldiers and is difficult to kill. Now he only has this magical chariot."

"Yes."

The surrounding civil servants were talking a lot.

"Opportunity," Emperor Chongzhen's heart moved slightly as he listened to these words. Why didn't he want to kill the Kitchen King and kill this huge threat?

Killing the Kitchen King not only meant that the largest flag of the rebel army in the land of Ming Dynasty was broken.

It also means that they can get the Kitchen King’s magical weapons and chariots.

With these things, the Houjin people in the north will no longer be a threat to the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty could even use the Kitchen King's sacred chariot to spread its footprints all over the world.

Let all foreign countries surrender, and the Ming Dynasty may even be far more powerful than the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts were interrupted by a voice.

"Your Majesty, you must not fight against the Kitchen King."

Yuan Chonghuan said quickly, with a look of worry on his face, "Your Majesty, I think that since the Kitchen King dares to come here alone, it proves that the Kitchen King is not afraid of the Ming Dynasty's artillery attacks."

"Right now, the Kitchen King is here for an unknown purpose. We are joining forces with Huang Taiji again, so we must not alert him."

In Yuan Chonghuan's opinion, the Kitchen King's magical weapons included extremely powerful firearms, and the Kitchen King's understanding of firearms probably far exceeded that of everyone else in the Ming Dynasty.

How could he not have thought that he would be attacked by Ming's artillery when he came here?

Since he dared to come, it proved that the Kitchen King must not be afraid of artillery attacks.

"This," Emperor Chongzhen thought of the Kitchen King's magic weapon. He understood this without Yuan Chonghuan's explanation.

Zao Wang's firearms are so powerful, how could he not have the means to protect himself from artillery?

As Yuan Chonghuan said, one should not alert the enemy.

"General Yuan, the Kitchen King has already arrived at the city, and his intention is to seize the capital. Why does General Yuan ask His Majesty to give up his plan to attack the Kitchen King? Does it mean that the Kitchen King must attack the city before General Yuan is willing to take action?"

Yuan Chonghuan looked at that person intently. He knew who it was. He had seen this person at Wei Zhongxian's home.

"Ha," Yuan Chonghuan sneered, the remnant of the eunuch party, "My deputy general, I have already said that the Stove King is just outside the city without any movement, he just makes a thunderous sound. If he wants to attack, an emergency report has been sent. Why is there still no movement?"

Yuan Chonghuan spread his hands and said.

This sentence made the man suddenly speechless.

Emperor Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair and said, "Well, General Yuan, you go up to the city wall in person and ask the Kitchen King what his intentions are."

"In addition, come to Zongdao, you are good at arguing and can do diplomatic things. If the Kitchen King shows up, see if you can persuade the Kitchen King to make peace."

Lai Zongdao's expression changed and he asked him to face such a ferocious bandit.

"Go!"

Emperor Chongzhen's tone left no room for denial.

He could only follow Yuan Chonghuan towards the city wall.

(End of this chapter)