Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 419 Passing on?

Not only Li Zicheng, but also those subordinates who came to Beijing with him, after seeing the majesty and prosperity of Beijing for the first time, all of them showed greedy eyes, which could almost penetrate the layers of city walls, naked Put it on those honorable officials in the capital.

Excitedly, Liu Zongmin took off his helmet and stood behind Li Zicheng on horseback. While laughing happily, he pointed to the top of the city and said to Li Zicheng, "Your Majesty, look, if you can take this city down, you will be the Lord of the World!" , to ascend to the supreme throne."

Li Zicheng was also excited in his heart, but at the same time he was excited, he also understood the difficulty of attacking the capital city. Therefore, he did not get carried away like Liu Zongmin, but looked at the locked vermilion gate of the capital with concern, which was incomparably high. He climbed the thick city wall, frowned slightly, and said: "Then we must first capture Beijing!"

"drive!"

Li Zicheng swayed his horse and walked towards the rear army. At the same time, he said to Liu Zongmin who was following him: "Beijing's city defenses are tall and full of stones and kerosene. The straw that can be ignited at any time, whether it is Ye Xian or Huang Taiji, which one of them can easily break the city?"

Liu Zongmin said: "They are all barbarians with no brains, we have won the hearts of the world, how can the city be invincible?"

Li Zicheng smiled coldly and asked: "When we broke Taiyuan, Zhou Yuji did not avoid fighting to the death. We lost too many people. Although there are still 50 troops in the army, tell me, is this capital really easier to attack than Taiyuan?" ?”

Liu Zongmin shook his head, and answered Li Zicheng's question bluntly: "Beijing is actually comparable to Taiyuan. If it is attacked, it will be a hundred times more difficult."

"It's good if you know! Huh!" Li Zicheng stopped his horse, dismounted and came to the tent that had been set up temporarily. He took off his armor, looked at the sky outside the window, and said, "Obviously it's winter. Why does the widow still feel so hot?"

Liu Zongmin looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky and shook his head!He didn't feel hot, and he felt that if this kind of weather lasted for a few more days, people in the army might freeze to death.

"How much rations do we have left?"

Li Zicheng asked Niu Jinxing.

Niu Jinxing said: "There are not many more, and we can last for ten days at most. If the follow-up rations cannot be delivered after ten days, we will have to withdraw first."

Li Zicheng has food, and a lot of it.After reaping the fruits of Zhu Changyuan's labor, he got more military rations in Shaanxi than anyone could have imagined. However, as his battle line was stretched step by step and the weather was getting colder day by day, there was a big problem in the delivery of military rations.

From Shaanxi to the capital, there are thousands of miles of shafts, and there are many mountain roads. To supply food for 50 troops, at least 100 million farmers need to be conscripted to work as food transporters. One-third, when you go back, you have to take one-third with you.

In this way, most of these military rations actually entered the mouths of the food transport army.But this is also impossible.

"Difficult!" Liu Zongmin shook his head and said.

It's not that he hit the boss, but the fact is in front of him.

Li Zicheng didn't seem to care much, and said: "It doesn't matter, we have to withdraw our troops anyway!"

"Withdraw?" Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing looked at him in surprise at the same time, not understanding why Li Zicheng would say that suddenly.You must know that it is not easy to attack and defraud these four important military towns back and forth.

Especially Zhou Yuji from Taiyuan Town, almost made Li Zicheng want to vomit blood!But how can he say that he wants to withdraw now?If the troops were withdrawn, wouldn't all this be in vain?
"Your Majesty!" Niu Jinxing was the first to disagree. If Li Zicheng can't be the emperor, his prime minister can be said to be empty talk. In front of my eyes, if the king retreats without a fight, it will only make the world ridicule!"

Liu Zongmin also said: "Brother, I still want to be a general!"

Li Zicheng didn't listen to the advice of the two of them, he waved his hands and said, "You don't know the importance of this! It would be best if we conquered the capital in one fell swoop. If the masters come rushing over one after another, we will be defeated and lose our foundation."

"Besides, our military supplies are not enough!" Li Zicheng continued to analyze to his subordinates: "Do you know that the capital is currently suffering from the plague, and I am afraid that our soldiers will also fall ill, so the best way is to go now !"

"Then we have fought for so long, saved so much blood, and sacrificed so many brothers, just to come to Beijing and go back?" Liu Zongmin and Li Zicheng are brothers, and they talk about everything, so He speaks without any scruples, and Li Zicheng won't take it too seriously.

"of course not!"

Li Zicheng smiled slightly and said, "How could this trip be in vain?" The ambition in his eyes slowly rose, and he said to Niu Jinxing and Liu Zongmin with a smile: "I thought about it all day yesterday, and I think the best strategy is now that we are approaching the city. It is to force the Chongzhen peace talks!"

"Peace talks?" Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing's eyeballs almost fell to the ground: You f*cked a whole lot of people from Shaanxi to come here for peace talks?Are you sure you're not out of your mind?

Of course, this kind of words can only be lusted in the heart, it is impossible and dare not say it out of the mouth.

"You two, don't panic!" Li Zicheng said with a chuckle, "I am now approaching the city, and I am the one who has the initiative. Naturally, I have to put forward some conditions. The widow has already made up his mind, let Chongzhen make me the Northwest King, hereditary For the separatist side. I profess my minister to him, but I don’t listen to the instructions, and I ask him to ask him for 100 million taels of silver as military salary, how about it?”

After hearing Li Zicheng's idea, Niu Jinxing did not express his opinion immediately, but thought quietly in private.

Liu Zongmin resolutely disagreed, saying: "Brother, in this way, we will suffer a big loss! I'm afraid the brothers below will not be willing either!"

Li Zicheng ignored Liu Zongmin, glanced at Niu Jinxing in a blink of an eye, and asked by name, "What does the prime minister think?"

The boss has called the roll call, and it's okay not to answer.Niu Jinxing cupped his hands, but he didn't confront Li Zicheng's question, but asked instead: "I don't know what rights this Northwest King has, and how big is his territory?"

Li Zicheng seemed to have become the Northwest King now, and said with a smile: "The territory is naturally Shaanxi and Shanxi. As for the rights? Just compare it to King Yanming back then!"

King Yanming, Zhu Changyuan!
Zhu Changyuan, who was thousands of miles away, suddenly sneezed, touched his nose and looked into the distance, muttering to himself: "Who the hell is talking bad about me behind my back again."

At this moment, the mobile phone in his hand rang suddenly. After connecting it, he learned that it turned out to be the hidden stake in the capital, and the latest battle situation of Li Zicheng's siege of Beijing came again.

After answering the call, he deeply felt that no matter how important Myanmar is now, it is time to go back and clean up the mess, otherwise it will take a lot of effort.

So, I hung up the phone to Kong He, told him a few military matters, and then returned to Riyue Island in a flash through the medium of modern society.

In fact, besides Li Zicheng who kept chanting Zhu Changyuan's name, there was another person who still couldn't forget him now, and that was Chongzhen.

At this moment, he was still in the side hall of the platform hall, looking worriedly at the few cabinet ministers in the hall, and muttering nervously: "Zhu Changyuan, Zhu Changyuan, Zhu Changyuan." It seemed that the other people in front of him were just decorations.

"If the emperor's uncle is here, why would there be any disaster today?" Chongzhen's face was pale, he closed his eyes slowly, and said softly to the cabinet ministers: "If I ordered to sin against myself and restore the emperor's uncle's position, what would happen?"

Cabinet Zhang Si knew: "No, even if Your Majesty is sincere, Zhu Changyuan may not understand the king's heart!"

Zhang Sizhi's words were more polite, but the meaning behind the words was very clear: don't go, what's the use of sinning against yourself, Zhu Changyuan won't appreciate it.

Chongzhen also knew that this would be the result, took a deep breath, and said: "If it is true that you give him the Great Ming Dynasty and give him the throne, the emperor may come to Jingqin King?"

As soon as these words were uttered, the pot exploded immediately below.

No matter whether you agree or disagree in your heart, it is impossible to say it out, and the only answer of the ministers can only be to disagree.After all, who knows whether the emperor is playing for real this time or just testing?
Otherwise, if you say anything, it will really harm the Nine Clans!
Chongzhen was well aware of this, but unfortunately, no one at the scene knew that what he was telling the truth at this moment was the truth!In his heart now, nothing is important, there is only one thing: I can die, lose the throne, admit my mistakes, and do anything!But the only thing I can't do is to be the king of subjugation, and I can't be sorry for the country and society of the ancestors of the ancestors, and don't let this great Ming country be destroyed in my hands.

"This is from my heart. I don't care who owns the country, as long as he is the blood relative of Emperor Chengzu!" Chongzhen suddenly stood up from his seat, reached out and took an imperial brush, and even wanted to write it himself. edict.

This time the ministers were really terrified.

Especially Xue Guoguan, Zhang Sizhi, Jiang Fengyuan and others who used to have feuds with Zhu Changyuan were almost scared to pee their pants.Just kidding, let that killing god be the emperor, who else in this world can have an easy life?
"Your Majesty!" Xue Guoguan kowtowed a few times, and said: "The inheritance is orderly, and the blood is close relatives. If your Majesty insists on going his own way, I am willing to splatter three feet of blood!"

"The minister is also willing to splatter three feet of blood to remonstrate with death!" Jiang Fengyuan ran out, his forehead was stained with blood.

Chongzhen's eyes were firm and resolute, and he did not change at all.

Liu Zunxian coughed and coughed twice, walked out with difficulty, and said: "I am old, I beg Your Majesty to let me be an official!"

Chongzhen snorted coldly and said, "Sure!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Zunxian knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, and said again: "Your Majesty, take care, but before I leave, if you have any questions, please ask Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)