Qian Qiaogong frowned and said: "My father is the master of the court, I can't insult my father and the lintel of the Qian family, or else, Shen Zhiyuan, you go alone, right?" ”

Shen Zhiyuan snorted: "With these more than 2,000 people right now, what can they do under the surveillance of the Qing army?" Not even afraid of death, but afraid of losing face? Compared to the credit that we are about to make a great history, there is nothing to be discarded. Dare to be affectionate, in your eyes, I'm shameless Shen Zhiyuan, right? Okay, you will be your loyal servants, and I will be a shameless villain. But remember, why did we surrender? ”

Jiang Quanyi and Wang Yilin were silent.

Qian Qiaogong hesitated, gritted his teeth and said, "You're right, since you've taken this step, you don't need to deceive yourself." In this way, I will accompany you, Lord Jiang and Lord Wang will stay, and if anything is wrong, the army can also have a backbone. ”

Shen Zhiyuan got up with a smile, walked to Qian Qiaogong's side, hugged Qian Qiaogong's shoulder and said, "Kiss or not, your own family." Speaking of which, we can still climb up to kiss. Okay, that's it. ”

Qian Qiaogong smiled bitterly: "I really regret it, I shouldn't have instigated you to come along." ”

Shen Zhiyuan laughed and said: "But don't deny it, this thing is still feasible In addition, in addition to the danger of this matter, do you feel a little excited?" ”

Qian Qiaogong glared at Shen Zhiyuan and reprimanded: "Could it be that in your eyes, this major event involving the lives of thousands of people and tens of thousands of people is child's play?" ”

Shen Zhiyuan said with a straight face: "If you fail, that's called child's play." But if it succeeds, it's a scheme. Ladies and gentlemen, how fortunate it is that we can participate in it and leave a strong mark in the history books? ”

Jiang Quanyi pursed his lips and said, "Dare to ask Lord Shen, if after you and Lord Qian leave, Zierharang orders our troops to participate in the war and engage the Ming army, how to deal with it?" ”

Shen Zhiyuan said: "No." If Qian Qiaogong and I refuse to go north, then maybe. But if we go north, we won't. More than 2,000 people will not be taken into account for this war, no matter which side it is. What the Qing court wanted was not the combat power of these more than 2,000 people, but something other than the combat power. ”

"What if?"

Shen Zhiyuan replied impatiently: "What if? If there is really a case, it means that Qian Qiaogong and I have died in Shuntian Mansion. We're all dead, what do you want to do, what should you do, what's the benefit? ”

Jiang Quanyi was stunned for a moment, and then solemnly arched his hand: "Okay!" Or if something unfortunate happens, Jiang will never let Lord Shen and Lord Qian be alone on Huangquan Road! ”

Wang Yilin also arched his hand and said: "Wang is also willing to go to Huangquan with the three adults!" ”

"Phew!" Shen Zhiyuan spat dryly, "It's all frustrating, my Shen family is in a single lineage, and I haven't married a wife and had children yet!" ”

These words drew the contempt of the other three.

Early the next morning, Shen Zhiyuan and Qian Qiaogong went north by land.

Jiang Quanyi and Wang Yilin stayed behind.

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Zhu Cihong made a mistake and almost let the Qing army attack the second gate of Zhongfu and Jinchuan in Beicheng.

It's not that Zhu Cihong is incompetent, but Zhu Cihong lacks military talent, maybe he has the talent of Zhengzhi, but after all, he has never been in contact with the military.

When he learned that the Qing army had broken through the river defense and was approaching Tianfu, Zhu Cihong urgently ordered Liao Zhongping to transfer the soldiers and horses deployed in Beicheng to the front line of Shence and Taipingmen to fight against the Qing army besieging the city.

This transfer should not be said to be entirely wrong, but it is indeed wrong.

This sounds contradictory, but it is not.

The Qing army that broke through from Longtan attacked the nearest city gate of Tianfu to Shence and Taiping Gate in the north and south of Xuanwu Lake, which is true.

If the Qing army turned around to Zhongfu and Jinchuan Ermen in Beicheng, the Ming army would naturally be able to find out, and it would indeed be too late to transfer troops immediately.

But what Zhu Cihong didn't expect was that after learning that the Qing army had broken through the Ming army's river defense in the direction of Longtan, Jierharang immediately sent a partial division of 8,000 people to the southwest along the river and crossed from Jiangpu to the east.

In this way, the Ming army could not quickly learn about the movements of the Qing army.

A day later, until this partial division forward landed and appeared outside the second gate of Zhongfu and Jinchuan, the situation was extremely critical.

Fortunately, Liao Zhong was stable and serious, and when he received the emperor's order to transfer troops to the east, he left an extra thousand defenders at Zhongfu and Jinchuan Ermen.

The stubborn resistance of these thousand defenders gave the Ming army more than an hour of reinforcements.

Although Liao Zhongping led the army to arrive, the defenders had all been killed, and the Qing army had already occupied the two city gates, but it was also unstable and was repelled by Liao Zhongping with a fierce counterattack with superior forces.

The situation was very dangerous, as long as the reinforcements arrived an hour late, once the Qing army gained a firm foothold, then Zilharang, who was always keeping an eye on the changes in the battle situation, would transfer the remaining 10,000 men to Jiangpu, in fact, this 10,000 people had already been assembled at that time.

Knowing that the second gate of the northern city was gained and lost, Zilharang shouted pity.

He quickly adjusted his deployment and continued to increase the number of troops in the direction of Longtan with these 10,000 people.

He also ordered Tan Tai to continue to attack the second gate of the northern city to contain the Ming army and disperse the defenders of each city gate.

In other words, Ying Tianfu faced the simultaneous attack of the four gates of the Qing army.

The enemy's fierce attack on the capital caused a lot of commotion in the city.

Many wealthy businessmen of various families have expressed their grievances in various official offices, hoping that the imperial court will open the south gate and let the people flee.

This kind of public opinion has won the support of many officials in the DPRK and China.

Zhu Cihong showed surprising ruthlessness at this time, he categorically rejected the pleads of officials and squires, and issued an edict that the whole city would live and die together, and if anyone dared to resist the order and flee, he could be killed on the spot.

In order to have a deterrent effect, Zhu Cihong ordered to kill some of the most arrogant and rampant dignitaries and gentry in Zhengyangmen on the spot.

The number of people reached more than 100 people, including two side branches of the Ming Dynasty who had come to defect because of Zhu Cihong's ascension to the throne.

The so-called repetition of the rule in troubled times, this will, let the whole city unite the army and the people unprecedentedly.

But it also left a hidden danger, that is, Zhu Cihong, who offended some people.

These people are not really some people, they refer to a group, they can't be touched or seen, but they can really feel their existence.

This is a vested interest group, an elite layer of society, and they have far more energy than the emperor and the cabinet.

The reason why they have such great power is not only because they have the greatest wealth and connections in the whole world, but also because no matter who becomes the emperor, their interests will live forever.

It can be said that one of the biggest reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the survival of the fittest, was the loss of the support of this group.

Not only did they lose their support, but they were hated by this group.

In their eyes, the emperor is only the spokesman for their interests, and the state is only a community of their interests.