"Now that I'm the emperor, how can I climb the wall and enter the city?" Li Zicheng glanced at the ladder wrapped in yellow cloth, and his head shook like a rattle.

Riding a high-headed horse into the capital has been Lao Li's dream for many years, and he has had this idea since the day he became a thief. The so-called anti-thief who doesn't want to be the emperor is not a good anti-thief! Li Zicheng is definitely a good thief with ideals and ambitions, so he has become the emperor.

And the emperor must be like the emperor! How can you climb into the city of Beijing? Isn't that still a thief? Only thieves climb the wall to enter the house, and those who are emperors walk through the door.

"Your Majesty, but the army has calculated, Beijing is the city of the Son of Heaven, and it should be personally conquered by the Son of Heaven, and the imperial camp should be set up in the Temple of Heaven. Only then will the country be stable......"

The general of the power, Tian Mixiu, who spoke. Asking Li Zicheng to climb the wall is his idea! Not that it was underthought, but it was carefully considered. Because Li Zicheng is a typical dick silk counterattack, and a group of old brothers used to be shoulder to shoulder, and now that he is the emperor, the biggest one else is a marquis, why should people be convinced? And Li Zicheng is not particularly good at fighting, he is often beaten so that there are not a few people left, and it is all up to his brothers to survive to have what he is today. So in this case, in order to establish his prestige, Li Zicheng had to rely on feudal superstition.

The so-called feudalism is to find a feudal ancestor for himself, Li Zicheng doesn't know what to think, Li Shimin, who is very good, does not cling, so he has to find a party member Li Jiqian.

In terms of superstition, he found a fortune teller Song Xiance to be the founding military advisor, and also calculated a "Eighteen Sons, the Main Artifact", in order to prove that Li Zicheng has a destiny - that is, Li Zicheng is surrounded by a bitter background and does not have much culture, otherwise this "Eighteen Sons" would not be Lao Li.

The ancestor of Lao Li is Li Jiqian, Li Jiqian is not really surnamed Li, but surnamed Tuoba, and that "Li" is the surname given by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to their ancestors in the early years. In the Song Dynasty, he gave "Zhao", and Xia Jingzong Yuanhao changed his surname to Wei, so the name Wei is the surname of Xixia. Li Zicheng also recognized Xixia as his ancestor, that is, he became famous......

In addition to calculating a "Eighteen Sons, the Main Artifact", Song Xiance also calculated a roadmap for Li Zicheng to enter Beijing. Outside the city, live in Diaoyutai, first hit the outer city, then take the inner city, and live in the Temple of Heaven after entering the outer city...... It's all calculated by Song Shenba, and you have to act in turn to get it done.

In addition, Song Shenguo also specially advised that the battle in Beijing should be personally commanded by Li Zicheng. This is not what the hexagram says, but Li Zicheng's army is a bit mixed, and the old battalion is the foundation of the rogues. And the newly attached Ming Dynasty troops are even more fierce than the rogues!

If Li Zicheng hadn't personally pressed the formation, this group of people might have snatched up Beijing City!

Just grab a little elsewhere, this Beijing city is the residence of the Son of Heaven! The Great Shun Dynasty also has a great possibility of fixing Beijing, but it can't turn Beijing into an empty city.

Moreover, Li Zicheng is still thinking about fighting the Manchurians around Beijing, so the hearts of the people in Beijing still have to be gained......

"Lock the Sky Harrier, or you climb in first." Li Zicheng pointed to the cloud ladder wrapped in yellow cloth, "After entering, I will take down the Temple of Heaven and the Altar of Mountains and Rivers, and then take all the gates of the outer city...... In other places, the arrangement will be made after entering the city in equal amounts. Remember, you must be in the autumn without committing any crimes! ”

After assigning Tian Jianxiu to enter the city first, Li Zicheng returned to Diaoyutai under the protection of the imperial camp, and he had to go to Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Gu Junen, these masterminds, to make a good calculation of how to rely on Beijing Jiancheng and Guanning Army, Manchurian reinforcements!

However, Li Zicheng did not expect that his delay would give the Ming feudal forces in the inner city of Beijing a key respite.

Because it was already the night of the 19th when Tian Jianxiu, Chen Yongfu and others who were in the advanced city cleaned up the Yongding Gate. Of course, Li Zicheng refused to sneak into Beijing in the middle of the night - that was a bit like a thief! Therefore, he did not enter the city until the morning of the 20th, and then settled in the Temple of Heaven, first worshipping heaven and earth, and then gathering generals to arrange the siege of the city. When the work was done, it was also the evening of the 20th.

Therefore, the battle of Beijing's inner city officially started on the morning of the 21st!

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"You, you, what did you say?"

"Emperor, the thieves have already entered the outer city! Chitose Ye also arrested Zhang Jinyan, Xiang Yu, Liang Zhaoyang, Zhou Zhong, Wei Xuelian, Qian Weikun and dozens of other officials and people who surrendered in the outer city, and they were all dragged outside the noon gate to kill their heads......"

After listening to the little eunuch's report, Emperor Chongzhen, who had just jumped up from the throne, had a weak leg and stomach, and sat on the dragon chair with a slump in his butt.

The outer city was broken...... Can the inner city still be held?

Moreover, the crown prince actually killed dozens of people in one go outside the noon gate!

Killing people is actually nothing, Zhu Cihong is now the governor of the Fujun Army, and he has the right to kill people. However, many of the people killed this time were courtiers, and several of them had not low official positions, and the place of the killing was still outside the noon gate across the gate from the Huangjimen Square of the hundred officials!

The most important thing is that he killed so many people at one time and didn't ask Emperor Chongzhen for instructions...... What does this son want to do?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen was trembling.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... It's urgent, only the royal driver can protect the Jingshi! ”

Among the few courtiers, the only one who stepped forward was the military department to give the matter to Guang Shiheng.

He blocked the southward movement twice, and impeached the traitor Wu Xiang, who offered his daughter, as if he was the pillar of the courtiers.

If the city of Beijing can survive the current crisis, then he will definitely be able to enter the cabinet and become a university scholar in the near future.

But to defend the city of Beijing, it is impossible to rely on Zhu Cihong, who is the leader of Nanxing. Because Zhu Cihong has been arranging to escape in the past few days, he has no intention of defending at all. Once the imperial court abandoned Beijing, it moved south to stay in the capital. Then Guang Shiheng will be in big trouble! He took the lead in resisting the southward movement twice, especially when the latter was to prevent the crown prince from supervising Nanjing, and openly said that "he wants to tell the story of the Lingwu of Tang Suzong".

This is tantamount to putting yourself on the opposite side of the crown prince!

Moreover, the purpose of impeaching Wu Xiang's daughter is also to seize the power of the crown prince!

The combination of the two makes Guang Shiheng have become the prince's sworn enemy. And the prince went on a killing spree outside the noon gate today, and he also killed Xiang Yu, the official of the East Palace, who did not recognize it, which has made Guang Shiheng feel the danger of moving his head!

If the crown prince succeeds in promoting Nan Xing, he will be protected by Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui father and son. The day when the palace driver arrived in the capital, I am afraid that it will be the time for the prince to ascend the throne and become the emperor.

Will he still be alive then?

So he must stop the southward migration, and he must help Emperor Chongzhen regain military power!

And to achieve these two goals, there is only one way, that is, to promote Chongzhen's personal expedition. Once the emperor personally recruited, then the power of the crown prince to raise the army was naturally abolished.

And Emperor Chongzhen was worried about moving south, and once he was personally conscripted, he could only plan to defend Beijing.

"Your Majesty, although the outer city is lost, it is not that the defenders of the Beijing Division cannot fight, but because His Royal Highness Fujun intends to abandon it." Guang Shiheng gritted his teeth, he also knew that he and the prince were incompatible, so he simply pointed the finger at the prince.

He told Chongzhen, "According to the minister's investigation, the total number of defenders of the seven gates of the outer city is less than 1,000, and it is simply a false defense. The number of defenders in the inner city was more than 20,000, and there were more than 20 Hongyi cannons, hundreds of Franc machine guns, countless tiger squat cannons and various firearms, and countless gunpowder. If His Majesty personally led the six armies, it would be impossible for the thieves to break through the city. ”

Emperor Chongzhen, who was originally sitting on the dragon chair, had already straightened up, "That's right! Right! What Guangqing said is extremely good...... The inner city can be defended! I want to do it myself! ”

Guang Shiheng breathed a sigh of relief, and said again: "Without further ado, please Your Majesty quickly descend the edict and announce the matter of the pro-conquest!" ”

"Draft, hurry up and draft!" Emperor Chongzhen said in a loud voice, "I want to drive the expedition in person!" Go to the crown prince again and tell him that I will fight with him against the enemy! ”

When dozens of courtiers outside the Imperial Gate heard Chongzhen's words, they couldn't help but complain in their hearts about the light Shiheng.

The situation in Beijing City has just improved a little, and you guy will jump out and wreak havoc! is also a royal conquest, and the war is something that can be done today? In the past ten years, the good situation has messed up for him. It's a lonely city in Beijing now, let him go on a personal expedition, so can it be good?

Of course, the courtiers knew that it was not good, but no one dared to say anything...... Now it's not only the court and the thieves who are fighting, but also the emperor and the crown prince are also fighting openly and secretly!