On the afternoon of March 15, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Wang Chengen, who had not closed his eyes for almost two days, was hurriedly called away by one of his godgrandsons to see Emperor Chongzhen.

Zhu Cihong knew that it must be the Tang who lost Juyong Pass to report to the Beijing Division! In another day, the Tang newspaper that Li Chuang's army occupied Changping would also be sent to the Beijing Division. By March 17, Li Chuang's army will appear in the northwest of the city of Beijing!

At that time, it would be a dream to use a penny of silver and a piece of meat to trap three or two thousand strong men.

However, even if Zhu Cihong grabbed a critical time window and gathered Zhuang Yong, it was just a rabble that lacked organization and cohesion. And if these people can still follow when the city of Beijing is broken, Zhu Cihong has to work hard to fool him!

Wu Sanfu had already brought his own family to the inner teaching field at this time, and there were not many of them, there were eighty-three people in total, of which forty-three people were elderly uncles and uncles, and the rest were sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers - the family was a lifelong job, and it was usually hereditary. The name of the user is actually smaller, and it is more appropriate to use the name of the retainer.

Therefore, the counting unit of the 3,000 families mentioned by Wu Xiang is not "individual", but "household". Since it is based on households, the ultimate dispatch capacity is not 3,000, and there will be many old and small families who are old or have not yet fully grown up.

Now the family members who are in the prime of life are all in Wu Sangui's army, and those who follow Wu Xiang into Beijing are naturally all old and young.

Although these families are not very strong, in the eyes of Zhu Cihong, they are a valuable asset. The old family Ding has rich experience, and the little family who can follow Wu Xiang and raise him must also be a young man who can be cultivated. If you can turn these teenagers into your own partners, it will be easier to train your descendants in the future......

"The little ones meet the prince Chitose!"

The Wu family's family members were indeed much more neat and capable than those brave men summoned by Wang Chengen, and more than 80 people lined up in eight rows in the lobby and bowed to Zhu Cihong together.

Zhu Cihong's Donggong foreman guard Zhu Chunjie, the eunuch Qiu Zhizhong, and a Dongchang cavalry named Zhang Tao, a banner general named Wang Zhou's Yongwei battalion, and a general of the net army named Pan Shuchen were also among them. Zhang Tao, Wang Zhou, and Pan Shuchen were all selected by Zhu Cihong's companion eunuch Qiu Zhizhong from among the brave men summoned by Wang Chengen.

Among them, Ti Qisheng, named Zhang Tao, has a fierce appearance, and he is also a little notorious in the East Factory, nicknamed Zhang Yan Wang, which shows how he is an official.

Wang Zhou, the banner commander of the Yongwei Battalion, was born as a firearms soldier, tall and big, with a large area of potholes on his face, which was so ugly that it was all made by the explosion of the firearms. It was precisely because of this explosion that he was allowed to stay in Jingshi to recuperate. Otherwise, most of them would have been martyred in Ningwuguan now.

Pan Shuchen, the general manager of the pure army, is much whiter, and he looks like a scholar. He is also the oldest of the three, in his forties, and has worked in the Nanhaizi Pure Army for more than ten years, and has been promoted from an ordinary eunuch soldier to a general. Like Wang Zhou, he was also born in a firearms soldier, and now he is the commander of the net army firearms soldier. The firearms of the Jing Army were transferred to Zhu Cihong in a structured manner, and they were the most effective troops in Zhu Cihong's hands.

The firearms they were equipped with were all good things, and they were part of the turtledove's foot firearms that Zheng Zhilong sent to Dengzhou after the Songjin War - at that time, the Ming Dynasty military department wanted to transfer Zheng Zhilong to Shoujue Hua Island, but Zheng Zhilong of course did not go, so he sent a batch of high-quality firearms produced in Guangdong and Macao to Dengzhou to support the anti-Qing Dynasty. Most of this batch of firearms was given to the Guanning army, but some were also transported to Beijing, where they were all distributed to the Yongwei Battalion and the Nanhaizi Jing Army. Among them, there were a total of 300 turtledove foot firecrackers that fell into the hands of the Jing army, all of which were used by the firecrackers brought by Pan Shuchen.

"Gentlemen, listen carefully!" Zhu Cihong's face had become solemn, and he looked at the people standing in the hall with burning eyes, and said word by word, "Juyong Pass has fallen, and the rebellion is about to come to the city of Beijing." As the prince of the country, this palace has stepped forward at this time of crisis, and the son of heaven has survived to stay in the capital. The prince and Wu Xiang, the governor of the Beijing camp, were ordered to go with the palace to protect the affairs of Nanxing.

The princes are either the family members of Admiral Wu, or the people of the palace or the prince, are you willing to protect the Ming Dynasty with the palace, the prince, and the admiral Wu, and share the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River? ”

After saying this, there was a sound of gasping in the lobby.

Juyongguan has fallen, and millions of rebels are about to hit Beijing...... Is Da Ming dying?

"I'm willing to follow the prince!"

At this time, someone made the first shout.

Zhu Cihong turned his eyes over, and what he saw was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man, Wu Xiang's family, young, but as strong as an ox, with horizontal meat on his face, and he knew at a glance that he was a master who did not believe in evil.

"The little ones are also willing to follow the prince!"

Someone roared again, Zhu Cihong looked at it again, but he was a young man with a short figure, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, although he was not tall, he could also see that he was strong and stocky.

"Little Wang Zhou, I am also willing to follow His Royal Highness the Prince to avenge the general army of Zhou!"

The third person to stand up and express his stance was Wang Zhou, who was born in the Yongwei Battalion, he turned out to be Zhou Yuji's subordinate, so the master died in battle, and he hated it so much.

"The minister is also willing to follow the prince and escort Nanxing."

Now it is Pan Shuchen who speaks, and he is called a "minister" in front of Zhu Cihong, not a slave. First, it shows that he and Zhu Cihong are not so close, and secondly, he is a little arrogant.

Zhu Cihong smiled at him and nodded, and then cast a cold gaze on his foreman guard Zhu Chunjie.

Zhu Chunjie was stunned. He has followed Zhu Cihong for many years, and he knows the character of this prince too well...... It's just a little Chongzhen! has always been well-behaved, and a little bit of a dead reason, he is definitely a good child who reassures all parents.

But what's wrong with the good boy today? The bad stuff is endless...... and coaxed Wang Chengen, an honest eunuch, to do bad things together.

And it's ...... escorted Nan Xing, and personally organized armed guards, is this what the prince can do? It is impossible for the Son of Heaven to decree that the prince do that, so the prince is acting on his own now, and at worst, it is enough to rebel!

Zhu Chunjie, who was thinking blindly, was stared at by Zhu Cihong's cold gaze, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "The minister also follows His Highness, and he will never give up!" ”

"The old slave also swears to follow." Qiu Zhizhong also opened his mouth to say that he was sent to the prince by Wang Chengen, named Companion Reading, and actually had the responsibility of surveillance.

But now Wang Chengen is working with Zhu Cihong...... Who else can he make a small report to? Skipping the level to report to Emperor Chongzhen?

The other party is the crown prince, Wang Chengen, and possibly Queen Zhou...... Forget it!

"The little ones are willing to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"

"The little ones are willing to follow ......"

Someone took the lead, and more and more people expressed their support, and soon dozens of people in the entire lobby were willing to "swear to follow".

However, Zhu Cihong knew that this was empty talk, so he should play with himself. Fortunately, he is not a provincial lamp, and the financial dog of more than ten years has not done it for nothing...... The ability to analyze and fool is not very powerful in the future, but at the moment, it should be the first in the country, right?

Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong beckoned to the first young man who promised him, "Strong man, come forward and speak." ”

The young man was not timid, and he stepped forward in a big way, and bowed again.

Zhu Cihong also beckoned to the second young man who made a statement, calling him to him.

"The two strong men have the big names?" Zhu Cihong asked with a smile.

"Little Sun Fugui." The tall boy replied.

"Little Wang Guoyong." The stocky boy replied.

"Both of them are Admiral Wu's family members?" Zhu Cihong asked, took the two edicts, and began to fill in his name.

"Exactly."

The two teenagers replied together.

"Have you ever seen a captive?" Zhu Cihong asked again.

"Yes."

"I've seen the little ones too."

Zhu Cihong asked again: "Is that ugly and fierce, is it powerful?" ”

"Awesome!"

"Of course it's amazing!"

Both teenagers replied in the affirmative.

"And what about the rogue?" Zhu Cihong put down the brush and asked loudly, "Have any of you ever seen a rogue?" Who has fought the rogue? Who has fought with the ugly again? Who is more powerful, this rogue or the ugly? Let's talk to this palace. ”