"The thieves are coming! Run! ”

The pure army of the brigade rushed on the official road leading to Shunyi, like a flock of frightened sheep. They had been running for several hours, and they had long since formed a group, and half of them had lost even their weapons. Only some of the knights who guarded a few carriages were still well-armed and armoured. However, they did not dare to turn back and confront the beast-like rogue cavalry, and only walked in front of the soldiers of the pure army on foot.

Behind these frightened fugitives, on both sides of the road, all were discarded things, carts, weapons, chests, silk, gold and silver, calligraphy and paintings...... There were also old people and young children sitting on the side of the road crying, exhausted mules and horses were abandoned by their owners, and some still had a breath, lying on the ground, making long or short wails.

"The Ming Dynasty is over! The emperor doesn't care about us anymore, it's over, it's all over......"

"Who is kind, bring the old man's grandson, and thank Dade when the old man dies!"

"My family has been honored for more than 200 years...... How did you end up like this? ”

"Da Ming, it's over! It's all called us people greedy......"

"We're sorry for our ancestors!"

Most of the people who followed Wang Chengen, Zu Zepu, and Qiu Zhizhong from Dongzhimen were the old and weak and leftovers of the Xungui family. To put it mildly, it's an outcast! After leaving the city of Beijing, it depends on their fate. You can run as much as you can. If you can't run, you can't do it if you call the thief to kill it.

Their fate, it's really no wonder that Zhu Cihong - there are seventy-two guards here in Beizhili! If the land and military households during the Chengzu period can still be maintained, there should be 403,200 military households!

Even if six military households produce one elite soldier, there should be 67,200 elite soldiers. There are not so many people in the old camp that Li Zicheng brought to Beijing!

But now, what about the more than 400,000 military households? And what about the land of the seventy-two guards? Where have they gone?

Even if the land is gone, and the military households are gone, as long as the hereditary sons and daughters of the nobles in Beijing still have the martial arts and military skills of their ancestors, they can pull out more than 10,000 iron horses.

There are more than 10,000 iron horsemen, and they can fight to the death with Li Zicheng's old battalion!

Well, even if there are no more than 10,000 iron horsemen, then there will always be one or two thousand elite officers, right? There are a few military strategists who are similar to Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, and they can also keep the Daming Dynasty, right?

It's a pity that there aren't any!

Not only is there no one who can fight, but he can't even run a rope, and only a few of the backbone essences who follow Zhu Cihong, because of his young age and good physical strength, he can also ride a horse and run wildly. Most of the people who ran away with Wang Chengen couldn't ride a fierce horse, and some could only take a car. And the order is also poor, and there are many jars and jars carried. Some also bring a lot of wives and concubines, I really don't know if they are running for their lives or going on an outing?

As a result, as soon as the Dongzhimen team came out, they scattered, and they knew that they were scrambling for the road, and there was no one behind the palace, and no one was in front of them. Wang Chengen, Zu Zepu, and Qiu Zhizhong also did not have Wu Xiang's organizational ability, and they did not have so many backbones to help maintain order. And the two of them didn't have the courage of Zhu Cihong, and they dared to cut off in person, and the last group to go out of the city. They ran first with the pure army, and as soon as they ran, the others were naturally in chaos, and soon they scattered and fled, and they did not form a band. Those who had active brains abandoned their belongings, pretended to be poor, and fled to Tianjin, but they also escaped a lot.

But there are still some reluctant belongings, and they still drive the carriages and horses, hug the servants, and walk on the official road, but they didn't go far before they began to be pursued by the cavalry of the Dashun army. At first, it was a ranger sentry horse, and by noon, more than 2,000 cavalry under the command of Li Laiheng had also arrived. Li Laiheng saw that there were a lot of opponents and a large number of brightly dressed pure troops, so he didn't dare to launch a pounce at the beginning, but used the tactics of tail pursuit. Constantly biting the tail of their opponents, creating an atmosphere of panic and forcing them to run as hard as they can.

Nanhai Zijingjun doesn't have much physical strength, they usually eat mixed rice, and they don't necessarily have a drill in a few days, how can they compare their endurance with Li Chuang's old battalion, who fights every day? And since they left Dongzhimen in the early hours of this morning, they have not had a chance to rest, and they have been running all the way for several hours, and they have long been exhausted to the extreme.

So when the shout of "the thief is coming" sounded again, Wang Chengen, Zu Zepu, and Qiu Zhizhong looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Admiral Qiu, Zu Qianhu, what should I do?" Wang Chengen was already panicking, and now he has the heart to seek death.

It's not because I can't keep Emperor Chongzhen's wife and children, but because I saw through Zhu Cihong's ruthlessness!

What is the probability of success in breaking through! It's clearly "killing my brother and imprisoning my father"! Zhu Cihong pinched Chongzhen in his hands and threw his three younger brothers to Wang Chengen, who took them as bait...... This is to drive the younger brothers to their deaths!

Emperor Chongzhen has four sons, and now he has lost his son at one time, and Zhu Cihong is the only son!

The prince is an only son, how can you abolish it? This country is as stable as iron! Even if Emperor Chongzhen arrived in Jiangnan, Shi Kefa's gang did not dare to propose the abolition of Zhu Cihong, who would the throne pass on to after the abolition?

Now that the heir to the throne has become the only one, and Zhu Cihong has shown extremely high political, military, and economic talents, there will be more officials who support him to ascend the throne in advance.

It seems that Emperor Chongzhen will soon become the emperor...... Although Wang Chengen also felt that Zhu Cihong was more capable than his father, letting him ascend the throne early was the only way to save the Ming Dynasty.

But Zhu Cihong actually played the method of borrowing a knife to kill his brother, which was too vicious, right? is killing his brother and imprisoning his father, this ruthlessness is more than Emperor Taizu Gao, and he looks like Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty!

And what kind of vicious guy is Wang Chengen accidentally picked up!

Although it will not be possible to hold up a prince who is almost as ruthless as Li Shimin, he will not be able to stand up to the Ming Dynasty, maybe Emperor Taizu, who is buried in the filial piety tomb, is quite happy...... With such powerful descendants, the Ming Dynasty can be rejuvenated, and Emperor Taizu Gao is of course happy.

But Wang Chengen really can't stand Chongzhen!

Wang Chengen is such an honest eunuch, can he not feel guilty?

Seeing Wang Chengen's tearful appearance, Qiu Zhizhong understood what was going on, and hurriedly took out the order that had been prepared a long time ago, and handed it to Wang Chengen with both hands: "Princess, the Chitose Lord has expected it a long time ago...... Therefore, this decree was prepared for Li Zicheng. ”

"Give Li Zicheng an order?" Wang Chengen couldn't cry or laugh, "It's also a shame that he can think of it!" ”

"Chitose is clever, how could he not think of it?" Qiu Zhizhong said, "He asked you to take this decree and keep the two princes and Yuan Guifei as Li Zicheng's prisoners!" also let you endure the humiliation, don't save the two princes and Yuan Guifei, don't think about dying for a while.

At the same time, Chitose Ye also asked Zai Xia and Zu Qianhu to work together to protect a prince to break through to Yongping. ”

Zu Zepu also persuaded on the side: "Princess, don't be afraid, as long as the emperor and the crown prince are here, the two princes will be in no danger, and it will not hurt if they fall into the hands of Li Zicheng."

Moreover, Li Zicheng will not be able to stay in Beijing for a long time, as long as the Manchurian soldiers come, he will definitely not be able to hold the city of Beijing. If he loses Beijing, he will be a lost dog, and he will dare to kill you and the two princes? ”

Wang Chengen sighed, "Our family is sorry for the saint, and now we can only fight hard to save the concubine and the two princes for the saint...... I just don't know who our family should protect? Who do you two want to protect? ”

Qiu Zhizhong said: "We are to keep the king. ”

"That's right," Wang Chengen nodded, "King Ding and the crown prince are siblings, and the prince doesn't have a son yet, so you have to leave him just in case, right?" ”

Qiu Zhizhong took out another edict, "Princess, this is from the crown prince to Concubine Yuan, please pass it on to her...... Chitose Lord didn't want Concubine Yuan to die in vain, so he asked Concubine Yuan to take care of the five princes, and he had to bring the five princes up no matter what. ”

Wang Chengen took the order, and sighed again: "Master Chitose is really thoughtful, and he has thought of everything......