"Our old man finally got to the fucking sight of Beijing City!"

The man who said this was a man of thirty-four or five years old, tall, with broad shoulders, bulging cheekbones, a very full heavenly court, a very high nose, thick eyebrows, and a pair of deep-set eye sockets, only one large blazing eye, which was gazing at a huge castle under the moonlight ahead.

He wore a white pointed felt hat that was commonly worn by farmers in the Northwest, the tip of which was folded down. Because it was the middle of March in the lunar calendar, it was already approaching summer, and the weather was relatively warm, so his iron armor was only covered with a half-worn blue cloth robe. In order to show his special status, a large bright red cloak was also draped over the robe.

He was not standing on the ground gazing at the city, but on the back of a tall dark gray horse with white spots and a shortened mane and tail.

This strong man is Li Zicheng, the king who stands at the pinnacle of life!

Li Zicheng came from a humble background, but he was a commoner in Mizhi, Shaanxi, and his family was quite acceptable when he was young, so he studied private school for a few years and also learned martial arts. But when he grew up, natural and man-made disasters continued, and his family fortune plummeted. But I'm lucky, because I know words, I can also do a little martial arts, and I became a pawn. Although it can't be developed, it can be mixed with food and clothing after all. He didn't have any dissatisfaction, he thought he could get on with it.

Who knew that Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty had a disobedient Emperor, and in order to save a few small money, many post stations were abolished, and Li Zicheng lost his iron rice bowl. Later, because he had no income and could not repay his debts, he clashed with a fellow villager and beat him to death. Then, his wife committed adultery again, and he killed her. Li Zicheng, who had two lives on his side, had no choice but to go to Gansu with his nephew Li Guo to join the army, of course, he joined the official army, and he also mixed up.

If it weren't for Emperor Chongzhen's reuse of Yuan Chonghuan who killed Mao Wenlong, so that Huang Taiji had no worries, and in the second year of Chongzhen, he made a detour to Rehe to enter the Kou Jing Division, and Li Zicheng might have been an officer and soldier in Gansu for a lifetime. But there was a change of self, and the court in a hurry transferred troops everywhere to rescue Beijing, and I didn't know how to plan it, anyway, even Li Zicheng's troops who were far away in Gansu were also transferred to Beijing.

It's nothing, if you really want to transfer Li Zicheng to Beijing to fight with the captive ugly, maybe he will be killed and become a Ming loyalty. But the Ming court has no money, no money to pay the opening fee, and no money to make up the arrears. As a result, there was a mutiny before the troops left Gansu, and Li Zicheng, who could have been a good officer and soldier of the Ming Dynasty, became an anti-thief in this mutiny......

And Li Zicheng, who couldn't be a pawn or a loyal martyr of the Ming Dynasty, realized the value of his life in the high-risk cause of rebellion and became an outstanding rebel worker. After 15 or 6 years of hard struggle, now not only the founding of the country, but also the command of tens of thousands of troops all the way to urge the city to pull out the village, swept through most of the Central Plains, and killed the Ming Dynasty under the city of Beijing.

Next, it only needs to break through the city of Beijing, and the Ming Dynasty, which has ruled the world for nearly 300 years, will most likely collapse, and a new Dashun Dynasty will be born in the hands of Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng's rebellion will also get the most happy ending......

The final victory is finally in sight!

It is now the end of March 17 in the first year of Dashun Yongchang, and it is almost three o'clock in the morning. Last night, Li Zicheng, who was in sight of victory, once again lost sleep, got up in less than three watches, and after breakfast, he left the Changping station and marched to Beijing. His place in Changping was only more than 60 miles away from the city of Beijing, and after riding for about an hour, he had already crossed the Shahe River, which was less than 40 miles away from the city of Beijing. The huge outline of Beijing is faintly visible.

However, the Jingshi City under the morning light looked tall and sturdy, which was incomparable to any of the heroic cities Li Zicheng had seen before.

Although Li Zicheng has broken many big cities in recent years, not many of them have really succeeded. The cities that fell into the hands of the army of the king of Chuang either had few defenders, or the defenders surrendered on their own initiative. When encountering a fortified city that really resisted stubbornly, such as Kaifeng, the army of King Chuang fought three times in a row, suffered enough, and finally opened the Yellow River dam to flood and open the city. Li Zicheng's left eye was also blinded by the arrows of the Ming army under Kaifeng City, and he became a one-eyed dragon.

And the city defense of Jingshi is obviously stronger than Kaifeng! Moreover, there is no Yellow River water to flood the city of Beijing, and the surrender of the defenders should be impossible...... It was Emperor Chongzhen and his soldiers in Beijing who were guarding Beijing! Will they surrender? Unlikely, right?

Thinking of the heavy losses in Beijing's offensive and defensive battles, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, couldn't help but set his eyes on the old battalion generals with high morale who were passing by him. Li Zicheng's old battalion generals were all dressed like him, wearing white felt hats and blue battle robes, most of them were on horseback, and only a small part was on foot.

The so-called old battalion refers to the elite of the five battalions responsible for the siege field battle when Li Zicheng was established in Xiangjing in the spring of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, when Li Zicheng was established in Xiangjing. They are the Zhongquan pro-army led by General Liu Zongmin, the left battalion led by General Liu Fangliang, the right battalion of Yuan Zongdi led by General Liu Xiyao, and the rear battalion led by General Li Guo.

However, Li Zicheng did not bring all the elite soldiers of the five battalions with him, among which the right battalion led by Yuan Zongdi was sent to Huguang and Henan because of Zuo Liangyu's control. The first part of the Zhongquan pro-army led by the general Liu Zongmin and the left battalion of Liu Fangliang went west out of Taihang, entered northern Henan, north and south of Zhili, and went straight to Baoding, and copied the Beijing division from the south.

Therefore, the old battalion soldiers who are now following Li Zicheng are only the second battalion and the first battalion of the Zhongquan pro-army, with a total strength of only more than 40,000 people. In addition, there are Tang Tong, Wang Chengyun, Chen Yongfu and other Ming army generals led by the newly attached army, plus the righteous army and Tukou who joined the Dashun army on the way to Li Zicheng's army, the total strength is only more than 80,000 people. After joining forces with Liu Zongmin and Liu Fangliang, Li Zicheng's total strength was only in his early 100,000s.

If 100,000 troops are under the fortified city of Beijing and cannot be conquered for a long time, and the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty arrive one after another, the battle of Beijing will be uncertain.

Li Zicheng's mind had been seen through by a strategist dressed as a Confucian scholar, and he saw this person riding forward, came to Zicheng's side, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty is worried that Jingshi City will be difficult to overcome?" ”

Li Zicheng smiled: "Or Jun En knows his thoughts, do you have any clever plans to break the city?" ”

This strategist's name is Gu Junen, and he is a native of Zhongxiang, Hubei. After Li Zicheng established the government in Xiangjing, he adopted the general policy of "first taking Guanzhong, building the country, ignoring the three sides, attacking Shanxi, and then going to Beijing, and advancing and retreating" was put forward by Gu Junen.

So far, this route to take the world seems quite correct. Therefore, Li Zicheng trusts Gu Junen very much and regards him as a confidant.

"Your Majesty," Gu Junen chuckled, "The Art of War: Attacking the city is the bottom, and attacking the heart is the top." Since His Majesty's Eastern Crusade, almost all of the big cities destroyed have been taken by attacking the heart, only Ningwu failed to attack the heart at the first pass, and had to fight a bloody battle to attack the city, resulting in heavy losses. ”

Li Zicheng nodded: "I'm also worried that Ning Wu's incident will be repeated in Beijing!" We are just this old battalion elite, if we lose a lot in Beijing, I am afraid that we will lose all our efforts. Moreover, the Emperor of the Zhu family had already withdrawn the Wu soldiers outside the gate, and he didn't know when he would call him. ”

The news of Chongzhen's withdrawal from Guanning's army to aid the Beijing division was reported to Li Zicheng by Tang Tong and Du Zhiyi. And Li Zicheng also knew that Guan Ningjun was more powerful, so he was worried. Don't hit your head in Beijing City and break the bloodstream, the Guan Ning army over there just happened to kill him and clean up his old camp. That's a big loss!

"Your Majesty can negotiate peace with the Emperor of the Zhu family." Gu Junen offered advice.

"Peace?" Li Zicheng was stunned, "It's all killed in Beijing, and you still want to talk about a bird?" On what terms should peace be negotiated? ”

"The conditions are not important," Gu Junen said with a smile, "The important thing is to let the officials and soldiers in the Jingshi City know that His Majesty is benevolent and unwilling to kill more, and is also willing to surrender and rebel."

Now in the city of Beijing, I am afraid that only the Emperor of the Zhu family cannot descend. Others will more or less have the intention of opening the gates of the city to welcome the new Lord. All they worried about was whether they would be able to save their lives and wealth after surrendering. If His Majesty can reassure them, the minister dares to conclude that Beijing will definitely take it lightly. ”

Li Zicheng laughed when he heard this: "Jun En is really Zhuge Kongming!" Just follow what you say, negotiate peace with the Emperor of the Zhu family. But who should I call? ”

Gu Junen said: "Naturally, you should call Du Xun or Du Zhizhi, who is reused by His Majesty...... If the people in Beijing see that such a despicable and filthy eunuch can be used by His Majesty, what else can they worry about? ”