Shortly after Fu Lin fled, Jiang Youguang's infantry first rushed to the city of Beijing, Li Dingguo and Jiang Xiang arrived the next day, and Wang Yan's main force arrived in Tongzhou, where they moved to the eastern suburbs of Beijing on 15 June, completing the encirclement of Beijing.

After Wang Yan arrived in Beijing, he learned that Fulin had escaped from Beijing, and followed Qin Shangxing and Tan Tai, who had summoned the pursuit, to the big tent to meet him.

The two came to the big tent to salute Wang Yan, and then each presented a wooden box, one containing Chang Adai's head and the other Yue Le's head.

This is the result of the pursuit of the two, one person has a county king's head, although it is not very valuable, but it is also a meritorious service, how to say that it is also a prince in battle.

"Your Highness, you are incompetent, and you are one step too late, and you can't intercept Fulin!" Qin Shangxing saluted and said.

Tan Tai on the side also saluted, "I killed Chang Adai in my humble position, chased out of Gubeikou, and went deeper into the grassland for more than 100 miles, because I met the Mongols, so I retreated." ”

Wang Yan nodded, let the two of them get up, and then asked, "So Fu Lin Xiao'er went to seek refuge with the Mongols?" ”

"Back to His Highness, look at the route, I should go to Horqin!" Tan Tai replied with a fist, he is a Manchurian who knows more about the distribution of Mongolian tribes outside Guanwai.

Wang Yan saw that both of them looked a little depressed, and he was a little annoyed that he didn't catch Fulin, so he immediately waved his hand, "Run, run, don't worry!" Saying that, his tone changed, "If Horqin dares to take in Fulin, Lone will make them look good!" ”

Fu Lin ran away, although it is a pity, but it is not a big deal, and after taking Beijing and settling down a little, Wang Yan will definitely conquer Mongolia and eliminate the hidden dangers of the northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty, and sooner or later he will be captured back to Beijing.

At that moment, Wang Yan praised the two of them a few words, especially Tan Tai, and asked the two to retreat.

At this time, everyone in the world can see that Beijing is already in the pocket of the Ming army, and what cannot be seen is only how the Ming army will take Beijing.

Wang Yancai besieged Beijing, and a minister from the south wrote to him, asking the king of Chu and all the soldiers to ensure that Beijing was not destroyed.

This is a problem for Wang Yan, but even if the minister does not say it, Wang Yan will try his best to protect Beijing, just like when he attacked Nanjing.

If he was a pure military general, he might not have this awareness, but Wang Yanwen was born in the literati and knew that the buildings in Beijing were all treasures, and the utensils, books, calligraphy and paintings collected in the palace were national treasures collected from previous dynasties.

If you want to destroy a nation, you must destroy its culture, and how much China has undergone replacement, the reason why it is still China is because the culture is still there.

How to inherit culture is to rely on books to convey the spirit, rely on calligraphy and painting, utensils, and architecture to convey aesthetics, and implement them in one thing after another, Wang Yan knows the importance of these things.

At this time, the Ming army in the north surrounded Beijing, and the ministers in the south saw that Shenjing was about to be recovered, and some people began to wonder whether it was time to prepare for the capital?

Although Nanjing is good, but after all, Beijing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it is all Beijing, which also represents the shame of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years.

The proposal of this part of the courtiers was soon supported by the scholar Du Yinxi.

He believed that the threat of the Ming Dynasty mainly came from the north, and Nanjing, as the capital, was really far away, and it was inconvenient to command, so it was better to return the capital to Beijing earlier.

This is an important reason for blocking Yinxi's support for the capital, in addition, the north has just recovered, there is a vacuum of power, the power of the king of Chu is mainly concentrated in the south, and Beijing can also limit the king of Chu to a certain extent, and it can also allow the imperial party that has been suppressed to the edge to obtain a certain space.

There are people who support the matter of returning the capital, and naturally there are people who oppose it, and there are quite a few people who oppose it, to be precise, they account for the vast majority of the court.

In terms of geographical location and the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing's location was too close to the frontier, and when the Ming Dynasty was strong, it was acceptable as the capital, but once the national strength was weakened, it was too passive, just like opening its chest and putting it in front of the enemy, too passive.

This is like playing chess, the commander has to hide behind, and the location of Beijing makes the Ming Dynasty always be generalized, and the soldiers come to the city several times, not to mention the morale, but also affect the layout of other battlefields.

Just like Liaozhen back then, the situation was actually not bad, and the Manchurian attack basically hit the nail, but Huang Taiji bypassed Liaozhen and attacked Beizhi to threaten Beijing.

If the Ming Dynasty Jingshi was not in Beizhi, Huang Taiji would not dare to bypass Liaozhen, if he bypassed to fight Beizhi, then Liaozhen would dare to go straight to Shenyang, but because Jingshi was in Beizhi, Liaozhen had to save Jingshi first, which was pinched by someone for seven inches.

Those who oppose the return of the capital, in addition to talking about things from a military point of view, mainly because of the construction of Beijing, but the north cannot afford to support Beijing, and every year they have to transfer materials from the south of the Yangtze River, most of which are consumed on the road, which is not cost-effective.

In short, from the ground speaking, Beijing is not suitable to be the capital of the Ming Dynasty, from the military point of view, there are also great drawbacks, and from the economic and cultural point of view, there are no advantages.

The only advantage is that it can command nearby, so that the imperial court can pay attention to the northern border, and this is the disadvantage of Nanjing, which cannot take into account the security of the northern frontier.

In addition to being unwilling to give blood transfusions to the north, but also because the bureaucrats of the Nanjing court were mainly southerners, they were naturally unwilling to leave their base camps, and the capital was in Nanjing, and the south had more power to speak, so the court's policy was more inclined to the south, which was beneficial to the bureaucrats and gentry.

Now that Beijing has not yet been defeated, the court and the people in the south have already boiled, and it is said that there is a big debate on whether to return the capital to the country.

In addition to the matter of returning the capital, there are also several other evil winds blowing in the city of Nanjing, and many people have already planned how to welcome His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Desheng and the court.

Under such circumstances and in such an atmosphere, the civil official clique in Nanjing met frequently in private to analyze and discuss the issue of taking sides and re-examine their interests.

Wang Yan is still thinking about the news from Nanjing and whether to return the capital, but there is no need to figure out these things now, and it is not too late to think about it after taking Beijing, so he is not in a hurry.

At this time, the majestic and magnificent city of Beijing was surrounded on all sides, and the Qing army on the city looked out of the city, but everywhere as far as the eye could see, it was full of military camps, and it was really surrounded like an iron stab, and even a fly did not want to fly out.

After Wang Yan moved to the eastern suburbs, more than 200,000 Ming troops surrounded Beijing, just waiting for his order, the Ming army with high morale, even if it was hard to eat, could swallow Beijing in one bite.

The Central Plains War ended for more than two months, the joy of the victory of the Ming army has not dissipated, but the soldiers of all departments are almost cultivated, the generals are full of confidence, ready to do a big job, but Wang Yan has never given the order to attack the city.

Beijing will definitely be able to take it, but after all, the people in the city are from the Ming Dynasty, and the palace in the city is also from the Ming Dynasty, so it is inevitable that there will be some damage when it fights.

The generals were anxious to take Beijing, so that they could reward their merits, Wang Yan could only appease them, "Beijing is a lonely city, even if the Nikan soldiers are well fed, how long can they resist?" We occupy it outside the gate, and there is such a lonely city left inside the gate, and he is trapped and killed. It would be best if Nikan knew the times and was willing to surrender, and if he had to go all the way to the dark, then Lone would fulfill him, and let you throw off your arms and attack, it would not be too late! ”

(End of chapter)