Li Zicheng really didn't expect that as soon as he arrived in the south of Shengjing City, there was a big event waiting for him.

Li Xin welcomed Li Zicheng into the big tent, "The emperor is finally here!"

Li Zicheng sat down on the Mazha, casually picked up the tea on the desk and poured two sips, "Why, like Liaoyang, you want to break through Shengjing as quickly as possible, and the troops are insufficient, so you are worried about these personal soldiers of Shangyou?" ”

"How dare the minister worry about the emperor's personal soldiers?"

"What's the matter, is it the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry who don't respect military orders?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Didn't I pass on the decree, this time in the Northern Expedition, except for my own soldiers, all the troops will be dispatched by you?" ”

"No, no," Li Xin sat down next to Li Zicheng and whispered: "Your Majesty, Dolgon has sent an envoy here, and he is in the camp next door, waiting to see the emperor!"

"Emissary?" Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and said, "What is Dolgon sending an envoy to do so quickly?" ”

"This ...... How do ministers know that ministers can only march and fight!" Li Xindao: "The envoy is our old acquaintance, Chi Qilong, and now he is participating in politics from the Ministry of Rites." ”

"Chi Qilong?" Li Zicheng remembered it, when he was in Datong, he saw Chi Qilong for the first time, and last time he defeated Dolgon in Ningyuan, he was also a messenger, the world is really small, or is there no one available in the Manchu Dynasty?

"Your Majesty, do you see you? If you don't see the minister, you will send him," Li Xin said: "According to the minister's view, it doesn't matter if you don't see it, now the Heavenly Mandate Army has the absolute upper hand, whether the city is broken or not, the Manchu Qing are probably frightened." ”

Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "Chi Qilong is our old friend, how can he not see it, he must always know Dorgon's thoughts." ”

"Your Majesty, will we still attack the city?"

"Whether to attack the city or not, according to the comparison of the strength of the two sides, as well as the fatigue of the soldiers," Li Zicheng said: "Before the two sides reach an agreement, the Manchu Qing and Huaxia are still enemies." ”

"Got it!" Li Xin arched his hand and said, "The minister is going to inform that Chi Qilong?" ”

"What's the hurry?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I have worked all the way, I haven't even eaten lunch, I always have to drink saliva to eat my stomach, right?" ”

"The Minister's Guilt ......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said, "I will eat first, Aiqing should not be cold to him, there is no need to attack the city today, let's go see Chi Qilong first!"

"Got it!"

"Go ahead!" Li Zicheng ate in Li Xin's big tent, and while eating, he pondered Chi Qilong's intention and his own coping strategy.

The third battalion had just surrounded Shengjing, and Chi Qilong came, and he couldn't guess Dorgon's intentions, so he simply didn't guess, and he would see it first.

After a while, Li Xin took Chi Qilong and Luo Wenfeng to the big tent to visit, "The Qing envoy Chi Qilong and the deputy envoy Luo Wenfeng visited the emperor of Huaxia!"

He Xiaomi was furious, "Bold, dare not kneel when you see the emperor?" ”

Li Zicheng waved his hand, "Xiaomi doesn't need to say much, Mr. Chi and Mr. Luo are envoys of the Qing Dynasty, not courtiers of Huaxia," and said to the two: "No need to be polite, sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty of China!" Chi Qilong and Luo Wenfeng sat down under Li Zicheng's side head.

Li Zicheng smiled faintly, "The two envoys came this time, were they entrusted by Shunzhi, or were they sent by the regent?" ”

"This ......" Chi Qilong hesitated, "Is there any difference in this?" ”

"Haha, it's okay, I just asked casually," Li Zicheng laughed, "Mr. Chi, what task did the regent give you on your envoy this time?" ”

Chi Qilong arched his hand and said, "The regent asked the envoy to ask the emperor of Huaxia, what do you want to do?" Why besiege Shengjing? ”

"That's it?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly: "Mr. Chi shouldn't be telling the truth, right?" ”

"Why did the emperor say this?"

"Such a question, Mr. Chi, the regent, should already have the answer in his heart, and he still needs to ask more?" Li Zicheng shook his head and said, "During the war, I had a lot of official duties, if Mr. Chi didn't tell the truth, I would have to serve tea and send off guests!"

"Your Majesty......" Chi Qilong hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The regent asked the envoy to ask the emperor, how can I withdraw the army and repair the two families?"

"Mr. Chi still hasn't told the truth," Li Zicheng said: "You also have the answer to this question!"

"Your Majesty, the envoy doesn't understand ......"

"Don't understand?" Li Zicheng was slightly surprised, "Did Mr. Chi forget, Shengjing was originally the land of the Central Plains, called Shenyang, I went on this expedition to take back the Han land, Mr. Chi said, how can I withdraw from the army?" ”

"Your Majesty, Shengjing is the capital of the Qing Dynasty......"

Li Zicheng looked at Chi Qilong, shook his head, and sighed, "It seems that Mr. Chi doesn't know the history of Liaodong!"

"Shengjing is taken from the Ming ......"

Li Zicheng stood up and said loudly: "Daming and Huaxia are both the countries of the Han people, Huaxia replaces Daming, and naturally wants to take over the land and population of Daming.

"Your Majesty, this ......" Chi Qilong also got up and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the Qing Dynasty has been operating in Shengjing for decades......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said: "I know that the Qing Dynasty seized Shenyang by force, and now let the Qing Dynasty surrender it, the Qing court will definitely not accept it, so I plan to take it back by force, Mr. Chi, I am still fair, right?" ”

"The Emperor's ......"

"What I mean is already very clear," Li Zicheng turned around and looked at Chi Qilong, "Does Mr. Chi want me to say it again?" ”

Deputy Envoy Luo Wenfeng suddenly got up and said, "Your Majesty, isn't there a way to make peace?" ”

"Peace?" Li Zicheng sneered: "In the second, seventh, ninth, eleventh, and fifteenth years of Chongzhen, the Qing Dynasty broke through the customs five times, attacked the capital division of the Ming Dynasty, attacked the city, killed countless people, looted millions of young men and women, as well as countless livestock and property...... The Han people should not call the heavens and the earth not spiritual, and the Qing Dynasty at that time, didn't they think of peace? ”

Luo Wenfeng was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, this is a war ......"

"War? Are you at war with the unarmed people? Are you at war with the elderly, the weak, the women and the children? Are you at war with the Han people's livestock and money? Li Zicheng slowly exhaled a breath and said: "Maybe you are right, this is war, so I don't hate the Tartars now, because I know that Huaxia is strong enough, and the sins that the Tartars have added to the Han people, Huaxia will take them back one by one, double them, and bring ...... profits."

Chi Qilong and Luo Wenfeng were both stunned, stayed for a long time, and said, "Your Majesty, ......"

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Zicheng's mouth, "Mr. Chi, if you don't have any other demands, you can reply to the regent." ”

"This ......"

Chi Qilong felt that although he did not get any promise from Li Zicheng on this mission, he at least knew Li Zicheng's attitude towards the Qing Dynasty, and this was the first time that the main purpose of the mission was to test Li Zicheng's attitude.

The task is basically completed, but the heavy burden in his heart, is the root cause of the war really in the Qing Dynasty?

Chi Qilong was about to say goodbye and go back, Luo Wenfeng said to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, the villain has a reluctant request, I don't know if the emperor is ......."

"Let's say," Li Zicheng said indifferently: "Mr. Luo is the envoy of the Qing Dynasty, at least at this moment, we are not enemies!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Luo Wenfeng arched his hand and said: "The villain wants to see Huaxia's fire # gun!"

"Fire #Gun?"

"Don't hide it from the emperor, the villain is a person with a yellow flag, and last time he was in Erdaopo...... During the sneak attack, the villain also participated," Luo Wenfeng rolled up his sleeves, revealing the new wound on his arm, "At that time, the yellow flag suffered heavy casualties, and the villain almost died on Erdaopo...... So, so ...... The villain wants to see Huaxia's fire # gun, and hopes that the emperor will be fulfilled!"

"Bold!" He Xiaomi shouted: "The fire # gun is the top secret of Huaxia, how can you watch it?" ”

Li Xin also shook his head on the side, the more mysterious the Xining rifle, the more it could deter the Manchus, how could it be easily shown?

Li Zicheng was moved in his heart, thought for a moment, and said: "It's okay, Mr. Luo is curious, I will fulfill your wishes, and you will be counted as a worthwhile trip!"

"The Emperor's ......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand and asked He Xiaomi not to say much, "Li Aiqing, prepare five hundred soldiers, in addition, prepare one hundred wooden targets, I will let Mr. Luo see the fire # gun of the Heavenly Mandate Army!"

Although Li Xin was 10,000 unwilling, he looked at Li Zicheng with a faint smile on his face, and hurriedly passed the order.

After a while, a hundred gunners were gathered outside the big tent, as well as a hundred wooden targets for daily drills.

Li Zicheng stretched out his hand and pointed outward, "Mr. Chi, Mr. Luo, please!"

"Your Majesty, please!"

Li Zicheng came out of the big tent, turned around and said with a smile: "Mr. Luo, what is the range of the bow and arrow of the Qing Dynasty?" ”

"This ...... It's usually fifty or sixty steps!"

"Then a hundred steps!" Li Zicheng said: "Li Aiqing, the wooden target is placed a hundred steps away!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Xin seemed to understand the emperor's intentions.

A hundred human-shaped wooden targets, standing upright a hundred paces away, in front of each wooden target, there is a gunner, they do not squint, they are as tall as pines, and they are as tall as a mountain!

Luo Wenfeng glanced at the humanoid wooden target, frowned slightly, but his eyes fell on the hundred gunmen, and he didn't dare to blink his eyelids, lest he miss the most exciting moment.

Li Zicheng nodded at Luo Wenfeng, "Mr. Luo is optimistic!"

"Emperor Xie!"

Hundreds of soldiers are already aiming, but their hearts are happy, the distance of a hundred paces is not as good as the usual drills, not to mention the fixed wooden target, the emperor is letting himself show his face in front of the Tartars!

However, showing his face in front of the Tartar does not seem to reward silver......

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said, "Ready...... Shoot!"

"Bang, bang, bang......"

A hundred bullets flew towards the wooden target whistling, and Luo Wenfeng's line of sight couldn't keep up with the speed of the bullets, but looking at the wooden target in front of him shaking slightly, he was secretly shocked in his heart: most of the bullets hit the target!

Li Xin waved his hand and asked the hundred soldiers to go down and replace them again.

The same thing happened five times in a row.

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Li Aiqing accompanied Mr. Luo to see how many bullets hit the target." ”

"Obey the order!" Li Xin waved his hand to Luo Wenfeng, "Mr. Luo, please!" Chi Qilong didn't have much interest at first, but he still followed.

Luo Wenfeng only looked at the two wooden targets, and his face turned pale: there were not only ten bullet holes on the wooden targets, but also eight single holes in the head and chest and other vital parts.

No wonder the Zhenghuang Banner was wiped out in Erdaopo!

The warriors died unjustly!

As if remembering something, Luo Wenfeng quickly walked in front of the wooden target, and the rest of the wooden targets were similar to these two wooden targets, and the bullet holes in the vital parts were very concentrated.

Li Xin had already finished inspecting the wooden target, and said in a loud voice in the direction of Li Zicheng: "Five hundred bullets were fired, and four hundred and seventy-eight were hit, of which ......"

Luo Wenfeng was a little dizzy, if this was a battlefield, the four hundred and seventy-eight warriors of the Great Qing Dynasty would have been killed or wounded! He held on to a wooden target, barely steady, but found that the wooden target of the Heavenly Mandate Army was about the same size as his body......