Chapter 720: Under the Zhengyang Gate (II)
"Princess Kunxing?" Li Zicheng turned around and asked, "Is there such a number one person?" I haven't heard of it when I entered the palace. ”
Song Xiance recalled for a moment and replied: "This should be Chongzhen's eldest daughter, it is estimated that she ran away during the rebellion, and she has never met the emperor......"
"It doesn't matter if she's a princess or not, whoever stands in my way will die!" Li Zicheng was in a hurry to run, he didn't have time to grind with a princess of the former dynasty, stretched out his hand to take his bow from his entourage, and shouted loudly, "The people above listen, and those who know each other will open the city gates, and they don't care about you, if you dare to stop it, you will be killed!" ”
A woman in white poked her head out of the city wall and sneered: "Li Zicheng, when you attacked the capital and forced my father to death, you didn't expect this day, right?" There was an ambush in front and a chasing soldier in the back, known as an army of two or three hundred thousand, but now there are only more than 10,000 people left, and all the rebels have left their relatives ......"
Under the light of the fire, Li Zicheng's face was a little hideous, he opened his bow and arrows, aimed at the woman, and said coldly: "Your dead ghost father can't live by himself, even if he doesn't enter Beijing alone, he will end up like this sooner or later." As for whether Lone betrayed his relatives and left his relatives, it is not your turn to evaluate. Count three now, hurry up and open the city gate, otherwise when the army is killed on the wall, you won't want to live! ”
Before Zhu Yujiao could say a few words of sarcasm, a general of the Beijing camp next to her persuaded: "The princess should take a few steps back for the time being, and the rebellious arrow can be pointed at you!" ”
Zhu Yujiao smiled slightly and said: "Vice General Fu, you can block Li Zicheng in Zhengyang Gate today, you have made a lot of contributions, and after Ping Nanbo recovers the Ming Dynasty, wait for the reward with peace of mind." ”
"Thanks to the princess's trust, even if the last general is ruined, he will punish this fang!"
The person who was called Vice General Fu was Fu Ankang, the commander of the Shenji Battalion, who was the one who was ordered to bombard the barracks that Xia Nan was temporarily stationed in.
After Xia Nan was escaped by Zhu Yujiao that day, he defeated the interception of the Shenji Battalion in one go, but he did not kill Fu Ankang to vent his anger, and no one came to investigate the responsibility for his ineffective handling afterwards, so the official hat of this deputy general was still kept. After Li Zicheng entered Beijing, the Beijing camp had no will to fight, and surrendered in groups, and Fu Ankang was naturally not exempt from vulgarity, and he defected cleanly without firing a shot. Li Zi became a stable situation, and the officers and men of the Beijing camp remained unchanged for the time being, and there was no change in their official positions. Fu Ankang went through the regime change in such a daze, and still sat in the position of deputy general of the Shenji Battalion.
However, Fu Ankang is not a fool, he knows that the reason why the Dashun army did not move himself is because he can't free up his hands for the time being, and when Li Zicheng ascends the throne, all the generals of the Beijing camp will definitely be replaced by the people of the Dashun army, and his best fate is to go home and become a rich man. However, in such a troubled world, he had no better way than to resign himself to fate, until Zhu Yujiao secretly contacted him.
After Zhu Yujiao was released from the palace by Chongzhen, relying on her previous forces outside the palace, she successfully evaded the search of the Dashun Army and lurked. King Yong and King Ding were betrayed by Jiadingbo, but she was safe and sound. However, Zhu Yujiao was unwilling to watch her father's country being stolen by a group of rogues like this, she had been looking for an opportunity, and when the Qiong Navy and Guanning soldiers came to the city, she knew that the opportunity had come.
She found Fu Ankang, who had dealt with her, and made a condition: to assist her in dealing with Li Zicheng, and after the matter was completed, Fu Ankang was promoted to the commander and chief of the three major battalions of the Beijing camp, and the governor of the Beijing camp.
From the adjutant general of one battalion to the governor in charge of the three battalions, such conditions are quite generous, although Fu Ankang is not brave, he was also moved when he heard the words. As long as the Dashun army can be driven away and the rule of the Ming court can be restored, such an official position can be described as the pinnacle of the military attache in the capital, and he can be crowned a wife and a son. The only thing he had to think about was the odds of success and how that promise would be kept.
"Princess, the last general dared to ask: How do you determine that Li Zicheng will be defeated? Also, how will your promise be recognized by the new emperor? ”
Although Zhu Yujiao is young, she has been trained outside the palace for a long time, and she is far more shrewd than her younger brothers, and after the turmoil of the broken arm, her personality has changed greatly, and she is much calmer than before. How powerful the Joan Navy is, you've experienced it yourself......"
Fu Ankang remembered the overwhelming queue that day and was shot, shuddered, and nodded again and again: "Head-on, the rogue can't beat the Qiong Navy no matter what." ”
"As for whether the new emperor will listen to me, don't worry about this. My father and queen mother have all died......" Saying this, a trace of sadness flashed in Zhu Yujiao's eyes, "Those who can be qualified to inherit the throne are my younger brothers." Although the two kings of Yong and Ding fell into the hands of the rogue, in order to buy people's hearts, they only imprisoned them, but did not harm their lives; Although there is no news from the crown prince, this shows that he is still safe at present. No matter which of them inherits the throne, my sister will listen. Besides, after Ping Nanbo led a large army into Beijing and exterminated the Liukou, he was the first hero of this dynasty, and he naturally had enough weight to speak in the court, but he owed me a life......"
This could not be clearer, Zhu Yujiao is the future emperor's own sister, and she has a life-saving grace for Ping Nanbo, who may have the right to speak in the court, no matter how you look at it, she is qualified to make such a promise.
Fu Ankang did not hesitate any longer, and immediately knelt down: "The last general will listen to the princess's orders." "For the sake of the future, this gamble is worth a try, not to mention that under the attack of the Qiong Navy and the Guan Ning Army, the Dashun Army does not have a big chance of winning, no matter how you look at it, you will not lose.
The two hit it off, so they began to plan how to deal with Li Zicheng. Originally, Zhu Yujiao planned to take advantage of the chaos to enter the palace with the Shenji Battalion to "behead", but later heard that the eyeliner in the palace said that Li Zicheng was going to flee south, so he changed his plan and intercepted him on the way he had to go, so there was a good show of Zhengyangmen.
Li Zicheng didn't know the ins and outs of this, and he didn't have the heart to figure it out, he waited for a while, saw that the city tower did not respond, let go of the bowstring, and the arrow flew to the opposite side with a "woo" sound, disappearing in midair.
"Listen to Lone's order: break through the city gate at all costs, and those who dare to block it will be killed!"
The people who fled with Li Zicheng were all henchmen and veterans, mainly the old battalion, they naturally knew the seriousness of the matter, if they didn't break through Zhengyangmen in the shortest time and were caught up by the pursuers behind, they would probably die here. At the command, everyone screamed and pounced.
Fu Ankang shook his spirits and ordered loudly: "Brothers of the Shenji Battalion, it is only a matter of time before they are defeated, as long as they are blocked, it will be a great achievement, and the crime of defecting to the enemy is not to blame in the past, and you can also get a reward from the new emperor, success or failure in this move, give me a hard beating!" ”