Chapter 714: Slashing the Messenger
"Yu Shaobao ......"
Yang Yi only mentioned a name, and no one said more, the Ming Dynasty is not short of hard bones, and he first tried to threaten the Jingshi through the captured Ming Yingzong, but was directly rejected by Yu Qian, and now these two vassal kings can still be compared to an emperor?
Du Xun is afraid that he is faint, forgetting Yu Qian and Shaobao back then, at this time he feels that he has two vassal kings as hostages, it must be very safe, of course, if there is no change in the capital, or Chongzhen, then he may succeed.
After all, a few days ago, in the entire city of Beijing, I dare to say that no matter whether the vassal king lives or dies, I'm afraid there is not a single one, and in this era, there is indeed no Yu Shaobao; And Chongzhen is also a master who wants to die to save face and suffer crimes, for example, he doesn't dare to let go of his son to go to the southern tour, if he is willing to let go of his son, after the southern tour, maybe the Ming Dynasty will still have a chance to prosper, and he may also be like Tang Xuanzong, let the Ming Dynasty continue to be a hundred and ten years old; But Chongzhen didn't have such courage, and it would not be impossible for him to bear the notoriety of killing his relatives, and from this point, these eunuchs really knew his master's temperament very clearly.
Du Xun didn't have much to worry about, but Li Shuangxi, who came with him, was still quite vigilant, and when he was a hundred steps away from the city wall, he no longer moved forward, but let Du Xun step forward and shout alone.
"Listen to the city, our family is Du Xun, the eunuch of Xuanfu, who came to negotiate on the orders of King Chuang, and there are also Qin and Jin clans with our family...... Don't shoot arrows in the city, if you hurt the vassal king, you can't afford to eat it! ”
Soon there was also a head in armor poking out from behind the battlement in the city, it was Zhu Chunchen, the chief of the Beijing camp, who had been ordered by Yang Yi to patrol the city with the prince in the past few days.
"It's really Du's father-in-law, I thought you were martyred! I didn't expect you to die! Zhu Chunchen was slightly sarcastic at this time.
"It's Cheng Guogong, right?" Du Xun was relieved when he saw Cheng Guogong, it seems that there is no change in the capital, but who is the one who attacked the striker the night before yesterday? There should be no such heroic generals in the Ming Dynasty!
But it seems that Li was too careless and exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the Ming army!
Du Xun naturally knew very well the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, otherwise he would not have surrendered, and at this time he also put aside that trace of worry, trotted all the way forward, crossed the river from the stone bridge erected on the moat, ran to the bottom of the Fuchengmen Arrow Tower, and shouted at the city tower, "King Chuang let our family negotiate with the Shengshang...... As long as the saint agrees to the conditions of the king, he is willing to lead his troops to retreat. ”
"What? And such a good thing? Zhu Chunchen was stunned at this time, so doesn't this mean that his family doesn't have to suffer so much?
"Yes, Cheng Guogong, hurry up and put a hanging basket down, and let our family go to the city."
Du Xun didn't know the scene in the city, and at this time Yang Yi said directly: "Let him come up!" ”
"Okay, okay, the hanging basket will be put down......"
Zhu Chunchen couldn't hesitate, he didn't have a deep friendship with Du Xun, and he didn't remind him at this time, just let people put down the hanging basket!
After a while, a hanging basket was really put down on the city wall, and Du Xun felt that the position of the chief eunuch had been held by him at this time, and when the time was right, he might not be able to achieve the prestige of Wei Zhongxian back then!
Where can this fool in the capital compare his wits with the military advisor of King Chuang? It's so easy to deceive them, and the country should be destroyed! Fortunately, he was smarter than them, abandoned the darkness and turned to the light in time, followed King Chuang, and became the founder of Dashun!
Du Xun sat in a hanging basket and was soon carried up to the city wall, when the body of the first chief eunuch of the Great Shun Dynasty approached the battlement, Zhu Chunchen also stretched out his hand with a smile on his face and pulled him, and said to him in a flattering tone: "Be careful, be careful, hold on to ......."
Although Du Xun has been in charge of Shangshan for many years, he himself is not greedy, so he is not fat, and he is very flexible, otherwise he would not be delegated. As soon as he stood firm, he heard a crisp voice calling his name.
"But Du Xun, the eunuch of Xuanfu Town?"
That sounds a bit unpleasant! Seems to be a woman?
Du Xun looked up and saw a girl in military uniform standing not far from him, holding a sword in one hand at this time.
This is...... Du Xun was looking intently, it was actually Princess Zhu Weijiao of Changping!
This, how is this possible!?
How could Zhu Weijiao go to the Fuchengmen Tower? Isn't she afraid of breaking into Wang Li Zicheng? What qualifications does she have to go to the city? Isn't that deceitful?
At this moment, Du Xun had an urge to turn around and leave, this is very weird, if the prince is here, he can barely say it, but Emperor Ji, how is this possible?
Looking at the respectful figures of Wang Chengen, Zhu Chunchen and others around them, it doesn't look like they are pretending, which clearly shows that this city head is the princess of Changping, Zhu Weijiao, who should not leave the deep palace, is in charge!
However, at this time, Du Xun wanted to leave, but it was impossible, after all, no one would send him down again, let him jump the city wall, he might not dare!
So what to do? You can only act on the opportunity!
"I've seen His Royal Highness, the old, the old slave is Du Xun...... "You can't go, Du Xun had to bow to Zhu Weijiao.
"Good! Good! Good! Get up and speak! Looking at Zhu Weijiao, she smiled slightly, and asked Du Xun to excuse herself.
Du Xun was very worried in his heart, this capital was not the situation in his memory, looking at these Ming army guards at this time, none of them had the same sense of decadence as before, and they were all very vibrant, just like ...... It's like Li Chuang's soldiers?
How is this possible? Li Chuang won a hundred battles, where did the morale of these Ming troops come from?
What's going on? Although he was scared in his heart, Du Xun's face still had to be tightened. You can't show cowardice now, or your life will really be gone.
Thinking of this, he pretended to be calm, stood up slightly, still very humble, he had to find out the situation first, and then he could see what opportunity there was, at this time, he lowered his posture first, and he didn't have the arrogant appearance of the city!
In Du Xun's eyes, Zhu Weijiao was still smiling at this time and said, "Chengguo Gong, Champion Hou, Wang Chengen, you can bring him over with you." ”
Champion Hou? Who's this? At this time, Du Xun didn't want to think too much, so he saw a general wearing a suit of armor coming over, and directly carried him and followed Zhu Weijiao!
Du Xun just swept slightly, and he understood, the one who carried him should be the champion Hou, but why hasn't this person seen it? Is there such a figure among the nobles of the Ming Dynasty?
Yang Yi took them directly down to the city tower, at this time the houses on this side of the city wall have all been requisitioned, Fuchengmen is the most important place, at this time all kinds of war materials are piled up, and there are people everywhere, who are being ordered to train.
This sight? Du Xun just glanced at it, and he felt cold sweat all over his body, this shouldn't be!
In his imagination, at this time, in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was the officers and soldiers or the people, they were all trembling, above the court, the civil officials still had no idea, the eunuchs only cared about flattering Chongzhen, and the nobles were probably looking for a way to surrender to Li Chuang!
This is the normal Ming Dynasty, the scene that a last-day dynasty should have!
What is this like now, one by one, the soldiers are strong, the whole army is fighting, the civil officials are nowhere to be seen, the generals are all high-spirited, the nobles are low, and what is going on with this Princess Changping?
This mansion under the city wall is Yang Yi's temporary big tent, as soon as he enters at this time, Du Xun is strange again, in this mansion, most of the Yingying Yanyan's are women, at this time in the courtyard, there are countless silver boxes, why does he know that those boxes are silver boxes, because those boxes are open at this time, and the silver ingots are full!
Yang Yi sat down at this time, and Du Xun was also thrown down by Wang Dou, only then did Yang Yi restrain his smile, and then asked Du Xun, "Say it." ”
Du Xun looked at Yang Yi's expression was wrong, his smile was stiff, and his eyes were sharp and scary, but he couldn't leave, so he had to kowtow to Yang Yi again: "The slave and maid risked death to enter the city this time, just to be loyal to the saint and the Ming Dynasty, and to sacrifice the power of dogs and horses......"
Zhu Weijiao sneered at this time: "This palace knows what you want to do, if you have something to say, just say it, otherwise you won't have a chance." ”
The more Du Xun looked at Zhu Weijiao, the more furious he felt in his heart, he wanted to see Chongzhen as soon as possible now, so he said with the intention of intimidation and threat: "Your Highness, the slave is going to say a little bit of bad advice, Prince Li Chuang led 300,000 elite soldiers to attack the Beijing Division, and there are still hundreds of thousands of horses behind to respond.
As far as the old slave knows, now the Jingshi can only count on the Guanning border soldiers, but the number of border soldiers is too small, in the old slave's opinion, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defeat hundreds of thousands of rogues, and Li Chuangwang is marching too fast, like a bamboo, I am afraid that the world is not ready, and the Qinwang army in various places may not even get the news.
Therefore, the old slave thinks that today's Jingshi can't count on the Qin Wangjun! ”
Yang Yi still nodded with a sneer, and motioned to him: "Go on, keep talking!" ”
Du Xun knew that something was wrong, and the scene in front of him was a little abnormal, but since he chose Li Zicheng's ship, there was no way out, so he had to say to Yang Yi: "But after the old slave's persuasion, King Li Chuang also had some intentions, and King Li Chuang came to attack the Jingshi this time, not for the sake of seizing the world's ......."
"Really?"
"Yes, this, King Li Chuang knows that the Beijing division is easy to obtain and difficult to defend, even if he can break through the Beijing division, but the subjects of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be angry all over the world, vowing to avenge the Ming Dynasty, and the Manchurians outside the gate will inevitably take the opportunity to invade Jifu, so that he will suffer from the enemy on his back, and it will be difficult to take care of the head and tail, Li Chuang Wang is a civilian, but he was framed and had to rebel, he is still a loyal and righteous citizen of the Ming Dynasty......"
"Huh!" Yang Yi was amused by his joke.
Du Xun was still cheeky and continued: "So Li, King Li Chuang is not here to seize the Jingshi, but for, for Zhao'an, if the saint makes him the king of Qin and Jin, as long as the saint agrees, he is willing to lead the army out of the customs to fight the Dongyu and pacify Liaodong, Your Highness, the slave maid thinks, I think this is an opportunity to save the Ming Dynasty!" ”
"Good, good!" Yang Yi stood up at this time and smiled, "I really didn't expect that you, a eunuch, were still a talent, but unfortunately my father didn't know how to use people, he should let you strategize, not let you go to Xuanfu to supervise the army." ”
What do you mean? Du Xun was confused.
Then he heard a bang, as if it were a sword unsheathed! Du Xun hurriedly looked back, and saw that at this time, the champion Hou had already drawn his sword and poked at him.
Killed!!
Everyone who saw this scene was stunned!
Before Du Xun could react, Wang Dou's sword slammed into his back, this time, he couldn't survive, but before he died, he raised his hand slightly to say something......
At this time, Yang Yi suddenly drank: "Cheng Guogong!" ”
"Minister, minister is in ......" Zhu Chunchen was almost scared to death, how could he kill people again? The two countries are at war, and they will not be killed! This gets out......
"Minister, minister......" Zhu Chunchen wanted to retreat at this time, wanting to find a safe place, this is not to solve him together; In his heart, Wang Chengen and Wang Dou are both Yang Yi's cronies, and at this time, those palace maids in the courtyard have also gone down just now, which is very dangerous!
Zhu Chunchen's legs were weak at this time, and he knelt down, and said incoherently: "Spare your life, don't kill the minister, the minister knows that it is wrong, the minister was greedy for a lot of money when he was the head of the Beijing camp, and he also accepted bribes, and the minister is willing to sacrifice all the dirty silver, just begging to spare the minister's life!" ”
Yang Yi laughed when he heard it at this time: "Cheng Guogong, do you still have any money?" ”
You know, I just sent someone to search for the Chengguo Mansion during the day today, and Yang Yi also gave an IOU, and got three million taels of silver, which is a lot, and the food and the like have not been counted, and the Chengguo Duke still has private silver?
"The minister is guilty, the minister has another courtyard in the city, and there is a cellar dug in the city, and the minister is guilty!"
"Okay, I'll talk about the money later, you cut off this Du Xun's head and give it to Li Zicheng!"
Naturally, Yang Yi can't do this rough work, and Yang Yi doesn't have to do it himself to kill people, after all, the people cultivated here are not decorations, and the superior can't finish everything, the superior only needs to give orders!
At this time, outside the city, Li Shuangxi, the general of Li Chuang, was riding a war horse, with hundreds of cavalry, and two embarrassed Ming vassal kings, standing in the open space a hundred steps away from Fuchengmen, squinting at the city.
Of course, it doesn't take so many people to escort the two vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, or even one or two people are enough, and Li Shuangxi's purpose in bringing so many people is not to escort anyone, but to find an opportunity to "shout the city".
The so-called "shouting city", in fact, is a means of attacking the city, not to fight, but to use intimidation or inducement to break the city, this means, from ancient times to the present, the most famous is Wang Lang shouted the city, was Zhuge Liang angry to death this part of the allusion.
If you want to carry out the "shouting city" operation, you must be able to get close to the enemy's city, and you must also approach under the premise that the enemy does not fire artillery or shoot arrows, otherwise the cannon will sound loudly, and who will be able to hear what you shout? Therefore, as a rule, the "shouting of the city" takes place at night.
However, today is an exception, shouting the city and Du Xun's entry into the city are both part of Gu Junen's plan to attack the heart, and they can be carried out at the same time.
As long as Emperor Chongzhen had illusions about the peace talks, then Li Shuangxi could let his subordinates go up and shout, lure the soldiers who defended the city with heavy rewards, and at the same time bluff and intimidate them, and Du Xun could even contact the officials and eunuchs in the city to promote the benevolence of King Chuang.
With such a two-pronged approach, the already panicked city of Beijing will definitely destroy itself without attacking, and then he will definitely be the vassal king of the Dashun Dynasty!