Chapter 716: Why
Although the Great Shun Dynasty was not stable, it also learned the tradition of internal fighting in the Ming Dynasty, in fact, the root of this is still in Li Zicheng, because Li Zicheng has no children and grandchildren, which leads to his unstable foundation.
In this era, if the leader of a faction gives birth to a son, the importance is even more than 100,000 elite soldiers.
Li Zicheng's inheritance is problematic, this is an obvious problem, and Li Zicheng himself can't say how strong he is, and he is not young now, so Dashun is also turbulent!
Niu Jinxing stood up, so Song Xiance naturally followed up at this time, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has already asked Tang Tong and Du Zhizhi, it should be Zhu Chunchen who designed us today, this Zhu Chunchen is the most trusted noble of the Zhu Emperor, and Zhu Neng, the general of the ancestral Jingyan Battle, can be regarded as a general of the past dynasties, and he has become a prince of the country. ”
Li Zicheng's anger calmed down slightly, "What a Zhu Chunchen!" He actually saw through Jun En's plan, and almost plotted against me, if the Zhu family had used him to suppress us from the beginning, we might not have been able to get to where we are today! It seems that we have thought about entering Beijing very simply! ”
"Your Majesty," Gu Junen, who had seen through the scheme, was a little sluggish, and he didn't have the same spirit as before, but he was still trying his best to plan for Li Zicheng, "The minister also asked Du Zhizhi and the Zhu thief generals who took refuge in Changping, the Ming Jingshi is indeed empty, there is a lack of soldiers and little salary, even if there is a good general like Zhu Chunchen, it can't last long, what we need to pay attention to now is the Ming Dynasty Qinwang Army, mainly the Liaodong Army, if there is an accident, then we are likely to be unable to catch up with the Liaodong Army to lay down this Ming capital before the Liaodong Army enters the aid!" ”
Li Zicheng frowned, and one eye swept over the mastermind in the hall, and finally landed on a strong man with a beard.
"Tell me, can you win?" Li Zicheng naturally wanted to ask his generals at this time, the words of the strategists can only be assisted, and the words of the generals are the most important, but all eyes are on the bearded man Liu Zongmin, this is the chief general.
Liu Zongmin was wearing iron armor at this time, wearing a phoenix-winged helmet, and a waist knife on his belt, he led another Dashun army, coming from the southwest, and only arrived at this time, at this time his eyes were like fire, and he said categorically: "Victory!" ”
"It's not good to fight ......" At this time, another general gave a different answer; Just like the civilian officials are divided into camps, the military generals are actually secretly divided into camps.
"Zong Min, you speak first." Li Zicheng looked at Liu Zongmin, this is Li Zicheng's most trusted general, General Guan Baiquan, the first general in the army.
Liu Zongmin touched his beard and said with a smile: "The emperor of the Zhu family does not have many elite soldiers in Beijing, and he is not allowed to fight in the field, and the last general will come from the south, but there are no reinforcements, so those people in Liaodong are coming, and they are only lone soldiers, at most thirty or forty thousand, what is there to fear?"
Your Majesty, there are so many of them in our old camp here, how can we not defeat him? ”
"Sky Harrier, what do you say?" Li Zicheng asked the other general who just spoke, this "Lock Sky Harrier" is naturally a nickname, his real name is Tian Jianxiu, the official worships the commander of the general of the camp, has a handsome talent, benevolent nature, and has the style of a Confucian general.
"Your Majesty, the general thinks that the Ming Dynasty's Guanning border army has fought and died in Manchuria for many years, and it is naturally not comparable to the Ming army in other places." Tian Jianxiu is naturally not a lie and intimidating, but also has his own opinions, not simply refuting, he said at this time: "This Guanning army is now the elite of the Ming Dynasty, many cavalry, back and forth like the wind, if the Beijing division is difficult to attack, and the Guanning cavalry does not fight with us, only cut off our grain route, what should we do?" ”
Everyone has to eat, Li Zicheng is in a hurry, in fact, the grain and grass preparations in the rear are not sufficient at all, especially in Shanxi, most of them have surrendered nominally, and the government order has not been issued at all, and around the capital, it was originally a few, after Dongnu entered the Kou several times, it was also ravaged by war, and it was already a barren scene, and Yang Yi began to clear the wall a few days in advance, and the Dashun army could only eat its own.
At this time, the grain in the Dashun army was even only about five days, mainly because there were too many Ming troops attached to it, and the supply of grain and grass in the rear was not very smooth at this time, and even if the grain road was unblocked, it could not supply the food of these hundreds of thousands of troops at all!
Because the foundation of the rear is not stable, there is no tuntian, and there are no years of cultivation and cultivation, how can there be food to support the conquest of hundreds of thousands of troops?
Therefore, Li Zicheng had to mobilize grain and grass from Xuanfu, Datong, and Taiyuan, which had just been occupied, in order to support the protracted war of the army, and these places seemed to be close, but there was definitely not much grain and grass, according to estimates, it would support half a month at most.
And if the capital of the Ming Dynasty cannot be attacked for a long time, and the grain route is cut off by the Guanning Iron Cavalry, then the collapse of hundreds of thousands of troops will actually be in an instant!
"Won't it?" Liu Zongmin shook his head and said, "Then Wu Sangui, does he dare to save Jingshi?" Aren't you afraid that the Emperor of the Zhu family will cut off his head? ”
Liu Zongmin is not worried about the competition, his position is very stable, as long as he does not commit the big crime of rebellion, he does not have to worry about his own safety at all, and as for which heir to support, he will not mix.
Tian Jianxiu shook his head and said: "If he forces us back, the Emperor of the Zhu family will only reward him, if we break the Jingshi first, the Emperor of the Zhu family himself is dead, who else is going to cut off the braincase?" ”
Li Zicheng nodded, "That's what I said!" Lock the Sky Harrier, if you have any way, just talk to E, don't always sell off. ”
Tian Jianxiu naturally had a way, and immediately said: "If the Jingshi is difficult to break for a while, it is better to surround the three queyi." ”
"Wai Sanque one?" Li Zicheng thought for a while, "Is it to leave a way for the Emperor of the Zhu family to live, lest he defend the city?" ”
Liu Zongmin interjected: "The Emperor of the Zhu family will not run, he will run early, I came from the southwest, just to prevent this Emperor of the Zhu family from running away from this side, I didn't run a few days earlier, and now it is even more impossible." ”
Tian Jianxiu said with a smile: "What the general said is yes, this Zhu Youzhen will not run, but he will transfer Wu Sangui to the Beijing Division, as long as Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses enter the high wall of the Beijing Division, they will be in a cage, or forced to go out of the city to fight, or they will be trapped to death by us with a long trench!" In any case, it's a dead end! ”
"Good! Haha," Li Zicheng laughed, "Wai Sanque Yi, but I can't let Wu Sangui enter the city easily."
Zong Min, you put the men and horses in order, drive to Shahe to station, once you find Wu Sangui's men and horses, let go of the front army and the middle army, and only fight their rear army, fight hard, not afraid of casualties!
Lock the Sky Harrier, you will fight on the Jingshi side, but today we will set up the camp first, and tomorrow we will start to build siege equipment! ”
Naturally, it is going to be fought, but today's turmoil, it is already afternoon, after the whole army, I am afraid it will be night, Li Zicheng remembers Li Guo's lesson at this time, and this night battle is absolutely impossible!
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"Where is she now? What are you doing? Emperor Chongzhen asked about Yang Yi's current whereabouts, and even Princess Sheng didn't want to call him, but he didn't blame him, in all dynasties, which princess dared to do this to her father?
Whether it is Princess Guantao of the Han Dynasty or Princess Taiping of the Tang Dynasty, it is only above 10,000 people under one person at most, like this Changping princess of the Ming Dynasty today, it may be the first!
Over the ages, there have been queen regents and queen regents, but the princess regent, this seems to be the first, this is no wonder Chongzhen is embarrassed, this matter will definitely be recorded in the history books, those civil officials must have buried the book at this time to record everything that happened in the capital in the past few days!
What makes Chongzhen a little annoyed is that Yang Yi is doing a good job now, and it seems that he can really resist Li Zicheng's siege and take down the Jingshi!
"Your Majesty," Cao Huachun immediately replied at this time, "Your Highness has just come down from Fucheng Gate, and it should have gone to Huangji Gate, followed by Zhu Chunchen, Wang Dou, Wang Chengen and others. ”
Emperor Chongzhen frowned, "Zhu Chunchen is the chief of the Beijing camp!" ”
This Jingying General Rong is the person he trusts the most, he didn't expect to betray him so easily, he shouldn't have been promoted if he knew it, and Wang Chengen!
Thinking of this, Chongzhen sighed, there is no one available here, those nobles and ministers, needless to say, those who are dead, those who are alive and still active, almost don't come to his side, it's only been a few days?
"Any idea what she's up to now?" Emperor Chongzhen asked.
"It should be for the silver," Cao Huachun has sufficient connections, and Yang Yi has not avoided his actions, at this time Cao Huachun said, "Cheng Guogong may be frightened today, after Du Xun was stabbed to death by Wang Dou, the old slave heard that after he witnessed it, he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and donated his family property again." ”
"Donating your possessions? How much money can he have? Chongzhen is very suspicious, Zhu Chunchen is not the first time to donate, last time it can't actually be said to be a donation, it was directly robbed by Yang Yi, Chengguo Mansion is said to have been searched out of more than two million worth of family property, gold, silver and jewelry have been confiscated, but calligraphy, painting and antiques have been left, of course, Chengguo Gong also has two sons who were sent out of the city, this is the money to buy life.
More than two million, this can already be compared with when Chongzhen was the richest, he couldn't think of how much money Zhu Chunchen could have.
"This grange, real estate, shop, calligraphy and painting, antiques and the like are still not money, but there is ...... cash Seven or eight hundred thousand taels of silver......"
Cao Huachun said cautiously at this time, in fact, he also hid some family background, but Yang Yi would not pursue it, of course he did not hide as much as Zhu Chunchen, after all, Zhu Chunchen was rich and noble for many years, and how many years has he been in power?
Chongzhen gritted his teeth, "So many! I ......"
He wanted to scold people, this is just more cash than when he was the richest emperor, presumably the antique calligraphy and paintings in Zhu Chunchen's house are definitely not a small amount, if it is a peaceful period, it must also be a big price!
The hatred in Chongzhen's heart! What kind of world is this, why does anyone in this capital seem to be richer than him, the emperor?
"How did he get so greedy for so much money?" Chongzhen asked angrily.
"This ...... This old slave doesn't know. Cao Huachun sweated on his forehead, how could he not know that everyone's method of making money was the same, and it was very similar.
In fact, these noble ministers in the Ming Dynasty refused to donate money when the enemy soldiers came to the city, one reason was reluctance, and the other reason was that they couldn't explain why they had so much money?
Everyone is a good official with clean sleeves, how can everyone have a fortune? How much money do they have? If you can't get that little money, how can you have money? has so much money, needless to say, it must be a corrupt official, Chongzhen's reputation is not good, and he likes to settle accounts after the autumn, so everyone naturally refuses to believe him.
After all, if they are relieved, with Chongzhen's careful eyes, they may have to be arrested sooner or later to Beizhen Fusi!
"Then go check!" Chongzhen gritted his teeth and said, "Let Dongchang and Jinyiwei investigate!" ”
"Your Majesty," Cao Huachun didn't want to attack Chongzhen, this was not the time to check if you wanted to, so he hurriedly reminded, "The soldiers of the Li thief are still outside the city!" And...... And Cheng Guogong is now His Royal Highness's person! ”
Chongzhen heard this, and he was also helpless, now the armament in the Jingshi City has been unified, and Chongzhen can make it possible to move even a hundred people, of course, there must be loyal and good people in this Jingshi, but Chongzhen can't touch it!
Even, no one dares to believe it now, even Cao Huachun is the same, he just wants to write a blood book, and he doesn't know who to give it to? After all, this city seems to be full of corrupt officials!
"Those Jingying generals listen to her?" Chongzhen wondered at this time, why is this happening?
Cao Huachun could only nod at this time.
"What the hell is going on?" Chongzhen gritted his teeth and asked, "How long has she been in power?" Have all the officials above and below recognized it? Could it really be ......"
Xuannu preaching? If you don't believe this rumor, you have to believe it, of course, it may also be a demon law, and the demon rumors confuse the public!
"Cao Huachun, you say!"
Chongzhen was angry, and he could only scare Cao Huachun, who told him that there was no one else around him?
"This ...... This, the old slave thinks it's money! His Highness has given out at least 100,000 taels of silver today! ”
This is also a good reason, for Chongzhen, the difficulty of this money has plagued his entire emperor career, he has always been short of money, and there are many natural and man-made disasters in this world, and there is a shortage of money everywhere.
Yang Yi is very rich, how much is there now, so no one can guess, Chongzhen probably guessed that there should be about 20 million, which was copied from civil officials, nobles, and eunuchs on the surface, as for the merchants, especially the big grain merchants, I don't know how much.
Hearing 100,000 a day, Chongzhen was very heartbroken, this was given to him, he could spend a month or even longer!
No way, I'm scared!
This also gave him a little comfort, this is not Yang Yi's wisdom and martial arts, but Yang Yi's money, if he had so much money, Li Zicheng should have been exterminated a long time ago, thinking of this, I can't help but hate those nobles, civil officials, and eunuchs who were copied by Yang Yi!