In the feudal era, the symbol of a country is actually two, the emperor and the capital, the emperor and the capital lost one of them, the family and the country shook, and one of the signs of success of the later dynasties was to seize the capital of the previous dynasty.

"Then you can't let people take the lead!" After Li Zicheng heard Song Xiance's reason, his face sank at this time, and he immediately made up his mind: "It's not easy for us to fight from Guanzhong, no matter what, we have to go into the city and pull the Emperor of the Zhu family down from the Jinluan Palace, and the big guys also have an explanation!" ”

In fact, Li Zicheng did not take the capital very seriously, his thinking was a bit outdated, and he was still stuck in the Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang eras when there was a world according to Guanzhong, and he did not realize that due to the exhaustion of Guanzhong's land resources, he was no longer able to support a dynasty to sweep the world.

Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the center of the world has been gradually changing, the Central Plains, Yanjing, Jinling and other places can be the heart of the world, and Guanzhong has been almost a thousand years without a king, although it is still quite important, but now, it can not become the heart of the world.

Competing for the world, an important part is to inherit the legacy of the previous dynasty, and now the Ming industry, the most important is in this capital, the tens of millions of taels of silver of the noble and wealthy families not to mention for the time being, just those craftsmen, even Dashun spent one or two decades may not be able to cultivate.

However, now, the "gold and silver mountains" in the capital are what Li Zicheng wants most, because in order to buy people's hearts, he put forward the slogan of "no levy for three years", which makes it difficult for Dashun to obtain enough food and salary from the existing base areas to support the growing army.

Therefore, in Li Zicheng's eyes, the most important thing is the money, not the logistics personnel who really affect the strength of the army and the country, such as craftsmen; At this time, he was still stuck in the concept of fighting the world, and he was not ready to sit in the world, which is the difference between him and those real founding emperors.

For example, Liu Bang, Cao Cao, Li Yuan, Zhu Yuanzhang and other emperors are different, but at this time he is gradually adapting, perhaps, if he is given time, he may not be able to become a generation of emperors!

"Call General Tian over!" Li Zicheng has already made a decision, so the battle of the capital must be accelerated, and there is no need to prepare for small actions.

Tian Jianxiu was soon arrived, and he had been ordered to reorganize all the troops, mainly for those who had surrendered.

"How's the preparation?" Li Zicheng asked Tian Jianxiu, "When will you be able to attack the city?" ”

Tian Jianxiu replied: "Your Majesty, the ladder has been built a lot, and other equipment has not had time to get it for the time being, and the cannons in the firearms are moving slowly, and they have not yet been transported." ”

"Can't put it off any longer!" Li Zicheng ordered at this time, "I think about it, this Zhu thief is likely to borrow troops, and there is a Tartar, maybe he will come to grab a handful, we have to step up our actions and seize this capital before the Tartar arrives, but we can't let everything in this capital be swept away by the Tartars." ”

"Obey the order!" Tami Shu.

Li Zicheng immediately continued to add the burden to him and said: "These four general soldiers are also deployed by you, and Liu Xiyao and Li Guo are also under your command, is it enough?" ”

"Enough!" Tian Jianxiu originally wanted power, but he didn't expect Li Zicheng to let go of power so easily, so he immediately patted his chest and made a military order: "Your Majesty, rest assured, you will conquer this capital within ten days!" If I can't beat it, I'll let it be disposed of! ”

"Good!" Li Zicheng laughed, "I'm waiting to hear the good news!" ”

The time to decide on Yang Yi's examination results this time has come, although Yang Yi is fearless, after all, when it is really an emergency, Yang Yi will naturally let go of a fight, Li Zicheng includes his generals, Yang Yi can assassinate one by one, or you can pick out a warrior like Wang Dou, after brainwashing, put it into the battlefield, at this time, this kind of warrior can be a thousand unparalleled generals!

However, this is naturally better to resist, Yang Yi does not need to expose more hole cards, or he can let fate raise a little bit!

It's just that this is an extravagant hope, a monster that has gone through countless calamities, although it is a little mentally abnormal, but it is not brainless, it is likely that it will invest all the power of faith in the next level of fate, and directly let Yang Yi face a high martial plane!

Then, Yang Yi's force may not be enough to rely on!

At noon, after the meal, the Dashun soldiers of the brigade began to carry out the prelude to the siege outside the south, north and west walls of the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Among them, Liu Xiyao is responsible for attacking the north, he is not the main attack, but a feint, and at the same time, a cavalry is also divided to monitor the Daming Qinwang army that may come, it is also more dangerous here, if there are really reinforcements, then it must be tens of thousands of iron cavalry in Guanning, so Li Guo can't come, such a dangerous position, can't let him go.

And those generals are naturally even more impossible, after all, these people have not been tested at all, and they are in charge, what if they surrender?

Li went to the south, mainly to feint and contain, defending the Qinwang army in the south, there is nothing to be wary of in the south, and Zuo Liangyu has already been beaten down!

There may be more reinforcements coming, but the more reinforcements come, the more likely they are to surrender!

The general was led by Tian Jianxiu, and it was launched in the west of the capital, this time, Tian Jianxiu was ready to go all out, and did not use the Ming army as cannon fodder, but used it with the old battalion!

More than 200,000 men and horses fought on the north, west and south sides of the capital!

First of all, the first wave of attacks used the elite of the old battalion, and more than 10,000 were placed on each side, and these more than 30,000 people were all white felt hats and blue robes, and the queue was strictly ordered, each holding a knife and spear, which was very imposing!

The surrender of the Ming army and the rest of the old battalion soldiers were placed in the second echelon, which basically had to be put on the field in the second or third formation, and the supervising team was also complete, just waiting for an order.

Yang Yi also moved to the west city wall at this time, after these days, night and day renovation, the city wall of the outer city is basically repaired, in fact, the entire outer city area, most of them have been turned into military camps, and basically the buildings have been demolished.

If the outer city can be defended, it will be fine, and if it can't be held, there will be the inner city, which is taller and stronger than the outer city, especially the grain depot and material depot are preserved in the inner city.

Not to mention the rest, if it were the outer city five days ago, facing such a powerful attack, it would definitely not be able to hold it, and it would probably not even be able to hold on for a day.

Even according to the plan that Yang Yi found out and Zhu Chunchen, Wang Chengen and others had formulated, the outer city was originally to be abandoned, and the limited forces were concentrated in the inner city, the imperial city, the Forbidden City or used to defend it.

This even passed Chongzhen's will, which basically does not understand the soldiers at all, without the outer city, in fact, there is no place to maneuver, so that Li Zicheng can surround the four sides of the city wall, at that time, it is difficult to even defend and counterattack.

Although it is ruthless, it will definitely be able to hold it, but for the soldiers and civilians in the city, they will definitely have to live a hard life, unlike now, they can still be very rich, like those mansions that occupy a large area, most of them have not been demolished!

Because the capital is still very rich, and even here in the outer city, the vegetable fields and fertile fields of some farmers are still the same!

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At this time, there is also an undercurrent in the capital, although Yang Yi has carried out a full mobilization ban, and a large amount of silver has been smashed, but there are still some people who want to make a big fortune!

Today, there is some commotion, in fact, some of them are Li Zicheng's spies, and Yang Yi assigned to supervise the eunuchs, Dongchang Fanzi, and Jinyi Guards who are assigned to supervise at various points, and they have also made meritorious contributions.

More than 100 heads were cut off one after another, which can be regarded as stopping this trend!

Of course, it won't be only the people who want to open the door to welcome the surrender, even the people know what the Ming Dynasty can't do, and the officials still don't know?

As early as the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, when he took over as the secretary of the military department, he had secretly contacted Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, when he took over the military department, Emperor Chongzhen was almost desperate, and the treasury basically had no money at that time, and when there was no money, the military department was even more helpless, and he had to worry about being slaughtered as a scapegoat by Emperor Chongzhen all day long.

In the Chongzhen Dynasty, the most dangerous high-ranking official was the military department Shangshu, but it was a very dangerous errand!

In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen Dynasty, there were a total of fourteen military officials, of which four committed suicide in fear of crime, one died in prison, one was executed by order of Chongzhen, one died in exile, and one was beaten to death by Li Zicheng, eight of the fourteen can be regarded as a bad death!

This ratio is definitely a high-risk profession, and the generals in front of you don't have such a high probability of death!

Among the six military department scholars who did not end up with a bad death, five of them were dismissed and investigated, and only one was honorably retired, and the only one who retired with honor was Zhang Jinyan's predecessor Feng Yuanbiao, who was old and sick, and really couldn't do errands, and as for Zhang Jinyan himself, he was dismissed and investigated not long ago.

However, because Li Zicheng came too quickly, no one went to investigate him and deal with him, so he was dismissed.

After the dismissal, Zhang Jinyan did not leave the dangerous city, but walked around, recruited a group of like-minded protégés and former officials, and prepared to welcome the new master together and surrender to Li Zicheng.

Anyway, Chongzhen definitely doesn't look like the master of the Ming, and it is true, this kind of emperor is actually rare, how can the military department Shangshu be regarded as one of the nine dignified secretaries, there is such a high probability of misfortune, how can it not make the people below chill!

And Yang Yi, who suddenly appeared in the past few days, really scared Zhang Jinyan, not that he was worried that the capital would be turned into a strong city, he didn't have much confidence in a military department, he didn't believe that a female streamer could compare to his Confucian and Mencian disciples, and he was worried that his preparation to surrender was discovered by the Jinyi guard of Dongchang.

After all, everyone knows that Yang Yihao has a reputation for killing people, so when he donated money again, he did not fall behind, even if he was a classless civilian, he also showed some fierce loyalty!

Waiting until today, Zhang Jinyan's heart finally let go, because the army has arrived, it won't take three or five days, then the capital should change its owner, he, who has already made a contribution to the dragon, has to enter a cabinet, right?

Of course, maybe, if Li Zicheng is generous, he will give a knighthood?

"The barracks outside have been withdrawn!"

People with clever eyes have been staring, Zhang Jinyan and others are actually located in the outer city, Yang Yi has not yet completely demolished the outer city, and there are still some buildings.

"It looks like it can't be held! Revisit! ”

Listening to the shouting and killing outside, Zhang Jinyan slapped the table at this time and laughed three times, "Hahaha!" It's done! ”

He glanced at the officials in the hall who were listening to the news and discussing countermeasures with him: "Everyone, let's prepare to welcome the new lord with Zhang!" ”

"My lord, it looks like you're in town!"

Zhang Jinyan didn't score at all at this time to distinguish the true from the false, but because Li Zicheng came too quickly, no one went to investigate him and deal with him, so he was dismissed.

After the dismissal, Zhang Jinyan did not leave the dangerous city, but walked around, recruited a group of like-minded protégés and former officials, and prepared to welcome the new master together and surrender to Li Zicheng.

Anyway, Chongzhen definitely doesn't look like the master of the Ming, and it is true, this kind of emperor is actually rare, how can the military department Shangshu be regarded as one of the nine dignified secretaries, there is such a high probability of misfortune, how can it not make the people below chill!

And Yang Yi, who suddenly appeared in the past few days, really scared Zhang Jinyan, not that he was worried that the capital would be turned into a strong city, he didn't have much confidence in a military department, he didn't believe that a female streamer could compare to his Confucian and Mencian disciples, and he was worried that his preparation to surrender was discovered by the Jinyi guard of Dongchang.

After all, everyone knows that Yang Yihao has a reputation for killing people, so when he donated money again, he did not fall behind, even if he was a classless civilian, he also showed some fierce loyalty!

Waiting until today, Zhang Jinyan's heart finally let go, because the army has arrived, it won't take three or five days, then the capital should change its owner, he, who has already made a contribution to the dragon, has to enter a cabinet, right?

Of course, maybe, if Li Zicheng is generous, he will give a knighthood?

"The barracks outside have been withdrawn!"

People with clever eyes have been staring, Zhang Jinyan and others are actually located in the outer city, Yang Yi has not yet completely demolished the outer city, and there are still some buildings.

"It looks like it can't be held! Revisit! ”

Listening to the shouting and killing outside, Zhang Jinyan slapped the table at this time and laughed three times, "Hahaha!" It's done! ”

He glanced at the officials in the hall who were listening to the news and discussing countermeasures with him: "Everyone, let's prepare to welcome the new lord with Zhang!" ”

"My lord, it looks like you're in town!"

Zhang Jinyan didn't score at all at this time to distinguish the true from the fake.

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