The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 393 Sliding to the throne on the cliff

Twenty miles to the east of the capital, a large camp was set up covering a vast area, with military tents stretching for more than ten miles.

At the four gates and the central position of the camp, towering banners with the word "Jiang" and "Qin" were erected.

This is the camp where Jiang Chuan's forward army with Shanjia set up.

The Jiang family army has been renamed the Qin army, the army of King Qin.

The Qin Empire is the first unified empire in the history of China, and the Qin Army is a historically prestigious army. Jiang Chuan himself is now named the King of Qin. He is also fascinated by the glory of the Great Qin Empire, so he simply changed his name. For the Qin army.

The reason why Jiang Chuan camped here instead of entering the capital directly was because of his intentions.

He is waiting for the emperor's conditions.If the emperor showed enough sincerity, then he wouldn't mind letting the emperor live a few more days and be a puppet emperor for a few more days.

If the emperor was playing tricks, or even playing tricks, then Jiang Chuan would not mind giving the emperor some flair.

"My lord, if the conditions given by the emperor are not satisfied, how do you plan to beat the emperor?" In Jiang Chuan's king's tent, Jiang Chuan and Shan Jia sat opposite each other. Between them was a small table with chess on it, and the two were playing. chess.

Jiang Chuan can play a lot of chess, including chess, backgammon, checkers, ground war chess, and flying chess, but he doesn't know anything about high-level chess like Go.

But even if he knows how to play chess, it is still a bad chess basket.

But Shanjia is also the same stinky chess basket.Since Jiang Chuan found this game of chess from Tianjin Wei and taught Shan Jia, the two stinky chess players came to play a few games when they were free.

They are all stinky chess baskets, but they still have to pretend to be like a master and have to think about each move for a long time, which makes Bai Mu, who is watching the game beside him, yawn.

On the contrary, Jiang Liu'er, who was studying under Bai Mu, squatted aside and watched with great interest.But in the end, he was dragged by Bai Mu to learn archery.

Shanjia placed a veteran Jiang Chuan in the head. Jiang Chuan thought for a long time, and finally blocked him with a soldier, but said with a smile: "Beating the little emperor should not be too simple. Let me ask you, what the little emperor fears most is what?"

Shanjia picked up his cannon, thought it over for a while, and then placed it on the far side to the right. There was a pawn from Jiangchuan who was about to eat Jiangchuan's car, and said: "The emperor is most afraid of being the king of subjugation. gone."

Jiang Chuan jumped in front of the car and said, "Then who is going to destroy his country? Of course it is Li Zicheng's Dashun Army."

Shanjia was puzzled and said: "But Li Zicheng ran away, and now he has retreated to Jinzhou. There are not many successful Dashun troops around Gyeonggi, so we can't call Li Zicheng back, right?"

Jiang Chuan pointed to the chessboard and said, "If you don't leave this cannon, my pawns will attack you. It doesn't matter if Li Zicheng escapes, we have 10,000+ Dashun troops in our hands."

Shanjia hurriedly moved his cannon back to his side, and suddenly understood: "My lord, you mean..."

Jiang Chuan nodded with a smile and said, "It's good if you understand, play chess well. We shouldn't worry about this matter, it's the one in the palace who should worry about it."

Shanjia had a clear expression, and the two stinky chess baskets focused on fighting on the chessboard.

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In the Qianqing Palace, in the East Nuan Pavilion, the emperor Ji Siyuan was pacing on the exquisitely embroidered carpet with intricate patterns and exquisite weaving, with his brows furrowed.

The first assistant, Xia Junze, had his hands in his sleeves and his face was expressionless.

The eunuch Wei Zhongxian, the supervisor of ceremonies, looked at the emperor's expression, and he knew it, and then he asked Xia Junze, the chief assistant, "Ge Lao, I don't know if the person sent by His Royal Highness King Qin said why His Highness stopped and couldn't enter the city for the time being. ?"

"Your Majesty, the general who sent the message has said so. His Highness King Qin stopped, not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't." Xia Junze said in a deep voice.

"What's the meaning of this? Does anyone still dare to stop the invincible King Qin?" The emperor stopped in his tracks, stared at Xia Junze and asked, his tone obviously a little unhappy.

"Your Majesty, please listen to the minister. What His Royal Highness King Qin meant was that in order to enter the customs, King Qin sent troops in a hurry and only brought a small amount of food and supplies. Since entering the customs, he has fought repeatedly. Although every battle has been a big victory, the food and supplies are almost It was exhausted. The soldiers in the army were also quite damaged, and they had to supply tens of thousands of captives. Now that the food and grass have been exhausted, the army has begun to limit the rations of soldiers. Moreover, Liaodong is barren and there is no food and grass to support, so the morale of the army has fallen Unstable and complaining constantly.

The king of Qin was worried that if he led his troops into the city right now, these soldiers might cause troubles because they had neither food nor pay.

So King Qin decided to station outside the city first, trying to find a way to raise food and military pay.If he can raise enough food and military pay, the morale of the army will be stabilized again, and he can lead the army into the city to defend the capital.If we can't prepare food and grass, then..."

Having said this, Xia Junze stopped and looked at the emperor with a troubled expression.

"Tell me, what if we can't raise food and grass?" The emperor asked anxiously when he heard this.

"The minister told the truth. His Royal Highness King Qin said that if he can't raise enough food and military pay within three days, he can only lead his troops back to Liaodong, so as not to cause chaos and poison the people under his command. And the 10,000+ captives , and can only be dismissed on the spot."

"You can't go back to Liaodong! You can't dismiss the captives. What if he goes back to Liaodong and Li Ni's army comes back again? I can't count on anyone, I can only count on the King of Qin. If he leaves, my country will be over. Without food, If you don’t have any military pay, then hurry up and raise it, and if you have enough, hurry up and send it to King Qin.”

The emperor became anxious when he heard it, and walked around in circles while speaking loudly, even becoming a little incoherent.

"Yes, Mr. Ge, if His Royal Highness King Qin returns to Liaodong and dismisses the captives, when Li Ni's army comes again, those captives will be coerced again, and there is really no one to be. His Royal Highness King Qin is ours now. The pillar of the Ming Dynasty, you can't let him go back to Liaodong. The old slave doesn't understand military affairs, but he also knows that the food and grass go first before the soldiers and horses are moved. This battle must not be possible without military pay and food, and it is very likely to cause a mutiny."

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin is really a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. From the beginning of the Liaodong army, he spent all his wealth to recruit troops, wiped out the Manchu Tartars, defeated Li Zicheng, and never asked the court for a grain of rice. Such a loyal minister, the court can't It's chilling his heart. Ge Lao, this old servant also saves some silver in his daily life, and donating it today is to share the worries of His Majesty."

Wei Zhongxian interjected without losing the opportunity. He is also a good person. It can be seen that the chief assistant is trying to please the king of Qin.

What he said was also reasonable, and the emperor had nothing to say after hearing it, because Wei Zhongxian was telling the truth.It is true that the imperial court did not give Jiang's army a penny of military pay or a grain of grain.

After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, he took out a silver ticket from his arms and held it to Xia Junze with both hands.

Xia Junze took a deep look at Wei Zhongxian, and took it over to see that it was a silver note of 1 taels.

The emperor looked at Wei Zhongxian, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, only you, an old bastard, truly shared my worries. You donated all your pension money, but the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty didn't let a fart go. Let me feel chilled. See how much money I still have in my internal funds, and make some money. If the expenses in the palace are reduced, I can't let me chill the hearts of King Qin's soldiers."

Wei Zhongxian fell to the ground and burst into tears: "Master, the palace's expenses are already very tight. You still suffer yourself like this, it's all the servant's fault..."

Wei Zhongxian cried with sincerity, the emperor was also quite emotional, stepped forward to help him up and said: "There is no one who is as loyal as Wei Zhongxian."

Speaking of this, the emperor suddenly became angry, gritted his teeth and said in a cold voice: "Hmph, this world is not my world alone, I took out all the money from my internal funds, and those people still want to lie down and enjoy the blessings? I want to see how many loyal ministers I have in Ming Dynasty! Wei Zhongxian, draw up an edict for me to let the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the honorable masters donate money to help the salaries. If you don’t come out, let the Jin Yiwei get someone!”

Wei Zhongxian's heart shuddered at the emperor's words, knowing that the master had lost his temper, he didn't dare to say more, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Your maidservant accepts the order!"

Xia Junze was also awe-inspiring, but he wasn't too surprised.He just sighed secretly in his heart, lamenting that King Qin's methods were too clever.

He only used one move to stand still, and the emperor pushed his throne to the edge of the cliff another step.

When the hearts of the people are completely lost, it will be a matter of course for that person to rise again at that time.

(End of this chapter)