The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 615 Undercurrent
"Your Majesty, this is a letter sent by the Ming army from outside the city, and it is said to be delivered to Your Majesty." The old servant came forward tremblingly holding a letter, leaning against him, holding a letter in his hand. Li Zicheng, who only poured himself a jug, said in a low voice.

Li Zicheng was already drunk and his eyes were blurred, he filled the glass in his left hand again, raised his head and drank it down, then raised his eyes to look at the old waiter, and said drunkenly: "Bring it here for me to see."

Li Zicheng was from Mizhi in northern Shanzhou, and the local dialect used to call himself Laozi. Although Li Zicheng became emperor, he still uttered a few foul words from time to time.

The old servant hurriedly presented the letter in his hand.

Li Zicheng took it, opened it, read it with both eyes, and threw it away, and the letter fell to the ground dangling.

"Donkey day! I have been fighting in the south and north for decades before I took down this Dashun country. They told me to surrender, so I surrendered? Damn it! I won't surrender, I won't surrender, they have the ability to fight in Cut off my head! Go to the ball, hahahaha..."

Li Zicheng poured his head back into a glass of wine and cursed loudly.

At the end of the scolding, he laughed maniacally to himself, and the old servant who looked at him felt sore, His Majesty, this is a sign of madness.

The old servant silently knelt down to pick up the letter, and then slowly walked out.

"Old Zhang, what are you doing?" Li Zicheng shouted drunkenly from behind.

"Report to Your Majesty, this old slave is going to throw away this letter." The old servant turned around and said tremblingly.

"Don't throw it away, take it back. Go and call the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to Lao Tzu, let them listen and have a look, Lao Tzu will see who dares to surrender, and whoever dares to surrender I will cut off his head. Exterminate his nine clans! " Li Zicheng yelled while holding the jug.

"Your Majesty, with your current state, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to summon all the officials?" The old servant hesitated.

People were already panicked, and the undercurrent was surging, and everyone was ready to surrender in private.

You, the emperor, are all drunk and depressed. Doesn't it seem that the civil and military officials have no more confidence and have to hasten their surrender?

"What's wrong with me like this? I've already drank a glass of wine. What is this drink? Go quickly, or I'll chop off your head first!" Li Zicheng sat up, staring and shouting.

The old servant had no choice but to get up and put the letter in front of Li Zicheng, and went out to deliver the decree.

In fact, there was no need for the old servant to deliver the decree. At this time, the political hall was already full of people, all of whom were the remaining civil and military officials of the Dashun Dynasty.

Di Qing sent people to shoot into the city not one letter persuading him to surrender, but many letters.

Li Zicheng was actually the last to see this persuasion letter, and the others already knew about it.

Li Zicheng was able to see this letter because the civil and military officials wanted him to see it.

Everyone knows that this city is absolutely undefendable, and everyone has already begun to think about their own way out.

Some of the fast-moving ones had already fled before the officers and soldiers besieged the city, and the rest of the slow-moving ones or those who had no time to escape for various reasons were blocked in the city by the officers and soldiers.

In this situation, if you don't want to die, there is only one way out, and that is to surrender.

Everyone wanted to surrender, but no one dared to take the initiative to say these two words.After all, Li Zicheng is still alive, he is still the emperor of Dashun Kingdom, and there are still a group of people who are loyal to him.

Anyone who dared to say the word surrender first would definitely be killed.

Nearly a million troops camped outside the city. Just seeing the densely dotted tents that could not be seen from the top of the city tower was enough to make one's heart tremble and his scalp numb.

What's more, the officers and soldiers still have the siege weapon in their hands-cannon, or a new type of artillery. Countless cities along the way fell quickly under the artillery fire of the officers and soldiers.

But when they saw that the officers and soldiers did not attack the city immediately after besieging the city, many people realized that the officers and soldiers were waiting for the city to surrender.

This has turned many people's previous worries into hope.

Once the government army starts to attack the city, with the power of a million troops plus the threat of artillery, there will definitely be heavy casualties in the city, and the city will definitely be breached soon.

At that time, they completely lost all opportunities.If you die, you will die in vain. Even if you fall into the hands of the officers and soldiers alive, you will become a prisoner.

Even those of them who were officials in the Dashun Dynasty may end up beheaded for public display in the future, and their family members will be implicated together. Even if they don't die, they will be slaves.

Such an end is something that no one wants to see.

Since the official army did not start attacking the city immediately, they even issued a letter of persuasion.The letter clearly states that those who are willing to open the door and surrender will be saved from death, and their families and wives will also be saved from death.

But if you persist in your obsession, resist to the end, and insist on dragging down the people of the city to be buried with you, then you will surely slaughter the civil and military officials and emperor Li Zicheng of the Manchu Dynasty of Dashun Kingdom, and pay for the lives of those innocent people.

It is said to be a multiple-choice question, but in fact there is no choice at all.

Surrender or die, it's that simple.

Therefore, the content of the persuasion letter quickly spread among civil and military officials, and everyone saw the desire for life in each other's eyes after reading it.

Although everyone didn't say anything, they all knew it.

When the opportunity comes, it depends on whether you can grasp it.

However, everyone quickly realized a problem, that is, the key to their smooth surrender and survival lies in the emperor Li Zicheng.

As long as the emperor agrees to surrender, then everyone will not have to be charged as a traitor and second minister.

And you don't have to take the huge risk of being the first bird.

So sending the letter to Li Zicheng was actually a test for civil and military officials.

After the letter was sent in, they waited anxiously for the news here.

Because, the persuasion letter stated very clearly that a decision must be made within twelve hours.If no one surrenders at that time, the army will immediately start attacking the city, and after the city is broken, they will be killed according to the previous promise.

Hearing footsteps, everyone hurriedly looked.

Seeing the old servant's expression heavy and depressed, everyone's heart sank, and they had a bad premonition.

"My lords, Your Majesty invites you all to have an audience." The old servant made a trembling bow and cupped his hands.

"Eunuch Zhang, has Your Majesty read that letter?" Prime Minister Song Xiance came up and asked.

When the others heard the words, they all hurriedly stared at the old servant with nervous expressions.

Why doesn't the old servant understand the thoughts of these officials, and his heart is full of sadness. Every one of them claims to be a loyal minister and proclaims long live, but when the country is broken, when the emperor is in trouble, he only cares about himself, and abandoning the emperor is like abandoning his shoes , It's ridiculous and shameful.

"Your Majesty didn't say anything, but let the old slave summon the lords, presumably to discuss this matter." The old servant bowed his head and said.

"Eunuch Zhang, how does His Majesty feel at this time?" Another person asked hastily.

"Liu Shangshu, I don't know." The servant shook his head and said.

Everyone was disappointed.

Song Xiance stood where he was, thought for a while, then looked at the other people behind him one by one, and finally said: "My lords, since Your Majesty is calling, let's go together."

After speaking, he took the lead and walked towards the inner hall. The others looked at each other and had no choice but to follow.

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