Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 137 Chapter 137, Zhu Cihong chooses to take risks, Li Zicheng goes all the way north

After all, he is also a person who has read history books and a lot of historical novels. Of course, Zhu Cihong is very aware of these "ancient people"'s tricks.

If there are 3 people, it will become a 10 army, if there are 50 people, it will be 20, and if there are [-] people, it must start with at least a million. Boss Cao in the Three Kingdoms period was very familiar with this operation.

This time, the Dashun army only had 10 people after bragging, and the Ming army had 16 without bragging. The strength and weakness between the two sides are already very obvious.

The British Duke reminded: "Your Highness, there are still tens of thousands in the city."

Zhu Cihong waved his hands disapprovingly: "Those guys in the city didn't dare to attack last night. I think they are just waiting to die, so they don't need to worry too much. How about this, start pulling out the Hongyi Cannon tomorrow and blast him !"

The British father thought for half a second and felt that this seemed to be the case.

So the British Duke said: "Uncle Xiangcheng, how about you take the new troops to monitor Li Yan, the bandit army who came to help, and I am responsible for attacking the city?"

Li Guozhen naturally has no objection to this, who made him the deputy general?
Anyone with a deputy in an official position is nothing in front of the principal, especially when it comes to such key matters, there is no room for refutation.

The British prince looked at Zhu Cihong and asked tentatively: "His Royal Highness, which side do you want to go?"

As a supervising army, Zhu Cihong is relatively free. He can follow the British Duke to attack the city, or follow Li Guozhen to fight for aid.

Zhu Cixiang slapped his thigh and said with a smile: "Of course I will go with Uncle Xiangcheng to meet this Li Yan!"

British Duke: "..."

Surprising, but not completely unexpected.

This His Royal Highness, the prince, is indeed where the danger is going.

If Zhu Cihong heard this sentence, he would definitely complain.

Do you really think I like to seek death?No, okay.

That's because Bengong has a system, so of course Bengong must appear in the most critical place, so as to help Daming win better!

In any case, the image of Zhu Cihong who likes to die has been established in the heart of the Duke of England.

So the Duke of England also ordered: "Your Highness, just watch from afar, don't join the war!"

Zhu Cixiang: "Oh."

British Duke: "..."

The British Duke glanced at Li Guozhen and found that the other person's expression was exactly the same as his own.

The British Duke gave Li Guozhen a look, which meant: "Brother, if His Royal Highness is really trying to die, you have to persuade him."

Li Guozhen spread his hands and his meaning was very clear: "Brother, you don't really think I can stop His Royal Highness, do you?"

The Duke of England sighed, and said to Zhu Cihong very sincerely: "Your Highness, for the sake of the country of Ming Dynasty and the thousands of people, you must not take any risks."

Zhu Cihong laughed, and said seriously: "Don't worry, Mr. Ying, I'm always very stable!"

There is a system, isn't that stable and stable?
British Duke: "..."

The British public feels that among him and Zhu Cihong, there must be a person who has a wrong understanding of the word "stable"!

But the British Duke really had no reason to oppose Zhu Cihong, so he could only helplessly watch Zhu Cihong take Li Guozhen away, and prayed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not do anything to make his heart beat faster.

The British Duke actually didn't know that the person whose heartbeat really accelerated that day was one of his opponents, who had just led [-] troops to Li Yan, who was fifty miles outside Jinan City.

"What are you talking about, there are at least 15 imperial troops outside Jinan City?" Li Yan almost didn't come back when he heard the news.

The spy leader of the Dashun Army in front of Li Yan had a very helpless expression: "General, my subordinates don't want to confirm this number, but it... is indeed true."

Li Yan was angry and grabbed the spy leader in front of him: "That's nonsense! Didn't the Ming Army only have a maximum of 8 people before? Now it has become 15. How did you spy? No matter how inaccurate the information is, it can’t be this high!”

Before that, Li Yan received information that the imperial court had about [-] soldiers and horses.

According to this number, Li Yan brought [-] troops and horses. There are still [-] to [-] in Jinan City. The total of [-] to [-] is still enough to fight.

But now the imperial court has 15 soldiers and horses...is this still a hammer?

The spy leader smiled bitterly and said: "General, it's really not that our brothers below are not doing their job well, it's because new troops have arrived from the south of the Yangtze River!"

Shi Kefa's 21, Zuo Menggeng's [-], Ma Shiying's [-], plus the [-] originally brought by the British, the total is already [-].

The reason why there are only 15 now is because Zuo Menggeng was messing around, which caused the British Duke to drastically exclude many troops that could have been absorbed temporarily, and performed a "slimming operation".

Li Yan sat down on the chair weakly after listening, and said after a while: "So the 15... Hey, tell me, how can we fight this battle?"

The other subordinates present looked at each other, unable to speak.

In the past, the Dashun Army had an absolute advantage in strength and couldn't beat the Ming Army, but now the Dashun Army's strength is still absolutely inferior... This is simply a proposition.

After an unknown amount of time, someone suddenly said weakly: "Otherwise, shall we...retreat?"

After saying this, everyone immediately looked up, with complex expressions on their faces.

However, after a while, there was still no objection.

This is very embarrassing.

Li Yan was silent for a moment, then said: "Then what about the brothers in Jinan City?"

Still no one answered, but in fact everyone's meaning is very obvious.

What else can I do?Salad!

Now everyone will die if they go to Jinan, so the Dashun brothers in Jinan can only ask for their own blessings.

Of course, Li Yan also knew the thoughts of these subordinates. After waiting for a while, seeing that no one objected to the withdrawal, he said: "Forget it, since everyone thinks so, then I will write a memorial to Your Majesty later and let him know our difficulties."

After Li Yan's words were spoken, everyone suddenly became active.

"The general is right. Your Majesty is a man who loves his soldiers as much as his son. He will definitely know the benefits of us conserving our troops."

"Yes, yes, these years we have long been used to avoiding the edge of the court, haven't we? It's just going the same way again."

"Yes, yes, let's not go head-to-head with these guys from the imperial court. What's the harm in letting them go first!"

Li Yan looked at the subordinates who suddenly became enthusiastic about speaking, and became more speechless in his heart.

There were so many words in the scene, but in fact everyone knew very well that Dashun was really no longer Da Ming's opponent.

Many people in the Dashun Army actually don't think about changing the dynasty and becoming a founding hero.

For them, being able to survive in this troubled world is already very good.

If you continue to go to Jinan right now, it is not a matter of surviving or not, but thinking about where to bury your body in the future... It is not right, maybe no one will bury it at all.

In short, not going to Jinan seems to have become the consensus of all.

Although Li Yan was speechless, he actually relaxed a lot in his heart.

Since it was everyone's consensus, Li Zicheng's punishment of Li Yan would definitely not be so severe after he went back.

When Li Yan set off, he didn't expect that the imperial court's soldiers and horses would suddenly become as many as 15.

Li Yan cheered up and said: "Since everything has been decided, let's retreat as a whole starting from tomorrow morning. Move quickly, otherwise we will be in big trouble if we are caught up by the soldiers and horses of the imperial court."

Right now, Li Yan's headquarters is fifty miles away from Jinan, and according to common sense, he still needs to march for two days, but if the imperial court suddenly launches a surprise attack, one day is enough to complete the distance.

Li Yan's order was issued, and all the generals immediately took orders.

Just when Li Yan was about to announce the end of the meeting, there was a rush of footsteps, and Li Yan's personal guard captain walked in with an envoy.

The messenger looked serious, and held up a scroll: "General Li Yan, Your Majesty has an order, please accept it!"

Li Yan froze for a moment, stood up and saluted the scroll, and then took the scroll.

After all, Dashun is only a few months old regime, and all kinds of etiquette are not so particular.

Li Yan also had some doubts in his heart. What kind of order would Li Zicheng give at this time?

Li Yan knew the answer very quickly, but this answer was a bit difficult for him to accept.

Looking at the imperial decree in front of him, Li Yan's face changed obviously. After reading it, he even took two steps back and almost fell down.

A general with quick eyesight helped Li Yan: "General, are you okay?"

Li Yan ignored this subordinate, but looked up at the envoy in front of him, and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty... why did you cross the Yellow River and go up?"

The envoy coughed and said solemnly: "How can I and a small envoy know about your Majesty's affairs? But General Li Yan, this time your task is very heavy. Your Majesty has already explained it, let you do nothing about it." How can we delay the main force of the imperial court here for at least a month, so that His Majesty can calmly recover Beizhili, and then break through the empty capital in one fell swoop!"

Li Yan: "..."

Li Yan wanted to laugh, but also wanted to cry!
Yes, Li Zicheng's order to Li Yan was to ask Li Yan to find a way to drag all the main force of the imperial court to Jinan, so that the main force of the Dashun Army led by Li Zicheng could complete a wave of counterattacks against Beizhili.

And judging from his tone, Li Zicheng even planned to attack the capital directly!
Li Yan couldn't help but said: "How is this possible? The court is not a fool, how could it be unprepared? Your Majesty did this with such a lack of consideration!"

The envoy chuckled and asked back, "Why, does General Li want to disobey orders?"

Li Yan: "..."

At this moment, Li Yan suddenly had an urge to run out of the camp and jump directly into the Yellow River outside the camp!

　I spent the day taking care of the children in the hospital. This chapter was written in advance, and the next chapter should be at night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)