Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 147 Chapter 147, the British public security appeased Chongzhen, and Zhu Cihong came to justice
Beijing City, Daming Palace.

Chongzhen looked at the British Duke in front of him, and rarely smiled.

"My lord, you are finally back, and I feel relieved!"

Not only Chongzhen, but other courtiers of the Ming Dynasty also showed expressions of relief.

The British Duke arrived with an army of [-], and the capital was safe.

The Duke of England laughed and said: "Your Majesty, you are serious. I just did what I should do."

Chongzhen laughed and said: "It's not that I'm serious, but in this Ming Dynasty, there are too many ministers who can't do what they should do."

As the emperor, Chongzhen had very low satisfaction with the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he would not have said that "the king is not the king of the subjugated country, and the ministers are the subjugated ministers of the country".

The British official hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, now the hall is full of capable ministers who help His Majesty to help the country. Don't worry, Your Majesty."

After the other ministers heard what the Duke of England said, their faces looked much better, and they nodded one after another, thinking that the Duke of England really knows how to behave.

Chongzhen did not continue this topic, but asked: "Is there any new news from Jiannu Dorgon?"

At any time, Jiannu was Chongzhen's most concerned enemy.

Fan Jingwen said: "The news I just received is that Jian Nu is still besieging Taiyuan, but that was already ten days ago."

Chongzhen frowned, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Ten days? This timeliness is too low."

Fan Jingwen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Taiyuan was previously occupied by that thief Li Zicheng, and now it is besieged by Jiannu. It is really difficult for our Ming Dynasty's loyal court forces to penetrate there, and the speed of information transmission will also be greatly affected. .”

After hearing this, Chongzhen's expression became better, and he said, "So, Jiannu probably won't come to the capital to harass you for a while?"

Fan Jingwen did not speak, but looked at the British father.

This kind of thing related to the military, naturally let the British Duke, the current No.1 of the Ming Dynasty, answer in the future.

The British Duke said without hesitation: "To tell you the truth, before setting off, the old minister had a discussion with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. We all felt that Dorgon might not actually attack the capital."

Chongzhen was stunned: "Dorgon will not attack the capital, really?"

The other ministers also had surprises on their faces.

For these emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, in their subconscious minds, "Manchus going south = attacking the Ming Dynasty", they have already formed a thinking inertia.

The British Duke smiled and said: "It's true. Please think about it, Your Majesty. If Jiannu really wanted to attack Daming, why didn't they go directly to Shanhaiguan, but went around Shanxi in such a big circle? You must know that Jiannu removed Mongolia. In addition to the troops of the Eight Banners, the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Han are mainly infantry, and the longer the supply line is, the more disadvantageous they will be."

Chongzhen pondered for a moment, and said: "So what you mean is that Jiannu is actually just coming to Shanxi?"

Britain is fair: "To be precise, they are here for the two cities of Taiyuan and Datong. As long as Jiannu can control this place, Ming's nine-border defense line will not be able to look at each other from head to tail, and the capital will be attacked from three sides. They can calmly deploy their offensive , there is no need to rush."

Chongzhen said: "Then what should we do, it is impossible to just watch Jiannu achieve his goal?"

Chongzhen actually breathed a sigh of relief. Over the years of being emperor, Huang Taiji surrounded the capital once, and Li Zicheng surrounded the capital not long ago. If Dorgon came again, his heart would really be unbearable.

The British Duke smiled and said: "The veteran and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince agree that we must take the initiative to counterattack and take back Taiyuan and Datong."

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "It should indeed be taken back, but isn't Xun'er still fighting against Li Zicheng?"

The British Duke patted his thigh and said with a smile: "So, Your Majesty just needs to sit here and wait for the news of His Highness the Crown Prince's victory!"

Yongnian City.

Li Guozhen looked at the cannon in front of him with a puzzled look on his face: "Your Highness, you are..."

Zhu Cilang patted the gun barrel made of black iron, and said with a smile: "Uncle Xiangcheng, have you heard of the phrase that attacking the heart is the best?"

Li Guozhen nodded subconsciously and said: "Of course I have heard of this."

Zhu Cilang said: "So, we are targeting Li Zicheng this time, but in fact we are not targeting him personally, but targeting the Dashun Army in the entire Yongnian City."

Li Guozhen hesitated and said, "Is this really useful?"

In fact, Li Guozhen rarely opposed Zhu Cixiang's opinions, but he still felt that Zhu Cixiang's idea might be too...how should I say, strange?
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said, "Just wait and see!"

After hearing the news, Li Zicheng also rushed to the city wall immediately.

"Is the Ming army going to attack?" Li Zicheng asked Li Guo who was coming up to him.

Li Guo hurriedly said: "The cannons are pushed up, Your Majesty, this place is too dangerous, please just go back and wait."

Li Zicheng snorted and said, "No matter how accurate the Ming army's cannon is, it can still fall directly on my head?"

After speaking, Li Zicheng pushed Li Guo away, walked to the edge of the city wall, and watched the Ming army's position outside the city.

Suddenly, Li Zicheng frowned and said, "That's not right."

Li Guo hurriedly said: "What's wrong?"

Li Zicheng said slowly: "These cannons are not Hongyi cannons, but ordinary cannons."

Li Guo was stunned for a moment, then walked quickly to Li Zicheng's side, looked at the scene outside the city, and then realized something was wrong.

"The Ming army doesn't seem to be planning to attack the city?"

Under normal circumstances, if you plan to attack the city, there should be a large group of infantry gathered outside the city, and at the same time, you must have a lot of siege equipment such as rams and ladders.

But the problem is that the Ming army showed nothing but dozens of cannons.

Li Zicheng and Li Guo looked at each other with obvious doubts on their faces.

"This Zhu Cihong, what exactly does he want?" Li Zicheng said to himself.

Outside the city in the distance, Zhu Cihong patted the barrel of a cannon and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, all calibrations are completed. Next, listen to my order, 3, 2, 1, fire!"

Following Zhu Cihong's order, many artillerymen immediately ignited the gunpowder.

A few seconds later, with a bang, the artillery vibrated violently and fired the contents of the barrel.

As of here, everything is normal.

Next, something strange happened.

After Li Zicheng noticed the firing of the artillery, he dodged subconsciously, but after a few seconds, the expression on his face gradually changed.

A flurry of papers fell from the sky, falling like snowflakes on the city wall and every corner of the city.

Li Guo was a little nervous, and pulled Li Zicheng to leave: "Your Majesty, be careful, the Ming army may want to poison you!"

Li Zicheng shook off Li Guo's hand: "What kind of poison is it? It's just ordinary paper!"

Li Guo was stunned for a moment, and when he stretched out his hand, he happened to grab a piece of paper that fell from the sky, smelled the ink on it, and became more puzzled: "It's still warm."

Li Zicheng also caught a piece of paper and found that just as Li Guo said, it was full of words.

At first glance, this character looks like the style of woodblock printing. The size of each square character is exactly the same horizontally and vertically, and it fills a piece of paper densely.

There are a few lines that should be titles, placed in front of each paragraph, and the font is also very large, so it immediately caught Li Zicheng's attention.

"Headline: Shocked, Gao Jie, as a courtier, had an affair with the mistress Xing, and Li Zicheng had a green prairie above his head! "

"Science: On the Feasibility and Correct Probability of Blood Recognition, and How to Practice It. "

"An anecdote: Zhang Xianzhong likes to eat human flesh, and eats three meals a day without human flesh. Is it the degeneration of morality or the degeneration of human nature?" "

"Solemn statement: The rebels under Li Zicheng's command burned, killed and looted everywhere, committed crimes against humanity, and will inevitably fail and perish. "

"Policy Explanation: Surrender to the imperial court is lenient, and those who resist Tianwei are strictly beheaded." "

"Niu Jinxing and Li Yan's Letter of Repentance: How I reformed from a sinner who betrayed the court and the people, was forgiven by the court, and turned into a new person." "

You don't even need to read the detailed content, just the titles alone make Li Zicheng feel that his blood pressure is constantly rising.

Li Guo on the side looked at these things and was also dumbfounded: "This, this is..."

With a gloomy face, Li Zicheng tore the paper into pieces in an instant with his hands, and then cursed: "Damn Zhu Cihong, it is despicable and shameless to come up with such a thing to slander me!"

Li Guo woke up like a dream, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, we have to destroy these things quickly, and I will do it now!"

After finishing speaking, Li Guo stuffed the piece of paper in his hand into his sleeve, and hurried down to the city.

Li Zicheng watched Li Guoyuan go, turned his head, and shouted at the surrounding guards: "What are you looking at? Whoever looks again, I will cut off his head!"

The guards who had been staring at the paper hurriedly raised their heads, and all of them quickly destroyed the paper in their hands.

But for some reason, Li Zicheng suddenly felt that the guards looked at him very strangely.

That so-called "headline" is obviously very lethal!

At this moment, Li Zicheng suddenly wanted to vomit blood.

As someone who started out as a peasant army, he certainly knew how inciting rumors were to the people at the bottom.

Most people in this society are illiterate, and because of this, they often believe in what is written in black and white!
There was another burst of gunfire in the distance, and countless pieces of paper fell down one after another again, several of which landed on Li Zicheng's head and shoulders.

Li Zicheng: "..."

How to prevent this?
When he thought that everyone knew about his cuckolding, Li Zicheng felt anxious and angry, and he looked up to the sky and roared.

"Zhu Cihong, you despicable and shameless child with a yellow mouth, I will definitely tear you to pieces!!!"

(End of this chapter)