Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 37 Chapter 37, Uncle Xiangcheng was disgraced, and Li Zicheng attacked again
Zhu Cixiang's recruitment work went very smoothly. In less than half a day, all 5000 people had been recruited.

Looking at the 5000 young men in front of him, Zhu Cixiang was in a very good mood.

He could see that these young and strong men really had blood in their chests and wanted to do their part.

So Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said to the five thousand young men: "Let's go, let Fang Gonggan take you to get your weapons and equipment, train today, and start fighting in the city tomorrow!"

There was no way to do this, after all, Li Zicheng's troops outside the city were still watching. Zhu Cihong knew that these people had not been trained, but they could only rush into battle.

Anyway, if you just defend the city, you don't need any complicated training.

Li Guozhen watched Zhu Cixiang leave with a large group of young men, his face was very gloomy.

Li Guozhen has only recruited less than 1500 people now, and the number is less than one-third of Zhu Cixing's.

People are really more popular than people.

Later that day, another meeting took place in the Imperial Study Room.

A rare smile appeared on Chongzhen's face, and he said to Zhu Cixiang: "Xian'er, you did a good job this time. From now on, all the Ming Dynasty warriors recruited will be led by the British Duke."

Then Chongzhen glanced at Li Guozhen again, hesitated a little, but still said: "Uncle Xiangcheng, you have done a good job this time, I hope you can continue to perform better in the next battle of defending the city. "

Although Chongzhen didn't say anything serious, everyone present could hear that Chongzhen was actually very dissatisfied with Li Guozhen's conscription this time.

Because Li Guozhen has only recruited 4000 people so far, which is still far from the 5000 people he should have completed.

You must know that Li Guozhen hired people at a price of 25 taels, but in the end, they were not hired faster than Zhu Cixiang, who was 20 taels each. This is simply ridiculous.

This means that Chongzhen regards Li Guozhen as a confidant, otherwise he will definitely be scolded miserably.

Li Guozhen's face was hot, and he said to Chongzhen: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely be able to complete the task, and I will definitely not let Li Zicheng's rebels make any progress!"

When Li Guozhen said this, he also felt ruthless in his heart, and he must regain face in terms of defending the city.

At this moment, Wang Chengen hurried in and reported a piece of news with a solemn face.

"Sorry, Your Majesty, Li Zicheng's bandit army has just launched a large-scale attack, at least 4 people were mobilized."

This news immediately made everyone in the study look solemn.

You must know that since Liu Zongmin's death, Li Zicheng has been fighting small and small troubles in the past few days. Today, such large-scale offensives are still very rare.

Chongzhen took a deep breath and decisively issued the order.

"Take the young men you recruited and bring them to the city immediately. They must withstand Li Zicheng's attack."

Li Guozhen immediately responded loudly, not forgetting to glance at Zhu Cixiang.

Li Guozhen made up his mind that this time he must let Zhu Cixi know what a true professional general is.

Zhu Cixiang also did not dare to neglect. After receiving the order, he immediately left the Imperial Study Room and returned to his Duanben Palace.

Here 5000 soldiers wearing brand-new Ming army standard armor are waiting for Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cixiang looked at the scene in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.

What makes Zhu Cihong a little regretful is that the system issued only ordinary swords, not the kind of firecrackers that Zhu Cihong wanted in his heart.

Unexpectedly, the system also gave an explanation: "These people are ordinary citizens of Ming Dynasty. They can't be familiar with firecrackers in a short period of time, so they can only issue cold weapons."

Zhu Cihong nodded, accepted the system's statement, and suddenly couldn't help asking: "Since this is the case, why doesn't the system give me something sharper, so that I can directly destroy all of Daming's enemies?" ?”

The system's calm voice continued to sound: "The rewards issued by the system are closely related to the tasks that the host can sign in to complete. Only when the host completes more tasks, can the system have greater authority to give the host more powerful items."

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he said, OK, upgrade to kill monsters, it's very reasonable.

Zhu Cihong stopped talking nonsense, took a step forward, looked at the 5000 new troops who were already waiting in front of him with piercing eyes, and spoke loudly.

"Everyone joining the army today is naturally for the purpose of defending the country, right?"

In front of Zhu Cixiang, many new soldiers wearing new armor and holding new weapons loudly said: "Yes!"

The sound was earth-shattering.

Zhu Cixiang smiled with satisfaction and waved his hand: "Now, Li Zicheng has launched an attack again. He thinks he can break through the capital of our Ming Dynasty. Do you agree?"

The shouts of the recruits were deafening: "I don't agree!"

Zhu Cixiang waved his hand: "Then what are you waiting for? Follow me to protect our family and country!"

The shouts of five thousand new troops were earth-shattering: "Defend the home and the country!"

Outside Changhua Gate, break into the army camp.

Li Zicheng was still sitting on that high platform, and the King of Dai and the King of Jin were still sitting next to him, and of course there were other ministers who invaded the army.

Compared with the past few days, Li Zicheng's face became obviously gloomier.

He said coldly: "Today, our army is attacking the capital from all sides. We must capture it and avenge Zong Min!"

For Li Zicheng, the past few days have been very painful.

Liu Zongmin followed him through life and death for many years, and the friendship between the two was comparable to that of a father and son. After Liu Zongmin died suddenly, Li Zicheng, regardless of everyone's dissuasion, insisted on guarding Liu Zongmin's spirit for three days.

Today is the time for Li Zicheng to take revenge!

As Li Zicheng finished speaking, countless soldiers of the insurgent army swarmed out and attacked the city of Beijing.

This time Li Zicheng also spent a lot of money. Not only did tens of thousands of elites come out, but generals such as Tian Jianxiu, Li Laiheng, He Jin, Liu Fangliang also came out to attack the capital from different directions.

On the city wall of Changhua Gate, British Duke Zhang Shize looked at this scene with a very solemn expression.

Next to the British Duke, a Ming general couldn't help but said: "There are too many intruders, Duke, we must find a way!"

The British Duke sighed helplessly, and said, "What can I do? The Duke of our country can't conjure up an army."

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded: "Who said you can't conjure an army?"

The Duke of England suddenly turned his head, just in time to see Zhu Cihong, he was surprised and delighted: "His Royal Highness!"

Zhu Cixiang laughed and pointed behind him: "Mr. British, I have brought you the 5000 soldiers you asked for!"

(End of this chapter)