Chongzhen Undergraduates

Liu Zongmin's words are very straightforward, I am worried about you, Li Zicheng.If you don't go, don't blame me for not working hard.

"Okay, I will go to the imperial court personally, and I will leave tomorrow." Li Zicheng couldn't get sick of Liu Zongmin, so he had a plan and decided to fool him.

"No, the big battle is coming, the eldest brother should be stationed in the camp with us from now on, and we can't relax." Liu Zongmin put an end to Li Zicheng's flamboyance and didn't buy it at all.

"Okay, come back and have fun after defeating Wu Sangui." Li Zicheng turned his head and glanced at Chen Yuanyuan's direction. He was already in the palace, and sooner or later he would not be able to escape from his grasp.

After all, it is the hero who is sad and the beauty!

Chapter 18: Prologue to the Great War

Zhu Youjian, who was guarding outside the palace, was like an ant on a hot pot. After waiting for a long time, Chen Yuanyuan did not come out.Zhu Youjian felt a little remorseful, knowing Li Zicheng's plan to plot Chen Yuanyuan, but still let her go to the palace to find Li Zicheng.Although it was forced, it was my own idea after all.

Zhu Youjian got impatient and was about to look for an opportunity to sneak into the palace to inquire about the situation, but saw the palace gate open, and a number of fast horse messengers rushed out, walking along the street towards the various military camps inside and outside the capital. After a while, some people left the palace, and it was the emperor's outing.

"Has the situation changed?" Zhu Youjian was an emperor and knew the rules of the court. An action of this scale should not be touched just because of a woman.

"General, I have found you." Zhang Han, one of the eight young men, ran over panting. He was second only to Yao Hai's capable man. He would find Zhu Youjian, obviously he had traveled a lot.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Youjian didn't want to talk to him, and only thought about Chen Yuanyuan's comfort in his heart.

"Li Zicheng's royal conscript is personally enlisted, and he is going to gather all the troops around the capital to attack Wu Sangui. Our battalion is also on the list. At this moment, Li Zicheng has arrived at the old camp stationed in the capital. Liu Zongmin sent an order to let us assemble the team and prepare Set off."

When Zhu Youjian heard that Li Zicheng was not in the palace, Chen Yuanyuan must be safe, so he didn't have to take the risk of going to the palace anymore.

"Go, go back to the camp immediately." The two pulled the reins and rushed towards the camp without stopping.

The station is already busy.The 1000 soldiers under Zhu Youjian's armor were brightly armored and ready to go. From the perspective of military appearance, the [-] men under Zhu Youjian could already be regarded as quite powerful.However, Zhu Youjian knew that due to the short period of time in the army, these subordinates were still far from being a real strong army, and now they could barely obey orders.

"What are you doing? Who asked you to prepare?" Zhu Youjian cursed when he came up.

"General, aren't you going to go out?" Some subordinates were puzzled, the order just passed was to make the soldiers of this battalion ready to go out at any time.

"Chuangjun, what are you in a hurry for? Listen to my order now: Let the soldiers and temporary soldiers be exchanged, and the young and strong recruits in the capital will start preparing and follow me to go out."

"This, I'm afraid it's not right. Those people don't know how to fight at all. Isn't it equivalent to dying if they go to the battlefield?" Wang Chengen hurried over to persuade them.

"This battle is between Chuangjun and Wu Sangui. Do you think my Ming soldiers have not died enough? Are you going to send elites to die?"

"Wu Sangui is the commander-in-chief of my Ming Dynasty. Long live, as long as he escapes from the capital and turns his back on the battlefield, he will immediately be able to re-lead the border soldiers to regain the capital." Wang Chengen is full of confidence. There is a chance to escape from the capital.

From Wang Chengen's point of view, as long as he fled to Shanhaiguan, with the help of Wu Sangui's Guanning iron cavalry, it would be a piece of cake to regain the capital.

Zhu Youjian pulled Wang Chengen aside, and asked in a low voice, "Let me ask you, where was Wu Sangui when the Chuang army attacked the city?"

"It's in Shanhaiguan."

"Where was Wu Sangui when the palace was breached?"

"In Shanhaiguan."

"Where was Wu Sangui when Wu Mansion was taken over and Wu Xiang was imprisoned?"

"Shanhaiguan."

Zhu Youjian's series of questions made Wang Chengen break out in a cold sweat. He never considered Wu Sangui's loyalty.

"But with Wu Sangui's military strength, why would he go against Chuangjun?" Wang Chengen still hadn't figured it out. He thought that even if Wu Sangui was disloyal to the emperor, it wouldn't be worth turning against Li Zicheng immediately. After all, Li Zicheng had more troops than him. of.

"You forgot that some people in our Ming Dynasty have rebellious bones on the back of their heads. Are there few examples like this?"

"The emperor means?"

Zhu Youjian pointed to the northeast, and Wang Chengen quickly covered his mouth in surprise.

"Is that impossible?"

"Gamble. If I win, from now on, you will belong to me completely, how about it?"

Zhu Youjian's bet made Wang Chengen a little excited, because the previous Emperor Chongzhen had never been so decisive, and the bravery and decisiveness shown by the current emperor is more like an emperor.

It's just that the behavior is too royal!

"How many people do we have now?" Zhu Youjian began to figure out how to make good use of this opportunity.

"Four thousand five hundred and thirty eight. Among them, one thousand seven hundred and three old and weak women and children, one thousand young and strong temporary soldiers, and the rest are craftsmen."

"Swap the soldiers with the temporary soldiers, and let the soldiers act as guards. These craftsmen are all treasures, and there is no room for loss. In addition, starting tomorrow, we will start transferring the old, weak, women and children as the advance team, all going south, and don't stop along the way."

"What should I do with so much money?" Wang Chengen worried as he looked at the pile of money like a hill.

"Five hundred soldiers will go south with the advance team to protect the silver, and the other five hundred soldiers will stay in the capital temporarily to protect the artisans. Leave all the mules and carts to the advance team, and all the horses to the artisan team. The young and strong who went out on foot acted as infantry."

Zhu Youjian had no choice. He didn't have enough manpower, and he got so much money that he couldn't take care of it anyway.Five hundred people, protectors tens of millions of taels of silver, if they meet some powerful warlords or bandits, they will be swallowed alive by them.

Just as he was talking, Li Zicheng sent someone over to pass on a message, asking the soldiers of this battalion to bring the two princes with them when they set off for the expedition.This time Wang Chengen was dissatisfied. He had been responsible for the safety of the two princes recently, but now he suddenly wanted to take them away, and they were still going to a dangerous battlefield. The old man was unwilling to say anything.

"How about, let's find someone who looks like them to replace them?" Wang Chengen almost begged Zhu Youjian.

"No, my son also has to go to the most dangerous and difficult places to exercise, and he can't always be raised in a deep palace compound." In Zhu Youjian's eyes, a child who is pampered has no masculinity , too sissy.

The boy's mother is Daming's mother, and Zhu Youjian doesn't want to see a Daming with a sissy running around the streets.

"What if Li Zicheng kills the prince?"

"Don't worry, I'm here too, you go with me too, just like me, wear a mask."

"Then who brought the advance team south?"

"That's the question, do you have anyone to recommend?"

"The old slave recommends Hukedu to Wu Ganlai." Wang Chengen is serious about it this time.

"Oh? What are the characteristics of this person?" Zhu Youjian tried hard to recall his previous memories and historical materials of later generations, but they were all vague. This person should be a petty official.

"The name of this person is at the end of the rescue list you gave me. When the old slave went to him, he was fully dressed and was about to hang himself. The biggest characteristic of this person is that he is a seventh-rank official. He is rigorous, serious, meticulous, and even a little pedantic."

"The task of transporting silver to the south is arduous. It seems inappropriate to use such a pedantic person?"

"No, this person has another great feature, that is, he can call people together, and most of them are ordinary people or refugees. He often makes troubles in the city because of some injustice."

"This is a master of the pro-democracy movement! Talent. You mean to let him recruit refugees or refugees along the way to strengthen our strength?"

"Exactly."

"All right. Grant Sipin Zuo Tongzheng, responsible for refugee accommodation along the way. Let him do things cheaply!"

"But Your Majesty, we haven't given him a seal? Even your seal is still buried in the palace. He doesn't have a seal, what should we do?"