Li Guozhen was a man who did it at will. He immediately handed over the defense of the capital to his deputy and set off with a group of personal guards.

To be fair, this is actually a very dangerous move.

You should know that in broad daylight, if you want to break out of Li Zicheng's numerous encirclements, it is a matter that requires not only strength, but also character.

So, Zhu Cixuan decided to give Li Guozhen some small help.

First use artillery to open a road for Li Guozhen, and then use a sniper rifle to clear out the rebel commander who could block Li Guozhen.

Then, Li Guozhen got Zhu Cilang's range, and he could only wish him good luck.

As it turns out, Li Guozhen was lucky.

Perhaps because he was injured by the Ming official army fiercely counterattacked yesterday, after confirming that Li Guozhen and others just wanted to escape (it seemed to be the case with the rebel army), the rebel army cavalry slowly gave up the pursuit of Li Guozhen and the dozens of knights around him.

Li Guozhen did not pay the price. The 500 Ming cavalry who accompanied him out of the city should be less than one-tenth of them who could follow him to leave in the end.

Zhu Cilang looked at Li Guozhen's figure and shook his head gently.

"Why do you have to?"

For Zhu Cixuan, it is really a very, very unprofitable thing to pay so much of the lives of the warrior just to meet Wu Sangui.

However, whether it was Li Guozhen, Chongzhen, or even other Ming Dynasty ministers, they seemed to think that this idea was quite good.

Zhu Cilang touched his nose: "Fang Gongqian is right. It seems that there are indeed some differences between the prince and the emperor."

Is there a way to solve this problem?

Zhu Cixuan thought for a while and felt that this was not something that was urgent at the moment, so he put it aside.

You can't kill your father...

Fifty miles of land would take two days for an infantry army like Wu Sangui, but for Li Guozhen riding a horse, it would take only half a day to arrive.

When Wu Sangui learned that Li Guozhen was coming, he was obviously a little surprised.

But soon, Wu Sangui met Li Guozhen in the commander's tent.

Li Guozhen had a serious expression and said to Wu Sangui: "Ping Xibo, this time I brought the imperial edict, please accept the edict."

Wu Sangui hesitated for a moment and knelt down at the imperial edict in Li Guozhen's hand.

Li Guozhen recited: "The Emperor Chengyun of Heaven, and the imperial edict said: Now, the Xibo Wu Sangui is loyal and brave, and has great hard work and made great contributions. He is the governor of Ji Liao and commands all the troops of Ji Liao. If he gets this edict, he will lead his troops into the capital to rescue the siege. I hope it very much!"

Although Chongzhen's decree was very short, it was still very sincere.

Wu Sangui was just a general before, but has now been promoted to governor.

The difference between one word is very different.

Simply put, if you are the general, there are still officials in the Liaodong region that can restrict Wu Sangui.

But after becoming the governor, Wu Sangui was truly the only one in Liaodong, and he was the biggest except for the imperial edict.

After hearing this order, Wu Sangui was also a little excited and said happily: "Thank you for your etiquette."

Li Guozhen handed the imperial edict to Wu Sangui and said happily: "Ping Xibo, you know what Your Majesty meant, so you should lead your Guanning army to rescue the capital."

After listening to Li Guozhen's words, Wu Sangui did not give the reaction Li Guozhen expected.

After hesitating for a moment, Wu Sangui pulled Li Guozhen down and said, "Brother Xiangcheng, you and I are also friends from the world. Don't hide it from me today. What is the situation in this capital?"

A mere imperial edict actually did not impress Wu Sangui much.

This is not to say that the official positions granted by the emperor are not tempting, but because if the Ming Dynasty was about to perish, then what use would Chongzhen's imperial edict be?

Wu Sangui was eager to know the current situation of the capital from Li Guozhen, a person who had just left the capital.

Li Guozhen also saw the hesitation in Wu Sangui's heart, so in order to dispel Wu Sangui's concerns, he naturally told Wu Sangui what had happened in the past few days.

As he listened, Wu Sangui's expression began to become weird.

Because what Li Guozhen said was a bit beyond Wu Sangui's expectations.

Wu Sangui had heard about something like killing Liu Zongmin, repelling Li Yan, and saving the life of Deshengmen Li Guozhen.

But Du Qi was shot and killed in this hall, and then he found a large amount of silver from the mansions of Cao Huachun, Zhou Kui and others as if he had opened his eyes. In the end, he got more than 10 million, and finally he could successfully recruit troops in one day...

Wu Sangui stared at Li Guozhen and said, "Brother Xiangcheng, it's really not that I don't believe you, but what I want to say is... the prince is only fifteen years old. Do you really think he can accomplish so many things alone?"

What is the concept of fifteen years old? People say that twenty is the crown. In other words, twenty is considered adulthood only. A fifteen-year-old boy has five years left to adulthood, so he can do these things that are very difficult for adults to do?

Li Guozhen smiled bitterly and said, "Ping Xibo was also surprised when he heard it, right? I'm going to say that even if I, the person involved who witnessed everything happening in the capital, was also very shocked.

Our prince is a very remarkable person. Ping Xibo, if you can assist this prince well, your future achievements will definitely be limitless!"

Wu Sangui suddenly asked, "Since so many families have paid money, then our Wu family..."

Li Guozhen was obviously a little embarrassed, but he still said, "Yes, your Wu family also paid 250,000 taels."

Wu Sangui: “…”

After a while, Wu Sangui said with a serious expression: "Xiangcheng Bo, I can actually understand your urgent desire to save the capital. But I led the Guanning Army from afar, and the soldiers are now quite tired and lack supplies, which is really difficult.

What I mean, since the capital can still be defended, then we don’t need to worry. We should take the Tongzhou in front of us firmly, obtain the city’s grain supply before pushing it to the capital. This is the steady strategy, right?"

After hearing Wu Sangui's words, Li Guozhen was stunned.

Although Wu Sangui's words are very high-sounding, there is actually one meaning in it - I won't save Beijing City for the time being!

Li Guozhen was anxious and said hurriedly: "But there are still more than 100,000 thieves outside Beijing. If Ping Xibo doesn't rescue him quickly, how can the crisis in the capital be resolved?"

Wu Sangui waved his hand a little disapprovingly and said, "Didn't you just say everything? The prince's side is now showing great power and can defend it. Moreover, it will only take three or four days to rest after taking Tongzhou. It is time to go to time and it has not violated His Majesty's will at all. Don't worry."

After hearing this, Li Guozhen was really speechless.

The situation in Beijing is really tight now. Even if there is so much good news, it is unknown whether you can stay for one more day.

You, Wu Sangui, have to wait for three or four days when you open your mouth?

Li Guozhen wanted to continue talking, but Wu Sangui no longer planned to give him a chance to continue speaking.

"Come here, Xiangcheng Bo has worked hard all the way. I'll have a banquet soon. I'll treat Xiangcheng Bo well!"

After saying that, Wu Sangui patted Li Guozhen on the shoulder and smiled and said, "Okay, Xiangcheng Bo, you can rest in this camp for a while. I will call the generals in our army to discuss the decree of Your Majesty. After the result is obtained, we will come back to find you."

Li Guozhen looked at Wu Sangui with a little bit of silence and left like this. After a moment, he let out a weak sigh from Li Guozhen's mouth.

"How could Ping Xibo...be like this?"

Li Guozhen is really not stupid. He knew that Wu Sangui would basically have to wait three or four days before the two would meet again.

Li Guozhen took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, walked out quickly, and shouted to Wu Sangui: "Ping Xibo, I am going to return to the capital now!"

...

Night fell, but in the imperial study, Chongzhen still fell asleep unintentionally.

"Wang Cheng'en!"

"I'm here."

"Go and ask if there is any news about Xiangcheng Bo coming back!"

"Here!"

After a while, Wang Chengen left and returned: "Your Majesty, there is no news about Xiangcheng Bo yet."

Chongzhen: "..."

Chongzhen was really looking forward to getting the exact news that Wu Sangui had come to rescue immediately.

Zhu Cixuan yawned aside and said nothing.

What should be said has been said a long time ago. Everyone told you that Wu Sangui would not come, so why don’t you believe it?

Zhu Cilang looked around and thought it was getting late, so he planned to say goodbye to Chongzhen and go back to bed.

Li Zicheng did not launch any large-scale attacks all day today, but it may not be the case tomorrow.

Now go back and have a good night's sleep, and tomorrow you will be more energetic to deal with Li Zicheng's attack.

Just as Zhu Cilang was about to stand up, a report suddenly came from outside.

"Li Guozhen, the No. 1 of Xiangcheng, asked for a meeting!"

In an instant, everyone in the study room was shocked.

Chongzhen couldn't hide his excitement and stood up suddenly: "Hurry, please come in!"

A moment later, Li Guozhen appeared in front of Chongzhen again.

In just one day, Li Guozhen ran back and forth for a hundred miles and fought with the trespass twice, which made him look very embarrassed and had a slight injury on his body.

But none of those are the key points, the key points are the words that Li Guozhen said after kneeling in front of Chongzhen with a plop.

"Your Majesty, I am not doing my job well and failed to persuade Ping Xibo to send troops to rescue the capital immediately. I also asked Your Majesty to punish me!"

Listening to Li Guozhen's words, the smile on Chongzhen's face instantly froze.

After a while, Chongzhen spoke in disbelief: "Ping Xibo, he actually..."

Li Guozhen smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, he... In short, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he is indeed right!"

Zhu Cilang also sighed as he looked at this scene.

I told you not to go, you still go. Now I'm so disappointed that I'm going to comfort you.

Zhu Cilang coughed and said slowly: "Don't worry, Father, even if Wu Sangui's head and rat end, we can still defeat Li Zicheng's thief army!"
Chapter completed!