"The Crown Prince said that there are heroes in Beijing who have concerns, so he invited them back!"

A group of loud-voiced Jingjun soldiers selected by Wang Chengen left Bei'anmen and shouted loudly as they walked along the North Wall Street of the Imperial City.

The strong men who had been waiting in line for a long time started talking after hearing this condition.

"Why do you still have nothing to worry about? How can you care about this when you only have one day's worth of money? Is it possible that we are afraid that we will die during the battle with Chuangni and there will be no one to take care of us at home?"

"Whatever! You're a fool if you don't make money if you don't have money... It's only one penny a day! Isn't it time to rebel?"

"That's right! The rebels didn't show up, so why don't we earn this money?"

"Yeah, at worst, if the rebellion comes, we won't be able to come out of the cat house."

"That's right. I don't know when Chuangni will come... I heard that when Chuangni comes, the people will have a good life!"

"What a good day?"

"Equal land is exempted from taxes, and no taxes are levied for three years..."

"Really?"

"What are you talking about? Don't you even look at this place? Do you want to make money from the prince?"

"Yes, yes, yes, you can't talk nonsense..."

The strong men here are not Wu Xiang's servants. Each of Wu Xiang's servants owns hundreds of acres of farmland, and they must be classified as belonging to the landlord class. Of course they do not agree with "equal land", and they do not pay taxes or grain in the first place.

Not levying taxes for years does not appeal to them. Most of the young men in Beijing are working people, and some are farmers who have recently gone bankrupt. The slogan "No food will be paid when the king comes" is certainly attractive to them.

But King Chuang hasn't come yet today... Since he hasn't come, of course Prince Zhu still has to pull out his wool.

As for whether they could still come out of Bei'anmen after combing the prince's wool, no one had seriously thought about it.

And after all, the city of Beijing is at the feet of the emperor. Compared with other places in the Ming Dynasty, it is much more disciplined. No one has ever dared to rape a strong man in Beijing! This is not the first time that Beijing has encountered enemies. The captives have come and gone several times.

, when did the imperial court use deception to trick people into becoming soldiers to fight against prisoners of war?

Therefore, the last opportunity Zhu Cihong gave the "Sandings" to escape was basically wasted.

Zhu Cixiang, who was already standing downstairs at Bei'anmen Gate, saw that not many strong men were leaving in line, so he smiled and said to Wu Xiang next to him: "Admiral, let the generals and generals choose their own people."

"Here!" Wu Xiang received the military order, turned around and went to arrange his own servants and select people.

Zhu Cixiang said to Wang Cheng'en again: "Wang Banban, tell me, what are your plans for escorting the new army?"

Wang Chengen replied: "Reporting to Master Qiansui, Lao Nu and Admiral Wu plan to organize three battalions, nine bureaus, twenty-seven divisions and seventy-two banners. Each banner will have two banner commanders, one from the Wu family's servant and one from the Wu family.

The flag commander, who is a servant, also serves as the captain. In addition, each flag selects two people from the pure army or the brave men selected today to serve as captains..."

"One flag does not need two flag generals," Zhu Cixiang shook his head, "and Tiqi cannot lead troops, so why should he be a flag general? Take them all back and create a separate war supervising department."

Wang Chengen reminded in a low voice, "But in this case, the three battalions of Qiansui Master will be completely under the control of Admiral Wu..."

"I have my own sense of propriety!" Zhu Cihong said, "But the most important thing now is to escort him out... Don't ask for trouble."

In fact, Zhu Cixiang is not afraid of trouble, but is afraid that Wang Chengen will control this new army! Wang Chengen is a die-hard loyalist of Chongzhen. If this kind of army is controlled by Wang Dugong's Tiqi, doesn't Prince Zhu mean to be controlled by Chongzhen?"

Cheating "continue to hold it in the palm of your hand?"

Wang Chengen was also a person who had no opinions, so he immediately said: "Qian Suiye is still thinking carefully."

Zhu Cixiang asked again: "If you are brave enough, do you have weapons and armor?"

Wang Chengen said: "They all have it. Both the Jingying camp and the Nanhai Zijing Army have reserves. Especially the Nanhai Zijing Army's warehouses still have many good things. They were all purchased by Wei Ni when he organized the Jing Army. Although most of them were allocated.

It’s given to Jingying and Guan Ningjun, but we still keep the best guy for ourselves.”

Zhu Cihong said to himself: Let’s just say you are not as good as Wei Zhongxian? Now you still have to rely on Wei Zhongxian’s legacy, so you are really not afraid of embarrassment!”

Zhu Cixiang asked again, "Are the carriage, driver, horse feed, and dry food ready?"

Horses, carriages, drivers, horse feed, and dry food are all prepared for escape!

Wang Chengen replied in a low voice: "Reporting to Master Qiansui, I have sent people to prepare."

"Everything must be prepared tonight!" Zhu Cixiang warned, "If you want to enter the imperial city, place it in the inner school grounds and let the Jingjun send people to guard it... You must not make any mistakes!"

"I understand, I will arrange everything properly. Please rest assured, Mr. Qiantose."

Wang Chengen has the ability to do things, otherwise he would not be in his current position. His problem is that he has no decision-making ability and dare not make the decision on anything. Now that Zhu Cixiang has made the decision, he immediately takes action and lets his confidant eunuch

They went to collect horses, drivers, carriages, and prepare dry food and horse feed.

On the 15th and 16th, the Chuang King's army had not yet arrived outside Beijing. Naturally, Wang Chengen was still a powerful figure. This small matter could definitely be handled. However, after the 17th, the authority of Wang Chengen and Chongzhen

It will drop rapidly, and by the 19th, the sky and the sky will not respond, and the earth and the earth will no longer work.

Zhu Cixiang was far more thoughtful than Wang Chengen, so he ordered Wang Chengen to prepare yesterday.

"There are also city gates!" Zhu Cihong said, "Chaoyang Gate and Dongzhi Gate, which open to the east in the inner city, must be under the control of reliable people."

Wang Chengen is now the Admiral of the Nine Gates. The so-called Nine Gates refer to the nine gates in the inner city of Beijing. The inner city of Beijing is not surrounded by the outer city, but the outer city is to the south of the inner city. The east and north of the inner city

, there are six gates on the west three sides that can lead directly to the outside of the city.

King Chuang's army must have come from the northwest, so it would be difficult for Zhu Cixiang to escape through the west and north city gates. Only Chaoyang Gate and Dongzhi Gate could escape.

Therefore, Zhu Cixiang must let reliable people control these two city gates, so as not to be unable to open the door or escape.

"The old slave asked his godson to guard these two gates!"

"No." Zhu Cihong shook his head, "Let your godson go to Dongzhimen, and let Wu Sanfu go to Chaoyangmen."

Compared to Wang Chengen's godson, Zhu Cixiang still believed in Wu Xiang's biological son more.

He paused, "If my father doesn't leave tonight, then order people to block all the inner and outer city gates except Dongzhimen, Chaoyangmen, and Zhengyangmen! Dongzhimen, Chaoyangmen, and Zhengyangmen are three

The area around the gate must also be guarded by the Pure Army."

The circumference of the city of Beijing is forty-eight miles. The city wall is tall and solid. The base of the wall is seven to eight feet wide and four feet high. It is made of rammed earth and covered with bricks. It is very strong. The red cannons in the hands of the Chuang army or the Qing army cannot destroy this kind of solidity.

It was for city defense. Moreover, Li Zicheng arrived in a hurry and could not bring heavy artillery.

Therefore, when the intruders entered the city, they could only climb the wall or seize the city gate. In history, Li Zicheng's army relied on officials and eunuchs in Beijing to offer gates to enter the city. So Zhu Cixiang simply blocked the city gate!

After the city gate is blocked, even if someone wants to sell the gate, it will be much more difficult and it will take a long time to dig. If the soil and masonry blocking the gate are not dug out, then Li Zicheng's army will have to climb the wall. At least many four-foot-long walls must be built.

A large number of the above ladders have to be built, which is very laborious. Moreover, climbing the wall is troublesome and not good-looking. Li Zicheng doesn’t want to ride a big horse into Beijing in a showy manner, so he might as well climb in!

Zhu Cihong paused and then said: "The Imperial City and Forbidden City must also arrange for manpower to block the city gates, and we must delay it as much as possible!"

If Zhu Cixiang wanted to break out of the encirclement together with Chongzhen, he would have to deploy manpower in Beijing to delay the attack, and the Imperial City and the Forbidden City were the last fortresses.

"I understand," Wang Chengen replied, "I will do it now!"

After Wang Chengen turned around and left, Zhu Cixiang turned his attention to the outside of the city. At this time, the servants sent by Wu Xiang had already pulled Zhuangyong, who didn't know he was "trapped", into Bei'anmen and towards the inner school grounds.

Zhu Cixiang let out a breath and said to his left and right: "Let's go to the lobby of the inner school... we are going to be busy today."
Chapter completed!