Tang Tong, Wang Chengyun, Chen Yongfu, Bai Guangen and Du Zhizhi are all standing in the open space about a hundred steps away from Guangning Gate in the outer city of Beijing. There are no lanterns or torches around to avoid being caught by the city.

The defenders bombarded with artillery.

They came to call the city on Li Zicheng's order. The call to the city on the 17th was a failure, and Du Xun was even thrown in. However, Li Zicheng did not give up the "war on the heart", because the city walls of Beijing were high and strong, and the top of the city wall was

Hongyi artillery has also been deployed. If we cannot capture the heart and soul, but must attack by force, it will not be easy.

Because Li Zicheng's army came in a hurry and did not carry many artillery, it could not attack the city wall of Beijing. It was not only time-consuming and laborious to build large-scale equipment, but also under the threat of the Hongyi cannon on the city of Beijing, the usefulness of large-scale siege equipment

It's not that big. But if we rely solely on ladder ants to attack, how many people will have to die to capture the city of Beijing?

Of course, when it came time to attack by force, Li Zicheng would not easily dispatch his old camp. Instead, he would let the surrendered Ming army attack the city. He would not feel bad about how many people died!

However, Tang Tong, Wang Chengyun, Bai Guangen and Chen Yongfu, the four generals of the Ming army who surrendered to Li Zicheng, did not want their men to suffer heavy losses.

For them, the army is their capital! It is the basis for promotion and wealth in the new Dashun Dynasty in the future, and they cannot let it all be wasted under the walls of Beijing.

Moreover, through Du Zhizhi, the four of them also knew that the city of Beijing was very empty. There were only a few thousand soldiers from the Beijing camp and three thousand pure troops.

Wu Sangui's Guan Ning soldiers did not arrive, and Shandong General Liu Zeqing's soldiers south of the capital also fled.

In addition to not having much troops, there is no pay in Beijing. The treasury and the inner treasury don’t know if there are 200,000 taels of silver?

With no soldiers and no pay, it is basically an empty city. How could it not be possible to shout down the people?

So in addition to the "big voice" calling for the city, each of the four general soldiers also brought hundreds of servants, and there were also 3,000 elite soldiers selected from their headquarters. It was these elite soldiers who just set a burst of fire on the Guangning Gate.

blunderbuss to scare the defenders on the city. Now they waited for the Guangning Gate to be opened, occupied it immediately, and then waited for Li Zicheng's old camp to arrive, which would be considered a meritorious service - the four of them were the fat guys in the outer city of Beijing.

I don’t dare to eat it no matter what, so I have to leave it to King Chuang’s inner circle...

"Brothers in the city, we are also the original soldiers of the Beijing camp! Now we have joined Emperor Dashun, we eat and drink spicy food every day, and we are no longer angry with the Zhu family! Don't work for the Zhu family, and come with us.

Let’s do it!”

"Brothers in the city, Emperor Dashun has millions of heavenly soldiers, and the capital cannot be defended. You should open the city gate to welcome King Chuang, so that you can become a hero of Conglong..."

The campaign for the city began. We did not talk about specific conditions first, but publicized the situation. In fact, there was no need for any publicity. Millions of troops were already approaching the city, so what else was there to promote!

The future of the Ming Dynasty is like a lice on a monk's head, it's obvious... it's going to be over!

So the four Dashun generals estimated that if they shouted a few times, the defenders on the city gate would respond, and then it would be time to negotiate terms. The four of them and Du Zhizhi collected a few boxes of silver, and there were about three

Four thousand taels were brought here. As long as the defenders at Guangningmen are willing to surrender, the money will be given to them.

However, the development of things was far beyond their expectations.

Because the city gate will not open... Thanks to the efforts of the British Duke Zhang Shize, Guangning Gate has been blocked by dirt, gravel and other miscellaneous things.

Therefore, even if the garrison of less than a hundred people at Guangning Gate wanted to sacrifice the gate, they were unable to do anything.

And Zhu Cixi has also arrived!

In terms of fighting, the current Zhu Cihong is definitely not as good as Li Zicheng, let alone Dorgon.

But bragging! Haha, who is Zhu Cixiang afraid of? He is a professional braggart! In later generations, the China Securities Regulatory Commission will be able to punish people like him, but now there is no such Yamen in the Ming Dynasty!

Even if there were, with Zhu Cixiang's status as the successor to the feudal cause of the Ming Dynasty, would he still be afraid that others would accuse him of bragging?

That’s not to let it go!

So as soon as the Beijing soldiers below the city who had surrendered to Dashun finished shouting, the response from the city came, but it was not to surrender, but to persuade them to surrender.

"Brothers below the city, you surrendered early! Now the imperial court has money! The noble officials in Beijing have all donated money under the inspiration of Prince Qiantose... So we are now paid one tael of silver a day! It is now

Silver!"

What?

One tael of silver a day, or cash?

How is this possible!?

The four general soldiers all turned their attention to Du Zhizhi. Eunuch Du's head shook like a wave, "Impossible, impossible... Even if the imperial court is rich, the holy, oh, Zhu family's faint king will not give it up.

Give it!"

That’s right, Emperor Chongzhen was so picky! How could he give so much?

Another message came from the city: "Brothers below the city, it's too late for you to abandon the dark and turn to the bright side! Master Qiantose said that as long as you turn to the bright side, let's forget about it. Each of you will be rewarded with five taels of silver in cash! Come and get the money!"

Really rich?

Tang Tong, Wang Chengyun, Chen Yongfu, Bai Guangen and Du Zhizhi all opened their mouths in surprise.

Before the five of them could react, some of the "loud soldiers" who were shouting from the city began to question.

"Just brag, who will believe it?"

"Even if the court has money, it won't give us these big soldiers!"

"It's useless even if you have money... Emperor Dashun has arrived with millions of soldiers, and the defense of Beijing is useless!"

Someone on the top of the city immediately responded loudly: "It's useful, how can money be useless?"

Let me tell you, those of us who serve as soldiers cannot get a few taels of silver...the bulk of it will be given to the Manchus!"

"to whom?"

"Manchus! The Qing Dynasty...the imperial court has borrowed troops from the Qing Dynasty! It has sent 2 million taels and borrowed 20,000 Manchu soldiers. Together with Guan Ning's army, we are almost at the capital! As soon as the Manchu soldiers arrive, you will be finished.

.”

"Is this true?"

"Of course! We in the Ming Dynasty also made peace with the Qing Dynasty...Prince Chitose is going to marry Princess Princess Fu Zhengrui of the Qing Dynasty. From now on, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the emperor will be in-laws."

"Really? Don't be ridiculous!"

"Haha, can such a thing be false? Can this be nonsense?"

That's right, can you talk nonsense about getting married?

Tang Tong, Wang Chengyun, Chen Yongfu, Bai Guangen, and Du Zhizhi were also a little panicked.

Don't they know what Emperor Chongzhen's temper is? He was a very serious emperor. How could he talk nonsense about the marriage between the crown prince and the daughter of a Manchu prince?

"Eunuch Du, is it possible that this is true?" Tang Tong was a little unable to hold himself back and asked the question first.

"Yes, my father-in-law is a person close to the emperor of the Zhu family, so he knows better than us, right?"

"Eunuch Du, will the Emperor of the Zhu family deceive us about this?"

"Yes, Eunuch Du, you know the best about the Red Thief Emperor..."

Wang Chengyun, Chen Yongfu, and Bai Guangen also started asking questions. The Ming Dynasty borrowing troops from the Qing Dynasty is no joke!

How powerful the Manchu soldiers were! The Ming officers and soldiers won more than they lost against Li Zicheng, especially before Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng were killed by the Qing soldiers (they didn't know that Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty), Li Zicheng was beaten everywhere by them

He was a real bandit when he arrived... But Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng, who were so powerful, met the Manchurian soldiers, and their entire armies were also wiped out!

"This, this..." Du Zhizhi shook his head, "Logically speaking, it won't happen, but it's not certain. Didn't Chen Xinjia die just because he leaked what he was talking about with the Manchus? Maybe the peace talks have always been going on.

Do it in secret!"

"That must be the case!" Tang Tong clapped his hands, "otherwise why didn't the Zhu family emperor run away? At the beginning of the year, weren't they still talking about leaving the capital? By March, they were silent..."

"It must be like this!" Wang Chengyun was also afraid. As the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, he had fought many Manchurian soldiers, and he knew how ferocious those people were.

If he had known that the consequence of surrendering to Li Zicheng would be to fight the Manchu soldiers, he would have held on to the end in Xuan Mansion.

Bai Guangen, who had participated in the Battle of Songjin, also suffered from panphobia and gasped: "If this is really the case, it will be really difficult to win this capital!"
Chapter completed!