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Chapter 20 Borrowing Soldiers to Suppress Bandits

The rescuer has indeed arrived.

However……

"I am the governor of Liaodong Li Yutian."

"Governor Li Xihan, Chen Shanyong."

"My teacher Yongping's army is preparing for Zhang Ruoqi."

As a large warship slowly approached, three officials on the deck bowed at the same time, and then spoke in unison to Chongzhen, who was helped out by Wang Chengen, "Welcome to the Holy Lord!"

This is not Huang Fei's Denglai Navy.

This came from Lao Longtou, the Longwuying Navy, who was under the command of the General of Shanhaiguan. Among these three, Li Yutian led the withdrawal of the military and civilians outside the pass together with Wu Sangui. Li Xifeng was the governor of Shanyong, who commanded the troops and horses in Shanhaiguan and Yongping. In fact, he had been renamed the governor of Tianjin and replaced the retired Feng Yuanlian, but the decree had not yet been issued. Li Zicheng arrived in Beijing.

Needless to say, Zhang Ruoqi's military preparations are in place.

They also included Wang Yongji, the governor of Ji Liao who had escaped, and together formed the civil service system in the Shanhaiguan area. The general of Shanhaiguan Gaodi and the general of Liaodong Wu Sangui were the two main commanders there. The general of Jizhen, Tang Tong, who had surrendered, and Song Quan, the governor of Shuntian, who had not known where they were since their defeat. These people formed the military and political core of the Ming Dynasty in Hebei.

"I feel very relieved when you can come!"

Chongzhen said expressionlessly.

He actually had nothing to comfort, because this was a group of defeated soldiers. Originally, the elite troops in each town were transferred to block Li Zicheng, and then they basically surrendered to the enemy. These people were left behind the old, weak, sick and disabled.

"I am late, please give me a punishment!"

Li Yutian said carefully as he looked at the wound on his face.

He is the most official here.

The governor of the Ming Dynasty was not a full-time job, but was temporarily set up for tasks. His official positions were all censors. As the censors were the censors, Li Yutian was the deputy censor, Li Xiqing was the deputy censor, and the same was true for military preparation. Zhang Ruoqi's official title was actually the deputy envoy of the Censors.

"It's good to be able to come."

Chongzhen said.

Seeing that he was in poor condition, Li Yutian and others did not dare to ask any more questions. At this time, there were winds and waves on the sea, and the two ships could not continue to approach, so they guarded Chongzhen and went directly to Beitang. As for the people who had originally gone to Beitang to intercept Chongzhen, of course, they withdrew at this time. Although the Longwu Camp Navy was not strong, it was still a regular army of thousands of people, not to mention that Yang Qing had hundreds of slaves. This fleet berthed at Beitang Wharf and requisitioned a local official office. Here, Li Yutian and others met the emperor again.

They have received the imperial edict.

It was precisely because he received the imperial edict and knew that Chongzhen was preparing to go south that he hurried to Tianjin to come to see him.

As for their purpose...

"Your Majesty, how can Your Majesty abandon the people of the north? I will not be able to obey the orders of the emperor after death. I will never be able to be with the rebels who committed rebellion. I ask Your Majesty to take them back and fulfill their orders. The soldiers and civilians in the north are willing to defend the Ming Dynasty to the death, fight the bloody battle with the rebels to the end, and recover the capital and return to the palace."

Zhang Ruoqi cried.

"Where is he from?"

Yang Qing whispered to Wang Chengen.

"Shandong people."

Wang Chengen said calmly.

"Oh, I understand."

Yang Qing nodded and continued to play the statue beside Chongzhen with the handle of the knife.

"Before, I gathered the soldiers from the north and could not defend Beijing, what strategy do you have to recover the capital? There are hundreds of thousands of troops, how many soldiers and horses do you have? All of them are fighting for a hundred battles, how many soldiers and horses can you compete with them?"

Chongzhen said while drinking tea.

"Uh, your Majesty, my loyalty and righteous spirit can match a million troops!"

Zhang Ruoqi said righteously.

Then the teacup from Chongzhen flew out and smashed it on his forehead with half a cup of tea.

"I ask you how many soldiers you have!"

Chongzhen roared.

"When you go back to your Majesty, there are still about 10,000 troops in the army of the closed gate. There are more than 40,000 troops in Xibo, and a total of 50,000 troops can be collected in Jidong, but the army of Gaodi is all hastily collected, and it may be possible to defend the city. The field battle may collapse at a touch, and Pingxibo's army is an elite force."

Li Yutian said carefully.

"If you really can fight and fight against him, don't talk about elite troops, I don't know the decay of the border troops."

Chongzhen said.

"This one, no more than ten thousand."

Li Yutian said honestly.

In fact, he was exaggerating. The Guanning Army was only stronger than Gaodi's militia. The only ones who could really fight were the thousands of slaves from Wu Sangui. Even defending Shanhaiguan was mysterious. If he wanted to counterattack and retake Beijing, he would probably really expect Zhang Ruoqi's loyal and righteous spirit to move heaven.

In fact, in history, Wu Sangui was also beaten by Li Zicheng in the early days, and was beheaded for 3,000 levels in the field. Later, he had to trap Shanhaiguan. The situation was critical and could not hold on, so he had to run to ask Dorgon in person, and then Dorgon joined the battlefield. After the Qing army joined the army, the force of the two sides had become more powerful than Li Zicheng, which led to Li Zicheng's defeat. Old Li was not a few hundred thousand troops attacking Shanhaiguan. His troops were less than 100,000, and the real elite was only about 30,000. Dorgon brought 80,000, Wu Sangui and Gao Di's two units combined with 50,000. The lack of troops was the main reason for Li Zicheng's defeat at Shanhaiguan.

"What will you do to retake Beijing?"

Chongzhen shouted.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have another plan. Before leaving, I will report to Your Majesty by the King's Commander."

Zhang Ruoqi wiped his face and said.

"explain!"

Chongzhen said.

"Borrow troops to suppress the enemy, borrow troops from Jiannu!"

Zhang Ruoqi said quickly.

"Uh, what should I do if I occupy the magpie's nest?"

Yang Qing said in a shocked look with a pure face.

"It will never be this. What Jiannu wants is nothing more than wealth. At most, he will cut some land. If we break into the world, we will be the best of our country. If we follow the examples of Song and Liao to use Xuandao and Jiannu, the Great Wall and Yanmen Pass as the boundary, and then bait it with wealth and property in exchange for their help, we will definitely be able to regain Beijing. In addition, we can take this opportunity to discuss peace with Jiannu, and we will not invade each other in the future. Our Ming Dynasty can make every effort to fight against rebellion."

Zhang Ruoqi said.

Chongzhen remained silent.

This is indeed feasible in theory.

Of course, this is for the gentry, because the biggest problem with this is that Yang Qing said that the Qing army was taking over, but this problem is not a problem for the gentry, because they can surrender to the Qing army, and the only one who is unlucky is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. They will not suffer any losses. They are just changing their masters. As long as this master is still used to replace them, what's the harm? For them, Dorgon is not bad, but Li Zicheng. If they had had some fantasies about Li Zicheng before, but now as the local tyrants are becoming more and more intense, this fantasy has disappeared. You must know that at this time, it can even be said that almost all the Shunjun controlled areas have begun to fight against local tyrants. Those local officials appointed by Li Zicheng almost did the first thing they did after taking office was to drag the local tyrants and evil gentry into prison. This is no longer a good fortune, and it is just a bandit!

What's wrong with Jiannu?

Huang Taiji is a virtuous and noble man. Dorgon has a great trust in a scholar so far. Hong Chengchou and other surrendered ministers are also valued. This is much better than Li Zicheng!

As for the Emperor of Ming Dynasty...

Who cares about his life or death? He is just a consumable. Just fool him into issuing an imperial edict. As for the result, it doesn’t matter. If Dorgon abides by the agreement, everyone will be happy. If Dorgon doesn’t abide by it, he will change the emperor. The Zhu family has been the emperor for almost three hundred years. What’s wrong with changing it? As for the alien races and other things, it’s not within their considerations. There are more alien races kneeling!

Khitan, the Zhenjurchen, and the Mongolian, have never been kneeling.

What's wrong with kneeling down at this time?

"Taizu expelled the Tartars and restored China, and then there was a 300-year-old country in the Ming Dynasty. You want your Majesty to seek help from the Tartars. Even if it can be achieved, how can you see Taizu again after a hundred years? What's more, Li Zicheng is begging to be a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and how could Dorgon be a minister of the Ming Dynasty? Your Majesty and Li Zicheng are doing internal affairs in the Ming Dynasty. What's this what? Would you rather have a friendly country than a slave? You have made Your Majesty break the promise of the people that have been promised by all people. This is for no faith and to lead a foreign race to kill his own subjects. Is it unrighteous to trap Your Majesty in the unfaithfulness of your Majesty in the unfaithfulness of your Majesty?"

Yang Qing said quietly beside him.

"Why should we be faithful to those traitors?"

Zhang Ruoqi said disdainfully.

"Then will the barbarians tell you about their faith?"

Yang Qing said.

"Who is yours?"

Zhang Ruoqi looked at Yang Qing in surprise.

Of course they knew Wang Chengen and Cao Youyi, but it was surprising that Yang Qing, the strange Jinyiwei, spoke so unscrupulously, and Chongzhen did not scold him.

"General Yang was promoted to the commander of the Jinyiwei for his merits of saving the emperor."

Wang Chengen said.

"I have heard of it, but I am a little confused. Li Zicheng is in trouble in the world and the ancestral temple Queen Mengchen is shameful to the country. He is actually my enemy of the Ming Dynasty. As an Jinyiwei, you should be jealous of this thief. Why do you hide it everywhere? Which side are you on?"

Zhang Ruoqi sneered.

"I am only on His Majesty's side, not on my own side."

Yang Qing said with a smile.

"What do you mean by this? Do you mean that you have selfish intentions?"

Zhang Ruoqi said.

"Do you have to explain it clearly?"

Yang Qing said.

"please!"

Zhang Ruoqi said.

"Even if Jiannu is occupying the magpie nest, it is still His Majesty's nest. You are just a new master. However, Taizu's country has changed its owner. This is why you are talking lies with your eyes open. Knowing that you are leading Jiannu into the pass, even if you defeat Li Zicheng, the world is not owned by the Ming Dynasty. You are still lying to Your Majesty that you will not have such a thing. Of course you will not be afraid. Jiannu has your place to seize the world. How about rewarding you as the prefect of Shuntian? But if Jiannu seizes the world, will he still leave a place for Your Majesty? Li Zicheng will respect Your Majesty as the emperor. If Dorgon is replaced, I am afraid that Your Majesty will not be able to be a prisoner!"

Yang Qing said bluntly.

"Your Majesty, I will impeach Yang Qing as the right assistant censor to alienate the monarch and his ministers!"
Chapter completed!
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