Han ride

Chapter 453 New Era
Zuo Liangyu saw Gao Meng and the others rushed up the hill and surrounded the crowd, feeling dissatisfied in his heart, and just as he was about to make a move, Zuo Liangyu seemed to think of something, a trace of disappointment appeared in his eyes, he waved to one side, and the people around him The Royal Forest Army retreated immediately, making a big opening.

"Your Majesty." Even Li Xin, who was prepared, looked at Emperor Chongzhen at this time and was taken aback. He could tell that Chongzhen's arrow had probably pierced his lungs. In later generations, there might still be a glimmer of life. , but at this time, there is no chance.

"Duke Liao, we meet again." Emperor Chongzhen seemed to realize that he might not live long, but a smile appeared on his face. He waved his hand and said to Wang Chengen beside him: "Go down and rest! I want to have a few words with Duke Liao."

"The old slave doesn't go anywhere, just here to serve the emperor." Wang Chengen said sadly.

"You slave, no matter what!" Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and smiled wryly: "Duke Liao, this time I was wrong, and I will be punished if I am wrong, even if I am the emperor, if no one punishes me, God will punish me. "

"The emperor was joking. The world is so big, who can punish the emperor and wait for his ministers to protect the emperor and return to the capital. There are many imperial doctors in the capital, and there are countless people who have rejuvenated their lives. They will definitely cure the emperor." Li Xinqiang laughed.When a person is about to die, his words are also kind.This is the case with the Chongzhen Emperor in front of him.

"Duke Liao doesn't need to persuade me. I know about my affairs." Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said, "Duke Liao is a hero in this world. Before he died, I have something to ask. Am I considered a good emperor?"

Li Xin didn't even think about it, so he said: "It is rare in the world for an emperor to be diligent in government. If it was in the Taiping era, the emperor would be a rare Ming emperor throughout the ages. It's just that the emperor was born at the end of the dynasty, and the accumulation is hard to return. Therefore, His Majesty the emperor is not a king of subjugation. Also! The ministers are the ministers of the kingdom, and it is the fault of all the ministers that His Majesty the Emperor can have today."

"I don't know how the history books will evaluate me after I die? How will the Duke of Liao determine the name of my temple?" Emperor Chongzhen asked again.

"Lie. How?" Li Xin thought for a while and said.

"Lie? It's not bad." Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and said to Li Xin: "After I die, the Central Plains will depend on you, but although the country is good, it is just as you said, it is hard to return, and there are slaves outside. , there are rioters inside, and those officials, hey, Li Xin, remember, you are Han, and the country can only belong to the Han, and cannot fall into the hands of Jiannu."

"Naturally. The minister and the slave are life-and-death enemies, how can they be allowed to occupy the picturesque country." Li Xin said without thinking.

"It's so good." Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "After I die, I naturally don't have to think about those courtiers, but I also ask the Duke of Liao to treat your people well. I have been incompetent these years and made these people suffer. .”

"Your Majesty, just rest assured." Li Xin nodded, with a trace of pity in his eyes.Say it quickly.

"Wang Chengen, prepare your pen and ink. I want to write an edict of guilt. Li Xin, this is the last thing I can do for you." Emperor Chongzhen signaled Wang Chengen to put him down. Emperor Chongzhen, Wang Chengen looked around for a while, and finally Emperor Chongzhen pointed to one side. Everyone looked, but it was a dragon robe that Emperor Chongzhen was wearing.

"Your Majesty, it's done." Gao Meng hurriedly asked for a pen and ink, and Wang Chengen said something to Chongzhen on the rock.

"Since I ascended the throne for seven years, the rebels have approached the capital. Although I am virtuous and merciless, and the heavens are angry, the rebels approached the capital. However, it is all the mistakes of the ministers! My death is not enough to see my ancestors in the ground, fortunately Relying on the trustworthiness of the Liao Kingdom, its bravery is unparalleled, and it has the appearance of the sun. Today, I entrust the country to the Duke of Liao, and I will advance to the throne, to the King of Han, to assist the crown prince, and to govern the world. This is my honor." Emperor Chongzhen read softly.I didn't notice the astonishment in the eyes of the surrounding generals at all. Since Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty to the present, no foreign surname has been crowned king, but here, Emperor Chongzhen named Li Xin as king. This has never been done throughout the ages passed.

"Your Majesty." After Li Xin himself heard it, his eyes showed a touch of emotion.This throne was forcibly canonized, which is completely different from being canonized by Emperor Chongzhen. With Emperor Chongzhen's will, it can help Li Xin solve many troubles.

"Don't thank me, even if I won't be canonized today, you will still get the throne. What do you think? King of Han." Emperor Chongzhen showed a smile on his face, but soon, the rosy blush on his face disappeared in the blink of an eye. It just disappeared without a trace, full of ashes.

"Your Majesty." Seeing this, Wang Chengen couldn't help throwing the edict aside, and burst into tears.

"Be kind to my people, be kind to my son. Unless, unless it is absolutely necessary, don't, don't hurt them." Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that if it wasn't for Li Xin's sharp ears, I'm afraid he really couldn't hear it clearly.

"The minister leads the decree." Li Xin glanced at Emperor Chongzhen, and bowed respectfully to the ground.However, people in their 20s are not much older than Li Xin. Li Xin is majestic and heroic, but Emperor Chongzhen is old, with an extremely thin figure and deeply sunken eye sockets. It can also be seen that the emperor Chongzhen Not so good.

"Your Majesty." Seeing this, Zuo Liangyu and others couldn't help but burst into tears.Even Gao Meng and the others looked down on Chongzhen. At this time, they also saluted respectfully, but Wang Chengen knelt there like a dead father, and did not move. Li Xin could understand that this Wang Chengen He was extremely loyal to Emperor Chongzhen as it was said in history. When Emperor Chongzhen died, all his energy and spirit were lost.

"My lord, the emperor has passed away. We'd better return to the capital as soon as possible. Although the Jiannu army has temporarily retreated, we should return to the capital at this time. Be careful of Jiannu sneaking into the capital!" Zuo Liangyu said in Wang Chengen's ear: "The emperor has passed away, but the crown prince is still there, and the emperor of Ming Dynasty is still there!" After finishing speaking, he carefully looked at Li Xin on the side, feeling a little uneasy in his heart. Logically, these words should be from Li Xin Said.

It's just that he didn't expect to see Li Xin looking towards him, with a smile of approval on his face.What he didn't know was that Wang Cheng'en was a useful person to Li Xin. Although he now had the imperial decree, those officials in the Ming Dynasty were not good at other aspects, but they were unexpectedly powerful in fighting for power and profit. How could these people hand over the power in their hands to Li Xin?If Wang Chengen was there, as long as Wang Chengen spoke, these people would naturally not compete with Li Xin for power, at least they would not come to trouble Li Xin publicly.

"King of Han, since the late emperor has already had a will, please follow the will." Wang Chengen looked at Li Xin with an inexplicable expression in his eyes, but he quickly shook his head and knelt beside Emperor Chongzhen.He followed Emperor Chongzhen, guarded Chongzhen in the original Xinwang Mansion, and fought against Wei Zhongxian. He naturally knew the official affairs, and he knew the mystery of Emperor Chongzhen's canonization of Li Xin as King of Han. He was clearly thinking of Li Xin. When Xin was usurping the throne, he could think of Chongzhen's love and spare Chongzhen's family.

"Thank you so much, father-in-law." Li Xin nodded, took the imperial decree from Zuo Liangyu, and said to Zuo Liangyu: "General Zuo, the imperial army and horses beside the emperor are still under the command of the general to guard the late emperor's coffin and follow the army. Return to the capital."

"The last general obeys." Zuo Liangyu pondered for a moment, then asked again: "I wonder how many soldiers and horses the prince has led this time? The last general saw that there were not many soldiers and horses down the mountain. This?"

"Guzhi led three thousand soldiers and horses to go first, and the rest of the army is still behind." After hearing this, Li Xin laughed loudly.

After Zuo Liangyu heard this, his complexion changed drastically, and the boss opened his mouth. He didn't expect that Li Xin would dare to come to King Qin's rescue just by leading three thousand soldiers. If Jiannu knew about this, he might have killed Li Xin The letter is clean.It's just that Zuo Liangyu didn't think that Li Xin was taking risks. On the contrary, he was even more shocked by Jiannu's attitude towards Li Xin. He almost ran away just looking at Li Xin's banner!Presumably, although Li Xin's army is full of elites, it is impossible for a 3000 army to kill them all. The imperial army, a [-] army marching, can reach [-] at the same time.Li Xin has only reached [-] people, and he is still the vanguard, which is considered rare.

Then, at this moment, a majestic singing sound came from a distance, Zuo Liangyu looked over, but saw smoke and dust rising from the northwest, rolling up into the sky, and then saw the banners covering the sky and killing towards the hill.

"Look, the army is coming." Li Xin laughed, pointed to the army in the distance, and said with a smile: "If Jiannu is still here to confront me, I am afraid that he will fall into the siege of my army. It will be a big loss if you don’t die for the first time.”

Zuo Liangyu's eyes are full of horror. It has been less than half an hour since Li Xin appeared, and the army has come slowly. It is indeed as Li Xin said, if Jian Nu does not leave at this time, in the end The unlucky one is Jiannu.People say that Li Xinxin's soldiers are like gods, and his subordinates are full of elite soldiers and fierce generals, and it is true.

"My lord is brave, and the general admires it." Zuo Liangyu said hastily.

"It's a pity, no matter how brave you are, it's a step too late." Li Xin shook his head, looking at the Emperor Chongzhen on one side, an inexplicable color flashed in his eyes. The grievances and grievances disappeared with the death of Chongzhen.

"The death of the emperor has its own destiny, the prince doesn't have to worry about it." Zuo Liangyu persuaded after thinking about it.

Li Xin nodded, but there was a complex feeling in his heart. According to historical records, after the death of Chongzhen, there were only more than 30 people who cried and worshiped him in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and the rest did not even look at it. , turned around and surrendered to Li Zicheng, which is really sad.

"Gu has already ordered Yang Xiong to lead an army to attack Zhangjiakou. Presumably Zhangjiakou has already fallen by this time. If Huang Taiji wants to go back, he can only go to Xifengkou and Shanhaiguan. It is not an ordinary difficulty to capture these two places. Let Huang Taiji come back and forth." Li Xin said with a smile.Before he dispatched troops, he had already calculated that he must seriously injure Huang Taiji. This time the class was different from the previous ones. Before, Chongzhen was in charge, but this time it was Li Xin who was in charge.

"My lord, what the general is worried about is Shanhaiguan. Wu Xiang has defected to the enemy." After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu hurriedly said to Li Xin.

"Wu Xiang surrendered to the enemy, Wu Xiang? You bastard." Li Xin didn't know that Wu Xiang had surrendered to the enemy. After hearing this time, he naturally knew the consequences of Wu Xiang's surrender. He also understood why Guan Ning's cavalry also joined the enemy. Obviously Has a great relationship with Wu Xiang.More importantly, at this time, it was Wu Sangui who was stationed at Shanhaiguan. Historically, Wu Sangui had defected to Jiannu. At this time, Jiannu might use Wu Xiang as a threat, and it is unknown whether he would surrender to Jiannu.

"Loyalty and filial piety are a dilemma. Wu Sangui grew up under the watchful eye of an old slave. He has always been loyal and righteous. He should not betray my Ming Dynasty." At this time, Wang Chengen said later.

"Jiang Yi, you are the vanguard, Gao Meng is the central army, and Shang Kexi is the rear guard. The army immediately goes to the capital. Pursue Jiannu. Wang Fuchen, lead the troops of the headquarters, go to Xifengkou, and block Jiannu's retreat." Li Xin He didn't pay attention to Wang Chengen, but roared loudly: "Jiannu must be wiped out in the pass." As soon as Li Xin finished speaking, there was a burst of cheers.The [-] army was assembled in an instant.The majestic and mighty headed towards the city of Beijing to kill.

Wang Chengen and Zuo Liangyu found a high-quality coffin in a nearby village, filled Chongzhen's body, and led the remnants of the Imperial Forest Army to Beijing.

"Damn, hateful Li Xin." Unlike Li Xin, who was in high spirits, Huang Taiji was leading the army on the road, with an angry expression on his face. The army was about to capture Emperor Chongzhen alive, but no one expected that this guy Li Xin would appear. And it's such a coincidence.This made all his calculations come to naught.How did Li Xin's troops come so fast?

Dorgon also had a dejected look on his face. It is conceivable that after this time, the Ming Dynasty will still be strong, or in other words, it will be even stronger, because this time it is Li Xin who is in charge of the Ming Dynasty. He is not Unlike Emperor Chongzhen, he had numerous elite soldiers and generals around him. In the past, the place was too small, so his hands were restrained, but now it is different. He has a large number of soldiers and horses, and the Central Plains has a vast land and resources. It may be very difficult to deal with Li Xin.

"I'm afraid that Li Xin's army will come after him soon, and I'm afraid we will have to send someone to Shanhaiguan quickly." Fan Wencheng's face was full of nervousness.

"Will Wu Sangui surrender?" Huang Taiji asked hesitantly.

"He will definitely surrender." Fan Wencheng said hastily: "I heard from Zu Zerun that Wu Sangui and Li Xin have a grudge, and others will take refuge in Li Xin, but this person will not take refuge in Li Xin. In today's world, get rid of Li Xin Even if it is us, it is impossible for him not to join us, and I am willing to go and persuade this person to submit to my Qing Dynasty."

"In this case, there is Mr. Lao." Huang Taiji thought for a while and said: "Sir, if it fails, it is only right that you must take care of yourself."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will go now." Fan Wencheng knew that the matter was urgent, and thought for a while before saying, "Your Majesty, the city of Beijing has not received the news that Emperor Chongzhen has been rescued. The city of Beijing must be in chaos. At this time, if If the army can suddenly appear in front of the city of Beijing, and maybe even swindle the city of Beijing, then we will get a lot."

Huang Taiji thought for a while and said, "What if Li Xin attacks from behind?"

"Then play it by ear." Fan Wencheng thought for a while and said.

"In that case, I'll just remember it." Huang Taiji nodded.

Dorgon on the side heard it clearly, and shook his head in his heart. I don't know when Li Xin's reputation has been a taboo in the hearts of the Manchus. From Huang Taiji to the soldiers, hearing Li Xin's name is full of blood. Trembling, seeing Li Xin's banner, there was only one left who fled in embarrassment.This time even the shadow of Li Xin's army was not seen, so the scared army retreated again and again. The majority, these people living among the people, are also a potential threat. After listening to Li Xin's call, these people will definitely unite under Li Xin's command, and they will definitely be the biggest enemy of the Manchu Qing in the future.

"Report, Li Xin's army is only fifty miles away from our army, please make a decision early." At this time, several cavalry behind rushed over and said loudly.

"What, it's only fifty miles away." Huang Taiji's complexion changed, he looked left and right, then jumped onto a small dirt bag next to him, looked northwest, and saw smoke and dust rising from behind, and the worry on his face became even more serious. thick.If it continues like this, I am afraid that Li Xin will catch up in a short time.Thinking of Li Xin's hundreds of thousands of troops attacking together, Huang Taiji felt a trace of fear in his heart.He secretly regretted it at this time. To be honest, the Qing Dynasty was still not ready to attack the Central Plains at this time. In a hurry, it was still not the best time for a decisive battle.

"Your Majesty, you lead the army first, and my ministers are here to block Li Xin's army." At this time, Dorgon cupped his hands and said.

"Dorgon, you." After hearing this, Huang Taiji showed a touch of emotion on his face, but he knew what the embargo would mean at this time, that is the fate of being besieged by Li Xin.

"Your Majesty, the foundation created by Father Khan cannot be broken in your and my hands." Dorgon's face was stern, and he was not affected by Huang Taiji's move at all. In an hour, I ask the emperor to make a decision early."

"Don't worry, as long as two hours are enough, after two hours, the emperor can retreat." Huang Taiji held Dorgon's hands and said: "When the time comes, I will wait for you in front."

"Your brother obeys the order." Dorgon looked calm. He turned around and ordered his soldiers to wave the Zhengbai flag. In an instant, more than ten thousand Zhengbai soldiers and horses jumped out. It wasn't the children of the Green Camp who fought against Wu Sangui decades later. These soldiers and horses were all composed of Manchurians, and they fought ferociously.Although there are only ten thousand people, it is equivalent to tens of thousands of troops in the Ming Dynasty.At this time, there is a will to die again, and the morale is even higher.

(End of this chapter)