The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 112
Juyongguan.

As one of the most important passes of the Great Wall, it has guarded the important passage from the north to the grassland since ancient times.

This pass is built according to the mountain situation. The main city is located in the valley between the two mountains.

At this moment, in the valley in front of the pass, the army is gathering and the flags are everywhere. If you look around, the entire valley is almost filled with people and horses, and it is difficult to see the end of it from a high altitude.

Turning off the guard general, looking at the big bright yellow flag and the young man in golden armor under the flag, his heart trembled.

Obviously, no one expected that His Majesty would come to the gate in person.

Zhu Cihong did come.

Because there is nothing to do in Beijing for the time being, as for whether there will be rebellion after the emperor leaves Beijing, he is not worried at all now.

Only the remaining four governors are eligible to rebel.

But unless the four of them took the wrong medicine, they would do this kind of self-destructive thing, even Wu Sangui was very relieved.

Because even if Wu Sangui wanted to rebel, no one would follow him. No one would choose to do this kind of ransacking and extermination unless it was absolutely necessary.

Even under such circumstances, the nobles in the city only dared to petition, but did not dare to raise soldiers.

It can be seen that the risk of rebellion in ancient times was great, and it was definitely not a joke.

In the current situation, no matter how dissatisfied he is with the emperor, he will only choose to boil him to death instead of rebelling by extreme means.

Now the three armies of the capital are holding each other in check, with Huang Degong guarding Jizhen in Shanhaiguan, together with Liu Zeqing from Shandong, Liu Liangzuo from Shanxi, Gaojie from Henan, and Tangtong from the south, it can be said that the capital is as stable as Mount Tai.

There are no internal and external troubles. It is estimated that the capital city has never been so stable since the Tumu Fortress in the Ming Dynasty.

In this situation, even if a three-year-old child is the emperor, no one would dare to rebel and presumptuously.

Chongzhen, the only threat, was also imprisoned on an isolated island, guarded by the Imperial Forest Army outside and loyal female soldiers inside. Except for Queen Zhou and her three younger siblings, no one could see her.

So Zhu Cihong is 120 rest assured.

Looking at the closed Juyongguan gate at this moment, he did not order an attack.

Instead, he sent an order to the Imperial Forest Army next to him: "Send my will, and listen to the soldiers who are closed. I am the Emperor Zhu Cihong of the Ming Dynasty. This time, I will only punish the chief villain, and the rest will be exonerated. After breaking through, everyone will punish the three clans!"

"Yes!"

"Soldiers who shut the door, listen up, I am Emperor Zhu Cihong of the Ming Dynasty..."

The Royal Forest Army on the side immediately clasped their fists in promise, and then shouted at the top of their voices.

At first, it was only the [-] imperial soldiers around Zhu Cihong who shouted, but in the end all the [-] troops shouted in unison, and the shouts were earth-shattering, and went straight to the sky.

As for the guards who closed the door, listening to the deafening shouts, more than half of their weapons fell directly to the ground without the slightest intention of resisting, and the remaining half were not much better.

The general in charge of guarding the pass is Wang Chengyin's brother Wang Meng, otherwise the army might surrender as soon as it arrives.

At this time, Wang Meng on the tower was also pale, sweating profusely, and trembling involuntarily.

The generals beside him looked at each other, nodded to each other, then rushed up, knocked him to the ground, and tied him tightly.

His servants also have the right to pretend that they didn't see this scene.

Obviously they don't want to be ransacked.

The emperor has come, and if he says pardon, he will definitely pardon him, and if he says to ransack the family and exterminate the family, he will definitely ransack the family and exterminate the family.

"You... you bunch of ungrateful villains, my elder brother usually treats you well, but you..."

"Second son, don't blame us. Since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness have been in a dilemma. We have received the emperor's favor in this life, so naturally we have to abandon selfishness and righteousness. If we want to blame, we can blame the commander himself for doing stupid things."

All the generals said righteously, without any trace of guilt on their faces.

Zhu Cihong originally planned to let people continue to shout, mentioning the head of the gatekeeper to open the door, the officer will be promoted to three ranks, and the reward will be ten thousand taels of silver. Who would have thought that the door would be opened directly.

"Wu Sanfu, take someone to take over Guancheng!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Wu Sanfu hurriedly clasped his fists and replied.

He took five thousand cavalry and killed them.

He was not surprised at all that the guards would surrender directly. His Majesty has come in person.

In just half an hour, Wu Sanfu took control of the entire Juyong Pass, and all [-] soldiers obediently disarmed and waited in line outside the pass.

With His Majesty's personal promise, these people are not too worried.

If it were any other person, it probably wouldn't be so easy to disarm.

Then the army continued to march into Juyongguan.

"Your Majesty, this is Wang Meng, the third younger brother of the rebel Wang Chengyin."

"Your Majesty!"

As soon as Zhu Cihong entered the gate, Wu Sanfu escorted Wang Meng to the front and kicked him to the ground.

"Sinner Wang Meng, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Wang Meng kowtowed tremblingly with his hands tied behind his back.

"Put it down and lock it up first."

Zhu Cihong waved his hand, and then said to Wu Sanfu: "Wu Sanfu, you immediately lead the cavalry to Zhangjiakou and block all the passes from Xuanfu's Great Wall to prevent anyone from fleeing to the grassland."

"The minister leads the order!"

Wu Sanfu hurriedly responded, and then ordered his soldiers and horses to kill towards the north.

Only now did Zhu Cihong come to the [-] surrendered soldiers and began to lecture, but he was only told to follow the army after a few reprimands, and he did not kill or arrest anyone.

When the army passed through the valley and entered the open land, it was already dark, so they had to camp in place.

But in Xuanfu City, there was panic and chaos. When Wang Chengyin learned that His Majesty had come in person, he immediately fell down on the chair with a pale face.

"Father, what should we do? How about running away before the army arrives?"

"Where can I escape to?"

"Forget it, tomorrow you will take the head of your father to plead guilty to His Majesty, and I hope His Majesty will be merciful outside the law and spare your lives."

Wang Chengyin smiled bitterly and waved his hands.

Don't say that there is no place to escape, even if there is, I am afraid that as soon as they leave the city, countless people will hunt them down and arrest them, and go to claim credit for His Majesty, so it is better to let the son raise his head to plead guilty, and luckily he can save his family.

In Zhangjiakou, tens of miles to the north, the eight Shanxi merchants also heard the news that Juyongguan had been breached and His Majesty had come in person, and they almost died of fright.

Then one by one immediately drove to the pass with servants and relatives, ready to run away.

Who would have thought that the thousands of households guarding the gate had already been waiting in full force, blocking the gate to death.

"Niu Qianhu, what do you mean?" Fan Yongdou was anxious.

"Shopkeeper Fan and shopkeepers, where are you going?" Qianhu Niuben asked coldly.

"Niu Qianhu, brothers, my eight families are not less filial on weekdays, please let me go out of the customs today, and I would like to offer you 20 taels of silver."

Fan Yongdou could only clasp his hands and said.

"20 taels, shopkeeper Fan really has a lot of courage, but it's a pity that I'm afraid of losing my life."

Although Niu Ben was so excited, he remained indifferent.

"Niu Qianhu really wants to ignore the past friendship, there is no room for negotiation?" Fan Yongdou's face also darkened.

"Fan Yongdou, do you think I'm a fool? You fucking dragged your family away, what will I do with these brothers?"

"Niu Ben, don't forget that you, as a guardian of thousands of households, cannot absolve yourself of the responsibility for having an affair with slavery!
Why don't you just follow me to vote for the Qing Dynasty, and I will definitely recommend you in front of the regent, wouldn't it be better? "

"Haha, although Laozi Niu Ben likes money and women, he wants me to be a slave to the Tartars, I am! Don't worry, as long as you take you down, it will be enough for Laozi!"

Niu Ben laughed, then looked at the huge convoy and said sharply.

He knew that if these businessmen were allowed to leave the customs, he would die without a doubt, but if he could stop them, he might not only be able to make up for the crime, but also be promoted by His Majesty.

As for running away with them, that is a joke. He owns thousands of acres of fertile land and a lot of beautiful wives and concubines. Unless he is stupid, he will let Daming's military attache go and go outside the pass to be a slave for the Tartars.

"That depends on whether you have the ability, kill me!"

Fan Yongdou also knew that he couldn't be kind, so he immediately shouted.

Immediately, nearly a thousand house servants from the eight families rushed up one after another. The family members of these house servants were all in the team, and they were desperately fighting at the moment.

Although Niu Ben had been prepared long ago and had 100 men under his command, due to the lack of training, except for more than [-] men, the rest were mobs.

So even if you take all the ground, after a hard fight, you start to lose, you are still in a hurry.

"Hold it to me, don't retreat!"

"As long as you stick to it, everyone will be rewarded with two taels of silver..."

Niu Ben also went all out.

"Master Qianhu, look quickly, a large cavalry is coming..."

"Haha, it must be the imperial army. Hold on, brothers." Niu Ben laughed when he saw the smoke and dust billowing in the distance, at least thousands of riders.

Sure enough, the morale of the guards who were about to collapse instantly soared, while the servants who were tackling the key turned pale with shock.

The members of the eight families were like ants on a hot pot, their faces were ashen. The girls and daughters-in-law in the carriage were so frightened that they cried and screamed, and the whole convoy became a mess.

The ones killed were naturally the cavalry led by Wu Sanfu. Seeing that there was a fight here, thousands of carriages, large and small, stopped, and they shouted excitedly.

"Haha, Your Majesty is really good at predicting things. It's true that someone wants to run away. Brothers, the credit is for nothing. Go!"

"Kill it!"

The cavalry drew out their sabers one by one, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. After all, there was a big difference between someone running and no one running, let alone so many people.

How could the members of the Eight Families stop Guan Ning's iron cavalry, who were like wolves and tigers, just slashed and killed them casually, and the coachman and servants knelt down and surrendered one after another.

Seeing that something was wrong, Fan Yongdou and others wanted to escape on horseback, but Wu Sanfu let them escape, and they were all captured alive in the end.

"My God, this cart is full of silver grains."

"Damn it, isn't this... Isn't this the armor of the Tazi Zhengbaiqi?"

Seeing the carts of food, carts of silver, and carts of weapons and armor, everyone's eyes widened.

Wu Sanfu was also dumbfounded, he didn't know that he had made a great contribution.

"General, what to do with these things? And those women..."

Seeing nearly a thousand beautiful women kneeling on the ground, everyone looked at Wu Sanfu in unison.

Wu Sanfu looked at the boxes of silver, a beautiful woman, his face was also tangled, but remembering what his father and second brother explained, he had to grit his teeth and say: "No one is allowed to touch it, and all are sealed up, waiting for His Majesty to send someone to inspect it." Count, women are also locked up and not allowed to move, anyone who violates the military law will be killed without mercy!"

No way, who knows how many of these 5000 people are Jin Yiwei's spies.

Although everyone was disappointed for a while, they had no choice but to carry it out. When carrying silver, they secretly stuffed two ingots into their bosoms. When binding women, they kneaded them. As for binding men, they naturally punched and kicked.

(End of this chapter)