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

Chapter 191 The Three Families Allied to Resist Ming Dynasty

"That little Zhu Cihong didn't believe his words. He didn't listen to the announcement or listen to what he promised at the beginning, but now he preaches the decree that the king should go to Beijing to face the saint. It's really shameless!"

In Chang'an, in the main hall of King Qin's Mansion, Li Zicheng couldn't help but curse after dismissing the eunuch Xuanzhi.

But the civil and military people on the left and right in the hall were all frowning, not knowing what to think, they obviously had their own concerns.

Because this time, Zhu Cihong's imperial decree not only proclaimed that Li Zicheng, the King of Qin, would enter the capital, but also canonized all the generals under King Chuang one by one.

Three lieutenant generals were sealed, more than a dozen major generals were sealed, and a lot of lieutenant officers were sealed.

The civil servants also conferred grades, but only the left and right prime ministers were left behind.

Anyone who is not a fool understands that the emperor is buying people's hearts, and Li Zicheng naturally understands this too. Seeing that everyone does not answer, his face is gloomy.

"Your Majesty, this imperial edict must never be honored. Once your Majesty enters Beijing, you will never be able to recover. I fear that your life will be lost."

After a long while, Prime Minister Zuo Niu Jinxing stood up and said.

"The prime minister's words are a bit too much. If the emperor will put the king under house arrest, I believe it, but if he directly harms the king, I don't believe it."

"That's right, if your majesty enters the capital according to the decree, and the emperor dares to do harm, he will surely lose his trust in the world and be ashamed by the people of the world!"

As Liu Zongmin stood up and said, the other generals, big and small, nodded in agreement, so Li Guo remained silent.

Obviously these generals hope that Li Zicheng will go to the capital obediently, and then they will express their gratitude, accept the canonization of the imperial court, and officially become a regular in the future.

There is no way, the strength of the imperial court is too strong, if you resist to the end, everyone will die in the end.

What's more, when you rebelled back then, didn't you just pursue glory and wealth?Now that the glory and wealth are already there, as long as they can keep them, no one is willing to toss about any more.

Because looking at the situation, it is almost impossible for King Chuang to become the emperor.

After all, the generals present here have a bad relationship with Li Yan, but their relationship with Hong Niangzi and Liu Fangliang is still very good.

Now Hong Niangzi has become the imperial concubine of the emperor, and she is extremely favored, and she has written a letter to them in private to assure them, and everyone knows Hong Niangzi's character.

So there is no need to worry about the future court killing donkeys, and at the worst, they can become a rich man. As for the rich women, they have already made enough money over the years.

"Everyone, don't forget about Li Yan. If the king goes to the capital, how can the red lady let it go? You all clearly want to push the king into the fire pit."

Song Xiance stood up and sneered.

He knows that other people can enjoy the glory and wealth if they submit to the imperial court, but he and Niu Jinxing will never end well. The red lady will never let Chuang Wang and the two of them go, otherwise they will not be the only ones who have not been canonized this time .

Liu Zongmin and the generals were also speechless in embarrassment.

Now Chuang Wang has long lost his ambition and enterprising spirit. If he hadn't had a feud with the red lady, he might have really surrendered and went to the capital to become a prince of peace.

After all, the hearts of the people are scattered, once the war starts, there is no chance of winning, but now the little emperor has handed over all the power to Hong Niang, and he is hiding in Nanjing. He obviously cherishes his reputation and avoids suspicion. Red Lady kills.

So he glanced at all the civil and military officials, and then looked at his nephew Li Guo: "Guoer, what do you think about this matter?"

"No matter what uncle decides, the boy and his [-] soldiers will definitely obey!" Li Guo stood up and replied firmly.

"it is good!"

Li Zicheng nodded with satisfaction, his nephew finally did not betray him, as long as his nephew supported him, he could give it a go.

Immediately, Li Zicheng summoned the eunuch who passed the edict to the main hall again. He refused to go to the capital on the grounds that the emperor had promised that he could not listen to the announcement, and he was seriously ill. He also took out the original edict and read it out in public.

The eunuch who delivered the decree didn't say much, and just left.

Liu Zongmin and other generals looked very ugly when they saw the eunuch passing the decree leave.

But Li Guo had half of the 20 troops in the Chuang army, and they had the most sophisticated weapons and the most horses.

Apparently Li Zicheng was not stupid either. After Liu Fangliang surrendered, he no longer trusted his so-called old brothers, but supported his nephew.

"Your Majesty, the Ming army is powerful, and our army alone may not be able to resist it. As the saying goes, if your majesty is willing to let go of your prejudices, I am willing to go to Chengdu in person to persuade the King of Shu to send troops to help the Ming army!"

Niu Jinxing cupped his fists and said.

Obviously, he also understands that the Ming army cannot be defeated by the Chuang army alone, not to mention that the hearts of the people are not unified, so if they want to resist the Ming army, they must unite with the Western army.

"Well, what the prime minister said is very true, then I would like to trouble the prime minister to go there personally, and you tell the eight kings that as long as he is willing to abandon the past and send troops to help, Gu can give him all of Hanzhong."

Li Zicheng nodded, knowing that there was no other way but to ask Zhang Xianzhong for help.

He believed that as long as Zhang Xianzhong was not stupid, he would definitely send troops to help, because after the Ming army finished taking care of him, it would be Zhang Xianzhong's turn next.

At the beginning, Zhu Cilang divided Hanzhong into two and granted them to Chuang Wang and the Eight Great Kings, hoping that the two would fight for Hanzhong.

In addition, the relationship between the two was originally at odds, and they did fight a few times in Hanzhong at the beginning, but they were not stupid, knowing that if the fight continued, the Ming court would surely reap the benefits of the fisherman, so they quickly gave up and made peace .

Moreover, the two sides also reached a deal. Li Zicheng exchanged war horses and Zhang Xianzhong for salt, grain and cloth.

After all, although the Northwest is poor, Gansu, Ningxia and other places are still rich in war horses, while Sichuan is rich in products, and the best choice is for both sides to get what they need.

Just as Niu Jinxing was about to leave for Chengdu, the envoy sent by Dorgon happened to arrive in Chang'an.

This time Dorgon sent the same traitor Fan Wencheng.

"Fan Wencheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of the Qing Dynasty, met King Chuang."

"Come to make excuses!"

"Fan Wencheng, what is it that Dorgon sent you to Chang'an?"

King Chuang asked directly with a wave of his hand, obviously disgusted with this kind of traitor who was willing to serve as a slave to the Tartars.

But today is different from the past, and now the Ming army is coming aggressively, so I also want to hear what he has to say.

"Returning to King Chuang, the foreign ministers are here this time at the order of the regent of our family, to meet the king and discuss the alliance of the three families."

"Oh, the alliance of the three families?" King Chuang sat up straight as his eyes lit up.

"Wang Chuang, the Ming Dynasty is very powerful now. It may be difficult to resist the Ming army with only Chuang Wang's family. Even if the Daxi Army is added, it is estimated that there will be more losses than victories, but if I have the help of the Qing Dynasty, the three families will work together. If we can defeat the Ming army and overthrow the Ming Dynasty, then the three families can divide the world together." Fan Wencheng said slowly.

"Your Great Qing is far away in Liaodong, thousands of miles away from the northwest, and the Ming army has heavy troops stationed on Shanhaiguan and Jizhen. Could it be that Dorgon dared to storm the Great Wall pass?"

King Chuang said calmly.

"Although our Qing army is strong and powerful, it is not advisable to storm the Shanhai Pass and the Great Wall pass." Fan Wencheng shook his head.

"Then how do you form an alliance? The Tumote Department has also surrendered to Ming Dynasty. Could it be that your soldiers and horses from Qing Dynasty can grow wings and fly over?"

King Chuang snorted coldly, and the disappointment in his eyes was self-evident. If Jiannu attacked Shanhaiguan and the Great Wall pass, it would indeed reduce the pressure on Chuang's army.

"King Chuang probably didn't know that half a month ago, my Qing Dynasty had already issued a call to action, preparing to mobilize soldiers from all over the country to conquer the Tumote tribe. Because of this, the Ming Dynasty's army stayed in the Xuanfu area and did not dare to continue westward. Otherwise, I'm afraid I have already crossed the Yellow River." Fan Wencheng explained.

The news in the northwest was blocked, and it was severely blocked by the Ming Dynasty. King Chuang really didn't know the news. Hearing the news, his confidence was ignited again, and he couldn't help asking: "Oh, then Dorgon actually wants to conquer the Tumote Ministry? Your lord?" How many soldiers and horses is Qing going to dispatch?"

"30 horse infantry, including 15 iron cavalry, 15 infantry, and 500 million dans of grain and grass." Fan Wencheng raised three fingers.

King Chuang, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Li Guo all gasped.

Immediately, King Chuang said suspiciously: "Fan Wencheng, don't bluff. If you say that you have 30 horse infantry in the Great Mosque, I will never believe it."

Jianru captured North Korea, and he believed that he could raise 500 million shi of grain and 15 infantry, but without Tumed's troops, he would never be able to raise another 15 cavalry.

"It seems that the news about King Chuang is really blocked. A year ago, the regent of my family personally conquered Mobei. Now all the Mongolian tribes in Mobei have surrendered to our Qing Dynasty. Not to mention 15 cavalry, even 20 are not a problem. "Fan Wencheng is not bragging about this.

Hearing what he said, King Chuang believed it a little bit. After pondering for a long time, he said again: "Then I don't know how your regent plans to form an alliance?"

"The regent of my family will soon lead an army to the west. At that time, the Ming army will definitely not treat Tumote's troops as being wiped out. Most of them will gather heavy troops in Xuanfu and go out to the Great Wall to stop them. Field combat is what my Qing Dynasty is best at. Therefore, even if the Ming army is undefeated, it is difficult to win in a short time.

My Qing Dynasty dragged all the elites of the Ming army outside the Great Wall, so King Chuang and the Eight Great Kings could take the opportunity to attack Huguang, Shanxi, Henan. "

"I'm afraid this is just your wishful thinking. What can you do if the Ming army doesn't go out to fight on the Great Wall?"

It would be great for Jiannu to be able to drag all the elite of the Ming army out of the Great Wall, but he didn't think the Ming army would go out to fight on the Great Wall for a mere Tumet.

At least until the northwest and southwest are settled, there will be no decisive battle between the Great Wall and Jiannu.

"If the Ming army does not leave the Great Wall to fight, our Qing Dynasty can wipe out the Tumote tribe, and then go south and northwest to help your army. At that time, King Chuang only needs to provide food and grass.

Of course, if the Ming army really went out of the Great Wall, King Chuang and the Eight Great Kings must also take the initiative to attack, otherwise if my Qing Dynasty fails, the Ming army will turn around and attack the northwest and southwest, then you will have no chance. "

"it is good!"

King Chuang stood up quickly, almost without discussing with Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Li Guo, and agreed directly.

Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance also nodded inwardly, while Li Guo remained silent, frowning slightly, obviously a little resistant to forming an alliance with Jiannu, but he also knew that this was the only chance to defeat the Ming army.

Then they discussed some details, and the next day, Fan Wencheng followed Niu Jinxing to Chengdu.

Because if the Eight Great Kings do not agree to form an alliance, Chuang Wang alone will not be able to attack Henan and Shanxi, nor will he be able to provide food and grass for Jiannu at that time.

(End of this chapter)