Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 126 The Lobbyist
In the imperial military camp in the distance, the soldiers who heard the shouts were immediately ecstatic, and they expressed their opinions to each other.

"The Emperor has won, this must be the Emperor's victory!"

"Yes, the emperor is so powerful, how could he not win!"

"Haha, it's really great, the emperor is so powerful!"

"..."

The lively discussion finally converged into one sentence: "Long live my emperor!"

This sound was earth-shattering, echoing in the Taihang Mountains, startling all the birds!
As for the person involved, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhang Tianlin whose faceplate had fallen off and asked calmly: "Do you want to compete again?"

If Zhang Tianlin is dissatisfied, she can always find another reason, such as saying that his spear is too long and it becomes the first strike.

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen knew from the moment he saw him holding a big ax that he would definitely win in a duel.

Because the ax needs to be swung to chop, it will appear shorter.But the spear can be stabbed directly, and the length is the best use.

With the difference in length, it is even possible to stab the horse first instead of the man, which is the so-called shooting of the man before the horse.However, Emperor Chongzhen was confident, so there was no need to do this.

This Zhang Tianlin is worse than Zhou Yuji, and she is still not convinced by herself. No wonder she wants to fight for [-] rounds!
At this time, Zhang Tianlin, who was on the ground, saw Emperor Chongzhen retracting his spear, and his face turned the color of pig liver. After slowly getting up from the ground, he turned to look at the head of Guguan City and shouted: "What are you looking at, you bastards?" , didn’t you see that I lost? Come down, switch!”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Tianlin did not cheat and wanted to come back again, and kept her promise!It seems that he should be regarded as a hero in the world!
Seeing the results of the competition here, Fang Zhenghua, Zhou Yuji and others also rushed over, surrounding the emperor and guarding against the dejected Zhang Tianlin.

Two of the Jinyi guards stepped forward and prepared to tie up the thief general.

When Zhang Tianlin saw it, she didn't resist. She was defeated by the emperor in one move and seemed to have killed his soul.

However, when Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he stopped the actions of the two imperial guards, and then said to Zhang Tianlin, who was slightly surprised: "I said, I won, I will let you go or stay, and I will never make things difficult. You speak. Keep your word, as the king of a country, I also keep my word!"

Zhang Tianlin was stunned when she heard this.

To be honest, he really didn't take the emperor's words seriously.Just as he thought before the duel, he would capture the emperor after defeating him.

But he didn't expect that he would be defeated by the emperor in one move.So many people are listening and watching. If he doesn't keep his promise, then why will his subordinates obey him in the future? How will people in the world view him and believe him or not?

For this reason, he has already accepted the switch and let the emperor do whatever he wants!
Unexpectedly, even though he had been rude to the emperor before, the emperor still kept his promise!

To be honest, he could not see this kind of commitment-keeping in Li Zicheng: several of the brothers who had promised to live and die together had died at the hands of Li Zicheng.

At this moment, Zhang Tianlin's mood was really complicated.

In Guguan City, after the guards of the Dashun Army recovered from the shock of the emperor's bravery, they heard their general's words. One by one, you looked at me and I looked at you. For a moment, no one had any idea. .

Is it possible that Cheng Cheng really lost Gu Guan?

In the eyes of the court, they were rebels.Once it falls into the hands of the imperial officers and soldiers, will he die?

However, their general had indeed lost, and now he even fell into the hands of the official army!
How to do?
Just when they didn't know what to do next, they heard Zhang Tianlin scolding outside the city, naming his cronies and scolding them one by one. In short, they were a bunch of unloyal people who wanted to frame him for injustice.

Such a scolding made Zhang Tianlin's cronies feel embarrassed. Some wanted to open the door, but most of them did not move.

At this moment, Zhou Yuji was heard shouting from outside: "There are no reinforcements outside Guguan. If we don't surrender now, how long can we hold on? Thief Li has abandoned you, and you still have to work hard for him?"

Hearing this, Zhang Tianlin's cronies ignored the others and opened the door.

When the others saw it, they were all dejected and did not stop him.

At this point, they have accepted their fate!
Therefore, Liu Jiuqing quickly went to lead the army to accept Guan Guan.

There were more than 3000 defenders on the main pass of Guguan. They all abandoned their weapons and stood dejectedly in the square inside the pass, waiting for the fate of the imperial officers and soldiers.

When the imperial army completely controlled Guguan and moved along the Great Wall defense line to accept Niangziguan, Emperor Chongzhen entered the city surrounded by the remaining generals and arrived at the square.

Seeing his arrival, many soldiers of the Dashun Army were dejected and a little uneasy.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Zhang Tianlin, who was also downcast and seemed resigned to his fate, and then said loudly: "I said that after I win, I will let you go or stay. If you want to continue to follow Thief Li, he has now fled to Shandong. You You can go find him. If you don’t want to be a thief anymore, you can join the army or go home, it’s your choice. Just remember, next time you encounter me leading an army to conquer, don’t resist, and you won’t die!”

Hearing this, all the soldiers of Dashun Army were very shocked. They looked up at the emperor one by one, as if they didn't believe their ears.

It's a pity that none of the captives in Zhending City came here. Otherwise, if the captives in Zhending City had told them first, they wouldn't be so surprised.

At this time, Zhang Tianlin heard Emperor Chongzhen's words again, and said them to everyone, so they were definitely not false.

This time, his shock was beyond words, and he kept looking at Emperor Chongzhen without speaking.

After calming down, he remembered some of the deeds of the emperor in front of him when he was in Daizhou.Now, taken together, it seems to show that the emperor is such a loyal and honest person!

As long as such an emperor still has some conscience, who wouldn't think that he is not a good emperor?

When Emperor Chongzhen saw that they were silent, he spoke again and said: "The people of Jin still need me to go to disaster relief. I don't have time to waste here. Let's make a decision as soon as possible!"

After saying that, he turned to leave.

The camp outside is still being reorganized, and after entering Guguan, we can enter Jin to provide disaster relief.There is a lot going on, and there is indeed a lot to be busy with.

What Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that when he saw him leaving, someone immediately shouted loudly: "I want to be a soldier, a soldier of the imperial court!"

With the first one, more and more people started shouting the same thing.

"I also want to be a soldier of the imperial court."

"Me too!"

"..."

Emperor Chongzhen heard the sound and looked towards them, and finally heard Zhang Tianlin stammering to him: "Your Majesty, I... can I be a soldier of the imperial court?"

He had scolded the emperor and felt uneasy, thinking that it was probably impossible.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen asked him: "If you vote for the imperial court, what will happen to your family?"

Hearing this, Zhang Tianlin felt happy and quickly replied: "It's okay, my family and children are all in Guguan."

After answering, he quickly said: "You... you are a good emperor, we obey you!"

After hearing this, the others immediately echoed: "We obey you!"

Although they did not use honorifics, their words were full of reverence.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen said with a serious expression: "Once you become an official and an army member of the imperial court, and the imperial court will not treat you badly, you will never surrender the thieves again, otherwise you will not be spared!"

After hearing this, Zhang Tianlin immediately knelt down, raised her head and said loudly: "If you want to be a thief again, I will be a son of a bitch."

His men, three thousand of them, knelt down together and loudly promised: "If you want to be a thief again, I will be a son of a bitch." After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded immediately and said: "Okay, in that case, turn around. The commander-in-chief will come and select people."

Since he has decided to occupy Jin as a base, he will need a lot of troops to guard various passes and cities. The troops he currently has on hand are definitely far from enough.

These soldiers of the Dashun Army at least have experience in fighting. They may not be able to fight in the field with the elite army, but as a local army, it is still possible.

Of course, it must not be used in its entirety, but must be split up.The good soldiers were selected into the capital camp, and the rest were mixed into the local army or the field army.

After he roughly arranged these defenders, the main force of the Beijing camp escorted carts of grain and grass into Guguan.

However, it was getting late at this time, so Emperor Chongzhen decided to spend the night in Guguan and set off again the next day.However, the army was sent out in advance to explore the way forward for the army while spreading the news that he was bringing food and grass into Jin.

At night, Emperor Chongzhen sent Zhang Tianlin to ask about the situation in Jin.

Perhaps because she had been taught privately by Fang Zhenghua, or perhaps because she would have to make a living under Emperor Chongzhen in the future, Zhang Tianlin seemed to be more disciplined and had some etiquette in place.

After seeing the ceremony, when the emperor asked about it, he immediately responded respectfully: "There is indeed a famine everywhere in Jin. The rebels who originally stayed in Taiyuan... couldn't wait for food, so they originally wanted to go to Guguan to find the palace... Li Thief, but I had strict orders from Thief Li not to let anyone out, so I didn’t give them to him. Later I heard that those traitor troops had all fled to the south."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen thought for a moment and asked, "What about the situation in Xinzhou?"

"Back to Your Majesty, famine broke out earlier in Xinzhou, and people fled to Taiyuan." Zhang Tianlin, perhaps guessing that the emperor wanted to know more about the situation, added, "The imperial officers and soldiers in Daizhou If you don’t go south, I heard they even stop people from going north.”

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and said, "Is this really true?"

Hearing this, Zhang Tianlin hesitated, and after a while she replied: "I just heard it, I don't know whether it is true or not."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen took this matter to heart, and then after asking some other things about Jin, he looked at Zhang Tianlin and asked: "Tell me yourself, how can I use you to give full play to your talents?"

When Zhang Tianlin heard this, she was immediately speechless: "..."

Of course he wanted the emperor to reuse him, but if he was asked to speak, he wouldn't know what to say?
Say you can lead troops to fight?But he was ambushed by the emperor in Daizhou before and was captured alive. Now he can't even make a single move against the emperor in Guguan.

At this moment, facing the emperor, Zhang Tianlin felt like a waste.

Seeing that he was a little embarrassed and silent, Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and said: "I'm afraid you won't be happy to be an ordinary soldier, right? But if you are to be a general, you will not take the initiative to show off, and you will not get any credit." Good seal."

Hearing this, Zhang Tianlin suddenly became a little anxious.This doesn't work, that doesn't work, will he be chopped off?
But considering that the emperor is a man who keeps his promises, he probably won't kill him.

As Emperor Chongzhen said, Zhang Tianlin would definitely be unhappy if she wanted to be an ordinary soldier, but she would have no merit!
At this moment, Zhang Tianlin felt a little regretful. If she had known this, she might as well have surrendered, so she wouldn't be so embarrassed now.

In a hurry, suddenly, a light flashed in his mind, and he immediately reported to Emperor Chongzhen with a little excitement: "I can tell the other brothers about your Majesty's good things... The thieves will listen, for example, over there in Shaanxi No one knows that I have surrendered to the imperial court yet. I will go back and check the situation and talk about it. Maybe I can persuade some people to surrender to His Majesty!"

He knew that Li Zicheng was in Shandong, so he was not afraid. Anyway, Qin and Jin bordered each other, so it would be convenient to go back.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly showed interest.

Then Li Zicheng led the army to wander around Shandong. It would definitely be good if he could capture his old lair.

It's a pity that I don't have time, otherwise I would lead the troops into Qin at this time. Under the premise that Li Zicheng's army is not around, I really have the confidence to retake Qin.

You must know that Qin soldiers are one of the few good sources of troops in the world, and there is a danger of Tongguan. If they can capture it, they will not be easily harmed by bandits, and they can be regarded as regaining one place.

When Zhang Tianlin finished speaking, she had been looking at the emperor's face. Seeing that the emperor really showed interest, she quickly added: "Lao Tian who stayed in Xi'an... Tian Jianxiu was named Zehou by Li Thief. He is As a relatively soft-hearted person, if I tell him about His Majesty’s affairs, I think he might surrender to the imperial court.”

Tian Jianxiu?Emperor Chongzhen heard this and thought about it for a moment.

Historical records say that he was a generous man and could win the hearts of many.

There are even records saying that after Li Zicheng fled back to Xi'an after the Battle of Yishi, he ordered Tian Jianxiu to burn down all the grain and other inventory materials and official buildings that he could not take away, so as not to betray the enemy.

However, Tian Jianxiu did not carry out Li Zicheng's order and only set fire to the East Gate Tower and Nanyue Tower on the grounds that "the Qin people were hungry and left this rice to feed the people", and rushed to tell Li Zicheng that he had complied with the order.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately smiled and nodded, and said to Zhang Tianlin: "If you can really persuade Tian Jianxiu to abandon the secret and turn to the light, it will be a great achievement. I can give you two choices, either be a guerrilla and follow me to conquer the world, or be a guerrilla and conquer the world." …”

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Tianlin hurriedly interrupted and said: "Choose guerrillas and follow your Majesty..."

Just as he said this, he saw Fang Zhenghua, who had been standing beside Emperor Chongzhen silently, looking at him coldly. He suddenly came to his senses. He seemed to be rude.

So, he couldn't continue what he said, and he quickly apologized: "I have committed the crime of being rude in front of the emperor, and please... please forgive me!"

Being able to follow the emperor and conquer the world is probably what every military commander would be most happy to do, but he made a mistake when he was excited.

In response, Emperor Chongzhen just smiled slightly. It was strange for such a charlatan to change his temper in the blink of an eye.

So, I heard him say to Zhang Tianlin: "I write a decree and you take it to Tian Jianxiu. If there are others, that's okay too. They are all my people, and I don't want any more of my own blood to be shed!"

Hearing this, Zhang Tianlin was immediately overjoyed.

If the emperor's will is there, it will be more convenient for him to lobby.

So, he went to pick a few old brothers according to the order, and when he came back to see the emperor, the emperor had already written the imperial edict and handed it to him. The emperor also encouraged them and asked them to work hard before they went back to prepare. , scheduled to depart the next day.

After their figures disappeared at the entrance of the lobby, Fang Zhenghua smiled and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, you are wise, you turned the traitor inside with just a few clicks. When you turn around, Thief Li will be angry and vomit blood when he learns that something happened to his lair." .”

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and shook his head and said: "It's too early to say this now, at least wait until he can really convince a few thieves to come back!"

This is also a casual layout. If you can achieve the best, you won't lose much if you don't.

After saying this, he was about to ask about other situations in the city when he suddenly heard some faint noises outside.

In the silence of the night, it could be heard that it seemed to be coming from a very far away place.

Fang Zhenghua also heard it. He frowned without eyebrows and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Long live the Lord, please go out and see what's going on?"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen stood up and said, "I'll go by myself and take a look at the night view of the Taihang Mountains!"

It is said that future generations will be seriously polluted and you will not be able to see the pure sky.

Emperor Chongzhen has been busy since he time traveled and didn't care about anything else.At this time, I was in the Taihang Mountains, and it was night again, so I thought about it and wanted to go out.

When Fang Zhenghua heard the emperor's words, he was immediately very happy.If you can relax, you can worry less about the emperor's health.

So, he walked out of the hall with the emperor.

At this time, Wei Shizhen, one of the general soldiers who happened to be on duty, hurried in and saw the emperor in the courtyard. He quickly reported: "Your Majesty, it seems that many people came overnight. There was a lot of movement. There were no torches outside the city. Using similar lighting, he hid in the night and shouted for help. The general could not clearly see the situation, did not know what the real situation was, and did not dare to make decisions without authorization!"

While talking, Liu Jiuqing also rushed over and also reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, it sounds like they are disaster victims, but they may also be fake soldiers! Generally speaking, ordinary people do not dare to walk at night."

Emperor Chongzhen frowned immediately after hearing this. Instead of making a decision on the spot, he chose to go to the top of the city to see the situation.

Guguan is not a big place. Emperor Chongzhen quickly arrived at the west wall of the city. Before he arrived, he heard clear sounds.

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