The court was naturally furious about Li Zicheng's founding of the country, Chongzhen, and transferred more money, grain and army to fight against Li Zicheng.

The Ming army is even more unbearable than in history, with flaws everywhere.

Li Banghua tried his best to maintain the situation, and there were more and more failures due to leaks from all sides.

In early February, Li Zicheng personally led his army to suddenly cross the Yellow River, attacked wildly in Henan, captured the four prefectures and twelve counties, and even killed the King of Lujiang.

On the fifth day of the lunar month, he even conquered Taiyuan. Then many generals of the government surrendered, and Shanxi was almost lost, and Li Zicheng did not attack the capital.

At this time, Chongzhen urgently dispatched Datong General Jiang Xiang, Xuanfu General Wu Sangui and others to help. As a result, Jiang Xiang surrendered and Wu Sangui returned in great defeat.

Afterwards, Li Zicheng went to Yongguan and the army entered Xuanfu, only one step away from the capital!

Li Zicheng had already become a powerful force, with Changping General Tang Tong, Liu Liangfang, Calendar Qiu Maohua, Baoding Grand Secretary Li Jiantai and others surrendered one after another.

Wu Sangui, the general of Xuanfu, saw that he could not do anything, and surrendered to Li Zicheng.

On March 17th, Li Zicheng passed Changping and arrived in Shahe. He was really one step away from Beijing!

In three months, Li Zicheng fought from Xi'an to the city of Beijing, which was unexpected and unimaginable!

The whole city of the capital was panicked, and everyone was frightened.

Chongzhen immediately ordered Cao Huachun to supervise the troops in the capital and prepare to defend the city.

At the same time, the important officials were summoned to discuss countermeasures.

At this time, the officials of the court all had different thoughts and no one dared to speak more. The destruction of the country was right in front of him and would be liquidated before and afterwards!

Zhou Yanru asked for an order, hoping to go to Liaodong to ask Zhou Zheng to lead his troops to rescue him.

Zhang Jinyan asked for an order to escort the prince to Nanjing.

Some people also advocate negotiations with Li Zicheng.

The officials are still writing crazy letters, impeaching the Minister of War Li Banghua, Minister of War Zhang Jinyan and Chief Secretary Zhou Yanru to injure the country.

Chongzhen was at a loss and heard almost every opinion.

Of course, he did not let Zhou Yanru go, but sent someone to give Zhou Zheng an order.

Zhou Zheng was granted the title of "Shibo", and ordered him to lead his army to rescue the capital as soon as possible.

Zhang Jinyan wanted to escort the prince out of the capital, but before he left the palace, Li Zicheng's army surrounded the capital and even launched artillery attacks, which scared Zhang Jinyan so much that he fled back quickly.

Some internal surveillance also left the palace and had secret negotiations with Li Zicheng.

In one day, countless things happened.

Shanhaiguan.

Zhou Zheng stood at the top of the city and looked into the direction of Beijing.

Even Zhou Zheng was surprised by Li Zicheng's speed. The Ming court collapsed too quickly, beyond everyone's expectations, otherwise Chongzhen would have had time to dispatch Zhou Zheng to rescue him.

Cao Bianjiao beside him looked shocked. The news they received was that Li Zicheng had captured Changping, which was very close to the capital. Now, he was probably at the foot of the capital!

Cao Bianjiao was still terrified and said, "Sir, are you really that strong in the thief?"

Zhou Zheng held his hands behind his back, his face turned blue, and he said indifferently: "One has risen and the other has fallen, and the court has been trying to die. Although it is a little faster, it is not surprising. It is no longer easy for the court to last for so long."

The collapse of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be unexpected, but it is reasonable.

The collapse was so rapid that it was shocking and unbelievable to the big names; but after careful analysis, I felt that it should have collapsed long ago, and it was an accident to hold on.

Cao Bianjiao felt a little unwilling, always thinking that he shouldn't be like this, but he didn't know what to say.

Zhou Zheng looked at the capital for a while and said, "Yao Tongshun, pass on my order. Liaodong, Tianjin, and Shandong will immediately enter the wartime mobilization and recruit 200,000 troops. Man Gui is appointed as the general of Denglai, and can take office and lead troops into Tianjin. Zhao leads the sect as the general of Shandong and leads troops into Daming Prefecture. Cao Wenzhao restored his post and received 20,000 elite troops from Tianjin Guards and entered Hejian Prefecture. Cao Bianjiao cavalry immediately stationed in Yongping Prefecture. Jin Guoqi was transferred to Jinzhou General, and Yang Guozhu led Jinzhou troops into Shanhaiguan. At the same time, he ordered the right garrison Li Weiluan, Pidao in Dongjiang Town, and Lushun Huanglong were ready to defend and build the enemy!"

Yao Tongshun knew that something big was coming, so he raised his hand suddenly and said in a deep voice: "The villain takes the order!"

Cao Bianjiao knelt on one knee and said in a deep voice: "I will obey the order!"

With Zhou Zheng's order, Shandong, Liaodong and Tianjin Wei quickly moved, and officials at all levels quickly issued conscription orders, gathering in Yongping Prefecture, the ready-made Hejian Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture area, ready to go to the capital at any time.

The huge network of relationships related to Zhou Zheng is operating rapidly, with Shanhaiguan as the center, and the entire Liaodong is extremely nervous.

at the same time.

The negotiations between Chongzhen and Li Zicheng broke down, and Chongzhen disagreed with the peaceful co-existence of Li Zicheng's request for the territory.

Li Zicheng was angry and embarrassed, and the army attacked the city.

The guards in the capital are less than 10,000, so how can they withstand the strong attack?

There was a mess inside and outside the palace, and countless people were rushing, trying to find a way out.

On March 18th, Li Zicheng's army was still sieging the city fiercely. Suddenly, Zhang Jinyan, the Minister of War, actually opened the Dongzhi Gate and let Li Zicheng's army enter the city!

The bells in the palace rang urgently, but people in the capital were circling in a mess, and all kinds of sounds were heard one after another, crying at my parents, and only saw someone escaping from the palace, but few people went in.

Within half an hour, Li Zicheng couldn't wait to ride a horse and stepped into Beijing from Xizhimen.

The moment he passed through the city gate, he couldn't help but roar to the sky and shouted: "The emperor's dragon throne, I, Li Zicheng, also want to sit down!"

Liu Zongmin and others around him naturally agreed loudly and laughed loudly.

Before entering the inner city, in front of the city gate, there were many other officials at the level of the Ming Dynasty, including the ministers, the ministers and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, with nearly a hundred people scattered. They knelt down and shouted: "I'm welcome to the King of Rebellion!"

Li Zicheng looked at these big guys who had never seen him at all, and was kneeling at his feet at the moment, feeling extremely happy, and he was so excited that he exploded with excitement.

He laughed and walked forward with a whip, as if he hadn't seen these people.

The people who surrendered were glimpsing each other, trembling, with a panic and at a loss.

The whole capital was in chaos, and there were still many Zhou Zheng's people inside, so they didn't have time to withdraw.

Too many people were too late to escape, and at this time they hid from all over the capital, wailing inside and outside the capital.

On the 19th, Li Zicheng sat in the Golden Palace, and the Golden Palace was full of people. Everyone was extremely excited and laughed endlessly.

Yesterday, Emperor Chongzhen died in Coal Mountain and the prince was imprisoned in the harem. Most of the other officials at all levels were arrested, and those who were not arrested were also being investigated severely.

Li Zicheng and others were discussing a lot of things, but the biggest one was to ascend the throne and become emperor, but was stopped by Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others because Zhou Zheng was still not destroyed, and Zhou Zheng also had the most elite army of Daming, which was close to the capital.

Li Zicheng was also angry and hated, remembering the incident that was almost wiped out by Zhou Zheng, and vowed to destroy Zhou Zheng and then return to Beijing to ascend the throne.

So, Li Zicheng had just captured Beijing. While sending troops to capture other places, he mobilized troops to prepare to command the emperor to personally attack Zhou Zheng.
Chapter completed!