In the New Year of the 17th year, there was no joy in the huge Forbidden City.

Although Emperor Chongzhen's more than ten years of emperor history have been repeatedly hit by bad news of defeat, he has never despaired at this time.

The last army that can fight in the pass is over, how can he deal with Li Zicheng?

The latter swept through Guanzhong and swept across the northwest. Wherever he went, all civil and military officials surrendered, and flew to his desk like snowflakes. Outsiders could not feel his sad and desperate mood at this moment.

The three towns in Hetao, Guyuan and Gansu in the important towns of Jiubian have all surrendered to Li Zicheng and Hanzhong have also surrendered. The bandits in Guanzhong can be said to be able to be completely covered by the land without bloodshed.

"Is there no one who has been raising scholars for three hundred years?" Emperor Chongzhen hated most in his heart at this moment, but those shameless civil and military officials who failed the emperor's grace, and those despicable gentry who bowed to Li Zicheng one by one.

Fortunately, there is another Yulin Town in Guanzhong that is loyal. Emperor Chongzhen felt a long-lost warmth in his heart.

Even this warmth was mixed with a biting cold. When he received the news, Li Zi became the solution to the Yulin problem and adopted the method of politeness before the army. He sent the debater Shu Junrui to bring 50,000 silver tactics to surrender to the Yulin generals. At the same time, he ordered Li Guo and Liu Fangliang to lead a large army of 70,000 and then advance, so that he could attack with force if he could not persuade the surrender. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Wang Ding, the general of Yulin, used the excuse to mobilize troops to the Mongolian tribe and fled with dozens of close confidants. Fortunately, Wang Ding wrote a letter when he was appointed as the general of Yulin. He decided to do his best to repay the great emperor's kindness. He was actually extremely despicable and shameless.

But the strong wind knows the strong grass, and the storm knows loyal ministers. The Ming Dynasty still has loyal and kind people. Yulin Daodu Ren hurriedly summoned deputy general Hui Xian, general Liu Tingjie and other generals who were idle at home You Shiwei, You Shilu, Wang Shiqin, Wang Shiguo, Hou Shilu, Hou Gongji, Wang Xueshu and former Yansui general Li Changling discussed defending the city. Everyone recommended Shiwei as the commander to resist the city.

The two armies fought fiercely for seven days and nights. Yulin City was broken. You Shiwei, Wang Shiqin, Wang Shiguo, Li Changling and others were captured and sent to Chang'an. They died unyieldingly.

A series of evil news came, and many local emergency documents were sent to the capital, so the local officials surrendered Li Zicheng first. In such a general environment, it was strange that Emperor Chongzhen could have a good New Year.

By the end of the first lunar month, bad news came from the northwest, and the last stronghold of the Ming Dynasty in the northwest, Xining Wei, was also over.

Qi Tingjian, Lu Yinchang, and others, who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, successively killed surrendered general Lu Wenbin and general He Jin. The latter was originally the third person in the fifth camp of the Left, second only to the murdered He Yilong and Ma Shouying (Lao Huihui) who died of illness in Jingzhou. They stood on Li Zicheng's side in the civilian army's internal strife, so they were named General Zheng.

After Lu Wenbin was killed, He Jin was determined to take revenge, and immediately fell into a plan. He was trapped by Qi Tingjian and Lu Yinchang was killed. However, the people of Xining Wei were weak. He Jin was in a light army and died in a daze. His subordinates remained strong, and the upper and lower bodies were filled with grief and anger. The army rushed into the plateau and easily captured Xining City and captured the chieftain Qi Tingjian alive.

At this point, all the Ming army strongholds in the entire northwest region have been removed, and the civilian army crossed the river to expedition the east and captured the capital, and the rear has become stable.

Emperor Chongzhen felt a deep crisis. Although there were also the western Jinxi towns between him and Li Zicheng's army, as well as the troops of Datong and Xuanfu, they were all more than defending but not enough to attack. The Ming army was defeated again and again, and all the mobile power was completely defeated. Even if Li Zicheng attacked, it was not a long-term solution. As such, his idea of ​​moving south was even more serious.

Why did Emperor Chongzhen refuse Jiang Dejing's request? The big reason was that he had already thought of moving south.

But he regretted it a little now. He shouldn't have refused Jiang Dejing's request at the beginning.

Then did Zheng Zhilong show a lot of loyalty? Even though he was a little unruly, he could ignore it at the critical moment at the moment?

If he really arrives, the migration to the south will not be hindered.

But the truth is done, and everything is over.

Now Li Zicheng's army has already entered the western Jin Dynasty, but the imperial court has no soldiers to defend there. Zhou Yuji and the governor of the western Jin Dynasty Cai Maode respectively arranged river defenses and asked the capital for help, but the capital had no soldiers to adjust. He only symbolically sent deputy general Xiong Tong to lead 2,000 soldiers to help the battle.

The Yellow River defense line is vulnerable.

The Biao camp under the Governor Cai Maode had only about 3,000 people. He was originally stationed in Pingyang, but Jinxi was located at Guanzhong from Hequ City, only a Yellow River, which was more than a thousand miles away. By winter, they were all frozen and could be crossed at any time. They were not a few troops who could defend. Cai Maode was strictly ordered by Emperor Chongzhen and had to arrange to guard the river. However, he had no soldiers or pay and had no choice. When he was about to die in Pingyang, the King of Jin urged him to return to Taiyuan quickly and protect the provincial capital with all his might. Because at that time, not only was the Yellow River west of Pingyang in critical condition, but also near Hequ, he was also coaxing the civilian army to cross the river, that is to say, Li

The self-made men not only had to march from Pingyang, but also came from the north to the sidelines and surrounded Taiyuan from the north. Therefore, in Taiyuan City, from the royal family of Jin Wang, they were very scared and urged the governor Cai Maode to go back to defend the city. Cai Maode knew that if Taiyuan was lost, he would be even more unwilling to apologize to the emperor. So when the Dashun Army crossed the river from Hancheng, he hurried back to Taiyuan with two thousand model soldiers and handed over the important task of guarding the Yellow River to Chen Shangzhi, the deputy general who was originally stationed in Pingyang. The latter surrendered very simply. In this way, there was no more Ming army south of Taiyuan.

From Li Zicheng to Chang'an, the people in the western Shanxi were rumored to tell him how kind and righteous Li Zicheng was and how strict the discipline of the people were. They all waited for Li Zicheng's army to surrender as soon as they arrived. Sure enough, after the civil army crossed the river, the military discipline was indeed very good, and they read the notice of Liu Zongmin, the general general of the Tiying. Therefore, from December of the 16th year, there was a situation of surrender everywhere. Zhang Yiran, the prefect of Pingyang, surrendered and was valued. The great gentry of Pingyang, Shen Jiayan, fled to the mountains and was captured by his slaves, and presented it to the civil army. Because he was unkind and was very angry, Liu Zongmin ordered severe torture and forced him to hand over all the gold, silver, treasures, and food in his family and then executed him. This incident made the people of Pingyang Prefecture happy.

But even with the lessons of Shen Jiayan, the prefectures and counties in western, central and southern Shanxi still surrendered.

Emperor Chongzhen could only sigh, "Is the human heart at this point?"

The military's military's military has already reached Taiyuan, and I don't know when Cai Maode can hold on?

"Long live, Hanlin Bachelor Li Mingrui meets with you."

"Hurry up." The sadness on Emperor Chongzhen's face faded, and his expression became more vivid.

"I am the Hanlin scholar Li Mingrui, long live my visit to my emperor." Li Mingrui knew very well what he was promised to be announced this time.

The last time was also here. Among the people who were privately summoned by Emperor Chongzhen were the Minister of Revenue, Li Banghua, the left censor, and Lu Daqi, the former governor of the Jiujiang Military Office.

Li Mingrui straightforwardly advised Chongzhen to give up Yanjing and move south as soon as possible.

"Now the enemy has entered Jin, which is close to the capital, and the capital of the north is in danger. If the country is stable, the only feasible strategy is to move the capital to Jinling and guard it across the river." Although none of the small courts who traveled south in history could fight back to the north, this did not prevent him from saying that many scenes.

What are the rest and rest, what are the accumulation of strength, revitalize the fortune, support the country, etc.

Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard this, but Chongzhen also had his concerns and said, "You want to be in harmony with me, but the ministers outside do not follow me, what if that happens?" The power of the northerners in the Ming Dynasty was not weak.

Once the court moved south, although there were many things to say about the scenes, what was the truth? Even if you don’t understand it in your heart?

Moving south means giving up the north. This will cause too much damage to the northern bureaucrats.

The Ming Dynasty will be able to revive the dead in the future, and I don’t know how many years it will take to wait.

Li Mingrui said: "The destiny of heaven is small and you should break the holy heart inside and do not cause worries about the navel." He also asked Chongzhen not to hesitate and make a decision as soon as possible.

But Emperor Chongzhen could not make up this decision because he did not want to be responsible for abandoning his ancestors' temples. He also hoped that some ministers would write letters to persuade him to go south, and then follow the flow, instead of his own decision to move south, which made him infamous in history books.
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