Just as Zu Dashou and his party turned their horses and ran towards Zhangjiawan, on the official road more than ten miles east of Chaoyang Gate in Beijing, a group of cavalry with wide-brimmed white felt hats and blue robes,

They were marching in formation, and behind them was a full set of yellow dragon ceremonial guards. Although these ceremonial guards were handed over to Prince Fu, Prince Qin and other princes, they were now the ceremonial guards of Emperor Dashun.

Behind the ceremonial guard is a general who is riding a horse, holding a yellow umbrella. To the left and right of the yellow umbrella are ten front guard generals and propaganda officers. Then there is Li Zicheng, who is riding a bay-red horse.

Wearing a light blue silk robe embroidered with a flying dragon, a bright yellow silk ribbon tied around the waist, and a wide-brimmed white felt hat on his head, he looks no different from other cavalrymen, but his hat is made of golden silk thread.

A dazzling golden crown and a piece of blue jade are exposed on the top of the hat tassel.

The yellow umbrella, hat tassel, and flying dragon on the robe all indicate that he is an emperor, while the light blue dragon robe and the blue jade in front of the hat indicate that he is "Shui De Ying Yun". At this time, he has a sword hanging on his waist and is riding on a tall horse.

The war horse looked quite majestic.

This "royal horse" also has a yellow bridle, a yellow silk rein, a golden bit, a golden stirrup, and a golden bell. In short, it is extraordinary. Only these golds can be worthy of his status as emperor.

Ahead is the capital city!

Li Zicheng is going to reach the top here!

Just when Li Zicheng was thinking about this, he heard the sound of horse hoofbeats in front of him, and soon he saw two cavalrymen galloping towards them. When they arrived in front of the imperial cavalry holding a big flag, they suddenly reined in the reins.

One of the cavalrymen reported loudly to the imperial guards.

"Your Majesty, a large group of Ming army troops rushed out of the city last night. There were about a thousand horsemen guarding a dozen carriages, heading northeast. Marquis Bo has already led five thousand elite horsemen in pursuit!"

Another knight reported:

"Marquis Bo is worried that there may be emperors and empresses of Zhuthi in the group heading northeast..."

"What?"

Hearing this? The man's eyes widened and he said.

"The emperor of the Red Thieves has escaped from the city?"

"What! The Zhuthi Emperor has escaped from the city?"

Don't wait for others to report it? Li Zicheng opened his eyes and said.

"How could we let him escape? I'm still waiting for him to abdicate the throne..."

In fact, in order to make their throne brighter? As early as in Xi'an, they had already made a plan to let Chongzhen give up the throne to themselves. Of course, it doesn't matter even if Chongzhen dies? Among the prisoners brought with the army

There are several vassal princes and clan members of the Zhu family. When the time comes, nominate the next one to succeed him as the emperor, and then ask him to abdicate the throne to himself. This can also show to the world that the world of Dashun was obtained in an upright and upright manner.

But now Chongzhen actually escaped!

This was not in his plan. Didn't it mean that Emperor Chongzhen had a strong temperament? He would never escape?

Why did you suddenly run away again?

This is how to do?

This is going to ruin your own life!

When Li Zicheng was worried that Dashun's position was not right, Song Xiance, who was riding a horse, had already galloped forward to ask the messenger for detailed information.

When he asked, Prime Minister Sun just sat silently on his horse, as if nothing had happened. As for the other civil servants, most of them had complicated expressions. Most of them had a little joy in their eyebrows.

, after all? Many of them are surrendered ministers of the Ming Dynasty. Now that the emperor has escaped from the capital... it can be considered a good thing!

Of course? They also know that the emperor's escape from the capital means that Dashun may not be able to win the world smoothly. Ming Dynasty may even have a chance to revive again? After all, Jiangnan still belongs to Ming Dynasty, and the Pinglu general has gone north. Well, if Dashun fails, they will all commit serious crimes!

This matter... is so difficult!

I don’t know if there will be a chance to surrender to the army by then.

Just when everyone's thoughts were wandering, Song Xiance came over again and reported:

"Your Majesty, the Zhu Thief Emperor has probably left the capital! I just asked, before dawn, the Ming army first burned the camp at Dongzhimen with rockets, and then more than a thousand fine horses fled in disorder. The general was then He led a group of cavalry on patrol, defeated some cavalry, and captured several prisoners. Although the prisoners could not tell who escaped, they said that they were all servants of Pingliao uncle Dashou's house. Yesterday, Zu Dashou After entering the palace, I brought back a few people, and then they rushed out of Dongzhimen this morning. They escorted the carriage out of the city. I think that the carriage was probably the Emperor of Zhu Thief, and they should have gone to Shanhaiguan."

Hearing this, Li Zicheng took a breath and his thick eyebrows knitted together.

Emperor Chongzhen actually ran away like this. This is really not a good thing!

On the one hand, it disrupted his plan, but on the other hand, he had to worry that once Emperor Chongzhen arrived at Shanhaiguan, if more than 200,000 elite soldiers from Liaodong were transferred, the situation would be unfavorable to Dashun. .

How about withdrawing now?

Once again, Li Zicheng had an idea in his mind. Although he had 500,000 troops under his command, he had to think that there were more than 200,000 elite frontier troops in Liaodong. He had to be careful!

"Military advisor, maybe this is a trick played by the Red Thief Emperor!"

A civil servant on the side said.

"If the Zhu Thief Emperor wanted to escape, he would have escaped long ago. Will he wait until now?"

Logically speaking, this must be the case, but Li Zicheng stroked his beard, glanced at the civil servants, and said to himself: I'm afraid all of you are still thinking in your hearts that Chongzhen is the orthodox emperor, and you don't want me to catch the Zhu Thief Emperor.

In fact, even though he had become emperor a long time ago, Li Zicheng was still extremely unconfident about himself. Unlike Zhu Yuanzhang, he was an emperor who relied on expelling the Tatars and sat upright. Therefore, he was not confident in his bones, and even felt that Those surrendering ministers must all look down on him in their hearts. He is just a postman. Who can look down on a little person like him?

Lack of confidence naturally led to suspicion of them and their motives, Li Zicheng shouted.

"Leghorn!"

When he finished speaking, a tall and burly young man in his twenties next to him rode forward and came to his side.

"Your Majesty, you called me?"

Li Laiheng was the son of General Li Guo.

Li Zicheng smiled and said:

"Laiheng, your father went in a hurry, so he may not be able to catch up. Zu Dashou was a famous general in the Ming Dynasty, and his servants were also top-notch elites. We can't deal with it carelessly. If the Zhu Thief Emperor escapes to Shanhaiguan , be sure to capture it!”

"I have an order!"

Li Laiheng agreed loudly.

Li Zicheng looked back at Tang Tong. He was the commander-in-chief of Xuanhua. After the fall of Ningwuguan, he surrendered to Dashun. He looked at him and said with a smile:

"Tang Commander-in-Chief, you are familiar with the terrain around the capital, so you can lead the troops and bring Heng to capture the Red Thief Emperor!"

"The general will get the order!"

How could Tang Tong dare to disobey the emperor's will? Besides, the Dashun Emperor in front of him had no sons, and Li Guo was his nephew. If the Dashun Emperor passed away and Li succeeded him, Li Laiheng would

Maybe he will also be the future Emperor Dashun...

Yes, this is just using Emperor Chongzhen’s head to embellish others’ achievements!

Hey, there is nothing I can do about it, who makes me... the son of a phoenix and the grandson of a dragon?

After receiving the order, Tang Tong said again:

"Your Majesty, I think that based on Zu Dashou's ability, if he found out that there were pursuers behind him, he would definitely not escape as planned, especially in the current situation, since the Emperor of the Zhu family is behind him.

That, he must know that we will pursue all the way, so I thought he would definitely find another way, he may not go to Shanhaiguan by land... I am worried that he will go to Tianjin Wei. Tianjin Acropolis is an important town for water transportation and sea transportation.

There is a river that can lead to sea ships, and cavalry alone cannot stop the passage of sea ships. If they reach Tianjin, they will be like a dragon entering the sea, and there will be no chance of catching them again."

Li Zicheng laughed and said:

"Tang Tong, I know you must have your own opinions. You are right. We must guard against them and escape by sea. Now that we have captured the capital, how can we not let Emperor Zhu escape? Mr. Tang
Chapter completed!