Li Xiao marched all the way to the capital, and kept seeing more and more refugees. It seemed that the trend of fleeing had begun. The emperor's departure left the people of the capital completely without a backbone. The emperor guarded the country, and the death of the king was just a fart. .If the Tatars really attack, they will run faster than anyone else!

The marching speed is accelerating. If we get to the capital as soon as possible, the capital will be less destroyed.

The ancient capital of Beijing is too important and must be preserved. Li Xiao did not dare to imagine how chaotic a big city would be without a government.

People who ran out of the capital said that Wang Tiqian already knew that the emperor was going south to Nanjing. This old guy was still loyal and urged Li Xiao to go south to protect the emperor and leave the capital alone. Li Xiao treated his words as farts.

He hurriedly and slowly arrived at the gate of the capital. When he saw Wu Sangui coming to greet him, Li Xiao felt relieved! As long as the second division arrived, the only mobile troops that could be mobilized now were Zu Dashou's second cavalry division.

Although the letter to Geritu was sent ten days earlier than to Zu Dashou, considering that the Mongols' organizational ability was far inferior to that of the Second Division, Li Xiao estimated that it would take several days for Geritu to arrive.

As soon as he arrived in the capital, Wang Tiqian ran away. He didn't know whether to go to the palace or to see his house on Chang'an Avenue.

"How is the situation in the capital?" Li Xiao glanced at the open city gate. The general guarding the city should be beheaded.

"The three major battalions and the Imperial Army followed Banzai. In fact, Banzai left them here to guard the capital, but they slipped away immediately after Banzai stepped in front. Now there are only two to three thousand old and weak soldiers in the entire capital who cannot walk. This city gate It has been open these days. The day before yesterday was when there were the most people, but today it is much less crowded.

Three days ago we fought a battle with the Tatars and killed more than 500 people. The Tatars retreated to the west! After checking the corpses, we found that these people were Zhenghuang Banner cavalry." Wu Sangui stood on the carriage and practiced the squatting position on horseback. Not bad, after all, he is the child of a military commander. The carriage rocks but his body does not sway much.

"Three days...! In other words, Huang Taiji is coming soon." It originally didn't take three days to reach the capital from Zijingguan, but Zhang Xianzhong had a lot of people in his arms, and his marching speed was almost crawling. It would be good to reach the capital in three days!

"Enter the city!" Li Xiao gave an order and entered the capital with a guard of honor of nine thousand people.

There is indeed chaos in the capital, and it has reached the point of anarchy. Many families are fleeing in a hurry, and there is no one to take care of their property. The city's foxes and rats are very popular, specifically targeting the homes of wealthy families. In broad daylight, they blatantly attack people's homes. Move things.

As soon as Li Xiao's soldiers entered the city, everyone was stunned. In the past few days, this was the first army that took the initiative to enter the capital instead of taking the initiative to leave the city.

Some knowledgeable people can tell at a glance, "Wear a big cap, this is the Liao Army, this is the Liao Army!"

It has to be said that the nine thousand honor guards trained by Sun Chengzong have very high professionalism. The thick-soled leather boots stepped on the road, and the footsteps were uniform. When they walked to Chang'an Avenue, Li Xiao even made them fall forward for a hundred meters. .

The people in the capital were immediately suppressed. Such a mighty division would definitely be able to defeat the Tatar soldiers. Moreover, I heard that the Liao soldiers were specialized in defeating the Tatars and had never suffered a defeat when fighting the Tatars in Liaodong. Than only knew how to bully the Tatars. The three major camps of the common people are much more powerful!

In today's capital, almost all the dignitaries and wealthy households who can leave have left. Most of those who remain are a group of ordinary people living in large courtyards. Anyway, it is difficult to escape without travel expenses. There are no houses or land in the south.

There's no place to stay. It's better to take advantage of these days to take advantage of the rich people.

In the past, the palace was guarded by the majestic imperial army. Now there are only a few pitiful kittens at the door. It is relatively good. The common people took pictures of the royal majesty, and no one dared to come to the palace to fight the autumn wind. Did the eunuchs and maids who stayed behind guard themselves?

That's hard to say.

"Finally arrived in the capital!" Li Xiao got out of the carriage after seeing the Daming Gate.

"Haha! Daming Gate, I thought I would never see it again in this lifetime." Zhang Huangyan also got off the carriage, raised his head and looked at the words Daming Gate with his hands behind his back.

"Forty-nine cities, forty-nine cities! Now it's like this!" Li Xiao looked at the messy streets, and the people with deer-headed eyes couldn't express their feelings. Some were excited, and some were desolate.

"Immediately post a notice to bring peace to the people! Everything will be done in accordance with the Ming Dynasty Laws. Anyone who commits adultery, plunders, or makes a fortune for the country will not be punished without mercy." Zhang Huangyan ordered a small official behind him, who responded and immediately ran to the carriage to draft a notice.

"Find the governor of Shuntian quickly. If you can't find it, find the officers. In short, it's just an official. Order in the capital must be restored as soon as possible." Zhang Huangyan gave orders one after another.

One after another, petty officials followed, followed by soldiers. Following Zhang Huangyan's command, they saluted and then left. The whole routine was like a rebellion. In order to stabilize the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Huangyan had made plans on the way.

"Close the nine gates immediately, and order all the three battalions and forbidden troops who have not escaped, the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and the Imperial Guards to report to us." This is the order given by Li Xiao. Now we need to organize the people as soon as possible, maybe tonight

Huang Taiji has arrived.

"Seal the treasury, and anyone found stealing the treasury will be killed without mercy!"

Li Xiao and Zhang Huangyan came to the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army. Except for some servants, everyone else there ran away. Liu Datong, the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army, disappeared on the night when the emperor left the capital. When they walked into the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army,

Li Xiao felt like a tree fell and the hozens scattered.

"Is it really God's will?" The Ming Dynasty, which has been a majestic country for more than two hundred years, has raised a bunch of people. Every memorial said that they are willing to serve as His Majesty's dogs and horses. How can you raise a dog to look after the house?

Courtyard. The Ming Dynasty has not finished playing. The kidnappers kidnap the emperor and run away. Could it be that the Zhu family's power is really exhausted?

"There is no providence or power in this world. In the final analysis, the government needs to be balanced, and the interests of all strata of the country must also be balanced. The bad thing about the Ming Dynasty is that civilian officials rule the entire country. Since the country is ruled by them, then they

They will consider their own interests. Scholars do not pay for food and do not perform corvee labor. These are privileges.

They have received privileges and been nourished by the country. But other groups of people have suffered!

The military men were oppressed by the literati, and the common people were exploited by the literati. Even the emperor had to rely on eunuchs to compete for power with the huge civil service system.

The imbalance in the distribution of interests has caused the powerful to become stronger and the poor and weak to become poorer and weaker. Human nature is greedy, and the Donglin Party will not feel that they have taken a lot from the country. They will only feel that the benefits they have received are many and need to be passed on to future generations forever.

To their sons and grandsons. Their descendants will always take advantage of and eat up all the benefits!

If this continues, the people at the bottom will see no hope. It would be strange if the country does not finish playing!

Look inside this capital. Isn’t this the ironclad evidence that the Ming Dynasty has begun to lose people’s hearts? When a powerful enemy comes, which general is willing to die for the country. Which people are willing to evacuate the country? They all want to escape and leave.

And what about the literati who have benefited the most? They don’t think about the Ming Dynasty, they think about how to protect their own interests. Believe it or not, if Huang Taiji said that he could guarantee the interests of the Jiangnan gentry, he would implement the same policy as the Ming Dynasty that officials and gentry would not pay grain.

If not done right, these Donglin Party members will turn around and go to protect Huang Taiji.

Jiangshan Sheji is nothing in their eyes, and hundreds of millions of living beings are nothing in their eyes. In their eyes, their own fields in the south of the Yangtze River are nothing but money.

Pity me, the Ming Dynasty, for devoting all the efforts of the whole country to feed such a group of white-eyed wolves. They kill people without blinking an eye, and eat people without salt. How can the common people deserve it? How can the people deserve it!" Zhang Huangyan became more and more excited as he spoke, waving his hands as if they were cramping, and impassioned like a mad dog.
Chapter completed!