Inside Wuying Hall.

"Do you want to ask Mr. Hao for advice?" Chongzhen asked.

"Yeah." Zhu Ayao nodded.

"Then contact him."

Zhu Yasuo immediately sent a video invitation to Hao Guangming.

The video was quickly connected, and Hao Guangming appeared on his mobile phone. Looking at the background, he seemed to be in his old house.

"What's up?"

Chongzhen spoke before Zhu Yushuo and said: "Mr. Hao, we scolded Li Zicheng with the stereo before, but it didn't seem to have affected his military morale. Instead, the intruders attacked the city in large numbers."

Obviously, Chongzhen wanted an explanation from Hao Guangming.

Hao Guangming was a little speechless after hearing this, and asked, "Can you hold on?"

Chongzhen recalled the last scene he saw before leaving and said: "The intruders seem to be just ants attacking the city. The inner city wall is tall and strong, so we should be able to hold it for the time being."

Hao Guangming pondered for a moment and then said: "Have you ever thought about why the invading army did not attack the city in a large scale before, but Li Zicheng immediately attacked the city in a large scale after being scolded?"

Chongzhen was not too stupid. After Hao Guangming reminded him, his eyes lit up after thinking about it for a moment: "Is the intruder angry?"

Hao Guangming smiled and said: "Yes, Li Zicheng must have been angry, and he was very angry. You must know that the words I scolded him have been verified and are not false."

Thinking of Li Zicheng's anger, Chongzhen couldn't help but feel a little happy.

But then he couldn't help but said: "But he still attacked the city in a big way?"

Hao Guangming said: "There is a saying in the book of war that 'a general will not raise an army out of anger' - Li Zicheng did not attack the city on a large scale before, so he must be poorly prepared. But now he orders a large-scale attack on the city because of his anger, which will definitely cause the invading army to lose a lot of money."

, isn’t this a good thing?

In addition, I guess he did this because he was worried that the soldiers would talk about his bad things.

Even if the officers and soldiers of the Chuang Army are ordered to attack the city now, they will eventually stop. If I think back to what I said to Li Zicheng at that time, the morale of the Chuang Army will still be damaged."

After hearing this, Chongzhen nodded first, and then sighed: "It's a pity that this move cannot reverse the situation of the war."

After hearing this, Hao Guangming secretly shook his head and said: "Didn't I analyze it already? As of now, I can't help you turn things around.

All you can do now is try to hold on for two more days to see if there are any reinforcements, a breakout, or preparations for the funeral."

Although he knew what Hao Guangming said was true, Chongzhen still looked ugly after hearing this.

Zhu Yuyao felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere and immediately interjected: "Didn't my father want to ask Mr. Hao how to solve the food shortage?"

Only then did Chongzhen think of business, so he told Hao Guangming about the lack of food in the city.

After listening, Hao Guangming thought for a while and then said: "Ni Yuanlu is right. You have few troops now, so you certainly can't forcefully collect food from the whole city. Once too many people resist, you can cooperate with Li Zicheng from the inside and outside, and the inner city will immediately

will be lost.

However, now that things have come to a point, you can find one or two large households that have grain reserves and copy their money and grain to pay for it first."

Chongzhen frowned after hearing this, "I'm afraid just one or two big players won't be enough, right?"

Hao Guangming smiled and said: "Of course it won't work for ordinary large households, but what if it is the largest large household in the capital?"

'The biggest wealthy family in the capital? Isn't that the royal family of my Zhu family?'

Puzzled, Chongzhen asked: "Which company are you talking about, sir?"

Seeing that Chongzhen didn't understand, Hao Guangming stopped beating around the bush and said directly: "Dong Cheng."

When Chongzhen heard this, his eyes lit up again, filled with murderous intent.

Because he remembered what Hao Guangming said before, about Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, persuading Li Zicheng to join him.

Although Zhu Chunchen entered the capital and still took charge of the capital camp, there were only more than 10,000 people left in the capital camp after following Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, and experienced the defeat of Shahe outside the city. Among them, there were only a few thousand capable soldiers.

In the past two days, he sent Li Banghua to take charge of the soldiers in the city, Shi Bangyao, and Wang Jiayan to assist in the defense of the city, which had deprived Zhu Chunchen of a lot of power.

Therefore, if you want to capture Zhu Chunchen at this time, as long as you plan properly, there should be no problem.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen said: "I know what to do."

Hao Guangming couldn't help but remind him: "You'd better be cautious. You can first take Zhu Chunchen to the palace and capture him, and then send people to ransack his home."

Chongzhen nodded, "That's what I meant."

"Then I'll be busy." As he spoke, Hao Guangming turned the camera of his mobile phone, "I got an aluminum alloy wardrobe and prepared to hide all the treasures sent by the princess in it, otherwise if the family comes and outsiders see these treasures

It’s going to be troublesome.”

Only then did Chongzhen and Zhu Aelao notice that Hao Guangming was wearing single clothes, with beads of sweat on his forehead, and looked like he was working.

So he said: "Then Mr. Hao, go and get busy."

Then he signaled Zhu Yuluo to hang up the video.

···

Ni Yuanlu vaguely heard a conversation coming from the hall, but it seemed to be Chongzhen and a man talking.

This made Ni Yuanlu wonder if there was something wrong with her ears.

After all, there were only Chongzhen and Zhu Aona in the palace, so how could there be another male voice?

Before Ni Yuanlu could figure it out, the gate of Wuying Palace opened.

"Mr. Ni Ge, my father invites you to come into the palace to discuss matters."

Ni Yuanlu didn't say much to Zhu Yaluo. She bowed briefly and walked in.

After a while, Zhu Yuyao came out with another handwriting and asked a Jinyi Qinjun to summon Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and Wang Guoxing, the commander of the Shangzhi Army (Jinyi Qinjun).

Wang Guoxing was responsible for guarding the imperial city and the Forbidden City, so he arrived first.

Li Ruolian arrived not long after.

The Jinyi soldiers and eunuchs who were guarding near Wuying Palace all realized that Chongzhen should be discussing some important matter with these people, but because the voices in the palace were too quiet, they could not hear anything or guess what was going on.

Even among them, there were people installed by foreign ministers, but they lost their effect for a while...

Zhu Chunchen, as the governor of the capital camp, was naturally not idle when the intruders attacked the city in large numbers, but he was not on the city wall, but in a camp near Chaoyang Gate in the inner city.

There is a high wall of more than four feet in front, and the camp is quite far away from the inner city wall, so it is still very safe.

The camp chief's barracks have been added and remodeled over the years and are quite spacious and comfortable.

But Zhu Chunchen was sitting on the handsome chair with a frown on his face.

Because he could see that the inner city might not be able to be defended for a few more days.

Once the inner city is destroyed, the Ming Dynasty will be finished, at least the north side will be out of business.

He now regrets very much why he didn't persuade Chongzhen to go south earlier - because only if Chongzhen agreed to move the capital south, he could lead his family and part of his property southward.

It's a pity that now I'm trapped in the capital, and it's too late to regret.

'Hey, how come my family is the Duke of the Ming Dynasty? If he is just a civil servant or an ordinary military commander, he only needs to open a city gate and kneel down to welcome Li Zicheng, and not to continue to be a nobleman, there is no problem in saving his wealth and life, right?'

'But I am the most prominent nobleman of the Ming Dynasty, a dignified Duke, and was entrusted with important responsibilities by Chongzhen. If Li Zicheng comes in, how can I get any good results?'

"if···"

Not knowing what was going on in his mind, Zhu Chunchen couldn't help but clenched his fists and swallowed his saliva.

boom!

The sound of another artillery shell hitting the city wall made Zhu Chunchen suddenly wake up.

Then he slapped the table and stood up, obviously determined to do something.

After walking out of this large and comfortable barracks, he looked in the direction of Chaoyang Gate.

It was guarded by his cronies and was his escape route.

It was originally a foolproof thing, but unfortunately since Wang Jiayan, the Minister of War, was ordered to assist the Beijing camp yesterday, there have been some changes in the generals and soldiers of Chaoyang Gate.

But it doesn't matter, his people still hold the majority.

As long as you find the right time and take action suddenly, you should be able to accomplish something.

Just when Zhu Chunchen was looking towards Chaoyang Gate, frowning and thinking, he saw several soldiers in brocade clothes walking towards this direction.

When the leader of the hundred households saw him, they showed the emperor's handwriting and said: "Mr. Cheng Guo, your majesty has given you a handwriting to go to Wuying Hall immediately to discuss matters."

"knew."
Chapter completed!