As the saying goes, a defeat is like a mountain falling.
Even if the government and gentry group has 200,000 soldiers and horses, if there is no capable general to coordinate the situation, then the role that these 200,000 people can play may not be as good as 200,000 pigs.
After Xu Da led his army to break through the front camp, there was no confusion in the army's formation and they continued to press forward in an orderly manner.
This time there were 20,000 broken troops from the front camp in front of them.
Before the camp behind them could figure out what was going on, they were forced back by these rebels and retreated.
Then a chain reaction formed.
One camp after another was defeated one after another, and the speed of the defeat was so shocking that even Xu Da was stunned.
When Qian Qianyi, Ma Shiying and others at the rear saw this posture, they didn't know that the situation was over. They no longer cared about the verbal quarrel and ran away with their confidants.
In such a chaotic situation, there is really no other way except to save my life first.
In the distance, high up in the Huluzui Valley, Huang Degong stared at this scene in stunned silence.
"What a sissy, a bunch of eggless idiots!"
"You can't even organize his basic defense, and you're still playing ball!"
"My sons, stop fighting and surrender!" He was also a bachelor. He threw away his weapons and led the 20,000 elite soldiers on the mountain directly to Xu Da down the mountain.
He thought very clearly that this defeat was doomed, and since it was a defeat, there must be someone who took the blame. He came up with this strategy, and the blame was tailor-made for him.
If he dares to go back, Qian Qianyi, Ma Shiying and others, in order to give an explanation to the world's gentry and shirk responsibility, will probably let him die without a burial place.
As a brave man who can fight his way up from the lowest level of soldiers, although he has little education, he knows how to assess the situation very well.
How could Baba go back and die?
Moreover, after this great defeat, the power of the official and gentry groups in the world has been severely weakened. In addition, the righteous king continues to slaughter and bleed their clans. I am afraid that the grasshoppers after the autumn will not be able to jump around for a few days.
No matter who is standing behind this righteous king, I am afraid that the south of the Yangtze River will be decided by others in the future. If I surrender now, I might be able to get an official position...
Chongzhen was a little anxious during this period.
In just one month, large-scale peasant uprisings broke out in seven provinces south of the Yangtze River. Memorials for help from all over the country flew into Nanjing like snowflakes, and were placed on the desk of Emperor Chongzhen.
The half of the country that Emperor Chongzhen thought he could barely maintain suddenly seemed to be in turmoil again.
And this time it was even worse than in Peking. At that time, there was a group of civil and military ministers who followed him until the end, but now all his courtiers and relatives have basically escaped.
The huge city of Nanjing and the huge Ming Empire seemed to have suddenly entered a state of anarchy.
No one cared what he thought as the emperor, he seemed to have become a dispensable person.
"Why is my life so miserable!"
Emperor Chongzhen sat in the deserted Fengtian Hall and finally shed tears of grievance.
When he was in Beiping City two years ago, although Zhu Yuanzhang taught him a harsh lesson and even beat him, he still helped him maintain the dignity of the court. But this time the emperor didn't even want to see him.
See you.
Is this a complete disappointment to him?
He had been the leader of the Ninth Five-Year Plan for almost twenty years, but at this moment he felt extremely aggrieved for no reason.
I also want to govern this country well!
Since he came to the throne, he has never been lazy for a day, the court meetings have never been interrupted, and he handles government affairs until late at night every day.
The court had no money, so he used the money from the inner treasury to subsidize it. Even if the dragon robe was torn, he would not replace it with a new one, but asked the queen to mend it.
Emperor Chongzhen felt that he had worked hard enough, but why did the world still decline to this point?
Can I really not escape the title of the king of subjugation?
"Humph...!" A sudden cold snort suddenly sounded in the hall.
Emperor Chongzhen suddenly had an idea, raised his head and looked at the figure at the gate of Fengtian Hall, and tears burst into his eyes again.
"Emperor, tell me, where did I go wrong?"
"My ancestors, I, Zhu Youjian, ask myself, I have done everything I can, but why... why do I, the Ming Dynasty, still reach this point!"
"I'm not willing to give in!"
When Emperor Chongzhen saw Zhu Yuanzhang again, his defense was completely broken. He knelt directly in front of the throne and cried bitterly.
"You're worthless, why are you crying!"
Zhu Yuanzhang shouted loudly.
He walked up to Emperor Chongzhen with great strides.
To be honest, he originally wanted to beat Emperor Chongzhen out when he saw him again, but now he raised his palm high, but Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't let it go.
All in all, this guy is not too ridiculous among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
He is just an incompetent mediocre person.
I really can't blame him for some things I didn't do well.
"Okay, put away your tears."
"If you have any grievances, please hold them back!"
"Next, just watch carefully. Let's help you govern this country."
Zhu Yuanzhang slowly walked to the throne and sat down directly. The moment he sat down, his eyes suddenly became sharp.
Xu Da and Li Wenzhong, one in the army and the other in the opposition, have completed the tasks and deployments assigned to them, taking control of 90% of the Ming Dynasty's current army, and at the same time plowing through the entire bureaucratic and gentry group in the south.
Next, it's time for him to come to the stage and really take action.
Three days later.
Suddenly, an imperial edict came out of Fengtian Temple, which had been silent for a long time.
This first imperial edict shocked everyone inexplicably.
“All officials who are not allowed to leave the capital without authorization must return to their posts within one month. Those who do not comply will be dismissed from all positions and will never be used again.
"Ha, this is a joke. The man in the palace must have lost his mind and gone crazy. Mr. Ma Ge and others are currently suppressing bandits in the local area. How can they come back?"
"Haha, you are losing your temper again!"
"We here thought we were in Beiping City!"
"What a pity, this is Nanjing!"
"Ha...if it weren't for a few pavilion elders and six ministers who worked tirelessly to maintain it, I don't know if the Ming Dynasty would still exist today!"
After the edict was issued, very few responded, and some scholars even openly challenged the authority of the edict in public.
Hearing the news from Jin Yiwei, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed angrily.
"The scholars in the south are really lawless. The Ming Dynasty has been lenient to scholars for more than two hundred years. Do you think that no one can really control them?"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, with a trace of killing intent flashing in his eyes.
He just didn't believe in this evil and wanted to kill these scholars for their courage.
Half a month after the edict was issued, the Jin Yiwei suddenly went out and arrested more than 200 scholars who spoke arrogantly in public.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and chopped off the heads of these people before anyone could react.
"Your Majesty, what you did is so chilling to the hearts of the world's scholars!"
"Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, I have never been guilty of any words!" Shi Kefa, the Minister of War who stayed in Nanjing, stormed into the Fengtian Palace angrily and prepared to sue Chongzhen to death.
Then he saw Zhu Yuanzhang sitting on the throne, and Emperor Chongzhen standing respectfully beside him.