At the fourth update, the city of Beijing was still pitch black and silent. I only occasionally heard the sound of chongs and saw the officers patrolling the night with lanterns.

The huge Bauhinia city is pitch black, like a giant beast hidden in the darkness.

There were wars and the people were in trouble. There was no movement in the outer city. The refugees sleeping on both sides of the street curled up and froze to death every night and starved to death by hundreds of people.

Recently, among the refugees outside and inside the city, they suddenly had an epidemic and died every day. The refugees often woke up in the morning and found that the people around them were already hard.

Compared with refugees who entered the city, they could beg in the city, hide under the eaves, shelter from the wind and rain, and refugees who could not enter the city outside the city were even more miserable.

In mid-October, the cold current in the north hit, and the weather in the capital was already very cold, and it started to snow, and I don’t know how many people would die.

Now the old empire has internal and external troubles and no longer has the ability to protect its people.

At this time, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from afar. Several cavalrymen rushed over with two war horses and walked through the slums. However, the refugees inside were dead and unresponsive, not knowing whether they were dead or alive.

After a moment, the cavalry passed through the area where refugees gathered, rushed to the gate of Yongding, the outer city of Beijing, and shouted to the cavalry: "Open the city gate quickly! 800 miles in Henan to speed up."

Since the current emperor ascended the throne, Beijing City has made Qing soldiers at the city several times. The soldiers on the city are very alert. They first lowered the hanging basket and put the cavalry into the passbook and checked it before using a basket to hang the cavalry on the top of the city. The rest were outside watching the horses and waiting for dawn to enter the city.

The cavalry came to the city, clasped their fists to the soldiers guarding the city, and hurried down to the city and headed towards the headquarters of the war.

The defenders on the city couldn't help but talk about him when they saw him walking away.

"He just said that it was the 800-li in Henan that reported urgently!"

"It's not that Kaifeng has fallen!"

"Then you have to store some rice quickly!"

The defenders on the city were very experienced. If the Qing army broke through the border walls and invaded, or the bandits inside the pass were too fierce, the food prices in Beijing would definitely soar.

If you don’t take advantage of the price of grain and keep more food, then in the future, in addition to the nobles in the inner city, the people in the outer city, and ordinary soldiers, they can’t afford it at all, and can only watch their families starve to death.

When the hundreds of households guarding the city heard the words, they couldn't help but shout at the cavalry looking at the horses under the city, "Brother! What's wrong with Henan?"

The cavalry under the city sat on the ground and replied loudly: "General Gao and Gao Zhongcheng repelled the thieves, and the Kaifeng siege was lifted again!"

When the defenders on the city heard this, they were surprised, "It turned out that they defeated the thief!"

"It's amazing! Henan actually won the battle!"

Not long ago, Hong Chengchou and 130,000 Ming troops were defeated, with only more than 30,000 people fled back to Ningyuan.

When the news reached Beijing, the morale of the military and civilians in the capital was completely lost. Now when I heard that the Henan government troops defeated the treacherous, they were all excited.

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Tonight, the Minister of War, Chen Xinjia was on duty in the office. He was sitting behind the desk, thinking about the current situation in the world.

"Adjust peace! Only peace can be negotiated!" Chen Xinjia wrote and painted on paper, murmured to himself, "We must first settle the country when fighting foreign countries!"

The Battle of Songjin failed, the Ming Dynasty lost all its elite troops, and only Wu Sangui was left to guard the closing gate. The Ming Dynasty did not say that it was fighting on both sides at the same time, but even fighting against the bandits alone, or the Qing army was no longer an opponent.

Thinking of this, Chen Xinjia couldn't help but feel a little distressed. Not long ago, he and Zhou Yanru passed the blame on Song Jin's defeat, blamed Hou Xun and others for the reasons for the defeat, hindering the shipping of grain and restraining the suppression of the enemy within the pass, so that the court could not fight against the Qing army with all its strength.

He successfully led the emperor's anger to Hou Xun and others, but also attracted fierce attacks from the Donglin Party members for himself.

Now he and Zhou Yanru have been scolded to be autistic. As long as it is what he wants to do, no matter whether it is right or wrong, someone will immediately object, and they will stumbling from behind. When he makes a mistake, they will attack him.

At this time, if you reveal your idea of ​​a peace talk, you may have to be drowned by the saliva of the Donglin Party.

This made Chen Shangshu a little want to give up, but he had already suggested to the emperor that if he didn't do it, the emperor would definitely not let him go.

Chen Xinjia leaned on his seat with some fatigue. As the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing army was approaching step by step outside the pass, and the bandits inside the pass besieged Kaifeng. He was powerless. If there was any problem, he would have to be held responsible. He only felt that it was too difficult for him.

"Ministry Hall!Ministry Hall!" At this moment, the doctor who was on duty outside ran in and said happily: "Eight hundred miles in Henan, hurry up and beat the newspaper."

Chen Xinjia's heart was terrified, and his first thought was that Kaifeng was lost and he was finished.

If this is the case, then the people of Donglin would not immediately write a letter and flood him.

However, seeing the doctor's face full of joy, it seemed to be good news. Chen Xinjia suppressed the fear in his heart. When he opened it, his brows immediately stretched out and he couldn't help but exclaim: "I am really accurate in my opinion. Gao Huan, this kid, has never disappointed me."

Chen Xinjia immediately stood up, took the memorial, and went to the palace. Before leaving, he arranged someone to inform his ally Zhou Yanru.

Zhou Yanru was sleeping soundly and was called out. After hearing the report, he immediately laughed and asked someone to prepare a pot of good wine and drink it by himself.

Since Chongzhen reprimanded Hou Xun and Wang Qiaonian, the Lin Party of the Middle East has attacked him.

He put the blame for the unfavorable suppression of the enemy on Wang Qiaonian. Now Gao Mingheng is not trapped in Kaifeng, but Li Zicheng is still rampant in Henan.

The censors made up stories casually, and some even said that Wang Qiaonian was about to wipe out the bandits. It was Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia who suddenly framed Wang Qiaonian, which caused the bandits to remain rampant.

This made Zhou Yanru really worried, for fear that Kaifeng would fall at this time, so he would really be unable to explain it.

Now that I learned that Gao Huan had unlocked the siege, the Donglin Party members could be speechless and make Zhou Yanru feel happy.

However, Chen Xinjia asked him to meet the saint together, but Zhou Yanru refused.

The emperor hated the formation of cliques the most. He could become the chief minister because the emperor felt that he had no party.

If he enters the palace at this time, it means that he has a party and the gain is not worth the loss. Moreover, Mr. Chen is very kind and actually suggests peace talks. He decided to stay away from Chen Xinjia.

Although Zhou Yanru agreed with Chen Xinjia's strategy, he was a bureaucrat. The bureaucrats did not see whether it was beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, but whether it was beneficial to him.

Zhou Yanru felt that it was too difficult to negotiate peace. Once it was shaken out, the city would be drowned by the saliva of justice.

Therefore, since the last time the emperor summoned him, Zhou Yanru has intentionally alienated Chen Xinjia, but has given him some support in secret.

Zhou Yanru sat up and decided to take leave today. He picked up the wine glass and drank it himself. He drank it all, thinking in his heart, "The little brother Gao Huan must be well trained and has a bright future. Even whether I can save my life and retreat safely depends on him."

In the palace, Emperor Chongzhen was busy for another night last night.

If the more chaotic he is today, he will be busier, and the busier he is, the more chaotic the world will be.

Chongzhen handled the memorials until the fourth day of the morning. He had just lay down and was about to fall asleep, and when he heard someone calling outside, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

The tired Chongzhen sat up from the bed and heard that it was Wang Chengen's voice. He asked in a hoarse voice: "Are you going to court?"

"Your Majesty, it's Shangshu Chen who said there was a military report!"

When Chongzhen heard about the emergency military situation, he woke up immediately and quickly said tremblingly: "Is it Jiannu entering the pass or Kaifeng falling into trouble!"

Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty is a message sent by Henan! It is said to be a great victory!"

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, then quickly put on an outer robe, walked out of the bedroom, and came to the side hall.

"Your Majesty!" Chen Xinjia hurriedly kowtowed and bowed, with tears in his face, "Your Majesty, Kaifeng's encirclement has been lifted!"

"Kaifeng rescued the siege?" Chongzhen walked over quickly and couldn't wait to ask for it, "The military report is here!"

Chen Xinjia quickly presented his hands with him, Chongzhen spread his eyes, and blushed appeared on his pale face, his whole body changed his glory, and his spirit changed. He praised him while watching, "What a Gao Huan! He was the one who lifted the Kaifeng siege for me again. Humph, those damn civil servants are still talking for Wang Qiaonian, how about now?"

After watching it, Chongzhen felt annoyed, "If I had dismissed Wang Qiaonian earlier, the thieves might have been wiped out by Gao Huan."

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