On this day, the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty remained silent and were waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to speak. Because the theme of the court discussion was very heavy.

"The two border towns of Datong Prefecture, Xuanfu, Yanmen Pass, Juyong Pass and other powerful passes all surrender to the thieves. The thieves are not far from the capital. I ask you, should you stay in the capital and wait for reinforcements from all over the country to move the capital to the ancient capital of Nanjing, in order to restore the mountains and rivers?" Chongzhen's words were already very straightforward.

Now there are only two ways before the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, one is to walk and the other is to stay.

All civil and military officials were in an uproar and whispered to each other.

Li Zicheng's progress shocked all officials. It took only a long time before the peasant army on the north road led by Li Zicheng was almost at the foot of the emperor. Datong Town and Xuanfu Town, which were originally highly anticipated, were useless.

"Please send an order to move the capital to Nanjing and preserve your strength to make a comeback. You can also keep His Highness the Crown Prince and a group of ministers to defend the capital. This strategy is the most secure. The destiny of heaven is small. You should cut off the holy heart and avoid worrying about eating the navel." Li Mingrui, an official from the Hanlin Academy, stood up and said.

Chongzhen's body leaned forward slightly, obviously agreeing with Li Mingrui's words.

However, at the instructions of northern officials, a censor soon stood up to oppose Li Mingrui: "Sage must not be killed, Li Mingrui should be killed!"

"Why do you make such a statement?" Chongzhen was unhappy, but he did not dare to attack in front of many ministers in the court.

"In the past, the changes of Tumu Fort, hundreds of thousands of elite troops in the Ming Dynasty were destroyed, and the elderly, weak, sick and disabled left the capital. The leader of the Oirata personally led hundreds of thousands of Oirata cavalry to the capital, which was even more critical than the current situation. However, Yu Qian, the Minister of War, strongly advocated defending the capital, and the Oirata cavalry retreated and the court turned danger into safety. Therefore, we must have the confidence to fight to the death to the death before we can safeguard the imperial artifact!" An official from the north stood up and said.

"The change in Tumu Fort is incomparable to the current situation! The Oirat cavalry is a foreign race. Once they enter the pass, they will be resisted by the subjects in the world and are controlled everywhere. Li Zifeng is a Han Chinese and has entangled countless peasants. To put it bluntly, the thieves have already won the hearts of some people, and all the soldiers are afraid. The morale of our army has gone. If we stay in the capital in vain, it is like painting a prison." Li Mingrui said loudly.

"You are increasing the ambition of the enemy and destroying the majesty of the officers and soldiers! There are still 100,000 elite soldiers in the Ming Dynasty. Gao Qiqian, Hebei, commanded 50,000 troops, Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, 100,000 elite soldiers, and 100,000 reinforcements from various places, totaling 450,000 elite soldiers. Why not be afraid of Li Zicheng!" said the official who was on the verge of the perseverance.

"Hahaha, 450,000 elite soldiers, and we still have 450,000 elite soldiers, why did we let the trespass Li Zicheng break three passes in a row and go to three towns! The soldiers and horses in Hebei were dragged by the bandit general Zhang Yuan, and Heluo was even trapped in the encirclement of the local peasant army. It was placed in Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan elite soldiers, and there was the Liao army eyeing him, who dared to mobilize easily?" Southern officials who supported Li Mingrui stood up to support Li Mingrui.

"The difficulties are only temporary. As long as we order the soldiers and horses from all over the world to come to serve the king, we can instantly obtain a million troops. Why not be afraid of breaking into the thieves?"

"You are joking about the life of the emperor! The opportunity to move the capital is fleeting. If the thieves later captured Shandong, Jianghuai and other places, our way to move south will be cut off. If we can go south in time and gather troops from all over the way, we can win over 100,000 troops after we march to Nanjing and defend the defense of the river. Moreover, there are six divisions in Nanjing, which are like the capital and will be able to operate soon."

"Give up the foundation of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years and migrate to Nanjing City is like drinking poison to quench thirst. This matter must not be done!"

Above the hall, officials from north and south were in a mess. The officials in the south catered to Chongzhen's intentions and agreed to move the capital. If Chongzhen regarded Nanjing as the capital, the voice of the southern officials would undoubtedly increase. Moreover, the property and family of the southern officials were almost all in the south, and it would be nothing to say if they abandoned the northern continent.

But it is completely different for the officials in the north. If they followed Chongzhen to the south, then their property in the fields and property in Jingji, Shandong, Hebei and other places would be equivalent to giving up all their property.

Officials of the two factions talked about whether to move the capital and how to retreat if they moved the capital, whether Emperor Chongzhen should stay in the capital or the young prince stayed in the capital. In short, there was constant quarrel.

However, none of the civil and military officials expected that the opportunity to move the capital was missing. After such delays, they would never have the opportunity to move the capital again. Li Zicheng in the north gradually approached, while Zhang Yuan of the Southern Army surrounded the Ming army in Hebei.

Compared with Li Zicheng's unstoppable situation on the North Road, Zhang Yuan's southern route army's recent progress was a bit slow. But this does not mean that Zhang Yuan had no progress at all. Under Zhang Yuan's command, more than 100,000 refugees who were originally unorganized were divided into several teams, seizing important strongholds near Baoding, and making Gao Qiqian and other Hebei Ming army's supervisors and generals controlled by others everywhere, which was very uncomfortable.

"Immediately, there were bandits behind us. A group of bandits had already walked behind us and were cutting off our food route and the contact between us!" A logistics officer hurriedly broke into the military tent of Gao Qiqian and other Ming generals, and said hurriedly, "Our grain trucks have been robbed, and the food in the army can only last for three days!"

"How did you become a military officer?! Such a serious incident happened, and I will report it now?" Gao Qi roared in the duck's voice.

"Do you know that you have dereliction of duty and should be executed according to the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty!" said a general.

"I have discovered it too, sirs. The generals on the left and right sides of the defense should be responsible for this matter. They asked the bandits to bypass their defense and rob our food trucks. How could we have no combat power be responsible for our logistics troops!" The quarantine officer called injustice.

"Now we are not the time to hold anyone responsible, but we should think about what to do. We will lose food in three days. Once this matter is spread, people will be in panic. If the thief general Zhang Yuan takes the opportunity to drive the army to rush forward, we may be done." A slightly rational Ming army general stopped the internal differences.

"Do not spread the loss of the grain truck easily. We conceal the soldiers, give up Baoding and retreat to the capital, merge with the army defending the capital, and defend the capital together. With the grain of the capital, it is more than enough to defend the reinforcements in the world to arrive." An officer suggested.

"But... the bandits robbed grain trucks were in great spirits. The thousands of grain transport soldiers and thousands of workers I saw were soon spreading, and this matter could not be concealed." The military officer said with a sad face.
Chapter completed!