Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

December of the eleventh year of Chongzhen.

Winter.

The snow has fallen for thousands of miles, and everything in heaven and earth is silver.

Zhu Cihong sat under the main tent of the Chinese army and roasted the fire, at this moment he had put on thick cotton clothes, cotton shoes, and a cotton hat, warming his body by the charcoal fire, but it still made him feel cold.

The winter during the Xiaoice River period was extremely cold, and the cold road could not be spoken, if it was outside the tent, the cold wind was biting, and the hands pulled the ears, as if they were going to be broken.

"Your Highness, Licheng has been besieged for more than a year, and the sentries of the Qing army on the city wall have been reduced by half, and the resources in the city have reached the limit.

Lu Xiangsheng came in to report, patted the snowflakes on his body, and said: "At this moment, most of the Qing troops in the city are hungry and cold, and their combat effectiveness has been sharply reduced by more than half.

"Also, although Xiong Wencan is vigorously encircling and suppressing Zhang Xianzhong's department, but the effect is not great, and he has not been able to achieve great results back and forth in the past year.

Lu Xiangsheng said, and took out a piece of letter paper from his bosom and handed it to Zhu Cihong.

"It's been ten years, it's not all the same, let Xiong Wencan be in front first, this palace has no time to take care of the northwest now. "

Zhu Cihong still doesn't want to punish Xiong Wencan's crimes, get him down, who will he send?

Yang Sichang, and Chen Xinjia, these two people are probably not as stable as Xiong Wencan, don't do it when the time comes, and it will be self-defeating, these two people are not suitable for going to the front line to lead the troops to fight.

And the northwest front is too long, too far, even if he now personally commands the operation in the past, it is difficult to eliminate those anti-thieves in a short period of time, now the firearms have not been engaged, according to the cold weapon field warfare such a way of fighting, it will not be possible to do it in a few years, moreover, he also has to strengthen the Jiliao border defense forces, but also to solve the financial problems of the Ming Dynasty, it is not long to rely on copying the family, and the taxes of the Ming Dynasty will not come up, it is all nonsense.

Zhu Cihong stood up, put on his cloak, came to the outside of Licheng, and looked at the Qing army on the city wall with a clairvoyant mirror.

Suddenly

, several Qing soldiers dragged a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy up to the city wall, then tied the boy up, and finally hung him under the city wall.

"Tomorrow after tomorrow, tomorrow is so much.

"I'm waiting for tomorrow, and everything will come to an end.

"If the world is tired of tomorrow, spring will go and autumn will come, and old age will come."

"Look at the water flowing eastward, and watch the sun set in the west.

"A hundred years and tomorrow can be geometric, please listen to my song tomorrow." The

boy who was hanging on the city wall, after being whipped by the Qing army, began to sing, his voice was mournful and sad, and the hearts of the listeners were numb.

"What kind of song is this?"

Zhu Cihong frowned, he saw that the young man on the city wall was obviously a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and he was wearing thin clothes at the moment, half of the original white clothes were black, half were red, and it was obvious that he was not lightly beaten.

Needless to say, some people left when they saw the Qing army burning, killing, and looting, and the people who escaped the catastrophe secretly returned to Licheng, after all, their homes were still in the city, and even if their property was robbed, their houses were still there.

"Back to His Royal Highness, this is the song of tomorrow, written by Qian Fu, the champion of the third year of Hongzhi, which means to cherish every day and spur himself.

Lu Xiangsheng explained, and said: "However, which one is Jiannu playing?"

Zhu Cihong didn't say anything when he heard this, but just looked at the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy hanging on the city wall, this Jiannu's method is much colder than this cold winter!

Hehe, this is trying to scare him?"

The little prince of the Ming Dynasty listened!"

Suddenly, a Qing soldier on the city wall poked his head out and shouted downward: " This kid is worth 10,000 stone of grain, give you an hour to think about it, but I hope this kid can resist an hour!"

"Damn

!" Lu Xiangsheng shouted angrily and scolded: "This group of dog mongrels originally used this despicable means to exchange for food, and they opened their mouths for 10,000 stones, this is simply a lion's mouth!"

Zhu Cihong didn't speak, he was still standing and looking at the city wall in front of him, but the hand holding the clairvoyant mirror was already a quarter

of an hour later.

The Qing soldier poked his head out again and shouted, "You still have today and tomorrow, but what about him

!" "He's only twelve years old

!" "Haha, this is the prince of the Ming Dynasty!" When

Lu Xiangsheng heard this, his face immediately changed greatly, and the other party was so vicious.

"Your Highness, don't fall for it!"

"Bring 10,000 stone of grain."

Zhu Cihong put down the clairvoyant mirror and said directly, although the 70,000 stone grain from the Beijing operation has been eaten for a year, but there is still more than 10,000 stones, he must save this person, although the other party is a conspiracy, but he has to take it.

Soon, 10,000 stone of grain was transported, and Gao Yi and the other generals came out, and after learning about the matter, they immediately started scolding!

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and stopped them, and his face was pale.

"Tell your people, bring in the food, the number shall not exceed a hundred, remove the armor, and do not bring weapons, as long as you dare to make any move, Lao Tzu will definitely throw this boy off the city wall!"

Seeing this, the Qing soldiers shouted down again.

"Gao Shun.

Zhu Cihong shouted without looking back.

"The subordinates are here!" Gao

Shun immediately stepped forward.

"You're trapped in a camp of fifty-one people to bring food in. "

Zhang Huaibin, eighteen of you will go in, and Yang Zaixing will bring thirty Weijun in.

Zhu Cihong's frowning brows slowly loosened, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said: "When the last cart of grain goes in, the other party will release people, and when this kid walks out of the city gate, you will start to make trouble, try to block the Qing army from besieging you, and strive for our army to attack."

"Your Highness, how do you know that

the other party will release people in a while?" Lu Xiangsheng was puzzled, and asked again: "What if

the other party not only collects the grain, but also the people?" "The other party is not a fool, they still know how to choose, there are other people in the city, if they regret this first transaction, then there will be no trading opportunities in the future."

Zhu Cihong said, looked at Zhang Huaibin and the others, and said: "The city gate must be heavily defended, and one hundred of you wear soft armor and soft swords, and hold on until our army arrives."

"The subordinates must do their best!" Everyone

immediately went down to prepare, they are a hundred Zhu Cihong is still at ease, others do not have this strength, this method can not be implemented, can only let the other party blackmail, but they have this strength, so this opportunity can fight with all their might, it is estimated that the Qing army did not expect this, dare to let a hundred people guard the city gate, so that the army behind has time to rush over!

The drawbridge was lowered, and the grain trucks slowly transported towards the city gate.

A dull sound sounded, and the city gate slowly opened, only to see that it was already full of people, densely packed, and there was no end in sight, it was estimated that there were thousands of people, but fortunately, these people were at least hungry, I am afraid they had been hungry for several days.

"Gao Yi, Zu Kuan.

Zhu Cihong said.

"The minister is here. The

two men immediately went up and bowed down.

"Go to the rear and prepare 10,000 horses and 10,000 cavalry for battle, and when you see the signal of the palace, you will immediately gallop over and rush into the city.

Zhu Cihong said, and led everyone back to the camp gate, and then ordered all the officers and soldiers to retreat.

"Command!" After

the two received the order, they quietly crept through the crowd towards the rear of the camp.

The Qing soldiers on the city wall saw that Zhu Cihong and the others had retreated, so they slowly pulled the child up, but they were vigilantly observing the lower levels to prevent the Ming army from moving forward.