After Yuan Chonghuan arrived in Ningyuan, after seeing Zhao Rujiao, he almost killed his confidant general on the spot. The loss of Jinzhou would be a great crime. If Man Gui and others had not pleaded with grudges and asked Zhao Rujiao to make meritorious service, Yuan Chonghuan would have really killed Ma Su with tears.

In the battle of Jinzhou, the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty had almost all their strength, so they took Jinzhou in such a short time. Now they were already trapped when they surrounded Jinzhou City. It was undoubtedly a death sentence to siege the city immediately. After obtaining a large amount of food and a lot of siege weapons in Jinzhou City, especially a dozen artillery pieces. This was Huang Taiji's greatest gain. With this weapon, he had even greater confidence in attacking Ningyuan City. Now he has enough food and supplies, and his soldiers are strong and his generals are just around the corner. Thinking of the Central Plains like a flower, Huang Taiji couldn't help but be full of confidence and ambition.

Fortunately, he did not arrogantly capture Ningyuan City in one fell swoop, because the opponent he met was Yuan Chonghuan, a person he praised, so he chose to siege Ningyuan City. First, the opponent was very strong and he could not siege the city rashly. Second, his subordinates had just experienced a bloody battle and needed time to adjust. Although the morale was used, as the head coach, he also had to consider whether the soldiers could eat or not. So after trapping Ningyuan City, he sent someone to shoot a letter to Yuan Chonghuan in the city, asking him to lead his army out of the city to surrender in three days and give him a high-ranking official.

Yuan Chonghuan also knew that Huang Taiji had just arrived at the city and experienced a great war. The lack of soldiers. Attacking the city at this time was equivalent to sending people to kill him, so he needed to gain time to rest and restore his combat power. Yuan Chonghuan also needed time to reorganize his army and prepare for war and consolidate the city defense. Therefore, Huang Taiji's letter of persuasion to surrender was taken at once and burned in front of the generals to show that he was willing to live and die with Ning Yuan.

Yuan Chonghuan is worried about Shanhaiguan now. The current general of Shanhaiguan is Zu Dashou, and the general general of Jinzhou Wu Xiang is his brother-in-law. Now the family is captured by Huang Taiji. The political situation of the court is turbulent. If he is asked to learn that his brother-in-law was captured, he is afraid that he will not be able to calm down and send troops to rescue him, this is exactly what Huang Taiji wants to see. By then, Huang Taiji easily takes Shanhaiguan, and all the places outside the pass will fall into his hands. So he ordered Man Gui to draw out five thousand soldiers and take advantage of Huang Taiji's foothold to be stable and quickly leave the city and rushed to Shanhaiguan. He ordered Man Gui and Zu Dashou not to step out of Shanhaiguan. Even if all the cities outside the pass are gone, they are not allowed to step out of Shanhaiguan. Yuan Chonghuan knew that it would be difficult for Zhu Yinglong to mobilize soldiers to him now. This series of incidents occurred. The generals from all over the country did not know who to listen to. According to his estimate, even if there were reinforcements, they would not be allowed to step out of Shanhaiguan.

After summarizing various news, Zhu Yinglong finally figured out what happened that night. That night, Emperor Tianqi gave birth to a prince. Wei Zhongxian gave a banquet and served wine in the palace the next day in the name of Emperor Tianqi, and invited all officials to congratulate him. Zhu Yinglong naturally received a notice, but he didn't care and he didn't want to go. How could he think that Emperor Tianqi suddenly improved and was a reflection of his life? Besides, in memory, Emperor Tianqi could last for at least a month. This was indeed because he was careless. The banquet had not started yet, and the officials were only here. Most officials above the level were present. Some officials who were waiting and watching also thought that the major was decided and rushed to the scene. Wei Zhongxian suddenly received a message from Wang Tiqian.

The news that Emperor Tianqi was not good came from the palace. Wei Zhongxian was shocked. Emperor Tianqi could not die at this time. At least he would have to establish the prince before he died. So he summoned his confidant to discuss the secret discussion. He went to the palace to meet Emperor Tianqi, and summoned the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet to discuss the matter of appointing the prince. Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun and others secretly transferred the Jinyiwei and the people from the East Factory to take care of all the officials who were holding wine to celebrate. Once Emperor Tianqi died, the court would inevitably be shocked. Mastering these officials was equivalent to mastering the court. Therefore, all the officials who attended the banquet in the future were detained. When the officials arrived later saw something was wrong, they naturally turned around and walked back. A few were stopped. The rest of the people who heard the news were gone.

Next, Wei Zhongxian forced the palace to become a crown prince. After Wei Zhongxian withdrew from Kunning Palace, he kept writing an imperial edict with the jade seal of Emperor Tianqi, which ordered Cui Chengxiu to transfer to the Beijing camp, intending to destroy King Xin and Chang Yanlin and others by force. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yinglong's Shangzhi Guard entered the inner city early. When the imperial edict was seen, Li Qi, the admiral of the Beijing camp, naturally believed it, and immediately ordered all the remaining officers and soldiers of the three battalions in the capital to enter the city to suppress the rebellion. At this time, Zhu Yinglong was already in the palace. Even if Zhou Huaian was willing to inform him of the news, he could not find anyone. He could only wait. At this time, only King Xin was looking for him. He had no idea where King Xin was. When he received the order from Zhu Yinglong, the later Jinyiwei and the people from the East Factory went to the Lou Kong.

Next is the Shangzhiwei, who was stationed in the inner city. When the soldiers of the Beijing camp entered the inner city, they met the prepared Shangzhiwei. They fought. The Jingying had long been rotten from the inside out. Eating flower wine, playing women, gambling, and extortion were no different from bandits. Although the Shangzhiwei was not much better, it was the army personally led by the emperor. Although Zhu Yinglong could not be said to be completely renewed, at least it was much stronger than the Jingyingyingwei in combat. Soon the Jingyingyingying couldn't resist it.

At this time, Wei Zhongxian led more than a thousand eunuchs to rush out of the palace, and also carried out nearly 200 court officials. These eunuchs had excellent combat power and were elite soldiers trained by Wei Zhongxian himself. They soon joined the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp. Wei Zhongxian knew that things should not be done. He had some courage and made a quick decision and ordered Li Qi to lead the Beijing camp to fight and retreat. At the same time, he ordered people to set fire in the inner city, inciting the people to turmoil and slowly attack the Zhiwei, and hurriedly retreated from the inner city and headed towards the outer city.

With a few words of ecstasy from Kebaba, Shi Zhoukui, the commander of the south of the city, opened the south gate of the outer city. Wei Zhongxian and others rushed out of the city with all the officials. Wei Zhongxian wanted to leave these burdens, but Cui Chengxiu hurriedly stopped him and signaled that he could not let these people go or kill them. It might be better to bring them with him. This might be a miraculous effect. Wei Zhongxian is now obedient to Cui Chengxiu, and escaping is important. How could he not think of so many? Cui Chengxiu said he would take them with him, so he should take them with him.

Chang Yanlin finally escaped from the palace and led Wuxiang. The two guards of Tengxiang chased after him. Xu Yunzhen, the temporary commander of the Shangzhi Guard, led Xu Yunzhen, who was the governor's office of the rear army, was the same as Chang Yanlin. After Xu Da, the general of the Shangzhu Kingdom, received the order from Zhu Yinglong, he immediately captured all the eunuchs who were closely monitored. Then he controlled the Shangzhi Guard and resisted the attack of the rebels in the Beijing camp. After Wei Zhongxian retreated, he was worried that the situation in the capital was unstable. Moreover, without Zhu Yinglong's order, he did not dare to pursue him without permission. Only Xiong Zhaolian made an immediate decision to lead his troops to chase him.

In fact, the eunuch party fled south, and at the beginning, there were still 80,000 to 90,000 people who escaped from the capital. At that time, the situation was unknown, and at night, it was just 50,000 to 60,000. Wei Zhongxian was in a hurry to raise an uprising, and there was nothing to eat and military supplies, so he could only loot along the way, which was worse than bandits. Some conscientious soldiers ran away and fled the camp one after another. Most of them were incorporated by Chang Yanlin and Xiong Zhaolian, who were chasing him closely. Wei Zhongxian's team could not escape. He had just entered Shandong and lost nearly 20,000 people. In order to get rid of the pursuers, Wei Zhongxian adopted Li Qi's suggestion to attack Chang Yanlin while Chang Yanlin was impatient and made a rash move, and lost nearly 10,000 troops.

When passing by Jinan, Jinan garrison General Zheng Chongjian only agreed to provide him with a sum of military supplies, but he was not allowed to enter the city to rest. Wei Zhongxian had to go south and then took a breath after entering Fengyang. He checked his troops and left the eunuchs, officials, Shu Guixian Xu Rongrong and his son, Kebaba and other family members. Li Qi's capital camp was less than 30,000, and the morale of the army was dispersed. Wei Zhongxian then issued a proclamation to show that he was orthodox and trusted the king. Everyone believed it when they saw that the Jade Seal and the Prince were in his hands, and then they stabilized their feet in Fengyang.
Chapter completed!