Hong Niang looked at Li Guodong standing at the city wall from a distance, and felt that the figure of this person looked very familiar, but because the distance was too far, she didn't remember where she had seen this person for a while. Although she had thought that when she was in Luoyang City, Uncle Li Quan was somewhat similar to Wu Weibo on the city wall, but how could she dare to look like him? A hero who drew his sword to help and dared to beat King Fu's guards was actually the uncle of the court. In Hong Niang's eyes, all the officials, nobles, and royal families in the world were all bad people.

"Military advisor, why are you talking about that dog thief? We have so many refugees in our hands, just let them attack the city." Tang Tong walked forward and smiled flatteringly.

Li Yan pointed to the people they gathered together on the way and replied righteously: "These are all my great-shun people. I should treat them well. How can I just die? The king is about to arrive, and when the army arrives, it will not be too late to attack the city again!"

"No!" Tang Tong retreated in anger. If he could conquer Tianjin and take down the foolish monarch before Li Zicheng's main army arrived, wouldn't that be a huge contribution? Unfortunately, Li Yan, a slanderous guy, did not allow them to coerce the people to attack the city. In this chaotic world, whoever is not cruel enough would be a fool.

The former Ming army generals like Tang Tong and Bai Guangen did a lot of things to kill good and rob the people when they were officers and soldiers.

Li Yan did not allow the people to attack the city as cannon fodder, but he did not let the people idle either. Then he sent orders to order Tang Tong and Bai Guangen and other Ming generals to escort the people to build camps and prepare to set up camps on the spot, waiting for the main force of the King of Chuang to arrive before siegeing the city.

The Dashun Army camped five miles west of Tianjin City. Li Yan's camp was arranged in an orderly manner. Two circles of wooden fences on the periphery were surrounded by two circles of wooden fences. Wooden boards were laid on the low wooden fences, so people could defend themselves. There were sentry towers in the camp, and torches were inserted above the wooden fences, which could prevent the Ming army from stealing the camp.

Li Guodong didn't have the leisure to attack Li Yan's camp. He knew that even if he took a risk, it would be meaningless to defeat Li Yan at night. Li Zicheng's main army was behind. Even if he defeated Li Yan, they still couldn't leave. So that night, Li Guodong arranged to resettle victims in the northern city of Tianjin and asked someone to open a porridge shed to serve porridge.

The identification of refugees has been completed. Bonfires are lit everywhere in the south city, and fragrant white rice and sweet potato porridge are boiled on the large iron pot. The fragrance of the porridge spreads across the streets and alleys, drifting across the sea and into the north city. The already hungry victims tried hard to swallow their saliva.

"Mom, I'm hungry." A skinny little boy raised his head and looked at the starry sky.

"Child, bear it, it will be fine in a while."

An old man knelt on the ground, burst into tears, and kowtowed to the city: "The Caomin thanked the great kindness of the emperor, and the Caomin family was saved."

Li Guodong returned to the south city and was arranging a plan to defend the city. When he planned to cross the floating bridge and go to the north city, he was stopped. Li Guodong turned around and saw that Princess Kunxing was standing behind him.

"Wuweibo, the porridge is almost ready? The monkey wants to give the people porridge in person." Zhu monk begged.

"Your Highness Princess, you are a golden branch and a jade leaf. How long has the victims been taking a bath? You can't go." Li Guodong said with a smile.

"It was the father who mistook the slander, so that the people were wandering here. If the monk could not give the people porridge, he would be dissatisfied."

Zhu Mai insisted on going, but Li Guodong had no choice but to agree. He called two soldiers: "You two, protect your princess."

"No! You go down, you are here. I am very safe," Zhu Meiyu smiled and turned to look at Li Guodong. "Wu Weiyu, are you willing to protect Wu Er?"

"Of course, you are His Highness the Princess. As long as I am still alive, I will definitely protect you."

Zhu Meiyu's cheeks flushed, her face looked like a layer of rouge, and she said softly: "Thank you."

Although the Ming Dynasty had different ranks and inferiority, Li Guodong could not have been so close to Princess Kunxing, but now, Chongzhen's family is in trouble. Who else cares about this? What's more, the soldiers around him were either Li Guodong's own Huai Army or Zhang Shuheng's Jinyiwei, who was actually his own people, who would gossip?

"Hmph! I just know how to protect my sister, what about me?" A small figure appeared behind Li Guodong at some point.

"You are the little princess, of course you will also protect you." Li Guodong said with a smile.

"Brother Wuwei, do you still have candy?" Princess Zhaoren grabbed the corner of Li Guodong's clothes and begged.

Li Guodong took out a cake: "Children should not eat too much sugar, as they will have tooth decay."

"Hmph! I don't want cakes, I want candies! If I don't give candies, I won't leave." Princess Zhaoren held Li Guodong's clothes and refused to put them.

"Your Highness Princess, there are not many candies, I have finished eating them all. I have something better here, do you want it?"

"No, I just want candy."

"Rare!" Chongzhen's voice sounded.

Seeing that his father was coming, Princess Zhaoren was so scared that she hid behind Li Guodong.

Chongzhen walked around behind and reached out to beat his daughter. Li Guodong turned around to protect Princess Zhaoren: "Your Majesty, your highness has suffered this disaster. He has not had a good meal for two days and two nights. When he saw that the candy of Weichen was delicious, he asked Weichen for it. She was still a child. If His Majesty wanted to punish him, then punish him."

"Hmph!" Chongzhen snorted coldly, "In the Ming Dynasty, the people outside are almost starving to death. You are still causing trouble for Wuwei Bo! Go back and get your mother's punishment!"

Princess Zhaoren ran away in fear.

How could Chongzhen really punish Li Guodong? He walked to a big pot, picked up the spoon and stirred it: "This porridge is so delicious."

Li Guodong said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, the princess, said she would personally give the victims porridge, but the minister dared not agree."

"Let Kunxing go. I'm sorry to the people. If I let her go, I feel better. No, I have to give porridge to the people myself to reduce my sins!"

"Your Majesty, no!" Wang Chengen quickly dissuaded, "Your Majesty, you are a body of thousands of gold, how can you do this service? What if there are sluts among the victims..."

"I have decided, so don't stop my partner!"

"That servant also serves porridge with me."

After the porridge was cooked, the soldiers pushed the cart full of porridge buckets, passed the pontoon bridge and entered the northern city. Emperor Chongzhen and Princess Kunxing also came to the northern city under the custody of Wang Chengen and his 200 armed eunuchs.

Emperor Chongzhen and Princess Kunxing personally gave porridge to the victims, which naturally caused a sensation. Although Chongzhen had a bit of a show, the people didn't know this. When they saw His Majesty the Emperor standing in front of them, everyone was moved to the mountains and shouted long live.

After taking the porridge that the emperor and the princess personally cooked for themselves, the people were so moved that they shed tears.

"Your Majesty, these people will be absolutely loyal to you in the future. We should bring them to Nanjing together, select young and strong people from it, and form an army that is only loyal to you." Li Guodong said quietly to Chongzhen.

"Be careful, I have this meaning. Otherwise, there would be no loyal person in Nanjing." Chongzhen of course knew that after he made a show, the loyalty of the new recruits selected from these people in the future would be completely fine.

The next morning, on the 21st day of the third lunar month of the 17th year of Chongzhen, the army of the King of Chuang arrived.

Li Guodong stood at the head of the North City and looked at the Dashun Army, with its horses stretching for nearly a hundred miles. If you look down from a high altitude, the west side of the entire Haihe River is covered with blue clothes, rolling like a sea water rolling in.

"Your Majesty, be careful. The thief has a cannon, so you must not take risks." Wang Chengen persuaded Chongzhen, who wanted to climb the city to watch the battle.

"Parent Wang, the thief has arrived. Where can I sit in the city? Let's go up and take a look." Chongzhen said.

Seeing that Wang Chengen could not stop Chongzhen, he had to follow Chongzhen and climb up the city.

"There are too many bandits..." Chongzhen looked down at the city and saw the densely packed Shun army like locusts. They first covered the plains west of Tianjin City, and then the wave spread to the north of the city and the east of the city, surrounding the city for a moon and a half.
Chapter completed!