Zhu Cilang and Zhu Mai were confused after hearing the words of Queen Zhou.

In addition to Zhu Cilang and Zhu Mei-chan, the children of Emperor Chongzhen also had two sons and one daughter. The two sons were King Ding and King Yong, one was ten years old and the other was seven years old. The other daughter was Princess Zhaoren, who was only five years old. It was too late, and she was confused and her eyes were shrouded in Fei Yue'e's arms, and she was already asleep.

Zhou Xian was silent for a moment and said, "Empress, if you want, you can go together."

Queen Zhou smiled dismally, "How can I leave the emperor alone?"

"Go? Where to go? Mother, what are you and Zhou Xian talking about?" Zhu Cixuan clearly felt something was wrong and asked in a hurry.

Queen Zhou touched Zhu Cilang's head lovingly, "Yan'er, don't worry. I have discussed with your father and asked Zhou Xian to send you brothers and sisters to the south first. You are the prince, so you must take good care of your younger brothers and sisters in the future."

Zhu Cixuan looked at Empress Zhou, then looked at Zhou Xian, "No, you are lying to me, I want to go find my father."

Zhou Xian grabbed his hand and shouted sternly: "Crown Prince, the capital cannot be defended. If the emperor and you are trapped in the capital, the Ming Dynasty will be really over. What the queen does is for you, for the Ming Dynasty, do you know?"

Zhu Cixuan kept struggling, "Zhou Xian, let me go. I am the prince, you have to listen to my orders. I don't want to leave the city, I want to see my father." His voice was too loud, which attracted the guards to look in this direction.

Zhou Xian was fierce and hit Zhu Cixuan on the back of the head. His eyes turned white and he fell to the ground with a skew.

Queen Zhou screamed and hurriedly stepped forward to support him, "Zhou Xian, what are you doing?"

Zhou Xian said: "I didn't use any force, I just fainted for a while."

Zhu Mei was only fully aware of this time, and she couldn't help sobbing in a low voice. King Ding and King Yong didn't understand what was going on, and they looked at everyone present with their round eyes.

Zhou Xian frowned, "Empress, hurry up." With a wave of his hand, several soldiers stepped forward, took Zhu Cilang from Empress Zhou, and carried him into the carriage that had been prepared long ago.

Zhu Mai walked to Queen Zhou, her face full of tears, and after shouting "My Mother", she could no longer say anything.

Queen Zhou also shed tears, took off a hairpin from her head, and handed it to her, "Yu'er, you and your brother must be well. Take this and leave a memory!"

Princess Zhaoren is too young, and Zhou Xian asked Fei Yue'e to carry her into the car to prevent her from crying after waking up. Zhu Cixuan fainted and needed someone to take care of her, and the little eunuch named Zhang next to him was with him.

The seven people rode in two carriages, Zhou Xian rode his horse and walked south. A long distance away, he could still see Queen Zhou standing in place, looking at her from afar, motionless.

When they arrived at Zhengyang Gate, Zhou Qian opened the city gate and let them go out of the city.

Zhou Xian opened the curtain, looked at Zhu Mi, who had her eyes red from crying, and sighed, "Your Highness, now you are out of the city, they will escort you all the way to Shandong."

Zhu Mai frowned and said, "Don't you go with us?"

Zhou Xian shook his head, "In the capital, I have something to do."

"The father and mother?"

Zhou Xianxiao said, "I'm here! Don't worry."

Zhu Mai was silent for a while, but didn't know what to say, and finally said, "You should be more careful."

Zhou Xian smiled without answering. He turned around and instructed Sun Bao: "After leaving the capital, you should try to avoid the mainland and go along the small road. Three hundred cavalry should be divided into several teams, each with a difference of about two miles to avoid attracting the attention of the trespassing army. Send scouts to warn in time when encountering danger. In short, I want them to arrive in Shandong safely. If one of them has an accident, I will chop your head directly."

Sun Bao clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, the subordinates understand the importance of this trip."

Zhou Xian nodded, "Let's go!"

Looking at the carriage that was leaving, Zhou Gan couldn't help but say, "Second Young Master, don't leave at this time, it will be difficult for the treacherous soldiers to leave again."

Zhou Xian sighed, "I can't leave, at least I can't leave for now. Zhou Gan, how powerful are the two thousand soldiers under your command?"

Zhou Gan frowned and said, "It's just that, it won't be of great use, but you can all listen to my orders."

Zhou Xian nodded, saying nothing about it. He explained some of the things Zhou did, and then set off for the Five City Military and Ma Si.

After listening to the scout's return, Li Yan went to find Li Zicheng and reported the information he received.

Li Zicheng smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Chongzhen's son would have some courage, so he came to the city to boost morale."

Liu Zongmin laughed and said, "That's because he knew that my army had not yet reached the city, otherwise he would have just hid under the bed and shivered."

His joke caused laughter from the generals, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm during the meal.

Li Yan frowned slightly, "King of Chuang, now the people who are in charge of the defense of the capital are Li Guozhen and Zhou Xian. The Beijing camp is weak and cannot be used more. However, Zhou Xian is familiar with the military strategy and should not be too contemptuous. Judging from the current situation, he has adopted some effective strategies for defending the city, which may cause some trouble for our army to capture the capital in the future. Therefore, I believe that the attack on the capital should be faster or slow, in case things change."

Liu Zongmin smiled and said, "Lin Quan, you are too timid! The current capital is a bird in our palm, and you can kill him at any time. What can Zhou Xianren do?"

Li Zicheng waved his hand, "Jiexuan, there are half a hundred miles of people. Before conquering the capital, you should be careful. Lin Quan, since you say this, you must have a good idea in your heart, just say it!"

Li Yan nodded, "I think our army should do five things now. First, send someone to notify General Liu to strengthen his attack on Baoding to prevent the Baoding defenders from withdrawing from the capital. Second, send cavalry to the capital first, shoot surrender letters into the city to disrupt the hearts of the army and the people. Third, send envoys to the capital, first polite and then troops. If Emperor Chongzhen is willing to surrender, this will save a lot of trouble. Fourth, send an army eastward to prevent Wu Sangui from coming to the capital. And send envoys to come to him. Five, mobilize artillery and follow the army to prepare for the siege."

Li Zicheng thought for a moment and smiled and said, "What Lin Quan said is so right. Erhu, shake the flag, you two lead the cavalry first and go to the capital. Didn't we capture a military eunuch in Xuanfu? Let him enter the city and convince Emperor Chongzhen to surrender. As for Wu Sangui, General Tang, you should have had some contact with him in Liaodong before! Otherwise, you can go for me?"

Tang Tong: "King Chuang, I wonder what official position you are going to grant him?"
Chapter completed!