Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

"Brothers, if you are brave enough, follow me to the capital."

Zhang Shikang threw away the broken matchlock gun in his hand and said to his subordinates around him.

Although they had only followed Zhang Shikang for three days, many people had already been infected by his dandy nature. When the admiral spoke, the brave ones immediately stood up.

"Yes! I'll go with the admiral!"

"I'll go too, to support the admiral!"

"And I!"

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This is a good opportunity to show oneself. With someone taking the lead, in a moment the five thousand subordinates are clamoring to go together.

In the end, Zhang Shikang led more than 300 people, armed with knives and spears, and marched towards the capital.

Fan Chengren was left in disarray in the wind on the training ground...

The capital city is still as prosperous as ever, with small vendors hawking their wares along the streets and a constant stream of pedestrians.

Li Hai, the head of Fuchengmen, yawned out of boredom. He had been in the brothel until midnight last night and his waist was still sore.

But the girl Xiao Cui in the brothel was really amazing. Thinking back to the ecstasy he felt last night, Li Hai showed an obscene smile at the corner of his mouth, although he felt a little sorry for the money.

His yawn seemed to be contagious, and several soldiers around him began to yawn as well.

"Everyone, pay attention!" Li Hai put away his smile and scolded his subordinates.

One of the people who was scolded didn't care. He smiled and said to Li Hai:

"Boss, I heard that Cuifenglou has a new chef. I would like to invite Boss Li to dinner tonight. I hope you will come and have a drink."

"I am busy now, so please tell me what is going on first." Li Hai glared at the subordinate named Feng Liang and said impatiently.

"To be honest with you, sir, I have been following you for several years. Officer Zhou retired a few days ago, so this position... hehe."

As Feng Liang spoke, he took out a fifty-liang silver note from his waist and handed it over quietly.

When Li Hai saw the amount of the banknote, his attitude changed immediately. He was very familiar with this kind of thing. He pointed at Feng Liang with a smile:

"I knew you were planning this, don't worry..."

At this time, another soldier suddenly interrupted Li Hai with narrowed eyes:

"Tou'er Li, look over there, what are those people doing?"

"What are you doing? Is there going to be an enemy attack? This is the capital city!" Feng Liang was interrupted and reprimanded the new recruit in displeasure.

Li Hai looked in the direction his subordinates were going, and saw a large group of people running towards Fuchengmen a few hundred meters away.

These people were dressed in rags and their identities could not be seen clearly, but they all held knives and guns in their hands. Li Hai suddenly felt like his soul was about to fly away.

“Enemy…enemy…”

Li Hai pointed at the group of people with his eyes wide open, his mouth stammering.

"They are bandits, they are bandits, enemy attack! Enemy attack!" the new recruit yelled at the top of his voice.

They came in groups, dressed in rags, who else could they be but bandits?

The soldiers at Fuchengmen began to close the city gate in a hurry. Li Hai also quickly ordered people to beat the drum to gather people. He wanted to go himself, but after taking two steps, he found that his legs were too weak to obey.

Zhang Shikang was sweating profusely at this time, and his subordinates behind him were also very tired.

But when he thought about how he had worked so hard to help Chongzhen train his troops, but this old man just left him the good guns and now was even delaying the delivery of food and fodder.

This is really outrageous. If your brother wants to be the king of a fallen country, then just say it clearly. You go your Chenghua Road and I go to Erxian Bridge. Why do you have to do this?

"Who are you outside the city? How dare you break into the gate of the capital? I think you don't want to live anymore."

When he got closer, Li Hai finally saw clearly that there were only about 300 people. Thinking of how he was frightened just now and couldn't speak coherently, Li Hai was furious.

This group of people should not be bandits. After all, there are not 300 people attacking a city. But they are holding swords and guns, and judging by their tattered clothes, they may be government troops retreating from somewhere.

But he also made up his mind that no matter what this group of people did, they must be made to taste the prison food of the Ministry of Justice.

"I order you to drop your weapons immediately and wait for punishment!

If you don't obey orders, don't blame the crossbows for not having eyes!"

Seeing that the group of people just continued to walk towards the city gate, Li Hai gave an order with a grim face, and the archers on the city wall immediately pointed their arrows below the city wall.

"I am the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp. Who dares to act rashly?" Zhang Shikang said coldly, staring at the soldiers on the city wall.

Li Hai was shocked. He had heard from his superiors that the court had appointed a new commander of the Beijing Camp, but this man was too young. Li Hai naturally did not believe it.

"Do you have a seal?"

"Boss, I know him. He is the third son of a British duke. He is a very dissolute man and not easy to mess with." Feng Liang reminded in a low voice.

As soon as Li Hai heard this, he knew that he could not afford to offend this person, and he immediately lost the thought of revenge. His expression turned into a smile, just like the face-changing in Sichuan Opera.

"I came in a hurry and forgot to bring it." Zhang Shikang looked at Li Hai's fake smile and felt sick.

"Ha, it turns out to be Admiral Zhang. I have heard a lot about you. Admiral Zhang has to go to the capital for business. I can open the city gate to let you in, but those soldiers..."

When Li Hai heard that Zhang Shikang was a dandy young man, he immediately wanted to make friends with him. He looked down on dandy young men, but a young man who had military power and a good father was completely different.

But the Ming Dynasty had a strict order that no army could enter the city without the emperor's order, so he said this with some embarrassment.

"Hmph, is it enough with this?" Zhang Shikang took off the sword from his waist and held it high.

"Shang Fang Sword!" Feng Liang had a keen eye and shouted out the name of the sword in surprise.

Li Hai was even happier when he heard this. He had military power, a good father, and the emperor's favor. What did this mean?

This is a perfect thigh!

"Quick! Open the city gate and welcome the admiral to Beijing!" As he said that, Li Hai trotted down the city wall and went to greet him with a smile on his face.

"Your Excellency has come a long way and must have worked hard. If it is not urgent, I will prepare some wine..."

"What's your name?" Zhang Shikang frowned.

Li Hai was not angry when he was interrupted. He thought that Zhang Shikang wanted to help him, so he quickly bowed and replied:

"In reply to your Excellency, I am Li Hai, the general of the front army. To be honest, I have admired you for a long time, but I only regret that I have no..."

"I will remember you." Zhang Shikang glanced at Li Hai, then waved to his subordinates, and a group of people went straight to the Ministry of Revenue.

Zhang Shikang had only seen such guys who were arrogant at first but flattering later and who fawned on the powerful in TV dramas before, but these days they seem to be everywhere.

It would be fine if it were some civil servants, but these are the defenders of the capital. If it really comes to a critical moment, these people cannot be relied upon at all.

In fact, it was not Li Zicheng who conquered the city of Beijing at that time, but the city gates, more than one gate, were opened from the inside by the guiding party.

Keeping Li Hai's matter in mind, a group of people, led by Zhang Shikang, crossed Fuchengmen Street, Xuanwumenli Street, and West Chang'an Avenue.

The people along the way were terrified. They saw a group of beggar soldiers holding swords and spears in their hands. They thought it was bandits entering the city, so they hurriedly hid everywhere.

But seeing that these soldiers were just on their way and not disturbing anyone, they soon got used to it. Many onlookers even followed behind the group to see what they were doing.

When they arrived at the gate of the Ministry of Revenue, Zhang Shikang pointed at the guard at the gate and asked Wang Yousheng:

"Did they beat you?"

Wang Yousheng had a bandage on his forehead and his face was swollen. With Zhang Shikang backing him up, he looked at the two men angrily and said:

"Sir, they were the ones who beat me, and they also said that we from the Beijing camp came here to beg for food."

"Go, slap them both, let them know what we are doing!"

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