I want to be emperor

Chapter 451
Hong Chengchou died, and the [-] to [-] remnants of the defenders in Tianjin surrendered!
The Tianjin defense line is completely finished!

This news was learned by Chongzhen three days later... At this time, tens of thousands of Chu troops had already reached Wuqing County, only tens of kilometers away from the capital.

Logically speaking, there are five hundred miles of emergency military news, and Tianjin is only more than 100 kilometers away from Youzhou City. With the speed of the post station Pegasus, one day is enough to send it from Tianjin to Youzhou City.

But when the Tianjin defenders killed Hong Chengchou and surrendered, they would report to Youzhou City.

Not to mention the report, the Chu army on the outskirts and the defecting Ming army inside the city jointly blocked Tianjin and its surrounding areas.

Therefore, the remnant soldiers in Tianjin surrendered, and the news of Hong Chengchou's death was delayed until three days later before being sent back to Youzhou City.

After hearing the news, Chongzhen was as furious as ever... Sprayed at the officials for more than half an hour, saying what kind of trash, damn it, etc. over and over again.

Sadly, name-calling doesn't solve anything.

Now that the defense line in Tianjin has been completely destroyed, the army of Chu thieves has continued to go north along the canal to Wuqing County, and it is estimated that they will be able to kill Xianghe County tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow... those god-killing Chu thieves will be able to kill Tongzhou.

And this is talking about the main force of the Chu bandits' infantry, not the Chu bandits' light infantry or even cavalry.

In fact, a few days ago, small-scale cavalry from the Chu bandits appeared outside Youzhou City. It had already fallen into the hands of Chu thieves before.

According to reports from the officials in front, more than [-] infantry cavalrymen under the Chu thief commanded a surprise attack from Baoding and Bazhou all the way to the north. Zhouzhou, Laishui, Zhuozhou and other places.

Beginning in early August, the Chu army in this direction turned to the north and continued to attack, taking down the two cities of Fangshan and Liangxiang in succession.

After taking Liangxiang, the Chu thieves in this direction were only [-] kilometers away from Youzhou City, and even the Chu thieves scout cavalry and other small groups of infantry appeared in the outskirts of Youzhou City one after another.

It was almost a direct attack on the city.

If the Chu thieves killed from the front line of Fangshan were unable to carry a large amount of heavy artillery and ammunition due to the long supply line and the need for mobility, then the more than 3 Chu thieves who went north along the canal relied on the canal and carried a large number of them. Long-barreled heavy artillery and mortars came.

Ammunition, food and grass were filled in the rear and shipped in one after another.

Once the Chu thieves from Tongzhou and the Chu thieves from Fangshan meet under the city of Youzhou, the number of thieves under the city of Youzhou may exceed [-].

At that time, how will Youzhou City be defended?
You know, Youzhou City seems to be a big city with many defenders, but the bigger the city, the more difficult it is to defend...

Your city is so big, people can just choose any direction and break through the city wall.

The defenders of Youzhou City seem to be numerous, but everyone knows that these capital camps are basically useless, even Chongzhen himself knows it well.

Otherwise, Chongzhen would not have asked his eunuchs to organize a group of eunuchs for training, trying to create an army of eunuchs.

Youzhou City is coming to an end...

The Ming Dynasty is coming to an end!

Not to mention those ministers, even Chongzhen himself felt the same way.

The battle for hegemony between the Ming Dynasty and the Chu thieves fell into a disadvantage from the very beginning, even after several years of struggle, but with one defeat after another, especially after the complete failure of the Tianjin Battle, the Ming Dynasty no longer There is no longer a fight.

So in the court hall, Chongzhen couldn't help closing his eyes when he saw a group of ministers who were still responsible for each other and impeached this and that.

After a while, he could only hear him muttering: "I am not the king of the subjugated country, all the ministers are the subjugated ministers!"

After all, Chongzhen waved his sleeves and left!

A group of ministers who were still fighting each other were left behind, but these ministers became quiet immediately after Chongzhen left...

You look at me, I look at you... Then they left the hall one after another!
As a group of ministers left the palace one after another, after the palace gate was closed again, the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the glazed tiles of the palace, presenting a suffocating silence!
In the next few days, Chongzhen called the group of ministers several times to discuss how to resist the thieves.

On the day the Chu bandits killed Xianghe, only [-] to [-]% of the courtiers came.

When the Chu thieves came to Tongzhou and the defenders of Tongzhou surrendered without a fight, only [-]% to [-]% of the courtiers came, not even the servant of the minister.

When the Chu thieves reached the city of Youzhou, they pulled out a batch of artillery and began to bombard the city gate. Thousands of Jingying soldiers stationed on the front line of the city gate scattered under the shelling. Cao Huachun, appointed by Chongzhen as the eunuch guarding the city, opened the city On the day when the gate welcomed the Chu army into the city, no courtiers had entered the palace...

At noon on August [-]th, Chongzhen looked empty, a courtier, even if there was no clan and nobility in the hall, sitting alone on the dragon chair for a long time...

Finally got up and went to the harem!

Accompanied by the eunuch Wang Chengen, Chongzhen went up to Meishan Mountain to look far away, but he didn't see anything, he didn't even hear the sound of guns and guns, the whole palace city, the whole Forbidden City seemed to be dead, there was no sound at all .

Because neither the Beijing camp in the city, nor the guards in the palace, nor the eunuchs actually resisted the Chu army entering the city.

Like women who resigned themselves to their fate, they obediently lay down and let the thief torment them, and even untied their clothes...

You can't even hear her whine or cry!

Even, if you listen carefully, you can hear the joy and laughter that you either forbear or open to!
After looking around, Chongzhen, who couldn't see anything, could only go down Meishan to the harem.

When going to the harem, Chongzhen held a Longquan sword in his hand and personally killed several concubines and princes and daughters who were unwilling to commit suicide.

At the same time, the eunuch Wang Dehua had already led the crowd to surrender to the Chu thieves outside the palace city, and personally led the Chu army into the inner hall of the Forbidden City to look for Chongzhen and his party.

However, the Chu army was still one step too late. Chongzhen had already gone up Meishan again accompanied by Wang Chengen, and then hanged himself to death!

Ming is dead!

After General Li Chengtong learned of the news, he looked at the searched blood book written by Chongzhen before his death, pointed to the sentence on it, "I am not the king of the subjugated country, all the ministers are the ministers of the subjugated country", and faced a group of captured Ming court officials. The official said: "You are really thick-skinned. I have never seen such a thick-skinned person when I was hanging out on the streets before."

Among the officials of the Ming court, many people licked their faces and complimented: "What the general said is true, the former Ming can be as it is today, it is all due to this tyrant, so when the Ming is destroyed, Chuxing!"

After hearing this, Li Chengtong laughed again: "I don't know if he is a tyrant, but you are definitely not loyal ministers!"

Immediately with a wave of his hand, hundreds of guards appeared from the left and right, and then Li Chengtong said with a straight face: "Your Majesty said: on the day of the death of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty should go to Huangquan together. way!"
"Your lord has passed away, so it's time for you to go on your way. By the way, since you are all high-ranking officials in the ministry, I will give you a decent chance. If you want, you can go to the side hall to choose a white silk. "

"Those who don't want to be served by bullets or bullets!"

At this moment, a servant who surrendered immediately trembled and said, "You...didn't you mean to treat surrendered subjects well? Treat prisoners of war well? The world will definitely despise you for betraying your trust and killing surrendered subjects and prisoners of war!"

However, Li Chengtong said: "First of all, I, Da Chu, give preferential treatment to prisoners of war. That is only limited to prisoners of war, and prisoners of war are only limited to soldiers. You are not soldiers. Moreover, you surrendered late. There is a saying that goes 'go to the market as early as possible' , and you got up too late..."

"Again... This general entered Youzhou this time, and only accepted the surrender of two people. If I remember correctly, those two are eunuchs..."

"As for you, I didn't accept your surrender, let alone your surrender, so you are not considered my prisoners of war, let alone my surrender officials."

"Remember, you are still ministers of the Ming court today, and it is very reasonable for the king to die after the country dies."

"In the end, killing you all is a way of expressing my anger for Ming Jun. Looking at the bloody letter he left, I wish I could kill you all."

"Don't worry, I will set up a big tombstone for you to warn future generations. It is next to the tombstone of the old Ming Emperor. On the left is 'The King of the Subjugated Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty', and on the right is the 'Minister of the Subjugated Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty'."

After all, Li Chengtong didn't look at the dozens of senior officials of the Ming court, but turned and left on the spot, leaving only hundreds of soldiers of the Chu army and dozens of senior officials of the Ming court in the hall.

Li Chengtong had just walked a few steps when he heard bursts of gunshots coming from behind, followed by various screams!
The Ming capital is dead, and there is no need for these Ming officials to exist, regardless of whether they are loyal or second-rate officials, whether they are corrupt officials or honest officials!
After tossing the Ming court to death, he wanted to turn around and run to become an official in the Chu court, and continue to toss... Luo Zhixue said that this kind of thing is not allowed to happen.

Most of the world has been unified now, and the Ming court has almost been wiped out. Now it is time to promote the concept of monarchs and ministers again.

We can't make everyone in the world think that the Great Chu Empire is encouraging the second minister, isn't it...

Their Great Chu Empire is a serious traditional feudal dynasty that encourages loyalty, not traitors!

In addition to these general reasons, it is also related to the private ideas of Luo Zhixue and many high-level civil and military generals in the Great Chu Empire.

The upper echelons of the Great Chu Empire, not counting Luo Zhixue himself, were basically from middle and lower ranks, and many of them were from the Ming army. They didn't have a good impression of the civil servants in the Ming court.

In the process of the expansion and unification of the Great Chu Empire in the past, due to the actual needs, the Great Chu Empire accepted a large number of officials who were demoted from the Ming court. The world is over, Li Chengtong and other generals, Chen Xingkai and other civil officials, but I don't want the official circles of the Great Chu Empire to have such a group of disgusting moths.

(End of this chapter)