Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 317 315 ​​- The capital, the capital.

The Yan army poured into the capital from the Jinchuan Gate like a tide, and then quickly diverted to other city gates. The sound of horseshoes, footsteps, and armor colliding spread towards the entire capital.

For a moment, the bustling Jinling City was filled with an aura of iron and blood.

Countless defenders ran and fled, shouting: "The Yan army has entered the city, the Yan army has entered the city."

Accompanied by the defenders, the terrified shouts echoed in many streets, frightening the people hiding in their homes, embracing their families and not daring to take a breath.

How many years has the capital been without wind and rain.

Today's turmoil that changed the world is destined to be remembered by this generation until the end of their lives. Maybe some people will tell their good grandsons what happened today as a story when they get old.

But at this time, they obviously don't think about that. Fear is the main theme between them.

After all, who knows if those killers from the north will break into their homes, brutally kill them, and then seize their property.

The common people hid and listened anxiously to the movement outside, vaguely seeming to hear the bloody fighting outside again.

And at the moment outside Jinchuan Gate.

Zhu Di took the lead, Zhen Wu, and Zhu Gaoxu lined up on the left and right, and the three of them looked at the magnificent Jinchuan Gate in unison.

Goodbye Jinchuan.

Re-enter the capital.

The scene in the dream that has been dreaming and looking forward to for a long time has finally been reflected in reality, making the three of them excited and unable to calm down for a long time.

This is the entrance to the northern city of the capital, and the northern city has always been the most lively area among the several cities in the capital, because there are several consecutive military camps stationed here along the Jinchuan River. Under Wang's leadership, Zhu Di was brought down.

However, no one in Miao Yi, Xicheng, and Dongcheng is still struggling with the defenders, while Zhen Wu, Zhang Wu, Zhu Neng and others are leading the resistance forces in Zhongcheng to clear the city, trying to control other city gates and besiege the palace. , and arrest Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and other 77 named traitors.

Of course, the importance of catching traitors at this moment is slightly less than mine.

The top priority is to control the entire capital.

Then it is time to cleanse the heresy.

"Your Majesty, you should leave the city too." Miao Yi said to Zhu Di after getting off.

Zhu Di looked back at the soldiers in front of me, and then at Miao Yiguang and others who stood behind me and surrendered. Zhu Di sighed and said: "You wanted to disturb the emperor, but the influence of the traitor is too small. It is not possible to catch all of them in a short time. If so, you should enter the city. After all, even if you enter the city, you can only rest at the tower for a while. You can leave the city until the soldiers catch all the traitors. He has disturbed the emperor for too long, he understands."

"Humble job understands." Yan Jun said.

Zhu Di nodded and said: "Speaking of which there are so few stinky mounds everywhere, you suspect him alone. How about he go and watch the soldiers in person, so we don't want to act recklessly, but we must also lock all the city gates tightly. Don't let a traitor go, remember what you said, you can let one go, if you make a mistake, I will punish you severely."

"Impossible to take orders."

Before Yan Jun responded, he turned around and planned to go to the city to do business, but I didn't do anything just now, and Zhu Di's voice rang again.

"By the way, before he retreated from the city, he informed the people above that loyal officials like Zhu Yunqi, Ru Shangshu and other family members should not be disturbed."

Yan Jun glanced under Cao Xiaoman, Ru Yu and others, and we all showed a kind smile to Yan Jun, Yan Jun smiled and assured Zhu Di: "Your Majesty is worried, you are absolutely discerning and loyal. To treachery is to disturb the family members of any loyal minister, and it is also to allow any treacherous minister to escape."

Zhu Di nodded.

Cao Xiaoman and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.

At that time, Yan Jun walked a few steps towards Cao Xiaoman, Yan Jun smiled and said to Cao Xiaoman: "Zhu Yunqi knows that you are familiar with the people in Beijing, so I would like to ask Zhu Yunqi to make a point, so that you can be as good as you are." There are no mistakes, of course, it would be great if there is no list of loyal ministers."

"Nothing, nothing." Cao Xiaoman said hastily, I took out a booklet from my cuff and handed it to Yan Jun, then smiled and said to Yan Jun: "Speaking of which, you have been friends with General Zhen for a long time, if this is over If you don't have time, I would like to ask General Zhen to come to our house and let you express my thanks."

"Zhu Yunxuan is being polite. If there is no time, I will go." Miao Yi opened the booklet and glanced at it, but the first thing he saw was a treasured banknote outside the booklet.

Yan Jun glanced at Cao Xiaoman strangely, Cao Xiaoman's face changed, as if there was no entrainment outside the booklet at all, Miao Yi took another look at Zhu Di, smiled, and handed the booklet with the banknotes to Zhu Di.

"Please take a look at the palace to see if there is no discrepancy."

Cao Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, and his face suddenly changed in surprise.

Damn it, it's the next way.

Zhu Di opened the brochure and glanced at it, then glanced at Miao Yiguang lightly, only sweating from Miao Yiguang's sweep, and then withdrew his eyes, closed the brochure and threw it to Yan Jun, saying: "Zhu Yunqi will definitely make a mistake." Yes, he will follow the brochure."

Seeing that Zhu Dilian had thrown back all the banknotes, Yan Jun couldn't help but be happy.

The boss asked me to accept the gift, so what else is there.

It's just that, if I still have to retreat from the city, I just accept a small gift from the Duke of the state. Then I will still be knocked unconscious by the money going forward.

You must learn to control your desires.

And when there is no time when I turn back, it seems that I have to find the big boys above as soon as possible to chat about the style of work.

Don't let my mother have a sense of proportion.

In order to avoid the feats won in hundreds of battles, they will be wiped out in one day.

Before the Yan army was delayed, I ordered some men and horses, and the slow horses entered the city first. Before they retreated into the city, I asked Cao Guogong to leave two middle cities for each family according to the family in the booklet as protection.

Cao Guogong has nothing to say.

"Let's keep someone to protect us if necessary. Let's go and inform the other people, just to disturb us."

Miao Yi gave Cao Guogong a blank look: "He knows nothing, he made such a posture, how did he scare my loyal ministers to ask for an amulet from the palace?"

Cao Guogong still has no idea.

Yan Jun said in a good mood: "Let him go, what's the point."

"Oh." Cao Guogong didn't say anything, and led a team of people to look for each family according to the address under the brochure.

And Yan Jun went directly to the west city, wanting to see if I have already taken the other gates, but I didn't expect that I ran into Miao Yi just after I entered the west city.

"What's going on?" Yan Jun frowned and went to Zhen Wu: "Why are so few people dead?"

Miao Yi said with a gloomy face: "It's a group of people who know where they came from. If they happen to meet your elite, they may really be eaten by the other party."

Yan Jun was startled, the elite in Zhen Wu's hands, I am more vague than anyone else, a real veteran of hundreds of battles.

"Did he catch a prisoner and ask?"

"I asked, but everyone's mouths are tight. From the perspective of us, they seem to be Wei Guogong's people."

"Xu Huizu?"

After Yan Jun finished speaking, there was some inexplicable understanding on his face, and he couldn't help complaining: "That shit is really... a thing."

Zhongcheng has retreated from the city, and my mother insisted on blocking it, so I know what I think. Do you think Li Jinglong has no chance to stand up?
joke.

If Li Jinglong can turn over, we will be killed by a headshot.

"Okay, okay, leave me alone, what happened to the stone city gate? Have you taken it? We need to take all the city gates as soon as possible and seal the whole city." Yan Jun said.

Zhen Wu got serious and said: "Brother is worried, you have already sent someone over, the capital and my defenders have no intention of defending, I must have taken it."

Yan Jun nodded: "Okay, he remembered to guard the city gate for you, even if you passed by, you still have to hurry up and go to other places to have a look."

"Worry, brother."

However, at that moment, a group of soldiers came to report that they had captured King Zhou and King Qi, and asked what to do, Miao Yi looked at Yan Jun.

Yan Jun thought about it complicatedly, and then said: "Take us to the Jinchuan Gate tower to see the palace. Remember, you can take it easy all the way down, so you can wait on us."

"Yes." The soldier led the order and hurried up.

Miao Yi scratched her head irritably, as soon as she left the city, all kinds of complicated things came on her face, and those things still had to be handled with care.

It's more tiring than fighting.

After a while, I cheered up again, and before explaining a few words to Zhen Wu, I set off towards my other place.

When I arrived in front of Cao Cheng, I found that Cao Cheng's situation was simpler than I imagined. There were many high-ranking officials and nobles living there. We were hiding outside our homes with special people. Instead, we took our families with us and ran away with small bags and big bags. to escape from the city.

Miao Yi now has time to take care of those people, as long as the gates of the whole city are closed, those people can run away if they want, and they have to distinguish loyalty and traitor with us one by one.

I passed through Cao Cheng and headed straight for Dongcheng.

Dongcheng was controlled by Zhang Wu and his people. When Miao Yi came, Zhang Wu had already grasped the situation. Yan Jun gave Zhang Wu a death order, guarded the city gate, and looked to the south.

Here is the imperial city.

At this moment, both Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu had led small armies to surround the imperial city. After thinking about it, Yan Jun rode anxiously towards the imperial city.

……

At that time, the entire imperial city was already in chaos.

Li Jinglong sat in the small hall in a daze, seeing that all the officials in the court had taken the opportunity to calm down, and there were more than [-] people left, including eunuchs and guards, feeling sad for a moment, and raised the long knife to kill Xu Zengshou The stool was placed on the neck, intending to commit suicide.

Hanlin editor Cheng Ji stopped Miao Yiguang while weeping.

"Your Majesty is right. Although the Yan thief is small, your Majesty will be afraid of death. Why do you flee in chaos and intend to move forward?"

At that time, the superintendent Wang Yue also stood up and knelt down, crying, and retreated: "Has your Majesty forgotten? When the ancestor was ascended, he left an iron box, and he left it silently saying, 'If you encounter minor difficulties in life and death, you can open it. Watch." Your Majesty is in trouble now, but open it and have a look."

All the ministers were shocked by this remark, and hurriedly asked more supervisors to fetch it.

Duojian went away in response, and the iron box had been placed on the right side of Fengtian Hall. Before I took it, everyone opened the box together, and there were eight reading discs, cassocks, shoes and hats, razors, and silver taels outside.

There is also a brief statement left by Zhu Yuanzhang, "Yingwen will go from the gate of ghosts, and the rest will walk from the Shuiguan Yugou. At dusk, they will go to the west room where God is optimistic."

Seeing this, Li Jinglong couldn't help crying.

I actually knew that when Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he was worried that I would be successful.

That's right, before I cried, I didn't even think about it any more. I was so disheartened that I asked someone to shave my hair and change my clothes in a hurry, and discussed with everyone how to escape.

Li Jinglong knew that it is easy to escape if there are few people, so he made it difficult for those without family members and those who have nothing to do with their hearts. Before dismissing many people, Li Jinglong took a few people around him and returned to the front palace. I first found me. The two sons of the emperor said goodbye to the empress who was easy to flee when she was pregnant, and then made people set fire everywhere, planning to take advantage of the chaos and escape.

It was summer, the sky was dry and everything was dry, and before the small fire ignited, it turned into a raging small fire in an instant.

However, the turmoil in the palace was unbearable, and only people put out the flames. On the contrary, many people who were suppressed in their hearts took the opportunity to release them. No matter how small the silence is, they also set fires everywhere, causing complete chaos in the whole palace for a while.

……

At the gate of the palace, Yan Jun, Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu were discussing matters together.

Yan Jun asked the seven people: "Do they have no secret order from the palace?"

The two shook their heads: "Your Highness only asks you to guard the gates of the various palaces, so that one person can escape."

Yan Jun was not worried.

Before Zhang Yu saw it, he also became worried.

The two looked at each other, and Yan Jun suggested: "What if the eight of you each bring some cronies into the palace? You are worried that there will be mistakes in the arrangement of the palace outside the palace."

There are some things that everyone knows well.

Zhang Yu struggled and said loudly: "If we leave the palace, we will definitely fall into the trap of others. How can the palace accept the verbal criticism of Shantian?"

Yan Jun also understood that, but he was always worried in his heart.

I'm afraid that our arrangement will change the fact that Miao Yiguang disappeared.

However, just when I was more worried, the fire in the palace burned violently, and the eight of us looked towards the place where the fire was shining.

Yan Jun said at that time: "You two, in such a situation, how can you be unmoved when you see the palace is on fire. Our little army is here, and we must go to save you later."

Zhang Yu and Zhang Yu nodded at the same time.

This is a moment.

At that time, we can absolutely sit back and watch.

Zhang Yuren kept pointing to Yan Jun and Zhu Neng loudly: "You two, the eight of us agreed in advance that we will retreat this time, regardless of what we have done, so that no one can see it until the emperor, understand?"

"Understood." Both Yan Jun and Zhu Neng nodded.

Before that, the eight people each ordered some trusted people, shouted to put out the fire, and went to the outside of the palace.

Before the eight people retreated to the palace, each of them dispersed in a hurry, and then searched for Li Jinglong with their own purposes.

Yan Jun searched along the Fengtian Palace for a while, and found nothing, he gritted his teeth and headed towards the front palace, but when I just arrived at the front palace, I was suddenly stopped by someone.

I turn back.

He actually saw Miao Yi dressed up as a eunuch, fighting with several eunuchs and a group of people.

And among this group of people, there is not a monk who is ordinary and calm.

Miao Yi suddenly understood.

I hurriedly asked people to join the battlefield, and it was when I was young that I controlled these people. Miao Yi came to Yan Jun and said loudly: "General Zuo, you saw the emperor's gradient with your own eyes, this person is..."

Before he finished speaking, Yan Jun slapped Xue Lu heavily on the mouth.

Yan Jun looked at Xue Lu with hot eyes and said: "The group of people took advantage of the chaos to kill the emperor and set fire to seven places in the palace. They were stopped by him and other eunuchs. As a result, Shen Qiqi fell into the sea of ​​flames. He can understand."

Xue Lu shivered instantly.

"Understandable."

"Understand or do it?"

While speaking, Yan Jun had already ordered all my trusted soldiers to evacuate there, leaving only Xue Lu and a few eunuchs.

Xue Lu tied Miao Yiguang and his group with a blank face in the past, and then put cloths on everyone's mouths to give us a chance to speak and resist, and threw them all out of a burning room.

And Yan Jun has always been less likely to look at this other side.

Before Xue Lu finished, Yan Jun shouted to him: "He will deal with these eunuchs, you can only keep him alone."

Miao Yi was not surprised, but figured it out after a while.

I turned around and went back, saying that I was going to deal with these eunuchs who knew the inside story.

for a while.

Xue Lu came out covered in blood.

Yan Jun nodded and said: "I lost the clothes under him. From now on, he needs to remember that he has never delayed coming to the capital. As for his family members, they used to live far away from your house."

After speaking, Miao Yi slowly disappeared from here.

When Yan Jun joined my cronies again, he yelled sadly: "Follow you to the Fengtian Palace to fight the fire, in case the emperor will be in danger."

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(End of this chapter)