Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 326 Escape
Although they were only holding single swords, these people still formed a dense wall formation and rushed up.

Thirty people, thirty knives, and the opponents are overwhelming, and there are 300 people.

While the officers and soldiers of the Ming army were stunned on the city wall, 30 people charged 300 people.

The mud cow was supposed to enter the sea, but the mud cow did not dissipate after entering the sea. Instead, it stirred up waves like a rock.

Immediately, blood spattered everywhere, shouting to kill, and after dozens of people died, the group of peasant soldiers with long and short knives and guns, and even hoes and iron forks shouted again, and ran away as if they had come.

And 30 people here is still 30 people!
These elite soldiers like Yang Chao are all wearing double armor, not to mention the hoes and iron forks of the peasant army, even their rusty knives and guns can't do much harm, and without training, they rush into the enemy's formation like a tiger entering It is common sense for the flock to collapse after killing dozens of people.

But from the perspective of the group of Beijing guards who hadn't even killed a chicken on the city wall, they believed that these elite soldiers were too strong, and some people whispered.

"This is Yang Chao's soldier."

"No wonder six hundred can kill ten thousand."

"We didn't believe it before, but now we reply."

And at the bottom of the city, Yang Chao's soldiers were cleaning the battlefield.

"Ma's, is this kind of thing?"

Just after killing several people, wiping off the blood on the knife, and putting away the waist knife, Bian Er couldn't help cursing angrily. He really couldn't understand how such a thing could enter Beijing.

At this time, he saw a guy in ragged clothes crawling on the ground, and immediately walked over and put the knife on his neck.

"The hero is spared, but the little one is also forced to do nothing!"

The man spoke in a Beijing accent, and seemed to be from the vicinity of Beijing.

Bian Er knew that Li Zicheng had come all the way to the east, and there were many bandits. There were guards from Shanxi, border troops from the Nine Frontiers, and a large number of refugees. This person was obviously a refugee who was coerced from the Gyeonggi area.

"Say, whose subordinate are you?"

"We are the underlings of Governor Li Guo, Lord Bing, please forgive me, the young ones are good citizens!"

"Good people?"

Bian Er snorted coldly, twisted the knife, and a human head was tilted to one side.

At this time, there was a great chaos in the palace, eunuchs and maids were seen running around, some fell to the ground crying bitterly, and some ran around with their belongings in their arms.

Wang Chengen lamented, and strode towards Chongzhen, only to see Chongzhen sitting decadently on the throne, his eyes glazed over, and the bright dragon robe on his body seemed to have lost his spirit.

This is the Qianqing Palace, the sleeping palace of the emperor and his concubines. At this time, there was a large group of weeping concubines and princesses standing in front of Chongzhen.

"Cheng En, go get my sword!"

Seeing Wang Chengen, Chongzhen staggered to his feet and said.

Wang Chengen was in a hurry: "Your Majesty, no!"

He thought Chongzhen wanted to commit suicide.

Chongzhen smiled bitterly and said, "Tie Li has entered Chengtian Gate."

The eunuch just came to report that Li Zicheng had already entered Chengtian Gate, and shot an arrow with his bow on the plaque of "Fengtian Chengyun" in Chengtian Gate, and was heading towards the palace at this time.

At this time, the seven gates of Beijing's outer city had all been captured by Li Zicheng, and all the nine gates of the inner city were lost. Only Dong'an gate remained, but it was already facing attack.

Only the four gates of the palace city are still in hand, but now there are only Jin Yiwei and eunuchs defending the palace city, it is impossible to stop Li Zicheng's army.

Chongzhen knew that his situation was over, and he couldn't wait for Yang Chao's rescue.

"Cheng En, let someone send the princes out of the city to escape!"

Chongzhen summoned all four sons to him and told them to put on civilian clothes and kowtow when they went out of the city when they saw civil servants, and kowtow when they saw Li Thief's army. They were no longer princes. Home incense will do.

Seeing this situation, Wang Chengen remembered the request of Yang Chao's generals, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, let Yang Chao's generals escort the prince out of the city!"

Chongzhen was completely desperate at this time, he had no motivation to draw up an order, and waved casually: "Go and take them away, and save your life too!"

Wang Chengen suddenly knelt down and cried bitterly: "This servant is deeply favored by the emperor. If you can't keep your majesty safe, you will be punished with death. How dare you live on your own terms? I only wish to be by your majesty's side and die for the country!"

Chongzhen laughed bitterly, crying and laughing, tears filled with sadness in the laughter.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were defeated by Li Zicheng, princes and relatives were stingy with saving money, and noble and military officials fought back. In the end, there was only one loyal eunuch. He was really a failure as an emperor.

Without waiting for the emperor's permission, Wang Chengen immediately pulled over a few young eunuchs who did not escape and were crying with everyone.

"Hurry up and send the prince out of the palace, remember to go to the Donghua Gate and go outside the Dong'an Gate!"

The little eunuch hurriedly greeted the trembling princes, wiped away tears and hurried out of the bedroom.

As soon as the little eunuchs left, Chongzhen cried again and said to Queen Zhou: "You are the mother of the country, and you should die for the country."

Empress Zhou also cried and said: "I have been with you for 18 years, and Your Majesty has never heard a word from my concubine until today. Now your Majesty ordered my concubine to die, how dare I not die?"

After speaking, he stood aside, with the help of a group of crying maids, untied his belt and hanged himself.

Chongzhen said to Concubine Yuan Gui: "You also go with the queen!"

Concubine Yuan Gui cried goodbye and hanged herself.

Zhu Youjian hurriedly summoned the 15-year-old eldest princess, and said with tears, "Why did you have to be born into the emperor's family!"

After speaking, he covered his face with his left sleeve, and drew out a knife with his right hand to chop her off.

Wang Chengen couldn't bear it and suddenly said loudly: "Your Majesty, Yang Chao's generals are loyal and brave, so send the princess away too."

Chongzhen's knife finally did not fall, but was thrown aside casually, and he fell down on the throne and howled.

Wang Chengen pulled up the eldest princess Zhu Yu who had fallen to the ground with a face full of fear, and asked the two maids to take them out immediately to catch up with the prince in front.

After a moment of silence, Chongzhen still ordered the remaining concubines to hang themselves, including a five-year-old daughter, Princess Zhaoren. He told the concubines that it is better to die early than wait for the thief to enter the palace and be humiliated. A strip of white silk hangs down, hanging each and every precious life on weekdays.

But Chongzhen did not commit suicide. He changed into casual clothes, but he was about to leave the city at this time. He still imagined that he could get out. I am a eunuch, but the guards at Chaoyang Gate have already surrendered, and the guards at the gate please check at dawn before leaving.The eunuch was ordered to seize the door but failed, so he hurriedly sent someone to the home of Zhu Chunchen, Qi Guogong, who was in charge of the city guard. Zhu's family said that Zhu had not returned from the banquet.Chongzhen rushed to Andingmen again, but the gate was too heavy to open.The way to survive was completely cut off.

"General Yang can keep the prince safe!"

Chongzhen murmured that there was only one Wang Chengen left beside him at this time, and the other eunuchs ran away one by one after seeing that they could not escape together with the emperor.

Wang Cheng'en said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, General Yang's subordinates are all brave enough to kill seven in and seven out of the three armies."

Chongzhen smiled wryly: "It's time to order King Yang Chaoqin."

He didn't understand Yang Chao, but at this last moment, it was just a kind of psychological comfort.

In fact, he had no chance at all, because his imperial court's ability to respond was too poor. Li Zicheng appeared in Changping, and he issued the Qin King's edict. At this time, let alone Yang Chao in the south of the Yangtze River, it is Tongzhou, which is close at hand. I'm afraid it will be too late for the ground service king.

In fact, there was only one Tang Tong who came to Qin Wang, and he surrendered together with the eunuchs he sent to oversee the army.

After bumping into each other, Chongzhen and Wang Chengen unknowingly walked to Meishan.

Walking to the Shouhuang Pavilion, Wang Chengen supported Chongzhen to rest in the pavilion, facing a crooked neck tree.

Suddenly seeing thick smoke burning in the direction of the palace, the palace caught fire, and Chongzhen couldn't help feeling sad from it.

Suddenly tore off his clothes, bit his fingers, and wrote a bloody letter.

Wang Cheng'en watched from the side: "I bowed to Liangde and blamed heaven, but all the ministers misunderstood me. When I die, I have no face to see my ancestors, and I will remove the crown to cover my face. Let the thieves divide, and don't hurt a single person."

After Chongzhen finished writing, he threw away the crown, pulled down his hair, covered his face, hung his pocket on the beam of Shouhuang Pavilion, and put his head on it.

Wang Chengen watched quietly, neither stopping nor persuading, just crying silently.

When the emperor's body was still, Wang Cheng'en put him down with great effort, smoothed the clothes on his body, arranged them neatly, and then silently walked to the opposite old tree. He also untied his pockets and made a sling !
When several eunuchs and princes came down from the Dong'an Gate, Yu Jiye's [-] people had repelled two attacks from Li Zicheng's army. It was broken long ago, because the soldiers on the city surrendered long ago.

As soon as the princes came down, Yu Jiye immediately decided to retreat. There was no need to hold on here anymore. Li Zicheng's army had more people each time. Just now they were struggling against the attack of 500 people. They were already exhausted, and there were still three dead Seriously injured.

"Take off some clothes!"

Yu Jiye asked his men to strip off a few pieces of peasant army clothes.

Then let the princes change.

It was found that the princes were not only wearing brocade clothes, but also had a lot of pearls and precious jade in their arms.

Yu Jiye couldn't help sighing, grabbed it and scattered it on the ground.

All the eunuchs and princes who watched were distressed, but no one dared to stop them at this time. For the first time, they had a kind of fear for the lowly status soldiers.

Just after finishing all this, suddenly a few more people came down from the city, all of them are beautiful women, which made these big-headed soldiers shine in their eyes!
The clothes of these women are hard to find, and Yu Jiye has no time, because a larger group of peasant troops attacked. Fortunately, the treasures they sprinkled on the ground worked, and the soldiers of the peasant army rushed to grab them. People come after them.

Under the leadership of the eunuchs, they walked through the streets and alleys near the imperial city, avoiding several groups of unidentifiable troops along the way, and arrived in front of a city wall.

This is the inner city wall!
(End of this chapter)