In June of the fourth year of Jianwen, the fortifications of Nanjing City were completed, the cannons were pushed to the head of the city, and the soldiers patrolled day and night to prevent the Yan army.

Because Sheng Yong was captured, Xu Huizu did not come out, and the generals who were suspected of having personal affairs with King Yan were all replaced, and there was no general to defend the city.

When the vassal kings received the edict, their expressions were very subtle.

Let them smoke the gates? Are you sure?

What is the emperor's head, he is really his father's own grandson?

In fact, there is no problem with Zhu Yunwen's genes, but who let him have a Fang Xiaoru by his side, or the minister of the auxiliary country personally selected by Zhu Yuanzhang for him?

At that time, King Min had been recalled to the capital and guarded with King Qi. The place where the king and the king of Zhou were reformed through labor was farther away, and they were on their way back to Beijing.

The generals who defended the city were decided, and the imperial court began to recruit young and strong people to help the army defend the city. The edict is clearly written, not a drawing, but a family transfer. It means that except for those who have made a name for themselves, any conditions for exemption from taxation will not work. It doesn't matter if you are the only seedling in the family, whether you have brothers in the army, as long as you meet the requirements, you must be called, otherwise you will be considered a rebellion.

As soon as the edict was issued, there was an uproar in the city, and complaints arose.

It is rumored that Fang Xiaoru gave the emperor the idea, and the reputation of Fang University immediately stinked on the street.

"Once before, and now again, this is not a way for the people to live!"

In fact, this time it really has nothing to do with Fang Xiaoru, it was ordered by the Ministry of War. Helplessly, he proposed to requisition young people to build city defenses before, and when the dirty water was splashed, he jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it.

Outside the capital, the Yan army set up a large camp and set up artillery.

In the capital, rows of white flags have been hung. Due to the construction of city defenses, many young men died of exhaustion. Transferred again, I'm afraid that many families will be out of business.

In front of several houses in the north of the city, an old woman was crying and kneeling on the ground, several women were supporting each other, and they were tied with hemp belts around their waists, and they could no longer shed tears.

In the prosperous family of more than ten people, the only three remaining men were also taken away, and the old woman muttered that her grandson was just thirteen years old!

Crying and crying, the old woman's eyes lit up with anger, and she scolded loudly: "Fang Xiaoru! If you are famous all over the world, you disregard the people so much, and do such things that damage yin morality, you will not be rewarded! Come to a sticky end! ”

The door of a nearby house suddenly opened, and a man in a Confucian shirt walked out, saw the old woman kneeling on the ground, frowned, and said: "Ignorant woman, Master Fang is dedicated to the country, how can you tolerate slander!" ”

"Phew!"

It was not the old woman who smacked him, but the young woman on the side, looking at the stunned man, the woman scolded: "They have lost their conscience!" Dedicated to the country, why don't you go to defend the city! Why don't you go?! ”

"My generation of scholars has a meritorious reputation, how can it be compared with the common people!"

"Reader?" The woman sneered, "It's just a bunch of bastards who talk all day long and don't do anything!" ”

"You ......"

The man's face turned red, and he shook his head and thought to the ignorant lady, the ignorant man! But he retreated back into the door, not daring to show his face again.

Looking at the blackened door, the woman took another spit.

What is it!

Coincidentally, the same situation happens every day.

The people of the capital complained because of the two requisitions, Yang Duo Jigang and others took advantage of the chaos to move around, all kinds of rumors came out frequently, what a certain scholar is a hypocrite, in order to achieve his own statement, regardless of the life and death of the people, a certain minister went out of the city to join the king of Yan, a certain minister could not escape by night, and there was even the news that the emperor had already left the palace and drove to Xiangchu.

"The recruitment of the people is to cover up people's eyes and ears and confuse King Yan, the emperor and the ministers of the court have already run away!"

"Emperor Gao is kind to the people, and His Royal Highness King Yan is also kind to the people, but this is the case today!"

"It is said that King Yan is the real dragon, but now it seems to be ......"

The rumors became more and more intense, various versions were released one after another, and the morale of the military began to be unstable. The military attache defending the city pressed several times, but it did not cure the symptoms. Even many military attaches are skeptical, let alone the military men below?

Did the emperor really run away?

Did he really become the cannon fodder for delaying King Yan?

Those big officials in the court also ran away?

The people in the army were panicked, the people were angry, but Emperor Jianwen was kept in the dark.

As a standard otaku, Emperor Jianwen mostly learned the news from the outside from the mouths of ministers and palace guards. Now the officials of the six ministries have their own plans, Xu Huizu and other nobles are closed, the military generals in the DPRK and China are degraded, and the city is guarded, and only Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng and others are around the emperor. What the emperor heard, what he saw, was polished by these people.

Emperor Jianwen knew that the capital of Ludao was besieged, but he did not know that the hearts of the people in the city were fluctuating, and the city defense was in danger.

Fang Xiaoru has an upright temperament, is loyal to orthodoxy, and cannot tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes. As long as he thinks it is right and good for the court, he will do it even if he is infamous on his back.

Huang Zicheng knew that the reputation of the scholar of Daofang was getting worse and worse, and there were more people in the city who scolded him than King Yan, but he did not take the opportunity to complain to the emperor, but after discussing with Qi Tai, he concealed the matter.

There is chaos in the city, and there can be no more chaos around the emperor. In case these rumors were released by King Yan and the emperor was angry, they would be sinners.

Huang Zicheng was rare to be smart and guessed the truth of the rumors, but the way he chose to deal with it was very wrong.

Things have reached this point, and they have to whitewash the peace in front of Emperor Jianwen, isn't it stupid to the limit, what else can it be?

The Yan army launched several tentative attacks, but did not achieve results, collected the army back to the camp, and only sent people to take turns to shout to the city, most of the traitors in the court, and demanded that the court execute the traitors.

"Your Highness is merciful, and cannot bear to see the people suffer. But the Son of Heaven has no way...... can only be ordered by Emperor Gao...... There are traitors in the court, and if you don't get rid of them, you can't settle the world! ”

The loud voices in the army are all gathered, holding loudspeakers and shouting several times a day, the theme is clear, the central idea is clear, the language is rich and diverse, and the persuasive power is extraordinarily strong, and even some die-hard factions have been shaken under such a language offensive, which shows that the writer has profound skills.

Meng Shishilang waved his hand and won the prize.

Liu Tijiao, who is an old friend of Meng, said that Meng Tongzhi really didn't consider changing careers to become a civil official?

It's a shame to be so talented.

At night, Xu Zengshou avoided the eyes of the imperial court and went to see Li Jinglong in person.

The next day, an official went up and asked the Son of Heaven to send someone to the king of Yan to make peace.

After court discussions, Emperor Jianwen decided to send the military department Shangshu Ruyu and the governor Wang Zuo to the Yan army camp.

When the warm pavilion was drafting, an attendant reminded Emperor Jianwen that Ru Shangshu and Wang Dudu had no friendship with King Yan, and King Yan would be happy to see them? I'm afraid I won't even be able to get into the camp.

Emperor Jianwen thought that what the chamberlain said was reasonable, nodded, and temporarily added Li Jinglong to it.

"Someone."

The will was drawn up and sent out, and the eunuch who reminded him before was also dragged out.

Emperor Tai-Zugao had an order that eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics. Only played twenty boards, and did not cut off the head, which is already an extra grace.

The chamberlain did not beg for mercy, but thanked Emperor Longen. His forehead touched the ground, and a sneer erupted on his lips. The emperor definitely didn't notice what the expressions of the eunuchs in the palace were when the Han general carried him out.

Outside the city, the Yan army camp

King Yan warmly received Li Jinglong, Ru Yu and others, and when he heard a few people mention the matter of cutting land and retreating again, he raised his hand to interrupt them.

"Needless to say! The brother of Shigu has never been, and the Son of Heaven is prone to add crimes, cut into concubines, and destroy relatives with righteousness. Lone did not object, the Son of Heaven was still suspicious, and people took the lives of Lone's family. The lone soldier is to respect the emperor's posthumous training, to protect the court rules, and to destroy traitorous ministers. The public will return to the Son of Heaven, kill the traitorous ministers, and the lone can be relieved of his armor and enter the city to apologize! ”

Zhu Di's words fell, and there was a sudden silence in the tent.

Li Jinglong has read King Yan's secret letter and knows the inside story of the Dao, and he seems to be nervous, but in fact he is confident.

Ru Yu, Wang Zuo and others were different, after listening to King Yan's words, they were already sweating like rain.

Before, it was just an expulsion, but now it is a "killing".

If you really kill them one by one according to the list listed by King Yan, without King Yan's hands, the Son of Heaven will immediately betray his relatives and leave.

Ru Yu and Wang Zuo looked at each other, and it was useless to say more, so they could only see the Son of Heaven and then discuss.

Everyone got up to say goodbye, King Yan personally sent it outside the camp, and Li Jinglong took the opportunity to send a secret letter with the defense and guards of the capital. I went to great lengths to go through this experience, for this reason.

Yan Jun got out of the way and let Li Jinglong and the others leave.

When I returned to the king's tent and read the contents of the letter, King Yan laughed out loud and said, "God help me, God really helps me!" ”

Immediately summoned all the generals and ordered Shen Xuan to lead troops to storm Chaoyangmen tomorrow.

"Obey!"

The military order came to the camp, Meng knocked on his head, Chaoyang Gate? He remembered that Jing Nan succeeded, and it was Nei Ying who opened the Jinchuan Gate for the Yan Army, what happened to this Chaoyang Gate?

After pondering for a long time, I couldn't come to a conclusion, so I simply put it aside.

No matter which city gate it is, as long as you can enter Nanjing, you will be able to achieve great success.

Meng stood up, walked out of the tent, looked at the last wisp of sunset before sunset, took a deep breath, and smiled.

Four years, from the time he first arrived in this strange dynasty, step by step, looking forward to thousands of days of success, is coming.

In June of the fourth year of Jianwensi, the Yan army stormed Chaoyangmen.

The defenders were unprepared, the wooden fortifications were ignited by rockets, and the fire ignited in an instant, and the food and ordnance stored there were burned.

Shen Xuan ordered the foot soldiers to slam the city gate with a battering ram, originally as a temptation, not wanting the city gate to be knocked open with a big hole.

Both the defenders and the Yan army were a little overwhelmed.

One side didn't expect the Yan army to have such a magic weapon, and the other side didn't expect that the gate of the capital would be so incomprehensible.

Shen Xuan also hesitated for a moment. This attack was actually to find out the truth of Li Jinglong's intelligence, not to break the city. But the city gate has been smashed open, and the fighter plane is rare, and it would be a pity to retreat.

"The fortifications of Chaoyangmen are not prepared, the defenders are mostly recruited, and the city defense is weaker than elsewhere."

"On the day of the siege of the city by Your Highness, we will welcome the army at Jinchuan Gate and Chaoyang Gate."

Zhu Di repeatedly read the secret letter left by Li Jinglong, the handwriting was Xu Zengshou's yes, in order to eliminate the most doubtful back, he ordered Shen Xuan to feint to attack Chaoyangmen.

Unexpectedly, Shen Xuan's battle was too brave, and the battering ram proposed by Meng was too sharp, and a feint attack actually smashed the city gate open.

What should I do?

Go on the offensive?

Must attack!

King Yan, who was watching the battle in the rear army, made a quick decision and ordered Zhu Neng to lead the left army to press and attack Chaoyangmen with Shen Xuan. Xu Zhong and Wu Jie led their troops to attack Jinchuan Gate, Fang Kuan led the rear army to suppress the formation, and Qiu Fu ...... Pressing the formation together with the room width.

The opportunity cannot be missed, although it is not in the plan, but it is also a good opportunity to capture Nanjing, and all those who may be holding back will be pressed to the formation.

Seeing that King Yan and his son led the Mongolian cavalry straight to Jinchuan Gate, Fang Kuan and Qiu Fu were very depressed, and the soldiers under their command were even more depressed.

The main general is not strong, and he is not treated by the prince, and it has become difficult to even take the soldiers to make war achievements.

Look at General Zhu's left army, and then look at the Chinese army commanded by Shen, which time is not the first time to charge in front of the battle?

The teams of these two fierce men can't compare, what about General Xu's front army and Wu Houye's right army? still left the rear army behind.

The soldiers were very helpless, looking at the city of Nanjing not far away, their eyes shining green, full of longing.

The comrades have all gone to attack the capital, but they have been left behind to suppress the formation, how miserable!

Putting aside the frustration of the soldiers of the rear army for the time being, the Chinese army that broke through the Chaoyang Gate received the order to continue the attack, and without hesitation, they poured into the city gate like a tide of swords and guns.

The defenders of Chaoyangmen scattered and fled, and before the reinforcements arrived, Shen Xuan ordered his subordinates to slow down the attack, occupy the city gate first, and then move after joining forces with Zhu Neng.

"Command, not to go on the offensive?" Meng felt that it was a pity, "If you can go straight to the palace, it will be the first achievement." ”

Shen Xuan said, "It is the first merit that cannot be fought for." ”

The first merit, can not be argued?

Meng hit the spirit, and his brain, which was hot from excitement, suddenly woke up.

He forgot that the breakthrough of Chaoyang Gate was already a great achievement, enough to make people blush, and if he fought again, it would not be good. Everyone followed the prince to the death and fought from the pile of dead people, so what benefits did one person take advantage of?

"Also," Shen Xuan turned his head sideways and looked at Meng, "The leader who broke through the city gate was Zhang Fu, the deputy general of the Chinese army, and General Zhu and the prince had to say so."

"Command ......"

"Huh?"

"Remember."

"Just remember." Shen Xuan looked back and saw that a defender in a vermilion jacket had appeared in front of him, pulling the reins tightly and holding up his spear, "Twelve Lang remember, attacking the capital is not the end, it is the beginning!" ”

When the words fell, Yan Jun's horn sounded, and Shen Xuan took the lead, "Kill with me!" ”

"Kill!"

The greater the movement of Chaoyangmen, the more attention it will attract from the defenders. When the defenders sent reinforcements to Chaoyangmen one after another, Li Jinglong had already opened the Jinchuan Gate with the King of Gu.

King An, the king of Liao had a clear heart, and he didn't take the initiative to participate, but he didn't tell Emperor Jianwen. Pretending to be defeated by the Yan army, he retreated to the palace and closed his door.

The county lord of Qingcheng brought back the news that on the day King Yan entered Beijing, the mansion would be safe.

Several vassal kings were smart people, and they knew what to do.

Chaoyang Gate and Jinchuan Gate were broken one after another, and Shence Gate and Taiping Gate were on fire at the same time.

When Emperor Jianwen learned the news in the palace, he was immediately shocked, King Yan had entered the city?!

"Quick, gather the ministers!"

Emperor Jianwen was really panicked, he was not like his father who was born in the war and experienced the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. is not like Zhu Di and other northern Xinjiang vassal kings, who confront the Northern Yuan all the year round, and regard battlefield fighting as commonplace.

He was born in the Ming Dynasty, and after Zhu Yuanzhang pacified the world, he grew up in the imperial palace and received the most orthodox Confucian education.

He was ambitious and ambitious, and after ascending the throne, he reused Wenchen to suppress military generals, not only for personal preference, but also to consolidate the throne.

As soon as Emperor Gao's great filial piety came out, he tried every means to cut down the feudal domain and implement the Zhou ceremony, which was also for the sake of the entire country.

Zhu Yunwen thinks that he has done nothing wrong, Emperor Gao is alive, didn't he also eliminate the heroes who followed him to fight the country?

The only thing he was wrong with was being too impatient, believing too much in his own legitimacy, and being too ...... believed in Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng and other literati.

At this point, regret is useless.

Emperor Jianwen sat in the empty hall, looking at the eunuchs who went and returned, and knew that no one would come in response to the edict.

At this moment, he became a loner, a real loner.

"Where are Qi and Huang Aiqing now?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Qi Shangshu and Huang Hanlin have gone out to recruit troops two days ago."

Emperor Jianwen suddenly said, "Yes, it was my order, and I forgot it." ”

Thinking of Huang Zicheng's unsuccessful return in Suzhou, he proposed to recruit troops abroad, and was loudly reprimanded by Fang Xiaoru, Zhu Yunwen suddenly laughed.

"If something happens to you, how can you abandon Your Majesty and run away?!"

"Bloody mouth!"

"Bloody mouth?! If it weren't for you lying about the military situation and concealing it for Cao Guogong, why would the war be like this?! Those who mislead the country should be killed! ”

"You...... Your Majesty! ”

The voices of Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng seemed to be still echoing in the hall, and Zhu Yunwen's laughter became louder and louder, and he actually burst into tears after laughing.

Let's go, let's go.

"Your Majesty?" The eunuch cautiously asked, "Do you want to give another order?" ”

"No need." Zhu Yunwen stood up and stood in front of the throne, overlooking the entire hall, without a trace of anxiety on his face.

He is the grandson of Emperor Hongwu and the son of Emperor Xiaokang, he has his own dignity, and no one can invade him, not even King Yan!

"Stand down."

"Your Majesty?"

"Stand down!"

"The slave obeys."

In the empty Fengtian Palace, only Zhu Yunwen remained.

After a long time, he began to laugh again, and the laughter became louder and louder, with anger and madness, and it spread out of the hall, reflecting the fire of the Jingshi, which was terrifying.

"Long live, Son of Heaven, Ha Lu Ha ......"

The firelight reflected the red sky, and in the shouting of killing, the thirteen inner gates of the capital were captured by the Yan army one after another.

The vassal kings who defended the city either took a clear position like the king of Gu, or closed their doors like the king of Liao, King An, and most of the generals led their troops to surrender after the Yan army entered the city. Those who were unwilling to surrender did not hold out for long. The young men who were requisitioned and some of the soldiers bombed the battalion, grabbed the sword and captured Shangguan, and the city gate soon changed hands.

The people of the city closed their doors one after another, but some of the ruffians took advantage of the opportunity to make trouble.

Meng was ordered to deliver a letter to the Jinchuan Gate, and saw several scoundrels with sinister eyebrows bullying women, and a man in a Confucian shirt fell to one side, his face blurred by blood.

"Killed."

Accustomed to seeing life and death, Meng did not hesitate at all when he gave the order.

Gao Fu drew a long knife, and the ruffian wanted to flee when he saw the situation, but before he could run two steps, a cold light flashed, and his head fell to the ground in an instant.

A few ruffians were disposed of, but Meng did not stay, and the military affairs were urgent and could not be delayed. Gao Fu put away the knife, looked at the woman with tears on her face and a linen belt around her waist, took out a bottle of wound medicine from her arms, and pointed to the scholar who was lying on the side, "Give it to him, just raise it for a few days." ”

The words fell, turned the horse's head, and followed Meng.

The woman wiped the tears from her face, walked up to the scholar, gritted her teeth, and helped him up.

Before, she pointed at this man's nose and scolded, but today, he almost lost his life to save himself.

She remembered this kindness.

Recalling Gao Fu, who killed the ruffian, and Meng, who gave the order on the horse, the woman clenched the medicine bottle in her hand, and if she had the opportunity in the future, this kindness would definitely be repaid.

In June of the fourth year of Jianwen, the Yan army went to the capital and trapped the palace.

The nobles of Jingnei came to the king of Yan to scold Emperor Chen's unreasonableness, listened to the slander of traitorous ministers, and persecuted the descendants of meritorious heroes.

"We are willing to return to His Royal Highness, and please ask His Highness to be the auxiliary government of Duke Zhou."

King Yan smiled, but did not nod.

Everyone thought that the platform was not high enough, and they wanted to continue their efforts, but they saw King Yan waving his hand.

"The public is a person who understands the righteousness and is dedicated to the country. Lone has adhered to the testament of Emperor Tai-Zugao to enter Beijing, and now it is important to arrest traitors, and others can be discussed. ”

Immediately, King Yan asked people to take out the list of traitors who had prepared Lu and handed it to everyone present for circulation.

There are more than 50 people who were included in the list of traitorous ministers, and a total of 29 people were left class ministers.

Huang Zicheng, the secretary of Taichang Temple, Qi Tai, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Fang Xiaoru, a doctor of literature, are impressively listed. There are also Chen Di, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the waiter of the Criminal Department, etc., but none of them have been blacked out by Zhu Di.

Although Daoyan sent a letter from Beiping, saying that Fang Xiaoru was extraordinary, and although his reputation had fallen, he was still respected by Shilin and must not be killed.

When the big monk spoke, Zhu Di naturally would not lose face and kill him, but it would not prevent him from being listed on the list of traitors and splashing a few scoops of dirty water.

During the rebellion, Zhu Di was scolded a lot, and most of the texts were written by Fang Xiaoru, so he couldn't breathe any more.

It was the edict that drafted and transcribed the list.

Due to a little error in history, the date of breaking through the Nanjing City Gate was slightly advanced, and Xie Dacai did not have time to run at night, but after King Yan entered the city, he was the first to greet Hu Jing and others, which left a good impression on Zhu Di.

At the end of the list, it is stated that all civil and military officials, military and civilians, etc., who bind traitors, will have a reward.

The civil and military officials were promoted, the military officials were promoted, and the common people gave money.

The last one was added at Meng's suggestion, and Xie Jin, who drafted the notice, was very unimpressed. Thinking of his new investment in Yan Wang, his foothold was not stable, and he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

After King Yan captured the inner city, he issued a notice to arrest the traitorous ministers, and did not enter the palace, but led troops into Longjiang, ordering that the people should not be disturbed.

Many people couldn't understand the intention of King Yan's move, but those who understood it were silent.

King Yan takes retreat as advance, and it depends on how the Son of Heaven chooses.

To live or to die, in a thought.

The next day, just after dawn, the palace suddenly caught fire, and the flames rose to the sky and thick smoke billowed to the sky.

When Zhu Di heard the news, he immediately rushed to the palace and went to Donghua Gate, where the fire had been extinguished.

The black-faced defenders knelt in front of Zhu Di's horse, "Your Highness, the fire started from the Fengtian Temple, and when the humble duty arrived, the Son of Heaven, the queen and the crown prince were all buried in the flames. ”

Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, who heard the news, sighed and knelt in front of Xu Da's throne for a long time until late at night.

The bells of the temple and Taoist temple once again rang inside and outside the capital, declaring to the world that Emperor Jianwen had become popular.

Standing in front of Fengtian Gate, Meng had a question in his heart, is Emperor Jianwen really dead?

His gaze turned to King Yan, who was standing with his hands in his hands, and slowly lowered his eyes.

The bell has sounded, and the body in the dragon robe has been found. Regardless of whether Zhu Yunwen is still alive or not, Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty, the heir personally selected by Zhu Yuanzhang, is already dead.