On the night of September 18, dark clouds seemed to rain heavily.

An Xiulin issued an edict, and the whole army launched a general attack on Jinling, focusing on persuasion and Zhao'an, trying not to cause more casualties, let alone harm the people. It is necessary to avoid fire attacks, and focus on protecting the Taimiao and Taishe on both sides of Suzaku Avenue, restrain all armies, do not harass the people, and do not rob the clans of the family with surnames under any pretext.

After all, Jinling is the imperial capital, the road paved with silver, and the tree decorated with gold, Xie Xiwen and others are afraid that the three armies will not be able to restrain them after entering the city, so they will take the opportunity to burn and loot, so it is too difficult to recover after pacification, so strict military law and prevention are really the way to seek the country.

The battle was first started by Zhang Huai's Pingjiang army, and it took only half an hour to cross the tidal ditch from the North Fence Gate on the side of the Zhoushan Mountain, and advance to Qingxili.

Shen Qing was responsible for the defense of the northern part of Jinling, but the low morale made him unable to organize the defense, and as soon as the Pingjiang army saw each other, they were completely defeated, and fled back to Taicheng from Jianchun Gate in embarrassment.

However, even worse than Shen Qing was Wei Jing, the captain of the Tun Cavalry, who betrayed the Left Guard general Liang Xiu during the Jinling Revolution, assassinated him, and then opened the city gate and let the prince enter the city, which can be said to be a heinous crime.

Liang Xiu promoted him from the cold to the military of the forbidden army, and his kindness was not unkind, but he did this beastly thing, and his reputation has long been stinky, but no one dares to show it in ordinary times. This time, seeing that the righteous army was besieging Jinling, An Xiuming's defeat was decided, and the Chinese army, from the captain to the captain, down to the commander of the army, all had different thoughts.

The straw that broke the camel's back was He Zheng, who was an auxiliary general who was personally appointed by An Xiuming, and was righteous during the Battle of Xinting, which directly led to Shen Du's fiasco. When He Zheng appeared on the south bank of the Qinhuai River, shouting the incendiary slogan of Zhao'an, and used himself as an example to illustrate the thickness of the reward after returning to righteousness, Wei Jing's subordinates could no longer hold back, and the first to do it was Wei Jing's personal guard, who cut off his head from behind, and the defenseless Wei Jing may die and do not know the truth that good and evil will be rewarded. The forbidden army opened the fence and built a bridge over the Qinhuai River to welcome the Jingzhou army across the river.

Seeing Wei Jingbu's mutiny, Zhang Chu knew that it was not good, so he took the initiative to tie his hands and surrender to Xue Xuanmo. Xue Xuanmo tied up Zhang Chu, sent him to An Xiulin, received the forbidden army of Zhang Chu's department, passed through the Houzhu Fence Gate, and went north along the Six Bridges, preparing to attack Xizhou City.

When I arrived at the city gate, I found that there was no one inside, only seventy or eighty scattered soldiers of the forbidden army who were unwilling to return to Taicheng to die, and secretly left the team and waited here. So he divided 200 people to guard the barn and treasury in Xizhou City, and led his troops to surround Ximing Gate, blocking the way for An Xiuming to flee west.

Xue Xuanmo, who was originally a cannon fodder feint, did not move a knife or a shot, first collected the Pu base, and then conquered the stone city, killed the statement, captured Zhang Chu, occupied Xizhou, and Chen Bing was outside the Ximing Gate, with outstanding achievements, but no matter how you look at it, it is quite dramatic, and it can be called a lucky general

The main force of the Jingzhou army crossed the Qinhuai River, went straight to Xuanyang Gate from Zhuque Road, and divided troops on the way to protect the Taimiao, Taishe and Baiguan Mansion on both sides of the Royal Street, and then fought with Zhang Huai and Xue Xuanmo to surround Taicheng.

Shen Muzhi was covered in armor, broke into the Taiji Palace, grabbed the placket of a small eunuch, and asked angrily, "What about the Lord?" ”

The eunuch trembled and pointed to the inside of the hall and said, "The Lord and the Divine Master are inside......

Before he finished speaking, he was slammed to the ground by Shen Muzhi, and he broke in angrily without waiting for Tongyu. The little eunuch lowered his head, clenched the fists of his hands, and silently withdrew from the main hall.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Shen Muzhi pushed open the closed door, and the scene in front of him made him cry and laugh. Yu Daozhen is dressed in a bizarre Taoist costume, with a divine case, and a statue of Jiang Hou is placed. An Xiuming knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and prayed with both hands: "...... May the Marquis of Zhongdu help me withdraw from the army, if I get what I want, the thieves will tie my hands, and I will make you the prime minister, the general, and the governor of the Chinese and foreign military ......"

Jiang Hou, named Jiang Ziwen, Wu of the Three Kingdoms served as the lieutenant of Moling County, caught the thief and died of injuries, became a god after death, repeated miracles, Sun Quan was crowned as the Marquis of Zhongdu, and built an ancestral temple for him in Zhongshan, deeply loved and worshiped by the people of Jinling, and the incense was very prosperous.

Shen Muzhi couldn't believe his ears, he besieged the city with heavy troops, not trying to plan how to break the enemy or how to break through, but turned to the ethereal ghosts and gods, is this still the master of the people?

It's not as good as a pavilion length!

Shen Muzhi knelt down and persuaded: "Your Majesty, those who should have surrendered outside have fallen, and those who have not surrendered are also waiting, and those who can't hold Taicheng can't hold it, let's go out with the old ministers, transport away the treasures in the palace, and go overseas, and there may not be a time for recovery in the future......."

An Xiu didn't look back, he said something in his mouth, and prayed for a quarter of an hour, and then he stood up and reprimanded with a displeased expression: "What are you panicking about? The Divine Master is still here, and the sky can't fall! Even the third child couldn't stand God's punishment and died, and the bald one-eyed dolphin of the sixth couldn't hide! ”

Shen Muzhi said angrily: "Even if the divine master can kill An Xiulin, can he kill the hundreds of thousands of male soldiers in Jingzhou and Yangzhou?" Now it has become a landslide, even if An Xiulin is dead, there are other princes, even if the prince of the An family is dead, the thief army can still establish another son of heaven, and the divine master will kill them all? ”

An Xiuming was furious and said, "Shen Muzhi, are you going to betray me?" ”

Shen Muzhi raised his head and laughed, his laughter revealed a bit of the desolation of the hero's end, and said: "I knew that you were such a stupid lord, I should have listened to the words of the general at the beginning, and I shouldn't have fought for the lives of the entire Shen clan to help you ascend the throne as emperor." ”

Yumichi really giggled and said, "Regret it? Shen Muzhi, don't think that Your Majesty is a flurry goose, if you weren't in a hurry to destroy the Xu family, and you pushed Your Majesty behind your back, how could you make the first emperor disgusted and vigilant, resulting in the position of the prince almost unable to keep it later? There are thousands of mistakes, all of them are Shen who hurt His Majesty for selfish desires, but they still want to beat him up? ”

"I don't argue with women!" Shen Muzhi didn't look at Yu Daozhen, and said: "Your Majesty, you either break through with me now, or ask for more blessings, I think in this city, except for the 30,000 elite soldiers of the Shen family, who will work for you?" ”

An Xiu trembled brightly, pulled out the imperial knife hanging on the wall, pointed at Shen Muzhi, and said, "Bold!" ”

Shen Muzhi clenched his fists expressionlessly, spat at Yu Daozhen contemptuously, turned around and strode away, the sound of the iron armor crashing echoed in the empty hall, like a funeral song for this dynasty.

An Xiuming threw away the knife, sat down on the chair in a daze, and said, "Divine Master, will God really help me win this battle?" ”

Yu Daozhen hugged his head from behind and said softly: "Your Majesty is too tired, sleep, sleep and wake up, this world is still yours!" ”

An Xiuming heard a strange fragrance from the end of his nose, and the tightly crumbling strings became much looser, and he fell asleep unconsciously. When he woke up again, the outside of the palace became a chaotic time, the shouting of killing was getting closer and closer, he suddenly sat up in shock, looked left and right, no one, walked out of the room, and shouted loudly: "Come someone, come ...... people"

Only the little eunuch who had talked to Shen Muzhi a lot before hurriedly ran over, knelt on the ground, and said, "Your Majesty! ”

"Where have all the people died? What about the Divine Master? What about Shen Muzhi and Yin Su? ”

"The priest left the temple half an hour ago, and told the slaves and maids not to disturb His Majesty, and never came back. Shen Cheqi and the Shen family's soldiers were breaking through to Guangmo Gate. As for Yin Youwei, he, he surrendered to the enemy, opened the Xuanyang Gate, and led the Jingzhou army to the Dasima Gate, which was about to attack after a while. And also...... and His Majesty's bodyguards, all gone......"

The little eunuch knelt and waited for a while, didn't hear An Xiuming's words, and secretly raised his head, but saw that the supreme emperor had changed his appearance, as if he had lost his soul by these two words, and he no longer had the slightest anger.

"Okay, good, you're all good, good ......"

An Xiuming didn't pay attention to the eunuch, turned around and walked into the room, the lonely figure was pulled out by the palace lamp with a long shadow, and then closed the door heavily.

The eunuch did not leave, still knelt outside the door, and after another moment, An Xiuming walked out, he took off the regular clothes of the Son of Heaven, changed the clothes of the eunuch in the palace, and said with a little surprise: "Why don't you run away?" ”

The eunuch said timidly: "Since the villain entered the palace, he has been serving in the Taiji Palace, and he has no place to go when he leaves here." It's better to wait, in case Your Majesty has any orders, so I can do it in a hurry. ”

An Xiuming couldn't help laughing at himself: "I call myself the son of heaven, but I didn't expect that when I was defeated, there was only one lowly eunuch who would not give up. Okay, you go with me, take advantage of the chaos, our clothes will not be in the way, and we will go out silently. When you enter the Yangtze River, you have a good place to go, and you can't be treated! ”

The eunuch said: "Your Majesty, it's too dangerous to go out now, what if you encounter a few slashes from your eyes and hurt the dragon's body?" The villain knew that there was a dry well in the backyard of Hanzhang Hall that had not been used for many years, and it was overgrown with weeds, but there was a small hole in the horizontal area, which was hidden inside, and the people outside could not find it anyway. After tonight, the thieves thought that His Majesty had already escaped, and relaxed their vigilance, and I led His Majesty out quietly through the hole in the corner of the palace wall, and no one knew it......"

An Xiuming hesitated, he wanted to go out of the city, in fact, it was not too difficult, after all, he was also an eight-rank martial artist who was cultivated, he was strong and healthy, his legs and feet were convenient, hundreds of thousands of people on both sides were mixed together, and it was difficult enough to distinguish who was his own person and who was the enemy in the middle of the night, and it was not very possible to accurately catch him who had changed his clothes.

But the problem is that there are many small grandmasters in the enemy, and if they guard each place separately, there is still a certain risk.

"Lead the way!"

Shen Muzhi chose Guangmomen to break through the siege, the reason is very simple, Guangmomen is the north gate of Taicheng, and it is found that there is no enemy siege. This is a typical art of war, which can break the fighting spirit to avoid desperate resistance from the defenders in the city. This is in Shen Mu's arms, he has no intention of defending the city, there are no reinforcements outside, and it is a fool's job to defend a dead city. As long as you escape from Guangmomen, not far away is Xuanwu Lake, which is the training base of the imperial navy, and a large number of warships are stored. After that, whether to go to the south to find a place to continue the rebellion, or directly defect to the Northern Wei Dynasty to become an official and a half-job, you can slowly consider it.

Guangmomen really has no enemy army, but Shen Muzhi is a person who knows the soldiers, and Wai Sanque Yi is not really letting you escape, but planting ambushes outside the city, chasing and killing until the whole team collapses, and then calmly reaping the results. Therefore, he specially increased the defense of the two wings, and ordered Shen Qing to break off, and the whole army formed a goose-shaped formation and advanced towards Xuanwu Lake in a slightly panicked formation.

But the strange thing is that he didn't encounter any obstacles along the way, until he saw the dense warships listening to the lakeside, there was still not even a ghost shadow, Shen Qing said in a low voice: "Father, it feels a little bad, the shooting rods of these boats have been dismantled......

Shen Muzhi said resolutely: "Without the rod, at least there is a boat." To stay is to wait for death, and there is no other choice now. Qing'er, herald to board the ship! ”

With a boat, there is hope of escaping from Jinling, everyone scrambles to find their own boats, the gangplank is crowded so that many people fall into the lake, and then swim and climb to the side of the boat, the commanders of the various departments can no longer restrain the troops, and the hoarse reprimand is useless. Shen Qing drew his sword and killed a few, and then ordered the battle to line up and cut off more than fifty heads, which barely controlled the situation.

Finally, all the men boarded the ship, but when the more than 100 warships were started one after another, more than 20 small boats were pulled and overturned, and the big ships were also crooked, unable to sail smoothly.

Shen Qing, who received the report, was furious, and was just about to lead someone to cut the rope, when he suddenly saw a little fishing fire lit up in the darkness in the distance, from far to near, faster and faster, and between breaths, he had arrived in front of him.

Fireship!

More than fifty fireboats were also connected with fiber ropes, and they plunged into the flotilla docked on the lakeside, and they didn't even have time to react, and with a bang, the skyrocketing fire filled the Xuanwu Lake, and countless children of the Shen clan jumped into the lake with screams, as if thousands of pigs and sheep on fire were thrown into the boiling soup pot, and the scene was spectacular.

"Sesame oil...... The cabins in the bottom of the ship are all sesame oil......"

The faintly slender sea dragon boat followed the raging fire boat and crossed the east and west sides of Xuanwu Lake, reflecting the firelight, among which a boat's mountain flag hunted in the wind, and there was a person standing in the bow of the boat, covered in black clothes and black robes, although the body was thin and small, but the momentum was amazing, it was the head of the original Ming pirates, the current commander of the Youdu Army, Shanzong.

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Get into the water!"

The overwhelming rain of arrows struck, easily taking away one young life after another, thousands of water ghosts wearing tight water backings, holding water thorns silently hugged the neck of the person who fell into the water, and stabbed into the back waist and heart. The Shen family's army, which was destroyed by the fire attack, could not organize a powerful counterattack at all, not to mention the Ming pirates crisscrossing the sea area, this small scene was not too simple for them, even if there was no fire attack first, just based on the comparison of the water battle strength of the two sides, the Shen family also fell at an absolute disadvantage.

Blood spouted from the bottom of the lake in a swirling motion, staining the surface of the lake red in a matter of moments, and the corpses floating everywhere were mixed with the burnt wood of the ship. Shen Muzhi was burned by the fire, and his blackened face showed the sadness of the hero's end, and sighed: "God is dead to me, Shen ......" was about to draw a knife to kill himself, but was hugged by Shen Qing, and then led his personal guards to desperately escort Shen Muzhi back to the shore, and was about to find a way to go, when suddenly 3,000 people emerged from the side of Jilong Mountain, and 3,000 people came out of Zhoushan, surrounding them and the rest of the troops who were still resisting.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Combat effectiveness is related to the number of people, equipment, training, and psychology, but the most important thing is the morale of the army.

And the Shen family experienced the panic of the siege, the surprise of breaking through, the frustration of the plan, and finally fell into the net of heaven and earth.

This is not a fight, this is a slaughter without humanity!

When the sky gradually brightened, the sound of the battle in Xuanwu Lake was silent, Shanzong tightened his collar and calmly landed on the shore, kneeling on the shore about more than 10,000 disarmed Shen soldiers, Shen Muzhi, Shen Qing and the important members of the Shen clan were all captured.

"You are Shen Muzhi?"

Shen Muzhi was tied with his hands behind his back, and the two thugs held his shoulders, unable to struggle, raised his head and said: "Why bother to come to the troubled waters of Jinling?" The gate valve clan has no good impression of the pirates, so they are not afraid of rabbits and dogs, so that all your tens of thousands of brothers will die without a place to be buried? ”

Shan Zong said with a smile: "I thought that the Wuxing Shen clan was so powerful, and in today's battle, I knew that it was only the tongue that was powerful." My generation of heroes, free in the sea, but I can't see the faint monarch to make Jiangdong fathers, now the lord of benevolence and righteousness, the upper should be the mandate of heaven, the lower is in line with the people's will, the pirates are obedient, why be afraid of what nonsense about rabbits and dead dogs? ”

Shen Muzhi couldn't get into a disagreement, and said: "I am the general of the Che Cavalry, the head of the Wuxing Shen family, even if you are defeated, you can't humiliate me like this......"

Shan Zong stepped on the stone with his left foot for a long time, slapped the knife in his hand against the crook of his leg, looked down at Shen Muzhi, and said, "What do you want?"

"I want to face the saint!"

Shan Zong shook his head and said: "You can't see the lord, but the hussar general misses you tightly, wait here first, it is estimated that you will not live in the world for many days, look at the surrounding scenery, and when you arrive in the underworld, you will inevitably miss the good ...... in the world."

"Hussars?"

Shan Zong's cold gaze made Shen Muzhi shudder, and said, "Hussar general...... It's Xu Langjun who was killed by you! ”

Shen Muzhi sat on the ground dejectedly, and had no intention of resisting.

Feng Donglai stood behind the Mountain Sect and asked in a low voice, "What should we do with these captives?" ”

Shan Zong said lightly: "Cut off your head and throw it into Xuanwu Lake!" ”

"This ...... More than 10,000 people? Kill them all? ”

Feng Donglai was taken aback, he had always been bold, but he didn't expect that the Mountain Sect would dare to openly kill prisoners in the capital territory, if this was spread out, the credit of all the hard work might be re-erased.

"How?" Shan Zong smiled and said, "Don't you dare? ”

In the past few years, Shanzong's temperament has become more and more difficult to figure out, even Feng Dongshan, who is a brother in life and death, gradually does not dare to joke with him face-to-face, he was a little apprehensive by this smile, and hurriedly said: "What don't you dare, isn't it just killing?" I'm going to cut ...... myself."

"Okay, how can there be a military deputy of the first army to carry out the execution? Tell your brothers to get rid of all the evil, kill all these thieves, and throw them into the lake to feed the fish. Shanzong patted Feng Donglai on the shoulder and said, "Remember, we are the knife in Lang Jun's hand, and sometimes, the hand holding the knife is not dirty, but this knife can't be afraid of being dirty." ”

Feng Donglai finally understood the intention of the Mountain Sect, the hairs on the back of his neck stood upside down violently, looking at his back, he couldn't help but feel creepy!