"Eat his mother, eat his mother, eat not enough to break into the king......"

In the midst of the songs and ballads of the King of Victory, a group of Ming officials who stretched their necks to welcome the new lord finally saw the Great Shun Heavenly Soldiers who made them think about it day and night.

The number of this group of Dashun Heavenly soldiers was not much, that is, a thousand people, and the people who walked in front were about fifty or sixty horsemen, all of whom had tall horses and wore armor. They were followed by infantry, only cloth armor, about 300 of whom carried firearms on their shoulders, and the rest carried swords and spears.

The team of the Dashun Heavenly Soldiers is not very neat, and it looks a little worse than the ordinary Beijing Camp soldiers. However, in the professional eyes of Zhang Jinyan, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, this army, which at first glance looks like the Beijing Battalion soldiers, has a murderous aura!

"What an elite soldier!" Zhang Jinyan stroked his beard, squinted his eyes, and nodded slightly, as if he really understood.

He turned back to Shao Zhan and said, "With such an elite, how can the Zhu family's rabble soldiers compare?" I'm afraid that it will be ten times more difficult to defeat Peter! ”

Xiang Yu is a native of Sichuan, and echoed in a Sichuan accent: "Right! Compared with the Dashun Heavenly Soldiers, it is the Guan Ning Soldiers, and it is also 108,000 miles away! The prince of the Zhu family jumped up and down, and wanted to block the car with his mantis arm, which really made people laugh off their big teeth! ”

"That's right! In a few days, Zhu Cihong will be captured by the Dashun Heavenly Soldiers......"

Xiang Yu shook his head and said with a smile: "This is not necessarily, he will most likely commit suicide and martyrdom, right?" ”

While the two were talking, the "Great Shun Heavenly Soldier" had already arrived in front of them. The leader is a strong man with a potholed face and a messy beard, wearing long iron armor and a helmet on the top of his head, which is ferocious when he looks at it!

Zhang Jinyan and Xiang Yu didn't dare to speak anymore, they didn't come from the worthless Beijing battalion soldiers, but the heavenly soldiers of Dashun!

So Zhang Jinyan, Xiang Yu, and several other low-ranking ministers immediately stood up according to the size of their official positions, and took out the congratulatory tables that had been prepared long ago, held them in both hands, and held them high above their heads.

Zhang Jinyan was the leader, so he opened his mouth and said: "Zhu Ming's criminal ministers Zhang Jinyan, Xiang Yu, Liang Zhaoyang, Zhou Zhong, Wei Xuelian, Qian Weikun...... Wait to welcome the Dashun Heavenly Soldiers outside the Zhengyang Gate, and wish His Majesty King Chuang a long life and eternal Dashun rivers and mountains! ”

After he finished speaking, the officials who surrendered and the officials' families shouted in unison: "I wish His Majesty King Chuang a long life and eternal peace of mind!" ”

"Hahaha......" The general of the Great Shun Heavenly Soldier laughed loudly, and then pointed at everyone with his horsewhip, "Are you waiting to return to the king of Shun Chuang?" ”

Zhang Jinyan said with a smile on his face: "This general, we are all Zhu Ming's courtiers, because we are dissatisfied with the faint king harming the people and traitorous ministers misleading the country, so we look forward to the Dashun Heavenly Soldiers day and night, just like a baby looking forward to a loving mother...... Today, I finally got my wish! ”

"Oh," the general asked, "you all mean that?" ”

"We are all willing to submit to the king......"

"What about the people behind you?" He asked again, pointing to a group of swordsmen with sharp blades.

"We are also willing to drive for King Chuang!"

"Good good ......"

Zhang Jinyan raised the notebook in his hand high, "General, we have prepared a congratulatory table for descending the book, and we want to present it to King Chuang in person." ”

"Okay, even the congratulatory form has been prepared," the general nodded again and again, "you guys are really good, not bad...... Show them all to me. ”

Look? This general can still read! Zhang Jinyan said: No wonder King Chuang can achieve such a great cause, there are really talents under his hands! This seemingly vulgar general turned out to be both civil and military!

Thinking of this, he took the lead in handwriting the congratulatory form he wrote to this "pock-faced general", and other officials followed suit. The general took it with a smile and opened it one by one...... He also really knows how to read, and when he opens a book, he will read out the name of the official position, confirm it, and then hand it over to one of his entourages to put it away.

After all the letters and swords had been confirmed, the general pointed to the swords behind the officials, lowered his face and asked, "Why do you still have swords?" See that King Chuang can't bring a sword! ”

When Zhang Jinyan heard this, he hurriedly turned his head and said to the family members behind him: "Quick, quickly hand over the weapons and hand them over to the Dashun Heavenly Soldiers!" ”

The pock-faced general beckoned, summoned a group of infantry, and asked them to go up and disarm Zhang Jinyan's family. Seeing that the disarming was completed, he ordered a group of soldiers to step forward and unfold, surround Zhang Jinyan, Xiang Yu and others.

"General, why is that?" Zhang Jinyan saw that the situation was a little wrong, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "It's a solid ...... who has taken refuge in Dashun."

The pock-faced general ignored him, but turned around and shouted, "Chitose Lord, there are more than forty or fifty anti-thieves here!" ”

Chitose? Anti-thief ...... Zhang Jinyan, Xiang Yu and others were all confused.

Who is Chitose? Could it be that Li Zicheng's son is here? So who is the thief? Could it be that Dashun also called Zhu Ming's side a thief?

When he was confused, a rather surprised voice sounded: "Ah, Mr. Xiang, are you facing the rebellion against the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Xiang Yu was familiar with this voice when he heard it! This is the voice of the crown prince Zhu Cihong...... He hurriedly followed the sound to look, and at first glance, his soul was almost frightened.

Zhu Cihong, who was dressed in iron armor, was swaggering over on his horse surrounded by several guards. When he got to the pock-faced general, he gently grabbed the reins, and then looked at a group of anti-thieves who had been arrested with a smile.

Xiang Yu is a lecturer in the East Palace, of course, he recognized Zhu Cihong at a glance, and he couldn't even say anything now: "You, you, you are His Royal Highness the Prince...... How did you end up here? ”

"Yes, yes, this palace is the prince of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Cihong smiled and nodded, "Mr. Xiang, you are really careless, why didn't you see it clearly and run out to be a thief...... The rebellious generals are still climbing the wall! You're good morning! ”

"Oops!" Zhang Jinyan on the side shouted, "It's really confused, the city gate is blocked, how can the Dashun Heavenly Soldiers ride into the city?" ”

"Hahaha!" Zhu Cihong smiled, "Zhang Shangshu, Mr. Xiang, and you people, do you know that taking refuge in rebellion is a rebellion?" Rebel...... It's going to kill your head! ”

Speaking of "killing heads", Zhu Cihong's tone had become cold, and then he shouted: "Take it all to the palace!" ”

"Whoa!"

The guards of the East Palace who followed Zhu Cihong were already ready to take people, and when they heard the order, they rushed up and took down the officials who surrendered and the families they carried.

Xiang Yu was already frightened, and was beaten by two East Palace guards, and begged repeatedly: "Chitose Lord spare your life, spare your life...... The minister was confused for a while, and he didn't dare anymore. ”

Zhang Jinyan still had a little backbone, knowing that he couldn't please him, so he simply scolded: "Zhu Cihong, you are a kid, you are dying, and you dare to be arrogant, waiting for the king to break the city's soldiers......"

"Shut up! Bundled! Zhu Cihong waved his hand violently, "All of them will be escorted to the noon gate and beheaded!" ”

As soon as they heard that they were going to be beheaded, the civil officials and their families who were seized all began to wail, and the shouts of sparing their lives and the sound of howling and crying were all over the place. The people on both sides of the street were also frightened, and they all dispersed in a hurry, and no one dared to sing the ballad of the king...... It's better to run for your life!

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Wumen is very close to Zhengyangmen Outer Street, where Zhang Jinyan, Xiang Yu and other anti-thieves were arrested. Entering the Zhengyang Gate, not far away is the Daming Gate, the Daming Gate has a long street, leading to the Chengtian Gate. On both sides of the long street are yamen. On the east side are the Rokubu, the Zongjin Mansion, and the Hanlin Temple. On the right side is the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Jinyi Guard, and the General Administration Department. Most of the Beijing officials of the Ming Dynasty served in these yamen, and the Tiananmen Square in later generations was also in this area. Chengtianmen is the later Tiananmen!

After entering Tiananmen Square, it is a wide walkway, flanked by Sheji Altar and Taimiao. At the end of the walkway is the legendary Noon Gate.

The so-called launch of the noon gate beheading, it is about in this piece - killing the head at the gate of the Taimiao? In real history, there is no such thing. There is a special place for execution in Beijing, in the Ming Dynasty in the East Fourth Pailou, in the Qing Dynasty changed to Caishikou.

On the side of the noon gate, it is usually not murderous, but today is an exception!