Li Xiuwen has realized that he has been tricked.

As for what happened in between, it is still unknown.

He immediately ordered to attack the city at all costs, and was bound to break through the city and rescue Li Dong. Of course, he knew that the possibility of Li Dong surviving was very small, but despite this, he couldn't give up the rescue.

"Newspaper—"

A personal soldier hurriedly arrived and reported: "Your Majesty, three heads have been hung on the wall of Guangqumen, and one of them is ...... It's ......"

Li Xiuwen stood up suddenly and asked urgently, "Who is it?!! ”

"It's Anyang Hou!" The soldier replied truthfully.

Li Xiuwen's face was as pale as paper, and he lowered his head and sat down slowly.

After a while, he raised his head, his eyes were red, and he ordered: "Order the whole army to attack the city overnight, even if you use corpses to pile up, you have to pile them up for me!" ”

"Smack-"

After the soldier went down, Li Xiuwen patted the book case and said to himself: "Zhu Youzhen, you owe three more lives!" ”

He had been sitting quietly, and I don't know how long it had been, when a soldier came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Ruyang and Lord Hong ask to see you." ”

"Let's just say that I'm sick, let them go back." Li Xiuwen said.

"Master Hou, you can't go in!"

Li Xiuwen heard the voice of the soldiers outside the door, and when he looked up, he saw that Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou had already broken in. He waved his hand for the soldiers to go down and asked, "Why did the two adults come here when they are not in front of them to direct the battle?" ”

The two of them saluted, and Sun Chuanting persuaded: "Your Majesty, Anyang is waiting to die in battle, and the minister can understand your feelings, but if you fight like this, even if we capture the capital, we will suffer heavy casualties, and the gains outweigh the losses!" ”

"Yes, I hope Your Majesty will take back your life." Hong Chengchou also followed suit.

"I've made up my mind, go back." Li Xiuwen waved his hand.

"Your Majesty......"

"Blood debt needs blood!"

Li Xiuwen suddenly stood up and sneered: "The more fierce our offensive is, the more people will open the city and surrender, look, in a few days, the capital will be broken!" ”

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In the Qianqing Palace, the new celebrant and eunuch Wang Zhiyu reported: "Your Majesty, the enemy army attacked the city overnight, I am afraid we will not be able to hold it, and I hope Your Majesty will make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

"Decided?"

Zhu Youzhen smiled bitterly: "So far, what decision can I make?" ”

Wang Zhixin replied: "Didn't Lord Li go to the court today, please move the capital to Jinling, and then make plans?" Why didn't Your Majesty make a decision sooner......"

"Ridiculous!"

Zhu Youzhen interrupted him and said, "Since I am the Son of Heaven, how can I leave the people of the capital and flee alone? My ancestors taught the Ming Dynasty, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies, how can I be the one who is greedy for life and afraid of death? ”

When the king's heart heard this, he did not dare to persuade him anymore.

Zhu Youzhen actually thought about leaving the capital, but with the ancestral motto of "the Son of Heaven guards the country", how could he pull down his face and say that he wanted to move the capital?

In fact, even Empress Zhou persuaded him to move the capital, but he couldn't let go of his face.

He sat there alone and thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to move the capital to the court. Of course, he would not say that moving the capital to Jinling was his own intention.

The next day, in the court.

Zhu Youzhen said to a group of civil and military ministers: "Li Mingrui has persuaded me to move south, and the monarch died in Sheji, where will the joint generals go?" He also persuaded the prince to go to Nanjing first, what do you think? ”

"Your Majesty, Li Mingrui is talking nonsense, disturbing the hearts of our army and the people, he really deserves to be killed!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, how can you calm the hearts of the people if you don't kill this person, and how can you rule the world?"

"Exactly, Weichen begs His Majesty to show this person's head to the public!"

“……”

The princes in the court have spoken out to condemn Li Mingrui, and they have said everything, but basically they all have the same meaning, opposing the relocation of the capital, and asking for the killing of Li Mingrui, who is talking nonsense.

Moving the capital?

Since the Tumubao Incident, whoever dares to propose the relocation of the capital again will undoubtedly be blamed by everyone with the traitorous ministers. Everyone knew very well in their hearts that those who were in favor of moving south back then were later stamped as traitors, and they didn't want to follow in the footsteps of those people.

Seeing that the capital was about to be breached, but no one dared to come out in favor of moving south, how could Zhu Youzhen brazenly say that he wanted to move south?

However, most of the ministers were against the move south, but a few were in favor of the prince's move south.

How could Zhu Youzhen not understand the minds of these people?

I'm guarding in the capital, you took the prince to Jinling, even if the capital is broken, I let the rebel army kill, it won't hinder your glory and wealth, the road to your career, this abacus is a good fight, but are you treating me as a fool?

In the end, Zhu Youzhen failed to move south, nor did he refuse to let the prince move south, and continued to defend the capital.

Three days later, Li Xiuwen, relying on his absolute superiority in troops, broke through the North 1 capital at the cost of 100,000 casualties.

Armies from all walks of life entered through the Nine Gates, and the entire capital was in chaos, and countless people ran into the streets and crowded to the gates, hoping to escape from the city.

After the news of the city was broken, Zhu Youzhen wrote an edict, ordering Zhu Chunchen, the prince of Chengguo, to lead the armies and assist the crown prince Zhu Cihong.

After that, he ordered someone to escape from the palace with Zhu Cihong and send him to the house of Zhou Kui, the grandfather of the country. The rest of the sons were likewise sent out for refuge.

After Zhu Youzhen finished this, he looked up at his queen and the two concubines, and tears couldn't help but flow out. He said to Empress Zhou: "You are the mother of the country, and you deserve to be martyred." ”

Empress Zhou stretched out her hand to wipe away the tears on her face and said, "The concubine has been with Your Majesty for thirteen years, and Your Majesty has never heard a word of advice from the concubine, so that there is today." Now that His Majesty has ordered his concubines to be martyred, how dare the concubines disobey? ”

Empress Zhou silently took off her clothes and hanged herself.

Zhu Youzhen didn't organize her, turned to the other two concubines and sighed: "You guys should also go with the queen!" ”

In the Qianqing Palace, there were three more hanging female corpses in an instant. At this moment, Wang Chengen held a little princess in his hand and led Zhu Yujiao over.

"Father's ......"

"Sister-in-law, you shouldn't have been born in the emperor's family!"

Zhu Youzhen fell, turned around and pulled out his sword, covered his face with his left sleeve, and slashed at Zhu Yujiao's shoulder with his right hand.

"Your Majesty, no!"

Wang Chengen suddenly knelt on the ground and stopped him in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the princess is kind to Li Xiuwen, and Chengen feels that he will not hurt the princess." ”

At this moment, the long sword in Zhu Youzhen's hand was only a finger's distance from Zhu Yujiao.

Looking at his daughter's eyes closed, how could he still be ruthless? It's just that, if this is not the case, can the rebels let their daughter go? Will Li Xiuwen really treat her well?

He was silent for a moment, threw away the long sword in his hand, held Zhu Yujiao's small shoulder, squatted down and said, "Yuanjiao, you go out of the palace with Wang Chengen and surrender to Li Xiuwen." In the future, don't think about revenge, but protect your sister well, understand? ”

"Father, the emperor ......" Zhu Yujiao cried.

Zhu Youzhen didn't delay any longer, got up and instructed Wang Chengen: "You immediately take the two princesses out of the palace and surrender, and I will entrust them to you!" ”

"Your Majesty......"

"Go!" (To be continued.) )