Chapter 438: The Last Night

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Ning Er and Bai Ying led Sodoye's 70,000 soldiers into the Heavenly Wolf Canyon, until in front of the Troubled Stone Ridge, the sudden appearance of the Wind Chasing Horse completely led the Qing army into the Lost Soul Array. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

This chaotic stone hill is easy to enter and difficult to come out, and it has a great name for a chaotic grave on the road, because this chaotic stone hill is not only chaotic like a labyrinth, but also has wild wolves infested, and the wolves of the wolf's den often visit here. The 70,000 soldiers of Sodoye strayed into the rocky hill, and I am afraid that it is more than lucky, and there is no return.

After introducing the Qing army into the Ranshi Gang, Ning Er and Bai Ying took the opportunity to go around, and they had not yet found the Wind Chasing Horse.

Watching these 70,000 people gradually go deeper and deeper in the chaotic stone hill, and gradually get lost, a trace of sadness flashed across Ning Er's face, these were once the warriors on the grassland where she fought side by side, and they were once the children of the Eight Banners that she was proud of, and now the life and death of these 70,000 knights are uncertain, all of this is largely due to her, the Manchu Gege, is this a betrayal? Ning'er became more and more sad.

"Don't blame yourself too much, this is war, this is their fate, don't you love Xinjueluo? When Ning'er appears, Zhang Ning'er and Li Ning'er will appear. Bai Ying saw Ning'er's thoughts and tried to comfort her.

Obviously, this comfort has worked, and a person's guilt is often balanced by the comfort of outsiders or self-deception. In short, from the moment Ning'er chose to be with Zhu Qing, this was Ning'er's fate, even if one day Zhu Qing and Dolgon fought face to face, she had to face it.

And this day is not far off.

It was already dark, and Sodoye didn't find Zhu Qing, nor did he get out of the rocky hill.

Ning'er and Bai Ying embarked on the way home with apprehension. They didn't know where Zhu Qing was now, and the only thing they could do was to clear all obstacles for the man who might still be alive to return to Beijing.

"I hope he's okay." Ning Er sighed, stepped on the war horse hidden in the fork in the road, and returned to the capital with Bai Ying!

After a day of fierce fighting, the city of Beijing was calm at this moment.

Chengtianmen has been broken, and Zu Dashou has also attacked Bei'anmen. The road to the king of Dorgon was strewn with corpses and rivers of blood. Killing Feng led the remnants of the Ming army of less than 100,000 people to retreat to the last imperial palace, the Forbidden City.

Lu Chong and the general of the Chuang army have been killed in battle, and they shed their last drop of blood for this dynasty they hated so much, but everyone never regretted accepting Qinglong's recruitment at the moment of falling. If they had died in the name of the army, I am afraid that they would only have left the notoriety of being outcasts and thieves, but now, they are heroic soldiers who defend the country, and they are loyal and good generals who protect the dignity and lifeblood of China.

Chongzhen paid tribute to the dead soldiers in the Forbidden City, and he used his last strength to write down his edict while shedding tears. Among them, in the writings of these dead soldiers, Chongzhen pondered for a long time, and an emperor burst into tears in reflection. Accompanying him to the end were these "outcasts" who he was bent on quelling the rebellion, and the rebellious ministers and thieves who wanted to kill him were the rebellious ministers and thieves who spent a lot of military money and money every year!

"The Celestial Empire has come to this, and I have done it!" After the eunuch Wang Chengen finished reading the emperor's edict, Chongzhen looked up to the sky and sighed, and threw the edict into the sea of fire with his own hands along with the bones of the dead soldiers. The firelight reflected in Zhongnanhai, and the soot swept up by the wind on the sea, as if thousands of loyal souls were crying blood and mourning the country.

"Prince, why don't you take the opportunity to capture the Forbidden City in one fell swoop?!" This time, Zu Dashou couldn't hold back, the king and the defeat were only in this last green brick and green tile, as long as the Forbidden City was captured, he and his soldiers would usher in a new life, otherwise, there would be no return!

However, Dolgon, who lost 400,000 soldiers in this battle, is also sitting quietly in the military tent at this moment, and he has thoroughly experienced the tragedy of the Central Plains that has become famous and has withered bones! A Central Plains Dynasty that is so decaying that it is about to perish, has reached the point of catching its breath, why does it make him pay such a painful price? What kind of force is supporting this group of Central Plains people?

Dolgon seemed to feel a terrible civilization mocking him, a man of the steppe!

"Perhaps, we should quietly wait and see the final decision of Emperor Mingting!" The arrogant and jealous Dolgon rejected Zu Dashou's suggestion to attack the city overnight!

"The night has gone deep, it is not suitable to fight, all the soldiers will recuperate, and tomorrow they will break the city in one fell swoop and achieve the great cause of the ages!" This is Zu Dashou's general order to the soldiers after he came out of Dolgon's military tent, he is unwilling, but he is helpless! Dolgon wanted to see the last mark of the Central Plains, but Zu Dashou didn't dare to make a mistake. This night, he is destined to be unable to sleep, and his success or failure may be in vain in the dream he slept.

There are many others who will not sleep this night, because their fate will change completely after dawn.

"Bring them in!" A voice that was almost roaring with anger was remembered in the main hall, Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair and glared ahead, and two women were dragged in.

There was no criminal department, no ministers, only the emperor and empress, and a few maids and eunuchs.

It's a story of survival and betrayal.

"The emperor spares his life, your majesty! This is all the idea of Concubine Wang Xian, Your Majesty! Regardless of the affairs of the concubines, Your Majesty! ”

"Humph! Slut, why did this palace bring you this burden in the first place? Now take a bite of Hongu in reverse! ”

"Bold Wang Xianfei and Zheng Yufei, when did you two enter my emperor's house, when did I treat you badly? Today, not only can you two not share the hardships with me, but you also dare to fall into the well, open the door to meet the thief, and the sin is unforgivable! Chongzhen looked at the two concubines under the Great Highness and was furious. Chongzhen is suspicious by nature, not to mention that this time the concubines escaped and were arrested, how could Chongzhen allow such a blatant betrayal?

"Hmph, it's come to this, there's no point in saying more. Chongzhen, you are a complete failure, and the foundation of the Ming Dynasty was ruined by you! Concubine Wang Xian, who knew that she was going to die, did not plead anymore, she smiled coldly at Chongzhen, her eyes were full of resentment and sorrow.

After Chongzhen heard this, he didn't feel that his heart was like a knife, is this the final evaluation of herself by a woman who once shared a pillow? Or is it what the world thinks of themselves? In any case, Concubine Wang Xian's words and deeds hit the sore spot in Chongzhen's heart, he was like a crazy beast, he picked up the saber beside him, walked down the hall angrily, and walked straight towards Concubine Wang Xian!

"Your Majesty!" Empress Zhou screamed, but obviously did not stop, she did not want to stop her men from killing the few women who betrayed him, he wanted to prevent an emperor from taking this evil result out of anger on others.

Seeing Chongzhen, whose eyes were red, walking towards her, Concubine Wang Xian's whole body was trembling, but a distorted smile appeared on her face, "Kill me, do you think that if you kill me, the Ming Dynasty will not perish?" Hahaha! Crazy laughter echoed on the Jinluan Palace, forever, like a ghost, filling this hall that once rose and retreated. Chongzhen's sharp knife pierced Wang Xian's heart, and one of his beloved concubines died under his knife!

"The Emperor...... Your Majesty, it's none of the concubines......" Concubine Zheng Yu trembled and spoke incoherently. But this did not save her image in Chongzhen's heart, Chongzhen pulled her hand, leaving a deep scar on the beauty's pink neck, Concubine Zheng Yu fell to the ground in response, the blood was spreading little by little, and there was a woman who did not blink an eye.

Empress Zhou stood up in horror, his husband, his man, his king had gone mad!

After killing the two concubines who opened the door in an attempt to abscond and gave the enemy a chance to take advantage of it, Chongzhen returned to the dragon chair with a knife in a dejected state.

"The general trend is gone, I can't let you be humiliated......" Chongzhen said quietly, calm and frightening.

"I have served you for eighteen years, but I didn't expect that these eighteen years could not be exchanged for you listening to my advice, if you had listened to me moving south, how could there be such a situation today?" Empress Zhou said sadly, and she gently poured a cup of tea for Chongzhen.

"Don't talk about it, you've been with me for eighteen years, don't you still know me? I have long said that 'the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies', I can't go! Chongzhen raised his hand and responded in pain.

"I don't know you, so I won't stay. Luckily, I got the kids on the carriage heading south. Queen Zhou said, smiling bitterly, this may be the most right thing she has done in her life, right? Because the women who remained in Beijing were dying one after another, from concubines to maids, and even princesses who didn't have time to leave......

"Your affection, I can only pay it ......back in the next life" Chongzhen looked at his queen, he hadn't looked at her seriously for a long time, and talked to her, he suddenly felt that he owed too much to this woman, but he knew that he would continue to owe her, his queen, his wife, and his woman! He would never let such a good woman be bullied!

Empress Zhou looked at her husband's face and couldn't help but reach out and stroke it, then smiled and nodded, "Okay, then I'll go back to Kunning Palace first......" As she spoke, Queen Zhou turned around and walked out of the main hall and walked back to her Kunning Palace alone. This is the most peaceful farewell!

"Princess, I want to walk around the highest place in ......the Forbidden City," Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen after Empress Zhou left.

Wang Chengen knew what Chongzhen meant, and responded slightly, "The old slave accompanies the saint." As he spoke, he nodded to the little eunuch beside him, and helped the exhausted Chongzhen out of the hall. Behind him, the maids who had served the emperor well just now fell one after another, and the cries echoed above the gloomy hall.

After Queen Zhou returned to Kunning Palace, she looked at everything she was familiar with, smiled bitterly and walked slowly around the palace, gently stroking these things that accompanied her day and night, "If you don't bring it in life, you won't bring it in death." But that's it! Empress Zhou's hand touched the gold jewelry, gold and silver jewelry, but it couldn't make her stay, and her hand finally landed on a piece of white silk.

"Everything is the destiny of heaven, since the matter has come to this, let me, the queen mother of the country, do my last loyalty for the Daming Society, what is there to regret?" Empress Zhou smiled, picked up the white silk and walked to the main hall.

"The Queen?! I can't help it! The two remaining maids of Kunning Palace suddenly stepped forward to stop.

Queen Zhou still shook her head and smiled, "You run for your lives, take some treasures, go out and live a good life, don't worry, otherwise you won't be able to get out." ”

Empress Zhou persuaded the maid, then threw Bai Aya to the beam, and then stepped on a stool.

"!" The two maids were also loyal, and they were about to move forward to stop them, but they were stopped by Queen Zhou, "Hurry up!" Otherwise, I'll call the eunuch! "The maids knew that when the eunuchs came, they would all be killed. The maids had no choice but to watch as Empress Zhou put the white silk around her neck......

At this moment, only the sound of "sand" was heard, Bai Aya was cut off by a scimitar, Queen Zhou fell to the ground and coughed repeatedly, and the two maids hurriedly went over to help her up!

Then, three people broke in through the door, a woman, a child, and a man!