The group did not go out from the main gate, they walked through the back door of the palace, that is, the Xuanwu Gate.

The members of the royal family were carried by the eunuchs, but fortunately, there were not many of them, and these eunuchs and palace maids were also used to work, so their hands and feet were quite sharp. When they arrived outside the Xuanwu Gate together, they saw only a few ghostly people on the street. Under the command of Tian Boguang, they went east along the palace wall, and Empress Zhou couldn't help but lift the curtain on her shoulders and look out, the eaves of Shenwu Gate were rapidly moving away.

Just then, she heard the sound of horses' hooves.

"It's ...... What's going on? She asked in a shudder.

"Don't worry, it's the one who came to pick you up." Tian Boguang said.

Entering the capital this time, Yu Guozhen made all preparations for them, considering that there were many people who might need to be rescued, so he also specially asked the two car factories to modify ten four-wheeled carriages. Not only was the carriage sturdy, but it was also narrow, making it easy to get in and out of some narrow alleys. More than forty royal families, palace maids, and eunuchs all got into the car, and the shoulders and the like were naturally thrown away.

Tian Boguang also got on the horse with his people, but before they could continue to move, they heard a roar behind them, and when they turned around, they saw that the sky above the palace was full of smoke, and it turned out to be a fire!

"It's a fire, but it saves us trouble." Tian Boguang patted his head: "We should have set this fire!" ”

When he said this, Queen Zhou, who was sitting in the four-wheeled carriage, trembled in her heart.

From the point of view of eliminating traces, it is indeed necessary to set a fire and burn down the Forbidden City as completely as possible. But from another point of view. It also proves that Tian Boguang and Huwei do not have much reverence for the authority of imperial power.

"I don't know who set the fire to it, maybe it's the eunuch palace maid?" A tiger guard guessed.

Then they heard the sound of horses' hooves behind them, and then more than twenty horsemen appeared in front of them.

Zheng ...... Zheng Zhifeng! ”

Tian Boguang had dealt with Zheng Zhifeng, so he naturally recognized him, he frowned, he didn't expect that it was this critical moment in the capital. I actually met Zheng Zhifeng!

Zheng Zhifeng saw that the tiger guards had lined up and raised their guns, and immediately shook his hand: "The grievances between the Zheng family and Nanhaibo are personal enmity, and today's affairs are national affairs, and my Zheng family will not use personal enmity to harm national affairs!" The Zheng family came to escort us, Tian Boguang, are you going to stop us? ”

"It turns out that the fire in the palace was set by you." Tian Boguang looked at them coldly: "We don't need your help, how far can we go!" ”

For the Zheng family. This is an opportunity for a comeback, if you can catch Chongzhen. Get the power of the Escort. Needless to say, Zheng Zhifeng and Zheng Sen's personal glory and wealth, the biggest possibility is that they are relied on by Chongzhen and become a force to contain Yu Guozhen.

Although this may also be dangerous, Zheng Zhifeng believes that wealth is in danger.

"Tian Boguang, our Zheng family can take the lead in state affairs. Can't Nanhai Bo? At this time, the rebel is about to enter the palace, if he finds us. Don't even think about getting away! ”

This was faintly threatening, and Tian Boguang glanced at them. Zheng Zhifeng's men were far away, out of the range of the musket, and although Zheng Zhifeng was within range, it was a little difficult to kill at this distance.

"Alright, you follow." Tian Boguang didn't bother to pay attention to it, the Zheng family had miscalculated at all, they might have thought that Huwei was going to escort Chongzhen to Nanjing, but they didn't know what Yu Guozhen's real thoughts were. Since they want to follow, it is just right to catch the Zheng family in a net, so as not to cause trouble for Xinxiang while the Zheng family's uncles and nephews are still outside.

They rode eastward down the street, and there was no one everywhere they passed. This is because Tian Boguang first sent people to open the way, shouting along the street, "The thieves enter the city, each family closes the door, to avoid accidental injury", and those who originally wanted to come out to kneel to welcome the new monarch also shrank back, and closed the doors and windows one by one, only daring to peek out through the cracks in the door.

The rubber wheels made it easier for the carriage to run, so the speed of the group was very fast, and it didn't take long to reach Chaoyangmen.

At this time, there was also a dead silence on the Chaoyang Gate, and the tiger guard who arrived here first was already waiting, Tian Boguang asked, it turned out that he didn't see Fan Xian's cronies planted here when he came, and he had already escaped after hearing the news of the thieves entering the city. Everyone moved together, opened the gates, and lowered the drawbridge at the head of the city, so that after a little delay, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard behind them.

"It's not going to work, it's easy to catch up." Tian Boguang looked at the Zheng family's hands, his face was panicked, obviously afraid of being left behind in the palace, he sneered: "You are the queen of the palace or go first, choose for yourself." ”

"Let's go first." Zheng Zhifeng said sharply: "We have few people, so we can only escort us." ”

"Alright, let's go." Tian Boguang looked at his subordinates: "Zhang Zili, you take people to snipe at the city gate, and then catch up, we will meet you at the original place!" ”

"Yes!"

The team known as Zhang Zili saluted, glanced at Zheng Sen, and dismounted with his own hundred people. The rest of the group began to move on, and before they had been halfway through, they heard the sound of fierce gunfire.

"Kill! Kill officers and soldiers! ”

Along with the sound of gunfire was the shouts of the invading army, and the shouts were earth-shattering, and they could be heard, at least, hundreds of thousands of people.

"Oh no, there are too many intruders, and your department is afraid that it won't be able to hold on, so you should send more people." Zheng Zhifeng was also a little ashamed at this time: "Why don't I send ten people to help?" ”

He has a total of more than 20 people and less than 30 people, and he is willing to send ten people, which can be regarded as sincere.

"No, it's a piece of cake." Tian Boguang didn't accept this feeling.

After walking for about two miles, the gunshots behind him could not be heard, Zheng Zhifeng sighed secretly in his heart, afraid that the hundred-man team was destroyed by the thieves, even if it was not extinguished, he was afraid that it would be difficult to get out of it. But after a while, the sound of horses' hooves behind him, Zheng Zhifeng thought it was a thief chasing after him again, looking at the surrounding terrain with nowhere to hide, he was anxious, but he saw that the person who came was dressed and dressed as a tiger guard!

"It's back...... Still one without loss? ”

Zheng Zhifeng opened her mouth wide, and she really didn't know what to say. He had heard of Huwei's combat effectiveness for a long time, and the Zheng family had even fought a decisive battle with Huwei at sea, but he personally saw it with his own eyes and still felt a shock. Hundreds of troops were easily defeated by the Tiger Guard, and they didn't even dare to chase after them, but the Tiger Guard was not a single one!

In fact, this is inevitable.

Not to mention the huge gap in military quality between the army and the tiger guard, not to mention the difference in equipment between the two sides that is almost half a generation, just because the tiger guard is prepared to fight, and the army is in a hurry, the result is already doomed.

Li Zicheng was also afraid that Chongzhen and important people in the city would escape, so after entering the city, he judged that the overall situation had been decided, so he sent people from all walks of life to take over the city defense. They went all the way very smoothly, and everywhere they went, the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty surrendered one after another, and there was no decent resistance at all. Therefore, they thought that it would be the same when they arrived at Chaoyangmen, but they were slapped by Zhang Zili with muskets, and a third of the hundreds of people who came to seize the gate fell on the spot, and the rest were panicked and fled back immediately.

The news soon spread to Li Zicheng, and with it, there were also ten carts. Although he didn't know who was in the car, Li realized that if he couldn't get the ten big cars, his attack on the capital would not be a complete success.

"Gao Yigong, you go and find out what's going on, whether there are people or treasures in those ten carts." For the first time, he still thought of the fierce general in his hand: "No matter what, bring it to me!" ”

"Most likely the prince." Next to Li Yandao.

"The Prince?"

"Yes, just now a senior official of the imperial court surrendered to me, claiming to be named Zhou Kui, but the abbot of Emperor Chongzhen, saying that in the morning, Chongzhen brought the three princes to his house and asked him to hide. Li Yan smiled disdainfully: "Chongzhen is now a fallen tree, and he doesn't care about his father-in-law, it's really a betrayal of his relatives!" ”

"As long as you don't leave, Chongzhen is fine." Li Zicheng didn't care about the prince who fled.

"King Chuang's words are wrong, if it is really the prince who escapes, after he arrives in the south, the courtiers of the Zhu family in the south will be regarded as the emperor, and it will not be conducive to King Chuang cleaning up Jiangnan at that time." Li Yanjin said: "No matter what, we can't let them get away!" ”

"King Chuang is right, as long as Chongzhen doesn't leave, what is it to get rid of the prince, not to mention that there are hundreds of thousands of descendants of the Zhu family in the whole world, and the group of dog officials in the south want to help out Emperor Zhu, and it is different to help anyone, and it doesn't necessarily have to be Zhu Youzhen's son." Niu Jinxing shook his head and said: "What's more, now that King Chuang has entered the Beijing Division, he has been enthroned as the emperor since Fengtian was born, and King Chuang ...... My emperor is clearly decided, where will he say that it is bad, but you haven't thought about it carefully, general. ”

"What Prime Minister Niu said is what he said, what he said!" Li Zicheng stroked his beard and laughed: "What about Zong Min, where did he go?" ”

"General Liu entered the palace, saying that he wanted to taste the emperor's ladies."

"Ah, that's not possible, that's not possible, we haven't tasted it yet......"

"King Chuang, it's not yet time to ask for a woman, it's important to find Chongzhen!" Li Yan was anxious when he heard this, and grabbed Li Zicheng.

"What the general said is very true, now is the time to find out Chongzhen, and when my emperor officially ascends the throne, women don't want to have anything!" This time, Niu Jinxing also approved of Li Yan.

Li Zicheng smiled: "Okay, two brothers...... What Aiqing said is reasonable, so he went with me to find Emperor Chongzhen, if he didn't die, I would also make him a big official! ”

They rushed towards the palace, and Li Zicheng said that he wanted to find out Chongzhen, but after Baoding opened the head of bad military discipline, where can the soldiers be restrained now. Those soldiers poured in one after another, and went to the houses of the Forbidden City one by one, trying to find Chongzhen under the chests and crotches of those palace maids.

Li Yan looked at this scene in a daze, not knowing what to do.

He definitely didn't expect that the great hero and hero he saw in Hanzhong Mountain who had the world in mind and were grateful to the people, and the soldiers he had trained by combining Xinxiang's art of war, would become so fast!

Fall will always come faster than progress. (To be continued)