readx; At the same time that Zhu Youzhen ascended to the head of the morning gate, near the Yongding Gate, the south gate of the Beijing Division, the battle also entered a white-hot stage. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It turned out that the eunuch party found out that Zhang Weixian had taken over the command of the Zhongcheng Soldiers and Horses Division that night, and immediately knew that something was wrong, so he had to launch it suddenly. The biggest trump card in their hands is the five military camps that have just been transferred to the city, with about 10,000 troops. These 10,000 soldiers were divided into three routes, attacking the imperial city all the way, attacking Zhang Zhiji's Beicheng Soldiers and Horses all the way, and attacking Zhou Kui's Nancheng Soldiers and Horses all the way. Now the Beicheng soldiers and horses have surrendered, Desheng Gate, Anding Gate and other city gates have fallen, only Zhou Kui is still guarding Yongding Gate.

The chaotic soldiers who attacked Yongding Gate were personally led by Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the military department. He was Wei Zhongxian's first thinker, and of course he was well aware of the consequences of this mutiny. If you can't quickly control the situation in Beijing, once Chongzhen escapes and orders the world's soldiers and horses to come to King Jingqin, then the eunuch party will be shattered. So he vigorously urged the five military camps to storm Yongdingmen, and one of the hundred households retreated because of cowardice, and he was beheaded by him with his own hands to set an example.

And his opponent Zhou Kui is not ambiguous, he does not divide his troops in many places like Zhang Zhiji, but uses all his forces to defend Yongding Gate, and the Zuo'anmen and You'anmen next to him give up directly.

Moreover, Zhou Kui was very able to understand the minds of ordinary officials and soldiers, and he moved all the more than 100,000 taels of silver that he had been greedy for in the past two years as the deputy governor of Jinyi and Wei to the city. It is stated that if you kill a thief, you will be rewarded with a heavy reward of 100 taels, and it will be distributed on the spot, and no credit will be given. Not only that, but he also shouted to the soldiers of the five military camps at the head of the city: "This commander is an edict to beg for thieves, I am the ruler of the court, don't you still believe it?" Now the edict to help the commander of the envoy to guard the Yongding Gate will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver! ”

Whether it is the soldiers and horses of the five cities or the officers and soldiers of the five military camps, in fact, they do not have the spirit of loyalty and patriotism, and they are just to eat for a living. It doesn't matter to them who becomes the emperor; But the silver of the white flowers can't help but make them very moved!

Zhou Kui tossed like this, although the defenders of the city were even more desperate, but the five military camps besieging the city were shaken by the morale of the army, and even some really defected and joined Zhou Kui's side. was so anxious that Cui Chengxiu shouted hoarsely: "Don't listen to his nonsense, he is the rebel!" Anyone who helps the headquarters to attack the city will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver, and the official will be promoted to one level! ”

But Cui Chengxiu didn't come out with the silver, so he could only talk and not practice; Zhou Kui handed out silver on the spot, which caused thunderous cheers from the city, and his morale was greatly boosted!

Of course, most of the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Army Battalion were still forced by Cui Chengxiu's strict orders and began to attack Yongdingmen in waves. However, Yongding Gate is the most magnificent and strong among the seven gates of the outer city, and it is also equipped with an urn city. Zhou Kui ordered his men to defend the horse road on the upper city wall, and piled the corpses of the attacking rebels together and set them on fire; He also ordered the archers to condescend and shoot arrows at the five army camps under the city. The combat effectiveness of the five military battalions is also limited compared to the Soldiers and Horses, and the two sides were inextricably separated for a while, and there were many casualties under the gate, and Cui Chengxiu was never able to take Yongding Gate.

However, after all, the soldiers and horses of Nancheng are too small, only about 1,000 people; Cui Chengxiu had nearly 4,000 soldiers, and under the disparity in numbers, Zhou Kui's side suffered heavy casualties and gradually lost its support, so he had to give up the Yongding Gate Gate Tower and go to the arrow tower in Wengcheng to continue to resist. Cui Chengxiu climbed the gatehouse full of dead corpses, and saw that there were only a few hundred people left on the other side, and they could only be trapped in the arrow tower, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, secretly thinking that as long as this place was completely taken down, and the gates of the Jingshi City were all closed, Chongzhen had the ability to reach the sky, and it was difficult to fly.

At this moment, Zhou Kui's side on the urn city suddenly cheered loudly! Cui Chengxiu was taken aback, and when he looked up hurriedly, he saw that a fire dragon suddenly appeared on the horizon in the southwest direction outside the city! After another moment, the fire dragon had turned into a sea of fire, and at the same time, it emitted a "boom" sound of thunder, which made people's hearts break!

It turned out that this was the Qin soldiers led by Li Dingguo and others, and finally the soldiers came to the city at this critical moment! The sea of fire is composed of 10,000 horsemen and light horses, each holding a torch high, shouting "edict to beg the thief", like Mount Tai pressing the top of the Yongding Gate!

Cui Chengxiu's face was as frightened as ashes, although he didn't know where this army came from, it was definitely not from the three major battalions. With a stubborn attitude, he hurriedly ordered the five military camps to close the Yongding Gate gate that he had just captured, thinking that as long as the Forbidden City could be the first to succeed, and the edict was announced at the head of the city, maybe this army would be self-defeating.

But at this time, a white light suddenly flashed on the arrow tower of the urn city, and a spherical figure jumped down, jumping three times and jumping to the bottom of the Yongding Gate gatehouse, which was really fast as lightning. The rebels in the door were just about to close the door, only to feel a flower in front of them, and then their necks were cold, and their throats had been cut by someone who came!

Cui Chengxiu looked down from the city, and his nose was crooked. It turned out that this person was Xiaoyao Bo Zhou Kui, don't look at him short and fat, but he has a mastery of the Gusu Zhou family, one of the six great families of martial arts. Gusu Zhou's martial arts are known for their lightness, but Zhou Kui is a big fat man, he hit the west in the middle of the chaotic army, and everything he touched immediately hit the air, but Zhou Kui skillfully used the power of the rebound to avoid more than ten blades attacking at the same time, and launched a fierce counterattack quickly and incoherently. The rebels gathered hundreds of people outside the doorway, but the doorway was extremely narrow, and it was impossible for so many people to squeeze in all of them, so Zhou Kui was forced to guard the doorway alone, and this door just couldn't be closed!

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and the fighter planes are fleeting. In just such a short time, the Qin soldiers had already killed the city like arrows from the string. The gate of the urn city had already been opened by the soldiers of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses, and Hao Yongzhong, the commander of the third regiment, took the lead, and Pegasus crossed the moat and plunged into the urn city.

At this time, the city wall of the urn city was full of rebellious soldiers from the five military camps, and when they saw Hao Yongzhong breaking in, they hurriedly opened their bows and released arrows. Hao Yongzhong kept fighting, turning the iron spear in his hand like the wind, only listening to the sound of "clanging", all the arrows were knocked away!

That is, in the blink of an eye, Hao Yongzhong's war horse had already rushed to the door of Yongding Gate. Hao Yongzhong roared, the sound was like a huge thunder, and Zhou Kui soared into the air when he heard the sound, and it actually stuck to the top of the arched doorway!

At this time, the iron cavalry of the Qin soldiers had already followed Hao Yongzhong in, and this black torrent immediately rushed through under the Yongding Gate. The rebels are like a breach of a, and in the blink of an eye, they are crushed and overwhelmed!

Looking at the cavalry that poured in like a tide, Cui Chengxiu lamented on the gate tower of Yongding Gate: "It's over!" ”

Looking back at the Zhengyang Gate of the inner city in the north, I saw that the rebels there had not even figured out what was going on, and they were rushed straight by the Qin soldiers. In an instant, the city was filled with bright torches and the shouts of "edicts against thieves"!

Cui Chengxiu regretted it a little at this time, regretting that he shouldn't have been on the wrong team and followed Wei Zhongxian to a dead end. But there is no regret medicine in this world!

With trembling hands, he took out one of his favorite jade objects from his bosom. It was a piece of milky white Hetian jade, and it cost him 150,000 taels of silver to pursue it. Cui Chengxiu originally planned to wait for the first assistant to inlay this piece of jade on his crown. At this time, the jade reflected the fire all over the city, and his own desperate countenance.

Cui Chengxiu smiled sadly, swallowed the beautiful jade into his stomach in one gulp, and then jumped down from the tall gatehouse.