Chongzhen's face was pale, and he sat on the main hall.

Suddenly hearing a rumbling sound, Chongzhen was startled and asked, "On a sunny day, is it thundering?" ”

There were only a few Golden Palace guards and eunuchs left in the main hall, all of whom looked at each other and didn't know what was going on.

Chongzhen asked people to go out to check, and after a while, a eunuch replied: "Long live Qiqi, the sound of cannons came from the direction of Wanping, maybe, maybe-"

The eunuch stammered, not daring to continue.

At this moment, Zhao Jiacheng, the commander-in-chief of the Jinyi Guard, went to the palace and reported with a worried face: "Long live Qiyu, the Qilin Army bombarded Wanping Mansion, and its cannon range was much greater than that of the red-clothed cannons of the Wanping defenders, and the defenders could only be beaten passively. ”

Chongzhen was surprised that he didn't even have the strength to speak, waved his hand, and motioned for Zhao Jiacheng to step back. At this time, the sound of artillery became more and more intense. The earthquake made it seem that the beams of the Golden Temple were about to collapse.

Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair for a while, lost his soul, and walked down the golden hall.

When I came to the study, I looked up and saw the sword hanging on the wall. It was the sword that Yu Xiang presented.

Chongzhen took the sword off the wall, slowly pulled it out, and suddenly laughed uncontrollably, shouting: "Heaven is also dead!" Heaven will die for me! ”

Wang Chengen, who was guarding the door, had never seen Chongzhen like this, so he hurriedly ordered the little eunuch to find Zhao Jiacheng.

He was waiting at the door with a few little eunuchs, but he didn't dare to trespass into the imperial study, he was hesitating, it was not good to enter or retreat, and he was in a dilemma. Seeing that Princess Changping brought a few palace maids to Chongzhen to ask about the sound of the cannon, Chongzhen Ping was very fond of her, and only she dared to ask Chongzhen some things directly.

When Wang Chengen saw Princess Changping, it was like seeing a savior, and usually, Chongzhen would show a smile whenever he saw Princess Changping.

Wang Chengen shouted at the door: "Long live, Princess Changping asks to see!" ”

"Come in!" Chongzhen's voice was frighteningly low.

Wang Chengen waited for Chongzhen for a long time, and heard the ordinary taste from his voice. Wang Chengen was brave this time, and without Chongzhen's permission, he followed Princess Changping into the imperial study.

Chongzhen lost his soul, with tears in his eyes, holding a sword, seeing Princess Changping, he pressed forward step by step, and said: "Jiao'er, you shouldn't be born in the emperor's house, the country is ruined, it is better to die with dignity than to survive." ”

After all, Princess Changping is a child, and when she saw the usually pleasant-looking father and emperor, she held a sword in her hand, her eyes showed a fierce light, and she was so frightened that she cried out.

Seeing that there was not much in the situation, Wang Chengen fell to the ground, hugged Chongzhen's legs, and begged loudly: "Long live, calm down, calm down!" Don't hurt the princess. Things aren't getting to the worst yet. ”

Chongzhen was like a demonic barrier, his eyes were straight, and he said loudly: "Wang Chengen, you get out of the way for me, do you want to let me be humiliated?" If a thief dares to rebel, how can he spare us and others? If you don't get out of the way, don't blame me for being ruthless under the sword! ”

Wang Chengen burst into tears and begged: "Long live, even if you kill me, I have no complaints, things are not the worst yet, I must not give up lightly." ”

Chongzhen was furious and shouted: "Okay, you Wang Chengen, you also have to be disobedient, I will cut you first today." "Say, lift up your sword, and stab.

At this moment, Zhao Jiacheng led several Jinyi guards to feel. Seeing this scene, Zhao Jiacheng shouted: "Escort! Take Her Royal Highness the Princess and Lord Wang out of the Imperial Study! ”

Seeing that the situation was critical, the Jinyi guards couldn't take care of those, so they rushed up, snatched the sword from Chongzhen's hand, and escorted Wang Chengen and Princess Changping to the harem.

At this time, in the harem, Queen Zhou convened the harem concubines to discuss countermeasures.

The concubines are all panicked, in history, the country is ruined, and there are not a few people who are ravaged by the palace concubines, and those rebels often take out their anger at the harem. It's because people are panicking.

Empress Zhou saw that Concubine Wei Guizhi was sitting in the corner, her face was very quiet without any panic, so she asked, "Concubine Niangniang, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Concubine Yi was generous, and said unhurriedly: "The little girl has dealt with Yu Xiang before, he is not the kind of demon king who kills people without blinking, this time he entered Beijing, he said that he is the king of Qin, and he must not harm Long live." I don't think there's any need to panic, let alone run away. ”

The palace maid and concubine were full of confidence when she saw the righteous concubine's words, and she couldn't help but feel more steady.

Queen Zhou knew the past of Concubine Yi, and knew that she had a relationship with Yu Xiang, and Concubine Yi was old and serious, and she would not say anything unreliable.

Seeing Concubine Yi say this, Queen Zhou had an idea in her heart and said: "Now, everyone in the capital is in danger, we must calm down, so that the people of the capital can have a stable mentality. ”

These harem concubines should be inherited, and they dispersed.

Queen Zhou left the righteous concubine behind, and asked Yu Xiang many things in detail, from being a person to governing the army, asking in great detail, the righteous concubine had to answer all questions, and Queen Zhou had a comprehensive understanding of Yu Xiang, and her heart was more relieved.

At this time, Princess Changping, escorted by a team of palace maids, found Queen Zhou. Seeing that Princess Changping was frightened, the palace maids told the emperor that he wanted to kill Princess Changping, Queen Zhou was shocked and hurriedly rushed to the imperial study to comfort the emperor.

When I came to the imperial study, I saw Chongzhen sitting in the imperial study under the protection of several brocade guards, his face was gray. It's scary.

Queen Zhou entered the house, spoke slowly, stated the benefits and disadvantages, and let Chongzhen wait and see the changes and face it bravely. Under the comfort of Empress Zhou, Chongzhen gradually calmed down, stayed in the palace, and watched the changes.

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After a burst of artillery fire, a white flag was hung at the head of Wanping City, Chen Xinjia's body was hung on the wall, the soldiers in the city mutinied, and the young non-commissioned officer killed Chen Xinjia and opened the city gate.

The city gate was opened, and after Yu Xiang led his troops into the city, he left an army to receive the surrendered army, and the army did not stay, and continued to march towards the city of Beijing.

On September 21, the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the Qilin army arrived in Beijing, and the Xuanda soldiers defending the city had already opened the city gate to welcome the Qilin army into the city.

Many people, fearing the consequences of the fighting, closed their doors and heard hurried footsteps and the occasional gunfire in the streets. Soon calm returned.

All this was expected by the people, and they felt that there was nothing wrong, and every household slept peacefully in the earth-shaking changes in the capital.

On September 21, the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Yu Xiang led his troops to surround the palace, and Zhao Jiacheng led the Jinyi guards to surrender.

Yu Xiang found Emperor Chongzhen and sent eunuchs to inform the ministers that the morning dynasty would continue tomorrow.

All the guards of the palace were replaced by the unicorn army armed with steel guns.

At this point, the Qilin Army broke through the capital from Henan in two months, and the Chongzhen era passed, and Yu Xiang will open a new era of civilization.

The Qilin army marched day after day, fighting one after another, both sleepy and tired. The Qilin army of more than 100,000 almost filled the entire capital, and Yu Xiang had an order that no one should enter the people's homes, and the people should not be harassed.

The Qilin Army is strict in its governance, and those soldiers who surrender halfway to join the Qilin Army are more cautious, knowing the consequences of violating military discipline. The punishment for the two crimes is much worse than that of ordinary soldiers.

The streets and alleys of the capital, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, were full of Qilin troops, and the soldiers were allowed to sleep on the spot, they held steel guns, leaned against the wall, and fell asleep deeply.

What's worse is that it rained in the second half of the night, and some soldiers were drenched in their sleep, and they hid under the eaves of ordinary people.

The soldiers were so sleepy that they couldn't care about getting wet, and they fell asleep against the edge of the wall.

The next day, when the people opened the door, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the capital was full of Qilin troops. Many people were wet and still asleep.

So many troops actually did not commit any offense to the common people, and they didn't even know about their existence, and the people gave a thumbs up, and some people secretly closed the door in order not to disturb the rest of the Qilin Army soldiers.

Some of the older ones even brought quilts from home and secretly covered them with the soldiers.

Some of the soldiers woke up and hurriedly excused themselves, saying that they would not accept anything. And said that this is military discipline and asks for understanding. The common people admire the Qilin Army even more in their hearts. The common people quickly accepted and identified with the Qilin Army, and from the bottom of their hearts, they called the Qilin Army the soldiers of the common people. There are a thousand words in this title, and they regard the soldiers as their own children, as their own brothers, and this title is a supreme honor.

Some people, also worried that the Qilin army was caught in the rain and cold, spontaneously cooked ginger soup, which made the soldiers embarrassed, drank a violation of military discipline, did not drink but a piece of the people's mind, Liu Guoneng quickly reported the situation to Yu Xiang, Yu Xiang immediately instructed, accept the ginger soup, pay the silver taels, and hope that the people will understand, do not continue to send ginger soup.

Yu Xiang believes that the implementation of discipline can not be impersonal, but must not let the discipline be loose because of the human touch, today, the people kindly send ginger soup, tomorrow, the people kindly send bowls of rice, if they all accept, the day of the can't be kept even, people with ulterior motives arrange a table of banquets, win over and corrupt cadres, this kind of thing is too common in later generations, therefore, Yu Xiang asked the army to maintain purity from beginning to end, strictly abide by discipline, and must not be polluted.

The clear statement of the Qilin Army made the people even more admired, and the army of more than 100,000 people stationed in the capital did not commit any crimes in the autumn, and the order in the capital was quickly restored. Some ordinary people also set off firecrackers, and the sound of firecrackers resounded one after another throughout the capital.

The poor people rushed to tell each other and congratulate each other. Those Manchu spies, the ruffians and bullies in the capital fled the capital one after another. They knew that once the Qilin Army stabilized, they would suffer, which was the inevitable result of where the Qilin Army passed.

Those officials and lords who usually act as powerful and wealthy have become extremely low-key at this time, and many big families give money to their subordinates early in the morning to increase their welfare. They were all afraid that their subordinates would go to the Qilin Army to complain, and they didn't know what bad luck they would have in the future.