Section 303 Escape
Although they were only holding a single knife, these people still rushed forward in a dense wall formation.
Thirty people, thirty knives, and the opponent is pressed by one piece, and three hundred people are there.
On the city wall, the Ming officers and soldiers were stunned, and thirty people launched a charge against three hundred.
It should have been into the mud cow into the sea, but the mud cow did not disperse after entering the sea, but stirred up a thousand waves like a reef.
Immediately blood splattered everywhere, shouting for killing, and after dozens of people died, the group of peasant soldiers with long and short knives and guns, and even hoes and iron forks, shouted again, and ran away as they came.
And thirty people here are still thirty people!
Yang Chao's elite soldiers, each wearing double armor, not to mention the hoes and iron forks of the peasant army, even their rusty knives and guns can't do any damage, plus without training, they rush into the enemy formation like a tiger into a flock, and after killing dozens of people, it is common sense for the other party to collapse.
But in the eyes of the group of guards in the Beijing camp who had not even killed chickens on the city wall, they believed that these elite soldiers were too strong, and suddenly someone whispered.
"This is Yang Chao's soldier."
"No wonder you can kill 10,000 with 600."
"We didn't believe it before, but this time."
And under the city, Yang Chao's soldiers were cleaning the battlefield.
"Mah, that's it?"
Just after slashing and killing a few people, wiping the blood stains on the knife, and just putting away the waist knife, Bian Er couldn't help but curse angrily, he really couldn't understand how this kind of thing could enter Beijing City.
At this moment he saw a man in a ragged shirt crawling on the ground, and immediately walked over and put a knife on his neck.
"The good man spares his life, and the little one is also forced to be helpless!"
The man spoke in a Beijing accent, and seemed to be from the vicinity of Beijing.
Bian Er knew that Li Zicheng had come all the way east, and there were more thieves. There are guards in Shanxi, border troops on the nine sides, and a large number of displaced people. This person is obviously a homeless person who has been coerced from the Gyeonggi area.
"Tell me, whose subordinate are you?"
"We are the pawns of Governor Li. The soldier spares his life, the little one is a good citizen! ”
"Good people?"
Bian Er snorted coldly, and as soon as the knife was twisted, a human head was tilted to the side.
At this time, there was a great chaos in the palace, only to see eunuchs and palace maids running around, some falling to the ground crying bitterly, and some running around with their belongings in their arms.
Wang Chengen lamented. Strode towards Chongzhen, only to see Chongzhen sitting on the throne decadently, his eyes glazed over, and the bright dragon robe on his body seemed to have lost its lustre.
This is the Qianqing Palace, the bedroom of the emperor and the imperial concubine, and at this time there was a large group of crying concubines and princesses standing in front of Chongzhen.
"Cheng'en, go get my sword!"
Seeing Wang Chengen, Chongzhen staggered to his feet and said.
Wang Chengen was anxious: "Your Majesty can't!" ”
He thought Chongzhen wanted to commit suicide.
Chongzhen smiled bitterly: "Li Thief has entered the Chengtian Gate. ”
Just now, the eunuch came to report that Li Zicheng had entered the Chengtian Gate, and shot an arrow with a bow on the plaque of the Chengtian Gate "Fengtian Carrier", and was killing towards the palace at this time.
At this time, the seven gates of the outer city of Beijing had all been captured by Li Zicheng. The nine gates of the inner city are also all lost, and only Dong'an Gate is still in the palace gate, but it has also faced attack.
Only the four gates of Miyagi are still in hand. However, there are only Jinyi guards and eunuchs defending the palace city now, and it is impossible to stop Li Zicheng's army.
Chongzhen knew that his general situation was gone, and he couldn't wait for Yang Chao's rescue.
"Cheng'en, let people send the princes out of the city to hide!"
Chongzhen summoned all three sons to him, told them to change into people's clothes, and when they went out of the city, they would kowtow when they saw the civil officials, and they would also kowtow when they saw Li Thief's army, they were no longer princes, and they could hold their lives. Just leave the Zhu family's incense.
When Wang Chengen saw this situation, he remembered the request of Yang Chao's generals. Immediately said: "Your Majesty, send a decree to Yang Chao's general to escort the prince out of the city!" ”
Chongzhen was completely desperate at this time. He no longer had the motivation to draw up a plan, so he waved his hand casually: "You go and take them away, and save your life!" ”
Wang Chengen suddenly knelt down and cried bitterly: "The slave is deeply favored by the emperor, and he can't protect His Majesty's safety, how dare he survive for a capital crime, he is willing to be by His Majesty's side and die a martyr!" ”
Chongzhen laughed bitterly, crying and laughing, tears full of sadness in the laughter.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were defeated by Li Zicheng, the princes and nobles were stingy and guarded their wealth, and the nobles and military ministers fought back, but in the end, only one eunuch was loyal, and he was really a failure as the emperor.
Wang Chengen didn't wait for the emperor's permission, and immediately pulled over a few little eunuchs next to him who didn't run away and cried with everyone.
"Go and send the prince out of the palace, remember to go to Donghua Gate, go outside Dong'an Gate!"
The little eunuch hurriedly greeted a few trembling princes, wiped away his tears and hurriedly walked out of the dormitory.
As soon as the little eunuchs left, Chongzhen cried and said to Queen Zhou: "You are the mother of the country, and you should be martyred." ”
Empress Zhou also cried and said: "The concubine has followed you for eighteen years, and Your Majesty has never heard a word from the concubine, so that there is today." Now that His Majesty has ordered the concubine to die, how dare the concubine not die?"
After speaking, he was on the side, and with the help of a group of crying palace maids, he untied himself and hanged himself.
Chongzhen said to Yuan Guifei: "You can also go with the queen!"
Yuan Guifei cried goodbye and hanged herself.
Zhu Youzhen hurriedly summoned the fifteen-year-old eldest princess, and said with tears in her eyes: "Why did you want to be born into the emperor's family!"
After saying that, he covered his face with his left sleeve, and pulled out a knife with his right hand to cut her.
Wang Chengen couldn't bear to say loudly and suddenly: "Your Majesty, Yang Chao's generals will be loyal and brave to fight, and send the princess away." ”
Chongzhen's knife finally did not fall, but was thrown aside casually, and he fell on the throne and wailed.
Wang Chengen pulled up the eldest princess Zhu Yujiao, who was sitting on the ground with a frightened face, and asked the two palace maids to take them out immediately and catch up with the prince in front.
After being quiet, Chongzhen still ordered the remaining concubines to hang themselves, including a five-year-old daughter, Princess Zhaoren, who told the concubines that it was better to die early than to wait for the thief to enter the palace and be humiliated.
But Chongzhen did not commit suicide, he changed into civilian clothes, but at this time he was ready to go out of the city, he also fantasized about being able to mix out, he mixed in the eunuchs out of Donghua Gate, out of Donghua Gate, Dong'an Gate, and finally to Chaoyangmen, pretending to be a eunuch, but the guards of Chaoyang Gate have surrendered, and the guards of the gate please verify it at dawn and then come out. The order of the eunuch to seize the door failed, so he hurriedly sent people to the house of Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Qi Guo, who was in charge of the city guard, and the Zhu family said that Zhu had not returned to the banquet. Chongzhen rushed to Andingmen again, but the gate was too heavy to open. The way to survive was completely cut off.
"General Yang can keep the prince safe!"
Chongzhen muttered, at this time, there was only one Wang Chengen left beside him, and the other little eunuchs, after seeing that they couldn't escape with the emperor, ran away one by one.
Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, General Yang's subordinates all have the courage of ten thousand people, and they can kill seven in and seven out of the three armies." ”
Chongzhen smiled bitterly: "It should have been decreed to King Yang Chaoqin a long time ago." ”
He didn't know Yang Chao, but at this last moment, it was just a kind of psychological comfort.
In fact, he didn't have a chance at all, because his imperial court reaction ability was too poor, Li Zicheng appeared in Changping, and he issued the edict of King Qin, not to mention Yang Chao in the south of the Yangtze River, even the king of Qin, who was close at hand, was afraid that it would be too late.
In fact, there was only one Tang Tong who came to Qinwang, and as a result, he surrendered with the eunuchs he sent.
After a chaotic collision, Chongzhen and Wang Chengen unknowingly walked to the coal mountain.
Walking to the Shouhuang Pavilion, Wang Chengen helped Chongzhen to rest in the pavilion, and there was a crooked neck tree opposite.
Suddenly, he saw smoke burning in the direction of the palace, and the palace was on fire, and Chongzhen couldn't help but feel sad.
Suddenly tore off his shirt, bit his fingers, and wrote a bloody letter.
Wang Chengen watched from the sidelines: "I despise Liangde, and I am to blame, but all the ministers are mistaken." I died without a face to see my ancestors, and I took off my crown and covered my face with hair. Let the thieves be divided, and do not hurt a single person. ”
I saw that Chongzhen finished writing, and really threw away the crown, pulled down the bun, covered his face, hung his clothes bag on the beam of the Shouhuang Pavilion, and stretched out his head to put it on.
Wang Chengen watched quietly, and did not stop or admonish, just crying silently.
When the emperor's body didn't move, Wang Chengen put him down with great difficulty, smoothed the clothes on his body, placed them neatly, and then silently walked to the old tree opposite, he also untied his clothes pocket and made a sling!
When several eunuchs and princes came down from Dong'an Gate, Yu Jiye's thirty people had already repelled the attack of two groups of Li Zicheng's army, if they weren't here to block, Dong'an Gate was in the east, the farthest away from Li Zicheng's army, I am afraid it would have been broken a long time ago, even if it was not broken, the soldiers in the city probably surrendered.
As soon as a few princes came, Yu Jiye immediately decided to retreat, there was no need to hold on here, Li Zicheng's army was more and more people every time, just now they had to attack five hundred people with a hard thigh, they were also tired, and three people were seriously injured.
"Take off some clothes!"
Yu Jiye asked his men to pull out a few rags from the peasant army.
Then let the princes change it.
Not to mention the princes wearing brocade clothes, they also carried a large number of pearls and jades in their arms.
Yu Jiye couldn't help sighing, grabbed it, and sprinkled it on the ground.
The eunuchs and princes who watched were distressed, but no one dared to stop them at this time, and for the first time they had a fear of lowly soldiers.
Just finished getting these, and suddenly a few more people came down from the city, all of them were beautiful women, which made these big-headed soldiers shine one by one!
These women's clothes were not easy to find, and Yu Jiye had no time, because a larger group of peasant troops attacked, but fortunately, the treasures they sprinkled on the ground worked, and the peasant soldiers fought for a while, and no one came to chase them.
Under the leadership of the eunuchs, they walked through the streets and alleys near the imperial city, avoiding several groups of troops who couldn't tell what kind of army they were along the way, and they had reached a city wall.
This is the inner city wall! (To be continued...... )。