"Are you Zhu Youzhen?"

"Yes, sinner!"

Zhang Ke suddenly raised his eyebrows, quickly returned to normal, and said with a smile: "Zhu Youzhen, do you remember that ten years ago, I was here, I accompanied you into the Forbidden City and assisted you in ascending the throne, but ten years later, I want to take the throne from your hands, but what is the thanks?" ”

Chongzhen lowered his eyebrows, smiled bitterly, raised his head, looked at Zhang Ke in his prime, like the majesty of the sky, and then looked at himself, bent over and arched his back, like a little old man, you must know that he is much younger than Zhang Ke!

How unjust the heavens are!

I have been on the throne for ten years, and I have been frugal and frugal, and I have governed the country. ended up like this, lost the country and lost the country, couldn't even keep the mausoleum of my ancestors, and had to go overseas and be scolded by the world, what am I?

Chongzhen's body kept trembling, his fingers were thrust into his palm, and blood flowed down his fist.

It hurts, it hurts my heart!

The king of the dead country, think about it, Emperor Jianwen was like this, besieged in the capital by his imperial uncle, bombarded the sky from all sides, shouting and killing.

Now that there are no more people to fight, he can't even compare to Emperor Jianwen, it's really damned!

Chongzhen raised his head, his throat moving back and forth, as if he wanted to say something, and in the end only a sigh remained.

"Becoming a king or defeating a king, I am already the king of the dead country, please don't get an inch, the world is yours, just leave a way for Zhu to live!"

Zhang Ke looked at Chongzhen, who was pale, and was indeed a little pitiful, a slap and asking others to say that it didn't hurt, it was too much. Zhang Ke shook his head and said with a smile: "Zhu Youzhen, I once heard a saying that the direction is wrong, and stopping is progress." Your diligence has become a road to the dark, alas, it is useless to talk more. I promise to exile you abroad. will speak and count, and will never harm you. You might as well also test how different the country under my rule is from you! ”

Before Chongzhen could speak, Qian Qianyi jumped out from behind and said loudly: "Your Majesty is broad-minded, unparalleled in the world, Chongzhen was originally a king who lost his morality and lost his country, and he deserved to die and die for the country." His Majesty's Sacred Heart is merciful and exiled abroad. To make him reform is really an unprecedented virtue, and the old minister admires it! ”

With him taking the lead, Ruan Dacheng, and even Zhou Tingru and others stood up, and kept saying compliments, as if Chongzhen on the side was air!

Yesterday he was a king's courtier, but now he has become a stranger, and these people have changed their faces too quickly. It's also thanks to them that they can say it. I don't know the word shame.

Chongzhen gritted his steel teeth, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and he took a slow step and lifted the heirloom jade seal high.

"Daming Jiangshan. It's all here! ”

Zhang Ke urged the white horse, and when he got closer, he took a look and smiled with satisfaction. Reach out and grab the jade seal.

All the ministers present looked at it, and time seemed to stand still, and the world was about to change hands. The Ming Dynasty died like this for nearly three hundred years!

Everyone can't believe it, but they can't help it!

Soon, Zhang Ke's hand was getting closer and closer to the jade seal, getting closer and closer, only a minute or two away.

Suddenly!

Chongzhen's rickety figure straightened up suddenly, and he reached out from under the tray containing the jade seal, and a dagger appeared in his hand.

"Rebels and thieves, suffer death!"

Chongzhen's body was like an arrow off the string, shooting out violently, and the dagger went straight into Zhang Ke's heart.

The dagger is sharp and sharp, reflecting the blue glow, no need to ask, seeing the poison that seals the throat with blood, as long as it is stabbed, Zhang Ke will definitely die.

The generals behind were so frightened that their mouths opened wide, their protection of Zhang Ke was not inconsiderate, but no one could have imagined that Chongzhen, who was powerless, could play with Zhang Ke? Could it be that this emperor is a hidden master, it is too!

The two brothers, Qiao Fu and Qiao Gui, urged the horse forward to rescue them almost at the same time, and more people barely reacted, so they could only watch.

The dagger was getting closer and closer to Zhang Ke, saying that it was too late, it was fast, just when the dagger was about to be stabbed, suddenly Zhang Ke's war horse knelt down on the front legs.

Zhang Ke's body suddenly became more than two feet shorter, and the dagger stabbed against Zhang Ke's shoulder, but he didn't stab it.

Chongzhen hurriedly turned around and wanted to give Zhang Ke another knife, but he was wearing the emperor's dragon robe, which was wide and cumbersome, and he stepped on the corner of his clothes, his body shook, and he almost fell. As he stood up straight again, ready to attack, the bowstring snapped, and a wolf-tooth arrow pierced his back and stabbed out of his heart.

The blood was gushing like a fountain, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and he fell to his knees, straight and breathless.

Qiao Fu rushed to Chongzhen, and suddenly found that the skin on his sideburns was upturned, and when he reached out and grabbed it, he actually tore off a lot of hair and a big piece of skin.

"It's a fake!" Qiao Fu shouted in surprise, and at this moment, countless bows and arrows suddenly poked out from the Chengtian Gate, and the bowstrings sounded, and the arrows rained down.

Zhang Ke had already lifted the war horse at this time, lay on the horse's back, turned around and ran. In fact, he had long noticed something unusual, and Chongzhen put the blame on the ministers until he died, and did not admit that he was the king of the dead country. How can such a person easily admit guilt, Zhang Ke boldly judged that the other party is an impostor, at least worthy of suspicion.

Zhang Ke, who was careful, narrowly escaped the dagger, but the assassin's resoluteness still made Zhang Ke's back soaked.

"Quick, back off!"

Zhang Ke took the lead and led his subordinates to retreat, they moved quickly, but the hundred officials led by Zhou Tingru, as well as the eunuchs and palace maids who came out of the palace gate, had no premonition at all, and were covered by the rain of arrows.

Not long after, the ground was full of dead bodies, and there were screams in their throats, like hell.

Zhang Ke didn't have the heart to care about this, since he launched the assassination, it would definitely not end so easily. There are many more continuous follow-up moves that must be guarded against.

"Pass the order, form a circle, and get out of the city quickly."

There was no need for Zhang Ke to order, his subordinates were all well-trained and should become, and everyone immediately formed a group to protect Zhang Ke in the middle.

Boom Boom!

From the houses on both sides, there was a sudden rumbling sound, and cannonballs were coming at the soldiers. Some people couldn't dodge it, and they were shot through the body by solid shells and turned into a pile of minced meat.

Seeing that victory was in sight, they died in a daze, and the generals were mad.

Qiao Fu and Qiao Gui, as well as Liu Shaoqing, Ma Rufeng and others hurriedly led the way, protecting Zhang Ke to the east. Didn't run a few steps from the street corner. In the houses and shops, countless soldiers suddenly poured out, one by one holding short swords and shields, screaming, and pounced on Zhang Ke.

The ferocity of these people exceeded everyone's expectations, they didn't take themselves seriously at all, and the short knives in their hands only attacked, not defended, only forward. There is no back-off.

In an instant, Zhang Ke's personal guards also died a lot, the weapons of both sides were raised together, blood flew sideways, and people fell down one after another. Whoever fell, countless pairs of big feet stepped on it, and only patches of dark red remained on the ground.

Qiao Fu wielded a treasure knife in his hand and slashed five or six enemies in a row, and his body was soaked with blood. He wiped a handful of blood from his face. Listening closely, the entire capital was plunged into chaos.

In an instant, countless soldiers seemed to emerge from the ground, frantically attacking the Yizhou soldiers, in a hurry. The Yiju soldiers actually fell into disadvantage.

Qiao Fu's eyes were red, and he shouted at Zhang Ke: "It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, I'll be the pioneer, everyone will go out!" ”

He took the lead. The knife in his hand danced like a fly, and it was extremely ruthless, killing the enemy soldiers who rushed up. Corpses were everywhere. Zhang Ke was surrounded by a group of guards and fought his way out of the encirclement.

Zhang Ke's face was pale, he was not afraid, but angry, not only dissatisfied with his subordinates, but also aimed at himself!

I guessed that Chongzhen would not give up, but I didn't expect that he would be so resolute, and there were so many dead soldiers under his command, didn't it mean that all the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty were dead, what was going on?

Zhang Ke kept roaring in his heart, he had just run out not far away, and a fork in the road appeared in front of him, and he was hesitating which way to go, when he suddenly killed people from both sides.

The one who rushed to the front to command was a black and thin little man, who was no stranger to this person Zhang Ke, he was Yuan Chonghuan!

Yuan Chonghuan once assisted Mr. Sun against Zhang Ke in Liaodong, and later suffered the defeat of Liuhe, Mr. Sun hurriedly returned to Beijing, and later Chongzhen succeeded to the throne and wanted to re-enable Sun Chengzong, but the court did not have the slightest opinion on Mr. Sun, thinking that he was in name only, and he was old, so he was not used.

As for Yuan Chonghuan, he fled back to Guannei, he is a person with strong willpower, when he was a county commander, he dared to take the initiative to fight for a wealth in Liaodong, and now although he has a bad reputation, the heart of fame has not died, he is waiting for the opportunity.

Sure enough, Zhang Ke is getting bigger and bigger, Chongzhen doesn't like Zhang Ke, Yuan Chonghuan, who once stood on the opposite side of Zhang Ke, has the opportunity to turn over, he first made up a county order, and then served as the official of the Daimyo Mansion.

In the promotion of officials, he selected capable fighters, recruited soldiers from Fujian, trained into an elite force of 1,000 people, and his official position was also promoted to the military preparation road.

For such a petty official, Zhang Ke didn't look at it, but when Zhang Ke raised troops on the side of Qingjun, Yuan Chonghuan took his men and horses and sneaked into the capital separately, and Yuan Chonghuan went straight to Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei.

After some discussion, Xu Hongji admired Yuan Chonghuan's loyalty and bravery, and recommended him to Chongzhen.

Yuan Chonghuan said to Chongzhen: "Don't look at the huge power of the Yizhou soldiers, but in fact, the manpower is scattered, and the generals are not convinced. His Majesty regained the country, and Zhongxing Daming was in one fell swoop. ”

Chongzhen was said to be enthusiastic, and the next thing was logical, Yuan Chonghuan and Xu Hongji teamed up to lay out today's game.

"Brothers, the time has come to kill the traitors, shoot arrows!"

The bowstrings rattled, and the arrows shot like locusts. Coincidentally, on the street, there was nowhere to hide, the soldiers fell to the ground wailing, and the people around Zhang Ke quickly decreased.

Liu Shaoqing was the most astute, and suddenly saw that the shops on the street had sealed their doors and windows with wooden boards. He hurried over and, together with his brothers, tore off the planks and stood in front of him.

Bows and arrows kept clattering on the planks, and the soldiers were wounded from time to time, but when they finally got covered, they immediately loaded their guns and fired fiercely.

The smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the range of the bows and arrows on the opposite side was not as long as that of the firearms, and the flesh was blurred, and the corpses were everywhere, and the blood flowed down the road to the ditches on both sides, and the suffocating bloody gas filled the sky.

Yuan Chonghuan's face turned red, he knew that there was a fight for life and death, if he couldn't kill Zhang Ke quickly, and then get out of danger quickly, hundreds of thousands of troops outside would kill them and tear them apart!

"Listen to me, rush, rush up!"

Yuan Chonghuan brandished the command knife, which one was behind, he stabbed unceremoniously. Sticking out the head is dead and shrinking the head is also dead, these soldiers are helpless. can only fight to kill.

Gunshots rumble, and if you shoot one, two enemies will rush up, and it will be endless, and your scalp will be numb. The forks in the road are blocked, so let's just go through the alley.

Zhang Ke fought and left, there were only more than 100 people left around him, and Ma Rufeng and the others had already run away. Zhang Ke was still calm, and said to the brothers: "Everyone has to hold on, it won't be long." Our reinforcements will arrive, and these little people are killing themselves! ”

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

There was an earth-shattering sound, and the ground under his feet was shaking, and Qiao Fu jumped on the wall to look into the distance, and the flying arrows swept past him, so frightened that Qiao Fu hurriedly jumped down.

"What sound?" Zhang Ke exclaimed.

"It's like gunpowder." Qiao Fu gritted his teeth: "I guess it is to bury gunpowder in key places, first, it can cause riots and panic, and secondly, it can prevent people and horses from outside from killing in." ”

"It's really deliberate. Yuan Chonghuan, this guy has a lot of skills. ”

Liu Shaoqing's little face was dark, and his face was still injured, and he said, "Your Majesty, don't praise that bastard." Let's think about what to do, right? ”

"It's not easy."

While he was thinking about it, a shout suddenly sounded behind him: "Chase quickly, the traitor is here!" ”

"Oh no, the traitor is coming!" Qiao Fu and Liu Shaoqing are one left and one right. Protecting Zhang Ke, he retreated down.

Unfortunately, people on both sides see each other as traitors. I don't know who's real.

"Come this way." Zhang Ke pointed to a mansion next to him, which covered a vast area, Qiao Fu directly cut off the door bolt, and everyone rushed in.

Yuan Chonghuan led the people to follow.

"Lord Qiyu, someone saw the thief running in!"

"Hmph, they can't run, set fire to me."

This trick was too damaging, the wooden houses were on fire, and the wind was strong today, so the fire spread in an instant, and the whole street was shrouded in flames. Tongues of fire flew wildly, and wherever they fell, a fire arose.

Yuan Chonghuan's face was flushed, and he trembled with excitement.

"Burn, burn! Burn Zhang Ke! ”

"Come on, block all the intersections for me, as long as you see someone escaping, kill them immediately!"

"Yes!"

His men and horses immediately scattered in all directions, guarding all the street entrances.

The shouting and killing outside became stronger and stronger, and it was obvious that the Yizhou soldiers outside the city had already moved, and He An and others, who were sitting in the camp, heard the shouting and killing sound coming from inside the capital, and immediately mobilized men and horses to storm the capital.

At this time, the gates of the capital had been blocked by the Beijing camp, and Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, personally supervised the battle, and the two sides killed directly without saying a word.

On the other side of the Forbidden City, the real Emperor Chongzhen arrested all the ministers who had no one to protect, and in the face of them, he laughed wildly, and tears were almost coming out.

"Kill, kill all these shameless thieves! Not a single one to stay! Chongzhen shouted the last word with all the strength of his body, and the first assistant Zhou Tingru's eyes darkened, and he suddenly fainted.

A soldier rushed up and dragged Zhou Tingru away, smelling a foul smell, dripping yellow liquid along the crotch of his pants.

"It turns out that Shousuke-sama has this kind of guts, which is really funny!"

Chongzhen looked at the ministers who were dragged away one by one, his face showed unprecedented happiness, over the years he had been on the throne, Chongzhen asked himself, and he has always treated the ministers well.

When the country was ruined, not only could these people not follow to the death, but they actually took the initiative to take refuge in Zhang Ke and turned around to kill themselves.

The ministers are mistaken! Chongzhen pointed at them, like hungry beasts, and laughed wildly: "I just mistrusted you, so I lost the country." But it doesn't matter, I will let you bury my country, and when you get to Jiuquan, you still have to be my courtiers, and you will never be able to run, you can't run! ”

Chongzhen's eyes were red, and he grabbed a sword and pointed it at an old minister.

"Your Majesty, can you kill me, the old minister is your father-in-law, the grandfather of the prince, we are close relatives!"

"Phew, Zhou Kui, you are also worthy of saying the word relative, I asked you for military salary, you paid 2,000 taels, but gave Zhang Ke 200,000 taels, I just believed you, so I brought the country to the point where it is today, you go to die!"

Chongzhen used all his strength, the sword penetrated Zhou Kui's chest, the corner of the old thing's mouth gushed blood, his body twitched a few times, and he died on the spot.

Seeing his father-in-law die, Chongzhen was unprecedentedly happy and relaxed, he stretched out his hand, pulled out his sword vigorously, and aimed at another national abbot, Tian Hongyu.

"You go with him!" (To be continued......)