Such a scene made Li Zicheng a little confused, but one thing is certain, that is, Emperor Chongzhen did not intend to surrender honestly.

And it happened to be at this time that Liu Zongmin and He Renlong's soldiers and horses had also entered the imperial city and came to a wide place outside the Qianqing Palace. The soldiers and horses from all walks of life were crowded together, the banners were complicated, and suddenly there was some confusion, and people shouted and neighed.

He Renlong was dressed in a golden helmet and gold armor, which was particularly eye-catching, and when he rode to Li Zicheng's side, he immediately showed a sharp contrast.

Li Zicheng was still dressed in a soap robe, wearing light armor, a red cloak, and a felt hat, far inferior to He Renlong's gorgeous majesty, Li Zicheng peeked at He Renlong's dress, and snorted coldly from his nose.

He Renlong didn't care at all, and simply saluted Li Zicheng, but stood side by side with him. This made Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi and other generals of the Shun army dissatisfied.

Thinking about it, when He Renlong was desperate and defected to himself, Li Zicheng immediately had the idea of raising tigers. After all, he has been a rogue for many years, not only for the officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty, but even for ordinary soldiers and ordinary people.

Once a thief, a thief for life, unless you fly on a branch and become a phoenix.

With He Renlong as the vanguard of entering Beijing, the soldiers were bloodless and overwhelming along the way, which allowed the Shun army to avoid a lot of losses, but it also made the Ming troops who surrendered from all over the country have invested under He Renlong's command, which virtually made it quickly recover its vitality and grow stronger.

Now, only by taking Yanjing City and forcing Emperor Chongzhen to take the throne can Li Zicheng leap to the top of the branch and have the legitimate orthodox status of guarding the world.

Song Xiance hurriedly caught up from behind and whispered a few words in Li Zicheng's ear, Li Zicheng frowned slightly and looked at He Renlong, "Lu Guogong, I heard that Zhu Ping'an led his troops to break through from Guangqu Gate not long ago, right?" ”

He Renlong's rare old face turned red, "Your Majesty is right, Zhu Ping'an set up an ambush in the area of Guangqu Gate, our army just took the city gate, and when the vigilance was lax, it broke out!" ”

Li Zicheng's tone became cold, "A Zhu Ping'an, what a way, but Shandong is a province, sooner or later my army will be pacified." However, I heard that Zhu Ping'an escorted Zhu Cihong, the former prince of the Ming Dynasty, out of the city! ”

He Renlong was taken aback, "Impossible! ”

"What's impossible, my seventh battalion has ears and eyes in both the capital and the imperial city, plus so many courtiers and internal officials have surrendered to me. Zhu Ping'an's entry into Beijing this time was for the imperial court to move south, but now he is escorting Zhu Cihong, the former prince of the Ming Dynasty, to the south to supervise the country! ”

He Renlong was speechless suddenly, on the one hand, he was afraid that Li Zicheng was well-informed, and on the other hand, he regretted that he wanted to slap his mouth. Knowing this, Zhu Ping'an must be intercepted at any cost, Zhu Cihong was actually in his team. In other words, even if Chongzhen is not caught today, with the prince of the Ming Dynasty in hand, it is an excellent harvest!

"Chongzhen is difficult to fly today, but Zhu Cihong's escape is endless trouble, and now the Ming Dynasty still has hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, if Zhu Cihong escapes to Nanjing, then what's the point of us trying our best to take this Yanjing City?"

"Minister, minister is afraid, minister is guilty!" Li Zicheng pressed down with a big reason, and suddenly He Renlong had to lower his head.

Li Zicheng nodded with satisfaction, dealing with an arrogant person like He Renlong, you must not have a good face, otherwise you will kick your nose in the face.

"Since this is the case, then please ask Lu Guogong to quickly send troops to catch up, now that the land of Beizhili and Hebei is under the control of our army, it is expected that Zhu Ping'an will not be able to fly out of the encirclement!"

He Renlong could only agree, and immediately sent his generals to lead the soldiers and horses to chase after him.

Taking the opportunity to beat He Renlong, Li Zicheng's heart was much more comfortable, and he immediately summoned Du Xun with a whip. Let him go to the Qianqing Palace to persuade him to surrender.

Du Xun laboriously spat along his mouth, although he was reluctant in his heart, he was still afraid of Li Zicheng's majesty, so he had to move his scarred body and slowly walked into the Qianqing Palace. A dirty prison uniform was soon soaked with sweat.

Du Xun coughed twice, waved at Wang Chengen and Fang Zhenghua, who were dozens of steps away, and shouted loudly: "Duke Fang, Prince, you have also seen that Emperor Yongchang is kind-hearted, and after entering the city, he ordered the three armies not to kill innocents indiscriminately and rob the people. Now that the Beijing division has been conquered by the Heavenly Division of our Dashun Army, the Ming Dynasty is already over. Emperor Yongchang has the virtue of a good life, and he can't bear to slaughter the former dynasty clan, please send a message to His Majesty, ah no, send a message to the son of the previous tomorrow, as long as he is willing to submit to my Dashun, Emperor Yongchang will definitely not hesitate to crown the king and ensure that the former Ming clan enjoys glory and wealth! ”

After Du Xun finished shouting, he looked at the reaction of Wang Chengen and Fang Zhenghua in front of the main hall, although the lantern torches were as bright as day, but in front of the main hall belonged to the shadow of the eaves, and the expressions on the faces of the two were vague.

Soon, Du Xun heard a strange sound, "click" crisp and loud, Wang Chengen's hand also began to move, just on the side of the thick iron pipe in front of him, but there seemed to be a disc-like thing, Wang Chengen was using all his strength to turn the handle, it seemed that because of this rotation, this strange sound was produced.

Before Du Xun could figure out why this sound came from, as far as his eyes could see, the small mouth of the iron pipe in front of Wang Chengen suddenly burst out without warning, accompanied by a dull and continuous "tom" sound.

This was also the last influence left in Du Xun's eyes, and in an instant, he felt that his chest and abdomen were hit by several strong forces at the same time, and then he felt that he was rising up, and in mid-air, he lost all his senses. All at once the world fell into silent darkness.

Li Zicheng's army, which was more than 100 steps behind Du Xun, from Li Zicheng to his generals, and then to ordinary pro-soldiers, when they heard the sound of clicking, they had already touched the dangerous nerves in the depths of their minds, and the pro-soldiers subconsciously turned their horses to block in front of Li Zicheng.

And the confidant general, who is also Li Zicheng's nephew, Li Guo is extremely alert, a jump, and he ripped Li Zicheng off the horse, Li Zicheng was defenseless, at the moment of falling off the horse, in a trance, he clearly saw that Du Xun's upper body was suddenly beaten to pieces, his body rose into the air, and his lower abdomen was almost broken, and the more than ten personal soldiers in front of him seemed to be struck by lightning, and their whole body convulsed, and with this convulsion, a stream of blood mist shot out.

"It's a burst of fire, shieldman!" He Renlong finally guessed a clue, and shouted loudly while jumping off the horse.

The sound of far more than ordinary firecrackers continued, and the soldiers in the front row kept falling, and they didn't even have a chance to dodge, they had never encountered such an attack. However, there were a few generals in the Ming Dynasty who had heard of this kind of firearm, but it was a long time ago, and no one had ever touched such a thing.

As early as the Wanli period of the war to aid Korea and resist the Japanese, such weapons appeared in the Ming army, but they were bulky and rough, could only shoot ten projectiles, low efficiency, and high failure rate, and were not as convenient and practical as the general continuously launched rocket vehicles, so it was only a flash in the pan, and did not get large-scale application and development.

Unexpectedly, before the main hall of this Qianqing Palace today, he suddenly encountered this kind of killing weapon. However, this was different from the rumored burst of fire, the sound was continuous, and more than forty rings were played in a row, and then it stopped, and then a new round of attacks followed.

The shield player's reaction was quite fast, although people kept falling, but finally in a moment a defensive shield formation was erected in front of the array, and the rattan cards in the hands of some soldiers were pierced one after another, and they had to replace with the heaviest iron cards, which barely resisted the attack. The iron shield thumped as it was shot, and everyone behind the shield was terrified by the sound.

After a stick of incense, this breathtaking sound finally stopped. But everyone still didn't dare to look up, and still shrank behind the shield defense, not daring to probe.

Wang Chengen sighed lightly, let go of his hands, looked at the iron pipe that was already a little red, and said: "Qinghe is right, continuous shooting is indeed very prone to high temperatures, and it is easy to malfunction, after seven years, it is a blessing to be able to use it completely!" ”

Fang Zhenghua threw away the wooden chop in his hand, which was inlaid with black projectiles, and looked at the Lianzhu gun that could no longer shoot, and couldn't help but admire, "It is indeed a sharp weapon to kill the enemy, if my Ming army can be equipped with this kind of firecracker, no matter how many enemy troops can not think of taking a step forward!" ”

Wang Chengen smiled bitterly, "How easy it is to talk about!" At that time, my old friend summoned skilled craftsmen from all over the world, and also invited Western craftsmen, and it took three years to build such a one, and the cost was incalculable! My old friend once said that this thing is exquisitely made, and the difficulty is extremely high, and with the skills of the existing craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to make it in large quantities! It's a pity that time is running out, if there are a few more years, she will definitely improve it and equip it in the army! ”

Fang Zhenghua laughed and patted his hands that were already numb, "The old man is very fortunate that he can still kill the enemy so happily today, and it will be in vain to go in the world!" ”

Wang Chengen and Fang Zhenghua stood up and took the torches from the hands of the eunuchs beside them, the surrounding corridors and doors and windows of the main hall of the Qianqing Palace were already full of dry firewood, which was poured with fire oil and spirits, and Wang Chengen also deliberately looked at a wooden box that he had moved, and several large bags of things were still there.

Wang Chengen put his mind at ease, looked at the surrounding eunuchs, and shouted loudly: "Today, Fang Gong and I want to escort His Majesty and Niangniang to the green clouds, and the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty are on top. You have done your duty, so run for your lives. ”

The dozens of eunuchs guarding the door of the main hall knelt down together: "I am willing to go on the road with the prince and the prince Fang, although we will die without complaint!" ”

The eunuchs shouted in unison, which also alarmed Li Zicheng and He Renlong, who were still prostrate behind the shield array.

Li Zicheng's voice was not good, and he hurriedly sent troops to attack the Qianqing Palace, and He Renlong was also busy dispatching troops.

But as far as the eye can see, Wang Chengen and Fang Zhenghua and a group of eunuchs are standing proudly in front of the palace gate, Wang Chengen looked at the people and horses who poured up like a tide, smiled contemptuously, threw the torch in his hand to the pyre in the corner of the wall, and then dozens of torches also lit the firewood in front of the palace gate one after another.

A flame burst out, and the flames erupted fiercely, firmly blocking the soldiers and horses of the Shun army from the line of fire.

The Shun army was terrified and retreated one after another. But at this moment, a loud noise broke out in front of the Qianqing Palace, and a huge fire shot out out of thin air, completely enveloping the entire Qianqing Palace. R1152