Zhengyang Gate, Liu Zongmin's department is slowly entering the inner city of Beijing City, and is divided into small teams, rushing in all directions, Liu Zongmin stood across the horse, quietly watching this scene, Zhang Jinyan stood aside.

At this moment, Zhang Jinyan's heart was mixed and uncertain, especially when he saw Wang Jiayan, who was dying, jumping off the city and committing suicide without dying, there was a look of shame on his face, but Liu Zongmin next to him smiled at this time.

"Lord Zhang, don't worry, our Li Jiajun will definitely keep his promise and will not harm the people in the city. Moreover, even if there is no request from you, as a condition for opening the city gate and surrendering, our Li Jiajun will not hurt innocent people, and those statements about Li Jiajun in the city are not just circulating, seven or eight out of ten of them are true. ”

Outside the Donghua Gate, Zhu Youzhen led dozens of eunuchs to gallop out, and before he had gone far, suddenly, there was a burst of "sigh" in the night sky, which was the sound of arrows crossing and causing the neighing of war horses.

"Ah~ah~ It's not good, there's an ambush!"

All kinds of screams suddenly sounded, one after another, some of the eunuchs around Zhu Youzhen were hit by arrows, and then fell off the horse, I don't know who screamed like this, Zhu Youzhen's heart jumped, only felt that his scalp was numb, and he only felt that death was coming, and he couldn't help but speed up the whip in his hand, and went straight to the direction of Qihuamen.

Soon after, Zhu Youzhen and his party fled to Qihuamen (Chaoyang Gate) in embarrassment, Wang Chengen drove his horse forward, and shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, the emperor will go out of the city!" ”

However, there was not the slightest movement in the two gates of Qihua Gate, but a fluttering voice of response came from the tower of the city gate: "Without the permission of Chengguo Gong, no one can open the city gate at will." ”

Hearing this, Wang Chengen's lungs were about to explode, and he couldn't help but raise his head and shout angrily: "Bold, you actually dare to block the holy drive, you can't die if you want to!" ”

For a long time no one responded, and the gates were still closed, without a single movement.

The light of the armor was Lingling, the torches were swaying, the officers and soldiers guarding the city were in a state of martial law, and the bow and arrow loomed, aimed at everyone, so that Wang Chengen did not dare to act radically, so he could only scold there.

At this moment, Zhu Youzhen became more and more calm, his brain was extremely flexible, and he reacted instantly, knowing deeply that he was just a declining emperor, what else could he have at all? How could it be possible to suppress these guards and Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo?

"Wang Chengen, don't call anymore, let's go!"

Zhu Youzhen stopped Wang Chengen, who was still about to burst into drinking, and at the same time turned the horse's head and headed north, the latter did not hesitate any longer, and no longer paid attention to the guards guarding Qihuamen, and followed closely.

Not long after Chongzhen and his party left on horseback, Zhu Chunchen's figure appeared on the city wall of Qihua Gate, looking at Chongzhen's departing figure, he sighed faintly: "Your Majesty, don't blame Weichen for doing this, even if I open the city gate and let you go, I can't escape the encirclement of the Li family's army." In that case, it is better to fulfill me. ”

Anding Gate, the defenders are scattered, sparse, the gate is even locked, with a sound of horses' hooves, Zhu Youzhen and his party appeared, and stopped in front of Anding Gate, Wang Chengen did not shout loudly at the city gate defenders this time, but waved his hand and shouted: "Come on, split the city gate for me!" ”

Knock knock!

The sound of a sharp axe slashing at the city gate sounded abruptly, constantly echoing, and no one came down to stop it, allowing the eunuch to slash and slash there, breaking the bolt of the city gate. However, the city gate was too strong, and the remaining eunuchs took turns cutting for a long time, but they still did not break the city gate.

"Forget it, stop it~!"

Zhu Youzhen spoke again, stopped the eunuch who was still going to chop the city gate, looked up deeply at the city gate, sighed, and then turned the horse's head, and while riding the horse slowly, he said lonely: "Go back to the palace~"

Although it was only two words that were fluttering, it meant that Zhu Youzhen was completely desperate, and there was no trace of the urge to escape, which extinguished the last trace of the idea of survival, and for a while, there was an urge to suffocate in his heart, wanting to go back to the palace again.

At dawn, the fire broke out in all directions, and the fire outside the city reflected the sky, in front of the Emperor's Palace.

Zhu Youzhen's lonely figure stopped in front of the main hall, looking at the Jingyang bell attentively, Wang Chengen stood beside him, although there were thousands of words in his heart, at this time, he didn't know what to say, how to comfort the emperor?

At this time, a trace of brilliance suddenly flashed in Zhu Youzhen's eyes, and then dimmed, his body moved slightly, took a step, and slowly walked towards the sledgehammer suspended in the air, with words in his mouth, I don't know if he was talking to himself, or if he was really asking Wang Chengen.

"Cheng'en, you say, if I ring this heaven-shaking bell and summon hundreds of officials, how many people will enter the palace?"

However, without waiting for Wang Chengen to answer, Zhu Youzhen's hands had already held the sledgehammer and crashed into the Jingyang Bell, and the bell suddenly rang loudly.

Wow... Wow... Wow...

A bell turned into a burst of sound waves, from near and far, quickly spread to the surroundings, instantly spread all over the capital inside and outside, the bell sounded slowly, resounding all over the world, for a while there was a faint momentum to cover up the sound of war and fighting.

At this moment, Wang Chengen only felt a roar in his ears, which shocked his brain, and couldn't help but persuade: "Your Majesty, even if the hundred officials arrive and discuss the escape plan, it will be in vain. At this time, there are rebellious armies everywhere, and all the city gates are controlled by the rebel army, and the people's hearts are turned against them, and they are already inclined to the rebel army, and these are all useless works. ”

Wow... Wow... Wow...

The bell is still echoing, endlessly, Zhu Youzhen seems to have lost his sense of hearing, and is not affected by the deafening bell, the corners of his mouth are pouting with a sense of banter, stubbornly hitting the heaven-shaking bell, and repeating the action over and over again.

The bell rang for a long time, the front of the Imperial Palace was still empty, and no official arrived, and suddenly, Zhu Youzhen seemed to have stripped off all his spirit, and the whole person suddenly became depressed, lonely and desperate, like a corpse of a walking corpse that had lost its soul.

Looking at Chongzhen's lonely figure, the bun had been scattered, and even the yellow robe had become messy and most of it had been torn apart.

At this moment, a trace of enlightenment flashed in Wang Chengen's mind, and he understood everything, the reason why the emperor rang the heaven-shaking bell and summoned hundreds of officials was not to discuss the escape plan, and there was no intention of dying, but to think about how many loyal ministers and good generals there were in the capital, and how many officials were loyal to the Ming Dynasty?

The result was obvious, and it also destroyed the last vestige of the emperor's faith.

Zhu Youjian stood in the Jingyang Bell, slowly rotated, looked around the left and right, looked at the empty square, his face suddenly showed a hideous color, and suddenly let out a hoarse shout, looking up to the sky and sighing: "The ministers are mistaken, the monarch is dead, the world in two hundred and seventy-seven years, once it is abandoned, it will be mistaken by the traitorous ministers, so far!" ”

However, hearing these words, Wang Chengen did not have the slightest sympathy, his expression was extremely complicated, and an inexplicable impulse was born in his heart, I really want to say, Your Majesty, the reason why Daming is like this, there is an ending today, although the officials are responsible, but the root cause lies with you.

Traitorous ministers are in power, and eunuchs crowd out capable officials, so that officials who are loyal to the court and capable cannot be reused, are frequently suspicious, excluded, and often used as scapegoats and bear all responsibilities.

Killed, wounded, or deposed with the border......

In the end, Wang Chengen could only shake his head again and again, revealing bitterness, his identity was too embarrassing, he couldn't say that the eunuchs misled the country, and the reason why the capital fell was all because of the eunuchs who were responsible for guarding the city gates, right?

After all, he was a eunuch himself and one of the many eunuchs.