"General, the Forbidden City is here!" A brocade guard has to show Xu Ping the way when he goes out.

"Let's not go to the Forbidden City, who can see clearly this darkness?" Xu Ping asked Jinyiwei to lead the way to take a shortcut to the various city gates, he felt that Chongzhen might not be able to recognize Chongzhen in the dark night, and if Chongzhen planned to break through, it would be difficult to track: "The top priority is to control each city gate and not let anyone out of the city." ”

As long as the city gates are all in the hands of the Shun army, then even if Emperor Chongzhen escapes from the palace, the rest of the matter is just to search slowly. However, the Jinyi guards seemed to be dissatisfied with this arrangement, they were eager to make some impressive achievements, and the Jinyi guards who followed Xu Ping muttered behind his back for a while, and Commander Chen ran over and suggested that he should go to the Forbidden City: "General, the soldiers are fast, the Ming Emperor will drag his family with his mouth, and he will definitely not be able to run away for a while, and we still have time to rush to the Forbidden City." ”

Xu Ping shook his head, he knew that the Jinyi guards were eager to make meritorious contributions, and he felt that it was a little late to close the various city gates now.

……

At this time, outside the Chaoyang Gate, Wang Chengen was grinding with Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Qi Guogong on the city gate, and let Wang Chengen talk badly, Zhu Chunchen just didn't agree to open the door and let Wang Chengen go out of the city with hundreds of pure troops behind him.

"You can't open the door without a holy decree," Zhu Chunchen, who was standing on the city tower, finally threw down a sentence: "If the king official does not have the holy decree in hand, he will definitely not be able to open the door." ”

Wang Chengen, who was helpless, ran back to the team, and Emperor Chongzhen, who was dressed in disguise, mixed in the crowd and listened to the answers up and down the city pass word for word.

"Hooray, Wechen is incompetent." Wang Chengen didn't dare to make a big salute, and tears had already burst out of his eyes when he spoke.

"This wolf-hearted dog-lunged man." There were even cronies and eunuchs who scolded.

Soon after learning the news of the destruction of the city, Emperor Chongzhen learned that the Jingjun who went to the imperial prison was repelled by the Jinyi guard, so he decided to make a final breakthrough effort, first of all, Zhengyangmen. Guarding the Zhengyang Gate was Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the military department, who bitterly advised Emperor Chongzhen not to break through and flee south, saying that if the emperor was still there, the morale of the inner city guards would not fall, and although the outer city was lost, they could still rely on the inner city to repel the Shun army. Zhang Jinyan swore that the inner city was solid, and with the defenders uniting as one, he could hold on for at least half a year.

Zhang Jinyan, who was the secretary of the Ministry of War, also stood at the head of the city and scolded Wang Chengen for being greedy for life and afraid of death, holding hostage and blinding the Lord, and deserving of death. Of course, Zhang Jinyan resolutely disagreed with going down to the city, saying that any holy decree to let him leave his post at this critical juncture would be a chaotic fate.

The suspicious Emperor Chongzhen was not only not moved after hearing Zhang Jinyan's generous statement, but suspected that Zhang Jinyan wanted to leave himself in the city in order to present it to King Shun as a greeting gift, but Zhang Jinyan refused to go down to the city, so Chongzhen had no way to take him, and commanding hundreds of pure troops to attack the solid Zhengyangmen City Tower was obviously an impossible task. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen ordered to drive Chaoyangmen, since the civil officials are unreliable, the guardian of Chaoyangmen will be Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Qiguo, this kind of clan nobles should always have the same heart as the emperor, right?

This time, Emperor Chongzhen still asked Wang Chengen to call Zhu Chunchen to open the door, but this time he learned to be obedient, and did not show his deeds but hid in the pure army, so as not to have any crooked thoughts when the courtiers saw him.

But Zhu Chunchen didn't even open the door, and some of the accompanying eunuchs were anxious, and couldn't help but persuade: "Long live Lord, why don't you give Qi Guogong a holy decree?" ”

Wang Chengen reprimanded: "Confused! Zhu Chunchen, after this thief saw me, would he not know that this meant long live? This thief is obviously delaying time, waiting for the surrender of the thief, if he sees Banzai, most of them will say that he can't see clearly in the night, and he wants Banzai to go to the city alone, so that he can have a chance and then take Banzai hostage, and sell the lord for glory. ”

As long as you get out of this Chaoyang Gate, you will have a great chance to escape, many eunuchs have been so anxious that they squeak, although they were reprimanded by Wang Chengen, but some people still made dissatisfied discussions: "The prince of Qi is loyal to the country, how can he do such a thing, Wang Daguan is too suspicious." ”

But the suspicious Chongzhen Tianzi was not lighter than Wang Chengen's suspicions, and he completely agreed with Wang Chengen's analysis, ignored the other protests, and ordered again: "Go to Andingmen." ”

After Wang Chengen led the team away, Zhu Chunchen still shouted at the head of the city: "If the minister's field battle is unfavorable, he will defend the city, if the city is unfavorable, he will fight in the streets, and if the street battle is unfavorable, he will be martyred. ”

"Qi Guogong!" Some eunuchs listened to Zhu Chunchen's shouting painfully, and felt like crying blood, and persuaded Wang Chengen: "Great official, Qi Guogong is prosperous. ”

Although Wang Chengen just thought that Zhu Chunchen was acting, he obviously still felt that he was mostly acting, but the other party's voice was sad and poignant, which made people unbearable to hear. This made the suspicion in Wang Chengen's heart shake a little, after all, he could escape from Chaoyangmen, Wang Chengen secretly glanced at Emperor Chongzhen.

"Let's go!" Seeing that Wang Chengen seemed to be a little hesitant, Emperor Chongzhen gave a short snort, and Emperor Chongzhen, who was known for his suspicion in later generations, now has no sense of trust in his courtiers at all.

The reason why I went to Andingmen was because it was the eunuch Wang Zeyao who guarded Andingmen, and since the civil and military generals, the emperor's relatives and relatives were unreliable, the eunuchs always had some hope.

This time, even Wang Chengen was not on it, and Chongzhen ordered some Jingjun to dress up as messengers who had just come from the palace to deliver the decree, and asked Wang Zeyao to come out to receive the decree. After Wang Zeyao gets out of the customs, Wang Chengen will show up and let him open the door, if Wang Zeyao is really loyal, take him with him, if not, the wolves on the Anding Gate are leaderless Emperor Chongzhen also has a great chance to take the net army out of the pass.

"It's the people of the Pure Army!" Unexpectedly, after the sharp-eyed Wang Zeyao saw that the people who came before closing the door were all members of the Pure Army formed by Wang Chengen, he didn't hear what anyone said at all, so he hurriedly shouted: "Release the arrow!" Shoot the arrows! Shoot! Fire the cannon and don't let them get close to the tower! ”

……

After coming out of the Imperial Prison, Xu Ping first arrived at Zhengyangmen, which was the closest to Daming Gate, and if Emperor Chongzhen planned to break through, he would definitely take this place as the first choice. Before and after arriving at Zhengyang Gate, before Xu Ping could hold the reins of the horse, he heard another loud scolding from the city:

"You and the others are all the soldiers of the Son of Heaven, and at this time it is the head of the national crisis, and you do not want to report to the Lord with death, but are greedy for life and afraid of death to persuade the Lord to go on a southern tour. Hum! I, Zhang Jinyan, swear to the death to deal with you eunuchs and villains. ”

"It turned out to be Lord Zhang," Xu Ping replied loudly, this Lord Zhang and him can be regarded as having one or two sides, and he has also received gifts from him. Xu Ping shook the reins of his horse, came to the downstairs of Zhengyangmen City, and looked up at the guards in the city with a fearless face: "Doesn't Lord Zhang remember my Xu Ping?" ”

"It turned out to be a big ......" Zhang Jinyan's tone immediately changed, and at the same time, Xu Ping also heard a buzzing person, but Zhang Jinyan only stopped halfway through a sentence, and the voices of the people in the city sounded for a while and returned to calm, Zhang Jinyan politely asked: "Why did General Xu come?" ”

Xu Ping knew that Zhang Jinyan was worried that he was coerced by Chongzhen to defraud the city gate, so he pointed behind him: "These Jinyi brothers in the prison abandoned the darkness and released me, what does Lord Zhang want now?" ”

There was a louder buzz from the city, and Zhang Jinyan's voice became more polite: "Dare to ask the general to go to the city to talk." ”

As he spoke, a hanging basket hung down from the wall, Xu Ping jumped up, and the guards in the city vigilantly put down their weapons, guarding against those brocade guards who might come up to rob people, but Chen commanded them of course not to stop this in the slightest, they stood in the distance and watched Xu Ping being slowly pulled up to the city.

"Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the former Ming puppet military department, knocks on the general." Xu Ping jumped on the city, and Zhang Jinyan, who was covered all over his body, rushed to Xu Ping's feet: "Seeing that the general is safe and sound, the old man is overjoyed." ”

"Master Zhang, get up and speak." Xu Ping said with a smile.

"The old man doesn't dare to be an adult," Zhang Jinyan's waist was still bent like a shrimp behind him: "The general has an order?" ”

"Has the Ming Emperor ever been out of the city?" Xu Ping asked straight and straightforwardly.

"No, no, the old man didn't dare to let go of the faint king." Zhang Jinyan hurriedly said to Xu Ping: "Just now, the faint king brought his most favored eunuch Wang Chengen, but he was driven away by the old man and righteousness. ”

After listening to Zhang Jinyan's story, Xu Ping hurriedly asked, "Has Emperor Ming been here again?" ”

"No, Dum Jun knows that he can't get good here in Lao Yu, so he won't come from begging for hardship, but ......" Zhang Jinyan stretched out his hand and pointed: "Dum Jun seems to have gone to Chaoyangmen." ”

"Master Zhang did a good job, I'll chase after it." Xu Ping asked Zhang Jinyan to immediately switch and put himself down, and while encouraging, he also instructed: "Lord Zhang must continue to hold on to the city pass, and must not let a person or horse go out of the city, King Shun's army is about to arrive." ”

"The lower official obeys the order," Zhang Jinyan has accepted Xu Ping to call him with the word "adult", and even his self-title has changed unconsciously, and he bowed down to send Xu Ping out of the customs and did not forget to gamble and show loyalty: "The general rest assured, the lower official is the door is in the people, and the door is dead." ”

……

"The guard of Chaoyangmen is Qi Guogong," after listening to Xu Ping's explanation, Commander Chen said worriedly, and everyone's surname was Zhu: "It is estimated that Qi Guogong has already put the emperor ...... No! Let the faint gentleman go. ”

A group of people hurried to the Chaoyang Gate, Xu Ping reported the name, only to see a hanging basket immediately hanging on the head of the city, seeing this Xu Ping planned to turn over and dismount, and go to the city again to persuade the guards. Although Qi Guogong did not give Xu Ping a gift, but today, Xu Ping felt that most of the other party would not be willing to be loyal to Emperor Chongzhen.

Unexpectedly, before Xu Ping dismounted, he saw that the hanging basket was not empty, but a person sitting in it.

Before the hanging basket could approach the ground steadily, the person in it jumped out of the blue, fell heavily to the ground, and splashed a cloud of smoke and dirt, and the guy who fell to the ground got up as soon as he got up, and rolled forward to Xu Ping's horse with both hands.

"Pseudo-Ming pseudo-Qi Guogong, sinner Zhu Chunchen, knock on the general, dare to ask the general Jin'an," Zhu Chunchen kowtowed a few times on the ground: "Also, dare to ask King Shun Jin'an." ”

"Guogong, please." The other party is the Duke of Daming, and only the king of Shun has the right to dispose of the nobles of the clan.

"Don't dare to be called a general," Zhu Chunchen was shocked, lying on the ground and defending himself: "Being born in the Zhu family is really not what sinners want, and I hope the general will see it." ”

"General Zhu is too worried." Xu Ping hurriedly changed his title, and said politely again: "General Zhu can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, the general is very happy, has the Ming Emperor ever come?" ”

"I've been here!" Zhu Chunchen immediately shouted: "Just now, the eunuch Wang Chengen asked the last general to open the door to his pure army, and that team of men and horses is about hundreds or less than a thousand, and the faint monarch must be hiding in it, and was sternly rejected by the last general. Zhu Chunchen has always felt very sorry for not being able to deceive Chongzhen Shangguan, the outer city has been broken, it is estimated that it will not be long before the Shun army will arrive at the city gate, if Chongzhen can be caught and dedicated to King Shun at that time, then the glory and wealth of his life will not be worried, Zhu Chunchen said with hatred and unwillingness: "The faint king looks like he is going to Andingmen." ”

"Okay, I'll chase after this." Xu Ping was about to leave, when he suddenly reined in the reins of his horse again and turned his head: "General Zhu's move is a bit reckless. ”

"Huh?" Zhu Chunchen looked up at Xu Ping for some reason, and hurriedly lowered his head: "Dare to ask the general to show me." ”

Xu Ping pointed to the brocade guards beside him and briefly told Zhu Chunchen how he escaped.

"Dashun Shuntian responds to people, and the general Hongfu Qitian." Zhu Chunchen praised loudly with joy.

"But General Zhu knows that the general was not held hostage by Emperor Ming's subordinates to cheat the door?" Zhu Chunchen's behavior made Xu Ping suddenly feel that the Ming Dynasty's military department still had two strokes, which was much stronger than other wine bags and rice bags: "General Zhu has a heavy responsibility, and he must ensure that he does not let a horse go out of Beijing, and if someone comes to call the door in the future, unless General Zhu is convinced that it is my Dashun soldier, it is better to let someone go to the city pass to talk first." ”

"The general's lesson is," Zhu Chunchen was already in a cold sweat, if this Xu Ping was kidnapped by Jinyiwei to deceive the door, he would already be on the ground by now.

Xu Ping lifted the reins of the horse and roared away with the brocade guard, Zhu Chunchen hurriedly jumped back into the hanging basket and shouted to the city: "Quickly pull this father up!" ”

When he arrived in front of Andingmen, the east had already begun to whiten, and the sharp-eyed Wang Xiangyao recognized Xu Ping's figure at a glance.

Running to the city, Xu Ping just raised his head and was about to shout, the gate on the wooden fence wall behind the Anding Gate was suddenly opened, and Wang Xiangyao ran out with the generals of the Anding Gate, and they looked at Xu Ping and bowed.

……

At this time, on the coal mountain, looking at the gates of the city where flags were erected on all sides, Emperor Chongzhen sighed helplessly. The few pure troops have also dispersed after several tosses, and now Emperor Chongzhen is only left with Wang Chengen, who no longer fantasizes about being able to break out of the encirclement, but sits down and begins to write on the placket:

"I have been on the throne for seventeen years, and the traitors have approached the capital master, although I am thin and respectful, and I am to blame ...... heaven."

Writing here, Chongzhen's heart is like a knife, and he strokes it down with a pen, as if he is carving people with a knife: "However, all the ministers are mistaken!" ”

In the end, he still couldn't see Xu Ping, Chongzhen began to regret why he didn't explain his life experience to him earlier, and now Xu Ping carries Chongzhen's last hope for Daming, and now this hope seems to be dashed: "I died without a face to see my ancestors in the underground ......"

After hastily writing this short paragraph, Chongzhen put the writing clothes on his body again, and Wang Chengen next to him was still busy twisting the clothes into a long rope.

Chongzhen prayed to his ancestors at the last moment, hoping that Xu Ping, who had a heavy army, would have the opportunity to learn about his life experience, as for how to know, Chongzhen only hoped that Emperor Gao of Taizu could have a proper arrangement: "Emperor Gao has a spiritual ......"

"Your Majesty!"

At this moment, a loud shout came from behind him.

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