Chapter 405: The Broken City (6)
"Huang Shuai, the last general is not greedy for life and afraid of death, it is really for the lives of the brothers!"
Although Tian Xiong was weak-hearted, since he was anti-water, he naturally would not be unprepared, and hurriedly waved his knife to block Huang Degong, who was like a mad tiger. Guo Shao and others also rushed up, and pressed Huang Degong to the ground.
"Quickly send Huang Degong to the governor of Dadu for disposal, and the rest will enter the city with Ben."
With the last of the Yongwei battalion officers and troops still resisting being defeated, the fighting in the outer city of the Beijing division has calmed down, and the Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong troops who were guarding the outer city were either killed in battle or surrendered, and there were still sporadic shouts of killing in only a few streets and alleys.
"Prince, the governor has already entered the city, will you go with Ben Shuai to open the gates of the Forbidden City, or will you be buried with the officials and soldiers under the city?"
Looking at the Jingbei Army flag raised high in the Guangqu Gate, Huang Wenchang looked triumphantly at Wang Dehua, who was escorted by his own guards.
"Traitor, loyal ministers don't care about the second master, although our family is a eunuch, but the etiquette, righteousness and shame still know, if you want our family to betray the emperor, don't you think!"
Wang Dehua looked at Huang Wenchang coldly, with a look of disdain in his eyes.
"Uh...... Then I can only ask the prince to go to see His Royal Highness King De and the Metropolitan Governor, Xu Zhijian quickly went to reorganize the army, went to the Forbidden City with Ben Shuai to escort him, and informed him to open the city gate only after half a pillar of incense, don't let those Manmeng Tartars rob the first credit. ”
"Escort?"
Xu Zhijian was a little stunned by Huang Wenchang's words, the outer city is in chaos like this, you still want to use the same means to deceive the palace gate, are you really a fool to be the emperor?
Forbidden City, Wuying Palace!
"Your Majesty, it's not good, Huang Wenchang's guy and Li Rebel should join forces with the outside, attacked and broke through the Guangqu Gate, Chongwen Gate was also broken by the Baoding rebel army, the last general is incompetent, the internal can not control the Huang rebel army, the outside can not block the Shandong rebels, and I am afraid that Your Majesty will not know the inside, and was deceived by Huang Wenchang's traitor, so he had to return to the palace as a last resort, and now in the outer city, only Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong are still fighting to the death, but the Shandong rebel army is strong, and the Beijing division is in danger, please make plans early."
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Guozhen, the commander of the Beijing camp, who knelt down in front of him, with a shocked expression.
Originally, when the cannon sounded in the outer city, he thought that the Shandong army was attacking the city at night, in order to prevent changes, so he passed the decree, and the eunuch Wang Chengen went out of the palace to inquire about the news, and Wang Chengen did not go far out of the palace, and he met Li Guozhen who fled back to the inner city along the city wall, knowing that there was a change in the outer city, Wang Chengen did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly brought Li Guozhen back to the Forbidden City.
"What Chongwenmen and Guangqumen are controlled by the rebel army? What's going on? How could Huang Wenchang turn his back on me? I asked myself if I didn't treat him badly, Li Guozhen, how many soldiers and horses do you have, and can you hold the Forbidden City. ”
Chongzhen was shocked, he really didn't expect that Huang Wenchang, who he regarded as a number of cities, would rebel.
"Your Majesty, the soldiers under the command of the minister have long been scattered in the outer city, and after the last general enters the city, it is only possible to gather more than 1,000 people, how can this man and horse stop the rebel army in Shandong Town?"
Li Guozhen was really frightened by the Shandong army that entered the city, and even in front of the emperor, his body still trembled involuntarily.
"Your Majesty, it's urgent! Chongwenmen is lost, and the rebel army may commit a crime at any time, so the old slave will go to coordinate the defense of the inner palace, but the prince and the princes are related to the importance of the country's society, and please make a decision as soon as possible. ”
Wang Chengen grabbed the ground with his head and bowed down in front of Zhu Youzhen.
"Is it too late for the princes to evacuate? Chongwen Gate is only about five miles away from the palace, and the time of a pillar of incense against the army can come to the palace city, you quickly go to transfer troops to guard the palace city, and then summon Chengguo Gong into the palace. ”
Chongzhen sat down in front of the imperial case dejectedly, since the Shandong army started to fight, but only more than ten days, the Guanning army that came to the aid rebelled, the Miyun soldiers rebelled, and the Baoding soldiers also rebelled.
"The old slave obeys!"
Wang Chengen sighed heavily, and he didn't care about the etiquette of the monarch and the minister, so he turned around and was about to leave the palace.
"Wait, you will order someone to ring the bell again, and I will ring the Jingyang Bell, I want to see how many loyal ministers there are in the court?"
"The old slave knows, but now the military situation is unknown, and the ministers are summoned into the palace, the old slave is afraid that there will be more troubles. The old slave thought that it was better not to summon the ministers into the palace, so it was better to take people with him, and then see what excuse the sin clan had to enter the inner palace? ”
The Forbidden City is actually a city in a city independent of the inner city of the Beijing Division, about two miles long, about one and a half miles wide, about four miles in circumference, the wall is three feet high, the city is about two and a half feet wide, the defense of the city wall alone, by no means under the inner city and the outer city of the Beijing Division, and there is a wide moat around the Forbidden City, the river width alone is nearly 17 zhang, it can be described as impregnable.
Since Chongzhen's accession to the throne, the sea is boiling, the national dynasty is constantly fighting, Wang Chengen, the minister of the Ming Dynasty, is also ordered by Chongzhen, armed thousands of eunuchs, as the inner palace guards, in addition to the palace There are also a part of the three major halls of the Jinyi Guard, Wang Chengen believes that with such a force, it can still hold on for a period of time.
Moreover, the reason why King De and Li Xingzhi raised troops was that the Qing monarch was on the side, and those ministers were taken by him, and he attacked the inner palace again, wouldn't he kill the monarch's father, how could this block the mouth of the world.
"Uh...... What you say makes some sense, in this way, you will summon Chengguo Gong into the palace, and the rest of the ministers will not be notified, Li Guozhen, you will also go with Wang Chengen to deploy defenses! ”
Chongzhen thought about it for a while, but still agreed with Wang Chengen's suggestion, although he knew that he couldn't do anything, but he still had a trace of fantasy in his heart.
"The old slave obeys!"
Wang Chengen received the holy decree and hurriedly left the Wuying Palace, but Chongzhen sat down in front of the imperial case in a gloomy manner.
"You are Huang Degong? Huang Degong, known as Huang Chuangzi in the army? Why didn't you kneel when you saw Ben Shuai? ”
Inside the Zhengyang Gate, Li Xingzhi looked at Huang Degong, Wang Dehua and others who were escorted over with some doubts, and Tian Xiong, Guo Shao and others, who had defected before the battle, also knelt in front of Li Xingzhi with flattery.
"The thief who betrays the master, you wait for the wolf's ambition, and the world is in trouble, Huang kneels to the sky, kneels to the ground, and kneels to be today's son, how can you kneel to a rebellious person."
Huang Degong stiffened his neck and looked at Li Xingzhi who was surrounded by iron soldiers, and his eyes almost wanted to erupt fire.
"Huang Shuai is really loyal to His Majesty, and this Shuai admires him so much! However, Ben Shuai did not say that he was going to rebel today, this time King De entered Beijing, but it was to kill the traitorous party in the court, and the court was Lang Lang Qiankun, Emperor Taizu had an ancestral training, the state has a traitor, and the world is a clan and a vassal to discuss it, His Royal Highness King De is just respecting the ancestral training of Emperor Taizu, how can this be said to be a rebellion? ”
Li Xingzhi smiled dumbly, this time he entered Beijing, his purpose was just to control the Ming Dynasty, but not to change the dynasty, after all, the Ming Dynasty was founded for two hundred and seventy years, the emperor and Ming orthodoxy have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is impossible for him to follow the example of Manchuria and use brutal massacres to force the people of the Han family to surrender to themselves.
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