The cavalry assault at Deshengmen in the north of the city was regarded by Yang Yiqing as the last hope to save the Ming Dynasty.

But it is a pity that he underestimated the power of the enemy's weapons across the ages, and also overestimated the effect of his own cavalry raid, 20,000 cavalry out of the city soon after being suppressed by fierce artillery fire, and then a dense fire sounded, and the Ming cavalry was damaged at an unimaginable speed.

Yang Yiqing stood at the head of the city, watching the steady stream of "meteors" flying in the sky, the scene of the artillery sputtering everywhere and people turning over on their backs, as well as the bullet marks of tracer bullets mixed with the barrage fired by machine guns, and the comprehensive suppression of fire made him feel deep despair.

"Elder Yang Ge, Di Yi in the east of the city is already heading towards the city gate, you might as well retreat."

There was no chance of winning this battle, and the generals around him were all feeling sorry for Yang Yiqing.

Yang Yiqing said: "The ambush soldiers are ambushed in the houses outside the city, and gunpowder is buried on the road, ready to detonate the ...... at any time."

The general said: "Diyi artillery covered, there is no house outside the city still standing, even if the gunpowder is buried, it will be detonated immediately, the Dongzhi Gate is gone, I am afraid that the city wall will not be able to hold it." ”

Yang Yiqing glared at the general in front of him, and almost wanted to kill this guy who poured cold water on the sacrificial flag.

But he eventually sighed, as if he understood that some things could not be changed by others.

At this time, Li Chengxun, the squire of the military department, walked over with a sad expression: "Elder Yang Ge, Your Majesty sent someone to the east of the city to release Zhang Shangshu with Gui Shangshu, and then issued an edict to officially remove your military power. Now the military power everywhere is controlled by Zhang Shangshu. ”

After Li Chengxun finished speaking, a team of brocade guards rushed behind him, and it seemed that they wanted to take down Yang Yiqing, who had been arbitrarily in power before.

Yang Yiqing asked angrily: "What about Zhang Bingyong?" Let him come to me! ”

"Yang Ge Lao, Zhang Ge Lao has been an envoy to the enemy camp after all, and he has obtained the conditions for peace, at this time Da Ming is obviously defeated, how to compete with a strong enemy? The situation is dangerous, and Zhang Ge Lao has already entered the palace to face the saint. ”

Li Chengxun has been on Yang Yiqing's side before, but now for the Ming defenders, the general trend has gone, and defeat is an unchangeable reality.

Yang Yiqing's face was like ashes, a team of brocade guards rushed to him, and Chen Yin, the envoy of the Fusi of Nanzhen who was walking in the forefront, arched his hand and said: "Elder Yang Ge, I'm sorry, I will take you to face the saint under the emperor's order." Please don't make it difficult for me to wait. ”

"This battle is not over yet......"

Yang Yiqing said this, looking out of the city, hoping that a miracle would happen.

It's a pity, it backfired, the Ming cavalry outside the city has lost the ability to continue fighting, the cavalry was originally out of the city from the Desheng Gate, but the rout seems to be afraid that Yang Yiqing will be disposed of on the spot when he comes back from the Desheng Gate, so he simply went to the other city gates, the artillery sound on the opposite side is no longer dense, obviously the Ming cavalry has lost its combat ability.

The last stubborn resistance yielded no result at all.

"Alas!"

Yang Yiqing sighed dejectedly.

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Inside the Royal Palace.

Zhu Si met Zhang Xuan and learned that the commander-in-chief of the enemy troops outside the city was Guan Jing, who had followed Zhu Hao to go overseas.

"Is the thief chief Zhu Jingdao?"

Zhu Si's eyes seemed to reveal some hope.

If it was Zhu Hao, some things seemed to be able to turn around, after all, brotherhood was there.

Zhang Xuan said: "Your Majesty, now the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang from all over the country are converging in Beijing one after another, but with the current situation of the enemy outside the city, it is a drop in the bucket, why not ......"

"Do you want me to leave the city and surrender?"

When Zhu Si asked this sentence, he didn't seem angry or sad.

It seems that in his opinion, this is also a good choice.

Zhang Zuo hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you can't descend, the slave can desperately escort Your Majesty out of the city." ”

Zhu Sidao: "Should I cut myself off at this time?" In this way, the Ming Dynasty can still exist, and those people below can openly support the new monarch and continue to resist to the end? In addition, even if I surrender, will it be a dead end in the end? ”

Zhang Xuan replied: "Your Majesty, the thief army only said that Your Majesty's surrender may be able to keep the throne and even enjoy wealth forever, but I don't know if it's true or not. ”

"Coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes! This seems to be Zhu Hao's doing. ”

At this moment, Zhu Si finally stopped treating Zhu Hao as a friend.

The person who betrayed the friendship was Zhu Hao, not him Zhu Si!

Zhang Xuan sighed: "The bandit army outside the city said that they would launch an attack before dawn, and they said that they would raze the capital to the ground. The old Yang Pavilion in the north of the city sent troops out of the city, but he was afraid that it would provoke contradictions, so he asked His Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible. ”

"There's no need to rush."

Zhu Si calmed down at this time, waved his hand and said, "I want to see how they kill in!" You just wait! ”

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Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment.

The emperor was obviously afraid of death, and he already had plans to surrender, why did he suddenly become hardened when the matter came to an end?

After he withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, he seemed to have figured it out.

Zhu Si has plans to escape from the capital, and now he probably thinks that the enemy outside the city wants to use his name as the emperor to suppress the entire Ming Dynasty, or the enemy does not have the strength to rule the Ming Dynasty, and the name of Zhu Si, the emperor, is still useful.

Therefore, Zhu Si felt that it was better to wait for the war to see if there was a chance to escape from the city while the chaos was going on, and if not, he would decide whether to surrender or not.

Zhang Xuan was in a hurry.

Isn't this speculation?

Are the lives of the Ming soldiers and the people in the city so worthless in the eyes of the emperor?

"Elder Zhang Ge."

Zhang Zuo appeared next to Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan said eagerly: "Father-in-law Zhang, you have to hurry up and persuade Your Majesty, the matter can't be delayed." ”

"Our family naturally knows, but what can we do?"

Zhang Zuo said, "The enemy is menacing, a month ago, can you imagine that the situation will deteriorate to such a field as it is today?" Your Majesty is the Lord of the Ming Dynasty, and everything must come first with Your Majesty's opinion. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly: "So the Ming Jingshi is dispensable?" ”

Zhang Zuo said: "If the complete city is left to the thieves, then they can use the Beijing division as a barrier, and the soldiers and horses of the Qin kings in various places want to revive the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, but I am afraid that it will be more difficult." ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, didn't bother to argue with Zhang Zuo, and said, "Then go to the city gate to garrison." ”

"You don't have to go."

Zhang Zuo said, "It doesn't make much sense to go or not, it's better to stay in the palace and accompany you...... The fast horses in the palace have been prepared, as long as there is chaos in the city, His Majesty will mix with the people and go out of the city, all the way to Anlu ......"

Zhang Xuan was slightly surprised.

Before the emperor wanted to go out of the city, he also specially prepared a car, and the queen mother, queen, concubines and other concubines in the palace belonged to a large number of volumes, and this time the emperor wanted to ...... Riding a horse and running away?

What about the queen and the queen mother?

Don't want those concubines?

Caring for yourself?

Zhang Xuan instantly understood, why the emperor was not in a hurry to surrender at this time, the emperor had the idea of "desperate", that is, to run alone, hide to the ends of the earth to maintain his free body, as long as he ran to a safe place after leaving the city, and called on the world's soldiers and horses to work on the king.

Zhang Xuan wants to say, this is too much to take for granted, right?

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At dawn, the battle officially began.

Outside the city, soldiers and horses launched a siege from four directions of the Beijing division at the same time.

Open the way with artillery first.

The east straight gate of the east of the city was the first to be breached, with the fall of the city gate, half of the city wall collapsed, the Ming soldiers had already hidden in the city at this time, many people quietly changed their armor stomach, ready to escape from the city pretending to be ordinary people.

But it is clear that both the monarchs and ministers in the city, as well as the soldiers and civilians, underestimated the power of firearms.

Zhu Hao has worked hard overseas for several years for this day, and this time he brought back a thousand ships, 100,000 troops, and the number of firearms and ammunition was unimaginable to the Ming military and civilians.

It is said that it will be razed, and there will be absolutely no lake.

The city wall did not collapse completely, and he resolutely did not go into the city.

"Your Majesty......"

When the enemy's method of attacking the city outside the city was said everywhere, that is, the combat method of completely razing the ground and leaving no grass behind, Zhu Si was immediately stunned.

"The lives of the people...... Don't care about it? ”

Zhu Si originally thought that the other party would not attack the city because he cared about the safety of the people.

He just wanted to mix in with the people and wait for an opportunity to escape.

Now, it seems, it doesn't work.

Zhang Zuo said: "Your Majesty, it seems that the enemy is going to push to the palace gate step by step." Moreover, some papers fell from the sky, saying that the emperor was unkind and unjust, and the people were suffering, and if His Majesty did not surrender, no one in the city would be able to leave the city! ”

Zhu Sidao: "The thief chief must not be Zhu Hao, he won't do this!" It should be that he is dead, and Guan Jing and they have come to me for revenge. But the problem is, it's not Zhu Hao who I killed! By the way, what about Lu Songren? And Lu Bing? ”

Zhu Si's whole person panicked.

"Your Majesty, if you don't surrender now, I'm afraid there will be no chance! The eastern wall of the city has completely collapsed, and the rest of the city can no longer be supported! ”

Zhang Zuo also felt that the general trend had gone at this time.

Not to mention stubborn resistance, even if you surrender now, I don't know if I can save my life.

"Send someone out of town! Send someone out of town! I agree to submit! ”

Zhu Si considered that the prerequisite for everything was his own life, he originally wanted to pull the people in the city as a meat shield, and he himself found a way to escape, when he found that the enemy outside the city was ready to drag the ministers and people in the city to bury with him, Zhu Si finally knew that he had no way to escape.

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Although Zhu Si repented at a critical time, it was not easy for this war to stop at this juncture.

When it was almost dawn, the battle was only half an hour, and only the city wall in the south of the city remained intact at this time, and the remaining three city walls were already full of holes, the city gates all collapsed, and the city walls were damaged in many places.

When Zhang Xuan sent an envoy on behalf of the Ming Dynasty again, the artillery outside the city did not give face.

So much so that Zhang Xuan didn't dare to go out of the city at all.

Fortunately, Zhu Hao knew Zhu Si's character of being afraid of death, and before launching a street battle with the guns of the Inca Empire, he gave a certain buffer period, and finally gave Zhang Xuan the opportunity to take the surrendered credentials out of the city.

Then Zhu Hao ordered that the momentum of attacking the city from all sides stopped first.

Guan Jing meets with Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I am willing to return to the new dynasty." ”

"It's not a new dynasty, it's the Chinese Empire."

Guan Jing emphasized.

With his weak political thinking, he doesn't understand why Zhang Xuan wants to say that it is a new dynasty.

In fact, Zhang Xuan's purpose in saying this is more like reminding the siege commander outside the city that you can simply kill the emperor, and you yourself will be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so that we, the courtiers, will continue to be the courtiers of the new dynasty, and everyone will be happy.

As for that bullshit emperor, death is death.

Guan Jing said: "An hour later, let your emperor lead his ministers out of the city to surrender!" This is an amnesty for you. ”

Zhang Xuan took the so-called pardon in his hand and sighed: "This envoy will return to the city, please abide by the agreement and spare the innocent people in the city." ”