Chapter 307: I am the Loyalty of the Kingdom II

It was not clear from the corner tower where the rebels outside the city had gone or whether they had started to attack, but Pu Xiang could clearly hear the sudden earth-shattering shouts of killing.

Even Feng Kelie was stunned, and then laughed: "Dog thief, quickly arrest you, a certain family can still protect your whole family from exile." ”

Even Pu Xiang felt that it was the soldiers and horses in Feng Kelie's camp who came, and suddenly felt a chill, why didn't Chen Cao act?

"Master Hou..."One of Feng Kelie's family members looked towards the city and shouted in shock, "It's not our reinforcements..."

Hundreds of people suddenly poured out of the crowd dressed in ordinary people's clothes, but many of them were holding bows and crossbows, and even a few people were wearing armor.

The battle at the gate of the city suddenly became fierce, Pu Xiang was not deaf, and when he heard that it was not Feng Kelie's reinforcements, he reacted at that time that it must be the people gathered by the Jinyi guards lurking in the city, so he shouted to kill the enemy, and he must block these people.

Song Che personally led the first division to run forward, and when he arrived at the city gate, a volley of fire came first, no matter who the enemy or enemy was on the city, they were shot one by one.

However, the city gate in front of Song Che's eyes was still closed, as the only city gate in Nanjing City without a moat, it was the safest way to choose to enter through the Taiping Gate.

The shouting and killing sound is getting closer and closer, and it can be heard clearly outside the city gate, but the Dingwu army has not practiced climbing and attacking the city from beginning to end, and if the city gate is not opened, they will have no use.

Squeak...

Song Che and the others all wanted to get off the horse and sleep, but at this time, the gate of the Taiping Gate was slowly opened from the inside.

As far as the eye could see, the person who opened the city gate was covered in blood, and was shouting at Song Che outside the city: "Quick..."

With a wave of his hand, Song Che personally rushed to the city gate with his men and horses, and arrived at the moment when the defenders in the city grabbed the doorknob and wanted to close the city gate again, dozens of muskets fired at the crack in the door less than a person wide, and immediately blood splashed.

"Okay..."Chen Cao put down the clairvoyant mirror and arched his hand towards Zhu Changxun: "Lord, the Taiping Gate has been successful, please prepare to enter the city..."

"Hahaha..."Zhu Changxun also had a clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and the scene of Dingwu Jun opening the city gate had already entered his eyes, and with the increasing number of firearms, the city gate hole was also submerged in a cloud of smoke.

When Chen Cao and Zhu Changxun arrived under the city gate together, the gunshots in the door hole were getting less and less, and Song Che rode his horse to the front of the two horses: "King Qifu and Grandpa, the Taiping Gate has been taken, the guard Wang Shuangfu has been punished, Song Ninghou Feng Kelie has been captured alive, and nearly 20,000 defenders in the Taiping Gate defender camp have been surrounded by the first division. ”

The Taiping Gate temporarily cleared out is a little crowded at the moment, originally the Taiping Gate is in the middle of the Zhoushan Mountain and the Longguang Mountain, and the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions of Nanjing is located not far from both sides of the City Gate Avenue in the oblique direction, and the Taiping Gate is also the only city gate in Nanjing City with only one door hole.

After being bombarded by field artillery, rubble, bricks, and corpses were all placed on both sides of the road, and the temporarily cleared aisles in the city gate cave were also filthy.

Zhu Changxun is used to being rich and noble in Luoyang, and when he sees such a bloody scene at such a close distance today, he can't help but feel sick in his heart, if he hadn't ridden on a tall horse, maybe he would have to be disgusted by himself in public.

Pu Xiang was standing inside the door, and the blood stains on his body had blackened his marquis python robe at this moment, but the moment he saw Chen Cao riding his horse into the Taiping Gate, he knew that the risky fight that day could finally exchange him for his wealth and fortune.

"Brother Pu..."

Chen Cao jumped off the war horse first, then walked forward quickly, and patted Pu Xiang's shoulder: "You should be the first to take the Taiping Gate." Come, I'll introduce you to His Royal Highness King Fu..."

In the northwest corner tower of the Taiping Gate, in the blind spot under the city gate, a Kangxing rifle is slowly sticking out from the door hole of the corner tower, and the muzzle of the gun is facing the city gate.

After Chen Cao and Zhu Changxun introduced Pu Xiang, there were suddenly shouts of killing all around, and the guards on both sides of the road were all Dingwu soldiers.

And Zhu Changxun was ready to turn around under the cover of the eunuch Sun Dewen, after all, the Taiping Gate had just been taken, although Zhu Changxun himself brought 30,000 horses, but now they are still outside the Taiping Gate.

"Just remember, the fat man in the python robe on horseback, I don't believe that you are a well-known sharpshooter in the army, and you will not be able to hit a big fat man."

'Bang...'

A gunshot rang out, and Zhu Changxun, who had already turned around and was about to run with Sun Dewen, suddenly shouted, and then suddenly turned over and fell off the horse.

"Kill the rebel king..."

"Kill..."

"Cover the prince..."

Shouts of killing, gunshots, wailing, wailing...

The defenders of Zhengyangmen and Chaoyangmen were relieved at the same time when they learned the news of the loss of Taipingmen, as the rebels besieging the city also retreated.

After Qi Boyu learned the news of the loss of the Taiping Gate in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the whole person was immediately angry, and by the time Qin Liangyu and the remaining nobles rushed to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the sixty-three-year-old governor of Nanjing had committed suicide in the temporary public house.

Nanjing's two giants, Governor Qi Boyu committed suicide, Nanjing garrison Xu Hongji was captured, and now the only people who can call the shots in Nanjing are a few noble governors of the Five Armies Governor's Mansion and Qin Liangyu and Sun Chengzong.

"The firearms troops under Chen Cao's command occupied the Taiping Gate in the first time, and at the same time stationed troops and horses on the top of the Zhoushan and Longguang Mountains on both sides of the Taiping Gate;"

"The guards of Yuanwu Gate saw the artillery array set up by the rebels on the city tower, facing Yuanwu Gate..."

"What now?"

"It's better to send someone out of the city to invite Beijing."

"The Taiping Gate has been lost, and Nanjing... I can't hold it..."

It is precisely because of the loss of the Taiping Gate that the inner city of Nanjing has been opened, and even if hundreds of thousands of reinforcements are sent south from the north, they cannot wait for the reinforcements to arrive.

This is also the main reason why Qi Boyu will commit suicide, losing Nanjing, he and Xu Hongji's guilt is greater than heaven, even if they successfully escape back to Beijing, they will also die and be wiped out, it is better to die in Nanjing, and they are worthy of Emperor Chongzhen.

As the saying goes, after the death of a person, who cares about the monstrous waves behind him, after the news of the loss of the Taiping Gate reached the gates of the inner city, the mood of the defenders has seriously changed, and the idea of slacking off the war has spread among some soldiers from the north.

Sun Chengzong was an old man, and after the recommendation of a number of officials and nobles, he was responsible for temporarily presiding over all affairs in Nanjing, while the military generals could only choose Qin Liangyu and the stone pillars and soldiers under her command.

"Old man..."

Sun Chengzong didn't know how to answer, in fact, the moment the Taiping Gate was lost, he had plans to martyrdom, but before he died, the news of Qi Boyu's suicide reached his ears.

He really doesn't know what to do if he wants to fight for death, but now this position of presiding over the overall situation is purely to catch ducks on the shelves.

"The number of rebels in Qingliangmen and Dinghuaimen is only less than 1,000, and the old man thinks that it is better to withdraw with the remaining soldiers and horses, Nanjing can't hold it."

Qin Liangyu was the first to say what no one present was willing to say, after all, she was only a guest army who was ordered to come to help, and the responsibility for the loss of Nanjing could not be counted on her head, and many of her sons and nephews were seriously injured, and now the battle situation has no advantage, and if she continues to fight, she may not be able to get out of the inner city surrounded by all of them.

"They deliberately let go, just waiting for us to withdraw from this second gate."

"Newspaper..."

Just when everyone was entangled in whether to stay or go, a small colonel ran into the lobby in a panic: "Ladies and gentlemen, good news, the traitor Zhu Changxun was ambushed by Song Ninghou's family after Chen Cheng entered the Taiping Gate together, and I don't know where the secret gun came from hit the rebel king Zhu Changxun, many people personally saw him fall from his horse and land, the rebels were in a panic, and even Chen Shun shouted and led people to send the rebel king Zhu Changxun out. ”

"Okay..."Sun Chengzong stood up: "Where is the Marquis of Song Ning?" ”

"Newspaper..."

Another junior colonel ran into the lobby: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's a big deal, the rebels cut off Song Ninghou's head and threw it into the Yuanwu Gate. ”

Behind the Yuanwu Gate is the inner palace, although there are no concubines in the inner palace of Nanjing, but there are many eunuchs and palace maids, they were taken aback by the sudden head.

"Let's find out and report..."

"Yes..."

Qin Liangyu stood up suddenly: "You can concentrate superior forces and immediately recapture Taipingmen." ”

Sun Chengzong clenched his fists: "There is Mrs. Lao Qin's command." ”

Zhu Changxun was already out of breath when he was transported to the camp of Xiaolingwei, the 7.62mm bullet of the Kang Xing rifle was not trivial, although Zhu Changxun, who was hit by a shot, was wearing a layer of chain mail in the python robe, but the bullet still penetrated his body, bursting out of his chest, and there was only a small hole in his back, but his chest was already rotten.

Sun Dewen and Gao Qiqian knelt in front of Zhu Changxun's body and wept bitterly, and Zhang Gaoping, who received the news, couldn't help but accept the ironclad fact when he arrived with dozens of cronies.

His Royal Highness King Fu, dead...

What can I do?

Zhang Gaoping couldn't help but look at Chen Cao who was standing aside, and was suspicious in his heart, but because of Chen Cao's identity, he went to ask Sun Dewen and Gao Qiqian.

Sun Dewen carefully told Zhang Gaoping about the affairs in the Taiping Gate, and then Gao Qiqian also turned around and said: "The general doesn't know, it's the hand of the Feng Kelie's family, they are lying in ambush among the corpses and suddenly burst out, the prince he... He... I've been hit by a black gun..."

Poof...

As soon as Zhu Changxun dies, what will happen to the hundreds of thousands of people under their command?

Chen Cao had already cried, sighed at the moment, and then turned his head to leave the big tent, watching Chen Cao leave, Zhang Gaoping asked Sun Dewen again about the cause and effect, and finally asked King Fu's personal guards and soldiers, and the answers were the same.

King Fu was killed by the family of Feng Kelie, Marquis of Song Ning.

"General Zhang, Lord Wang, this battle has reached such a point now, what should I do..."