Chapter 378

On the seventh night of the ninth month of September in the ninth year of Chongzhen, the main force of the Ning Navy Guards Brigade arrived at the city of Yongping Mansion, and then, the main force of the Eighth Brigade arrived at the city of Yongping Mansion at noon on the eighth day of the first month.

Cheng Shijie didn't have time to order the storming of Yongping Mansion City, but he saw Zhu Guozi, the garrison of Yongping Mansion, being tied up into zongzi by the defenders and sent to Cheng Shijie.

"Cheng Shuai, I'm willing to surrender, please Cheng Shuai enter the city!"

"Enter the city, Ben Shuai enters the city, is it a cup for the number, and the knife and axe hand come out!"

The guards and generals looked at each other: "I don't dare to wait!" ”

Speaking of the defenders of Yongping Mansion, Huhula walked towards the outside of the city, they were very conscious, and threw the blades in their hands to the ground, and in a short time, the blades outside the city were piled up into a hill.

Cheng Shijie looked at this scene, both cold and angry.

"Report!"

Cheng Shijie followed the prestige.

A herald cavalry cavalry rode more than ten steps in front of Cheng Shijie, turned over and dismounted, and handed a piece of information to Cheng Shijie.

Not saying it out loud can only mean that it is bad news.

Sure enough, as Cheng Shijie opened the information, he saw that it was written that the Guanning army successfully captured Zunhua by attacking the city with ants at any cost, but although the Guanning army broke through the city wall, Lei Shisheng and Chen Yongfu commanded calmly, using the advantages of terrain and weapons and equipment to give the Guanning army a round of large-scale destruction.

Cheng Shijie sighed, Guan Ningjun has broken the city, which means that Zunhua City is almost finished, even if he flies, he is afraid that he will not be able to fly Zunhua, and it is estimated that Lei Shisheng, Lu Xiangsheng's henchman, will also ......

"Wu Sheng!"

"The last general!"

"You led the Eighth Brigade, advanced at full speed, and went straight to Zunhua ......"

"Report!"

At this moment, Cheng Shijie received bad news again.

The vanguard of the Qing army with a blue flag of less than 1,000 people arrived in Jizhou in advance, Jizhou is the military town of the Ming Dynasty, even if the Northern Expedition almost evacuated the army of Gyeonggi, but left in Jizhou The Ming army has 6,000 people, and there are Jiancheng cannons, which is enough to resist for a while, the problem is that this Ming army did not intend to resist at all, and the Qing army surrendered immediately as soon as it arrived, which really made the Qing army that originally planned to fight for two or three hundred lives to take this fortified city was startled.

Taking Jizhou means that the east gate of Beijing has been knocked open, the Qing army quickly broke through along this gap, all the way to destroy the city, the Qing army is blue flag and more than 7,000 Mongolian troops have cleared all the obstacles from Jizhou to the capital, like a huge iron tongs unfolded, one stretched to Tongzhou, one stretched to Changping, the Ming army surrendered one after another.

"Move forward quickly, the target is the capital, you don't have to worry about the back road, the marshal is behind!"

"Yes!"

Wu Sheng's subordinates ignored their tired bodies and fatigued people, and went all the way to the southwest and went directly to Jizhou.

Now, residents of Beijing can hear the rumbling of artillery in the distance.

Extreme panic spread like a plague, after all, less than seven years have passed since the Battle of the Breach Mouth, when the Qing army's iron cavalry crisscrossed Gyeonggi, and the scene of the butcher's knife rolling towards the heads of the people in Beijing's memory is still fresh in their minds.

Everyone knows that Beijing may not be able to hold on, and if they continue to stay here, there is only a dead end, and they don't want to die! But there were not a few people who poured into Beijing, most of them were scholars and gentry from all over the country, as well as outdated vassal lords and nobles, who came to Beijing from all over the country like vultures that smelled the stench of rotting meat.

The death of the Ming Dynasty and the revival of the Qing Dynasty seemed to be a foregone conclusion, and they all had to rush over to attend the funeral of the aging empire, while sharpening their brains to see if they could find a way in the new dynasty.

Some pretentious guys searched their stomachs, worked hard to write books, racked their brains to offer the coming master a wonderful plan to govern the country and level the world, in order to be reused, to gain a fame for all generations, in the teahouse restaurant, under the shadow of the lonely lamp and candle, everywhere is pointing to the figure of the country and raising the words, the fanatical, jubilant atmosphere makes the people of the capital at a loss.

Da Ming has used his own anointed blood to feed them for nearly three hundred years, and now that Da Ming is dying, shouldn't they find a way to turn the tide, why Jiannu hasn't even come in, and they are thinking about how to contribute to the new master? We, the little people, have endured layers of exploitation for nearly three hundred years, just to feed these wolf-hearted things?

All eyes are on the Forbidden City. Now Emperor Chongzhen's whereabouts are unknown, his life and death are uncertain, and the whole country has no leader, but as the prince of the prison country, he has not shown up, as long as the queen and the prince come out to listen to the government, they can control this chaotic situation!

It's just that why haven't the crown prince and queen shown up?

Beijing Chengdong Zhimen, North Street, North Juxian Fang, folk call this place Wang Daren Hutong, here is named because it is Wang Chengen's mansion.

When Wang Chengen arrived in the capital with his men and horses, he tried to take the opportunity to enter the Forbidden City, but it was a pity that now the Forbidden City was blocked too strictly, and they had no chance to touch the roots of the Imperial City. In desperation, Wang Chengen had no choice but to sneak into this mansion.

Although Wang Chengen's mansion is a detached house, in fact, the three alleys adjacent to this alley are all entrances and exits, and they can enter this mansion through the secret passage.

In order to prevent others from discovering that the mansion was occupied, all the windows were covered with black cloths, so that the lights were lit inside so that people would not be discovered, and even if it was food, it was made in the surrounding houses and brought in through secret passages.

But the performance in the Forbidden City is too weird.

"Father-in-law!"

Wang Chengen looked at the man dressed as a beggar in his forties and fifties, who was the eunuch next to Cao Huachun, originally named Liu An, and later changed his surname to Cao, and was Cao Huachun's most trusted godson.

"How's it going in the palace? What happened? ”

Cao An said: "Princess, you are not in the palace, I'm afraid you can't dream of what happened inside!" The thieves in the cabinet dispatched the elite soldiers of the Beijing camp, surrounded the imperial city, not to mention, and replaced more than half of the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace, and now the palace is full of their eyes and ears, and there are brocade guards everywhere, the queen mother, Concubine Tian, Concubine Yuan, and several His Royal Highnesses, as well as their father-in-law, their every move is under their surveillance, and they can't go anywhere! These chaotic ministers and thieves are simply crazy! ”

Wang Chengen roared angrily: "You actually took advantage of the emperor's absence in the palace to bully the harem like this? These rebels and thieves all deserve to die! By the way, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Queen Mother are all right? ”

Cao An smiled bitterly: "It's okay for the time being." It's just that now the cabinet and the gang of brutes in the Tai Academy have begun to force her to make the third prince the emperor! ”

In Wang Chengen's mind, there is such a big thing in the capital, and the crown prince Zhu Cihong comes out to re-flag the overall situation, it must be justified, before Emperor Chongzhen's Northern Expedition, Zhu Cihong is the justifiable prince of the prison country, even if he ascends the throne, there is no problem. But the biggest problem is that Cheng Shijie is his teacher, which is a scene that Wenchen does not want to see.

So, those Yanguan and Yushi wrote every day, preparing to set up the third prince Zhu Cijiong as the crown prince, but they know that Zhu Cijiong was born on August 15 of the fifth year of Chongzhen, and now he has just turned three years old, and he can't even walk on the road.

Wang Chengen was furious: "Establish three princes? Are they crazy? Although the life and death of the emperor are uncertain, the crown prince is still here, and if he really wants to set up a new monarch to preside over the overall situation, he should let the prince come back to ascend the throne. ”

Cao An sneered: "Another new monarch to preside over the overall situation? They weren't so kind! They are going to set up a new monarch, and after Jiannu enters the capital, they will hold a ceremony to cede the throne to the chief of Hongtai Nanu! ”

"Zen let ...... Abdicate! What a Zen let, it's a shame that they can figure it out! They have read the books of the sages for decades, and they have read them all to the belly of a dog! What about the Queen? Did you say yes? ”

Cao An shook his head: "Niangniang has no answer, she just said that the emperor is alive and dead, and the prince is there, so there is no reason to make the three princes the new king, and if you want to establish a new king, you should let the prince inherit the throne!" The monarch and the ministers are pressing step by step, and even threaten the lives of several highnesses, Niangniang is a woman's family, I'm afraid it won't last long, Wang Gonggong, you have to find a way quickly, otherwise it's too late! ”

Wang Chengen had no choice, there were only five hundred horsemen around him.

Wang Shouyi, the chief guard of Ning Haijun who followed Wang Chengen's side, said: "Princess, as long as you can take the queen mother and the crown prince out of the Forbidden City, the last general can take them out of the city!" ”

Wang Shouyi is subordinate to the supervision of the Ninghai Navy Supervision and Military Affairs Bureau, and his rank is not low, and now he is at the level of the capital supervisor, knowing that Chen Guodong's deployment in the capital has six or seven hundred rockets and artillery shells, if it is used properly, it will definitely be able to open a gap.

Wang Chengen fell into deep thought.

As the saying goes, when the country is about to die, there will be demons.

A country can perish, and the nobles and royal relatives who rest with the country must be a son of heaven and a courtier, and their wealth and glory will disappear with the demise of the dynasty.

Just like during the Sui Dynasty, how could Hongnong Yang, who was a relative of the emperor, that is, Wu Zetian's mother Yang, marry a warrior as his wife? What kind of family is Hongnong Yang? What kind of family is Samurai? Not to mention being a house-filling step-room, even if Tang Guogong Li wants to marry the daughter of Hongnong Yang, it belongs to Gao Pan.

But the problem is that the Sui Dynasty fell, Hongnong Yang's phoenix was not as good as a chicken, Wu Shiyan's wife died, and Li Yuan casually married Yang Da's daughter to Wu Shiyi, which was actually a humiliation to Yang, but Yang only recognized it.

It's good now, Zhou Kui and Zhou Guozhang's daughter is already the Empress of the Ming Dynasty, and he actually persuaded Empress Zhou to make Zhu Cijiong, the third son of the emperor, the crown prince.

This kind of bizarre and short-sightedness is only unprecedented.

Empress Zhou was trying her best to suppress the anger in her heart, and her voice trembled slightly: "Dad, don't say it again, this matter is absolutely impossible, and this palace will not agree to die!" ”

Zhou Kui's white beard trembled, and he shouted: "It doesn't matter if you die, don't affect our Zhou family!" Now that the Qing army has reached the outskirts of Beijing, you are still so stubborn, there is simply no way to save it! Now the entire Jingshi is in danger, the fall of the Ming Dynasty is imminent, our Zhou family is in great trouble, the only way out is to set up the three princes as the new monarch, and then the Zen emperor, only in this way can you keep you, why don't you understand now! ”

"You want to keep the glory and wealth of the Zhou family, right?"

Empress Zhou suddenly got up and pointed to Zhou Guozhang, Wen Tiren, Wang Yingxiong and other important ministers, "You ...... And you, all of you are rebels and thieves! You are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and you keep asking for the people's lives, but you say one thing and do another! Internally, you don't have the ability to let the people recuperate and make the country rich and strong, and externally, you don't have the ability to defend against the enemy outside the country, wash away the national shame, and only fight for power and profit, and bend the law for bribes! Your Majesty is really blind to use you hypocrites to govern the country! ”

Wen Tiren shouted: "Demon queen, when the disaster is coming, do you dare to speak wildly?" If it weren't for your rhetoric to confuse the Holy One, how could the Holy One rashly go out on the Northern Expedition and wipe out the entire army! You single-handedly buried hundreds of thousands of warlike soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, causing the enemy soldiers to come to the city, and the country was about to be destroyed. ”

Queen Zhou's eyes almost erupted with fire: "The surname is Wen, don't spray people with blood!" You ask the people in the palace, how can this palace ever interject a sentence in national affairs! ”

Wen Tiren sneered, and all Wenchen sneered, looking at Concubine Yuan's gaze as if she was looking at a fool. Have you ever interjected, did you charm the saint and invite the disaster of the country, when will it be your turn to decide?

For thousands of years, it has been these people who have the final say in the pen and the barrel, right? This big country is dead, no one comes out to be responsible, it is definitely not good, and this responsibility must not be borne by them, these righteous men and gentlemen, the last way is to be like the predecessors of the Xia Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty, and the Western Zhou Dynasty to push the responsibility to the "red face and troubled water", and Queen Zhou seems to be a good choice!

Queen Zhou's pretty face turned pale, her expression palpitated, she took two steps back, and whispered, "Yes, you still have some skills...... The ability to bully women! colluded with foreign enemies to sell the entire country in exchange for their own glory and wealth, and then put all the blame on women, and attributed the root cause of the country's demise to the calamity of fame and disaster, passed down from generation to generation until everyone was convinced...... That's all you're capable of, me! ”

Wen Tiren said compassionately: "Queen Mother, don't you think you said too much? A woman with a lot of tongues will never end well! Come on, take the queen down and let her calm down! ”

Immediately, two powerful palace guards entered in response to the call, and one of them dragged Queen Zhou out with his hand on the other. Empress Zhou knew that these jackals had already moved to kill, and once they were dragged out, she would not survive, and struggled, but how could a weak female stream be able to defeat two palace guards with strong martial arts?

Queen Zhou was dragged her feet off the ground, no matter how hard she struggled and kicked to no avail, she screamed and cried: "Come on, help, who will save the palace!" ”

Zhu Cijiong, the third prince in Empress Zhou's arms, was so frightened that he cried, and the entire dormitory was in chaos.

Empress Zhou laughed wildly: "This is the courtier of the Ming Dynasty!" This is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty! With such pillars, Da Mingyan can not die! ”

"Stop, stop!"

Zhu Cihong shouted hysterically at everyone, of course, everyone also looked at Zhu Cihong, only to see Zhu Cihong holding a grenade in his hand, he was pulling the string, and under his wide dragon robe, there were actually four grenades tightly bound.

PS: I have a splitting headache, it's very uncomfortable, so let's leave it at that, sorry, I wanted to write it in one go.

(End of chapter)