Zhu Di led the army to the city of Nanjing.

The gates of the city of Nanjing are closed.

As the capital of the Ming Empire, this city was repaired extremely strongly. Thick layers of masonry and stone, the soldiers stood at the head of the city, aimed their cannons and bows at the northern army below, waiting for the defender to give an order, and they were about to fire ten thousand arrows in unison to start this bloody battle.

However, the defender stood on the edge of the wall, staring straight at the army below, and did not give the order for a long time.

He was hesitating.

Now the general trend has actually become clear, the northern army of 120,000 troops is under the city, and although Nanjing is strong, but the army in the city has been almost all drawn, only 20,000 defenders, and morale is low.

In his heart, loyalty and the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages are entangled and opposed.

At this time, suddenly a well-armored soldier broke up from the army and came under the city walls.

"Spread the words of His Royal Highness King Yan!" The soldier shouted:

"Our army is here to take the throne of the emperor, to support the world, and to clean up the rebellious ministers."

"Do you want to stop me, the army of justice? Feng Sheng can't do it, Fu Youde can't stop it, and Li Jinglong has become a prisoner! Do you want to follow in their footsteps? When the time comes, not only will you die, but you will be spurned by the world! ”

"I have an army of 120,000 here, and the warriors are sharpening their swords, ready to use your blood to achieve their fame!"

"Now open the city gate, you are still heroes, the heroes of the emperor's throne and the rebels! You will be rewarded. ”

"When I open the city gate, you will all be abusers, and when the time comes, you will not only die, but also be spurned by the world!"

"I'll give you a pillar of incense time to consider."

The soldiers turned their gaze to the defenders, and they faltered.

The guard's palms clenched tightly and let go, and so on several times.

He finally slapped the city wall hard.

"Open the gates!"

Nanjing's heavy gate slowly opened.

Countless Northern soldiers poured in, clearing the streets and disarming the soldiers on the city walls.

A smile appeared on Zhu Di's face, and he finally returned to the place he had been away from for a long time.

As the leader of the alliance of kings, he took the lead in entering the city.

Behind him were the kings.

King Qing and King Su were behind, and they looked at each other helplessly.

According to the plan, they will preserve their strength in this war and fight for the throne when they finally capture Nanjing.

But Zhu Di is a thief, in the few battles when he just became the leader of the alliance, he always made his subordinates the vanguard and took the lead, while the rest of the kings' armies were responsible for chasing and killing, etc., so that they tasted the sweetness.

Over time, I also relaxed and became less guarded.

Unexpectedly, in the great battle with the Southern Army, Zhu Di actually arranged their army in the front army, that is, at the forefront of the struggle with the Southern Army.

By the time they got the news from the rear, the battle was over.

Although the battle was won, it was no joke to fight fiercely for a day.

The two kings combined with nearly 100,000 horses, with sixty percent casualties, and the rest of the vassal king's troops also suffered a lot of losses.

Now, they no longer have the strength to confront Zhu Di.

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"Long live, Yan Yi has entered the city!" The palace was full of people running around at this time, and they were spinning around like headless flies, not knowing what to do, only that their sky was falling, and they were about to change the dynasty.

But there was a little eunuch who climbed and came to Jianwen's dragon chair.

At this time, Emperor Jianwen sat on the throne in a daze, and didn't seem to react.

"Into the city, into the city......" he murmured in a low voice, and then, as if awakened, he suddenly said in a loud voice:

"Huang Zicheng! Fang Xiaoru! Where is Qi Tai? You keep saying that you are loyal and patriotic, where are you now?!!! ”

No one responded to him, and the Fengtian Temple was empty, as if there was already an answer.

The loyal little eunuch ran to Zhu Yunwen and shouted with a crying voice:

"Long live the lord, all the ministers have gone to greet Yan Yi! Run! Although the Beijing division has fallen, but you still have half of the country, as long as you escape, whether it is Zhongdu or Jiangnan, you always have the opportunity to make a comeback and compete with Yan Rebellion! ”

The little eunuch's words seemed to wake him up, and Zhu Yunwen finally stood up with his support, stumbled, and ran outside the palace.

Before he came to the gate of the imperial city, he saw that the gate of the imperial city was tightly closed, and it was full of heavily armed soldiers.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Yunwen breathed a sigh of relief: In the court, there are still courtiers who are loyal to him, look, this is not that there are still soldiers, and in the case of the city being broken, they still plan to be loyal to themselves.

Bring them with you, and you'll be safer yourself.

So he shouted, "Soldiers, you have worked hard! Hurry up and go down to the city, escort me out of here, and stay in Zhejiang and Fujian, everyone will be rewarded! ”

However, what puzzled him was that when he heard his shout, the soldiers on the city wall looked at each other and whispered something, but they did not mean to move.

Until the figure of a general appeared on the castle tower.

With a respectful look on his face, he said:

"Your Majesty is better to stay in the palace, there is chaos outside, and it is not safe."

Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, and the eunuch beside him scolded angrily:

"How daring! Long live the will of the Lord, do you dare to listen to it? Quickly open the city gate and escort Banzai out of the city! ”

"Your Majesty, it's better for you to go back." The general didn't pay attention to the little eunuch. He repeated it again, the bent body slowly straightened, and his face could not be seen clearly in the sunlight, but the eyeballs were shining in the dark, and Zhu Yunwen could see it clearly, it was greed.

Zhu Yunwen understood in an instant.

Now he is hot, and he is the best gift for King Yan.

When everyone betrayed and left, he only felt as if something had collapsed in his heart, and everything seemed to have no meaning.

I ruled the world for two years, and in exchange for this, it ended like this.

With the support of the little eunuch, he returned to the palace.

He suddenly whispered:

"You take someone to find firewood, burn me and this palace, and leave nothing to Yan Yi!"

The little eunuch was stunned for a moment, and replied crying:

"Your Majesty, the people in the palace have run away, only, only the slaves and maids are left, where can I find firewood......"

Zhu Yunwen sighed helplessly:

"Then bring me the white silk."

"Hooray...... the little eunuch raised his head, his eyes full of fear.

"I am the Son of Heaven, how can I wait for Yan to enter the city, so that the axe blade is added? The Son of Heaven has a way to die for the Son of Heaven, go quickly! ”

"Slave maid...... Compliance. ”

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"Big brother?"

Xu Zengshou walked quickly to the front yard of the Zhongshan King's mansion, and he was ready to welcome the arrival of King Yan. But when he came to the gate of the mansion, he saw that the door of Zhu Qi was closed, and a person was holding a sword in his arms, sitting in front of the gate of the mansion with a golden sword, and when he saw the face of that person clearly, Xu Zengshou couldn't help but scream.

Xu Huizu pulled out his sword, put it in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "No one in the Zhongshan Wangfu is allowed to go out today. ”

"Big brother, that's my brother-in-law...... O King Yan! It's already this time, do you still have to work for Emperor Jianwen? Xu Zengshou hurriedly said, he was afraid that his eldest brother would not be able to recognize the situation, and he was loyal to Jianwen:

"When Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, except for Li Jinglong, we Wuxun didn't call us, they didn't treat us as their own people at all!"

"I know." Xu Huizu's face was gloomy: "So when His Majesty asked me to lead the troops to go out with Cao Guogong, I refused due to illness. ”

"But I still won't allow you to go out to meet you. His Majesty has made a sacrifice to heaven and ascended the throne as emperor, then he is the emperor. King Yan can oust him from power, that's his ability; But as long as he doesn't sit on the throne for a day, he's still a traitor! We, the Xu family, are only loyal to the one who sits on the throne. ”

"My Xu family is a family of princes, and we have our own integrity. You greet you like those little people who are flies and dogs, what kind of system is this? ”

Xu Zengshou lowered his head when he scolded him, he seemed to realize his mistake, and replied in a low voice:

"Yes, big brother."

(End of chapter)