Chapter 70: The Imperial City
Wang Quan stood at the gate of the city, looked at the vulnerable Ming army, and shook his head helplessly, such an army, no wonder it would be defeated by the rabble of the king army, they are not even as good as the rabble!
At this moment, Wang Quan heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, turned his head to look in the direction where the sound came from, but saw Li Yan galloping on a horse!
Without waiting for Wang Quan to speak, Li Yan rode a horse to Wang Quan, Li Yan immediately turned over and dismounted, and said to Wang Quan: "Something happened, just now came the news, just when our volunteers were dispatched, the Chuang Wang Army was also dispatched at the same time, if they really have an internal response, at this time, they must also attack the Guangqu Gate, and the action may be faster than ours!"
When Wang Quan heard this, his face suddenly changed, the rabble of the Chuang Wang Army, the speed of action must not be as fast as the elite division of the Volunteers, but the Volunteers must capture the city gate by themselves, but it is very likely that the Chuang Wang Army will not be able to touch the slightest resistance force, so it is almost impossible for the Volunteers to attack outside the Forbidden City before the Chuang Wang Army!
Wang Quan thought of this, and immediately said: "In this way, you take half of the people step by step and continue to deal with the affairs here, and I will take the other half of the people to march towards the direction of the Forbidden City as quickly as possible, and be sure to arrive before the Chuang Wang army enters the Forbidden City!"
When Li Yan heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "I think so too, I'm staring here, you just take these people behind me and go directly!"
Wang Quan nodded, directly beckoned someone to bring a horse, and then took the half of the volunteer soldiers behind Li Yan who had not yet participated in the battle, and went straight to the Forbidden City!
Things were far better than the king had imagined, and the king took nearly 50,000 volunteers and soldiers to the inner city at the gates of the inner city with almost no resistance along the way!
The kind of various attacks on the road that Wang Quan imagined before did not come at all, and it was also the mighty 50,000 volunteer soldiers, with the appearance of those old soldiers guarding the capital, not to mention that the people in the outer city now are some stragglers who have long been dispersed, even if they have not been dispersed, they may not have the courage to face the edge of the volunteers!
Of course, on the way, he encountered some Ming troops who surrendered directly, but Wang Quan didn't pay any attention to it, and directly led the volunteer soldiers to the Forbidden City, and the surrender matter was handed over to Li Yan to deal with!
Arrived at the gate of the inner city, Wang Quan was about to take the volunteer soldiers to storm the inner city gate, but saw that the originally closed inner city gate suddenly opened a gap, and then, a white flag tied to a spear stretched out from the gap!
Then, the city gate slowly opened, and I saw a man in his thirties, wearing armor and a beard, walked out, pounced, and knelt directly in front of the king!
Before Wang Quan could speak, he heard the man say: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life, and the subordinate takes the three thousand soldiers of the Shenji Battalion under his command to abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, and ask the general to wait for me to have a way out!"
Wang Quance immediately stepped forward and asked, "Who are you?"
The man saw that Wang Quan did not meet and opened the killing ring, and he was immediately overjoyed, but on the surface, he remained silent, still looking sincere and afraid, raised his head and looked at Wang Quan and said: "General Hui, the last general is the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion guarding this place, and the last general's surname is Zeng, and his name is Zeng Xiangyuan!"
Wang Quan's heart moved, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "Oh, deputy general?"
A flattering smile immediately appeared on Zeng Xiangyuan's sincere and frightened face, and said: "Tell the general, that old stubborn disregard for the lives of thousands of brothers under my command, and insisted on hitting the stone with an egg, dragging thousands of my brothers to be buried together, and the last general had to bear the notoriety of the following crimes for the lives of thousands of brothers under his command!"
Wang Quan had expected it a long time ago, and he was not surprised at all, but he just waved his hand and called the communication soldier, and said: "Inform me, leave two regiments to guard this city gate, and the others will continue to advance towards the Forbidden City with me!"
After the communication soldiers received the order, Wang Quan looked at Zeng Xiangyuan again and said: "I don't care what you did before, next cooperate with the volunteer soldiers I left behind to take over the city gate, I will go to the Forbidden City immediately, as for how to deal with you and your brothers, General Li Yan will deal with it later, rest assured, my volunteers will not abuse prisoners of war!"
Saying that, Wang Quan didn't pay any attention to Zeng Xiangyuan, and continued to move in the direction of the Forbidden City with the soldiers of the Volunteer Army!
Zeng Xiangyuan had a flattering smile on his face, and hurriedly retreated to the side of the road, watching Wang Quan go away with the volunteer soldiers, and did not dare to show the slightest disobedience!
Wang Quan entered the inner city, ignoring the surrounding buildings that were many times more prosperous than the outer city, and still advanced towards the Forbidden City at a very fast speed!
The volunteer soldiers who followed him were also well-trained and elite, even if it was still dark at this time, but the prosperity of the inner city of the capital was still far greater than any city that the volunteer soldiers had seen before, but they were still able to suppress their curiosity and continue to move towards the direction of the Forbidden City without squinting!
Just when the sky was just dawning, Wang Quan finally saw a touch of gold and red city wall in front of him from a distance, and Wang Quan, who had been to the Forbidden City once, understood that the Forbidden City had arrived!
Wang Quan rushed to the gate of the Forbidden City with the volunteer soldiers, ignored the Ming soldiers who were guarding the city gate and were waiting for the battle, and directly started to arrange, so that the volunteer soldiers under his command surrounded the Forbidden City!
Before the royal power was arranged, he saw a volunteer soldier riding a horse galloping towards this place at great speed——!!
Wang Quan immediately turned his head to look at the volunteer soldier who rushed over, only to see the soldier turn over and dismount, and said: "Report to the Führer, news has just come that a quarter of an hour ago, Li Zicheng arrived outside the east gate of the Forbidden City with the army of Chuang Wang, and is starting to arrange a strong attack on the Forbidden City!"
When Wang Quan heard this, he immediately turned his head to look at the various brigade commanders and regiment commanders under his command, and said: "You are also experienced in a hundred battles, how to fight next, you can discuss it yourself! I will ask Emperor Chongzhen out first!"
Saying that, Wang Quan rode his horse in the direction of the Forbidden City, and stopped directly outside the city gate, and he was not afraid that the Ming army would put cold arrows on him!
Wang Quan, who stopped outside the city gate, shouted directly: "Listen to the people inside, tell you Emperor Chongzhen, I, the head of the Volunteer Army, Wang Quan, have completed the agreement with him, let him come out and surrender as soon as possible, continue to delay, the Chuang Wang Army has captured the Forbidden City, they are not as easy to talk as my Volunteer Army!"