Jinyi champion

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

But it is a pity that he underestimated the power of the enemy's weapons that crossed the era, and also overestimated the effect of his own cavalry's surprise attack. Soon after the [-] cavalry left the city, they were suppressed by fierce artillery fire. Speed ​​compromise.

Standing at the top of the city, Yang Yiqing watched the "shooting stars" continuously flying from the sky, the scene of artillery spraying people everywhere, and the bullet marks of tracer bullets mixed in the barrage fired by machine guns. He felt a deep despair.

"Old Yang Ge, Di Yi from the east of the city is already marching towards the gate of the city, you should withdraw."

There was no chance of winning this battle, and the surrounding generals felt sorry for Yang Yiqing.

Yang Yiqing said: "Ambush soldiers are lying in ambush in houses outside the city, gunpowder is planted on the road, ready to detonate at any time..."

The general said: "Under the cover of the Diyi artillery, there is not a single house standing outside the city. Even if gunpowder is buried, it will be detonated immediately. Dongzhimen is gone, and the city wall may not be able to defend it."

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

But he finally sighed, as if he understood that some things cannot be changed by his human power.

At this time Li Chengxun, the servant of the Ministry of War, came over with a sad expression on his face: "Old Yang Ge, Your Majesty sent someone to the east of the city to release Zhang Shangshu with Gui Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, and then issued an imperial edict to officially lift your military power. Now Military power everywhere is controlled by Zhang Shangshu."

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

Yang Yiqing asked angrily: "Where is Zhang Bingyong? Let him come to see me!"

"Old Yang Ge, after all, Elder Zhang Ge has been sent to the enemy's camp and obtained the conditions for peace. At this time, Daming is obviously invincible, how can he fight against a strong enemy? The situation is extremely dangerous, and Zhang Ge has already entered the palace to face the saint. .”

Li Chengxun had always stood by Yang Yiqing's side before, but now for the Ming defenders, the general situation was over, and failure was an unchangeable reality. In order to avoid infamy behind him, Li Chengxun had no choice but to accept the emperor's order.

Yang Yiqing's face was ashen, and a team of Jinyi guards rushed in front of him. Chen Yin, the governor of Nanzhen Fusi, who was walking in the front, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Yang Ge, I'm sorry, I'm taking you to face the saint under the emperor's order. Please don't Make it hard for me to wait."

"This battle is not over yet..."

Having said this, Yang Yiqing looked out of the city, hoping for a miracle to happen.

Unfortunately, things backfired. The Ming cavalry outside the city had lost the ability to continue fighting. The cavalry originally left the city through Deshengmen, but the rout seemed to be afraid that they would be dealt with by Yang Yiqing on the spot when they returned from Deshengmen, so they simply went to other city gates. The sound of artillery is no longer intensive, and it is obvious that the Ming cavalry has lost its combat capability.

The last stubborn resistance was to no avail.

"Ugh!"

Yang Yiqing sighed dejectedly.

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Inside the palace.

Zhu Si met Zhang Cong and learned that the commander-in-chief of the enemy troops and horses outside the city was Guan Jing who had followed Zhu Hao on overseas expeditions.

"Is the thief chief Zhu Jingdao?"

There seemed to be some hope in Zhu Si's eyes.

If it is Zhu Hao, some things seem to be able to be turned around, after all, brotherhood is there.

Zhang Cong said: "Your Majesty, soldiers from all over the world are now gathering in the capital one after another, but given the current situation of the enemies outside the city, it's 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 too angry or sad.

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

Zhang Zuo hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you can't surrender. The servants can desperately escort His Majesty out of the city."

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

Zhang Cong replied: "Your Majesty, the thieves only said that your Majesty's surrender might keep the throne, and even enjoy wealth forever, but I don't know if it is true or not."

"Use the Son of Heaven to order the princes! This seems to be Zhu Hao's actions."

At this moment, Zhu Si finally no longer regarded Zhu Hao as a friend.

It was Zhu Hao who betrayed friendship, not him Zhu Si!

Zhang Cong sighed: "The thieves outside the city said they would launch an attack on the city before dawn, and they said they would raze the capital to the ground. Old Yang Ge sent troops out of the city in the north of the city. I'm afraid it will cause conflicts. Your Majesty, please make a decision early."

"Do not worry."

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

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Zhang Cong was stunned for a moment.

The emperor was obviously scared to death, and had already planned to surrender. Why did he suddenly become hardened when the situation came to an end?

After he left Qianqing Palace, he seemed to have figured it out.

Zhu Si had plans to escape from the capital, but now he probably felt that the enemy outside the city wanted to use his name as emperor to suppress the entire Ming Dynasty, or the enemy did not have the strength to rule Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Si's name as emperor was still useful.

So Zhu Si felt that it would be better to wait until after the war to see if there was a chance to escape from the city in the chaos, and if not, decide whether to surrender.

Zhang Cong was very anxious.

Isn't this obviously speculation?
Are the lives of Ming soldiers and the people in the city so worthless in the eyes of the emperor?
"Old Zhang Ge."

Zhang Zuo appeared beside Zhang Cong.

Zhang Cong said eagerly: "Eunuch Zhang, you must persuade Your Majesty quickly, the matter cannot be delayed."

"Of course our family knows, but what can we do?"

Zhang Zuo said, "The enemy is attacking menacingly. A month ago, would you have imagined that the situation would deteriorate to what it is today? Your Majesty is the Lord of Ming Dynasty, and His Majesty's opinion must come first in everything."

Zhang Cong smiled wryly: "So is the capital of the Ming Dynasty dispensable?"

Zhang Zuo said: "If the complete city is left to the thieves, then they can use the capital as a barrier, and it will be even more difficult for the soldiers and horses of the kings from all over the country to restore the prestige of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhang Cong shook his head, too lazy to argue with Zhang Zuo, and said: "Then I will go to the city gate to garrison here."

"No need to go."

Zhang Zuo said, "It doesn't matter whether you go or not, it's better to stay in the palace and accompany you... The fast horses in the palace are ready, if there is any chaos in the city, His Majesty will leave the city among the people and rush all the way to Anlu... "

Zhang Cong was a little surprised.

Before the emperor wanted to go out of the city, he specially prepared a car to drive. There were a lot of family members such as the empress dowager, empress, and concubines in the palace.
What about the Queen and Queen Mother?
Those concubines are gone?
Only care about yourself?

Zhang Cong instantly understood why the emperor was not in a hurry to surrender at this moment. The emperor had the idea of ​​"all or nothing", that is, to run alone and hide in the ends of the world to maintain his freedom. As long as he ran out of the city to a safe place, he called All the soldiers and horses in the world can work hard for the king.

Zhang Cong really wanted to say, this is too taken for granted, right?

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At dawn, the battle officially started.

Soldiers and horses outside the city attacked the city at the same time from four directions of the capital.

Open the way with artillery first.

Dongzhi Gate in the east of the city was the first to be breached, and with the fall of the city gate, half of the city wall collapsed. By this time, the Ming soldiers had already hid in the houses in the city. Many people quietly changed their armor and prepared to escape the city pretending to be ordinary people.

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

For this day, Zhu Hao worked hard overseas for several years. This time, he brought back a thousand ships, a hundred thousand troops, and the amount of firearms and ammunition that the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty could not imagine.

It is absolutely unambiguous to say that it will be leveled.

The city wall has not completely collapsed, and we are determined not to go into the city.

"His Majesty……"

When the enemy's siege methods outside the city were told everywhere, that is, the combat method of completely razing the ground and leaving no blade of grass, Zhu Si was immediately stunned.

"Is the life of the people... ignored?"

Zhu Si originally thought that the opponent did 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 that it doesn't work.

Zhang Zuo said: "Your Majesty, it seems that the enemy is going to push them to the palace gate step by step. Moreover, some papers fell from the sky, saying that the emperor is benevolent and unrighteous, causing disasters to the people. If Your Majesty does not surrender, no one in the city will be able to leave the city!"

Zhu Sidao: "The thief chief must not be Zhu Hao, he wouldn't do this! He should be dead, Guan Jing and the others came to seek revenge on me. But the problem is, it wasn't Zhu Hao who I killed! By the way, where is Lu Song? Lu Bing?"

Zhu Si panicked all over.

"Your Majesty, if you don't return now, I'm afraid you won't have a chance! The east wall of the city has completely collapsed, and the rest of the city can no longer support it!"

Zhang Zuo also felt that the situation was over.

Not to mention stubbornness, even if you surrender now, you don't know if you can save your life.

"Send people out of the city! Send people out of the city! I agree to surrender!"

The prerequisite for Zhu Si to consider everything is his own life. He originally wanted to use the people in the city as human shields, but he tried to escape by himself. At that time, Zhu Si finally knew that he had no way to escape.

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Although Zhu Si repented at the critical moment, it is not easy for the war to stop at this juncture.

When it was almost dawn, the battle lasted only half an hour. At this time, only the south wall of the capital remained intact. The remaining three walls were already riddled with holes, all the gates collapsed, and many parts of the city wall were damaged.

When Zhang Cong went on an envoy on behalf of Daming again, the artillery outside the city didn't give face.

So much so that Zhang Cong didn't dare to leave the city at all.

Fortunately, Zhu Hao knew Zhu Si's character of fear of death, so he gave a certain buffer period before launching a street battle with the Inca Empire spearmen, and finally gave Zhang Cong the opportunity to bring the surrendered letter of credence out of the city.

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

Guan Jing met with Zhang Cong.

Zhang Cong bowed his head and said, "His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, is willing to submit to the new dynasty."

"It's not the New Dynasty, it's the Chinese Empire."

Guan Jing emphasized one sentence.

With his weak political thinking, he didn't understand why Zhang Cong called it the new dynasty.

In fact, the purpose of Zhang Cong's words is more like reminding the commanders of the siege soldiers and horses outside the city that you can simply kill the emperor and become the emperor of Ming Dynasty yourself, so that we ministers will continue to be ministers of the new dynasty. It's fun.

As for that bullshit emperor, he died when he died.

Guan Jing said: "After an hour, let your emperor lead his ministers out of the city to surrender! This is your pardon."

Zhang Cong took the so-called amnesty order in his hand and sighed: "This envoy will return to the city right now. Please abide by the agreement and let the innocent people in the city go."