The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 24 I Was Also Afraid of Death

"Report..."

"Your Majesty, the Chaoyang Gate is in an emergency, and the governor asks His Majesty to send two thousand imperial guards to help!"

"allow!"

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, Xizhimen is in an emergency again. The Governor-General requests His Majesty to dispatch two thousand Imperial Forest Army to reinforce it as soon as possible!"

"allow!"

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, Deshengmen is in an emergency again, and the governor requests His Majesty to dispatch two thousand Imperial Forest Army..."

On the tower of Chengtian Gate, following the urgent reports, the number of [-] Imperial Forest Army in Zhu Cihong's hands was constantly decreasing, and his heart was already panicked.

And when there were only the last two thousand troops left in his hands, his whole body was soaked as if he had fallen into the water.

I shouted in my heart, Zhou Yuji misunderstood me!

He never expected that on the first day, more than a hundred thousand troops would fill it up, and they were still in a hurry.

He also did not expect that the thieves would attack like crazy from morning to afternoon, and they would still besiege from all sides.

The shouts and screams never stopped.

If it goes on like this, let alone sticking to it for a year or so, I'm afraid it will be over in a day, it's too fucking deceitful.

If he had known that this was the case, he would have fled the city of Beijing, which was still guarding a fart.

Back then, I really shouldn't have believed Zhou Yuji's nonsense, let alone angered the intruder.

If he knew this earlier, let alone 200 million shi for food and grass, even 300 million shi, he would try his best to scrape together.

At this moment, Zhu Cihong's bowels were almost remorseful.

But I also know that the end is done, and it is useless to regret it.

"Lang... langer, the food is ready, should I send it up immediately?"

Empress Zhou came to the tower to ask for instructions again with the help of the maid, her face was slightly pale, she obviously knew the danger of the war, otherwise it would be impossible to postpone the eating time of the soldiers again and again.

"Wait a little longer, the soldiers probably don't have time to eat now."

Zhu Cihong waved his hand. He realized that he was still naive. Under such a fierce battle, there was no time to eat without the non-stop fighting.

Forcibly transporting the food up will cause a catastrophe, and it will be counterproductive. It is better to carry it hungry.

"Lang'er..."

Empress Zhou opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but finally had to stand aside silently.

Zhu Cihong was not in the mood to comfort her at the moment, he paced back and forth to hide his panic.

But the ladies, eunuchs, eunuchs and generals around are not fools. Anyone can see how critical the situation is from His Majesty's appearance.

For a moment, all the people on the entire city tower were full of nervousness and apprehension.

"Report..."

And as an orderly came galloping on horseback again, everyone's hearts tightened.

Zhu Cihong also became short of breath, his nerves collapsed to the extreme.

What he is most afraid of now are these messengers.

The messenger didn't know what he was thinking, he stopped suddenly, got off his horse and worshiped: "Report to Your Majesty, the bandit army has attacked Deshengmen, the governor has personally led more than a thousand elites to rush to help, let Your Majesty prepare for reinforcements!"

"what?"

"Already killed Deshengmen?"

"Zhou Yuji went in person?"

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong's complexion changed greatly, his head became dizzy for a while, and his legs were about to fall when his legs gave way, but fortunately he was supported by Wang Dehua and several court ladies.

"Lang'er, don't worry!"

"Quickly send the doctor..."

Empress Zhou burst into tears.

"Mother... Queen Mother, it doesn't matter, I'm fine..."

Zhu Cihong quickly stabilized his figure and waved his hands.

At this moment, he felt his heart beating uncontrollably and desperately accelerating.

It wasn't until this moment that he realized that his heart was far from being as strong as he imagined, and that he was so fragile in the face of the fear of possible death.

But when he thought of Li Zicheng coming in, catching him and executing him Ling Chi, or quartering his body by five horses and so on.

The fear in my heart can't be suppressed no matter what.

It turned out that he was just a covetous person who was afraid of death.

what emperor.

What a real dragon emperor.

What kind of protagonist is bullshit.

After a full quarter of an hour, Zhu Cihong temporarily suppressed his fear, stabilized his mind, and his face became resolute again.

"Come here, put on armor for me!"

He knew that Deshengmen must be in danger and would be captured at any time.

Otherwise, Zhou Yuji would not have brought his thousand elites into battle in person.

What's more, near Deshengmen, he alone sent [-] Jing troops and [-] Yulin troops, but they were still killed by the bandits, which shows the intensity of the battle.

"Wang'er, what are you going to do? How can you go in person?"

Seeing the big Han generals begin to put armor on Zhu Cihong, Empress Zhou became anxious immediately.

"Mother, if the bandit army breaks through the city, it will be the same wherever I am."

Zhu Cilang waved his hand, Deshengmen is located in the north of the inner city, once breached, the bandit army will go straight into the inner city.Although there is still the imperial city and Miyagi that can be defended, but this group of people simply cannot and cannot defend it.

"But...but..."

"Report..."

"Your Majesty, Zhou Zongbing is stuck in a stalemate with the bandit army at Deshengmen, and urgently needs reinforcements!"

Queen Zhou wanted to say more, and Yiqi came galloping again.

Perhaps because of psychological preparation this time, Zhu Cihong did not lose his composure anymore, but pulled out the sword from his waist with a choke, and shouted loudly at the last two thousand Imperial Forest Army who had already been waiting in full force in the square below.

"Soldiers, the time has come to defend Daming. You are willing to join me in battle to kill the enemy and spill blood on the battlefield!"

"I swear to follow Your Majesty!"

"I swear to follow Your Majesty!"

The two thousand Imperial Forest Army and the big Han generals on the top of the city raised their weapons high and shouted in unison.

"go!"

Immediately, Zhu Cihong quickly walked towards the square.

The big Han generals followed closely behind.

Even the eunuchs followed with their knives in hand.

When Empress Zhou came to her senses, Zhu Cihong had already led 2000 people to quickly kill towards Deshengmen.

Zhou Yuji's 1000 old soldiers, he knows how elite they are, and even more than [-] old soldiers are stuck in a stalemate, which shows that a large number of bandit troops must have climbed to the top of the city.

Although they have been in a hurry since the afternoon, in fact, there are very few bandits who can really climb to the top of the city, otherwise they would not be able to hold on.

He also knows the virtues of those Beijing camps, but it's okay to let them throw stones and ladders to pour manure, but it's absolutely lax to use knives to fight the opponent in close quarters.

So after learning that Deshengmen was in a panic, Zhu Cihong did not hesitate to personally take the remaining 2000 people to kill for reinforcements.

He is not trying to be a hero, but he knows his own affairs.

He was afraid that after being caught, he could not help but kneel down and beg for mercy.

He also knew that he could muster up the courage to go into battle and be hacked to death or shot to death by arrows, but he absolutely didn't have the courage to stab himself, not even to hang himself like Chongzhen.

The dog jumped the wall when he was in a hurry, so he naturally dared to fight for his life.

When Zhu Cihong rushed to the vicinity of Deshengmen with his troops, there was already a pot of porridge on the top of the city, and the two sides were crowded together and fighting in scuffle.

At every moment, there are Chuangjun who climbed up and jumped into the battlefield. Those who were killed by the Ming army retreated down the stairs again and again, and there were many people who fled secretly.

If Zhou Yuji hadn't led his people to persevere on the top of the city, the Ming army on the entire city wall would have collapsed, and the intruders would have entered the city long ago.

(Brothers, don't keep books.)
(End of this chapter)