History of Empress Dowager Development

Chapter 200

Qin's letter was sent, but there was no reply from Jiangnan.The expected misfortune Xiao Qiang did not happen, but Zhu Yong's footsteps were getting closer and closer. The emperor sent out wave after wave of generals, but no one satisfied him—the most powerful general defended the city gate for fifteen days. In the end, they died in the hands of the rebels, and the rest could not hold it for three to five days, or could not hold it for a day, or died or surrendered, like mud cows falling into the sea.

In the beginning of a month, seeing the Zhu family's army getting closer and closer, the emperor finally couldn't sit still, and ordered Xu Fengxian from Mobei to quickly bring troops to reinforce.

But it was too late.

The country of the Jun family has been passed down to the present. Although there are neighboring countries in the west and north, the border gates are guarded by tiger generals. In the past 200 years, no one has been able to break through the iron gates.The soldiers there are naturally extremely brave, but around the peaceful and prosperous capital, although there are also garrison troops, they have not experienced any wars after all. In addition, the evils in the court are gradually growing, and the country is stable and peaceful. The army has long been slack .

When the Jun family first gained the country, the guards near the capital were the strongest. However, until now, most of these troops are the sons and relatives of officials and eunuchs, and not many of them can really fight.Even if the emperor focused on selecting talents, the fierce generals who could go to the battlefield were all in the frontier fortress, and those who stayed here had no experience in the battlefield, even though they were full of culture and martial arts.

In comparison, although Zhu Yong's army is not as brave as the Mobei Army, it has an advantage when dealing with these out-of-the-ordinary troops.

However, in the early ten days, Zhu Yong's army had already arrived at the capital, and the speed with which it was launched was astonishing.And the capital, which has been peaceful and prosperous for hundreds of years, is finally in chaos.

Lin Lang was already very anxious at this moment.Ordinarily, at the speed of the Mobei Army, even if the army is moving slowly, Xu Fengxian should naturally send his elite south to reinforce under such circumstances. News from the Northern Army.

She knew the ending of her previous life, and at this time she was even more afraid of the nightmare happening again, so she asked Chu Hanyi for news several times. Although Chu Hanyi appeared restless and flustered, he revealed an unusual calmness.

All the available people in the capital were found out. Since Xu Shuo happened to return to the capital, the emperor ordered him to assist the guards of the capital because he had won many victories in Mobei.

The Zhu family is approaching every day, and since the army started up to now, they have not suffered a few defeats, and now the army is guarding outside the capital, and the momentum is even more prosperous.Although the "soft bones that are afraid of death" accounted for the majority, not all the people in the court were greedy for life and afraid of death, and some people led troops to reinforce them one after another to relieve the siege of the city.The Zhu family was attacked by the enemy, and they stationed troops outside the capital for three days and three nights, but they still failed to open the city gate.

As for Xu's Mobei Army, there is still no news.

According to outside rumors, it was said that someone from the north also colluded with the Zhu family to stop Xu Fengxian who was going south.Now that the situation is chaotic, it is impossible to tell whether the news is true or not, but the Mobei Army did not do what the emperor wanted.

In the early morning of the fourth day, Lu Qian, the main guard of the city, secretly opened the city gate.Of the tens of thousands of elite members of the Zhu family, less than half stayed outside the city to respond, and most of them rushed in. Zhu Yong and his second son led their troops directly to the palace.

It was night, and the emperor was killed.

The battle cries resounded in the capital, and when it was dawn, Chu Hanyi summoned everyone in the Xu Mansion to the Meishou Hall.Up to Mrs. Xu, down to the servant girl, everyone was trembling, even Mrs. Xu rarely said a word, and looked straight at Chu Hanyi.

Now that Xu Fengxian and Xu Fengying are not in the mansion, Xu Fengliang has been a dude all his life, so he can't count on it at this time.Among the younger generation in Beijing, Xu Shuo is the most capable. However, he was sent to defend the city. At this time, the commander of the Zhu family army, who is collaborating with the enemy, drove straight in. Xu Shuo's life and death were uncertain, and Xu Sheng was left. Now he has shrunk behind Xu Fengliang like a tortoise. Yes, without saying a word.

Chu Hanyi sat there with an extremely calm face.

Since Zhu Yong was seeking to seize the throne, he naturally did not dare to gain a bad reputation when the world was not in chaos.Before attacking the capital this time, he had already ordered the three armies not to disturb the people easily, so although the city was in chaos all night, there was no such thing as burning houses or looting by bandits. Only the Liang army fought in the streets, although Many mansions and shops were destroyed, but it did not affect the Xu Mansion.

By this time, most people are playing it safe.The power of the Jun family is exhausted, the emperor is weak and incompetent, the military power is stronger than the imperial power, and the rescue is delayed. Everyone knows the success or failure of this battle. Although there was shouting and killing outside this night, except for some loyal courtiers With the exception of a few royal relatives, most people chose to close their doors for refuge, and so did the Xu Mansion.

The sound of beatings and killings last night lasted all night, and everyone present stayed up all night.Although Chu Hanyi is a female general, she can only fight in armor on the territory of Mobei. Although the emperor wanted to let her fight in the defense of the capital, she refused on the grounds of being "old and weak". , only listened to the war situation in the mansion all night.When dawn was approaching, she naturally also heard the news that the emperor had been killed.

She cleared her throat, and said in a deep voice: "The emperor was killed, and the Zhu family entered the palace. Do you have anything to say?"

There was no sound below.Mrs. Xu's face was stiff, Xu Fengliang's face was almost buried in her neck, let alone the second lady and Xu Sheng, they stared down at their toes, and only listened to the movement with their ears up.

A sneer appeared on Chu Hanyi's face, and he scanned them one by one, "The Mobei Army has reached forty miles outside Beijing, but now that the emperor has been killed, we still need to consider whether to advance or retreat. Everyone, where should we go?" She Of course, I didn't ask these people for advice, but seeing no one answered, I asked Xu Fengliang directly, "Second brother, what do you think?"

Xu Fengliang glanced at her, the seven-foot man was not half as imposing as Chu Hanyi, he just said in a nonchalant way: "Although the elder brother and the third younger brother are brave, but since the world is in the hands of the Zhu family, why not..." He looked Mrs. Xu glanced at her and said in a low voice, "It's okay to follow the general trend."

Chu Hanyi was noncommittal, and then asked: "What about the others, what do you think?" Xu Xiang sat next to her, Xu Xiang had an angry look on his face, and was about to get up to say something, but was secretly forced by Chu Hanyi Hold it down, and glance over, quite warning.Xu Xiang opened his mouth and sat down angrily.

(End of this chapter)