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Chapter 419 The Disappeared Chongzhen

"Decree to the whole army that no one is allowed to burn, kill or loot in the capital, otherwise they will be executed on the spot!" Li Zicheng rode proudly on his horse and anxiously gave the order.

This is the capital of the Ming Empire, and it will be Li Zicheng's capital in the future. His mentality is completely different from that of dealing with Ning Wugan, Daizhou and other places!This is equivalent to the site he will operate in the future, how can he burn, kill and loot on his own site?Wouldn't it be more uncomfortable for me to be in trouble later?
I don't know whether it was Li Zicheng's military orders that had an effect, or the peasants were in awe of the legendary Son of Heaven. These peasant troops who usually entered the city to rob them rarely restrained themselves, and looked at the scenery in the capital in awe.

After Zhang Fengyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, opened Xizhimen, the eunuchs guarding the various gates also abandoned the gates and fled, or surrendered to Li Zicheng.

"King Chuang has entered the city!" This explosive news quickly spread throughout the capital!

No one can imagine that the capital, which plans to hold on for a year until the soldiers and horses from all over the world come to help, will fall so soon!The aristocratic families in the city who hadn't had time to escape packed up their belongings and took advantage of the chaos to flee to the south city.There, the South Route Army led by Zhang Yuan had not had time to encircle them!
But their idea fell through!The South Route Army led by Zhang Yuan finally marched over from Gu'an at this time, with the flag waving, blocked the gates of the southern city of the capital, and formed a siege of the Forbidden City with Li Zicheng's North Route Army in time!

Now, whether it is the aloof Emperor Chongzhen or the civil and military officials who hold great power in ordinary times, they are all blocked in the glorious Forbidden City, like catching a turtle in a urn!

"We are willing to surrender to King Chuang, please don't kill us!" As soon as Zhang Yuan's Southern Route Army appeared, the eunuchs guarding the gates of the southern city chose to surrender almost in unison!
The north gate has been lost, and 20 bandits have already entered the city. Is there any point in defending the south gate? !
The high-ranking officials and nobles who planned to escape from the gates of the South City saw that the Gate of the South City had also changed their banners, and they felt miserable.This time, no one can escape.

"I really regret that I didn't listen to the persuasion earlier. If I had fled from Tianjin Wei to Nanjing or southern Liaoning on the ship of the Liao Army earlier, I would not have fallen into the current predicament! If I didn't covet [-]% of the property back then, it would be abominable. "Some aristocratic families regretted their previous choices.

"Is there any use in saying that there is something and nothing? Now that the southern and northern cities have changed their flags, the surname of the world is not Zhu, but Li! Be nice. Maybe the intruder will let us go."

"What nonsense are you talking about, we are officials of Daming, how can we surrender to the intruders!"

"That's right, this country belongs to Daming, and it cannot be handed over to the brutal trespassers. Otherwise, we are under the Nine Springs, how can we have the face to meet the former emperors of Daming!"

Some officials, aristocrats and heroes who were blocked in Nancheng said angrily that they seemed to roll up their sleeves and drive out Zhang Yuan's army entering the city...

But when Zhang Yuan's sword rested on their necks, these tough ministers said one after another: "We are willing to submit to King Chuang and do our best for King Chuang!"

"Lead me the way, go to the inner hall, I want to capture Chongzhen alive!" Zhang Yuan has no interest in these shrimp soldiers and crab generals, the only thing he thinks about now is to capture the legendary Ninth Five Lord!
"This general, please come with us!" A group of eunuchs and ministers scrambled to lead the way for Zhang Yuan.

In the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City, when Chongzhen brought a group of eunuchs to the main hall, all the civil and military officials fled.This hall, where the emperor usually summons his important ministers, is empty, and it looks so desolate.

"I am not the king of the subjugated country, you are all the ministers of the subjugated country!" Chongzhen saw the deserted hall, and thought of the bleak scene of the tree falling and everyone pushing it, and an unspeakable sadness filled his heart, so he scolded the officials who were not here up.

"Now that thieves have entered the city, the city is full of flames, and the minister is only concerned about escaping alone. What kind of shit is a scholar, and what a shit is the chief assistant of the minister, they are all unreliable, and they are not as loyal as you slaves!"

"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body. As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about firewood. We haven't reached a desperate situation yet, and we still have a chance to make a comeback!" Several young eunuchs following Chongzhen persuaded.

"A comeback? We are being caught in the urn now, how can we make a comeback!" Chongzhen laughed back angrily.

"We can pretend to be civilians and escape from the palace in the chaos! The slaves heard that the Liao Army has ships in Tianjin Wei. As long as you have money, you can take their ships to Nanjing City! As long as your Majesty arrives in Nanjing City, you can call Soldiers and horses from all over the world will attack the intruders together. If we retreat, we can also protect the south of the Yangtze River and fight against the intruders across the river." said the little eunuch.

"Recovering the Liao army..." Chongzhen really couldn't describe it in words.

Most officials said that moving the capital to Nanjing City was extremely difficult. As a result, the Liao Army had direct ships to Nanjing City, which was not difficult at all. Compared with him, the emperor, there was a way.

"Your Majesty, let's go quickly, or we will run out of time!" Several eunuchs urged.

"No! My concubines and princesses must not fall into the hands of the intruder, otherwise I will have no face to meet the late emperors under the Nine Springs!" Chongzhen thought that his wife and daughter might be humiliated by the intruder, so he anxiously wanted to go to the intruder. harem.

"Time is running out, Your Majesty!" Several young eunuchs looked at each other.

Unknown who took advantage of Emperor Chongzhen's unpreparedness and slammed the scabbard of the waist knife taken from Ouchi's guards on his neck.

Chongzhen never thought that his slave would dare to do anything to him, and he fainted as soon as his eyes went dark.

"It's disrespectful, disrespectful, Your Majesty, please forgive us..." The little eunuch, who had tried his best to knock Chongzhen unconscious, said tremblingly to the fallen Chongzhen, with a drooling voice.

"We are doing this for His Majesty's benefit. We are running out of time. Quickly take off His Majesty's clothes and take him away from this place of right and wrong!" The leading eunuch said anxiously.

A few young eunuchs had obviously never done such a big thing, they hurriedly erected Chongzhen, removed the dragon robe, changed into civilian clothes, and then disappeared into the Forbidden City...

When Zhang Yuan led people to kill the inner hall, except for a bunch of concubines, court ladies, and eunuchs who were at a loss, there was no trace of Chongzhen in the inner hall.

"Where is the emperor?" Zhang Yuan grabbed a chief eunuch and said coldly, the same cold blade was already on the chief eunuch's neck.

"My lord... the little one... the little one doesn't know..." the head eunuch said in horror.

"What about Queen Zhou?" Zhang Yuan continued to question.

"The little one... I don't know..." The head eunuch still looked terrified.

"Bastard!" Zhang Yuan chopped off the head eunuch with a knife, and the blood spattered on the ground, scaring a group of concubines and maids in the harem to scream.

(End of this chapter)