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

Chapter 230 Enemies meet, especially jealous

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, King Chuang had to take out all the silver in the treasury and reward it to the army, which barely stabilized the flustered hearts of ordinary soldiers.

However, silver can reassure ordinary soldiers temporarily, but it cannot reassure civil and military ministers and knowledgeable people in the city.

Anyone with a little bit of knowledge can see that the ship King Chuang is about to sink, the Ming Dynasty will be rejuvenated, and the peace of the world is a foregone conclusion. As long as you don't want to die at this time, you will definitely find another way out!
This is the so-called general trend is gone, people's hearts are gone.

It doesn't matter how many soldiers and horses the Ming army has outside the city, the important thing is that King Chuang is about to die.

This is also the reason why Hong Niangzi led the army to look forward to the wind and surrender wherever she went.

"Your Majesty, it seems that there are no powerful figures in the city anymore. I'm afraid it will be difficult to get them to take the initiative to open the city. What should I do?"

Seeing that it was getting late, seeing that it was going to be dark, and there was still no movement in the city, Liu Liangzuo was also a little anxious.

After all, they only had ten thousand people in total, and there were fifty thousand defenders in the city. Although Tongguan could not be able to mobilize more troops to help, who knows if Zhang Xianzhong from the southwest will come to rescue after a long time.

The red lady also knew that she couldn't procrastinate, she frowned when she heard the words, and said in a cold voice: "Send someone to shout again, if you don't open the city to surrender before dawn tomorrow, after the city is broken, everyone in the city will be killed." Light!"

"hiss!"

"Your Majesty, will this..."

Liu Liangzuo gasped, and opened his mouth, a little worried.

"What are you afraid of? All the consequences will be borne by me, and have nothing to do with you." The red lady said angrily. She didn't really want to massacre the city, but just wanted to force the people in the city.

"I don't mean that, I just..."

Liu Liangzuo was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly explained, but was interrupted by the red lady directly waving her hand: "Stop talking, go! Tell the people who shouted, just say that the massacre of the city was said by my red lady, I don't believe that everyone in the city is willing Buried with the thief."

"Yes!"

Liu Liangzuo didn't say any more, and he finally let go of his worries. With the words of Hong Niangzi, he didn't have to worry about being blamed when the time came.

Otherwise, if he didn't surrender, the city of Chang'an would really be slaughtered at that time. With His Majesty's love for the empress, he would probably put the shit bowl on his head afterwards.

Sure enough, the people in the city were terrified when they heard that the Ming army would massacre the city if they didn't open the city and surrender tomorrow morning.

Even the most ordinary soldiers couldn't sit still, after all, everyone's life was at stake.

And the civil and military ministers and generals in the city finally abandoned all their worries and took people to Kaesong in person.

As for King Chuang's life and death, no one cared about it anymore, and basically no one would listen to King Chuang's words.

There is no way, if it is an ordinary general of the Ming army who said something like massacring the city, they would naturally not believe it. It's not that they can't massacre, but they dare not.

But the one who came was the concubine of Daming, the most beloved woman of the emperor, plus the notoriety of the red lady, no one could tell if the real slaughter would happen, not to mention that as long as such a thing was even possible, it would not be possible. try.

As the city gate was opened, all the defenders in the city put down their weapons. Seeing that the situation was not going well, King Chuang had to flee from the south gate with a dozen of his confidants.

This time, let alone Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing, he didn't even have time to bring a lot of concubines and children.

Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance were already prepared to escape, but everyone knew that they had a big enmity with Hong Niangzi, not to mention that Hong Niangzi named them by their names. They didn't dare to add insult to injury, but they didn't have so many worries about the two of them. They only fled to the gate of the city, and they were tied up by the soldiers guarding the gate.

"Where are the burglars?"

The red lady didn't care about the civil and military officials kneeling at the gate of the city. After entering the city, she led people to kill directly to the palace. Knowing that King Chuang had escaped, she immediately led people to chase after her.

After chasing him all night, he finally caught up with King Chuang.

"My lord, it's not good. The Ming army is catching up. You should go first. Brothers will follow you to conquer the world in the next life!"

"kill!"

It has to be said that the dozen or so cavalry who protected King Chuang from escaping were all loyalists. Seeing that the Ming army's pursuers were close at hand, in order to cover King Chuang's escape, they turned around on their horses one after another, drew their swords and rushed forward, preparing to hold back the pursuers with all their might.

Two years of drunkenness, dreaming and death made Chuang Wang no longer the courage he used to be, and the one-night run made him extremely embarrassed and miserable, but when he looked back, the woman in red in the Ming army seemed to be full of strength again. , gritted his teeth and continued to run forward.

In order to catch up with King Chuang, Hong Niangzi only brought more than a hundred cavalry, and the official road was narrow, so she was entangled by more than a dozen cavalry who rushed up desperately.

The red lady was also in a hurry, seeing that the galloping horse in front of her was about to disappear, she knew that it must be King Chuang, so she jumped off the official road, took a detour, stepped on the official road again, and chased after him alone.

The cavalrymen of the Ming army who followed were also anxious when they saw that the empress was chasing up alone, but the official road was too narrow, and more than ten cavalry also jumped off the official road one after another. It's a mess.

The horses under the two were rare and good horses. After chasing for half an hour, the red lady finally approached within a hundred steps behind King Chuang.

"Thief, let's see where you are going to escape today, so hurry up and get off your horse and die!"

"You stinky bitch, if you hadn't turned your back on the battle back then, how could I have been defeated by Wu Sangui and reduced to what I am now, today just happens to settle old and new grudges with you!"

King Chuang also knew that he would not be able to get rid of Hong Niangzi, and seeing that she was alone, he was also angry from his heart. He simply restrained Ma Jiang, drew a knife and killed her, preparing to kill Hong Niangzi before fleeing.

"Okay, I finally look like a man, today either you die or I die."

The red lady also drew her sword, and charged forward with a murderous look on her face.

Immediately, the two fought side by side and made a mess, from the horse to the horse, from the official road to the field below, they were all covered in mud and looked embarrassed.

"The thief, our husband and wife were really blind back then, and turned to you, a despicable villain. Today, my red lady insists on cutting your body into thousands of pieces, making your life worse than death, and paying homage to my husband."

The red lady pointed her sword at him with red eyes.

King Chuang, on the other hand, beat the ground with a knife and gasped for breath. He was obviously exhausted, but he was unwilling to die under the sword of a woman in Hong Niang.

So while taking the opportunity to recover his strength, he said: "Commander Hong, at the beginning Li also mistrusted the slander of Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, and then killed Brother Li by mistake, and he still regrets it to this day..."

"Damn, you're clearly afraid of me and my wife, and you have murderous intentions, but fortunately, my husband is still wholeheartedly advising you...You son of a bitch, you die!"

The red lady didn't give him a chance to breathe, she raised her sword and rushed forward again, King Chuang had no choice but to parry with difficulty.

(End of this chapter)