Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 103 Long Live My Emperor
If it were another team, it might cause some commotion.

However, most of the people in Daizhou City were Li Zicheng's direct troops, protecting the grain and grass and family members.In their hearts, they actually believed that the brothers from Laoying were the most reliable. Zhou Dabiao's instigation was of no use at all, but instead gave them some sense of pride.

Looking at this scene, Mrs. Gao suddenly sneered and said: "You are the only one who can speak. If I say something, you will immediately reply. It seems that you have already thought about how to answer. Do you dare to say that you are innocent?"

Upon hearing his words, the others were shocked and looked a little embarrassed.

However, Zhou Dabiao was not frightened, and immediately replied: "This is because the empress does not know the villain. In fact, the villain is not good at fighting, and he is just talking about it. If the empress wrongly accuses the villain based on this, the villain will die with his eyes open!"

That's what he answered, but Gao already knew it by looking at the expressions of the others, and immediately sneered: "Come on, take them away for interrogation!"

Hearing this, Zhou Dabiao's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately said loudly: "Empress, are you going to give in?"

After Li Zijing heard this, he wanted to persuade his sister-in-law to stop, but in the end, he heard Mrs. Gao say: "Is it because you feel guilty?"

She was fully confident that with so many people, as long as they had questions and were interrogated separately, they would be able to find out something.If it's okay, then of course there's nothing you can ask.

After she finished speaking, she waved her hand, and her men immediately began to take the people away, regardless of their struggles and shouts.

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Behind a hill to the west of Daizhou, there are more than 7000 imperial cavalry hidden.This place is the closest military hiding place to Daizhou that Zhou Yuji knows.

At this time, he looked up at the sky and said to Emperor Chongzhen who was resting in front of him: "Your Majesty, Zhou Dabiao and others entered the city without receiving any reports the night before. Now that the agreed time has come, if we wait any longer, we will be afraid of Ningwuguan." The bandit army over there will be coming, so we can’t delay any more.”

Emperor Chongzhen, who was resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes immediately when he heard what he said, waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"

This was the first time for him to experience such a war. He originally thought he would be excited or nervous, but when things came to an end, he suddenly found that he was very calm.

Could it be possible that I should be the one who has had this kind of experience?

Emperor Chongzhen had this thought in his mind. Even though he was wearing iron armor, he quickly got on his horse. Then he turned around holding the reins and saw that all the cavalry behind him were already getting on their horses. There were more than [-] cavalrymen. At a glance, it was very spectacular. .

He didn't say anything, and immediately rode forward. The target was Daizhou not far ahead.

Of course, in the west direction, there are also people who are not released at night, which is used to warn the reinforcements of Li Zicheng's troops in the west.Otherwise, there is a war here and Li Zicheng's reinforcements suddenly arrive, which would be a taboo for military strategists!
Emperor Chongzhen might not have thought of this, but Zhou Yuji, as a general in hundreds of battles, could not fail to guard against it.

Once the more than [-] horsemen began to move, the rumble of horse hooves could be heard in the distance.

According to the plan, after arriving at Daizhou, they will start a feint attack.Zhou Dabiao, who sneaked into the city, led his men to set fires everywhere to create chaos, and at the same time tried to seize a city gate, so that Daizhou could move down.

Otherwise, attacking the city with cavalry would only be a joke.

For this reason, Zhou Dabiao selected more than 3000 of the more than 300 captives who surrendered, and Emperor Chongzhen also met them and made a promise.

Plans like this have been very dangerous since ancient times.Success is a great achievement, failure is a loss of life.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen quickly led his army to Daizhou and stopped about two hundred steps away from the city of Daizhou.At the back of the team, there were cavalry soldiers whose horsetails were tied to tree branches, creating more dust, so that the rebels in Daizhou did not know how many imperial officers and soldiers were coming.

The so-called "one stone's throw" is probably about a hundred steps.Ordinary archers can aim at about fifty steps, while elite archers can aim at eighty steps. Just like the Qi family army, the sharp archers in the army usually aim at a hundred steps, which is the so-called hundred steps to pierce the Yang.No matter how far it is, it will not be encountered by ordinary soldiers.

It was also at such a distance that it was possible to shout to the top of the city and be heard.

Emperor Chongzhen and his party stopped two hundred steps away, which was basically safe.

At this time, on top of Daizhou City, the defenders were ready to stand ready.Even if Emperor Chongzhen had only experienced such a war for the first time, from his perspective, he could see that there was nothing to take advantage of.

Next to him, Zhou Yuji, He Zan, He Zhen and other generals bowed their fists in salute to Emperor Chongzhen, and then prepared to start a feint attack according to the plan.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen's expression suddenly turned serious. He immediately raised his head to stop them and said, "Look at the top of the city!"

Zhou Yuji and others suddenly felt something bad and quickly turned to look at the city.I saw Zhou Dabiao appeared at the top of the city, tied up. Apparently the plan had failed!
On the top of the city, someone shouted: "Who is the current emperor?"

When Fang Zhenghua heard this, he quickly whispered to Emperor Chongzhen: "Long live my Lord, please don't answer."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen understood what he meant. He was probably afraid of being targeted by the bandits on the city.

After shouting from the top of the city, they found no movement, so they shouted again: "A group of traitors dare to say that the current emperor personally led the army. It is really a joke!"

"The imperial court is exhausted, you should surrender as soon as possible! If you still try to use this method to defraud the city, that's just a dream!"

"..."

Hearing the shouts from the top of the city and watching the traitors being arrested, the imperial cavalry soldiers responded with silence. Invisibly, their morale dropped.

After the shouting at the top of the city died down, suddenly I saw groups of tied-up people being escorted up to the top of the city, near the battlements of the outer wall. At a quick glance, I saw that there were about [-] people. It should be that everyone who had sneaked into the city had been arrested. Understand.

Then, the shouts on the top of the city rang out again, but this time, they were not directed at outside the city, but at these tied-up people.

However, the loudness of the voice was obviously intended for the imperial officers and soldiers outside the city.

"Say your name, and then loudly curse the eighteen generations of ancestors of the current emperor, I will recognize you as brothers, otherwise, kill!"

The officers and soldiers outside the city who could hear this sound were immediately furious.They knew that the emperor was in the army.Even if the emperor is not in the army, it would definitely be a great humiliation to insult the emperor like this.

Zhou Yuji whispered to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the person speaking is Li Zijing, the brother of the bandit leader Li Zicheng. The female general next to that person is Gao, the daughter-in-law of the bandit leader Li Zicheng."

After finishing speaking, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, wait a moment, the general will deal with it!"

Once those people on top of the city cursed the emperor's eighteenth generation ancestors in public in order to survive, Zhou Yuji, who had experienced battles for a long time, could continue to calm down and deal with it.However, for the emperor himself, Zhou Yuji was really afraid that the emperor would lose his temper and issue some irrational decrees.When the time comes, as a minister, will you comply or not?

Apart from anything else, if the emperor got angry after being scolded and issued an order to storm the city, how many casualties would there be?

After Zhou Yuji finished speaking, just as he was about to beat his horse and leave, he heard Zhou Dabiao on the top of the city suddenly shout loudly: "Brothers, long live the Lord, have mercy on us. We only lived one more day and did not die in front of Ningwuguan." Lord Long Live said, we can join the army, but when we go home, we just don’t want to be thieves anymore. Whoever dares to scold Lord Long Live has a good conscience? Even if you go underground, Lord Hell won’t be able to spare you!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yuji was stunned.He didn't expect that Zhou Dabiao, who was always flattering at the sight of others, would actually say such a thing in this situation.

On the top of the city, when Li Zijing heard Zhou Dabiao's words, he became furious and grabbed a child of about seven years old. The child started crying in pain, but he ignored him and shouted angrily at Zhou Dabiao: "I want you." Shout first, if you dare not shout, I will kill your son first!"

There was a little girl about ten years old and a young woman next to the child. Seeing this, they immediately pounced on the little boy, but were immediately pushed away by Li Zijing's personal guards.Suddenly, the cries of women and children on the top of the city suddenly became loud.

It can be seen that Zhou Dabiao struggled to pounce, but was held tightly by two thieves.

Li Zijing laughed fiercely and said loudly: "Speak quickly, I am impatient!"

At this moment, almost everyone focused their attention on Zhou Dabiao to see what decision he would make.

Zhou Dabiao turned to look outside the city. It was naturally easy for him to see where the emperor was. After all, his status was obvious. Then he turned to look at Li Zijing and shouted loudly: "My child, the emperor is a good emperor. Dad has seen , If it weren’t for the emperor’s kindness, my father would have died in Ningwuguan and I would never have seen you again. I’m sorry for you, and I can’t even curse you. I will die with you, and the family will be reunited on the road to Huangquan!”

In troubled times, letters from home are worth tens of thousands of dollars. I don’t know how many life and death partings there are, and I don’t know how much I care about my loved ones.

Obviously, Zhou Dabiao cared about his relatives and did not want to die in front of Ningwuguan.Now, he can't save his family, but he feels that he can die together.

"father……"

On the top of the city, the two children were shouting heart-breakingly.There seemed to be no sound above and below the city, except for the sound of Zhou Dabiao's family.

Suddenly, I heard Li Zijing say with a ferocious smile: "Okay, I will help you!"

After he finished speaking, he continued to hold the child's hair with one hand while pulling out the knife with the other.

At this moment, a loud shout was heard from outside the city: "Slow down!"

This shout, like the roar of a lion king, makes people stop moving.

Li Zijing also stopped and turned his head to look outside the city when he heard the sound.

I saw a general in armor riding out of the official army outside the city, riding slowly out.It seems that he is strolling in the courtyard, but he feels domineering, ignoring that this place is a battlefield.

Needless to say, this person was Emperor Chongzhen. As soon as he heard him walking forward slowly, he shouted loudly: "I am the current emperor. I usually think that your rebellion is all due to corrupt officials and you cannot survive." Go down and do it, so I have compassion for you. Now it seems that you will not even spare your women and children. I swear to God here that you dare to harm them. I will tell the world that all the families of the thieves and soldiers will be killed. Kill him!"

Li Zijing was stunned after hearing this.

The man's aura and the way the man behind him rushed forward to protect him in a panic made him confirm at once that this man was really the current emperor!

Previously, they interrogated the emperor, but they still didn't believe it.Even later, these people said that the emperor was coming, but they still didn't believe it.

The current emperor, instead of sitting in the Forbidden City, comes to the battlefield?How can this be!

But now, they have confirmed that that person is the current emperor!

Suddenly, on the top of the city, even the crying of the two children and Zhou Dabiao's wife stopped.Everyone looked blankly at the current emperor outside the city.

After a while, Li Zijing came to his senses and suddenly felt that he was suppressed by the emperor in front of the two armies. He felt very unhappy.

In today's world, his brother established the Dashun Kingdom and was about to destroy the Ming Kingdom and change the dynasty. He was the younger brother of the new emperor. How could the last emperor be so frightened by the prince?

So, he walked to the battlements, smiled ferociously at Emperor Chongzhen and said, "I'm so scared, you dog emperor. I'll kill you for you to see. What can you do to me?"

As he spoke, he felt that he had hit the dog emperor outside the city, so he raised the knife in his hand, looked at the little boy he was holding in his other hand, smiled ferociously, and prepared to chop it down.

However, at this moment, several exclamations sounded around him at the same time.

"careful!"

"Your Highness, hide quickly!"

"not good!"

"..."

Li Zijing was startled when he heard this, and then slowed down his movements, and then saw one of his personal guards flying toward him.

Just then, he heard the sound of bowstrings outside the city.But before he could understand it, he felt a sharp pain in the arm holding the knife, and he suddenly said "Ah!"Then, he was hit by his personal guard and fell backward.

In the process, he let go of his knife, and the child naturally let go. At the same time, he also saw that the guard who knocked him down had two arrows stuck in his body. Although he was wearing armor, he was also missing. Half feather.

When he was about to fall to the ground, he saw that there was an arrow on his arm, half-pierced in his arm.

"what……"

Suddenly, a lung-piercing sound sounded on the top of the city.

The defenders on the city head all subconsciously took a few steps back, leaving the outer city wall, and then looked outside the city. They saw that the current emperor had just put away his bow. Then, he looked up at the city head and shouted loudly: "Tiao Liang" Clown, do you want to act like a monster in front of me again?"

After the words fell, no one on the city dared to reply. Such a sharp shot, and it was so far away, at least 150 steps away, probably two hundred steps away, actually hit the target!
Who dares to fight with such a superb shot?

Even Li Zijing, who was howling and fainting from the pain, lost his voice.

In front of the two armies, the emperor looked proudly at the top of the city, as if he was the only one in the world!
"Long live my emperor!"

Among the cavalry, an unknown person was captured by Emperor Chongzhen's powerful force and couldn't help shouting.

The other cavalry officers reacted and were inspired by their emperor's bravery. They all immediately shouted: "Long live my emperor!"

The sound was earth-shattering, echoing in the sky above Daizhou City.

Suddenly, the morale of the imperial officers and soldiers was really strong!
On the top of the city, there was total silence. They just looked at the imperial officers and soldiers outside the city, and then looked at Emperor Chongzhen, never leaving their eyes.

When the shouts of the cavalry officers stopped, a female voice rang out from the top of the city, loudly saying: "We were indeed forced to start the uprising. Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will not kill women and children..."

The speaker was Li Zicheng's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Gao, but no one believed her when she spoke.

Not to mention whether women and children had been killed in other places, just now, if they really wanted to stop killing women and children, they should have stopped it just now.If it weren't for the emperor's magic shot, the child would have died.

If he came out to talk about it at this time, it was obvious that he was just using the steps to get off the stage.

Otherwise, if this matter spreads out, will Dashun, which wants to dominate the world, still want to win the hearts of the people?

Some people even speculated that the reason why Gao stepped down was because the emperor's bravery frightened her.Moreover, the emperor swore in public that if they still dared to kill women and children, could they guarantee that their children would not fall into the hands of the government and the army?

With such a powerful emperor here, who dares to have such a guarantee?
At this time, I heard Mrs. Gao still saying: "However, when the two armies are fighting, these people who try to steal the city must be killed, even if you are the current emperor!"

If even these people let go when threatened by the emperor, then let's just have a fart fight and surrender obediently!
After she finished speaking, before Emperor Chongzhen could answer, he heard Zhou Dabiao shouting loudly with a slightly choked tone: "It's because of my low ability that you found out. I died immediately. After 18 years, I became a man again. "

He never expected that the emperor would use his magic shot to save his son, and force Gao to promise not to harm his family. He immediately felt in his heart that it was worth dying for such an emperor!
Hearing his words, the other tied men also spoke loudly.

"Yes, when I came, I thought I was going to die. I was afraid of a ball!"

"We have lived one more day, earned it!"

"Brothers, you will not be lonely on the road to hell!"

"..."

At this moment, just listen to these men talking loudly, and the rest, whether on top of the city or below the city, are silent, and everyone is looking at them.No matter which force it was, they all showed their admiration.

These people can afford the word "hero"!

The same was true for Emperor Chongzhen outside the city.He also admires these people from the bottom of his heart who regard death as their own.

Although I did feel that it was very dangerous before setting off last night, I didn't feel this way at that time, or the feelings were not as strong as now: these people are all rough men, and most of them don't even know the words. They couldn't speak Mandarin well and had a strong local accent, but they were fearless when death came.

Compared with those scholar-bureaucrats who shouted "the water is too cold" in the face of death, these people are really much nobler!

(End of this chapter)