Chapter 68 The Imperial City is besieged

Their speed exceeded everyone's expectations, and the defenders in the city had no time to react, and they rolled towards the imperial city like a hurricane.

Chongzhen got up early according to his habit and went to the early morning. Today, he found that many court officials did not arrive, and what he heard was also some bad news, which made him not have any interest in continuing at all. He just asked the situation of the war in the east of the city and asked those ministers if there was any good way to retreat from the enemy. But these ministers are now staring at each other, and some of the so-called strategies to retreat from the enemy are empty words and have no effect at all.

So Chongzhen quickly ended the early morning and announced that he would retreat to his imperial study. His heart was very upset and worried. Yu's army rebelled and forced him to the capital, but none of the Ming army generals dared to go out of the city to fight to the death, which made him very disappointed him.

Just as he listened to the rumble of cannons and shouts from the east of the city, suddenly he seemed to hear some messy noises in the east of the city, which was not like the sound made by the rebels attacking the city, and it seemed that this chaotic sound was coming from the imperial city. Closeer.

So he stood up, left a memorial in his hand, and asked the eunuch, "What's going on outside? Why did I hear some noisy noises from the east? Go and ask what happened? Come and report it to me quickly!"

The eunuch quickly rushed out and rushed to the palace gate, but as soon as he ran to the palace gate, before he could ask what had happened outside, he saw someone rushing into the palace gate and shouted, "It's not good! The rebels invaded the city! Killing towards the palace, close the palace door quickly! ......”

As soon as the eunuch who ran to the palace gate to inquire about the news heard it, he was immediately scared to death. The inside of his trousers became wet and hot. Unexpectedly, he was directly scared to pee. He rolled and crawled back to the imperial study and shouted as he ran, "Your Holiness, Your Holiness! No way! The rebels have invaded the city!"

Chongzhen was standing in front of the imperial study waiting for the news. Suddenly, he heard the eunuch's shouting from a distance, but he didn't hear what he was shouting for a moment, but there was still an ominous feeling in his heart.

And soon he saw some eunuch maids, who became panicked in the distance, and many people rushed around.

At this time, the eunuch had run forward and was out of breath. There was still a trace of water on the ground behind him. He fell to the ground and cried, "It's not a big deal. The rebels have invaded the city. It is said that they are attacking the imperial city. I hope the emperor should avoid it quickly!"

Chongzhen heard that it was like a thunderbolt. At that time, he was a little dumbfounded. Didn't Gao Qiqian ask for a reward last night, saying that he would reward the generals and improve morale to prevent the rebels from attacking the city? Why did the rebels break through the city at noon?

The huge capital is stationed with officers and soldiers who are far more than the number of rebels. Although the officers and soldiers can't wait to fight, they should still be able to defend the city for some days, right? Even if the capital is papery, it won't be too much to last for a few days. Are these rebels immortals?

Chongzhen couldn't believe it and listened carefully to the sound outside. At this time, the imperial city was also in chaos. The eunuch palace women shouted back and forth, and the shouting in the east of the city became clearer and clearer. Only then did Chongzhen completely believe that the rebels should be It's really into the city.

After being stunned for a while, his face looked like dirt, and his whole body seemed to be much older suddenly. After standing for a while, he gritted his teeth hard and said nothing. He turned back to the imperial study, reached out and took a sword from the wall of the imperial study. He grabbed the hilt of the sword in his hand, and pulled out the sword with a sound. He threw the scabbard on the ground and ran out of the imperial study with his sword and headed towards the palace gate.

The servants were so scared that they all knelt on the ground, grabbed Chongzhen and asked him not to go to the palace gate. Chongzhen seemed crazy for a moment and roared, "How can I not go? You have taken the weapon and go with me to kill the thief! The rebels have invaded the capital, and I will kill these traitors in person!"

At this time, the servant Wang Chengen flew over, hugged Chongzhen's leg, cried and persuaded him. He didn't let Chongzhen go to the palace gate with his sword at this time. At the same time, he shouted and ordered the chamberlains to quickly go to the gates of the inner city, close the gates, and prevent the rebels from entering the inner city.

Chongzhen was really helpless and had to give up the idea of going out of the palace, but a desperate mood had enveloped him at this time. How would Yu Xiaotian treat him after entering the city? Chongzhen can't guess, but he can guess that Yu Xiaotian must have the idea of seizing the world and taking the throne instead.

Will Yu Xiaotian treat him well when he enters Beijing? Chongzhen did not know that although the banner played by Yu Xiaotian at this time was on the side of the Qing Dynasty, once he was allowed to control the capital, he would definitely take the emperor to order the princes. At that time, even if he did not ascend to the throne, will the Ming Dynasty still be the Ming Dynasty of the Zhu family?

Thinking of this, Chongzhen shuddered and suddenly remembered a thing. He almost beat his chest with regret. This time, Yu Xiaotian led the rebels to attack the capital. Although he was very nervous, few people expected that the capital would be conquered by the rebels so quickly.

This also includes Chongzhen himself, so no one remembered at all. First, they should first transfer the royal relatives, arrange for the prince to withdraw from the capital, and go to a safe place to escape. Up to now, several princes are still in the imperial city. Now that the rebels have invaded the city, they should quickly transfer these princes.

Even if something happened to him, as long as these princes are still alive, it means that they can continue to inherit the throne, lead the world's army and civilians to compete with the thieves, and retake the country, but if even these princes are blocked in the imperial city, then the Ming Dynasty will have no orthodox successor.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen immediately issued an order to find a few loyal servants, rushed to the East Palace, take several princes, take them out of the palace first, and then find a way to escort them out of the capital and go to Nanjing for the time being. Once something happens to him, let them One of them ascended the throne in Nanjing, inherited the throne, led the soldiers and people of the world, continued to fight against the thieves, and regained the country.

After Wang Chengen received the order, he quickly went down and began to arrange, but he had not yet arranged to take several princes out of the palace, and there heard bursts of gunfire outside the imperial city.

A eunuch rushed to the imperial study and shouted, "The Holy Reunion, a big deal is not good! The rebels have arrived outside the Xuanwu Gate! Block the Xuanwu Gate!"

Hearing this, Chongzhen suddenly fainted and almost fell to the ground. He hurriedly ordered to quickly issue a decree to order the brocade guards guard the palace gate and not allow the rebels to enter the palace. He also sent people to rush to the East Palace to urge Wang Chengen to quickly send the prince out of the palace from Xihua Gate or Donghua Gate.

But after a while, another eunuch rushed over and shouted, "The rebels have reached Donghua Gate and blocked Donghua Gate!"

After listening to this, Chongzhen only felt that his scalp was numb. Although the rebels attacked the city, how long it took for them to reach the outside of the imperial city. There was still a short distance from the imperial city to Dongzhimen. There were still many defenders in the city, but why did they stop the arrival of the rebels at all?

From the time he learned that the Dongzhi Gate was broken, in total, in less than an hour, the rebels had rushed directly from the Dongzhi Gate to the outside of the imperial city. The speed is too ridiculous!

So Chongzhen also became more panicked and quickly issued an order to urge Wang Cheng'en to send someone to escort the prince out.

However, just as Wang Chengen sent someone to protect several princes and rushed to Xihua Gate, there was also news from the Meridian Gate that a team of rebels had blocked the Meridian Gate, that is, the Chengtian Gate, and the Meridian Gate could no longer be reached.

After hearing this, Chongzhen only felt numbness in his scalp and felt that it was really incomprehensible for the rebels to advance so quickly. Why did the rebels almost surround the imperial city so quickly? What are the Jinyiwei and so many soldiers and horses in the city?

What did Gao Qiqian eat? What did Cao Huachun eat? Where are they? The rebels have killed outside the imperial city. Why didn't the defenders in the city move and rushed to the king to block the rebels and drive the rebels out of the city?

Chongzhen was furious and ordered to send people out of Xihuamen immediately to ask Gao Qiqian and Cao Huachun why they had not led troops to help for a long time. He ordered the two of them to immediately lead the troops back to the imperial city to fight against the bandits.

But before his imperial edict came out, there was a sound of fire on the side of Xizhimen, and then an eunuch rushed back in panic and cried and reported: "Sir, Xizhimen... The rebels arrived at Xizhimen and blocked Xizhimen"

After hearing this, Chongzhen immediately fell on the dragon chair and finished his mind! Now the imperial city has been surrounded by the rebels, cutting off all contact between the imperial city and the outside world, and no one can leave.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen suddenly cried loudly and immediately went to draw his sword and wanted to kill himself, but the eunuchs hurriedly grabbed the sword and hugged Chongzhen to death.

Chongzhen cried and said, "I am ashamed of my ancestors. Now that I have let the rebels attack the imperial city, how can I live in the world? Daming Jiangshan died in my hands, and I can only apologize with death! Don't stop me! Let me die!

I would rather commit suicide than be a prisoner of the traitor to the thief. I will not be able to imitate Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty and be a prisoner of the Jin people!"

While Chongzhen was making a scene, several princes who had not had time to escape from the palace, also came to the imperial study under the escort of the eunuch. Chongzhen looked at several young sons and couldn't help but be even more sad, holding several young princes, more He lost his voice and cried loudly.

And several princes, only the eldest prince Zhu Cixuan, is 11 years old, who is somewhat sensible. The rest of the princes are still young and not very sensible. They cried with horror together with Chongzhen.

At this time, Chongzhen has made the worst plan. Once the Yu family's army attacks the imperial city and the imperial city is lost, even if he dies, he must not fall into the hands of Yu Xiaotian. And these princes are estimated to be lifeless. If Yu Xiaotian wants to usurp the throne and seize power, then he will never leave them with several disasters.

And after coaxing several princes for a while, he asked people to take them aside first and ordered Wang Chengen to go to the East Palace to tell the concubines of the harem that once the imperial city was conquered, they would be martyred together. They must not be captured by the rebels and insulted by the rebels. His emperor's woman did everything. It can't be spoiled by the rebels.

Next, Chongzhen calmed down. The palace was in a mess at this time. The eunuch maids ran around in the palace. Just now, when Yu's army had not surrounded the imperial city, some eunuch maids had wrapped some property in the palace and escaped from Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate. I brought out a lot of valuable things.

But many people didn't have time to react. At this time, they were also blocked in the palace, but many people's hands and feet were not clean. At this time, they stole things everywhere and then hid them, ready to steal something to escape once the palace was destroyed, or use these private property to buy a life from the rebels.

In a word, what is in the palace is in a mess now, and there is only a small number of loyal eunuchs who served Chongzhen in the king's mansion, and they still stay with Chongzhen to obey orders.

(Thank you again for the reward of the Spring Breeze Brothers!)