Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 932 Scarlet Imperial Capital 5
The queen still has a little impression of Shi Tianbao. He is Yang Menglong's guard. Yang Menglong took him with him many times in and out of the palace. When he was having fun with Chongzhen's family, he even let Shi Tianbao fight against the master of the palace guards. Let Chongzhen see how powerful this Miao lion is.As for the result of the fight...the palace guards all agreed that friendship comes first and competition comes second, so don't care too much about the result, but Chongzhen did everything possible to lure him away from Yang Menglong, and for this reason he even lured him with high-ranking officials and generous salary.It's a pity that what Shi Tianbao yearns for is to cross the battlefield and show off his prestige, not to guard his home in the imperial city, and he is not tempted by the olive branch extended by Chongzhen, which makes Chongzhen quite disappointed.Hearing that he was sent by Yang Menglong, the queen was immediately overjoyed. Before he could speak, the third prince had already shouted in surprise: "Lion, lion!" He rushed over to hug Shi Tianbao's leg, with a happy smile on his face .Shi Tianbao also smiled, stroked his head, and asked, "Rabbit, are you okay?"

Zhou Ruhu was dumbfounded, you old man dared to call the prince a rabbit, you are already considered audacious, and you dared to call it out in front of the queen, you are so brave!The third prince didn't mean to be angry at all, he just shook his head and said: "No! No! These days, those rebellious officials and thieves are breaking into the palace every day, and they want to be emperor according to their wishes, so that they can give up the great Ming Dynasty to Jian. Slave, if the orphan refused, they forced each other bitterly, frightening the orphan and the queen!" He laughed happily: "But now you are here, the lion, and you must take good care of the orphan and the queen." Let out such a bad breath, and tear these rebellious officials and thieves into pieces!"

Shi Tianbao sighed: "Rabbit, if His Highness the Crown Prince encountered this situation, he would definitely not hide in his mother's arms and cry like you. Instead, he would rush up and kick the butts of those rebellious officials and traitors. You have to learn from him!"

The third prince was a little frustrated: "Brother Huang has a good master who teaches him how to fight every day. If he is alone, how can he learn it..."

Shi Tianbao said: "It's okay, I came to the palace this time to take you to your brother's side. From now on, you can also fight and swear as you like like him!"

The third prince nodded excitedly: "That's great, I've thought of going there a long time ago!"

Yang Menglong has entered the palace many times, and had a great time with those in the Chongzhen harem. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a family, and Shi Tianbao, as his follower, will naturally not see outsiders, and he has become brothers and sisters with several princes, especially The third prince admired his skills so much that he pestered him every time to teach him a few moves, and gave him the scary nickname of "Lion".Playing crazy in Nanyang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who became full of wildness also got the nickname "Tiger". As for himself... because of his cowardly nature, Shi Tianbao and the Crown Prince called him a rabbit very unceremoniously, which made him feel very shameless face.He has always thought that he was not born so cowardly, it was a lot of court rules and those lecturers who turned him into a rabbit. When he heard that Shi Tianbao wanted to take him to Nanyang, he was of course happy.

The queen also showed a little smile, and asked, "General Shi, when did you come to Beijing? Champion Hou's injury..."

Shi Tianbao said: "Hou Ye was plotted against by thieves in Taiwan, and he was seriously injured and critically ill. Fortunately, he was rescued by a genius doctor, and he was finally out of danger. After learning that the Holy One had rashly launched the Northern Expedition, he set off to return to Nanyang regardless of his injuries. Heading north quickly, he himself led more than a hundred soldiers in light clothes, traveling day and night, trying to catch up with the Holy Majesty before he arrived in western Liaoning..."

The queen apologized and said: "It's really difficult for him. Alas, there are always people in the court and the field who say that the champion is plotting against the law and has wolf ambitions. In fact, they are all bloody people. How many people can do his job now? By the way, the champion is now Where?"

Shi Tianbao said: "The last news I got was that the champion Hou learned that Taiyuan had fallen..."

Concubine Yuan cried out: "Taiyuan has fallen!? How is that possible!?"

Zhou Ruhu was also taken aback: "Taiyuan fell? When did it happen?"

Shi Tianbao said: "What happened a month ago, thanks to those gangsters and thieves, the Xiongcheng city of Taiyuan fell into the enemy's hands without any resistance. Champion Hou changed his route when he learned of this situation, led more than a hundred soldiers to Shanxi, intercepted thousands of routs and led them to fight Jiannu in Yangquan!"

Zhou Ruhu was shocked: "Leading a mere hundred soldiers, dare to face the attack of tens of thousands of Jiannu and defend Yangquan to the death? The champion is too desperate! How is the situation now?"

Shi Tianbao shook his head: "I don't know. After entering the capital, the news will be cut off." Clapping his hands, he said to everyone: "Okay, don't think too much, everyone should first think about how to escape from this ghost place. Shao General, how many people have you brought here?"

Zhou Ruhu said: "Not many, just 120 people, and only two will enter the palace with me."

Shi Tianbao frowned, then stretched it out again, and said, "I also brought 100 people here, which adds up to 220 people, enough!"

Zhou Ruhu said: "There is no way for this small number of people to break through the encirclement!"

Shi Tianbao smiled and said, "I didn't intend to break out of the encirclement either. This force is used to deal with the pursuit of the Beijing army after leaving the city...if they still have the ability to go out of the city to pursue and kill."

Seeing that he was full of confidence, Zhou Ruhu couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and asked, "You...do you have a way to lead everyone out of the imperial city?"

Shi Tianbao said: "Of course! I'm here to save people, not to die!" After a moment of hesitation, he added: "It's not difficult to take everyone out of the capital, but we must teach those rebellious officials and traitors a lesson, in front of the whole world. It’s better to make their faces swollen because of their anger! Humph, they have done so much, and sooner or later the Marquis will settle the accounts with them, so just think of me charging them some interest first!"

Zhou Ruhu's eyes lit up: "You want to kill them?"

Shi Tianbao said: "It would be too convenient for them to kill them, what I want is... to kill their hearts!"

The cold wind howled, and the night was like ink. This boundless darkness seemed impossible to melt away.

The assassination of a palace guard did not attract much attention from Wen Tiren and others. Regardless of whether the guard insisted that the assassination was true or not, even if he was indeed assassinated, it would be a perfectly normal thing. The capital city is like a fish tank shaken by giants desperately. All kinds of fish, shrimps, crabs and turtles want to jump out and make a show, whether they are trying to save the loyalty of the Ming Dynasty, or the traitors who want to exchange the great Ming Dynasty for their own glory and wealth, they are unwilling to do so. Loneliness, the imperial city is a battleground for both sides to wrestle. If something doesn't happen one day, it will be hell, calm down, calm down.

However, there was bad news that made them unable to calm down:
Dorgon's army was defeated under Yangquan City, and thousands of soldiers were lost!

Along with this bad news came even worse bad news: the Battle of Yangquan was commanded by Yang Menglong, and the evil star was really back!
After receiving the news that the spies had spent a lot of effort and broke through many blockades to send back, everyone's expressions changed drastically!
Because the Heluo New Army firmly blocked the news, the important officials in the capital center did not know that Yang Menglong had returned to Nanyang. They only thought that the Heluo New Army had to send troops to the north due to the pressure of the Ministry of War, and they frequently sent military envoys to Heluo New Army. The army went to point fingers at them, trying to dismantle this army into pieces, so that Huang Taiji could eat it with one mouthful. Of course, Li Yan dealt with all these envoys .After Yan Yingyuan's army changed its marching route and entered Shanxi, the military envoys sent there were all muddy cows, and they couldn't even find a trace. Naturally, it was impossible to talk about controlling the Heluo new army.Of course, this doesn't stop these important ministers from thinking that they have controlled the Heluo New Army and everything is under control. Humans always like to lie to themselves.But now, this self-deceiving game can no longer be played, Yang Menglong has returned, and has won a big victory in Yangquan, and now he is only one step away from the capital!

Then came the news that made people even more crazy: Yang Menglong returned to the Central Plains non-stop after his victory in Yangquan, and joined the two legions that had already arrived in Shimen and Hengshui!With the vigorous and vigorous tradition of the Heluo New Army, I am afraid that in a few days, the elite soldiers of these two legions will be approaching the city. How will they, the scholar-bureaucrats, deal with it then!
Holding this information, Wen Tiren's hands were shaking, Wang Yingxiong's hands were shaking, Hou Xun's hands were shaking, Zhang Pu and Qian Qianyi's whole bodies were shaking.Now they finally understand that when Dorgon heard that Yang Menglong appeared in Yangquan, he immediately led the main force to go south regardless of everything and rushed to Yangquan. It was not for anything else, but because the fear Yang Menglong brought to them was too deep. If they don't die for a day, they can hardly sit still!Even if the powerful Manchurian troops struggled in the fierce cold wind of Baishan Heishui, let alone these scholar-bureaucrats, what Yang Menglong brought to the Qing army was fear, and what he brought to these scholar-bureaucrats was despair!It seems that nothing can stop Yang Menglong's footsteps. Conspiracies and tricks are useless to him, the wind and snow are useless to him, the bad road conditions, local officials who are obedient and vicious, and the attacks and smears of the people...all of these are useless to him , once he has identified the target, nothing can stop him!But this time, his target is likely to be those scholar-bureaucrats who have ruined the country's affairs in a blink of an eye!

When the luck of the Ming Dynasty was declining, why did such a strange thing emerge!
Wu Zongda looked terrified, and asked: "What are those local officials in Henan doing for food? Didn't they try to organize merchants to go on strike and destroy roads, bridges, and ships, so that the thieves could not get food, fodder, people's husbands, mules, horses and vehicles from their jurisdiction? Did you take what I said seriously?"

Hou Xun smiled wryly: "Regardless of whether those officials take my words seriously or not, even if they really wait for me, I'm afraid it won't be of much use... They can still hold their heads high in front of the tens of thousands of elites of the Heluo New Army How many officials can there be?" Thinking of the heyday of the Heluo New Army, the cold bayonets, and the cold eyes like bayonets, he couldn't help shivering.

Zhang Pu said in a panic: "This matter must be settled as soon as possible, otherwise things will change! That thief can't be measured by common sense at all. He... he can really act against heaven!"

Hearing the words "acting against the sky", the faces of everyone present became even uglier.At the beginning of last year, Yang Menglong bombarded Lengyun with rockets to defuse the hailstorm, thereby smashing the Confucian theory of "the right of the king is granted by heaven" that had been practiced by Confucianism for 2000 years.This guy can fight against natural disasters with his own strength, so what are these scholar-bureaucrats who control the fate of the country in front of him! ?

Wen Tiren gritted his teeth and asked, "Where are the Qing troops now?"

Chen Xinjia quickly reported: "The part dominated by the Guanning Army has broken through the Tangshan City Wall, and is now fighting in the streets of Tangshan City, and the fighting will soon end; while the Qing Army Zhenglan Banner is taking Huairou, Miyun, Changping, After Ji County and other places, they are rushing towards the capital, and their vanguard is not far from the capital!"

Wen Tiren jumped up a little irritably and shouted: "Aren't they very capable of fighting? Why haven't they taken Tangshan yet! Chen Shilang, please contact Hong Tai immediately and tell him that the tiger has returned to its nest and let him Enter Beijing immediately and create a fait accompli, time is running out!"

Qian Qianyi said: "That's right, even if he can't come, it's okay to send one of them into the capital first to control the capital!"

Selling the country is so urgent, so impatient, the few present here are unprecedented, and there will be no one in the future.

Three hundred miles away, Tangshan.

The city has been completely destroyed. The houses were either destroyed by fire or bombarded. Dead bodies were piled up on the streets. Many corpses lay beside the raging fire, their bellies bulging from the high temperature. It will burst open, and you must be extremely careful when walking on the street, otherwise it is easy to step into the belly of the dead with one foot, and then bring out a bunch of colorful and disgusting things.Every corner of the whole city was soaked in the stench of corpses and blood, which was disgusting. Even Huang Taiji, who had experienced many battles, stood on the dilapidated bridge watching this scene, and his Adam's apple kept shaking.

The battle was too fierce!
The fierce battle that lasted for several days caused the Tianxiong Army to suffer heavy casualties. Among the enemy troops fighting with them among the ruined walls, there were many women. They should be the family members of the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army. Now these weak women are now firing fire at them with guns in their hands!The Guan Ning army was terrified, but Huang Taiji was supervising the battle outside the city, so they could only bite the bullet and launch attacks again and again, filling batch after batch of soldiers into this tomb that couldn't be filled no matter what!
In the ruins, gunfire continued throughout the night, screams and curses occurred one after another, and the brutal fighting never stopped for a moment, making Huang Taiji irritated.In the northwest, the whole of Shanxi, the whole of Shaanxi, and most of Gansu have been taken down. On his side, Tianjin has been taken down, Chengde has been taken down, Huairou, Miyun, Changping, Jixian...all have been taken down. , only this Tangshan, no matter how hard you chew, you can’t get it off!He looked at Zu Dashou with a gloomy expression, and said sullenly: "Zu Aiqing, are you capable of taking Tangshan?"

Zu Dashou gritted his teeth and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely capture Tangshan City before dawn. Zhou Yugui won't be able to hold on for long!"

Hauge snorted and said, "Have you repeated this sentence many times?"

Zu Dashou's expression was fierce: "There will be no next time!" He turned his head and recruited a favorite general, and shouted: "When you see Zhou Yuji, tell him that if you surrender now, you can save your life. If you don't surrender, I will slaughter everything in Tangshan City!" Living thing!"

The general made a promise, and was about to walk down Qiaolou, when the sound of guns in the city stopped abruptly, and the cheers of Guan Ning's army resounded loudly: "They're out of bullets! They're out of bullets!"

Yes, for this sake, the Tianxiong Army not only wiped out all the soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, but also all the bullets and grenades. As for the position, only the General Army Mansion, which was almost in ruins, remained.The few remaining soldiers, as well as the few remaining civilian husbands and women's family members, held guns with hot barrels, surrounded Zhou Yuji, waiting for his last order.

Zhou Yuji was hit by shrapnel from a shell explosion in yesterday's street fighting, and was wounded in many places. His right arm was cut off to the elbow, and he couldn't stand up. He was lying on the ground to direct the battle.When he heard the gunshots stop, he showed a bitter smile: "Have you... fired all the bullets?"

The last soldier said tiredly: "They're all gone, General!"

Zhou Yuji waved his hands vigorously, and said, "It's time to end... Everyone who can go, flee or surrender, it's up to you, you have done a good enough job, no one will blame you."

No one moved, as if they hadn't heard it.

If you want to leave, you have already left. Do you need to wait until now?

Wu Sangui's voice came from outside: "General Zhou, I know you have run out of ammunition and food, and you have no way to escape! Surrender, the emperor will not hurt you!"

Zhou Yuji smiled hoarsely, and muttered to himself: "Your Majesty? That is the emperor of you gangsters, not my Zhou!" He closed his eyes and muttered to himself: "Your Majesty, I have tried my best... Daming Dynasty, I really... tried my best!"

In his hoarse self-talk, the soldier lit the fuse of the powder kegs piled up in the General Military Mansion.The fuse sizzled, Zhou Yuji's chapped lips moved, and his voice was weak:
"Tianshan Mountain Snow Clouds Moon Floating Dream

Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains return to their souls, the twilight turns cold like iron

The shame of Jingkang has not yet been revealed, when will the hatred of the courtiers be extinguished?

Driving a long car to break through the gap in Helan Mountain..."

The soldier burst into tears and continued singing:
"Dust and dirt eight thousand miles away, cloud and moon

Don't wait for Xianhua to experience empty sorrow Xuanyuan sword seals throat blood drunk on the battlefield

I want to go to the nine heavens and embrace the bright moon

It's hard to love but hard to hate
The eternal hate shines on the setting sun like blood! "

In the General Military Mansion, where corpses were lying on pillows and rubble was strewn all over the place, passionate songs filled with sorrow rang out, resounding through the night sky, and could be heard both in and outside the city, and the words were clear:
"Western wind and cold road are far away

This hatred has nothing to do with wind and moon

Man Jianghong has not forgotten that he died before his teacher was defeated

Burying loyal bones, I am nirvana in fire! "

The soldiers of the Guan Ning Army, who were tentatively rushing into the last fortress, stopped involuntarily, and just listened in a daze, feeling that something was violently hitting their souls.

Then they heard a loud bang, the General Army Mansion collapsed amidst the thunderous and violent sound, a flame surged up, rising higher and higher, I don't know if it was a hallucination, many soldiers of Guan Ning Army said that it was an explosion At that moment, they saw a phoenix rising from a certain corner of Tangshan City, covered in flames, straight up to Yunxiao, and its mournful roar could be heard throughout Beizhili...

(End of this chapter)