Bright Spring

Wen Wu beside Xu Huizu was yelling and cursing angrily, but it was of no use. Who could stop tens of thousands of people from collapsing and fleeing?Xu Huizu himself didn't do anything, he just stared blankly at the scene of frenzy on the dusty battlefield.

At this time, the sun had not risen too high, and was still hanging above Hongmu Mountain.

For some reason, Xu Huizu always felt a little dazed, and felt that the reality was very weird and fast, just like in a dream;Although dreams are unconstrained, they are often very child's play; this is a great battle where the government and army have invested more than [-] troops, twice as many as their opponents, isn't that exactly the case?

Maybe it was just a dream, but I couldn't wake up.

Those shocks, anger, nervousness, worries, helpless struggles... Xu Huizu's violent mood swings during the duration of the occupation have now passed.Now Xu Huizu's heart is very strange; it's like when he is trying to do something and he is about to do it with all his energy, but before he tastes it, someone tells him that the matter is over!

Xu Huizu kept thinking about why he lost so badly!In fact, apart from the sharp artillery of the rebels, Xu Huizu felt that he also made mistakes... He suddenly thought, why did the officers and troops at the eastern foot of Hongmu make a detour so smoothly?Perhaps the strength of the rebel army over there is simply a feint!The purpose is just to make Xu Huizu think that the tactic of attacking the right wing of the rebels has succeeded, and rush to get the main frontal force close to the rebel artillery formation!

Otherwise, if the rebels really want to defend their right wing, they can abandon the east foot of Hongmu, and set up a defensive formation at the south foot near the big formation to facilitate reinforcements.When the detours of the officers and soldiers approached the rebel formation, they encountered such resistance!

Xu Huizu slapped his head, thinking that he had a chance to raise his guard, but he ignored the details of the eastern foot of Hongmu!

"Those who surrender will not die, and those who do not surrender will be killed!" A shout came from afar.

Xu Huizu came back to his senses for a while, and when he looked to the south, he saw that the rebel cavalry had already chased them down.The cavalry of the official army was actually more numerous, but at this time most of them were scrambling to escape.

"Marshal, let's go!" The general urged.

Xu Huizu said coldly: "Where can I go?"

A general suddenly grabbed Xu Huizu's reins and dragged the horse to turn around, all the generals and soldiers surrounded him one after another.Someone shouted: "Hurry up and escort the commander-in-chief to leave this place!"

All the generals loyally protected Xu Huizu, and they all escaped on horseback.

Xu Huizu didn't object either, he knew in his heart that these military generals still wanted to get him back and make business with the imperial court.

Chapter 584 The Truth

The Battle of Zhili did not basically end until the [-]th of the first lunar month in the seventh year of Yongle (the second year of Hongxi).It only took one morning for the King of Han's army to defeat the main force of the official army from the front, but it took more time to pursue and surrender the defeated army northward.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Zhu Gaoxu led a vanguard army of tens of thousands of horsemen and arrived outside the gate of Fengtai in the capital.The Chinese army divided up and went to all the gates of the capital. Except for this south gate, only two of the other gates were mobilized. What a joy!

From the open city gate, there seemed to be a faint beam of light shining on Zhu Gaoxu who was wearing three layers of heavy armor and riding on a tall horse.He suddenly felt that he had been truly reborn from Nirvana and had been baptized by some kind of soul.

Possessing strength is probably the most beautiful thing for a man!The past of being trampled, toyed with, despised, and betrayed by others, and the situation where he could only sigh helplessly, is gone forever; now Zhu Gaoxu seems to be able to control his own destiny, and even the destiny of countless people...

Wang Bin led his troops to control the key points above and below the Fengtai Gate tower, and dispatched troops to directly drive into the Zhengyang Gate in the northeast of this place!Prepare to completely open the road to the imperial city.

Outside Fengtai Gate, a cavalry lined up to open the way, followed by several parallel infantry columns. "Crack, click..." The sound of orderly and grand footsteps made people feel very comfortable.

Crush crimes and rebels!The largest flag with white and red letters fluttered in the air.The four blood-red characters are like flames, filled with angry anger, naturally filled with the breath of revenge.

Zhu Gaoxu, escorted by the elite cavalry regiments, also marched towards the city gate.In the capital city, there are still not many people in the crusade army. Now it is impossible to organize resistance and ambush in this situation.After Wang Bin's troops occupied the fortifications of Fengtai Gate, there was almost no threat to the army entering the city.

After walking through the city gate corridor that was more than ten steps thick, the defenders who had already opened the gate and surrendered were in the urn city.They went to Zhu Gaoxu near the banner one after another, and then knelt down on the ground one after another. It seemed that the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp had completely convinced Zhu Gaoxu.

Regardless of the reasoning, the King of Han Army has won all the victories in various battles with brilliant achievements, and is approaching the capital; force is the truth!The power of cavalry and cannon is the truth!At least one of those truths.

Zhu Gaoxu led his army along the brick road, instead of going through Jubaomen, he went northeast to Zhengyangmen.

On both sides of the Qinhuai River, pavilions, terraces and pavilions can be seen everywhere, and willow branches on the river bank have begun to sprout.The blossoming capital is now shrouded in the roar of infantry and cavalry.The soldiers with rough skin and old and damaged armor were all attracted by the beautiful scenery, and many men couldn't help squinting and looking around.Countless people had smiles on their faces, especially those military generals with meritorious service. Such a rich scene was beckoning to them.

There are few people on the street, and the people should all hide.However, the population of the capital is at least one million, and there are always some people who understand that Zhu Gaoxu, a vassal, will not burn|kill|loot|loot his own country's people, but deal with his political enemies at most; some people stand on both sides of the street, watching the progress The city's crusade army.

People bowed to this side one after another when they saw the big banner of the crusade against crimes and the Chinese army's banner.The expressions and behaviors of the people in the world are full of awe.

Zhu Gaoxu's entry to Beijing today was not sudden.Rumors that it took only half an hour to defeat 20 officers and troops with 70 in Huguang have already been circulated in the capital; It took a whole morning... There should be quite a few people in the capital who know about it.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was clearly an invincible existence in the hearts of the world!

The menacing brigade gradually came to the Zhengyang Gate.The gate of the city has been opened, and a flag with the character "Han" is planted on the tower.So Zhu Gaoxu led the crowd to continue to enter Zhengyang Gate.

Because Emperor Taizu chose the place to build the imperial city and only considered the location of Fengshui, Zhengyang Gate of the capital was very close to Hongwu Gate, the south gate of the imperial city.After the King of Han's army entered Zhengyangmen, it didn't take long before they arrived outside Hongwumen.

A group of civil and military officials were already waiting inside and outside the Hongwu Gate. Looking from a distance, there were red, blue, green, and brocade robed officials. There were a large number of officials, probably hundreds of them!

At this moment, suddenly a red-robed official rushed to the front, pointing at the banner of "Fighting crimes and rebelling against rebellion" and yelling: "The traitor king who seeks brother by brother has entered Beijing!"

Zhu Gaoxu took a closer look, and it turned out to be Yuan Gong.Everyone is acquaintances, but when they meet, they start scolding people.

The horse riding in front rushed forward, "Shua, Shua, Shua..." Many horses | knives have been drawn out!

"Slow!" Zhu Gaoxu roared.

After hearing this, all the cavalry officers and soldiers reined in their horses one after another, and everyone turned their heads to look at Zhu Gaoxu.Zhu Gaoxu also patted his horse forward, approaching Yuan Gong's side.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yuan Gong coldly, and thought: Do you want to be Fang Xiaoru, or Lianying, or Tie Xuan?I don't want you to be a loyal minister!

Yuan Gong held his head high and held his chest high, with a look of fearlessness and fearlessness, Fangzheng's face was full of righteousness.Wearing an official robe and black gauze, he pointed at Zhu Gaoxu with anger on his face and cursed: "The traitor to the king is ambitious. Of……"

Zhu Gaoxu sneered, and said calmly: "Yuan Gong, are you still ashamed to say framed in front of this king?"

Yuan Gong turned back and waved his hands: "My colleagues, we will eat the salary of the Holy Majesty and serve the country loyally! The Majesty is in the imperial city behind us. If you don't defend the Majesty with death, what are you waiting for?"

Unexpectedly, all the ministers were silent, and no one said anything.Many of them were former officials of the East Palace and Gao Chi's confidantes. They must have hated and feared, but they didn't speak out immediately at this time. Perhaps they felt that doing things like this was useless.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu said: "I, Zhu Gaoxu, the King of Han, is the grandson of the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty and the direct son of the late emperor. He has the blood of the Ming Dynasty! Since he was more than ten years old, he has been consolidating the northern borders of our country and defending our Ming Dynasty. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and go deep into the bitter cold of the northern border with their father, eat and sleep in the open air, and fight against the murderous traitor tribe! What is my fault?

This time the military crusade was not for the purpose of massacring|killing our Ming officials or our own people, but for the sake of a truth!What is the crime?

The year before last, Donggong party members and Yuan Gong and others closed the palace gates before and after the death of the late emperor, and dispatched troops to kill me!I finally came back today, and I just want to go in and ask my elder brother, what crime did I commit, that you have to put me to death and hurry up?Do you still have to use conspiracy and deception? "

The officials were silent.But the soldiers around and behind Zhu Gaoxu were greatly moved, and all the soldiers shouted at the same time: "The king of Han is our king!"

"All civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, most of them are working hard to maintain the operation of the country's court. You don't have to worry about it." Zhu Gaoxu said kindly, "Get out of the way, I will go to the palace to see my elder brother."

The crowd moved away with a "crash", and Chen Dachui stepped forward to push Yuan Gong away.Zhu Gaoxu then led the crowd into Hongwumen on horseback.

Behind Hongwu Gate is the Qianbu Corridor of Yujie Street. The government offices on both sides are simple and magnificent, and the avenues are flat, wide and clean.As soon as Zhu Gaoxu entered the door, he turned his head and beckoned Zhang Sheng to come over, and said in a deep voice: "Send Yuan Gong home, and send troops to guard the entire Yuan family, and no one will escape! This king will take care of these traitors slowly!"

Zhang Sheng clasped his fists and said, "The last general will be ordered!"

Chapter 585 You Are Here

Countless horseshoes stepped on the brick and stone street on the Thousand-step Corridor, making a lot of noise, which immediately broke the quiet and solemn atmosphere here.

There are many government offices here; the central |organizations of the Ming Dynasty are almost all near this imperial street.In addition to hundreds of civil and military officials, there are countless officials and servants.At this time, people were standing on both sides of the Royal Street, bowing to Zhu Gaoxu to perform the ceremony.

There are many people here, especially civil servants and scholars, who must not like Zhu Gaoxu's power; but Zhu Gaoxu is a member of the royal family after all, and the world's resistance is not strong.Now that the army has entered the imperial city, everyone can only face the reality temporarily, after all, the arms cannot twist the thighs.

The Chengtianmen tower in the distance stands in the depths of a large building complex. Zhu Gaoxu walked north while ordering his subordinates to do some things.

Zhu Gaoxu asked the general to deploy troops safely, and dispatched troops to control the entire inside and outside of the imperial city; he also sent people to guard the mansions of important people, those treacherous ministers in various proclamations on crimes and rebellions, as well as Qingshou Temple and other places.

He also called Shi Houhai, the right chief, and then arranged manpower to find Yao Fang and Du Erlang from Jinyiwei; he sent a message that Xungui Qiu Fu, Wang Zhenliang and others also came to Qianbulang.