Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Wang Zhang bent down and saluted the scarred remnants of the army at the top of the city.

Please, just give me one stick of incense time.

A stick of incense was enough time for him to kowtow to the emperor and say goodbye.

Wang Zhang will repay this great kindness in his next life...

The soldiers remained silent, holding their weapons tightly and telling Wang Zhang their answer.

Wang Zhang burst into tears.

They are all good boys!

He is a good soldier of my Ming Dynasty!

Guang Shiheng asked his entourage to give up a war horse. Wang Zhang got on the free horse, followed Guang Shiheng down the stairs, and rushed towards the palace.

When the group of people reached the halfway point, hundreds of soldiers suddenly poured out of the avenue on the left.

It turned out that Guang Shiheng was the first to escape. As a result, the soldiers at Fucheng Gate he was guarding were completely defeated, and the invading army had already occupied the western half of the inner city.

"There are two high-ranking officials ahead, brothers, catch them quickly and don't let them go!"

The soldiers who broke into the army made a loud noise and rushed over.

Halfway through, he encountered a peasant army. Guang Shiheng was so frightened that he immediately dismounted and knelt down:

"Masters, please don't kill me. I'm here for Shizhong Guang Shiheng. I'm from Tongcheng and I will be useful to you King Chuang. Please don't kill me. I surrender."

Tongcheng was not very famous in later generations. However, Tongcheng at this time was very famous. There were many local officials and rich families everywhere.

For example, Ruan Dajue, He Ruchong, Fang Yizhi, Zuo Guangdou, and Zhang Tingyu are all. (Zhang Ying, the protagonist of Liuchi Alley, is Zhang Tingyu’s father.)

The more officials there are, the more marriages there are, and the greater the power network.

As long as one person surrenders, a large number of high-ranking officials can be led to surrender.

The leading general of the Chuang Army heard this and stopped his men. He scolded Guang Siheng and kneeled aside, and sent several men to watch over him.

The guy kept walking and led his men to chase Wang Zhang.

It turned out that Guang Shiheng knelt down and begged for mercy, but Wang Zhang turned a blind eye to the intruders who were chasing him, and just drove away quickly.

"Wu that dog officer, if you run away again, I will order the arrows to be fired!" The general of the Chuang army was furious.

And all the soldiers were waving their weapons, trying to knock Wang Zhang off his horse.

Wang Zhang was unmoved. He ran on his horse and yelled:

"I am the censor of the Ming Dynasty's military, who dares to commit a crime?"

He galloped.

At this time, as Guang Shiheng surrendered, more than a dozen of his followers knelt down and begged for mercy. Only Wang Zhang was left running wildly.

General Chuang was very angry, so he rushed to catch up with him. He roared angrily and stabbed Wang Zhang in the thigh with his knife. Wang Zhang fell off his horse.

Blood spurted all over the floor, and Wang Zhang's brows knitted together in pain.

Wang Zhang was stabbed in the thigh and couldn't run anymore. He lay on the ground and still cursed:

"Traitor! The troops of King Qin of Ming Dynasty will arrive at night. If I die, you will be destroyed."

Kwang Sihyung was kneeling on the ground with a sneer on his lips: Idiot!

It’s already this time, where is the King Qin’s army?

I'm still smart!

Only by protecting yourself can you have a bright future!

Besides, Ming Dynasty is about to die, so it’s no big deal to seek refuge with Dashun.

As long as my Guang family can continue to be glorious.

……

General Chuang was furious. After all, Wang Zhang still dared to threaten him. He waved his hand, and all his men immediately swarmed towards him...

……

Fan Jingwen took Ni Yuanlu and went straight to the palace. When they arrived at the palace gate, they saw that the person guarding the main entrance of the palace was none other than Ling Yiqu, whom he had never been able to find.

It turned out that Ling Yiqu had always been upright, and the court officials knew that he would not agree to surrender to Li Zicheng. He was not a cabinet minister, so naturally no one informed him to go to the palace in the morning.

Last night, he heard the sound of cannons coming from the direction of the palace and knew something was wrong. He immediately spent all his wealth and recruited hundreds of men overnight. He was ready in the morning and hurried to the palace gate to guard the emperor.

Fan Jingwen got Zhu Youjian's imperial edict and went out of the palace to look for loyal ministers. At this time, Ling Yiqu was not ready. When he left, Ling Yiqu came...

The soldiers who followed Zhu Chunchen in rebellion were not willing to fight head-on with Ling Yiqu, who was in a certain death situation. They dispersed before Ling Yiqu's people arrived.

Zhu Chunchen, who was busy courting Li Laiheng, did not know about the collapse of the defenders.

Similarly, Fan Jingwen didn't know about Ling Yiqu's guarding the palace, and he didn't even know that Zhu Chunchen's tribe, which trapped Chongzhen to death because of Ling Yiqu's arrival, had already escaped.

This is really worse than bad.

Neither side knew what was happening to their hands...

……

"Your Majesty, Wang Yushi is determined to fight to the death at Zhengyangmen in order to buy time. In addition, all the other people your Majesty asked me to find have been gathered together." Fan Jingwen gasped.

He was so busy that he didn't even have time for lunch.

Ugh!

Zhu Youjian sighed, after all, he couldn't take away all the loyal ministers!

He closed his eyes slightly and observed a moment of silence.

When he opened his eyes, Zhu Youjian exuded determination:

"Ling Qing's family, you take the warriors and walk through the sewers. I have made all arrangements. You can take them to Zhonghai to gather!"

Ling Yiqu received the order and disappeared into the sewer.

Zhu Youjian looked at the 28 hot air balloons that were already full of heat and could take off after cutting the ropes.

This is the limit that the palace maids and eunuchs can do in one day and one night.

"My companion, are you all ready?"

Zhu Youjian asked.

Wang Chengen bent slightly and replied:

"Your Majesty, each of the three thousand martyrs who are preparing to make the detour are issued five grenades, two waist knives, and one fire blunderbuss. Each of the 28 hot air balloons has one hundred grenades, one waist knives, and one fire blunderbuss. Guns and projectiles..."

28 hot air balloons are lined up. On the spherical surface of the leading hot air balloon, there is a dragon head with teeth and claws drawn. The 26 hot air balloons in the middle are painted with golden dragon scales. The last spherical surface is painted with a dragon. tail.

Zhu Youjian took a deep breath.

The hot air balloon he made has a load-bearing capacity of about [-] kilograms with the same specifications in later generations.

Because the device for emitting hot air was too crude, the thing he tinkered with had only half the load-bearing capacity, about four to five hundred kilograms.

But - enough!

At this time, the inner city was probably completely occupied, and the shouts of killing could be clearly heard in the palace.

It's time to leave!

"Launch!"

Zhu Youjian gave the order and climbed into the basket of the hot air balloon where the two princesses were riding.

Seeing this, the courtiers climbed into the hot air balloon with their young men and eunuchs.

In the basket of each hot air balloon, there is a minister, a strong man, and a eunuch.

There are occasional adjustments based on everyone's weight, but there is a eunuch in each hanging basket.

These hot air balloons are all connected in series with ropes. Each rope is only one foot long to prevent them from being blown apart by the wind.

Wang Chengen cut off the rope that was tied to the ground, and saw that the rope between the hot air balloon and the hanging basket suddenly tightened.