In the early morning of the second day of October in the fourth year of Jiajing, Zhao Quan led more than 200 White Lotus disciples to swim across the moat, used a hook to climb the city, and then opened the city gate and lowered the drawbridge.

It is worth mentioning here that the Beijing city of the Ming Dynasty is mainly divided into three parts, the outer city, the inner city, the imperial palace, and the inside of the palace has the Forbidden City, the layers of checks, the defense is extremely tight, there are three portals from the outer city into the inner city, namely Xuanwu Gate, Zhengyang Gate and Chongwen Gate, at this time Zhao Quan took two thousand Tartar cavalry straight to the nearest Xuanwu Gate, trying to capture the Xuanwu Gate with lightning speed, and then went straight to the palace to capture the Ming Emperor Jiajing.

The streets of the capital were wide and straight, but suitable for horseback riding, Zhao Quan led the way, followed by 2,000 Tartar cavalry with torches, and another 1,000 Tartar cavalry stayed at Guangning Gate, responsible for receiving the main force of Alta and then entering the city.

The iron hooves of the horses shattered the silence of the cold night, and the roaring hooves woke up the people in the city, and the people on the street opened their windows to see a fierce Tartar cavalry galloping through the street, and they could not help but be frightened, and hurriedly closed the windows, and held the gate with heavy objects.

"The city is broken, the Tartars are entering the city!!"

"The city is broken, the Tartars are entering the city!!"

The otherwise peaceful outer city was like a pot of hot oil that had exploded, and fear spread like a plague, and people rushed to the sky with cries and cries, as if the end of the century was coming.

A group of officers and men of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, numbering about twenty, who were in charge of patrolling law and order, happened to meet the Tartar cavalry on the street, and before they could ring the warning gong, they were swallowed by the Tartar cavalry in a storm, and no one survived everywhere the horses' hooves, leaving only a mess of flesh and blood.

"Warriors on the grassland, kill, take the Xuanwu Gate, capture the Ming Emperor alive, the great achievement is in front of you!" Zhao Quan's eyes flashed with excitement, as if he had eaten ginseng fruit, every capillary was expanding, and he was so excited that he seemed to be about to fly, and he shouted in Tatar.

"Ho ho ...... Woo-la! "Two thousand Tartar cavalry galloped like chicken blood, while making a terrifying strange scream, and soon rushed to the front of the Xuanwu Gate, fortunately, the gates in the capital, as long as it will be closed at night, coupled with the recent siege of the Tartars, the defense of the gates everywhere is quite strict, so the cavalry of the Tartars did not break through the Xuanwu Gate in one fell swoop, and the defenders who reacted immediately hit it, and the sharp arrows shot down from the city like flying locusts.

Dangdangdang......

The bell of the warning rang rapidly, and the defenders of the gates of the outer city rushed back to save the inner city when they heard the news.

"Master, something is wrong, Guangning Gate is lost, the Tartars have entered the city, and now they are storming Xuanwu Gate." The housekeeper ran into the house to report it.

Yang Yiqing, the first assistant of the cabinet, quickly changed into his official uniform, took down a long sword from the wall, and shouted in a deep voice: "Don't panic, quickly gather all the families in the mansion to go to Xuanwumen." ”

It is worthy of Lao Jiang, who has led troops to fight, at this critical juncture, Yang Ge, who is in his seventies, seems to have returned to the age of seventeen, and the small universe broke out in an instant, he walked out of the room with a long sword, quickly gathered the servants in the family, and then hurried to Xuanwumen, and also gathered people from house to house along the way.

It is said that Yang Yiqing's mansion is in Xiaoyongfang, where all the officials and eunuchs live in groups of slaves. Yang Ge Lao has a great face and high prestige, and it is the person who responds to the ascending heights, so he quickly gathered thousands of slaves and generals to rush to Xuanwumen, but he successfully guarded Xuanwumen.

Zhao Quan led two thousand horsemen to attack a stick of incense, but still failed to take Xuanwumen, so he couldn't help but be very anxious, and decisively ordered to attack Zhengyangmen. Just delayed a stick of incense, the defenders in the city have already reacted, and now the defenders of both Zhengyangmen and Chongwenmen have more than 3,000 people, as long as the Tartars approach, arrows will immediately rain down.

At this time, the defenders of the gates of the outer city also came back one after another, so Zhao Quan's two thousand cavalry became sandwich cakes, but soon, I also took the main force into the city one after another, and a tragic bloody battle was staged in the streets of the outer city, the fires were lit one after another, and the firelight illuminated the night sky like day, and the whole outer city fell into chaos.

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Ouchi of the Imperial Palace.

A little eunuch reported to the Qianqing Palace in horror: "Your Majesty, the Tartars broke the city from Guangning Gate, and now they have been killed outside the Xuanwu Gate." ”

Zhu Hou's face was so pale that there was no blood, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his heart and lungs were cold, and he sat down on the throne in a dejected manner, his head was blank, and he was at a loss.

About half a burnt incense time, a head of the guard hurriedly came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Yang Ge Lao has summoned the families of each household to guard the Xuanwu Gate, and the forbidden troops are gathering everywhere, and the Xuanwu Gate, Zhengyang Gate, and Chongwen Gate are temporarily safe. ”

When Zhu Hou heard this, he suddenly bounced up from the throne, gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Someone, I want to go out of the palace to personally supervise the retreat of the army!" ”

The leader of the guards was shocked: "The emperor must not, I am leading the main force into the city, the battle in the outer city is very fierce, and the gate of the inner city is not known if it can be guarded, the emperor is very dangerous to leave the palace at this time, so stay in the palace." ”

Zhu Hou said sharply: "It's not dangerous for me to stay in the palace?" Once the inner city is breached, you think that the palace can withstand the army of the Tartars, less nonsense, immediately open the door and leave the palace, I will come to the city gate to supervise the battle, this is my country, I live and die with it. ”

Under Zhu Hou's fierce gaze, the leader of the guards didn't dare to persuade anymore, so he reluctantly summoned the palace guards.

Half an hour later, 5,000 Yu Linwei and Jin Wuwei were summoned, just as Zhu Hou was about to leave the palace, the eunuch Bi Yun arrived with a group of eunuchs, dozens of eunuchs cried and grabbed the ground, begging the emperor not to risk leaving the palace, but they were all tied up by Zhu Hou's order.

When Zhu Hou left the palace with people, Lu Bing, who received the news, immediately rushed over.

"Ah Bing, you came just in time, follow me to Zhengyangmen to supervise the battle!" Zhu Hou saw Lu Bing's head split, the latter originally wanted to persuade Zhu Hou to return to the palace, but seeing the other party's resolute expression, he swallowed the words of dissuasion back into his stomach, and said loudly: "I am willing to fight side by side with the emperor." ”

Zhu Hou was overjoyed, and led five thousand palace guards and three thousand brocade guards to the nearest Zhengyang Gate.

There is no doubt that the arrival of Emperor Jiajing greatly boosted the morale of the defenders, and the officials and gentry in the city heard that even the emperor had led troops out of the palace to supervise the war, how dare they slack off, and they all organized the Ding Guardian to help defend the city.

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In Guo's Mansion in the Hour Fang, Guo Xun's eyes were bloodshot, walking around the hall like ants on a hot pot, and the small triangular flag embroidered with a wolf's head had been hung by him outside the mansion, but after so long, he had not seen the Tartars' soldiers and horses enter the inner city, could it be that something went wrong?

The hour square is located between the Xuanwu Gate and the Zhengyang Gate, so the shouts and killings from the two gates, and even the sound of arrows breaking through the air, can be clearly heard. At this time, Li Dayi flashed into the hall like a ghost, his face was a little pale, he sat down at the coffee table, poured himself a glass of warm wine, and then drank it all, poured a few cups in a row, and his face slowly returned to normal.

Not long ago, Li Dayi wanted to sneak into the Xu Mansion to rob Xu Jin's eldest son Xu Kang, but who knew that he met Xie Qing and finally returned home. At that time, Li Dayi took Xie Qing's punch hard, and his wrist was shocked and dislocated on the spot, and he also suffered a slight internal injury, but this thing was very lightweight, and he escaped by luck at night, and he escaped from the distance, so he dared to stop and connect his wrist.

Li Dayi drank a few glasses of wine in a row, and the surging qi and blood in his chest gradually calmed down, he raised his right palm, but saw that the palm was red and swollen, as if it had been burned by a fire, he couldn't help but feel awe-inspiring in his heart, and secretly glad that he saw the opportunity quickly, but he didn't expect that there were such masters in this world, and this internal strength was probably not much better than his father Li Fuda.

"Li Dayi, what the hell are you doing?" Guo Xun stared straight at Li Dayi's hand.

Li Dayi ignored him and continued to pour himself a drink, Guo Xun couldn't help but be angry, but he couldn't attack, just at this moment, the housekeeper Guo Si walked into the hall with a panicked expression, and reported: "Master, the emperor personally led the guards out of the palace to supervise the battle, and the Tartars were blocked in the outer city, and it may not be easy to break through the inner city!" ”

Guo Xun couldn't help but change his complexion, he thought that I would be able to break in, but he didn't expect to be blocked in the outer city, then he, the second or fifth boy, would be in danger, once the news was leaked, how could he still be left alive?

Li Dayi was calm, and said with a little approval: "Jiajing actually led the guards out of the palace to supervise the battle, I used to underestimate him, in this way, the morale of the defenders will inevitably be greatly boosted, and it is really not easy for me to break through the inner city." ”

Guo Xun was shocked and frightened, he was the backbone of the thief, and if he couldn't kill him for a day, he would be in danger for one more day.

"Master, now almost every household has organized servants to help defend the city, should we?" The housekeeper Guo Si was in the know, and he reminded tremblingly.

Guo Xun's eyes flashed, he gritted his teeth and said, "Of course, by the way, quickly take down the small flag at the door." ”

"The minion has taken down the small flag just now, but fortunately, it's dark outside, and no one should see it." Guo Si whispered.

Guo Xun breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Count you old cargo clever, go and organize the manpower." ”

Soon, Guo Xun took dozens of domestic slaves straight to Zhengyangmen, although he wanted the Tartars to come in quickly, but for the sake of safety, this scene still had to be performed.