I Da and Zhao Quan led more than 2,000 cavalry from Xi'an Gate into the imperial city, like a sharp and incomparable sharp knife, killing Teng Xiang Zuowei crying mother, father and mother, throwing away armor, as if entering the realm of no one.

Entering the Xi'an Gate, there is a row of neat buildings next to the palace wall on the left hand, which is the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the items used by the royal family daily are all from here, including all kinds of rare treasures, but I am obviously not here, and there is no time to plunder him at present, only ~ smash the Forbidden City, capture the Ming Emperor and the Queen Mother, he has a chance to turn defeat into victory, otherwise it is difficult to even save his life.

Therefore, after I killed Teng Xiang's left guard, I let people destroy the gate of Xi'an Gate, and rushed to the Taiye Pond without stopping. Although the Taiye Pond is called the pool, it is actually a lake, the area is even larger than the Forbidden City, the water surface is vast, from south to north, almost from the north wall of the imperial city to the south city wall, only in the middle of the narrowest place there is a bridge through, called Jinhai Bridge.

Although Zhao Quan has done his homework, he has not entered the palace in person after all, and now he is immersive, looking at the vast lake full of eyes and the surrounding buildings, he is actually lost and can't find the location of the Jinhai Bridge.

"Mr. Zhao, where is Xihuamen?" I asked anxiously.

Zhao Quan was also secretly anxious, and suddenly saw a palace man in the distance running away with a lantern crawling on the ground, so he flew off the horse, and caught up with the palace man in a few vertical leaps, and lifted it up like an eagle catching a child, and asked in a cold voice: "Tell me quickly, where is the Jinhai Bridge, otherwise I will break your neck!" ”

The palace man was a little eunuch, and he was almost scared to pee when he smelled the strong smell of blood on Zhao's whole body, and he pointed in one direction tremblingly: "In...... Over there! ”

"If you dare to lie to Lao Tzu, you will die!" Zhao Quan returned to the horse with the little eunuch and took the lead in riding his horse in the direction of Jinhai Bridge.

Soon, a stone bridge really appeared in front of him, Zhao Quan was overjoyed, rode across the stone bridge, I answered with two thousand cavalry to cross the bridge one after another, because I was worried that the bridge would collapse, so I didn't dare to gallop directly, the Tartars are not used to water, very afraid of water.

In this way, crossing the bridge delayed the time of the candlestick, and when I answered and the others arrived at the Xihua Gate, the palace guards had already received the news and were ready to wait.

However, both the Xihua Gate and the Donghua Gate are used by the palace and the ministers to enter and exit at ordinary times, and they are located in the interior of the imperial city, and the defense power is a notch lower, so after a round of onslaught, I just paid dozens of lives to cut the Xihua Gate open.

Fortunately, the Xihua Gate is not large, and it is difficult for the cavalry to escape, so I can only order people to dismount and fight. Half of the Tatars' combat strength is on horseback, and getting off the horse is equivalent to wasting half of their efforts, but it is still not something that the well-maintained palace guards can resist.

Soon, the palace guards were killed and retreated, and blood stained the Guanzi River on the outskirts of the Forbidden City.

Zhao Quan obviously also understood that he couldn't delay for too long, if the Ming army reacted, then it would be impossible for them to enter the Forbidden City and capture the Queen Mother and the Emperor alive, so he took the lead, carrying his sword like flying, and often a sword swing was a human life, which was simply invincible. This guy can compete with Xie Erjian, and his martial arts are top-notch.

Finally, the more than 100 palace guards guarding Xihua Gate couldn't support it, and they scattered and fled for their lives with a shout. I replied that people destroyed the Xihua Gate again, leaving only 200 people to guard the horses, and then went straight to Cining Palace, because Cining Palace is the closest to Xihua Gate, as long as ~ the Queen Mother is taken hostage, at least you can save your life!

At this moment, the Cining Palace was still brightly lit, and the Empress Dowager Jiang and the two princesses, as well as all the palace maids and eunuchs, were gathered in the hall, one by one frightened, because the news that the Tartars had entered from Xi'an Gate had reached here.

At this moment, the eunuch Hu Dahai ran in and shouted: "Queen Mother, something is wrong, the Tartars have broken through the Xihua Gate, and they are coming here, the Queen Mother and the princess hurriedly retreat to the Qianqing Palace, don't delay for a moment!" ”

This news was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Princess Yongfu only felt her ears buzz, her head suddenly went blank, and Empress Dowager Jiang sat directly on the seat, trembling all over, and said incoherently: "How can this be, Tartar came in, how could it be like this, doesn't it mean that the situation is very good?" ”

Hu Dahai said anxiously: "Queen Mother, it's too late to explain to you now, hurry up, the Tartars will be killed immediately!" ”

"Oh, Yongfu Yongchun, go quickly!" Empress Dowager Jiang hurriedly stood up, surrounded by palace maids and eunuchs, and hurriedly walked outside Cining Palace, preparing to retreat to Qianqing Palace.

Yongfu and Yongchun followed nervously, and the two pretty ~ faces were so pale that there was no blood.

As soon as Empress Dowager Jiang and the others arrived at the gate of Cining Palace, they saw a fire dragon in the distance rushing towards the side, and under the firelight, they clearly saw the cold light of the sharp knife, and the hideous face of the person carrying the knife.

"It's a Tartar!" Princess Yongfu and Princess Yongchun exclaimed in surprise, as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, and the appearance of those people was different from that of the Han Chinese, and they were Tatars at first glance.

The old eunuch Hu Dahai's face changed sharply, and he screamed: "It's too late, everyone hurry back to the house, quickly, protect the queen mother and the princess!" ”

In an instant, like an exploding oil pot, a group of palace maids and eunuchs cried and fled to the house, Yongfu and Yongchun princesses only felt that their legs were soft-cotton-cotton, and they didn't obey the call, and their bodies trembled irrepressibly, if they weren't supported by the palace maids, they probably fell to the ground softly at this time.

At this time, it was a vanguard of the Tartars who rushed from a distance, and when they saw the movement here, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they ran over with a strange scream.

"Protect the Queen Mother and the Princess!" The leader of the palace guards shouted loudly and led three hundred palace guards to guard the palace gate layer by layer.

Those Tartars rushed to the front of Cining Palace and slashed and slashed, fighting with the palace guards. At first, the palace guards still had the upper hand, but as more and more Tartars arrived, the palace guards began to be unable to resist and gradually fell behind.

In Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Jiang and the two princesses listened to the screams of the battle outside, which frightened the six gods and owners, and some timid palace maids even cried.

At this time, Princess Yongfu also took out a handful of decrees out of nowhere, and held them in her hands with a pale face. Princess Yongchun ate and said, "Sister Yongfu, what do you want to do?" ”

"Yongchun, if the Tartars come in later, I will use this dagger to kill you first, and then kill myself!" Princess Yongfu said tremblingly.

Yongchun's eyes widened, full of fear, Yongfu gently touched the former's forehead, and comforted softly: "Yongchun, don't be afraid, we are the princess of Daming, even if we die, we can't fall into the hands of the Tartars and be humiliated!" ”

Empress Dowager Jiang calmed down a little at this time, nodded approvingly, and said, "Yongfu is right, Gonggong Hu, if the Tartars come in later, you will kill the mourning family." ”

The old eunuch Hu Dahai was carrying a knife, nodded with red circles and said, "The old slave obeys!" ”

Princess Yongchun cried out with a wow: "Queen Mother, Sister Yongfu, people don't want to die!" ”

Bang bang bang......

A rapid gunshot suddenly came in, and at the same time, a calm and familiar voice shouted: "Protect the Queen Mother and the Princess!" ”

"Ahh Xu ......" Princess Yongfu covered her little ~ mouth in surprise, and Princess Yongchun screamed loudly: "It's Xu Jin, it's Xu Jin's voice, the Shenji Camp is here, it must be the Shenji Kuanye is here, we don't have to die!" ”

Empress Jiang was also overjoyed, patted her chest and read: "Amitabha, Amitabha, Brother Jin is here, it's good!" ”

At this moment, it was Xu Jin who came outside, and he led two hundred Shenji Battalion soldiers to arrive first. Zhao Datou raised his hand and shot from afar, and a Tartar's head flew red and fell to the ground on the spot.

Bang bang bang......

A group of pro-soldiers shot one after another, and the Tartars were swept down on the spot, and the palace guards guarding outside the Cigong suddenly felt that the pressure was greatly reduced.

I Da and Zhao Quan couldn't help but be surprised, turned their heads to look, and saw a Ming army armed with flintlock pistols rushing towards this side violently, shooting while running, and people on their side kept being shot and falling.

Under the light of the torches, I saw that there was a young scholar in this Ming army, who was as eye-catching as standing out from the crowd, with a handsome face, a flowing Confucian shirt, and a square scarf on his head, and there was an awe-inspiring momentum in the march.

"Xu Jin!" Zhao Quanquan's complexion changed sharply, gritted his teeth and spit out two words, hating and fearing in his heart, he finally understood who he was defeated in today's hands, dare to love that Xu Jin has been in charge of this game tonight, hate, is the surname Xu really Lao Tzu's nemesis, he can't break everything he does!

I replied with a sharp gaze and asked in a deep voice, "Mr. Zhao, is this Xu Jin?" ”

Zhao Quan nodded with a hideous expression, and I stared at Xu Jin viciously, as if he wanted to impress Xu Jin's appearance in his mind. If the eyes can kill, Xu Jin is estimated to be on the spot at this moment.

Although it was the first time I saw Xu Jin himself, my hatred for Xu Jin was in the bone marrow, because the two thousand Shenji Battalion sneaked up on Bansheng City, which turned the grassland upside down, making him lose face as soon as possible, and even his pro ~ Gomai Ligen died under the cannon of the Shenji Battalion. In addition, in the battle of Tongzhou City, Xu Jin burned and killed tens of thousands of people under my command, tonight's defeat was also due to Xu Jin, how can I not hate Xu Jin? How can you not be afraid?

"Kill him!" I replied almost squeezing three words out of my teeth.

I replied with an order, and immediately five hundred Tartars pulled out to kill Xu Jin, although the firearms of the Shenji Battalion were powerful, but only two hundred people, I was naturally not afraid.

Zhao Quan recognized Xu Jin, Xu Jin naturally recognized Zhao Quan at a glance, and couldn't help but stagnate, when he saw Zhao Quan's bearded man next to him, he was even more stunned, and then his heart moved, and said to the left and right: "That bearded man may be my answer, catch ~ him, a miracle work, next to Zhao Quan, catch him, it is also a great achievement!" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the pro-soldiers had their eyes lit up, and one by one they were like being beaten with chicken blood, and the dragon spirit and tiger fiercely faced the five hundred Tartars and killed them.