From a distance, watching a person riding a war horse holding a white flag high, slowly approaching the moat, Chen Yue couldn't help frowning.

It seems that this is persuasion, Chen Yue said secretly.

The defenders of the city also watched nervously as the people approached, and the entire city became silent for a moment.

Watching the man ride his horse slowly into the stone bridge over the moat at the gate of the city, and then set up his war horse on the bridge.

"The brothers in the city don't want to release arrows, our family is Du Xun, the eunuch of Xuanfu, and our family is Du Xun, the eunuch of Xuanfu." The man on the horse raised his head and shouted at the city, a sharp voice wafting through the city.

"Ah, it's really Du's father-in-law!" Before Chen Yue could speak, Wang Dehua, the eunuch of the prison army at the head of the city, exclaimed. Then he threw himself into the battlement and looked down.

"Hmph, the Xuanfu has surrendered, what is he doing here as a Xuanfu town guard eunuch?" Chen Yue snorted coldly.

"It must have surrendered, what's there to think about." The Iron Lion said with a smile.

"Dugong Du, our Wang Dehua, why did you come here?" Wang Dehua shouted at the city.

Listening to Wang Dehua's voice, Du Xun's face was slightly red, and he was quite unable to face his colleagues who had cut birds together in the past. But thinking about Liu Zongmin's order, he touched the head on his neck, and still replied stubbornly.

"Our family, our family came to see the emperor on the order of King Chuang. Princess, please open the city gate and let our family enter the city. ”

"This," Wang Dehua suddenly became embarrassed, "Although our family was sent by His Majesty to guard the city, but there is no holy decree, and our family has no right to open this city gate, Dugong Gonggong, if you are not wronged, you will sit in the hanging basket and enter the city." ”

A bamboo basket was sent to the city by ropes, Du Xun jumped off the war horse, sat in the hanging basket, and then was pulled up the city wall by two Ming troops.

"You are Du Xun, the eunuch of Xuanfu, and the Xuanfu has been lowered, who are you working for now?" Chen Yue snorted coldly and looked at the white-faced beardless eunuch in front of him, and asked coldly.

"Our family, our family," Du Xun stammered, surrendering was a shameful thing after all, "Our family has no choice." ”

"Lord Chen, he's here to see the emperor, don't talk too much." Wang Dehua glanced at Chen Yue dissatisfiedly and ordered. Although Chen Yue is the person with the highest official position, as a prisoner, he represents the emperor, and it can be said that he is the eunuch who is really in charge.

"Hmph, people who don't have birds don't have eggs!" Chen Yue snorted coldly. Du Xun's face turned blood-red all of a sudden, and even Wang Dehua became angry, Chen Yue's words even scolded him.

"Rude!" Wang Dehua shouted angrily, turned to Du Xun and said, "Dugong Du, I still wronged you to stay in this city tower for a while, and I will send someone back to the emperor." ”

"Hey, Princess-in-law, you let your people talk to the emperor, and say that Chen Yue, the governor of Tianjin, wants to see him." Chen Yue smiled and said to Wang Dehua, Zhang Jinyan has been gone for a long time, and he has not received the news of the imperial court to make an audience, could it be that Zhang Jinyan did not tell Chongzhen about his coming? Or did Chongzhen give up and escape?

Wang Dehua snorted coldly, didn't pay attention to Chen Yue, but waved his hand, and a little eunuch was ordered to ride a horse.

"Du, tell me what's going on outside." Wang Dehua led Du Xun to the city tower and asked as he walked.

"Alas, the Dashun army is too powerful, the Ming army can't beat it at all, don't you know......" The two entered the city tower together, and their voices gradually became inaudible.

was so polite to a former colleague who surrendered, Chen Yue knew that most of this Wang Dehua also had the intention of surrendering, so he didn't dare to offend Du Xun at all.

The building is about to fall, everyone has to find a way to live, and a eunuch also has the right to continue to survive, although Chen Yue is not ashamed of such a person, he can also understand their thoughts.

Now it seems that the Shun army will not attack the city immediately, and he wants to get in touch with Chongzhen as soon as possible, seeing that there are more and more Shun troops outside the city, and if he wants to escape, he may not be able to escape.

Just when Chen Yue was waiting for Chongzhen's news with worry, the sky gradually darkened.

Looking at the endless lights of the Shunjun camp outside the city, Chen Yue became more and more anxious.

"Lord Zhongcheng!" The iron lion walked over at some point and stood gently beside Chen Yue.

"Brother Tie." Chen Yue nodded and continued to look at the camp of the Shun army outside the city.

"What are you thinking, sir?" The Iron Lion asked softly.

"I, I think again, is Li Zicheng in the Shunjun camp opposite, I don't know what he looks like?" Chen Yue replied casually.

"Hehe, have you ever thought about what we should do next?" The Iron Lion smiled and asked suddenly.

"What to do? Defend the city, of course! Chen Yue said casually, saving Chongzhen from the city has always been a secret in his heart, and no one except Wang Yin knows about it.

"Have you ever wondered if you can hold this city? So many cities have been broken by the intruding army, and now these Beijing soldiers in Beijing and many ordinary people can hold it? The Iron Lion continued.

"What the hell do you want to say, Brother Tie?" Chen Yue frowned slightly and asked.

"My lord, I want to say, have you thought about it, let's just lower the big order. Looking at the current situation, the number of Da Ming Qi has been exhausted, and Da Shun Dai Ming is already the general trend of the world. My lord, why don't you adapt to the situation and surrender with your brothers, so that you can be regarded as a great achievement, I believe that King Chuang will not treat you badly, at least be a founding hero and not run away. The Iron Lion persuaded.

"Hahaha," Chen Yue laughed, "What is the general trend of the world, just rely on Li Zicheng?" Can he rule the world? ”

"Why do you say that, my lord? Now Dashun has occupied half of the Ming Dynasty, most of the troops in the towns on the nine sides have surrendered, where is the elite army in the Ming Dynasty to resist, the fall of Beijing is a matter of time! The Iron Lion argued.

"Hehe, so what? Even if Li Zicheng conquers Beijing, he may not be able to sit firmly in the world! Chen Yue said with a smile. It is normal for the iron lion to have such an idea, and a discerning person can see that the fall of Beijing is inevitable, but how do they know that Li Zicheng will not be able to stay here for a few days at all! But there's no way to explain this kind of thing.

"My lord, why do you say that, Lao Tie really doesn't understand!" Chen Yue kept saying that King Chuang couldn't win the world, but the iron lion was very puzzled while being angry.

"Hehe, it's very simple, let me ask you, do you know that Li Zicheng is blind in one eye, since ancient times, which blind man have you ever seen as an emperor? Since the moment Li Zicheng was shot blind, he has lost the appearance of the Son of Heaven, how can he be the emperor. Chen Yue smiled in confusion, so he said in a mysterious way.