"Boom, boom!"

The main building in the center of the city was smashed into a sieve on all sides, rubble fell everywhere, blue bricks were shattered, beams and pillars collapsed, and the dense soldiers at the head of the city had nowhere to hide.

Li Zicheng has been fighting with officers and soldiers for many years and has rich experience, and as soon as he heard the sound of cannons, he lay on the ground, without caring about the image of Emperor Yongchang of Dashun. Because of his timely reaction, he narrowly escaped and was not injured except for being splashed with blood.

The shelling became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and after a round of shelling, nearly 10,000 soldiers of the Dashun army either jumped off the city wall in despair, or knelt down and shouted: "Stop fighting, surrender!" ”

The artillerymen have already begun the second round of reloading and will soon be able to carry out a new round of shelling. The commander of the artillery battalion in charge of the command looked back at Xia Nan, waiting for his order.

The soldiers in front saw that the opponent had already knelt down and surrendered in pieces, and subconsciously slowed down their movements, and the gunfire gradually thinned out.

Xia Nan was unmoved, his purpose was to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, a surrendered Dashun Emperor was useless to him, this chess piece had already completed its mission after forcing Chongzhen to death, and there was no need to stay. He raised his hand, and was about to give an order to annihilate the opponent in one go, but he saw that in the ruins on the city tower, hundreds of torches were concentrated in one place, illuminating a tall and thin figure, grabbing a woman in white, and shouting: "Xia Nan, Princess Daming Kunxing is here, if you want her to die in your hands, just open fire!" ”

Xia Nan was taken aback, why did Zhu Yujiao suddenly appear and fall into Li Zicheng's hands? With this hesitation, the hand did not fall, and the command was blocked in the throat.

Seeing that the other party was threatening the public, and the commander did not give an order, the soldiers were also a little hesitant, the gunfire became more and more sparse, and after a while, the whole battlefield was quiet.

Li Zicheng saw that the hostages came in handy, his spirits were greatly lifted, he put the knife on Zhu Yujiao's shoulder, and continued to shout: "You are the Zuo Du Governor, Ping Nanbo, and the young master of the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, you must not dare to slash the princess, right?" Unless you think you want to replace him, like me, you abolished the Ming Emperor and set himself up as the emperor! As long as you admit it, I will admit it, and willingly die under the fire with the princess. Otherwise, get out of the way, let me out of the city, and from now on, I, Li Zicheng, will escape to the southwest and never be an enemy of the Qiong Navy!" ”

Xia Nan listened to Li Zicheng's words and regretted it very much, he had known that there was such a thing, and he should not hesitate to blow up the city tower into powder, and now let Li Zicheng have the opportunity to say this, and the situation will be passive.

His raised right hand was clenched into a fist, his wrist was exposed, and a fierce struggle began in his heart, should he give the order to resume firing?

Sima De approached him and whispered, "General, if you don't know that the princess has been kidnapped, it's fine, now that this is the case, you can't do it again, otherwise all your efforts will come to naught." Let people know that you killed the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty with your own hands, even if you support the crown prince to ascend to the throne, you will not win the hearts of the people. ”

Huang Hansheng asked puzzledly: "It's just a princess of the previous dynasty, not the emperor himself, if he dies in a bombardment, what impact will it have on the general?" ”

Sima De sighed: "Do you know the sentence "Murder and punishment?" Since the general intends to support the new emperor and control the government in the name of the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, killing the princess will lose the support of the people. In the battle of Jingyan, Chengzu Zhu Di attacked Jinan, and wanted to bombard, Tie Xuan hung the portrait and spirit card of Taizu at the head of the city, Chengzu claimed to be a filial son, and did not dare to bombard his father's spiritual position in front of everyone, so he could only withdraw in anger. ”

On the other side, Li Zicheng continued: "You couldn't catch up with me today, if it weren't for this Princess Kunxing leading the Shenji Battalion to intercept at Zhengyangmen, I would have left the city a long time ago......"

When Xia Nan heard this, his clenched fist slowly loosened and hung down weakly. This Zhu Yujiao actually staged a righteous act of leading troops to intercept thieves, with such an aura blessing, it is even more impossible to kill.

The situation is at a stalemate. In the summer, Nantou was jealous, unwilling to bear the infamy, and killed the princess with his own hands in front of everyone, and was unwilling to let Li Zicheng out of the city, and Li Zicheng did not dare to move before receiving a positive answer.

At this time, Zhu Yujiao spoke, her face was splashed with a lot of blood, she looked embarrassed, but her expression was very calm.

"Ping Nanbo, Hugh has to take care of the safety of the palace, as long as he uses this fang, avenges his father, and eliminates harm for the Ming Dynasty, what is the life of one person in the palace?"

Summer South was silent. He did not care about the princess's personal safety, but the political risks behind it, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only be silent.

Seeing that Xia Nan didn't speak, Zhu Yujiao was anxious.

"Xia Nan, you are deeply favored by the emperor, this is the time for you to serve the imperial court, as long as you give the order to open fire, you can kill this giant who is in turmoil with the dynasty, what are you hesitating about? If you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, even if you don't do it for your father, even if you do it for me? I still remember when Yang Sichang led a heavy army to besiege the Beijing camp station, you almost died under artillery fire, who risked the danger to rescue you? ”

Referring to the grace of saving his life at the beginning, Xia Nan's heart was a little touched. In any case, Zhu Yujiao did save her life, and by mistake, she did herself a big favor again, blocking Li Zicheng in Zhengyangmen, and she couldn't bear to kill her with her own hands.

Li Zicheng saw that the more Zhu Yujiao talked, the more outrageous it became, and he wanted to die with him, so he hurriedly let go of the left hand that grabbed her arm, went to cover her mouth, and shouted in a low voice: "Are you crazy?" You can die if you want to, but you have to wait until I get out of the city. ”

Zhu Yujiao turned her head to avoid his palm, and said coldly: "This palace is the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty, how can you be at the mercy of a chaotic minister and thief?" As long as Hongu is dead, you won't be alive today! ”

After saying that, he ran a few steps to the city, jumped down, and actually wanted to kill himself.

Li Zicheng panicked, if she died, he wouldn't be able to live, so he threw down the steel knife and stretched out his hands to grab it. His stride was much bigger than Zhu Yujiao's, and he was tall and long-armed, and finally grabbed her left arm when he fell.

But after all the calculations, he didn't expect that Zhu Yujiao's left arm had been broken, and he only grabbed an empty sleeve. The silk sleeve tube couldn't bear the weight of a person, and it made a "snort" sound, and it was torn apart, and Zhu Yujiao fell off the city tower like a kite with a broken string.

Xia Nan reacted very quickly and shouted: "If you dare to kill Princess Kunxing, don't kill her quickly!" As he spoke, he looked at Yang Youji next to him.

Yang Youji has followed him for many years, and he has already had a considerable tacit understanding, and immediately reacted, drew the bow with his backhand, took the arrow, and pulled the bowstring full, and the action was done in one go.

With a "woo", an arrow flew up the city tower like a meteor, hitting Li Zicheng's chest, Li Zicheng opened his round eyes, and before he could say a word, he fell down.