The size of the prince's army became larger and larger, and the speed of movement naturally became slower and slower......

In this regard, the British public Zhang Fu and others expressed great worries, worried that King Zhao would take the opportunity to escape.

"Your Highness, once King Zhao goes west, the war may drag on, and we can't afford to support such a huge army!" Zhang Fu persuaded the prince: "You should march quickly, so as not to have too many dreams at night!" ”

"Hasn't Marquis An Yuan already led his army to Tongzhou?" The prince sat in the big tent, with a lot more majesty than in the past, and the awe-inspiring and inviolable mountains.

"Marquis Anyuan's troops are slightly insufficient to attack the city, so it is better to let Weichen lead an army and join forces with him to attack the city together." Zhang Fu said in a deep voice.

"The British prince doesn't have to be anxious," the prince shook his head and smiled: "The third brother of Lone will definitely wait for me in Tongzhou." ”

"Oh, how can Your Highness see it?" Zhang Fu asked puzzled.

"Because although Beijing is very close, the city is deep and profound, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he has no confidence to attack it at all." The prince looked at Zhang Fu with a smile, and said with a strong confidence conveyed to him during his conversation: "And his subordinates and families are all in Beijing and Tongzhou, how can they be willing to die with him?" ”

"The most important thing is that he has been most favored by his father since he was a child, and he has never suffered any hardships or borne anything," the prince said in a deep voice: "Now that he has suffered many blows, I don't believe that he still has the courage to start all over again." ”

"I hope so." Zhang Fu had no choice but to stop persuading, and slowly approached the capital with the prince's army......

In Tongzhou City, the generals supported Tian Zihe and retreated, and hurriedly asked the military doctor to treat his broken arm. Looking at Tian Zihe, who was almost unconscious, the generals inevitably felt sad in their hearts.

"Everyone, what's wrong with the prince, fools know that Lao Tian's words are not wrong at all!" Chen Kai stomped his feet and said: "The prince's army has exceeded 400,000, and there are still 200,000 forbidden troops in Beijing. ”

"I think the prince is crazy...... "The taciturn Ma Shu said quietly.

"......" The generals nodded one after another, quite agreeing. They have experienced the whole process, originally after Zhu Di fell ill, King Zhao's chances of winning were extremely great, and the entire capital and the emperor's life were pinched in his hands. However, no one expected that in the end, it was King Zhao who was defeated and fled from the capital.

When he escaped from the capital, King Zhao was not particularly discouraged, after all, he thought that he could still occupy Tongzhou and starve the grandson and others in the capital to death, but who knew that the grain in Tongzhou City had been transported to the prince by Wang Xian, and it was not the prince and grandson who were going to starve to death, but King Zhao himself!

Seeing the prince calling for wind and rain all the way, all the people returning to obedience, and the army gathering, King Zhao completely understood that the gap between himself and the prince, if he wanted to wrestle with him, there was no chance of winning!

From yesterday's steady victory, to today there is no chance of winning, the situation has taken a sharp turn like a waterfall, and no one can accept this kind of gap, and His Royal Highness King Zhao has no perseverance to start all over again, and he has no ability to start all over again, thinking about it this way, it is normal for him to be crazy, and it is strange not to be crazy!

It's just that everyone originally followed King Zhao and wanted to rise from the dragon and become the third batch of meritorious princes of the Ming Dynasty, but they didn't go crazy with him and die together!

"Hey, what should we do......" Chen Kai looked at the sad crowd, only to see that even the hottest Gao Zheng was there, no one answered out loud, but everyone had their own answers in their hearts......

That night, Liu Qiang and Ma Shu led their troops out of the city and surrendered to the prince. Almost at the same time, Chen Kai led his army west...... When such a large-scale army went out of the city, it was natural that Gao Zheng, who was in charge of the city defense, could not hide it, but Gao Zheng, who had always been irritable, actually ignored it, and when his subordinates reported the situation to him, Gao Zheng was drinking wildly, and when he heard that he just burped, he continued to drink the spirits until he ......was drunk like mud.

On the second day, Zhu Gaosui held an 'enthronement ceremony' in the original Tongzhou Mansion and officially proclaimed himself emperor. Although the conditions were very simple, and even the Shao music was played by the orchestra in the Tongzhou brothel, His Royal Highness King Zhao still meticulously completed every step, completely immersed in the atmosphere of the ceremony, and enjoyed the honor of this moment.

When he was wearing a dragon robe and a crown on his head, and sat upright on the throne, he saw that there were only a few chamberlains and civil officials in front of him, so he frowned slightly and said, "Where are my generals?" ”

"This, go back to the emperor......" The eunuch replied stubbornly: "General Liu and General Ma voted for the prince last night, General Chen led the army to the west, General Tian was seriously injured, and General Gao did not wake up from a hangover...... Therefore, it did not appear. ”

"Humph! This group of martial artists is really not enough to rely on," Zhu Gaosui only snorted coldly, then stopped paying attention to it, and began to seal the eunuchs and officials in front of him. The civil officials were all at the top of the Shangshu rank, and the eunuchs all got the title of governor.

It's just that the eunuchs and officials are 'high-ranking officials', but they don't look excited at all, and they seem to regard merit as dung, of course, they don't really regard merit as dung, but just regard such merit as dung......

Seeing that the prince's army is about to enter the city, is it interesting to still play here?

At least King Zhao, ah no, His Majesty the Emperor found it very interesting, and looked at the newly sealed Wenchen military generals and said: "When the world is pacified, you will be my decisive hero, and then I will be crowned a duke and a knight, and the hereditary will be replaced!" ”

The eunuchs and civil officials were still there, and it wasn't until someone reported that they were scattered.

"Excuse yourself from courtesy...... Zhu Gaosui signaled to the eunuch on the side, announcing that his era name was 'True Dragon', according to the rules, in order to show respect for the old emperor, it was changed the next year. But Zhu Gaosui didn't plan to wait that long, and ordered to change the yuan on the same day. Therefore, in Tongzhou City, today is not the year of Yongle, but the sixth day of the sixth month of the first year of the real dragon.

Naturally, the officials below will not object, anyway, just like the playhouse, let him be happy......

Zhu Gaosui then asked people to announce the decree, preparing to give the first emperor the temple number, but before he could start reading, he saw an officer rushing in with a panicked face, and said loudly: "Oh no, Your Highness!" ”

"Presumptuous, you want to call Your Majesty!" Zhu Gaosui sank his face and said: "If you dare to make a mistake next time, you will not be spared!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty......" the officer choked and said, 'When is it, you are still here to be poor!'

"What's the matter?" Zhu Gaosui asked slowly.

"The prince's army has arrived in the city! Surrounded us! Only then did the officer remember what was going on, and hurried to report it.

"Huh?" Everyone in the hall was full of feelings, and lamented in their hearts, 'I can't run now!' ’

"Panic what!" Zhu Gaosui got up calmly, stepped down from the dragon chair and said, "Follow me to the city to have a look!" ”

Everyone hurriedly followed Zhu Gaosui to the door of the 'Golden Palace', but saw that 'His Majesty the Emperor' stood again.

"Temple...... Your Majesty, why don't you leave? The attendant eunuch asked.

"Where's the guard of honor?" Zhu Gaosui said with a calm face.

"Huh?!" Everyone couldn't cry and laughed, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, the matter is in power, let's hurry to the city!" ”

"Ridiculous!" Zhu Gaosui said very resolutely: "I am the Son of Heaven, every move must conform to the etiquette system, how can people know that it is the Son of Heaven who travels without a guard of honor?" ”

"Hey......" Everyone had no choice but to hurry up to the 'emperor' Zhang Luo to set up a guard of honor, fortunately, for the enthronement ceremony, a lot of Luo umbrellas, big fans, gourds, axes, miscellaneous together, or put together a colorful guard of honor.

"Messy ......" Looking at this rabble that did not conform to the etiquette system at all, 'His Majesty the Emperor' snorted coldly, reluctantly said nothing, and boarded the jade chariot that was converted from an eight-lift sedan chair.

"The emperor starts to drive ......" In the voice of the eunuch singing, the palanquin bearers carried the "Emperor Majesty", and under the guidance of the honor guard who lived like a feather duster, they swept out of the "palace......

The street was in chaos, the people did not know where to hide, suddenly heard the sound of gongs in front of them, followed the reputation, only to see a long guard of honor as the leader, behind the sedan chair, there was a middle-aged man wearing a dragon robe.

"Your Majesty travels, and you won't avoid it!" Zhu Gaosui's 'Minister of Civil and Military Affairs' shouted loudly, and some people whipped at the people who could not escape.

The common people hurriedly wanted to run away, but they were whipped and reprimanded: "Don't kneel down when you see Your Majesty!" ”

The people are completely stunned now, do you want us to hide, or kneel? You have to have a good idea...... So some knelt, some hidden, and for a while they became headless flies and became a pot of porridge.

Zhu Gaosui sat on the 'jade chariot', looking at everything in front of him expressionlessly, I don't know if he was enjoying it or feeling disgusting......

When he finally landed at the head of the city under the full guard of honor, the army of more than 400,000 princes had already surrounded Tongzhou City. Standing on the city and looking out of the city, I felt that I was on an isolated island, and beyond the island was a vast ocean with no bounds......

At this time, everyone in the city really felt that they were so weak......

Zhu Gaosui stood at the head of the city, wearing a yellow robe, looking at the vast sea of people under the city, and asked people to shout and talk to the prince.

The generals in the city did not dare to be self-conscious, so they hurriedly asked the prince, but the prince shook his head and said: "When I go back, I have time to sit down face-to-face and talk, so why bother shouting at the top of my voice, so that the soldiers can see the jokes of the heavenly family." ”

Zhu Gaosui waited at the head of the city for a long time, but did not wait for the prince to appear, but saw the prince army under the city began to prepare to attack the city. The generals at the head of the city knew that the prince did not want to see Zhu Gaosui, and they were afraid that he would be furious, and ordered to attack at all costs. Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor only sighed deeply and retreated from the city.

The generals looked at Zhu Gaosui in confusion, and the next moment they couldn't care about the feelings of 'His Majesty the Emperor', because the siege began!

Although the prince had many soldiers, he did not storm the city, and for the safety of the people in the city, he did not even fire a trebuchet with a cannon, but only shot the defenders of the city with firecrackers and bows and arrows. But even so, the momentum is very amazing, the rain of arrows in the sky roared towards the city like a dark cloud, and the sound of fire was like a battle in the Chinese New Year's Eve, deafening and resounding in the sky!

The defenders at the head of the city had little morale, and they all ran around with their heads in their hands, either curling up in a ball and hiding under the arrow stacks, or crawling down the city with rolling belts, and fleeing as far as they could.