At this time, Deng Jiuru in the city had already discovered the movement outside the city, and thousands of cavalry rushed up, such a big movement was enough to spread more than ten miles away, how could it not be heard?

Deng Jiuru's heart was shocked, and he roared angrily: "The Qing army has attacked the city, and I have ordered all departments to hold the city wall and artillery, give me the power to open fire!" ”

Outside the Guangqu Gate, in an instant, the sound of artillery and cavalry engulfed the heavens and the earth, and the sound shook the sky.

It's just that Deng Jiuru didn't know at this time that the Guangqu Gate had been opened!

"Lord Deng, Lord Deng! Big things are wrong! ”

Chen Ergou finally ran in front of Deng Jiuru, and said urgently: "My lord, Chen played that dog, he actually committed treason, took advantage of our inattention, wrinkled the killer, Lord Ye was killed by his men, and the gate of Guangqu Gate ......was opened."

"What!"

Deng Jiuru's face changed greatly, Chen Yan actually opened the city to surrender! No wonder, today the Qing army just arrived in the city, and suddenly launched an attack in the middle of the night, and even at this time, the Qing army did not have time to encircle the city of Beijing, which is not in line with the common sense at all, it turned out that Chen Yan was making trouble!

However, now Deng Jiuru is completely dizzy, even if he is quite talented, he already knows that just by virtue of a Tongzhou town under his command, if he wants to keep Beijing City, it is already like a sky!

"Order, transfer the cavalry battalion, immediately go to the Guangqu Gate, and you must guard the city gate for me! Also, Zhao Xinglai led a battalion of troops to the palace to see the driver, played the emperor, Chen Yan treason to the enemy, the Guangqu Gate was opened, and the city of Beijing was about to fall, please leave Beijing immediately!! ”

Deng Jiuru hurriedly roared angrily and gave an order, and the cavalry battalion roared out and went straight to Guangqumen.

However, after such a toss, where is it too late to rush to Guangqumen? The cavalry of the Qing army was only a mile or two away from the Guangqu Gate, and the cavalry power assault, at most, was a minute or two at most, and they could rush to the gate, but it took no less than five minutes for Deng Jiuru to run in front of Deng Jiuru.

Guangqu Gate City Gate, the Qing cavalry has already rushed in, a cavalry is as fast as lightning, straight into the Guangqu Gate, and the nearby Tongzhou Town infantry fight together, Tongzhou Town soldiers are fierce again, now the city gate is missing, panicked, plus caught off guard, suddenly responded, not at all the elite opponent of the Qing army, was killed and retreated!

In the Qianqing Palace, when the cannon on the city sounded, Chongzhen was frightened, was the Qing army's attack finally about to begin? Deng Jiuru, Chen Yan, you have to resist it......

Can it withstand it? Don't talk about others, even Chongzhen doesn't have any confidence, just a Tongzhou town of 20,000 people, if you want to resist the attack of tens of thousands of Manchurian cavalry, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky, I can only hope that Deng Jiuru can hold on for a few more days......

When Chongzhen was worried, Zhao Xinglai went straight into the palace and came to see Chongzhen!

"Stop? What do you do? ”

The guard of the Praetorian Army in front of the door shouted!

"Get out of the way for Lao Tzu, urgent military situation, Lao Tzu wants to see Your Majesty, get away!"

Zhao Xinglai kicked out the forbidden army that came up and broke into the Qianqing Palace, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" ”

Chongzhen was shocked and shouted, "What person! ”

"Qi played the emperor, the ministers were ordered by Lord Deng to protect the emperor, Chen Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly defected to the enemy, opened the Guangqu Gate, and the Manchurian cavalry swarmed in, and now Lord Deng is fighting to the death with the Manchurian Tartars at the Guangqu Gate, and ordered me to protect the emperor and withdraw from the capital immediately!"

"What?"

Chongzhen's eyes darkened, and he sat down on the ground and said urgently: "What you said is true?" Chen Yan treasoned and defected to the enemy? ”

Zhao Xinglai said astringently: "The emperor is true, Chen Yan is the governor of military affairs, led a force to raid Guangqumen, killed Ye Changkai, the capital of Tongzhou Town, and directly opened the city gate, and everyone saw it......"

"It's broken!"

Chongzhen's heart sank to the bottom, but he handed over the crown prince Zhu Cihong to Chen Yan's hands, Chen Yan rebelled, wouldn't that be a sheep into the tiger's mouth, oops, he killed his son, and he entrusted it to no one......

"Chen Yanpifu, you scum, scum, you have failed my favor and trust in you! The scum of the Ming Dynasty, the sinner! I won't kill you, I won't be a man! ”

Chongzhen scolded, but at this time, even if he scolded again, it would still be a fart? Guangqu Gate has been lost, the Manchurian cavalry is overwhelming, and it is irreversible to take Beijing City!

"Your Majesty, we need to leave the capital immediately, and now that the capital has not completely fallen, we should immediately leave the city and retreat urgently to Baoding, if we don't leave, it will be too late!"

Zhao Xinglai said urgently.

"No, I won't leave, I have already made an oath in front of my ancestors, the city is in the people, the city is dead, run away, once you are caught by the Manchurian Tartars on the way to escape, isn't it better to live than to die? I don't want to be the second Song Huizong! ”

Chongzhen shouted.

Zhao Xinglai hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, if you don't leave, it's really too late, as long as we can merge with Zhenguo Gong and reorganize the rivers and mountains, it's just around the corner!" ”

"Where did you get so much nonsense! The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies! This is the rule left by the ancestors, I have made up my mind, once the Qing army enters the city and Beijing falls, then I will apologize with death! Zhao Xinglai, gather all your men and horses, and immediately go to Chen Yan's mansion, even if you all die in battle for me, you must rescue the prince, but the prince was just arranged by me in the middle of the night where Chen Yan is! ”

Chongzhen shouted.

Belch......

Zhao Xinglai was almost suffocated, and glanced at Chongzhen with resentment, what is going on? It's a good Daming country, it's because this fool is unclear, he was buried step by step, damn it, even the crown prince sent Chen Yan over, isn't this a sheep into the tiger's mouth? If you want to snatch the crown prince again, how easy is it?

"What are you doing? Don't go quickly, no matter what, you have to talk about the prince to save him! ”

Zhao Xinglai hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Xinglai turned around and left, but Chongzhen was discouraged, and shouted: "Wang Chengen, pass the decree, all the concubines and princesses in the palace will be given death, send someone to Renshou Palace, and tell the imperial sister-in-law that now that the city of Beijing is broken, the descendants of the Zhu Ming family, it is time to be martyred, please ask the imperial sister-in-law to go to see the first emperor......"

"Your Majesty, do you really want to do this?"

Wang Chengen was also shocked, and wanted to give all the concubines, princesses, and even Queen Yi'an, all to death......

Chongzhen sighed: "Could it be that I still have a choice? Those princes, once they are captured alive, the big deal is just death, but once these concubines and princesses are captured, what will happen to them, don't you know? Hundreds of years ago, Kaifeng Mansion fell, how many Han palace concubines fell into the hands of the Jurchens, slaves and maids, life is better than death? In that case, they will become a disgrace to the Ming Dynasty and a disgrace to the Zhu family! ”

(End of chapter)