Chapter 799: Invading Nanjing
"I've killed someone! I've killed someone!" Chen Zilong looked at the officer lying in front of him, and was at a loss for a moment and almost lost his voice. In fact, Chen Zilong's performance was pretty good. At least he dared to kill someone, but Xia Yunyi's hand holding the sword was shaking. Even when facing a soldier who was hooked by two noblemen with a hook and sickle spear, he did not dare to step forward and stab him with a sword. Instead, Xia Yunyi's son Xia Wanchun, a thirteen-year-old boy, took action in succession and killed three officers and soldiers in a row.
Fang Yizhi and Sun Lin were calm and composed. A group of righteous men had already taken action. They both set their bows and arrows, and the arrows were shot out without any slightest arrows, and almost every arrow could take a life.
Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Mingzhen held a big sword and rushed forward, especially Zhang Mingzhen, who was very skilled in martial arts, had no enemies in the same place where they passed.
There was a sound of killing at the top of the city wall, and the Jinyiwei also began to take action. The defenders at the top of the city were no match for them at all, and were killed so hard that they were blood flowed into a river.
"There are thieves on the top of the city! Come and get up to the city and drive them down!" An officer shouted at the foot of the steps, and groups of soldiers from the Beijing camp shouted and rushed up the steps.
Xia Yunyi shouted, and with his son Xia Wanchun, he lifted a squat and pushed it down from the steps. He heard a scream from the steps. The squat with iron nails rolled down, and a long string of Beijing soldiers screamed and rolled down from the steps.
Fang Yizhi and Sun Lin shot arrows repeatedly, causing the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp under the city to cry and howl.
One hundred and eighty soldiers and more than two hundred Jinyiwei killed off the steps. Although the number of officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp under the city was vulnerable, they were soon shot into pieces by a burst of arrows. Seeing the people above rushing down, hundreds of soldiers in the Beijing camp were so scared that they ran away.
"Open the city gate!" Zhang Mingzhen shouted.
The gates of the Wengcheng and the outer city were opened one after another, and the suspension bridge at the top of the city was also put down.
After half an hour of fighting, the sky was already slightly cold. Seeing the city gate open, Wang Fuchen pointed forward with a big halberd in his hand: "Kill!"
"Kill!" The Huai army cavalry rushed into the city.
"The thieves have entered the city! The thieves have entered the city!" The officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp in the city were in chaos. No one was thinking about how to resist the Huai army entering the city. Everyone was trying to escape.
In the direction of Chaoyang Gate, a Huai Army infantry took advantage of the chaos in the city and launched an attack on the city head with the simple cloud ladder and simple trench bridge built yesterday. The Huai Army rushed to the edge of the moat without any counterattack at the city head. The officers and soldiers put the simple trench bridge on the moat and quickly rushed across the trench bridge. One by one, a large number of prisoners from Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo began to climb the city head.
The resistance at the top of the city was very weak, and occasionally a rock was rolled down, killing some prisoners of cannon fodder soldiers. However, these prisoners of cannon fodder soldiers were also very brave. They climbed up with the resistance at the top of the city, because as long as they made military achievements this time, they could get rid of the identity of prisoners of the bandit army and officially become soldiers of the Huai Army. If they could not make meritorious contributions, they would continue to be such cannon fodder soldiers.
The prisoners climbed up to the top of the city. Although these prisoners were originally refugees and had poor combat effectiveness, they did not lose any disadvantage against the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp at the top of the city.
Is it strange? Not surprising at all, these garbage soldiers surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in real history and became Green Camp soldiers, their combat effectiveness immediately increased several times and became invincible.
After the captive soldiers climbed up to the city and stood firm, Hao Yaoqi and the elite infantry climbed up the city wall, quickly defeated the defenders on the city, and opened the Chaoyang Gate.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Zhilong and Liu Kongzhao left the city guards and fled to Sanshan Gate. After leaving the city from Sanshan Gate, there were several ships of the Ming Yangtze River Navy on the pier outside. Zhao Zhilong and others could escape to Jiujiang by boat. Maybe without going to Jiujiang, they could meet with Zuo Liangyu who was advancing east halfway.
"Your Majesty, I'm so happy!" Wang Chengen walked into Chongzhen's palace, "Nanjing City has been broken! The army of Duke of Chu has entered the city!"
"I didn't expect that I took it off so quickly. The officers and soldiers of Nanjing Beijing Camp were really a bunch of wine bags." Chongzhen stood up happily.
In the cabinet room in the Imperial City, Ma Shiying sat blankly in the desk and had been sitting for a long time. Ruan Dacheng beside him walked back and forth anxiously, stomping his feet constantly, and muttering incoherently: "It's over, it's over."
The news of the Huai Army's invasion into the city has spread. The entire palace is now in a mess. The civil servants on duty in the cabinet room have fled out in a hurry, and no one has paid attention to him, the chief minister of the cabinet.
The sound of rapid footsteps sounded, and a little eunuch hurriedly ran in and brought the order summoned by Zhu Yousong. It must be that Zhu Yousong was also extremely worried and anxious, so he sent someone to invite him.
Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng followed the little eunuch and trotted to meet Zhu Yousong. The panicked palace maids and eunuchs were everywhere along the way. Those people seemed to have not seen Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng. Everyone was carrying a small package on their backs and hurriedly ran away.
Zhu Yousong was still sitting in the Qianqing Palace. The band, dancer, palace maid and eunuch of the past were no longer visible, leaving only the fat Zhu Yousong sitting alone on the couch.
"Ma Aiqing, Ruan Aiqing, please think of a way to save me." Seeing Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng come in, Zhu Yousong, a fat man with a weight of more than 300 pounds, suddenly stood up and ran away at an unbelievable speed. He grabbed Ma Shiying's sleeve and cried with tears.
"After this, Your Majesty is powerless to turn the world back. You are the emperor after all, how can you be humiliated by the thief? You should sacrifice your country. I am willing to accompany Your Majesty to sacrifice your country." Ma Shiying said.
"Ah?" Zhu Yousong burst into tears, "I don't want to die, I don't want to die, Ma Qing, you must have a way, think of a way to take me out."
Lu Jiude also said: "Prince, there are few thieves and soldiers, and they cannot siege the city. They just attack from the east and south. Are there no thieves in the north and west? We can escape from the north and take a boat to Jiujiang, and we will be safe when we arrive at the territory of the general Pingtie."
Ma Shiying smiled bitterly. He knew in his heart that there were countless spies from the Huai Army and some righteous men from the Donglin Party in the city. If someone else wanted to escape, there was no problem, but where could Zhu Yousong, a big fat man, escape? The fat people were too eye-catching, and they were inconvenient to move, so they couldn't run.
Zhu Yousong no longer cared about so many things, but he didn't want to die anyway. Zhu Yousong has been used to being extravagant since he was a child. He lived a lot of good days and became even more afraid of death. Zhu Yousong was reluctant to leave this extravagant and corrupt good life and found a rope to hang it.
"Your Majesty, others can escape, but you can't. Your characteristics are too obvious, so how can you escape? I can show you a way," Ma Shiying said with a wry smile, and said, "Your Majesty goes out of the city to the three mountains gates in the northwest. Zhao Zhilong and Liu Kongzhao have escaped from the city. Your Majesty and Eunuch Lu, if you move faster, you can catch up. If you go too late and the boat leaves, it will be too late."
After saying that, Ma Shiying no longer paid attention to Zhu Yousong and Lu Jiude's master and servant, turned around and walked home. Anyway, he showed them a way out, and whether he could escape depends on their own luck.
"Lu Daban, hurry up, send me out of the city!" Zhu Yousong shouted anxiously.
Lu Jiude and Zhu Yousong changed into ragged clothes and put the fine gold and silver on their bodies. Then he supported Zhu Yousong. They walked out of the palace, one foot deep and one foot shallow. All the palace maids and eunuchs ran away, leaving Lu Jiude alone, holding Zhu Yousong who weighed more than 300 kilograms. Lu Jiude also felt unable to do so. However, Zhu Yousong, who was in a desperate situation, walked very fast and walked out of the palace soon.
The city was full of chaos, and the defeated Beijing soldiers robbed the people everywhere in the city.
"There is a big fat man and a slave over there. Such a fat guy must be rich at home!" A hundred-house officer robbing a shop suddenly discovered Zhu Yousong.
Chapter completed!