Feng Ruoshu sighed and said, "You are right, you are so virtuous. Today, no minister in the court agreed to this peace talks. Long lively, he turned the table up, causing the morning court to part with a bad mood."

Zhu Hongsan thought to himself: "Of course I know that Long Live yours is a stubborn guy. He doesn't want to bear the consequences at all. If there is a reason, he will kill the ministers. All those who can do it for him will be killed. No one can help with the escape or the peace talks now."

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongsan said, "My uncle must be prepared, Li Zicheng should be here."

On March 17, Beijing City finally welcomed the army of the King of Rebellion Li Zicheng. More than 60 vanguards of Li Zicheng finally appeared in front of the gate of Pingze, Beijing. On the evening of the 17th, Li Zicheng's 500,000 army finally arrived outside Beijing City.

The city of Beijing has been attacked many times since its establishment during the Yongle period. Both the Mongols and Jurchens have attacked them, but they have never fallen. Emperor Chongzhen also thought so. He ordered 100,000 troops from the Beijing camp to climb to the top of the city and fight to fight the enemy.

But in fact, the Beijing camp is already corrupt, and a large number of elite soldiers have been drawn to suppress the rebellion. Now the Beijing camp is full of playboys like Zhou Xian and a large number of hooligans and gangsters.

When the soldiers from the inner and outer cities saw Li Zicheng's men coming, they collapsed or surrendered, and very few could go up to the city wall to resist. The officers drove the soldiers forward, but a large number of soldiers refused to accept the order, and there was only one person every twenty meters on the city wall.

One of the reasons why the soldiers refused to do their duty was that they had been owed more than five months. The news came to the palace and the emperor had no choice but to send a private calamity, that is, three thousand armed eunuchs went to the city wall to guard the city.

On the 18th, the peasant army began to attack the city, and the Ming army guarding the city was still firing cannons on the city. The peasant army threatened the soldiers guarding the city: "Open the city gate quickly, otherwise you will be killed!" The soldiers guarding the city were scared and instead fired empty cannons, not loading lead bullets, only emitting smoke. They also waved their hands to signal Li Zicheng to retreat and then fired empty cannons.

Li Zicheng personally went outside Zhangyi Gate to supervise the battle. The peasant army set up a ladder to attack Xizhi, Pingze and Desheng Gate. The Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers had no sense of resistance at all and fled one after another. After the Beijing camps outside the city surrendered, the Ming army's weapons, trains and giant cannons were all obtained by the peasant army. The peasant army was immediately used, and the sound of cannons roared.

The peasant army drove away the residents of the outer city of Beijing to carry wood and stone to fill the trenches, and ants attacked the city. At this time, the Ming army's 10,000 enemy cannons fired, but accidentally injured dozens of their own people. The soldiers guarding the city were frightened. For a moment, there were shouts of the city being broken, accompanied by crying, and the whole city was crying and running.

The eunuchs and leaders trusted by the emperor were in charge of the city gates, and all the adults were unintentional to inquire about defending the city. These stinky old men were thinking about how to communicate with Li Zicheng so as not to be killed if the city was broken.

But there were still a few loyal ministers. Li Banghua, the left censor, went to Zhengyang Gate and wanted to climb the city to understand the situation, but was rejected by the eunuchs. Zhang Jinyan, the Minister of War, came to the gates of various cities many times, trying to examine the defense situation, but was blocked by the eunuchs. He urgently wrote a letter to the emperor, and then Emperor Chongzhen gave him a personal edict allowing him to go to the city.

Zhang Jinyan came to Zhangyi Gate and found that there were very few guards on the city. Wang Jiayan, the Minister of War, asked him to send troops to reinforce, because there was only one soldier here. Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of Li Zicheng's army chopping the wall. Wang Chengen, the only eunuch who was willing to fight, fired cannons at the enemy, but eunuchs Cao Huachun and Cao Huacheng were drinking calmly.

Emperor Chongzhen received Zhang Jinyan's military information report and issued an edict in person to personally recruit Wang Chengen, urgently summoning Wang Cheng'en to gather Nei Cao's eunuchs to protect him. Unexpectedly, Nei Cao fled one after another. In a blink of an eye, the emperor realized that it was no longer realistic to personally recruit him.

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly wanted to escape from the city, so he changed into civilian clothes and took the eunuch Wang Chengen and the last group of eunuchs, intending to go out from Zhengyang Gate. When he approached Zhengyang Gate, he saw three white lanterns hanging on the city tower. The white lanterns ranged from one to three, indicating the degree of slowness of the enemy situation. It was not possible to escape, so the emperor had to return to the palace.

On the 18th, the Changhua Gate was automatically opened, and Cao Huachun opened the city and surrendered. Li Zicheng's army rushed into the capital like a tide.

On the evening of the 18th, Zhu Hongsan received a notice from Feng Ruoshu who was returning home that Li Zicheng had entered the city and was currently attacking the inner city. Zhu Hongsan knew that his chance had come. He must enter the palace tonight and confirm that Chongzhen died, and he would take advantage of the war to leave the city tomorrow.

Zhu Hongsan said to Feng Ruoshu: "Uncle, my son-in-law will go to the palace tonight to find out whether the emperor is dead or alive. Now Li Zicheng is attacking Xuanwu Gate and Fucheng Gate in the inner city. I will give my uncle fifty people and let them protect you from Chaoyang Gate. We will start in Tongzhou tomorrow and then go south along the canal."

Feng Ruoshu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to the son-in-law."

Zhu Hongsan said: "It is best not to bring women. After all, we are thousands of miles away, so we have to go to Dongchang Mansion in Shandong to be considered safe."

Feng Ruoshu gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will take Feng Run and a few slaves."

Zhu Hongsan didn't expect that this old guy was so cruel and even wanted the concubine he had just taken. This was much better than Ma Jiyuan.

Zhu Hongsan arranged for Han Shirong to bring fifty people to stay in the mansion, and led Feng Ruoshu out of the city in the middle of the night, and met outside Tongzhou City the next day. If he didn't go at dawn on the third day, they would go south first and wait for him in Dongchang Mansion.

After arranging the home, Zhu Hongsan led 150 other people to the imperial city.

It was already dark at this time, and the streets were in chaos. Some were running for life, and some were robbing in the chaos. Zhu Hongsan led his men to rush to Dong'anmen without caring about the others.

When Zhu Hongsan arrived at Dong'anmen, he saw that the gate had opened. The guards guarding the gate were not sure where they were going. Many people ran out of the palace, looking at the bulging arms that were stole from the palace.

Zhu Hongsan said to Wang Jinbao: "Xiaobao, go and catch a few people and let them lead the way."

Wang Jinbao and a few people went to catch three people. Zhu Hongsan saw that they were two little eunuchs and an imperial guard. Zhu Hongsan waved his sword to kill the imperial guard. He said to the two little eunuchs: "Whoever leads the way can avoid death."

The younger one quickly said, "Master, I'll lead the way." Zhu Hongsan killed another eunuch with one knife and said, "Take us to the Qianqing Palace, if you are disobedient, this is your fate."

The little eunuch was so scared that he peed his pants, and he didn't care about the jewelry scattered on the ground. After all, money is more important than his own life.

Under the leadership of the little eunuch, Zhu Hongsan and his party crossed Dong'anmen and came to Donghuamen.

Looking at the 50-meter-wide moat, Zhu Hongsan said intently: "It's really a scattered tree that falls and scatters are scattered. With the strength of Beijing City, it's not a day."

Donghua Gate was also wide open and there was no one guarding the city gate. After entering Donghua Gate, Zhu Hongsan left fifty people to take care of the horses, waiting for himself to come out and keep Donghua Gate in his own hands.

Zhu Hongsan ordered the guards to form a group of ten people to advance in an attack formation. When they encountered snipers, they could shoot and kill them. However, Zhu Hongsan's order was basically useless. Most of the guards in the palace had run away, and the rest were stealing things. How could they have the kung fu to control Zhu Hongsan's more than 100 people?

Under the leadership of the little eunuch, Zhu Hongsan easily crossed the Jinshui Bridge, Fengtian Gate, and entered the three halls. Zhu Hongsan, the group of local beggars, saw the three halls for the first time, and could not help but be shocked by the majestic hall. The little eunuch who led the way despised these local bounties in his heart.

The three halls are not the place where the emperor works every day, but the place where the ceremony is held. From the middle left door, they are locked, but this is naturally not difficult for Zhu Hongsan to solve the problem.

After passing through the middle left door and the back left door, we came to the Ganqing Gate, and passing through the Ganqing Gate was the Ganqing Palace, which was the place where the emperor would rest on a daily basis.

When he arrived here, he no longer needed a little eunuch to lead the way. Zhu Hongsan ordered to kill the little eunuch who had just laughed at him. Then he entered the Ganqing Gate. When he was 200 meters away from the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Hongsan asked the soldiers to stop first and led Zhu Hongyi to touch the entrance of the Ganqing Palace.

Zhu Hongsan and Zhu Hongyi came to the bed, poked the window paper with their fingers, and looked inside. The lights were on in the Ganqing Palace, and the emperor's family sat in front of a table of wine and food, but no one ate or drank.

Just look at the middle-aged Emperor Chongzhen in a yellow robe who said to a noble lady next to him: "The situation is hopeless. As a mother, you should choose a glorious and virtuous death."
Chapter completed!