Emperor Chongzhen knelt in Fengxian Hall, and the kings of the Ming Dynasty were worshipped in it. He cried and kept kowtowing, begging for his ancestors for forgiveness.

Empress Zhou stood outside the hall, her face full of tears.

The melodious sound of drums came into the hall, and Emperor Chongzhen trembled all over. It was the signal that Zhou Xian told him to leave the city. He calmed down and bowed three times and nine times to the ancestral tablets he worshipped. After the last one, he touched the ground with his head, cried bitterly, and did not stand straight for a long time.

Wang Chengen stepped forward to help him up, choked and said, "Prince,..."

Emperor Chongzhen wiped his tears and staggered out of Fengxian Hall with the help of Wang Chengen. Seeing the crying Queen Zhou, his heart softened again and said in a gentle voice: "Empress, give me a promise to Zhou Xian, at least I can connect him with our Zhu family. If he really has the will, he will definitely protect their brothers and sisters. This is my fault, and I should send you to the south as soon as possible."

Queen Zhou cried and said, "Not the emperor, all this is my duty."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "You are the queen, the mother of a country, and you should not be humiliated by thieves."

Empress Zhou nodded slightly, knelt down on her knees, and bowed to Emperor Chongzhen. "I know." After that, she stood up and walked towards Kunning Palace with several palace maids.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the eunuchs below and sighed: "You guys go and inform the emperor's sister-in-law, Empress Yi'an and Concubine Li Kang, and let them commit suicide."

Several eunuchs left after their orders.

Emperor Chongzhen turned to look at Wang Chengen and said, "The civil and military officials of the court have all fled. At this moment, only you are by my side. I am the emperor and I will not be humiliated. You are all innocent people. You don't have to die with me. You are all scattered!"

Wang Chengen waved his hand and everyone else left.

Emperor Chongzhen asked, "You won't leave?"

Wang Chengen knelt down and said, "I will not leave, I will accompany the emperor, no matter where I go."

Emperor Chongzhen laughed, tears burst out from the corners of his eyes. "Okay, at least one person has not abandoned me."

In fact, when the generals announced their escape from the city to escape, the city had already started to be in chaos. Most of the soldiers guarding the city were locals, and their relatives were in the capital. Except for some officials, how many people were willing to escape? Immediately, half of them directly threw away their weapons and fled towards their homes. The city was in chaos, with escaped soldiers and chaotic people, crowded and noisy.

How could such a big noise be hidden from the rebels outside the city? They even thought that civil strife occurred in the city and stepped up the siege. The sound of cannons rumbling, rolling in the sky like a muffled thunder in summer. Many fires and thick smoke surged into the sky like dragons.

When the seven gates outside the city opened wide and the defenders in the city suddenly rushed out, the rebels were caught off guard, shocked, and fell into chaos for a while. However, this chaos lasted for a short period of time, and the rebels from all sides surrounded and killed. Most of the defenders who went out directly hit the iron plate, causing heavy casualties.

At Xuanwu Gate and Chongwen Gate, the rebels even entered the city. The rebels stationed in the outer city cheered and rushed to the two gates.

The defenders were frightened and fled in panic, fleeing to the safe place they thought. The rebels had no time to take care of them and occupied important places such as the city head and arrow tower respectively.

Under Zhengyang Gate, Zhou Gan ran down from the city and clasped his fists and said, "The commander-in-chief, the thieves have entered the Chongwen and Xuanwu Gate, and a large number of thieves are gathering there."

Zhou Xian nodded and looked at the more than a thousand cavalry and nearly two thousand infantry standing quietly behind him. Half an hour ago, there were more than 5,000 infantry here. He shouted loudly: "You haven't left, you are willing to follow me to fight out of the city. At this moment, all the defenders of the outer city are entrusted to Xuanwu and Chongwen. The number of thieves we have to face in front is not large. Just break them and kill to the outer city gate, and there will be a large army to pick us up. The entire army prepares, and then breaks out of the city after half a cup of tea."

It turned out that when Zhou Xian returned to the southern city wall, he immediately transferred the elite soldiers from Xuanwu and Chongwen Sects. Some of them were directly dismissed, and the other part was supplemented with Zhengyang Sect. This is also the reason why the two sects fell quickly.

Xuanwu, Chongwen and Zhengyang are all on the south wall, facing the same rebel army. As long as the two rebels are invaded, the rebel army will inevitably gather at the two rebels, and no one will rob the rebels of the city. In this way, the number of rebels outside Zhengyang Gate will be reduced, which is a chance for Zhou Xian to leave the city.

Zhengyang Gate did not open directly when the drums were heard. But he just opened the city gate first, and the gate of the city was still closed. From the inner city to the main street behind Zhengyang Gate, four horses or eight people were in a row, forming a long queue.

At first, the drums were loud and the city gate was opened. The soldiers in the rebel army in front of Zhengyang Gate were full of vigilance. But later they found that there was no movement in front of Zhengyang Gate, and Xuanwu Gate and Chongwen Gate were broken in the distance. The general responsible for attacking Zhengyang Gate lamented for a long time, feeling that the credit for breaking the city was taken away by others. He asked him to go forward and called the defenders at the top of the city to surrender, but no one paid attention. Compared with the lively fighting at other gates, Zhengyang Gate was a bit scary.

At this time, the horse's hooves sounded like thunder, and the gate of the Wengcheng City was opened. The official cavalry suddenly rushed out from the inside, with extremely fast speed, and in an instant, they rushed to the front of the rebel army.

The rebel army was unprepared, and was killed in a flash. He was overturned by a horse, crying at his father and mother, and the entire army was dispersed in an instant. The rebel army was shocked and shouted loudly and gathered troops to set up the formation, but Tang Qi shot an arrow into the face and fell off the horse. His death caused even greater chaos, and the road ahead was completely opened.

Seeing that Tang Qi had succeeded, Zhou Xian rode his horse out of the city and said to Wang Weidong: "Wang Qianhu, you have been in the capital for many years and are familiar with the environment of the outer city. You and Lu Ming took three hundred cavalry without walking on the main street, walked along the alley paths, and caused chaos in the outer city as much as possible. Half an hour later, meet with the army in front of Yongding Gate. Remember, it is only half an hour." He was the Jinyiwei sent to him by Emperor Chongzhen. He originally had Gao Wencai, but the latter was unwilling to leave the city. After the city was broken, Gao Wencai chose to commit suicide.

The two of them took the fists and left.

Zhou Xian asked the soldiers to bring a long sword and handed it to Wu Xiang who was standing next to him with a smile. "General Wu was also the general of the place. He should not be unfamiliar with the ability to kill the enemy with a knife!"

Wu Xiang shook his head helplessly, feeling like a person "I am a fish for the sake of the knife and the boat." "Zhou Tusang, I can let my more than a dozen servants kill the enemy with you, but my family members..."

Zhou Xian said: "General Wu, don't worry, I just do a business with General Wu, I am the bargaining chip for our trading, and they will never hurt them."
Chapter completed!