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Volume 2: A Different Chief Chapter 775: Nirvana

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    (Old White Niu: Thank you to all the book friends who voted for monthly votes, such as Double Leaf Monkey, etc.) The screams from the top of the city continued, and more and more child soldiers jumped down from the top of the city. They were all dressed in fancy clothes.  The weapon is carried behind.  After they entered the city, they immediately pulled out the weapons from their backs and attacked the defenders at the top of the city, all of them ruthlessly fighting for their lives.  The top of the city suddenly became chaotic. Some people were so frightened that they suddenly encountered thieves and had to be slaughtered by their necks.  Some screamed and ran away, even stripping off their clothes and committing suicide for fear of being discovered as soldiers.  Some people resisted hastily, but in the panic, everyone could not use 10% of their skills.  In addition, these shearing thieves are extremely ferocious, and all of them are not afraid of death. They don't care about themselves and just attack head on head.  Have any of the soldiers in the Beijing camp ever seen such a fighting style?  He was caught off guard and in the blink of an eye he was stabbed multiple times and blood flowed all over his body.  The squadron at the top of the city only had a mandarin duck war jacket. To be honest, it was just a thick cotton-padded jacket and its protective ability was not strong.  As for the soldiers in the Beijing camp, the armor they wear does look very powerful, but it is just a look-alike, shiny on the outside, but full of dregs on the inside. It is mainly used to deceive people, especially the emperor during military parades.  Although those child soldiers mostly used light and agile knives, such as short knives and waist knives, which were not very capable of breaking armor, a single cut would still make a big hole in the armor of these people, and a stab would penetrate right into the armor.  Even if they encounter those who are well-armored and relatively calm in the face of battle, they will fight and bite regardless, seeming to kill the enemy in front of them even if they die together. Such desperadoes are really frightening. ???????????? In the drizzle, flickering light and dimness, under the dim torch, these short figures howled and rushed toward us, like ghosts.  They were holding knives, their faces were distorted, and their expressions were extremely ferocious. There were bloodstains on their bodies, and the knives in many people's hands were still dripping with blood.  Panic was like a riot, and the city was in a panic. Many guardsmen saw the boy coming, and they burst into chaos.  Out of fear, they jumped off the city top regardless of what was underneath or how high the wall was.  The officers¡¯ orders were completely useless, not to mention that some officers and generals themselves fled in panic.  In the middle of the chaos, suddenly the sharp voice of the newly promoted Dingcheng Bo, the chief military officer of the Beijing camp, and the guardian of Yongding Gate City, Ying Chong, sounded: "Brothers, don't panic, follow me to kill the thieves, and drive all these hair-shearing thieves down from the city!"  As he shouted, he saw Fu Yingchong coming with a Qinglong Yanyue Sword, accompanied by the four armored soldiers, each carrying heavy weapons, including maces, spears, sledgehammers, heavy swords, etc.  A group of soldiers were already behind him.  At this time of panic, Fu Yingchong's appearance undoubtedly helped the chaotic defenders at the top of the city find a backbone. In addition, today's heavy rewards also played a role. More and more people gathered towards him, followed him, and paid tribute to the children.  Soldiers go to kill.  "Kill!" The cold-faced armored soldier held a mace in his hand. He first met a few child soldiers, and the heavy mace in his hand was lifted as if it were light.  He swung the mace and hit a child soldier hard on the head. Blood and brains immediately fell all over the floor, like tomatoes mixed with tofu curd, red and white.  The boy soldier didn't say a word, but leaned sideways.  He swiped the mace again, and with the sound of broken bones, a child soldier spurted blood and flew out. He fell heavily to the ground without making a sound. He had obviously been killed on the spot.  Several child soldiers roared together and slashed at him with their swords. However, apart from sparks flying everywhere, it was of no use at all.  The pieces of armor on this armored soldier are all made of fine iron and are extremely thick. How can such an ordinary, light and agile tool be effective against his heavy armor?  Another armored soldier came forward, holding a spear in his hand. With one sweep, three or four child soldiers were swept away by him.  Then he stabbed out his spear again, and with the piercing sound that penetrated his body, the two child soldiers who were howling and rushing towards him were pierced by his spear.  "Dang." There was a sound of wind coming from beside him. The armored soldier raised his left arm to block it. The waist knife slashed by a child soldier was blocked by his iron-armed hand, and sparks popped up in a flash.  His right arm suddenly stretched out, and his iron-gloved hand strangled the child soldier's neck. The fourteen- to fifteen-year-old naughty boy struggled desperately in his hands, roaring with a ferocious face.  The armored soldier looked at him coldly, without any pity in his eyes. He suddenly pushed the child soldier onto the battlement, and his brains immediately sputtered. The child soldier's neck was weirdly twisted, and he could not die anymore.  He suddenly slapped his hand away again, and a child soldier who was screaming and charging was sent flying ten feet away. While he was in the air, blood continued to flow from his eyes, nostrils, and ears.  A child soldier raised his sword and roared at him. The armored soldier did not draw out the sword from his waist. He punched him hard.  The hand wearing an iron glove first knocked the boy soldier's weapon away, and then hit him hard.On the chest, the sound of broken bones was heard, and the boy soldier staggered and fell down with blood spurting out.  The four armored soldiers were invincible and quickly reversed the situation. Fu Yingchong danced the Qinglong Yanyue Sword a few times, but found that he couldn't dance at all. He stood the sword upright and shouted nervously: "Kill, kill, kill them all, let me kill them all."  !¡± In the swaying light, he suddenly noticed a black figure coming towards him. Without thinking, he drew out the sword from his waist and drew it out. A bright red streak came out, but it hit the black figure¡¯s neck.  Fu Yingchong looked intently and saw a child soldier rolling on the ground and struggling, covering his neck and roaring at the top of his lungs.  Fu Yingchong smelled a strong smell of blood in his nose, and he didn't know what to feel in his heart. This was the first time he had killed someone with his own hands.  Before he had time to think too much, another black figure was kicked by someone and flew towards him. Fu Yingchong instinctively stepped forward and struck a blow.  However, in the light of the torches on the battlements, Fu Yingchong happened to meet the eyes of the dark figure. With a childish face and slightly panicked eyes, he was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child who was the same size as his nephew.  Fu Yingchong hesitated for a moment, and the boy soldier had already jumped up like a civet cat. He grabbed the hook on the battlement and slid down like an ape.  There are only a few hundred child soldiers in the night attack. After all, it is impossible to dispatch a large force in a night attack, and there are not all the elite child soldiers and thieves in the camp.  At first, the defenders at the top of the city were panicked and disorganized. When they came to their senses, Fu Yingchong was the backbone. After blocking their crazy attack, they formed a spear formation and a sword and shield formation, with occasional shots from bows, arrows, and firearms.  Those child soldiers are not enough.  They have no long-range weapons, and with the thin knives in their hands, they are no match for an organized military formation.  They were not afraid of death, but when the death toll reached a certain level, they still collapsed and fled, slipping down from the original hooks one after another.  Those who couldn't escape were beaten to death. Some even had their hooks cut off by the defenders on the way down, and then fell straight down the city to their death.  Finally, there was not a single child soldier alive on the city wall. Seeing the mess on the city wall and Fu Yingchong breathing heavily, he glanced outside the city with lingering fear and said, "Huh, these little bastards are finally gone"  "" On March 18, a sandstorm suddenly broke out in the capital, with yellow sand covering the sky. Sometimes there was miserable rain and bitter wind, and then there were hail, thunder and lightning.  The bandits are attacking the city more urgently, and the sound of cannons is getting louder. The nine gates are guarded, there is no way in and out, and there are no pedestrians on the road.  In the early morning of Bingwu, there was noisy news about the arrival of King Qin¡¯s soldiers, but it was Tang Tong¡¯s rebel soldiers who made deceitful remarks and demanded pay, which made people more and more frightened.  The thieves drove flying ladders to attack each gate. The situation was very critical. The superiors sighed and said to the cabinet ministers: "Why don't we all finish our work in Fengxian Hall." At that time, there were ten thousand defenders and the enemy's cannon exploded, accidentally injuring dozens of people.  The defenders were frightened, and word spread that the city had fallen. The admiral of the city defense, Wang Chengen, tried his best to suppress it.  At noon, the gates of the inner city were difficult to attack, and the bandits mainly attacked the gates of the outer city. Li Zicheng set up a seat at Guang'an Gate, and some surrendered and captured vassal kings sat on the ground left and right.  At the end of the day, the rebel prisoner Du Zhizhi came to the city and entered the palace together with the superintendent Wang Chengen. He said that the thieves were too strong and could not withstand the attack. The emperor asked to abdicate, and he also entered Qinxian and Lingwei.  The emperor angrily scolded him, and the ministers asked him to stay with Du. Du Zhizhi said: "There are relatives in the camp who refuse to return, and they will be slaughtered." Then he left.  When I first heard about Du Zhizhi's martyrdom, he gave it to the eunuchs and eunuchs who were in charge of rituals. Yin Jin Yiwei commanded the affairs and built a temple. Only then did he realize that Du was a rebel by being a traitor.  The siege under the city became more and more urgent. Wang Chengen personally fired the cannon, killing several people in a row. Wang Huacheng and others were drinking freely, and arrows were flowing like rain. The buildings in the city were collapsed, and the soldiers and civilians had no ambition.  ¡­ At Shenshi, Fu Yingchong had just killed off a wave of thieves attacking the city. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard earth-shattering wails coming from the southwest of the city.  Countless people were wailing and running around, shouting: "Someone has opened the door!" Fu Yingchong felt his hair tremble. He looked over there and heard the cries shaking the ground. People in the city were rushing back and forth, all crying that Guang'an Gate had been opened, or that  When the eunuch opened the door, he might say that the nobles would open the door, or that Hui Hui would open the door. They couldn't agree on one thing, and the whole city was wailing and running around.  Fu Yingchong stared blankly. His guards were in shock. The officers and soldiers dispersed. Even the defenders on the You'anmen side also went down to the city. He suddenly let out a heart-rending roar: "All the soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country."  When the time comes, follow me to recapture the city gate!" There were many soldiers following him, including some squad soldiers. Zhang Shouyin of the squadron hesitated, touched the silver yuan in his arms, and took off his uniform.  Sneak down to the city.  Fu Yingchong howled and rushed to the front. Along the way, the defenders of the city descended one after another, and the bandits boarded the city one after another. Soon, Fu Yingchong and his group fell into many bandits.  Fu Yingchong slashed and killed with all his strength, and the people around him fell one by one. Even the four armored soldiers who were guarding him were injured repeatedly. Fu Yingchong also had multiple wounds on his body.  Suddenly he swung his sword and struck with his eyes.A short figure was sent flying by him. He took a closer look and saw that it was the boy soldier who had escaped last night.  Fu Yingchong cursed: "It's you again, little bastard. You don't learn well at a young age, so you learn to kill people?" He was supposed to make up for it with a sword, but seeing that the boy soldier was struck by his sword, he seemed to be rolling on the ground unable to do anything.  He hesitated slightly before moving to face another enemy.  Suddenly, a sound like a howling wolf came from beside him, and an armored soldier shouted: "Master Fu, be careful." Fu Yingchong turned around and saw that a spear had broken through his armor and penetrated deeply into his body.  Blood clots gushed out from Fu Yingchong's mouth. He looked closely and saw that the boy soldier was holding a spear in his hand, his young face was full of ferocity, and he was stabbing desperately.  Fu Yingchong staggered back, and for a moment he felt light and airy all over his body, as if his whole body was about to fly.  From the corner of his eye, he saw an armored soldier roaring up and crushing the child soldier's head into pieces with one kick, before falling backwards.  When he closed his eyes, scenes appeared before his eyes, including his fooling around from childhood to adulthood, his sluggishness and weakness during the Songjin Battle, and his heroic appearance in the defensive battles at Tianyong Dingmen. Finally, he thought to himself: "Finally, I am a man."  "It's so satisfying"  "The gates of the outer city fell one after another, and either the defenders opened them on their own, or the thieves allowed the able men to climb in, but the defenders did not refuse and instead helped the thieves with their hands.  Then all the defenders took off their clothes and rebelled. If they saw anyone who refused to submit, they would chop them with swords, causing a huge collapse in every door.  When Emperor Chongzhen heard that the outer city had been destroyed, he wandered around the palace and learned that the outer city had been destroyed, but many people in the inner city did not know. He summoned his ministers and asked, "Do you know that the outer city was destroyed?" The ministers said, "I don't know."  Emperor Chongzhen said: "The matter is urgent! What plan can we take now?" Everyone said: "Your Majesty's blessings should be taken care of. If it is not favorable, I will fight in the streets and swear not to betray the country." They ordered to retreat.  At night, Emperor Chongzhen could not sleep. During the next hour, a eunuch came to report that the inner city had been captured.  Emperor Chongzhen asked: "Where are the soldiers in the camp? Where is Li Guozhen?" The eunuch replied: "The soldiers in the camp have dispersed. The emperor should leave quickly." The man came out immediately, but he was not answered.  Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Chengen were lucky enough to go to Nangong. They climbed Long Live Mountain and looked at the beacon lights in the sky. After lingering for too long, they returned to Qianqing Palace.  He wrote a letter to the cabinet, and ordered Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, to supervise all internal and external military affairs, assist the East Palace, and serve as ministers to the cabinet.  Emperor Chongzhen ordered people to drink wine, and summoned Queen Zhou, Concubine Yuan, and others. They sat together and drank from several golden cups. He said goodbye generously and sighed: "You are suffering from my people. I will give it to my relatives as prince, Yongwang, and Dingwang."  " Empress Zhou paused and said, "I have been your Majesty's concubine for eighteen years and have never listened to a word. Today, the big thing is over." She held the prince and the two kings in mourning. She ordered him out again and again, and everyone wept in the palace.  People wept.  Emperor Chongzhen sighed: "Go ahead." He waved his sleeves and let everyone have their own plan.   Queen Zhou returned to Kunning Palace, weeping like rain all the way. At this time, the inner door was wide open, and the palace guards and jailers were running around. She couldn't control it, so she just sighed and said: "If your Majesty had listened to what I said, you would have  Nothing will happen today." He then thought: "The inner city has been captured, and the bandits are coming. This palace is at the top of the middle palace. How can I suffer the humiliation of the bandits?"  She was thinking all the time, but she didn't know that all the maids behind her had been replaced.  Returning to Kunning Palace, Queen Zhou suddenly saw that the palace attendants behind her were all unfamiliar faces. She couldn't help but be shocked. Before she could speak, a palace maid had already stepped forward. She cupped her fists and said, "The Queen, I have finally offended you."  He stepped forward and slapped Queen Zhou on the neck. Queen Zhou's eyes immediately went dark and she fell unconscious.  This scene happened all over the palace. A steady stream of fit and healthy women entered the Forbidden City. Under the guidance of some palace maids and eunuchs, they rushed towards their targets, such as Concubine Yuan Guifei, Concubine Zhou, Concubine Tian, ??etc.  Empress Dowager Zhang, Emperor Chongzhen's sister-in-law, Emperor Tianqi's empress, and Empress Yi'an Zhang Yan are also their targets.  They were well-trained and methodical, and succeeded one by one. Some of Emperor Chongzhen's important concubines and maids were also packed away by them. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Of three little children who were miscellaneous with the palace, and before they could realize what was going on, they were already pulled into carriages, and then the prince, Yongwang, and Dingwang were in the same carriage, and left separately.  ¡­ In the palace, Princess Zhu Nuao of Kunxing was holding Princess Zhaoren in a daze. Princess Zhaoren, who used to be a snoozer, was not asleep yet. She huddled in her sister's arms, her body trembling.  Suddenly, several strange palace maids rushed in. Princess Kunxing said in surprise: "You" Princess Zhaoren in her arms was also frightened and hugged her sister tighter.  A rather heroic and calm "palace maid"Coming over, she opened a scroll of portraits in her hand, compared them with the real person, and said in a deep voice: "Princess Kunxing Zhu Ailao?" Zhu Ailao hesitated and said: "I am, you are" The maid suddenly knelt down on one knee,  She clasped her hands in fists and said, "The general has come to rescue the princess under the order of the general." Upon hearing the word "general", Zhu Auao's heart became clear, and she said in a trembling voice: "But Yongning Hou asked you to come and rescue me.  ?¡± The palace maid said: ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± Zhu Ailao said hurriedly: ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll go with you.¡± She took her sister Princess Zhaoren and was about to leave. Suddenly she remembered something and said, ¡°Then my father, the queen, my brother.  Where are they?" The palace maid said: "Princess, don't worry, the general has his own arrangements." When the third watch drum sounded, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly woke up. It was already midnight, the 19th.  At this time, he quickly patrolled to the Huangji Palace. Looking at the magnificent palace in front of him, he hesitated and sighed, and finally ordered someone to pass on his oral instructions, ordering the two palaces, princesses, and others to commit suicide.  He also sent people to Queen Yi'an's residence to persuade her to commit suicide.  Then he dismissed his staff and entered the Huangji Palace with Wang Chengen in hand.  He wandered around the palace, thinking of the people who used to be full of dressed animals and beasts attending the political meeting. Now they are thinking about how to welcome the new master, right?  He took a deep breath and said, "I treat people well, so why are you here today?" He lingered in the palace for a long time, and after another watch, he heard that the palace was getting more and more chaotic, thinking that the two palaces had committed suicide, and there was still his daughter  Unfortunately, they were born in the emperor's family. His heart was full of desolation. Looking at the dark rainy night outside, he said sadly: "It's me" At this time, a large group of people rushed towards the Huangji Palace. What was built inside?  , Cui Qi, Gu Yue and others, among them was the thin, round-faced and fair-skinned little eunuch Wang Desheng.  There was a man wearing a dragon robe next to He Jian. In the dark night, his appearance could not be seen clearly. At this time, He Jian sighed: "Brother Zhu, do you really want to do this?" The man was holding a lantern and said: "I'll wait.  This day has been a long time ago. "In the Huangji Palace, Wang Chengen opened the cap of a bucket of oil and poured it on the dragon throne. Emperor Chongzhen slowly took out a fire seal from his body. At this time, a large group of people rushed into the palace to let him go.  Wang Chengen and Emperor Chongzhen inside were both shocked.  But when he saw the crowd, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt enlightened. He said calmly: "Wang Dou asked you to come and rescue me? I won't leave." He looked up at the sundial and Jia Liang on Danbi's left and right, and said calmly: "Husband, Lord  I have decided to die in Sheji, so there is no need for you to say anything." He Jian and others did not say anything. At this time, a man carrying a lantern came forward. Emperor Chongzhen said hesitantly: "This person looks like you.  After putting on the dragon robe, he looked even more like him.  The man glanced at him indifferently, then slowly walked over, and a voice like thunder boomed in the hall: "I, Zhu Youjian, have inherited Hongye and succeeded my ancestors for seventeen years. Seventeen  Since I was born here, I have been fearful all day and night, but I have been in charge. However, I have been suffering from famine every year, and have been on the move, causing disasters in all directions. How can I not be ashamed?" He threw the lantern on the dragon chair, and it immediately burned with kerosene.  Standing up, he shouted: "You may ask, what is the right way for kings in ancient and modern times? The emperor guards the gates of the country, and the king dies in the country! The power of our dynasty is beyond the ancients. It controls the northern captives and the western Tibetan, without the fraternity of the Han Dynasty, and without the alliance of the Tang Dynasty.  There is no money from the Song Dynasty, but!" He slowly walked into the fire, and the flames immediately lit up his dragon robe, and the thunderous voice still roared: "Carnivorous gluttons, chaffy dogs and dolphins, waste envy for private conquests.  , indiscriminate punishments and punishments, benefiting the gods, exhausting the fat, levying heavy taxes, and the people are dying! The people have the hatred of dying together, and the soldiers have no intention of repaying the favor!" The fire has swept through his body and ignited.  everywhere in the palace, but his long chants were still roaring and roaring: "Ah, I feel the flames here, sweeping across the sky, burning my clothes, then my bone marrow, and then my soul.  I can't escape, and I don't want to escape. I can't stop it, and I don't want to stop it. This blazing fire, the hot fire, ignites my clothes, hurts my bones, eats my heart and burns my bones. Just let me get nirvana here, just like that.  The phoenix reborn from the ashes" Emperor Chongzhen looked at all this blankly, and he trembled: "Strong man." He Jian and others also had tears in their eyes: "Brother Zhu" Wang Desheng wiped away his tears.  He came over and pulled Emperor Chongzhen away: "Your Majesty, let's go quickly." Emperor Chongzhen was pulled away by him, but he still turned around and said tremblingly: "Strong man" They rushed out of the burning palace, and then Wang Chengen suddenly knelt down to Emperor Chongzhen.  , he said: "When the monarch dies in the country, how can he not be accompanied by his important ministers? Your Majesty, take care!" He kowtowed heavily to Emperor Chongzhen, and said to Wang Desheng:"Xiao Dezi, take good care of Your Majesty." Without hesitation, he turned back and rushed into the blazing palace.  Emperor Chongzhen said in a trembling voice: "Daban" Wang Desheng pulled him and said: "Your Majesty, let's go quickly." "Daban" They rushed into the darkness, and the palace was still crying like thunder, running endlessly.  (To be continued.)
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