Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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At this time, the stairs on the city wall were full of dead bodies and crowded rout soldiers. They made the city wall so crowded that Wu Zhen, Sun Chuanting and others couldn't escape at all.

Wu Zhen looked at the crowd of rout soldiers on the stairs with hatred on his face.

"boom!!!"

At this moment, the city wall under his feet suddenly trembled, and a booming sound louder than an explosion came from behind.

Immediately afterwards, a huge cloud of smoke rose into the sky.

The walls fell.

The west wall where Sun Chuanting was located could no longer hold on to this level of violent bombing, and finally collapsed.

The most central part of the west wall collapsed with great momentum.

The soaring smoke and dust filled the city wall in an instant, and some soldiers who hadn't had time to escape fell down together with the collapsed city wall with screams.

The stairs of the city wall are not directly behind the city wall, but on the back side of the city wall.

Although it was not directly behind the city wall, the collapsed city wall still reached the stairs.

Cracks began to appear on the stairs, and they continued to grow larger.

The soldiers crowded on the stairs screamed and sped up, rushing down the city.

With this level of pushing and shoving, a stampede was inevitable.

Some slow-moving soldiers were squeezed and fell on the stairs by the scarlet-eyed fleeing soldiers behind.

Before they stood up, countless pairs of feet stepped on them.

They struggled under the feet of everyone for a short time before losing their movement.

Sun Chuanting was carried by several guards, because he was far behind and hadn't climbed the stairs yet, so he was not affected much.

Wu Zhen wiped the cold sweat off his brow, and said at the top of his throat, "Wait a minute, wait a little longer, wait a little longer."

It's not that Wu Xuan is unwilling to go down at this time, but that he can't go down at all at this time.

Now the soldiers crowded on the stairs are desperately running for their lives. If they are not stable at this time, they will be buried under their feet.

Zhao Wen also saw the huge smoke and dust sweeping up. He looked at Li Xiaosan who had sent the order back, and said, "Send the order to stop firing."

Li Xiaosan hurried away with Zhao Wen's order.

After a while, the artillery fire stopped.

Zhao Wen stared at the city wall with his binoculars. After the smoke cleared, Zhao Wen finally saw the scene in front of him clearly.

I saw that the most central part of the west wall had collapsed, and a huge hole had been torn open in the wall.

Seeing this, Zhao Wen put down the binoculars in his hand, and pulled out the waist knife from his waist.

"Send the first echelon, ready to enter the city!"

Zhao Wen gave an order, and the soldiers and horses of the first echelon behind Zhao Wen began to gather forward.

At this moment, Li Xiaosan said: "My lord, why don't you bomb for a while?"

Zhao Wen replied: "Now the city wall has collapsed, and the defenders on the city wall have been defeated. There is no need to bomb again."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he shouted again, "The first echelon will enter Kaifeng City in a quarter of an hour. After the first echelon enters, the second echelon will prepare and the third echelon will stand by."

Under Zhao Wen's order, the soldiers and horses moved quickly.

In a short time, the first echelon has been assembled.

After a quarter of an hour was up, the soldiers of the first echelon yelled to kill and rushed towards the west city wall.

At the same time, the remaining three walls were similar to the west wall, and soldiers and horses also began to move towards the collapsed city wall.

The explosion sound gradually decreased, and finally disappeared without a trace.

It was replaced by loud shouts of killing.

King Zhou has already arrived in the main hall of the palace. He is holding a shining Yanling saber in his right hand, his eyes are wide open, and he is commanding the servants in the palace to carry the things in the palace anxiously.

At this moment, the sound of the explosion above the city suddenly disappeared.

King Zhou looked in the direction of the city wall, was taken aback for a moment, and then murmured: "Could it be that Sun Chuanting defended the city wall and Zhao thief gave up attacking the city?"

As soon as he said this, King Zhou regretted it.

"Impossible, Sun Chuanting can't hold the city wall.

According to Sun Chuanting, the artillery of Zhao Thief was so powerful that the explosion on the top of the city just now resounded non-stop, and Sun Chuanting could not have defended it.

Could it be that the reason why the city wall was breached and the sound of explosions on the top of the city disappeared was because the thief Zhao had entered the city? " Zhou Wang said with an incredulous expression on his face.

"No, it must be the thief Zhao who has entered the city." King Zhou panicked instantly. He looked at the servants who were busy in the hall, and shouted at the top of his voice: "I am afraid that the thief Zhao has entered the city. I don’t want anything, you follow the widow to the backyard and prepare to escape!”

Compared with King Fu of Jin, King Zhou took these external things very lightly. In his opinion, only the wealth and life of himself and his family were the most important.

King Zhou hurried to the backyard with everyone in the hall.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses of the first echelon had crossed the collapsed city wall and entered Kaifeng Fucheng.

In history, the city of Kaifeng, which was not broken by Li Zicheng several times, was under the artillery of Zhao Wen, and did not last even a day.

After the soldiers and horses rushed into the city, they did not rush into the city immediately.

Instead, follow the stairs behind the city wall to kill the city wall and take over the city wall.

Not all the soldiers crowded on the stairs escaped. When the soldiers and horses of the first echelon rushed up, some soldiers hurriedly fled back.

For a moment, the crowds fleeing down the city and those fleeing up the city were completely crowded together.

Wu Zhen looked at the soldiers rushing into the city, his face changed drastically, "It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over now, Bandit Zhao has entered the city."

Wu Xuan was crying and frightened.

At this time, Sun Chuanting also reacted, he struggled and jumped off the shoulders of the guard who was carrying him.

He looked at the soldiers and horses who had rushed into the city under the city, with regret on his face.

He didn't know where to throw the long sword in his hand. He pulled out the waist knife from the waist of the guard next to him, put it across his neck, and shouted sadly: "If you want to kill a thief, you can't recover. Your Majesty, I failed to defend the city of Kaifeng, I apologize with death!"

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Chapter 630 Sun Chuanting Captured

Sun Chuanting looked to the north and shouted sadly: "I'm sorry for Your Majesty, I'm sorry for Jiangshan Sheji. I failed to defend Kaifeng Fucheng today. I know that I have committed a serious crime. I apologize with death."

After Sun Chuanting shouted, the waist knife in his hand wiped off his neck.

"Your Excellency must not do it!" At this moment, Wu Tong shouted, grabbed Sun Chuanting's collar, and pulled him back suddenly.

Sun Chuanting's neck suddenly shrank, and the waist knife in his hand scraped across his neck, leaving a faint bloodstain.

Because of Wu Tong, Sun Chuanting did not succeed in committing suicide.

Taking advantage of the situation, Wu Xuan grabbed Sun Chuanting's right hand holding the knife and shouted, "Your Excellency, you must not do it. Now Zhao's bandits are only attacking the city wall. If you commit suicide at this time, no one will be able to organize resistance.

At that time, Kaifeng Fucheng will be completely gone. "

Wu Zhen looked at Sun Chuanting earnestly and shouted loudly.

Sun Chuanting stared blankly at Wu Tong, and said, "Zhao Bandit's troops have already entered the city, do you think Kaifeng can be defended with the current defeated troops?

For the current Kaifeng Fucheng, the only difference is the time of fall.If I organize a rout of troops to resist, how long can I resist?How long can it be delayed?It won't last more than a day or two.

What is the significance of these two days for the current Kaifeng city?Do you think a day or two is useful? "

Now Sun Chuanting is completely desperate. In his opinion, even if he organizes a resistance now, it will be nothing more than a day or two.

These two days are of no use to the current Kaifeng city.

What's more, Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses are everywhere under the city wall, and they can't go down.

"My lord, why are you so stupid? There are also royal family members such as King Zhou and Lu in the city. Even if we can't defend the city of Kaifeng, we should at least let these people escape first." Wu Sheng said anxiously.

Sun Chuanting's face was cloudy and uncertain, and he kept thinking about what Wu Sheng said.

After a while, Sun Chuanting said: "Even if we let them escape, what can we do? Can we be exempted from the death penalty? Starting from the defense line of the Yellow River, my army and horses have been slumped for thousands of miles, and they have been defeated continuously. Once the city of Kaifeng was lost, the capital of Henan There is no danger to defend the land. Zhao's soldiers and horses are like entering and exiting no one's land, do you think it is useful to let these princes escape?"

"My lord, you must not die at this time. If you die at this time, it will be meaningless." Wu Sheng kept persuading.

In fact, the reason why Wu Tong persuaded Sun Chuanting not to die at this time was still a little selfish in his heart.

If Sun Chuanting really wiped his neck and died at this time, then it would be his responsibility to organize soldiers and horses to resist Zhao thief.

Moreover, when Kaifeng Mansion is completely lost, Chongzhen will definitely settle accounts one by one.

In the end, Chongzhen would definitely not let him go.At that time, Sun Chuanting was already dead, so Chongzhen could only vent his anger on him.

Sun Chuanting is alive, Chongzhen will definitely set his sights on Sun Chuanting when the time comes.Even if he had to punish himself, with Sun Chuanting standing up, it wouldn't be too severe.After all, Henan was guarded by Sun Chuanting, and Wu Zhen himself was just an aide.After all, the governor of the three provinces is Sun Chuanting, not Wu Zhen.

The heaviest responsibility for the fall of Henan lies with Sun Chuanting, not Wu Sheng.

After Wu Tong was breached in Taiyuan Mansion, he still wanted to commit suicide.

But now it is not the same. After a person faces death once, he will become extremely sympathetic to his life.

This kind of thing can't be said to be universal, but it is quite obvious in Wu Xin's case.

In addition, Wu Xuan and Zhao Wen have been dealing with each other for such a long time.

Wu Xuan also understood the matter, that is, Zhao Wen's power was already unstoppable, and Da Ming couldn't stop it at all.

The great revolution in the world is no longer something that the current Ming Dynasty can stop.

If he died at this time, it would be a meaningless death. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty couldn't stop it. If he died, what would his family do?

From Wu Tong's point of view, even if Chongzhen doesn't bother them, can Zhao Wen let them go?

Moreover, Sun Chuanting should bear the responsibility for the complete fall of Henan this time. If Sun Chuanting died in battle, his reputation would spread. Chongzhen may not necessarily punish Sun Chuanting's family for the sake of Sun Chuanting's death in battle.

But what about Wu Zhen?Originally, when Taiyuan was lost, Chongzhen wanted to settle accounts with him. If Zhao Wen hadn't pushed too hard, and he had experience fighting Zhao Wen, and Sun Chuanting's pleading, I am afraid that Wu Zhen would have been dealt with by Chongzhen now. .

Wu Xuan doesn't want to die now, nor does he want his family to suffer.So Sun Chuanting couldn't die. Even if they were both captured by then, in Wu Tong's view, Chongzhen would definitely point the finger at Sun Chuanting.

So, no matter what, Sun Chuanting couldn't die.If Sun Chuanting died, then Wu Zhen could only bear the blame.

Although Wu Xuan was a loyal minister in history, he had never encountered a situation like today.

One of the big reasons why many civil servants and military generals died in the country after the city was broken in history is the implicated system.

If a county is breached by bandit soldiers, if the guard dies in battle or commits suicide when the city is breached.

Even if the emperor wants to be held accountable later, there is a high probability that his family will not be involved.

But if he escaped for his life when the city was broken, it goes without saying that the emperor would definitely implicate his family.

Under this system, many officials had to die in battle or commit suicide when the city was broken.

Without this rule, many people would commit suicide and die for their country.

"My lord, you can't die. If you die, the Kaifeng Mansion will be completely ruined. Don't forget, the king of Zhou supported us with all his strength before. If the king of Zhou is captured, it will be bad for your reputation if it spreads. .We are also sorry for King Zhou."

Of course Wu Zhen would not express his inner mischievousness, he looked at Sun Chuanting impassionedly, and cried out in grief.

Sun Chuanting's face changed again and again, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

Wu Xuan looked at the hesitant Sun Chuanting, and without saying a word, snatched the waist knife from Sun Chuanting's hand.Then he took Sun Chuanting's arm and ran away along the city wall.

Sun Chuanting was interrupted by Wu Tong, and his thoughts of suicide gradually dissipated.

Although the armor Sun Chuanting wore was similar to that of ordinary soldiers, there were not many decorations that symbolized his status.

However, beside him, there are personal guards protecting him.

The servants who protected Sun Chuanting were also wearing armor. Such a large group of armored people gathered together and fled desperately on the city wall. It would be difficult not to be discovered.

Soon, the soldiers who entered the city found Sun Chuanting and others fleeing on the city wall.

"There are big fish on the wall, brothers, follow me and kill them."

An officer of a hundred households was holding a 56 Chong. He looked at Sun Chuanting and others who were struggling to escape on the top of the wall, his eyes brightened.

"Brothers, go up." Baihu roared and rushed to the stairs.

"Get out of the way, or I'll kill you." Baihu stared at the soldiers on the stairs like a bull's eye.

However, the soldiers on the stairs were crowded together and couldn't make way at all.