Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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The family of Wei Guogong's family, the six ministers and officials who stayed in the city generally retreated to the imperial city, and Wei Guogong also gathered about [-] soldiers and young adults.

On the palace wall of the palace, Wei Guogong looked at the mess outside with a bitter face.

"Jinling City has not been defended for a day, what should we do?" Wei Guogong Xu Hongji kept sighing.There are many more wrinkles on the face.

Those officials left behind in Jinling City stood beside Wei Guogong Xu Hongji, their faces full of fear.

"What to do? What to do? What to do now? What to do now?"

An old man who was over fifty years old had a mournful face and could cry at any time.

These people were the high-ranking officials of the six ministries in the peaceful age.

Although Jinling is only the accompanying capital of Ming Dynasty, and these officials are basically parallel imports, but their positions are placed there, at least there are six ministers.

It is not as good as the six ministers in the capital, but it is much better than officials in other places.

On weekdays, they are majestic and majestic, and they are windy when walking on the street.

But now they are so unbearable, afraid that their heads will be cut off by the soldiers who killed the city.

"What to do, what to do, how do I know what to do? You have been nagging since you retreated to the palace yesterday, how do I know what to do." Xu Hongji looked at these people with an excited tone.

Soldiers of Zhao Daniu and Song Hu began to appear outside the palace. After these soldiers appeared outside the palace, they did not rush in, but chose to surround the palace first.

Although there is no emperor in the imperial palace of Jinling City, its symbolic significance is huge.

When dispatching troops, Zhao Daniu and Song Hu told the soldiers under their command not to attack the palace lightly, but to maintain the integrity of the palace to the greatest extent.

Xu Hongji looked at the soldiers and horses appearing outside the palace, his face was ugly and his body trembled.

Xu Wenjue was even more miserable. If Xu Hongji's personal guards hadn't supported him, he might not even be able to stand firmly.

Although Zhao Daniu and Song Hu did not allow their troops to easily attack the palace, they did not say that they could not demonstrate outside the palace.

A soldier stood in the open space outside the palace, holding a 56 punch in his hand, and fired a few shots into the sky.

Some soldiers took out grenades and threw them forward.

This scene was clearly seen by Xu Hongji and others on the palace wall.

"Daddy, daddy, let's surrender!!!" Xu Wenjue was supported by a guard, his body was trembling, and he stammered to Xu Hongji.

Xu Hongji's body was also trembling. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, supported the crenel on the palace wall, and said, "Surrender and surrender? I will never surrender. My family has been honored by the state, so how can I surrender so easily?"

Xu Hongji dispelled Xu Wenjue's idea of ​​surrendering.

Xu Wenjue didn't care about anything, and yelled at Xu Hongji in despair, "We're all going to die if we don't surrender, we're all going to die, I'm still young, I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I really don't want to die!!! "

Xu Wenjue's nose and tears kept flowing, how could he still look like a noble son in ordinary times?

"My lord, let's listen to my son. Jinling City has already fallen, and the palace walls can't stop Zhao's troops. Let's surrender!" A senior official from the Sixth Ministry looked at Xu Hongji and persuaded him.

The war has progressed to this point, and they have lost confidence.

"My Ming dynasty has been established for nearly 300 years, and the dynasty has supported scholars for 300 years. The festival of righteousness and death is today. Gentlemen, don't surrender. I will go first!"

At this moment, a fierce voice sounded.

Xu Hongji followed the sound and saw a black shadow standing on the edge of the city wall.

Before Xu Hongji could react, the black shadow jumped off the city wall.

"Pfft!"

The sound of heavy objects falling was heard, and bright red blood stains appeared on the palace wall.

"Who jumped down?" Xu Hongji shouted hastily.

"It seems to be Qi Yanyu, the servant of the Ministry of Rites!"

"Brother Qi, wait a minute, I'm coming!"

Another impassioned voice sounded, and another black figure jumped out of the palace wall.

"Gentlemen, go slowly, I'm coming!"

Another voice sounded, and another black shadow flew out of the palace wall.

"My lord, it's not your fault that Jinling City can't be defended. This war is not a crime of war. For 300 years, the imperial court has supported soldiers. I can't write a pen to secure the world, and I can't mount a horse to determine the world. Now that the court is in trouble, only Repay me with one death!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice stood up and looked at Xu Hongji with a tragic and impassioned expression.

"Grandpa surrendered to Bandit Zhao, I have no objection, but don't forget how my emperor treats your family preferentially. Duke, farewell!"

After all, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment jumped off the palace wall.

"Pfft!"

Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice lay on the ground, blood flowed from his body.

The body twitched a few times, and then lost its vitality.

Although the Ming Dynasty was rotten to the core, and although most of the Manchu officials were of mediocre qualifications, it was undeniable that many officials were still very loyal.

Even in Jinling City, which is far away from the capital, there are still many officials who are loyal to the imperial court.

The defenders surrounding the palace watched the officials who jumped off the palace wall and stopped their demonstration.

"Strong man, strong man!" A thousand households looked at the jumping official and praised with emotion.

No matter when, almost everyone will retain a bit of respect for these generous people who died, and these soldiers are no exception.

"Bring their bodies back, so they can be buried after the battle in Jinling is over!" Qianhu said, pointing at the officials who committed suicide.

In a house in Jinling City, a middle-aged man in his 40s was sitting in the main hall.

He was wearing a clean and tidy round-neck shirt, and he wore a crown of Datong under heaven on his head.

On the table next to him was a hemp rope, and next to the hemp rope was a bowl filled with an unknown liquid.

The middle-aged man looked at these things on the table, sighed and shook his head non-stop.

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Chapter 703 Che Jingde

The middle-aged man's face was full of loneliness, and he kept sighing.

"It's been nearly three hundred years since I founded the dynasty, and I didn't expect to encounter such a catastrophe!" The middle-aged man sighed, then stood up, picked up the bowl on the table, and drank the liquid inside.

The liquid in the bowl is nothing but a bowl of wine.Wine strengthens people's courage, and it can strengthen people's courage before they are about to die.

The middle-aged man picked up the hemp rope, threw it over the beam, and then pulled the rope out in a circle.

The middle-aged man stood under the rope, stepped on the chair, and hung his neck in the loop.

With a "plop", the middle-aged man kicked away the chair under his feet.

The middle-aged man struggled in mid-air for a moment, and gradually lost his movement.

Although middle-aged people are staunch, they serve the country with death.However, he ignored a problem.That was the time before, these gentry almost never paid taxes.

These gentry are half responsible for the current scene of the Ming court.

By the time the middle-aged man's family members came here, the middle-aged man's body was already cold.

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Zhao Daniu and Song Hu's soldiers and horses crossed the Yangtze River non-stop and entered Jinling City.

Jinling City was also gradually controlled by the troops of Zhao Daniu and Song Hu.

On the morning of the third day, Zhao Daniu and Song Hu boarded the ferry and crossed the river.

Crossing the river with Zhao Daniu and Song Hu was also a firewood car.

Under the protection of their personal guards, Zhao Daniu and Song Hu walked into Jinling City and came outside the imperial palace of Jinling City.

The Imperial Palace is the most important place in Jinling City and the symbol of Jinling City, so Zhao Daniu and Song Hu came here immediately after entering the city.

After seeing the two of them, the defenders outside the palace rushed over to greet them.

Zhao Daniu stood on the small square in front of the palace, looking at the palace in front of him.

"How is it?" Zhao Daniu looked at the palace.

"General, Wei Guogong Xu Hongji and most of the officials in Jinling City have retreated to the palace, and they are now in the palace." A thousand households stood behind Zhao Daniu and said to Zhao Daniu. "Yesterday, there were still some officials who jumped into the city to die for their country, but today there are no more. It is estimated that the rest are some people who are greedy for life and afraid of death."

Zhao Daniu said: "You're right, the rest are all greedy for life and afraid of death, but they're not good things either. Tell me to make the people inside surrender."

"Yes!" Qianhu clasped his fists at Zhao Daniu, and then brought a few soldiers to the front.

Seven or eight men with big arms and round waists stood side by side, and they yelled at the top of their voices in the direction of the palace, "Listen up, people inside, leave the city and surrender, otherwise, our army's artillery will definitely blow you to pieces! !"

Xu Hongji stood on the palace wall, watching the soldiers shouting at them in the square below, his temples throbbed.

Now Xu Hongji is like a mouse in the corner, he has no desire to escape, but he has no luck.

Cold sweat began to appear on Xu Hongji's forehead. He looked at the soldiers outside the palace wall, his body trembling unceasingly.

"What to do? What to do? What should we do now? What should we do now?" Xu Hongji's son Xu Wenjue stood behind Xu Hongji, panicked and shouted.

Those officials standing on the city wall are not much better, to some extent, they are not as good as Xu Wenjue.

The former loyal ministers have all jumped the wall to die for the country, and the rest are greedy for life and afraid of death.

If these people can stand firm and resist, it is estimated that the sun will come out from the west.

Various voices rang out from the palace wall, but these voices had the same characteristic, which was to make Xu Hongji surrender.

Xu Hongji was upset, his eyes were full of panic.

"Father, what are you still thinking? Hurry up and surrender. We are no match for the bandit soldiers. Hurry up and surrender. You can save your life after surrendering. If you don't surrender, we will all die.

Dad, our family has a large population.If you don't surrender, our family will die, and our family will be broken by your hands. "Xu Wenjue was hysterical.

"Surrender?" Xu Hongji panted heavily, trying to calm himself down.

"My lord, now that the imperial court is gone, the imperial court is probably gone. Why are we still sticking to it?"

"Yes, Lord, our lives are our own. Besides, we have resisted for such a long time. It's not that we don't want to be loyal to the country, it's because our strength is not enough, it's not a crime of war!"

The officials on the top of the city chattered all over the place, trying to persuade Xu Hongji.

Xu Hongji didn't speak, his brows were tightly locked together.

Xu Hongji couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Xu Wenjue looked at Xu Hongji like this, and he could probably guess what Xu Hongji was thinking.

Xu Wenjue quietly shrank back, and quietly walked down the palace wall with his dog-legged followers.

After Xu Wenjue walked down the palace wall, he headed towards the palace gate.

Xu Wenjue didn't want to wait for death, and his own father couldn't make up his mind for a long time, so Xu Wenjue wanted to open the palace gate and cook the raw rice.

"Master!"

As soon as Xu Wenjue walked to the gate of the palace, the soldiers guarding here greeted him.

"My father said that he is going to surrender, so please open the palace gate quickly!" Xu Wenjue said to the soldiers guarding the palace gate.

The soldiers guarding the palace gate looked at each other, wondering if what Xu Wenjue said was true.

Xu Wenjue saw that the defenders did not move, put on airs, and angrily said: "The bandits outside the city are about to attack the city. Once the bandits attack the city, do you think you can survive? Don't you want to live? You If you don't want to live, then why didn't you die on the city wall, instead retreated here?

My father asked me to inform you for the sake of your lives.Quickly, open the palace door. "

"Master, I wonder if you have the warrant from the Duke? Without the warrant from the Duke, we really dare not act recklessly!" the leader of the guard said.

"Hmph, now that the war is urgent, where can my dad find pens and paper? Do you think I'm deceiving you? It's not like you don't know what kind of person I am, so open the city gate quickly!"

Xu Wenjue coaxed and lied, and finally persuaded the defenders.

In fact, these defenders were also afraid of Zhao Daniu and Song Hu's troops.

After they saw how powerful Zhao Daniu and Song Hu's troops were, they didn't think they could get out alive if they didn't surrender.

But now what Xu Wenjue said has a nose and eyes, it looks like it is true, and it really coaxed them.

The palace door opened slowly, and the door hinges creaked.

Seeing that the palace gate had been opened, Xu Wenjue rushed out with his followers without saying a word, and knelt outside.