"Dong, dong dong dong dong" five gong sounds, one fast and four slow.
A watchman, holding a lantern and a gong on his left hand and a jujube wooden box on his right, was walking on Xizhimen Street. The houses on both sides were lined up side by side without a trace of light.
"Yinshi, five o'clock, go to bed early and get up early, take care of yourself, eh!"
A pair of big hands stretched out from behind the watchman, quickly covering his mouth and nose, strangling his neck and dragging him into the shadows of the street. The watchman waved his limbs and struggled with his mouth.
"Silence! If you move again, I will break your neck." After saying this, the watchman instantly became honest.
He had been on duty for many years and could see clearly at night. He saw the flying fish flying by quickly in front of his eyes, and he knew it was terrible. He met Dongchang Fanzi on business.
A man in black squatted in front of him and said, "Brother, don't be afraid. I'll ask you some questions."
The watchman was speechless and could only shake his head.
"There's chaos outside the city. If you don't run for your life, what's the point of the night?"
At the signal of the man in black, the palm covering the watchman's mouth and nose slowly moved away. The watchman gasped for air and whispered: "Master, where can I escape? All nine gates are blocked. .There is also this night watch, but it is something passed down from our ancestors, and the young ones cannot stop it!"
"Aren't you afraid that bandits will come into the city and kill you?"
"Not afraid."
"Why?"
The watchman looked serious and said, "I won't hide anything from the military master. I heard from King Chuang that I will not harm us poor people."
"Who are you listening to? No, choke him quickly!"
Before he could react, the watchman burst out with great strength, broke free from his restraints, jumped up, and ran around laughing.
"A group of gelded dogs, of course they heard what King Chuang said, hahaha!"
There was a rapid "dong dong dong!" The clear and high-pitched voice of the watchman sounded, "Open the city gate to welcome King Chuang! King Chuang will not pay for his food when he comes!"
Several guards in golden uniforms rushed forward quickly, drawing their swords and slashing. Unexpectedly, the watchman was holding a clapper and gong to block the attack from left to right, and was moving around. For a moment, he was unable to do anything.
This watchman was a spy from the army. It was rumored that intruders could use traitors to open the city gates when they attacked the city. It turned out to be true. Chongzhen stood on the same spot and never expected that he would suffer a heavy loss in his first confrontation with the intruders after "travelling".
The watchman was extremely arrogant. He did not panic at all when faced with the siege of several elite guards. He kept talking and shouted louder and louder. "Don't be on duty, don't pay for food, let's all have a good time!"
Chongzhen knew that this man's whereabouts were by no means unintentional, and there must be someone to respond to him, so he hurriedly led the rest of the imperial guards to rush towards the city gate. But it was too late, the Xizhi Gate was slowly opened, and fire broke out on the city tower, and the sound of killing was loud.
I heard the sound of cannons coming from the south again, and the bandits were attacking the city!
People on both sides of the houses rushed to run out, and some panicked people kept shouting, "The city is broken, the city is broken!"
In an instant, the situation was chaotic and noisy, shouts and cannon fire came alternately. This was a battle that Chongzhen had never seen before. He suddenly felt his ears ringing and was dizzy.
Wang Guoxing grabbed Chongzhen's arm and said, "Your Majesty, please do not cause chaos! I will escort you out of the city!"
On the city tower, the defenders threw away their uniforms and robes and boots and fled. Outside the city gate, the attacking army saw that the city gate was open. Why did they need ants? They rushed in and filed in. The princes and riches were right in front of them.
Everyone huddled together at the city gate, and the dead soldiers of the Jinyi Guards cleared the way. They killed everyone they saw, regardless of whether they were deserters or rebels. Wang Guoxing followed closely with Chongzhen and Wang Chengen. In the panic, Wang Chengen had already thrown away his python suit. Yes, I was walking away wearing only my underwear and carrying a package. It was so embarrassing.
Needless to say, the fleeing troops who defended the city were frightened. Most of the thieves who had entered the city gate were refugees. Seeing the Jinyi guards charging straight at them and killing them with blood all over the sky, they were so impressed by their momentum that they turned to both sides and headed towards the city.
He went inside, but there were still unlucky newcomers who broke into the Jinyi Guards without knowing the situation.
As the dead soldiers advanced, although Chongzhen and others rushed out of the city gate, the situation became more dangerous. Just now, the space at the city gate was narrow, and there was a man who could not open it. Now that they were out of the urn city, they were trapped by the army.
Most of them were surrounded. There were occasionally real bandits among the refugees. They stabbed out their spears and swords coldly, and the dead men in uniform had no time to dodge, and many of their brothers were lost in one fell swoop.
Wang Guoxing pulled out the knife from the heart of a bandit and was about to command everyone to break out from the side, but he was hit by a flying arrow directly into the center of his eyebrow.
"Commander the King!" Wang Guoxing seemed to hear Long Live Lord calling him to ask questions. He opened his mouth slightly and wanted to wave to Chongzhen, but he no longer had the strength and fell to the ground dead.
"No!" Chongzhen's face was stained with blood and his expression was ferocious. Faced with the bandits who could not see him at a glance, he didn't know what to do.
He kept stuffing iron sand into the three-eyed gun in his hand, but because his hands kept shaking, the iron sand only fell along the outside of the barrel.
The surrounding Jinyi guards took Chongzhen as the center of the circle, and their formation slowly shrank. As the dead soldiers fell one by one, Chongzhen collapsed on the ground, slapping hard on the three-eyed gun that could not be loaded with ammunition. He wanted to scream but could not make any sound.
Not coming out.
The two armies faced each other. In the face of absolute strength, what could happen even if he had memories of two lifetimes? Most of Chongzhen's confidence that was finally rekindled was extinguished.
At the critical moment, Wang Chengen took off the package, took out something from it, stuffed it into his arms and hid it, then shook the package hard, and the rest of the items flew out like a goddess scattering flowers.
"Hey! There is gold, grab it quickly!"
The bandits suddenly became commotion and started fighting and robbing each other. Wang Chengen saw that it was indeed effective. While the bandits were distracted, he pinned Chongzhen under him and lay on the ground pretending to be dead.
As the last Jin Yiwei fell, the refugees and thieves no longer stopped, and all went to the city. No one paid attention to the corpses on the ground. Most of them didn't know who they were fighting for, but they just couldn't survive these days, so they followed
When the king of Chuang comes to grab it, he will kill anyone who blocks the way to make money. This is how it is.
Behind the army of refugees were dozens of old bandits in red. The young colonel at the head gave some orders, and the rest followed the order and galloped into the city, while he dismounted and started to inspect.
Just now, the arrow that hit Wang Guoxing was exactly what he did. He was originally from the northwest frontier army, so he knew these flying fish uniforms on the ground. The colonel felt that this group of people was not that simple. Could they be the princes and nobles in the palace who wanted to leave the capital?
While thinking about it, he used his knife to fiddle with the corpse of Jin Yiwei on the ground.
Just as the schoolmaster was concentrating, a man jumped out from the pile of refugee corpses nearby and kicked him directly in the back of the heart. He was so fast that he couldn't react.
Xiao Xiao received a heavy blow on his back and was knocked forward. Before he could stabilize his center of gravity, another person got up from the ground in front of him, raised a pitchfork, and pierced Xiao Xiao.
He didn't even think about it until his death... When Chuang Wang defeated the capital, he had a bright future, but he was killed by two refugees who were whipped by him in the camp. After playing hawk all his life, he was pecked blind by an hawk in the end.
The person holding the pitchfork was none other than Deng San. He spat at the corpse of the elementary school student, "Bah, I'll kill you if I say it! Brother You, what are you going to say next? Are we really not going to the capital?"
"After that, he looked at the other person walking over.
"If you want to kill people and set fires, just go away. I am a refugee, not a bandit."
"Hey, my life is saved by my eldest brother. Of course I have to listen to my eldest brother. If I don't go, I won't go." Although Deng San said this, his face was full of unwillingness.
Suddenly, Gouwa's voice came: "My mother-in-law, why is there still someone alive!" This chapter has been completed!