"Don't kill me, I am Wang Dehua..."
Wang Dehua, the Superintendent of Ceremonies and Admiral of the East Factory, held a wooden stick and carried a white flag. He walked across the stone moat bridge outside the Zhengyang Gate filled with corpses while crying, and shouted at the top of his lungs not to kill him.
With Du Xun's lessons learned, he didn't dare to take it lightly... There might be no return this time!
It's impossible not to go. Emperor Dashun has already spoken. How many heads of Wang Dehua dare not to go?
But his current situation was actually something he brought upon himself. Who made him busy taking over the affairs of Pandong Factory after Wang Zhixin ran away and failed to "buy the order" in time. Later, he was ordered to admiral the Jing army, which seemed to be Chongzhen's big name against Zhu Cixang. It was just that during Zhu Cihong's "Palace Change", he, the governor of the East Factory and the admiral of the Jingjun Army, did not even dare to show his face. Then he gave Zhu Cihong an order, and later he was sent a job to guard the imperial city, and he stayed in Beijing as cannon fodder!
But this is not what makes Wang Dehua depressed. What makes him most depressed is that he, the admiral of Dongchang, does not even know whether Emperor Chongzhen has left Beijing!
So he had no choice but to go to Zhengyangmen to persuade Chongzhen to surrender, and he didn't know whether he was in Beijing or not... This job, in his opinion, was really a dead end. If Chongzhen was really at Zhengyang Gate, he must have had the ambition to die. If you go up there yourself, you will die!
If Chongzhen is not on top...then he will definitely die! Because the minister who pretended to be Emperor Chongzhen to attract Li Zicheng's army at Zhengyang Gate was undoubtedly a loyal minister with unparalleled loyalty!
If a loyal minister does this, he will be remembered in history. This is going to be included in "The Biography of Loyal Ministers". Even Li Zicheng had to pretend to be extremely admired, give him a grand burial, and give it to the descendants of loyal ministers... This is called imperial equipment, this is called buying with a thousand pieces of gold. Horse bones. If Li Zicheng wants to be a famous king who will last forever, he must be able to perform.
But what about Wang Dehua? Even if he dies, he is still a traitor, a villain, and a castrated thief. He can only live in infamy for thousands of years... It feels aggrieved just to think about it!
Just when Wang Dehua felt aggrieved, a hanging basket was finally put down on the platform of the Zhengyangmen Archery Tower.
Wang Dehua gritted his teeth and sat down in the hanging basket. Then he closed his eyes and muttered something: "Amitabha Buddha, Infinite Heavenly Lord, God bless, the true God is the greatest..."
He doesn’t know which god is real now, he can worship them all!
The basket was lifted up bit by bit, and soon, a particularly strong hand grabbed Wang Dehua's python robe and pulled him out of the hanging basket. Because this change happened suddenly, Wang Dehua didn't react at once. His legs and feet became weak and he fell to the ground. He shouted: "Don't kill, don't kill me..."
A capital accent sounded in his ears: "Grandpa, don't panic, I'm not going to kill you now..."
"Ah... don't you kill me now?" Wang Dehua's heart was pounding. If he doesn't kill him now, will he kill him later?
"Is it Governor Wang? I've been waiting for you to come!"
Wang Dehua heard a familiar voice again. He quickly opened his eyes and saw Luo Yangxing, whose face was darkened by gunpowder smoke, standing in front of him with a smile.
It's just that the smile seems a bit sinister to Wang Dehua...
Gao Yushun was standing next to Luo Yangxing, smiling so hard that it made people hairy.
"Mr. Luo, Eunuch Gao, please accept Wang's obeisance!" Wang Dehua did not dare to stand in front of Luo Yangxing and Gao Yushun, but instead knelt down and kowtowed respectfully. He was not entirely afraid of death, but also admired him from the bottom of his heart.
The Battle of Zhengyangmen will definitely go down in history! Needless to say, Luo Yangxing and Gao Yushun will definitely be praised to the sky by the historians of the Dashun Dynasty... That is a great loyalty!
But he is just a treacherous villain, and now he just wants not to be killed by Zhongliang.
"Wang Eunuch, what are you doing?" Luo Yangxing was bowed by Wang Dehua, and his face was a little confused.
He knew why Wang Dehua worshiped him... This was because he respected his loyalty!
But in fact, he is not that loyal. He was deceived into this step by step by Zhu Cixi, the wicked and smoky prince.
This Prince Zhu is the complete opposite of his father. Emperor Chongzhen was able to force loyal ministers to become disloyal ministers - such as Hong Chengchou, such as Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, and Kong Youde under Mao Wenlong. If they meet ordinary wise emperors, they are guaranteed to be loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. Or Zhonglie!
And the prince Zhu Cihong is even more powerful than ordinary wise kings. He is a very cunning and insidious wise king! He is more treacherous than ordinary treacherous ministers, so treacherous that even treacherous ministers have to become loyal ministers.
Because there are benefits to being a loyal minister to Zhu Cixi! The more loyal you are to him, the more valuable you become, and you don’t have to be unloyal...
"Get up, get up quickly." Gao Yushun was also a little embarrassed and reached out to help Wang Dehua.
How dare Wang Dehua stand up? How dare he, a small person, stand on an equal footing with a loyal man whose name will go down in history?
"No, no, I don't have the right to stand in front of you two. I'd better kneel down and talk."
In history, after Wang Dehua surrendered to Li Zicheng, he shamelessly insulted a group of civil servants who had become ministers. But now facing the loyal men Luo Yangxing and Gao Yushun, they didn't even dare to stand.
"Then...then what do you have to say?" Luo Yangxing asked warmly.
When he asked, a group of people around him were too tired to stand still after fighting for a day. The loyal soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were resting against the female wall of the city platform all stood up holding on to the wall, and then gathered around.
Seeing them all exhausted and some even injured, Wang Dehua felt loyalty and righteousness coming to his face!
Wang Dehua, who had already positioned himself as a treacherous villain, timidly asked: "Your Majesty, can the Majesty of the Ming Dynasty be at Zhengyang Gate?"
"Not here." Luo Yangxing replied truthfully, "The Holy Lord has left the city. I am the only one here at Zhengyangmen, Eunuch Gao, and Guangtong City."
"What? Just the three of you?"
As soon as these words came out, not only Wang Dehua was shocked, but also the "loyal soldiers and generals" on the Zhengyangmen city platform were shocked, and there was an uproar immediately.
"The Holy One is not here? Then who is pretending to be the Holy One?"
"If the Holy One is not here, who are we fighting for?"
"How can this be?"
The reaction of these people had been expected by Gao Yushun. He said loudly: "Don't panic, gentlemen. Although the Holy One is not here, your name of loyalty will go down in history... I think King Chuang also wants to be a benevolent and righteous king." , will definitely treat us loyal people preferentially and will not embarrass you."
Then he asked Wang Dehua, "Eunuch Wang, do you think so?"
Wang Dehua almost fell to the ground because the group of people in front of him were so loyal! His loyalty exceeded Li Zicheng's imagination.
In order to cover Chongzhen's escape, they pretended that Chongzhen was at Zhengyang Gate to attract Li Zicheng's attention, and fought to the end, killing and injuring thousands of Dashun officers and soldiers... If such a loyal man is not remembered in history, he will be remembered in history. What else to write?
Wang Dehua quickly replied: "Your loyalty and righteousness have long been admired by King Chuang. King Chuang called our family here just to persuade us to surrender... But I didn't expect that you must be more loyal and righteous than King Chuang. You really deserve to be our family." I’m ashamed of myself!”
Luo Yangxing and Gao Yushun looked at each other, sighed, took out Zhu Cixiang's "Certificate of Loyalty" from their arms, and then handed it to Wang Dehua with both hands.
"My lord, please give this to King Chuang."
"Is this... lowering the standard?" Wang Dehua was a little surprised. How could a loyal man prepare to lower his watch so early in the morning? How many price drops would there be?
"It's not about surrendering," Luo Yangxing said with a tragic face, "Eunuch Gao and I are determined to die for the Ming Dynasty. We would rather die than surrender!"
"Yes, we would rather die than surrender!" Gao Yushun said righteously.
Luo Yangxing said: "But the Prince of Fujun is too benevolent and righteous, and does not want loyal men to die in vain after performing their loyalty, so he issued an order to us and Guang Hanwan, ordering us to surrender to King Chuang after delaying King Chuang's army for more than one day. , to preserve the lives of all loyal people at Zhengyangmen."
"Ah..." Wang Dehua was shocked. How could a loyal man still be treated like this? Life and loyalty are both indispensable? Prince, why don't you tell me? Even if it costs two hundred thousand taels of silver a piece, I will buy it!
