There were tens of thousands of soldiers in the square outside the imperial city.
"Where did all these soldiers come from?"
Nie Chen was very surprised. The northern city was destroyed. Why were these soldiers standing at the gate of the imperial city if they didn't go to support them?
This matter must be entirely attributed to Ming Gao.
Ming Gao always believed that the siege on the North City side was a feint attack by the enemy, and he would definitely take the opportunity to attack other city walls.
He took Ren Jun's words as truth and refused to mobilize the reserve army, life or death.
By the time he wanted to mobilize, it was already too late and the military order could no longer be conveyed.
And these 40,000 people are exactly those reserve troops.
However, it was not a lucky thing that they did not go to the battlefield, because they had to use their own flesh and blood to meet the charge of the enemy cavalry in this vast square, a flat area.
At this time, Nie Chen's team was dragging quite a long way. Although the roads in the capital were wide, they could only accommodate a dozen horses walking side by side at the same time. Nie Chen's cavalry team had to drag a long way.
Nie Chen saw the enemy troops, and the enemy troops also saw him.
The enemy troops immediately drew their bows and arrows and shot at them.
At this time, Nie Chen had no choice but to fire his arrow. He did not have time to stop and reorganize the army. If he stopped, the cavalry behind him would collide into a ball.
When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, not to mention, I am still a cavalryman.
Nie Chen waved his Tang sword and shouted,
"Charge! Crush them!"
Lord Nie took the lead and rushed into the enemy's formation despite the rain of arrows.
The soldiers and horses in these cities obviously have no experience in fighting cavalry. Their formation is very chaotic. The swordsmen, archers, and spearmen are all separated from each other. After all, they were intended to support before, not to fight with the enemy right here in the imperial city. Combat.
Therefore, the ones Nie Chen killed first were not the spearmen, but the archers.
Nie Chen rode his horse and ran headlong into the enemy formation. He raised his knife and cut off a soldier's head.
His body was also sprayed with blood.
"kill!"
Nie Chen roared angrily, leading the cavalry behind him to attack the enemy formation without stopping.
At the same time, in the palace not far from here, Mingxuan was having a meeting with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
Mingxuan sat on the dragon chair in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, with a bloodless face and a thick blanket wrapped around his body, discussing with the civil and military officials of the court how to resist the enemy.
Mingxuan's illness has not recovered, but is getting worse.
This morning, he heard that the enemy army had begun to attack fiercely. He was so anxious that he dragged his sick body and summoned all the civil and military officials to discuss how to resist the enemy army.
However, after discussions and discussions, the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty chattered for a long time without saying anything, which caused Mingxuan's headache again.
"Quiet! Quiet!"
"Cough cough cough..."
Mingxuan angrily threw the jade Ruyi in his hand on the imperial desk. Only then did all the civil and military officials in the court calm down, and they all looked at Mingxuan in fear.
When Mingxuan was about to speak, he suddenly heard loud shouts of death and screams.
When the civil and military officials in the court heard this sound, they were also shocked. They turned their heads and looked outside. The sound was too close, and it was completely different from the faintly heard shouts of killing outside the city.
"Your Majesty, the enemy troops must have entered the city."
Zheng Sanlang whispered.
Beside him, there is the Right Chancellor sitting on a chair.
Yes, the right prime minister is here too. Even the emperor dragged his sick body to the court. As the right prime minister, how could he not come?
But he was too ill and had to sit through the meeting.
Mingxuan's face was extremely gloomy, he glared at Zheng Sanlang and shouted coldly,
"I'm not deaf, I can hear. Why don't you tell me how to drive the enemy out!"
At this moment, a soldier ran in crawling and shouted,
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty is in trouble. The North City has been destroyed and all the enemy troops have come in. Nie Chen personally leads tens of thousands of cavalry and is killing the 40,000 troops in the imperial city.
Our army is outnumbered and suffers heavy casualties! "
"roll!!!"
Mingxuan roared angrily and kicked Yuan in front of him to the ground.
The ministers were so frightened that they knelt down and cried loudly,
"Your Majesty, run away quickly, run away for your life, Your Majesty..."
Mingxuan sighed and said,
"Escape? Where to escape? Where else can you escape?
The city has been destroyed, and the city is full of enemy troops. Nie Chen is blocking our gate.
Outside the city, the enemy army camp has surrounded the entire capital. Where do you want me to escape?
You, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, are all traitors of the Manchu Dynasty!
Our army originally had 600,000 troops, while Nie Chen only had 300,000 troops. If arranged properly, Nie Chen could be wiped out easily.
But among the civil and military officials in the court, no one could come up with any useful advice, so our army was destroyed one after another.
The whole dynasty is full of sycophants! Mediocre! "
Mingxuan was furious and roared. Suddenly, there was another burst of rapid coughing, and blood spurted out of his mouth, staining his clothes red.
"Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body."
All the ministers shouted again.
Mingxuan almost laughed angrily when he looked at the useless ministers in front of him who only knew how to talk nonsense.
He sneered,
"Take care of the dragon body, haha, my head is about to be chopped off by Nie Chen, how can I take care of the dragon body? Why should I take care of the dragon body?
Oh, by the way, of course you are not afraid. Nie Chen wants to kill me, not you, right?
You are originally ministers, nobles and high-ranking officials. If you demoted me before, you can naturally demote Nie Chen today, right?
Nie Chen brings the Emperor of Feng Kingdom back to the capital, and he has to use you again. After all, to govern the world, we have to rely on you veterans, right?
Of course you are confident. On the surface you are respectful, but in your heart you may be happy.
You think that when the old man sitting on the dragon throne dies, you can be Dafeng Zhongliang again, right?
I tell you, you are wishful thinking!
Nie Chen, he was born as a commoner, and what he looked down upon the most were the aristocrats, those corrupt officials like you!
What's more, you have surrendered to me, and you are all traitors and traitors!
Do you think Nie Chen won’t liquidate you? If we really start talking about crimes, none of you will be able to escape, and all of you will die!
Cough cough cough…”
Mingxuan kept coughing, and all the ministers in the hall became frightened.
They were also afraid that Nie Chen would kill them all and liquidate them.
As Mingxuan said, they were all people who had betrayed Dafeng, and they all should have their homes confiscated and beheaded.
Now, they can only hope that Nie Chen will come in later, behave better, and win leniency.
The shouts of death and screams outside were particularly harsh and loud, like a knife piercing their hearts.
