Chapter 25 Heroic Martyrdom
Luo Chengyao occupied the city gates in an unusually smooth manner.
Ding Cong found a boat on the edge of the Shahe River, put a knife into a sack, and put it on the boat together with a few sacks of grain. The tricked the shipman said that he was going to the city to sell grain.
The shipman felt a little strange when he saw that these people were all green cloth Baotou. However, Ding Cong gave him enough money, so he naturally stopped asking anything else and carried the boat to the water gate.
When he arrived at Shuiguan, Ding Cong took out a small ingot of silver and threw it to the guards at Shuiguan. Seeing that the sailors at Shuiguan had the money, the ship smoothly entered Guangzhou City without asking.
After entering the city, Ding Cong ordered the ship to park the boat to the shore. As soon as the ship stopped the boat, Ding Cong held a sharp knife in his hand and hugged him. As soon as he raised his hand, the ship's trachea was wiped off and he died without even screaming.
Thirty Qing soldiers held the knife in their hands, pulled off the blue cloth on their heads, revealing their ferocious face.
"kill!"
Ding Cong first raised his sword and went to the city gate to kill him.
"Tartar soldiers, the Tartar soldiers are here!"
There were more than 30 soldiers guarding the city gate. They saw dozens of cold-faced people holding steel knives rushing out of the city from afar. They rushed to the city gate. They were about to take a knife and gun up. When they saw that they were shaking their braids, they realized: "This is the Tartar soldiers."
Everyone hates the small braids behind Qing soldiers' heads, but when they see the small braids, they are as scared as if they have seen a ghost.
"Oh my god, run away quickly, the Tartars are here." Perhaps it was because the Qing soldiers were so famous that these soldiers had no courage to resist. The moment they saw the Qing soldiers, they were already full of energy and threw away their weapons, turned around and ran away.
When they ran, fear spread to everyone at the city gate like a plague, whether it was soldiers or civilians, scrambling to flee. And as they ran away, the fear of "the Tartars" quickly spread throughout the city.
Ding Cong smiled disdainfully and chopped over a woman who ran to him in a panic. Seeing the Ming army running desperately and his soldiers quickly occupied the city gate, it felt like a punch hitting the empty space. It was too boring.
He was not unfamiliar with the scene in front of him. Many Ming soldiers were like this. They ran away as soon as they met and didn't have to do anything. The deputy commander might be too careful. When the army came to the city, they might not have to do anything at all. Just scaring them to death.
Luo Chengyao led Zhang Yong, Liu Tie and others into the city quickly, and took advantage of the chaos to go straight to the governor's office.
Ding Cong followed the plan and commanded 100 soldiers from the headquarters to occupy the city tower, and then sent three soldiers out of the city quickly to deliver letters to Deputy Commander Li Chengdong.
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"Really, it's really the Tartars coming. Come to the palace!" The soldier who reported the message said in a trembling voice.
Su Guansheng was about to ask, but he heard a burst of shouting at the gate of the palace: "The Tartars are here, the Tartars are here!"
Then the imperial guards went to the gate of the palace and climbed up the palace wall in a hurry. As soon as these soldiers climbed up, they heard the sound of "punch", "punch", and "punch", and they were all shot into the ground.
The scene in front of him suddenly confirmed the news that the Qing soldiers entered the city. The civil and military officials in the hall were immediately in chaos, running around like headless flies.
"Don't be confused, don't be confused! Su Xiong, where is Su Xiong!" Su Guansheng was very calm and shouted loudly, trying to use his past majesty to suppress the panic of everyone in the hall.
At the critical moment of life and death, how could these high-ranking officials who are usually hypocritical can still hear the voice of the chief minister?
"Uncle, my nephew is here." Su Xiong was outside the hall and heard his uncle's voice, he hurried into the hall.
"Hurry up, we will dispatch troops immediately. We must guard the palace gate!" Su Guansheng saw his nephew's face turned pale and his thighs were slim. He knew that he was also afraid of it and was very angry. However, he was not at some point concerned about this with him, so he quickly ordered.
"Yes." Su Xiong turned around and went out.
"Your Majesty, hurry up, take off your dragon robe and put on plainclothes, let's go through the back door!" Su Guansheng said to Zhu Yuyue, who was also frightened and pale.
"Just listen to my dear." Zhu Yuyue was so dear, and he didn't understand why the Qing soldiers came so quickly that they didn't even finish the order to reward.
After hearing Su Guansheng's words, Zhu Yuyue, under the service of the eunuch, quickly took off his dragon robe and changed into eunuch's clothes.
"Go away!" Su Guansheng asked the guard leader and asked him to protect the emperor and walk through the back door.
"Aiqing Su, let's go together." Zhu Yuyue took a few steps and saw that Su Guansheng was still, he hurriedly urged him.
"Your Majesty, go quickly, don't worry about me, I'll lead people to resist for a while." Su Guansheng knelt down and kowtowed, stood up and said.
"No, Su Aiqing, let's go together!" Zhu Yuyue saw Su Guansheng's decisive look and knew that he had the idea of dying for his country. He felt a panic in his heart. Without Su, what should he do? He didn't understand the rule of the country or something.
The palace gate was hit with a "clang clang" sound. Su Guansheng looked up and saw that the imperial guards guarding the gate were gone. He deeply regretted that he was only immersed in the joy of defeating the Yongli army and did not make corresponding defenses against the Qing army in the east. Needless to say, there was something wrong with the east.
"Your Majesty, leave quickly, it will be too late if you don't leave!" Su Guansheng ignored the etiquette of the monarch and ministers, and was so anxious that he shouted loudly at Zhu Yuyue.
Zhu Yuyue's eyes were filled with tears. He knew that Su Guan would die if he survived, and that he would soon become a prisoner of the Qing soldiers. He turned his head and ran to the back door.
Seeing that the emperor had left, Su Guansheng pulled out a sword from the desk and held it in his hand. He walked out of the hall calmly and stood on the steps of the hall.
Except for the more than a dozen bodies of the imperial guards at the palace gate, there was no one in the palace, including his nephew, Su Xiong, commander of the imperial guards, who were gone.
Listening to the shouts of killing outside the palace gate, Su Guansheng felt sad: "What loyal ministers and filial sons? When danger comes, these are all fake. Nearly three hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, have they not raised a group of loyal ministers? Did they raise a group of people who are greedy for life and fear death? Alas, the Ming Dynasty seems to have been exhausted."
"Boom!"
The palace gate was finally knocked over by the Qing soldiers.
The Qing soldiers rushed in with murderous intent. Luo Chengyao was stunned when he saw the situation in the yard. He saw an old man standing on the steps, wearing a red official uniform and holding a long sword in his hand. He quickly raised the knife in his hand and shouted: "Who are you? Where is the dog emperor?"
"I am the Grand Secretary of the Eastern Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty, and I have built Bosu Guansheng!" Su Guansheng stood up proudly and replied loudly.
When Zhang Yong heard this, he was about to command the army and Luo Chengyao waved his hand to stop him.
"It turns out it's Lord Su. Lord Su, my Qing warriors have entered the city. To prevent the people from getting into trouble, Lord Su, surrender."
"Hahaha, hahaha..." Su Guansheng laughed to the sky: "Bah! Dog Tartars, surrender? The Ming Dynasty was not all greedy and afraid of death. I did not seek to live in the world, but only wanted a noble spirit to remain in the world. As long as the Han people resisted, it depends on how long you Tartars could dominate?!"
Chapter completed!