Yang Zangyi took over the palace guards in a hurry, and the rest of the eunuchs and palace maids were like headless flies. After a panic for a while, they realized that there was no one in charge in the palace. Led by one person, everyone soon began to pack up their valuables, taking away the gold, silver and jade that did not belong to them, rolled up their bags, and fled for their lives.
Overnight, the heavily guarded imperial palace seemed to have become a vegetable market. Only the eunuchs and palace maids escaped at the beginning. When Yang Zangyi discovered that someone had escaped, he immediately arranged for the guards to stand outside the palace. If he saw anyone escaping, he would kill them with a knife.
The old man is now furious. Sun Shannu took away a lot of money and food when she escaped. She had planned it all along. Yang Zangyi's mind is full of thoughts about catching her back as soon as possible. If possible, he even wants to execute the Queen Mother himself.
The gates of Jinling were closed tightly. Some people cried and shouted, wanting to escape, but the soldiers guarding the city drew their swords to threaten them. However, facing life and death, even the lowest people would burst out with great courage. Some people reached out to grab the swords and wanted to counterattack the soldiers guarding the city. Seeing this, the soldiers guarding the city could not bear it and directly killed these unarmed people.
This was when the Zhenbei Army had not yet arrived and had not yet attacked the city, but Nanjing had already become a living hell.
On the city wall, someone was looking down at the mess, but he didn't care about the lives of these people at all. He just wondered why King Zhenbei hadn't come yet.
Five miles outside the city gate were stationed troops of the Zhenbei Army, but the commander was named Yu, a descendant of a declining noble family who defected from Huaiyin City last year.
General Sun was very disdainful of such people. It was really pitiful that they could only fight for their own survival after their family fell into decline. ...
Not understanding why the King of Zhenbei had not arrived yet, General Sun went back to find Mr. Zhou who gave him advice. However, he did not notice that his Mr. Zhou was already sweating profusely. Han Qing had not sent any letter yet, and the Zhenbei Army was dispatched earlier than they expected. Something must have gone wrong, and the plan had probably failed.
He should have run away, but General Sun looked at him as if he were looking at his own eyeballs. There were people all outside his courtyard, and General Sun was like a giant baby. He was so old, but he kept running back to ask him questions, no matter big or small. Didn't he have a brain? ?
If he had any brains, Zhou Liang wouldn't have fallen for him at first sight. ...
Zhou Liang could only comfort him and let him go back and continue waiting. At this time, Zhou Liang no longer cared about General Sun's wish. He would open the city gate for whoever he wanted. Zhou Liang just wanted to escape quickly.
It doesn’t matter if the plan fails, and it doesn’t matter if he can’t be a big shot in the future, as long as he’s alive, that’s all that matters.
The first day of the Lunar New Year should have been a day for people to walk around the streets and wish each other well, but the people of Jinling were all extremely anxious. Compared to them, the Zhenbei Army was even considered calm.
In the early morning light, Xiao Rong was still on the verge of asking Qu Yunmie: "How many days do you think it will take to capture Jinling?"
Qu Yunmie: "Ten days."
When Sun Renluan was around, it was ten days by ten days. When Sun Renluan was not around, relying on a group of rabble and the help of the little emperor, it was only ten days at most.
Xiao Rong didn't know how Qu Yunmie judged it, but he believed in his judgment. Turning his head back, Xiao Rong exhaled a breath of white air and watched them appear and disappear. Xiao Rong couldn't help but smile: "This year is a good year."
Qu Yunmie looked at him and also curled the corners of his mouth.
But it didn't take long for them to realize they were overthinking.
After seeing the big banner that symbolized the arrival of the King of Zhenbei, General Sun became very excited. He drew his sword and ordered the people around him to open the city gate. The people around him were stunned. They didn't even dare to doubt General Sun, but suspected that there was something wrong with their own mental health.
However, General Sun was serious. His cronies also drew their weapons. General Sun yelled at them, "Don't you want to live?! Open the city gate! You can live and make achievements!!"
The soldiers guarding the city had long been replaced by General Sun, replaced by his own men, or a group of people with less loyalty. Originally, the relationship between them was not deep, but after looking at each other, they actually reached a tacit understanding. Think about it.
They want to live!
Who wants to die? Can't you see that even His Majesty wants to live?
In an instant, these people rushed towards the city gate, and in the process they made a strange howl, which sounded like crying and excited shouting. In fact, it was neither. It was just the purest desire for survival.
For these people who have no choice, it takes courage to survive, and this voice is their encouragement to themselves. …
Qu Yunmie had been traveling all night, and it had to be said that he looked a little reluctant now. He had promised not to go to the battlefield, and he did not intend to break his word. The first thing he planned to do after arriving at the place was to let the soldiers set up camp.
But just as everyone got off their horses and were packing up, the scout who was exploring the way ahead suddenly rushed back in a panic, with a look of extreme fear on his face.
"Your Majesty! The city gates are open!"
Qu Yunmie was very tired, and he was drinking water from Xiao Rong's hand. Xiao Rong raised his arm high, holding a water bag for marching in his hand. Fortunately, he was quite tall among men, otherwise he would not be able to maintain this posture.
Qu Yunmie heard this, but he didn't react at first. He wiped his mouth and asked, "Which city gate is open?"
The scouts wanted to kneel down before him: "The Jinling city gate! The one across the street! The one the king wants to attack!"
Qu Yunmie: “Oh.”
Xiao Rong was fixing the stopper on the water bag. He stopped what he was doing and suddenly looked up at Qu Yunmie. Qu Yunmie also reacted and was staring at him blankly. Both of them looked stupid. The next second, they both turned their heads and asked, "The city gate is open?!"
Scout: “…”
Kill me, I don't want to do this job anymore.
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