Outside the southern city, more than 100,000 rebels, under the attack of the Ming army, were already defeated and fled.

Although there are 150,000 rebels, there are too few elite soldiers after all. If the soldiers' combat power is opposite to the Ming army, this may not be the result.

The sky was getting brighter and the sound of killing was clear. The earth was filled with dead bodies, broken weapons, and burning flags.

To the west of the bridge above, there are a town on the banks of the Qinhuai River. There are rebel corpses everywhere on the streets, and there are a small number of remnants hidden in each house.

More than 100,000 rebels outside the southern city collapsed under the attack of the Ming army. Yan Yingyuan led his subordinates to rush left and right, but they were unable to leave, and were finally forced into this small town.

At this time, in the ancestral hall in the middle of the town, Yan Yingyuan, who was covered in wounds, sat in the yard with several subordinates exhausted.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and two Ming soldiers crashed into the yard and were shocked when they saw everyone.

The Ming soldiers held muskets, raised their bayonets, and shouted sternly: "Is it a rebel?"

Zhu Ming's army and Zhao Ming's army were equipped with Ming army, and their clothes and armor were very similar.

Now that the battle has come, the armor is damaged and contaminated with blood, it is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and us.

Everyone in the yard was silent, staring at the Ming army coming in.

Yan Yingyuan, who was sitting on the steps of the ancestral hall, was not panicked when he saw the Ming army coming in, but raised his head and said calmly: "I am Yan Yingyuan!"

When the two Ming soldiers heard the words, their faces changed. At this moment, the rebel soldiers sitting in the yard suddenly rose up and waved their swords and slashed at the Ming army.

A gunshot from "其" made a rebel killed, but two Ming troops were chopped down in a pool of blood by the rebels who rushed forward.

The gunshots caused the Ming army, who was in the investigation in the town to stop, and the officer in charge took out a battle knife and shouted loudly, "On the other side of the ancestral hall!"

After speaking, a large group of Ming soldiers, carrying muskets and bayonets, ran over from various streets, looking for the direction of gunfire.

Yan Yingyuan looked at the corpses on the ground, then looked at the soldiers around him, raised his head, with reluctance on his face, "It's over! Let's go all out to make a living!"

"Mr. Yan!" Several rebel soldiers couldn't help but kneel on the ground and burst into tears.

Yan Yingyuan waved his hand, "This is the general trend, and the sky is about to perish the Ming Dynasty. You have tried your best, let's go!"

The rebel soldiers knelt down and said, "Mr. Yan, what about you?"

Yan Yingyuan's eyes were filled with tears, "Such a crushing defeat, tens of thousands of soldiers died of righteousness, and Yan had no face to survive. Besides, the country's dynasty for three hundred years, how could there be no loyal minister's death?"

"Go away!" Yan Yingyuan finished speaking and scolded loudly.

The kneeling soldiers kowtowed in pain before they got up and left, but they could not escape and could only surrender to the Ming army.

There were more than ten soldiers, only one of them was left behind.

Seeing this, Yan Yingyuan couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you leave?"

The soldier kowtowed and said, "The villain has no family, so let's accompany Yan Gong's Day on the Death!"

Seeing this, Yan Yingyuan just nodded and said no more. At this moment, the Ming army of the brigade surrounded the ancestral hall, and a lieutenant led the brigade of gun-carried soldiers and rushed in.

The young man held his knife in his hand and blocked Yan Yingyuan. The captain waved his hand and several soldiers stabbed the bayonets and stabbed them into the young man's abdomen. Then a row of bayonets approached Yan Yingyuan.

Yan Yingyuan pulled out his battle knife, retreated to the steps, and suddenly shouted loudly: "God will do this, Yan is dead now, and he is willing to treat the people well."

After speaking, he committed suicide by slashing his sword and fell on the steps.

The Ming army captain went up to check the body and walked into the hall. The wall said, "Sacrificing one's life for the country, and being loyal, the heaven and earth know me, and being righteous forever forever."

The rebels launched a counterattack, but their strength was too different from that of the Ming army.

Although the plan was surprisingly unexpected, the soldiers were not strong enough to be fully implemented.

The more than 100,000 people in the south city did not completely restrain the main force of the Ming army, and the elite soldiers attacking Zhao Ming's camp were unable to defeat Zhao Ming's original formation.

Zhao Ming picked up the iron rod and was ready to fight himself, but the rebels did not finally reach the point of forcing Zhao Ming to do it himself.

Seeing Zhao Ming's reinforcements coming, Zhu Yihai was disheartened and hurriedly retreated to the city. The Ming army took advantage of the capture of the city. Li Chengdong took the opportunity to enter through Taiping Gate and was the first to attack Nanjing.

Zhu Yihai fled into the imperial city, and the soldiers and horses around him scattered, leaving only dozens of confidants who hugged Zhu Yihai into the palace.

At this time, there were eunuchs and palace maids running around in a hurry with bags in their arms, looking like the doomsday scene of the demise of the dynasty.

Zhu Yihai grabbed a runaway eunuch, looked red and shouted loudly, "Where is the emperor?"

The eunuch said in horror: "Your Majesty~ Your Majesty seems to have gone to the Hanting Palace in the Hanting Palace."

Zhu Yihai pushed the eunuch to the ground, carried the sword, and then went to the back courtyard.

Soon, the group came to the Ganqing Palace, and the hall was also in a mess.

"Your Majesty, come out!" Zhu Yihai roared with his sword, and his whole body was already in madness.

The army was defeated, and the Zhu Ming royal family was about to be purged. Zhao Ming had no barriers in front of him, and the Zhu family's country was over.

Zhu Yihai decided to take Zhu Youlang to die with him, and Zhao Zamao could not let Zhu Youlang play with him in his palms, making the Zhu family a laughing stock.

Furthermore, in Zhu Yihai's view, Zhao Ming regarded himself as a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty and supported Zhu Youlang, which must have wanted to play Wang Mang and Cao Pi's trick of abdicating.

Although Zhu Yihai was defeated, he could not let Zhao Mingruyi die with him. He had to let Zhao Ming die with him, and forced him to death as a king. He could not clean it no matter how he washed it.

"Your Majesty!" Zhu Yihai shouted with his sword, but the empty hall did not respond, only his voice echoed.

This made Zhu Yihai angry and shouted loudly, "Zhu Youlang, get out of here."

There was still no sound in the empty hall, and there was no trace of Zhu Youlang. This emperor had long used his talents and didn't know where to hide.

Zhu Yihai searched in the Ganqing Palace, but could not see Zhu Youlang, and heard the noise in the city, knowing that Zhao Ming's men had entered the city.

In grief and anger, Zhu Yihai and his party came to the Fengxian Hall, which was worshipped by the previous emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and then ordered people to summon the Zhu family to the main hall.

However, the royal families had already rushed to escape, and in the end only Zhu Yihai's family and more than a dozen royal families came.

At this time, the noise had spread from the inner capital to the imperial city, and a large number of Ming troops rushed into the palace.

Zhu Yihai then asked someone to close the door of the palace, disheveled his hair, knelt in front of the spiritual throne, kowtowed and cried, "Emperor Taizu, the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, were unfilial to the descendants, failed to defend their family business, and ordered the thief ministers to steal magical artifacts, and had no face to see their ancestors underground!"

Zhu Yihai's eyes were crying with blood, and he was extremely sad. He looked like crazy in the hall.

At this time, Li Chengdong led the army to enter the imperial city first. He waved his sword and pointed his fingers with a murderous intent, shouting loudly, "Search and catch Zhu Yihai, I will be rewarded."

The soldiers ran into the city, but suddenly saw a raging fire ignited in the direction of Fengtian Palace, and thick smoke rose into the sky.
Chapter completed!