Piao Tianwen     Chapter 387 Attacking the Imperial City

The inner city of the capital, the imperial palace.

At this time, the palace was in chaos.

There was no reason, and the sound of muskets from the city gate clearly let most people know that someone was sieging the city!

This is the first time that Kublai Khan has established his capital here, most of them have been influenced by war.

All the ministers have already felt that something is wrong. In the past six months, Zhang Shicheng from Jiangnan has developed rapidly and has become the largest rebel in the Yuan Dynasty.

However, the Yuan Dynasty could not use any useful way to resist, but simply enthroned the other party's official, hoping that the other party would be full and satisfied, and not cause trouble.

Now, I'm going to see the capital, will you give it?

The ministers were all shocked. Traveling in such weather is not a good thing, but it is not a good thing if they wait until the other party comes.

So, Zuo Cheng, Shangshu, Assistant Minister, and officials of all sizes had only one thought: run away quickly!

They drove their carriages and pulled the old and young people in their families, and fled from the north gate of Dadu to Shangdu!

In the capital, there was a sudden panic.

And in the palace, he was even more panicked.

When Tuhuan Timur heard someone siege the city, his first thought was that, now that the capital was over, I am afraid it would be lost.

Because, someone had already told him that it was Zhang Shicheng's army.

Now, Zhang Shicheng has unified the south, with great military force and powerful weapons. If he resists head-on, he will be dead.

The palace can't stay there, but where can I run?

Go north and run to Shangdu?

It is absolutely not possible. The territory of the crown prince is all over the prince. Now, the father and son are in the same situation. If he runs over, who knows whether he will kill himself? In the Mongolian royal family, such a thing as usurping the throne and rebellion often happens. Tuhuan Timur does not want to make such a mistake again.

Then you can only go west and escape to Hulunbuir grassland! Although there is snow disaster there now, it is better than going there!

Tuhuan Timur ordered his confidant eunuch to pack up his things and run away quickly.

At the same time, he ordered the guardians of Dadu to guard every inch of Dadu's land and fight resolutely with the invaders. Only in this way can he bring enough time to escape.

The senior commanders of the Dadu Guards' personal army immediately sent the emperor's order to the grassroots troops, and then they followed Tuohuan Timur and fled shamefully.

There would be no perfect obstacle under such a commander. Chang Yuchun's army was like a sharp dagger inserted into a piece of tofu, instantly splitting the majority, stabbing straight in, destroying the decay and slapping, and coming to the front of the imperial city.

When the Yuan Dynasty built the capital, the "Central Pavilion" was first built at the geometric center of the city, and then the city site was explored from all sides using this as a benchmark.

The imperial city is south of the center pavilion.

A red wall is built around the imperial city, also known as "Xiao Wall", the main gate to the south, also known as Lingxing Gate, and there is a thousand-step corridor on the left and right. Outside the east wall of the Xiao Wall is the canal river channel. In other words, the end of the canal transportation is outside the imperial city. If it is in summer, then Bian Yuanheng's navy can go straight outside the imperial city, but now there is ice inside.

The imperial city is centered on Taiye Pond, and is surrounded by three palaces, Da Nei, Longfu Palace and Xingsheng Palace. There are four city gates in Da Nei, the main gate of Da Nei is Chongtian Gate, the north is Houzai Gate, the east is Donghua Gate, and the west is Xihua Gate. There is Jinshui River in front of Chongtian Gate, and the Zhou Bridge is on the river.

The main hall of Da Nei is the Daming Hall, which is the place where Emperor Yuan governs and lives. It is eleven wide and has a corridor connecting the back hall behind it. Behind the Daming Hall is Yanchun Pavilion, which is the residence of the empress. In addition, there are Yude Hall, inner warehouse, eagle room, sheep pen and other buildings.

Outside the imperial city, the south and southeast are the official office area, the Shuitan area in the north is a downtown area, the Taimiao to the east is and the Taishe country to the west is.

To the west of the central pavilion is the Drum Tower and the Bell Tower, which is the time-reporting agency of the whole city. To the west of the Bell Tower is Jishuitan, which is the end of the canal transportation and is also the most prosperous commercial area in the city. There are rice markets, front markets, satin markets, leather hat markets, gold and silver jewelry markets, ironware markets, ejaculation markets, and other shopping malls, as well as Wanghu Pavilion, Wanchun Garden and other garden pavilions.

At this time, all the official office areas on both sides had been taken down, and the imperial city stood in front of the Northern Expedition Army.

The gate of the imperial city was closed. Just as the soldiers were about to rush up, countless bows and arrows came out from the shooting hole on the top of the wall. Suddenly, a large number of charge soldiers fell down.

***, when death is coming, he still dares to show off his might? Chang Yuchun looked at the dense rain of arrows in front of him, and his anger reached the extreme. Here, his casualties were the greatest.

Behind the "Boom", the ugly chariot with thick smoke finally drove up.

"Build a God of War Cannon for me and blow the city wall open!" Chang Yuchun ordered.

After all the big men escaped, the guardians of the imperial city began a battle of fighting for every inch of land. Instead, the humblest and lowest ordinary soldiers bravely guarded their posts.

They knew that they were facing an invincible enemy, but they were determined without hesitation. However, what they didn't know was that they were facing Chang Yuchun, who was absolutely not at a loss. Chang Yuchun, who once loved to kill and surrender, annoyed him, but he would splatter blood on the spot.

The eunuchs in the imperial city who had no time to escape were thus implicated by them.

"Boom!" The God of War Cannon finally came in handy. It was not used to bombard the city walls outside, but to bombard the imperial city inside.

With one shot, the walls of the imperial city were overturned. A group of Tartar troops, which were still firing bows and arrows, were immediately buried alive.

After a few shells passed, the imperial city had completely collapsed.

"Run!" Chang Yuchun shouted loudly.

The soldiers picked up the Tianque gun and rushed forward desperately. There were no living people there. They immediately pulled the trigger and fired a bullet of revenge.

In this world, we are the only one who kills others, and no one who bullies us!

Take revenge on the brother who was shot to death by a hidden arrow just now!

The Tianque gun is also powerful in close combat.

The guards guarding the palace rushed up, but before they could even walk up, they were shot down by the other party's bullets.

Even if they rushed to the front by luck, they could not escape the other party's bayonet. Although the spear in their hands was longer, they didn't know why, but they just felt that the spear slipped, and then a severe pain came from their chests.

What's more, there are soldiers greeting them with grenades.

The palace was already in chaos and there were screams everywhere.

Due to resistance, the soldiers were so angry that they would kill them as soon as they saw men. Even half of the men, i.e. eunuchs, were not spared. Except for the palace maids, they were killed by the soldiers.

The palace was stained with blood and there was a mess everywhere.

Chang Yuchun frowned, as if he had been too much of a killing again. If the elder brother punished him again, it would be difficult to deal with it. He was not addicted to the fight yet, and it would be a bit bad to be held in again.

However, it is cold now, so my elder brother will definitely not come here. When the snow melts in spring, the place will be cleaned up by himself.

Now, the most important thing is to find the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty and catch him, and then he has completed the task.

Unexpectedly, the soldiers searched the entire palace and found nothing except to capture the wives and concubines of several Tartar emperors and the three princesses.

When interrogating the frightened palace maid, Chang Yuchun realized that after such a violent attack, the other party escaped in such a short time. Not only the emperor, but also the ministers, had run away.

What to do? Chang Yuchun has nothing else, one word: chase!

We will chase him wherever he runs! Capture the emperor alive!

Chang Yuchun was absolutely unwilling to give up. If he had given such a big military task to himself, he would not have completed the task if he didn't catch the dog emperor of the Yuan Dynasty alive and was in front of his elder brother.

However, if you defeat Dadu, you can't just leave like this. Although Dadu has been defeated, there are many things to be dealt with. After all, this is the capital of the Tartars, and there are many ministers and royal relatives. Although they have fled, the house is still there, right? Are there any valuables taken away? These are all from the elder brother, so you can't get others cheap.

Chang Yuchun left behind 20,000 troops, then eliminated the remaining enemies, counted their income, cleaned up, stabilized the situation in the capital, and waited for the inspection of his elder brother.

The remaining 30,000 people will leave the city immediately and chase the Tartar Emperor!

As soon as Dadu was captured, the soldiers were a little tired, but when they heard that they were going to pursue the Tartar Emperor, everyone immediately became more and more motivated.

What does it mean to pursue the Tartar Emperor? It means that the end of the Yuan Dynasty has arrived! It indicates that the elder brother has unified the entire Central Plains!

After leaving Dadu, they paddled their sleds and started the march again.

The heavy snow outside did not have much impact on the pursuers. They had mastered the use of sleds along the way, but the impact was too great for the escaped people.

They used a carriage. It was a game between people and animals that wanted the horse to pull the carriage in such weather. Although the horse was obedient, it could not be used. The horse's hooves were stepped in and they had to pull them out with difficulty. The carriage behind it was so wheeled deep in the snow, so it was so hard to move forward.

Tuhuan Timur was very anxious. His carriage was a big carriage led by four horses, but it was still very laborious. In order to escape and reduce the weight, he had thrown away all the gold bars on the car. In this way, the speed was still very slow. He was wearing a tiger-skin coat and sweat stains were oozing from his forehead.

In other directions, there were also officials who fled, and they were also struggling in the heavy snow.

This heavy snow was really a disaster, and only a few people were destined to escape.

Soon, the familiar sound of muskets came from behind.

Chang Yuchun's pursuers had already followed the chaotic traces ahead.

Seeing the carriage struggling in the snow in front of him, Chang Yuchun smiled. None of them could escape, they were all their prey!

The land of China has quietly changed hands in this heavy snow, and everything has come so easily.
Chapter completed!