The Record of Righteousness

August, the first year of Tianxing.

The rebels led by Fang Daqing and the Liaodong army led by Zhai Zongyao fought a decisive battle in Zhending Prefecture. The capital was less than a hundred miles to the northeast!

The drums of war rumbled, shaking people's hearts.

Sharp arrows poured down like a rainstorm, piercing the sky and bringing up strings of blood.

The cavalry charged, the horses' hooves broke the silence, the dust flew, the soldiers waved their spears with red eyes, and their lives disappeared in the flash of silver light.

The swords were ruthless, and at the intersection, the metal rang, and the blood and mud mixed into a bloody red.

The two armies fought bloody battles for three days and three nights. In the end, because the Liaodong army was outnumbered and the generals suffered heavy losses, the Liaodong admiral Zhai Zongyao and a group of Liaodong soldiers were captured and executed by the rebels!

The court's 30,000 Liaodong elites were defeated and disappeared on the battlefield.

Although the rebels also suffered heavy losses, they did not stay in Zhending Prefecture, but marched straight to the capital!

When the news reached the capital, the capital was shocked and the court was in turmoil!

Thirty thousand elite soldiers of the court were killed just like that? ! Doesn't the court have no soldiers to use now? !

From the princes and generals to the common people, everyone was terrified!

Some wealthy people have packed up all kinds of gold and silver and fled the capital. The major city gates are already crowded. Many carriages, ox carts, and people with wives and children, whether they are rich or poor, are in a very embarrassing situation. They are all trying to escape from the capital like they are fleeing.

But at this time, the major city gates of the capital have been under martial law, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. The emperor vowed to live and die with the capital!

Under the threat of those soldiers, waves of people who fled with large and small bags on their backs could only hide back home in shame. Even those powerful people who usually acted arrogantly could not leave without the emperor's decree.

The whole capital was in a weird atmosphere of waiting to die!

In just six or seven days, the rebels were already at the gates of the city!

It was very late at night, and a snowy moon hung in the sky.

On the city wall, the defenders tightened their bowstrings, looking solemn and nervous.

Looking down from the city wall of the capital, there were large groups of soldiers and dense torches that illuminated the area of ​​100 miles, as if a fire dragon from the sky was raging on the earth, and it was connected to the dark sky in the distance and there was no end in sight!

And the leaders of these tens of thousands of rebels were the people riding tall horses at the front.

"God will not let down those who work hard! Hahahaha! I, Zhu Zongze, am back again! Hahaha."

The tenth prince, Zhu Zongze, rode on a white horse, already wearing a bright yellow dragon robe. His face was flushed with excitement at the moment, and he roared loudly with great excitement. His hand holding the reins was still trembling faintly.

And around him were a group of meritorious officials who helped him to ascend to the throne!

Wan Qing wore a purple robe with a Qilin official badge and a black gauze hat. His mood naturally followed the tenth prince to fly above the clouds. It seemed that his efforts were finally not in vain!

Beside him were a group of confidants, Leng Tiancun, Long Shuo, Li Guodong, Di Ou, all of whom rode tall horses and wore heavy armor, with very happy faces.

Zhu Zongze could no longer hold back and asked impatiently:

"My dear, the troops are ready, why don't you attack the city?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. This time we need to make peace with the outside world and take down the capital without bloodshed!"

"Good! This will save some effort. After the city is broken, we must reward the soldiers well!"

Wan Qing explained flatteringly, clasping his fists:

"I understand, that's natural."

After he finished speaking, in less than half an incense stick of time, the heavy city gate creaked open a crack, and then a man rode out from it.

When he saw Zhu Zongze, the man jumped off his horse and bowed.

"I, the eunuch Xu Chunxian of the Imperial Household Department, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

Zhu Zongze pointed to the wide-open city gate in the distance and said happily:

"You are the traitor?!"

"Your Majesty, I am."

Xu Chunxian pointed to the wide-open city gate and said flatteringly:

"The true dragon emperor has arrived, how can I serve that fake dragon? The city gate is open, and we are just waiting for the emperor to come to the capital and bring blessings to the people!"

"Hahahahaha!! Good, good!"

Zhu Zongze was very happy , clapped his hands and cheered, then pointed at the wide-open city gate in the distance with his horse, and laughed wildly:

"All soldiers, listen to my orders, charge in! Hahahaha! No one of the fake emperor's men will be spared!"

With the order of the tenth prince, the tens of thousands of soldiers under the city wall suddenly surged and boiled, with deafening roars, holding swords and spears, and dense torches merged into a sea of ​​fire, rushing into the city gate frantically. Some of the defenders of the three camps had been scared away, and some were instantly drowned and chopped into powder!

"Kill!!!"

"Kill!!"

These tens of thousands of soldiers rushed into the city in a mighty manner, killing anyone they saw and setting fire to the houses they saw. The scattered soldiers of the three camps were instantly drowned by the sea of ​​people!

This group of soldiers was waiting for this day. They were all excited and bloody. They rushed into people's houses and killed and burned them wantonly. They hacked to death all the old and the young. If they saw a beautiful woman, they would play with her and kill her wantonly. After killing her, they would not forget to set her on fire!

The capital has been operating for a hundred years and has never been in turmoil for a hundred years. It is not comparable to those small prefectures! The wealth and power of the people can be imagined.

The firelight illuminated the chaotic figures, the shrill screams, the groups of soldiers laughing wildly, the killing was hearty, the gold, silver and jewelry were stuffed full, and a bunch of bloody heads were carried. The powerful and wealthy families were in trouble, and the women in their families were defiled one after another. The screams, begging for mercy and crying and cursing were endless!

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