In the early morning of October 2nd in the fourth year of Jiajing, Zhao Quan led more than 200 White Lotus scholars to swim across the moat, used a rope to climb over the city, then opened the city gate and lowered the suspension bridge. Three thousand Tartar cavalry immediately rushed in, controlled Guangning Gate, and then quickly rushed to Xuanwu Gate in the inner city along the long street.

It is worth mentioning here that the Ming Dynasty's Beijing city was mainly divided into three parts: the outer city, the inner city, and the imperial palace. There was the Forbidden City inside the palace, which was guarded layer by layer and had extremely strict defense. There were three gateways from the outer city to enter the inner city, namely Xuanwu Gate, Zhengyang Gate and Chongwen Gate. At this time, Zhao Quan led two thousand Tartar cavalry to the nearest Xuanwu Gate, trying to capture Xuanwu Gate with lightning speed, and then go straight into the palace to capture the Ming Emperor Jiajing.

The streets of the capital were wide and straight, which was suitable for riding horses. Zhao Quan took the lead in one horse, and behind him were two thousand Tartar cavalry holding torches, and another thousand Tartar cavalry stayed at Guangning Gate, responsible for supporting Altan's main force and then entered the city.

The iron hooves of war horses smashed the tranquility of the cold night. The roaring horse hooves woke up the people in the city. When the people on the street opened the window and saw a vicious Tartar cavalry galloping past the street. They couldn't help but be scared to death. They hurriedly closed the window and held the door tightly with heavy objects.

"The city is broken, the Tartars are entering the city!!"

"The city is broken, the Tartars are entering the city!!"

The originally peaceful outer city is like a pot of hot oil that explodes. Fear spreads rapidly like a plague. People rush to the sky, crying and screaming, as if the end of the century is coming.

There were about twenty soldiers and soldiers in the five cities responsible for patrolling and public security. They happened to meet the Tartar cavalry on the street. Before they could sound the gong to warn, they were swallowed up by the storm-like Tartar cavalry. No one survived wherever the horse's hooves passed, leaving only a mess of flesh and blood.

"Warriors on the grassland, kill, take down Xuanwu Gate, and capture the Ming Emperor alive. The great achievements are right in front of you!" Zhao Quan's eyes flashed with an excited light, and his whole body seemed to have eaten ginseng fruit. Every capillary was expanding, so excited that he seemed to be about to fly. He shouted in Tatar.

"Ho ho... wula!" Two thousand Tartar cavalry galloped wildly like chicken blood, making a terrifying scream, and soon rushed to Xuanwu Gate. Fortunately, the gates in the capital would be closed as soon as night fell. In addition, the recent siege of the Tartars, the defenses of the gates at all levels were quite strict, so the Tartar cavalry did not break through Xuanwu Gate in one fell swoop. The defenders who reacted immediately attacked him and shot sharp arrows from the city like locusts.

Dangdangdang...

The warning bell rang out quickly, and the defenders from the gates of the outer city rushed back to rescue the inner city when they heard the news. At this time, Altan was taking the main force to rush around the city to Guangning Gate, shouting and killing to Yunxiao.

"Master, something is wrong. Guangning Gate has fallen. The Tartars have entered the city and are now attacking Xuanwu Gate." The butler rolled and crawled into the house to report.

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Yang Yiqing, quickly changed into his official uniform, took off a long sword from the wall, and shouted in a deep voice: "Don't panic, quickly summon all the servants in the mansion to Xuanwu Gate."

It is worthy of being Lao Jiang who led his troops to fight. At this critical moment, Yang Ge Lao, who was in his seventies, seemed to have returned to his seventies, and the small universe broke out in an instant. He walked out of the room with a long sword, quickly gathered the servants in his home, and then rushed to Xuanwu Gate, and summoned people from house to house along the way.

Speaking of which, Yang Yiqing's mansion was in Xiaoyongfang, where there were all families of officials with many slaves. Yang Ge Lao had a great reputation and was very popular. He was the echo of the first to climb the high school, so he quickly gathered thousands of generals from the slave family to the Xuanwu Gate, and successfully guarded the Xuanwu Gate firmly.

Zhao Quan led two thousand cavalry to attack for a stick of incense, but still failed to take down Xuanwu Gate. He was in a hurry and decisively ordered the attack on Zhengyang Gate. It was only delayed that the defenders in the city had already reacted. Now, both the Zhengyang Gate and the Chongwen Gate had more than 3,000 people. As soon as the Tartars approached, they immediately had arrows falling like rain.

At this time, the defenders from all over the outer city also returned to the rescue one after another, so Zhao Quan's two thousand cavalry became a sandwich cake. But soon, Altan also led his main force to enter the city one after another. A tragic bloody battle was staged all over the streets of the outer city. Fires ignited one by one, and the flames illuminated the night sky like daytime, and the entire outer city fell into chaos.

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The palace.

A young eunuch reported to the Ganqing Palace in horror: "Emperor, the Tartars broke the city from Guangning Gate and have now been killed outside Xuanwu Gate."

Zhu Houxiang's face suddenly turned pale without any blood, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, heart-to-heart. He fell to the imperial seat in dejectedly, his head was blank, and he was at a loss.

About half an incense stick, a guard leader hurried in to report: "Emperor, Mr. Yang summoned the servants from all households to guard Xuanwu Gate. The imperial guards are gathering everywhere, Xuanwu Gate, Zhengyang Gate, and Chongwen Gate are temporarily protected."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houcong bounced up from the imperial throne and gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Come here, I want to go out of the palace to supervise the army and retreat to the enemy in person!"

The guard leader was shocked and said, "Your Majesty must not be done. Altan is leading the main force into the city. The battle between the outer city is very fierce. I don't know if the gate of the inner city can be kept. It is very dangerous for the emperor to leave the palace at this time. Let's stay in the palace."

Zhu Houxiang sternly said: "I will not be dangerous if I stay in the palace? Once the inner city is broken, do you think the palace can resist the Tartars army. Don't talk nonsense, open the door and leave the palace immediately. I will go to the city gate to supervise the battle. This is my country and I will live and die with it."

Under Zhu Houcan's sharp gaze, the guard leader did not dare to persuade him anymore, and he had no choice but to summon the palace guards.

Half an hour later, five thousand Yulin Guards and Jinwu Guards were summoned. Just as Zhu Houcon was about to leave the palace, the eunuch of the Sili Prison, Bi Yun, arrived with a group of eunuchs. Dozens of eunuchs cried and pleaded with the emperor not to risk leaving the palace, but they were tied up by Zhu Houcon.

When Zhu Houcong took his people away from the palace, Lu Bing, who had received the news, immediately returned the people.

"A Bing, you are here just in time. Follow me to Zhengyang Gate to supervise the battle!" Zhu Houcan said to Lu Bing. The latter originally wanted to persuade Zhu Houcan to return to the palace, but when he saw the other party's expression was determined, he swallowed the dissuasion back into his stomach and said loudly: "I would like to fight side by side with the emperor."

Zhu Houcong was overjoyed and led the five thousand palace guards and the three thousand gold-tone guards to the nearest Zhengyang Gate.

There is no doubt that the arrival of Emperor Jiajing greatly boosted the morale of the defenders. When the officials and gentry in the city heard that even the emperor had led troops out of the palace to supervise the battle, they dared not neglect. They all organized their servants to protect the courtyard to help defend the city. For a time, the three major doors of the inner city had accumulated 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and civilians. Everyone worked together to keep the Tatar army firmly outside, which was probably unexpected by Altan.

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In the Guo Mansion in Xiaofang, Guo Xun's eyes were covered with bloodshot, and he was walking around the hall like an ant on a hot pan. The triangular flag embroidered with a wolf's head had been hung outside the mansion by him. However, after so long, he had not seen the Tartar soldiers entering the inner city. Could it be that something went wrong?

The Xiaofang was located between Xuanwu Gate and Zhengyang Gate, so the shouts of killing from both gates, and even the sound of arrows breaking through the air, could be clearly heard. At this time, Li Dayi flashed into the hall like a ghost, his face was a little pale. He sat down next to the coffee table, poured himself a glass of warm wine, and then drank it all, and poured several cups in a row, and his face slowly returned to normal.

Not long ago, Li Dayi wanted to sneak into the Xu Mansion to rob Xu Jin's eldest son Xu Kang, but he met Xie Qing and finally returned in disgrace. At that time, Li Dayi held Xie Qing's punch, and his wrist was shaken off on the spot and suffered a slight internal injury. However, this guy was very skilled in light body. He took advantage of the night and escaped and kept running away. Only then did he dare to stop and connect the wrist mortar.

Li Dayi drank a few glasses of wine, and the qi and blood surging in his chest gradually calmed down. He raised his right palm, but when he saw that the palm was red and swollen, as if it was burned by fire, he couldn't help but feel awe in his heart. He secretly glad that he saw the opportunity quickly. Unexpectedly, there were such masters in this world, and his internal strength was probably no less than his father Li Fuda.

"Li Dayi, what the hell are you doing?" Guo Xun stared at Li Dayi's hand with a straight eye.

Li Dayi ignored him and continued to drink by himself. Guo Xun couldn't help but get angry, but he was unable to do so. At this moment, the housekeeper Guo Si walked into the hall with a panic expression and reported: "Master, the emperor personally led the guards out of the palace to supervise the battle. The Tartars were blocked in the outer city. It would be difficult to break through the inner city!"

Guo Xun's expression changed drastically. He thought Altan could enter with great force, but he was blocked in the outer city. Then he, the second and fifth boy, would be in danger. Once the news leaked, how could he stay alive?

Li Dayi was calm and said with a little praise: "Jiajing actually led the guards out of the palace to supervise the battle. He had underestimated him before. In this way, the morale of the defenders will definitely be greatly enhanced. It is not easy for Altan to break through the inner city."

Guo Xun was both shocked and scared. He was a thief who was in the middle and outside world. If Altan couldn't kill him in one day, he would be in danger one day.

"Master, now almost every household has organized servants to help defend the city. Do we want it?" Guo Si, the butler, was an insider. He reminded tremblingly.

Guo Xun's eyes flashed, he gritted his teeth and said, "Of course, by the way, take down the small flag at the door."

"I have taken off the small flag just now, but fortunately it's dark outside and no one should have seen it." Guo Si said in a low voice.

Guo Xun breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "You are smart, go and organize the manpower."
Chapter completed!