Great time travel

Chapter 1 and One, The Great Chaos of the Capital

Since Emperor Chongzhen's royal family escaped from the capital and went north to Changping and Xuanfu, the city of Beijing fell into unprecedented chaos.

——When the emperor was away, the freshly baked Hewuzu University scholar who was left behind in Beijing was born as a noble literati.Zhu Chunchen, the other Cheng Guogong who was appointed as the left-behind in Beijing, claims to be a descendant of a famous general in the country, but he is actually a dandy who has not touched a sword for several generations. The play is the best, how can the marching formation be done?

As a result, after the emperor went out of the city, Master He Wunu immediately retreated to the mansion, closed the door, and never asked about world affairs.Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen still had a sense of responsibility at first, so he bit the bullet and sat in the yamen of the soldiers and horses in the five cities. After discussing with a group of military officers in the Beijing camp for a long time, he finally discussed some regulations and ordered all the soldiers and horses in the capital to go to the city. Tight defense.A notice was also posted, ordering the servants and handymen of each yamen in the capital to go to the city together.The watchman was also ordered to declare: the captives from the east, the thieves from the west and the rebellion from Guan Ning have all entered the capital. It is urgent to defend the city. delay!Hang lanterns at the door of each house to strictly guard against spies; everyone is not allowed to walk around the streets at will, and anyone who violates the law will be questioned immediately!
It's just that at this time, with the emperor abandoning the city and fleeing, the court's prestige has disappeared in the capital.The army in the central capital and the servants of the yamen stopped at least seven or eight times out of ten. They ignored Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen's order and fled everywhere dragging their armored battles.There are also some young people in the capital who were conscripted by the guards and driven tremblingly to the city to guard, but they had no food, no weapons to use, just bare hands, shouting and shouting.At home, the wives and children were starving for food, with no one to take care of them... As a result, after half a day, they all fled away.

Seeing that the situation was completely out of control, Zhu Chunchen was also disheartened, and ordered the officials in the yamen to disperse, and each went home to resign himself to fate.

And because of the order of the emperor, all the gates of Beijing are open all day long, and no one manages them. Seeing this, countless gentry and ordinary people in the city dragged their children, children, and luggage, and poured out of the Beijing city like a flood that broke a dike. flee.At the same time, there were rogues, broken soldiers and thieves who took the opportunity to rob, leaving corpses in the streets and alleys, black smoke everywhere in the square, and women and children crying endlessly.What's worse, the prison inmates in Beijing also took advantage of the chaos to riot, and nearly a thousand escaped in one breath, doing evil everywhere in the capital, causing panic for a while.

However, for the common people in Beijing, the various tragedies and tragedies that belong to them have only just begun...

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Suburbs of Beijing, Xishan (Shijingshan), Shanxi Rogue Camp

A Shaanxi man in armor was quietly looking in the direction of Beijing. His face was stern, but his eyes were slightly excited.

He is the famous Chuang Wang, Gao Yingxiang.

Although not long ago, Gao Yingxiang was beaten by Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army at the head of the Lugou Bridge after being beaten by a sap, and most of the followers scattered, he still insisted on continuing to be nailed to the Western Hills in the suburbs of Beijing, refusing to Give up peeping at the capital, the city of the emperor.

Now, he has finally waited for the perfect opportunity to turn around.

After a while, a general rushed over, slapped the dust on his body a few times, knelt down on one knee, and said to Gao Yingxiang very respectfully: "... King Chuang, according to reports from the spies, the gate of Beijing is wide open. Emperor Zhujiagou really left the capital and fled to Changping with Lu Xiangsheng!"

After listening to the general's report, Gao Yingxiang's expression didn't seem to change much, but the other leaders standing beside him were all beaming with joy—the legendary Beijing city full of gold and silver and rich households is like a naked man. The beautiful woman in the dress lay in front of them with her thighs spread apart!
"... King Chuang! What a joy!" Li Zicheng, who was only a "general" at this time, immediately stepped forward to congratulate him, "...May I ask King Chuang, what should I do next? Go to Changping to chase after Chongzhen." The dog emperor? Or go to see the colorful world in the capital?"

"...Of course I went to Beijing to see the world! So what can Chongzhen children do?" A leader of the bandits choked hastily.

"...That's right! Chongzhen's son ran away this time, how much gold and silver can he carry with him? How can it compare to the capital, where there are gold, silver, grain and rice all over the place! Just open a house of a royal relative, That harvest would be equivalent to a county town in Shaanxi that we conquered before!"

"...I heard that there is the ancestral tomb of Emperor Zhu's family in Changping, so it should be a bit oily..."

"...If you want to get the buried treasure in the imperial mausoleum, you have to dig the grave first. How hard is that? Besides, how can the oil and water compare to Beijing?"

"...and beside Chongzhen's little son, there is Lu Xiangsheng, the evil star. We have dealt with him several times these days, but we haven't gotten a bargain... How can we run away without eating the fat in front of us? The reason for going all the way to gnaw hard bones?"

Regarding the next step of action, the leaders were discussing for a while, most of them only wanted to rush into the city of Beijing to make a fortune, and they were not willing to go to Changping to chase people.Gao Yingxiang naturally followed the good advice, "...In that case, let's let the Chongzhen boy go for the time being, and go to the capital to see the world first!"

"...Follow the order of King Chuang!" All the leaders sang promises in unison, and retreated respectfully, but they couldn't restrain the excitement in their hearts. After walking a few steps, they shouted to their respective followers, "...boys Cheer up, let's go to the capital together today, grab money, food, and women!"

——On October 24th, the fifth year of Chongzhen, the emperor abandoned the capital and went north. There was great chaos in the capital, and all the gates were opened, and no one was guarding them.Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang was leading 26 rebels to garrison Xishan. Hearing the news, he pulled out his camp and went down the mountain. On the afternoon of the [-]th, he led all the bandits from Shaanxi to drive straight into the capital, and immediately plundered...

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the city of Beijing, which has not been attacked by foreign enemies, has finally fallen into the bloody war this time.

So, on the night of October 26, the whole city of Beijing was like a purgatory. Thick smoke was rising everywhere in the city, and screams and cries filled the streets for a while.The tall and majestic vermilion lacquer gates were roughly kicked and smashed open by the Shaanxi bandits, and then amidst the screams of servants and maids, they pulled out the old and young men in these mansions, and immediately beheaded or killed them. , Let the sticky blood flow everywhere on the stone steps.

If the wives and ladies of these wealthy families are pretty and fail to hide in time, then their future lives will only be inseparable from two things: the hanging white silk or the white eyes of everyone—provided that their physique is strong enough , was not raped to death on the spot...

It can be said that once the rogue soldiers from Shaanxi passed through, it was like a plague of locusts crossing the border, making the four or nine cities immediately look "white and clean".And the rogues in Beijing, taking advantage of their familiarity with the land, join in to help in the robbery one after another, and they are a hundred times more ruthless than the rogues, with no humanity at all.Even those poor beggars who lived in thatched huts and ruined temples were arrested by Shaanxi bandits and served as coolie masters to help the "big kings" carry their goods.

All the heinous blood and chaos did not subside until late at night.The soaring fire raging in the streets and alleys illuminated the roads and courtyards strewn with corpses as bright as day.The sporadic shouts and pleas lasted until dawn.Many impatient rogues didn't even bother to drag the corpse away. Amid the pungent bloody smell, they lived in those deep houses with carved beams and painted buildings, and slept on soft beds embroidered with satin and fragrant quilts.Some people were holding gold, silver and jewels and laughing in their dreams, some people were holding the snatched lady, and they were so excited that they shook all night...

In the Forbidden City with red walls and yellow tiles, Gao Yingxiang and the leaders of the rogues also gathered in the Golden Luan Hall of Emperor Chongzhen, hugging the maids, concubines and official ladies whose tears were still wet, carrying all kinds of treasures found in the palace. The expensive tribute wine, drank very freely, and got drunk... Only the "Crossing General" Li Zicheng was a little more cautious. After burning, killing and looting for most of the day, he withdrew from the city of Beijing and set up camp outside Xizhimen.

However, what these rogue leaders never imagined was that just as they were plundering, another army was also rushing towards the capital's starry night...