Travel back in time and become Chongzhen, watch me turn the tide

As a firework rose into the sky and exploded into a beautiful flower, the city of Nanjing suddenly became noisy.

Accompanied by shouts and cries of killing, fire dragons composed of torches gathered towards the palace along different roads.

At the same time, in Zuo Liangyu's military camp outside Nanjing City, the army also lit torches, and teams of soldiers marched out of the camp in an orderly manner and launched an attack on Nanjing City.

Seeing that the palace had been surrounded, Liu Liangzuo sat upright on his horse and laughed heartily, "Chongzhen, do you know that this is what will happen to you?"

But before he could finish his laughter, torches suddenly lit up on the walls of the palace. In the blink of an eye, the walls were filled with soldiers!

"This...what's going on?" Liu Liangzuo felt a sinking feeling in his heart when he saw this, and an ominous premonition suddenly came to his mind.

"I don't know either," Chen Shouting was a little confused by the sudden appearance of the soldiers on the city wall. He thought for a moment and said, "General, I don't think there are many of them. Even if something happens, it won't cause any trouble. We have gathered thousands of troops this time. Why should we be afraid of them?"

"That's right," Liu Liangzuo suppressed his doubts and ordered, "Shou Ting, contact the others. Let's launch an attack together and take the palace first!"

"Sir Liu, it's so late, and you still bring so many people to see me. What's the urgent matter..." Before Liu Liangzuo could speak, someone spoke from the city wall of the imperial palace.

"Your Majesty?" Liu Liangzuo was startled when he heard this, but Chongzhen's voice did not sound alarmed at all. Why was that?

"My dear minister, I really want to thank you this time," Chongzhen said loudly on the city wall.

"Hmph! You're just playing tricks on me," Liu Liangzuo snorted coldly, and said, "Are you going to thank me for exposing your identity?"

"How can you decide whether I'm real or fake?" Chongzhen smiled and shook his head, saying, "I want to thank you for spending this time connecting all the unstable factors in Nanjing for me. This allowed me to stabilize Nanjing in one fell swoop. Shouldn't I be grateful to you for this?"

"What did you say?" Liu Liangzuo felt a chill rushing to the top of his head!

"I mean, without you, how could I have the nerve to eliminate those unstable factors in the city? If it weren't for you, how could Zuo Liangyu easily leave Wuchang and start an uprising? If it weren't for you, how could those unstable factors hidden in my Ming Dynasty garrison be exposed?"

"You know everything?" Liu Liangzuo felt cold all over at this moment and said in a trembling voice.

"That's natural!"

"In other words, all this is your fault..." Liu Liangzuo felt his mind was in a mess.

But if you think about it, how could those opinions have been so prevalent in Nanjing without Chongzhen's deliberate connivance? How could the Jinling Evening News have published those articles and comments without Chongzhen's connivance?

But if all this is really a trap, then Chongzhen's plan is really too big. If this is true, he can eliminate all unstable factors in one fell swoop and kill the biggest unstable factor at this time - Zuo Liangyu!

By that time, the entire Southern Ming Dynasty could be said to have become a united front!

"Marshal, don't be frightened by his words," Chen Shouting said from the side. "We have already drawn the arrow and have to shoot. Now is not the time to turn back. Moreover, Zuo Liangyu's army has also begun to attack the city. The final outcome is still unknown!"

"Send the signal, attack!" Liu Liangzuo also calmed down at this time. Although Chongzhen spoke seriously, he was in an advantageous position in the current situation and could not be frightened by his few words.

After the signal was given, the soldiers under Liu Liangzuo rushed towards the palace wall of Nanjing City with shouts!

War is imminent!

At this time, outside the city of Nanjing, Zuo Liangyu's army also launched an attack!

In addition to some soldiers from the Beijing camp, a considerable number of those who participated in the attack on the imperial palace were servants of Liu Liangzuo and others. They were secretly transferred into Nanjing City to ambush. These people had quite good combat capabilities and fought very bravely.

But before they could rush to the walls of the imperial palace, dense gunfire rang out from the walls, and the soldiers fell down one after another in the blink of an eye.

The scene before him left Liu Liangzuo stunned. This was not a battle, but a one-sided massacre!

The gunshots from the city wall rang out at a constant rhythm, as if endless, and the soldiers under his command fell one by one on the way to the charge.

They couldn't even reach the palace gate, let alone the city wall...

Is this still a firearm? When did the Ming Dynasty's firearms become so powerful? If they had such firearms before, not to mention Li Zicheng's refugee army, even the Qing army would be no problem.

Just when Liu Liangzuo began to waver, the gate of the imperial palace suddenly opened and a large number of Ming army musketeers walked out in formation.

These Ming troops did not launch a charge, but instead marched in formation to the rhythm of drums.

"Charge!" Seeing the Ming army take the initiative to open the city gate, Chen Shouting was overjoyed and shouted hurriedly.

"Bang bang bang!" He was responded by dense gunfire.

Accompanied by thick smoke, musket bullets were like harvest sickles, knocking a row of charging soldiers to the ground, followed by another row of bullets flying over. The gunshots had a constant rhythm, as if it was music from the underworld!

"Hold on, don't panic, charge forward..." Chen Shouting's eyes were bloodshot, he roared and commanded his men to desperately rush towards the army, but what made him despair was that even if a few people rushed to the front of the musketeers, they saw that the muskets in the hands of those musketeers turned into long spears, and these people died under their guns in the blink of an eye!

"I don't believe it, keep charging... uh..." Chen Shouting frantically forced his men to move forward, but before he could finish his words, a bullet suddenly hit him directly between the eyebrows, and he fell to the ground without a sound.

"Shou Ting!" Liu Liangzuo saw Chen Shou Ting suddenly fall to the ground. He knew that the situation was hopeless. He sighed and said, "Pass the order down, retreat!"

But at this time he couldn't leave even if he wanted to. Groups of Ming troops appeared out of nowhere and surrounded the rebellious soldiers in the blink of an eye.

Liu Liangzuo looked at the city gate tower. At this time, a huge lantern was hung on the city gate tower, and under the lantern was the emperor's yellow silk umbrella. Although he could not see the person below, he could imagine that Emperor Chongzhen was there.

"Your Majesty, this time I am truly convinced," Doctor Liu Liangzuo said with a wry smile, "It's a pity that you changed too late. If you had been like this the first time you ascended the throne... Alas..."

After saying that, Liu Liangzuo drew the long knife from his waist, gritted his teeth, and slashed it towards his neck.