While many defeated generals in the outer city of Chang'an welcomed their own unique fates. On the wall near the Zhuque Gate several feet high inside the imperial city, Huang Chao, who could only sit on the carriage, was also patrolling the last defenders under his command, and then in a hoarse and tired voice, he called out familiar or unfamiliar names, and encouraged and encouraged them in a few words.

Although he had applied bright rouge and bright oil wax on his face to make himself look energetic and improving; the deep depressions of the eye sockets that could not be covered by thick facial fat and the dense wrinkles had become more and more loose. Because just the night before yesterday, he fainted again after taking the initiative to accompany Queen Cao to have a dinner.

Then this time he woke up very quickly, with almost no impact or disturbances; and the medical officer just repeated the old tune and said that he was too tired after overwork, and he would be better off in bed and rest. However, how could he be able to lie down at this moment? He was afraid that he would not be able to lie down for a long time, or did not show up publicly that day, which would have an impact on the morale and morale of the imperial guards.

After all, under the current position of this city of troubled sorrow, he could believe and rely on fewer people, but his suspicion became heavier with his health. Even even the Huang clan, who had claimed to be one in the past, had examples of surrendering to the enemy, surrendering to the enemy, and abandoning the enemy and fleeing under the chaos in the city; let alone those foreign generals who had followed for many years or were promoted to the new generation.

During that most urgent day of the attack by the government army, he could not sleep at night in the arms of his concubine several times because he was worried about the moment when he opened his eyes again. He was already in the prison of the government army. Therefore, he opened his eyes and heard it until dawn before he was confused and fell asleep for a while, and then had many nightmares in a cold sweat.

Most of the contents of the dream were very vague, and he could not remember them very clearly; what was more impressive was the endless process of war and escape, and then he suffered repeated setbacks and stamped himself under the city of a strong city, and fewer and fewer people could follow him. Even in the deep valley where everyone was betrayed by Shang Rang, who raised his swords and guns to rebel against each other. However, he cried and begged his nephew Lin Yan to cut off his head and handed it to the government army to give him a way out.

However, after Lin Yan had already gone to Jiangling early, there was no news to be sent back. Shang Rang, who had already betrayed, was also far away from Shannan West Road, and there was no possibility of turning the signs represented by this nightmare into reality. However, the content contained in this dream still made him stand in a slight scruple and suspicious for a long time. He even executed Shang Rang's old brother Xu Cong for the sake of this reason.

On the contrary, Queen Cao, who took the initiative to return to him without any grudges, gave him the last bit of comfort and support in a tiring internal and external difficulties. However, Huang Chao was only half of the trust he could give, and he also secretly arranged multiple staffs to monitor him. He was not worried that the other party would seize power or do something else, but he was just afraid that one day he would suddenly lose the other party.

(Because Empress Cao once said anxiously: Liu Er dislikes him, and he is worse than Jiangling Yisun...)

So after drinking several meals of medicine, he still forced him to put him on the top of the city with his shoulders, which was considered another form of parade and morale. However, after a round of wind blowing on the top of the city yesterday, he found that the face on his left had lost consciousness and could not move. After finally combing it back with medicinal fumigation and acupuncture, the corners of his mouth were crooked and his speech was not smooth.

Fortunately, Empress Cao, who returned to him, quickly came up with a stopgap solution that was not a solution. She was a young official in the palace worship court who was good at ventral and tonemonics, followed Huang Chao's carriage anytime and anywhere, and was responsible for reciting and continuing some longer routine clichés. Only then did the situation continue to fool and maintain it.

Now, the offensive of the government finally stopped, and the military and civilians who retreated between the Imperial City and the Palace City were relatively stable in their mood; relying on the preparatory storage in the palace and the water supply from the Kunming and Taiye Ponds, there were sufficient water and water-eating equipment. However, sporadic escapes inevitably appeared among the defenders of the Palace City.

They did not flee or seek surrender to the area occupied by the government troops in the city, but mostly went down to the city with homemade ropes at dawn, along the direction of Hanguang, Xuanwu and Chongxuanmen, which were far away from the outer wall at dawn, and then they passed the severely silted moat section and disappeared into the wilderness.

Because the weather gradually warms up and the ice and snow begin to melt, the wilderness is no longer so isolated and unbearable. With the current strong momentum of the government army, there is no way to completely focus on the winding city wall sections that are more than ten miles wide in the north of the city, but can only focus on a few gates suitable for the large army to break through.

Therefore, as long as it is not that the luck is not good, it happens to run into the Guan Jun's cavalry, there is still a considerable probability of escaping. In this case, Huang Chao also ordered strict defenses to defend himself, and led the Huang clan to strengthen patrols, and captured and killed a group of people to serve as a warning. However, someone soon accused Huang Chao of one after another, claiming that these Huang clan members abused their power and framed and conspired to commit crimes too much from many foreign generals.

Then under the law of continuation, there were also arresting and dealing with the Huang clan who was most capable of escape. A cousin Huang Chao fell to death while patrolling the city at night. Regarding this conflict and disagreement, Huang Chao was even unable to investigate the inside story and truth, and could only deal with the fifty major boards that were slashed with the chaotic knot.

The remaining Huang clan relatives who were responsible for the work were severely rebuked and seized their posts. The military general who was responsible for the complaint, the old brother, was born as the attendant of the right cavalry, and Ma Xiang, the right supervisor in front of the hall, was also appointed as the Weiwei Qing after giving rewards in a manner, and was disguised as a disguised person. Therefore, the investigation of the escape in the imperial guards ended in vain.

Therefore, later, even the three guards led by Huang Chao's name began to appear to challenge the dead; because more than half of the newly added personnel had already been added. This made Huang Chao's method of sergeant could no longer be maintained. Because, after the second and third consecutive days discovered that the team officers who were severely sergeant afterwards took off their robes and armor and followed the ropes left by the fugitives, following the example of the escape.

If he strictly follows the corresponding relationship, Huang Chao found that he might end up in a dilemma of no one available, or simply forced his subordinates to the opposite side inadvertently. Therefore, he could only secretly and decisively stop the matter, summoned relevant people, and tried to control the further spread of the situation.

Therefore, nowadays, sporadic escapes among the defenders in the imperial city still exist, but as long as they do not escape to the city's official troops or plan to open the door and surrender, they can only act as deaf and dumb secretly.

Therefore, nowadays, the scattered escape among the defenders in the imperial city still exists, but as long as they do not flee to the city's official army or plan to open the door and surrender, they can only act as a secret person who pretends to be deaf and dumb. At least there are 70,000 to 80,000 guarded soldiers and civilians in the city. According to the current escape speed and the subsequent scale of Ding Zhuang that can be supplemented, they are optimistic that they can still persist until the turn of spring and summer.

"Long live the sage, Jin An..."

Amidst the greetings and worships, a sudden abrupt voice asked:

"Your Majesty, I dare to ask the support staff of Daqi... how long will it take to arrive..."

This immediately attracted everyone's attention and focused on a young soldier wearing a robe and armor that looked a little funny and hunched over his body.

“Bold…”

"Damn..."

The attendant beside Huang Chao's side suddenly changed his face, and he wanted to scold and deal with such a bold and arrogant person who dared to question sensitive topics. However, Huang Chao on his shoulders coughed, stretched out his skinny arms and waved them back, and then slowly opened his voice:

"Actually not far away... I didn't see that the ice and snow in the moat had melted? I guess I had been on the road long ago, but it was blocked by the enemy for a while. It still took some trouble to get some news."

"That's fine, that's fine..."

A young soldier who looked similar to his father and brother was relieved and patted his hat and helmet:

"That's fine, that's fine..."

A young soldier who looked similar to his father and brother was relieved and patted his hat and helmet:

"Everyone said it, it was the emperor's words and words. He must have been prepared for a long time. Do you dare to think about it?"

"The king forgives the crime. Is it the Taiping Army who came?"

However, the next moment, the young soldier fell to the ground, opened his eyes full of expectation and couldn't help asking again:

“Naturally…yes…”

Looking at his eyes full of longing and trust, Huang Chao suddenly got stuck in his chest with a breath, but he didn't know where to go. He forced himself to squeeze out a smile and said:

"How do you... know..."

"Because everyone says that the Taiping Army is the most capable of fighting among the millions of rebels in the country! If we can come to rescue first, this one must be the one?"

The young soldier responded without hesitation:

“That’s why…the truth…”

“That’s why…the truth…”

Huang Chao nodded slightly with a sad and forced smile: He turned around and signaled to others to appreciate the next small object, but he lost all the desire to continue talking.

However, the next moment, in the direction of Chengtian Gate in the north, there was a sound of alarm, as well as the noise and noise of the brigade of the officials and troops starting to attack. When Huang Chao's shoulder was carried to the Xing'an Gate Tower, the closest to the north, someone came to report:

"The Lord, however, an enemy army opened the intervening passage connecting the Jianfu Gate in the north overnight, causing a large area of ​​the exterior wall to collapse and collapse."
Chapter completed!