Simulates history, but Chongzhen is the Divine Emperor at the beginning

Chapter 70: Let the tyrant king split the body of his minister, but do not hurt a single civilian!
You watched from afar as the people from the six ministries coordinated the artillery fire and logistics of the Beijing army, and couldn't help but silently ponder.

[This is a battle that is bound to be lost, and it is also the final battle of the "Later Ming" court... From now on, the "Later Ming" regime will no longer exist!]

You can't lead them to victory in this inevitable battle to kill the gods, you can only lead them to a spectacular death.

[You won't go anywhere today. You will only accompany them through this last day... This is the only way you can respect their lives. ]

Because unlike you, they can't restart infinitely. They only have one life. The "them" you meet again after restarting are not actually them, but a brand new person... In this world, you are the only one who restarts.

[However, this difference does not make you despise them. On the contrary, it only makes you cherish them more.]

As the saying goes, it takes ten years to cultivate to be able to ride the same boat together, and a hundred years to cultivate to be able to sleep on the same pillow together... Your encounter with them is truly unique, because once you miss them, you will never meet again, no matter how many years you cultivate.

Therefore, you cherish each of them, and therefore, you decide to pay them the most sincere and noble courtesy: live and die together!

【You can't do more for them, you can only express your gratitude in your own way. 】

[To die together under the Divine Emperor's fierce might is a rare romance...]

[“The charge begins…”]

As the cannon fire gradually subsided, you knew the final charge was about to begin. Gazing at the smoke-filled ruins of the imperial palace, anticipation gradually welled up in your heart: Could this kind of firepower truly kill the Divine Emperor?

[Even though you know the possibility is very low, you still can't help but hold on to hope...]

"Prime Minister! Let us go first!"

[At this moment, a heavy and passionate voice sounded from your ears! ]

You turned and saw it was Zhu Zhongcheng... He had already mobilized three thousand elite soldiers from the Fengtai camp. Amidst the fearless gazes of these three thousand men, even with his hair and beard already white, he still challenged you to battle with a flushed face.

"The tyrant emperor may already be seriously injured. Let us take the first step in beheading him!"

Listening to this, you can't help but frown: "Brother, you're already over 70, why are you charging ahead?"

"So what if he's seventy? Lian Po, at seventy, could still afford to eat a bowl of rice and ten pounds of meat. Why can't I do the same?"

Zhu Zhongcheng patted his chest and said sincerely, "Since the Prime Minister is willing to call me brother, then I will give him a chance to make a contribution!"

You can't help but sigh: If someone said this normally, they'd probably be taking advantage of the opportunity to improve themselves... But now everyone knows this is a critical moment with almost no chance of survival. So, Zhu Zhongcheng, who requested to fight, could only be hoping for a quick death.

[Thinking of this, you can't help but recall Zhu Zhongcheng, who died of guilt in the previous branch... He came to persuade you to rebel, although it was under the order of the Divine Emperor, but he really wanted you to rebel from the bottom of his heart, so that he could die without any psychological burden!]

[You let him down last time, are you going to let him down again this time? ]

【Thinking about it, you smiled and nodded: "Okay!"】

"Zhu Zhongcheng, listen to my orders! I command you to immediately lead three thousand elite soldiers to decapitate the tyrant emperor and claim the greatest victory of this battle!"

Zhu Zhongcheng was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly, "Yes, sir!"

【…】

[A moment later, three thousand Jinyiwei, imbued with golden divine power, followed the high-spirited old commander and launched a charge towards the ruins of the imperial palace!]

Their speed far surpassed the others, and before the smoke had even cleared, they had already rushed in...

You look over nervously.

But no matter how long you looked, you couldn't discern any signs of fighting through the smoke and ruins. Then, looking down, dense lines of infantry from the Beijing Camp, armed with muskets, entered the battlefield from all directions, so that everywhere was filled with people, and now you could see nothing at all...

[However, as the dense gunfire continued, you knew they had probably already engaged the Divine Emperor!]

【…】

[The intense gunfire never ceases, proving the battle is still going on!]

[Until the sky gradually brightened, you finally saw the battlefield clearly in the sunlight...]

A disheveled, red-haired monster was furiously killing people in the ruins! Its fur had long been shattered by countless shells, and after walking through the ruins for so long, the debris and dust it had accumulated made it even more disheveled! The encircling Beijing troops fired continuously at it, sending it stumbling here and there. At first glance, it seemed like you had a real chance of victory!

[But you sighed in despair, because you could clearly see that none of these attacks had caused any actual damage to it...]

[The facts prove that the gap between gods and humans is still too great. Even if this god is in an extremely weak state, you mortals are completely unable to kill him.]

[You can even see that as it continues to strangle the Beijing Army soldiers with the hemp rope in its hand, a layer of golden light gradually shrouds it!]

【Its divine power is reviving! 】

This hundred thousand strong army was entirely its rebels, its enemies. Therefore, every time it killed one person, it gained a new power. By relying on war to support war, the army's collapse was inevitable!

You sigh bitterly: "I failed as expected."

[From this perspective, Zhu Zhongcheng and the other 3,000 Jinyiwei who charged in earlier are probably in great danger as well...]

So, what should you do next?

[Should I stay here and continue to watch the Divine Emperor strangle 100,000 rebels, reenacting Li Zicheng's defeat?]

[Or lead the troops to the front and directly fulfill the promise of living and dying with everyone?]

You thought about it, but ultimately chose neither. Instead, you returned to the Prime Minister's residence with a few followers: "It's not that you're afraid of death, because you're definitely going to die today... But rather than dying pointlessly in the charge, it's better to find a way to inflict a mental attack on the Divine Emperor that's strong enough to break through his defenses."

[Yes, a defense-breaking mental attack!]

As the saying goes: Give someone a taste of their own medicine! You've already devised a very effective mental attack...

【…】

In December of the 103rd year of the Chongzhen reign, Ming Prime Minister Zhou Liang launched a mutiny, using the Jinyiwei and Beijing garrison troops to besiege the Forbidden City, first bombarding it with artillery and then charging it with all his might!

[However, they were ultimately no match for the Divine Emperor's might, and the mutiny failed...]

[After the exasperated God Emperor strangled a hundred thousand soldiers, He, having regained His divine power and His former middle-aged appearance, did not, as He had done in the past, smite the millions of unruly people of Shuntian Prefecture with one punch. Instead, He searched everywhere for you, the culprit, with red eyes!]

[He swears that he will use the most cruel punishment to kill you, the number one traitor of the Ming Dynasty!]

[Look! Was I right? Zhou Liang must be a traitor disguised as a loyal minister! Now his true colors are finally revealed!]

[He searched fiercely, thinking... the pleasure of finally winning the argument was truly exhilarating to him!]

[It wasn't long before He found the Prime Minister's residence... After entering the already empty Prime Minister's residence, He saw you at first sight!]

[You are hanging from a large tree in the courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, your hair disheveled and your face invisible...]

[The Divine Emperor was stunned. This scene seemed strangely familiar to Him.]

Then He slowly stepped forward and picked up a scroll from beneath your feet. The words were written in blood, which hadn't yet dried, clearly freshly written.

[He frowned and opened the silk scroll...]

"I have been the Prime Minister for thirty years. Although I have committed a crime of low moral character and have incurred the wrath of Heaven, it was all due to the misguided actions of the tyrant emperor, who led to his massacre of the capital..."

"I am not a minister who has lost my country, but you are the king who has lost your country!"

"When I die, I will be unable to face the people in the underworld. I will remove my crown and cover my face with my hair. Let the tyrant king dismember my body, but do not harm a single person!"

[“The foolish emperor personally wrote this.”]

[God Emperor:...]

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(End of this chapter)