Chapter 61: The Unexpected

The government troops came from the south, and the largest number of people gathered outside the Lizheng Gate, the south gate of Peking. There were roars of artillery fire and billowing smoke outside the city, but the prince was still personally in charge at the Lizheng Gate!

Zhu Gaoxu, Yao Guangxiao and others also stood beside the prince, and the people in the tower couldn't help coughing from time to time. The thick smoke from the burning gunpowder and fierce oil was very choking.

The smell of burning kerosene was like a mixture of gasoline and asphalt. Zhu Gaoxu felt as if he was in a shabby thirty-year-old truck.

Although the people on the tower were high up, their vision was obstructed by the thick smoke and they could not see the outside clearly. From time to time, soldiers would walk into the tower and kneel on one knee to report the situation. When the artillery fire was dense, even the voices of people were often unclear. The atmosphere around was