The fleet never disembarked for repairs and passed outside Tongzhou without stopping.
After passing Tongzhou, there was no need for trackers. The fleet turned into Tonghui River and sailed directly to the capital. Before dawn, it turned into the moat and arrived at Chaoyang Gate.
A gray city wall winds into the distance. Looking from a distance, the turrets on the horse's face, the Wengcheng and the arrow tower outside the city gate are very majestic. The water surface of the moat is wide, and many ships come and go. Willow trees are planted on both sides of the river, and the grass on the river bank is withered and yellow.
This was also the first time Yang Fan saw an ancient capital. An authentic seventeenth-century imperial capital.
Although he worked in the Imperial Capital on construction sites for three years in the future, the Imperial Capital at that time had already demolished all the city walls. It is completely a modern metropolis.
The entire team, nearly 5,000 people strong, stopped outside Chaoyangmenweng City.
Wengcheng is a semicircular city wall that protrudes from the city wall to protect the city gate and wraps the city gate inside. On the outermost side of Wengcheng is the majestic archery tower. The city gate of Wengcheng opens on the side. In this way, it is impossible for the enemy troops to directly attack the city gate after entering the city gate.
There are only three city gates in Beijing. The Wengcheng gate opens in a straight line with the city gate. One is the front door, which is Zhengyang Gate. The main entrance of the northern city of the imperial capital.
One is Yongding Gate, the south gate of the imperial capital. Another one is Guang'anmen. These three city gates were built into two gates in a straight line because the emperor had to go through them and it was impossible for the emperor to go through the side gates.
Chaoyang Gate is not an example, so the city gate of Wengcheng is opened on the north side of Wengcheng.
At this time, a young eunuch ran over, looked at Yang Fan and Tu Shanyue who were riding on horseback, and said: "Tushan stall head, Yang Qianhu, Prince Eunuch, invites you."
Yang Fan and Tu Shanyue looked at each other and it was time for a showdown. The emperor transferred his regiment training, and there must be a secret order outside the city gate now.
The two dismounted and followed the little eunuch to the prince's boat.
After entering the cabin, Wang Chengen quickly stood up and held his hands with a smile on his face and said: "Thanks to the support of more than 3,000 people from Master Qianhu along the way, this errand was completed safely. When we see the Holy Emperor, our family will definitely Please give me credit to both of you."
Yang Fan quickly said a few words of humility.
After a few words of courtesy, Wang Chengen said with a serious expression: "Yang Qianhu, His Majesty has given you instructions. You don't need to be polite, just listen."
He stretched out his hand to support Yang Fan, who was about to salute.
"When Yang Fan was promoted to the rank of Jinyiwei Qian, the Xinghe Tuanlian people gave him the Jinyiwei as a loan. Yang Fan immediately led the Xinghe Tuanlian to the capital to guard the four gates of the imperial city. He also took 300 people into the palace to stay as guards."
Yang Fan was stunned. He didn't expect the emperor to be so bold as to directly grant the entire Xinghe Tuanlian the rank of Jin Yiwei. Let him directly control the imperial city and lead elite troops into the Forbidden City to guard the emperor.
Yang Fan was not afraid of big troubles when watching the fun. If the emperor dared to play, he would play with him. It was nothing special.
The more than 3,000 people of mine secretly brought tens of thousands of muskets and opened fire, so they were not afraid of running out of supplies. Food, ammunition, and ammunition are all prepared for three months. These soft-footed shrimps in Jingying can still come and go freely on their own.
"Your Majesty, Yang Fan, accepts the order." Yang Fan happily accepted the order.
"Okay! His Majesty did not misjudge you. You are a brave and resolute man."
"Father, do we still care about the prisoners and dirt here?" Yang Fan asked.
"Throw it all to Xu Xianchun, let him take over and wait for the handover outside the city. If there is a problem, he is the only one to ask. Humph!" At this time, the prince and his father-in-law moved in, and the whole temperament immediately changed. He looked bold and scolded Fang Qiu.
Yang Fanxin said that this move threw Xu Xianchun directly outside the city. If he dared to leave his post without permission and something happened, it would be his responsibility.
He threw away these burdens and headed straight for the imperial city with more than 3,000 people.
The dagger shows that this is the true purpose of the emperor.
Whether these criminals committed crimes or confiscated family property, they were nothing in the eyes of the emperor.
Orders were passed down one after another, ordering Xu Xianchun to stand by and set up camp on the spot.
Luo Yangxing led people to cooperate with Xu Xianchun in taking custody of prisoners and supplies.
The others waited where they were, awaiting further orders.
Then the Xinghe regiment reorganized their team, followed Wang Chengen across the bridge, and came to the gate of Wengcheng.
A young eunuch stood under the city gate and shouted in a sharp voice: "According to the holy instructions, the city gate will be opened immediately. The ceremonial supervisor, Wang Gonggong, will return to the capital to meet the saint."
After shouting several times, there was silence on the wall and no one answered. It was as if there was no one at Chaoyangmen at all.
Wang Chengen's face slowly became covered with a layer of frost.
We have arrived at the door of our house, and we are actually playing with our family. The dawn here is quiet.
Yang Fan's face was also ugly. He was so defensive day and night, but he still leaked the news. Although Jiu Qian was unable to escape the capital camp, there was still no problem in closing the city gate.
"B*tch, who is the bastard on duty at Chaoyang Gate today? If he doesn't come out and reply, our family will destroy all nine of his clans." Wang Chengen couldn't hold back his anger. shouted a shrill voice.
It was still quiet on the city wall, no sound at all.
Zhang Geda was furious, these bastards dared to leave the master here. He said loudly: "Master, I will pile gunpowder into the city gate and blow up this bastard."
Wang Chengen was shocked. Yang Fan's subordinates were actually these bastards. This was the imperial capital. It was a big deal that the city gates exploded with a bang.
"Wait a minute, this is the imperial capital, no one dares to make a mistake." Wang Chengen's father-in-law, who was the Supervisor of Ceremonies, immediately stopped him.
Since Yang Fan dares to take this job, he will not be afraid of offending others. If he is afraid of wolves before and tigers behind, taking this job is seeking death. Now it's time for a showdown, no worries, getting the situation under control is the top priority.
Don't open the door, just pretend to be a dead dog, hum.
"Bring me the big saw for logging and setting up camp." Yang Fan said coldly.
The city gate in front of me is covered with iron sheets. Nailed with copper nails. Looks very solid.
But there is a big gap between the two door panels.
After more than two hundred years, can there be no gaps?
City gates are generally made of relatively strong jujube or elm wood.
As long as the wood is used for a long time, it will deform. For example, if you use hardwood rosewood to make a pen holder, it will be round when it is first made. If you look at it after three to five years, it will become oval. This is because wood will deform over time.
Mahogany also has this virtue, let alone city gates. The newly made door leaf does fit perfectly, but after more than two hundred years, it has long been deformed.
The gap between the city gate panels is as small as an inch, and as large as a fist wide. With the door closed, we can see each other inside and outside.
Soon the big saw came.
This is a hacksaw ordered by Hyundai, with a one-and-a-half-meter-long hacksaw blade and a three-meter-long wooden handle. Six people can pull the saw together. The teeth of this big saw are shaped and each one is different. They are designed by computer and are very efficient. It only takes a few minutes to cut down a tree.
Yang Fan's regiment training, felling trees and setting up camp all depended on this thing.
Six big-bodied soldiers lifted up the big saw, stretched it directly into the crack of the door, and placed it on the one-foot-square hardwood door bolt covered with iron.
He started pulling up the big saw.
How could the iron sheet be stronger than the saw teeth of a hacksaw? A series of heart-wrenching sounds sounded in the clear morning. Sparks flew from the iron sheet. In a blink of an eye, the iron sheet was cut off and the wooden door bolts began to be sawed. Suddenly sawdust was flying.
Now the city gate no longer pretended to be dead, everything inside exploded, and there were frightened soldiers everywhere, running and shouting.
Yang Fan looked at Eunuch Wang, smiled softly, and said: "Don't worry, Eunuch, they won't open it, so we can open it ourselves. It won't be a big deal. There are five words floating in the sky, it doesn't matter."
