In the Ming Dynasty, the capital had nine inner gates and seven outer gates. Each gate was guarded by a thousand generals, which were called gate thousand generals. Equivalent to a current battalion commander, he could be in charge of up to 300 soldiers, down to 200 soldiers, and a sixth-grade military attache.
The sound of a big saw was heard. Hu Zu looked at Mr. Qian and felt that it was not sawing the bolts of the city gate, but his head.
I just received an order from Jiu Qian Sui that the city gates are not allowed to be opened. When will I get the order and when will I open the gate? From the early morning of that day, Jiu Qian Sui announced that all ninety-six city gates outside the capital will be under martial law. Cut off any personnel exchanges.
But just now he heard clearly that it was Wang Chengen, the eunuch beside His Majesty, who returned to the capital on orders to ask him to open the door. At that time, he was so frightened that his hair turned white.
He didn't know how to deal with this kind of fight between gods, so he had to hide and say nothing.
Now the troops below were using big saws to saw the bolts of the city gate, and he was completely panicked.
Order to fire? I don't dare to beat him to death.
That's the imperial envoy. If he attacks the imperial envoy, he will be punished by the Nine Tribes. When the time comes, Jiu Qian is not going to save him.
The big saw was not stopping at all, and Yang Fan and Wang Chengen were not afraid of attacks from the defenders on the city wall. The flags of the imperial envoys were all flying, and even if the guard general ordered an attack, the soldiers and officers would not obey.
There was a click and the door bolt broke.
Zhang Geda yelled: "Push the door open to Nai Gong and rush in. Kill these bastards."
There was a sound of gritted teeth, the heavy door was pushed open by the regiment trainers, and the soldiers in the city gate dispersed in fright.
"Disarm and don't kill, put your hands on your head," the team trainers shouted loudly.
The regiment trainers quickly rushed into Wengcheng, and Donkey shouted: "The imperial envoys have been ordered to return to the capital, and anyone who obstructs them will be killed."
No one dared to attack the imperial team.
But no one opened the city gate. Although there were officers and soldiers guarding the city gate, they were squatting in the corner and holding their heads, pretending to be dead dogs, trying their best not to be seen.
The big saw started sawing the city gate again, a clicking sound was heard, sawdust flew, and within a few minutes the city gate opened wide. The first thing the team trainers did after entering the city was to rush up the city wall along the horse path and quickly occupy the city gate, the wall and the arrow tower of the Wengcheng.
More than 150 defenders were taken into custody.
After a while, Lu Dan carried Mr. Hu Qian, who was shivering into a ball, and came to Wang Chengen, Yang Fan and Tu Shanyue.
"Kneel down, you bitch." Donkey Dan kicked him down.
Wang Chengen's face was so gloomy that he could squeeze out water, and he asked in a cold voice: "Who told you not to open the door to our house?"
"Imperial envoy, have mercy on me. It's not that the little ones don't open. It's Jiu Qiansui who ordered the entire city to be under martial law and cut off entry and exit. The little ones don't dare to open. It's not the little ones' fault!"
"It's not your fault. Hehe, let's ask you, do you think this Ming Dynasty is nine thousand years old or is His Majesty older?"
"Your Majesty is great, of course His Majesty is great." Mr. Hu Qian said tremblingly.
"You still know that His Majesty is big, so you bitch dare not open the door. I'll cut him off."
Donkey Dan looked at Yang Fan, who signaled not to move.
The Han general brought by Wang Chengen stepped forward and pushed Mr. Hu Qian to the ground. He raised the knife and dropped it, blood spurting all over the ground.
More than a hundred other officers and soldiers guarding the city were so frightened that everyone turned pale.
Seeing that Wang Chengen was on the verge of an explosion, Yang Fan persuaded him, "Eunuch, we can't delay any longer. Our troops need to be quick. We have to rush into the imperial city immediately. If it's too late, something might happen."
Wang Chengen suddenly came to his senses. It was not urgent to deal with these dogs, but it was more important to go to the imperial city quickly.
"Please father-in-law and I take four hundred cavalry to go ahead and seize Dong'an Gate first." Yang Fan suggested.
"Yes, it's important to enter the imperial city quickly. Everything is at your discretion." Wang Chengen knew that he didn't know how to organize troops, so he still listened to Yang Fan.
"Donkey Dan, take a veteran of the squadron and five hundred civilians to guard Chaoyang Gate for me. If there is any mistake, bring it up and see me." Yang Fan said sternly.
Donkey Dan trembled with fright. The master rarely spoke to him so harshly. Suddenly feeling the importance of this matter, he shouted: "Don't worry, sir, I am at the city gate."
"If you are no longer here, the city gate cannot be lost."
"Here!"
"Zhang Geda, you lead a large group of troops behind you and go straight to Dong'anmen. Once you arrive at Dong'anmen, you will immediately divide your troops to guard Chengtianmen, Xi'anmen and Di'anmen. Immediately enforce martial law and prohibit anyone from entering or leaving."
Zhang Geda yelled "Here"
Wang Chengen immediately waved his hand, and four small groups of Han generals joined Zhang Geda's team with the intention of taking over the four gates of the imperial city.
Immediately, Yang Fan, Tu Shanyue and Wang Chengen led 400 cavalry and more than 100 Han generals on horseback and rode towards Dong'anmen at full speed.
It was early in the morning, and there was no one on the street, so it was very fast. After entering Chaoyangmen, you will find Chaoyangmen Inner Street. Go all the way east to the intersection of Dongsi Road, then turn south, and after running for a while, you will arrive at the entrance of Jinyu Alley and enter At the end of the wide Jinyu Alley is Dong'anmen.
It's seven miles in total and can be reached in less than ten minutes on horseback.
When Wang Chengen arrived at Dong'anmen, he dismounted directly, took out his waist card and the imperial edict granting Xinghe Tuan Lian Jinyi Guards status to defend the imperial city.
Dong'anmen is the east gate of the imperial city.
According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, there were a total of 6863 officers and soldiers in the sixteen gates (3759 in the nine gates in the inner city and 3104 in the seven gates in the outer city). They were on duty in two shifts, with more than 200 officers in each gate. This is the deployment of troops at the city gates and walls.
The troops responsible for protecting the emperor were all within the four gates of the imperial city, including more than 8,000 troops guarding the Forbidden City.
The emperor's personal bodyguards included 1,507 Han generals in Jinyiwei and 2,500 red-helmeted generals from the Three Thousand Battalions. The fifth military camp has 3,000 forks, knives and guards.
Among the officers, there were 40 avant-garde officers with swords, 16 commanders in chief, 502 generals Mingjia, no fixed number of Xunwei cavalrymen, and 180 flag bearers and other guards with swords, for a total of more than 8,300 people.
There are 6 bodyguards in charge, of whom 1 is in charge of the generals of the Han Dynasty, the cavalrymen, and the knife-bearers of the advance guard of the imperial army; 1 is in charge of the fork and knife guard of the fifth military camp; 4 are in charge of the red helmets and Ming dynasties of the Sanqian (Shenshu) camp. General A. The bodyguards are served by the Duke, Hou, Bo, Prince Consort and other distinguished relatives.
However, these people guarding the imperial city are not on duty every day. They usually rotate every three to five days. There are about five hundred people on duty within the walls of the Imperial City every day.
They are scattered in the four gates of the imperial city, the altar of altar of sacrifice, the Taimiao temple and other places. They wait outside the Meridian Gate day and night, and watch the clock at night.
Among them, all the forks, knives and guards of the five military camps are staying in the imperial city.
The guard-in-charge follows a shift system, one per day. The Han general in charge of the royal guards and the fork-knife bearer are on duty every day.
There are twenty gates in total in the outer city, inner city, and imperial city. The total number of watch sergeants is approximately 15,000.
There are 72 guard posts outside the imperial city, and alarm bells are set up to transmit alarms. They are usually countless copper bells connected with hemp ropes. There were guarding soldiers inside the walls of the imperial city, between the walls of the imperial city and the Tongzi River, and outside the Tongzi River.
There are guard duty rooms built between the imperial city wall and Tongzi River and outside the Tongzi River. There are nearly a hundred duty rooms in total. Each duty room is manned by ten guards. If something happens to the guards between the imperial city wall and the Tongzi River, copper bells must be passed one after another to call the police.
It can be seen that the defense is tight, but now the Ming Dynasty has spent more than 260 years in the precarious situation, and the actual number is far lower than this prescribed number. The soldiers in the imperial city do not have to fight, have nothing to do, and can only earn three points if they are empty. Two or more.
The defense of the imperial city was basically completely depleted, with only the four imperial city gates still standing.
Today, the duty officer of the Dong'an Clan's bodyguard is Zhang Shize, the eldest grandson of the British Duke. His father, Zhang Zhiji, was with the cavalry team.
Yang Fan smiled when he saw the situation here. How could his son not open the door for his father? His Majesty had already planned it and specially arranged for Zhang Shize to be on duty last night.
