Can Dong Jishu stop the rebels? After the defeat of Mengruhu and Hudawei, Chongzhen lost his temper. Zuo Liangyu and the two tigers are now united, blocking the west side of Hongqiao.
The strength was only 1,800 men. Wang Jiayin took two thousand troops to Miao County to resist the rebels who occupied Xianghe County.
Now there are no other elite troops outside the capital except Dong Jishu of Tongzhou who has a thousand battalions.
The area under the jurisdiction of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty was called Shuntian Prefecture, and there were twenty-four guards in the states and counties under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture. Among them, there are five wards in Tongzhou, three wards each in Zhuolu, Zunhua and Jizhou, two wards each in Miyun and Sanhe, and one ward each in Liangxiang, Wuqing, Fengrun, Yutian, Xianghe and Pinggu.
In the 26th year of Hongwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty, in order to strengthen the defense force in the northern frontier, more than 6,000 troops were stationed in Tongzhou City, an important town in the east of Beijing. They were called Tongzhou Guards and were directly under the Ministry of War.
The Department of Health is located east of the southern part of North Street, facing south. In addition, Tongzhou left guard, Tongzhou right guard, Shenwu central guard and Dingbian guard were established in Tongzhou.
Together with the Tongzhou Guards, they are collectively known as the Tongzhou Five Guards. These guardsmen have long been out of use and can at best maintain local security.
The defense of Ji Town relies on a camp of 100,000 soldiers. It is these soldiers who are rebelling now.
"How many people can the Tongzhou Five Guards gather now?" Chongzhen asked. Li Banghua pondered for a moment and said: "The Tongzhou area has not experienced battles for a long time and its military equipment is weak. It is estimated that half of the people can be gathered at most." Half of the people are quite a lot. One guard has a quota of more than 6,000 people, and five guards have a quota of more than 30,000. Half of it is fifteen thousand.
"Immediately summon all the guardsmen and horses that can be summoned, and quickly go to Hongqiao to set up defenses to prevent the rebels from crossing the Chaobai River. The front line will be unified under the command of Zuo Liangyu." Chongzhen said decisively.
"In addition, summon the Three Rivers and Two Guards to immediately go south to Tongzhou to strengthen the city's defense." Chongzhen was not sure whether he could hold the Chaobai River, so Tongzhou was very important. It was the last barrier to the capital, and there was a large amount of food and supplies. All in Tongzhou.
Don't make any mistakes. Chongzhen wanted to send Zhou Yuji to lead the chariot camp, 6,000 Rumi gunmen, and 5,000 Jinyiwei cavalry to stop the rebels at the critical moment.
He believed that this armed force trained by Yang Fan and Zhang Shize could definitely defeat these rebels. But the capital was completely empty.
After all, the Beijing camp has gone to the northwest. Only the guardsmen were left in Shuntian Mansion. At this time, disaster was happening between the elbows and armpits of Xiao Qiang, and it was too late to mobilize the Great Wall border troops and the Xuanfu Town border troops.
It is said that Chongzhen still has some troops in his hands. Jinyiwei has fourteen guards in Beijing. It's a pity that they are all useless showpieces, and only 5,000 cavalry can really be dragged out to fight.
For more than two hundred years, the Jinyi Guardsmen are all the children of officials, children of meritorious officials, and children of honorable nobles.
Later, the maternal relatives also received a salary from Jinyiwei. Jin Yiwei has become the base camp of these guys.
In addition to the emperor's bodyguards, palace guards, Han generals, honor guards, Beizhen Fusi responsible for spy work, Nanzhen Fusi responsible for discipline and imperial edicts, etc.
Almost all other establishments are given to these people. There are five security forces in the capital. Soldiers and Horses Division + Jinyi Guards + Patrol Battalion + Fire Protection Armor + City Patrol Censor.
Each of the five military divisions has three to four hundred security soldiers. During the Jiajing Dynasty, the patrol camp had a total strength of 10,000 people and 5,000 horses.
However, the salary was astonishing, and there should actually be two to three thousand people. In the Ming Dynasty, every 10 households were called Jia, and the armor was as long as the armor; every 10 armors were called Bao, who kept everything upright.
The position of chief A is usually taken by each household in turn. It is a wasteful job of collecting food, collecting taxes and doing corvee work, and no one likes it. The chief security officer does not take turns, and is basically held by the local squire.
But by the end of the Ming Dynasty, these had ceased to exist in name only. Apart from tax collection, they basically had no public security function. But if we use the Baojia system to mobilize the people, we can still get some people to use as a personal field.
Each city patrol censor also has dozens of attendants, half of whom are samurai, otherwise the censor would not be able to carry out his work even if he is a scholar.
The emperor was a little hesitant. He was very eager to suppress the rebellion, but he did not dare to use the last field strength in his hands.
"Where is the Xinghe regiment training?" Chongzhen suddenly remembered the army that Yang Fan used to guard the palace.
He quickly turned around and asked Wang Chengen.
"Your Majesty, Uncle Dingyuan only took his servants to the northwest. Xinghe Tuanlian should still be stationed at his iron factory. He is responsible for protecting his iron mines and iron factory." Wang Chengen replied.
"Immediately six hundred miles away, Xinghe Tuanlian will arrive in Beijing." Chongzhen said hurriedly. At this time, he couldn't care less about being suspicious of Yang Fan.
The fire is imminent. At this time, I feel that Yang Fan is more trustworthy.
"Yes, I will send someone right now." Wang Chengen hurriedly went to arrange the arrangements. Everyone in Donglin looked at each other. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, the person Your Majesty trusted the most was Yang Fan.
In the early morning, Wang Da'an, the eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, took thirty officers of the Royal Guards and made a dusty journey to the new city.
He came to announce the decree, and the prince and his father-in-law told him to bring Xinghe Tuanlian back no matter what. At this time, rebels were looting everywhere, and Uncle Dingyuan also needed to protect his territory.
It is somewhat unjustifiable to transfer other people's private soldiers away at this time. However, Wang Gonggong issued a death order, so Wang Daan had no choice but to bite the bullet and come to talk to Mrs. Dingyuan Bo.
When Tu Shanyue was a girl, she served as the chief guard of hundreds of households for the princess in Prince Xin's Mansion. Wang Daan also believed in the old man of Wangfu.
We have worked together and are very familiar with each other. Since I have some face in front of Mrs. Dingyuan Bo.
This is why Wang Chengen asked him to come. They had already heard that Uncle Dingyuan built a new city on his own land.
I just haven’t seen it, but this time I came here to announce the decree, I finally saw it. But now that I actually arrived here, I was shocked by the majesty and size of this city.
The gray-white high walls are different from the walls of the Ming Dynasty City, and more like the thick high walls of the Imperial City.
The bottom is three meters thick and the height is twelve meters. The top is a semicircular roof with a width of only one foot. The cement is so slippery that it is hard to keep your hands. There are so many broken glass inlaid on it that no one can stand on it.
Wang Daan looked at Zhicu Yahuazi and thought that the city wall of Uncle Dingyuan was really interesting. There is no flat ground above. If a person cannot stand when he climbs up, he will have to fall down.
Twelve meters high is enough to kill you if you fall. Even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will be crippled. Although the city is very tall, it still does not violate taboos.
Because it was built like this, it was just a landlord's compound, not a city wall at all. It's just that the wall is thicker and higher.
There is a protruding watchtower every fifty meters on the wall. It is rectangular and two stories higher than the city wall. Half inside the wall, half outside the wall.
The lower three floors appear to be solid, while the upper five floors have firing ports and gun ports windows on all sides. There is no moat outside the wall.
The vast flat land was planted with thorny shrubs hundreds of meters wide. It makes it difficult for humans and animals to approach. So, it looks like this is a landlord's compound, but it's too big.
The censor wanted to find fault and impeachment, but he couldn't find a place to start. Although the walls look different, the four city gates all have urns and towers, and they are magnificently built.
It is more beautiful than the capital city. After reporting their identities, even though it was not time to open the door, the servants who guarded the city opened the city gate and let these officials in.
As soon as they entered the city, the group's eyes couldn't see enough. It's still dark, but the roads are brightly lit.
Rows of street lights illuminate the streets very brightly. The ground is made of cement-hardened pavement, as flat as a grindstone.
There was not a single clean leaf on the road. They were used to the smelly roadside ditches in this era and the garbage still on the street.
Flies and mosquitoes flying around, and children peeing and defecating everywhere. This is the first time I have seen such a clean city.
On the road, the trees on both sides emit the unique fragrance of the morning. Good air makes your lungs very comfortable.
There are already traders who got up early and began to remove the sealing boards and prepare for business. Although the people here are not dressed luxuriously, they are all clean and have confidence and smiles on their faces. The neighbors say hello with a smile.
This peaceful atmosphere does not seem to be the same as in the Ming Dynasty. Looking at these people, they were in a daze. Wang Daan sighed, this place is really a paradise, even in the capital, there is no such peaceful atmosphere.
Entering the city, there are three or four-story small buildings along the street on both sides of the street. The style of these small buildings is somewhat similar to the style of Western arcades during the Republic of China period.
The ground floor is higher, with a corridor more than three meters wide outside, and above the corridor is the second-floor walkway. When customers come out of the shop on the ground floor, there is a large connected corridor, so they are not afraid of rain.
Lao Hu, the servant who took them to the Yang Mansion, was already used to the surprised expressions of guests coming here for the first time.
As he led the way on horseback, he said: "So that the angels will know that at this time, the ladies are still resting. Please arrive at the house in a while and wait in the living room. The younger one, please ask Manager Mei from the inner courtyard to call Wake up, madam." Wang Da'an wiped his sweat and said, "It doesn't matter, we came too early." Now there was a little fish belly white on the horizon. At this moment, the Uchimaki of the wealthy family must be sleeping.
Who can get up so early for nothing? The group entered the mansion and went directly to the lobby. When the steward Zhao Fu heard that the angel was coming, he immediately got dressed and ran to receive him.
At the same time, someone went to inform Aunt Mei to wake up the madam. While arranging the kitchen to serve breakfast to Wang Daan and Jin Yiwei.
The kitchen of Yang Mansion was up at three o'clock in the morning. They need to make breakfast in advance. After all, people in this mansion get up to work at five o'clock.
The canteen must provide breakfast.
"My father-in-law and your lords, please wash your faces first, drink some hot tea, and eat some breakfast. Madam will come to receive the order in a moment." Zhao Fu said.
Wang Da'an knew that Mrs. Tushan was a second-grade imperial concubine, and she had to wear a formal dress and display incense to receive the imperial edict. And tossing it.
You have to put on makeup when you wake up so early, otherwise it will be disrespectful to the imperial edict. You can't come to receive orders with unkempt hair.
This time is not short, enough to wash up and eat something.
"Your Majesty's affairs are very urgent, and you have nothing to do. How can you eat so well?" Wang Da'an declined. But he and the rest of the Jin Yiwei team traveled in the middle of the night.
People kept changing horses all the way, and they were already exhausted. I saw that the long table in the west flower hall of the lobby was filled with food.
I really couldn't bear it anymore. Tofu curd, fried dough sticks, steamed buns, siu mai, fried liver, wontons, and egg custard.
Cold cuts of meat, steaming milk and coffee. Looking at the long snow-white table, the exquisite tableware, and the fragrant breakfast.
Suddenly my stomach growled.
