Xie Ting has been promoted to battalion commander at this moment. When he was in Fujian, he got the favor of Emperor Tongzhi. This guy's official career was prosperous and he climbed up step by step.
His team is responsible for the most important defense work in the south of the Forbidden City. The area from Duanmen of Meridian Gate to Tiananmen is his garrison territory.
The destination of the enemy's attack at this moment was Nanchizi, east of the Imperial Ancestral Temple. It could be reached across a small river, and it happened to be Xie Ting's defense area.
Fu Qing would not use this sharp knife unless he had to, but after hearing that something was wrong with the explosion, he had no other choice and immediately activated Xie Ting.
This is basically the last reserve force. The reserve forces from Wufeng Tower have been mobilized, which shows how tense the situation in the capital is.
"Enemies found ahead...free fire...cross cover..."
"The first company followed me and put bayonets on...the second company and the third company provided fire cover..."
After crossing the Feihong Bridge, there is the Changpu River. On the north bank is a large group of thugs who are beating, smashing, looting and burning. I can faintly see a yellow flag waving in the light of the fire.
Xie Ting was shocked and shouted inwardly, "What a fool! The traitors actually have flags. This is a blatant rebellion... Kill them without mercy!"
Under the flag is King Jinqi of Duoluokeqin County. He was originally a person with no great abilities, but after all, he was also a county king and only slightly lower than the prince, so the system of slaves passed down was still very large.
More and more thugs poured in from the gap opened in the southeast of the imperial city. Now there were two to three thousand people. King Jinqi of Keqin County also gathered four to five hundred slaves.
However, this kid is not very brave and dare not follow Prince Zheng and others to attack Donghua Gate, but he has been given the task of guarding this gap.
It is said that there is a gap in the defense, but it is actually a passive avoidance of the battle, hiding in the rear and waiting to pick peaches. Prince Zheng knew that this man was useless and could not be counted on, so he left it to him.
Trash is trash and there is really no hope for it. These hundreds of people are unique in that they don't know how to grab things.
This was originally the warehouse area of the Imperial City. The Sixth Ministry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs had warehouses here. This group of thugs searched for valuable things as if they were treasure hunting.
The door of a warehouse was kicked open with a bang, and everyone rushed in and took a look and shouted excitedly, "There is gold here...is this all gold?"
Prince Jinqi glanced at it and couldn't laugh or cry, "What bullshit gold, that's copper material...the best fine copper material. This is the warehouse of the Ministry of Personnel. These copper blocks are prepared for deep processing and polishing of official seals!"
ah! Only then did people suddenly realize that no wonder the color of the copper material was so bright and yellow, indicating that there were few impurities and no other metals were mixed with it. The official's seal must always be finer.
"This is also a good thing... grab it!" A group of people grabbed it like crazy.
The more I explore for treasures, the more I discover the depth of the imperial court's history. There are many things that these slaves don't know, and they have to rely on their masters to keep track of them.
"Master...My lord, look at it...what kind of silk is this? Why is it so fine?"
Jin Qi took a look and said, "Hmm... Good thing, these fine silks are all pressed on the edge of the memorial... Have you seen the memorial? Long live the imperial memorial... There should be a layer of fine silk on the outside of the cardboard box... …Just use this thing to make it…”
"Hey... you can take it if you want. It's a joke. It's the best material to make a window screen in summer..."
"Your Majesty... you have your eye on it! What kind of treasure is this... it's like sand..."
Jin Qi looked at the handful of white sand brought by his slaves and said quickly, "It's useless...the five-color soil of the Sheji altar...it is changed once a year. Why do you want the soil?"
Jin Qi finally got annoyed, "There's nothing interesting in these places... If you want to get rich, I'll take you to the porcelain warehouse in the north... According to me, there are a lot of porcelain from the Yuan and Ming dynasties collected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs!"
"If you collect one of those treasures, it will be enough for your family..."
"Your Majesty, a thousand years old!" The thugs cheered excitedly. Where can I find this master? Helping your slaves to get rich is worthy of following, and it is ten thousand times better than the mean and ungrateful Emperor Tongzhi.
But at this moment, there was a sudden sound of boots trampling from the west, and then across the Changpu River, a burst of gunshots rang out, and a large area of the thugs was immediately swept away!
"The new Yulin Army...it's the Yulin Army...shooting...beating..."
Crack...bang...crack...bang...
The thugs also fired various firearms, including the latest foreign guns and old muskets, and many bows and arrows flew over in the darkness.
Xie Ting's troops were the elite of the imperial army. How could they care about these smelly fish? Two companies of troops opened fire across the Changpu River and wiped out a large area immediately. Xie Ting led the first company of more than a hundred iron troops. He rushed over with a shining bayonet.
"Kill..." The cry of "kill" was earth-shattering. The thugs on the opposite side rushed over as soon as they saw a wall of people, and smashed their doors in front of them with a bang.
Many thugs had no time to react and were stabbed through the chest with several bayonets.
"Protect the prince...protect the prince...set fire...set fire to stop the bandit army..." The chaotic mob dragged the prince and fled north, throwing torches everywhere along the way.
You have to be careful about fire in the warehouse area. There are too many flammable materials stored here, including the screen windows used in the Forbidden City in summer and the fine silk covering the surface of the memorial.
Papers used for royal approval by the emperor, scraps stored in repairing rosewood furniture, and even some less important files stored by the Ministry of Household Affairs and Staff.
"Ouch... don't burn it over there... those are the files of the Ministry of Household Affairs..."
At this time, no one will listen to you, a county king. It is important for these thugs to save their lives. It is true that they set fire to stop the imperial guards.
Xie Ting angrily yelled, "You're selling my land! This is the palace, so many things are ruined... It's like thunder!"
"The civil war in the imperial court...you are killing and burning, aren't you destroying all your own things?"
After all, Xie Ting had never learned the nationalism courses of Chinese soldiers. How did he know that these Manchu bandits had never regarded Guan Nei as their hometown.
In their hearts, the Forbidden City has always been the territory of the Han people subconsciously, and they are just stealing it.
"Ignore the fire scene... chase the enemy... bite their tail..."
At this moment, a large number of thugs suddenly poured in from the gap in the southeast corner. They were already red-eyed and swarmed up when they saw Xie Ting and the others.
Xie Ting betrayed and divided half of his troops to block the gap. He rushed north with the first company of his sharp knife company.
Boom... boom boom... the sound of artillery suddenly came from the north, and Xie Ting secretly screamed, "It's bad... the enemy has reached Donghua Gate! Outflank, outflank..."
At this moment, the area near Dong'an Gate has turned into a Shura battlefield. Prince Zheng led thousands of thugs to bombard the defenders of Dong'an Gate. The three hundred defenders were pressed into the narrow area of the door by more than two thousand thugs.
Not only was there shelling, but another group of thugs outside Dong'an Gate were carrying huge logs and banging on the gate desperately. Dong'an Gate was being attacked from both inside and outside and was in danger.
