Walking out of Cining Palace, Pei Dahu and Wu Xiao led more than 300 imperial guards to greet him outside the palace. Lin Yu took people out to persuade them to make peace.
The two large stone lions at the entrance of Cining Palace were illuminated by the fire, and they seemed to be injured and bleeding.
Looking around, there were flames outside the Taisho Palace. There were shouts of people and horses neighing and the explosion of firecrackers. Occasionally, the screams of soldiers could be heard. The palace was in a mess.
"I just came out and we started fighting so soon?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Both sides are refusing to give in and cannot be persuaded."
Before Pei Dahu could finish speaking, Liu Zhaosun clenched his fist fiercely and punched the stone lion next to him.
There was a loud bang, and half of the stone lion's head was smashed off. The lion's body tilted and fell to the ground.
Everyone stared blankly at the scene in front of them. The Supreme Emperor looked like a demigod, but they did not expect to be so brave.
The guards were all horrified, and some began to think about whether they would protect the Supreme Emperor, or the Supreme Emperor would protect them when the rebels stormed into the palace.
Pei Dahu came forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, Lin Yu just went out and didn't persuade him to stop..."
"He's so clumsy and tongue-tied, it's amazing that he can be persuaded!"
Wu Xiao also explained: "Your Majesty, the rebels are strong, and only Lin Yu can go out and fight for a while."
"Is he dead?"
"I don't know yet."
Liu Zhaosun was distraught. He did not expect that the situation would suddenly deteriorate to this point.
"What troops are currently involved in the fight?"
Pei Dahu said quickly: "The total number of Jin Yinghe's soldiers, Zheng Yishi's soldiers, Yang Tong's Zhenfu soldiers, and the Japanese soldiers brought by Chen Xin from Shandong does not exceed 3,000."
According to Da Qi's decree, the chief officers of each army regiment cannot bring more than a thousand soldiers and horses when they go to Beijing to meet the emperor.
"Yang Tong is here to cause trouble too!"
"Where is Senti now?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Instructor Sen went to the Guangjimen Camp yesterday to give training to the new recruits. He couldn't return in time and was blocked outside the city."
The Supreme Emperor glanced at Wu Xiao and continued to ask: "Where are Zhang Mazi and Liu Xingzuo? They are still intelligence chiefs after all. The rebels have already reached the door of their house and they don't know yet!"
Wu Xiao and Pei Dahu looked at each other and said hesitantly: "Back to Your Majesty, Zhang Dong and Deng Changxiong are together, Liu Xingzuo is now with Yang Tong..."
"Where are the other civil and military officials?"
"Except for Governor Chen and Mr. Kang who are outside, no one else is here."
Liu Zhaosun nodded, the situation was slightly better than he expected.
"Let's go out with me and take a look,"
Pei Dahu hurriedly stopped him. It was a mess outside, with thousands of rebels, and they might have brought artillery. He was worried that both sides were red-blooded and did not care about whether the emperor or the emperor was not the emperor. If one cannon came over, everything would be over.
"Your Majesty, it's better not to go out. When Deng Changxiong and others come with their troops, they will be able to put down the rebellion soon. The rebels on both sides only have more than a thousand people, but we have tens of thousands of troops."
When Liu Zhaosun heard this, he suddenly became furious and picked up Pei Dahu with one hand like a chicken:
"What did you say? Wait a minute, there are cannons and cannons fired outside right now. Every minute and every second, my soldiers are dying!"
Wu Xiao was also advising: "Your Majesty, please don't go out."
"Get out of the way. They are not rebels outside. They are all my brothers. They cannot die anymore. If you are afraid of death, just hide behind me!"
Wu Xiao pulled out his long sword and stood in front of the demigod, refusing to give in.
The Supreme Emperor was too lazy to talk to the two of them. With a wave of his arm, he pushed Wu Xiao and Pei Dahu away. He took three steps and two steps at a time. He went up and kicked the pillars piled behind the palace gate. He stepped down with two or three feet. A dozen giant trees as thick as the mouth of a bowl were all covered. break. "Ahhhhh!"
He grabbed the doorframe with both hands and stretched his arms hard. Hearing the sound of kacha, the door was being torn down.
The Imperial Guards seemed to be in a state of intoxication until a blazing fire appeared in their field of vision, and a dense rain of arrows shot towards them. Pei Dahu reminded his men to raise their shields to block.
The arrow hit the round shield of the Imperial Guard, making a clanging sound. After the wave of arrows passed, when he looked up again, Emperor Wu Ding was already standing outside the palace gate, facing the chaos of soldiers and horses with arrows flying everywhere. On the battlefield, he shouted:
"Gene Era"
"Everyone stop it! Stop it!"
The firelight in the sky illuminated the golden armor on Liu Zhaosun's body. He held the 50-kilogram Liquan Divine Spear in his left hand, and held the Cining Palace Gate in his right hand, which weighed several hundred kilograms. The muscles in his body swelled and his bones made a kachacha sound. With the sound of friction, the nine-foot-tall body stood in front of the palace gate, attracting everyone's attention at once.
It is no exaggeration to say that a god descended to earth.
Several cold arrows flew toward the palace gate. Liu Zhaosun broke the heavy arrow into two pieces with a wave of his finger. The arrow feathers fell lightly at the feet of the Supreme Emperor like snowflakes.
"Everyone! Give! I! Stop! Hands!"
The demigod let out a loud roar, and Wu Xiao felt that his ears were about to be deafened. The armor leaves of the rebels rushing towards the front row were clanging, and the shields of several sword and shield soldiers did not hold enough, so they flew out.
In the distance, the musketeers from both sides who were lining up to shoot at each other suddenly stopped and were restrained by a huge roar. When Liu Zhaosun roared for the second time, there was only a clatter, and almost all the musketeers dropped their muskets. On the ground.
The biting cold wind slapped people's faces, and the rain had stopped.
Under the night sky, torches burned brightly, faintly illuminating the flags of each team.
The surroundings suddenly became deathly silent, except for the dozens of injured and undead soldiers in the middle of the two warring positions, still letting out low groans.
Several troops and horses that had just arrived stood at a distance and did not step forward immediately.
After a while, three or four messengers with triangular black flags on their backs passed through the central position of the two warring parties and ran straight towards Cining Palace.
"It's Deng Changxiong, Qi Jin, Pu Gang, and Wang Zengbin. They all came to rescue us. Look, the Black Tiger Flag and the Black Dragon Antelope Flag."
The one with the best eyesight among the guards pointed at the messenger running towards this direction and shouted excitedly.
The four messengers quickly ran to the Supreme Emperor and reported loudly in front of thousands of people:
"Your Majesty! The main force of 8,000 men from the First Corps, 3,000 men from the Second Corps, 3,000 men from the Third Corps, and 4,000 men from the Fifth Corps... have all entered the inner city of Shenyang and blocked the city gates. The division's main battleship blocked the ports in Liaonan, and its guns pointed at fortresses such as Jinzhou and Lushun. Commander Deng and Commander Wu asked Your Majesty what to do next."
The messenger from the Taishang Dynasty waved his hand and said loudly: "Order all ministries to stay where they are and not to move without permission!"
"yes!"
The appearance of messengers from several large corps caused the originally hesitant rebels to completely collapse.
In a moment, except for the few chief officials who advocated "King Qin" and "quelling the chaos", the others immediately put down their weapons and squatted on the spot waiting for punishment.
At this time, a thin official passed through the crowd and hurried towards the Supreme Emperor.
Liu Zhaosun could tell at a glance that it was Dongguan Zai who had been absent for a long time. The Emperor's eyelids moved slightly, and there was a hint of murderous intent on his face that was not easy to detect.
This time, the Supreme Emperor did not wait for the instructor to come over and lecture. He faced the rebels and said loudly:
"Commanders and flag generals of each team, come out!"
A dozen officers came out sparsely on both sides, and a few were injured.
"Rescue our wounded soldiers. From now on, anyone who dares to kill anyone again will be executed immediately!"
Take action immediately.
Jin Yinghe's familiar voice came from the dark night.
"That's what happened today. I will kill the traitor for Your Majesty, and I will have no regrets even if I die!"
Two people also stood up from the opposite camp, one was Chen Xin and the other was Zheng Yishi.
"I ask your majesty to kill the rebels. If you don't, the reform will be impossible and the Qi Dynasty will be destroyed! Please kill Jin Yinghe and Yang Tong and find out their accomplices! Catch them all!"
Liu Zhaosun took the trumpet handed by Sen Ti and shouted loudly to the soldiers in the front row:
"You are passionate and loyal for the sake of the country of Daqi. When I was in Cining Palace, no one attacked the palace gate. I know that you have no second thoughts! What happened today was all planned by a few young people behind the scenes. Daqi The soldiers killed each other, and blood flowed like rivers! I will investigate this account in detail! The soldiers dispersed and returned to their camps! The wounded soldiers will be dealt with by the imperial guards."
The soldiers who dropped their weapons stared blankly at the gate of Cining Palace and the god-like Supreme Emperor. After a moment, people shouted in unison:
"Long live our emperor! Long live Daqi!"
Liu Zhaosun turned around and said to the imperial guards:
"Pei Dahu and Wu Xiao! Take people to place the wounded soldiers. Lin Yu, arrest the chief officers on both sides!"
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At the first quarter of the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month in the fourth year of Taichu, the cabinet, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, the Military and Horse Department of the Five Cities, the Royal Guards, the Coil Guards, and the chief officers or adjutants of the Zhenfu soldiers all rushed to the Shenyang Palace to report the situation to the Supreme Emperor. .
Including Zhang Dong, no one had ever seen this formation before.
Throughout the night, the conservatives and radicals launched a bloody vendetta to the death. In addition to Cining Palace, killings occurred in many places...
A rough estimate is that at least six thousand people died.
Zhang Dong was so frightened that there was no trace of blood on his lips. He was not afraid of death. As the leader of the Rain Guards and the top leader of the empire's intelligence, it was no longer justifiable to be dismissed for such a big mistake.
The great cause of the empire, just because of this chaos, will go back for who knows how many years. This is what makes Zhang Mazi feel terrible.
Zhang Dong bit the bullet and told the Supreme Emperor, the chief assistant (Lu Xiangsheng), the commander of the Imperial Guard Pei Dahu, and the commander of the Second Corps Deng Changxiong about the approximate casualties he had just counted.
Zhang Mazi told the Supreme Emperor and his confidants that last night, many yamen, from the coir guards to the six departments, were involved in the battle between radicals and conservatives. It is estimated that at least 20% of the officials were killed or disappeared in the chaos.
Liu Zhaosun put down the blood-stained memorial, waved away Zhang Mazi, stared blankly at the ground, then covered his face with his hands and sobbed softly.
The ministers all had blood-red eyes, having just experienced an unforgettable sleepless night.
After an unknown amount of time, Liu Zhaosun loosened his fingers, opened his bloodshot eyes wide, looked at the surviving civil and military officials in the hall, and loudly announced to everyone:
"This is an unprecedented and ominous move! Daqi, we have reached the most dangerous moment! We must immediately calm down all disputes and let the army and chamber of commerce return to normal! We will talk about other things later!"
