I am finally out of the control of that unfilial son!
When the carriage drove into the west gate of Tianjin Acropolis, Emperor Chongzhen was really relieved. From the time of the Huangji Sect incident until just now, his life has been held in the palm of his son's hand! You never know when you will die of food poisoning!
So these days, he really couldn't eat or sleep soundly. He didn't dare to touch the food that Wu Xiang and Huang Dabao had people bring to them. But people are like iron, and rice is like steel. If you don't eat for one meal, you won't starve to death, but if you don't eat for a few days, you won't be able to bear it. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen later had to ask Empress Zhou for stuttering.
When the food was delivered, he looked worried about the country and the people to the point of losing his appetite, so he left Zhou Hou to eat alone. After a few weeks, I had almost eaten, and there was no sign of food poisoning. He then ate the leftovers... An emperor, because he was afraid of food poisoning, picked up the leftovers of the queen and ate them, and even said that he was practicing frugality in the face of a national crisis. It’s not easy!
But now it's better. The people who protect him when he enters the Tianjin Acropolis are not the soldiers of the Seventh Battalion controlled by the prince, but the troops of the loyal minister Cao Youyi and the good eunuch Cao Huachun. Although there were only 3,000 people, it was enough for Chongzhen to protect himself.
In addition, there are 4,000 elite soldiers in Tianjin Town Army and Tianjin Patrol Army! Cao Huachun also had 1,500 brave rural soldiers escorting the people and their families who had followed Wang Qingtuo outside the city.
In other words, Emperor Chongzhen felt that he could control as many as 8,500 troops, which exceeded the 7,000 men under the prince's command. He had the upper hand in terms of numbers! But how to seize power? Now that the Ming Dynasty is like this, it's not suitable for a father-son battle, right? Will there be a Ming Dynasty after the war is over?
If there is no war... Zhu Cixiang's methods of deceiving people are too powerful, and he has a lot of money and the support of traitorous officials in the court. It will not be easy to regain power!
Just when he was thinking about how to launch an attack and force his son to hand over his military power and money, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly heard a heartbreaking cry: "Open the Qianjin Gate! Release the Qianjin Gate quickly..."
yes! Open the Qianjin gate and block that bastard Cixun outside the city! This is a good idea! Chongzhen clapped his hands, and just when he was about to applaud this method, a shout that almost frightened Emperor Chongzhen's soul suddenly sounded.
"Welcome to King Chuang! King Chuang's soldiers are here! Welcome to King Chuang..."
The king's soldiers have arrived? How can this be?
Emperor Chongzhen quickly opened the car curtain in front of him and looked out. What caught his eye was a waving red flag. The red flag was embroidered with the word "Chuang" in Douda, which was the military flag of Chuang King Li Zicheng!
The person waving the flag was a strong man with sideburns, his voice was like a bell, and he roared: "Catch the faint king, welcome the king of Chuang..."
Surrounding the strong man were all strong men in white hats and blue clothes, holding spears, swords and shields, forming a battle formation.
Cao Huachun, who had long served as the eunuch of the Jingying camp, recognized at a glance that the group of rebels who came out of nowhere were the old soldiers of King Chuang!
The old eunuch screamed: "Your Majesty, this is a rebellious old soldier..."
After all, Cao Youyi is a veteran general who has experienced battles for a long time. He is much calmer than Cao Huachun, who has never been on the battlefield. Faced with the sudden change, he immediately shouted: "Protect! Protect!"
Someone actually listened to his greeting!
The servants of the Cao family who guarded Chongzhen's chariot were quite capable. They immediately picked up the chariot and surrounded the chariot and horses shared by Emperor Chongzhen and the Queen of Zhou. Cao Youyi himself let out a loud cry and pulled out a waist knife. The light of the sword is like snow, which is eye-catching. After drawing the sword, he immediately rushed to cover himself in front of Emperor Chongzhen: "With Cao here, who dares to touch His Majesty?"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone shouted loudly: "I dare you!"
This shout came from the second-floor window of a restaurant on the right side of Cao Youyi. Cao Youyi turned around and saw Tianjin Bingbei Daoyuan Yuzong standing there. This guy was originally waiting for him outside the city. I don’t know when. He sneaked into the city and set up an ambush. A large number of archers also appeared on both sides of the street, and everyone had their bows and arrows ready.
"Do it!"
As Yuan Yuzong shouted loudly, arrows rained down immediately on Weiximen Street in Tianjin!
Cao Youyi reacted quickly and pulled Emperor Chongzhen out of the carriage before Yuan Yuzong could say the word "do it". The surrounding Cao family servants had already set up shields to protect Chongzhen. Then Cao Youyi did not care about the defense of men and women, and took out the Queen Zhou who was so frightened that she screamed, and threw it to the two palace maids Wei Qinghui and Wu Wanrong. The two old girls and the palace maids were loyal and used their bodies regardless of the danger. Protected Queen Zhou. Cao Huachun also reacted, quickly grabbed a shield, rushed to the three women, and covered them with the shield. This allowed Zhou Hou to save his life and avoid being shot into a hedgehog.
However, some of the nobles, chamberlains, palace servants following Chongzhen and Zhou Hou's carriages, as well as Cao Huachun's servants who had no armor to wear, and the Chinese soldiers under Cao Youyi were not so lucky. Immediately, he was hit by a falling arrowhead!
After the rain of arrows, more ambush soldiers rushed out from the alleys on both sides of Ximen Street, all wearing the Ming army's mandarin duck war coats, but with white cloth wrapped around their heads to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. Some of the soldiers under Cao Youyi and Cao Huachun also responded in time, and they also waved their weapons and faced them! The two sides were immediately entangled, their weapons clashed, and screams and curses immediately mixed together!
Many people even rushed towards Cao Youyi, but were chopped down by General Cao's soldiers with their swords. Yang Weihan also pulled out the long knife from his waist, and led a group of servants to fight out of a small alley, heading straight for the location of Emperor Chongzhen. The people who set up an ambush in the Tianjin Acropolis today were the 1,000 patrolmen he led plus the 300 or 400 people of Hao Yaoqi. The number is not large, only half of that of Cao Youyi and Cao Huachun. But they were prepared and unprepared, and they had the concept of "the arrival of the king's soldiers", so their morale was much higher than that of Ercao's people. They killed Er Cao's soldiers immediately and were caught off guard. They screamed repeatedly. I don't know how many of Er Cao's confidants fell down covered in blood!
Over there, Cao Youyi and Cao Huachun were already protecting Chongzhen and Queen Zhou as they retreated towards the city gate. But at the Tianjin Wei Dongmen entrance, the shouts of killing also started. It turned out that Jin Bin and Lou Guangxian were fighting with a hundred servants and Ercao's soldiers.
The cry of "open the gate" just now was Jin Bin's voice. Fortunately, the dozens of patrolling soldiers guarding the city tower listened to his words and released the Qianjin gate in time. Otherwise, Zhu Cixi would have asked Wu Xiang and Wu Sanfu to come in with the soldiers!
However, the Thousand Jin Gate made of thick wooden boards alone could not stop Zhu Cixi for too long. If Chongzhen could not be captured before the Thousand Jin Gate was broken through, the situation would take a turn for the worse.
The two thieves Jin Bin and Lou Guangxian also took the risk and personally led the team to fight and rushed to the front. However, their charge was quickly blocked. It turned out to be Feng Yuanyang, the governor of Tianjin, who went crazy. The old man held a three-foot green sword in his hand, stood in the middle of the street, and shouted loudly: "Brothers who have received the silver reward from Master Qiantose, I have to hold it back! There are still 50 acres of paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River... fight with the traitors!" "
Hearing his roar, the panicked soldiers of the Tianjin Chinese Army cheered up. Each wielding their swords and spears, they rushed towards Jin Bin and Lou Guang. Although these are ordinary soldiers whose martial arts skills are not as good as those of Jin and Lou's servants, there are so many of them that they can block Jin and Lou!
At the east end of Ximen Long Street, Hao Yaoqi had already led hundreds of old soldiers from the Dashun Army to fight over. The combat effectiveness of Dashun's old battalion soldiers was not comparable to that of Wu Sangui's retainers, but it was comparable to that of ordinary Ming army generals' retainers. Moreover, Dashun had just captured Beijing, and Chongzhen Hunjun was about to be killed by them again. Therefore, each of them has the momentum to sweep through thousands of armies and conquer the world. When they charge, Cao Youyi and Cao Huachun's men cannot resist.
In addition, Hao Yaoqi was better at using troops than Cao Youyi. Although he only had three to four hundred men under his command, he still formed a wedge-shaped assault formation. Hao Yaoqi himself was holding a dropped sword (a three-pointed two-edged sword) and rushed at the top of the wedge formation. A dropped knife, slashing left and right, was unstoppable. The Ming soldiers who stood in front of him retreated a little slower, and were killed by him on the spot, with blood splattering on the street!
