Empress Zhou suddenly remembered the famous "Chenqiao Mutiny" in history. Although she lived in the back palace, she still knew the outline of this historical event.
Later Zhou Shizong Chai Rong died of illness, and his fourth son Chai Zongxun succeeded as Emperor Zhou Gong. As a result, when the young emperor was seven years old, the "Chenqiao Mutiny" broke out. The palace in charge of the imperial army inspected Zhao Kuangyin for usurping the throne.
Although the mother and son of the Chai family did not die because of this, they were given "iron certificates of elixirs" by the new emperor to ensure that their descendants would be prosperous and wealthy. However, Chai Zongxun, who served as King Zheng, died young at the age of twenty.
Hearing the rumble of cannons from afar, Empress Zhou couldn't help but think of the tragic ending of the Palace of Blood. She would inevitably feel a little desolate and sad in her heart. She hoped that Huang Degong and other generals would remember the holy family of the past and be relied on by their mother and son. .
"Your Majesty, Sun Yingyuan, the Governor of the Beijing Camp, was shot by an arrow and fell from his horse while being pursued by enemy soldiers. He was seriously injured and is now awaiting orders outside the palace!"
Yaoji got such good news just after sending away his beautiful biological mother who was frightened by the mutiny.
Regardless of the rebellion that broke out in the Beijing camp, Sun Yingyuan was almost killed. Tonight was really an auspicious day for losing troops and generals.
I heard from the chamberlain that the injury was very serious, and I didn't know if he could be saved, otherwise it would be fine if he was surrounded, and a general was lost.
"Bring Sun Aiqing in quickly and send the imperial doctor over for treatment!"
The chamberlains hurriedly put the injured person on the stretcher, and then carried him to the East Palace in small steps. They were followed by several generals who entered the palace to meet the emperor. After all, they had directly killed the main general, and they had to explain all the causes and consequences. Just be clear.
"what is going on?"
Yaoji looked at Sun Yingyuan, who was already in a coma. The chest armor was almost stained red with blood. If he lost a lot of blood, his life would be at risk.
The generals knelt on the ground, and the leader clasped his fists and reported: "Your Majesty, the Suoyan tribe of the Jingying camp launched a rebellion in the name of 'Ying Xiao' and attacked the governor's tent. The rebels colluded with each other and gathered more and more, and the enemy was defeated. I was a widower and the governor could not survive, so he had to lead us back to the city to ask for help. However, we did not want to encounter the defenders firing arrows in the outer city. When we turned to the north of the city, we encountered pursuers who were robbing and killing us. Finally, we passed the Chaoyang Gate guarded by the Yongwei Battalion. Only then was he able to enter the city to meet the saint. Unfortunately, the Governor was struck by an arrow when he was escaping from the pursuers, and was knocked down from his horse. Later, he was suddenly attacked and injured in the crotch. I hope that His Highness will be kind and save you. I will not be able to protect you, so I am willing to accept His Highness's punishment!"
"The general will be guilty!"
"The last general is also guilty!"
Hearing the messy pleas for guilt, Yaoji impatiently stopped in time: "Okay! I have summoned the imperial doctor to treat Sun Aiqing. The soldiers who escaped from the rebel army are all our loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. What crime is there? If so. The injured can be treated together. Now that we are facing a powerful enemy, I still want to punish you. Isn’t this a king who has no regard for priorities? If the generals are in good health and are willing to kill the enemy, they can follow the orders of General Huang Degong."
I heard from the chamberlain that there were still more than a hundred people in the remnants brought out by Sun Yingyuan, all of whom were personal guards he had trained. Although there were not many of them, they were rare elites in the Yongwei camp, and they were good for holding on to.
"Your Highness is wise and generous. I will thank you for not killing me!"
The prince did not punish him, so everyone was naturally grateful. If they wanted to take revenge, they must work with Mr. Huang to fight the rebels to the death.
All the generals were dissatisfied when they were successfully attacked by a group of rioters. If they didn't save their face, they would have trouble sleeping and eating. Not to mention that the governor was injured by the thieves. He vowed not to avenge this revenge.
"Alright, I know that the generals are loyal and loyal. Let the injured receive treatment from the imperial doctor first. Those who are healthy can have a meal near the Meridian Gate. Eat and drink well before defeating the rebels!"
Yaoji could see that although everyone had high fighting spirit and bright eyes, they were gradually showing signs of fatigue. After all, it was not easy to fight and run away in the middle of the night. After replenishing their physical strength, it would not be too late to fight back.
First let Fang Zhenghua go with Huang Degong to the south city wall to see how the battle is going. Yaoji wants to know the specific situation and cannot always just listen to the general idea. This way he can mobilize his troops and arrange corresponding targeted tactics.
After a while, the imperial doctor came to report the injury: "Your Highness, Governor Sun is seriously injured. I have tried my best. Whether the danger can be saved depends on whether Governor Sun can survive the disaster. It's just..."
"But it doesn't matter!"
"It's just... Even if Governor Sun saves his life, it will be difficult for him to do... husband and wife things in the future! He just can't... enter Taoism!"
Doctor Tai was afraid that the prince would not understand that aspect because of his young age, so he changed his explanation and hoped that the prince would understand.
"Well, thank you for your work. Come and give me a reward!"
Well, after Sun Yingyuan recovers from his injury, he can be with "Eastern Failure". This is really a fate that cripples people.
In the Dazhan Dynasty, there were West Factory, East Factory, and Inner Factory. Do you want to open another North Factory or something? ? ?
Arm the North Factory!
This name takes into account both heritage and innovation!
A field force directly commanded by the eunuch!
The chief officer is Sun Yingyuan, the imperial envoy governor and eunuch serving at the Beichang Official School...
This is so funny!
It doesn’t matter if you don’t accept it!
I’m sure the blame dad will love it so much that he’ll roll his eyes!
It seems that I really lack such a force. With Sun Yingyuan in charge of the army, I can completely use Beichang as my trump card. At least it will be no less than the Yongwei Battalion in terms of strength and equipment.
First set up an infantry, cavalry, and vehicle battalion, plus airships and logistics support units, with a total strength of 20,000. If you train this few people, you can still afford it with the money in your pocket. At worst, all the prisoners in the Beijing camp will go to the mountains. The mining is done.
Are you overthinking it again? Before the battle was won, they arranged work for the other party. Now they were almost hungry for the money in the imperial city. They didn't expect that the role of money would be so significant, and it could stimulate Zhan Wuzha to the point of risking his life.
"I don't dare! I don't dare! This is a matter within my official position, so I don't dare..."
"My beloved, you came to rescue the wounded late at night. Your merits are very high. The reward is a natural one. There is no need to refuse!"
Thousands of troops are easy to come by, but one general is hard to find. As long as Sun Yingyuan can be saved, spending hundreds of taels of silver on the imperial doctors is not a big deal at all.
Yaoji stopped looking at the injured area to avoid nausea. Unexpectedly, a famous general of a generation would become "Sun Banban"...
Just as the imperial doctor said, Sun Yingyuan will not be able to return to the Yongwei camp after he recovers from his injury, and he is not suitable as a supervisor.
There are too many people who know the inside story, and there is no way to keep this kind of thing a secret. Maybe I really want to open a North Factory.
No matter how good this is, he is definitely not the only one who has suffered unspeakable harm on the battlefield. If he continues to stay in the old army, he will inevitably be laughed at. No one can bear it if he is often pointed at. With Beichang, everyone can have someone. A place to stay.
But there is no need to worry about this. The injury in that area will take half a year to recover. During this time, let the miners in the Beijing camp dig out the military expenses needed by the North Factory. If they can’t dig out, they will behead them. Anyway, there will be no more in the future. The number is "Jingying".
Zhu Laoliu Stinky Tofu and Zhu Laosi Tofu, as well as Yu Qianyu Shaobao, who likes smoking, drinking, and perming his hair, would never have thought that the Beijing camp that was once used to protect the capital would one day counterattack and attempt to capture the imperial capital. They plundered and even wanted to change the dynasty.
"How's the battle going?"
Huang Degong braved the flying shells and arrows and came to Chongwenmen to inspect the position. The sky was filled with smoke, the shouts of killing resounded through the sky, and countless oil lamps and torches illuminated the place like dusk.
Looking around, the rebel soldiers crowded below the city were as numerous as a swarm of ants, and they were in disarray. However, dozens of engineering ladders were standing clearly, and hundreds of soldiers could be seen climbing up non-stop.
There was no need to ask too much about the little flashes of fire in the distance. Combined with the sound they made, one could tell that they were the rebels' firecrackers. It was most likely that the rebellious Shenji Battalion was openly firing at the city.
"Headquarters?"
Lieutenant General Zhang Yilong was supervising the battle while holding a sword that had been stained red by the blood of the rebel soldiers. When he saw Huang Degong approaching, he was stunned and then hurriedly cupped his fists and saluted.
"I will ask you how the battle is going, answer truthfully!"
Huang Degong was not patrolling alone this time. He was surrounded by Fang Zhenghua, so he could not express his opinions preconceivedly, lest he be misunderstood and spread to Sheng Cong.
Zhang Yilong also suddenly saw that the general was accompanied by Fang Zhenghua, the admiral of the East Factory. He immediately understood that this was a relative sent by the prince, and respectfully reported back: "General, the governor, the rebels launched four attacks, and they were all defeated by our troops. To retreat, they just relied on their large numbers to launch attacks on the city head in the Chongwenmen and Corner Tower area. They already had fewer troops and needed to defend the entire south wall of the inner city. The general did not dare to send troops to assist in the defense, so it was inevitable here. Some are stretched thin, and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties. In addition, many of the parapets at the top of the city have been destroyed by bullets, making it increasingly difficult for the soldiers at the top of the city to defend themselves."
Before Huang Degong came to the city to give instructions, the place was already tight. If the fifth army camp's combat effectiveness hadn't been so bad, the city would have been occupied long ago.
Occupying seven or eight times the strength advantage, with dozens of artillery to assist in the battle, and still able to achieve this kind of performance, that is to say, the Jingying camp can do it, and it is unmatched.
However, their efforts were not in vain. More than half of the city's defense forces had been consumed. Two or three more fierce attacks regardless of casualties should be enough to get what they wanted.
Seeing that almost all of the soldiers at the top of the city were injured and still fighting bloody battles, Huang Degong ordered with a solemn face: "I will give you 300 more elite soldiers first. You must defend this important place. If it falls, you are the only one to ask!"
Then he encouraged the surrounding soldiers: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered Sun Shaobao to command the Qin soldiers to surround the rebels from outside the city. Tomorrow Governor Hong's 100,000 troops will arrive in Beijing, so all the soldiers need to do is hold on and wait for the rebels to be captured." Encirclement and annihilation!”
Hearing that reinforcements were coming one after another and that 300 fresh troops were joining in, the exhausted soldiers on the city wall became excited again, hoping that they could continue to hold on.
Huang Degong saw that the gap in the parapet wall was very large, and the rebel soldiers could climb into the city through the gap. He also ordered Zhang Yilong: "I will bring 500 sacks and 100 planks. The sacks will be put into the gap in the parapet wall on the sand pile, supplemented by wooden planks." After resisting an enemy attack, there will be more to come later, so you can use them freely. In addition, there are two hundred blunderbuss and three thousand arrows, all of which are at your disposal!"
The fighting situation in the southeast of the inner city was dangerous. If we didn't add more troops, we might really fall. Huang Degong originally wanted to give only half, but seeing that the situation here was too severe, he simply allocated all the military supplies he brought to his subordinates.
"Thank you so much, General, for the assistance from the town!"
Zhang Yilong was very happy about the replenishment of troops and weapons. If his superiors did not come again, he would have to transfer troops from the eunuch Wang Yumin. In that case, the city defense force west of Zhengyang Gate would be greatly weakened.
"boom……"
Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire from the direction of Xuanwumen in the west, which shocked everyone present.
"not good!"
Zhang Yilong instinctively reacted that the rebels must have seen that they could not open a gap at Chongwenmen, so they thought of breaking through from Xuanwumen, where the defensive forces were not as strong as Chongwenmen.
Huang Degong remained calm in the face of danger and calmly ordered: "You don't need to worry about that side. I will go over to supervise the battle first and will send people to guard it. You can just take care of this place. If there is anything wrong, come and see me!"
Then he and Fang Zhenghua mounted their horses and galloped westward with dozens of soldiers.
Just as Zhang Yilong was worried, when the generals in the Beijing camp saw that there was no progress on the Chongwenmen side, they started to attack the Xuanwumen.
Han Rui's troops continued to attack Chongwenmen, and Ding Jian led his troops to attack Xuanwumen, hoping to capture a place before dawn, and then launch an attack on the imperial city.
But there was no way to make a sneak attack here, because fighting had already begun at Chongwen Gate, so the officers and soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion from the west of Xuanwu Gate to the Corner Tower were immediately on guard, extremely vigilant, for fear of being assassinated by the rebels.
"Listen, brothers in the Yongwei camp! Your family members live in the outer city. Don't work for the young prince. Just open the city gate. There are fifty million taels of silver in the imperial city. We will definitely be able to enjoy the glory and wealth!" "
Ding Jian, the deputy general of the Fifth Army Camp, saw that the city was heavily guarded and that it was difficult to carry out a sneak attack. He simply set up a battle array in the outer city and sent people to use soft words to persuade him to surrender. He hoped to encounter a few guerrillas and Qian Zong who were greedy for life and fear of death. This would get twice the result with half the effort. .
"You Rong, what should we do? Shoot an arrow?"
Mr. Qian didn't know what to do, so he had to ask the guerrilla general for instructions.
"Why are you shooting the arrow? Since these turtles are going to say it, then we men will have fun with these stupid birds!"
The evil smile on Guerrilla Guo Li's face made it clear that he wanted to delay the attack. This would delay the opponent's attack on the city, reduce casualties, and kill two birds with one stone. Why not?
President Qian Su Chen immediately understood his boss's thoughts, and the two of them hid behind the female wall and snickered, trying hard to hold it in for fear of being heard by the rebels below the city.
"Brothers in the capital camp, listen, we You Rong have said that we can open the city gate, but we need you to give us permission first. How much money can we share with us in the imperial city?"
There was silence on the other side. It seemed that the situation did not develop according to the script they had prepared, but the price was soon heard.
"Brothers from the Yongwei camp opposite, listen up. We, Mr. Ding, have said that we will give you five million taels of silver. Each of you can get at least five thousand taels of silver. You can go home and buy a house, and then buy a few more like flowers. The jade-like Yangzhou horse has lost its weight!"
"Wait, let's discuss it!"
"Hurry up! We don't have much patience!"
"okay!"
After a quarter of the time of burning incense, there was a reply: "Brothers in the capital camp opposite, listen, we You Rong agreed, but it involves five million taels of silver, lest you always regret it later and ask for it in black and white. Just sign and fingerprint!"
Ding Jian complied with the signature written by someone else. The fingerprints were naturally pressed by others. He could deny the credit afterwards. When he entered the inner city, he would first kill the two guys who dared to make conditions with him.
When the note was shot by arrows to the city top, Jingying could not wait below: "Is this okay? Open the city gate!"
"No, this fingerprint does not belong to your Mr. Ding!"
"..."
