As they rushed to the outer city, nearly a hundred soldiers came down from the city. They were commanded by a general. They separated the people outside Xuanwu Gate according to gender, regardless of age.
Men stand on the left, and women stand on the right. If the child is too young, the female family member can continue to carry it. Men are also divided into two categories: young adults and middle-aged and elderly people.
Although tens of thousands of people were reluctant, they cooperated passively, because the soldiers maintaining order all said that there was an order from the top to open the city gate, so as to prevent the Beijing camp's spies from entering the city and causing chaos.
Women and children, as well as people who are seriously injured and need medical treatment, can enter first. Young and middle-aged people must wait until the end and be searched before entering the city. Anyone who is waiting for an opportunity to stir up trouble, make Yao, or resist will be treated as a rebellion and killed on the spot.
The guerrilla Guo Li who is stationed here is not afraid. Xuanwumen has a barbican. Even if the barbican gate is opened, the situation on the ground will even be out of control. As long as the inner city gate is not opened, the Yongwei battalion still controls the city. You can sit back and relax in the city.
It was still dark, but we could still get a general idea of the situation below the city. Judging from visual inspection, most of them were ordinary people. On the surface, they were not carrying weapons. Almost everyone was carrying a cloth bag, as if they were fleeing a disaster.
There is no need to search the women and children. The main targets of vigilance are the young men who have been assigned to the other side. The archers standing on the dilapidated horses are also targeting these people. If any abnormal movement is found, they only need to give an order. Then he can be shot.
"Mom, you go to the city first, and the baby will come soon!"
Lu Shanghaosheng comforted his mother. Although the mother and son were separated, the time was short. It was much better for the mother to go into the city alone than to be frightened even though she had her own protection here. She had the status of Jin Yiwei, plus they were all women and children. , presumably others will not do anything to my mother.
"My son, Lang'er, and Yue'er must be careful and look after each other outside!"
As mothers, we must treat everyone equally. Shen Lang and Gao Yiyue both stayed at the Lu family. Over time, Mother Lu regarded them as godsons.
"Junior, please rest assured, auntie, both the baby and Yue'er will obey the orders of elder brother!"
As long as their aunt can enter the city, then the most important thing on their minds will be settled, and Shen Lang and Gao Yiyue will feel at ease.
Then the three brothers looked at their mother from a distance in the crowd of women standing opposite. After a while, the city gate opened. Under the vigilance of the Yongwei soldiers, the women and children entered the city in an orderly manner.
"You guys! How can you carry a knife?"
At this time, five soldiers from the Yongwei camp came forward. They saw that the three feudal lords were all holding weapons and had wounds on their bodies. They seemed to have been fighting for a while, so they became vigilant.
Lu Shang did not put on any official airs. After clasping his fists and saluting, he said in a kind tone: "This military master, I and my two brothers are all guards in uniform. If it were not for this knife in my hand, I am afraid that I would have died just now. If it was inconvenient to hold a weapon, Once we enter the city, I will hand over the weapons as soon as possible, and I will definitely not make things difficult for the military master."
After hearing this, the soldier with a stiff tone looked Lu Shang up and down, and saw that his eyes did not flicker, and it seemed that his words were not false. After thinking for a moment, he turned his head back and ordered his companions with his eyes.
"You three follow me!"
Later, a companion of the soldier took the three brothers to a horse surface in the west.
There are senior Jinyiwei officers on the horses to identify them. If they know each other, they can enter the city directly.
Otherwise, the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion under the city would isolate the suspect and wait for the Jinyiwei to send others to identify him.
There were no less than dozens of people called Jin Yiwei under the horse, almost all of them were armed with weapons, but their clothes were different.
There were people in official uniforms, some in plain clothes, and some shirtless. It didn't matter. The most eye-catching thing was the ones who had been hit by knives and arrows. These injured were in urgent need of treatment.
The soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion identified the incoming people in batches. Those who were recognized in a group of five could climb up the ladder directly to the horse's face, and then directly enter the inner city. Those who were injured and unable to climb the ladder could enter the city through the city gate.
"Hey! Isn't this Mr. Lu? Is he still alive?"
A guy with a big belly on the horse stepped on the edge that was damaged by the bullets and leaned sideways to look down.
"...Thank you, sir!"
Lu Shang looked up, but he didn't expect that it was his old acquaintance, Liu Xiangzhou of Baihu, who usually made things difficult for him. He arranged several life-threatening errands for their brothers, and the two brothers were so angry that they wanted to kill him. Fortunately, Being suppressed by him, this guy was sent to recognize people. It can be said that they are enemies on a narrow road.
Hearing Liu Xiangzhou's straightforward "feelings of longing", he wished he could just be hacked to death by the group of scorpions. Lu Lu was furious, but he still had to be polite. Now he had something to ask for, not to mention that this guy wasn't dead either. , From now on, the relationship between the two parties will still be superior and subordinate, so let’s continue to tolerate it for the time being.
"Hmph~!" Liu Xiangzhou was extremely disgusted with Lu Shang's face. He chose to ignore this guy and let him hang down for a while before talking. He then greeted another guy: "Hey! Lao Zhang! Come up here!"
Seeing this, Gao Yiyue was so angry that he took a step forward. He wanted to draw his knife and kill this blind beast. If their brothers hadn't had a chance and were lucky, they would have died in the hands of his disciples in the past two years. They were all worshipers. Given by this guy.
"Wait! There's no rush!"
Lu Shang restrained his impulsive third brother. He had already arrived at the city gate anyway, so it was not too late.
People are on top and they are on the bottom. There is an obvious status gap.
If they act impulsively here, the Yongwei camp will definitely shoot them into hedgehogs. It’s really not worth the loss, so let’s forget it.
Shen Lang looked coldly at Liu Xiangzhou, who was chatting animatedly with others, gritted his teeth, and held the scabbard firmly with his left hand.
Good people don't pay with their lives, but harm can really survive. It should be this kind of person who was chopped into pieces by the gang in Jingying. It's a pity...
He did this completely on purpose, just because he didn't give him much money as a tribute, so he was here to avenge his personal revenge.
Watching the people around them climb up the ladder one by one, their brother was left behind.
When even the wounded were allowed in through the city gate, Lu Shang and the other three were still standing there awkwardly.
"Brother!"
Gao Yiyue really couldn't stand it anymore. Even if he didn't take action just now, he still wanted to scold Liu Xiangzhou bloody.
"No need to say more!"
Lu Shang waved his hand and didn't want to listen at all. This was definitely not the place to talk. If you have anything to do, you have to wait until you enter the city or go far away before speaking.
"Master Baihu? Master Baihu? Master Baihu?"
After shouting three times in a row, there was no response from above. It seemed that only the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion were left standing on the horse on duty.
Under the supervision of the soldiers around them, they could not climb the ladder without permission to climb the city.
"Oh~! Let's go!"
Since the other party was unwilling to start a fight, Lu Shang had no choice but to sigh and choose to continue to swallow his anger. His mother was still in the city and he was determined not to fall out over this.
After some private discussion, the three brothers decided to try their luck at Zhengyang Gate in the east. Unlike Xuanwu Gate there, there should be a blind man like Liu Xiangzhou blocking the way.
Fortunately, they were lucky. There were no people deliberately looking for trouble here in Zhengyangmen. Lu Shang and others were able to enter the inner city. They first stayed with their mother at a friend's house, and then reported back to the Yamen. The first thing they did was to find Wang Shide, the official. Pick up the wind.
There is no doubt that the Beijing camp launched a rebellion, but Lu Shang still doesn't know whether the Jinyiwei is involved. As a general banner, the possibility of knowing the upper-level secrets in advance is almost zero.
"You've come back just in time. Go out of the city quickly and search for Luo Yangxing!"
"..."
Some people wanted Luo Yangxing to die, but Luo Yangxing had already fled. This made Wang Shide feel like he was stuck in his throat and was completely unable to explain to his superiors.
The new commander of the Jinyi Guards was Wu Mengming, his former colleague. He did not know about this, let alone the inside story, because the financial sponsor of this job was Fang Zhenghua, the governor of the East Factory.
If this matter goes wrong, Wang Shide will feel that not only his official position is not guaranteed, but his head may also be moved. The governor's intention is that of the prince.
The commander of the Prince Company dared to send someone to assassinate him. He could just make Wu Mengming list a few charges and arrest the leader.
Seeing that Lu Shang and others were confused, Wang Shide said: "Luo Yangxing left the city last night for an unknown purpose. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has promoted Lord Wu Mengming to be the new commander and ordered the Jinyi Guards to arrest Luo Yangxing as soon as possible!"
The gold given out in advance was small, but not following the prince's wish was big. Wang Shide didn't want to be regarded as a waste by the Governor of Dongchang. If he wanted to keep his official position or even climb up, he had to show some achievements.
"My officer has marked several of Luo Yangxing's houses outside the city on the map. You will take people there to investigate one by one. Although several groups of people have been sent out, there is no news of their capture yet."
Wang Shide now has to put his own luck, wealth and life on the line. If he wants to succeed in attacking later, he can only hope that the three blind cats in front of him will encounter dead mice.
Since the Governor has no intention of getting the gold back, and has sent someone to tell him to continue to handle the matter, he must comply with the Governor's wishes, no matter whether it is difficult or not.
"As ordered, I will take people out of the city to search for you!"
Lu Shang was still carrying the hundred taels of gold he got from Qian Shi the night before, thinking that if it didn't work, he would return it to Wang Shide, but it seemed that he couldn't mention it for the time being, so he had to continue carrying it, and it was time to meet Ji Xing.
Wang Shide gathered all the people he could take pictures of, about thirty people, and fifty guys in Jinyiwei uniforms from Dongchang, who were probably here to supervise them. Together with the three brothers, the total was about More than eighty people.
Everyone's horse carried enough water, dry food, dried meat and silver, as well as muskets. These supplies were enough to support the group's five-day search in the wild.
"Get on your horse! Let's go! Drive~!"
There was no need for Lu Shang to worry about entering and exiting the city gate. The leader of the Dongchang team carried the imperial gold medal. The Yongwei camp could let them go when they saw the gold medal. They would not encounter any obstruction from their own troops on the way, and they could search the Jifu area unimpeded. .
After dawn, Yao Ji didn't close his eyes all night. Although he yawned a few times instinctively, he didn't feel very sleepy. It was difficult to relax his tense nerves quickly.
A certain prince had always been worried that if Huang Degong could not withstand it, the inner city would be breached, and the rebels would begin to besiege the imperial city. They even set up cannons on Jingshan Mountain and blasted the Forbidden City from a high position. Then he would really be helpless.
Fortunately, there was no chance of the teasing scene. Huang Degong finally did not waste his fame, and Zhou Yuji had no use for it, so he waited all night in vain.
The eunuchs and guards who were frightened by the rebels all had bloodshot eyes. Their bodies couldn't bear it if this continued, so they had to implement shift duty. The nobles in the rear mansion had been frightened all night, but they had already fallen asleep at this time. .
Yaoji can't sleep for the time being, because the battle situation reported from various places needs to be reviewed by himself, and he must make careful judgment before issuing new battle orders.
Especially since the thousands of Beijing rebels entrenched in the outer city have not yet been wiped out. If they survive for one more hour, they will harm countless people. Huang Degong must send troops to eliminate them as soon as possible.
I don’t know what happened to those who were fighting fiercely outside the city. Have those idiots who wanted to usurp the throne from a certain dynasty been caught? I have even prepared the executioners. Don’t report that they have all escaped.
"Your Highness, Tao Dinglin, the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion, was killed by the Qin soldiers Zuo Guangxian, and his body has been transported outside Chengtian Gate!"
"Well, that's right. Send someone to identify it. Once identified, sign and fingerprint it immediately and report it!"
"My slave obeys the order!"
It doesn't count those big ones. Let's capture the six lieutenants, twelve generals, twenty-four guerrillas and fifty-seven generals from the Beijing camp. Ling Chi won't be able to catch any of them. few.
Then there are thirty large and small supervisors. These turtles and grandsons eat the wages given by the dumpers, and then follow these twenty-five young men to revolt. This time they will not be dealt with very well, and I guarantee that there will be more next time. The chamberlain dared to join others in causing trouble.
If the cavalry from the Shenshu Camp succeed in breaking through the barrier in the north, they can just run away. There is nothing they can do if they can't stop them.
However, the Fifth Army Battalion and the Shenji Battalion, which were mainly infantry, caught and killed all the two-legged people who dared to commit suicide in the outer city or even the Jifu area.
I don’t need you to go to the mountain to mine. You can go directly to the underworld to mine for the Lord of Hell. You can also receive a large amount of dark silver. Each ingot starts at 100,000 taels.
Even in the imperial city, you can see the smoke rising into the sky from the outer city. Yao Ji can guess with his heels what kind of garbage the outside has become due to the disaster caused by the capital. He has not yet figured out how this mess will end.
Originally I was thinking of building a city on the mountain, but now let’s build a house in the capital first. The city is full of wooden houses, which will turn into ashes when burned by fire. If they don’t get hacked to death by those crazy dogs, they will be useless. Home can be returned.
Huang Taiji’s imperial masters of the Qing Dynasty didn’t even have to go south. We ourselves made it impossible to take care of ourselves and beat ourselves to a pulp. This is the biggest feature of the Great Dynasty...
Yao Ji felt a little upset when he thought of all these troubles. How could he possibly sleep?
Fortunately, with Huang Degong in charge in the inner city and Sun Chuanting in command outside the city, the threat of the rebels has disappeared.
Fortunately, Huangtaiji had just entered the pass and robbed it not long ago, otherwise he would have mobilized in full force upon hearing the good news of the rebellion in Jifu.
Before Hong Chengchou could lead his army to rescue him from Shanhaiguan, he quickly captured the capital together with the group of soldiers from the Beijing camp.
This can be considered a blessing in misfortune.
After much deliberation, I seem to have found such an excuse to comfort myself.
If I could add one more, it would be that there would no longer be any need to pay the Jingying camp.
From now on, the designation of the Third Battalion has completely disappeared from the Ming army's organization.
If you eat garbage inside and out, you should be buried as soon as possible!
