When the voices of the Mongolians singing war hymns in unison crossed the walls of the inner city of Beijing and reached a pavilion full of powdery smell in the Bada Hutong, Empress Dowager Bumubutai of the Qing Dynasty and Prince Gong Chang Ning were presiding over a special ceremony here. ’s court meeting.
Because of yesterday's "national crisis", the whereabouts of many important ministers who stayed in Beijing are unknown. Therefore, there were not many important officials in Beijing attending today's court meeting, but there were still a few important figures.
For example, Yin Jinduoduo of Shuntian Prefecture has now gone up and has become an important minister with meritorious service. He has just been appointed as Minister of Tuanlian of Zhili. He was ordered to work with Prince Gong and Prince Chang Ning of Fuyuan appointed by Bu Mu Butai to pull the strings in the outer city of Beijing. The young men organized the Northern Expeditionary Army
There is also Jin Duoduo's noble relative, Jin Shide, who was officially appointed as the governor of Zhili, and now he has also come to Bada Hutong - he was shocked to hear that Burney was causing trouble in Beijing yesterday evening, and led 200 cavalrymen to fly from Baoding for more than 200 miles overnight. Came to Beijing to escort you.
His 1,800 pacesetters are also on their way to Beijing. When they arrive, Bumubutai and Chang Ning will have a more reliable army in their hands.
Emperor Kangxi's two uncles, Tong Guogang and Tong Guowei, the ministers in charge of the bodyguard and internal affairs, were highly valued by the Empress Dowager because of their merits in escorting the emperor to the eight major alleys.
Among them, Tong Guogang replaced Chang Ning as the nine-men admiral, responsible for rectifying the few remaining green battalions of the third patrol battalion in preparation for the upcoming Northern Expedition.
And Tong Guogang served as the minister in charge of the Eight Banner Hutong... He was responsible for the daily life and safety of a group of Eight Banners disciples and their family members who temporarily lived in the Bada Hutong. He was also responsible for selecting a few Eight Banners soldiers who seemed to be okay. Son participated in the Northern Expedition.
In addition, the Tianjin general Wang Yuxi has also been promoted. Although his Tianjin soldiers lost more than a thousand in yesterday's chaos, they still have two thousand left. They are now guarding Zhengyangmen, Xuanwumen, Chongwenmen and Beijing Inner Gate. The two turrets on the south wall of the city are occupied by these Tianjin soldiers.
Therefore, Wang Yuxi was promoted to the governor of Zhili by Bu Mu Butai, and he was also prepared to make contributions in the Northern Expedition.
After some adjustments, Empress Dowager Bumubutai of the Qing Dynasty finally had some capital in her hands and could say some harsh words.
So when she heard the song of the Mongolian warriors, she hummed loudly: "This Burni is really daring to the extreme. He actually restored his Yuan Dynasty in the Forbidden City... Wu Sangui and Zhu Heji occupied so many He dared not proclaim himself emperor easily even if he had no territory. He dared to proclaim himself emperor without even taking over all the inner city of Beijing. Isn't this suicidal?
Now I have given orders to General Bahai of Shengjing, Prince Bandi of Horqin, and King Erdeni of Horqin County, asking them to immediately march into the territory of Chahar Zhasak Banner in Yizhou, and then sweep from east to west. The territory of Chahar’s left wing banners!
In a few days, Burni will have to withdraw from Beijing in despair! Exit the Great Wall! "
Bumbutai's words were actually meant to stabilize people's hearts. What she fears most now is the separation of people's hearts.
As long as the people in the outer city of Beijing remain popular, Burney will not be able to stay in the inner city for long... If the old lady can quickly collect the people's hearts, she can form a Northern Expedition army and send troops from the Bada Hutongs to conquer There are rebels occupying the Forbidden City.
The old lady knew only too well the combat effectiveness of the Chahar Mongolian soldiers in Burni.
Those Mongolian soldiers couldn't fight at all. If they hadn't succeeded in the sneak attack this time and caught the Qing army in Beijing by surprise, they could have been defeated by the thousands of green soldiers in the hands of Chang Ning and Wang Yuxi.
So the key now is not here in Beijing, but on the front line in Henan. If Chang Ning and the others could regain the Forbidden City in a short time... Kangxi might be able to hold on until Wu Yingqi retreated by blocking news and other means.
Therefore, Bumbutai simply concealed the news of the fall of the Forbidden City, and only sent someone to inform Kangxi that "Burni conspired to rebel and raided the capital. The chaos is currently being quelled, so he should not be distracted."
Thinking of this, Bumbutai asked again: "How many people can we gather now?"
General Chang Ning of Fuyuan said: "The imperial grandmother, grandson and Jin Fuyin have recruited more than ten thousand strong men in the outer city of Beijing. They have also raised 150,000 taels of silver, 50,000 shi of white rice and flour, 2,000 jins of white sugar, 3,000 jins of white sugar and Thousands of iron or copper jars.”
In order to regain the Forbidden City, Chang Ning no longer cared about "the spread of sugar". Not only did he collect white sugar and saltpeter in the outer city of Beijing, he also personally informed Wang Yuxi, Jin Duoduo and others of the secret of sugar medicine, and asked Jin Duoduo to come from the outer city. The Eight Imperial Merchant Offices of the Eighth Imperial Chamber of Commerce found people to help boil sugar and medicine to make mines.
Chang Ning said to Bu Mu Butai: "In three days at most, Sun'er's people will be able to prepare five thousand sky thunders!"
"The Empress Dowager," Jin Shide, the governor of Zhili, also said, "in three days, the slave's pacesetter will expire."
Tong Guogang said: "The Empress Dowager, the servants and Wang Junmen have more than 3,000 people, plus the 2,000 from Jin Futai, and the more than 10,000 strong men from the outer city of Beijing, we can make up 15,000 people." come out.
If there are another 5,000 sky thunders to assist in the battle, we can definitely regain the Forbidden City! "
Bumbutai nodded heavily and said loudly: "Okay, three days will be three days, today will not be counted, and three more days will be the seventeenth... On January 18th, we will march out of the Eight Great Alleys and start the Northern Expedition to the Forbidden City." Forbidden City! We must drive the traitors out of the Forbidden City in one fell swoop!"
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The news that the Qing army in the outer city of Beijing was planning a counterattack and was also preparing to send 20,000 troops to the northern expedition to the Forbidden City on January 18th. On the afternoon of January 14th, the news had already reached the inner city of Beijing... It spread really fast!
After hearing the news, Monk Yang Qilong immediately dropped what he was doing and hurried back to the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City to find Burni, who had become the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
Burney already knew about this, but he didn't care at all.
"On the 18th..." Burney, who was walking in the magnificent Qianqing Palace, smiled and said, "At that time, the emperor had already left... If Beijing is ruined, whoever wants it will Take it away! By the way, which one of you two wants Beijing City?"
Isn't this too shameless?
You just robbed and left, and you want to leave this mess to us?
It is rare for Monk Yang Qilong and Monk Zhixin to reach an agreement this time!
"Your Majesty, this city of Beijing is your Yuandadu! Why don't you want it if you don't want it?"
"Yes, are you worthy of Genghis Khan? You have to stay and defend Dadu!"
Burni was amused by their words and said with a smile: "Listen, listen, is this what the ministers of the Ming Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty said who wanted to drive out the Tartars? I am the Great Khan of the Tartars! You don't need to drive them out. , I will go on my own...Leave Beijing to you!"
He said he was a Tartar... This guy still wants to be called "Genghis God Blessed Khan", no one else.
"Give it to us? How can we hold on?" Shang Zhixin was really on the verge of tears after hearing this. It is impossible for the people in his hands to hold on in the Deshengmen Urn City when the Mongols escape. .
Yang Qilong also turned pale, "We agreed at the beginning that Beijing belongs to the Third Prince of Heaven! You are breaking your promise and deceiving the new Ming Dynasty! The consequences of deceiving the new Ming Dynasty are something you Mongolians cannot bear!"
"Yes!" Shang Zhixin also said, "You can't bear the consequences of deceiving the president!"
Of course Burney did not dare to break up with the Zhou Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. His sneak attack on Beijing had already offended the Qing Dynasty to death.
If the Zhou Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are added to the equation, then the three countries will come to deal with him. How can he be the Great Khan?
Thinking of this, he smiled and said to Shang Zhixin and Yang Qilong: "King Pingnan, Military Advisor Yang, how about this... I will lend you some Mongolian cavalry. You go with the cavalry first, and take advantage of the Qing Dynasty. When the military capital comes to Beijing, go and occupy some territory elsewhere, which will make it easier to persist. If you have no place to go, you can follow me and retreat to the grassland first."
He then said to Yang Qilong: "Commander Yang, I was able to break into Beijing so smoothly this time, thanks to your help.
How about this, I will give you 200,000 taels of gold from the captured gold and silver as reward, give you 3,000 horses, and lend you 3,000 Mongolian cavalry... Is this okay? "
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