Yang Qilong originally went north with two hundred thousand taels of gold to cause trouble!
However, the 200,000 taels of gold he brought out from Nanchang was not the amount when he arrived in Beizhili... There were countless checkpoints to clear along the way!
Moreover, Yang Qilong himself had to carry some in his pocket, and the brothers who followed him to fight for their lives must also carry some in their pockets.
So when the 200,000 taels of gold were transported to Pangezhuang outside Beijing, there were still about 150,000 taels left. Fifty thousand taels of it were used to "replace salary" - there were so many Ming loyalists in Beijing who had their heads stuck in their belts to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. They worked hard without any merit, so the Ming Dynasty had to pay them wages!
After the "repayment of salary", there was still one hundred thousand taels of gold left, half of which was given to the leaders of the Cao Gang, and the other half was spent on Burni.
In other words, Burney spent 50,000 taels of gold on Yang Qilong, and now he pays him back 200,000 taels... One for four, Yang Qilong will become rich!
In addition, he also gave Yang Qilong 3,000 horses and 3,000 Mongolian cavalry. Among them, 3,000 Mongolian cavalry were borrowed and had to be returned after use, but this still helped Yang Qilong a lot.
Now Yang Qilong himself has pulled up a team of several thousand people, but these people are not only a mob, but also infantry, and most of them have families... If Yang Qilong wants to take them to Tianjin, that is A large group of mobs were marching hard on the snowy plains to protect their families!
If you encounter hundreds of Qing cavalry, something bad will happen!
Now that there are 3,000 horses and 3,000 Mongolian cavalry, the transfer to Tianjin is much safer.
If Dagu and Tanggu can be captured, then the expeditionary force of the Third Prince of Heaven, who is heading north by sea, can successfully land in the North Zhili area.
As long as the Ming army continues to come from the north by sea, the time when the Ming Dynasty will truly return to Beijing is not far away.
So of course Yang Qilong, who got the bargain, left satisfied and went back to Dongzhimen to pack up his troops and prepare to conquer Tianjin Wei.
But Shang Zhixin, who had not benefited from it, still stayed in Qianqing Palace with his face licked and continued to discuss with Burni!
"Your Majesty, why don't you leave the Forbidden City to me for a few days?"
As soon as Shang Zhixin's request was made, Burni was stunned. "Didn't you just want it? What's wrong now? Have you figured it out? Are you ready to indulge in the emperor's addiction in the Forbidden City?"
"No, no, no..." Shang Zhixin quickly shook his head and said to Burni with a smile, "Your Majesty, you misunderstood. How dare I have such rebellious thoughts?"
Burney smiled: "My dear sir, don't be humble. You asked an emperor for the Forbidden City... Isn't this treason enough?"
Shang Zhixin quickly shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, please stop making fun of me... I am also struggling to find a way to survive! And my way of survival is not in the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty. I can only find a way out from President Wu. Look over there. But if I want to have a good meal at President Wu’s place, I have to have a meeting gift!
So I wanted to help President Wu occupy the Forbidden City in Beijing. Even if it was only for one day, it would still be considered an occupation, right? You see, the world is now divided into four parts. The Qing Dynasty occupied the Forbidden City, the Ming Dynasty also occupied the Forbidden City, and the Yuan Dynasty now occupies the Forbidden City... Should the Zhou Dynasty also occupy the Forbidden City? "
"It should, indeed it should!" Burni nodded repeatedly, "But can you and Geng Jingzhong take it?"
"You can always take one," Shang Zhixin nodded and said, "As long as Your Majesty, you can lend some soldiers and horses, and then take away the family members of Pingnan Palace and Jingnan Palace... I and Geng Jingzhong can use the banner of President Wu to cut off the queen for you!"
"Okay!" Burni listened to Shang Zhixin's idea and thought it was feasible. He nodded immediately, "Then I will lend you three thousand cavalry, another three thousand horses...and give you a thousand shotguns." Two thousand pounds of gunpowder.
In addition, the cannons mounted on Anding Gate, Xizhi Gate, Fucheng Gate, and Chaoyang Gate are also given to you! "
After listening to Burni's words, Shang Zhixin quickly bowed and said loudly: "Then thank you, Your Majesty!"
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In fact, Bumbutai deliberately released the news that on January 18th, he would "leave out the eight alleys and march north to the Forbidden City". The purpose was to make Burni leave quickly...Burni was rich this time. After he was exposed, the emperor was also fooled, and even the Yuan Dynasty was defrauded by his operation.
With the gold and silver treasures he snatched from the inner city of Beijing and the prestige of restoring the Yuan Dynasty, after returning to the grassland, wouldn't he be able to choose the Great Khan of all Mongolia even if he lay down?
Then why is he still hanging around in Beijing? Waiting for Kangxi, Wu Sangui and Zhu Heji to come over?
Any one of the three of them can destroy Burni's little strength!
Bumbutai, who thought she had figured out Burni's thoughts, actually didn't even think about fighting Burni at all. After all, the strength of the more than 10,000 Northern Expeditionary Army she had assembled was weak!
So when Bumbutai heard that Burni's Mongolian army was escorting prisoners one after another, driving carts filled with gold, silver, treasures, silks and satins, they happily left Beijing and retreated towards Juyongguan. , she didn’t even let anyone chase her.
When Tongzhou sent an envoy to report that the Mongols were approaching the city and the water workers in the city took the opportunity to cause trouble, Bumbutai ignored it... and even asked the magistrate of Tongzhou to abandon the city quickly and take the small amount of supplies there. The defenders came to Bada Hutong to report!
In this way, time soon came to the early morning of January 18th in the 14th year of Kangxi.
When a total of 10,000 Qing soldiers, led by Fuyuan General Prince Gong and Prince Chang Ning, set out from Bada Hutong, marched along Zhengyangmen Street, marched two miles north, and entered Zhengyangmen. Inside, when the chessboard street outside Daqing Gate was laid out.
The three doorways of Daqing Gate were all wide open, and no large army could be seen. Only a black flag of the Great Zhou Dynasty was dancing in the southeast wind in spring.
The Daqing Gate is not the structure of a city gate tower. It is a masonry structure with a single eaves on the top of a mountain with three door openings. There are also walls on both sides of the Daqing Gate, but they are not city walls. There is no one standing on the top, which is only two feet tall. The left and right courtyard walls. Just inside the Qing Gate is a thousand-foot long street. On both sides of the street are the yamen of the Six Ministries and Nine Ministers. At the top of the long street is the Tiana Gate, the main entrance to the Forbidden City!
"What's going on with that black flag?" Fuyuan General Chang Ning's sharp eyes saw the black flag fluttering in the wind at a glance.
Jin Duoduo, who was following him, raised a telescope to take a look, and immediately reported: "Reporting to the prince, that is a black flag of the pseudo-zhou... There is also the character Zhou on the flag."
"What's going on?" Chang Ning was stunned, "Wu Sangui is here?"
"How is this possible?" Wang Yuxi, the commander-in-chief of Zhili, said, "They must be playing tricks... Yesterday, I came to report that Burni and Abu Nai had led most of the Mongols to withdraw. Inside the inner city of Beijing Only some of the broken rear troops remained.
In addition, no one was at Xizhimen, Chaoyangmen, Fuchengmen, Dongzhimen, and Andingmen. Only Deshengmen was still guarded by Mongolian soldiers. "
Chang Ning nodded, "Wang Yuxi!"
"The general is here!"
Chang Ning raised his whip and said to Wang Yuxi: "I order you to lead two thousand Tianjin soldiers to lead the battle...to attack the Qing Gate and seize the Tiana Gate!"
"嗻!"
Wang Yuxi responded loudly, then pulled out his sword and pointed at the Qing Gate, "Brothers, the opportunity to make a meritorious service has come, enter the Qing Gate! Enter the Forbidden City... kill!"
Shouting words, he took the lead and led his Tianjin soldiers to rush towards the Qingmen Gate and the Forbidden City.
And when Chang Ning heard "fighting into the Qing Gate" and "fighting into the Forbidden City", he felt very uncomfortable...
Just when Chang Ning felt awkward, Wang Yuxi had already rushed into the Qing Gate with two thousand Tianjin soldiers under his command. There was no team, they just swarmed up... Of course there was no artillery fire.
After all, the Qing Gate, Tiana Gate and the Forbidden City were the homes of the Qing Emperor and the Empress Dowager, so it would be inappropriate to destroy them.
Moreover...the Forbidden City looks like an empty city.
But just when Wang Yuxi led a group of green battalion soldiers and rushed to the Tianamen Gate Tower, a shrill suona sound suddenly sounded, resounding throughout the entire city. Then with an order, more than a thousand "black-clad Zhou soldiers" appeared on the Tianamen city tower. Thousands of jet-black shotguns were already lit with match ropes, pointing at the chaotic green soldiers below.
At this time, someone on the tower was already shouting: "Now the Forbidden City belongs to President Wu. If you don't want to die, please retreat outside the Qing Gate!"
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