Gao Wenxiu decisively rebelled and captured Du Keli alive. This scene also made Qian Guozhong even more grateful that he made the right choice.
The Fourth Guards Battalion rebelled and collapsed, causing its southern flank to open. Qian Guozhong took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack, which directly led to the complete failure of the Fifth Army Battalion's offensive against Xihua Gate, which turned into a rout.
At this time, Tu Wenxiu's Second Division, Yang Zhaoji's and Kuang Tiangeng's troops, who were attacking from the north, also took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack. The troops of the Fifth Army Camp could no longer hold on and retreated along Fuchengmen Street and Xinkai Zheng Street to join the Fifth Army Camp. In the camp.
Until Youzheng, the sky was dark, and the situation in the entire city had not yet calmed down.
The remaining main force of the entire Fifth Army Camp retreated to the first-line camps in Guangpingku and Xichengfang Caochang to defend the camp. The Tu Wenxiu Second Department, Yang Zhaoji and He Huchen Departments of the Fifth Army Camp, plus Kuang Tiangeng's Department, Shenshu Camp and Shenji Camp The main camp of the fifth military camp was tightly surrounded.
However, there were at least a thousand soldiers of the defeated soldiers of the Fifth Army Camp who were living outside the main camp of the Fifth Army Camp. They panicked and burned, killed and looted everywhere, creating chaos in the city. In addition, some White Lotus cultists took the opportunity to go to the streets to cause trouble, which caused even more chaos. The entire western half of the city was in chaos.
At this time, Feng Ziying ordered the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division and the Patrol Battalion to go out to clear out these rebels. Before that, he had resolutely not allowed the Wucheng Soldiers, Horsemen and Patrol Battalions to leave the camp. Seeing that the situation was about to be brought under control, what if the Five Cities If the city's military commander and the patrol battalion made some mistakes, allowing the fifth military camp to take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack, that would be trouble. He would rather let the city be in chaos for a while, which would only result in more losses, but he also wanted to keep the situation stable. Keep control in your own hands.
Before Haishi, Huang Degong and Zuo Liangyu personally led the cavalry to the city. Feng Ziying asked the cabinet ministers for instructions before letting them enter the city. At Haishi, Sun Chengzong led the Dingbian Guards and also rushed to the city.
Feng Ziying lay down on the kang in the quiet room of the Ministry of War's public house and fell asleep soundly. The overall situation was decided, so naturally it was left to Zhang Huaichang and Sun Chengzong to handle the funeral affairs.
As for the White Lotus Sect, it can no longer afford to cause much trouble after Zhang Cuihua and several of its core subordinates were arrested. Especially if the army is entering the city one after another, and the White Lotus Sect is determined to start a rebellion, then it is really asking for death. .
Feng Ziying was really sleepy.
Originally, he had been toiling on Xichun for half the night last night. He was woken up not long after he fell asleep, and he has been working hard until now. Even though he is strong, it is still a bit too much.
The follow-up matters will be left to Zhang and Sun, and the credit cannot be earned by one person.
I wanted to go back to the mansion to sleep, but thinking about Zhang Huaichang's age, and the fact that a bunch of cabinet ministers were in Wenyuan Pavilion and the palace, even Liu Yishui, who couldn't afford to be ill, rushed to the palace. , it would be a bit too arrogant for him to go home and sleep with a woman in his arms, so he could only sleep in the public house.
He slept until the second quarter of the night, when Feng Ziying woke up in confusion.
Even if you listen carefully, you can still hear the occasional gunshots like firecrackers, which shows that the situation in the city has not yet completely calmed down.
The entire capital city has been placed under martial law, and no one is allowed to take to the streets without a special order.
Those broken soldiers are now being searched and eliminated street by street. It is enough to leave these tasks to the people of the patrol battalion and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division.
He shook his head, still a little groggy.
She slept for less than half an hour last night, which was equivalent to not sleeping at all. She had not slept for two days and a whole night, and she had consumed a lot of energy on the woman's belly. Plus today's hard work and worry, Feng Ziying felt that she was really tired.
After shouting, Baoxiang got in.
"Where's Third Sister?" Feng Ziying coughed, "Make me a cup of tea. I'm thirsty. Bring me some snacks. I'm a little hungry too."
"Third aunt is outside. She and Mr. Li are still looking at the north side at the public house gate. They haven't stopped yet." Baoxiang made tea while replying: "Several aunts have asked people to come and ask me. The young man explained the situation one by one, and there was not much harassment in the mansion. Even though two groups of soldiers passed by the door, they left without stopping."
Feng Ziying was also afraid of something happening.
During this battle, the rebels came, but no matter what you are, you have a lot of flowers and beautiful people in your house. If you are really targeted by the rebels, you will cry without tears.
So he put dozens of guards in the mansion, and only brought Li Guibao and Third Sister You out. He also specially asked someone to notify Ni Er and asked Ni Er to bring a hundred and ten people to wait at Sanjue Street. Two hundred rebel soldiers really couldn't defeat Feng Mansion.
"How is the situation outside?" Feng Ziying leaned on the kang.
When the tea arrived, it burned my mouth and I couldn't drink it, but the mist floating on my face made me feel fresh and refreshing, which made my head feel less groggy.
"Master Sun has gone out, and seems to have gone to the main camp of the Fifth Army Camp. Master Zhang is in the public house. He just came back from Wenyuan Pavilion. He seems to be going to Wenyuan Pavilion later. Just now he asked someone to Come and ask me if you are awake, I haven't woken up yet when I got back, and they told me not to wake you up and to let you sleep a little longer."
Baoxiang has been following Feng Ziying for so many years, and he knows a lot about the situation in this yamen. He knows who is where, who should go where, and when he will be where.
"Oh? Duke Huaichang sent someone here? When?" Feng Ziying got up when she heard that Zhang Huaichang was still awake in the mansion.
I guess the cabinet is still awake, and the situation is now barely under control. However, there are thousands of broken soldiers in the city, and they need to be cleared one by one. It is estimated that it will take a day or two to finish.
"Just a cup of tea ago." Baoxiang replied.
"Serve me to dress." Feng Ziying stood up. Although she was not used to men dressing her, she was in a public house and was too lazy to call out to Sister You who was having fun outside. The more she looked at her, the more she looked like a bodyguard. .
After putting on her clothes and taking a sip of tea, Feng Ziying walked out and went to Zhang Huaichang.
After a night, Zhang Huaichang seemed to have aged a few years. The bags under his eyes suddenly appeared, and the age spots on his face were even more obvious. When he saw Feng Ziying come in, he motioned for Feng Ziying to take a seat.
"I can't do it anymore. I'm getting older and I can't bear to stay up late like this. I have to go home and have a good rest tomorrow. I'll leave it to Ziying, you and Zhisheng."
"Don't worry, nothing serious will happen. Brother Zhisheng or I, whoever, can handle the follow-up matters alone. Isn't it just Qiu Shiben who is huddled in the fifth army camp and resisting, trying to see what the emperor can do? Can't you give him an amnesty? Haha, it's a joke, can the emperor admit that he has an appointment with Qiu Shiben?"
Feng Ziying smiled and said, "Du Keli was assassinated without a sound, and he was still under the custody of so many people. Isn't it all the fault of the White Lotus Sect?"
After Du Keli was captured by Gao Wenxiu, he immediately took care of him. However, before Long Jinwei's people could take over, he was killed by an assassin on the road. The assassin was also killed on the spot. It was so strange.
The escort route was temporarily determined, and it was still inside the palace. However, this happened just like that, which shocked the cabinet ministers, Zhang Huaichang and Feng Ziying.
Zhang Huaichang smiled and said, "What else can we do? The emperor must admit that he has an appointment with Qiu Shiben and Du Keli? Who will admit it? Didn't the Qianqing Palace also say that the person named Su is the White Lotus cultist? I followed Yuanxi The old man who has been with the emperor for twenty years has become a general manager, and he is actually from the White Lotus Sect? How ridiculous."
Feng Ziying also laughed loudly: "It's hard to explain. The emperor said that the person named Su is a White Lotus cultist, so it must be true. With golden mouth and jade teeth, it's true."
"Well, Qiu Shiben is still daydreaming. If he waits for two more days, he will understand." Zhang Huaichang's eyes turned cold. "He also gave a message to Zhisheng, saying that he was doing what he was ordered to do, and he couldn't help but..."
"Under orders? You can't help yourself?" Feng Ziying also restrained her smile: "Whose orders? There is only one source of orders for the Zhou army, and that is the Ministry of War. No one else or department has the opportunity to give orders to the army. He is the enemy of the army. After so many years as the commander of the Shenji Battalion, now he has become the general of the Fifth Military Battalion, but he doesn’t understand, and he goes back to life more and more? Isn’t it too pale to find such an excuse? "
"Well, it's just for this reason that I want to be pardoned. What do you think?" Zhang Huaichang shook his head: "This battle has done us a lot of harm. The armies in the capital have been beaten to pieces again. The fifth military camp is here After one battle, it was necessary to tear down everything and start over again. The Four Guards Camp was destroyed, the Warriors Camp was disabled, only the Banner Guards were still complete, and both the Shenji Camp and the Shenshu Camp suffered heavy losses. This is equivalent to destroying the entire Beijing Camp and the Upper Camp. It’s a shame that the Third Guard Army has been rebuilt.”
Indeed, after this battle, the eight direct troops of Qiu Shiben in the Fifth Army Camp were no longer usable, and the remaining four divisions also suffered heavy losses, which meant they needed to be rebuilt. The Shenji Camp and the Shenshu Camp also suffered considerable losses and needed to be replenished, while the upper three The Fourth Guards Battalion of the pro-army army was gone, and not much of the Warrior Battalion was left after enduring the fierce attack of the Fifth Army Camp for more than a day.
After this battle, the various ministries that had been supplemented with a lot of effort in the early stage were in vain again.
"It's easy to replenish troops. Isn't it difficult to dismantle the Northwest Army now? Just fill it in, which is more than enough." Feng Ziying said casually: "Even so, the Northwest Army still has 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers with nowhere to go."
Zhang Huaichang glanced at Feng Ziying and said, "Ziying, this is what you said. In one fell swoop, you dismantled the Northwest Army that your father had worked so hard to build. Are you not afraid of your father's anger?"
"How can there be a banquet that lasts for thousands of years if the soldiers are in an iron camp?" Feng Ziying said calmly: "My father is over fifty and can still work for a few years. He doesn't even understand this. Go home as soon as possible and take care of the children for me. ."
Zhang Huaichang nodded. In fact, that was what he had in mind. He just dismantled the Northwest Army to fill the Jingying and Shangsanqin Army. The remaining tens of thousands of people were considering stuffing them into Dongjiang Town. This can be regarded as basically putting such a The army that was too big to lose was digested.
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