Street fighting in front of Changdeokgung Palace is ongoing.
With the firearms of the Ming Dynasty army opening the way, there is basically no obstacle to the advancement, and the number of people coming to help gradually increases.
"Unshui Lord and Dejin Lord personally led their own troops and the 3,000 troops stationed in the south of the city to rush to the rescue..."
"Fire spreads in the house next to Changdeokgung Palace..."
Tang Yin was not in the front army. He was obviously not the kind of general who would rush to the front and set an example.
In the dark, the situation we learned was very complicated. It was often said that they were reinforcements before, but later they were said to be rebels. In addition, this time all the forces in the North Korean Royal City were also undecided, making the war see-saw in an incredible way. way to advance.
Several times before they reached the gate of Changdeokgung Palace, they were killed and retreated several times.
Pu Yuanzong personally led the team to attack and kill, but he was still killed for the third time.
"Sir, something bad is going on. Thousands of men and horses are rushing over from Gyeongbokgung Palace, and Lord Yun Shui's men have already retreated to the south of the city."
Pu Yuanzong rushed forward. If he couldn't beat him, he would come to Tang Yin like asking his grandfather to sue his grandmother.
Tang Yin said: "Can't the cannon go in?"
Pu Yuanzong's face was covered in blood, which showed that he was on the front line. He wiped his face and said, "The palace guards are extremely tenacious!"
"Shenji Camp..." Tang Yin shouted to the side.
Liu Gui appeared next to Tang Yin with a long blunderbuss in one hand and a short blunderbuss in his waist. They were all flint blunderbuss.
Tang Yin shouted: "Open the way with fire blunderbuss, move all the archers over, aim the artillery at the palace gate, throw the sky powder over every time you advance, and use the artillery to light it."
Tang Yin can be regarded as "learning and applying".
He had heard that Wang Shouren had used the method of laying gunpowder first and then detonating it with artillery during the Battle of Mao'erzhuang, which caused Meng Guol's troops to be stricken with teeth. This time, he wanted to use it as a model. .
If you can't bury them in advance, use firecrackers and archers to clear the way, and throw the yellow gunpowder as far ahead as possible. In this way, after the shells fall, if they can be ignited, the chain effect can cause greater damage to the Korean defenders. deterrence.
Pu Yuanzong said: "There are too few people to kill them."
"We have no choice but to fight forward!" Tang Yin was speechless.
You, Pu Yuanzong, are really weird. You don't have any scruples when you kill. After you kill all your troops, you come back and say there are too few people?
No matter how few people there are, why don't we be the main attacker now, while the guards of the Joseon Palace are the main defenders?
Who allowed us to have advanced firearms and fear of death, so we could charge forward sideways?
"rush!"
Tang Yin took his sword from the side, drew it out and raised it above his head.
This is also because I want to learn from Wang Shouren.
But it's a bit like taking a picture of a cat or a tiger, similar in appearance but not in spirit.
But it was enough to scare the North Korean soldiers, and then the Shenji Battalion, led by Liu Gui, rushed forward.
"Diudiudiu..."
Liu Gui didn't dare to work too hard.
While using his shield to block the bows and arrows fired from the opposite side, he directed the Koreans next to him to help throw the yellow powder explosive packets forward.
After the throwing was over, the North Koreans showed signs of coming to kill them, and Liu Gui quickly shouted: "Withdraw!"
We were doing this kind of tug-of-war on a straight street. We could see the palace walls and gates of Changdeokgung Palace two to three hundred paces away, but we couldn't get past them. There were corpses all around.
Before the soldiers in the front could retreat, Tang Yin from behind had already ordered: "Fire!"
Command flags are useless. In times of chaos, only the mouth can be used to give orders.
"Boom boom boom..."
More than a dozen cannons fired simultaneously.
The defenders on the opposite side also learned to be smart. Once they saw the flash of fire on the opposite side, they quickly went to the low houses on both sides of the street to find bunkers.
But this time they never expected that in addition to the Ming Dynasty's explosive cannons, there would also be explosive packets dropped everywhere in advance, so that after the artillery shells landed and emitted a fire, a bigger fire would immediately rise.
"boom……"
Every time it explodes, people around them fall on their backs.
"rush!"
After Tang Yin shouted, he realized that he was surrounded by almost all North Korean soldiers, and the soldiers could not understand his words.
He grabbed Pu Yuanzong and said, "Didn't you hear?"
Park Yuanzong also saw that after the artillery was fired this time, it was a once-in-a-lifetime window for attacking to defeat the defenders.
"kill!"
Park Yuanzong became angry again and led the remaining few hundred people to kill at the gate of Changdeokgung Palace.
At this time, shouts of killing were also heard from the surrounding streets.
A translator said: "It's Yun Shuijun's troops who have turned back again! Pu Yongwen, Gu Shouyong, and Hong Jingzhou are also here with troops from the east of the city."
When Tang Yin heard this, he immediately felt as if he had been beaten to death: "At one go, take down the palace gate!"
Fierce shouts of killing and the sound of swords clashing were heard. In conjunction with the Ming Dynasty's gun soldiers clearing the way, the coalition forces finally reached the gate of Changdeokgung Palace for the first time.
However, the defenders, led by Ren Shihong, directly ordered the palace gates to be closed, regardless of the Shen Shouqin troops who were still resisting outside the palace gates and their own soldiers who would not be able to enter the palace gates in the future.
"Bump the door!"
Pu Yuanzong had just reached the gate of the palace and realized that something was wrong. He was about to find a log or something to attack the city gate, but another bow and arrow shot from above his head.
"ah!"
Park Yuanzong grabbed a shield to resist, but people kept falling down next to him, so he had to retreat again.
At this time, Tang Yin also led the coalition forces to kill.
"Blow open the palace door!"
Tang Yin shouted loudly, and the gunmen raised their guns and fired. With the cooperation of the archers, the people on the gate tower of Changdeokgung suffered heavy casualties.
This time, the artillery fired under the gate of Changdeokgung Palace, and the tower above the city gate was blown up.
When the defenders were unable to shoot arrows and throw things down, the North Korean soldiers went up again carrying explosive bags and piled them directly under the palace gate, and then a group of people ran back.
"fire!"
As another cannon sounded, a large gap was blown out of the palace gate with a "crash". At this time, Yunshui Lord Li Xiaocheng also came with his men and brought the ladders and wooden blocks necessary to attack the palace gate. wait.
But before Yun Shuijun's people arrived, the coalition forces had already breached the city gate.
"Boyin, you are causing trouble!"
When Lord Yunshui arrived, he first shouted to Pu Yuanzong.
Pu Yuanzong shouted: "I am ordered by the concubine to bring order to the chaos."
Upon hearing this, Lord Yunshui asked, "What is the imperial concubine's will?"
"You will see it? Will you join my side or continue to help the tiger?" Park Yuanzong shouted.
Lord Yunshui said: "I am willing to obey orders."
Tang Yin, who was not far away, couldn't help but frown after hearing this.
I thought in my heart that you Koreans are really good at pretending to sing a double act, but after thinking about it again, I understood that even if Yun Shuijun wanted to rebel with Park Yuanzong again, after all, the soldiers he brought had many thoughts in their minds, and they must first establish the justice of rebellion. , these words are actually meant for the North Korean soldiers.
But Tang Yin thought again, if you say this in Chinese, can the soldiers below really understand it?
"Fight in! Fight in!"
Just as he was talking, a fierce battle broke out inside the palace gate, and the defenders had basically lost all intention of fighting at this time.
And then someone was carried over.
"Who is this?" Tang Yin did not go towards the palace gate where the fierce battle took place, but directed the battle from the outside.
Pu Yuanzong came over and said: "It's Shen Shouqin! Kill!"
Before Tang Yin could say anything, the North Korean soldiers seemed to have eaten the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard's courage, and directly killed Shen Shouqin, the coach of the previous defenders.
After killing the person, Pu Yuanzong remembered to explain to Tang Yin: "This person is a member of the Shen family. Their brothers are the accomplices of the tiger, so they must be killed!"
Tang Yin said: "Aren't you going to lead the troops and fight in?"
When Park Yuanzong was about to mention something, a North Korean official rushed over and asked: "Envoy of the Ming Dynasty, General Park, you are ordered by the concubine to bring order to order. Who do you want to support?"
At this time, more and more people came to help.
Tang Yin found that a street was almost occupied by a mess of people.
As the saying goes, there is more help for good people and less help for bad people... Whoever has the strongest momentum will be supported by the fence-sitters in the city.
Now that the wall-mounted faction in the city has seen that the coalition forces have entered Changdeokgung Palace, why not hurry up and join the "rebels" side? Of course, after arriving, he always talked about "bringing order to order" and mentioned "concubine". Tang Yin knew that this was similar to the Queen Mother, but in fact, wasn't it just a cover? Where is the concubine?
Tang Yin said: "Divide your troops to attack Gyeongbokgung Palace, welcome the concubine, and discuss the abolition of the palace!"
"Yes, superior!"
Pu Yuanzong also stared.
I originally thought that there was little chance, not to mention a narrow escape from death, but a tenth chance of death. But now, the general trend is basically on my side, and suddenly I will become a hero of the Jingguo, and I can still get the support of the Ming Dynasty...
From a small character who was disliked by the king of Korea and sent away to become a big shot "below one person and above ten thousand people", the excitement... is indescribable.
"Split our troops at Gyeongbokgung Palace!"
Pu Yuanzong immediately ordered Yunshui Lord. After all, he did not trust Yunshui Lord as a wall-riding faction, so he asked Yunshui Lord's people to attack another palace first.
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In the inner hall of Changdeokgung Palace.
Li Shangqi didn't know what was going on outside, he only knew that it was a mess outside, and then someone reported that there were rioters making trouble.
Liu Ziguang came to report to him the request made by the Ming Dynasty envoy Tang Yin that night. He thought he could welcome Tang Yin calmly the next day, but sent him away the day after tomorrow.
At this time, Liu Ziguang had not left the palace, and was ordered to come over to explain to Li the situation outside the palace.
"I don't know about it either." Liu Ziguang certainly didn't know about it.
Because from his perspective, Tang Yin and Park Yuanzong were still stationed at the inn thirty miles north of the city. They would never enter the city or even threaten Li in Changdeok Palace.
Li said angrily: "Didn't you say that thieves will not come? There are tens of thousands of troops stationed in the city, how can we still be afraid of a few thieves?"
"Then I will go check the situation and lead my personal guards to eliminate the bandits." Liu Ziguang, as Li Chongxin's fawning minister, gave full play to his flattering side at this time.
To lead troops to quell the rebellion.
Li Dao: "Tend thirty men to his left guard and go!"
"yes!"
Without saying a word, Liu Ziguang led thirty people towards the west gate of Changdeokgung Palace where the chaos occurred. But before he reached the west gate, he saw a group of people who had already attacked the city gate, "Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang" "The sound of firecrackers frightened Liu Ziguang to the point where he could not stand still.
"Master Liu, the thieves have come in! They are from Pu Yuanzong!" the foreman of the guard reported to Liu Ziguang.
There are probably more than a hundred guards in this group, and they are preparing to defend Gyeonghwa Palace within the west gate of Changdeokgung Palace. Archers are ambushing the windows of Gyeonghwa Palace.
Liu Ziguang said angrily: "Who said they were thieves? They are King Qin's troops! Let them come over!"
"ah?"
The foreman of the defenders was also confused.
He wanted to say, is it just that your eyes, Liu Zi, are bad, or is your brain bad? It is obvious that the rebels have entered the palace gate...wait! I am confused!
The rebels have all reached this point. If they don't quickly welcome the troops of "King Qin", will they continue to work hard for Li?
"That's right! Put down your weapons and go out to meet the king's master!" The defenders seemed to understand Liu Ziguang's tactics.
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When Liu Ziguang came to "surrender" with more than a hundred people, Pu Yuanzong and Tang Yin were still outside the palace gate.
"That villain has also come to submit?" When Pu Yuanzong mentioned Liu Ziguang, he was also angrily, as if he wanted to skin Liu Ziguang alive.
In the previous Wuwu Scholars Disaster, Liu Ziguang, as Li's close friend, killed many scholars. Of course, Pu Yuanzong himself did not belong to the Shilin side. Even if he hated him, it was not to the point of inability to coexist.
Tang Yin said: "Anyone who surrenders will be accepted! Let bygones be bygones!"
"That……"
Park Yuanzong wanted to say, what if we continue to advance like this and are counterattacked afterwards?
However, he immediately realized that the Ming Dynasty did not care what would happen after the matter was completed, and even whether it was accomplished or not, perhaps it was not the concern of the Ming Dynasty's top officials. Tang Yin's death could be used as a reason for Zhang Zhou, the Duke of Lai, to send troops to Korea. It is still Why do you care so much?
First, make sure to depose Li and replace him with a new king, which is more important than anything else.
"Let him lead the way to capture Lord Yanshan."
"Capture Mr. Yanshan!"
Now that Lee is with the coalition forces, he is no longer the leader of North Korea, but just a king.
As Liu Ziguang "persuaded" the last resistance force in the palace to surrender, the remaining defenders in the palace either directly defected or disarmed, and subsequently no longer had any strength to fight against the coalition forces.
The coalition forces marched straight in and headed directly to Li's palace.
"People ran away!"
When the coalition forces arrived at the palace, they found that except for a group of Li's concubines and palace servants, there was not even a trace of Li.
Tang Yin immediately went to Changdeokgung Palace to build the palace.
When he saw dozens of women in gorgeous clothes and a large sleeping couch inside, even Tang Yin felt that Li Tai was too licentious.
No wonder I, Mr. Tang, raised my arms and shouted, and all your ministers and generals in Hanyang City responded.
"Report... Lord Yanshan appeared at the east gate and was captured on the spot by Lord Yunshui's men! In addition, there were more than a dozen of his followers..."
At the critical moment, there were only a dozen loyal guards left around Li, some of whom were even unarmed.
Pu Yuanzong said: "Guard on the spot! Attack Gyeongbokgung Palace immediately!"
"Report! The guard of Gyeongbokgung Palace has opened the palace gate and surrendered!"
"Report... the east of the city has surrendered!"
"Report...the soldiers of the training academy have surrendered."
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As battle reports came in from various places, the remaining resistance forces in Hanyang City were completely defeated. Most of them acted according to the wind and saw that Park Yuanzong had the Ming Dynasty as his backing and moved out the so-called "concubine".
In addition, Lord Yanshan was indeed unpopular in the past two years, and he was quickly defeated.
At dawn.
The war and chaos in the city had not completely subsided, but Tang Yin had already gone to Gyeongbokgung Palace with Pu Yuanzong and the minister of government Yin Bishang.
"Shangchao, who should be appointed as the monarch now?" Pu Yuanzong was very hesitant at this time. He followed Tang Yin. He clearly led the rebellion, but he also understood that all this was based on the intervention of Ming Dynasty behind the scenes.
Tang Yin brought only 200 Ming soldiers, but they became the most important force in capturing Changdeokgung Palace.
And now Zhang Zhou's troops are still watching Liaodong.
Tang Yin said: "Aren't you going to ask Concubine Cishun?"
Concubine Cishun was the second queen of Yanshanjun's father Chengzong. When Yanshanjun Li was young, his mother Yin was sentenced to death, but it did not affect Li Shizi's status. Later, Li's various atrocities were also caused by his death at an early age. Character distortion caused by mother.
After the "Zhongzong Rebellion" in history, Zhongzong Li Yi who succeeded to the throne was the biological son of Concubine Cishun. At this time, he was the king of Jincheng and was strictly controlled by Li in Hanyang City.
Li Yi was only twelve years old at this time, but when he was eleven years old, he had already married Shen Shouqin's daughter Shen. This marriage was also arranged by Yanshan Jun. Although Shen Shouqin was Yanshan Jun's best friend, Li Yi and Shen are very affectionate.
Historically, eight days after the victory in the first year of Zhengde, under the pressure of the heroes, Li Yi had to exile his beloved concubine Shen, and never had the chance to see her again in her life.
The group of people walked straight into Gyeongbokgung Palace.
The ministers of North Korea have just prepared for the morning court. Many people have also heard about the rebellion last night. But what is the specific situation at Changdeok Palace, whether the rebellion is successful, whether Lee is dead or alive, and the ministers waiting for the morning court at Gyeongbokgung Palace are all Don't know.
"Ah? Pu...Jiedushi?"
In front of Qinzheng Hall, when the ministers saw Tang Yin walking in front, followed by Pu Yuanzong and Yin Bishang, the ministers seemed to have felt that the situation in North Korea had changed.
The three of them entered the Qinzheng Palace, and under the eyes of the ministers, walked to the position that originally belonged to the king.
Tang Yin stood at the front, and Pu Yuanzong announced: "According to the order of the concubine, the common man Li was captured to bring order to the chaos. He is now being held in Changdeok Palace. The concubine will decide on the successor to the throne of Joseon."
A minister came out and said, "Should it be decided by the concubine or by the envoys of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Take it!"
Park Yuanzong was not polite either.
At least half of the people in the court are from Lord Yanshan. This time, he is like a daughter-in-law who has become a mother-in-law. He can finally let these ministers who have been picky and suppressed him run wild.
Immediately, soldiers came up and held down the person who had spoken earlier.
Just as he was about to be dragged down, Tang Yin raised his hand and the soldier immediately stopped.
Tang Yin said: "This is a family matter of your North Korea. The Ming Dynasty should not interfere with it, but Li secretly has a connection with the Jurchens, endangering the stability of the Ming Dynasty and Liaodong. Now, the successor to the throne must be agreed by His Majesty the Ming Emperor." Can succeed."
"Doesn't that mean..."
Yin Bishang first objected. As the leading minister, he still had a relatively high say.
Tang Yin glared at him and said: "It may be too late to reach the capital, but it is still too late to leave it to Duke Lai of Liaodong. The state affairs of Korea will first be presided over by Pu Yuanzong, the deputy marshal of the Liaodong army, who was personally appointed by Duke Lai. What do you think?"
The North Korean ministers present looked at each other.
You said Park Yuanzong is the one to preside over it... you, Tang Yin, are the one to preside over it.
Park Yuanzong still doesn’t listen to you in everything?
Then you Tang Yin...don't you become the founding father of North Korea and the supreme regent?
(End of chapter)
