Before Shi Heng, there was a very thorny problem: if he didn't chase him and the emperor saw the right time and escaped from the city, it would be possible to turn the situation around.
If he pursues them, all his subordinates will know that the palace has been surrounded, and the morale of the army may be immediately thrown into chaos.
Originally, most of the fifteen thousand capital camps were held hostage.
Fortunately, most of the generals were loyal to the Supreme Emperor. In line with the mentality of not taking responsibility for the law, since the voice of restoration has gained the upper hand, everyone will follow suit and make mistakes.
But if the momentum reverses and the emperor gains the upper hand, these people will immediately disperse.
That's what rebellion is like. The most important thing is to have quick soldiers and catch the opponent by surprise.
But if we fail to win in one go, then this deal will be over.
If something goes wrong, these soldiers from the Beijing camp will catch traitors and traitors for the emperor.
Then Anbo Chen Shao saw that Shi Heng had made such a stupid mistake and didn't care about anything else. He immediately took his servants and ran home desperately along the way they came.
Chen Shao felt that he was just an earl and could not make this joke with the lives of his entire family. Even if the Emperor was successfully restored, he would not be able to be promoted to a marquis. The wind was so unfavorable, so he had better go home quickly to save his life.
Shi Heng hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and ordered Liu Ju: "Quick, Sui Anbo is going to inform the emperor and lead people to hack him to death."
Liu Ju was stunned when he heard this: "Huh? Hack Sui Anbo to death?"
Shi Heng threatened: "Hurry up, once Sui Anbo goes to inform us, all of us will be exterminated."
Rebellion requires tremendous psychological pressure. People in this depressive atmosphere have long been confused.
Things that can be understood under normal circumstances cannot be understood at this time.
Liu Ju was frightened by Shi Heng, and he rushed forward with thousands of soldiers in a daze.
So the first battle after the mutiny started happened between Liu Ju and Chen Shao.
On one side is the Beijing camp army led by Shi Heng, and on the other side is Sui'an Bo Chen Shao who loves Zhu Qi Town.
The servants of Sui'an Bo and Chen Shao could not compare with the elites of the Beijing camp who were wearing heavy armor and holding powerful crossbows.
In less than a cup of tea, everyone in Sui'an Bo Mansion, including Chen Shao, was turned into a hedgehog.
Chen Shao is innocent, and Shi Heng, Liu Juye and Chen Shao have no personal differences. But there is no way, the situation is like this.
Chen Shao was lucky. Only by getting blood on the hands of the Beijing camp army could we not give up halfway.
Seeing this, Shi Heng breathed a sigh of relief: Now that everyone has been killed, his soldiers have to do it if they don't want to, so they can only continue to follow me forward.
Just when Shi Heng was about to command the army to pursue the emperor, Sun Bor suddenly looked to the west in the direction of the palace: "Wu Qinghou, look, there are fireworks over the palace."
Shi Heng turned around and looked, good guy, it's true. What the hell is going on? Is it so uncelebratory to rebel? Early in the morning, the death knell is sounded and fireworks are set off.
"Forget it, never mind, divide the army into four teams, each with 5,000 men, pass through the alley, and besiege the Wuding Marquis Mansion and Fengtian Dusi from all sides.
Sun Boring, you go find the cannon. Now that it's over, don't worry about it so much. Just bombard it with the cannon. "
But it was said that Zhu Qizhen and Queen Mother Sun also noticed the fireworks in the imperial city.
Zhu Qizhen had been on the battlefield after all, so he could see that this was some kind of signal.
Chen Xiang also exclaimed at the side: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, this is the direction of the Royal Horse Prison. I'm afraid the Tiance Guards are going to cause trouble."
Zhu Qizhen immediately ordered: "Quickly, let the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites prepare a letter of invitation and circulate it to everyone. Order all irrelevant soldiers in the capital to return to the barracks and wait for orders."
Yu Shiyue, Zou Qian, Shang Ren, Peng Shi, and Shi Pu were all stunned for a moment. After hearing Zhu Qizhen's order, they all took up their pens to write the edict, and then stamped it with jade seals. The young eunuchs were protected by Jin Yiwei as they went to various places. Deliver orders everywhere.
After all the young eunuchs left, Yu Shiyue and others realized that once the Supreme Emperor was defeated, the edicts written by himself and others for the Supreme Emperor would be evidence of his rebellion. The evidence is so solid that you can't rely on it even if you want to.
Now Yu Shiyue and others can only pray to their ancestors. Only if the Emperor Taishang is restored successfully will everyone have a way to survive.
At this time, Zhu Qizhen also discovered that something was wrong: among the ministers present, except for a few people such as Shi Pu and Kou Shen, the remaining important ministers were basically from the Ministry of Rites.
All other important officials of the imperial court, especially the emperor's cronies, were absent.
There are quite a few officials at the middle and lower levels, but they are just a collection of numbers and are of little use.
Even Chen Xun, who ranked highest in the cabinet, did not come.
So Zhu Qizhen asked Cao Jixiang and Liu Yongcheng: "Should we transfer the guards of the feudal lord into the Forbidden City to strengthen the defense of each gate?"
Cao Jixiang immediately advised softly: "Your Majesty, you can't. If the situation goes wrong and these vassal guards turn against you, it will be over."
"Then what do we do now? Now that the situation is getting worse, are we just sitting here and waiting?"
Cao Jixiang replied solemnly: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, to catch the thief first, catch the king. Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters."
Zhu Qizhen was stunned for a moment, then nodded fiercely: "Go and send someone to declare my order to the emperor's personal guards. If they refuse to surrender, order Shi Heng to launch a strong attack.
There are artillery in the military bureau and other places in the outer city. Shi Heng can order people to mobilize them. "
Cao Jixiang quickly sent his confidants to convey the order.
Not long after, the Duke of Cheng, Zhu Yi, the Marquis of Fengcheng, Li Xian, the Marquis of Cheng'an, Guo Sheng, the Marquis of Wu'an, Zheng Hong, the Marquis of Taining, Chen Jing, the Gongshun Marquis Wu Jin, the Guangyi Bo Wu Cong and other nobles arrived one after another with their servants.
Seeing the nobles arriving with thousands of servants, Zhu Qizhen felt relieved. Immediately, the nobles were ordered to lead these servants to guard the Meridian Gate and Xihua Gate.
As a result, Cao Qin's 5,000 people, plus the 3,000 or so noble servants who joined later, plus the 3,000 to 4,000 imperial guards, there are more than 10,000 people guarding the Forbidden City. I dare not say that I can rest easy, at least for a while. Something will go wrong.
In order to relieve the tension, Zhu Qizhen took a stroll on the platform of the three main halls.
The ruins of the three burned halls have been cleared away, leaving only the huge white marble platform.
Zhu Qizhen sighed as he walked around: "My brother, no wonder we have to use this white marble to build the palace. The wood can be burned, but the white marble cannot be burned."
Chen Xiang flattered him on the side: "The stone house is still a petty house after all, and it is far inferior to the majestic and majestic Forbidden City."
Zhu Qizhen nodded and walked to the north side of the platform. Looking at most of the harem burned to the ground, he was so heartbroken that he could not speak. The Forbidden City that I loved so much was burned and demolished by my brother, and most of it was lost.
To rebuild these palaces, countless wealth would be spent just for the wood needed.
These golden nanmu need to be mined deep in the mountains of Huguang and Guizhou, and then transported out with great effort. It is unknown how much people's labor will be consumed and how many lives will be lost.
Suddenly, the sound of cannons was heard from the east of the city. Hearing the sound of cannons, Zhu Qizhen finally felt better.
Zhu Qizhen paced again and sighed for a long time before the young eunuch came back and reported: "Your Majesty, the old prince's palace has been deserted. The guards of Prince Xin have retreated to Wudinghou Mansion and are in many alleys around it. Bed crossbows and artillery were deployed.
Wu Qinghou launched an attack, but suffered heavy losses. Now the two sides have fallen into a stalemate. "
Since in the just restoration edict, Zhu Qizhen had deposed his younger brother as King Yin, this clever little eunuch changed his tune very actively.
He thought he would be favored by the emperor for this, but Zhu Qizhen shouted angrily: "Where did the crossbows and artillery come from?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Chen Xiang stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, the yamen of Fengtian Dusi was changed from Wang Zhen's family temple, Zhihua Temple.
At that time, Princess Qi bought all the houses and land on the north side of Fengtian Dusi Yamen and converted them into barracks and a school ground. She also built a small arsenal.
So it's not surprising that there are bed crossbows and cannons there. "
Zhu Qizhen became even more angry when he heard this: "What kind of Princess Qi? There is no such thing as Princess Qi. They have all been reduced to rough servants of the Huanyi Bureau."
Chen Xiang retreated, lowering his head and not daring to speak any more.
Empress Dowager Sun, Xing'an and others were not familiar with military affairs, so they didn't feel much after hearing the news.
Cao Jixiang was already panicking: 'Oh no, I underestimated the emperor too much. It's all my fault that I went to the south to supervise the army and came back late, so I didn't know much about the emperor.
I thought that a dandy born from a feudal lord must be weak and easy to bully.
But despite all calculations, I never expected the emperor to be so shrewd. He even built a small arsenal at Fengtian Dusi. Did the emperor already calculate that there would be a mutiny in the capital at that time?
If this is the case, it really means that there is no exhaustion, which is too terrible! '
Cao Jixiang retreated, but there was no way out.
Zhu Qizhen was also confused at this time and didn't know what to do next. Zhu Qizhen suddenly had a feeling: the Forbidden City was like a prison. There were obviously ten thousand people guarding the palace gates for him, but why did it feel more like he was trapped inside.
You won’t be surrounded by enemies on all sides today, right?
Just as Zhu Qizhen was thinking about it, another young eunuch came over and whispered a few words to Cao Jixiang.
Cao Jixiang's expression suddenly changed and he reported to Zhu Qizhen: "Your Majesty, it's not good. Hao Yi, the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor, led thousands of Tiance Guards to attack Xuanwu Gate."
(End of chapter)
