So Cao Jixiang, Cao Qin, Cao Xuan, Cao Duo, and Cao Rui began to adjust the imperial city guards on the grounds of changing defenses.
Cao Duo led 500 men to guard Donghua Gate, Cao Xuan led 500 men to guard Nangong, Cao Rui led 1,000 men to guard Xuanwu Gate, and Cao Jixiang and Cao Qin led 1,600 of the most elite servants to guard the gate. The layout of Fengtian Gate.
These are Cao's servants, retainers, and dead men.
The servants of Shi Heng, Sun Boring, Ren Li, Mao Zhong, and Liu Yongcheng, a total of 2,000 people, were originally given to Cao Qin for unified command.
Now Cao Qin used the excuse of changing defenses to gather all the two thousand servants to the outermost Dong'an Gate.
Now everyone realized something was wrong, and people became more and more panicked.
Liu Yongcheng reported to Zhu Qizhen: "Your Majesty, Wudinghou Mansion has been unable to be captured for a long time. Please go and supervise me."
Zhu Qizhen nodded. Among the eunuchs, the ones who led the most troops in battles were Liu Yongcheng and Cao Jixiang. Liu Yongcheng's military exploits are still superior to Cao Jixiang's. At this point, he can only choose to believe in Liu Yongcheng's ability, otherwise what else can he do.
Liu Yongcheng left Dong'an Gate and walked to the south side of Lao Qi's palace. His confidants had already greeted him and brought Liu Yongcheng to Liu Jujun.
When uncle and nephew got together, Liu Yongcheng asked curiously: "What are you doing? Why don't you hit anyone, just look at each other face to face?"
Liu Ju sighed helplessly: "My nephew has 5,000 men under his command, and there are 6,000 or 7,000 men on the opposite side. How can we fight? Both sides are evenly matched. If we really fight with all our lives, we won't be able to achieve results all day and night."
Instead of wasting your efforts, it is better to wait for the results in the Forbidden City. "
When Liu Yongcheng heard this, he had no choice but to ask again: "Where is Chaoyang Gate? Who owns Chaoyang Gate?"
Liu Ju shook his head: "No one is guarding Chaoyang Gate. There is no one to care about Chaoyang Gate at all."
Liu Yongcheng was even more surprised when he heard this. It is understandable that Shi Heng chose not to guard the city gate. After all, even if you don’t count the newly built outer city of Beijing, there are nine city gates in the inner city of Beijing.
There are fewer people sent to guard the gate, which is meaningless. I want to send more people, but there are not enough troops.
Instead of struggling back and forth, it would be better to just break the jar and throw it away.
Liu Yongcheng closed his eyes and sighed: "If it doesn't work, let's just rebel. Now it seems that all of us have been plotted by the emperor."
Liu Ju sighed, and the situation fell into a stalemate again.
Only a few streets and alleys around Wudinghou Mansion were filled with the sound of gunfire. The feudal king's guards were forced to launch wave after wave of charges against the emperor's troops.
It's a pity that the defense line on the opposite side is impenetrable. Without artillery, it is futile to rely on human lives to fill it.
After more than half an hour, Sun Boring led his soldiers and finally pulled several artillery pieces into Chongwen Gate with chariots.
In another three miles, the artillery can be pulled to Qianmian Hutong outside Wudinghou Mansion.
Sun Boring was secretly happy that the hereditary and irreplaceable Marquis was about to get it.
It's a pity that the ups and downs of life are so wonderful.
At the same time that Sun Boring entered Chongwen Gate, a battalion of 30,000 knights led by Xu Heng and Tao Jin poured into the capital from Anding Gate and Desheng Gate.
Soon, five thousand cavalry entered the imperial city from Bei'an Gate, joined Hao Yi's three thousand Tiance guards, and surrounded Xuanwu Gate.
Five thousand cavalry entered the imperial city from Xi'an Gate and blocked Xihua Gate.
Another five thousand cavalry surrounded Dong'an Gate, and five thousand cavalry surrounded Chengtian Gate.
After Tao Jin entered the city, he led his soldiers to take over the Shenji Camp.
Anguo Gong Xu Heng personally led 10,000 elite troops to block the intersection between Chongwenmen Street and Ganmian Hutong. Then they launched an attack from behind Shi Heng from multiple alleyways.
Shi Heng suddenly fell into a difficult situation of being attacked from both sides.
The emperor's personal troops in Wudinghou Mansion echoed the Xiaoqi camp from a distance, and 30,000 people shouted in unison, which was deafening and overwhelming.
The morale of Shi Heng's side completely collapsed.
If morale is broken, there is no need to fight.
The remaining 3,000 vassal king guards fled towards Dong'an Gate, while Shi Heng led eight or nine thousand people to flee towards Chaoyang Gate.
Seeing the collapse of the rebel army, Xu Heng chose to lead the Xiaoqi battalion to move towards Chongwenmen to intercept and kill Sun Boring. As for the guards of the feudal lord, they were allowed to flee towards Dong'anmen.
The five thousand knights blocking the Dong'an Gate also chose to give way, allowing the feudal king's guards to rush into the Dong'an Gate.
After the vassal king's guards all entered Dong'an Gate, the five thousand knights blocked Dong'an Gate again.
Cao Duo, who was stationed at Donghua Gate, followed suit and let the feudal king's guards go.
In this way, the feudal king's guards arrived outside Fengtian Gate without any hindrance.
The two thousand servants stationed at Dong'an Gate by Shi Heng, Sun Boring and others also ran in.
Seeing that the opportunity was right, Cao Jixiang shouted at the top of his lungs: "The guards of the feudal lord have betrayed, Shi Heng and Sun Tong have rebelled. Warriors, rush with me to kill the rebels and defend the legitimate emperor."
Cao's servants also shouted: "Kill the traitors and defend the legitimate emperor."
Ever since, the melee started inexplicably.
Soon, Cao Duo stationed at Donghua Gate and Cao Xuan stationed at Nangong also led a thousand servants to join the battle group.
A strange scene appeared: no one was guarding Dong'an Gate, and no one was guarding Donghua Gate. Then the five thousand soldiers of the Xiaoqi Battalion stayed outside the Dong'an Gate without anyone rushing in.
In the square between Fengtian Gate and Meridian Gate, there were the guards of the feudal lord and the servants of Shi Heng, Sun Boring and others, a total of five thousand people.
In the square between Fengtianmen and Fengtian Hall, there are 2,100 servants of the Cao family. These people 'protect' the vassal kings, nobles and civil servants in the square.
At the same time, at Xuanwu Gate, Cao Rui's thousand servants also fought with two thousand servants led by Chengguo Gong Zhu Yi, Gongshun Hou Wu Jin, and Guangyi Bo Wu Cong.
The scene became very chaotic and embarrassing. There were no emperor's personal troops in the Forbidden City, but the fighting was in full swing.
Zhu Qizhen stood on the platform of the three main halls, looking at the absurd scene in the square, feeling that his outlook on life had been subverted.
If you rebel in a good way, why do you end up with your own people beating your own people?
The two sides fought hard for an hour. Finally, with the advantage of their numbers, the lord's guards broke through Fengtianmen, entered the square between Fengtianmen and Fengtian Hall, and hurried towards their lord.
The square fell into complete chaos.
Cao Jixiang was waiting for this opportunity, and when he and his brothers Cao Qin commanded their dead soldiers to kill the vassal king, nobles, and civil servants.
Anyway, the scene turned into a mess. Everyone was furious and couldn't tell who killed whom.
For example, the King of Liao, who committed many evil deeds, was chopped so hard that it was hard to look directly at him.
But you want to find out the murderer of King Liao? Okay, go find it slowly.
Chen Xiang protected Zhu Qizhen, Xing'an protected the Queen Mother Sun, and Ha Ming led dozens of Jinyi guards to surround Zhu Qizhen and the Queen Mother Sun.
But all the rebels were fighting in the square, no one rushed to the platform, and no one was crazy enough to want to kill the emperor.
No one thought about escaping from the Forbidden City, because the Forbidden City was so small, a little more than a mile wide from east to west and less than two miles long from north to south.
So the fact that there are 20,000 troops outside is not a big secret.
Xiaoqiying accepted Zhu Qiyu's most serious military order and was not allowed to enter the Forbidden City. But the people inside cannot be allowed to come out, and anyone who comes out will be killed.
People inside have only three choices:
1. Fight with blood until death;
Second, fight in a bloody battle, and stay in place until the end;
Three, fight in a bloody battle, and commit suicide at the end of the day.
Zhu Qiyu's consideration in making this arrangement was that he could not set a precedent for the Beijing troops to rush into the Forbidden City.
The Xiaoqi Battalion cannot enter the Forbidden City, but the Tiance Guards can barely do so. The Tiance Guards were the emperor's personal soldiers overseen by Yuma. It was reasonable to enter the Forbidden City to quell the chaos.
The Six Thousand Tiance Guards waited patiently outside, waiting for the killing inside to end, and then went in to finish the job.
Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
But it was said that Xu Heng led the Xiaoqi battalion to meet Sun Boring. Behind Xu Heng were ten thousand people, and behind Sun Bor were one thousand people. The outcome was self-evident.
The Knight Battalion arrived too quickly and it was too late to deploy artillery. The two sides could only engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Sun Boring chose to be loyal to the orthodox emperor, and Xu Heng chose to give Sun Boring dignity.
In the end, Sun Boring and his men were all killed in battle.
Xu Heng looked at Sun Boring's body and sighed heavily. There is no way, the emperor has an edict, no one, whether they are soldiers, servants, or guards, who armed themselves with weapons to cause chaos in the capital, will survive.
This case cannot be opened. Entering the capital with weapons and intending to kill the emperor, if you can still survive, everyone in the future will follow suit.
Shi Heng led eight or nine thousand people to rush towards Chaoyang Gate, intending to seize the door and escape.
Ten thousand Yingzhou Guards officers rushed out from Wudinghou Mansion and Fengtian Dusi, and followed leisurely.
The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion on Chaoyangmen Street, under the command of Tao Jin, gave way to the road and allowed Shi Heng to leave.
Shi Heng was confused, and so was Liu Yongcheng. This was all nonsense.
But confusion returns to confusion, and it is not advisable to stay in the land of right and wrong for long.
Shi Heng led his troops to rush towards Chaoyang Gate.
Liu Yongcheng and Liu Juze shouted to kill the rebels and defend Emperor Jingtai, while leading their troops to charge towards Shi Heng. The two groups of men fought together again.
After Shi Heng rushed out of Chaoyang Gate with his head covered under the desperate protection of his own soldiers, when he looked up again, Shi Heng was even more confused, this time completely confused.
(End of chapter)
