If Shi Heng had read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", at this moment, in this situation, he would definitely think of one person, that is Cao Cao.
This ambush is not over yet. Shi Heng raised his eyes and looked around, and saw the cavalry as far as the eye could see.
This is true that there is a tiger in front of the door and a wolf behind the door.
Shi Heng couldn't figure out which cavalry family this was.
The cavalry on the opposite side were not in a hurry to charge, and allowed Shi Heng and Liu Yongcheng to bite them.
An hour later, Shi Heng and Liu Yongcheng's subordinates all rushed out of Chaoyang Gate and fought each other in the open space outside Chaoyang Gate.
The Shenji Camp and Yingzhou Guards inside the city and the Duoyan Guards outside the city looked at them coldly.
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At this time, there was a fire in the city.
Some small groups of rebels gathered together and set fire to the Lao Qi Prince's Mansion and the Zhongfu Grassland.
When Shi Henggang surrounded Lao Qi's palace, he thought the emperor was inside, so he thought he was smart and ordered his soldiers to bring hay from the Zhongfu pasture and pile it up outside the palace.
Now that the small group of rebels were so small, the fire quickly became uncontrollable.
Between Zhongfu Caochang and Lao Qi Wangfu is the ceremonial room of the inner court. The three hundred beautiful women selected by the Ministry of Rites for the emperor all live here.
As luck would have it, these groups of rebels are all desperadoes with no worries.
Anyway, it’s impossible for everyone to survive this time, so what are you afraid of?
Three hundred beautiful women all died in beauty.
Also killed at the same time were Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Assistant Saint, Mrs. Li, Mrs. Zuosheng, and Mrs. Xiang, Mrs. Rongshan.
The fires in Lao Qi's palace and Zhongfu pasture were blown by the east wind, and the billowing smoke drifted into the Forbidden City. Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen, who were on the platform of the three main halls, happened to be in trouble. They were dizzy and their eyes were black from the thick smoke.
Zhu Qizhen was a little better. Queen Mother Sun had experienced several fires and had already suffered from psychological shadow. Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, he made up his mind to run.
It's definitely not possible to run to the south, because thousands of people in the south are dying; it's not possible to run to the east, because the east is on fire.
It's not possible to run north, as they have already been massacred in the direction of Xuanwu Gate.
We can only go northwest and run back to the Yinghua Palace in the far corner.
Zhu Qizhen's mentality has long since collapsed, and now he just wants to save his life. So under the protection of Xing'an, Chen Xiang, Ha Ming and dozens of Jinyi guards, Zhu Qizhen and the Queen Mother Sun supported each other, got off the platform of the three main halls from the north, and evacuated to Yinghua Hall.
Previously, Cao Rui locked up all the palace people in the imperial garden, but now there is a fight in the direction of Xuanwu Gate, and the palace people have already fled in all directions.
Not only the Empress Dowager Sun is optimistic about Yinghua Palace, but the palace people are also optimistic about Yinghua Palace. When Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen entered the courtyard gate of Yinghua Palace, they saw that the courtyard was already crowded with palace people.
At this time, Zhu Qiyu's advance plan took effect again: the Sixth West Palace and the Fifth West Palace were demolished by Zhu Qiyu. The entire Yinghua Palace area was empty and there was no hiding place. Therefore, if the palace residents fled to the west, they would have no choice. , I can only go into the Yinghua Palace.
Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen first squeezed in under the protection of Xing'an and Chen Xiang, and then the Jin Yiwei fought hard to drive the palace people out.
But there was a river of blood in the Forbidden City, and everyone was about to die, so the emperor and the queen mother's orders were not very effective.
At this time, it was no longer possible to punish the public. Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen couldn't tell who was who, let alone punish the palace people.
Jin Yiwei was staggered by the crowd, and the scene became chaotic.
Therefore, the Jinyiwei were temporarily dispersed, and only Xing'an and Chen Xiang were left with Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen.
The four of them squeezed for a long time, and finally reached the steps of the main hall. Suddenly, they heard Queen Mother Sun scream, and then her feet softened, her body tilted, and she fell down.
But it was so crowded that it was really hard to fall down.
It turned out that two young eunuchs, Zhang Ben and Zhang Qing, squeezed in and stabbed the Queen Mother several times with scissors while she was unaware.
Previously, because Zhang Min exposed the case of Jin Ying instructing the young eunuch of Shangshan Supervisor to poison the prince, Empress Dowager Sun ordered Xing'an to retaliate. In the end, Zhang Min was tortured to death.
In addition, the Zhang Ben brothers were implicated in the Fujian Civil War and were forcibly castrated and sent to the palace. The resentment was already huge.
Now that their brother was killed again, Zhang Ben and Zhang Qing were filled with resentment, but had no chance or ability to take revenge.
It's a pity that God's will has given us a golden opportunity like today.
The most important thing is that a mutiny broke out early in the morning in the Forbidden City. Quite a few palace residents had hidden scissors and other sharp weapons to defend themselves. Brothers Zhang Ben and Zhang Qing were no exception. Each of them had a pair of scissors hidden in their sleeves.
When Cao Rui imprisoned the palace people in the imperial garden before, he did not search them at all. Cao Rui didn't care at all that the palace servant was hiding a pair of scissors and hammer.
So by various coincidences, Queen Mother Sun was retaliated by the young eunuch and suffered several scissor cuts.
Zhang Ben and Zhang Qing were very clever. In the chaos, they grabbed some other people's clothes and covered their faces, and then started to stab them.
Now it's better, the incident was chaotic and sudden. After the incident, Zhu Qizhen and Xing'an were busy caring about the Queen Mother Sun's injury, and they had long forgotten to track down the murderer.
As for Chen Xiang, if he sees it, he will pretend he didn’t see it.
After a long meal, the Jinyi guards drove out most of the palace people, and then returned to Zhu Qizhen, guarding Zhu Qizhen and Queen Mother Sun as they entered the palace.
Then they drove the palace people out, and when Queen Mother Sun was placed on the bed in the inner room, most of her clothes had been dyed red with blood.
It was unrealistic to go to the imperial doctor at this time. Fortunately, Chen Xiang had some medical skills, so he was forced to go to the shelf and bandaged the Queen Mother Sun to stop the bleeding.
Fortunately, Empress Dowager Sun's injuries were serious but not fatal, so the group stayed in the palace to fight hard.
Zhu Qizhen slumped on the chair helplessly, with a look of despair on his face. Unexpectedly, he lost so easily, without even posing a substantial threat to his younger brother, and everything was over.
Ever since the Xiaoqi camp entered the city, everything has been like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.
It turns out that this is imperial power. It is so difficult for the Supreme Emperor to rebel against the current emperor. If the vassal kings, nobles, and generals rebelled, wouldn't it be as difficult as ascending to heaven?
The entire battle lasted until evening, and then gradually ceased.
After Shi Heng and Liu Yongcheng outside the city were both injured, Duoyanwei launched a charge.
Except for Shi Heng who was captured alive, all the others died in the battle.
Although Liu Yongcheng has the ability and military exploits, he will never truly join.
Zhu Qiyu chose to let them die in a dignified battle as a last show of respect for those who could not be warmed or raised well no matter what.
As for why Shi Heng was captured alive? That's the biggest tragedy just because he was dragged away to Lingchi alive.
In the Forbidden City, five thousand Tiance guards entered in an orderly manner to clean up the mess.
Brothers Cao Jixiang and Cao Qin were all killed in battle.
All civil servants were killed, and all nobles died in battle.
Most of the feudal lords were injured, and many others died.
All the vassal king's guards, servants, retainers, and dead soldiers were all killed in battle, and no one was spared.
Then the Xiaoqi battalion was responsible for martial law throughout the city, and the Duoyan guards were responsible for patrolling outside the city, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the capital.
Shenjiying and Yingzhouwei are responsible for sweeping away the fish that have slipped through the city.
The mutiny is over, but the coup is far from over. The real major changes have just begun.
(End of chapter)
