"After tomorrow, the party struggle in Ming Dynasty will be over."
Watching Fang Zhenghua leave, Chongzhen walked out of Dongnuan Pavilion, looked in the direction of the Beijing camp, and murmured to himself.
At this moment, the Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace area were all filled with royal guards wearing Ming armor, rows and rows, motionless in the cold winter wind as if they were green pines rooted in the rocks.
Looking at this scene, Chongzhen sighed secretly in his heart, there are still useful people in the Jinyi Guards.
It's just that the former Chongzhen was deceived by the Donglin Party, and he actually abolished the Jinyiwei. It was really too stupid.
Outside the city, there is the Beijing camp and the Chinese army's tent.
The British Duke Zhang Weixian sat on the first seat, and below him sat several of his trusted generals.
Everyone had an anxious look on their face, and everyone was a little restless. They wanted to speak but didn't dare. The martial arts performance came so suddenly.
After a while, Zhang Zhiji stood up and said, "Dad, what if His Majesty cannot control the city?"
"What does that have to do with us?"
Zhang Weixian glanced at Zhang Zhiji indifferently: "Whether it can be controlled or not, Wei Zhongxian must win, and these six thousand Nei Cao troops must also win."
"If Your Majesty takes control of the city, we have completed the task according to the plan and captured the six thousand inner troops. This is a great achievement."
"If His Majesty does not control the city, then after we take down the inner army, we will directly attack the city together with the white pole soldiers and capture the rebellion. Since Your Majesty is a brother, then the new emperor can also be a brother. We still From the power of the dragon.”
Zhang Zhiji and all the confidant generals were extremely shocked, and secretly lamented the British government's good calculation. No matter what the situation, they were the winners.
"Dad, do you hope that His Majesty will succeed or not?"
Zhang Weixian did not respond, his eyes looked a little deep.
In his heart, he hoped that His Majesty could take control. Judging from what the new emperor did after he ascended the throne, he looked like Taizu and Chengzu.
The Ming Dynasty is now in turmoil, and he naturally hopes that a wise king can revive the Ming Dynasty, so that the Zhang family can continue its glory.
But this new emperor has a strong desire for control. It is impossible for him to be as carefree as he is now. This is the contradiction.
No one knows what a new king will look like. What if he is stupid and incompetent?
"Just wait for the news with peace of mind."
After Zhang Weixian said something, he fell into meditation like an old monk. The tent was extremely quiet, except for the crackling sound of a bonfire in the middle.
I don't know how long it took, but there was a sound of rapid footsteps, and then someone entered the big tent.
"This slave has met the British Lord."
The visitor first bowed to the British Duke, and then said: "His Majesty's oral instructions, the city has been secured, and we will use all our strength to capture Wei Zhongxian and the Nei Cao army to minimize losses."
Zhang Weixian and others were shocked and immediately said: "I accept the decree!"
"Come here, please invite Wei Zhongxian and Tu Wenfu to come to the big tent to discuss the martial arts performance tomorrow."
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Wei Zhongxian entered the tent.
"Your Excellency, Mr. Wen is reorganizing the military camp and cannot leave for a while. Please forgive me. Why don't we discuss it first?"
Zhang Weixian didn't say anything. He nodded towards the people in the tent. The two generals walked out of the tent. Within a moment, they heard several screams.
"The British Duke and all Wei Zhongxian's cronies were killed!"
The two generals held the long knives that were still bleeding and put them on Wei Zhongxian's neck.
Wei Zhongxian said angrily: "What are you doing?"
"According to His Majesty's decree, we will capture the traitor Wei Zhongxian. Anyone who dares to resist will be shot to death."
"Impossible. I am the Admiral of Dongchang and Eunuch Bingbi, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and your Majesty's absolute confidant. How could your Majesty let you capture me?"
"His Majesty said a few days ago that the loyal and virtuous should be appointed to our family. Yesterday, he summoned our family and asked our family to lead the internal military to make him look bad. How could he let you arrest our family?"
Wei Zhongxian shouted: "Our family knows it, Mr. British. You must be the one who wants to rebel. You have to use the excuse to transfer the internal troops out of the city. You are the traitor."
"The people from the Chief of Ceremonies and the Royal Horse Supervisor have all been arrested. The courtiers have been imprisoned in the Huangji Palace by Your Majesty. The people from Tengxiang's Four Guards and Twenty-one Guards who have taken refuge with you have also been arrested. Do you think I am following you? You are kidding?"
Wei Zhongxian's face was full of horror and death, and he murmured to himself: "This is impossible, impossible..."
"Yes or no, we will know when we meet His Majesty."
Zhang Weixian was too lazy to argue: "Tie him up and go see Tu Wenfu. If we do it quickly, we can go home for dinner at night."
The two generals dragged Wei Zhongxian behind the British Duke. All the soldiers they saw along the way were confused and couldn't figure out what the British Duke was doing.
A quarter of an hour later, the British Duke and his entourage arrived in front of the Nei Cao military camp.
Zhang Zhiji rode his horse to the camp gate and shouted: "According to your majesty's order, Tu Wenfu, the commander of the internal military force, first came in and out of the army to do whatever he wanted, and then formed a clique for personal gain, framed Zhongliang, captured the British prince, and was sent to prison. "
As soon as the voice fell, dozens of soldiers from the Beijing camp took a step together and roared at the same time. The sound was so loud that the entire inner army could hear it.
Tu Wenfu, who was busy in the inner army, was shocked, and his eyes were full of disbelief.
Several commanders, Qianhu, and others around him also had looks of horror on their faces.
"Commanders of the Internal Affairs Army, listen, you are His Majesty's personal soldiers. You should protect His Majesty's safety instead of following Wei Zhongxian and Tu Wenfu to frame Zhongliang.
Now that Wei Zhongxian has been captured, the Si Li Jian, Yu Ma Jian, Jin Yiwei, etc. controlled by Wei Zhongxian have all been captured. "
As Wei Zhongxian was pushed out, the officers and soldiers in the Nei Cao Army looked at Wei Zhongxian with great shock.
"You six thousand people are like meat on the chopping board in our capital camp. If you don't believe it, just look to the south. There are ten red cannons and dozens of 10,000-personnel and one-thousand-fire blunderbuss deployed by the capital camp. hand."
"To the north are fifty Franchise machines, fifty Crouching Tiger cannons, and a thousand archers."
"To the west are two thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry."
"If you are stubborn, I will give an order to fire from both the north and the south. If you are so densely gathered together, how many of you can escape?"
"Even if you can escape the artillery fire, can you still escape the cavalry charge?"
"Don't think about escaping. There are white pole soldiers and twenty-one guards outside. As internal combat troops, you should know the methods of Jin Yiwei and Dongchang. The Ming Dynasty is so big that you will have nowhere to escape."
"His Majesty said that only Wei Zhongxian's confidants would be captured. Others can forget about it. Those who surrender can just walk out of the military camp."
"I will give you a quarter of an hour to think about it. If you don't surrender after a quarter of an hour, you will be killed without mercy!"
The lieutenants of the Nei Cao Army were filled with fear when they heard Zhang Zhiji's words. If this was really the arrangement, they would surely die.
After a while of tea, a soldier dropped the long knife in his hand. Someone took the lead, and the others also followed suit and dropped their weapons.
Half an hour later, more than 5,000 of the 6,000 troops dropped their weapons and walked out of the barracks, and were watched by people from the Beijing camp.
Zhang Weixian, who had been silent until now, suddenly said: "Wei Zhongxian, give you a chance to persuade Tu Wenfu to surrender. I will plead with His Majesty."
Wei Zhongxian, who was tied up, was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed and nodded quickly.
Looking at Wei Zhongxian walking into the Nei Cao Army camp, Zhang Zhiji was filled with confusion.
"Dad, what do you mean?"
