Zhang Yong was the first to go to the arsenal, and ordered the gun officer to open the door and arm the three generals who were going to suppress the battalions.
Now, there is an equipment imbalance in the Fifth Army Camp.
But there may be potential fear of dark waves and large crowds.
Zhang Yong rushed to the messenger sentry, followed by a group of people who were surrounding him vigilantly.
After hearing what he said, the sentry officer quickly responded to the situation. Zhang Yong immediately looked at the bell manager with an unkind expression and said in a cold voice: "Our family has arrived, and you, like Zhang Wei, suspect that our family has arrived at the Fifth Army Camp. Are you here to pretend to preach the imperial edict?"
He doesn't call Hui Anbo or Admiral, but calls him by his first name.
What kind of person is Zhang Yong? The imperial eunuch's palm seal, the entire imperial camp's admiral's eunuch, went through the four dynasties of Chenghua, Hongzhi, Zhengde, and Jiajing.
Although he was just a young eunuch during the Chenghua and Hongzhi years, he later went to the East Palace to serve Emperor Zhengde and became one of the famous Eight Tigers in the early years of Zhengde.
Today, he is the only minister among the Eight Tigers who still holds a prominent position. During the Ganzhou Mutiny in the 16th year of Zhengde's reign, he went to the northwest and killed Li Long, the commander-in-chief of Ganzhou, with a single blow.
Now, Zhang Yong is always staring at Na Zhong with the hair on his body standing on end.
Behind Zhang Yong were five hundred soldiers in armor, swords and guns, bows and arrows.
"...The incident happened suddenly, and I was confused for a moment... I will go and listen to the order now!"
Just as Zhang Yong nodded, another horse came running from outside the camp: "Report! Governor! Governor! The Tenth Battalion of City Guards has mutinied, and General Lei Qian is suppressing it!"
"...Leave a sentry post and hurry up for reinforcements!"
There are only 500 people there. To suppress a battalion, reinforcements are the first order.
Zhang Yong turned his head and looked at Commander Zhong and the others with cold eyes: "If the Seventh Battalion wants to mutiny, do it as soon as possible! As ordered, leave the camp immediately and rush to the school grounds!"
As he said this, he took out the knife and looked at Mr. Zhong: "Still not leaving?!"
"...Governor, we can also lead reinforcements..."
Zhang Yongdao pointed at a bold President Qian: "Since our family is here with Duke Dingguo, the fifth military camp cannot make trouble! Save this strength for the future, and now go to the school field to listen to the order for our family! The seventh camp All soldiers must return to their barracks. Anyone who disobeys orders will be killed immediately!"
He is also a bit big-headed, and he is indeed very courageous in fighting the Han people.
At this point, you still dare to interrupt and ask for orders to take credit.
As for whether it is a statement or a true act of greed and bravery, it is impossible to distinguish in detail.
Now, Zhang Yong only needs to separate the middle and low-level generals from the ordinary soldiers and declare their hearts.
The Tenth Battalion of the City Guards is really in chaos now. Once the momentum is built up, the people who suppress it will not be able to distinguish who is the culprit and who is innocent.
"Those who have no weapons in their hands, don't listen to the rebels' clamor and retreat to the barracks, they will be regarded as guilty of meritorious service!" Lei Quanyi shouted there, "Zhang Wei is treasonous, do you want to be punished by the clan? The man named Pan You surnamed Tian! You are unforgivable. Even if you rush out of the camp, can you outrun the fast horses of the Three Thousand Battalion? Duke Ding first mobilized troops from the Three Thousand Battalion, and the guards of the Fifth Army Battalion were in the palace. The Imperial Guards will arrive in a moment!"
He didn't know why the two generals of the tenth battalion of the city were so bold and why they were so determined to call for mutiny.
But since chaos has broken out, these are the officers and soldiers who caused the rebellion.
In the city's tenth camp, this battle was a street fight.
Although the officers and soldiers of the tenth battalion of city guards were not armed, they still had weapons in the camp.
Some of the nearly two thousand people were resisting their attack, while others were preparing to break out of the camp and flee. How could the entire army led by Lei Quanyi completely surround this battalion?
The most worrying situation is that once they break through the camp wall, other fearful and innocent soldiers will also escape together, and even arouse fear in nearby camps.
There are so many people here shouting kill, just think about how far they will spread.
There is also a sentry tower on top of the camp wall. Naturally, Zhang Yongxin's men have been placed on top of it at this moment. He shoots bows and arrows at the hundreds of people who are desperately trying to dismantle the wooden camp.
There were also two teams of people lighting torches and running around dodging arrows to burn the two nearby sentry towers.
Both sides are competing for time.
Lei Quanyi ordered with a stern face: "Push the sidecar forward! Those who haven't returned to the barracks yet, leave them alone and fire a cannon for me! Send the order to the camp wall and ask the second sentry to rush over quickly!"
In the twelfth year of Zhengtong, the Ming army began to gradually restore chariot troops.
By the first year of Jingtai, there was a new type of chariot called a side carriage. This sidecar can be up to one foot and three feet long. One side is covered with leather for defense, and there are gun holes in the board.
Each sidecar is equipped with four guns and one cannon. In the other car crew, there is one strong archer, two shield bearers, two sword bearers, and ten armored men.
The Third Battalion of Chariots and Soldiers, where Lei Quanyi belongs, is such an "armored vehicle" unit of the Ming Dynasty.
Now in the camp, the mutinous officers and soldiers want to seize the three-poster van and weapons that Lei Quanyi left here. Although there are many people, the equipment they hold is too different.
But Lei Quanyi was very dissatisfied when he saw the effect of the small cannon fired from the side car.
The opponent naturally also put up wooden boards and other defenses.
"Damn it, when will the new cannons and new tanks from the Shenji Camp be matched with our Fifth Army Camp?" Lei Quanyi muttered and continued to yell, "What are the swordsmen and the armored soldiers afraid of? Let me rush over from behind! If the car can't be pushed, don't push it!"
The front of the sidecar was already blocked by the killed rebel soldiers.
Most of the remaining rebels relied on the bunkers in the camp, or shot them with the only bows and arrows left here, or burned torches and threw them here.
Chariot soldiers are not meant for this kind of "street fighting". If they rush out, they may be shot in the back by their own muskets and guns.
Lei Quanyi gritted his teeth: "The guns will only hit those five barracks! The other swordsmen and soldiers will charge with me!"
Unless the chief culprits are killed quickly, these rebels will be unable to be controlled.
Lei Quanyi held his long sword and took the lead in rushing deep into the camp, heading straight towards the direction where they wanted to break the camp wall, slashing at anyone he saw.
On the other side of the camp wall, the second sentry under Lei Quanyi finally arrived. Fires were already burning below the two sentry towers, and the archers above retreated in panic to the farther sentry tower.
The sentry commanding the second sentry looked at the situation in the distance and immediately shouted: "Don't fire! Damn it, don't help them blow open the camp wall. Just kill them!"
Although there were really many people on the other side, the hundred or so of them were almost one against six, seven or nine, but they couldn't care less.
It was their military order to suppress each battalion. If these people were allowed to escape from the fifth military camp and become bandits, it would be a crime but not meritorious.
"The Governor has already said it! After today, everyone will have double pay and a reward! Kill!"
"kill!"
A sentry of troops here rushed here to block their retreat, and reinforcements from two sentries from the total number of men brought by Zhang Yong finally arrived.
In the south outside Beijing, there were indeed a thousand cavalry rushing eastward under the leadership of Qiu Luan.
Qiu Luan's eyes lit up.
After Guo Xun left the Shenji Camp, he arrived at the Three Thousand Camp and became the sitting officer of the Fifth Division, one of the five divisions still established under the Three Thousand Camp.
Those under the Fifth Division are the real elite main force of the Three Thousand Battalion.
Just under the sentry horse camp, there are four generals of the Shangzhi Mingjia officers and soldiers, as well as tiger killers, attendant battalions, etc.
Now, Qiu Luan led two general cavalrymen from Shaoma Camp to attack the Fifth Army Camp.
This was just a mission to track down possible deserters. Although Qiu Luan was young, he was not afraid.
Your Majesty is also young, so this is the time to make meritorious deeds!
The southern suburbs of Beijing are not a deserted place. The former small school grounds outside Xuanwu Gate and now the Three Thousand Battalion have left the Thousand Cavalry in a hurry. Many people have seen this news.
It didn't look like he was leaving the camp to practice at the Sanqianying Racecourse, which was being renovated as before.
Shen Wenzhou, who came out of the city, also heard the news, and his expression changed.
Logically speaking, given Hui Anbo's status, it would be impossible for him to be questioned over Li Xiang's corpse impeachment case, right?
That was the Fifth Army Camp with tens of thousands of people!
In this case, Shen Wenzhou also contacted Kong Zhewen and felt that it was time to go for a walk earlier.
Seeing him hiring a carriage at the carriage house outside the city and heading east, two people, one large and one small, stood up from the tea stall next to the carriage house.
"Uncle Li, what should I do? Wang Zhenfu told me that if I see him entering the city, I will just keep an eye on him. I don't know what's going on at the Fifth Army Camp now. He seems to be going to Tongzhou."
The person who spoke was a young man who looked to be just fourteen or fifteen years old. The person next to him was already a middle-aged man in his forties, who looked like an ordinary father and son.
The middle-aged man hesitated, "You just follow me to practice first..."
"He is not going back to the Fifth Army Camp. He must have heard the news and wanted to escape! When you were drinking tea just now, you heard them saying that there were a thousand cavalry out of the Three Thousand Camp! Uncle Li, don't hesitate! Wang Zhenfu Now that he has gone to the Fifth Army Camp, it is just a matter of catching him sooner or later. Even if no real evidence is found on the spot, he will vomit out everything after entering the prison. But if he escapes to Tongzhou, can we still catch him? Going south? I have to go back to school tomorrow!"
The middle-aged man looked at him: "How are you doing with your fists and kicks?"
The young man grinned: "I will definitely win the martial arts competition next year!"
"...Okay, then rent two horses and catch up first!" The middle-aged man looked over there with gleaming eyes, "You can only practice your skills. After capturing him, I will go directly to the Fifth Army Camp. Lu Bing, you Don’t join in the fun with me anymore.”
Lu Bing, who was already fifteen years old, nodded repeatedly.
It's just a scholar. The important thing is that the master agrees for him to practice with Li Yi and see how the newly established special security guards in the Jinyi Guard behave.
This Li Yi has a good background. Cao Guogong, the fifth-generation grandson of Li Wenzhong, King Wujing of Qiyang, is now hereditary uncle of Li Xing, the commander of Nanjing Jinyi Guards.
His elder brother Li Lian only served as the commander of Jiludu, but Li Yi actually worked in Jinyiwei in Nanjing before and was transferred to Beijing by Wang Zuo.
Now, Li Yi also knew Wang Zuo's intention in sending this good job to him, the flag officer of the special service shadow guard in the capital.
Although honorable ministers are important, it is mainly the officials and gentry who are behind the new law and conspire together.
Zhang Wei's staff master is the next clue that will really make a big splash.
Lu Bing was extremely excited: Although he won't be rewarded this time, after His Majesty's legitimate son is born, he can always have a wedding drink with his father, right?
He is already fifteen years old!
In the Forbidden Palace, Zhu Houcong has not yet arrived at the Yangxin Hall.
Lu Song was guarding here. When he saw the counselors coming out with solemn faces, he couldn't help but stepped forward and shouted: "Counselor Cui!"
Because they were worried that staying in the palace after nightfall would unsettle the capital, the counselors decided to leave the palace first.
After such a long time, only one news came back from the Fifth Army Camp: Zhang Wei resisted the order and led his troops to surround and kill Zhang Yong and Wang Zuo. Apparently, they had been captured.
This is the worst case scenario, so the three thousand battalions have been mobilized, and it is crucial whether the tens of thousands of the fifth army battalion can be suppressed by Xu Guangzuo, Zhang Yong, and Wang Zuo.
There is no news from the Fifth Military Camp in the city, and the Hui'an Prefecture and other mansions are calm.
But every moment passes, I don’t know if anyone or what news will come back.
However, there was one thing that was crucial in the Forbidden Palace: the Queen was in labor, and there was no news of the successful birth of the prince yet.
"Lu Tongzhi?"
Cui Yuan turned to look at him, looking a little anxious.
Lu Song had just heard Huang Jinchuan's order. At this time, he could only say: "Quanzi has a day off today, but with the permission of Wang Zhenfu, he went to practice with General Li Qi. There is martial law in the nine gates of the capital. I hope Cui Counselor will pay attention to it." Whether the dog returns home or not.”
Cui Yuan nodded: "Don't worry, Lu Tongzhi. I will send someone to your mansion to ask after I leave the palace. If you haven't returned to the mansion yet, I will tell Commander Luo."
"Thank you!"
Lu Song looked at his back as he hurriedly left, and his face became serious.
After looking back in the direction of Kunning Palace, he led his team to leave the Yangxin Palace, leaving only two people on duty at the door.
We don’t know what changes will happen tonight. Every gate in the Forbidden City needs to be guarded with utmost vigor.
How dare Zhang Wei resist the order? I wonder what kind of secret is behind it!
The outside is loose and the inside is tight, but the inner palace is completely tense.
From noon to now, after the queen started to activate, her growth has been extremely slow.
It’s been more than four hours now!
The emperor has been in Kunning Palace. When a woman gives birth, men are not allowed to enter the delivery room according to the rules, let alone the emperor?
Zhu Houcong also knew that this was just a custom at this time, a so-called disaster of filth and blood...
But he is the emperor, and if he really goes in, the busy people inside will be extremely nervous.
He may not care about this, but everyone else does.
When the queen gives birth, the emperor is by her side, the stable mother-in-law and the serving maids are so stressed that they may even tremble.
Sun Ming was born so slowly, Po Wen and the imperial doctor had already told her. First, because it was her first child, the queen was not very old. Second, because of Sun Ming's physique, she didn't gain much weight, and her child absorbed nutrients well and was a bit big.
Fortunately, there was no abnormal fetal position that would directly lead to dystocia.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I checked the empress's pulse before. Her body and bones are very good. Now she just needs to spend more time and energy..."
The imperial doctor from the Imperial Hospital comforted him with some anxiety, but Zhu Houcong just waved his hand.
Then Empress Dowager Jiang also waved her hand: "What have you been waiting for here? Empress Mother is just here to guard! Huang Jin is running back and forth from here to Yangxin Hall, and you go and do the business of the previous court!"
Zhu Houcong shook his head: "It was not a big deal in the previous dynasty. The queen knew that I was here, so she was always excited in her heart. Didn't my son ask Qiaomei to make her happy? I did what my son told me before, and now it is Hold on, work harder, and my son will be with her."
Feeling the difficulty of giving birth to Sun Ming, Zhu Houcong was somewhat glad that he had still insisted on the strategy of preventing other concubines from getting pregnant for more than a year.
Otherwise, I am afraid that the prince will always face the risk of dystocia in the next year.
The treatment and nutrition in the palace were still very good, and although she talked a lot to Sun Ming, she still had enough inherent concepts, and she was very afraid that if she moved around too much, she would cause fetal contractions.
Since the Spring Festival this year, my belly has gotten bigger and bigger, and the weather hasn’t gotten warmer yet. Except for walking with her a few times, she has not been insisting on walking around in the past few months.
Now, this is a matter of life and death for Sun Ming.
Her physical strength, delivery and medical skills at this time may become an issue in every subsequent moment.
There were sounds from the delivery room inside, and palace maids carrying hot water walked in and out. Zhu Houcong had been waiting here.
About three quarters of an hour later, no good news came out, but Huang Jin came to the door of Kunning Palace again.
Zhu Houcong walked over and said, "Say."
Huang Jin lowered his head and said: "One battalion of the fifth military camp mutinied. Xianning Hou Shenshi led his troops to leave the camp at five o'clock."
Zhu Houcong nodded: "Where is the city?"
"The nine gates have been closed, and there is no movement in all the mansions. The factory guards and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division are all patrolling."
Zhu Houcong closed his eyes.
Zhang Wei is very brave.
There are even more daring people in the Fifth Army Camp under his control.
A duke, an admiral and eunuch, three imperial edicts, and a battalion of officers and soldiers mutinied.
When daybreak came, Wang Xian from the Ministry of War had to apologize: according to the new system, the Ministry of War had to send someone to the camp to supervise the payment on site. Now a battalion of officers and soldiers has mutinied. The general may have other interests tied to Zhang Wei and others. What about the ordinary soldiers?
The only thing that is closely related to the ordinary soldiers in the Beijing camp is pay.
This is why a sharp knife must be used: even if the counselors can only bite the bullet and implement the new law, how many of the officials working below are trying to save trouble or even have other ideas? Faced with the demands and bribes of people like Zhang Wei, how many people would really take the emperor's orders and the orders of their superiors to heart?
This is still the capital camp under the emperor's nose!
Although the factory guards are powerful, they really cannot stare at every corner of Ming Dynasty for twelve hours.
Tonight, soldiers will die.
But for a loyal Beijing battalion capable of fighting, this is a necessary baptism.
"...Your Majesty, do you have a decree for me to pass it on to you?"
Huang Jin asked again, and Zhu Houcong was about to open his mouth to answer him when a baby's cry was heard faintly behind him.
Suddenly, the heaviness on Huang Jin's face that had been tangled all day was relieved a lot, and he immediately knelt down and said loudly: "Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty!"
When Zhu Houcong turned around and walked into the palace, the eunuchs, maids, and imperial doctors all knelt down in relief to congratulate the emperor.
"How is the queen?" Zhu Houcong only shouted loudly inside.
Amidst the sound of hurried footsteps, Zhang Qiaomei ran out and knelt down and said joyfully: "I've finally given birth. The queen just lost her strength. Your Majesty, this is a prince. Mother and son are safe!"
When the emperor's legitimate son was born, Empress Dowager Jiang was overjoyed and quickly went in to see it.
Around Zhu Houcong, there was naturally another round of congratulations.
The child still had to be cleaned inside. Zhu Houcong finally smiled, and the sound of a baby crying mixed with congratulations could be heard in his ears.
"Thank you for all the hard work, Huang Jin, take it to the Yangxin Hall first and get the reward!"
Whether it is a daughter or a prince, Zhu Houcong heard that the imperial doctors can also judge by diagnosing the pulse and other experiences.
However, when it comes to the sensitive throne, who dares to call lies?
After struggling for a long time, they finally left here with cold sweat all over their bodies, and happily went to the Yangxin Hall.
Although Zhu Houcong was not a tyrannical king who would anger them because of his temper, he was a queen giving birth to a child. Who dared to relax?
As they left, after a while, firecrackers began to sound in the Forbidden City, and the little eunuchs who had received Huang Jin's orders were running around happily to spread the news.
The sound was faintly heard near Xuanwu Gate. Lu Song, who was patrolling here, looked to the south and knew that the queen had given birth to a child. It should be good news, but he didn't know whether it was a boy or a girl.
He felt a little more relaxed, as long as it was good news.
Now, he still could not relax his vigilance, but continued to strictly order everyone not to slack off, and then looked north.
In the northern suburbs, that's where Shenji Camp is located.
