I have a cornucopia

Chapter 82: Fighting to death, dare to pull down the emperor

Just as Lao Wang was escaping, the Xungui Group also left the palace through Xihua Gate, and then headed north along the city wall to Xuanwu Gate, where they met Lu Daqi, Tang Tong, and Zhang Ruxing who had just entered the city.

They really don't know the truth.

Lu Daqi was previously stationed in Niulan Mountain, Shunyi.

In fact, he just arrived in the capital last month and was catching up with the Qing army's retreat to Ji Town.

In order to prevent the Qing army from attacking the capital, Chongzhen ordered him to supervise the troops around the capital to advance eastward from Tongzhou as the Minister of War. As a result, the vanguard and Ying Jian were defeated by the Qing army, and even the commander-in-chief died in battle. He quickly retreated with Zhang Ruxing and other troops. Tongzhou. Later, Tang Tong, who went north to pursue Yuanjiakou, was transferred to him as reinforcement. Then they protected the capital behind them and kept watching the retreating Qing army to the west and followed the Qing army northward. Because the Qing army had already begun to leave from Jizhen at this time, their group followed them to Shunyi and stationed themselves at Niulan Mountain to prevent the Qing army from advancing westward.

They could not guarantee that the Qing army would really retreat.

Besides, even if the Qing army really retreats, it's normal to grab some before leaving.

In fact, the Qing army has not yet completely withdrawn.

Historically, it was not until May that the last batch of Qing troops withdrew.

Therefore, Zhao Guangbian, the governor of Jiliao, led other ministries and was still on guard on the blockade line from Jizhou to Luanzhou. Chongzhen had even issued an order to King Wu Sangui Qin before, but as soon as the latter arrived at Shanhaiguan, Shandong had already won a great victory. , so Chongzhen asked him to stay in Shanhaiguan temporarily.

As for Fan Zhiwan, who was the former supervisor...

Was dismissed.

Although Governor Fan commanded well and achieved unprecedented success in Shandong, he was still dismissed from his post due to some scattered charges. In fact, it was because of his obvious stance in Shandong that there was a problem.

Wang Yongji was injured by Yang Feng.

Look, this is a loyal minister.

As for Yan Shenggong, on the one hand, he had a special status, and on the other hand, he was really tortured by Yang Feng.

And Chen Changyan was even beaten to death.

But you and Yang Feng cooperated tacitly. Not only did nothing happen, but he also helped you win the battle. Who would believe you when you said that your position was okay?

You have made a principled error.

As for the great victory...

Is that what you shot?

Have some face!

In the final analysis, for Chongzhen, ability is not the most important thing, but loyalty is. If one's loyalty has been compromised, it can even be said that there are signs of betrayal, even if he has ability, he cannot use it. Besides, he is from Henan. At present, officials from Henan belong to the standard vulnerable group in the imperial court. After all, even a large part of Henan does not belong to the imperial court. Even if he is dismissed, no one will complain on his behalf.

As for Lu Daqi, he learned the news of the civil uprising in the capital yesterday afternoon at Niulan Mountain. It was only a seventy-mile journey away. It would only take less than half a day for the news to reach there. He was very smart to summon the two nearest troops, Tang Tong and Zhang Ruxing. On standby. He has talents, but he has a bad temper and no one likes him. In the evening, an emissary summoned him to Beijing with the Central Order to suppress him. Originally, he was a little worried about the Central Order. After all, he had not gone through the Ministry of War, but then the order from the Ministry of War came. arrive. Only then did he feel completely relieved, and immediately ordered the two cavalry units already on standby to travel as fast as possible, traveling through the stars and nights, and finally arrived at dawn.

But it was blocked at Andingmen.

This further confirmed the popular uprising, and he simply ordered a storm.

but now……

"Let's kill him? Where is Zhang Yuxi?"

He frowned and looked at Zhou Kui.

He is a smart man. It is one thing to work hard for the king, but it is another thing to massacre military households in the capital.

What's more, why did Zhang Guowei, who was in the city, not come for such a big matter? Why haven't you seen any of the elders? The civil uprising is indeed real, but even if a civil uprising occurs, it should be presided over by civilian officials at this time. This is a matter of principle. Why did a group of nobles come out?

When did the Ming court have their turn to speak?

"Yang Ni was extremely rebellious. He not only threatened His Majesty many times, but now he even broke through the Dong'an Gate. As for the military households in the capital, he was incited to rob the nobles. Poor Xiangcheng Uncle has been beaten to death by them. The British Duke is still being beaten to this day. He detained him, and his life and death are unknown. He tortured one of Cheng Guo Gong's sons, and the money he robbed from Cheng Guo Gong's house was hundreds of thousands. Those unscrupulous people have tasted the sweetness, so how can they still be loyal. At this time, They need to be suppressed with the force of thunder. His Majesty decrees that anyone who dares not to return will be punished as a traitor to the party."

Zhou Kui said quickly.

He didn't notice that Tang Tong and Zhang Ruxing exchanged strange glances next to him.

Lu Daqi shook his head.

"This matter is very important and requires an audience with His Majesty."

He said.

"Shilang Lu, don't you believe Jiadingbo?"

Xu Yunzhen said.

"Shilang Lu, Your Majesty is sick from anger. This capital depends entirely on you."

Wang Dehua said.

Lu Daqi smiled instead.

"Everyone, you need to be careful about this matter. I am here to serve the king with an order. How can I not see His Majesty? No matter what I do, I must first meet with His Majesty before doing anything. I am here to serve the king with an order, but I have not ordered to massacre the capital."

He said.

"Shilang Lu, it's too late!"

Wang Dehua said anxiously.

At this moment, gunfire rang out again from the direction of Donghua Gate.

"Shilang Lu, the thieves are already attacking Donghua Gate, what are you waiting for?"

Xu Yunzhen said anxiously.

The more anxious they became, the more suspicious Lu Daqi became. He was not a fool. First, no normal emperor could order such a thing as massacre of military households in the capital. This was theoretically his imperial guard. Even if there was a civil uprising in the capital, appeasement would be the best option. Standard selection. Second, even if the order is given, the Ming court cannot be a noble, but it should be Zhang Guowei, the Minister of War, or the elder. It cannot be a group of nobles. He is a civil servant, why should he listen to the nobles? Third, since it is the emperor's decree, what about the formal imperial edict? Oral decrees are nothing. Besides, he is here as King Qin. How can he know the emperor's safety without seeing Chongzhen? The first thing any King Qin should do is to make sure that His Majesty the Emperor is still alive.

Got to see the emperor.

Without seeing the emperor, who knows who issued the edict?

"When thieves attack, just hold on.

Let's go, I want to see who is so crazy and dares to cause trouble in the capital! "

Lu Daqi said.

Then he mounted his horse, abandoned these nobles, and walked along the city wall with his soldiers. However, he did not enter the Xuanwu Gate and was still walking outside the city.

The nobles behind looked at each other.

"Come on, brothers, if you defeat the thieves, you will be rewarded heavily!"

Zhang Ruxing shouted.

After saying that, he was about to mount his horse.

Wang Dehua suddenly grabbed him.

Zhang Ruxing turned his head in surprise.

"Commander Zhang, we have forgotten that Long Live Master also said that we will reward the two commanders and their brothers with 300,000 taels of silver."

Wang Dehua said with a smile.

"Duke, one family or two families?"

Zhang Ruxing said with a smile.

"One family, three hundred thousand taels per family."

Xu Yunzhen gritted his teeth and said.

Zhang Ruxing looked at Tang Tong.

"Governor, Yang Feng has a courage that is unworthy of all men. I have seen him in Shandong."

Tang Tong said with a smile.

"Four hundred thousand, four hundred thousand for a family." Xu Yunzhen said through gritted teeth.

The other uncles were obviously dissatisfied. This amount was a bit too much, and everyone's money was not blown by the strong wind. One family had 400,000 yuan, and two families had 800,000 yuan. Yang Feng did not grab that much, although he could indeed keep the food. You can get it back, but taking out money like this is ultimately unpleasant. More importantly, what kind of attitude do you have? I used to wish I could kneel down when I saw you, but now when I use you, you actually bargain for the price. Why is Tamar so embarrassed?

Tang Tong and Zhang Ruxing looked at each other.

"Duke, you said, just let go and kill."

Zhang Ruxing said with a hideous smile.

"Kill, kill him and his head will roll. These dogs are like dogs that have bitten their masters. They must not be lenient. If they dare to make trouble even if your iron cavalry charges, I don't believe they can make more trouble than the iron cavalry."

Xu Yunzhen said without hesitation.

"Then please ask General Zhang to lead his troops to attack from outside. I will lead my soldiers to attack from the Donghua Gate. I have interacted with Yang Feng, and I know a little about him. I know how to deal with him."

Tang Tong said.

Zhang Ruxing didn't think much and immediately led his soldiers to leave.

Tang Tong smiled deeply...

What a move!

He couldn't beat Yang Feng again.

There is obviously something fishy about this matter, and we don't know what will happen next. All we need to do is coax Zhang Ruxing into doing this to cut off the retreat.

Donghua Gate.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way. Let's see who is impatient and dares to block grandpa's way."

Accompanied by Yang Sheng's shouts, he rode on the cow, carrying two franc machines, and walked forward from the crowd in a strange style. On the bridge across the moat in front of him, there were densely packed soldiers. These were all Tang Tong's men. Because the first ones to enter the city were all cavalry, they did not have turtle dove muskets, but the three-barreled matchlock muskets that the Qing army had used to fight him before.

These soldiers with cloth face armor, like Japanese soldiers holding large barrels, held three-barreled matchlock guns that looked very thick but short, and faced the unruly people here.

The city wall behind is also full of gun muzzles.

But these are not Tang Tong's subordinates, but Nei Cao and Jin Yiwei.

Foreign soldiers dare not enter Donghua Gate casually.

Moreover, on both sides of the city gate and along the moat, there were more reinforcement soldiers lined up, each holding three-barreled muskets and bows and arrows, waiting in formation between the city wall and the moat.

At this time the moat was frozen.

In fact, it can be passed.

"Yang Sheng, you guys are here to serve the king, please don't make it difficult for me. I've heard for a long time that officers are powerful and have exquisite spells, but these firearms can also kill people."

shouted the commanding general.

It's just that he has heard about it for a long time. If he had seen it with his own eyes, he probably wouldn't be so naive.

"I'll give you a chance. I'll count to three. If you don't get out of the way, don't blame me for being rude."

Yang Feng said.

next moment……

"three!"

He said.

Before the general could react, the Folangji in his left hand flew out with a whistling sound, and hit the general with a rather exaggerated momentum. The latter was so frightened that he quickly bent over, and the Folangji passed over his head and hit the city wall. Then it bounced back and hit him on the back. The guy was knocked to the ground and took a few steps forward. He spat out a mouthful of blood and then fell down obviously sluggish.

"put!"

shouted a big eunuch on the city wall.

The soldiers below opened fire instinctively, and bullets continued to fall on Yang Feng and the cow in the intensive gunfire.

The cow immediately screamed and fell down.

However, Yang Feng jumped down directly, and threw the Folangji in his hand towards the bridge. Amidst the screams of the soldiers, he immediately picked up a bright and huge shield from the carriage next to him.

He threw the Folang machine because he found a shield. While waiting outside, he found a deserted place and grabbed a piece of the cornucopia for a while. He pulled out a one-centimetre-thick stainless steel plate with an unknown purpose, which was about an inch thick. Many square meters. Moreover, there are two punched holes with a diameter of about four centimeters, so the rest is simple. He just needs to smash two iron logs directly through the holes and grab them with both hands behind him.

Although it is quite heavy, it is completely acceptable to him.

At this moment, holding this shield that can be said to be a wall of sighs at least for the guns at this time, he roared and rushed forward.

Bullets kept hitting it.

And then kept bouncing away.

With extremely fast speed, he reached the bridge in a blink of an eye, and then, amid the chaos of the soldiers, he swept across with his shield.

Soldiers fell to the ice one after another.

Behind him, the military households surged forward excitedly.

The big eunuch on the city wall looked pale and started to run away while urging the soldiers to open fire.

But then Yang Feng broke open the passage and rushed to the city gate. There was no urn in Donghua Gate, it was just a single city gate. He picked up his shield and hit it hard on the city gate with the corner of his shield. The right angle of the shield immediately became like Slashing in like an axe, he pulled out his shield and slashed in again. The military households from behind swarmed in, blocking the soldiers on both sides while hitting the city gate with the wood they carried. The city gate that Yang Feng hacked into in many places was visibly broken by the constant impact of the wood.

Soon with Yang Feng's roar, the last thrust made it completely open.

"Bold, stop it!"

There were anxious shouts outside at the same time.

Yang Feng turned around and stuck his head out, watching a red-robed officer arrive with a large number of soldiers.

The latter looked at this scene with a shocked expression.

"Shilang Lu, right? Zhang Guowei is at the back on the Dong'anmen Gate Tower. He will explain it to you."

Yang Feng said.

"Bold, you are so wild and rebellious, aren't you afraid of killing the nine tribes?"

Lu Daqi said angrily.

"In this Ming Dynasty, I don't even dare to protect his life for two years, but he still kills the Nine Clans? Is Lu Shilang following the decree? I can tell you that your imperial edict is fake, and the order from the Ministry of War is also fake. Zhang Guowei said personally that he has never called you to the capital. Brothers, come to the palace. Although you were not even qualified to set foot in this place when you were good citizens, and even urinating on it would get you three tribes, but you If you are being a troublemaker, then just come in and take a pee if you want!"

Yang Feng was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore and shouted directly to the crowd of people behind him.

After saying that, he really poured water on the wall.

The unscrupulous people behind were very happy, and they also released water at the base of the wall.

"Let's go and see the emperor!"

Yang Feng lifted up his pants and shouted.

Then he picked up the giant shield and carried it behind his back for convenience. He just happened to grab a leg with one hand and put it on his shoulders. The unscrupulous people behind him also put on their trousers and happily walked into the forbidden area of ​​the palace. It was just like what Yang Feng said. They had no right to set foot here. Even finding a damaged place on the wall to pick up a brick would be a death penalty.

What a rebellion!

The laws of the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulate that those who seek to destroy the palace are treasonous and belong to the Yi tribe.

Of course, that's for docile people.

For unruly people, or even those who are against the people, it doesn't matter. They can come to this place whenever they want and leave whenever they want.

"You will be cut to pieces for fighting so hard that you dare to bring down the emperor!"

Yang Feng shouted as he walked.

(End of this chapter)