Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 194 Assassination
The Forbidden City, a symbol of the supremacy of imperial power, was unexpectedly resisted by the imperial guards in a high-profile way. It is really unprecedented to assist the rebellious party to kidnap the prince.However, there is inevitability in chance, and Guan Xuqing can't help but reflect on everything he has done.

He has always regarded external enemies as his primary target, and all action plans have been formulated around combating external enemies, including the Sino-French war and this Sino-British war.Internally, he mainly takes appeasement measures, which are inseparable from his status and class. After all, he cannot overthrow the feudal dynasty and rebuild it like those revolutionaries, so all he can do is to win over one faction and attack the other. , to balance the power among various interest groups, so as to promote the advanced class to gradually replace the proportion of the backward class in the ruling group.However, will the backward class withdraw from the stage of history so willingly?No.Moreover, it is even more impossible for them to be an inherently vested interest class.This mutiny was nothing but a general outbreak of accumulated contradictions.

I think of my opponent too simply, but I think of myself too great.Thinking that everything is in their own hands, but they don't know how small a person's power is, how to compete with one or even several groups.Reforming the imperial examinations, revitalizing industry and commerce, abolishing the old Eight Banners system, maintaining a tough attitude towards the outside world, and striving for national power, these measures have indeed led China to a new path, but they have also offended almost all the forces within the feudal dynasty.It seems that what they are facing now is only the interest group of the powerful and powerful in the Qing Dynasty, but in fact, if such a big mutiny had not been accommodated, negligent, and acquiesced by other groups, I am afraid that I would not believe it even if I was killed.The root cause is that this time I violated the original formulation.The principle of supporting advanced groups and combating backward groups.When I personally promote the development of history, this feeling is extremely intoxicating, and I also let myself get lost in this feeling, and walk from behind the scenes to the front stage.naked to the enemy.If it is not very lucky this time, then China's history will go back to the old way.

Since the establishment of the Imperial Guard Army with the Qianfeng Battalion, Xiaoqi Battalion and other Gyeonggi Ten Battalions, the number of guards in the palace has been reduced to less than 1000. Today, most of the Imperial Forest Army and guards were transferred because they missed the enemy's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.At this time, the garrison force in the palace was only more than 100 imperial guards and more than 300 imperial guards.

There are less than 500 people together, and they are scattered in every corner of the palace.On the other side, because Qidong heard the gunshots from Xihuamen and led most of the imperial guards from Meridian Gate to Xihuamen, and was told by Zhang Zhankui, he stayed there.

At this time, I suddenly heard gunshots from Donghua Gate, and I was even more frightened. Why did the Qing Dynasty, which was still peaceful yesterday, even have wars around the palace today?All the guards were waiting for him to give an order, but Qidong couldn't speak a word.

"Report to the emperor, Eldest brother has been rescued safely. Killed Yilin, the traitor fourth-rank guard with a knife in the Imperial Guard at Xihua Gate." Zhang Zhankui knelt down in front of Guan Xuqing.

"Yes, I see. Go and interrogate who instructed that nanny and how many accomplices she has." Guan Xuqing said coldly.

"Show the emperor, a large number of rebels attacked Donghuamen. Just now the rebels have breached Donghuamen. They have entered the palace. Please move the emperor and empress quickly!" Another guard hurriedly ran in.

Only then did Guan Xuqing realize the seriousness of the matter. It was obvious that this was an organized and premeditated assassination.But the panic only lasted for a short time, he immediately calmed down and said, "What are you panicking about? Huang Feihong, Huo Yuanjia, and Zhang Zhankui each led [-] imperial guards to protect the queen and empress and retreat to the turret.

There is a turret in each of the four corners of the Forbidden City.The four turrets have the same shape, and are composed of nine beams, eighteen columns, triple eaves and 72 ridges, and there are gold-plated treasures on the top of the buildings.From the appearance, it looks like a small tower. From the military point of view, it is a bunker that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although the rebel army can organize a team of more than [-] people in the capital, although I have deceived myself, I believe that the rebel army must have nothing similar. For heavy weapons like mortars.

The sound of guns outside is getting closer and closer, and you can even hear the shouts of the two armies. Obviously, Shiduo and the others also know the truth of capturing the thief first, and as long as they catch themselves, the overall situation is settled, so the chaos army at least Half of them came straight to Zhongcui Palace.

"Cha." The three ran out immediately after receiving the order.

Although he kept telling himself not to be nervous, beads of sweat continued to seep from his forehead. At this time, another guard rushed in: "Reporting to the emperor, the rebel army has already attacked the palace gate!" Please, please move the emperor and the empress dowager to the palace for the time being."

"Where's Qidong? Where's his Imperial Guard? The Donghua Gate has been breached. Are the other palace gates being attacked by rebels? Or has he also rebelled?" Guan Xuqing cursed angrily.

Now nearly 1000 guards except for those who died at Donghuamen, the rest of them dare not enter the palace rashly without receiving orders. They are curiously watching what happened in the palace at the gates of the palaces. .

At this time, Feng Xianghua, who was working in the military aircraft department, also heard the gunshots. Since guns cannot be worn in the palace, Feng Xianghua hurriedly said to the tea eunuch beside him: "Go, pass on my order, let the guards at the palace gates immediately Escort in the palace. Ask Qidong to bring me a Mauser pistol."

"Cha." The eunuch, whose legs were trembling with fear, stumbled and ran out.

Outside the Xihua Gate, a guard said to Qidong: "Head, it seems that something serious happened inside. Why are the gunshots going on? Listen, there is also a siren. It seems that the emperor has been assassinated."

"What?" Qidong suddenly came back to his senses, and hurriedly said: "Go, inform all brothers, immediately go to Zhongcui Palace to escort, immediately send power to Wu Yaotian, the commander of the 22nd Division stationed in Tianjin, and immediately return to the capital to help."

"Yes." The guard took the order and left in a hurry.

In Zhongcui Palace, Guan Xuqing was still sitting upright.Although all five internal organs were burned in his heart, on the surface he was confident, and he didn't show any panic at all.

The rebels attacking the Zhongcui Palace were stubbornly blocked by the Imperial Forest Army, and the rebels who rushed into the courtyard were immediately knocked down by a row of neat gunshots. The eunuch also rushed out to get entangled with the rebels.

The rebels were mainly selected by Shiduo from his own soldiers, originally only more than 700 people.Later, some soldiers from Zailian's mansion, the hereditary prince, were added. This time, there are more than 1200 people in the palace.

Originally, Shi Duo wanted to kidnap the elder brother first, and then let the emperor send a large number of imperial guards to look for opportunities and then storm the palace.But because of the revelation of the kidnapping, he had to act in advance.

In addition to kidnapping the eldest brother, he also embezzled education funds, instructed his subordinates to pretend to be refugees to rob military camp weapons, form a party for personal gain and other crimes. This time either Guangxu died or died himself.

If Guangxu finds out about his own head, killing himself will be as easy as killing an ant. It's better to be stumped in advance, and there may be a slight chance of winning.

Just when Guan Xuqing was in a trance, suddenly there was a loud noise from outside, and the noise of shouting and killing rushed straight into the courtyard.From Guan Xuqing's position, he could almost see the flickering cold light of the bayonets on the rifles of the rebel army. At this time, Guan Xuqing couldn't sit still no matter what.

Beside Guan Xuqing, there are more than a dozen imperial guards including Da Dao Wang Wu, Yanzi Li San, and Xun Enping. Outside the courtyard, there are less than 50 imperial guards and two to three hundred young eunuchs holding swords, resisting nearly 700 rebels s attack.

"Please move the emperor." More than a dozen guards knelt down on the ground together.

"Wang Shang, send a few eunuchs to rush out and let Tianjin's 22nd Division return to Beijing immediately for rescue. The rest of the people will follow me and move to the Zhonghe Hall." Guan Xuqing said.

"Cha." Wang Shang was quite calm at this moment.

But the few eunuchs sent out were knocked down in a pool of blood before they ran out of the yard.

Guan Xuqing saw all this in his eyes, and was even more anxious in his heart.At this time, he only hoped to take advantage of the many palaces in the Forbidden City, and compete with the rebels one by one, so that he could wait for the reinforcements to arrive. Although he didn't know where the reinforcements would come, he believed that there were gunshots in the Forbidden City. It will definitely cause the vigilance of the yamen in the capital, and besides, he still firmly believes that Qidong will not betray him so far, so he must have been stumbled by something.Besides, all members of the military department in the Forbidden City are present, and they can also order the nearest troops to return to Beijing for rescue.

Just when Guan Xuqing was transferring with more than a dozen guards, he suddenly heard the explosion of a grenade in Zhongcui Palace. Guan Xuqing was overjoyed. He was sure it was not from the rebellious army, because the rebellious army just attacked Zhongcui Palace for nearly 20 days. Not a single grenade was used in minutes.If the rebellious army had this kind of equipment, it would have been used long ago.It was obvious that his own reinforcements had arrived, but he didn't know whose troops it was.

"Your Majesty, the imperial guards led by Qidong have arrived. They are mixed with the rebels, and the two sides are fighting inextricably. We came to escort, there are a large number of rebellious troops, and there are many scattered rebellious troops searching around the palace. The emperor is still Hurry up and move the turret." A soldier of the Imperial Forest Army with a face covered in black smoke said out of breath.

"Hmph, go and tell Qidong that I don't want him to simply escort and defend, but I want him to take the initiative to attack and wipe out those rebels." Guan Xuqing roared.

"twitter."

Guan Xuqing sat firmly on the dragon chair in the Hall of Central Harmony, thoughtful, as if everything outside had nothing to do with him.And the brutal fighting outside continued, with people falling down every second, blood staining the imperial palace, which symbolizes the highest power.After an hour.

Finally, the 22nd Division led by Wu Yaotian arrived, and the rebel army melted away like snow meeting sunshine.The rain washes the filthy ground, and it is believed that when the sun rises, the dynasty will be renewed.

(End of this chapter)