Feng Ziying went around the Meridian Gate and met Ye Xianggao, Fang Congzhe, Qi Yongtai, Li Sancai, Zhang Huaichang and others in front of the Dazhou Gate.
Obviously, the four of them have not really accepted Tang Binyin and Miao Changqi. The sudden attack like today by Emperor Wan Tong in collusion with Qiu Shiben caught the cabinet by surprise. Who dares to say whether Tang Miu and the others are here to cause harm.
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"Ziying, how is the situation?" Ye Xianggao was still neatly dressed, but Fang Congzhe and Li Sancai were a little disheveled. It was obvious that the sudden change made them panic.
"The fighting is mainly concentrated in the west. The fighting at Xihua Gate is fierce. If it continues like this, I'm afraid it won't be able to hold on. The Fifth Army Camp is too strong. He Zhisheng's Warrior Battalion doesn't have enough men and horses to see. Moreover, the Fourth Guards Battalion took the opportunity to cause chaos.
Zhang Jin’s flag-bearers did not dare to move lightly..."
Before Feng Ziying finished speaking, Zhang Huaichang had already taken over: "The flag-bearing guards cannot move. If the enemy attacks from the east to the west and the Dazhou gate is broken, it will be dangerous. I have asked Zhisheng to leave the city and go to Tongzhou to fix the frontier guards and Shenwu."
The central defender is undergoing training, so he can be brought in for some use."
"Mr. Huaichang, the few men and horses of the Dingbian Guards are not enough to fill the gap. The men and horses of the Shenwu Central Guards went to Xianghe ten days ago to merge with the Yingzhou Front Guards for training, and the people from the Training Department are still going to review."
Feng Ziying's words poured cold water on Zhang Huaichang again, and he quickly asked: "Are the people who appointed the full-backs still there? It's a bit of a calculation."
"There are only more than a thousand Dingbian guards. This year's recruitment has not started yet. In the early stage, all the Dingbian guards were added to the Jizhen Army." Feng Ziying shook her head: "They are all old, weak, sick and disabled. We are ready to recruit new soldiers.
These people must be deported."
Listening to the conversation between Zhang Huaichang and Feng Ziying, the four cabinet members all had gloomy faces. Fang Congzhe couldn't help but said: "Huaichang, Ziying, aren't there any other available soldiers in the city? Didn't the cabinet ask you to fight against Beijing in the early stage?
Have the battalion and the Shangsanqin Army made adjustments? It’s been so long, why is there still such a big situation?”
No wonder Fang Congzhe was angry.
In his opinion, the imperial court treated the Ministry of War very favorably in the early stage. Whether it was food, salary, or personnel power, they were almost satisfied. This was done before Emperor Wan Tong ascended the throne.
I didn't expect that in the end, such a big mistake would happen and I would be so passive.
He was awakened by someone in Yin Zheng and escaped from the back door of the house. He was almost blocked by soldiers from the Fifth Army Camp on the way.
Finally, under the protection of the guards, he took a small alley from the side of Qianshi Bridge, detoured around Ma Xiang Hutong, and fled in panic.
I didn't dare to walk along West Chang'an Street, but went straight to Rongxian Hutong and then quietly ran eastward behind the Long Jinwei Yamen.
That area has been controlled by Wang Chenghu's Shenji Battalion and is relatively safe.
Now his house in Anfufang has been surrounded by the Fifth Army Camp, and the whole family is blocked in the house.
Although he didn't believe that the Fifth Army Camp would dare to harm his wife and children, the dignified Second Assistant was actually kicked out of the capital city and escaped with urine on his ass. How could he not feel embarrassed and angry?
Neither Zhang Huaichang nor Feng Ziying could answer this question.
How can it be as simple and easy as imagined?
The three major camps of the Beijing camp and the fifth military camp have more than 30,000 and close to 40,000 troops. Shenshu camp and Shenji camp each have nearly 10,000 troops, a total of nearly 60,000 troops. In addition, there are more than 10,000 troops of the Shangsanqin army, a total of 7
With more than 10,000 troops, this is the main military force guarding the entire capital city and even the imperial palace. In other words, this is what the previous dynasty called the Forbidden Army.
Among these people, although the Beijing Camp experienced a relatively strong reconstruction after the First World War of the Santun Camp, most of the soldiers are still from the surrendered soldiers who were released by Zaisai. In addition, the supplementary soldiers are also from the surrounding guards, so the personnel relationship is extremely complicated.
, almost concentrated in Beijing.
Personnel adjustment does not mean that you just change a few commanders, commanders, colleagues, and commanders. If you don't change the middle and low-level military attaches, the command will not change even if the military generals are changed.
That's why Feng Ziying took great pains to take the first big step by taking advantage of the opportunity before the new emperor was established. No one dared to object too much, and then took small steps slowly, leaving some room for some people, and everyone tolerated it.
, and then the third step is to adjust it in place.
It should be said that the effect of this is still very obvious. It can be said that except for the fifth army camp and the fourth guard camp, which cannot be adjusted in one step for special reasons, the Shenshu camp, the Shenji camp, the standard guard and the warrior camp have all been basically stabilized.
At that time, Feng Ziying also considered waiting for the Kuang brothers to lead troops to Beijing and exchange Qian Guozhong with Tu Wenxiu. Tu Wenxiu came to serve as the commander of the Shenji Battalion, but left the two battalions of Ganning troops in the fifth military camp, and Qi Bingzhong from
His nephew Qi Yongxiao was transferred from the Northwest Army to the Fifth Army Camp to serve as the commanding officer to lead the two troops brought into Beijing by Tu Wenxiu.
In this way, one of the Kuang brothers entered the Shenji Camp to replace Qian Guozhong's department, and the Shenji Camp was firmly in their hands.
The Fifth Army Camp was also mixed with sand. Qi Yongxiao could bring in another group of troops, so that the Fifth Army Camp could control the five troops. In addition, Qian Guozhong brought this one over, which could further dilute Qiu Shiben's influence.
It's a good idea, but they didn't wait for you to tighten the noose step by step. The third step has not been fully reached, and now the table is overturned.
Li San, who was still in shock, calmed down a little when he heard Fang Congzhe blaming the military department he was in charge of, and then continued to tell Zhang Huaichang and Feng Ziying.
"Brother Zhonghan, you can't blame Huaichang and Ziying. In fact, they have done a good job. Who would have thought that the White Lotus Sect has penetrated the Fifth Army Camp so deeply? The initial investigation by the Ministry of Punishment and Long Jinwei only said that it would be involved.
When we arrived at the Beijing Camp and the Sanqin Army, by the way, the same goes for the Five Cities Military and Horse Division and the Patrol Battalion, who would have thought that Qiu Shiben would fall to the Emperor's side so quickly..."
"If it weren't for the Gan Ning Army and He Huchen and Yang Zhaoji brought in by Tu Wenxiu, the Fifth Army Camp would have already broken into Xihua Gate. The Shangsanqin Army was not originally designed to deal with an army like the Fifth Army Camp.
, originally to prevent thieves and bandits like the White Lotus Sect in the capital from attacking the palace, the three pro-in-arms in total only had 20,000 people, but the 5th Army Battalion had nearly 40,000 people per army, and their combat effectiveness was not comparable.
How to compare?"
Li Sancai said a few fair words. Fang Congzhe also realized that his demands were too high and stopped talking. Ye Xianggao then returned to the topic: "Huaichang, Ziying, how is the situation now?"
Zhang Huaichang looked at Feng Ziying. She only found out about the sudden change overnight when Feng Ziying sent someone to deliver the message. However, he believed that since Feng Ziying sent someone to deliver the message, countermeasures must have been taken at the same time.
"The key now is that the main force of the Fifth Army Camp is attacking Xihua Gate. Although He Zhisheng's Warrior Battalion can temporarily rely on the palace walls along the Xihua Gate to defend for a while, but I estimate that it will not take too long, and it will fall at noon today at most.
Feng Ziying's tone remained unchanged, "I have sent an order to garrison the nearest Jizhen. It is estimated that some troops will be able to rush to the city tonight, but we may not be able to hold on until then. Once the fifth military camp enters the palace city and the emperor
Let's get together, I'm afraid our fate will be either to become an official or to be imprisoned."
No matter whether he becomes an official or is imprisoned, everyone here is not afraid. No matter what Emperor Wan Tong does after regaining power, the lives of everyone here are not worried.
This is the benefit of civil servants. Even if everyone here is arrested and imprisoned, they will all be pardoned in the end.
At worst, don't even think about becoming an official this time, but the cabinet and the seven-ministerial procuratorate still have to be run by scholar-officials. At most, Tang Mu will become the first and second assistants.
But of course everyone here is not willing to go to that step, and they are not at the point of surrendering yet.
"That's it?" Zhang Huaichang said dissatisfied: "This is not enough."
"In addition, the first unit of the Shaanxi Guards arrived in Beijing the day before yesterday and was still outside Deshengmen. Originally, I was considering using Qian Guozhong to replace Shenjiying. I also sent someone to pass on the order to let them enter the city through Deshengmen and join Yang Zhaoji.
Attack Qiu Shiben's personal camp together, strive to defeat Qiu Shiben's personal camp before the warrior camp is defeated, and force it to draw troops to defend its retreat..."
Of course Feng Ziying didn't stop there, "Also, I also asked someone to meet with Qian Guozhong and promised him this matter. Let him be the commander of the Fifth Army Camp and let him lead his troops to defect and attack the rear of the Fifth Army Camp."
This aroused the interest of everyone present, and Li Sancai couldn't help but said: "I just agree, but what will Qian Guozhong do?"
Feng Ziying smiled bitterly and shook her head: "It's hard to say, I was supposed to remove him before, but now that the situation is like this and I have to use him again, it is inevitable that he will be resentful and hesitant, half and half."
"Is there anything else?" Li Sancai still had more to say, "Everything that can be used should be used now. Don't have any scruples. You can agree to any conditions first."
"There is also Gao Wenxiu's place in the Fourth Guard Camp." Feng Ziying mused: "Although Gao Wenxiu ran with Du Keli, after all, he was not as resentful as Du Keli. He was more passively following Du Keli. If
If someone can find Gao Wenxiu and persuade him to stop, then the Fourth Guards Camp will be in chaos, and it will take a lot of time for the Fifth Military Camp to conquer Xihua Gate."
Ye Xianggao looked at Feng Ziying and said word by word: "Who can persuade Gao Wenxiu?"
Feng Ziying hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded: "I'm going to ask King Zhongshun for an interview. He has close ties with the Gao family. The Gao family of Linchang Bo also invested in Taihe Bank under the introduction of King Zhongshun..."
"Oh?" Only martial arts disciples like Feng Ziying can understand these messy relationships within the martial arts. Almost no one among the civil servants pays attention to these. Ye Xianggao nodded: "Go and talk to Prince Zhongshun about this matter.
Our commitment will not change in the future, so he can rest assured."
Feng Ziying also understood that this was to reassure herself that King Zhongshun might not trust the cabinet, but he could trust his own words.
This chapter has been completed!