Chapter 300 Chang'an Camp pours into Shenjing City
In the early morning of the fourth day of May, in addition to Cao Wei and Chu Mingkai, two other people met quietly, one was Prince Yiping, and the other was Ren Tianxiao, the admiral of the Nine Sects!
Ren Tianxiao was originally a confidant of Emperor Kangxing, but now that Emperor Kangxing is dead and Emperor Tianzhi is also dead, the person Ren Tianxiao is most loyal to is Prince Yiping.
Back then, when Prince Yihei went to war as the Grand Shogun King, Ren Tianxiao was a subordinate of Prince Yihei. Prince Yihei had a great promotion and favor for Ren Tianxiao.
This time the two met quietly and plotted an earth-shattering event, that is, Prince Yihei was going to raise an army to seize the throne!
Ren Tianxiao was in charge of the Fifth Patrol Battalion of the Nine Gate Infantry, which had 30,000 well-equipped officers and soldiers and guarded the nine gates of the inner city.
Prince Yihei hopes to use the Nine Gate Infantry Patrol Fifth Battalion to take control of Kamikyo City first, and then wait for other troops to come to the capital to assist.
Even though Prince Yihei has been a low-key Prince of Peace for many years, he is the first general king of the Qing Dynasty. He has made great military achievements and promoted many generals. Now, many years later,
He can still recruit flying talismans and summon other generals to lead troops to the capital to help him seize the throne.
For Prince Yiping, the key to raising troops to seize the throne is the same as Jia Yun, which is to quickly control Shenjing City!
This means that Prince Yihei needs to deal with the Guards Department, the Internal Guards Department, the Guard Camp, the Imperial Guards and the Beijing Camp, as well as the Jinyi Army.
There are only 600 palace guards in the Guard Department and the Inner Guard Department together, but these 600 people should not be underestimated. They are powerful and guard the palace.
There are currently four thousand officers and soldiers in the Hujun Camp. These four thousand officers and soldiers should not be underestimated, because the Hujun Camp is equivalent to a special forces unit.
The Imperial Guard originally had more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, divided into several battalions, including the two powerful battalions of the Internal Firearms Battalion and the Jianrui Battalion. However, there are only 20,000 officers and soldiers left because recently, they were good at attacking cities.
The Jianrui Battalion was sent by Emperor Tianzhi to attack Shengjing City.
The Jingying Camp is very powerful. There are currently 40,000 officers and soldiers stationed in Fengtai, southwest of the sacred city of Jingjing, so it is also called the Fengtai Camp.
The Jinyi Army in the Shenjing City is not simple at all, because Meng Jing previously led the Jinyi Army to exterminate the Tiandi Gang rebels in Zhili Province, so that the Jinyi Army in the Shenjing City has now expanded to 3,000 people.
If Prince Yihei wants to seize the throne, these military forces need to be solved.
It’s very difficult!
However, Prince Yihei still decided to take the risk and raise an army this time. He had had enough of the low-key life of a leisure prince. In his opinion, this time Emperor Tianzhi and Emperor Kangxing died one after another, and neither of them left a legacy.
The imperial edict was a good opportunity given to him by God to seize the throne.
Back then, he lost to Emperor Tianzhi in the fight for the throne, and now he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to take the throne back!
Prince Yihei and Ren Tianxiao conspired for half an hour and already had a definite plan.
According to the plan of the two men, the Jingying Camp and the Jinyi Army can be ignored for now, and they can target Cao Wei and Chu Mingkai first, because these two people are in charge of the Guard Office, the Guard Camp, and the Imperial Guard.
The two decided to launch an army this morning, because most of the princes, ministers and the empress dowager were catching up on their sleep this morning.
The two also decided to set a trap to capture Cao Wei and Chu Mingkai before launching an army...
Three days after the death of Emperor Tianzhi, the princes and ministers slept very little. From yesterday afternoon to now, due to the death of Emperor Kangxing, the princes and ministers did not sleep again, including Prince Yiping and Ren Tianxiao.
Prince Yihei and Ren Tianxiao also need to sleep for an hour, not only because they are very tired and sleepy now, but also because once they start an army to seize the throne, they will have very little sleep time in the next few days.
Immediately, Ren Tianxiao quietly sent a few close officers and soldiers out of the inner city of Shenjing City, and transferred all the officers and soldiers of the fifth patrol battalion of the Nine Gate Infantry, which were distributed around the inner city of Shenjing City, to within the Nine Gates, including those distributed in the inner city of Shenjing City.
Five thousand officers and soldiers outside the city in the north!
These five thousand officers and soldiers are mainly used to prevent troops from raiding Shenjing City from the north, such as Chang'an Camp. Now in order to seize the throne, Prince Yihei and Ren Tianxiao can no longer take such precautions.
Little did he know that Jia Yun was benefited by this matter!
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In the early morning, Zhang Wenxiang rode a fast horse to Shenjing City.
Zhang Wenxiang was a personal soldier of a military attaché in Chang'an Camp, and this military attache was a secret agent under Qiu Shian's banner, that is, the secret agent arranged by Emperor Tianzhi in Chang'an Camp.
In fact, in addition to Zhang Wenxiang, there are several other people who are rushing to Shenjing City for various reasons to expose the fact that Jia Yun led the Chang'an camp to raise troops to Beijing. Zhang Wenxiang is the fastest.
Zhang Wenxiang arrived at Andingmen and pointed out that he had urgent matters and asked to see Qiu Shi'an. However, Ren Tianxiao, who wanted to assist Prince Yiping in seizing the throne, had strictly ordered the Nine Gates Infantry Army to patrol the fifth battalion and sealed the Nine Gates. He would not let anyone go easily, let alone Qiu Shi'an.
Already been arrested.
Zhang Wenxiang had no choice but to tell the city gate leader who was guarding Anding Gate that Jia Yun led Chang'an camp to raise troops to the capital. The city gate leader was shocked. He dared to neglect and immediately took Zhang Wenxiang with him.
Met Ren Tianxiao.
Ren Tianxiao was sleeping at this time. He had only slept for three quarters of an hour when he was suddenly woken up. He was very annoyed. However, when he heard the reason, he was immediately startled. He couldn't sleep anymore and was in a hurry to find Prince Yiping.
, also woke up the sleeping Prince Yihei.
Prince Yiping was also shocked when he learned of the situation. He knew that the top priority was not to raise troops to seize the throne, but to stop Jia Yun and Chang'an camp!
Immediately, Prince Yihei asked Ren Tianxiao to lead the nine-men infantry patrol to patrol the fifth battalion to defend Shenjing City. Prince Yihei immediately went to the palace to inform the Empress Dowager and the military ministers of the matter, requesting the mobilization of the Imperial Guards and the guard battalion to defend Shenjing City, and even
Mobilize the Beijing camp...
But it's too late!
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In the morning, when Ren Tianxiao entered the palace and woke up the sleeping empress dowager, at the same time, Jia Yun had led 10,000 cavalry. After two hours of running, they arrived at the north of Shenjing City, only a few kilometers away from Shenjing City.
The speed of horses is generally more than 20 kilometers per hour, and the speed of horses can even reach 60 kilometers per hour.
This time Jia Yun led 10,000 cavalry in an all-out attack, and the 10,000 cavalry were not very heavy. In two hours, that is, four hours, they attacked for more than a hundred miles.
Yes, these 10,000 cavalrymen did not carry much weight, let alone artillery, and they did not even carry a shotgun. The weapons they were equipped with were half crossbows, half swords and spears, and they also brought some explosive bags.
At this time, Jia Yun felt surprised. He knew that where he was now, there should have been thousands of officers and soldiers from the fifth patrol battalion of the Nine Gate Infantry Army stationed there, but now there were none!
Originally, Jia Yun had made two preparations for this. First, the officers and soldiers of the fifth patrol battalion of the Nine Gate Infantry stationed here did not dare to stop him and the 10,000 Chang'an camp cavalry. Second, if they dared to stop him, he led 10,000 Chang'an camp cavalry to charge and kill them.
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Now there is no need for these two preparations.
This is naturally a good thing for Jia Yun.
However, Jia Yun also speculated that although this matter has great benefits, it probably also has disadvantages.
Jia Yun speculated that the thousands of officers and soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of the Nine Gates Infantry Patrol who were originally stationed here should have withdrawn to Shenjing City. The most likely possibility is that the Nine Gates Admiral Ren Tianxiao is about to raise an army!
Ren Tianxiao naturally did not raise the army to become emperor for himself, so who was he trying to help seize the throne?
Jia Yun could not think too much about this issue now and continued to lead 10,000 cavalry towards Shenjing City. To be precise, towards the Xizhimen of Shenjing City.
Xizhimen, built during the Kublai Khan period of the Yuan Dynasty, is one of the nine gates in the inner city of Shenjing. It is located on the north side of Xiyuan. It is the largest city gate except Zhengyang Gate. This gate is also called "Water Gate" because of the imperial palace.
The water comes from Yuquan Mountain, and transporting water from Yuquan Mountain to the palace needs to pass through this gate.
According to the news delivered by Chu Mingkai's personal soldier Xu Jing, Cao Wei and Chu Mingkai asked Jia Yun to lead the Chang'an camp to Beijing from Xizhimen, because Chu Mingkai had deployed a full 5,000 imperial guardsmen inside Xizhimen.
Jia Yun and Chu Mingkai are old friends, and they are also familiar with Xu Jing, so they have no doubts.
At this time, Jia Yun led 10,000 Chang'an camp cavalry to outside Xizhimen.
Just now, Cao Wei and Chu Mingkai had learned about the news that Jia Yun led Chang'an camp to Beijing, so at this moment, Chu Mingkai had already arrived at Xizhimen in person.
At this moment, under Jia Yun's arrangement, Tong Dunxing approached the city gate on horseback.
"Who is coming?" Pang Yuan, who was standing on the city wall, shouted to Tong Dunxing under the city wall. Although the voice was loud, Pang Yuan was very nervous and his face turned pale.
Pang Yuan is the city gate leader responsible for guarding Xizhimen, and is a military attaché of the fourth rank.
Tong Dunxing looked up at Pang Yuan on the city wall and responded loudly: "I am the third-class guard of Prince Zhongwu's palace. Prince Zhongwu learned that the current chaos in the court and the turmoil in Shenjing led 40,000 Chang'an troops to defend Shenjing.
, protect Chao Gang!"
The Chang'an camp army mobilized by Jia Yun this time totaled more than 30,000 people, less than 40,000, because now there were only so many officers and soldiers in Chang'an camp with combat effectiveness, and at the moment, only 10,000 cavalry arrived first.
However, as the saying goes, a soldier never tires of deceit. At this time, it is necessary for Jia Yun to exaggerate his own military strength, which will be more intimidating.
When Pang Yuan heard that 40,000 Chang'an troops had arrived, he immediately became more nervous and his face became paler.
Oh my god, how can we stop the 40,000 Chang'an camp army from doing this?
There are currently only 3,000 officers and soldiers of the Fifth Patrol Battalion of the Nine Gate Infantry here in Xizhimen. What’s more, the combat strength of the Fifth Patrol Battalion of the Nine Gate Infantry is much worse than that of the current Chang’an Camp!
The Chang'an Camp has become a very powerful army due to frequent battles. Even the Beijing Camp cannot compare. What's more, in the past year, under the leadership of Jia Yun, the Chang'an Camp has gone through the battles of the South and the North.
Experience, especially the arduous half-year-long Northern War, has made the current Chang'an camp astonishingly powerful.
The Nine Gate Infantry Patrol Battalion, although well-equipped, is responsible for guarding the Nine Gates of the inner city of Shenjing City, as well as night patrols, firefighting, security inspections, bans, arrests, prison breaks and other matters for many years.
They have never experienced the war, and many of them are related households.
Even Pang Yuan, the city gate leader who is currently responsible for guarding Xizhimen, is a related household.
It is no exaggeration to say that without the use of city defense or artillery, the 10,000 Chang'an camp cavalry currently led by Jia Yun are enough to defeat the 30,000 troops of the 5th patrolling battalion of the Nine-men Infantry Army!
Although he was frightened enough, Pang Yuan still yelled loudly: "I am the city gate leader of the Fifth Battalion of the Nine Gates Infantry Patrol, responsible for guarding the Xizhi Gate. On the orders of the Nine Gates Admiral, there is no order from the Nine Gates Admiral.
No one is allowed to enter or leave the inner city of Shenjing at the moment."
After shouting these words, Pang Yuan became even more frightened, so he added loudly: "Please let Prince Zhongwu wait a moment, and I will report back to the Admiral of the Nine Gates right now."
Tong Dunxing shouted: "Bold! Prince Zhongwu personally led 40,000 Chang'an camp troops to defend Shenjing and maintain the imperial court. How dare you stop him? Why don't you quickly open the city gate to welcome Prince Zhongwu! Prince Zhongwu said, if you
If you do this, you will be a hero, and you will be rewarded heavily afterwards. If you dare to resist, you will be a criminal!"
After saying this, Tong Dunxing rode back to Jia Yun.
Pang Yuan hesitated...
Pang Yuan knew that Jia Yun was raising troops to seize the throne.
Pang Yuan also understood the meaning of Tong Dunxing's words, which meant that if he assisted Jia Yun, after Jia Yun succeeded in seizing the throne, he would be a hero and he would be heavily rewarded. If he resisted, after Jia Yun succeeded in seizing the throne, he would be heavily rewarded.
, he is the guilty one, and his fate will be miserable.
The problem is that he doesn't know whether Jia Yun can succeed in seizing the throne. If he assists Jia Yun and Jia Yun fails in seizing the throne, then his end will be tragic.
At this moment, a subordinate came to report: "Your Majesty, Lord Chu, the commander of the imperial guards, is here and wants to see you!"
Pang Yuan's eyes widened immediately. While speculating on Chu Mingkai's intention, he walked down the city wall and came to Chu Mingkai. He saw a dense crowd of 5,000 Imperial Guard officers and soldiers standing behind Chu Mingkai.
Chu Mingkai said solemnly: "Please open the city gate immediately to welcome Prince Zhongwu. This is a military order from the Military Aircraft Department!"
Pang Yuan was dumbfounded: "..."
He realized that the military orders from the Military Aircraft Department were probably not true, and Chu Mingkai, the commander of the Imperial Guard, was probably assisting Jia Yun in seizing the throne.
After hesitating for a while, Pang Yuan made a decision in his heart, and he said flatteringly: "I will obey Master Chu's order from now on. I will obey Master Chu's orders from now on!"
This time it was Chu Mingkai's turn to be dumbfounded: "..."
He originally thought that Pang Yuan, as the city gate leader under Ren Tianxiao, would not be willing to take the initiative to open the city gate and would not believe his so-called military orders from the military aircraft department.
His original plan was to capture Pang Yuan immediately once Pang Yuan resisted, and then lead the imperial guards to forcefully open the Xizhimen gate.
The result now is this?
The reason was that Pang Yuan was not very loyal to Ren Tianxiao. He also wisely judged that Jia Yun led Chang'an camp to Beijing to seize the throne. Now with the support of Chu Mingkai, the commander of the Imperial Guard, Jia Yun succeeded in seizing the throne.
The odds are high. He is now a hero for assisting. If he resists, he will be captured by Chu Mingkai, or even die tragically at the hands of the Imperial Guards.
"Open the city gate!"
Following Pang Yuan's order, the Xizhimen city gate opened wide, and 10,000 Chang'an camp cavalry, led by Jia Yun, poured into the Shenjing city through Xizhimen in a mighty and mighty manner.
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