Chongzhen was trembling with anger. He really couldn't imagine that these people were so crazy.
He immediately put on his middle coat and got up. Zhou Hou was also panicked and asked quickly: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid someone set the fire deliberately. There won't be any trouble."
After all, she is a female prostitute, and she has experienced this kind of thing.
Setting fire to the three main halls made her completely stupid.
"You stay here and don't go anywhere. Humph, are you going to have a complete showdown with me?" Chongzhen's face was ashen. Under the service of the eunuchs and maids on duty at night, he put on his dragon robe.
"I'm going to see who is causing trouble."
After saying that, he took the people out.
Queen Zhou was frightened. Although she had experienced several murders of Duke Wei when Yang Fan was guarding the palace three years ago, the burning of the three palaces and the rebellion were beyond her expectation.
For a moment, my legs felt weak, and I sat on the bed, shivering. After a while, a group of female guards that Chongzhen had brought into the palace from Prince Xin's Mansion escorted the concubines and princes and princesses and fled into the area of the third palace. At this time, the entire East, West and Sixth Palace were in chaos. Fires broke out everywhere, and the female guards and the masked eunuchs started fighting.
As soon as Chongzhen came out of Qianqing Palace, he saw Zhang Geda walking quickly with Wei Dahu and several battalion commanders from Xinghe Tuanlian.
During this period, since his personal expedition was completely defeated, Xinghe Tuanlian was forced to stay in the Imperial City and the Forbidden City in the Suwei Palace.
Zhang Geda's headquarters was once again placed in the south study room inside the Qianqing Gate. Yang Fan had placed his headquarters here in the first place.
There are basically no changes here, it is still the setting left by Yang Fan.
A map of the capital and a map of Shuntian Prefecture were hung on the wall. There were chairs on all sides of the room, and a large green baize table in the middle, with a shrunken sand table of the capital on it.
After Wei Dahu came yesterday, Zhang Geda was very excited.
Ever since he was forcibly detained here by the emperor, he was very worried about the safety of his master's territory. He and the Xinghe Tuanlian were originally responsible for protecting the new city. Now that the slaves are raging, the master's territory has been harmed.
When the master comes back from the sea, how will he explain it?
Wei Dahu, a guy with a weak brain, joked when they met: "It's better for you to be at ease with Zhang Tuan's envoy. We have gone overseas to fight for the past six months, and you have stayed here in the palace for half a year. It is really a blessing."
Zhang Geda said with a depressed look on his face: "It's so fucking uncomfortable for me. It's worse than confinement. Who the hell wants to stay in this hellish place?"
Xinghe regiment training has a total of more than 3,600 people. There are six battalions and a regiment headquarters. Each battalion has more than 500 people and consists of five squadrons of 100 people.
The battalion headquarters has a supply battalion of 500 people directly under it, and there is also a command organization of nearly 100 people.
Zhang Gedao deployed a battalion to each of the four gates of the imperial city. He was also responsible for the city wall in one direction.
Because Xinghe regiment training is now all cavalry, and each man has three horses, which is extremely mobile. The cavalry patrols along the high wall of the imperial city, and the defense is very tight.
Of the remaining two battalions, one battalion is responsible for patrolling the four gates and walls of the Forbidden City, and the other is responsible for guarding the three rear palaces.
The other first three palaces are under the charge of the Han generals of Jinyiwei. At the same time, the Imperial City and the Forbidden City are assisted by some troops in charge of the nobles.
"Your Majesty, the current situation is unclear. The area of the first three palaces is already very chaotic. It is not advisable to leave the area of the back three palaces to avoid danger." Zhang Geda said.
Although Chongzhen was furious, he heard the shouts and noises coming from the front and knew that it was very chaotic outside Qianqing Gate.
However, before Chongzhen could give instructions, gunshots sounded like exploding beans. Then the shouts of killing filled the sky.
Outside the walls of the Housan Palace, a large number of masked people wearing eunuch costumes appeared. They carried Rumi guns and shotguns, riding bows, shields, short spears, simple knives and other weapons, and surrounded them on all sides.
Fortunately, Zhang Geda followed Yang Fan's old practice and closed all the gates, leaving only Qianqing Gate and Kunning Gate for entry and exit. These palace walls were built with city bricks, plastered with Ma Dao ash, painted with red earth, and covered with yellow glazed tiles. The wall is about 6 meters high, the wall base is about 3 meters thick, and the top is about 1.7 meters thick.
If you don't come in from the door, it's not easy to climb over. It's very difficult for these rebellious people to sneak into the palace by pretending to be too fake. It's just a dream to bring siege weapons in. Therefore, for a while, the Housan Palace I'm afraid it will be difficult to break in after a while.
The three Hou Palaces, including Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace and their related areas, are located in the center of the inner court of the Forbidden City and are the main residences of the emperor and empress.
Yang Fan had made an emergency plan when he stayed in the Wei Palace before. Once there was an emergency, he asked the concubines, princes and princesses to immediately leave the Sixth Palace of the East and West and enter the core area to take shelter.
These buildings are surrounded by gates and verandas, forming a rectangular area about 220m long from north to south and 120m wide from east to west, covering an area of 26,000 square meters and containing more than 420 houses.
In the design of the Housan Palace, there are 5 gates on the east and west sides of Qianqing Gate, namely Rijing Gate, Longguang Gate, Jinghe Gate, Yongxiang Gate, Jihua Gate and Yuehua Gate. Caimen, Longfumen, Zengruimen, Duanzemen.
That is to say, there are a total of twelve gates. Zhang Geda cannot be closed unless it is closed. It is not easy to defend with so many gates.
A corps commander came to report: "Regiment Commander, a large number of eunuchs armed with firearms are attacking various gates. Please give instructions on how to deal with them."
Before he finished speaking, Chongzhen suddenly saw Zhang Gedao pull out a musket and shoot Chongzhen in the side and rear.
Chongzhen was startled. He didn't expect that Zhang Geda would dare to fire at him.
However, a scream came out, and the eunuch Jin Baoer behind him fell to the ground with his arms folded, and a golden hairpin emitting a faint blue light fell to the ground.
Chongzhen screamed in fright and jumped away immediately. The eunuchs around him immediately held Jin Baoer down.
The guards in the Housan Palace were very tight, and it was difficult to bring weapons into the Qianqing Palace. This eunuch did not know which concubine he got the gold hairpin from. This thing has two forks more than ten centimeters long because it is inserted into the hair. It is flat and very slender. If it is sharpened and poisoned, it can be a murderous weapon.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This is also the reason why, in Qing palace dramas, when the emperor visited his concubines, they had to be wrapped naked in blankets and carried by eunuchs. The hair accessories on these women's heads were casual
Any one of them can be used as a knife because they are inserted into the bun.
Not even a headband will do. If Your Majesty falls asleep, you can still strangle someone to death.
If Zhang Geda hadn't been quick-sighted just now, Chongzhen would probably have been stabbed. Seeing the insert that gave off a faint blue light, it was most likely that it had been coated with poison that sealed the throat when it saw blood.
At this time, sporadic rockets began to be thrown in from outside the palace wall. Zhang Goda worriedly looked at the rockets flying from all directions.
"Your Majesty, it's not safe here either. Please move to Baohe Hall and come out again after the situation calms down." Zhang Gedao put the short-handed flintlock gun back into its holster and then said with his hand.
Only then did Chongzhen feel scared. He felt dizzy and nodded.
Now, even the eunuchs and eunuchs around him have been infiltrated. He was really scared for a moment.
Baohe Hall is relatively small, making it easier to arrange security.
At this time, not only the Forbidden City, but also mobs holding torches appeared from nowhere, wearing eunuch clothes and covering their faces. They attacked the walls and gates of the Housan Palace from all sides.
There were also fires in the imperial city, and eunuchs were making trouble everywhere.
Dozens of places in the entire North City suddenly caught fire. The city suddenly became chaotic. Many people woke up in a panic and saw fire everywhere, so they hurriedly ran out to take shelter.
There was also chaos in the streets. Soldiers from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division were fighting with the patrol battalions. There was fighting everywhere. Even the city foxes, community rats, and local ruffians who belonged to different factions started fighting.
Usually suppressed by various forces, they basically operate in their own territory.
These people went crazy tonight, and they also started fighting. But they were not causing chaos, but taking the opportunity to rob and seize territory, and take the opportunity to eliminate their competitors.
Throughout the northern part of the capital, there were cries and shouts of death everywhere, and houses were set alight everywhere. Driven by the southeast wind, these wooden houses quickly burned to the ground, and the fire could no longer be controlled.
At the same time, in the Renshou Palace, Concubine Zheng was sitting on a high chair, holding a bowl of tea and sipping the fragrant tea in a calm manner. She seemed to turn a blind eye to the firelight and noise outside.
Dong Lin jumped over the wall in a hurry, which was expected by her. It was not the time for her to take action yet, she was still waiting for the opportunity. She just secretly helped Dong Lin and covered their people to sneak into the palace.
The trump card in her hand is the Xuanwu Army that changed its troops in the four towns. It is now stationed at Jingshan Houcamp.
