Chongzhen did not summon Yang Fan, but drove to Zhengyangmen and personally sat at Zhengyangmen to command the suppression of the rebellion.
Concubine Zheng's men and horses were limited, less than 20,000, but there were at least 80,000 soldiers and horses loyal to the emperor in the city.
If she hadn't taken advantage of the emperor's inattention, she almost killed him. In fact, she couldn't defeat the emperor's soldiers.
Now except Desheng Gate, all other city gates are in the hands of the emperor. They can no longer change the world.
Now, they have not even completely captured the Forbidden City. The battle between the Imperial City and the Forbidden City continues.
The emperor's harem all hid in General Zhengxi's mansion. They didn't capture any high-value hostages, and they had no cards to play against the emperor.
They attacked the Yang Mansion for a while, but it had no effect except leaving dead bodies on the ground. The place was surrounded by water on all sides, connected only by a stone bridge. The eight-meter-high wall was full of shooting holes.
The guards here are not equipped with flintlock muskets, but old sleeves.
There are also three 7.92mm Gatling guns on the four corner towers.
Under this kind of firepower, it would be a fool's errand to get close. They brought in copper-haired cannons and tried to blow open the wall.
Unfortunately, although the copper-fired cannon is a heavy cannon, its range is only five hundred meters. The Gatling gun has a range of one thousand meters, and a heavy rain of fire can kill all the gunners.
Concubine Zheng came back with a dejected look on her face, which made King Fu's fat face tremble.
He knew that Yuan Chonghuan didn't make sense.
Now that Donglin has abandoned them, he doesn't know what to do.
It's daybreak now. The emperor will soon mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress them. These people are not easy to fight. And their reputation is not justified.
The soldiers below may not know what is going on, but the officers are leading them and letting them do whatever they want.
Once the truth is known, it is possible that they will escape soon.
"We can't fight anymore. We must leave the city through Desheng Gate immediately." Princess Zheng said.
"Concubine, where are we going?" Prince Fu asked tremblingly.
"Let's go out of the city first, why don't we stay here to catch turtles in the jar?" Princess Zheng sighed.
A group of them immediately gave up fighting the various battalions of the Xinghe regiment that were surrounded from all sides, reduced their forces and retreated north.
But just as he reached the Drum Tower, a piece of bad news came.
Deshengmen was controlled by Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army.
It turned out that Lu Xiangsheng blocked Guan Ning's army, and after Guan Ning's army was forced to retreat to the camp, Zu Dashou escaped from control and regained military power. He Kegang was captured by Zu Dashou.
Lu Xiangsheng had a conversation with Zu Dashou, and Zu Dashou said that Guan Ning's army would never participate in the rebellion.
Lu Xiangsheng believed that he was telling the truth, so he left a thousand people to guard the city gate.
He and others took advantage of the dawn to run over the city wall, and took advantage of the early morning when the defenders were most slack to recapture the Deshengmen Gate Tower, Wengcheng, and Arrow Tower in one fell swoop.
Lu Xiangsheng immediately closed the city gate and sent someone to report the situation to the emperor.
Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard this. This small magistrate of Daming Prefecture was actually so powerful.
We should take the lead in suppressing the rebellion this time.
Last night, we first blocked Guan Ning's army, and then this morning, we captured Desheng Gate and blocked the rebels' retreat.
Chongzhen immediately issued an edict to commend him. At the same time, he was ordered to guard the city gate tightly and not let a rebel party escape.
Before dark, the rebels who could not get out of the city were compressed into a small area on the west side of Deshengmen.
They were desperate. A large number of soldiers surrendered to the emperor.
There is a small stone mountain next to Jishuitan. It is fifty or sixty meters high. There is a temple on the mountain in memory of Guo Shoujing, a scientist from the Yuan Dynasty.
At this time, Concubine Zheng, Prince Fu, and their last remnants of more than 3,000 people were surrounded here.
Chongzhen led Zhou Yuji and other generals to the foot of the mountain and said to Wang Chengen: "Send someone to inform Mrs. Zheng and ask them to come down the mountain and surrender immediately. If they don't surrender, I will let Zhou Yuji attack by force."
After a while, an old female official came down from the mountain.
This person was Princess Zheng's dowry and was brought to the palace from her mother's family. Chongzhen talked secretly with her for half an hour, and then the old palace maid went back.
Yang Fan got the follow-up news in the military camp. At that time, he was deploying the battle against the Jiannu.
Huang Taiji got the news late. He only got the news of the rebellion in the city in the morning. He immediately mobilized the Eight Banners and Mongolia and mobilized them all to prepare to attack the city immediately and take advantage of it.
The Eight Banners and Mongolia did not have the quality of Yang Fan's army. It was already noon when the troops were ready.
There is ten miles of wilderness between Nanyuan and Yongdingmen. It is very suitable for large army operations.
Yang Fan's 50,000-strong army and Huang Taiji's 150,000-strong army were both facing each other in formation.
Yang Fan looked at the information handed over by Lin Yueru in his hand. He sighed. The struggle between Fu Wang's family and Taichang's family was finally over. It ended with the complete defeat of Fu Wang's family.
In the morning, news came from the palace that Concubine Zheng had an old illness last night and died.
Prince Fu went to Beijing to visit his mother and concubine without permission, and was imprisoned in the clan's residence for questioning.
The Zongren Mansion was established in the early Ming Dynasty, not the Qing Dynasty.
There was a huge gap between the princes and the princes of the Ming Dynasty. The Prince of Qin's Mansion occupied an area of more than 160 acres, while the Prince's Mansion was only fifteen or six acres in size. Prince Fu was the first-class prince and had very generous rights.
However, regardless of whether he is a prince or a county king, he is not allowed to leave the fiefdom without an edict. Leaving the fiefdom without authorization is a serious crime.
Yang Fan is riding a white horse. On the left is Tu Shanyue, who is wearing a bright red armor, riding a dark cloud covered with snow. On the right is Lin Yueru, who is riding a bay red horse and wearing a Chu red armor.
Lin Yueru whispered information to them.
"Old Concubine Zheng sent her personal female officer to talk secretly with His Majesty for half an hour. After the female officer came back, the old concubine drank poisonous wine. Then she asked King Fu to come down the mountain and surrender. All the officers and soldiers put down their weapons." Lin Yueru said.
Tu Shanyue sighed and said: "Your Majesty is obsessed with saving face. Prince Fu is his uncle after all, so killing him would have a bad impact. Moreover, if this kind of scandal is publicized, let the ministers and the people see what the clan is like.
Damn it. So, if you spare King Fu's life, you will be imprisoned in the clan's mansion for life."
Lin Yueru continued: "Old Concubine Zheng was very clear-headed in the end. I guess she should have handed over the list of King Fu's party in exchange for King Fu's life. In this way, if she is gone, the King Fu's party will also collapse, and there will be no benefit to His Majesty.
It's a threat. Only in this way can Your Majesty be able to safely spare Prince Fu's life."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Yang Fan nodded and said: "The royal family rules the world based on their reputation and righteousness. They really cannot make their own family infamous. So.
Dealing with it is also the way to cause the least damage to the court."
Lin Yueru smiled bitterly and said: "In this matter, I still have a high regard for that foolish king. He actually agreed to bury Old Concubine Zheng and the temple together. He was quite generous. He will give him all the honors he can give after his death.
Okay. Even if this palace incident is suppressed, it will not be mentioned to the outside world."
Yang Fan said: "Now that we have all the respect, this matter has been revealed. Your Majesty has won, so there is no need to add any unnecessary extravagance to it. It will make the royal family lose face."
Tu Shanyue sighed and said: "This Concubine Zheng has been calling the shots in the Ming Dynasty for forty years, but now it has come to an end like this. It is really sad."
Lin Yueru has always been full of malice towards Chongzhen. She curled her lips and said: "If it weren't for the master who left him a hot air balloon, and now he drinks poisonous wine, I don't know who it is. Maybe he will end up like Emperor Jianwen."
.It’s not an exaggeration to give this master a duke for this great achievement of protecting the sky. I’m afraid he won’t be able to part with it.”
Yang Fan smiled bitterly and said: "Let's not talk about this matter in black or white. Just pretend it never happened. What you think is quite good."
Tu Shanyue said impatiently: "Your Majesty is as stingy as his grandfather, Temple. It's not that there is nothing we can do, famous weapons are easily withheld from others. If he hadn't fallen, it would have been very detrimental to our Yang family.
, the master is too lazy to care about him."
Yang Fan smiled and said: "Forget it, this matter has been settled. From now on, Your Majesty no longer has to worry about his own safety. Let's consider how to deal with the 150,000-strong army on the opposite side."
The Qing army on the opposite side had a very majestic military formation, far inferior to that of the Ming army.
Tu Shanyue said with confidence: "Master, aren't you ready? One hundred armored vehicles are equipped with shovels on the front and two-meter-long guillotines riveted on the sides. There are also fifteen tanks behind.
Follow. Just rush over at full speed, and the vests and infantry on the opposite side will be scattered like chopping melons and vegetables."
