Can Dong Jishu stop the rebels? After the defeat of Meng Ruhu and Hu Dawei, Chongzhen lost his temper. Zuo Liangyu now joins forces with the two tigers, blocking the west side of Hongqiao.
There were only 1,800 troops. Wang Jiayin took 2,000 troops to Miao County to resist the rebels who occupied Xianghe County.
Now there are no other elite troops outside the capital except Dong Jishu of Tongzhou who has a thousand battalions.
In the Ming Dynasty, the area under the jurisdiction of Beijing was called Shuntian Prefecture. The states and counties under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture had 24 wards. Among them, there were five wards in Tongzhou, three wards each in Zhuolu, Zunhua, Jizhou, two wards each in Miyun and Sanhe, and two wards each in Liangzhou.
Township, Wuqing, Fengrun, Yutian, Xianghe, and Pinggu have one guard each.
In the 26th year of Hongwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty, in order to strengthen the defense force in the northern frontier, more than 6,000 troops were stationed in Tongzhou City, an important town in the east of Beijing. They were called Tongzhou Guards and were directly under the Ministry of War.
The Department of Health is located east of the southern part of North Street, facing south. In addition, Tongzhou Left Guard, Tongzhou Right Guard, Shenwu Middle Guard, and Dingbian Guard were also established in Tongzhou.
Together with the Tongzhou Guards, they are called the Five Guards of Tongzhou. These guards are no longer available and can only maintain local security.
The defense of Ji Town relies entirely on the 100,000 soldiers in the camp. It is these soldiers who are rebelling now.
"How many people can the Tongzhou Five Guards gather now?" Chongzhen asked. Li Banghua pondered for a moment and said: "The Tongzhou area has not been in battle for a long time and its military equipment is weakened. It is estimated that half of the people can be gathered at most." Half of the people is not a lot.
Well, one bathroom has a quota of more than 6,000 people, five bathrooms have a quota of more than 30,000, and half of it is 15,000.
"Immediately summon all the guardsmen and horses that can be mustered, and quickly go to Hongqiao to set up defenses to prevent the rebels from crossing the Chaobai River. The front line will be unified under the command of Zuo Liangyu." Chongzhen said decisively.
"In addition, summon the Three Rivers and Two Guards to immediately go south to Tongzhou to strengthen the city's defense." Chongzhen was not sure whether he could hold the Chaobai River, so Tongzhou was very important. It was the last barrier to the capital, and there was a large amount of food and supplies.
All in Tongzhou.
There must be no mistake. Chongzhen wanted to send Zhou Yuji to lead the chariot camp and 6,000 Rumi gunmen and 5,000 Jinyiwei cavalry to stop the rebels at the critical moment.
He believed that this armed force trained by Yang Fan and Zhang Shize could definitely defeat these rebels. However, the capital was completely empty.
After all, all the Beijing camp had gone to the northwest. Only the guardsmen of Shuntian Mansion were left. At this time, disaster was rising between the elbows and armpits of Xiao Qiang, and it was too late to mobilize the Great Wall border troops and the Xuanfu town border troops.
It is said that Chongzhen still has some troops in his hands now. Jinyiwei has 14 guards in the capital. Unfortunately, they are all useless showpieces, and only 5,000 cavalry can really be pulled out to fight.
For more than two hundred years, the Jinyi Guardsmen have been filled with the children of officials, children of meritorious officials, and children of honorable nobles.
Later, the relatives also received a salary from Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei became the base camp of these guys.
In addition to the emperor's bodyguards, palace guards, Han generals, honor guards, Beizhen Fusi responsible for spy work, Nanzhen Fusi responsible for discipline and imperial edicts, etc.
Almost all other establishments are given to these people. There are five security forces in the capital: Bingma Division, Jinyiwei, Patrolling Battalion, Fire Protection Armor, and City Patrol Censor.
Each of the five military and horse divisions has three to four hundred security guards. During the Jiajing Dynasty, the number of patrol battalions reached 10,000 and 5,000 horses.
However, the salary was astonishing, and there should actually be two to three thousand people. In the Ming Dynasty, every 10 households were called Jia, and every Jia had a length;
Generally, the post of head chief is taken by each household in turn, and it is a trivial job of collecting food, collecting taxes, and doing corvee work, and no one likes to be the chief. The post of head chief does not take turns, and is basically held by the local squire.
But by the end of the Ming Dynasty, these had ceased to exist in name only. Apart from collecting taxes, they basically had no public security function. However, if the Baojia system was used to mobilize the people, some people could still be used for personal use.
Each city patrol censor also has dozens of attendants, half of whom are samurai, otherwise the censor would not be able to carry out his work as a scholar.
The emperor was a little hesitant. He was very eager to suppress the rebellion, but he did not dare to use the last field force at his disposal.
"Where is the Xinghe regiment training?" Chongzhen suddenly remembered the army that Yang Fan used to guard the palace.
He quickly turned around and asked Wang Chengen.
"Your Majesty, Uncle Dingyuan only took his servants to the northwest. Xinghe Tuanlian should still be stationed at his iron factory. He is responsible for protecting his iron mines and iron factory." Wang Chengen replied.
"Immediately rush six hundred miles away, and Xinghe Tuanlian will arrive in Beijing." Chongzhen said hurriedly. At this time, he no longer cared about being suspicious of Yang Fan.
The fire is imminent. At this time, I feel that Yang Fan is more trustworthy.
"Yes, I'll send someone right now." Wang Chengen hurriedly went to make arrangements. Everyone in Donglin looked at each other, but they didn't expect that at this critical moment, the one your Majesty trusted most was Yang Fan.
In the early morning, Wang Da'an, the eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, took thirty officers of the Royal Guards and made a dusty journey to the new city.
He was here to announce the decree, and the prince and his father-in-law told him to bring Xinghe Tuanlian back no matter what. At this time, the rebels were looting everywhere, and Uncle Dingyuan also needed to protect his territory.
It was unjustifiable to transfer other people's private soldiers at this time. However, Wang Gonggong issued a death order, so Wang Daan had no choice but to bite the bullet and come to talk to Mrs. Dingyuan Bo.
When Tu Shanyue was a girl, she served as the chief guard of the princess in Prince Xin's Mansion. Wang Da'an was also an old man in Prince Xin's Mansion.
We have worked together and are very familiar with each other. I have some face in front of Mrs. Dingyuan Bo.
This is why Wang Chengen asked him to come. They had already heard that Uncle Dingyuan built a new city on his own land.
I just haven’t seen it before. This time I came here to announce the edict and I saw it. But now that I actually arrived here, I was shocked by the majesty and hugeness of this city.
The gray-white high walls are different from the walls of the Daming City, and more like the thick high walls of the Imperial City.
The bottom is three meters thick and the height is twelve meters. The top is a semicircular roof with a width of only one foot. The cement is so slippery that it is hard to keep your hands. There are so many broken glass inlaid on it that no one can stand on it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wang Daan looked at Zhiqiu Yahuazi and said, Dingyuan Bo, this city wall is really interesting. There is no flat ground on it. If a person cannot stand when he climbs up, he will have to fall down.
Twelve meters high is enough to kill you if you fall, or even if you are lucky enough to survive the fall, you will be crippled. Even though the city is very tall, it is not a taboo.
Because it was built like this, it was just a landlord's compound, not a city wall at all. It was just that the wall was thicker and taller.
There is a protruding watchtower every fifty meters on the wall. It is rectangular and two stories higher than the city wall. Half of it is inside the wall and half is outside the wall.
The lower three floors look solid, and the upper five floors have firing ports and cannon windows on all sides. There is no moat outside the wall.
The vast flat land is covered with thorny shrubs hundreds of meters wide, making it difficult for humans and animals to get close to it. So, from the looks of it, this is just a landlord's compound, but it's just too big.
Even if the censor wanted to find fault and impeachment, he could not find a place to talk. Although the walls looked different, the four city gates had urns and towers, and they were built in a magnificent manner.
It was more beautiful than the capital city. After announcing his identity, even though it was not time to open the door, the servants who guarded the city opened the city gate and let these officials in.
As soon as they entered the city, the group's eyes couldn't see enough. It was still dark, but the lights on the road were brightly lit.
Rows of street lights illuminate the streets very brightly. The ground is made of cement-hardened pavement, as flat as a whetstone.
There was not a single clean leaf on the road. They were used to the smelly roadside ditches and garbage still on the street in this era.
Flies and mosquitoes were flying around, and children were defecating everywhere. This was the first time I had seen such a clean city.
On the road, the trees on both sides emit the unique fragrance of early morning. The good air makes the lungs very comfortable.
There are already traders who got up early and began to remove the sealing boards and prepare for business. Although the people here are not luxuriously dressed, they are very clean and have confidence and smiles on their faces. The neighbors say hello with a smile.
This peaceful atmosphere did not seem to be the same as in the Ming Dynasty. Looking at these people, they were in a daze. Wang Daan sighed, this place is really a paradise, even in the capital, there is no such peaceful atmosphere.
Entering the city, there are three or four-story small buildings along the street on both sides of the street. The style of these small buildings is somewhat similar to the style of Western arcades that were used during the Republic of China.
The ground floor is higher, with a corridor more than three meters wide outside, and above the corridor is the walkway on the second floor. When customers come out of the shops on the ground floor, there is a large connected corridor, so they are not afraid of rain.
Lao Hu, the servant who took them to the Yang Mansion, was already used to the surprised expressions of guests coming here for the first time.
As he led the way on horseback, he said: "So that the angels will know that at this time, the ladies are still resting. Please arrive at the house in a while and wait in the living room for a while. I will ask Manager Mei from the inner courtyard to call
Wake up, madam." Wang Da'an wiped his sweat and said, "It doesn't matter, we came too early." Now there is a little fish belly white on the horizon. At this moment, Uchimaki of the big family must be sleeping.
Who can get up so early for nothing? The group entered the mansion and went directly to the lobby. When the manager, Zhao Fu, heard that the angel was coming, he immediately got dressed and ran to receive him.
While sending someone to notify Aunt Mei to wake up Madam, she also arranged for the kitchen to serve breakfast to Wang Daan and the Jin Yiwei.
The kitchen in Yang's house got up at three in the morning. They needed to prepare breakfast in advance. After all, people in this house got up to work at five o'clock.
The canteen must provide breakfast.
"My father-in-law and your lords, please wash your faces first, drink some hot tea, and eat some breakfast. Madam will come to receive the order in a moment," Zhao Fu said.
Wang Da'an knew that Mrs. Tushan was a second-grade imperial concubine, and she had to wear a formal dress and display incense sticks when receiving imperial edicts. What a hassle.
You have to put on makeup when you wake up so early, otherwise it will be disrespectful to the imperial edict. You can't come to receive the edict unkempt.
This time is not short, enough to wash up and have something to eat.
"Your Majesty's affairs are very urgent. How can we have something to eat if we don't have any business to do?" Wang Da'an evaded. However, he and the rest of the Jin Yiwei were on their way in the middle of the night.
People kept changing horses all the way, and I was already exhausted. When I saw the long table in the west flower hall of the lobby, it was filled with food.
I can't stand it anymore. Tofu puffs, fried dough sticks, steamed buns, siu mai, fried liver, wontons, and egg custard.
Cold cuts of meat, steaming milk, and coffee. Looking at the long white table, exquisite tableware, and fragrant breakfast.
