Under the leadership of Yang Bo, the remnants of the Dongchang army rushed left and right in the capital. They finally broke through the heavy interceptions of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division and reached the camp in the north of the city. However, they were shot by a burst of arrows and suffered heavy losses.
"Don't get me wrong! We are from Dongchang. Let your commanders come out to see the admiral!" A man shouted at the top of his voice. As long as the officers and soldiers from the camp in the north of the city could be mobilized to fight back, there would still be a chance to counterattack.
At least that's what Yang Bo planned.
However, the figure that appeared on the high wall of the camp completely dispelled Yang Bo's delusion. Yuan Chonghuan had already changed out of his second-grade official uniform, and his head was revealed in a military uniform with a helmet on top: "Yang Bo is a traitor! I haven't consecrated him yet~!" Bangzi rang.
Here, another burst of arrows was shot out, and the sounds of horses neighing and chaotic footsteps in the camp could be vaguely heard.
"No! Let's go!" Seeing that the camp in the north of the city had been taken by Yuan Chonghuan, Yang Bo thought that this was really over, so he ran away. The gate of the camp behind opened wide, and Yibiao tied up the red-led cavalry and chased him out.
The remnants of the Dongchang soldiers who did not ride horses were hacking away like a storm. Fortunately, Yang Bo was fast. He abandoned his helmets and armor with a hundred of his men and ran south in a hurry. They met the Xiaoling Guards who were pursued by Xu Zengshou. The fans were in love.
Knowing that he had committed many evil deeds and committed serious crimes, he would be executed without mercy if he surrendered, so he resisted with all his might. Even though the trapped beasts were struggling, they rushed out and went straight to the water west gate. When they rushed near the city gate, they only saw the city gate wide open and the doorway also open.
Without the defenders, Yang Bo was overjoyed and looked back at his men and said: "If God does not kill me, we rush out of the capital. With the industry, money, and personnel accumulated by Dongchang in various places, we can support any prince to ascend the throne, and we can still make a comeback, and Zhu Youxiao can."
Children stand up to each other!"
When the subordinates saw that they were about to escape and heard Yang Bo's temptation, they immediately became energetic and rushed out of the west gate at high speed.
The west gate of the capital is an important city gate. It not only has a water gate, but also an urn city, and various defensive weapons are perfect. After everyone in Dongchang rushed out of the city gate, what they saw was not a flat road outside the city, but a heavily fortified road.
Wengcheng, there was no one on the walls of Wengcheng, there was a strange silence. Yang Bo knew something was wrong, but there were pursuers behind him, so he had no choice but to rush forward. He whipped his horse hard on the buttocks and headed towards the gate of Wengcheng.
Rushing forward, it was too late to rush out, but it was fast at that moment. Just when Yang Bo was about to rush out, a gate weighing a thousand pounds suddenly fell, sealing the city gate tightly. Yang Bo's horse was so frightened that it raised its front hooves and raised its head to the sky.
Neighing.
On the walls of the surrounding Wengcheng, a large number of soldiers stood up with a roar. They were not wearing Ming army armor, but black Iron Guard uniforms. The leader was Li Yan, the former Iron Guard Qianhu and current military advisor of the Red Shirt Regiment.
, this team of people were the escorts when Peng Jinrong sent weapons last time, and they came in handy at this time.
"Eunuch Yang, you have indeed arrived at the west gate. It's just as Li expected. Hahaha, if you can't just surrender, how long will it take!" Li Yan looked up to the sky and laughed.
At this time, Yang Bo's hundred or ten remnant soldiers had all entered the urn city, and the west gate behind them was quickly closed by someone unknown. These remnant soldiers suddenly became the turtles in the urn.
"Down or down! Down or down!" The iron guards shouted in unison holding Zhuge's crossbows. Yang Bo wiped the sweat from his face and looked around. His men were exhausted. Feiyu's clothes were soaked with sweat, blood, and
Despair was written all over the pale, beardless faces.
Never give up until the last moment! This is Yang Bo's life creed. The wall of Wengcheng is not very high. The scholar-looking guy above seems to be the leader of the defenders. As long as he is captured as a hostage, he can intimidate the defenders.
The army has opened the gates of Wengcheng, and there is still a glimmer of hope!
"The martial arts that I have practiced hard for thirty years will finally come in handy." Yang Bo thought to himself that his kung fu was not under the four major worshipers of Dongchang. It was just that Dongchang was full of talents and he, the factory director, never needed to take action easily.
Now for the sake of my subordinates, I finally have to do it!
With a long roar, Yang Bo came up on horseback to pull onions on dry land, jumped straight up, tapped his left foot with his right foot, then his right foot with his left foot, and rushed straight towards Li Yan like a giant eagle soaring into the sky. All the iron guards were gone.
Expecting that his martial arts was so superb, after waking up from the brief shock, they all raised their Zhuge Crossbows and fired at Yang Bo. The dense swordfish formed a barrage in front of Yang Bo. Yang Bo's iron arm and leg stretching skills that he had practiced since he was a child were outstanding.
Fei Lang's false reputation, a pair of arms with pure steel arm sleeves danced airtight, knocking arrows to the ground one after another, only one arrow luckily hit his official hat, his bun spread out, and his gray hair
It was fluttering in the wind, and combined with Yang Bo's strange figure and ferocious face, it was extremely terrifying.
Li Yan, however, remained motionless, with a sneer on his face. Seeing his expression, Yang Bo in mid-air suddenly felt like he was trapped, but at this time there was no room to look back, so he had to continue to pounce and look at him.
Approaching, Li Yan quickly dodged, revealing two soldiers behind him with rocket launchers on their shoulders.
The last thing Yang Bo saw were two roaring iron bullets. He tried to block them with his iron arms, but the two arms were torn apart as easily as tofu, and then his body was blown to pieces in an instant, with blood raining all over the sky.
.
"Yang Bo has been consecrated. If you don't put down your weapons, how long will it take?" Li Yan tidied up his clothes that were a little messed up by the air waves and blood rain, and continued to appear on the city wall, facing the remaining Dongchang Fanzi below.
shouted.
"Revenge for the overseer!" After witnessing Yang Bo's tragic death, the bandits not only did not surrender, but were inspired to fight. Those with bows and arrows drew out their bows and arrows, and those without bows and arrows raised their weapons, and climbed up the urn city in vain.
"Kill!" Li Yan waved his hand fiercely, and the Zhuge serial crossbows in the hands of the iron guards and the steam crossbows in the city walls poured down into Weng City. In less than a stick of incense, hundreds of Dongchang fans
They all turned into hedgehogs. Dead men and horses fell on the ground. More than ten arrows were inserted into each body. The blood formed a small river on the stone floor, and swarms of flies buzzed over.
Li Yan sighed and shook his head. He didn't know whether it was because he used too many arrows or because the killing was too heavy. "Open the door."
The iron guards then opened the city gate and let in the pursuers of Yuan Chonghuan and Xu Zengshou inside the city to clean up the corpses. Yang Bo's head could not be found, but a pair of iron arms were still there, and they were taken away by Li Yan. What remained was the remains.
His head was snatched away by various officers and soldiers. Of course, Yuan Chonghuan and Xu Zengshou would not put aside their worth to compete with Li Yan. Everyone had a share in the great achievement of annihilating Yang Bo, and no one could monopolize it.
In the palace, the exquisite dishes from the imperial kitchen were brought out for the soldiers to enjoy. The soldiers of the Red Shirt Regiment feasted on the square in front of the Qianqing Palace. The exquisite plates and dishes from the official kiln were placed on the ground.
Qian Qianyi didn't use the gold-inlaid ivory chopsticks. He stretched out a pair of big hands to grab the dishes and stuffed them into his mouth. He poured the imperial wine down his throat. Qian Qianyi frowned as he looked at it, but the little emperor also happily followed them in their mischief, and he also
It’s hard to say anything.
Although he had to drink three hundred cups, the rebellion had just subsided and he could not be careless. Therefore, Liu Ziguang stipulated that each person could only drink one pot of wine, and it was all rice wine from the south. Although the soldiers were not happy with the drink, they were not allowed to drink in front of the general.
Not complying.
Three thousand naicao had been escorted out of the palace and imprisoned in a nearby barracks. The Queen Mother had lost her support. Of course she could no longer rely on Kunning Palace. She was escorted by a group of red-shirted soldiers and moved to Chunhe Palace with only two children.
After inviting the Empress Dowager to leave, the current Queen Xu Yuanhui, the legitimate owner of Kunning Palace, moved in surrounded by twenty maids brought from the Duke's Palace. The elite guards surrounding the palace were
Redshirt regiment soldier.
"Your Majesty, all the eunuchs and queens have been wiped out. The Queen Mother's two younger brothers were both killed in the fire at Fengtian Palace. You see..." Qian Qianyi asked Zhu Youxiao cautiously.
"Kill! Put her under house arrest for a few days, then give her a glass of poisonous wine and everything will be fine." Zhu Youxiao said without blinking.
"Absolutely not!" This is what Qian Qianyi is worried about. "The Queen Mother is His Majesty's mother in name no matter what. If she is eliminated like this, wouldn't she arouse criticism from everyone in the world?"
"She is not my queen mother, she is Lu Pheasant! She is Wu Zetian!" Zhu Youxiao became angry when he remembered that his biological mother died in the hands of the Queen Mother. However, he was the emperor after all, and he soon realized that he was not calm.
After drinking a glass of wine to calm down, he asked slowly: "What do you mean by Qian Aiqing?"
"The Queen Mother's wings have been removed and she is no longer a threat. Instead of getting rid of her, it would be better to be placed under house arrest in the cold palace. For someone like her who is passionate about power, such an ending would be more painful than killing her. It will also fulfill His Majesty's filial duty.
." Qian Qianyi replied.
"What's Liu Aiqing's opinion?" Zhu Youxiao turned to ask Liu Ziguang. Qian Qianyi and Liu Ziguang were his right-hand men in both literature and military affairs, and neither one's opinion could be ignored.
"What Mr. Qian said is absolutely true." Liu Ziguang nodded and agreed with Qian Qianyi's suggestion. After all, the Queen Mother was kind to him. It is a bit unethical to add insult to injury now. Besides, how much trouble can an old woman without wings cause?
What about the wind and waves?
"Well, according to my dear friends, Chunhe Palace is too good. Let's choose a smaller palace as a cold palace and put the Queen Mother under house arrest. Let the Imperial Guard Minister of the Imperial Palace handle this matter.
." When Zhu Youxiao saw that the two officials had unanimous opinions, he issued an imperial edict on the spot.
The title of Minister of Imperial Guards of the Forbidden Road in the Inner Court was the title conferred by Zhu Youxiao to Liu Ziguang when he was at Xuanwu Lake. In addition to this, there was also a greater general to protect the country and fight against rebellion. Zhu Youxiao did not forget it, and neither did Liu Ziguang. At this moment
The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Ziguang bowed his head and bowed. Although this official title, which is similar to the director of the Central Security Bureau, is not very lucrative, it has considerable real power. Mastering the power of the palace embargo is equivalent to controlling the emperor's safety. Seeing such an important
The official position was given to Liu Ziguang without any consultation with him. Qian Qianyi was a little unhappy. He had originally planned to arrange for Qi Zhenming to take this position, but now his plans were all disrupted. Of course, he was so sophisticated that he would not show any displeasure.
, instead raised a glass to congratulate Liu Ziguang: "General Liu, congratulations on your promotion."
"Same joy, same joy." Liu Ziguang stood up cheerfully, clinked a glass with Qian Qianyi, and drank it all in one gulp. Seeing the generals and ministers being so harmonious, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be overjoyed, and also raised his glass: "You two
Qing family, I respect you!"
The night of July 28 was definitely a sleepless night for the majority of people in the capital. Officials who witnessed the coup d'etat in Fengtian Palace Square during the day were sent home from Wuying Palace and were told that they would go to court as usual tomorrow;
The bodies of the high-ranking officials who died in the Fengtian Temple fire were cleared from the rubble and their families were notified to go back to collect them. Other anxious officials tried to go out to find out the news, but were chased away by soldiers patrolling the streets.
go back.
"The weather has changed." The common people said so. As for which company won, it was still unknown. All teahouses, restaurants, and brothels were ordered to close that night, and crowds were not allowed to gather in any public places. The common people who were stuck at home could only
Through the crack in the door, I saw large groups of soldiers wearing red scarves riding horses whizzing past outside.
These soldiers were going to raid Huanghuang Rong and Yang Bo's mansion. Since ancient times, raiding homes has been a rare opportunity. In The Deer and the Cauldron, the plot of Wei Xiaobao raiding Obai's house and becoming a millionaire left an indelible impression on Liu Ziguang's heart.
, so he strongly requested to be the ambassador for confiscating the property, and of course Zhu Youxiao readily agreed.
The houses of Huang Jinrong and Yang Bo are not far apart. They are both deep houses with a very large area and extremely luxurious appearance. Especially the Huang Mansion, which is even more elegant than the Prince's Mansion. In addition to not being as large as the palace in terms of area, it can
Those who trespassed were basically trespassers. After the incident, the Huang family members and guards robbed valuable things and tried to escape. They were captured on the spot by the officers and soldiers of the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division patrolling the streets, and the two mansions were surrounded first.
When Liu Ziguang arrived, Huang's mansion was full of panic and noise, but Yang Bo's mansion was quiet. Let's start with something simple first. Liu Ziguang looked at the relatively small Yang's mansion and decided to start from here.
, after all, I’ve been here before when installing bugs, so I’m familiar with it.
"Go and arrest everyone in Huang Huangrong's family, put seals on everything, and wait until I go to inspect it. You guys, follow me!" Liu Ziguang ordered the soldiers to divide into two groups, one to seize the Huang Mansion, and the other to follow him.
Directly inspect the Yang Mansion.
The red lacquer door of Yang Mansion is decorated with eight rows of copper nails. This is the level of a prince. At this moment, the two doors are tightly closed, and no sound can be heard from inside.
"Break the door!" Liu Ziguang said.
As soon as he finished speaking, the two doors opened from the inside. A middle-aged woman wearing plain clothes stood alone at the door. She looked at Liu Ziguang and said, "Sir, you are here to ransack the house."