The grenades of the defenders on the Imperial City were all filled with nitrocellulose. Because they were consumed very quickly, a team of people braved artillery fire to transport them from the arsenal to the city wall. The grenades that were delivered were piled next to the defenders. It was specially protected by a bunker made of sandbags, so it was difficult to be directly injured by artillery fire. But the problem was that the fire was burning behind it, and the wall was roasting like a furnace. The soldiers were shirtless, and the temperature quickly exceeded the endurance of the nitrocellulose. Ability, just when Liu Guangdi grabbed a somewhat hot grenade and was about to throw it out, there was a sudden flash of fire, and the reformist patriot was instantly bloody and bloody.
This tragedy shocked everyone around him, and Kang Youwei just screamed in grief: "Pei Cun!"
But then there were two explosions in a row, and several soldiers were blown away by their own grenades at the same time. Now those soldiers woke up.
"The grenade has been fried!" With the screams of terror, the whole city suddenly became chaotic. Everyone was hurriedly escaping from their weapons, followed by a series of self-destructions, and even piles of grenades were exploded at the same time. Explosive.
When he saw this situation, Zai Zhen could hardly believe his eyes. He found that his luck was so good that night that he had to suffer all the good things.
"Hurry! Go in first!" he shouted, waving his saber. At this time, the excited soldiers in front didn't care about the fire that was still burning in the city. They shouted and swarmed into the city gate, and then turned around. Rush towards the city wall.
Kang Youwei on the city wall glanced at the exploding grenades, waved his sword in grief and anger and shouted: "Retreat. Withdraw to the Forbidden City!"
The remaining men quickly followed him and ran southward along the city wall. Zai Zhen's men also followed behind without any hesitation.
At this time, the battle between Di'anmen and Dong'anmen had also begun. However, because it was not the main direction of attack, the fighting here was just a containment. Liang Qichao of Dong'anmen was the first to judge that Xi'anmen had been lost, because it was simple and dense. The sound of artillery suddenly stopped, but the sound of gunfire was moving southward along the city wall. It was obvious that the enemy was chasing on the city wall.
Speaking of which, he was much more flexible than his teacher. When he saw this situation, he ordered Dong'an Gate to be abandoned without any hesitation. He quickly rushed back to the Forbidden City to set up defenses. He was only a few hundred meters away from the Forbidden City. It didn't take long to reach Donghua. Door.
"Open the door quickly!" He stepped forward and smashed the city gate and shouted anxiously. Just after he withdrew, the new army led by Zai Bo had climbed up the city wall, then opened the city gate and let the people outside in. At this time, even Their cries of killing can already be heard.
However, his anxious calls received no response.
"Ignore your mother. Open the door quickly!" Liang Dacai didn't care about civility at this time, and scolded directly inside. This time he got a response, and two black things flew out from inside. Before he could react, two balls of fire exploded in the crowd. Behind the city wall, a group of eunuchs were happily holding grenades that they had found from the guards. They were aiming at the top of the city wall and throwing them out!
Liang Dacaizi was stunned by the two explosions. The people around him still didn't understand, and shouted angrily inside: "What the hell are you throwing? Open the door quickly. The enemy troops are coming." "
Unfortunately, a few more grenades flew out in response, and now everyone understood.
"Dog eunuchs!" Only then did Liang Dacai remember that there were thousands of eunuchs in the palace. Obviously, these rubbish that they had always ignored became their troubles today, and it didn't take much thinking to know that the fire in the west must be caused by these eunuchs.
Slaves did it.
"Throw a grenade and kill these dog slaves!" Liang Dacai roared angrily and sadly. Unfortunately, the soldiers beside him did not have this skill. The people from Zaibo were almost there, and they were now raising their guns.
As for the shooting, they were not in the mood to seek revenge on the eunuchs. They all ran south along the wall in a swarm. Liang Qichao lost interest in venting his anger and followed the crowd southward.
The people led by Zai Bo soon arrived at Donghua Gate. As soon as he smashed the door, a eunuch appeared on the wall. When he saw it, he immediately cheered: "It's the second elder brother!"
"You little monkey, open the door quickly!" Zai Bo said with a smile.
"Second brother, you have to wait for a while. It is not appropriate for you to come in at this time. The work inside is not finished yet. If you enter the palace, the smell will change." The little eunuch said with a smile on his face.
"What's going on?" Zaibo's mind obviously couldn't understand the profound connotation here, but a dog-headed military advisor next to him immediately understood and whispered a few words in his ear. Zaibo immediately smiled and cursed.
: "You little monkey are quite clever!"
After saying that, he waved and led his men to pursue Liang Qichao southward. At this moment, Guangxu in the palace was rushing towards several eunuchs like crazy. He never expected that he would be played to death by a group of eunuchs.
He was still sleeping when he was woken up by Concubine Jin who saw the fire. He was stunned when he saw the fire in the direction of Xi'an Gate. However, he did not realize that it was arson and thought it was caused by the explosion of a cannonball. However,
Then a group of eunuchs holding wooden sticks rushed in. Only then did he understand what was going on. He really couldn't accept this ending. It was really unacceptable. If his ambition to dominate failed for other reasons, it wouldn't make him collapse.
But what happened because of a group of eunuchs?
The leading eunuch looked at Guangxu who was being held down like a little chicken, and said with a ferocious smile: "Your Majesty, if you continue to act like a fool, I will be very rude of you."
"Are you worthy of the grace of God?" Concubine Jin next to her sobbed.
"Your Majesty, if you want to say this, then I would like to ask, is the Emperor worthy of the Queen Mother's grace?" The eunuch still maintained a trace of respect for her. He first saluted subconsciously and then said.
"But the Emperor really didn't know about the Queen Mother's death?" Concubine Jin said.
"You don't know? I'm afraid even the Queen Mother in heaven won't believe this. Your Majesty, when things have reached this stage, you should know what you should do, right?" The eunuch turned around and said to Guangxu with a sneer.
"I want to see what you dog slaves dare to do to me!" Guangxu roared through gritted teeth, looking like the abandoned Ma Jingtao.
"Your Majesty, why are you so ignorant? This slave is doing this for your own good. No matter who the new emperor is, whether it is Prince Qing or Prince Zhennan, you must die anyway. If you don't do it yourself
, then they have to take action. Of course, no one will do such a thing as regicide, so they will not kill you directly. At most, they will burn you to death like the Queen Mother, or find a small house to lock you up.
Feed you, starve you to death, or even find a well and throw you into it. There is no need to announce your death. Just say that you are missing. Compared with these ways of death, you feel like you have hanged yourself.
Are they comfortable?" the eunuch said with a grin.
"Dog slave!" Guangxu sat slumped on the ground and said sadly and angrily.
"I won't disturb you on your way, and don't expect Kang Youwei and his gang to rescue you. Just listen to where the gunfire went. I'm already out of Zhengyang Gate after hearing this."
A bunch of comrades left.
His judgment was good. At this time, Kang Youwei and others did go out of Zhengyang Gate and entered the outer city. Like Liang Qichao, he was blocked from the door. The pursuers behind him forced them to join forces and then continued to flee southward helplessly until
They left Zhengyangmen and entered the outer city, but unfortunately here they were treated like rats crossing the street. The refugees who had been forced here from the inner city by the war were beaten violently when they saw this group of drowned dogs.
Although Kang Liang's men had guns, most of them were running away at this time. Those who were out of bullets were actually drowned in the vast ocean of the People's War. At this time, they had less than a thousand people left, and they were scattered directly by the melee.
, the master and the apprentice got into an abandoned house and went to sleep.
As for Zhirui of Di'anmen, after realizing that there was no hope, he lit the tower on fire with a look of sorrow and indignation, and then went into Nirvana with a generous lamentation. Of course, he could not turn into a phoenix. At most, he would turn into a handful of bones and dregs.
Poor Guangxu sat in despair on the floor of his palace, listening to the gunshots that were getting farther and farther away, looking at the sky red with firelight, reflecting on life for a while, and as if he had a sudden inspiration, he clarified all the connections, he should
He said that he had been involved in Yang Feng's conspiracy from the beginning. Although his relationship with his biological father was not good at first, it was definitely not to the point of life and death.
It was this villain who abducted him and ordered him to go to Beijing. For this reason, he even sent his army to Dagukou to lure him. How could he be persuaded by Master Weng and others to give him the secret decree that would make him doomed? Then
He drove to the city gate of Beijing and blew up the Chaoyang Gate. He was so proud that he and his father finally became life-and-death enemies.
Then he went to Fujian to run his own business freely. When the relationship between himself and his biological father had just eased, he went to Qinhuangdao and pretended to enter Beijing and fished himself out of the palace.
Go and lure Kang Youwei and the others into persuading him to start a war with the Queen Mother again. After he captures the city of Beijing, he will use up all the wealth in the city, but he will not kill anyone, including the Queen Mother, because he knows that he will definitely kill him when he comes back.
Yes, even if he didn't kill Kang Youwei and others, he would still do it. In this way, he gradually became a matricide tyrant despised by the world.
But he kept Yikuang. Not only did he keep Yikuang, he also kept his army and his family property, just so that he could have this day and so that he would have the ability to rebel against himself.
"This traitor! He bullied me too much. Even if I were a ghost, I would never let him go!" After straightening out his thoughts, Guangxu couldn't help but let out a sad and angry roar.
"Who are you talking about me!" Prince Yang, who was playing chess with his little slave girl thousands of miles away, sneezed and said to himself.