At this time, not only were fires burning in the Forbidden City, but the sound of muskets and screams were also heard.
It seemed that thieves were pouring in from all directions from the southeast to the northwest, and the shouts of "Kill Qianlong and protect the Qing Dynasty" continued to explode and echo above the palace city like thunderbolts from the blue.
The frightened maids in various palaces were running around like rabbits and barking wildly.
Sun Wufu's sworn brother Guo Qing led his men into the garden in front of Cining Palace. The guards on duty either died or fled. Only a dozen of them gritted their teeth and stayed in the garden to fight fiercely with the thieves.
Sun Wufu and his cousin Lingxian broke into the Qianqing Gate in the dark. As long as they broke through this gate, they could enter the main hall of the Qianqing Palace.
Unexpectedly, he bumped into the fifteenth elder brother Yongyan and the seventeenth elder brother Yonglin who had just returned from his seriously ill mother!
"Who are you and why are you here?"
Sixteen-year-old Yong Yan passed by this scene and saw so many people suddenly appearing in front of him, so he shouted stupidly.
"It's Brother Fifteen!"
Sun Wufu was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Han Army with a red flag. He once met his fifteenth elder brother at the banquet of the Queen Mother's eightieth birthday. Although the fifteenth elder brother had grown much taller after two years, his face had changed. Impossible.
In addition, Yong Yan was surrounded by guards, so Sun Wufu had no hesitation at all and quickly sent people forward to catch the fifteenth brother. It was unlikely to be useful at the critical moment.
"Brother Fifteen, leave quickly!"
When the guards around Yong Yan saw that there were too many thieves, they ran towards them again. They were so frightened that they quickly grabbed Brother Fifteen and ran away.
Yongyan came to his senses and saw that the thieves who were rushing towards him were very vicious. He was so frightened that he lost his soul and stumbled away with the guards.
I didn't want to, but I forgot about my brother Yonglin, the 17th elder brother.
By the time he discovered that his younger brother had not followed, it was already too late to go back.
The seventeenth elder brother Yonglin, who was only ten years old, was hugged by one of Sun Wufu's men. The little guy was also frightened and did not dare to struggle. He just cried loudly for Huang Ama and Huang Aniang.
"Who is this little brat!"
Sun Wufu had never seen Brother Seventeen, so he asked around.
Lingxian waved the torch in front of Yonglin who was crying: "It was Brother Seventeen who gave birth to Concubine Ling!"
"Brother, don't worry about this brat, it's important to kill the emperor!"
Sun Wufu was another sworn brother. The Han army set up a red flag and ordered Ma Hu, the leader of the governor's office, to urge him.
"Chase!"
Sun Wufu also knew that they would all be doomed if they could not kill the emperor. He guessed that the fifteenth elder brother must have run away to his grandma, so he ignored the ten-year-old seventeenth elder brother and directly led his people to chase him.
Lingxian hurriedly followed, ran for more than ten steps, suddenly turned around and came back, looked twice at the seventeen-year-old brother, and then stabbed the long knife in his hand into the little brother's stomach.
"How dare you call me brother!"
After pulling out the knife from Yonglin's stomach bitterly, Lingxian pouted at Yonglin who was rolling on the ground, raised the knife with red eyes and chased after his cousin.
When things have come to this point, if we don't kill all the bastard Hongli's cubs, how can we wait for these bastards to grow up and take his life?
However, Sun Wufu and others failed to catch up with the fleeing fifteenth brother. Instead, they were blocked by a group of guards who arrived.
Although the number of guards was not large, only twenty or thirty people, unlike the cowards guarding the palace gate, these guys had the courage to fight against the rebellious Han banner.
Sun Wufu didn't want to be held back by these guards, so he asked his foster brother Ma Hu to lead a group of people to block him, while he and his cousin Ling Xian ran toward the Longzong Gate.
The palace is so big and so chaotic at this time, it is impossible for the people in the guard office to react to everything.
However, after arriving at the Longzong Gate, Sun Wufu found that the door had been tightly closed by the guards inside. Angrily, he ordered his subordinates to shoot arrows inward. As a result, one of the arrows hit the Longzong Gate's plaque.
After firing dozens of arrows and more than a dozen shots to vent his anger, he had no choice but to turn back and meet Ma Hu, find another direction and rush into the palace.
At the same time, Yang Bao and a group of Bagua believers responded to the eunuchs in the palace. As if they were in a deserted place, they rushed from Kunning Palace to Qianqing Palace in the blink of an eye.
The guards and eunuchs in this palace had already closed the palace door because the fourth son of the emperor and Prince Yongrong of Lu County were inside.
"Climb over the wall and get in!"
Yang Bao yelled, and more than a dozen skilled congregants climbed under the wall using human ladders.
"Your Majesty, the thief climbed the wall!"
There were dozens of guards in the Qianqing Palace, but as things happened in such a hurry, few of them could calm down, and most of them were confused.
There were not even many people who had the courage to step forward and fight the thieves.
"Don't mess around, come with me!"
Although Fourth Elder Brother and Prince Yongrong of Lu County were also afraid, they knew that if the thieves climbed the wall and came in, everyone in the palace would be dead.
He gritted his teeth and ordered people to get fire guns, bags and waist knives. He also asked two eunuchs to bring a ladder and climbed up the wall to look around.
In the sight ahead, a thief had just climbed up the wall with both hands. At this time, his back was turned to Yong Rong, signaling to the thief below to hand him the musket.
Yong Rong held down his heartbeat, lit the musket loaded with medicine, and then secretly aimed at the thief. With a "bang", the thief let out a scream and fell down the wall.
The Bagua cult members who were climbing the wall were all shocked when their companion was shot and fell. A eunuch who was leading the way was so frightened that he peed his pants.
"Fuck it, I'm on it!"
Guitai, a disciple of Yuan Qingshui Sect, saw that everyone was frightened, and a fierce light flashed on his face. He actually bit the long knife with his teeth, then stepped back more than ten steps and rushed forward violently. Then he touched the wall with one foot and stretched out his right hand. He came out, used his strength to get up, kicked his feet together at the same time, and jumped onto the palace wall in the astonished eyes of the Bagua cultivators.
Before he could stand still, he saw a dark figure filling medicine a few feet in front of him. There were also a group of guards below, and the eunuch was looking this way.
Without any time to think, Gui Tai climbed up the wall and rushed to Prince Yongrong of Lu County who was loading the medicine in two or three breaths. He was so frightened that the fourth prince trembled and fell down the ladder, and also dropped the musket in his hand. Fall to the ground.
"Dog Tartar, take your life!"
Guitai jumped from the wall with a knife in one hand and stabbed the fourth prince in the face, who was twisting his heels after falling from the ladder.
Yong Rong had no way to avoid it, and half of his face was cut off by Guitai's knife, which made Prince Lu scream in pain.
After Guitai succeeded with his sword, he ignored the fourth prince who was hit by him and rushed towards the frightened guards nearby.
More members of the Bagua Cult climbed up on the wall and kept jumping down. The group of guards who were not very skilled in martial arts and were all members of the guard's office with family connections were chopped down in the blink of an eye.
The rest were so frightened that they ran around in the Qianqing Palace.
After killing three guards and one eunuch one after another, Guitai rushed to the gate and opened the palace door. The Bagua followers who had been waiting outside for a long time immediately rushed into the Qianqing Palace and killed everyone they saw.
Chongwenmen Gate Tower.
Jia Liu was thinking whether to quell the chaos first or lead troops to protect the palace.
Because the development of the situation has become a bit out of control, not to mention the chaos in the palace, the entire city is now in chaos.
Liu Heyi quietly led people to Chongwen Tower and was quickly taken up to the tower.
"Is everything arranged?"
"Don't worry, sir. A group of banner men have already invaded the palace. The palace will definitely be in chaos now."
Jia Liu nodded slightly and asked Fan Wei: "Can you trust Mrs. Gui?"
"Don't worry, Sir, Mrs. Gui and I are brothers in life and death."
Fan Wei was quite sure about this, otherwise he would not have allowed Guitai to instigate those people from the Bagua Sect to also start an uprising.
"That's good. It's better to teach the people to start a fight than to do it myself."
After Jia Liu finished speaking, he looked at the Forbidden City on fire in the distance, his eyes looking thoughtful and slightly worried.