Chapter 4: Tenkyo Dagger (4)

The troops of Wei Changhui, the king of the north, shrank the defensive line, and the 3,000 people basically retreated into the Beiwangfu. There were only four or five hundred people stationed outside the gates of the Beiwangfu, and the area controlled by the northern troops, who had occupied a considerable position, was less than a quarter of the original in the blink of an eye.

After the troops of the Eastern Wangfu got the news, they immediately began to fill the vacancy left by the Northern Wang's troops. At the same time as the troops were mobilized, the troops of the Dongwangfu immediately sent people to report the latest military developments to their superiors, and such timely feedback was completely fruitless. The upper echelons of the Dongwang Mansion were all not in the Dongwang Mansion, and the middle-level commanders of some units knew that their superiors had gone to the Tianwangfu, and the middle-level commanders of some troops didn't know about this at all.

However, one of the most important leaders of the Dongwang Mansion, Zuo Tianhou Chen Chengying, soon appeared in front of the troops besieging the Beiwangfu, and Chen Chengying conveyed a message to the middle-level commanders who led these forces. The important ministers of the Eastern Palace's Mansion were discussing who would take over the "Zuo Fu Zhengjun Division" of Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, and according to Chen Chengying, the gang was arguing endlessly, and no one would obey anyone. Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan was very unhappy, so he asked them to discuss the result in the Heavenly King's Mansion first.

Choosing who is the "Left Auxiliary Army Division" is a big deal, and the middle-level commanders know that their superiors will not give up this throne to others lightly no matter what. It seems that this debate will not end in a short time.

Looking at the understanding demeanor of these brothers, Chen Chengying continued: "The king of heaven has an order, the king of the east was unfortunately killed, and the brothers of the east king's mansion have worked hard. Your superiors have asked for promotions for your brothers, and the King of Heaven has asked me to come out and give orders, and all the officials above the commander have now brought their own soldiers to gather. After discussing who would be the Left Auxiliary Division, everyone went to welcome the new Zuo Auxiliary Division. And to give the brothers a promotion. At the same time, everyone wants to watch the whipping of the North King together! ”

The important ministers of the Eastern Prince's Mansion once said that the Eastern Prince's Mansion was going to change into the Military Division's Mansion, and they also promised their brothers to be promoted. Chen Chengying asked everyone to gather to welcome the new Zuo Fuzheng Division, which was also what it should mean. However, Chen Chengying's last sentence asked everyone to go to see "Whipping the North King" together, which made the brothers very surprised.

"Why do you think the North King wants to withdraw his troops to the North King's Mansion?" Chen Chengying said with a smile, "That's not because the King of the North himself knew that he had committed a great sin and pleaded bitterly with the King of Heaven. As far as I know, the King of Heaven meant to beat the North King with five hundred lashes in front of everyone. If the brothers can dissipate their anger, they will take the prince of the North King and spare the life of the North King. However, the people of our Eastern Wangfu have privately said that the five hundred whips will be beaten, and the prince of the North King will also be deprived. After these are done, they have to take the life of the king of the north in the end. The reason why everyone went to watch the ceremony was to let everyone talk together when the king asked if he wanted to spare the life of the king of the north. You must kill the king of the north and avenge the king of the east! At that time, everyone meant to kill the king of the north, and the king of heaven did not dare to go against the meaning of so many brothers. You can't talk nonsense to me then! What our Dongwangfu means is that we must kill the North King! ”

In the past few days, the troops of the Eastern Prince's Mansion have not been so idle every day, and they have also launched dozens of attacks, large and small. However, the troops of the Northern Palace, who were united in their determination to fight, were very tenacious. Among these troops guarding the North Palace, there are actually not many subordinates of the North Palace, and most of them are the subordinates of Qin Rigang, the king of Yan. Compared with the troops in the Dongwangfu who were responsible for guarding the capital city, Qin Rigang's troops were also battle-hardened and quite strong in combat. The troops of the Eastern Prince's Mansion could not attack for a long time and had to stop.

One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion. After several days of attacking, the Dongwangfu troops also lost the will to attack at this time. Seeing that the troops of the Northern Wangfu took the initiative to shrink the defensive line, they were surprised and delighted when they came north. Now after listening to Chen Chengying's explanation, everyone can be regarded as "suddenly enlightened". and learned the news that he was going to be promoted from Chen Chengying, the prime minister's Dongwang Mansion, and everyone was overjoyed. There is no way to contact their bosses, and even if there are a few people who are suspicious, it is a minority.

The rules of the East Palace's mansion are strict, and those who do not obey orders will be killed. In the end, all the middle-level officers obeyed Chen Chengying's dispatch.

Afraid that there would be too many people going, Chen Chengying repeatedly emphasized that this time he was only promoted to the rank of captain and the officers above the rank of pawn, and asked these officers to arrange the troops. Order the two horses below the commander to be on guard and not to act at will. After arranging the troops, the officers led their own soldiers to assemble.

Just then, new news came. A guard of the Heavenly King's Mansion was dispatched to guard the west gate of the North King's Mansion. At this time, the officers were all nervous, and the guards of the Heavenly King's Mansion suddenly dispatched, what does this mean? Chen Chengying immediately rushed there to connect with the guards of the Heavenly King's Mansion, and he quickly rushed back and told the officers, "The Heavenly King ordered the guards of the Heavenly King's Mansion to take the North King to be whipped, so he sent troops to guard the west gate of the North Palace. Let's first withdraw the troops close to the West Gate, and order the brothers not to clash with the Heavenly King's guards near the West Gate! ”

Such a toss made Chen Chengying tired enough. In fact, in the past few days, the hardest person in the entire Tianjing City is Chen Chengying. Even if Chen Chengying's sedan chair driver runs around, they always have time to rest, and Chen Chengying almost sleeplessly goes back and forth between various forces.

When the officers who attacked the Beiwangfu finally obeyed Chen Chengying's order, arranged for the two horses to wait for the order, and brought their own soldiers to gather. Chen Chengying was exhausted and ready to take a sedan chair to the doors to convey the news.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of drum music from the Heavenly King's Mansion, and Chen Chengying was startled. What's going on in the Wangfu this day? He hurriedly got out of the sedan chair and rushed to the gate of the Heavenly King's Mansion. When they arrived at the door, they saw that a group of officers had already gathered their own soldiers outside the Heavenly King's Mansion, but two female officers and more than a dozen drummers walked out. The two female officials pasted a large yellow cloth on the wall opposite the Heavenly King's Mansion, on which a notice was written in cinnabar. When I walked up and took a look, the content of the notice was that the king of heaven was going to publicly reprimand the king of the north and the king of Yan, and asked the people of the king of the east to go and watch.

Chen Chengying frowned after reading it, this is definitely something written by Wei Changhui, the king of the North and Qin Rigang, the king of Yan, on their own initiative. Maybe the two of them saw Chen Chengying go out for a long time and didn't move, so they thought they were clever enough to do this. Chen Chengying wanted the generals to see the whipping, but he didn't let the soldiers of the Dongwang Mansion go to see the whipping together. Really went to tens of thousands of people, can they withstand the king of the north?

But after thinking about it, Chen Chengying was also relieved. After all, Chen Chengying is already the highest official in the Dongwang Mansion now, and Chen Chengying is in charge of what to say and how to arrange. This notice can confirm that Chen Chengying is right about the general direction, and this is enough.

Sure enough, after reading the notice, some officers questioned Chen Chengying, "Zuo Tianhou, it seems that everyone here is going to see the whipping?" ”

"Let's all go and see the whipping, no one guards the North King's Mansion, what if the North King escapes?" Chen Chengying asked rhetorically.

Such real words made everyone in the Dongwang Mansion feel suddenly enlightened, and they no longer had any doubts, and began to act completely according to Chen Chengying's arrangement.

Chen Chengying immediately got into the sedan chair, and while sending people to contact other Dongwangfu troop gathering places, he went to talk to the generals one by one. In the afternoon, the middle-ranking officers of the Dongwang Mansion gathered at the designated place. This is a palace on the outskirts of the Heavenly King's Mansion, which was originally a large temple. According to Hong Xiuquan's order, these temples of "heresy" were demolished. Of course, everything in the temple has been torn down, but the walls are still there.

Chen Chengying ordered that the Heavenly King would come here in a while, and everyone should hand over their weapons, so as not to startle the Holy Driver. A group of female officers were responsible for collecting the officers' weapons at each gate and maintaining order along the way.

The officers basically didn't have a chance to look at the female officials of the Heavenly King at such a close distance, and they were completely relieved to see so many gorgeously dressed female officers at the door. The female officers urged the officers to hurry into the temple. These people stared at the female officer, and walked very slowly.

Hong Xiuquan, the king who married eighty-eight wives, has always been heavy-handed for the "lustful" in the army, and before 1854, Mo said that when he came into contact with women, even the husband and wife would be killed. The female officers saw that the group of officers were walking too slowly, and under a scolding, the officers immediately quickened their pace and entered the temple with a hula and a hula.

Soon, there was no one outside the temple. Occasionally, a few sporadic officers came late for some reason, and under Chen Chengying's angry reprimand, they hurriedly handed over their weapons and rushed into the temple in three steps and two steps. Seeing that there should be no one coming again, the female officials entered the temple, half-covered the temple gate, and guarded the door.

There were five or six hundred officers above the commander of the pawn, and each of them brought one or two personal soldiers, and at most five or six. More than 2,000 people were crammed into the entire temple. There were also forty or fifty female officials of the Heavenly King's Mansion.

At this moment, more than 2,000 people came straight here from the west. According to the plan, the troops in the Northern King's Mansion were released by the guards of the Heavenly King's Mansion. The men were heavily armed, and in addition to spears, broadswords, and artillery, sturdy soldiers carried fire canisters in their hands.

These officers and soldiers of the Northern Wangfu had already arranged their tactics, they quickly surrounded the big temple, and regardless of the female officials of the Tianwangfu inside, the sturdy soldiers lit the fire pot and threw it through the wall. Moments later, a series of explosions and screams rang out from within the temple walls, and the women's shrill voices were particularly harsh.

Fighting is not Chen Chengying's forte, and the troops of the Northern Wangfu who are currently killing are not Chen Chengying's troops. The screams coming from the big temple also stimulated Chen Chengying's nerves. When killing the important ministers of the Eastern Palace, Chen Chengying was not uneasy. Those people absolutely refuse to give up the power in their hands, and it is a curse to keep them.

However, these middle-level officers may not really have the heart to fight against the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan to the end, and a considerable number of them will definitely turn to the Heavenly King's Mansion after the fall of the East Palace. But in the discussion, Chen Chengying couldn't come up with a way to distinguish between them. The troops of Wei Changhui, the king of the north, and Qin Rigang, the king of Yan, were only 3,000 people. The rest of the two troops were outside at this time, and after entering Tianjing City, they were besieged to the death, unable to transfer their troops back. Moreover, if there were really their troops returning to the vicinity of Tianjing City, it would be easy to startle the snakes, which would affect the opportunity to clear the forces of the East King in Tianjing City. In the end, there was only one result discussed, that is, to completely kill the middle level of the East King's army.

Originally, Chen Chengying meant to get out the brigade commander level and kill them, Wei Changhui must kill all the two Simas. Chen Chengying tried his best to veto Wei Changhui's plan, and the two sides finally reached a compromise, with the commander of 100 people as the lowest line. The two Simas, who commanded twenty-five people, were temporarily spared.

The screams and explosions rang out, these people were deceived by Chen Chengying himself, and many of them, Chen Chengying may not really want to kill them. After the massacre began, Chen Chengying hurriedly took his own soldiers and went straight to the Heavenly King's Mansion, as if he wanted to try his best to stay away from the sins he had created, and go farther!

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