Chapter 814: Riot
The imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty is a majestic imperial city.
At the same time that Gao Jie and the three of them were thinking about the good deeds of inviting merit and rewarding, there were many major events in the capital thousands of miles away.
Early in the morning, the 49th gate of the capital was crowded with people watching the excitement, and the imperial court posted a good news: the Ming army surrounded the Tartars in the Xianghe River a hundred miles away, and beheaded nearly 2,000 enemies in a fierce battle, capturing the Tartar prince Azig, and Dolgon led his troops to flee south in a hurry!
One stone stirred up thousands of waves, the inner and outer cities of the imperial capital were boiling, and people who were addicted abounded, and the iron fans of the great eunuchs of Dongchang were even more eager to go to the street to beat gongs and drums, oh, they have already done this.
The layman looks at the lively, the insider looks at the doorway, the good news spread all over the capital in a very short period of time, some people are happy to run on the streets, some people are making a pot of tea and sneering, and the Tartars fled south in a hurry? Oh, what a coincidence.
The court was also full of joy, and all the courtiers said hello to Emperor Chongzhen, but Emperor Chongzhen said hypocritically: "The Tartars have not yet rolled back to the gates, why should they be happy?" ”
The ministers have relieved their worries: with Azig as a hostage and the god of war in Dongchang, it should be a matter of a few days for the Tartars to collect their troops.
Emperor Chongzhen smiled but did not speak.
The news of the Ming army's victory made the whole capital boil, the people in the inner city rushed to tell each other, and the refugees in the outer city also took to the streets to cheer: the damned Tartars are finally going to get out, and we can finally go home......
Go home? Where's home?
Their homes had already been in ruins under the iron hooves of the Qing army, so the mood of these refugees seemed to be a little wrong, and their behavior became more and more out of line, and gradually it was a little difficult to control themselves, and they began to loot the shops along the street, and then they even began to smash and loot, and even set fires......
Refugees rioted!
The people of the Nancheng Terracotta Division reacted in time, rushed to the scene as soon as possible, and saw that the refugees were rushing all the way east along the vegetable market street, robbing and doing chores, and it was obvious that they were heading for the bustling Dashilar in the outer city.
They must be stopped!
Yuan Fanghui, the head of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division, was very sophisticated, and immediately summoned people and horses to set up a barrier at the intersection of Luomashi Street and Xuanwumen Street, as long as this intersection was blocked, the road to Xuanwumen in the north and the Dashilar in the east was blocked.
Just looking at the dozens of people under him, and the hundreds and more and more thugs on the other side, can you stop it? Yuan Fanghui decisively asked people to go to Beijing for help!
"Do you want to rebel, this is the capital, and you are going to lose your head at the feet of the Son of Heaven!" Yuan Fanghui yelled, not only to deter the thugs on the opposite side but also to give orders to his subordinates, of course, there were more deterrent components, but the thugs on the opposite side seemed to be fearless, and even rushed over violently, and there were weapons in the crowd first, which surprised Yuan Fanghui, things may not be so simple!
Yuan Fanghui's interception plan was quickly shattered, and the dozens of people under his command couldn't stop the hundreds of thugs at all, "The defense line collapsed at the touch of a button, and the thugs slashed several soldiers and horses with knives, and then trapped and beat everyone, and several soldiers desperately protected Yuan Fanghui and fled east along the Luoma Street."
People have a herd mentality, this gang of thugs was originally only dozens and then hundreds and then more and more, the streets were crowded with people, one by one like crazy, when they saw people, they hit the store and smashed it, smashed it and burned it, and for a time made several streets smoky and miasma, and the fireworks were rolling and crying and screaming.
However, although Yuan Fanghui failed to intercept, he did a particularly wise thing, not only saved his life, but also controlled the situation within the outer city and did not burn into the inner city, so he was rewarded afterwards, that is, he notified Jingying as soon as possible!
At that time, Chang Yu controlled the plague in order to control the health of the capital, and left tens of thousands of refugees in the outer city to set up porridge sheds for assistance, and the soldiers and horses were responsible for maintaining stability and joint defense, and several patrols and horses of the Beijing battalion were used to deter, and at the same time, troops were set up at the three gates leading to the inner city of Xuanwu Gate, Zhengyang Gate and Chongwen Gate to strictly control the entry and exit of the city gate.
The messenger of the Terracotta Division ran east along the street of Luomashi and met a group of dozens of officers and soldiers patrolling the Beijing camp near the street of Zhushi, informing the refugees of the riot, the officers and soldiers were shocked and rushed to support, and the messenger ran north to the front of Zhengyang Gate and shouted: "The refugees are rioting!" ”
The guards at the city gate were also shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly sent a message asking the city gates to close and send reinforcements to intercept them, and at the same time sent someone to report the matter!
However, it was said that Yuan Fanghui and several people were desperately fleeing, and when they were about to be caught up by the mob, a force of nearly 100 officers and soldiers came in front, so they shouted for help.
In the face of hundreds of mobs rushing over, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing battalion drew their knives and shouted: "Abandon your weapons and retreat, otherwise you will be killed!" Seeing that the officers and soldiers were coming so quickly and there were many of them, the refugees hesitated slightly, but at this time, someone in the crowd shouted: "Rush over, there are many of us......
As soon as the chicken blood was beaten, the mob's heads were hot, and they rushed forward with a roar.
The Beijing camp, as the name suggests, surrounds the officers and soldiers of the capital, if you say that it is a general riot and trouble, it is fine, but at the moment, the smashing and looting along the streets even hid weapons and killed people, that is a rebellion! Then no one is used to you, so as soon as the order was given, the officers and soldiers swung their knives and slashed over......
When the government and the opposition were rejoicing, when the news of the refugee riot in the outer city reached the ears of Emperor Chongzhen of the imperial palace, he couldn't believe it, and after confirming it again and again, he was immediately furious, and immediately ordered Wang Jiayan to deal with it: "Strict investigation, all participants will be killed!" ”
Wang Jiayan gasped: "It is reported that hundreds or even more people are involved, if they are all really killed, I am afraid it will be ......."
Gong Yonggu, who was chatting with Chongzhen, also said in a low voice: "I'm afraid someone is secretly manipulating, please be careful."
"How so?" Emperor Chongzhen asked.
"The capital has always strictly forbidden weapons, where did these refugees get them, just now there is good news, there is a riot in the city, is it accidental......"
Emperor Chongzhen frowned, pondered for a while, and asked Wang Jiayan to suppress it first, and then ordered Dongchang to post the criminal officer Chunxiang to investigate the behind-the-scenes of the riot......
As he was talking, another eunuch hurriedly reported with a shocked face: "The Yamen of the Waidongchang was attacked by thieves......
Everyone was shocked, and Emperor Chongzhen roared angrily: "It's against the sky, check, investigate thoroughly!" ”
Chunxiang hurriedly left the palace.
After the victory, the refugees in the outer city rioted, and the Yamen of the East Factory in the inner city was attacked, and no one believed that there was no black hand behind it!
It's just that who is so bold to make trouble in Dongchang and incite refugees to riot, and dare to attack the Yamen of Waidongchang in broad daylight!
What is Dongchang for, Emperor Ming's knife! Everyone in the world can be killed, but there are still people who take the initiative to send their heads to the door?
Almost at the beginning of the riots in the outer city, a few carriages suddenly came outside the yamen of the outer east factory, and they were stopped by the fans on duty as soon as they entered the alley.
At the same time, there was an archer on the house next to the yamen to suppress the high-altitude suppression, this sudden situation hit the yamen guards by surprise, and let them rush in, the fans in the courtyard poured from everywhere to block it, but the thieves had archers in the high places, injured a lot of fans, and were forced into the second courtyard.
At this moment, a roar came, a big man with an iron tie was covered with bandages and jumped like a battle circle with a long knife in his hand, instantly slashing and killing several people, and at the same time, the middle-aged man on the other side of Ruoguan Erye also killed with a knife, and the two joined forces to finally stop the rout.
"Shoot them" The thief leader saw that he couldn't rush into the second courtyard, raised his head and shouted, and suddenly heard a few screams, and the archers on the high wall fell one after another, but he saw a person jumping up and down as agile as an ape, and it was he who captured and killed those archers, and this person was Jiang Fa.
Chen Wangting and Jiang Fa had gone out of the city with Chang Yu to chase the Qing army, but the two were slightly redundant in the army, so yesterday Chang Yu returned to Beijing and left the two to sit in the Yamen to help Chunxiang contribute.
"The wind is tight, pull it!" The thief leader didn't expect that there were three masters in the Dongchang Yamen, and he knew that this matter was in the south today, so he led the rest of the troops to flee.
Come and go if you want to come, when you are home, Chen Wangting and the three of them chased out and fought with the thieves in the alley, at this time a large number of officers and soldiers poured in at the mouth of the alley, but it was Chunxiang who came, and there were guards near the imperial city with him.
The thieves saw that they were blocked in the alley before and after, knowing that they would die, and they became more and more fierce and injured several people, and the three of them were furious, and they did not leave all the corpses under the knife, and Chunxiang shouted at the mouth of the alley: "Leave the mouth alive."
Before the words fell, he suddenly felt a cold light flashing above his head, and almost in the nick of time, a good hand next to him waved a knife to block it, Chunxiang sighed, and retreated again and again, although he learned some kung fu from Chang Yu, but when he encountered this kind of top, he didn't have the power to fight back at all, but fortunately, he recruited a lot of good players, and saved his life at this time.
The assassin didn't succeed in a knife, and was about to make another knife, but where was there a chance, Chunxiang's good hands swarmed up, and he was about to chop it into meat paste, but the figure flashed, this person ran to the corner of the wall and rubbed a few times on the wall and disappeared, Jiang Fa ran up to the roof from a distance and looked around, and then shook his head at Chunxiang.
"This body is so familiar" Chen Wangting came over with a knife, looked up at the general hair on the roof, Jiang Fa nodded: "It's that person!" ”
"It's really a thief, I'm afraid that I will treat Gonggong Chun as the factory supervisor!" Chen Wangting gritted his teeth and said, the soles of Chunxiang's feet were cold, of course that person was like a ghost, it was really terrifying!
"Could they be a gang?" Jiang Fa slipped down from the roof and raised his hand to point at the three thieves who had been cut down and captured alive at the entrance of the yamen.
"Trial! Lao Tzu wants them to know what it's like to go to hell! Chunxiang stared at the three living mouths, and the flames in his eyes soared to the sky.
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