When the news of Emperor Tianshun's death came, Liu Juntao was suddenly shocked, and he couldn't care about other affairs at this time, so he hurriedly sent someone to find Song Chonggui and Lu Changyi, the chief military officers of the Beijing camp, and explained the situation to the two, and the two were immediately stunned.

"At this moment, there is a high possibility of turmoil in Beijing, and the two of you must immediately divide your troops to deal with it!"

Song Chonggui and Lu Changyi glanced at each other at this time, and they both understood that they had no way out, so they could only obey Liu Juntao's orders and continue to save the current situation.

"The last general will obey the order!"

Liu Juntao first said to Song Chonggui: "General Song immediately led his troops to block the nine gates of the capital, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without the order of this constitution!" At the same time, troops will be sent to take over the Beizhen Fusi and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and the whole city will immediately start martial law! ”

Song Chonggui hugged his fists and took the order, and immediately hurried forward to arrange.

"General Lu immediately led the army to block the gates of the palace, first surrounded His Majesty's bedroom, and at the same time sent heavy troops to protect the prince!"

Lu Changyi also took the order and left.

At this time, the general Bai Yuxing and the general Tao Jixin also hurried over, and the two had already led all the soldiers of the Longxiang army into the city, so they came to obey the order.

Liu Juntao said to the two: "Now the situation is critical, we must act decisively to turn the tide!" ”

Then, Liu Juntao said to Bai Yuxing: "Immediately find the cabinet courtiers, the six Shangshu, and the princes of Beijing, and send them all to wait in front of the Qianqing Palace!" Remember, none of these people can be missed, they are all controlled by me in the palace, waiting for the arrival of the prince! ”

Bai Yuxing's face did not change, and he hugged his fists and left.

"Assemble the soldiers of the right battalion and stand by outside the noon gate in case of emergency!"

Tao Jixin also hurriedly mobilized troops and horses.

At this time, Liu Juntao remembered to send news to Hu Dexing in Shandong, Yan Hu in Shanxi, and Zhou Zongsheng in Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate, so he hurriedly found Liu Zi'an, who had just entered the city, and told the news of Emperor Tianshun's death. Now that Bingxian is a step forward, he is a powerful minister of the country, and a step back is an abyss, and he can't move! ”

Liu Juntao's face was also extremely ugly, and he said, "I know! For today's plan, we can only move forward bravely! Immediately inform Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, Yan Hu, the chief military officer of Taiyuan Town, and Zhou Zongsheng, the chief military officer of Hanhai Town, to immediately lead the army to advance to the Beijing Division, and the three armies must not enter Gyeonggi, but they must be stationed around Gyeonggi in order to deter all forces! ”

When Liu Zi'an heard this, the cold sweat on his forehead immediately flowed, and he said: "Bingxian, you have to be cautious in this move, if you are not careful, you will have many military disasters!" ”

Liu Juntao also cried and laughed and said: "Is there any other way besides?" If I want to stabilize the situation, first of all, I want to deter all those who may take risks, those Gyeonggi generals, ministers of the DPRK and China, vassal kings of all sides, and generals who defend one side, in the case of the sudden death of His Majesty and the rebellion in the DPRK and China, who can guarantee that no one will have any dissenting intentions under the experience of the change of seizing the door? ”

Liu Zi'an was also powerless to refute, so he could only clench his fists and say: "Since this is the case, then the subordinates will definitely advance and retreat together with the soldiers!" ”

After speaking, Liu Zi'an drafted three orders on the spot, and after Liu Juntao read it, he was sent out of the capital by the secret line of the Ministry of Intelligence.

After that, Liu Juntao left Liu Zi'an in the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and asked him to summon the ministers of the shogunate to sit here, and he led 50 personal guards to leave the Yamen of the Ministry of War and hurried to the Imperial Palace and the East Palace.

After leaving the yamen of the military department, Liu Juntao and his entourage went to the East Palace first, after all, Emperor Tianshun died, and the news must be informed to the prince first.

Dozens of war horses galloped on the empty and uninhabited streets, and the sound of horses' hooves like thunder was deafening, as if indicating that the capital was undergoing earth-shaking changes, so that the people along the way listened to it, and their hearts were uneasy.

It didn't take long for Liu Juntao and his entourage to rush to the gate of the East Palace, but there was a sea of people ahead, and the chief military officer Lu Changyi was leading a thousand soldiers and horses to confront another army of more than 2,000 people!

Liu Juntao was also secretly frightened when he saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

When Lu Changyi saw Liu Juntao coming, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said, "Bingxian! The end will be incompetent! ”

"What's the situation!"

Lu Changyi pointed to those soldiers and horses, and said: "Bingxian, those people are the family members and slaves of the ministers in Beijing, the news of His Majesty's death has leaked out, and these ministers will take the first step to control the prince, and it will be too late to act here!" ”

"What's wrong with the prince!"

"I don't know!"

Lu Changyi said with a guilty face: "The last general only knows that the East Palace has been controlled, and the prince has never shown up, and the last general is worried about the prince's safety, so he doesn't dare to take action, and he doesn't dare to continue to transfer troops." ”

Liu Juntao frowned, looking at the more than 2,000 people in front of him, his heart was also a little empty, so many soldiers and horses were mobilized, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, the Beizhen Fu Division, and the Shuntian Mansion all turned a blind eye, and no one informed him, which shows that the power of the ministers of the DPRK and China is still very strong!

At this time, Liu Juntao intervened in the DPRK and China with a strong army, and he was fighting the entire court and the entire bureaucracy with the strength of one person, and suddenly he had a sense of powerlessness.

"Maybe Dong Zhuo felt this way when he faced the Manchu Dynasty civil and military!"

Liu Juntao immediately stepped forward, shouted at the soldiers and horses in front of him: "I! The Marquis of Dingxiang, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Liu Juntao, the Governor of Shanxi, are here, and His Majesty ordered me to garrison the capital and protect the prince before returning to heaven! Wait until you immediately abandon your weapons and disperse, otherwise you will be punished as a conspiracy! ”

The more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in front of them began to make some commotion, but then a civil official walked out of the crowd, this person looked like a royal history, and said loudly to Liu Juntao: "Then please ask the Marquis of Dingxiang to take out the holy decree of the first emperor!" If not, then Dingxianghou is making trouble! ”

"So what are you doing!"

Liu Juntao said angrily: "Prince Donggong, how can you people control it? Stand down immediately, or you won't be killed! ”

The royal historian said proudly: "Now the adults of Dali Temple are drinking tea with the prince, if the Marquis of Dingxiang wants to use force, then I am afraid that outside the East Palace will be turned into a Shura field, and the prince will also be frightened, this is not good!" ”

Liu Juntao frowned, looking at the more than 2,000 people in front of him, and the imperial historian was still chattering, seemingly not a little afraid, eager to chat with him outside the gate of the East Palace all day.

"That's not right!"

Liu Juntao immediately said to the heralds beside him: "Inform all departments!" Alert now! ”

As soon as the words fell, a team rushed over at night: "Qi Bingxian, a lot of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared in the capital, and these people are attacking the city gates everywhere and besieging the palace!" ”

"Is there a flag?"

"I haven't seen any banners, these soldiers and horses are all cloth and short, but the weapons they hold are very good and very brave!"

"Haha!"

The imperial historian in front of him suddenly laughed, pointed at Liu Juntao and said, "Marquis Dingxiang!" Now that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are going to oppose you, I see how you deal with it! Hum! A mere martial artist, who killed some people, just thought about leaving the court right? It's really overwhelming, this court is the righteous minister who reads the books of the sages, not you martial artists! ”

Liu Juntao's heart was furious, and he immediately pointed to the imperial history, and said to the chief soldier Lu Changyi: "This person gathered a crowd to make a rebellion, intending to kidnap the prince, and the general army of Lu immediately put down the chaos!" ”

Lu Changyi hesitated a little, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Liu Juntao glaring at him: "Chief soldier Lu!" Social is the most important! ”

Lu Changyi was taken aback, and immediately killed the troops, the imperial history never dreamed that Liu Juntao would really dare to do it directly, wasn't he worried about the prince's safety?

Before this imperial history could figure it out, the more than 2,000 soldiers and horses around it couldn't resist it, and began to break up under the onslaught of 1,000 soldiers of the Beijing battalion. No matter how brave these soldiers are, they are a rabble without cooperation and battle. And that imperial history was also beheaded by a Beijing camp soldier!

Liu Juntao turned a deaf ear to the current fight, and just looked at the direction of the East Palace with a frown, and his heart was also nervous.

After a while, the soldiers of the Beijing camp smashed open the gate of the East Palace and rushed in, and the East Palace was soon full of killings. The chief military officer, Lu Changyi, was worried that his soldiers and horses would be red-eyed, so he hurriedly rushed in with his personal guards.

A moment later, the chief military officer Lu Changyi came panting: "Qi Qi Bingxian, the prince is safe!" The prince is unharmed! ”

Liu Juntao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Leave the soldiers and horses to clean up here and guard the East Palace, and General Lu will lead eight hundred soldiers and horses to bring the prince and enter the palace with Benxian!" ”

"Order!"

At this time, there was already chaos in the capital, although most of the generals of the Gyeonggi garrison knew Liu Juntao, and even most of them fought with Liu Juntao, but at the time of the huge power struggle, many people began to stand in line and began to think about themselves.

At this time, most of the garrison generals were on the sidelines, and they were all restraining their soldiers and horses not to wade into this troubled water, but there were also many people who chose to join the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, and the troops began to besiege the palace, preparing to control the remains of Emperor Tianshun, and many generals and ministers sent people to fight for and capture various city gates, preparing to get in touch with the garrisons in various parts of Gyeonggi.

These soldiers and horses have already begun to fight fiercely with the chief military officer Song Chonggui and the officers and men of the Long Xiang army, and the sound of killing is everywhere.

Liu Juntao and the chief military officer Lu Changyi led 800 troops and led the prince all the way, encountering several groups of enemies along the way, but they were all scattered by the 50 iron horsemen of the Longxiang army who opened the way in front.

Prince Zhu Jianshen saw that the soldiers of the Long Xiang Army were like heavenly soldiers, and he was also very determined.

It didn't take long for everyone to come to the noon gate, and hundreds of guards and thousands of eunuchs blocked here have thousands of blockades, and many of the soldiers and horses of the chief soldier Lu Changyi have rebelled, and they are fighting fiercely with the rest of the soldiers and horses around the palace, and the scene is chaotic.

Liu Juntao was furious when he saw this, and immediately ordered Lu Changyi to lead his troops to protect the prince, and he directly led fifty personal guards to charge, killing the hundreds of guards and thousands of eunuchs.

Under the sound of iron hooves, the hundreds of guards and thousands of eunuchs couldn't resist, and they were rushed by the fifty-one horsemen under Liu Juntao's department, and they were killed and wounded!