Chapter 425: Xi'an Shock
Now is the time of life and death of the Manchurians, Your Majesty not only does not work hard, but is becoming more and more decadent. Since losing most of the country one after another, Qianlong's prestige in the hearts of the Manchurians has been declining day by day, and the rumors about his life history have not been broken, and Ah Gui has also begun to doubt his beliefs.
"Master, there is a guest outside asking to see you!" As soon as he returned to the house, the housekeeper came in with a box to report.
"Oh? Who is it? Ah Gui was a little irritable, thinking that if he wasn't an acquaintance, he would let him get out.
"Master, he refused to explain his identity, but said that the master naturally knew who he was when he saw this thing!" After speaking, the housekeeper handed the box to Ah Gui, and bowed down again.
Ah Gui looked at the box placed on the table, the tin box wrapped in fine silk was rusty, it looked like an old object, could it be that he had come to bribe? Ah Gui was about to drink and order the housekeeper to throw things out, when suddenly his mind moved, the lines on it seemed to be used by the royal family!
"You go and wait outside!" After thinking for a while, Ah Gui decided to open it first, and after the housekeeper retreated, he untied the silk and revealed the iron box, the box was not locked, so it was gently hidden, and when he opened the box, he saw that it was the unique color pattern of the Holy Decree, which was it
Ah Gui swallowed his saliva, hurriedly looked around, and found that no one around him carefully picked up the holy decree with both hands and opened it to take a look! Sure enough, just as he thought, this unknown guest sent it was really the edict of the first emperor! Ah Gui sat down in a chair, and the last glimmer of hope in his heart for Qianlong disappeared after seeing this edict.
After sitting for a long time, he waved his hand and said, "Come on, invite that distinguished guest in!" ”
A moment later, under the leadership of the butler, a man with a black scarf and a masked face walked in, and when the butler stepped back, he pulled away the masked black scarf and smiled. "Lord Gui, don't come unharmed!"
"With the prince's courage, aren't you afraid that I will hand you over to Your Majesty?" Ah Gui asked as he tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
"Haha, if that's the case, I'm afraid Lord Gui won't let me in, right?" , Hongtian smiled indifferently and sat down on the chair to the left of Ah Gui. He crossed his legs and looked at the layout of the room.
After the two of them were silent for a long time, Ah Gui couldn't help but speak first, "What's the matter with the prince here?" I'm afraid it's just to show me, right? ”
"For the sake of our full future!" , Hongyang Zhengse said, "Now the safflower thieves are pressing around, but we are full of people who are divided into two parties or something, and now they are sitting on the throne."
It was a long time before Hongyang came out of Agui's mansion, and from his expression there was no indication of how he was talking; Not long after his carriage was gone, a dark shadow sneaked out of Gui's mansion. After a while, it disappeared into the night.
In the next few months, the Qing army in the northeast retreated step by step under the attack of the Chinese army, and even Shengjing, which started with a manchurian family, fell into the hands of the Chinese army.
Qianlong threw the government capital to Ah Gui, He Shen and others, and he hid in the deep palace and was drunk all day long; Under the pretext of mobilizing troops and horses to guard against Prince Zhuang, Ah Gui replaced the officers along the line with Manchu people who were close to him. Only the army in Xi'an City belonged to Fukangan himself, and there were no people who could be stuffed in.
Just when the Chinese army captured Jinzhou Mansion and peeked into Ningyuan. Prince Zhuang withdrew all his forces in the northeast and concentrated them along the Yellow River. Under the response of Ah Gui, he entered the border of Guanzhong from northern Shaanxi.
"So Prince Zhuang's men and horses will arrive in Xi'an in three days?" In the city of Xi'an, two black shadows were talking in a low voice.
"That's right, Ah Gui also used the excuse that the training soldiers had already left the city yesterday and lived in his personal barracks outside the city, it seems that the matter is just these days!" , a dark shadow replied.
"How much does Fukangan know over there?". The man who looked a bit like the leader asked.
"Fukangan is still no different from the past few days, and there is no preparation, it doesn't seem to be clear! Ah Gui now has most of the Tartar troops, and this Fukangan is not a shrewd person, so it is not difficult to hide from him! ”。 This person said Fukangan with a look of contempt.
"Let the news out, let Fukangan know about it earlier!" The man waved his hand, and the black shadow slowly receded.
Early in the morning of the second day, Fukangan hurriedly entered the palace, and soon after the eunuch in the palace rushed out of the city with the holy decree, wanting to edict Ah Gui to enter the palace to report the report, but when he arrived at the barracks, he was told that Lord Ah Gui took the army into Zhongnan Mountain to suppress the bandits, and he could only come back after three days, and the eunuch reluctantly retreated.
"Where are there any bandits in Zhongnan Mountain now? Even if there is, he doesn't need to take people with him personally! He Shen's round head was full of sweat, if Ah Gui rebelled, he couldn't stop it with this little force in the city!
"Fukangan, you immediately check how many people in your camp have other intentions!" , Qianlong rarely regained his Qingming, he knew that in his decadent time, the army had lost control, and now he could only keep Xi'an City first.
Fukangan immediately closed the city gate of Xi'an, and began to take people to strictly investigate the mansions of the Manchurian nobles who had been intimate with Ah Gui in the past, only to find that these people had long since disappeared!
Two days later, Prince Zhuang appeared outside Xi'an with a large army, and began to attack Xi'an City with Agui's army; Fortunately, Fukangan has not been busy in vain these days, and immediately sent the men and horses to the city wall, and the two sides started a big battle.
At the same time, the Chinese army was not idle, and the army on the Henan side had already made preparations, and immediately attacked Jinnan from Shaanzhou after receiving the news, and killed all the way in the direction of Tongguan.
Now the Qing army is also fluctuating, no intention to resist, coupled with the momentum of the Chinese army, Tongguan has not held out for half a day, the defenders opened the city gate to surrender, since then, the door of Xi'an has been opened to the Chinese army.
Prince Zhuang and Ah Gui concentrated all their forces to try to capture Xi'an before the arrival of the Chinese army, but unfortunately Xi'an was a big city after all, and they lacked heavy artillery, so how could they attack it in a hurry.
Then they learned that the customs clearance had fallen, and knew that they would not be able to run if they stayed here, so they gathered the men and horses gathered together from the northeast, Shanxi, and Shaanxi provinces, and slowly retreated in the direction of Gansu.
Seeing Prince Zhuang's men and horses retreating inexplicably, before Fukangan had time to rejoice, the banner of the Chinese army appeared outside the east gate of Xi'an.
After a few days of fierce fighting, the soldiers and horses in the city had suffered heavy casualties, and now seeing the arrival of the Chinese army, they have no courage to continue fighting. (To be continued......)