Just when Duan Fei led the troops to rush to Guangzhou City, the officials in the city also reacted.

The first person to react was Li Fugui, the commander of Nanhai County, this guy was very good in Guangzhou City because he belonged to Zhu Hongsan's old Huguang department, and the entire Guangzhou Mansion was not even in the eyes of the prefect Yu Shilong, except for the fact that he also took care of Gong Dacheng, the same knowledge. It's not that everyone is afraid of him, it's mainly that everyone knows what the relationship between Li Fugui and Zhu Hongsan is, and they are all away from him like stinky shit.

However, Li Fugui was born quickly, and he is much stronger than those who have just graduated from Jinshi in government affairs, and he has always been in charge of the Nancheng New District in Guangzhou, so Nanhai County has been very financially rich in the past two years. It's easy to do things with money, Li Fugui is not one of those noble people who treat money like dung, nor is he a miser who eats meat and doesn't let others drink soup. At the end of last year, Li Fugui, as the county magistrate, completed the financial task in full and gave a big red envelope to various official and temporary workers in the county. So now everyone in the county praises Li Fugui's goodness.

Li Fugui was in a good mood tonight, and when he returned to the back house, he had a glass of wine with his concubine. I was just about to go to bed when suddenly a family member called the door outside.

After opening the door, the housekeeper outside the door said anxiously: "Master, there was a fire on the side of Beicheng just now!" ”

North City? It was the territory of Panyu County, and Panyu County made Chen Zisheng not deal with him. Chen Zisheng relied on the fact that he was the younger brother of the prime minister and the uncle of Chen Guiren, and he never put himself in his eyes, and he never colored himself when he saw it.

"Don't worry, Beicheng is not our territory!" After arranging Li Fugui, he went back to sleep with his concubine in his arms.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, there was a sudden earth-shattering sound from the Beicheng side, and Li Fugui was so frightened that he hurriedly got up.

The sound was so familiar to him that only gunpowder could come out. But what kind of powder magazine is there in Beicheng, and now the experienced Li Fugui knows that something big has happened.

Li Fugui hurriedly got up, got dressed and came out, and went to the front hall to find a servant on duty and ask what was going on!

"Master, we don't know either! The sound was sudden, and I have already asked someone to go to Beicheng to see it, and the news will come back in a moment. ”

Li Fugui stroked his beard, thinking that things were not good, Lao Li was also well-informed, and there would never be such a big fire in Guangzhou. Could it be that the Qing army is coming?

Thinking of this, Li Fugui's first thought was to take his wife and children out and run. But when I turned around and thought about it, I had already run to the southernmost part of China, where else to run? Going to the South Seas? I heard that there are cannibals there, not to mention that his son is still working as a guard in the palace, and if he wants to run away, his son Li Fu must be implicated. Thinking of Zhu Hongsan's cruelty to the people who betrayed him, Li Fugui couldn't help but shiver.

After thinking about it, Li Fugui made up his mind, no matter what, he would concentrate the manpower first, whether he would run away or work hard.

Thinking of this, Li Fugui hurriedly dispatched officials and transferred all the Xicheng and Nancheng Inspection Divisions to which he belonged.

At this time, Zhang San, who was covered in dust, came to Nanhai County to find Li Fugui.

"My lord, quickly bring all the people and save the palace! The Qing army has entered the city! ”

Li Fugui couldn't help but be shocked when he heard that it was really the Qing army, he was really afraid of something.

"What? Zhang San, you slow down, what's going on? ”

Zhang San breathed a sigh of relief and told Li Fugui in detail what he had seen and heard.

Hearing that his son was blown up by gunpowder on the palace city, Li Fugui fainted. The eldest son, Li Fu, can be said to be Li Fugui's all, and he has the rank of captain at a young age, which is at least a company commander in the local army, with a hundred musketeers under his command. Li Fugui knew how powerful the musketeers of the new army were, and 100 people completely beat 300 guards. Originally, Li Fugui was counting on his son Li Fu to be able to make a living, and in the future, Zhu Hongsan would be able to wait for the general, but he didn't expect to hear his son's bad news today.

Seeing Li Fugui crying bitterly, Zhang San hurriedly persuaded on the side: "My lord! My lord! I only said that Li Fu was on the city wall, but I didn't see anything about it! ”

Hearing Zhang San say this, Li Fugui was immediately full of hope.

"That's right! My son must be fine! ”

"Come on, quickly organize all the inspection divisions, I'm going to save my son!"

At this time, the inspection departments of Xicheng and Nancheng were patrolling, and it took a long time to get more than 100 people. Fortunately, Nanhai County has money, and Li Fugui did not rub oil on these inspections, and his weapons, armor, bows and arrows were all in order.

Li Fugui couldn't wait any longer, his son didn't know whether he was alive or dead, seeing that there were more than 100 people, Li Fugui stepped forward and said: "Everyone, there is a big incident in Beicheng today, the Qing army has entered the city, my son is still in Beicheng, this official is going to Beicheng to save his son, who wants to go with me!" ”

After Li Fugui finished speaking, he was silent, no one is stupid, your son is not my son, it's my business.

Li Fugui is also from the market, and he knows that any big truth is, or real money. So he didn't say anything, waved his hand, and asked the family members behind him to carry out a few large boxes, and opened the silver full of white flowers, which was enough for tens of thousands of taels.

Lao Li has been a magistrate and a county magistrate in the past two years, and he also serves as the director of the Nancheng Development Office. But this time, taking out tens of thousands of taels is really nerve-wracking.

"Everyone, look at it, the one who goes with me will get a hundred taels of silver now, and there are still one hundred taels for those who come back alive after the incident, and those who unfortunately don't come back will add two hundred taels per person!" Lao Li also fought hard for his son.

This era is not the era of silver flooding at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and now the unpalatable rice in Annan in Guangzhou City is only one or two stones per stone, and one hundred taels is one hundred stones of rice, which is enough for one person to eat for fifty or sixty years, so one hundred taels of silver is really a huge amount of money.

The role of silver is huge, no matter whether you can come back alive or not, take this hundred taels in your hands first.

All the officers and soldiers of the inspection were immediately excited, and they all regarded Li County's son as their own son, and shouted to save their son.

Li Fugui saw that the military heart was available, and ordered someone to open the county's arsenal. Inside are a large number of cold weapons such as knives and guns produced by the Dongguan Arsenal. These weapons were prepared by Zhu Hongsan a few years ago, and he was going to change them for the inspection and guard soldiers in Guangzhou City, but he didn't expect to use them in advance now. These weapons are not the ductile iron samples sold to the south of the Yangtze River, these are the best steel weapons produced by the Dongguan Arsenal.

These inspections saw that the weapons issued were so elite, and their confidence increased greatly, and after receiving the weapons, they went out with Li Fugui and ran to Beicheng.

As soon as he left the southern city and entered the northern city boundary, he found that the road was in chaos, and many ruffians took the opportunity to rob and kill people. Li Fugui hurriedly ordered the inspection to clean up these guys who were fishing in troubled waters.

The inspection originally belonged to the security forces, and it was to deal with these guys, and now the weapons in their hands are elite, and the magistrate also sent a message to live or die. The inspectors immediately rushed up and slashed and slaughtered, and soon cut down the ruffians of more than 20 people.

These inspections are now full of people, and they have just seen blood, and their eyes are red, and they come to the outside of the Beicheng Imperial Palace with a roar.

Li Fugui was led by Zhang San to the west gate of the palace, where the city gate had been blown down, and a corner of the city wall had been blown down. Fortunately, because the city wall was not high, only three meters, and the power of gunpowder was not strong, Li Fu was only stunned and did not suffer any injuries.

Li Fu was woken up by Li Fugui and was very surprised to see his father coming.

"Dad, why are you here?"

"I'm not worried about you yet! Da Lang, let Daddy see if he's hurt? ”

Li Fu is also an officer now, and he is embarrassed to see his father reveal his true feelings in front of outsiders.

"Daddy! I'm fine! It just so happened that you brought someone here, and you will enter the palace with me to kill the Qing army and save the emperor! ”

Seeing that his son was fine, Li Fugui let go of most of his heart, and couldn't help but hesitate a little when he heard that he was going to fight with the Qing army.

Li Fu is the age of strong blood, and when he sees his father like this, he knows why. Li Fu knows what his father is clearly, it is really oil-soaked loach, and he doesn't leave his hands on it. When talking to him, you must seduce him with interests.

"Dad, this time there are less than 1,000 people in the Qing army, and there are 400 people in the city guard company. Also, Dad, don't you want me to be a marquis, as long as you save the emperor, you can't save the driver, and you may be able to be a marquis! ”

Hearing Li Fu say this, Li Fugui was a little moved, he knew that Zhu Hongsan had always rewarded meritorious people very much, did he need to say that he saved him this time?

Li Fugui thought about it for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth, Fugui is in danger, today Lao Tzu fights!

"Brothers, let's go in and kill the Qing soldiers, rescue the emperor, and everyone can get a reward!"

The inspectors, whose eyes were red and had been stimulated by silver and blood, shouted one after another, "Kill the Qing soldiers and rescue the emperor!" Under the leadership of Li Fugui and Li Fu, he followed the Qing army into the palace.

Zhu Hongsan's palace is far less big than the palace in the north and south of Beijing, and not far from entering the imperial city are several small buildings of the cabinet, and this place is now full of shouts and killings. There are Jinyi Wei Yamen and Dongchang Yamen, and there are still some manpower. But Li Chengdong left 300 people here, more than double the Jinyi Guard. Fortunately, there are more than 50 guards and soldiers here, and they are Zhu Hongsan's defense force for the prime ministers of the cabinet.

When Li Fugui and his people arrived, the Qing army was fighting hand-to-hand with the Jinyi guards, and the guards even had no ammunition for their muskets, and now they were also bayonets, and fifty people formed a gun formation to deal with the attack of the Qing army.

The Qing army is now all focused on the front, but they didn't expect more than a hundred people to be killed in the back, and the key is that there are more than a dozen people with muskets, and these people are Li Fu's subordinates who were stunned.

Li Fugui's inspection was a new force, and he was killed behind the Qing army, and the Qing army was immediately in chaos when the enemy was on the back of the abdomen, and they were slashed and killed on the spot. In fact, it is not that these Qing troops have poor combat effectiveness, mainly because these people have traveled for more than ten days, and they have not had a good rest when they arrived in Guangdong.