Chapter 275: The Tianjing Incident
At the beginning of the hour, there was only one and a half hours left before the start time, Yang Xiuqing had already fallen asleep, and the golden Tianwang Mansion where Hong Xiuquan lived was also sparsely lit, quiet as usual. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Only those who are really in it know how tightly guarded the Tianwang Mansion is at this moment, and the guards guarding the Tianwang Mansion are deliberately out of the nest without torches, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, strictly guarding every inch of the palace wall of the Tianwang Mansion, and a team of female soldiers who are secretly transferred are responsible for guarding Hong Xiuquan's huge harem, and all the male and female soldiers are unsheathed with swords and firearms, ready to fight at any time.
Among them, the most heavily guarded is of course the Golden Dragon Palace, the core of the Heavenly King's Mansion, but even if there are absolutely reliable people around to protect him, Hong Xiuquan, who is in the Golden Dragon Palace at this moment, is still full of anxiety, and is also turning around the hall anxiously with his hands behind his back, his overly wine-colored face is full of anxiety and worry, and it is so gloomy that it seems to be about to drip.
Of course, the reason why Hong Xiuquan is so anxious is not without reason, not long ago, Chen Chengrong suddenly sent someone to send an urgent letter, saying that Yang Xiuqing suddenly sent someone out of the city to summon Shi Dakai to meet in the city. As a result, when he heard the news, Hong Xiuquan's face turned pale and became the color of a dead man, what he was afraid of was that Yang Xiuqing already knew the coup plan, and summoned Shi Dakai to enter the city to prepare to act first. I am even more afraid that Yang Xiuqing has mobilized the army of his cronies to attack the Heavenly King's Mansion and ask for his own life.
Fortunately, the eyeliner who monitored Yang Xiuqing's troops quickly sent the news, saying that Yang Xiuqing's army did not move any abnormally, Hong Xiuquan was a little relieved, but he was still worried that Yang Xiuqing was as loose on the outside as he was on the inside, and quietly launched a thunderous blow, so worried and frightened that he only hoped that he was really Jesus' own brother, and he could immediately send down the heavenly fire and burn Yang Xiuqing and his cronies clean.
Anxious and worried, the eldest brother Hong Renfa finally rushed into the Golden Dragon Palace, and as soon as he entered the hall, he shouted: "Heavenly King, Heavenly King, good news, Yang Xiuqing has slept!" Although the reason why he urgently summoned the Winged King 6,000 years old into the city was not known for the time being, after the Wing King 6,000 years old refused to enter the city, Yang Xiuqing didn't care about it and went to sleep directly. ”
Hearing this, Hong Xiuquan almost collapsed on the ground, patted his chest and said, "Heavenly Father bless, it seems to be just a coincidence, just a coincidence." ”
"Heavenly King, you should send a message to Chen Chengrong and Shi Dakai, explaining that this matter is just a coincidence, and Yang Yi has already slept."
The second brother Hong Renda still has a bit of a brain, and immediately said: "Otherwise, if they are frightened by this coincidence and are too frightened to do what they originally planned, then we will have lost all our efforts." ”
Glancing at the golden table clock next to the main hall, seeing that there was still time, Hong Xiuquan immediately nodded, picked up a golden arrow and handed it to Hong Renda, and ordered: "You go and do it yourself!" ”
Relying on the news transmission channels that have been painstakingly operated for several years, everything is just a coincidence of good news, and it soon reached Chen Chengrong, who was on duty at Yifeng Gate, and after breathing a sigh of relief, Chen Chengrong hurriedly opened the city gate and let the messenger go out of the city to contact Shi Dakai. And like Chen Chengrong, after learning the news, Shi Dakai also breathed a long sigh of relief, and said happily: "It turned out to be a coincidence, it scared me to death." But strange, why did His Royal Highness the East King urgently summon me into the city just now? ”
"Your Highness the Winged King, this reason is no longer important." Zhang Suimou reminded beside him: "The important thing is to send someone to contact Zhang Zipeng quickly and let him know that this is a coincidence." Otherwise, if he shows any flaws because of his fear, or if he doesn't dare to suppress the water master when we do it, then we will be in big trouble. ”
When Shi Dakai heard this, he felt reasonable, and quickly sent someone to contact his accomplice Zhang Zipeng, but what Shi Dakai, Zhang Suimou and others never dreamed of was that after the messenger who went to contact Zhang Zipeng came back, he actually reported to Shi Dakai that Zhang Zipeng was missing!
"Gone?" Shi Dakai was shocked and asked, "Even the people in the sailor camp don't know where Zhang Zipeng went?" ”
"I only know that not long ago, he said that he was going out of the camp to run errands, and left the camp with a few people, and explained that without his order, no one from the sailor was allowed to enter or leave the camp, so the villain couldn't even enter the sailor camp." The messenger replied truthfully.
took out his pocket watch and took a look, and saw that there was only less than half an hour left before the hands-on time, Shi Da was both surprised and suspicious, and said suspiciously: "It's about to start, why did Zhang Zipeng suddenly disappear?" ”
"Not good!" Zhang Suimou suddenly exclaimed: "Could Zhang Zipeng think that the matter has been exposed, run away or escape, or even go to the informant?" ”
Shi Dakai, who is known as Shi Dadang, rarely changed color on his face, and his voice trembled a little, and said: "It's okay if you run away, but if you go to tell the truth, then ......." ”
"Wing King, we'd better be prepared with both hands." Zeng Jinqian suggested: "One is to start according to the original plan, and the other is to carefully check the situation before starting, and once you find that something is wrong, you will immediately retreat to Zhenjiang." ”
When Shi Dakai just wanted to nod, Zhang Suimou over there warned: "We can't wait and see, we must make a decision immediately, if Zhang Zipeng really runs to tell the whistle, the king of the east doesn't need to prepare in advance, just using the contingency army is enough to blockade the whole city, and then we can't enter the city, and it will be too late to retreat." Wait or withdraw, Wing King, you have to make up your mind right away! ”
Shi Dakai hesitated and couldn't make a decision, Shi Dakai simply took out a copper coin of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, threw it to the sky, and said loudly: "Please make a decision, the word Heavenly Kingdom is facing up, withdraw!" The word of the holy treasure is facing up, etc! ”
The eyes of Zhang Suimou, Zeng Jinqian and others all moved with the copper coin, and the copper coin that the Taiping army had cast itself rolled and drew a parabola in the sky, landing with a crisp sound............
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Personally persuade Shi Dakai to surrender! This so-called holy decree is definitely the most cost-effective of the so-called holy decrees issued by Emperor Xianfeng since he ascended the throne! Although it accidentally destroyed Hong Xiuquan's almost seamless coup plan to seize power, the chain reaction brought about by this so-called holy decree was still able to make Emperor Xianfeng so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
"The king of Yudong is nine thousand years old, and Zhang Zipeng, the chief of the water division, told the Jinchuan Gate defenders, saying that tonight's three watches, the six thousand years old of the Yiwang will lead the army into the city to harm you! Zhang Zipeng also said that all this is the arrangement of the king of heaven! ”
To be able to mix to this point, Yang Xiuqing is certainly not a good person, although he was just woken up from a woman's belly, even if he didn't have time to confirm the truth of the news, but after hearing this urgent report, Yang Xiuqing still jumped out of bed as soon as possible, and shouted without thinking about it: "Spread the message!" The whole house is on alert! The whole city is on alert! Spread the contingency soldiers and horses to the East Wangfu to guard, and ordered the battalions, immediately get up and wait for the order! ”
It was only after these orders were issued that Yang Xiuqing began to calculate the truth of Zhang Zipeng's whistleblower, but he didn't know if he didn't calculate, and Yang Xiuqing was quickly startled after a calculation, only to find out that if Shi Dakai really did it tonight, he might not even have time to respond, and he would have been hacked to death on the woman's belly with a knife. Then when he was thinking about it in detail, Yang Xiuqing quickly found a question, that is, how did Shi Dakai enter the city?
"If Shi Ada wants to enter the city, the most convenient and safest is Yifeng Gate, ...... Chen Chengrong, who guards Yifeng Gate? No, for the sake of prudence, no matter how reliable it is, you have to call it back first, and change to a more reliable person to guard the Fengmen! ”
Thinking about this, Yang Xiuqing did not hesitate, and immediately sent his third brother Yang Runqing to lead a team of guards to Yifengmen to take over the city gate, and ordered: "Act quickly, you must rush to Yifengmen before the third watch!" When you arrive at Yifeng Gate, ask Chen Chengrong to hand over the key to the city gate to you immediately, if he doesn't hand it over, kill him! ”
After Yang Runqing took the order and rushed away, Yang Xiuqing turned his suspicious gaze to the Heavenly King's Mansion in the east, and said secretly: "Hong Xiuquan, do you really want to do it?" ”
Relying on the fast horse galloping, when there were still more than two minutes before the eleventh o'clock of the third correction, Yang Runqing and his entourage finally rushed to Yifeng Gate in advance, but before they could find Chen Chengrong's location, Yang Runqing had already seen that the gate of the urn city of Yifeng Gate had been opened, and there was still fire flickering in the urn city. In a hurry, Yang Runqing didn't have time to think at all, and rushed directly into the urn city with the guards of the East Prince's Mansion, and at the lock of the third and last urn city, he saw Chen Chengrong who was opening the city gate with his own hands!
"Anti-thief! Take! ”
In the roar, Yang Runqing raised the revolver and pulled the trigger one after another, and the guns rang out continuously, and the cruel and bloody civil war of the Taiping Army also completely kicked off.
It can be regarded as retribution, the first person to shed the first drop of blood happens to be Chen Chengrong, the most critical person in this coup, Yang Runqing fired five bullets in one go, three bullets accurately hit him, Chen Chengrong was shot and screamed, and his henchmen next to him also shot back, and the guards brought by Yang Runqing Ping Pong Ball Together. At the same time as the gunfire was loud, the defenders on the Yifeng Gate were of course also in chaos, Chen Chengrong's party who stayed on the city wall still jumped out of the city to escape, or shot and drew knives at his companions, and the sound of gunfire and killing quickly resounded through the city, and countless Taiping soldiers were also killed in the city, and died tragically under the swords and guns of their companions.
Not to mention, even though he was shot and wounded, Chen Chengrong gritted his teeth and insisted on opening the door lock, lifted the door latch with the help of his own soldiers, and then pushed open the city gate before Yang Xiuqing's guards arrived, shouting outside the city with a crying voice............
"The Winged King is six thousand years old! Come in, come in! ”
"Not good!" Yang Runqing's heart jumped, and he said secretly: "Oh no, Shi Dakai led the troops to kill in, how can I stop it with enough manpower?" ”
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At the same time, after hearing the gunshots from the Yifeng Gate in the center of the city, the Taiping soldiers on duty in the Drum Tower also immediately reported the news to the Dongwang Mansion that was far away, and after learning this news, Yang Xiuqing of course understood that something was wrong with the Yifeng Gate, so he did not hesitate to order the army to dispatch, and at the same time surrounded the Tianwang Mansion and the neighboring Yiwang Mansion, and added cautiously: "Before there is a new order, only surround and not fight, and no one is allowed to enter or leave!" If the people inside dare to come out, resolutely fight back! ”
"Again, give orders to the battalions at once! Shi Dakai colluded with Hong Renda to rebel and tried to kill the king of heaven in his place! Now that the King of Heaven has been held hostage by the traitors, the Holy Decree of the King of Heaven will be abolished immediately, and all battalions of people and horses are only allowed to listen to the Holy Decree of the King of the East! If you disobey, you will be killed! ”
The order was conveyed, Yang Xiuqing's cronies immediately led the troops and horses to dispatch, and first quickly surrounded the Yiwang Mansion where Shi Dakai's family lived, but fortunately, because of the fact that he did not know in advance, although Shi Dakai's family was shocked and afraid of this change, they did not dare to forcibly flee out of the mansion, but there was no danger for the time being. However, the Tianwang Mansion is different, just received the news that an army is killing the Tianwang Mansion, the shocked Hong Xiuquan immediately implemented the contingency plan, while ordering the guards to stick to the Tianwang Mansion, while sending people to send an edict to the battalions, declaring that Yang Xiuqing was rebelling, and asking the soldiers of the battalions to rush to the Tianwang Mansion immediately!
Yang Xiuqing claimed that Hong Xiuquan had been held hostage and wanted the army to continue to listen to him, and Hong Xiuquan claimed that Yang Xiuqing had rebelled and wanted the army to listen to him. However, it's a pity - if Hong Xiuquan can really directly command the army in Nanjing, can he still use the foreign army of Shi Dakai to enter the city Qinwang?
It is precisely because Yang Xiuqing's control of the Nanjing army is too strong, so in this battle for prestige and prestige, Hong Xiuquan is at an absolute disadvantage, after his so-called Heavenly King's holy decree was sent to various camps, most of the Taiping generals in each battalion chose to refuse to execute, many Taiping generals loyal to Yang Xiuqing also simply took down Hong Xiuquan's herald guards, only a few Taiping generals chose to lead the army to the Tianwang Mansion for reinforcements, but only brought a small number of people.
Even so, the so-called holy decree of the Xianfeng Emperor still received the effect of the joy of the Manchu court, in the middle of the night, the army loyal to Hong Xiuquan and the army loyal to Yang Xiuqing caught and killed each other in the city of Nanjing, the knife and gun shouted to kill the sky, the gunfire was as dense as a New Year's firecracker, but in the gunfire and knife light, roaring and unwilling to fall, it was all the soldiers of the Taiping Army, the biggest anti-Qing force in this era, the soldiers of the Taiping Army, the streets flowed, and all the blood of the Taiping Army soldiers, the anti-Qing righteous soldiers shed blood and tears, and the evil spirits of the wild boar skin family, but laughed out loud in hell.
There is no suspense in the war in Nanjing, and Yang Xiuqing, who firmly controls the military power in the city, has always had the absolute upper hand, but even so, Yang Xiuqing does not dare to have the slightest peace of mind, because there are still Shi Dakai's 3,000 elite soldiers outside the city, if Shi Dakai's 3,000 elites are really killed in the city, even if Yang Xiuqing still has a chance of winning, he will inevitably pay a heavy price for it, so while dispatching troops to suppress the Hongdang army, Yang Xiuqing did not forget to send troops to reinforce Yifengmen, and has been waiting for the news of Yifengmen worriedly.
Fortunately, after suffering for a while, good news finally came from Yifengmen, saying that Yang Runqing had successfully seized control of Yifengmen, and had captured Chen Chengrong, a traitor who tried to open the city gate. Yang Xiuqing was overjoyed when she heard the news, and hurriedly asked, "What about Shi Dakai?" Did he lead an army to attack the city? ”
"Back to the East King, Shi Da drove away and left quietly with his army."
The messenger's answer made Yang Xiuqing stunned, and when he hurriedly asked for details, Yang Xiuqing knew that Chen Chengrong had actually opened the gate of Yifengmen, but there was no Shi Dakai's soldiers outside the city, and when Yang Runqing sent someone to Shi Dakai's camp to check the situation, he found that Shi Dakai's camp was an empty camp, and the army in the camp was nowhere to be found, but it was judged by footprints that it went to the east.
"What the hell is Shi Yada doing? How did you run away all of a sudden? ”
While Yang Xiuqing was puzzled, he was also somewhat glad that Shi Dakai had slipped away ahead of schedule - otherwise the scale and intensity of the civil war tonight would have to be at least ten times larger! However, this bit of happiness is definitely not enough to offset Yang Xiuqing's hatred for Shi Dakai, and under the betrayal of his friends, Yang Xiuqing decisively ordered: "Pass the decree, attack the Yiwang Mansion, arrest all Shi Yada's family, and this king will personally clean them up one by one!" ”
"King Dong, Shi is going to the east, it is very likely that he is going to Zhenjiang Wu Ruxiao, if they join forces to cause trouble, I am afraid that the consequences will be unpredictable." Confidant Hou Qianfang cautiously reminded.
Yang Xiuqing nodded, and after a little calculation, he immediately ordered: "Send a clipper to Wu Ruxiao to pass the decree, make him Gu Tianhou, reward him with 100 ingots of gold and silver, and tell him that Shi Dakai's conspiracy against the incident failed, and ordered Wu Ruxiao to send troops to rob and kill, and after the matter is completed, this king will still reward him!" ”
After the clipper ship that urgently contacted Wu Ruxiao was sent away, the battle in Nanjing City also came to an end, several generals loyal to Hong Xiuquan were all killed, and the army under their command either surrendered or was killed. Only when he attacked the Tianwang Mansion was met with stubborn resistance, Yang Xiuqing was not in a hurry, but just ordered the army to suspend the attack, tightly seal the Tianwang Mansion, and at the same time strengthen the control of the city, and also posted posts everywhere, claiming that Shi Dakai and the very unpopular Hong Renfa and Hong Renda joined forces to rebel and kidnap Hong Xiuquan, and he was forced to surround the Dongwang Mansion, preparing to seize the moral high ground first, and then slowly consider how to clean up Hong Xiuquan.
At this time, something unexpected happened to Yang Xiuqing, when the sky was light, Hong Xiuquan's brother Hong Renji didn't know that he had come out of that horn, and actually took the initiative to run to the door of the East Wangfu to ask for a meeting. When Yang Xiuqing ordered the summons with curiosity, Hong Renji, who was tied up and taken in front of him by Wuhuada, even shouted and asked, "Dongwang is nine thousand years old, what happened?" What's wrong? How could the soldiers of the kingdom of heaven fight on their own? Why did your army still surround the Heavenly King's Mansion? ”
"Hong Renfa, Hong Renda and Shi Dakai colluded to rebel and hijacked the King of Heaven, and the King was forced to send troops to quell the rebellion and surround the Heavenly King's Mansion to rescue the King of Heaven." Yang Xiuqing replied proudly.
"What? Ah Da Ah Er and Shi Dakai colluded to rebel and kidnapped the king long live? How can it be? ”
Hong Renji's shocked reaction made Yang Xiuqing even more surprised, and Yang Xiuqing couldn't help but ask again: "Aren't you and Hong Renfa brothers?" Why did they rebel, you don't know? Also, where were you last night? ”
"I have always been at odds with Ah Da Ah Er, and they have been saying that I am closer to His Royal Highness the King of the East, so they don't have much contact with me." Hong Renji replied honestly, and said: "Last night, Xia Guan didn't dare to come out of his house, but he still came out to see you when he saw that there was no war. ”
"It seems that this fake foreign devil really doesn't know, otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed outside the Heavenly King's Mansion to die. Well, I can't stay. ”
Yang Xiuqing smiled in her heart, knowing that Hong Renji must have been close to him, and Hong Xiuquan and others were afraid that he would leak secrets, so they deliberately hid Hong Renji as well. However, in order to eliminate future troubles and cut the grass and eradicate the roots, Yang Xiuqing still waved his hand casually, and opened his mouth to order Hong Renji to be executed............
"I was so anxious that I almost forgot, King Dong, there is another important matter, just last night, Wu Chaoyue took the initiative to send someone to find me, and asked me to hand over one of his letters to you."
Hong Renji suddenly remembered that the big event saved his life, which made Yang Xiuqing extremely shocked and temporarily dispelled the idea of immediately executing Hong Renji, and instead ordered someone to take out the letter from Hong Renji and read it. Then, the expression on Yang Xiuqing's face quickly and completely changed. (To be continued.) )