Chapter 601: Fleeing one after another
In the early morning of the ninth day of the tenth lunar month. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
On the east side of the north side of Beijing, a few black shadows flashed, and a few birds began to coo, and torches were lit on the tower of Andingmen. Soon, the stabilizer door creaked open.
In the streets and alleys of the city, a large group of people suddenly came out, carefully driving the carriage and leading the mules and horses, to the gate of the city. Then, in the streets and alleys of the northeast corner of the inner city, more and more carriages and figures appeared.
"Dorobelle, the minions have already sent people to investigate, there are no thieves outside the city, you can rest assured to get out of the city!" The city gate guard saw a middle-aged man riding a tall horse appear, so he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
"Excellent! You've done a great job this time! When he arrives at Rehe with Benbele, he will be rewarded. After speaking, the middle-aged man shouted behind him: "Ladies and gentlemen, hurry up and get out of the city!" ”
With a clamp under his feet, he led a group of followers behind him and rushed out of the city.
Subsequently, a large number of Manchu banner people appeared in the streets and alleys, and they rushed towards Andingmen, anxious to get out of the city, and for a time the Andingmen area began to become lively and noisy.
The gate of Prince Gong's Mansion was photographed loudly.
Prince Gong was woken up in the middle of the night, and when he saw someone coming, it was Mu Yin, the secretary of the military department.
"Oh no! Rajah! Mu Yin cried with a sad face, and some of the six gods were ownerless: "Several princes in the city and many Beizi, Zhenguo Gong, Fuguo Gong and other royal relatives, and the important ministers of the Eight Banners all led their families and banner soldiers, opened the Anding Gate, and fled north!" ”
"What did you say!? The Anding Gate was opened, and they all fled out of the city? Yixun was taken aback, he was still a little sleepy, and suddenly woke up: "Who are they?" ”
Mu Yin: "The minions don't know. Someone came to report, saying that it was Prince Su Jingmin, Prince Li Quanling, Prince Rui Renshou and several of their leaders, and many princes and nobles in the city rushed together to leave Beijing from Andingmen tonight. When the slave learned about it, he immediately sent someone to Andingmen to inquire about the situation, and at the same time rushed to report to the prince! ”
"It's broken! These old immortal iron impostor princes, the emperor can't do anything about them. They only care about their own net worth and life, and the thieves are afraid when they start attacking the city, and it is very possible to escape! Walk! Rush to Andingmen immediately to see if you can intercept them! Yixun hurriedly put on his clothes and armor, and hurriedly rode a horse to lead the royal soldiers to Andingmen.
Prince Gong's Mansion is not too far from Andingmen, and it is only six miles away. However, the middle is blocked by the Houhai, and it is necessary to go around to the bridge, and when I arrive at Andingmen, it is already the middle of the day.
I saw that the lights in front of Anding Gate were bright, and the voices of people were boiling. The Anding Gate was wide open, and thousands of Qing soldiers rushed out of the city with torches, carriages, and packages on their backs.
Yixun was in a hurry, and hurriedly ordered the royal soldiers to go to drink the order to stop it, and at the same time sent someone to notify the Nine Gate Admiral Qiying, asking him to send someone to stop and close the city gate.
For a time, Andingmen was in chaos, and those Qing soldiers who wanted to flee rushed out one after another, and the soldiers of Prince Gong's Mansion were knocked over on their backs, completely unable to control the situation.
Yixun and Mu Yin sent more than 100 of their own soldiers to step forward and close the city gate, but they didn't want to be stopped by the last group of people who rushed out of the city, and more than 100 people were pushed and pushed by thousands of people, unable to move.
Yi Xun had no choice but to hope that the Admiral of the Nine Gates would lead the troops to stop him. However, it was not until dawn that the guards came to report: "Lord Wang, it's not good! That Qiying even led thousands of his subordinates, rolled up a large number of gold, silver, jewelry and other fine soft, and ran away from Desheng Gate! ”
"Oh my God! This is to put me to death! "Yixun's face is pale, even the Admiral of the Nine Gates has fled the capital, where can this Beijing city still be defended?
"How many Eight Banners escaped from Beijing last night?"
"Back to the prince, there are countless of them. It seems that there are at least tens of thousands of people. ”
"Tens of thousands?" Yi Xun muttered as his mind raced. There are only less than 100,000 full-flag soldiers in the entire inner city, and this escape is tens of thousands, how many flag soldiers are there in Beijing now? I'm afraid they've all escaped!
Hey, it's time to think of a way out for yourself!
Thinking of this, he immediately ordered someone to write a copy of the news that those princes and nobles, especially even the Jiumen Admiral Qiying and others had fled without authorization, and sent someone to send it to Rehe in the north.
However, at this time, the emperor did not know whether he had been to the Rehe Palace or not. Since receiving the news of the attack, the emperor's whereabouts have been concealed from him, and it is obvious that his very suspicious brother intends to guard himself and block the news. If you also flee to Rehe, the future will not be easy!
Xianfeng must have thought that his whereabouts were leaked in advance when he was attacked on the road, otherwise, the thieves would not have ambushed him so accurately in advance on the road they had to pass. Thinking of this, Yixun's face changed greatly. He understood why Xianfeng hadn't sent anyone to deliver any news for the past few days. I must be holding a grudge!
When the things in front of me are over, I don't know how to fiddle with myself!
Thinking of this, he realized that he should also prepare immediately and leave the city of Beijing. But what about going that way? Yi Xun thought about it.
If you go to the north, Xianfeng will definitely pack up and can't go. Where is the Qing Dynasty still having troops now? It is also Xi'an, Chengdu, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Shanxi and Xinjiang.
These Manchurian and Mongolian banner soldiers are all in the western region, and most of the garrison commanders among them are unwilling. You can take advantage of this and think about it, if you can use these garrison commanders to completely master these flag soldiers, it will be of great benefit to you. Perhaps, we can turn the tide and save the Qing Dynasty that the building is about to fall!
Thinking of this, Yixun made up his mind to leave the capital and go west!
Xi'an Manchurian and Mongolian garrison troops of 3,000 people, Chengdu 2,000 people, and Shaanxi Ningxia Mansion has 3,000 people, Shanxi Suiyuan stationed Mongolian soldiers 4,000 people, but these are afraid that it is difficult to collect themselves, the rest is Xinjiang, although there are nearly 10,000 flag soldiers, but the distance is too far, can only be used as the last place to escape.
After analyzing it, Yixun decided that he could only go to Xi'an, Shaanxi.
It just so happened that the former Xi'an general Shu Lunbao had returned to Beijing to recuperate in June, and the current Xi'an general was Zarafin, who happened to know that some of them had no quarrel with the world, and they happened to be able to control it.
Moreover, along the way, you can also take a detour to the northwest to go to Zhangjiakou, and the Chahar Dutong Huashantai stationed there is the uncle of Fujin on his side, but he can be wooed.
After the calculation, Yi Xun immediately ordered someone to close the stable door. After returning home, he prepared to pack up important utensils such as fine and soft, and began to escape.
In the morning, the news that most of the flag soldiers in the city had fled spread throughout the inner city.
The whole of Beijing was in an uproar. The remaining soldiers of the Eight Banners of Inner Mongolia began to curse and scold, breaking into the mansions of the nobles of the Manqi Banner and searching for belongings everywhere. At first, it was just looking for unattended empty houses to search for belongings, but later, they were looting all over the streets and wantonly on them. The entire city of Beijing has lost control.
The Eight Banners guarding the city tower also had no intention of fighting and fled secretly. At first, it was still a small amount, but by noon, a large-scale escape had begun, and even, even the generals such as Zuo Ling, City Gate Leader and Gate Qianzong also led the banner soldiers to go down to the city to loot their belongings and prepare to flee.
When Mu Yin saw it, he knew that the general trend had gone, so he also went home, led the family soldiers to lead the family, and didn't care about cleaning up, so he rushed directly to Andingmen in the city.