Maybe it's the discerning talent, or the illness is in a hurry, or it may be the fate of the outbreak, or it's more likely that the dead horse is a live horse doctor, in short, after a long conversation with Zhou Peigong, Kang Mazi finally changed his previous bad impression of Zhou Peigong, and also made a shocking crazy move, and ordered the recruitment of flag slaves in Beijing, whether it is the prince and the county king, Belle Beizi, the flag owner and the deputy flag owner, in short, as long as there is a mansion in Yanjing City, the mite Qingqi master, the house slave in the nest of the house, According to the roster of the Zongrenfu, all of them went to the infantry commander's yamen to report and register within three days, and they were reorganized into the army!

In addition, in order to effectively control these clothed old men who are accustomed to being powerful and lucky, Kang Mazi let his cousin Tong Guogang serve as the general of Anbei, gave Shang Fang the sword, and allowed to cut first and then play! He also named Zhou Peigong as the four-grade senator, served as Tong Guogang's deputy, assisted Tong Guogang to lead the troops to the expedition, gave advice to Tong Guogang, and gave him the right to play the secret fold, and at the critical moment, he could bypass the various yamen of the imperial court and directly hand the fold to Kang Mazi! ――From this point of view, Kang Mazi and Zhou Peigong are indeed destined to break out.

It was also said that Zhou Peigong's words were really not wrong, the blood of the beast surname of the mite Qing Baoyi continued no matter what era it was, and less than half a day after Kang Mazi's will was promulgated, more than 2,000 Baoyi banner slaves came to the infantry yamen to register and make a record, receive weapons and accept reorganization, and became the first batch of soldiers of the Baoyi Army who were about to make the rebel Mongolian army fearful!

Seeing this scene, Tong Guogang, who had been going into battle before, was determined and began to believe in Zhou Peigong's prophecy - the blood surname of the mite Qingqi slave still exists, and the Son of Heaven ascended to the heights, and these clothed banner slaves must all take the lead and compete to serve. But what Tong Guogang and Kang Mazi didn't expect was that Zhou Peigong himself didn't expect that the opportunity to show his skills would come so quickly!

The person who gave Zhou Peigong a chance was Yang Qilong, who was famously a subordinate of Pingxi Wangfu, and Yang Qilong's ambition was great, but in fact, he was not under Wu Laohan and Lu Fatzi, after the tragic death of Wu Yingxiong, who directly controlled them, Pingxi Wangfu was actually unable to effectively control Yang Qilong's team, and then Yang Qilong used Wu Laohan's intelligence dependence on him, as well as Kong Sizhenbai's immortal feats given to him, and got a large amount of action funds and a large number of weapons and firearms from Wu Laohan, and the team was able to expand dramatically and expand rapidly. The ambition buried in the chest naturally swelled wildly.

As mentioned earlier, in order to ensure the safety of Zhejiang's financial and tax areas, Kang Mazi has sent the last reserve team in the Gyeonggi region to Zhejiang, and the inner city of Yanjing, where the mites live in the banner, can only be guarded by some half-large mites.

The blessing of Tuokong Sizhen, Huang Ji, who led to the failure of the Drum Tower Incident in history, has advanced Zhou Quanyou's family, and Zhou Quanyou, who betrayed the Drum Tower Incident in history, naturally has no chance, Yang Qilong's team was able to calmly arrange, make a plan, and prepare to raise fire on July 26, the twelfth year of Kang Mazi, suddenly launched an uprising, assassinated a large number of mite Qing civil and military officials, killed the Forbidden City, and cut the whole family of Kang Mazi with thousands of knives, peeled and cramped! Then Yang Qilong ascended the throne and proclaimed the emperor, and drew the river with Wu Laohan as the boundary.

Coincidentally, when there were only five days before the uprising was launched, Zhou Peigong came to the capital and proposed to Kang Mazi a plan to recruit the banner slaves of the whole city as an army, and Kang Mazi immediately approved it and issued an order to implement it on the same day. In this way, Yang Qilong was dumbfounded, his team was originally dominated by banner slaves who refused to submit to the tyrannical rule of the mite Qing, these people were all conscripted into the army to fight Chahar, what else did he use to launch an uprising?

If the uprising is launched five days later as originally planned, even if the banner slaves who participated in the uprising have not been transferred out of the capital, a new army of 30,000 will appear in the capital of the mite Qing Dynasty, creating countless troubles and variables for the uprising. In desperation, Yang Qilong had no choice but to change his plan and decided to launch an uprising late on the night of July 21 to attack the Forbidden City, but Kang Mazi had no chance to prepare.

After a hasty and unprepared contact, on the night of July 21, the twelfth year of Kang Mazi, Yang Qilong's uprising officially broke out, and the backbone of the rebel army of nearly 300 people gathered in the area of the drum tower in the inner city of the capital of Mites, and launched an uprising along the prepared route to the Forbidden City.

When the uprising first broke out, it was very smooth, because the inner city was on fire everywhere, and the poor troops of the infantry commander Yamen stationed in the inner city took care of one thing and the other, and completely became a swarm of headless flies, and the planned thousands of rebel soldiers also had more than 800 people gathered under Yang Qilong's banner, and Yang Qilong killed the palace Dong'anmen together, although the Qing army also gathered a small number of troops to block it, but in front of the grenades suddenly smashed by the rebel army, it immediately collapsed, and it collapsed almost instantly, Under the command of Yang Qilong, the rebel army took the opportunity to shout slogans and spread rumors, saying that the army of King Pingxi and the army of King Jingnan had entered the capital, and that Kangxi Mazi was dead, which led to chaos in the inner city, and the army and people trampled on each other, and countless people died.

Suddenly, Kang Mazi, who was lying on the belly of the concubine, was almost frightened into impotence, and hurriedly ordered to strengthen the guard at the palace gate, and sent guards out of the palace to ask for help from the infantry commander Yamen, Fengtai Camp and Miyun Garrison, and he got under the concubine's bed and shivered, and wet a pair of pants on the spot. The camp of Fengtai and the garrison of Miyun were too far away to rush to the scene to ask for help in a hurry, and the troops of the infantry commanding the Yamen were too small and too weak, even if they could assemble into an army in the chaos, they could not stop the rebel army with new firearms in their hands, and the rebel army had already killed in front of Donghua Gate and launched a strong attack on Donghua Gate in just over an hour.

At this critical moment, a team that no one could have imagined suddenly joined the battlefield -- Zhou Peigong pulled Tong Guogang and led more than 2,000 clothed soldiers who had only been formed into an army this evening to launch a fierce attack on the tail of the rebel army from behind. At the same time, Zhou Peigong ordered the soldiers of the Baoyi Army to shout slogans, saying that the 20,000 troops of the Fengtai battalion had entered the city, and the recalcitrant rebels of the rebel army died, and those who surrendered lived! He also loudly announced that he would be rewarded with ten taels of silver for killing a thief, and three taels of eight flags of anointing! The minions of the Baoyi Army, who were stimulated by opium and silver at the same time, immediately rushed to the rebel army soldiers with a howl and started a hand-to-hand battle with the rebel soldiers.

Yang Qilong, who had a new firearm in his hand, didn't know if his head was in the water or he didn't understand military affairs at all, so he concentrated the grenades that were smuggled into Beijing with great difficulty in front of the team, and used the grenades as explosives to blow up the incomparably strong palace gate, but when the grenades were basically used up, although the Donghua Gate exploded, Kang Mazi's guards had an idea, and set a fire in the door hole of the Donghua Gate, blocking the road to the palace of the rebel army with a sea of fire.

"Okay, the thieves can't enter the palace!" Seeing the fire inside the Donghua Gate, Zhou Peigong was overjoyed, and hurriedly suggested to Tong Guogang: "General, you can continue to storm the back of the thieves, and the servants will lead five hundred soldiers to attack the right flank of the thieves." Please remember, the general, must drive the thieves to the southern city and force them to escape from the inner city! Then ask the general to order the infantry to command the yamen, and ask them to open the Zhengyang Gate, strictly guard the Xicheng, and prevent the thieves from escaping to the Xicheng. ”

"Why force them out of the inner city, wouldn't it be better to trap them directly in the inner city and kill them all?" Tong Guogang asked confusedly.

"No way, there are too few troops in the inner city." Zhou Peigong replied helplessly: "If the thieves are trapped in the inner city, then they will kill people everywhere and set fires, which will inevitably cause huge losses to our Qing Dynasty." Only by driving them to the southern outer city, where the Han dogs lived, could the loss of the inner city be prevented. Also, when the Fengtai army enters the city for reinforcements, it must enter the city through the Yongding Gate, which can just flank us before and after, and wipe out the thieves in one fell swoop! ”

"I see, or are you thoughtful." Tong Guogang was overjoyed, and hurriedly distributed 500 soldiers to Zhou Peigong, and went back to attack the right flank of the rebel army in the north.

After a while, Zhou Peigong's team successfully detoured back to the right flank, and Zhou Peigong himself hid behind the middle of the group, letting his brother Zhou Yimin lead the army to charge, constantly roaring and roaring, deterring and shaking the hearts of the rebels. And Yang Qilong's rebel army is composed of inferior banner slaves and handicraftsmen, most of them have little battlefield experience, to put it bluntly, it is a group of rabble, by Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong such a division of troops attack, the team was suddenly in chaos, and fled to the south deliberately let out by the Qing army, Yang Qilong saw that the grenade was almost exhausted and could not enter the palace, and had no choice but to lead the backbone team to break through to the south.

In the dark night, the sound of killing inside and outside the Forbidden City was like thunder, Kang Mazi trembled more and more fiercely under the bed, but the rebel army was driven out of the Forbidden City by the old and slippery Zhou Peigong like a flock of sheep, and little by little towards the south gate of the inner city. At this time, if there are experienced generals of the Wu army in command, then even if they can't enter the Forbidden City, they can break through to the west or north city, take the opportunity to expand the turmoil, and create heavier losses to the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately, Yang Qilong, the leader of this uprising, has no battlefield experience, and in the dark night, he just broke through to the south without the Qing army, and was gradually expelled by the Baoyi army to the south gate of the inner city unconsciously.

At this time, the south gate of the inner city had been opened in advance under the order of Tong Guogang, and seeing that the city gate was opened by the Qing army itself, Yang Qilong found that the situation was wrong no matter how stupid he was, and he said in his heart that it was not right, I was preparing to attack the palace and failed to kill some more dogs, how did I run to the south gate? Out of the south gate is the outer city where only the Han poor live, what am I going to kill my compatriots for? Thinking of this, Yang Qilong hurriedly shouted and ordered: "Turn back, turn back, don't go out of the south gate, go to Xicheng, kill Mingzhu, kill Suo Etu, and kill the prince Baylor full of dogs!" ”

"The gates are open, brothers, flee!" Yang Qilong's shouting orders were completely drowned out by the shouts of the rebel soldiers, and when he saw the south gate open, most of the panicked rebel soldiers rushed to the outer city like a tide, and Yang Qilong and the backbone of the rebel army couldn't pull it. Zhou Peigong shouted unscrupulously in the rear, "Brothers, kill!" Drive the thieves out of the inner city and make a fortune in the outer city! ”

With such a blatant hint, do the clothed men of the Baoyi Army still have a reason that they don't understand? Thinking of the wonderful scene of rushing into the troubled waters of the outer city to fish and annihilate the silver and plunder, the Baoyi army was so excited that his eyes were red, and he was even more crazy and fearless when he rushed to kill. Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Qilong hurriedly ordered the last dozen or so grenades left, and in the continuous explosions, the soldiers of the Baoyi Army who rushed to the front fell to the ground one after another, and the soldiers of the Baoyi Army behind were so frightened that they retreated. Zhou Peigong shouted again: "Brothers, don't be afraid, the thieves' firecrackers are running out, kill!" Kill a thief, reward ten taels of silver and three taels of eight banners! ”

I have to admit that Zhou Peigong's ability to drum up morale is really good, under the temptation of silver opium and silver plunder, plus the grenades of Yang Qilong's team have indeed run out, the Baoyi army has waited for a long time to blow up the grenades again, and finally mustered up the courage to rush up again. Most of Yang Qilong's team had escaped from the inner city, and although the remaining nearly 300 backbones resisted stubbornly, they were helplessly outnumbered and the army was in disarray, and finally began to collapse, and they fled to the outer city of Yanjing, which had no uprising value at all, and by the time it was light, Yang Qilong's side was less than 100 people.

"There's no way, let's run south." Seeing that the general trend had gone, the disappointed Yang Qilong had no choice but to flee to the outer city, Zhou Peigong was happy to jump and jump, and quickly suggested that Tong Guogang order the infantry commander Yamen to close the inner city gate, and search for the remnants of the rebel army in the whole city, and he and Tong Guogang led the Baoyi army to chase to the outer city, while frantically searching and killing the rebel soldiers, while taking the opportunity to kill people and set fires, rob and annihilate - anyway, you can blame the rebel soldiers, and Zhou Peigong, who is famous in this regard, can you politely go there?

The time is approaching, 5,000 green battalion soldiers stationed in Fengtai finally entered the city to quell the rebellion under the leadership of the main general Ji Hari, and the result was just as Zhou Peigong expected, in order to enter the city as soon as possible to quell the rebellion, Ji Hari's team took the nearest road due to the south gate, and also happened to join forces with the Baoyi Army to encircle the rebel army in front and back. And when things come to this point, even if Lu Fatzi is present or Wu Laohan is there in person, Yang Qilong's righteous army is inevitably doomed to failure.

Countless soldiers of the rebel army laid down their weapons and knelt down to surrender, but they were mercilessly slashed and killed on the spot by the red-eyed Baoyi army and the Qing army. Countless soldiers of the rebel army ripped off the white cloth on their heads and fled into the alleys, but they gave the soldiers of the Baoyi Army more excuses to destroy the silver and plunder, and the fires broke out in the outer city where the Han people lived, with adults shouting and children crying, and women screaming and the sound of smashing boxes and cabinets one after another, endlessly. But after learning of this situation, Kang Mazi, who had already changed his pants and gave the concubine to die, breathed a sigh of relief - anyway, all the people living in the outer city are Han people, how many people die, our pockmarked Tatar Yanjing is not distressed, and the clothes are so loyal and effective, it is time to give them a little reward.

The so-called search for traitors lasted for a whole day, and it was not until the evening of July 22 that Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong collected their troops and returned to the camp at the behest of the Han officials, and led the soldiers of the Baoyi Army with large bags and small bags to return to the temporary station of Nanhaizi with satisfaction.

Of course, there are also upright officials who have impeached Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong, but Kang Mazi didn't ask Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong to write a letter to defend themselves, and directly defended the loyal lackeys: "Most of them were done by thieves!" Although Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong's subordinates also have a very small number of mischief, there is no way to control them. ”

Regardless of the impact of Yang Qilong's uprising, in short, thanks to Yang Qilong's blessing, Zhou Peigong finally became famous in one stop, not only won the unanimous praise of the mite men in the inner city of Yanjing, Kang Mazi was also extremely generous and gave Zhou Peigong a squire title, Tong Guogang Jue was promoted to the first level, and the Baoyi Army that had just been formed less than a day ago and made great achievements was also rewarded by Kang Mazi. willingly accepted the training and dispatch of Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong.

Zhou Peigong and Tong Guogang laughed, but the Han people in Yanjing City cried, and the mite people and officials' families living in the inner city were also panicked, and they fled from Yanjing and moved to other cities. It is also thanks to this that Yang Qilong, Zhang Zifang, Jin Yuhuan, Zheng Desheng and other leaders of the rebel army were able to escape the search and escape from the capital in disguise, but Jiao San, Zhu Shangxian, Li Zhu, Zhang Da, Chen Jizhi and Shi Guozhu and other nearly 300 backbone rebel army were all wiped out, either killed on the spot, or captured alive and then executed by Ling Chi. The famous Yang Qilong Uprising, as in history, suffered a complete defeat.

Defeat is defeat, but the Yang Qilong uprising dealt a heavy blow to the rulers of the Mite Qing Dynasty far more than the historical uprising. In one night, at least 3,000 mites died in the chaos, and more than 1,000 houses were destroyed, including the luxurious mansions of the magnates. Under the anger, Fei Yanggu, the commander of the Nine Gates who was responsible for the defense of the Nine Gates, was beheaded by Kang Mazi's order to push out the Wumen, fortunately Zhou Pei Gong spoke up righteously, and the combat effectiveness of the child soldiers of the Nine Gates Army was too low for Fei Yanggu, which caused the suppression to be ineffective, and Kang Mazi also spared Fei Yanggu's life, removed him from the position of the Admiral of the Nine Gates, and sent him to serve in the army of Tong Guogang - this is also a point that Lu Fatzi was extremely depressed after knowing about it.

In addition, Kang Mazi also had to issue an order to strengthen the defense of the capital, squeezed out some money and grain from the already stretched treasury, and recruited bannermen to supplement the Jiumen army, so that Kang Mazi also had to cut investment from other battlefields. However, after the news reached Wuchang, Wu Lao Han was not angry and scolded: "Yang Qilong, idiot! I knew that you had such courage, and you should have played a good game to this king! This king will send you some firearms, and send you a general with rich experience in street fighting, will it be a failure? ”

The news continued to spread, and when it reached Ji Jiashan, the new firearms battalion of the Wu Army, Lu Fatzi, who was leading the craftsmen to tackle the problems of poison gas bombs and alcohol purification, threw down the tools in his hand, with a gloomy fat face, and turned around the construction site with his hands behind his back for more than a dozen circles, and suddenly gave himself a slap in the face, and scolded: "Idiot! I didn't know that Zhou Chang was Zhou Peigong! This time it's troublesome, this dog man has come out of the way, and the battle in the future will be even more difficult! ”

Note: A friend pointed out before that Yang Qilong had no connection with Wu Lao Han Annihilation, and Yang Qilong's uprising had nothing to do with Wu Lao Han Annihilation. The book cites a number of little-known historical sources and points out two pieces of evidence related to the Yang Qilong uprising and the annihilation of Wu Lao Han.

One is the time: In history, Yang Qilong's uprising was originally scheduled for the New Year's Eve of the thirteenth year of Kang Mazi, but on December 21 of the twelfth year of Kang Mazi, Wu Laohan annihilated the secret envoy into Beijing, and Yang Qilong's upcoming uprising was advanced to December 23.

The second is the signal color of the rebel army: as we all know, Yang Qilong rebelled in the name of the third prince of Zhu, and he was still virtuous and respected red, so Yang Qilong agreed in the first uprising plan to wear a red hat as the number. However, after the secret envoy of the Wu army entered Beijing, Yang Qilong suddenly changed his head to wrap a white cloth as the number, echoing the Wu army who admired white. It can be inferred from this that Wu Lao Hanjian not only probably participated in Yang Qilong's uprising temporarily, but also must have been in contact with Yang Qilong beforehand.

(To be continued)