Chapter 332: Spread the Imperial City
"Your Majesty, my lord, Lord Qian sent a message: the rebellious Mu Bin and Shi Wenyi gave the first Sihai Bridge, most of the cavalry defected, the small part was scattered, and the back road is already worry-free!"
"Oh?" Xie Hong was taken aback slightly, such a result was really a bit beyond his expectations in advance, but such a result was also reasonable, he bowed his head slightly, and said: "Reply to Lord Qian, let him straighten out the people and act according to the second set of plans." ”
"Obey!"
"Your Majesty, my lordship, Gu and Liu's two fathers-in-law have a letter: Wu Xiang's left and right guards, Teng Xiang's left guard, and half of Teng Xiang's right guard have all been subdued, and they are on standby, ready to carry out orders at any time."
"Hmm." Xie Hong nodded quietly, such a result was completely expected, "What are the details?" ”
"Back to the ......"
The process was very simple, with the escort of more than a dozen scouts under the monkey, the two eunuchs soon arrived at the imperial horse eunuch located in the east of the imperial city, and by the way, they also killed Geng Zhong, the commander of Tengxiang's right guard, and Sun Song, the head of the military department.
Geng Zhong still has some henchmen around him, but the scouts in the border towns are not only able to sneak and spy on news, but the combat power of these people is also extraordinary. On the battlefield, the scouts of both sides of the enemy and us meet, and most of them are going to be killed, the scouts of the Tartars are all elites, and if their personal combat strength is too poor, they are afraid that they will die on the battlefield long ago.
There are a lot of defeated soldiers around Geng Zhong, but those people have already been killed, even if they are close to the sword and axe, they only have one reaction to escape, where can they take care of the commander and the principal? Therefore, the number of people is small, and the personal combat strength is not as good, the resistance of Geng Zhong and others is weak, and the group was beheaded by the monkey and others before they fled to the noon gate.
This process was sad and frightening for Geng Zhong, but for Sun Song, it seemed to be a relief.
Before the steel knife came, there was only a trace of an indifferent smile on the face of this man who had read the military books, for him who had done two pairs with Xie Hong, each time was more miserable than the other, compared to the ups and downs again and again, death was nothing.
What really hurts him is the inexplicable failures again and again, no matter how hard he works and how he plans, it seems that God has determined it, and it is Xie Hong who wins in the end. In the face of this demon, the feeling of powerlessness that penetrated deep into the bone marrow really made him almost crazy, so death was just a relief for him.
As for the big picture? Of course, those things have nothing to do with him, since the moment he died, the direction of Chengtianmen was still quiet, so no matter what Jingying did after that, it would not affect the final outcome.
From this night on, the control of the Forbidden City is completely back in the hands of the emperor again, unless some earth-shaking change occurs, otherwise, no one can shake the emperor's rule over the capital, but with that demon, will there be a day when the world will be changed?
Sun Song didn't know, because when he thought of this, he had completely fallen into darkness and would not wake up again, and the affairs of the world would naturally no longer have anything to do with him.
By the time Gu and Liu arrived at the Imperial Horse Prison, there was chaos here, and Wang Yue's warrant to transfer troops had already arrived, but the opinions of several chief and deputy battalion officers were very inconsistent. Being friendly with Wang Yue naturally means responding to Wang Yue, and what is not much to deal with Wang Yue is to protect the emperor, but more people just want to wait and see.
This is also normal, standing in line accurately, often get considerable benefits, but the benefits and risks are parallel, once the station is not accurate enough, it is bad, especially in this imperial city, failure means a catastrophe, and how many people can have enough courage?
There must be those who want to take risks, but several commanders of the Imperial Horse Supervisor are all of the same level, and no one can suppress anyone, so they can only discuss it together. According to game theory, the more people involved in decision-making, the less efficient the decision-making will be, and the final result will tend to be the most secure.
Therefore, the reaction of the Imperial Horse Supervisor was completely in line with Xie Hong's expectations, and in the end, the wait-and-see opinion prevailed, and although the fighting in the Forbidden City was turned upside down, not a single soldier was dispatched.
It wasn't until the rout came that the stalemate was broken. This group of routs is the warrior battalion stationed at Xihua Gate, although Donghua Gate is still in the blockade, but Xuanwu Gate can be passed, not to mention, the rout soldiers who escaped from Xihua Gate are scattered, go around in a circle at Xihua Gate, and they can also return to the Imperial Horse Prison.
As a result, the generals of the forbidden army of the Imperial Horse Prison got the news of the front line, and while they were dumbfounded by this result, the hearts of those who wanted to be safe also began to waver. The situation was unclear before, of course, it was not good to stand in line, but seeing that Xie Hong had already joined the emperor and had the upper hand, of course he should make a decision as soon as possible.
The later you stand in line, the less risk you have, and the smaller the benefit! As a result, the deadlock was broken, and many people began to clamore for the protection of the Holy Driver and the elimination of the rebels. After all, Wang Yue has always had some prestige, and there are still many cautious people, this time there is still no resolution, and the forbidden army still does not make any moves.
By the time Gu Dayong and his party arrived, the successive routs had already made the Imperial Horse Supervisor panic, and several generals realized that even if they wanted to lead the troops to deal with Xie Hong, it was too late.
In terms of the military spirit at this time, I am afraid that if I can't go to the battlefield, I will have to flee half of the people, and when I face the Yellow Dragon Banner, I am afraid that I will soon follow in the footsteps of Tengxiang's right guard.
When they saw the Zhengde handwritten edict brought by Gu Dayong, as well as the two commanders Liao Lang and Geng Zhong, as well as the heads of Sun Song, Liang Cheng and others, everyone was silent, and those who had proposed to respond to Wang Yue were even more sweaty.
Obviously, the backbone of Wang Yue's subordinates has disappeared, where will anyone want to support Wang Yue at this time? Everyone's hearts are full of meritorious atonement, so as not to be found in the future.
So, when Gu Dayong gave the order to pull out, the forbidden army, which was originally hesitant, immediately took action, this time going to Donghua Gate. Zhang Wu, the commander of Teng Xiang's left guard, was originally a slippery person, although he was Wang Yue's henchman, but when Wang Yue transferred troops, he saw that his subordinates were emotionally unstable, and he didn't dare to respond, thinking about looking at the wind.
When Gu Dayong led the main force of the forbidden army of the Imperial Horse Prison to arrive, where did he not know that Wang Yue was gone? The Tengxiang Left Guard of Donghua Gate also immediately defected and joined the brigade of the forbidden army. The last trace of variables in the Forbidden City was also eliminated, and Gu Dayong and Liu Jin were both overjoyed, and immediately sent a message to report the good news.
"Big brother, you are so godly, I originally thought that I would go through a bitter battle, but it ended so quickly. Well, it's mainly your arrangements in advance, otherwise it wouldn't have gone so smoothly, but how did you expect today's chaos, big brother? If you hadn't told me earlier, I wouldn't have thought of it. ”
After the rout of the warrior camp, Xie Hong caught up with Zhengde. Before, it was a last resort that allowed him to go to the front line, but now that the overall situation has been decided, there is no need to take any risks.
Therefore, although Zhengde chattered endlessly, he said for a while that he was not addicted to charging, and he could only use a hidden weapon to beat people, not hand-to-hand combat; After a while, he said that Xie Hong would not let him pursue, which swept his interest; In the end, he said that the forbidden army couldn't help fighting, and it didn't make him happy, but Xie Hong still held him tightly.
When Qian Ning and Gu Dayong's messengers arrived, Zhengde stopped complaining and listened to the situation in those two places, and when he learned that the overall situation had been decided, he couldn't help but sigh again.
Like Wang Yue thought, Zhengde also felt that Xie Hong was like a prophet, as if he knew that there was such a chaos, so he laid down so many backhands in advance, one after another, and laid the victory with lightning speed.
But it is clear that Xie Hong has never been to the capital before, and his understanding of the court situation is not as good as his, how can he calculate to such a point? It's almost the same as the Kong Ming in the commentary.
"Actually......" Xie Hong thought about it, this question is really difficult to answer. The answer is very simple, he came through time, even if he doesn't know much about the details of history, but the general trend is still known, since he teamed up with Zhengde, then the enemies that Zhengde faced in his previous life, the dangers he has experienced, he will inevitably face and experience.
As far as Xie Hong knows, the relationship between Zhengde and the outer court in his previous life was very bad, and there were countless small-scale frictions, and there were two large-scale collisions.
The first time was in the first year of Zhengde, when the ministers of the outer court asked Zhengde to kill the Eight Tigers, but Zhengde did not obey. Xie Hong didn't know the specific process of that collision, but he knew that the result was that Zhengde won, the Eight Tigers took the throne, and Liu Jin Xuanhe became a famous eunuch for later generations.
But in this turmoil that he personally experienced, Xie Hong actually referred to the second collision between Zhengde and the Outer Dynasty, that is, the one when Zhengde lost, that is, the one that he even lost his life.
Xie Hong knew very well that his crossing must have caused a lot of butterfly effects.
If it weren't for him, it would be impossible for Zhengde to sneak away to Xuanfu at the beginning of his reign, and it would be impossible for Zhenbaozhai and the subsequent Jiaziyuan and Ivy League Academy to appear. If it weren't for these, with his understanding, the relationship between Zhengde and the outer court would not have deteriorated to the point it is now.
In the turmoil in the first year of Zhengde in history, he didn't know how Zhengde won. But according to his judgment, it was nothing more than taking advantage of the fact that the outer court was not vigilant and the surname was not high, Zhengde suddenly carried out a beheading operation, took down the defenseless Wang Yue with a small number of henchmen, and then obtained control of the forbidden army, and then controlled the Jingying, and finally established the victory.
But in the first year of Zhengde with him Xie Hong, Zhengde is also like a fish in water, and the tossing energy must be much more than in the previous life, although it has not been able to turn the capital into a big playground, but it is not far away. Therefore, his relationship with the outer court fell to the freezing point at once, and it could even be similar to that in his previous life before his death.
So, the outer court began to act, and the mode of this operation was actually similar to the one Jiang Bin faced in the sixteenth year of Zhengde.
That time, Zhengde also entered the Forbidden City, and then Yang Tinghe ordered the eunuch Zhang Yong, Wuding Marquis Guo Xun, Anbian Bo Xutai, and Shangshu Wang Xian to guard the four gates of the imperial city and the nine gates of the capital and other key points, until Zhengde died, he could not get out of the imperial city half a step.
At that time, like Xie Hong, the person facing such a situation today was Jiang Bin.
(To be continued)