The team that escorted the heir into Beijing included the local troops of Anlu and the standard battalion of the governor of Huguang, as well as the elite soldiers of the state capitals along the way, and later joined the Beijing camp officials sent from Beijing, with a total of more than 10,000 people. Coupled with Wei Hui's welcoming team, it is impossible to live around the palace at all. Most of the troops were stationed in the school yard outside the city, and at the same time, they were deployed along the city, surrounding the entire Weihui in case of accidents.

There are about a few hundred guards in the palace, including the original honor and guard division of the Xingwang Mansion and the local troops of Jingying and Weihui. Even the soldiers did not recognize each other, and they were all distinguished by waist cards and clothing. Such a guard system is bloated and inefficient, and it can be a waste of half a day just to coordinate a patrol area.

But escorting is a great achievement, not so much to ensure the safety of the Son of Heaven, but to ensure that all parties can benefit from this matter. If you don't allow either side to participate, it will be considered a target exclusion of either party, knowing that this kind of security measure has countless drawbacks, and you can only let it go.

When the fire first came up, it didn't attract enough attention, after all, so many people were heating and lighting, and it was normal to get a fire out casually. When someone shouted to put out the fire, the commander of Wei Huiwei, who was in charge of that section, even conveyed the order to his own soldiers to prohibit others from approaching. The merit is higher than the rescue, this kind of great merit, how can others share the profits?

More than half of his more than 100 men went to organize a blockade to prevent friendly troops from entering, and only a few carried barrels to put out the fire. But before they could get there, they heard a loud noise, and a ball of fire flew into the sky. The scattered sparks scattered like a fire dragon dancing wildly. The dried building materials, the reed sheds and felt sheds that had been specially treated by this spark, immediately turned into a sea of fire.

Some people were mixed up and on fire, so they ran out without hesitation, and let out a scream from their mouths. What was once a solemn and quiet palace became a fire in an instant.

Gunpowder? The commander only felt that his feet were weak, and he fell to the ground, and several personal soldiers around him joined forces to pull him up. "Quick! Go and tell those sons and daughters to go everywhere and ask for help! Anyone can come, anyone can do it, put out the fire! ”

Of course he knew, what it meant to explode gunpowder, damn it, who actually brought gunpowder into the palace? Once this thing spreads, I'm afraid the entire palace won't be able to keep it. Once Banzai has a good and bad thing, not only will it be difficult to protect his head, but he is afraid that the whole clan will be implicated.

He rushed in the direction of the palace as if he had gone mad, but before he had taken a few steps, there were several explosions, a few fires rose, and the roof of the house that had been blown away flew into the sky, and a heat wave came to his face. Some of the soldiers shouted: "Xinggong! It's in the direction of the palace, and there's a fire there! ”

Someone else shouted: "It's not just the palace, there are fires in other places!" Fuck, how did you do it, why did you get all these places all at once? ”

When the fire broke out, Yang Chengzu took the palace guards and his own entourage, and was patrolling with Guo Xun and his subordinates. Although the Marquis of Wuding is a noble who rests with the country, he has no shelf in protecting the Son of Heaven, and people of a handful of years are still on duty in person. He is also very friendly to Yang Chengzu, and he does not dislike the other party's lowly officials, but puts on an attitude of being an equal, which is quite useful.

He is from Beijing, and the situation in Yujing is relatively familiar, and the information he gets from his mouth is far more reliable than the report from the palace. While the two were talking about the situation, they heard a burst of screams, followed by the sound of gunpowder exploding. Guo Xun's face changed, "It's not good, this is someone deliberately setting fire, go and rescue the driver." ”

After he said this, the people had already rushed out like arrows, although they were covered with armor, but the soldiers around him who were skilled in martial arts were not as fast as him. It's just that he is still not as fast as Yang Chengzu after all, because he was prepared, Yang Chengzu didn't wear iron armor at all today, just wore a flying fish suit. As soon as he saw the fire, he immediately rushed towards the palace, and said as he ran: "Get water and quilts quickly." Don't be busy fighting fires, the broken house will burn down, it's important to save the car! ”

Hearing this, Guo Xun also came to his senses, turned back to his relatives and said to the soldiers beside him: "You guys also go find a quilt, spray it with water and bring it over." ”

Many of the soldiers around Wu Dinghou have seen the battle array, and the elites who have been killed in the sea of corpses and blood are very sharp. However, Yang Chengzu's side was actually prepared, and after comparing the two, he was still a step faster. A quilt was sprayed with moisture, and he held it on his head as a protective armor, and rushed all the way to the palace.

The palace has turned into a sea of fire, and Huang Jin and his military supervisors are desperately carrying water to extinguish the fire. But it was only then that everyone realized that there was no water nearby.

During the day, drinking water and domestic water were brought in by the yamen by water trucks, and because the water was so abundant, no one was aware of the problem. When it was time to put out the fire, I realized that I could not find water. The well in the palace had been filled to death, and the arsonists were obviously well prepared to prevent people from finding the tools to put it out.

The houses in the palace are very close to each other, and due to the tight time, although the Jinyi Guards and the palace guards have searched the palace in advance, they have only seen if there are any mechanisms such as the mezzanine of the tunnels, but they have not paid attention to the use of the well in this courtyard.

On the roof of the room in the courtyard, firewood has already been piled up, and oil has been poured in some places. The martial arts of those eunuchs and military eunuchs are not weak, but there is no equipment to fit their hands, and there is no more way to think about the flesh and blood against the flames.

When Yang Chengzu rushed over with the quilt, Huang Jin was in a hurry there, brandishing a single knife in his hand, urging those eunuchs to rush up to put out the fire. As for the eunuchs and palace people who were also trapped in the sea of fire, no one cared about them. Seeing this quilt, he seemed to understand, his brain was a little confused, why didn't he think of this trick?

The little eunuchs were scrambling to find the quilt and spray water, and Yang Chengzu had already yelled at this time: "Get out of the way, don't get in the way!" He tore another piece of water-soaked silk and covered his mouth and nose. But at this moment, there was also a person on the other side who rushed over with a blanket soaked in water, and behind that person, there was also a group of officials and people.

The man shouted: "Weihui Push Officer Mao Bowen is here, don't get in the way if you don't have anything, go to the back to carry water, the waterwheel is coming." If you have a liver and gallbladder, go to the rescue with the officer! Be loyal to the country, just today, a good man in Henan, come up with his own means! ”