The Great Qing Kingdom is the suzerainty of Korea, Song Xiaofei led more than 200 heavily armed Huai troops from Chongli Gate into Seoul, and the Korean defenders heard that they were coming to fight him, and did not stop him.

Song Xiaofei asked the Korean sergeant defending the city whether the army had entered the city, and the reply was "no", and the "rebellious soldiers" in the city had basically been pacified by Dayuanjun, so his tense nerves relaxed a little, and he immediately sent someone back to the Han River to inform Wu Changqing's troops of the landing.

Gyeongbokgung Palace, the royal palace of Joseon, is built in the north of Seoul and is built on a mountain, and the stretching mountains resemble a lying giant, adding momentum to the small Gyeongbokgung Palace. When the Huai army drove to the foot of the mountain ten miles away from Gyeongbokgung Palace, Song Xiaofei suddenly reined in his horse and ordered the troops to be stationed in place.

Kim Yoon-sik asked, "Why did the general stop moving, is he afraid of Daewon-kun?" If the Great Qing State did not stop it, he would depose Gojong and appoint his eldest son, Yi Jae-heon, as the king of Joseon. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "I heard that the king of the courtyard is loyal to my Great Qing Kingdom, and we brought hundreds of Huai troops into the palace, which will arouse his suspicions." It is better to take a small number of men and horses and go to lure him up. ”

Zhang Jian nodded and agreed, he said: "The purpose of our trip is mainly to prevent myself from interfering, and it is indeed easy to be self-defeating if there are too many people." ”

Song Xiaofei's idea is not only to stop himself, he wants to play a big chess, take North Korea into his pocket, as a weighty chess piece for himself, although this is not an overnight thing, to take a great risk, but always take the first step, he turned back to Huaijun and said: "I will take twenty brothers, go to see Dayuanjun, which brother is not afraid of death, out of the ranks!" ”

Zhang Jian guessed Song Xiaofei's intentions and said, "Afterwards, I will play the Ming Marshal's meritorious service, and I will be rewarded with at least fifty taels of silver." ”

In the Qing Dynasty, the status of the soldier is not as good as the peasant, most of the soldiers are forced to be soldiers, the hometown generally has a wife and children to raise, fifty taels of silver was an ordinary Huai soldier's salary for several years, there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, a medium-sized Huai army with a foreign gun stood up and said: "I'll go!" ”

Song Xiaofei listened to his accent, unlike a native of Anhui, so he said: "Report your name, where are you?" ”

Na Huaijun said: "Chen Yu! Hunanese. ”

Song Xiaofei asked, "Are there any brothers at home?" ”

Chen Yu said: "I am the eldest son and have a younger brother. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "Okay, out of the ranks!" Those who have brothers and sisters in the family will be given priority, and the rest of the people will be stationed in the camp, and when I signal the gun, you will hurry to the north gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace. ”

In the Qinzheng Hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace, the silver-haired Dayuan Jun Li Yuying and the eldest son of the concubine Li Jae-heon were restless.

The king of the courtyard was wearing a cool hat and a loose regent official uniform, and the deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes showed that he had not slept well, and he had already learned the news that the Yue army and the Qing army had rushed to Seoul, and the Yue army must have helped Concubine Min, and he could only seek refuge in the suzerain, China.

But what the Qing army is doing, Dayuanjun has no bottom in his heart, the Qing Dynasty is the suzerainty of Korea, and Gaozong Li Xi was canonized by the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty, and he will definitely not be allowed to abolish it privately. Moreover, Concubine Min's son has been recognized by Emperor Guangxu, and they may have come to help Concubine Min, so the situation of herself and Li Zaixian will be dangerous. But fortunately, he has not abolished Gaozong Li Xi yet, as long as he abandons his eldest son Li Zaixian, he will be able to gain the support of the Great Qing State in the name of quelling the mutinous soldiers.

The king of the courtyard looked at Li Zaixian, who looked very similar to himself, and he couldn't bear to abandon him, and wanted to discuss countermeasures with him, but the eunuchs outside the palace came to report that the Qing army had taken Song Xiaofei to the outside of Gyeongbokgung Palace.

"How many soldiers did he bring?"

The eunuch replied, "Less than twenty." ”

When the courtyard gentleman heard this, there were so few people, he shouldn't have come to attack the palace, so what the hell is Song Xiaofei doing?

The eunuch submitted a letter, saying that it was submitted by Song Xiaofei.

This letter was dictated by Song Xiaofei and written by Zhang Jian, the handwriting was quite neat, and the writing was flying, to the effect that Wu Changqing had brought three thousand Huai troops to Seoul, and he would definitely be able to settle the army that came to find trouble, and the Qing Dynasty now regarded Dayuanjun as the lord of Korea, so Wu Dashuai first came to Seoul to see Dayuanjun, and did not go to Zhongzhou to see Concubine Min.

In order to show his loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, he was ready to leave the palace in person and greet the envoy of the Qing Dynasty with the most solemn etiquette.

Li Zaixian said: "Father, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, so it's better for us to find out Wu Changqing's bottom number first." ”

Dayuan Jun nodded, you take two hundred imperial forest troops, go out with me to meet this Song Xiaofei.

Outside the north gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace, Song Xiaofei left the saddle and dismounted, and the courtyard gentleman greeted him with a smile on his face, and greeted him politely according to etiquette, and then couldn't wait to defend his coup d'état: "A few days ago, the rioters broke into the palace, and the princess was killed, which caused trouble to the embassy of the Japanese state, and I didn't want to be questioned by the Japanese national teacher. The envoys of the Heavenly Empire, who worked tirelessly, came to our country to quell the chaos and fight against the Japanese people, and they were very grateful. ”

Song Xiaofei said with a smile: "Your state and China are one, and we will deal with the Japanese people." I rushed all the way and found that the merchants of Seoul were gathered in an orderly manner, and Taigong turned the tide and made great contributions to the early stability of the country. I will definitely report to Lord Wu and give the court a reward. ”

Dayuanjun was stunned by Song Xiaofei's smoke bomb, relaxed his vigilance, and said: "The three thousand heavenly soldiers of the Great Qing Kingdom have arrived, and the Japanese people will not dare to make a mistake." ”

Song Xiaofei saw Li Zaixian behind Dayuanjun with two hundred Imperial Forest Army with firearms, his eyes were full of vigilance, so he took Dayuanjun's hand and walked forward quickly, lying that Wu Changqing still had something to say to him alone.

The courtyard Jun didn't know what to do, and followed Song Xiao to fly forward and walked about a hundred meters, Li Zaixian was about to follow the Royal Forest Army, Chen Yu stopped them with eight Huai troops with muskets, "Our lord is conveying a secret order, no one is allowed to approach." ”

Song Xiaofei said to the courtyard king: "Lord Wu ordered me to tell the prince that there is a minister in North Korea, Kim Yun-sik, who has arrived at the big tent with a woman who looks like Concubine Min, and the woman has a scar on her face, I don't know if this concubine is real or not." ”

When the courtyard heard Song Xiaofei say that Concubine Min had a scar on her face, he was much more relieved, and said: "This woman must be fake, how can the princess have a scar on her face, she has died in the chaos, and some time ago, my country also held a state funeral for her, and ordered my people to fast." ”

Song Xiaofei said: "This woman's behavior is extremely frivolous, not like a person in the palace, I also think she is fake, or trouble the princess to go to the camp with me to identify." ”

"This..."The courtyard jun was still hesitating, Ding Ruchang came over, pushed him into the prepared sedan chair, and with an order, the four Huai soldiers lifted the sedan chair and left.

Li Zaixian hurriedly led someone forward to ask what was going on, Song Xiaofei said to him, "Concubine Min is not dead yet, I have called from Zhongzhou, and the prince has already rushed to discuss with our Wu Dashuai, you wait for a while, he will definitely come back within an hour, and we will just wait here." ”

Li Zaixian was not convinced, and was about to take people to chase back the courtyard king, Song Xiaofei pulled out his M1847 revolver, "bang" and fired two shots into the sky, the echo echoed in the valley, Chen Yu and they also picked up foreign guns, and the black muzzle was aimed at Li Zaixian's head.

Li Zaixian has always been weak and unassertive, and was deterred by foreign guns, so he said: "I will give you an hour, if you can't see my father by then, I will definitely give you people their surnames." ”

Song Xiaofei was full of confidence and said, "We will never run, just wait here." ”

In less than an hour, Zhang Jian arrived with the remaining more than 100 heavily armed Huai troops and reported to Song Xiaofei: "Lord Wu, they have also landed, and they have been stationed in Mashan, ten miles away, and the courtyard has entered the camp of the marshal. Keep the brothers waiting. ”

When Song Xiaofei heard this, he was relieved and ordered the Huai army to come forward and capture Li Zaixian. The 200 well-equipped Huai army was more than enough to deal with the 200 Korean Imperial Forest Army whose combat strength was still in the Ming Dynasty, and not all of the Korean Imperial Forest Army were willing to die for Li Zaixian and his son, so the battle ended in less than 20 minutes.

Song Xiaofei led people to tie up Li Zaixian and went back to Mashan to see Wu Changqing. At this time, Hanafang Yoshishi rushed to Gyeongbokgung Palace with a team of soldiers, but he was an hour late, when Song Xiaofei had already done everything, the general trend had been decided, and the Korean rebellion had nothing to do with him.