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Not to mention that Geng Jingzhong was preparing for the military parade after the meeting, Kangxi and the ministers in the capital have also been holding meetings without sleep and food to discuss how to deal with Wu Sangui. Before you know it, it's late at night. In this era, there were no electric lights, and all the candles were lit at night, and of course, ordinary people only used cheap oil lamps in their homes. In the middle of the night, a candle had exhausted its lifespan, and Zhou Peigong had the lowest position in this upper study, so he had to take the initiative to go forward to replace the candle.

There were always spare candles on the shelves in the upper study, and Zhou Peigong took one easily. I was about to put it on the flame and light it, but I couldn't find the candle twist, and how could I light it without twisting? Zhou Peigong didn't doubt him, and thought that the eunuch didn't pay attention to putting in a scrap, so he picked up one again, and looked at it again and still didn't twist it. "Hey, why isn't this candle twisted?!" Zhou Peigong exclaimed strangely.

Tu Hai beside him turned his head to look at him: "The candle is not twisted, it is the eunuch who put it wrong, find two more, this one is about to burn out!" "Although he said this, he also took a candle from the shelf next to him, and sure enough, it was not twisted." It's really not twisted! ”

As soon as he shouted, the eyes of the others were also attracted, and they all looked at the two of them strangely. "It's not good, the eunuchs in the palace are going to make trouble!" Zhou Peigong reacted so quickly, he immediately thought of the cause and effect. The palace has always been extremely demanding, and in normal times, it is impossible for eunuchs to make such mistakes. Now the only explanation for this situation is. They will make trouble. He said it out loud. Who else could not understand. You must know that the people who can stand in the study here are the top people.

Kangxi was still thinking about how to lay out the enemy on the map just now, and when he heard Zhou Peigong's words, he was immediately furious in his heart, Wu Sangui's creation made him annoyed anyway, and there was going to be turmoil in this palace again, so he couldn't help but turn his eyes to Suo Etu. He Suoetu is still on the errand of leading the minister of the guard, and the palace guards are under his control. Suo Etu also noticed the emperor's gaze, and suddenly the sweat on his head came out. The eunuchs in the palace wanted to make trouble, but he, the minister of the guard, did not find out in advance, which was dereliction of duty! So he yelled at the door: "Ronglu, Asha! ”

As soon as the words fell, two people came in outside the door, and they were the commander and deputy commander of the palace guards. "The last general!" The two replied in unison.

"Immediately dispatch guards to protect the emperor and the empress dowager, and exterminate the eunuchs who are causing chaos!"

"Wow!" After receiving the order, the two looked at each other and retreated. One person is responsible for transferring guards to guard Kangxi and Xiaozhuang, as well as the concubines, and the other person leads the guards to prepare to extinguish the rebellious eunuchs. The guard battalion that the two of them were in charge of was also from the guard barracks. The Guardian Barracks is the main guard of the Forbidden City, under the command of the Commander. The duty is to defend the gates of the Forbidden City, take charge of the door keys, patrol at night, and guard the emperor's court banquets. There were 15,000 of them. If the eunuchs in the palace really make trouble, only by surprise can they have a few chances of winning, if the palace is prepared, even if all the eunuchs in the palace are in chaos, it is not enough to protect the army and kill them.

Just when the two of them were almost ready, a royal guard suddenly rushed in at the door, and regardless of any royal etiquette, he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, there are rebels in the capital, and they have attacked outside the Donghua Gate, please the emperor and the empress dowager quickly avoid." ”

The eyes of all the ministers turned to Kangxi, the meaning is very clear, please ask the emperor to avoid it quickly.

"If I don't leave, I'm just here to watch, if the rebels can break the palace gate. Where are all our Eight Banners warriors? What are the infantry commanders doing to eat, and the rebels have all hit the palace gate, so don't they have a reaction? Kangxi was really angry and reprimanded loudly. Suo Etu, can you guard the palace gate and destroy the rebels? ”

"Back to the emperor, the palace guards and camps are all the elites of my eight banners, and there will be no problem in exterminating the rebels. And this is in the capital, although I don't know how those rebels deceived the guards of the capital, but I think the number of people will never be too much, the palace guard camp 15,000 people plus 25,000 people under the command of the infantry commander, a total of 40,000 elites, even if there are 100,000 rebels, there is no need to worry. But the emperor, you are the backbone of the Qing Dynasty, for the sake of safety, the minister also asked the emperor and the empress dowager to avoid it quickly! Suo Etu replied with a stern expression.

The Forbidden City is divided into an inner city and an outer city, and Donghua Gate is one of the outer city gates. Before the defenses in the inner city were fully prepared, the rebels had already reached the door. Fortunately, Zhou Peigong found out early, if they were unprepared, they would really be in danger! But now that the inner city is almost ready, it can be said that the eunuchs who made a rebellion have no chance of success. Whether these rebels can succeed depends on those who are attacking Donghua Gate.

The mastermind of the rebellion in the capital is obviously no one else, it is Yang Qilong is also, he calls himself Zhu Cijiong, the third prince of Zhu, in fact, he is a parallel import and a copycat, and the fake cannot be in the fake master. Geng Jingzhong had known that he was an impostor, but he still cooperated with her, but that was what he needed. Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty gave birth to seven sons, of which the second, sixth, and seventh sons died, leaving only the eldest son Zhu Cijiong, the third son Zhu Cijiong, the fourth son Zhu Cijiong, and the fifth son Zhu Cihuan. The sad thing is that the others are all confirmed to be dead, only the third prince of Zhu, Zhu Cijiong, is missing, and many people have used this name to cause trouble.

Yang Qilong's old nest in the capital is on Gulou West Street, the residence of Zhou Gongzhi, the son of Taiwan's Zheng Chenggong General Zhou Quanbin. Before the incident, more than 30 core personnel of the Saburo Xianghui held a meeting here. Recently, no matter which side of the force, this meeting has been held very frequently. He also held here for two days in a row, the first day was their core personnel, and on the second day, the participants reached more than 300 people, most of whom were domestic slaves of Manchurian officials.

Yang Qilong's plan was very simple, while he rebelled, when the officials were in the court, the house slaves must "kill their masters". Yang Qilong promised that as many officials as you killed, he would give you as many officials as he did in the future. If this situation is in Geng Jingzhong's opinion, it means that there is something wrong with these people's heads. Or maybe Yang Qilong's head is wrong. What can these house slaves do? They were to lead the rebellion. That is equivalent to directly delivering food to the Eight Banners. Door-to-door credit.

Of course, Yang Qilong is not really stupid, and he doesn't really expect these people. In the past few years, he has not been idle, and secretly trained an elite army in the mountains, the number of which has reached 5,000 people, called: Restoration Army. The meaning is simple and clear, that is, to reverse the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Their weapons and armor are all complete, and the configuration of the Manchu Eight Banners is not weak in the slightest. These weapons and armor are all from Geng Jingzhong. It's the same batch that was traded two years ago. However, in order to train these 5,000 people, more than 20,000 weapons were directly consumed. You must know that the total amount of Geng Jingzhong's transactions with him is only 50,000 pieces, and more than half of it will be used up at this time, and the rest can only be kept to equip those believers.

Yang Qilong's confidence also comes from his five thousand elites, all the savings he obtained by abduction and abduction are all used on them, and the two-year training is really reborn, from an ordinary peasant to a qualified soldier. As for the other ordinary soldiers who were gathered, they could not even be considered soldiers, but a group of ordinary people who had not undergone a day of training. He took a knife or a spear and joined the ranks of the righteous people. If they were against a real army, they would be like the Yellow Turban Army at the end of the Han Dynasty. was killed by the regular Han army like chopping melons and vegetables.

In the palace, Suo Etu led, and Rong Lu and Asha led the troops against the rebels respectively. As for the eunuchs in the palace, it was really ridiculous. A group of eunuchs who are more feminine than women, powerless, change their clothes, take a weapon and want to rebel, really think those big internal guards are eating dry food! If they pounced directly on those concubines, Gege, and queen mothers in the palace, maybe they could kill a few, but if they rushed out of the palace to fight with the guards, it would be really impatient for the old birthday star to hang himself! In just a short time, seven or eight hundred rebellious eunuchs were dismembered by random knives.

At this moment, the most fierce is still in a few palace gates, more than 10,000 soldiers of the guard battalion and the Restoration Army are inseparable, both sides can be regarded as elite, but really compared, it is still the soldiers of the Eight Banners Guard Camp are stronger, after all, they are selected by thousands of soldiers in the Eight Banners, and they have all seen blood. However, the palace is in front of you, breaking the palace gate and killing the emperor can make their third prince wait for the throne from the new position, obtain the merit of the dragon, and then seal the wife and son, in addition, breaking the palace gate can also get a large number of priceless treasures, so one by one's eyes are red, morale is strong, and the two sides fight fiercely without giving in, but kill an equal match!

Yang Qilong also knew very well that he had to attack the palace one step earlier and kill Kangxi, otherwise he would be completely finished when the other Eight Banners Army arrived! I'm really afraid of something. The Donghua Gate was broken, but the soldiers of the two sides fought fiercely at the city gate, and they couldn't take a step forward for half an hour. Both sides were desperate, rushing forward regardless of losses, and the place was already covered with corpses, and the feet were all sticky blood, and the blood gathered together and flowed down the sewer in the corner. At this time, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a river of blood!

Just when the two sides just started fighting, Tuhai and Mingzhu had already rushed out of the palace, Tuhai was the capital of Manchuria under the Zhenghuang Banner, and Mingzhu was the secretary of the military department. Tuhai mobilized his soldiers to attack as quickly as possible and killed the rebels. Shangshu Mingzhu of the military department merged with the commander of the infantry army, and led the army to close the nine gates and start to quell the rebellion, and closing the nine gates also means that he is ready not to let go of a thief! Yang Qilong's elite 5,000 people and 10,000 ordinary soldiers were attacking Donghuamen, while the other 10,000 ordinary rebels were raising fire on Gulou West Street to revolt, and they set fire to the murder all the way at the beginning, doing all kinds of evil. They are really a rabble, burning and looting everywhere, which makes the people in the city terrified, and messages are everywhere, and many people want to flee to the suburbs to hide. However, it did not take long for the Nine Gates to be sealed, and a large number of officers and soldiers entered the city and began to kill the rebels.

At this time, what is called a regular army and what is called a rabble is fully reflected. The Eight Banners soldiers around the capital are still okay in combat effectiveness, but it is not necessarily necessary to pull the Eight Banners soldiers from other places over. Against these ordinary people who had never been trained, it was really like chopping melons and vegetables, and in just one hour, the rebellion was completely extinguished.

"Prince, withdraw, it's too late to withdraw!" Yang Qilong's general Huang Ji said with a bloody face on his face, he was still in front of him to take the lead in the killing.

"Yes, Prince, there are too many Tartars, we are working here, and we will fold all the brothers here!" Another general, Chen Yi, also persuaded. Huang Ji and Chen Yi were his right-hand men, and the two persuaded him to retreat together, which really made him hesitate.

Donghuamen has been fighting here for nearly an hour, and half of the 5,000 elites of the Restoration Army plus 10,000 ordinary soldiers have been lost, especially the elites of the Restoration Army, most of them have been killed and wounded, and the Eight Banners Guard Camp is no better, and the casualties are about the same. After failing to storm the palace for such a long time, Yang Qilong also knew that the next chance was slim, but the Eight Banners soldiers on the opposite side still felt that they lacked stamina, and victory was just around the corner, so he was really unwilling to retreat.

Just when he was still hesitating, Tuhai's army arrived, and these 3,000 elite people of the Yellow Banner were used as a new force, and these 3,000 people were still elite cavalry, and they rushed over, and suddenly the rebels collapsed, and their morale plummeted! When the soldiers of the guard battalion saw the reinforcements coming, their morale suddenly skyrocketed, and they were brave enough to fight against death.

Yang Qilong saw that nothing could be done, and in a panic, he was escorted by his henchmen and broke out. "Withdraw!" Yang Qilong finally ordered with an unwilling face. Although they may not be successful in attacking the palace, they are definitely familiar with the way to escape. The imperial court has been arresting them for a long time, but it has never seen any of their hall masters incense masters arrested. The key trick is that they have a well-developed underground network.

However, now the capital has been covered with Eight Banners officers and soldiers, and everyone led more than 1,000 remnants of the Restoration Army to break through the encirclement, and immediately met the soldiers of the cloth military camp, and after several battles, they finally escaped from the tunnel entrance of a house by the city wall, and there were less than 300 people left! After gathering 25,000 people, less than 300 remained. In the woods, Yang Qilong looked at more than two hundred soldiers, one by one covered in blood. If they are given a quarter of an hour more, the palace will definitely be breached, and then they will succeed. ay

With a "poof", Yang Qilong spurted out a mouthful of blood. Seven or eight years of preparation, this time it was all over, and it was already God's favor to squirt a mouthful of blood without a breath! (To be continued......)