A night destined to go down in history, in this night, the capital will have earth-shaking changes. There were still 2 hours before the midnight operation, and the temporary headquarters of the Li Mansion in the capital, Khalid ordered with a dignified expression that the Beijing Special Operations Team took the lead in action, and the target was to target the officers of the Eight Banners Army who lived in the inner city.

On the west side of the inner city, not far from the city wall, outside a three-hall courtyard, a group of black shadows appeared, numbering about 20 people. This three-hall courtyard house is the residence of Alonzo, the commander of the nine gates of the capital. Two figures flashed out of the darkness. "Captain! Alonzo came back at 6 p.m. and never went out, his guard was still four people, nothing had changed. The guards lived in the wing room in the front yard, and Alonzo lived in the main room of the second courtyard. "Report from the agent in charge of surveillance. The captain nodded and waved his hand, only to see the four big men quickly approaching the wall, and then threw out the hook in his hand.

There was a slight noise on the high fence. I saw four big men wearing night clothes climbing the wall with unusual agility, and then disappeared inside. The captain led everyone to the front door to wait, and soon the door was gently opened, and a big man flashed out, "Captain, all four guards are solved." The captain didn't say a word, just waved his hand, and everyone entered the courtyard in turn······.

About half an hour later, Alonzo himself, including his wife, aunt, family, and subordinates, were all captured. When Alonzo was captured, this guy was holding his aunt's wife, and Zhengxiang, who was sleeping naked, was captured in a daze in a sweet dream. At this point, Alonzo wore a pair of trousers and sat on a chair tied to the flowers. After a while, everyone in the courtyard was escorted to the main room of the second courtyard. Alonzo came to his senses and felt that this group of people were like bandits, so he had confidence.

"May I ask who you are, you dare to attack Lord Ben, it's just bold!" The captain smiled and said, "Lord Admiral of the Nine Gates, we are not bold, but lawless. We are the Special Expeditionary Force of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and we are coming for you. Alonzo's face turned pale with fright when he heard this, and he lay down on the chair with a stream of sassy liquid. Damn, look at you bear-like, you're so scared to pee, it's really disappointing! One of the team members scolded.

At the same time, a 500-member special task force formed by the Beijing Intelligence Station launched a unified operation against the officers of the Eight Banners living in the inner city. It should be said that the officers of the Eighth Banner Army were unguarded and were captured alive one by one. The first battle flag was victorious, and the command organ of the Eight Banners Army in the capital ceased to exist.

There was still half an hour before the action, "Li Qing" wore a night suit and a rope on her back, and quietly appeared on the city wall on the left side of Donghua Gate, and it was seen that she was specially responding to the commandos of the Northern Expeditionary Army. At this time, the Forbidden City was quiet, and everyone fell asleep. This kung fu commando team of 300 people has been ambushed outside the Donghua Gate.

The choice of Donghua Gate to enter the Forbidden City was decided by Li Hongzhang and Khalid after careful research in advance. Li Hongzhang believes that the noon gate is heavily guarded and is not considered, and the Shenwu Gate in the north is also heavily guarded because it is a place for daily entry and exit in the palace. The Donghua Gate in the east and the Xihua Gate in the west are also called Taihe Gate, which are the ways to enter the palace. Because there is a north-south Jinshui River in Xihuamen, it is inconvenient for quick movement.

The Donghua Gate is not, the Jinshui River in the palace flows into the palace from the right side of the noon gate, and turns around at 90 degrees in the Taihe Hall to flow to the Xihua Gate, and then flows straight to the north, so that the Xihua Gate forms the second barrier. Entering from the Donghua Gate, you can quickly enter the depth of the Taihe Palace, so the purpose of choosing the Donghua Gate is to quickly control the Forbidden City. Usually, Donghua Gate is easy not to open, and it is known as the ghost door.

Donghua Gate is close to the Prince's Palace, which is exclusively for the Prince to enter and exit, so there are only eight rows of door nails on Donghua Gate. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, only cabinet officials were allowed to enter and exit the Donghua Gate, and in the middle of the Qianlong Dynasty, the first and second rank officials who were already old were allowed to enter and exit. The Zigong Palace of the Emperor of Daxing in the Qing Dynasty, the Empress and the Empress Dowager all came out of the Donghua Gate, and the folk also called the Ghost Gate and the Yin Gate.

What is a ghost gate? The general saying is: after the death of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Zigong entered and exited by Donghua Gate, because the funeral and welcoming spirits were entered and exited by Donghua Gate, so Donghua Gate is commonly known as "Ghost Gate". Therefore, the number of door nails is a yin number, which is nine vertical and eight hundred and seventy-two, which is an even number. The nails of the Forbidden City's Noon Gate, Xihua Gate, and Shenwu Gate are nine rows, nine columns, and eighty-one are odd numbers, that is, yang numbers. is in line with customization.

And what is the real reason for that? The relationship between the four gates of the city wall of the Forbidden City and the Taihe Hall of the main hall is a positive five-element orientation system, and there is a certain Shengke relationship between them. In the theory of the five elements of yin and yang, the east, south, west, north, and middle are the five directions, the east belongs to wood, the west belongs to gold, the south belongs to fire, the north belongs to water, and the middle belongs to earth. The relationship between mutual growth and mutual restraint is: wood gives birth to fire, fire gives birth to earth, earth gives birth to gold, gold gives birth to water, water gives birth to water, wood gives birth to water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes gold, and gold overcomes wood.

In the five azimuth systems of the southeast, northwest, and northwest, the north-south axis is the relationship between fire and earth, soil and water, that is, exogenous and internal, and so that life is auspicious. The east-west axis is the relationship between water and soil and native gold, that is, the outer and the inside, and the inner and the outside, so that the side of the gram is fierce and the house is fierce, and the fierce image is especially in the wood and soil. In order to avoid evil and turn good fortune, ancient architects used the principle of yin and yang five elements to restrain each other, and changed the number of door nails into nine hundred and seventy-two vertical and horizontal, that is, the wood was turned into yin wood (even number is yin), because wood can overcome the soil, but the yin wood may not be able to overcome the yang soil. And the door nails are rampant or nine roads, and they do not lose the dignity of the emperor. Clever architects have skillfully solved this not small problem.

Li Hongzhang strongly advocated sneaking into the palace from Donghua Gate, so he naturally gave a detailed introduction to the situation of Donghua Gate and explained his reasons. Its intention is that the ordinary gate of Donghua Gate is closed and does not open easily, so this is the most convenient passage to Cixi's dormitory. In addition, the Forbidden City can be quickly occupied, one is to prevent the Empress Dowager Cixi from committing suicide, and the other is to prevent the eunuchs in the palace from taking the opportunity to set fire to robbery. In short, there can be no surprises in the Forbidden City.

Li Qing dodged the patrol sentries on the city wall, and then signaled to the outside. By this time, the assault team of 300 men had crossed the moat and was ambushed inside. The assault team found the signal, and 10 members came to the base of the city wall, and at this time, Li Qing had already put the rope down. Without any extra words, one of the team members quickly climbed the city wall along the big rope. The two sides whispered to each other, Li Qing said: "The patrol post of the Qing army will come over immediately, and you will kill the patrol post immediately." The first team member to come up quickly touched along the side of the city wall.

The other 9 team members came up, and Li Qing said, "Brothers, there are still 10 minutes to start. After a while, gunfire rang out outside, and an attack was launched. "Has there been any change in the Eight Banners at the city gate?" The Captain of the Dark Squad asked. "There is no change, the Eight Banners guarding the door are still 50 people." The first member of the team to come up returned and held out two fingers, meaning that the two sentries had been killed. Without superfluous words, Li Qing took the lead to go down to the entrance under the city wall, and then the team members lurked in the lower entrance, quietly waiting for the Zuihou moment to come.

The atmosphere in the Beijing Operations Headquarters was very tense. At this moment, Li Hongzhang and Khalid stood in front of a huge map of the city, their expressions solemn. An operational staff officer said: "Report to the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief, according to the report of the head of the intelligence station, the action taken by the special task force against the officers of the Eighth Banner Army was very successful. Up to now, 22 officers above the Eight Banners Army have been successfully captured, and the command system of the Eight Banners Army has been basically paralyzed. ”

"What is the situation of the various departments, at the moment the 1st Commando Team has arrived at the Forbidden City attack position. The attack on the headquarters of the coalition forces by the former 2nd Commando of Jihua was changed to an attack on the ammunition depot of the Eighth Banner Army due to special circumstances. The 3rd Assault Brigade, the Eighth Banner Army against the inner city, has been deployed. The deployment of the 4th to 12th assault groups for the main force of the Eight Banners Army in the outer city has been completed. At 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, the attack on the ammunition depot of the Eight Banners Army in the inner city was the first to start, and with this as an order, all units began to move at the same time. ”

Khalid said majestically: "Inform all the departments that the battle must be resolved before dawn, and take advantage of the Qing army outside the city to take control of the whole city, otherwise we will be in trouble." Swiftness is key. The operational staff officer turned to Li Hongzhang again and said, "Commander-in-chief, what else do you command!" Li Hongzhang waved his hand and said: "I am a layman in commanding the war, and the deputy commander-in-chief represents me." Li Hongzhang seemed to remember something and said, "Someone! "The captain of the guard came running in from outside. Li Hongzhang said: "You send a team, and after the battle starts for a while, go to Prince Gong's Mansion and invite the Minister of Military Aircraft to me!" ”

After the captain of the guard was ordered to leave, Khalid was a little confused and said, "Lord Li, why are you so polite to Yi." Li Hongzhang smiled: "Aside from other reasons, I have a good personal relationship with Yi. With his personality, he may commit suicide, and I will let him live and use him to serve as an example for the Manchu ministers. Attacking the heart is the supreme thing, and military and political means must be used at the same time. Commander-in-Chief Deng thinks long-term and does not kill or treat them badly, which is of great significance to stabilizing the overall situation in the future. ”

The ammunition depot of the Eight Banners Army was located in a courtyard in the northeast corner of the inner city, where about 500 Eight Banners troops defended. The 2nd Assault Team had laid an ambush near the ammunition depot half an hour earlier, and in front of the ammunition depot there were sentries of the Eight Banners Army and double posts, and a heavy machine gun position was piled up with sandbags behind the watchtower, on which a heavy machine gun was mounted, and there were no machine gun shooters. A few dim lanterns emitted a dim light, and the sentries of the Eight Banners Army were a little lazy and not very vigilant. It is no wonder that for many years, there has never been an attack in the capital, and then the problem of laziness of the Eight Banners Army has developed.

In the dark, the captain of the assault team instructed the team members: "Brothers, there are 500 Eight Banners guarding the ammunition depot, and their defense is very lax. After a while, the battle began, and we immediately launched a fierce attack, and we had to rush in quickly while the Eight Banners soldiers inside did not react. The sentry must be quickly killed, the demolition team must quickly blow open the gate, and the assault teams must quickly rush in, do you understand? The squad leaders nodded their heads.

When the time came, several sentries fell to the ground with a few crisp gunshots. The demolition team quickly rushed to the gate to place explosives, the spark of the fuse flickered for dozens of seconds, and a violent explosion came from the flash of fire, only to see the gate disappear, and suddenly the smoke was filled, and the operation to seize the capital officially began.

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