Episode 52 Outsmart the Fortress

Xiang Xiaoqiang took the "edict of clothes and belts", and thought violently in his mind, whether he should take the opportunity to realize his ideal of "running away", or gamble his life and break into the Purple Mountain Fortress.

Running away is an opportunity. Everyone wants to withdraw, and they will withdraw, there is nothing wrong with it, even Zhu Yourong himself, and he can't say anything.

Breaking into the fortress to save the driver is very risky, and if you don't get it right, you will lose your name and die. Even if he succeeds, he may have to turn his face with Zheng Gongyin. Next, it is necessary to supervise the capital garrison, the defense line troops, and even the supreme command to fight this defense of Nanjing.

All of this adds up, how big is the chance of winning?

However, once he succeeds, he will become the first favorite of the Son of Heaven, and Zhu Yourong's trust in himself will surpass Zheng Gongyin, Mrs. Li, and Shen Rongxuan.

The People's Guard will also surpass the Praetorian Guard and become the real first army of the Ming Dynasty.

……

Suddenly, a violent explosion occurred nearby, and the ground shook. Xiang Xiaoqiang's ears "buzzed", suffocated in his chest, and fell into the car, unconscious.

Then there was a clanging sound of falling objects on the roof of the car, presumably crushed clods of earth and cement.

I don't know how long it took, Xiang Xiaoqiang opened his eyes, looked at the bright light outside the car door, and only felt a strong pressure on his chest, as if he had pressed a big stone, which was indescribably uncomfortable, but he felt a kind of happiness that he had escaped to death. Looking at the several officers in the car, their faces were all pale and speechless. The little palace maid squatted on the ground with her head in her hands, trembling.

Oh, maybe only a few seconds......

Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't care about her, staggered to his feet, and saw that several gendarmes outside the car were lying on the ground, a few were still trying to get up, and two of them couldn't get up. More than a dozen meters away, a deep crater emitted black smoke, and asphalt blocks were everywhere.

This is probably a 150mm howitzer. He was still in the armored car, but he just opened the door, and he was still stunned by the shock wave, which shows the terrible power of this heavy shell.

The nearby military doctor hurriedly ran over and carried the two injured gendarmes to treat them.

Xiang Xiaoqiang held on to the car door and looked around, and found that more than ten meters away from the crater, a black car overturned to the ground, a military truck in front of it stopped, and more than a dozen soldiers were jumping down and rushing towards the overturned car.

Well? That's the soldiers of the People's Guard! …… Who was in the car?

In the back window of the overturned car, one arm pounded hard inside, shattering the broken glass, and then trying to climb out. Several soldiers surrounded him and shouted:

"Your Royal Highness! Are you alright? ”

"Your Highness hold on, we will save you!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang was taken aback: Which princess is this? …… There is only one princess protected by the People's Guard: Princess Liaoyang! He hastened to order:

"Go and help!"

All of a sudden, more than 20 People's Guard soldiers surrounded the car, smashed the butts of their guns and pried them with bayonets, and soon opened the door, and 14 Gege climbed out with their help. She didn't care about the blood on her arms, and said hurriedly:

"Save Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu is still behind!"

Soon the rear car door was completely removed, and Kobayashi May was also pulled out, holding Fourteen Gege and crying "wow".

The nearby military doctor immediately came up and checked the injuries of the princess and the servant, but fortunately, they were fine. Fourteen Gege's arm was scratched by glass and she bled a lot, so she specially called a female military doctor to clean her wound and bandage it.

Xiang Xiaoqiang hurriedly came over to inquire about the injury of Her Royal Highness the princess, and the soldiers who escorted the princess saw the commander and saluted.

Fourteen Gege saw Xiang Xiaoqiang, his tense nerves relaxed suddenly, and his legs felt weak at this time, and his body shook, which frightened the military doctor and helped him again and again.

At this time, Li Changgui came over to greet him and reported to Xiaoqiang, saying that this was Her Majesty's temporary order after learning that the defense line had been broken, and that the princes and nobles who were still in Nanjing, such as the princess of Liaoyang and the Ryukyu royal family, should be taken into the Purple Mountain Fortress to take refuge.

Xiang Xiaoqiang asked:

"When will you receive Your Majesty's will?"

"Well, it's been two hours."

Well, that's pretty much it, not long after Zhu Yourong made his will, he was placed under house arrest.

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at Fourteen Gege, and suddenly said:

"You guys go here first, and I'm going to talk to Princess Liaoyang alone."

After speaking, he pointed to the command car and made a "please" gesture to the fourteen grids. Fourteen Gege didn't say anything and entered the command car with him.

Xiang Xiaoqiang kicked all the subordinates out of the car and closed the car door.

Fourteen Gege was suspicious in his heart, but he looked at him with a smile, very calm, waiting for him to speak first.

Xiang Xiaoqiang stared at the fourteen grids, hesitated for a while, took out the "Clothes and Ribbon Edict", and pushed it in front of her.

Fourteen Gege looked at Zhu Yourong's words, raised his head in surprise, and said for a long time:

"Xiang-sama, this is ......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang put the Marquis of Changping and Mrs. Guangde under house arrest Zhu Yourong and prepared to coerce her to escape, and Zhu Yourong sent a personal palace maid to ask for help, these things were told to Fourteen Gege. Then he looked into the eyes of the fourteen grids and said:

"Your Highness, do you remember what I said to you when we were on the train?"

Fourteen Gege's eyes trembled, and Xiang Xiaoqiang's voice clearly echoed in his head:

…… Now there is going to be a war, and war can bring many variables. What you can't do in a lifetime in peacetime, you can do in a few years in wartime. Anyway, you're not the only one with ambitions in this world...... If you don't have faith, I'll flip this plate with you? Hehe, I hope that one day we will be friends and not enemies......

She lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then raised her eyes and smiled:

"Lord Xiang can't make up his mind, should he run away and keep what he has now, or gamble his life and become the first person in front of the Son of Heaven?"

Xiang Xiaoqiang sighed, hugged his head, and said:

"Not bad, not bad......"

Seeing Xiang Xiaoqiang's appearance, Fourteen Gege smiled dumbly, and suddenly his heart softened, thinking: Alas, it's rare that he has always been good to me, think about him...... If I succeed, I have the most powerful backer.

She laughed:

"Lord Xiang, do you think you can save everything you have by escaping now?"

Xiang Xiaoqiang seemed to have been hit, and the worry hidden in his heart was revealed by Fourteen Gege's words. He jerked his head up.

Fourteen Gege then said:

"If this battle is lost, Nanming will not be able to win. The best-case scenario is that Nanming keeps a small piece of Sichuan and becomes the 'Southwest Ming'. Belch...... Lord Xiang, are you still willing to be the commander of the People's Guard of the 'Southwest Ming'? Well, according to general experience, if the 'Southwest Ming' can be stabilized at the beginning, the military and political top level will definitely have to be reshuffled. Do you think that with your foundation, experience, and skill, without the trust of the emperor, you can still keep everything you have now?

"Of course, taking this gamble is not a small risk, but it is not as dangerous as imagined. Success or not, as long as Your Majesty lives and you live, then you will at least be grateful to Your Majesty. Your Majesty will not treat you badly. …… Of course, no matter how they are, they are also His Majesty's relatives, and His Majesty will definitely be fine. Your Excellency...... Be careful, it's better not to rush ahead. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang felt the concern of her last sentence, his heart warmed, nodded, and did not speak.

After groaning for a long time, he sighed to Xiaoqiang and said:

"If a person lives a lifetime, if it is not wonderful enough, what is the use of being so long?"

“…… What do adults say? ”

"I said,!"

……

Xiang Xiaoqiang came out, immediately grabbed the field phone to dispatch troops, and ordered a hundred young and strong male agents of the security team to be selected with a stomachache, fully armed, and gathered in the Xiaoling Guard camp to standby. Ten young female agents were selected to change into maids' costumes and assemble to standby.

Then Xiang Xiaoqiang left his staff officers here to direct the battle, and he and Li Gensheng, Fourteen Gege, and Xiao Wu sat on an armored personnel carrier, and marched towards the Purple Mountain Fortress with the truckload of princess guards.

I must personally participate in this matter. While it's important to command street fights, it's everything in the Purple Mountain Fortress that's fundamental. If Zhu Yourong is coerced away, he has great ability, and he will not be able to hold Nanjing when the whole line of troops is discouraged.

Besides, he must appear in front of Zhu Yourong in person, so that she can see herself when she is very surprised, and give her a deep impression. In this way, the fruits of victory can be maximized.

Also, without the signboard of the commander of his own People's Guard, it is not so easy for his subordinates to break into the fortress.

……

When they arrived at the People's Guard barracks at the foot of the Purple Mountain, the stomach ache and the snail had already gathered the more than 100 male and female agents, and they were still confused and didn't know what was going on. Seeing that Xiang Xiaoqiang and Li Changgui also brought Princess Liaoyang here, the second monk was even more confused.

Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't have time to explain to them, let the car of ten mobile team members who protect the princess come down, and then let the twenty security team agents change into the clothes of the mobile team, Ming took a submachine gun, two box guns hidden in his waist, and took two trucks, pretending to be the guards of Princess Liaoyang.

The ten female agents of the security team also disguised themselves as maids, with two box guns hidden in their waists, and followed them into the fortress.

And Xiao Wu, the real maid of Fourteen Gege, stayed in the barracks.

The first to enter the fortress were thirty security agents. Once they have taken control of several checkpoints of the fortress, a large number of People's Guard security teams can enter and control the entire fortress.

Xiang Xiaoqiang specially asked the security team to pick the girder this time. This is because, first, the mobile team has to defend Nanjing, and the security team is relatively idle, and second, although the mobile team has only a few hundred people, it is completely sufficient to undertake this operation. Moreover, they are all specially trained agents, who used to come from commandos, Dongchang, Jinyiwei and other units, and their individual combat ability is much stronger than that of mobile teams, especially the use of box guns. Xiang Xiaoqiang estimated that the submachine gun would definitely not be able to be brought in, and it would all rely on the hidden box gun to act.

The Praetorian Guard had about 1,000 men in this unit, each armed with a submachine gun, and it was highly disciplined and combat-ready. Now in the Purple Mountain Fortress, there are only more than a hundred people, and the others are still in the Praetorian Guard Barracks Headquarters outside the Forbidden City.

Li Gensheng is very sure. In his opinion, 100 security agents of the People's Guard will not have a problem suppressing 100 Praetorian Guards. This also injected a wave of confidence into Xiang Xiaoqiang.

……

Xiang Xiaoqiang first asked the little palace maid to say it with tears in her eyes, and then passed Zhu Yourong's "Clothes and Belt Edict" to them, and then Li Gensheng assigned them a combat mission.

This kind of raid is officially the old business that Li Gensheng is best at. Several old commandos who followed them to the Northern Qing Dynasty last time have now held important positions, and now they have all been withdrawn and returned to their old jobs. They were all gearing up and their morale was high.

Everyone is not stupid, they all understand that once they succeed this time, Lord Xiang will be under one person in the Ming Dynasty and above ten thousand people. Their henchmen will also follow the power of the government and the opposition.

What's more, judging from their "old tricks", the certainty of success this time is not small.

……

A military truck took the lead, a large car in the middle, and two military trucks in the back, and four vehicles drove along the winding mountain road, past anti-tank bunkers with cold muzzles, and drove up to the temporary parking apron at the entrance of the fortress.

The guards at the gate were not the Praetorian Guards, they were still the gendarmes in the fortress. This is a good sign.

Two gendarmes commanded four vehicles to stop in their positions and then came over with guns to check. Seeing that it was the commander of the People's Guard who escorted Princess Liaoyang into the fortress, he saluted and opened the door.

Another gendarme, seeing so many people in three trucks, said with some vigilance:

"Sir, are they all going to enter the fortress?"

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled:

"yes, will you let me in?"

The gendarme was stunned for a moment and said:

"That'...... Definitely not. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang tried it, but when he saw that it didn't work, he smiled and said:

"Still! There aren't that many beds in the fortress! …… They are just guards escorting Her Royal Highness the Princess, and they don't go in. ”

As he spoke, he helped Fourteen Gege get out of the car, and smiled respectfully:

"Your Highness, please, this is our fortress."

Then he turned his face and yelled:

"Hey, don't get out of the car and come over to serve Your Highness!"

On the last military truck, ten maids climbed down from the car "clumsily", and they had to rely on the help of the guards on the side to get off. For a while, there was a grit on the parking apron.

The eyes of the two gendarmes widened, and for a moment they were a little at a loss. Seeing the dozen or so girls chattering, they were about to enter the gate of the fortress, one of them ran over to stop them, and the other said to Xiaoqiang:

"My lord, this ......"

"What is this?" Xiang Xiaoqiang also said helplessly, "What can I do?" These are all His Highness's maids! ”

"My lord, that's too much, isn't it? Even His Majesty moved in, and he didn't bring so many palace maids! ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang sighed:

"Do you think I'm not too much? But ......"

He lowered his voice:

“…… These are His Majesty's personal palace maids! …… It was His Majesty who, in order to show his love for Princess Liaoyang, allocated his palace maid to Her Royal Highness the Princess...... Now the order that Ben will receive is to 'escort Princess Liaoyang and her maids into the Purple Mountain Fortress', which is the original words, but it does not say which one will enter or which one will not be allowed to enter. What do you say I should do? …… Or I'll wait here, and you can call Your Majesty and say that there are too many people, and it's not easy to enter, see what to do. ”

The gendarme was startled, not knowing what was going on. His mind turned, and he said in his heart that His Majesty probably thought that there were fewer people waiting around him, and it was not good to openly transfer people from the palace, so he asked Princess Liaoyang to bring in all the palace maids around him......

He doesn't plan to get along with himself, it's not a big deal, there are too many people to annoy the big people inside. So he nodded and let them all go.

……

Xiang Xiaoqiang and Li Gensheng accompanied the fourteen grids, and a large group of girls behind them, as soon as they entered the fortress, they all began to chirp and shout, seeing everything fresh, looking at the guards standing upright by the cement wall, they all whispered, covered their mouths and smiled, making the guards red-faced, and they had to not squint and not move at all.

Fourteen Gege entered the fortress for the first time, and it was also half-truth, extremely fresh, and seemed very curious, Xiang Xiaoqiang was like a tour guide, pointing to everything he saw and introducing it to Fourteen Gege.

"Hehe, Your Royal Highness Princess, please look," Xiang Xiaoqiang pointed to the machine gun shooting hole in front of him, and said with a smile, "This is called a 'defensive entrance', there is a shooting hole here, and there is a machine gun in the back, facing the direction we came from." The door, but it is on the side, and you see, you have to turn a corner here to continue in. Therefore, it is impossible to break in by force, it can be called a one-man pass, and ten thousand people cannot open ......"

Fourteen Gege curiously lay on the firing port, looked in, and said in surprise:

"Oh, there's still someone in there, hehehe......"

The machine gunner inside was embarrassed, looking at Her Royal Highness's face against her, and wondering whether to take down the machine gun first, it was not appropriate to put the muzzle of the gun at Her Royal Highness the Princess, in case it went off......

Xiang Xiaoqiang pushed open the door on the side, led the fourteen grids through this level, walked two steps, came to the back of the shooting port just now, and said with a smile:

"Your Royal Highness Princess, please look, this is the back of the firing port, this is the machine gunner just now......"

The Heavy quickly stood upright. Fourteen Gege nodded and smiled:

"Good work."

They continued to "visit", and behind them was a girl who "giggled" excitedly, and each took turns to put their eyes on the firing port to look at it a few times, making the machine gunner and the guards on the side cry and laugh.

The ten girls were giggling, and they all secretly remembered the location of each machine gun level.

Now you can't grab the level when you go inside, because once the Heavy shouts or sounds the alarm bell, several machine gun levels inside are blocked, and you can't get in even if you have the ability.

You have to go inside the last level, and then go out from the inside, and occupy from behind each machine gun block. This is a much greater certainty.

……

The group walked leisurely inside, until they turned five machine gun checkpoints and came to a small hall. There were a few couches here, and a few Praetorian Guards were on duty behind a desk, behind which were two closed doors.

Xiang Xiaoqiang knew that behind those two gates was the central command hall. At this point, it is time to hand over the pistol.

Xiang Xiaoqiang untied his belt, handed it over with the gun holster, looked at their armbands, and asked curiously:

"Why haven't I seen you before? Oh, you're from the Praetorian Guard! What's the matter, you're on duty here? And what about the original fortress gendarmerie? ”

The registered Praetorian Guard glanced at the commander next to him and said to Xiang Xiaoqiang:

"My lord, this is His Majesty's will, and we don't know anything else."

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded, and looked back at the ten girls who came in one after another. Fourteen Gege suddenly said:

"Hey, what about the painting? Xiang-sama, did you take it? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang also exclaimed:

"Oh, didn't you take it?"

The ten girls shook their heads nervously. Fourteen Gege Urgent:

"Get out there and see, it's not in the car! That painting is what I want to dedicate to Your Majesty, and it is worth at least 100,000 Ming Yang! Go and have a look in the car! ”

A group of girls were also shocked, and they all turned around and ran out with a "bang".

Xiang Xiaoqiang and Fourteen Gege glanced at each other, and they both sweated. …… The code to seize the machine gun level was given.

The Praetorian Guards were all frightened by the words "dedicated to His Majesty" and "worth 100,000 Ming Yang", and they watched a large group of girls flock out. After a while, a girl ran in and panted and said:

"Your Highness, the painting...... Found in, in ...... In the car. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang and Fourteen Gege breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts - the five machine gun levels and the guards at the fortress entrance were all successfully taken.

Fourteen Gege glanced at Xiao Qiang, and after getting his wink-eyed approval, he smiled:

"That's fine, bring the painting in."

The code sounded, and more than a dozen People's Guard soldiers rushed in from outside, all armed with submachine guns. Xiang Xiaoqiang and Fourteen Gege also took out two pairs of box guns in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, several Praetorian Guards each had several guns on their chests.

Several of the Praetorian Guards turned pale, and one officer shouted:

"What are you doing? Xiang Xiaoqiang, are you going to rebel? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled slightly, and waved the box gun in his hand:

"Raise your hands, stand against the wall, don't make a sound, you all know that I am a little strongman, and I have done a lot of big things, I don't care about killing one or two more. …… Hey, who's who, untie their belts and put the guns together. ”

He pointed to a phone on his desk and asked:

"Can this call be made outside? ......*** Can or can't? ”

“…… Yes. ”

"Well, that's it, it's refreshing, it's convenient for everyone to ......" Xiang Xiaoqiang picked up the earpiece and commanded, "Hey, is the switchboard?" I am Xiang Xiaoqiang, commander of the People's Guard...... Yes, please help me answer a phone call outside, I received the switchboard of the Xiaolingwei People's Guard Battalion, I have urgent military affairs. …… Thanks a lot. ”

After a while, a female voice in the microphone said:

"Headquarters of the People's Guard."

"I'm Xiang Xiaoqiang."

A few seconds later, the sound of stomach ache appeared:

"My lord, it's me! What do you think? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang said in a deep voice:

"The commanding heights of Wutai Mountain are in our hands."

The stomach ache on the other end and he breathed a sigh of relief, and after a while, he said:

"That's good, that's good...... I'll arrange it right away. ”

……

The code of "preemption success" was issued. A few minutes later, several military trucks of the fully loaded guns and live ammunition security teams lined up and drove out of the People's Guard camp and marched towards the Purple Mountain Fortress.

In the small hall of the fortress, the Praetorian Guards were forced to take off their uniforms, and several members of the security team changed into them and sat behind their desks as they were. The others took out the ropes they had prepared, tied up the Praetorian Guards, and took them out, and put them in the military cards outside.

Now in this small hall, there are only a few "Praetorian Guards" and a few People's Guard soldiers, and everyone is sitting and "chatting". In this way, even if the generals come out and go in, they will not see the flaws.

Xiang Xiaoqiang wiped the sweat on his head, looked at the closed door of the central command hall, and said slowly:

"Okay, there's nothing difficult to get into inside, even if it's a firefight, it's not afraid...... We're going to hold out here for fifteen minutes, and we'll get in when reinforcements arrive. …… Ladies and gentlemen, we are halfway there. ”

Everyone looked at each other and trembled with excitement.

Everyone knows that now, Xiang Xiaoqiang is still half above 10,000 people under one person, and the others are only half away from high-ranking officials Houlu.