The detour was quickly vetoed, as it would consume more time and supplies, and at the same time the blow to morale would undoubtedly be enormous. Rong Lu also knew that his thoughts were too simple, compared to the god of war in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he lacked a little bit of strategic and tactical vision, except for the intrigues behind him and some advantages of foresight, Rong Lu asked himself that he was not much smarter than Grant, Montauban or any of the senior generals of the coalition forces here.

Fortunately, Rong Lu's luck was good, and on the evening after the military meeting, someone finally came to the coalition camp from the capital. The person who came was Rong Lu's confidant in Shang Yu's spare place, he first escaped from the palace by hiding in a cart transporting dung, and then was able to leave the capital under the cover of several Manchu and Mongolian nobles, he brought good news to Rong Lu - he was ordered to lead 30,000 troops to reinforce Tianjin by the general Wang and Huijun Wang Mianyu, and Mianyu had fallen to the Eastern Empress Dowager, but the Western Empress Dowager did not know!

This is really great news, once Mianyu leads the troops to Tianjin, and with a counterattack, the coalition forces will be able to break through Tianjin, and even if the opportunity is grasped well, they can also annihilate the soldiers and horses of the monk Greenqin! In this way, the road to the capital will be unimpeded!

However, Rong Lu was a little strange why Mianyu suddenly rebelled, and the person who came smiled and talked about it in detail, Rong Lu suddenly realized. Mianyu's identity is a little special, he is the fifth son of Emperor Jiaqing, and his biological mother is the Imperial Concubine Gongshun, and the family name of this Imperial Concubine is Niu Colu, which is the same clan as the Empress Dowager Ci'an! In addition to this reason, Mianyu's defection is also related to the recent coup d'état and martial law in Beijing......

The capital in early spring was supposed to be warm and peaceful, but early in the morning. Outside the noon gate, the old people full of nobles knelt in the dark, and the reason why they came here was simply to petition! There are three contents of the petition, one of which is to ask the court to severely punish Prince Gong of the Peace faction? et al.; the second is to ask the imperial court to resolutely wage war with foreigners; The third is to ask the imperial court to re-impose the ban!

Their petition seemed to be righteous and awe-inspiring. In fact, the imperial court has already started a war with foreigners, and it still needs them to petition? In fact, their purpose is only the last one, the first two are just a foil, these people know that if the Gongwang Party does not fall, the imperial court will not ban the northeast!

At the beginning of the petition, the noon gate guards flew to the palace, and after the palace Xingzhen got the report, he sneered and said: "Let them kneel, I want to see how many more people will jump out!" "At the same time. The Gongwang Party, who held the military power in the capital, began to deploy secretly under the command of Prince Yixun.

Those full of nobles knelt in a proper manner at first, but the spring sun was shining. These pampered Eight Banner nobles began to be unable to support it, and a large group of clothed aha, and the attendant servants also knelt on the side, holding umbrellas, delivering water, and wiping sweat.

Zai Ling led a group of yellow jokers to kneel straight in front of him, although he knelt under his knees was a soft ball cushion. But an hour later. I also began to be unbearable, the scorching sun was scorching, the coat around me was holding an oil-paper umbrella, and the folding fan kept fanning and still couldn't stand it, and I drank the sweet tea a few times, but the mouth became more and more thirsty, and I drank more water and urinated, and I didn't get up. Let the subordinate take the toilet and kneel and sprinkle it.

The onlookers watched the excitement across the Jinshui Bridge, and a few sharp-eyed people saw Zai Ling's movements. Laughed: "Look, it's rare for these grandfathers to pee on their knees at noon." Everyone laughed together, and the old man blushed and said angrily: "Where are the non-long-eyed ones?" Got it for me, and whipped him dozens of whips! A group of guards under Zai Ling were dressed in civilian clothes, shouting and rushing across the Jinshui Bridge to get people.

Among the crowd of the people, there are Han people, and there are also many Manchurians who are carrying birdcages and playing with iron gall, seeing the guards of the Fuguo Mansion rushing violently, the people in front shouted that they wanted to retreat and avoid, and the people behind did not know where they were going, but they were still squeezing forward, and there were dozens of big men in the crowd who were not just from where they pushed and coaxed, and the scene was chaotic all of a sudden.

A group of guards roared and rushed to the front, at first they grabbed people to ask a few words, shouted and cursed, and I don't know who in the chaotic crowd suddenly used cold arrows, several guards were hit in the face by a few old punches, the guards were furious, drew their whips, and did not ask the Manchurians, Han people, nor whether they had laughed or coaxed, and they greeted with a whip that covered their heads and faces. Many people in the crowd also ate and shouted: "Ouch, ouch, you dog slave, your grandfather dares to smoke too?" The last three generations of Lao Tzu's ancestors are all yellow jokes, what the hell are you? Ouch ouch. "Ouch, we're not Diao Min, just look at the excitement, ouch, ouch, how do you beat people?"

The group of unknown men in the crowd hid in the crowd and shouted: "The guards in the Fuguo Mansion are fierce, the guards are fierce, old and young masters, let's fight!" "Then squeezed, pushed, the elderly, women and children cried and shouted, the young and strong people saw that those guards did not wear guard clothes, and they also had the courage to take advantage of the chaos to make a few old punches, this group of guards on weekdays as a prestige, has long provoked the anger of the public, at this moment, many people in the crowd are unwilling to be beaten, from the beginning it was just a whip to block the head and cover the face, to the back is a few people rushed up to fight one, the scene was deliberately pushed by people, chaos.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who were on duty in front of the noon gate looked at it, and one reported the general horse to the general manager of the duty, and the general manager looked at the chaotic Jinshui Bridge, and said with a smile: "There is no will in the palace, if you want to be chaotic, you will be chaotic, but whoever dares to rush into the noon gate will ask on the spot!" ”

Although the number of those guards was a lot, they couldn't stand the crowd of onlookers, and they were beaten to the point of running back, and the crowd followed and chased over, and many old men of the Eight Banners who were kneeling on the ground were knocked to the ground, and their house slaves and entourage were anxious to protect the master, and they also pulled out their old fists to protect the master, and the scene became more and more chaotic.

There are a lot of idlers in the capital of the Eight Banners, and I heard that there is a lively but they are all gathered to see, at the beginning of the fight, many idlers seem to have beaten the blood of chickens, and the teahouses and restaurants around the city ran to shout and shouted, "The old and young masters of the Eight Banners have done it themselves at the noon gate, everyone go and see it!" ”

The children of Baqi, who didn't go to join in the excitement in the teahouse, were also interested when they heard it, "Yo, this sounds fresh." If you go to petition and fight by yourself, we have to take a look and see if our enemy Rong Er has been beaten to death! "Aha. What do I say, it's going to be messy, isn't it? Check it out! ”

In this way, the outsiders gathered more and more at noon, and the people behind them squeezed forward desperately, coaxing, helping, and fishing in troubled waters, and gradually all poured into front of the noon gate. Zai Ling knelt in front of him, and was already grabbed aside by the loyal servant who saw that the momentum was wrong. The whole noon gate is not like the gate of the imperial city, the whole chaotic primitive Colosseum. Zai Ling's eyes widened, and he stammered, "This, how is this?" ”

The scene was chaotic. The soldiers and horses of the Shenji Battalion don't care, which fuels the arrogance of the crowd, who has a grudge against whom on weekdays, and who can't get along with whom. At this time, they all started together.

Gradually, the crowd approached the noon gate. A few military attachés of the Shenji Battalion, who were sitting at the gate of the city drinking tea and watching the play, saw the crowd approaching, and the head of the Qian Zong shouted leisurely: "Come on, report it, this one is a big deal, ask the leaders if they are playing and pressing?" ”

After a while, the herald Pegasus came to report: "The palace has issued an edict to suppress the chaotic people." Take the first offender, and Prince Alcohol will interrogate him in person in a while! ”

That thousand is always the confidant of Prince Alcohol. I knew who to take early in the morning, and I couldn't bear it anymore, so I stood up and dressed up and shouted: "Give it to Lao Tzu, whoever fights the most fiercely, take whom!" Don't let anyone out of the room! ”

The officers and men of the Shenji Battalion were all shouting loudly and rushed over, the number of officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion on duty at the noon gate was not large, and there were many nobles full of people and eight banners in the chaotic crowd. The Manchurian nobles are used to being powerful and blessed on weekdays, only they take other people's, but at the moment they are being asked, so naturally they don't do it, and shout to let the house slaves start to fight back: "It's against you, Lao Tzu is a relative of the emperor, you dare to take me?" ”

For a while, the officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were also deeply involved, and they were beaten a lot of old fists, and the Qianzong of the Shenji Battalion frowned and shouted angrily: "It's the opposite, it's the opposite, dare to beat the emperor's own soldiers?" Musketeer, put a few shots at Lao Tzu in the sky, and if anyone dares to move, greet Lao Tzu with a musket! ”

When several gunshots rang out in front of the ancient Forbidden City noon gate, a group of crows pecking in the deep palace of the Forbidden City were startled by these crisp gunshots, fluttering and flapping their wings and flying away, the crow is the sacred bird cherished by the Manchu royal family, and it is a capital crime to feed the eunuchs on weekdays if they get rid of a feather, but they can't imagine that one day they will be frightened away by the gunshots that rang out in front of the noon gate of the Forbidden City, but I don't know if they will come back?

In front of the noon gate, the chaotic crowd was also shocked by these gunshots, a moment ago it was still noisy and roaring, but at this moment it seemed that they were all choked by the neck, and the sound stopped dumbly, and the nobles of the Eight Banners, the servants and miscellaneous servants, the children of the Eight Banners, and the people of the capital were all stunned on the spot.

The commander of the Shenji Battalion was named Taibusu, his face was yellow, and his eyes were big, but he stepped forward and shouted: "By the Holy Order: Bullet and suppress the chaotic people, ask the first offender!" ”

Seeing this scene, Zai Ling, who was hiding on the side, called a servant to whisper a few words, followed by a few servants to cover it, this guy changed his clothes and quietly slipped away under the cover of several servants. At this moment, the attention of the crowd was focused on Mr. Qian, and no one noticed that the initiator had slipped away.

Listening to Tai Busu's words, the crowd exploded, "Master, I'm just joining in the fun, not a chaotic people!" "Wronged, I'm here to petition, and I've been beaten for no reason, so I ask the emperor to call the shots!" I don't know who was in the crowd and shouted: "I'm going to take someone to ask for guilt, everyone run!" ”

The crowd began to be chaotic, and the officers and men of the Shenji Battalion rushed into the crowd to ask the people who were fanning the flames in the crowd, but the scene was chaotic, everyone crowded and trampled on each other, screams and screams came one after another, many people were trampled to death, many people were squeezed off the Jinshui Bridge and fell into the moat, and the scene was even more chaotic.

Taibu was in a hurry, and shouted loudly: "Don't mess up! Don't mess around! Squat in place! But his voice couldn't cover the entire square outside the noon gate at all, he hurriedly let his subordinates fire a few shots into the sky, the gunshots rang out, the crowd was not controlled at all, but only heard a few gunshots in the crowd, and several officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were shot and fell to the ground, and I don't know who hid in the crowd and shot cold.

The officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were stunned, and they all looked at Taibusu with inquiring eyes, signaling them to what to do? Sweat was pouring from his forehead, and it seemed that the scene had become extremely chaotic, and he turned around and shouted, "Don't shoot!" Find a place to hide and carry the injured brother down! ”

A few more gunshots, Taibu quickly widened his eyes, looked down at his chest, there was a grape-sized wound, gurgling with red blood, he slowly fell down, the officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion stayed for a while, followed by I don't know who fired the first shot, followed by the musketeers of the Shenji Battalion on the city gate have joined the ranks of the fire, at noon in front of the gate suddenly blood flowed into a river, dozens of Eight Banners nobles, their servants and miscellaneous servants, the children of the Eight Banners, and the people of the capital were shot one after another, and the crowd was even more crying and crying, crying and shouting Mother ran around, I just want to get away from the noon gate as soon as possible.

There weren't many musketeers in the Shenji Battalion, and after a few shots, they were quickly stopped, and there weren't many people killed, only a hundred, but the horror they brought to people was huge, and the running crowd trampled on each other, and more people died.

The whole noon gate petition turned into a chaotic crowd crowding, stampede and people put guns on the incident, and when it was calm, Shanlu, the chief soldier of the left battalion of the Shenji Battalion, rushed to this side when he heard the gunshots, and when he arrived, most of the crowd had fled, leaving only hundreds of corpses, and hundreds of people were injured and fell to the ground and howled, Shanlu sweated, and there was such a big mess at the feet of the Son of Heaven, he was only afraid that his official position would not be guaranteed.

Unexpectedly, the commander of the Shenji Battalion, Prince Yiyun of Alcohol, just said lightly after he arrived: "These petitioners are the remnants of the party, and they dare to shoot at the Son of Heaven and resist arrest, which is a major crime of rebellion, the queen mother's decree, martial law in the capital, and lock up the chaotic party!" (To be continued......)