On the outskirts of the city, there are seven of the commanders of the 12 Beijing Battalion Guards, and the fathers and ancestors of the remaining five are also the old departments that have accompanied the new recruits of Chuzhou, and have some friendship with the Su and Chu prefectures, which is always closer than Qin, Chen and other families, which is also the reason why the Son of Heaven is very jealous, Huang Tao is impossible to buy, especially the Xishan Wei command, his father is the old ministry of the old Guogong, Xishan Wei was originally in charge of Yu Dong, after the assassination of the prince of Maoyingyuan, recommended by the Wei Guogong, the original servant was able to take over.

But these families are also loyal to the Dalong royal family, because although it is impossible to bow down to Huang Tao, they have to worry about the holy order, especially when the female relatives of the family are taken hostage.

In the final analysis, even if the Son of Heaven and Ci'an Palace win or lose, both sides are "orthodox", and the twelve guards are not moved by the holy order, and the twelve guards are not derelict in their duties, let alone rebellion.

But once the Son of Heaven orders the army to force the palace again, the twelve guards must stand in line, if the king is defeated, if the palace is not forced, it will inevitably be liquidated, but if it is not in accordance with the holy order, in case the son of a day holds power, it will naturally be investigated.

Yes, Yu Fengcai was determined to fight for the twelve guards in hand from the beginning, at least six of them must follow the order of the Empress Dowager to enter Tangquan Palace, in order to grasp the opportunity, passive waiting will only fall behind, let the Son of Heaven coerce success, even if the city guard department is united in the city, it is difficult to resist the more than 60,000 Beijing guards, not to mention Tongzhou, Xianghe and other guards, if the Son of Heaven is the first to mobilize troops, Ci'an Palace will be defeated.

The negotiation venue was set at Xishanwei, of course, it was also because Xishanwei instructed him to have an extraordinary friendship with the Weiguo Mansion, as long as Su Xun came forward and there was the Empress Dowager's decree, there was a chance that he would not surrender to the Son of Heaven.

Yu Feng had already deduced that in order to ensure the success of a blow, the Son of Heaven would not leak the bottom with the Twelve Guards in advance, giving everyone the opportunity to hesitate in planning.

Only on the day of the coup d'état, with the female dependents to threaten, the twelve guards were caught off guard, the situation was urgent, everyone's judgment would be more or less decisive, and the commanders of the guards were twelve, and the grievances between each other were of course intertwined, and for a while, when it was difficult to judge the situation in the city, they would definitely hesitate, and it was impossible to unite to force the nine gates.

All this was laid under the condition that the nine gates were closed and the capital guards in the city, especially the palace guards, could not break through, as long as the twelve guards did not move, it would be very beneficial to the Son of Heaven.

But things have changed, Huang Tao not only failed to break through the Ping'an Gate, Sun Salute, Liu Wei and others have been damaged, even if Huang Tao through three years of hard work, most of the henchmen arranged to defend the nine gates, but unfortunately Xizhimen is a "tenant", Yu Feng easily led his troops out of the city, and took the lead to persuade the twelve guards to crusade against the emperor.

The Son of Heaven is suspicious, it is unlikely that he will come to the outskirts of Beijing in danger, of course, he will first edict the twelve commanders to go to the Tangquan Palace in Lingshan, and wait to coerce everyone to hold the troops not move, before notifying Huang Tao to act, but once Huang Tao loses, the Son of Heaven will inevitably go in person and persuade the guards to raise the army.

Xishanwei is the closest to the inner city of Jinyang, it is impossible for the Son of Heaven to come here first, Yu Feng concluded that he will lead Lingshan and Tongpu Erwei first to the nearest guard department from Tangquan Palace, as long as he first has to coerce the third and fourth guards to act according to the order, all the way to come, the rest of the party takes care of the safety of the family, goodbye colleagues have surrendered, will only think that the Son of Heaven is in control, when he goes to Xishanwei, even if this commander refuses to listen to the order because of his personal friendship with the Weiguo Mansion, it will not help.

Therefore, Yu Feng asked King Xian to delay Huang Tao as much as possible, not let him go to Lingshan to deliver the news, quickly clear the Xi'an Gate, take the first step out of the city, and gather everyone to Xishanwei.

For the twelve guards, most of them were originally inclined to the Empress Dowager of the Weiguo Mansion, and earlier learned that Huang Tao had mastered the nine gates, and the family was taken captive before hesitating, once I heard that the Xizhi Gate had been broken, the King of Chu went out of the city with Yizhi, and then there was Su Xun, the son of the Duke of Weiguo, and Cai Zhen, the son-in-law of the Duke of Weiguo, who went with him, even if it was difficult to make a decision, of course, he would not avoid it, everyone wanted to understand the situation and make the right choice at a critical time, not to mention considering the family to go further, at least to avoid being punished after the liquidation.

They are all the people who command the troops, and they understand that the situation is urgent today, and of course the commanders cannot come alone, and they will take out at least the troops to protect themselves to attend the meeting, which is destined for the Son of Heaven to be aware of the battle situation and act immediately, and he will also lose the opportunity.

But it's just that although the Son of Heaven did not buy the commanders of the various departments in advance, there are many people with low backgrounds such as hundreds of households and general banners, or their families are gradually declining, or they are greedy and have all kinds of dissatisfaction with Shangguan, and it is very likely that they will be bribed in front of the wealthy and noble, and they will take advantage of the opportunity to provoke demagoguery and other things, and they may even be the henchmen installed by Huang Tao or the Qin Party.

For example, the up-and-coming bird who was "shot" by Cai Zhen just now.

As soon as Yu Feng saw that he had just emerged, he immediately made a decision, and the sword pointed at him would not be killed, but also to deter the scene with spicy means, and prevent more Xiao Xiao from responding to raise his arms and disrupt the negotiations.

Seeing that the polite King of Chu was so ruthless, and although the commanders' expressions became more and more solemn, they did not question it, and they were also shocked in their hearts.

This open grassland outside the Xishan guard camp, among them is a huge plan, the king of Chu also put his sword into the sheath and his expression did not change, the twelve guards were silent, a little closer, the leaders and deputies of each department even involuntarily took a step back, farther away, the soldiers were even more solemn, although there were tens of thousands of soldiers present, for a time only heard the wind howling, hunting.

"Everyone knows that today's Huang Tao ordered the closure of the city and the rebellion against the palace is not his own recklessness, but the Son of Heaven has the intention of rebelling, and what Gu just said is true, but this rebellion is the crime of plotting against the rebellion, isn't it ill-intentioned? Therefore, when Lone ordered him to be killed, he affirmed it again, but even if he violated the order again, he would be regarded as a rebel and be killed on the spot, and he would never be forgiven. Yu Feng raised his voice slightly, he was still Qingyue like a jade chime, and the meaning of killing in everyone's ears was really obvious.

Su Xun has been holding the sword with his palm, standing on one side, and when he looked around, it was not difficult to find that there were a few people in the subordinates with panicked faces, with sneaky expressions, clenching their cheeks, and exposing the green tendons on their necks, but no one dared to rush forward again, and even dared not look at Cai Zhen, who was eyeing him fiercely.

"When today's son is actually a usurper, as early as the reign of the first emperor, he intended to seize the prince, and the king of Xianfu was poisoned by him, and the empress dowager has already found the evidence." Yu Feng continued, his gaze slowly sweeping over the faces of the twelve commanders sitting around him.

It's so subtle that I didn't even suspect it.

"Everyone knows that the first emperor did not leave a written edict before the collapse, and the only person who heard the edict was Jiang Qinggu, the empress dowager thought that the Jiang Yuan was deeply trusted by the first emperor, so she did not question it, but after the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, the truth gradually emerged, that is, Jiang Qinggu, it turned out that he had already hooked up with the Son of Heaven, and the death of King Xianfu had a great relationship with him, and the first emperor had already been suspicious and secretly inspected Jiang Qinggu."

These words, of course, were all discussed with the Empress Dowager.

"What's more, the loss of naturalization was also caused by the Son of Heaven, who assassinated Bao Wei, so that 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Guihua were killed and killed by the enemy army in the northern plains!"

As soon as these words came out, the twelve commanders were shocked.

"Wei Guogong recovered and naturalized, and was ordered to crusade against the border of the Northern Plains, but on the battlefield, he was almost assassinated by the deputy general Zhong Guangzhao, fortunately, the Duke of Wei Guo had already taken precautions, not only escaped, but also captured Zhong Guangzhao on the spot, and he and his subordinates pretended to be the Beiyuan Army, and they were still wearing the Beiyuan military uniform when they were arrested."

Everyone here is a military general, how can they not know the relationship between Zhong Guangzhao and the Qin family, and the reason why Zhong Guangzhao went to naturalize is also the insistence of the Son of Heaven.

"Yushi Lu Jian, according to the order of the Empress Dowager, secretly investigated the case of Bao Wan's poisoning, Angelica was recovered, the general of the Northern Plains was captured by the Duke of Weiguo, handed over to Lu Yushi for interrogation, and he has confessed, and the person who colluded with him to secretly open the city gate and let him enter the city is the naturalized servant You'an."

Another person closely related to the Qin family!

"When the news was handed back, the Son of Heaven immediately called himself sick and moved to Tangquan Palace, but in just half a month, today's incident happened, and what the intention was, it was obvious to reveal." Yu Feng said again.

Everywhere I looked, I could already see many conductors clenching their iron fists.

"Yes, the Empress Dowager issued an order to send orphans to gather all the people to protect the monarchy and eliminate the traitors...... When the rebel emperor is killed, he will be deducted to return to the palace to be tried, and tomorrow morning, in front of the civil and military officials, he will list the evidence of the crime and try the rebel emperor. After saying this, Yu Feng was slightly paused: "The Empress Dowager noticed that you were in the hands of the rebel emperor because of your family, and in order to avoid the crime and harm all the relatives when the rebellion failed, she pre-empted the embankment and concentrated the protection of all the relatives. ”

Before the words fell, someone couldn't hold back and got up, their eyes wide: "Your Highness is saying that my family members have been ...... by the Queen Mother."

It is said that it is security, but in fact, it is nothing more than taking hostages as a threat.

Not only the commanders of the guards, but also their subordinates, most of the relatives in the family lived in Kyoto, and they couldn't help but change color at this time, although they were whispering, but there were many people, and they suddenly became noisy.

There was one who couldn't hold it back for a long time, and seized the opportunity to shout: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu said so much, but in fact, it is not to threaten my family members, if it is really as His Highness said, why do you need to do such a sneaky thing?" ”

This time, Yu Feng didn't even need to order the sword again, and before Cai Zhen could see who was shouting, a palace guard stepped forward with a sword, and after a "bang" sound of unsheathing, he screamed for a short time, and everything fell silent.

Including the face of the commander of Xishanwei, it was very bad to look at.

Yu Feng waved his hand again, and the palace guards behind him flashed a path, and then a column of brocade clothes stepped forward, including white-haired old men and young and strong men.

They are all members of the family of the Twelve Commanders, and they are quite important.

But the hands and feet are not bound by ropes, and even the clothes are very neat, the clothes are not stained with dust, and there are no scars and blood stains.

"The Empress Dowager is just to prevent crime and rebellion and take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, and your family members will be escorted out of the city by orphans, and they can be handed over to you for settlement."

It's not a threat, but a return of the family?!

The originally indignant commanders were stunned on the spot.

This is another move to convince the people, and with this, the contrast between the Empress Dowager's kindness and the treachery of the Son of Heaven is obvious.

Naturally, before returning some of the hostages, the Empress Dowager had already mobilized in response to the situation.

At this time, an old man with crane hair and long beard shouted like a Hong Zhong: "Rebel, the empress dowager is in charge of the government under the orders of the first emperor, do you dare to disobey Yi's order?" ”

Then there was a command with his knees crisp: "Father is angry, because of mother...... is still trapped in Tangquan Palace, and because of the order of the Son of Heaven, his son is also ...... Don't dare to disobey ......"

"Although loyalty is in filial piety, but even more in righteousness, but Lone can understand your difficulties, that is, the Queen Mother, and I have never blamed you." Yu Feng said slowly, and personally stepped forward to help the dilemma commander: "Lone swears first, I will never ignore your family, and after a while, I should try my best to save your family members safely." ”

The "hostages" knelt on the ground one after another, claiming that the ministers should be loyal to the righteous monarch and dare not disregard it for personal reasons.

And the commander of Xishan Wei also took the lead in surrendering, kneeling and saying that he would obey Yi's order.

"Your commanders are loyal and good ministers, but they didn't expect that the anti-emperor was an over-the-top usurpation of power, and it is not clear that when the king's order is naturally followed, it is not a crime to know that the city is closed and the palace is forced to move, but you should also be clear, if the anti-emperor is not weak-hearted, why do you need to use the life of the vassals and dependents to force each other with the throne of the Son of Heaven? It can be seen that the rebel emperor also knows that you are loyal to the monarch and serve the country, so you can do persecution. Yu Feng saw that the rest were still hesitant, and he stopped at the point.

The implication is that the Son of Heaven can't believe in the Twelve Beijing Battalions, even if the commanders are forced to obey the order, they will not really be rewarded afterwards, the Son of Heaven is suspicious, once the power is in his hands, he will definitely replace the position of the Jingwei with his henchmen - even if the Twelve Beijing Battalions force the palace with the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven will still think that they are for the sake of their families, and if there are others who want to rebel and plunder their families in the future, will the commanders also be forced to rebel? How can the Son of Heaven sit in peace and worry, he must be liquidated.

Not to mention the current power, maybe in the end, his life will not be guaranteed.

Being forced to surrender to sincerity and taking the initiative to be loyal cannot be compared in the first place.

Yu Feng is taking "moving people with emotion" first, and then knowing the pros and cons.

The Empress Dowager did not force the Twelve Guards, but issued an order to submit to the people, and at this time, those who expressed their determination were loyal ministers, and they would be rewarded for their merits in the future, rather than being forced to compromise as a last resort, and they were disloyal.

Although the commander of Jingwei is a military attaché, he has been in the officialdom for a long time, and this idea is not difficult to understand.

The Son of Heaven was unpopular, and now he has lost the opportunity, not to mention that Yu Feng really has a way to rescue the hostages, even if casualties are inevitable, the commanders will no longer do things that are useless and doomed.

Scrambled to kneel, and the promise of obedience came out.

As a general, since he knelt down and surrendered in front of his subordinates, he could no longer be untrustworthy, otherwise he would not be able to obey the people, which would only lead to turmoil in the army.

Yu Feng helped everyone up one by one, and simply invited people into the camp to negotiate, and now no one brought an entourage, but wanted to talk about Guan Yao.

It was only then that Su Xun breathed a sigh of relief - the Son of Heaven was defeated.