Chapter 2752 Guizi is involved in the city and chaos breaks out
Torches were flying under the Dongzhi Gate. It is still unknown when the city gate was opened and who opened it.
In short, a group of White Lotus remnants gathered a large number of rogue bachelors in the capital to attack Dongzhimen.
"It just so happened" that the army from Denglai Town arrived at Dongzhimen. Seeing that the soldiers guarding Dongzhimen were "unable to withstand" the attack of the remnants of Bailian, they naturally asked Denglai Town for support, so Dongzhimen opened.
The Denglai Town army swarmed in, chasing the remnants of Bailian to flee north along the city wall, and finally blocked the remnants of Bailian between Lingchunfang and Chongjiaofang.
These remnants of the White Lotus fled all the way along Andingmen Street between the two houses, fled to the foot of Andingmen, and started a fierce battle with the Denglai army.
"It just so happened" that the Liaodong Army, Dongjiang Army and part of the Jizhen Army also arrived outside Andingmen, so they opened the door and joined forces to encircle and suppress Bailian's remaining party.
Everything seems to be falling into place very logically. The troops from various towns who originally came to demonstrate entered the capital so easily, and also helped the Beijing camp to exterminate the remnants of Bailian. As for why it violated the ancestral rule that the border troops cannot enter the capital, this matter should be urgently followed. Quan, what's not to do?
After receiving the news, the first army of Shanxi Town also detoured from the west to Andingmen and entered the city to "reinforce". They "happened" to meet You Shilu of Xuanfu Town coming from Longhutai outside the city. Huang Degong and Zuo Liangyu, who were originally practicing outside the city, also heard that something was going on in the capital and took advantage of the situation to rush over. They entered the city through Andingmen together.
All the princes in the court who heard all this in Wenyuan Pavilion looked at each other in astonishment.
It was also said that Cao Wenzhao's Beijing camp was used to prevent these border troops from other towns from entering the capital. This was a good thing. They didn't even fight. They even turned into luring the wolves into the house, and they all entered the city in unison.
What should we do about this?
Everyone was dumbfounded.
This group of wolves and tigers on the border were originally resentful, especially because they wanted to be disarmed, and they even shouted the slogan of "clearing the emperor's side".
Who does "jun side" refer to? Everyone present suddenly felt a chill around their necks.
What should we do if this group of rebels rushes into the city desperately and starts hacking and killing indiscriminately, enacting the scene of "Huangchao in the former Tang Dynasty" when "the streets trampled all the bones of the ministers"?
“Cao Wenzhao is so ambitious and so bold,” Han Xu was so angry that he didn’t know what to do. “This thief should be captured...”
Cui Jingrong looked pale and waved his hand, "Yu Chen, there is no point in saying this now. If we take him down, the situation in Beijing will become even more uncontrollable. We have to consider how to deal with this situation now!"
Chai Ke looked bitter. It was obvious that these border towns had been colluding for a long time, and Cao Wenzhao was also among them.
How could it be such a coincidence?
The remnants of White Lotus also suddenly launched an attack, and they happened to be able to deal with these border troops who came to the city to pacify them. Do you really think that these people are fools?
“Zhisheng, is the Ministry of War just watching this situation and doing nothing?” Sun Juxiang asked Sun Chengzong politely.
Sun Chengzong was expressionless, "Bofu, what do you think we should do? If you think I can solve the problem by going, I will go immediately! I mentioned it at the beginning that disarmament should not be too big. It would be strange if there is no trouble in the border town. But Everyone insists on doing this. At present, the people in the capital camp in the capital are panicking. They also feel the anger of the troops in the border towns. It is a joke in itself to ask them to stop the border troops from entering the capital. It is lucky that they don't rebel together. …”
Sun Chengzong also turned his face.
Han Sun and others were originally angry at their stubbornness, but now that something happened, they put the blame on themselves. Are they really treating themselves as the scapegoat?
Seeing that Sun Chengzong was no longer as humble as before, both Sun Juxiang and Han Xu were aghast, and even this one turned against him, which shows that this situation is really irreversible.
Li Banghua said slowly: "Brother Ziqiang is right, how should we deal with it now? The troops from several border towns poured in all at once. They are nominally helping to pacify the remnants of Bailian, but the Zhou Dynasty has long had an ancestral system, and the border troops cannot By entering the capital, they are taking the opportunity to destroy the ancestral system, but what are their next intentions?"
Zhu Guozhen also interjected: "They will take action soon, so we have to take action immediately. I'm afraid you really have to go. Who is taking the lead? Go and talk to them..."
Sun Juxiang stiffened his neck and said, "Under such circumstances, if we give in, our success will be in vain. They will definitely make further progress. I don't believe they really dare to besiege Wenyuan Pavilion and the ministries of the ministries..."
"It's up to you and me to believe it or not, or maybe I'm just unfounded. Maybe they just walked around, demonstrated for a while and then left the city and went back?" Sun Chengzong retorted, "Then why don't we go home to rest and wait for them to disperse on their own tomorrow? ” It’s hard not to laugh when practicing state affairs. When did Sun Chengzong even say these witticisms?
Of course Han Xu and Sun Juxiang could hear Sun Chengzong's teasing, but it was difficult to reprimand them. If you said that the other party did not dare to attack, then everything would be fine. There was no need for a large number of people to gather here and wait in fear. It's obvious that he doesn't believe in the fate's verdict, but he still keeps saying it.
It was Cui Jingrong who sighed, "Zhisheng, I'm afraid I'd better go there diligently. Call Li Qing, talk to them, persuade them, let them leave the city first, and don't mess around, so as not to It will lead to a huge disaster. As for disarmament, we will take a long-term approach..."
"Brother Ziqiang, if they hadn't arrived before, our delaying strategy might have been useful, but now that they have entered the city, it's hard to sheath the sword. I'm afraid the cabinet doesn't have a clear statement, and it has to be announced to the outside world. Make it clear that they will definitely not retreat." Sun Chengzong told the truth: "There is no point in me going..."
There was another moment of silent embarrassment. Who could agree not to disarm at this time? Isn’t this an alliance under the city?
Cui Jingrong and Chai Ke also knew that what Sun Chengzong said was true. At this time, they went to tell others to withdraw first and then talk. Can they agree?
Pointless.
There was a deadlock in Wenyuan Pavilion.
At this time, the allied forces from various towns did not neglect and came directly to Yongfang of Dashi. After receiving the news, Cao Wenzhao also ordered the fifth army camp to dispatch to protect Wenyuan Pavilion and Babu Gongsha from being "rebellion". attack.
Yang Zhaoji and He Huchen each led their troops along Chang'an Street. After meeting at Chengtianmen, they quickly began to set up defenses.
He Huchen deployed his forward troops at the Taiji Factory with the intention of occupying this key location. Unexpectedly, He Renlong's troops came with more force and seized the Taiji Factory before he deployed his defenses, and marched along east Chang'an. The street goes straight to Dongjiangmi Lane, with the intention of outflanking Dongjiangmi Lane.
Fortunately, He Huchen reacted quickly and quickly pushed eastward from the Imperial Hospital, blocking He Renlong's unit at the intersection of Nanxunfang, Dongjiangmi Lane, and the two sides formed a confrontation.
The Shanxi Army led by Liu Dongyang's nephew Liu Kangdou exchanged fire with Yang Zhaoji in the south of Xijiangmi Lane, close to the location of Long Jinwei. However, both sides soon maintained restraint, and only a few people were injured.
The border troops from each town arrived one after another and built an encirclement around Chengtian Gate along the Babu Gongshe.
Although it is said to be an encirclement, it actually does not have much impact on the palace. If you want to go out, you can go out through places like Dong'an Gate or Xi'an Gate.
It's just that in this way, it seems that they are afraid of these "rebellious troops", which is also unacceptable to the ministers in the court.
Cao Wenzhao also found it difficult when he received the news.
Even now, he still hasn't figured out what Feng Ziying has in mind.
Should we control it or not?
Let’s just say it doesn’t matter, they still don’t want these border troops to enter the city and do whatever they want. Once they get out of hand in the city, especially if they cause too many casualties, the follow-up treatment will not end well.
Let's take care of it. If we really have to take care of it, what's the point of blocking these border troops outside or sealing them in the outer areas of the "encirclement circle" in the city?
Perhaps these civil servants will get excited again and feel that this is nothing more than that and the situation is under control.
How far this method of forcing the palace will go depends on the game between the two parties. Cao Wenzhao estimates that even Feng Ziying has not thought about it now. If it really gets out of control and these border troops rush in and kill indiscriminately, this will happen. Most of the civil servants gathered in Wenyuan Pavilion and Babu Gong Palace. The other part, namely the Sanfa Division, was at Fucaifang in the west city, but several major officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate also came to Wenyuan Pavilion. , it doesn't matter there.
It was already the middle of the night, and the city was still a noisy mess, especially in the east. A large number of rebel soldiers were marching along the streets and alleys. Although before entering the city, various ministries had given special warnings and warnings. In order to achieve the goal of not allowing disarmament, military discipline must be maintained, but considering that after running around for so many days and suddenly being released, it is definitely impossible to maintain military discipline as well as imagined.
Situations such as breaking into and looting, eating and drinking without paying, or even harassing people are not uncommon. The people in Beijing, who had not encountered such a situation for many years, finally realized that once these warriors started to cause chaos without hesitation, It was so out of control that no one could control it.
This kind of dark environment can best unleash the evil side of these rebellious soldiers. Even if they are suppressed by the officers, they are full of anger themselves. After working hard for many years, they have to face the fate of being sent home. Who can hold it back? ?
Everyone is looking forward to the sky getting bright as soon as possible to prevent the situation from getting out of control.
(End of this chapter)