As one of the most important passes of the Great Wall, it has been guarding the important passage from the north into the grassland since ancient times.
This pass is built according to the mountains, and the main city is located in the valley between the two mountains. It is extremely dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack.
At this moment, in the valley in front of the pass, large armies gathered together, and there were many flags. Looking around, people and horses almost filled the entire valley. It was difficult to see the end of it even if you climbed up and looked at it.
After shutting up the garrison general, looking at the bright yellow flag and the young man wearing golden armor under the flag, his heart trembled.
Obviously, they didn't expect that His Majesty would actually come to Guanxia in person.
Zhu Cixiang is indeed here.
Because he has nothing to do in Beijing for the time being, as for whether someone will rebel after the emperor leaves Beijing, he is not worried at all now.
Only the remaining four governors are qualified to rebel.
But unless the four of them took the wrong medicine, they would do such a self-destructive thing. Even Wu Sangui was very relieved.
Because even if Wu Sangui wanted to rebel, no one would follow him. This kind of thing of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan was something that no one would choose to do unless it was a last resort.
Even under those circumstances, the nobles in the city only dared to petition, but did not dare to raise troops to remonstrate.
It can be seen that the risk of rebellion in ancient times was great, and it was no joke.
Under the current circumstances, even those who were dissatisfied with him as the emperor would only choose to torture him to death rather than use extreme means to rebel.
Nowadays, the three armies of the capital are restraining each other, and Huang Degong is guarding Ji Town in Shanhaiguan. Together with Liu Zeqing in Shandong, Liu Liangzuo in Shanxi, Gao Jie in Henan, and Tang Tong in the south, it can be said that the capital is as stable as Mount Tai.
There are no internal or external troubles. It is estimated that the capital has never been so stable since the Tumubao Incident in the Ming Dynasty.
In this situation, even if a three-year-old child becomes emperor, no one would dare to rebel and act arrogantly.
The only threat, Chongzhen, was also imprisoned on an isolated island, guarded by imperial guards outside and loyal female soldiers inside. Except for Empress Zhou and her three younger siblings, no one could see him.
So Zhu Cixiang is one hundred and twenty assured.
At this moment, looking at the closed door of Juyong, he did not order an attack.
Instead, he sent an order to the imperial guards beside him: "Pass on my decree, the soldiers behind the gate are listening. I am Zhu Cixiang, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. This time I will only kill the culprit, and the rest will be exempted. However, if you continue to rebel and resist, you will be punished."
After breaking the barrier, everyone will kill the three tribes!"
"yes!"
"Commanders behind closed doors, listen, I am Emperor Zhu Cixiang of the Ming Dynasty..."
The imperial guards on the side immediately clasped their fists in agreement, and then shouted at the top of their lungs.
At first, it was just a thousand imperial guardsmen around Zhu Cihong who shouted, but in the end, all 80,000 soldiers shouted in unison, and the shouts were earth-shattering and soared into the sky.
As for the defenders who had closed the gate, hearing the deafening shouts, more than half of their weapons fell to the ground without any intention of resisting, and the remaining half were not much better.
The general responsible for guarding the pass was Wang Chengyin's brother Wang Meng, otherwise he might have surrendered as soon as the army arrived.
At this time, Wang Meng, who was on the tower, also had a pale face, was sweating profusely, and was trembling involuntarily.
The generals beside him looked at each other, nodded to each other, and then swarmed over him, pushed him to the ground, and tied him up tightly.
His servants also pretended not to have seen this scene.
Obviously, they don't want to have their homes confiscated and their families exterminated.
The emperor is here. If he says he will pardon, then he will definitely pardon. If he says he confiscates the family and exterminates the clan, then he will definitely confiscate the family and exterminate the clan.
"You...you bunch of ungrateful villains, my elder brother usually treats you very well, but you actually..."
"Second Young Master, please don't blame us. Since ancient times, loyalty and justice have been in dilemma. We have received the emperor's favor in this life, so naturally we have to abandon our selfishness. If you want to blame me, let's blame the commander himself for doing something stupid."
All the generals said it with dignity and no trace of guilt on their faces.
Zhu Cixiang planned to let people continue shouting, and whoever opened the door with the head of the general guarding the pass would be promoted to the third level and rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver. Who would have thought that the door would open directly.
"Wu Sanfu, take people to take over Guancheng!"
"I obey the decree!"
Wu Sanfu quickly answered with cupped fists.
He went up with five thousand cavalry and killed him.
He was not surprised at all that the soldiers guarding the gate would surrender directly. His Majesty has come in person, and if he still doesn't surrender, then something is really wrong.
In just half an hour, Wu Sanfu took control of the entire Juyong Pass. All ten thousand soldiers obediently disarmed and lined up outside the pass to wait.
With His Majesty's personal promise, these people were not too worried.
If it had been anyone else, he probably wouldn't have been able to surrender so easily.
Then the army continued to advance into Juyongguan.
"Your Majesty, this is Wang Meng, the third brother of the rebellious minister Wang Chengyin."
"Kneel down!"
As soon as Zhu Cihong entered the pass, Wu Sanfu escorted Wang Meng to the front and kicked him to the ground.
"The guilty minister Wang Meng, pays homage to His Majesty."
Wang Meng tied his hands behind his back and kowtowed tremblingly.
"Detain him and lock him up first."
Zhu Cihong waved his hand and then said to Wu Sanfu: "Wu Sanfu, you immediately lead the cavalry to Zhangjiakou and block all the passes out of the Great Wall in Xuanfu to prevent anyone from escaping to the grassland."
"I accept the decree!"
Wu Sanfu hurriedly responded, and then ordered his troops and horses to kill towards the north.
Zhu Cixi then came to the front of the 10,000 surrendered soldiers and began to lecture. He only scolded them and let them go with the army, without killing or arresting anyone.
When the army entered the open area through the valley, it was already dark, so they had to camp where they were.
In Xuanfu City, there was panic and chaos. When Wang Chengyin learned that His Majesty had arrived in person, he immediately fell down on his chair with a look of death on his face.
"Father, what should we do? How about running away before the army arrives?"
"Where can I escape to?"
"Forget it. Tomorrow you will carry your father's head to plead guilty to His Majesty. I hope His Majesty will be merciful and spare your lives."
Wang Chengyin smiled bitterly and waved his hand.
Not to mention that there is no place to escape, even if there is, I am afraid that as soon as they leave the city, countless people will come to hunt them down and take credit from His Majesty, so it is better to let the son take the lead and plead guilty, and hopefully the family can be saved.
In Zhangjiakou, dozens of miles away to the north, eight Shanxi merchants also learned that Juyong Pass had been breached and His Majesty had come in person, and they almost died of fright.
Then one by one they drove immediately, taking their servants, servants, and relatives with them, and rushed towards the pass in a hurry, preparing to run away.
Who would have thought that thousands of households would be guarding the gate, but they would already be waiting and blocking the gate to death.
"Niu Qianhu, what do you mean?" Fan Yongdou was worried.
"Shopkeeper Fan and other shopkeepers, where are you going?" Qianhu Niuben asked coldly.
"Niu Qianhu, brothers, my eight families are very filial on weekdays. Please open the net today and let me out of the customs. I am willing to offer you two hundred thousand taels of silver."
Fan Yongdou could only hold up his hands and said.
"Two hundred thousand taels. Shopkeeper Fan is really brave. It's a pity that I'm afraid of losing my life."
Although Niu Ben's heart was beating terribly, he remained indifferent.
"Niu Qianhu really wants to ignore the past feelings and leave no room for negotiation?" Fan Yongdou's face also darkened.
"Fan Yongdou, do you think I'm a fool? You dragged your fucking family and ran away, what will happen to me and these brothers?"
"Niuben, don't forget, as a guard of thousands of households, you can't escape the blame for the affair!
Wouldn't it be better if you just come with me to vote for the Qing Dynasty, and I will definitely recommend you in front of the regent?"
"Haha, although I, Niu Ben, like money and women, but you want me to be a slave for the Tatars, bah! Don't worry, as long as I capture you, it will be enough to bear my guilt!"
Niu Ben laughed, then looked at the huge motorcade and said sternly.
He knew that if he let these businessmen out, he would definitely die, but if he could stop them, he might not only be able to make up for his crime, but also be promoted to an official position by His Majesty.
As for escaping with them, that's a joke. He has thousands of acres of fertile land under his name, and a lot of beautiful wives and concubines. Only those who are stupid would leave Ming Dynasty's military attachés alone and go outside the country to work as slaves for the Tatars.
"Then it depends on whether you have the ability or not. Kill me!"
Fan Yongdou also knew that there was nothing he could do, so he immediately shouted loudly.
Immediately, nearly a thousand servants from the eight families rushed forward one after another. The families of these servants were all in the team, and they were also fighting for their lives at this moment.
Although Niu Ben was well prepared and had three thousand men under his command, due to lack of training, except for a hundred or so servants, the rest were just a mob.
Therefore, even if they occupy all the ground, they start to lose after a hard fight, and they are still in a state of panic.
"Hold it to me, don't retreat!"
"As long as you keep the reward of two taels of silver per person..."
Niu Ben also took the risk.
"Lord Qianhu, look, there is a large group of cavalry coming..."
"Haha, it must be the imperial army. Hold on, brothers." Niu Ben burst out laughing when he saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, at least thousands of riders.
Sure enough, the morale of the guards who were on the verge of collapse instantly surged, while the servants who were attacking the gate were horrified.
The people of the eight families were like ants on a hot pot, their faces were ashen. The girls and wives in the carriage were so frightened that they cried out again and again, and the entire convoy was turned into a mess.
The ones who were killed were naturally the cavalry led by Wu Sanfu. Seeing the fighting going on here, thousands of carriages, large and small, stopped, and they screamed in excitement.
"Haha, Your Majesty is indeed very good at predicting events. Someone really wants to run away. Brothers, all your hard work is in vain. Come on!"
"Kill!"
The cavalrymen drew their sabers one by one, as if they had been given blood. After all, there was a big difference between someone running and no one running, not to mention there were still so many people.
The people of the eight families could not stop the wolf-like and tiger-like Guan Ning's cavalry. They just killed them casually, and the driver's servants knelt down and surrendered one after another.
Seeing that something was not going well, Fan Yongdou and others wanted to escape on horseback, but Wu Sanfu told them to run away, and in the end they were all captured alive.
"Oh my God, this car is actually filled with money and food."
"Damn it, this...isn't this the armor of the Tatars with their white flag?"
Seeing the carts of food, carts of silver, and carts of weapons and armor, everyone's eyes widened.
Wu Sanfu was also dumbfounded, not knowing that he had made a great contribution.
"General, what to do with these things? And those women..."
Looking at the nearly a thousand beautiful women kneeling on the ground, everyone looked at Wu Sanfu.
Wu Sanfu looked at the boxes of money and beauties, and his face was tangled for a while, but remembering what his father and second brother had told him, he could only grit his teeth and said: "No one is allowed to move around, seal them all until your Majesty sends someone to check."
After counting, the women are also locked up and not allowed to move. Anyone who violates the military law will be killed without mercy!"
There is no way, who knows how many of these five thousand people are Jin Yiwei's spies.
Although everyone was disappointed for a while, they had no choice but to carry out the work. When carrying the silver, they secretly stuffed two ingots into their arms. When tying up the women, they kneaded them. As for tying up the men, they naturally punched and kicked them.