At the city gate, the people on both sides were already dead.
After all, the Imperial Guards had a large number and quickly gained the upper hand.
A general of Zheng Guo fought a bloody battle and escaped while protecting a man dressed as a soldier. In the chaos, no one seemed to notice this scene!
In half an hour, all the enemies here were wiped out, leaving only the general of Zheng Guo still alive.
"Capture him alive and ask them why they came to the capital." Shen Yunfan, who was covered in blood, instructed.
Niu Yi nodded and immediately led people to surround him.
But the Zheng general smiled coldly and shouted: "Princess, I will be loyal to you today!"
After that, he wiped his neck himself.
At this point, Zheng's remnant troops will be defeated and no one will be left alive!
Shen Yunfan let out a long sigh, waved his hands and said, "Let's count the number of people."
Niu Yi quickly pulled several commanders out to count the casualties here. A total of 113 Zheng people who broke into the city gate died.
Of the thousands of Imperial Guards who participated in the battle, nearly a hundred died.
"With a thousand against a hundred, the casualties are almost the same as the other side? Hahahahaha." Shen Yunfan laughed coldly.
This kind of record would have been nailed to the pillar of shame by the former Shen Jiajun!
The Imperial Guards have achieved such a record, which shows that they have been comfortable in the capital for too long and have long forgotten how to fight!
The guards were very angry, but they could not argue. Because Shen Yunfan was not a coward hiding behind. On the contrary, he had just charged at the front, so he was qualified to judge them.
For a moment, everyone lowered their heads and felt ashamed.
But at this moment, a gloomy voice sounded from the side.
"Shizi Shen, you have such great official power." Cao Shan, the Minister of War, walked over with a cold face. He was basically in charge of the military affairs in the capital, so someone was training his soldiers in front of him, which naturally made him very unhappy!
Shen Yunfan said coldly: "These people need to be rectified."
"This is not your turn, unless you can become the Minister of War." Cao Shan sneered, "But there is no Minister of War in the Southern Wei Dynasty. Do you know why?"
"Why?"
"Because I am the minister, no one dares to be the minister." Cao Shan's eyes were cold and full of threats.
As one of the three most powerful officials in the capital, he will never allow others to interfere with his power!
Shen Yunfan was silent for a moment, cupped his hands and said, "I overstepped my bounds."
After that, he turned around and left.
The Imperial Guards stared at his back, hesitating to speak. At this moment, they recalled the scene of the bloody charge with Shen Yunfan, and they all secretly made up their minds.
You must train well in the future!
Cao Shan didn't know what the imperial guards were thinking. After sending Shen Yunfan away, he dealt with post-war matters here.
This night can be described as a frightening night for the people of the capital.
The next day, the investigation results came out.
There were more than 500 soldiers in this group of Zheng soldiers. They were originally part of a large army, but after being killed and dispersed on the Chuzhou front line, they ran all the way south to the capital of Southern Wei.
More than 400 of them were stopped by the imperial guards outside the city, and more than 100 broke into the city gate, leading to last night's fight.
After finding out this matter, the emperor was furious!
You know, there are a total of 20,000 imperial guards outside the city, as well as 10,000 personal soldiers brought back by He Chengyun. Inside the city, there are 5,000 imperial guards.
An army of more than 30,000 people can't even stop a defeated general with only 500 remaining soldiers?
Even if there were 30,000 pigs, the arch could kill them!
In the morning of the court, almost all the civil and military officials were punished. He Chengyun defended himself: "Your Majesty, all of my ten thousand soldiers came from outside the customs. I don't know any Zheng soldiers, so I can't blame them."
"I know, so I won't punish them." Wei Qing nodded with twinkling eyes.
Although she didn't say it, she discovered that He Chengyun was not that kind at all.
Loyal to the country and loyal to the king. He Chengyun has nothing to do with what happened last night.
I am afraid that my grandfather is not innocent.
Cao Shan below looked gloomy, thinking that the emperor was too protective of Duke Ding!
If this continues, Duke Ding's power will become invincible to the Southern Wei sooner or later!
While he was thinking about it, Wei Qing suddenly asked: "By the way, I heard that a commander led the imperial guards to fight bravely last night. Does Mr. Cao know who it was?"
Cao Shan was startled, and naturally he remembered that it was Shen Yunfan.
But there was no need for him to help Shen Yunfan claim credit. At this moment, he shook his head and said, "I was indeed present, but I didn't see who it was."
Wei Qing sighed after hearing this, feeling a little disappointed.
Originally, she thought she could take this opportunity to find that fierce general in the Imperial Guard and promote him. Unexpectedly, she couldn't even find out the identity of that person.
What a pity!
"That's alright." After a moment of hesitation, she waved her hand and said, "Shilang Cao has done great service in guarding the capital, and will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold."
As an emperor, she also understands the law of balance. Since He Chengyun was not punished, she naturally had to give some benefits to Cao Shan so that the two of them would be treated equally.
"Thank you, Lord!" Cao Shan was overjoyed.
"Get a peaceful life and leave the court without incident."
After the morning court, Cao Shan left the palace with a red face. It seems that what happened last night was not all bad for him!
At least, I got some reward!
But as soon as he left the palace, he saw people waiting for him.
Of course, the people did not welcome him, but scolded him!
"The *** in the capital can't even guard the city gate!"
"In the future, if we are beheaded by the enemy, we probably won't even know how we died!"
After Zheng Jun broke in last night, he killed many people and frightened the people. That's why they are so angry today!
Even if Cao Shan was one of the three powerful officials, he would not dare to offend the public!
So in the face of so many curses, he could only bear it. After being scolded for a while, he rolled his eyes and decided to find an excuse for himself, and said loudly:
"Everyone, although Mr. Cao is the Minister of War, he needs money to run and lead the army. Mr. Cao is really short of money and the treasury is empty. Sometimes I am helpless!"
He deliberately said this because he wanted to direct the finger at Xu Kailin, the Minister of Household Affairs.
But who knew that after he finished speaking, the people below would start talking about it.
"I also heard yesterday that the prince surnamed Shen killed people to steal money and made money in the name of appropriation!"
"It's because there are so many people like this that our national power in the Southern Wei Dynasty was depleted!"
Hearing these words, Cao Shan was startled.
But he didn't say anything to explain to Shen Yunfan. Anyway, he just wanted to divert trouble and find someone to share the firepower. As for who was sharing the firepower, he didn't care!
Therefore, he complained with a grimace: "That's right, there is really nothing I can do for you!"
When the people heard this, they all started to fight against Cao Shan!
At this time, Shen Yunfan in the hospital still didn't know that while he was sitting at home, a pot came from the sky!