The people on this train were Li Zhen and his entourage, including commanders and envoys from Gobard, Lankfurt and other countries. They all followed Li Zhen northward. When leaving Nanjing, Zhang Zhiping had already interrogated Ye Mingchen and the other officials. , all the people who secretly submitted to the little emperor were shot, leaving only Weng Tonghe.
Li Zhen issued an order that Weng Tonghe would never be an official and cut off Weng Tonghe's official career. Even so, Weng Tonghe was grateful and survived. We will talk about the future.
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In Beijing, the news that Li Zhen's train was bombed came out. The whole of Beijing was in chaos and the people were mourning. Ordinary officials in Beijing were dumbfounded and didn't know what to do. At the same time, the major gates in Beijing were Countless Eight Banners soldiers wearing Manchu armor emerged. With guns in their hands, they began to attack the soldiers guarding the city gates on all sides.
At Zhengyangmen, the garrison battalion commander was leading troops to fight back.
The battalion commander looked stern and shouted with all his strength: "Brothers, the lackeys of the Qing Dynasty want the emperor to come out again. Can we agree? We can't agree. If the emperor's son comes out, we will become the emperor's slaves again, and there will be no more Dignity, in order not to be a slave, in order to serve the great president, go ahead, fuck the Manchu lackeys to death hard."
"Pa, pa,,."
Bullets were flying and fighting broke out.
Machine guns were mounted on the tower, aiming at the attacking Manchu soldiers and shooting at them.
The Manchu general roared: "The opponent only has a few hundred people. Charge up and capture Zhengyang Gate."
There are about a thousand Qing soldiers in a regiment. There are only more than 300 people under the battalion commander. Although the number is small, the soldiers stationed at Zhengyangmen are elite and equipped with machine guns, grenades and other weapons. This battalion The soldiers used the city tower as a bunker and continued to fire and attack. The dense bullets built a tight line of defense that the Manchu soldiers could not break through.
"Take advantage of me."
The first company commander took out the grenade and threw it out with a whoosh.
呲呲.
The fuse burned, and the grenade dropped smoking into the crowd of Manchu soldiers.
"boom,."
There was an explosion, and six Manchu soldiers were killed directly.
The company commander laughed and ordered the soldiers to drop bombs.
The battalion commander was neither arrogant nor impetuous, and commanded the soldiers to respond calmly. He did not lose his position because of the sudden attack by the Manchu and Qing soldiers. A few days ago, he had received an order from the military headquarters to maintain a state of readiness for war at all times. Therefore, the Manchu and Qing soldiers The soldiers' surprise attack did not have any impact on the battalion commander. On the contrary, the soldiers under the battalion commander became more and more courageous as they fought, making it difficult for the Manchu soldiers who took the initiative to attack to move forward.
When the Manchu generals saw this, they felt a headache.
"Charge, if you charge, you will win. Whoever rushes first will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold."
He shouted orders, but there was no other way. As time passed, an hour passed by in a blink of an eye. The battalion stationed at Zhengyangmen suffered little loss, only losing more than 20 soldiers, but the Manchu generals More than half of the soldiers had already been lost, all of them were shot and killed in frontal charges. They kept charging and being beaten down, unable to conquer Zhengyangmen.
When the fierce fighting broke out at Zhengyang Gate, all major city gates in Beijing such as Chongwen Gate, Xuanwu Gate, Dongzhimen, Chaoyang Gate, and Anding Gate all encountered fierce fighting. The garrisoned troops relied on their powerful firepower to suppress the attacking Manchu soldiers.
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Military camp, the station of a certain brigade.
The deputy brigade commander's name was Hakesa, who was once a Manchu general. After Li Zhen occupied Beijing, he incorporated the Manchu army. Hakesa also joined the army and became a general under Huang Shihai's First Army. , in the camp, Haksa summoned nearly a dozen generals. These generals were all middle-level forces in the regiment, mainly battalion commanders and company commanders.
Haksa's eyes flashed and he said in a deep voice: "Everyone already knows the news of Li Zhenshen's death. Now that Li Zhen is dead, the emperor will return to the throne. The opportunity to rebuild the Qing Dynasty has come. This time, our task is to win This brigade, control the brigade commander, and keep the army in our hands. Everyone, the opportunity is right in front of you, come with me and fight."
"Fuck your mother."
Suddenly, a loud voice came from outside the camp.
Brush, brush,.
The curtain of the camp tent was rolled up, and soldiers rushed in one by one. These soldiers quickly controlled Haksa and the battalion commanders and company commanders, confiscating everyone's weapons. The brigade commander then walked in and looked at the deputy brigade commander Huck. Sahe and a group of people who were preparing to rebel said disdainfully: "With your little ability, you can rebel for another ten or eight years. The military has already thoroughly investigated every brigade and everyone is under control. I didn't arrest you before because I wanted you to get out on your own, but now you are openly treasonous and waiting to be shot."
Deputy Brigadier Haksa's legs went weak, and everyone was dumbfounded.
Why.
Why did I suddenly meet the brigade commander?
God bless you.
While this brigade was arresting the traitors, the major brigades of the First Army stationed in Beijing also took action and arrested all the traitors in the brigade. No one was spared.
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At the presidential palace, the four giants gathered together.
Zeng Guofan smiled and looked very calm, and said calmly: "The news about the President is flying all over the city in Beijing, and there are rumors everywhere that the President was killed in a bomb. Empress Dowager Cixi has seized the opportunity and has taken action. All the forces under her command have It has surfaced, and we can begin to wrap things up and carry out the final battle."
"Pa, pa,,."
Outside the house, gunshots were heard.
Huang Shihai was not nervous when he heard the gunshots, and said: "The other party has reached the Presidential Palace, and all their elite troops have come out."
Zhao Liewen said: "With Commander Huang here, the Presidential Palace is as stable as Mount Tai."
Shi Dakai continued: "Cixi began to send people to attack the Presidential Palace, and she has exhausted all her strength. For this plan, she took out all the remaining savings of the Qing Dynasty, just in time for us to eradicate the roots. Commander Huang, you can order the closing of the net. I think , we started with the Manchu and Qing soldiers outside the Presidential Palace and swept them one by one to suppress the situation."
Zeng Guofan nodded, and Huang Shihai immediately sent the order.
The telegram came out, and soon, the First Army troops stationed on all sides began to take action, heading straight to the gates of Beijing City, sweeping away the Manchu soldiers attacking each gate with lightning speed. At the same time, people rushed out from around the Presidential Palace. The elite of a regiment fought out and used thunder to annihilate the Manchu and Qing soldiers who were attacking the Presidential Palace.
The army carried out a large-scale sweep and continued to cut off the Manchu soldiers under Cixi's command.
At this time, the court officials led by Zhao Liewen also took action. They had already set a target. Under the protection of the army soldiers, they began to make arrests. Officials who surrendered to Cixi were arrested one by one. At this time, the President News came out from the government that President Li Zhen was not dead and was returning to Beijing by train. As soon as the news came out, countless people were shocked. The people cheered and the officials who fell in love with the Empress Dowager Cixi felt as if they were struck by lightning.
Cixi's residence, in the courtyard.
At this moment, a steady stream of news is coming back.
At the beginning, Cixi was full of joy, because the situation was developing in the direction she expected. As long as she seized control of the city gates of Beijing, seized control of Huang Shihai's First Army, and captured the Presidential Palace, Beijing would be It was at your fingertips, but as time went by, the situation gradually got out of control and was beyond Cixi's ability.
News came back from the outside one after another. After hearing this, Cixi turned pale and was horrified. Finally, the news came back that Li Zhen was not dead, and Cixi was stunned.
Fell into a trap.
Three words came to Cixi's mind, and she quickly realized that she had really fallen into a trap this time.
"Queen Mother, Queen Mother, it's not good, Zeng Guofan, Shi Dakai and others are here." A panicked voice came, and a little palace maid looked at the group of people striding forward with a sad face and a frightened expression.