"Look at the attire, this is the armed guard. Why did the armed guard suddenly enter the city?"
"Could it be that something happened in the palace?"
Most of the people in Zhongdu have some knowledge. Even if they are hiding in the corner and shivering, they can still discuss a few words in the court.
Chongxuanzi hunched over and walked a few steps outside, stepped on the stack of firewood and ran up the low wall. Then he held up his hands and climbed onto the roof.
People from high places can see slightly more clearly.
I saw the ranks of the armed guards, numbering in the tens of thousands, all wearing helmets and armor, with murderous intent. Surrounded by people and horses, there were also heavy siege weapons such as ladders and rams, which were pushed and pulled by cattle and horses.
Advance slowly.
This is by no means a sudden transfer, but a premeditated rebellion!
Chongxuanzi suddenly thought of what Tu Shanyi said unintentionally a few days ago. At that time, he said that Chongxuanzi should arrange for his family members to leave the city as soon as possible and not to get involved in the muddy waters of Zhongdu. After all, Chongxuanzi is a member of the Quanzhen sect.
The true disciples were busy with the fasting ceremony at the time of the Lunar Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty, so they didn’t pay much attention to it.
He only said that his disciple Shan Yi was worried about Mongolia, and after all, the Mongolian army was still far away from the central capital...
It turns out not to be! Since ancient times, troubles have not occurred in Zhuan Yu, but within Xiao Qiang!
Chong Xuanzi waved to the courtyard and said in a deep voice: "You should go to Tai Chi Palace to take refuge immediately. Don't stay here!"
Several people in the courtyard were his cronies, and they immediately left.
When Chong Xuanzi came down from the roof, a huge sound suddenly broke out in the direction of the palace city in the south.
Countless people shouted wildly, shouting words such as "kill the thief, beg the thief, protect the driver, rescue the driver," etc., and in several places, flames suddenly shot up into the sky.
These fires seemed to be commanding. In the next moment, in the direction of Changui Gate in the west of the city, in the direction of Tongyuan Garden, in the direction of the money storehouse, arsenal, and the residences of high-ranking officials in the east of the city, there were people shouting wildly and showing off their power, and more fires started immediately.
was ignited.
Chong Xuanzi cursed and ran into the corridor.
Since the news of the Mongolian invasion came, the central capital city was immediately under martial law, and the able-bodied men were randomly inspected, weapons were issued, and troops were urgently formed to defend the city. The emperor himself was not familiar with military affairs, so he immediately issued an edict, appointing Shangshu Zuocheng Wanyan Gang to be fully responsible for the city defense, and
In Daxing Prefecture, the Wuwei Army was commanded by the Envoy Department, and the Inspection Department and the Gongweizhi Envoy Department were assisted in front of the palace.
Each of these five parties has strength and can work together to defeat the enemy. The power of the five parties restrains each other and will never cause trouble. This edict alone shows that the emperor is by no means incompetent, and at least has sufficient political balancing capabilities.
However, after this order was issued, the actual results were not as the emperor imagined.
Wanyan Gang's status was extremely high. He was busy with overall military affairs, and at the same time he had to fend off many criticisms in the court about Jinshan's defeat. These two aspects had already made him very worried. Therefore, in terms of city defense, he only made general plans.
He gave me bland instructions and did not actually participate in the city defense arrangements.
Shan Nanping, the disciple of Daxing Prefecture, had been severely criticized by the emperor many times because of the arson in the imperial city. Wanyan Gang and his party were aggressive, leading to the imprisonment and death of several people from the Police Patrol Court under Daxing Prefecture... After all, disciple Shan Nanping was
As a member of the Tudan clan, he was not willing to cooperate with Wanyan Gang at all. Wanyan Gang once invited him to discuss it, but he only said that he was busy and refused to come forward at all.
The inspection department in front of the palace has guards and troops, which is of course powerful. But after the emperor appointed the crown prince last year, he also appointed his favorite second son, King Jiang Wanyan Ju, as the inspection department in front of the palace. King Jiang is a wealthy sect.
King, how do you know about military affairs?
Another experienced inspector, Tu Danhao, was also a member of Tu Danyi's clan. He had stopped participating in military affairs a few months ago due to the tremendous pressure from Wanyan Gang.
When it came to the Gongwei Zhishi Division, which was responsible for managing the Weijie Army, its capital commander, Pusan Anzhen, had a reputation for being talented. However, Pusan Anzhen was involved in political conflicts between the clans and kings in his early years, and was dismissed from office for a time.
, I have been moving around a lot and only returned to Beijing last month.
Those Qianju, Duju, Shijiang, and Changxing in the Weijie Army are either soldiers or have people behind them. Within a month, Anzhen can't even recognize them, so what else can they do?
In the end, all matters fell into the hands of the most powerful armed guards. In fact, the person who arranged the defense of the central capital was Deputy Marshal Quan You, Hu Shahu, who actually controlled the armed guards.
At this moment, the person responsible for arranging the defense of Zhongdu City broke through the defenses of Zhongdu City by cutting through all the barriers.
Hu Shahu is indeed a veteran general. He used his own private soldiers who could fight hard as grassroots officers, and mixed them into the Jinshan defeated army that was urgently recruited these days. In his hands, the Wuwei army was completely transformed and became murderous.
On this day, he suddenly summoned his subordinates and said that he would go into the city to kill the rebels. No one of the senior officers of the armed guards came out to oppose him. Occasionally, one or two bold young men were hacked to pieces by Hu Shahu's subordinates on the spot.
So tens of thousands of soldiers and horses prepared overnight and took advantage of the darkness to rush straight to Zhongdu.
The officers responsible for the defense of the city gate were all Hu Shahu's confidants who had been arranged in advance, and they immediately opened the city. The majestic passes that should have been like the Jincheng Tangchi did not hinder the mobilization of Hu Shahu's troops.
As Tongxuanmen, Huichengmen, Changuimen, and the military camp in the north of the city changed hands one after another, the army poured in.
It wasn't until the rebels arrived at Gongchen Gate that the guards guarding the city gate realized something was wrong.
The two armies were engaged in a fierce battle, with flames rising to the sky and noise shaking the ground.
The incident happened in a hurry, and the guards and soldiers were outnumbered. After fighting for a while, they had to give up Gongchen Gate and retreat to Zhaoming Gate.
After all, the emperor was still alive. He was panicked at first, but when he realized what he was doing, he immediately issued an edict offering a reward for Hu Shahu's head. Although the civil and military officials in Zhongdu were getting more and more fed up with the emperor, the emperor was still the emperor, and his edicts
For ordinary soldiers, there is always appeal. The imperial troops stationed in military camps outside the palace city immediately reacted and gathered at Zhaoming Gate.
Hu Shahu's troops immediately divided their troops and attacked various military camps and official residences in the city. The rebels kept claiming that they were escorted by King Qin, just to kill the rebellious officials and traitors. Wherever the soldiers and horses went, they looted and set fire to their heart's content, killing soldiers and their families in order to shake them down.
The morale of the defenders.
As more and more rebels gathered, local gangsters were hijacked by the rebels, and chaos quickly spread throughout the city. It became increasingly difficult to mobilize troops loyal to the emperor.
At this time, there were suddenly rumors in the city that the Mongolian army had entered the city and the Jin Kingdom was over.
This rumor is very absurd. Even if Juyong Pass and Zijin Pass are lost, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers under Shuhu Gaoqi stationed outside, and the Mongolian army may not fly in. But once people's hearts are shaken, no matter how absurd the rumor is, people will
I dare not believe it, so the city became more and more chaotic. Countless people were running like wolves and hogs. They encountered random soldiers on the road and were chopped off like grass.
The chaos in the city has reached such a level that fewer and fewer troops are gathering towards the palace, while the rebels continue to suppress them and become more and more powerful.
The battle at Zhaomingmen lasted from late at night to the early morning of the next day, and the guards suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, Fu Baozhihou Wanyan Shanyang and the chief of the ten guards Wanyan Shigunai sneaked out of the palace and summoned the Han army on duty at Tianwang Temple.
Hundreds of people came to help.
The defenders were able to fight and retreat, retreating from Zhaoming Gate to Donghua Gate, an important passage for the imperial city to communicate with the outside world.
Every time the city gate changed hands, it came at the cost of hundreds of lives. On the ever-changing battle lines between the two sides, there were piles of corpses dripping with blood. When fighting for many key points, the corpses of both sides were so scattered that those behind had to
Only after removing the corpse can you join in the fight against the enemy.
More and more blood flowed, forming blood puddles everywhere on the ground paved with fine stone slabs. The soldiers stepped on the sticky blood puddles and fought step by step.
On the Donghua Gate, a worried-looking middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe was looking down.
This bloody scene made him shudder violently, so he raised his head again, leaning on the railing and looking into the distance, trying to see if there were reinforcements in the direction of several military camps. After a few glances, he found nothing, and the shouts of killing below the city walls became louder and louder.
It's getting closer.
I don't know who noticed the luxuriously robed people on the city. Suddenly, a flurry of arrows flew from below and struck between the brackets and the cornices. One arrow bounced off and pierced the corner of the middle-aged man's robe.
The middle-aged man was so frightened that he stumbled to the ground and retreated on his hands and knees. The eunuchs and maids on both sides were struck by the burst of arrows, killing and injuring several people. The remaining ones hurriedly came up to help him and dragged him into the hall at the back.
This middle-aged man is none other than Wanyan Yongji, the current Emperor of Jin Dynasty.
As soon as he sat down, he angrily said to Li Sizhong, the head of the chamberlain next to him: "Hu Shahu, this madman! I treat him badly, how dare he... how dare he rebel! I... I must kill him and skin him
Take his skin off and feed his bones to the dogs!"
After scolding twice, he suddenly remembered something, and then he waved the jade Ruyi in his hand and hit Li Sizhong on the forehead.
"You guys! You guys said good things for Hu Shahu earlier! Did you accept his bribe? Did you also betray me?"
Wanyan Yongji's arm strength was very weak, but this time he really used all his strength. The veins in his arm holding the jade Ruyi exploded. With just one blow, the jade Ruyi, which was exquisitely carved and worth ten thousand gold, was broken into two pieces and fell to the ground.
It was shattered on the ground.
Although Li Sizhong was a eunuch, he had a tall and straight figure, fair skin, and three strands of beard and beard fluttering under his chin. He was very elegant. This time, his face was covered with blood, and he did not defend himself. He just knelt down and kowtowed heavily.
After a dozen breaths, a large blood stain suddenly appeared on the ground where his forehead had been hit repeatedly.
Seeing this situation, Wanyan Yongji sighed and felt soft-hearted.
It's no secret that Li Sizhong took Hu Shahu's money. The eunuch had no other hobbies, so what's wrong with taking some money? Wanyan Yongji knew in his heart that he not only took money from Hu Shahu, but also money from his disciple Shan Nanping, and Wanyan Gang
Money. During the New Year and festivals, Tu Shanyi, an old man, and even Confucian scholars like Zhang Xingxin actually showed filial piety.
However, who would have thought that Hu Shahu would be so courageous?
Wanyan Yongji looked at Li Sizhong again and felt a little guilty. He took out the silk handkerchief from his arms and wanted to wipe it for him.
As soon as I stretched out my hand, countless people shouted like a tsunami outside.
"what happened?"
Li Sizhong immediately stood up: "I'll wait for the old slave to go and see!"
He ran out and came back after a while, his face as white as chalk: "Your Majesty, Wanyan Zuocheng is dead! The rebels are passing on his head! Also, Shan Nanping, the Yin disciple of Daxing Prefecture, is also dead! It is said that
, the entire Zhongdu has fallen into the hands of the rebels!"
"What?" Wanyan Yongji's body trembled, sweating profusely, and after a while, he actually shed tears.
Li Sizhong gritted his teeth and added: "I heard the rebels outside the door shouting, asking your Majesty to go out to meet Marshal Zhizhong, otherwise, they will cut down the wood and set fire to the palace gate!"
