Acting for the gods

Chapter 132
Several servants of Prince Xin's Mansion, beating gongs and drums, were shouting on the East Street, and were spotted by the patrolling Jin Yiwei.

"During the curfew, you wait for rumors to cause trouble, come with us!"

"The emperor was banned, and Wei Yan usurped the throne."

"Jin Yiwei abused lynching and arrested people indiscriminately!"

"The emperor is banned, Wei Xie usurped the throne!!"

When the people from Xinwang's Mansion saw Jin Yiwei, they immediately ran and shouted.

"Looking for death, arrest me."

An order from the headquarters, the surrounding small flags pulled out their embroidered spring knives and rushed forward quickly.

"Fight them!"

The people of Xinwang's Mansion drew their swords and fought with Jin Yiwei.

The same situation played out in many places in the capital, and the patrolling soldiers and Jin Yiwei were devastated.

Although most of these people were apprehended or killed on the spot.

But the noise these people made was just an appetizer, mainly to give King Xin a "justifiable" reason for raising troops.

As long as the people in the capital know, the goal will be achieved.

During the arrest process, there were many rebels, which caused many street fights, and Jin Yiwei lost some of his men because of this.

These are still trivial matters, the real trouble is the barracks.

There are quite a few officers who have taken refuge in Xinwang and Donglin. They have long been dissatisfied with the actions of the eunuchs and Zhu Youxiao, and they were instigated by someone with a heart, and they immediately raised troops.

In the middle of the night, Jiang Fan is in charge of leading Jin Yiwei to guard the palace.

Hearing the commotion outside the palace, he knew that Dong Lin and King Xin had started to fight.

It has to be said that Donglin did have a lot of trump cards, and was able to gather more than 3 soldiers and horses in a short period of time, and entered Beijing overnight through the south gate.

Including the guards and servants in the official mansions, there are a total of more than 4 people. They rushed towards the palace with almost no resistance on a large scale.

Hong Chengchou, the servant of the Ministry of War, took the lead, shouting in his mouth: "King Qin, save me, eradicate the eunuchs!!"

"King Qin save you, eradicate the eunuchs!!"

More and more soldiers shouted, until the sound shook the entire capital.

When he came outside the palace gate, Hong Chengchou saluted the trustworthy king Zhu Youjian: "Please give the letter to the king."

Zhu Youjian nodded. Seeing that the army had surrounded the palace, he felt a lot of emotion. As long as this army invaded the palace, he could sit in the position he dreamed of.

When the power is in hand, we can use the coercion of the emperor to force Wei Zhongxian to surrender his power.

Then reward the meritorious officials, and re-appoint those loyal civil and military officials for their own use, and there will be no worries from now on.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian's expression changed unpredictably: "Break into the palace, save me."

Hong Chengchou always felt something was wrong.

Logically speaking, even if no one in the capital dared to stop his army, Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs couldn't sit still, could they?

"Could it be that there is something hidden in it?" Hong Chengchou thought to himself.

But the current situation is urgent, and he can't control it too much, so he can only bite the bullet and shout: "Xin Wang has an order, break into the palace to rescue him, and hit the door."

"As ordered."

Following Hong Chengchou's order, the prepared army rolled out siege equipment and hit the gate of the palace compound.

Soon the door was knocked open, and Zhu Youjian and all the ministers rushed in.

A large group of cavalry rushed in and rushed to the inner courtyard of the palace.

"Come on..."

The large cavalry rushed into the palace quickly.

But the imperial guards on the opposite side were indeed waiting in full force, and thousands of royal guards, with shields like a wall, spears like a forest, and there were countless strong bows and crossbows ready to go.

"Xin Wang, you led troops into the palace, do you want to rebel?"

Jiang Fan shouted sharply.

Seeing so many soldiers guarding the palace, Zhu Youjian was startled, but he was already on the verge of death, so he said coldly: "We are waiting to enter the palace to rescue you and eliminate traitors. Recalcitrant, surrender quickly, this king redeems Er and others are innocent!"

Jiang Fan smiled, looked at the Ming soldiers in front of him, and said in a loud voice: "All officers and men, believe in the king's rebellion, intend to harm the emperor, kill the king and seize power, this commander knows that you and others have been deceived by traitors, and if you give up resistance now, you will be spared the death penalty. Capture the king of faith, you can make meritorious deeds, and you will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was a commotion in the army.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Youjian was startled, and shouted quickly: "Listen, officers and men, I am Zhu Youjian, the trustworthy king of the Ming Dynasty. What happened today was caused by the traitor Wei Zhongxian imprisoning the emperor. Don't listen to the eunuchs." The words of the eagle and the dog, follow me to kill and save you, seal your wife and son, and you will be here today."

Zhu Youjian's impassioned words spread all over the place, making those officers and soldiers who were about to move hesitated a little.

For a while, I didn't know who Jiang Fan or Zhu Youjian said was true.

If you stand in the wrong team now, not only will you not be able to enjoy the glory and wealth, but you may be lost forever!
At this moment, the sharp voice of the palm print eunuch Wang Gonggong came from behind Jiang Fan.

"The emperor is here!!"

Following Wang Gonggong's yell, Jin Yiwei and Imperial Guards around Jiang Fan moved out of the way.

Zhu Youxiao walked out among the stars of the East and West Second Factory.

"Emperor brother, surrender!"

Zhu Youjian looked at Zhu Youxiao who appeared, his face was as pale as paper, his lips were dry and his eyes were dull.

The civil and military officials who followed Zhu Youxiao were even more uproarious at this time.

"It's the emperor!"

"The emperor is fine, we were deceived!"

"What should we do now?"

Looking at his younger brother and dozens of officials, Zhu Youxiao said coldly: "Declaration."

The prince took the imperial decree and proclaimed it according to the script.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: All the officers and men were deceived by the traitor and were coerced into Beijing by him. Now lay down your weapons and surrender immediately. I promise to punish the leader and not the followers. I forgive the guilt, I respect you!"

Hearing the imperial decree to surrender, the soldiers around King Xin stopped and looked left and right.

Seeing that the mutiny was about to happen, King Xin was heartbroken, drew his sword and killed two retreating soldiers, and shouted: "My brother is seriously ill and bedridden. As we all know, how could he appear here? This is all a conspiracy by the eunuchs!" , If you want to use coercion to disturb our army's morale, you officers and men must not be fooled."

"All the officers and soldiers obeyed the order, followed me into the palace, and killed the eunuchs who were the leader of the cholera regime. I will bear all the responsibilities for the crimes, and the great Ming Dynasty will last forever..."

"kill!!"

Just as Zhu Youjian was about to give an order, he gave it a go, when he suddenly heard shouts of killing from behind.

"That's the case?"

Zhu Youjian was startled, and immediately ordered his soldiers to resist with all their strength.

Soon, a general rushed over in a hurry: "My lord is not well, the Three Thousand Battalion and the Shenji Battalion outside have betrayed me!"

"what?!"

Zhu Youjian was stunned. He didn't expect that Sanqianying and Shenjiying would turn their backs at this critical moment, causing him to suffer from the enemy.

Especially the Musketeers of the Shenji Battalion, that was his trump card. He never thought that he missed a single shot when he entered the city, and now all of them hit him on the back.

Those civil and military officials who came along and wanted to follow Long Zhigong heard the words, all of them were ashamed.

(End of this chapter)