choke element

Chapter 123 Blood City
"Look at the attire, this is the Wuwei Army? Why did the Wuwei Army 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 hide in a corner and shiver, they can still discuss a few words about the court.

Chongxuan Zimao walked a few steps out with his waist down, stepped on the firewood stack and ran up the low wall, then propped up his palms, and turned over to the roof.

People at high places can see a little more clearly.

I saw that the queue of the Wuwei army was tens of thousands, and all of them were wearing helmets and armor, with a murderous look.Surrounded by people and horses, heavy siege weapons such as ladders and carts advanced slowly under the push and pull of oxen and horses.

This is by no means a sudden transfer, but a premeditated rebellion!
Chongxuanzi suddenly thought of what Tu Danyi seemed to have said unintentionally in the past few days.At that time, he said that Chong Xuanzi should arrange for his family members and disciples to leave the city as soon as possible, so as not to get involved in the muddy waters of Zhongdu.After all, Chongxuanzi was a true disciple of Quanzhen Sect, and he was busy with the feast of the lunar year, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

He only said that Shan Yi was worried about Mongolia, and the Mongolian army was still far away from the central capital after all...

It turned out not to be!Since ancient times, troubles are not in Zhuanyu, but in Xiaoqiang!

Chong Xuanzi beckoned to the courtyard, and said in a deep voice, "Go to the Tai Chi Palace to take refuge immediately, don't stay here!"

Several people in the courtyard were his confidantes, so they left immediately.

When Chongxuanzi came down from the roof, a huge sound suddenly erupted in the direction of Miyagi in the south.

Countless people yelled wildly such words as killing thieves, begging for thieves, escorting, and rescuing, and several flames soared into the sky suddenly.

These fires seem to be orders.In the next moment, in the direction of Zhangyi Gate in the west of the city, the direction of Tongyuan, and the direction of the money bank, arsenal, and high-ranking officials' residences in the east of the city, at the same time, someone shouted wildly, showing off their power, and more fires were ignited immediately.

Chong Xuanzi cursed, and ran wildly into the corridor.

Since the news of the Mongol invasion, the city of Zhongdu was immediately put under martial law, and the strong men were randomly inspected, weapons were issued, and the city's defense force was urgently formed.The emperor himself was not familiar with military affairs, so he immediately issued an imperial edict, taking full charge of the city defense with Shangshu Zuo Cheng Wanyan Gang, and assisted by the commander of the Daxing Mansion and the Wuwei Army, the inspection department in front of the palace, and the direct envoy of Gongwei.

Each of these five aspects has strength, enough to work together to defeat the enemy.The powers of the five parties restrain each other, and there will be no troubles.Only this edict shows that the emperor is definitely not an incompetent person, at least he has sufficient political balance ability.

However, after this order was issued, the actual result was not as the emperor imagined.

Wan Yangang's status is very high, he is busy with the overall military affairs, and at the same time, he has to resist many attacks from the court against Jinshan's defeat.These two things have already made him burnt out.Therefore, on the city defense, he only gave indifferent instructions on the general direction, and did not actually participate in the city defense arrangements.

Dan Nanping, Yin Tudan of Daxing Mansion, was reprimanded by the emperor many times because of the arson of the imperial city.Wanyan Gang is one party and aggressive, leading to the death of several people in the police patrol yard under the Daxing Mansion... Tudan Nanping is a member of the Tudan clan after all, and he is not willing to cooperate with Wanyan Gang at all. Wanyan Gang once invited He consulted, but he only said that he was busy with business and did not come forward at all.

The inspection department in front of the hall has a bodyguard army, of course it is powerful.But last year, after the emperor appointed the crown prince, he made his beloved second son, King Jiang Wanyanju, the inspector in front of the palace.King Jiang is the king of wealth and honor, how can he know military affairs?
And another experienced inspector, Tu Danhao, is also a member of Tu Danyi's clan. Because of the huge pressure from Wan Yangang a few months ago, he has long since stopped intervening in military affairs.

When it comes to the direct envoy of the guard who is in charge of managing the Weijie army, San Anzhen, the commander of the capital, is known for his talent.However, servant San Anzhen was involved in the political conflicts among the emperors in his early years, and was once dismissed from office. After his recovery, he kept moving around and only returned to Beijing last month.

Those Qianju, Duju, Shijiang, and Changxing in the Weijie Army are either soldiers or people behind them. In a month, Pu San Anzhen can't even recognize everyone, what else can they do?
In the end, all affairs were brought together in the hands of the most powerful military guards.In fact, the person who arranged the city defense of Zhongdu was Hu Shahu, deputy marshal Quan You, who actually controlled the Wuwei Army.

At this moment, the person in charge of arranging the city defense of Zhongdu broke through the city defense all the way.

Hu Shahu really deserves to be a veteran.He used his own private soldiers capable of fighting tough battles as grassroots officers, and mixed them into the Jinshan defeated army that was urgently recruited these days.With Wu Weijun in his hands, he was completely reborn, full of murderous aura.

On this day, he suddenly summoned his subordinates and said that he would go into the city to kill the rebels, but none of the senior officers of the military guards came out to object.

So tens of thousands of soldiers and horses prepared overnight, and took advantage of the night to go straight to the central capital.

The officers in charge of guarding the city gates were Hu Shahu's pre-arranged cronies, and immediately opened the city.The majestic pass that was supposed to be like Tangchi in Jincheng did not hinder the mobilization of Hu Shahu's troops.

As Tongxuan Gate, Huicheng Gate, Zhangyi Gate, and Chengbei Barracks changed hands one after another, the army surged in.

It wasn't until the rebels arrived at the Gongchen Gate that the guards guarding the gate realized that something was wrong.

At present, the two armies are fighting fiercely, and the flames are soaring into the sky for a while, and the noise is shaking the ground.

The incident happened in a hurry, the guards were outnumbered, after fighting for a while, they had to abandon Gongchen Gate and retreat to Zhaoming Gate.

After all, the emperor was still alive. He panicked at first, but when he realized it, he immediately issued an edict offering a reward for Hu Shahu's head.Although the civil and military officials in Zhongdu are getting more and more tired of the emperor.But the emperor is always the emperor, and his edicts always have appeal to ordinary soldiers.The Forbidden Army stationed in various barracks outside the palace city immediately reacted and gathered towards Zhaoming Gate.

And Hu Shahu's troops immediately divided their troops and attacked the barracks and mansions in the city.The rebels kept claiming to be the escort of the king of Qin, and they only wanted to kill the rebellious officials and thieves. Wherever the soldiers and horses went, they looted and set fire to their hearts' content, and slaughtered the families of soldiers and soldiers wantonly, in order to shake the morale of the defenders.

As more and more rebels and ruffians were taken hostage by the rebels, the chaos quickly spread throughout the city, and it became increasingly difficult to mobilize troops loyal to the emperor.

At this time, rumors suddenly appeared in the city, saying that the Mongolian army had entered the city, and the Kingdom of Jin was over.

This rumor is very absurd.Even if Juyong Pass and Zijing Pass are lost, and there are still tens of thousands of Shuhu Gao Qi's troops stationed outside, the Mongolian army may not fly in.But once the hearts of the people are shaken, no one dares to believe such absurd rumors, so the city becomes more chaotic, countless people run wild, encounter rebellious soldiers on the road, and are hacked like weeds.

The city was in such a state of chaos that the number of troops converging towards Miyagi became less and less, while the rebels kept engulfing them, and their momentum became bigger and bigger.

The battle at Zhaoming Gate lasted from late at night to the early morning of the next day, and the guards suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, Fu Baozhi Hou Wanyan Shanyang and the head of the ten guards Wanyan Shigunai sneaked out of the palace city and summoned the Han army in charge of the palace at Tianwang Temple Hundreds of people came to help.

The defenders were able to fight and retreat, and retreated from Zhaoming Gate to Donghua Gate, an important channel for the imperial city to communicate with the outside world.

Every time the city gate changed hands, hundreds of people died at the cost. On the ever-changing front of both sides, there were piles of corpses and blood dripping.When competing for many points, the corpses of both sides were so scattered that the people behind had to remove the corpses before they could join in the fight against the enemy.

More and more blood flowed, forming puddles of blood on the ground paved with exquisite stone slabs, and the soldiers stepped on the sticky blood puddles, fighting step by step.

On the Donghua Gate, a middle-aged man with a worried face was wearing a brocade robe, looking down.

This bloody scene made him tremble violently, so he raised his head again, leaning on the fence and looking into the distance, trying to see if there were reinforcements in the direction of several military camps.After looking at it twice, there was nothing to gain, and the shouts of killing under the city were getting closer and closer.

I don't know who noticed the people in luxurious robes in the city, suddenly a burst of arrows flew from below, and smashed between the cornices of the brackets.An arrow bounced off and pierced the middle-aged man's robe.

The middle-aged man was so startled that he staggered to the ground and backed away with hands and feet.The eunuchs and maids on both sides ate the flurry of arrows, killing and injuring several people.The rest hurried up to support him and dragged him into the hall behind him.

This middle-aged man is none other than the current Great Jin Emperor Wanyan Yongji.

As soon as he sat down, he said angrily to Li Sizhong, the head of the inner servant next to him: "Hu Shahu is a lunatic! I treat him well, how dare...how dare he rebel! I...I will kill him and strip him take his skin and feed his bones to the dogs!"

After cursing twice, he suddenly remembered something, and then waved Yu Ruyi in his hand, and slammed it on Li Sizhong's forehead.

"You fellow! You spoke well of Hu Shahu before! Did you accept his bribe? Did you betray me too!"

Wanyan Yongji's arm strength is very weak, but this time he really exhausted his strength.He was holding Yu Ruyi's arm, and the veins exploded. With just one blow, the exquisitely carved Yu Ruyi, which was worth tens of thousands of gold, was broken in two, and fell to the ground and shattered.

Although Li Sizhong was an eunuch, he was tall and straight, with fair skin, three beards fluttering under his jaw, and he was extremely graceful.This time his face was covered in blood, he didn't defend himself, he just knelt down on the ground and kowtowed heavily.After coming down a dozen times in one breath, a large bloodstain suddenly appeared on the ground repeatedly bumped by his forehead.

Seeing this situation, Wanyan Yongji sighed and felt soft-hearted again.

It's no secret that Li Sizhong took Hu Shahu's money.The eunuch has no other hobbies, what's wrong with charging some money?Wanyan Yongji knew in his heart that he not only took money from Hu Shahu, but also money from Tu Dan Nanping and Wanyan Gang.During the holidays, the old man Tu Shanyi, and even Confucian scholars like Zhang Xingxin, actually have filial piety.

However, who would have thought that Hu Shahu would be so courageous?

Wanyan Yongji looked at Li Sizhong again, feeling a little guilty, and immediately took out a silk handkerchief from his bosom to wipe it for him.

As soon as the hand was stretched out, countless people shouted like a tsunami outside.

"what happened?"

Li Sizhong got up immediately: "Wait for this old slave to 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 to see his head! Also, Daxing Mansion Yin Tudan Nanping is also dead! It is said , the entire central capital has fallen into the hands of the rebels!"

"What?" Wanyan Yongji's body trembled, sweat poured down like rain, and after a while, he actually shed tears.

Li Sizhong gritted his teeth, and said again: "I heard the rebels outside the gate shouting, asking His Majesty to go out to meet the Marshal Zhizhong, otherwise, they will cut down wood and set fire to the palace gate!"

(End of this chapter)