phoenix knot

On February 19th of the fourth year of Tianshun, Empress Liang issued an edict to abolish the emperor, and established the son of Emperor Tianshun, Han Qihao, who was only over one year old, as the new emperor, and Emperor Tianshun, who was under [-] years old, became the Supreme Emperor.

Liang Guanjing never thought that one day she would sit on the dragon chair again in this way.

Many years ago, she sat in this chair for less than a month. Under the opposition of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, she reluctantly retreated to the harem.Sitting here today, she saw that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were still arguing. He was indifferent to all the noise, and slept soundly.The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were willing to bow down to a milk doll, but they were unwilling to bow down to a woman.

Li Han Qihao also has no choice but Lishou Wang Han Yunqing, this is absolutely impossible, his father is Gu Changfeng, it's obvious!The king of Qi has passed away, and the king of Zhou, Han Yunche, took his place in Lingnan. The mountains in Lingnan are high and the road is far away, so there is no time to return to the capital.Ning Wang Han Yunlian who established Liaodong was only 12 years old, and the way to the capital was blocked by Nari Song's troops. His mother and concubine, the Su family who had been demoted to a commoner, did not want him to come to the capital to die at this time .

There was endless quarrel in the court, and the content of the quarrel was varied. One incident was brought out. A minister questioned Liang Hou: "You poisoned Emperor Chengzong's younger brother, King Qi!"

Liang Hou was paralyzed in the dragon chair. She hadn't slept well for several days. She was exhausted, her face was full of tiredness, and she rested her chin with one hand. Passed away due to illness."

"I heard that the edict was passed on to King Qi, is there such a thing?"

"The Ai family has never seen what is written in the will." She did not lie, she just listened to the announcement and did not have the opportunity to read the will.

At this time, several ministers pulled the other four people who were listening to the announcement that night, and they must tell the truth and tell the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty whether the Queen of Liang had burned the edict.

Empress Liang's quiet eyes fell on the face of Tang Yixin, the chief assistant of the cabinet. Tang Yixin looked at the Minister of the Household Department, and said something that was considered by later generations to be as witty as Empress Liang. He said, "Empress Liang did not burn the imperial edict." It was Mrs. Korea who lied and burned the will.

Mrs. Korea left these six people back then, and they finally played a role in the critical moment, further proving that Emperor Tianshun came to the throne justifiably.

That being the case, the mistake made by the young emperor was not the fault of Empress Liang, but the fault of Emperor Hongxi. He gave birth to the wrong son and established the wrong prince.

After arguing about this, the next step is to fight or flee.

Empress Liang and Tang Yixin are in the main battle, and most people in the court suggest moving south,

Liang Guanjing turned to ask the Minister of War, "What's your suggestion?"

The suggestion of the Ministry of War Minister is to move south first, and at the same time send envoys to talk with Shi Zhaoda again. Since the imperial court has abolished the little emperor, the 40 troops should be brought back to fight the Mongols and Jurchens first, and the crime of kidnapping the emperor will be written off.

How naive?

Is there a difference between the surname Han, Shi, or Gu in this world?The iron hooves of the Mongols have stepped on, and everyone with the same surname is the same.

Liang Hou said: "Shi Zhaoda's army came from Xi'an, the capital has fallen, the capital has fallen, the country's gates have fallen, the people in the rich and prosperous south are struggling to live, and there is no food, grass, pay, and silver in the south. Shi Zhaoda's 40 soldiers and horses eat and drink, and they still have the strength to resist Mongolia. People? You want to move to the south, so get the hell out, the dignified Minister of the Ministry of War advocates surrendering and fleeing, so you don’t have to go to court tomorrow.”

Tang Yixin, the chief assistant of the cabinet, cupped his hands and just said: "Empress Liang..."

Liang Guanjing pointed at him and said, "From now on, you will be Minister of the Ministry of War."

Besides, those who moved to the south did not change their minds and immediately turned against each other, but they finally stopped talking about moving to the south, and most of them remained silent, only looking at the Queen Liang on the dragon chair with suspicious eyes.

Liang Guanjing said: "If Shi Zhaoda's troops came to the city today, I would agree to move south, but Emperor Tai-zu destroyed Mongolia and drove away the robbers to create today's foundation. You can bear to see this country destroyed once and restore the former dynasty. Is it a scene? We guard the gate of the country to guard the thousands of people behind us, and to protect our Chinese people. If Shi Zhaoda knows that foreign enemies are coming, but still stands by and does nothing, he is not worthy to be the emperor, and he will not grow up to be the emperor."

But relying on this little people, how can we fight the Mongols? It is said that they brought an army of 30.

Liang Guanjing said: "30? Did Na Risong tell you, or did you investigate it yourself? His staff is no more than [-]."

Our main force is now in Xi'an, and the defenders in the capital do not exceed 1.

Liang Guanjing said: "Isn't there still a Shenji camp?"

The Shenji camp was full of 3000 people, because they were all women, and the emperor didn't bring them with him at the time, and the people in the Ministry of War said it was unlucky to bring women to the battle.The Shenji Battalion is a personal guard that can directly enter the palace. The commander Qin Feiyang asked: "Why is it unlucky?" The people in the Ministry of War smiled obscenely, but did not explain.Later, Qin Feiyang asked after repeated questions, and the result turned out to be because women have to have menstruation. Isn't it auspicious that some people bleed every day in the Shenji Camp with 3000 people?

Fortunately, they said it was unlucky, and they didn't take Shenjiying to be buried in the northwest.

However, this is not a war of 3000 people fighting 5 people. Beijing has nine outer city gates, and 3000 people are divided into nine gates. How many people are left in each gate?But Nari Song can concentrate its forces and use 5 people to break a gate. If any gate is broken, Beijing will fall.

Liang Guanjing said: "The team goes out of the city gate to take the initiative to fight. The city gate is closed during the battle, and the city gate cannot be opened unless it wins."

Crazy, really crazy! Even if all the 3000 people were driven out, they would die.

Who guards the gates?

Liang Guanjing said: "Release Liang Qingyu from the imperial prison, guard the main gate of Li, Ling Haoran guard the Yongding Gate, Liu Wusi guard the Guangqu Gate, Dong Xiyu guard the Wuling Gate, Zhao Huaijin guard the Zuo'an Gate, Tang Yixin guard the You'an Gate..." She one by one Report your name.Ling Haoran is Ling Shishi. He is now the Commander of Shangzhiwei. Shi Zhaoda mutinied and proclaimed himself emperor. He fled back to the capital with the remnants of his troops. , as a model for the Five Armies.When Liu Wusi broke through Juyong Pass that day, he calmly dispatched troops and saved a small force to go to Beijing for reinforcements, so that he would not be trapped in Liaodong, across the mountain from the capital.

Someone asked: Who will guard the north-facing Guangning Gate? This is facing the enemy's main force and is directly under the strongest impact of the enemy.

Liang Guanjing stood up from the dragon chair and said, "Me!"

The ministers fell silent.

"At [-] miles, Chu Suiliang, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi, and Chen Chunhe, the commander-in-chief of Shandong, rushed to Beijing with all their troops, horses, food and grass to help them. The gates of the city will be closed from now on, and they will not leave the city unless they meet the enemy. Anyone who dares to leave the city and flee south will be shot to death."

Qin Feiyang stood on one side, and she was also working as an imperial guard at the moment, "What about the Shenji Camp?"

Liang Guanjing said: "All the officials of the Ministry of War and the generals defending the city immediately went to the imperial study to discuss countermeasures and deploy troops. If there is any noise in the court hall, you should stay here and make noise slowly. Aijia will not accompany you."

Liang Guanjing left in a huff, Qin Feiyang followed closely behind, the female soldiers of Shenji Battalion all left, the men looked at each other, the generals couldn't afford to be ashamed, and quickly followed Liang Hou, Tang Yixin was a civil servant, he also followed Liang Then he left, and other civil servants followed.The court was divided into two factions, the main combat faction went to the Imperial Study Room for a military meeting, and the officials who moved southward looked at each other in the main hall, but they stopped arguing, no one quarreled with them now.

The biggest problem now is that there are not enough defenders and weapons. Thanks to Liang Guanjing, he spent money from the treasury to build a solid fortification, and now it has finally come in handy.It's just that after so many years, some places need to be repaired urgently, and Liang Guanjing sent the Ministry of Industry to do it immediately, without delay.

"By the way, open up the road around the city to ensure that the Shenji Battalion can run back and forth around the city, and ride horses to help at any time. Whichever door the enemy attacks, you will come to that door. This is the best way I can think of. Otherwise, it would not be enough to guard the nine city gates. The cavalry can move at any time to make up for the lack of troops. After all, Risong was outside the city. The one inside the city is longer and takes more time. After the road around the city is opened up, we can run faster than him, and we can provide reinforcements in time. Do you have enough black gunpowder and bullets?"

Qin Feiyang said: "Enough, the harem alone has a lot of inventory. The former queen left us a lot of firecrackers. It was supposed to be equipped with 36 guards from the top and bottom of the imperial army. They laughed at women for being powerless I only use firecrackers, I don’t like this stuff, I don’t bother to use it.”

Liang Guanjing said: "Transport it to various places and prepare it. The Shenji Battalion can move lightly and easily. A group of three, one person launches, and two people load gunpowder to ensure uninterrupted attack."

"Yes!"

"You guard the Guangning Gate, what about your soldiers?" Su Mingyue had already handed the baby to the nurse. She listened for a long time, and saw that Liang Guanjing had deployed all the soldiers, but she didn't mention the Guangning Gate Where did the defenders come from.

"I'll go to the street to recruit tomorrow."

Everyone was taken aback.

"The country is prosperous, everyone is responsible. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the capital, so no one dares to stand up and defend the country?"

After the meeting is over, everyone splits up, the whole army joins the battle, and the whole city joins the battle.

Qin Feiyang didn't leave immediately. The Shenji Battalion she led is now a branch of the Royal Guards Battalion, stationed in the palace.

Liang Guanjing hugged her tightly, and the two hadn't seen each other for more than ten years.

"You were not mentioned in the emperor's letter, and I still treat you as one of you staying in Poyang Lake."

Qin Feiyang said: "The queen mother guesses, why did I come to the capital?"

Liang Guanjing said: "Didn't the queen call you here?"

Su Mingyue said: "Didn't you originally want to call her here too, because you were afraid that she would not leave her husband and children behind?"

Liang Guanjing said: "So?"

Qin Feiyang said: "I have two daughters under my knees. I don't want to have another child. My husband wants to take a concubine to have a son. In a fit of anger, I took my daughter and left home angrily and went to the Queen Mother. I didn't know until I arrived in the capital that you just went to Nangong, but first The Queen left me behind and asked me to rebuild the Shenji Camp, and this is how it is today."

Liang Guanjing smiled and said: "You are much more promising than me. My husband wants to take a concubine. I let him take it without farting. Even I look down on myself."

Qin Feiyang said: "The queen mother is joking. If my husband is the emperor, I will bear it. I don't know what kind of thing he is. With a bunch of women including mother-in-law and sister-in-law, he only thinks about inheriting the family every day. This It's just a matter of time."

Liang Guanjing nodded, and excitedly held her hand, "This is how I have my mighty Shenji Battalion! Only then can I protect the capital and defend China."

"Honestly speaking, do you have a bottom line in this battle?" Su Mingyue asked in a low voice while lying on the bed at night.

"No." Liang Guanjing answered honestly. "But this battle can only be fought, retreating to Nangong, without soldiers and horses in hand, Shi Zhaoda just happened to steal the country. From now on, the surname in this world will be neither Han nor Liang, and it is hard to say whether it will be Shi. The elite of Risong was comparable to that of the past. Suhebalu is much stronger, Shi Zhaoda does not have the rich food and grass supplies in the south, and the rear is cut off, how can he win against Nari Song?"

"I'd love to see you go to war."

"Next time." Liang Guanjing touched her face.

Su Mingyue said: "Just let me take care of the children in the harem?"

Liang Guanjing said: "It's better for you to use the firecracker to aim at the head. Of course, you will follow Qin Feiyang and be her right and left hand."

Su Mingyue smiled and held her hand tightly.

Liang Guanjing said: "I once promised you that I would never go to the battlefield with my own body at risk. It seems that an exception will be made now, but I will drag you to the end together. We will live and die together. Is this okay?"

"Row!"