Master Yuan, start!

Yuan Xiangcheng frowned. Is he injured?

These are the elite soldiers of the Jiashen Right Army. How could they be injured in Beijing? Did foreigners take action?

The person who came was Guan Xiangming, the acting station chief of the Red Search Section Beijing Station, who had broken into the prison with Wang Wu half the night before.

"Chief Instructor, something's wrong!" Guan Xiangming endured the pain in his left foot and limped into the house, saying, "After Wang Wu and I released the people from the Ministry of Justice, we wanted to continue causing trouble, but we ran into the musketeers from the Governor-General's Office. They said they were going to Chaoyang Gate for support later in the night.

They are now preparing in the barracks east of the city, and I am afraid they will have to go to reinforce after the hour of Yin."

Yuan Xiangcheng's heart was in his throat. There were not many people who could break through to begin with, and if they encountered support from the Qing army's musketeers, it would be even more difficult to break through!

"Do you know who leads the team?"

"Sir Yuan, I know!" Wang Wu, who came in with Guan Xiangming, said.

"It's Gong Baotun from the East City Patrol. I recognize his voice. He brought several hundred men with him."

Yuan Xiangcheng had been planning a breakout for several days, intending to cause several riots tonight to interfere with the Qing army's vision. Once the number of people decreased, he could break out with Guangxu and his party.

As soon as the hundreds of musketeers from the Infantry Office came to defend the siege, his plan of breaking out was declared a failure!

Suo seemed to see Yuan Xiangcheng's hesitation, so Wang Wu stepped forward and patted his chest and said, "Sir Yuan, I have a history with Gong Baotun. Why don't you let me go and see if I can persuade him to surrender?"

Q looked at the dark and deep night sky. In a few quarters of an hour, it would turn into daytime. The only way to break out was tonight. There would be no chance tomorrow.

"Okay!" Yuan Xiangcheng stood up and said, "I'll go with you!"

: Taking a few guards with them, Yuan Xiangcheng and Wang Wu rushed to the barracks of Gong Baotun.

Gong Baotun, who had just put out the fire in Zhaozhong Temple and had not yet had time to settle down, was naturally quite surprised to hear that someone was visiting.

"Master Gong, that man said his name was Wang Wu, and he was the master of your younger brother Gong Baotian."

"Wang Wu!?"

Gongbaotun, why are you here looking for me in the middle of the night?

Liu brought him to the barracks, but Gong Baotun was cautious and did not choose to meet him alone.

After a while, Wang Wu and another person walked into the barracks with their heads lowered in front of hundreds of soldiers.

Before Gong Baotun could say hello, Wang Wu rushed forward and captured Gong Baotun in a few moves.

"Wang Wu, what are you doing?!" Gong Baotun was terrified.

"General Gong, it's not about what he wants to do, but what I want to do." Yuan Xiangcheng raised his head and revealed his face.

"Yuan Xiangcheng!"

"Master Yuan!"

"Yuan thief!"

The surrounding Qing soldiers exclaimed in surprise, never expecting that the rebel wanted day and night by the court was right in front of them.

Yuan Xiangcheng went straight in, leaned against Wang Wu, and said to the Qing soldiers while threatening Gong Baotun:

"Justice is in the hearts of the people!

The world is getting worse day by day, and you can see it with your own eyes. Who should we blame? The people have their own scales.

Now that the emperor is about to get married and take power, there are people who don't want the emperor to get married. First they knock the emperor unconscious, and then they create some kind of eldest prince.

I, Yuan Xiangcheng, was so angry that I kidnapped the emperor and fled. Most of you are bannermen, and loyalty to the emperor is your duty. Follow me, Yuan Xiangcheng. As long as we can get the emperor out of the city, we can use the banner of clearing the court of corrupt officials. In the future, you will all be rich and prosperous."

Yuan Xiangcheng's words really excited most of the Qing soldiers present. The incident of him kidnapping the bride had already been widely circulated in the city. Even though there had been a public notice, there were still many people who were unwilling to believe that Yuan Xiangcheng was a traitor.

Instead, I think there is something wrong on the Empress Dowager's side. After all, the news of the emperor's coma was spread from the palace, but the emperor was clearly awake in the carriage that day.

Coupled with the story of the wild fox spirit in the Western Hills, they had already vaguely felt that something must have happened between the Queen Mother and the Emperor, but they did not expect it to be a major event to purge the court.

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After Yuan Xiangcheng finished his words of conciliation, he took out a dozen silver bills from his arms and scattered them around, but no one picked them up.

"This is your toll. If it's really an order from above, all you have to do is take the money and turn a blind eye."

Thousands of taels of silver were scattered without a trace. Could it be that Lord Yuan really wanted to clear the "court" instead of clearing the "king"?

Where is the "Jian Ce" (imperial side)? Whose seat could be next to the throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony except the Empress Dowager?

When they saw the silver notes, some of the Qing soldiers who had been unmoved were completely shaken.

"I've long said that Lord Yuan is a loyal minister, definitely not a traitor!"

"Master Yuan, the brothers followed you, not for anything else, but to kill the foreigners!"

The tumor situation was better than expected, and Yuan Xiangcheng was relieved to see that not many people opposed it.

"Captain Gong, I wonder if you are willing to be loyal to the emperor?" Yuan Xiangcheng turned around and asked Gong Baotun who was being held by Wang Wu.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Gong Baotun could only grit his teeth and say, "Loyalty, of course I must be loyal. My Gong family has been loyal for generations, how can we be disloyal!"

After saying this, the man felt relaxed and no longer had any worries.

4 Seeing that their superiors said so, the remaining hesitant people had no choice but to agree. As a result, Yuan Xiangcheng successfully incorporated the hundreds of infantry brought by Gong Baotun.

Yuan Xiangcheng asked Wang Wu to take Gong Baotun and more than one hundred Qing soldiers mixed with the Jiashen Right Army to reinforce Chaoyang Gate, while he took the token of the patrol camp, ran all the way, and finally came to the place where Guangxu was hiding.

"Yuan Xiangcheng has come to rescue you. Your Majesty, please pack your bags and follow me out of the city immediately!"

"It's Yuan Xiangcheng, Father, it's Yuan Xiangcheng!" Guangxu, who had been hiding in the house for several days, tightly grasped Yi X's hand. "We are going to leave the city, Father!"

"Okay, let's go!" Yi X was also excited.

Yuan Xiangcheng took the remaining dozen or so Jiashen Right Army soldiers and met Guangxu, then headed east to Chaoyang Gate.

At this time, the sky was already glowing white, and it would be dawn in less than an hour.

"Who is in front? Stop!" Zhan Shaoan, who was stationed at Chaoyang Gate, asked loudly.

"I heard that there were rioters roaming around the capital, so I followed Lord Rong's order and left the city to disperse them, so they wouldn't gather and cause trouble in the capital!" Yuan Xiangcheng replied seriously. "What are you doing here?"

What he said was not wrong. The people in the capital were killing officials everywhere in the name of "expelling the evil queen and protecting the Qing Dynasty."

Not only officials, but also landlords, wealthy families, foreign churches, and everything they could see on the road were destroyed.

"I'm under the order of King Qing to guard the city gates here. No one is allowed to leave the city. Go back!"

"Zhan Shaoan, what if I have to go out today?" Yuan Xiangcheng rode his horse forward and took off the hat on his head.

"Yuan Xiangcheng!" Zhan Shaoan exclaimed, drawing his sword from his hip, while at the same time calling for help: "Master Gong, it's Yuan Ni, musketeers, prepare!"

"Okay, musketeers, get ready!" Gong Baotun took aim.

"Yuan Xiangcheng, you really walked into a trap and were captured by dismounting. How could I..." Zhan Shaoan said arrogantly. Before he could finish his words, Gong Baotun beside him suddenly turned the gun and shot Zhan Shaoan in the head.

"You... Gong, why did Yuan Xiangcheng dare to break in with just a dozen people?

The hundreds of patrol soldiers brought by Zhan Shaoan were stunned. Although he was only a temporary commander, they did not expect that the palace guards would die in front of them. Immediately, several of Zhan Shaoan's personal soldiers were about to draw their swords and step forward.

Ignoring the surprised Qing soldiers, Yuan Xiangcheng turned around and shouted behind him, "Zhan Shaoan disrespected the emperor and was killed on the spot. Gong Baotun was loyal and devoted. I request that you reward him for his meritorious service in protecting the emperor and promote him to the commander of the left wing of the patrol battalion!"

"Okay." Guangxu's nervous and childish voice came from behind.

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At this time, the Qing army defending the city, who were still immersed in the news of Zhan Shaoan’s death, were even more surprised. The emperor was actually behind them!

The Qing army, which was already somewhat agitated, calmed down when they heard the emperor's arrival.

Yuan Xiangcheng looked at the expressions of the crowd and couldn't help but sigh. The title of Guangxu was still useful. He didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse for China today.

However, he had no time to feel melancholy. After hearing Guangxu's approval, he shouted out: "Gong Baotun!"

"The subordinate is here!"

"Tie up those guys who just drew their swords!"

After dealing with the diehards in the city defense force, Yuan Xiangcheng quickly distributed banknotes in front of the soldiers: "The emperor is leaving the capital this time to return as a king in the future. Those of you who are willing to follow him can follow him. Those who are not willing, take the banknotes and deal with it yourself!"

After dealing with the city defense troops, Yuan Xiangcheng rushed to the front of Guangxu's carriage, clenched his fist and said, "Your Majesty, the road ahead is clear, you can leave the city now!"

After experiencing the most thrilling few days in history, Guangxu finally put his mind at ease.

Walking inside Chaoyang Gate, with the rising sun in the distance, Guangxu felt that his future was bright.

Chapter 141^. Hedgehog 4% off purchase: Zhang Fengtian's call for Empress Dowager Cixi

"My lord, my lord!"

Aide Yu Shimei hurriedly ran into the Guangdong and Guangxi Governor's villa in the capital. When he opened the door, he saw Li Hongzhang with a braid of white hair. He was not wearing a hat and his braid was not combed. He was staring blankly in the direction of the Forbidden City.

Seeing Yu Shimei come in, he came back to his senses and asked, "What's the situation?"

Yu Shimei stamped his feet fiercely: "He ran away, he really did run away, and now he hasn't been caught up yet!"

After Yuan Shikai captured the city, some of the soldiers defending the city who had no families followed him out, but some Qing soldiers were reluctant to leave their families in Beijing and planned to stay.

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These people were worried about being punished later, so they told Ronglu the news. Of course, they concealed the fact that Yuan Shikai had bribed them with banknotes. They only said that Yuan Shikai was too powerful and they were forced to open the city gates and release the people because they were defeated.

Upon hearing this, Ronglu immediately assembled 2000 soldiers and chased after them, but it was already dawn and not a single person was seen.

Feeling that something was wrong, he sent people to continue searching, while he returned to the city to interrogate the soldiers guarding the city.

You don't know until the trial. It was only at the first trial that it was discovered that these people had accepted bribes to release the person. Ronglu was immediately furious and arrested his family and himself. Before the afternoon, they were all pushed to Caishikou and beheaded as a public display.

At the same time, he also told Prince Qing not to completely relax the city defenses, saying that Yuan Shikai might be using a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and might still be hiding in the capital!

"Confused, stupid, mean, and worse than a crap!" Li Hongzhang cursed without caring about his image, even the Hefei dialect came out of his mouth.

"Yuan Xiangcheng has tens of thousands of troops outside. Why didn't he take this opportunity to escape? Why did he stay in the capital and play cat and mouse with Ronglu?"

Li Hongzhang didn't care who became emperor, he only cared about whether the Qing Dynasty could hold on. After all, it was a turbulent time and the Qing Dynasty could not withstand the storm. No matter who wanted to sit on that position, as long as they could stabilize the court, it would be fine.

If the emperor and Yuan Shikai could be trapped in the capital, he would turn a blind eye to the empress dowager's excessive behavior.

But he hadn't expected it to get so bad. It was beyond his expectations.

"Please calm down, sir." Yu Shimei talked about another matter and took out a piece of white paper from his pocket. "When I was trying to gather information, someone slipped me a letter. They said it was written by Yuan Xiangcheng himself and asked me to hand it to you personally."

Li Hongzhang suppressed his anger and asked, "What is written in the letter?"

"Yuan Xiangcheng said he knew Your Excellency cared deeply about the people and didn't want to see another war. But he was different. He wanted to rid China of the evildoers and restore peace to the world. He advised Your Excellency to see the road ahead clearly and not aid the tyrant!"

Hearing this, Li Hongzhang's heart skipped a beat. The worst result had finally come. Yuan Shikai had no intention of compromising and wanted to fight the empress dowager to the end.