Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"Do you want to surrender?"

"No, I want to go home. I have soup cooking at home!"

"puff........."

The army was in panic and their morale plummeted. Some wanted to flee, some wanted to surrender. The guy who said he was stewing soup at home was stabbed through the heart by a military officer on the spot.

"If we fight to the death, there is still a chance of survival. Kill!"

"If anyone mentions the word escape again, I will kill his entire family!"

But just as he finished speaking, a large group of people suddenly rushed out from the darkness in the direction of Coal Hill, led by Lu Xiangsheng!

He glanced at the battlefield and found Zhu Youxiao standing on the steps on the side of the city gate. Although there was blood all over his body, there were no obvious wounds. Only then did he feel relieved.

"Your Majesty, I am Lu Xiangsheng, and I am sorry for being late. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

At this point, Zhu Youxiao completely relaxed and pointed at the chaotic troops.

"Not guilty, quickly catch these thieves!"

"Sir, obey the order!"

Lu Xiangsheng bowed, turned around and led the soldiers of the Shenji Camp to attack the chaotic army.

Just as he set off, there was another burst of dense horse hoof sounds coming from the west side of Xuanwu Gate.

"Your Highness, Zhang Weixian, leads the soldiers from the five military camps to rescue you!"

Chapter 57: Brother Emperor, I am wronged

There was someone chasing and firing cannons behind them, and the soldiers in the barracks were completely panicked by this situation.

Even the military officer who had just stabbed a deserter to death was stunned at this moment!

How come the Shenji Camp and the Wujun Camp arrived so quickly!

Tonight's action was very sudden. Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for the troops from the Shenji Camp and the Wujun Camp to arrive so quickly!

Even if they knew something had happened in the palace, it would be impossible for them to enter the city smoothly in the middle of the night, because the soldiers guarding the city would never open the door to let them in without seeing the imperial edict!

"Go east!"

Seeing that the rebellion was hopeless, the military officer shouted at the rebels at the top of his voice.

As a result, the rebel troops quickly withdrew from Xuanwu Gate and retreated along the palace wall towards the Silijian.

But at this moment, the sound of a large number of people and horses running was heard from the Silijian.

"Kill! We want to see which blind beast dared to disturb the emperor's sweet dream!"

Originally Zhu Youxiao was worried that these rebel troops would escape, but after hearing this sharp voice, he finally felt relieved.

run!

Wei Zhongxian is here too. Let’s see where you bunch of rebels can run to!

A large number of troops from the East Factory, along with Wei Zhongxian, emerged from the darkness and caught the rebel army off guard.

Xuanwu Gate is a crossroads. Now it is surrounded from all sides. These rebel troops are completely surrounded!

"Line up!"

"put!"

Li Dingguo's childish voice was heard from the north, followed by a burst of gunfire.

"Bang, bang, bang......

The 300 artillerymen he led had put away their mortars and replaced them with platoons of rifles.

Surrounded on all sides, the rebel army was like a piece of wife cake, with layer after layer of defense being stripped away.

In the blink of an eye, only the group of people in the center were left.

"Caught alive!"

Zhu Youxiao stood on the top of the city wall and shouted to the people below.

"Yes!"

Li Dingguo was the first to respond. He fired his loaded musket into the sky, then swung the musket and rushed towards the rebel army closest to him.

The artillerymen behind him followed his example and rushed towards the chaotic army.

Amidst the chaos, Ke Guangxian and Hou Guoxing looked at each other and decided to break out from Li Dingguo's side, which had the least number of people.

But what made them despair was that under such a siege, the rebel troops had already been frightened silly!

"Dang Cang..."

Weapons were thrown to the ground, and then someone was seen kneeling down with his hands raised.

"Don't kill me, I was forced to do it!"

When it comes to surrender, once someone takes the lead, there will always be others who will follow suit.

Swords and spears were thrown to the sides of the road one after another, and the soldiers who had thrown away their weapons knelt down immediately.

"Yes, yes, they arrested my eighty-year-old mother!"

"Your Majesty, please have mercy on me. I have been deceived..."

"........."

The men beside him knelt down one by one, and Ke Guangxian and Hou Guoxing, uncle and nephew, were stunned.

Before they could react, the two groups of people led by Li Dingguo and Wei Zhongxian had already arrived in front of them.

A group of barbarians rushed forward and pinned the uncle and nephew, along with several other soldiers around them, to the ground.

Just as Wei Zhongxian was about to open his mouth to interrogate him, he saw Zhu Youxiao walking out of the Xuanwu Gate with his hands behind his back and Lu Xiangsheng.

He quickly took a few steps forward and knelt on the ground to salute.

"I came too late to save you, and caused Your Majesty to be frightened. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

"Not too late, just right!"

Zhu Youxiao was very pleased with his appearance. After picking him up from the ground, he gave him a slap in the face.

Well, the light kind...

Wei Zhongxian felt instantly happy, and the incident of killing a group of his adopted sons just in the daytime was completely forgotten by him.

Go to hell, he’s just a godson.

Our family lacks everything, but a godson!

It's worth it to chop them all off just to get this slap from the emperor!

Of course, Zhu Youxiao didn't know what was going on in his mind, nor did he want to know.

"Interrogate them right here. I want to know who gave them the courage!"

"Yes!"

Wei Zhongxian took action immediately, and Zhang Weixian also came forward to help.

In addition to the minions who followed orders and the two uncles and nephews Ke Guangxian and Hou Guoxing, a eunuch superintendent and two directors of the Imperial Stables were also found among the chaotic army.

As for the chaotic army dressed as servants, no one knew which noble family sent them.

"Royal brother, royal brother!"

Before the interrogation began, a large group of people suddenly rushed over from the direction of Bei'anmen.

The leader was actually Prince Xin Zhu Youjian!

Zhu Youxiao did not really strip him of his royal title that day, so when he saw his adopted brother, he was very puzzled.

What is this guy doing here in the middle of the night?

While he was wondering, Prince Xin had already come closer. He looked flustered, his clothes were a little messy, and he was even missing a boot!

Zhu Youxiao pointed at his outfit and asked curiously, "Fifth brother, what are you doing???"

Prince Xin fell to his knees with a thud and burst into tears.

"Brother Emperor, they are forcing me to rebel!"

"I am innocent!"

Zhu Youxiao was even more confused!

Fuck!

Force him to rebel?

what's the situation?

Seeing that he looked confused, Prince Xin quickly explained the whole story.

"In the evening, Qian Qianyi brought a group of scholars and nobles to visit my brother's house, saying that he wanted to ask what kind of gift would be appropriate for my brother's birthday. At first, I didn't take it seriously, so I chatted with them for a while."

"But when it got dark, they still had no intention of leaving. I couldn't chase them away, so I had someone prepare a banquet to entertain them."

"How could I have known that after three rounds of drinking, they actually told me to prepare to ascend the throne tomorrow!"

"They also said that someone would do it for them and break into the palace in the name of clearing out the emperor's entourage."

"Brother, please understand that I would never dare to rebel, so I had them arrested!"

"I was afraid something might happen to my brother, so I hurried over to protect him!"

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao had a thousand accusations that he wanted to shout out!

Is there still anything about the Donglin Party?

Didn't I send Qian Qianyi's grandson to Mizhi thousands of miles away to deliver his head?

Why are you still in the capital?

"Wei Zhongxian!"

"The old slave is here!"

"Take these bastards to the East Depot. Also, send someone to bring Qian Qianyi and others from Prince Xin's Mansion over as well and torture them severely!"

"Old slave obeys!"

After Wei Zhongxian took these people away, Zhu Youxiao asked Prince Xin again.

"Who are the nobles who went to your house?"

Prince Xin hurriedly bowed and replied, "Duke Chengguo Zhu Chunchen, Marquis Yangwu Xue Lian, Marquis Gongshun Wu Weiying, Marquis Linhuai Li Hongji!"

Chapter 58 I did a lot of stupid things when I was young

After hearing Prince Xin's answer, Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Weixian expressionlessly.

"My Duke of England, can you give me a reasonable explanation?"

A few days ago, Zhang Weixian had just pleaded for mercy on behalf of those nobles, but now, some nobles and civil officials colluded with each other and actually committed rebellion. This made Zhu Youxiao extremely angry!

What kind of explanation can Zhang Weixian give?

Although the rebellious army has been resolved, he is still confused and has no idea how this incident came about.

When he first heard the sound of cannons, he sent people to the Shenji Camp to ask if they were firing cannons there, but the people he sent out came back and said that the Shenji Camp had all entered the city to support the king. Only then did he realize that something had happened in the city, and he quickly gathered his men and rushed over.

Even this is only possible with the help of the Shenji Camp, otherwise the Five Army Camps wouldn’t even be able to enter the inner city!

He turned around and glared at the sons of nobles who came with him, and cursed them viciously.

"Duke Chengguo, Marquis Gongshun, Marquis Linhuai, Marquis Yangwu!"

"The children of these four families, stand up!"

The sons of noble families were equally confused, and the four children who were named walked out of the team with gritted teeth.

"Your Majesty, please spare me. I really don't know what happened today!"

"Your Majesty, we have been in the Fifth Army Camp and have never left the house or seen our families. The Duke of England can attest to this!"