Chapter 51 The Battle of Yuanmen
Chapter 51 �
The response in Jingying was relatively slow.
Because Jiajing did not think about the seriousness of this incident at the beginning. When the Jinyiwei lost control, he realized that it was so that the British Gongjing camp was launched and the order in the capital was controlled.
But the British Duke was rushing to reorganize his army and was about to leave the camp, but he saw that there were thirty or fifty cavalry at the gate that had already controlled the gate.
When the British Duke stepped forward, he saw that the torches on both sides were clearly beaten, so he naturally recognized that the person opposite was not someone else. It was Qi Jiguang.
The British Duke immediately stepped forward and said, "Marquis Yunzhong, what do you mean?"
Qi Jiguang turned his hand and held up an imperial edict and said, "According to the sage, the British Duke made a ill-gotten plan, led his troops out of the camp late at night to plan a great rebellion. He ordered the Marquis of Yunzhong to capture him."
When the British Duke heard this, he was furious and said, "I know that you are a disciple of Zhou Ni, and life and death are at stake now, don't mislead yourself."
Qi Jiguang sneered and said, "You are the one who misleads himself. The British Duke has been loyal and kind for generations, so don't ruin the name of his ancestors because of today." Then Qi Jiguang drove forward and said, "Everyone, when will the Beijing camp be released late at night, and the target is near the palace. You are all loyal ministers and generals of the country. Now you must distinguish between good and evil. Otherwise, a mistake will be a timeless regret and will affect the descendants of the family."
As soon as this statement was spoken, many generals whispered.
Don't know what to do.
This is also the disadvantage of the British Duke in charge of the army. The British Duke has a high status in his year, but he has no prestige in the army. But who was Qi Jiguang? He defeated Qingcheng, suppressed Japanese pirates, and even won the great victory in Yinmahe, becoming a marquis of the Ming Dynasty from an unknown person. He is an idol of the soldiers. Not to mention the military charter, seven or eight out of ten were compiled by Qi Jiguang.
This invisible reputation made some believe Qi Jiguang's words.
If it were Duke Feng Li Ru here, this would definitely not happen. The reason is that although Duke Feng was not as good as Qi Jiguang's military achievements, he was noble after all, and had truly fought wars and promoted a large number of his own people. He had his own loyalty in the army.
It is the kind of loyalty who dares to kill even the emperor with a command. Every general has some, some servants or death soldiers. After all, without these people on the battlefield, few generals can survive.
He also has his own old subordinates.
In this suspicious place, the British Duke can command people.
However, the Duke of England has not fought for many years, and the generals of the Duke of England's mansion have become guardians and guardians. His management in the military relies on the endorsement of imperial power. Now his actions, coupled with the imperial edict in Qi Jiguang's hands, naturally made many people hesitate.
The Duke of England knew that the situation could not continue like this. Even if he knew that the imperial edict in Qi Jiguang was fake, so what? Can the entire army know clearly? It cannot.
After all, most soldiers have never seen an imperial edict in their lifetime. They can't tell it out with a piece of yellow cloth or a roll. Moreover, Qi Jiguang's imperial edict may not be fake. With Zhou Mengchen's connections, they imitate the imperial edict and make it true and cover it with a carrot seal. Don't say that these soldiers cannot recognize it, even those who specialize in the imperial edict should have to tell it out for a while. Or by checking the archives, they will know whether the imperial edict is true or false.
You know, Xu Wei is also very accomplished in antiques.
Generally speaking, people who have attainments in antiques are also very attainable in making fakes.
Even if you can tell it, the daylily will be cold after you tell it.
The British Duke said in his heart: "At this moment, I can only do it." The British Duke waved his hand, and more than a hundred cavalry beside him were ready to go out immediately.
But he is faster, Qi Jiguang is faster.
Because Qi Jiguang took fake imperial edicts just to destroy the morale of the army, not to solve the problem. There is only one way to solve the problem in the army, that is, to speak with swords and guns.
Qi Jiguang did not wait for the guards around him, but drove away. Under the illumination of countless torches, Qi Jiguang rushed by with a gust of wind, causing countless torches to surging up and down, and the lights were even more erratic.
Before the British Duke could see clearly what was going on, he saw Qi Jiguang rushing in front of him. He stretched out his long arm and held the British Duke upside down on his own.
The British Duke was confused and wanted to resist. However, Qi Jiguang grabbed the belt with one hand, like a child, raised it above his head and shouted loudly: "The thief has been taken down. What are you waiting for? I won't make any mistakes."
"Yes." Suddenly some people took action and surrounded the loyal men of the British Duke.
For a moment, the army was in chaos, and the most unlucky thing was that the generals knew nothing. They had no idea what had happened, but they saw a chaos in the camp.
Only then did Qi Jiguang take the British Duke back to the gate and smash the British Duke heavily on the ground. Immediately, personal soldiers took off all the weapons and armor of the British Duke, and tied them together.
The British Duke looked at Qi Jiguang fiercely and said, "I thought Duke Zhou was not the kind of person who plotted against him. I didn't think that you lurked in the capital camp and secretly accepted the generals, and you really had a bad intention."
Qi Jiguang smiled softly and said, "My master said something. When others use certain things as excuses to attack you, you'd better have it."
The British Duke was stunned, his eyes were so angry that he gritted his teeth and said, "God will not let you go, traitor."
Qi Jiguang said: "To be honest, the situation today is all because of you."
The British Duke sneered and said, "Because I? It's like this, why bother slander me."
Qi Jiguang said: "No, no, no, how is it considered to be a slander of me? Don't you know what the situation in the Beijing camp is like? Any old subordinate of the teacher is not allowed to be transferred to the Beijing camp. Although there are some old subordinates of the teacher in the Beijing camp, there are very few, and the most should be the old subordinates of Duke Feng."
The British Duke said: "So what? Could it be that Duke Feng was involved in this matter?"
Qi Jiguang said: "No. Duke Feng is far away in Nanjing, so he will naturally not participate. But when the teacher talked about an old story, many of the old Duke Feng's subordinates agreed to help us do things."
The British Duke was slightly stunned, as if he had thought of something. His eyes widened, and it was a bit incredible.
Qi Jiguang said: "Yes, the death of Duke Lao Feng, is the British Duke forgetting about this matter?"
"I didn't do this." The British Duke snapped: "Why should I do this?"
"Yes." Qi Jiguang said: "My teacher also speculated that it was Fengrun's Cao's family, or Dongning's Marquis Jiao's family. But if the British Duke had not intervened, the Duke's Mansion would have been so many years, wouldn't it be found out?"
The British Duke was slightly stunned, with a little guilty to his tone, and said, "I just don't want the nobles in our class to get into trouble again."
Qi Jiguang said, "Understand. In this case, you can go and tell Duke Feng."
Qi Jiguang immediately said to his left and right: "Call the mouth. Take care of it, he is still of great use. Now he can't die."
Yes. The most worried thing about the government of the capital was the opposition from other places, but in military terms, because of Jiajing's rejection of Zhou Mengchen, Zhou Mengchen's old subordinates were not in the capital, and were naturally distributed throughout the world. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the opposition from these people when Zhou Mengchen did what he did in the capital.
Of course, Zhou Mengchen also knew very well that most of his soldiers were loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Zhou Mengchen's political change might be possible. But if he really wanted to become emperor himself, the Zhou party would be divided.
The only person who posed a threat to Zhou Mengchen in other places was Duke Feng Li Ru.
Duke Feng was in charge of Nanjing, and Nanjing was the capital of the Ming Dynasty and was famous. Now after the military reform, Nanjing was also an important town with tens of thousands of soldiers. Then Jiangnan had an economic foundation. More importantly, there were too many people opposing the new law in Jiangnan.
If the Duke of Fengguo wants to, he can establish a new regime in Nanjing.
This is not what Zhou Mengchen is willing to see. So the Duke of England is the gift Zhou Mengchen gave to Duke Feng. I don’t expect Duke Feng to agree to anything because of this matter. The least talk is about it.
Qi Jiguang looked into the direction of the palace and saw only the walls of the inner city. He thought to himself: "I don't know what's going on in other directions." He had no time to worry, because he started to take down the British Duke and stabilized the Beijing Camp.
However, the Beijing Camp's movement was so big that it could be seen from afar on the inner city walls. It was much more important than the Jinyiwei's movement. At this moment, someone had already reported his news to Jiajing.
Chapter completed!