my days with tyrants

And at this moment Chaoyang Gate was a few kilometers away.

"Mad, these lunatics!"

The father-in-law is running away in panic.

Behind him, the main gate of Chaoyang Gate and the gate of Wengcheng had been blown open.

Of course, it wasn't the city tower that was blown up, it was just the city gate.

Two carriages carrying gunpowder barrels used his identity as a cover to detonate at two city gates at the same time...

He is the head of the country. He personally inspected the city defense of Chaoyangmen, and then walked with a group of civilian men who transported military supplies. Who would check these carriages among the soldiers guarding the gate?
Then the people hidden in the carriage detonated the gunpowder directly inside.

Their plan should be to blow up the city tower, cause damage to the city wall that cannot be repaired in a short time, and even create an outward collapse, so that those who enter through Cangbo Gate can directly rush into the inner city, but unfortunately the inner city wall of the capital is so strong Far beyond their imagination.The huge explosion only destroyed the city gate inside and collapsed some blue bricks on the top of the city gate, but did not cause any damage to the main body of the city tower. It is obvious that these people do not understand the real blasting technology...

Of course the inner city wall can be blown open.

Originally, Hong Tianwang did this hundreds of years later in history.

But he dug a tunnel, and then filled the tunnel with gunpowder to blast the tunnel.

In addition, Zeng shaved his head and actually bombed them. They were also tunnels, and then filled with said [-] packs of gunpowder, blowing down the [-]-foot-long city wall in one fell swoop.

But now it is a bit naive to expect that a car of gunpowder barrels without any airtightness can blow up the city wall of Chaoyangmen.

Not only did the collapse not occur as they imagined, but the falling bricks blocked most of the two city gates. Now in the dust and thick smoke behind the governor, the defenders were fighting in confusion with the enemy troops inside. .Because there were green bricks piled up under his feet, and green bricks fell from time to time above his head, the battle between the two sides was extremely fierce. Many people simply picked up the green bricks and smashed them at each other. The thieves who followed him into the city were also rushing down the city wall. soldiers fought fiercely.

Those attackers actually had an advantage. Although this was the gate that was theoretically the closest to the imperial city, it was actually the Dongan Gate of the imperial city when they entered the city.

But it is the weakest in defense.

Because there are no residents at all inside, only the left guard of the government army is defending.

The first army of the Beijing camp was at Dashengguan, the third army was in the south of the outer wall with Yuhuatai as the core and along the river as the second line of defense, the fifth army was in the northern outer wall, Lion Mountain, Shogunate Mountain, etc., and the inner city wall itself was at In the current situation, the guards are on guard.After all, the enemy army is still more than ten miles away. Only after the outer wall is breached, the Beijing camp will retreat to the inner city wall for defense. Now the guards are on guard to prevent spies from destroying it. In a city where all the people are soldiers, there are countless young and strong nearby who will quickly climb up the city wall for defense as the order to defend the city is issued.

The Beijing camp is not the main force of city defense. The city's population of 200 million and more than 70 young and strong are the real defenders.

Not to mention those military households in the guard station, even the civilians have military training.

And the weapons piled up in warehouses all over the city, as well as the large number of cold weapons among the people, can also make everyone a soldier.

Even women.

A woman shoots the same bullet as a man.

All Yang Feng never worried about the city being captured, let alone less than 20 enemies, 30, 50 or even [-] are useless.

The city can pull out a million defenders if needed.

but……

There is no one inside Chaoyang Gate.

Inside is a messy warehouse hundreds of meters wide between the east wall of the imperial city.

In the end, the only people who could be put into defense in a short period of time were the thousand soldiers on duty at the left guard of the government army.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Guozhang, he just wanted to escape from this area quickly to avoid being involved in the battle, because many of his guards and helpers were killed by gunpowder at this time, and the rest were blocked in the Urn City, so he directly Even if he fled alone, thanks to a few loyal guards who fended off the culprits for him, as long as he escaped from the battlefield, he would be fine.

As for him bringing people in, it's not worth mentioning.

He is the head of the country, what can he do if he is held hostage, he is also a victim, does he have to be killed by these thieves?
Are you worthy of the Queen Mother?Won't the Queen Mother be sad?Won't the queen be sad?So in order not to be sad for the Queen Mother and Queen, he had no choice but to be the leader.

Fortunately, it is still easy to escape.

After all, the imperial city is ahead, as long as you run into Donganmen, you will be safe.

At this time, the Dong'an Gate had already opened, and the guards on duty in the imperial city were rushing out.

According to the revised system, the pro-military guards in the capital no longer take turns to guard the imperial city. Mainly because the elite pro-military guards have entered the capital camp and have no time to wait for the emperor to guard the gate, so the guards are responsible for the garrison alone, but the guards are not the imperial court. It was the emperor himself who paid the money.In other words, the inner court used the proceeds from various imperial properties to recruit troops. Now the emperor has a lot of private properties, including banks, as well as imperial mansions in various places, and even Iwami Ginzan, which was originally dedicated to the emperor by the king of Japan. Of course, it was also the emperor's property, but it was just handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs for management.

But in theory, the profit of the silver produced belongs to the emperor.

In other words, after the silver is mined and smelted, after deducting the costs incurred during the period, such as wages, various materials that need to be purchased, etc., the final profit belongs to the emperor.

Of course, if there is one.

If you think about it, you will know that under the operation of the Account Department, it is difficult to make too much profit on paper.

After all, the mined silver belongs to the Ministry of Accounts, but the Ministry of Accounts must pay back to the bank first, and they have borrowed a huge amount of debt from the bank.

have to pay.

But no matter what, it is a fact that the emperor has a lot of private property. Since the emperor has a lot of private property, there is no need for the household department to pay the emperor. Therefore, the inner court is responsible for all kinds of expenses in the palace, and it is also the case that the guards are hired to defend the imperial city. It was also the emperor who paid for it himself.Even the specific number of guards is determined by the emperor himself. In fact, the queen mother is completely handed over to her father. Even the guards and the commanders are all relatives. Although everyone is relatives, it is impossible not to get money from the queen mother.Therefore, although the king and the queen mother have high hopes for the guards, and even invest huge sums of money every year, even saving the palace expenses and abolishing the palace maids and eunuchs, under the manipulation of his relatives, the guards have become a disgrace to the capital's armed forces. ...

The armor was indeed plate armor, but because the person responsible for purchasing it was the Queen Mother's brother, he ended up purchasing a bunch of wrought iron armor at the price of the best quality armor.

Not even carburizing.

But the polish is nice.

It looked like a shining sun.

It was indeed a flintlock.

But in fact, the queen mother's cousin opened a workshop by himself, and then hired a group of craftsmen with two knives to make some with an astonishing failure rate, and then purchased them at a high price as the latest flintlock guns.

……

In short, at this moment, these guards were completely created by the Guozhang family, and they appeared in the Guozhang's field of vision like a savior.

And behind the head of the country, those thieves who have been following him to hold him hostage, and entered the Chaoyang Gate with him, have rushed past the interception of the left guard soldiers of the government army, and rushed towards him, ready to continue to hold him hostage. The country's father-in-law's liver and gallbladder are torn.

"I am the head of the country, please save me!"

he shouted as he ran.

The guards on the opposite side ran forward wildly.

"Uncle, get down!"

shouted the leading officer.

The abbot immediately woke up and threw himself down.

At the same time, the guards on the opposite side stopped, raised their flintlock guns one by one, and then pulled the triggers at the thieves, but less than a third of them spewed flames, and the guards who had hardly been trained could not Hardly any targets were hit.After all, in order to save money, their generals never organized training. The queen mother didn't understand at all. She just saw the reflection of the bodyguard's armor and carried the new-style firecrackers. of.

Can they still cheat themselves?
At this moment, he was lying on the ground dumbfounded.

The thieves were initially startled, but then they discovered that they were unscathed, while the guards opposite were reloading in a panic.

The leader cursed.

Then they rushed forward.

The head of the state also woke up, got up and continued to run wildly, and the guards on the opposite side also rushed forward. After all, even if it is the shame of the capital's armed forces, it is not those Shangyong who were defeated by the enemy in the late Ming Dynasty, or even a pure commoner in this era. It is also able to fight bravely.In fact, these bodyguards are all hired by the head of the state and the clan in-laws from their respective hometowns, and many of them are military households themselves. Such employment can be done even by military households. If the inferior flintlock guns in their hands are not too bad, it is not enough to give them bows and arrows. As for that.

Just like that, the two sides collided in the chaos, and amid the panic and screams of the national head, the two sides fighting with cold weapons instantly drowned him.

At the Chaoyang Gate behind, the fighting was still going on. A total of more than 500 people followed into the city, one-third of them entered Chaoyang Gate before the explosion.

More than 200 people were blocked in the Wengcheng.

There were dozens more people outside.

Although there were a thousand defenders on the left guard of the government army, the commander was below to greet the abbot. During the explosion, he was knocked away by the flames and broken bricks ejected from the city gate hole. At this time, his life or death was uncertain.

Other soldiers also suffered more than 100 casualties.

Because the culprit was the abbot, no one went to rescue him. They even deliberately let those who were chasing him pass, but they blocked the main city gate. At the same time, the people on the city wall were also shooting at the people inside the urn city. The blocked thieves were also trying to climb the city wall, and the two sides started a fierce melee with the main gate of Chaoyang Gate as the core.Although these thieves are all elite, because it is difficult to obtain firearms, they only have the captured short muskets guarded by the emperor. The rest is to fight with cold weapons and can only rely on bravery. But if this kind of raid cannot succeed at first, then In fact, it is impossible to succeed at all.

Even though there is indeed no one inside the Chaoyang Gate, there are defenders at every gate in the entire inner city, including the Shuimen Gate not far to the south. It only takes a few minutes to get there. In these few minutes, the thieves cannot successfully control Chaoyang. The door is no longer possible to control.

Soon the Jinwu avant-garde soldiers rushing for reinforcements arrived.

Although the remaining thieves resisted desperately, they were still unable to break through the city gate, especially since most of them were trapped inside the urn city, and the last thieves fell soon after a round of firepower.

As for the battle between the guards and the thieves...

"Hurry up, send the head of the country to the imperial hospital. The head of the country killed the enemy bravely and spilled blood on the Chaoyang Gate. Finally, the thieves did not disturb the imperial city!"

Song Hu, commander of Jinwu's avant-garde guards, looked at the bloody, twitching and humming Guozhang on the ground, and said somewhat gloatingly.

He is the second son of Song Sheng. His elder brother Song Xuan has followed Yang Feng to the west as the leader of the Beijing camp. In fact, Yang Feng has promised that their Song family can live in Gansu...

This is not a good job. At this time, Gansu is considered the poorest place in Ming Dynasty.

But for the Song family, it can indeed be said that it is very face-saving.

And Song Hu was in the capital as the commander of the pro-military guards, and married Zhu Di's daughter. Zhu Di took the initiative to marry his daughter to the Song family. After all, he was in the Western Regions, and the Song family was the closest court assistance he could get. Build a good relationship with Sheng. The latter has also been granted the title of Duke of Ning due to his military exploits in the Western Regions over the years. He is well-deserved as the Duke. After all, he has led his army into the Western Regions since the last Western Expedition of Yang Feng and Zhu Di, and After these two bastards left, it was all up to him to suppress the Western Regions.

At present, the generals of Anxi and Beiting towns are all promoted by him, including the military households who moved to the two towns, and he is also in charge of resettlement.

It can be regarded as the No. 1 imperial court in the northwest.

As for the poor king...

In fact, no one knows what's going on, after all, it's night, even with the light of those kerosene lamps, they can't see clearly after all. In short, he ran to the guard, and the thief chased after him. After bumping into each other, the rest is a melee in chaos. It is really impossible to find out who knocked him down, and how many people stepped on him.Anyway, after the guards finally dealt with the thief, they found the king's python robe among the messy dead bodies on the ground, and it was like this now.

"I heard that the head of the state was held hostage by thieves and led the thieves into the Chaoyang Gate, so the thieves blew up the city gate and killed the commander of the left guard of the government army, almost breaking through the Chaoyang Gate."

Qianhu next to him said with the same gloating.

"These guards are all flintlocks, so they didn't protect him?"

Song Hu said.

"Those flint-hair muskets were all made by my uncle's factory. Their own army bought their own flint-hair muskets, and in the end more than [-]% of them were misfired. Who can blame them?"

Chito said with a smile.

"Well, in that case, we outsiders can just report it truthfully."

Song Hu said while holding back a smile.

In fact, no matter the nobles or the common people in the capital, they don't have a good opinion of the Guozhang.

The latter looked down on him as an original commander who was expensive because of his daughter, and the people hated him for controlling patrols and only wanted to make money. Now his result is happy for everyone.

Especially self-inflicted.

"Damn it, these bastards have hidden so many people in the capital. It is obvious that there are many people in the capital protecting them. Even if the people are allowed to hold weapons, it is not easy to get so much gunpowder, let alone Let them hide so much gunpowder until now, what are the capital patrols doing?"

Song Hu said angrily looking at the scene around which could be said to be the pillow of dead bodies.

Of course, patrolling is also the responsibility of the state head.