A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 119 Countering the rebellion, three thousand battalions!

In the darkness, Yan Keng saw the rebels attacking the city in front.

He raised his saber high and said loudly:
"Brothers, we have been eating royal food for generations, now is the time to repay His Majesty!"

"In this battle, we must kill the enemy bravely and never retreat if we advance!"

"After this battle, everyone will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, the injured will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver, and the deceased will be compensated with a thousand taels of silver!"

"Whoever captures the leader of the thief will be rewarded with a hundred gold. I will report to Your Majesty and ask for a title for him!"

"Charge, crush them!"

The high-pitched voice resounded through the night sky, which was the best mobilization.

The cavalry behind them let out roars and shouts, their eyes full of fanaticism, and then followed Yan Keng's horses and whips, and the cavalry rumbled forward.

These elite soldiers of the Three Thousand Battalions are the descendants of the Shunyi Iron Cavalry and the Duoyan Three Guards who followed Yan Keng in his battles in the north and south. They have a fighting prowess that is not inferior to that of their fathers.

Although the number was only over 1000, they launched a charge against the thousands of rebels without hesitation.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were 600 people in a guard station, and the number of pro-army guards was nearly 6000. Fortunately, most people were unwilling to follow these orders to fight for an illusory Conglong. As a result, several thousand households were captured, and During the operation, some people constantly noticed something was wrong and fled, resulting in the actual number of rebels being only over [-].

A division of [-] battalions plus the thousands of people guarding the flag-bearing guards is still quite different in number. Moreover, the flag-bearing guards were raided before and suffered many casualties. They were also responsible for guarding the imperial city and could not go into battle, so in fact, there were only three Thousands of battalions fought against thousands of rebels, and the flag-bearing guards used bows and artillery to support them on the city wall. Yan Keng was still at a disadvantage.

But the Three Thousand Battalion is worthy of the reputation of their fathers!
These Mongolian men who are good at fighting have become extremely brave after being rewarded with huge sums of money!
Their iron hooves stepped through the enemy's formation time and time again, tearing the rebels into pieces and scattering them again and again!
It is a pity that the number of the three thousand cavalry battalions is too small after all. Although they can be defeated, they cannot be defeated. Every time the charge ends, you can only watch them gather again.

The fierce fighting lasted from night to day. On this day, there were no pedestrians in the entire city of Beijing. All the people and officials hid in their homes and shivered, while soldiers from both sides fought fiercely on the streets, spilling blood on the bluestones.

Yan Keng relied on the ferocity and ability of his men to fight, while the rebels relied on their large numbers and fought hard for several hours!
Even as a general, Yan Keng's body was wounded in many places, his armor was chopped to pieces, his body was covered in blood, and Yan Jun's body was also covered in scars.

The soldiers of the three thousand battalion also suffered heavy casualties, and more than half were lost.

But precisely because of their efforts, the rebels still failed to break through the city gate, and as time passed, their disadvantage became more and more obvious.

After all, Beijing is the imperial city and Zhu Di's base.

The only way for the rebels to succeed is to launch a surprise attack and seize the throne immediately before the garrison in the capital reacts. In this way, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the capital may accept it just because the throne has been determined.

But the cavalry led by Yan Keng arrived in time and shattered all this.

It was a complete mess at the beginning, with all the armies in chaos. Only one division of the Three Thousand Battalion and the flag guard stationed in the east of the imperial city were fighting. Later, Zhu Di realized that the Three Thousand Battalion, the Fifth Army Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion were fighting one after another. Entering the city, the Ming army gradually gained an absolute advantage in strength.

In terms of combat effectiveness, the three battalions are even more elite, and among the three guards, only the Habayashi Vanguard can be compared with them!

By daybreak, all the ministries had been assembled. The British Duke Zhang Fu, who had returned to Beijing to take over his father's title, took over the command position and ordered the Ming army to launch a general attack!

The rebels were exhausted by this time. Facing the overwhelming offensive, they almost lost the power to resist.The soldiers of the Ming Army became more and more courageous as they fought. They were more numerous and powerful. Everyone knew that this battle was bound to be won. Now was the time to strive for meritorious deeds, so everyone moved forward bravely!

The three rebels can only seize private houses and the tall mansions of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and carry out the final desperate resistance!

At this time, the rebel soldiers also reacted:

This is not quite right.

You must know that Gao Zheng and others deceived their subordinates to enter the capital, not because they were rebels, but because the emperor secretly ordered them to enter the capital.

Even the Yulin Vanguard, their commander Peng Xu, lied about a rebellion in the capital and was ordered by the emperor to put down the rebellion, so that the army obeyed.

But no one is a fool. At this time, the "rebels" were fighting more and more, and these soldiers gradually realized that something was wrong:

TND, why does it seem like labor and management are the rebels?
As soon as this idea popped up, it was like wildfire.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see from the current situation that they are already struggling to their death.

Originally, if they were fighting for the emperor and the court, these soldiers might have died generously, but they became rebels for no reason. Who would do this?
The morale of the army collapsed instantly.

Even though Gao Zheng and Chen Kai shouted to stop, and even wielded their swords to kill several people, they could not stop the defeat of their men. They dropped their weapons and surrendered to the Ming army in droves.

The outcome of the war was doomed. At noon, the battle finally ended. More than 6000 rebels were captured, and the rest were all killed. Gao Zheng and others tried to escape among the broken troops, but were captured alive on the spot.

Changshan's rebels were quickly defeated by the three battalions of soldiers who arrived, and Meng Xian was killed on the spot.

The rebellion in the 22nd year of Yongle came to an end.

All three clans of Meng Xian and others were wiped out. Wang Yan and others were also executed by Ling Chi, and heads were rolling for a while.

King Zhao was called to the emperor and severely reprimanded him. He was originally punished severely. Even because of his rebellious behavior, Zhu Di was furious and wanted to demote him to a commoner.After all, according to the false edict found during the search, they planned to make King Zhao the emperor, which offended Zhu Di.

However, he couldn't bear the prince's pleading and said that it must be the servant's own decision, which was not Zhu Gaosui's original intention. In addition, there was indeed no clear evidence that King Zhao was involved. Zhu Gaosui was spared this difficulty, but also Without the Sacred Heart, offerings and services have been severely reduced, making it akin to house arrest.

And Yan Keng, because of his meritorious service in escorting him, won the unanimous favor of the Zhu family and his son.

After all, without him, the imperial city might have been lost. In this case, the Yongle family might really be in danger! ——
"In April of the 22nd year of Yongle, Gao Zheng and others under the command of the rear garrison in Xingzhou rebelled. Lai Chen Guogong fought hard, and Taizong, Renzong and others were spared."

"After the war, medical officers treated him, and there were 45 wounds, which were deep enough to show the bones. Everyone who saw him was shocked! When Taizong heard about it, he sighed: 'He is really a loyal and righteous man!' Then the saint's grace became more and more prosperous."

——"History of Ming Dynasty·Biography of Chen Guogong"

(This place should use its real name, but I think that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, historians would not dare to call the emperor's ancestors by their names. I don't know if it is correct to use Chen Guogong. Welcome to point out the error.)
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