scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 235 Chaos in the Capital
It may be because of a keen eye to recognize talents, or it may be due to a sudden illness, or it may be a predestined relationship, or it is more likely that a dead horse is treated as a living horse doctor. In short, after a long talk with Zhou Peigong, Kang Mazi finally changed. I had a bad impression of Zhou Peigong before, and I also made a shocking and crazy move. I ordered to recruit the banner slaves in Beijing. Master Mite Qing Banner, the domestic slaves in the family's mansion and den, according to the roster of the clan's mansion, all report and register at the infantry commander's yamen within three days, and they will be reorganized into the army!

In addition, in order to effectively control these coated masters who are accustomed to domineering and domineering, Kang Mazi appointed his own cousin Tong Guogang as the general of Anbei, and gave Shang Fang a sword, allowing him to cut first and then play!He also granted Zhou Peigong the title of counselor of the fourth grade, served as Tong Guogang's deputy, assisted Tong Guogang in leading the army, advised Tong Guogang, and gave him the right to make secret memorials and direct performances. At critical moments, he could bypass the court's various yamen and directly deliver the memorials to Kang Mazi. ! ——From this point of view, Kang Mazi and Zhou Peigong are indeed destined to break out.

It was also said that what Zhou Peigong said was true. The beastly blood coated with mite Qing continued no matter what era it was. Kang Mazi's decree was issued less than half a day ago, and more than two thousand coated flag slaves came to the infantry The yamen registers and compiles books, receives weapons and accepts reorganization, and becomes the first batch of soldiers of the Packed Army who are about to make the rebellious Mongolian army fearful!
Seeing this scene, Tong Guogang, who had been going up and down before going into battle, was determined, and began to believe in Zhou Peigong's prophecy-the mite-clearing flag slaves were still bloody, and when the emperor ascended to the heights, these wrapped flag slaves must be all Take the lead and strive to be effective.But what Tong Guogang and Kang Mazi didn't expect, and what Zhou Peigong himself didn't expect was that the opportunity to show his skills would come so quickly!

The person who gave Zhou Peigong a chance was Yang Qilong. Yang Qilong, who was a subordinate of the Pingxi Palace in reputation, had great ambitions. In fact, he was not under the old traitor Wu and Fatty Lu. After the tragic death of Wu Yingxiong who directly controlled them, the Pingxi Palace had already been unable to effectively control Yang Qilong’s team. Later, Yang Qilong took advantage of the old traitor Wu's dependence on him for intelligence, and the incomparable achievements Kong Sizhenbai gave him, and obtained a large amount of operational funds and a large number of weapons and firearms from the old traitor Wu, and the team was able to expand rapidly. The power also expanded rapidly, and the ambition buried in his chest naturally expanded wildly.

As I said before, in order to ensure the safety of Zhejiang’s financial and tax-heavy areas, Kang Mazi has sent the last reserve team in the Gyeonggi area to Zhejiang. After a god-given opportunity, Yang Qilong naturally brewed the famous Drum Tower Incident in history.

Thanks to the blessing of Kong Sizhen, Huang Ji, who caused the failure of the Drum Tower Incident in history, has moved ahead of time to Zhou Quanyou's house. Naturally, Zhou Quanyou, who betrayed the Drum Tower Incident in history, has no chance. On July 12th of the year, under the name of raising fire, they suddenly launched an uprising, assassinated a large number of civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty, entered the Forbidden City, which was emptied of defenses, and cut Kang Mazi's family into pieces, skinned and cramped!Then Yang Qilong ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and made a boundary with the traitor Wu old man.

Coincidentally, there is no book, and by accident, Zhou Peigong came to the capital when it was only five days before the uprising was launched, and proposed to Kang Mazi a plan to recruit all the banner slaves in the city to serve as an army. Kang Mazi immediately approved and issued an order on the same day implement.As a result, Yang Qilong was immediately dumbfounded. His team was originally dominated by banner slaves who refused to submit to the brutal rule of Mi Qing. These people were recruited into the army to fight against Chahar, so why would he start an uprising?
It is obviously impossible to start the uprising according to the original plan. If the uprising is launched five days later according to the original plan, even if the banner slaves who participated in the uprising have not been transferred out of the capital by then, there will be a group of 21 people in the capital The newly formed army brought countless troubles and variables to the uprising.In desperation, Yang Qilong had no choice but to change his plan and decided to launch an uprising late at night on July [-] to attack the Forbidden City, but Kang Mazi had no chance to prepare.

After some hasty and unprepared contacts, Kang Mazi's Yang Qilong Uprising officially broke out at three o'clock on the night of July 12, 21. The backbone of the rebel army, with a number of nearly 300 people, gathered in the Drum Tower area of ​​the inner city of the capital of Qing Dynasty. They launched an uprising and fought towards the Forbidden City along the route prepared in advance. The peripheral personnel of the rebel army wrapped their heads in white cloth to express the intention of echoing the Wu army. They set fires everywhere in the inner city to interfere with the judgment of the defenders. Go to the Drum Tower and join Yang Qilong's main force.

When the uprising first broke out, it was very smooth, because fires broke out everywhere in the inner city, and the poor infantry commanding the yamen stationed in the inner city lost sight of one another, completely messing up a group of headless flies, and there were more than 800 soldiers in the thousands of rebels planned. Gathered under Yang Qilong's flag, they fought towards the Dong'an Gate of the imperial palace together with Yang Qilong. Although the Qing army also assembled a small number of troops to block it, they were defeated immediately in front of the grenades suddenly thrown by the rebel army. They collapsed almost instantly. Under the command of Yang Qilong, he took the opportunity to shout slogans and spread rumors, saying that the army of King Pingxi and King Jingnan had entered the capital, and that Kangxi Mazi was dead, causing chaos in the inner city, soldiers and civilians trampled on each other, and countless deaths.

Suddenly, Kang Mazi, who was lying on the concubine's belly, was almost impotent in fright. He quickly ordered to strengthen the security of the palace gate, and sent guards out of the palace to ask for help from the infantry commander Yamen, Fengtai camp and Miyun garrison. She was shivering under the bed, and even wet a pair of pants on the spot.However, Fengtai camp and Miyun garrison were too far away, and they couldn't rush to the scene for help in a hurry, and the infantry commanding the yamen's troops were too few and weak. The rebel army with firearms, it took just over an hour for the rebel army to reach the Donghua Gate and launch a strong attack on the Donghua Gate.

At this critical moment, a team that no one could have imagined suddenly joined the battlefield—Zhou Peigong pulled Tong Guogang by force, and led the more than 2000 coated soldiers who had just been organized into an army this evening, and launched a fierce attack on the rear of the rebel army from behind.At the same time, Zhou Peigong ordered the soldiers of the Baoyi Army to shout slogans, saying that the [-] troops of the Fengtai Camp had entered the city, and those who resisted the rebel army died, and those who surrendered lived!He also announced loudly that he would reward ten taels of silver for killing a rebel, and three taels of ointment from the Eight Banners!Stimulated by opium and silver at the same time, the slaves of the Packed Army immediately rushed towards the soldiers of the rebel army, screaming like chicken blood, and started a bloody battle with the soldiers of the rebel army.

It is also time for the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty to give Zhou Peigong such a chance to make contributions. Yang Qilong, who has a new type of firearm in his hand, doesn't know whether his head is flooded or he doesn't understand military affairs at all. The grenades were concentrated in front of the team, and they used the grenades as explosives to blow up the extremely strong gate of the palace. As a result, when the grenades were almost used up, although the Donghua Gate exploded, Kang Mazi's guards had an idea, and in the opening of the Donghua Gate A big fire was set off, blocking the path of the rebels from entering the palace with a sea of ​​flames.

"Okay, the thieves can't enter the palace anymore!" Zhou Peigong was overjoyed when he saw the fire inside the Donghua Gate, and quickly suggested to Tong Guogang: "General, you can continue to attack the back of the thieves, and the servants will lead five hundred soldiers to detour back. Attack the right wing of the thieves. Please remember, the general, you must drive the thieves to the south city and force them to escape from the inner city! Then ask the general to order the infantry to lead the yamen, and ask them to open the Zhengyang Gate and guard the west city strictly to guard against the thieves Flee to the west city."

"Why force them out of the inner city, wouldn't it be better to trap them in the inner city and kill them all?" Tong Guogang asked in confusion.

"No way, there are too few troops in the inner city." Zhou Peigong replied helplessly: "If the thieves are trapped in the inner city, then they will kill and set fire everywhere, which will definitely cause huge losses to our Qing Dynasty. The only way to drive them out Go to the southern outer city where the Han dogs live, so as to avoid the loss of the inner city from expanding. Also, when the Fengtai army enters the city for reinforcements, it must enter the city through Yongding Gate, which is just right for us to flank us and wipe out the thieves in one fell swoop!"

"It turned out to be like this, but you were thoughtful." Tong Guogang was overjoyed, and quickly distributed [-] soldiers to Zhou Peigong, and went back to attack the northern right wing of the rebel army.

After a while, Zhou Peigong's team successfully detoured back to the right wing. Zhou Peigong himself hid behind the middle of the team, and let his brother Zhou Yimin lead the army to charge, constantly roaring and roaring, deterring and shaking the morale of the rebel army.However, Yang Qilong's rebel army is composed of low-class banner slaves and handicraftsmen, most of them have little battlefield experience. To put it bluntly, they are a group of mobs. The army deliberately gave up and fled to the south, Yang Qilong saw that the grenade was almost exhausted and he could not enter the palace, so he had no choice but to lead the backbone team to break out to the south.

In the dark night, there were thunderous killings inside and outside the Forbidden City, and Kang Mazi was shaking more and more fiercely under the bed, but the rebel army was driven away like sheep by the treacherous Zhou Peigong outside the Forbidden City, bit by bit towards the inner city. The South Gate retreated.At this time, if an experienced general of the Wu army is in command, even if he cannot enter the Forbidden City, he can still break through to the west city or the north city, take the opportunity to expand the turmoil, and cause even heavier losses to the Qing rulers, but it is a pity that However, Yang Qilong, the leader who initiated this uprising, had no experience in the battlefield. In the dark, he just broke through to the south where there was no Qing army blocking him, and was gradually driven by the Baoyi army to the south gate of the inner city without knowing it.

At this time, the south gate of the inner city had been opened in advance under Tong Guogang's order. Seeing that the gate was opened by the Qing army, Yang Qilong, no matter how stupid he was, realized that something was wrong. Why did some dogs full of dogs come to the south gate?Exiting the south gate is the outer city where only the poor Han people live. Why should I kill my compatriots?Thinking of this, Yang Qilong hurriedly yelled an order: "Turn back, turn back, don't leave the south gate, go to the west city, kill Mingzhu, kill Suo Ertu, kill the dog-filled prince Baylor!"

"The city gate is open, brothers, run away!" Yang Qilong's shouts of orders were completely drowned out by the shouts of the soldiers of the rebel army. The tide rushed towards the outer city, Yang Qilong and the backbone of the rebel army couldn't hold it back.Zhou Peigong yelled unscrupulously from behind, "Brothers, kill! Drive the thieves out of the inner city and make a fortune in the outer city!"

With such a blatant hint, why don't the coat masters of the package army not understand it?Thinking of the wonderful scene of rushing into the troubled waters of the outer city to fish, rape, and plunder, the Baoyi army's eyes turned red with excitement, and they rushed to kill even more frantically, and became more brave and fearless.Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Qilong quickly ordered the remaining dozen or so grenades. Amid the continuous explosions, the soldiers of the Packed Army who rushed to the front fell to the ground one after another, and the soldiers of the Packed Army behind were scared and retreated one after another.But Zhou Peigong shouted again: "Brothers, don't be afraid, the firecrackers for the rebels are about to run out, kill them! Kill a rebel, and you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver and three taels of eight flag ointment!"

I have to admit that Zhou Peigong's ability to boost morale is really good. Under the temptation of money, opium, rape and plunder, and the fact that Yang Qilong's team had indeed run out of grenades, the Baoyi Army waited for a long time before the grenade exploded again. rushed up.However, most of Yang Qilong's team has escaped from the inner city. Although the remaining nearly [-] backbones resisted tenaciously, they were helplessly outnumbered and their morale was chaotic. They finally began to collapse. Tomorrow, there are less than a hundred people around Yang Qilong.

"There is no other way, let's flee to the south." Seeing that the situation is over, Yang Qilong, who was extremely disappointed, had no choice but to flee to the outer city, while Zhou Peigong jumped up and down happily, and quickly suggested to Tong Guogang to order the infantry commander to close the gate of the inner city. The whole city searched for the remnants of the rebels, while myself and Tong Guogang led the Baoyi army to the outer city. While frantically searching and killing the rebels, they took the opportunity to kill, set fire, rob and rape—anyway, they could blame the rebels. On the other hand, where can the famous Zhou Peigong be polite?

The time is approaching, and the [-] Green Battalion soldiers stationed in Fengtai finally entered the city under the leadership of the chief general Jihari to suppress the rebellion. The result was just as Zhou Peigong expected. This road also happened to join hands with the Packed Army to double-team the rebel brigade.But when things got to this point, even if Fatty Lu was present or old traitor Wu came in person, Yang Qilong's rebel army would inevitably be doomed to fail.

Countless soldiers of the rebel army put down their weapons and surrendered on their knees, but were mercilessly hacked and killed by the red-eyed Baoyi army and the Qing army.Countless soldiers of the rebel army tore off the white cloths on their heads and fled into the alleys, but they gave the soldiers of the Packed Army more excuses to rape and plunder. Fires broke out in the outer city where the Han people lived. One after another, endlessly.But after learning of this situation, Kang Mazi, who had already changed his pants and killed his concubine, let out a long sigh of relief—anyway, all the people living in the outer city were Han Chinese, and our Mazi Tartar Emperor didn't feel sorry for how many people died. They are so faithful and useful, and it is time to give them some rewards.

The so-called search for traitors lasted for a full day. It was not until the evening of July 22 that Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong returned to the camp at the begging of the Han officials, and led the soldiers of the Packed Army with large and small bags to return to Nanhaizi with satisfaction. The temporary station was replaced by Shuntian government officials and ordinary green battalion soldiers who continued to search and arrest the remaining soldiers of the rebel army, leaving behind streets and alleys full of devastation and corpses.

Of course, there are also upright officials who impeach Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong, but Kang Mazi did not ask Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong to write a letter to defend themselves, and directly defended the loyal lackeys: "Most of them are done by thieves! Although Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong Zhou Peigong's subordinates also have a very small number of misbehaviors, but there is no way to control them."

Regardless of the impact of Yang Qilong's uprising, in short, thanks to Yang Qilong, Zhou Peigong finally became famous in one stop. Not only did he get unanimous praise from the mite masters in the inner city of Beijing, but Kang Mazi also gave Zhou Peigong an extremely generous gift. With the addition of the title of servant, Tong Guogang was promoted to the first level, and all the top and bottom of the Baoyi Army who made outstanding achievements in less than a day after they were formed were all rewarded by Kang Mazi. The slaves even scrambled to join, and willingly accepted the training and assignment of Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong.

Zhou Peigong and Tong Guogang laughed, but the Han people in Beijing cried. The people living in the inner city and the family members of officials were also panicked. They fled Beijing and moved to other cities. In order to stabilize the hearts of the people, he announced that he would stop the search and arrest and never pursue the family members of the insurgents.Thanks to this, Yang Qilong, Zhang Zifang, Jin Yuhuan, Zheng Desheng and other leaders of the rebel army escaped from the search and escaped from the capital in disguise. But the backbone of the army was wiped out, either died on the spot, or was captured alive and then executed lingeringly.The well-known Yang Qilong uprising, just like in history, suffered a complete failure.

Failure is failure, but Yang Qilong's uprising dealt a heavy blow to the Qing rulers, far surpassing that uprising in history.In one night, at least three thousand parasites died tragically in the chaos, and more than a thousand houses were damaged, including the luxurious mansions of the rich and powerful.In a fit of rage, the admiral of the Nine Gates, Fei Yanggu, who was in charge of the defense of the Nine Gates, was pushed out of the Meridian Gate by Kang Mazi and beheaded. Fortunately, Zhou Peigong spoke up and told Fei Yanggu that the combat effectiveness of the infant soldiers of the Nine Gates Army was too low, which led to the suppression Ineffective, Kang Mazi also spared Fei Yanggu's life, removed the position of admiral from the Nine Sects, and sent him to serve in Tong Guogang's army-this is also the point that Fatty Lu was extremely depressed after knowing about it. Among the generals, he can definitely be regarded as a tough character.

In addition, Kang Mazi also had to order to strengthen the defense of the capital, squeeze some money and food from the already stretched national treasury, and recruit bannermen to supplement the Nine Sects' army. Reduced input from other battlefields.However, when the news reached Wuchang, the old traitor Wu was not happy and turned angry. He took the case and yelled: "Yang Qilong, idiot! If I knew you had such courage, I should have told this king! I will send you some more firearms." Go, send you another general with rich experience in street fighting, will it be a failure?"

The news continued to spread, and when it reached Jiqi Mountain, Wu Jun's new firearms camp, Fatty Lu, who was leading the craftsmen to tackle the problem of gas bombs and alcohol purification, dropped the tools in his hands, and with a sullen and fat face, he walked around the construction site ten times with his hands behind his back. After a few circles, he suddenly slapped himself and cursed: "Idiot! He didn't even know that Zhou Chang was Zhou Peigong! This time, I'm in trouble. This traitorous traitor has come out, and the future battles will be even more difficult!"

Note: A friend pointed out before that Yang Qilong had nothing to do with the old traitor Wu, and Yang Qilong’s uprising had nothing to do with the old traitor Wu. Although Mite Qing burned most of the materials, the pure wolf finally found it in the "On the History of the Qing Dynasty" answered with evidence.The book cites a number of little-known historical materials and points out two pieces of evidence that Yang Qilong's uprising was related to the old traitor Wu.

One is time: Historically, Yang Qilong's uprising was originally scheduled for New Year's Eve in Kang Mazi's 13th year, but on December 12st of Kang Mazi's 21th year, the old man Wu's secret envoy came to Beijing, and Yang Qilong moved forward the start of the uprising to December 23rd.

The second is the signal color of the rebel army: as we all know, Yang Qilong revolted in the name of the third prince Zhu.But after Wu Jun's secret envoy entered Beijing, Yang Qilong suddenly changed his name to wrapping his head in white cloth, echoing Wu Jun's advocacy of white.It can be inferred from this that the traitor Wu is not only likely to temporarily participate in Yang Qilong's uprising, but must also have contact with Yang Qilong beforehand.

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