Chapter 196: Suppressing the Rebellion
"Your Highness and the Right Prime Minister are now trapped in the palace. What should we do?" Nanny Qin said anxiously.
"First, go gather the imperial guards in the capital. Huai Xiucheng of the Jinwu Guard is trustworthy, so inform him first.
By the way, tell him to notify the nine gates in the capital to lock them immediately and no one is allowed to enter or leave." Chen Yue said.
"Your Highness once said that the Yingyang Guard is also reliable, so notify them as well." Xue An said.
After that, Xue An said, "Youweiwei is also reliable. Send someone to inform them."
Yantai asked, "What about the camp outside the capital?"
Xue An thought for a moment and said, "Minister Fan is trapped in the palace, and Marquis Dingbei and Duke Zhenguo are not in the capital. Go and invite Princess Mu and Prince Qingjun."
"Does it work?" Yu Zhan asked.
"The general guarding the camp outside the capital used to be a subordinate of King Mu." Wang Yin said beside him.
"Okay, I'll go inform Huai Xiucheng. I'm familiar with him." Yu Zhan said.
"I'll go notify Youweiwei." Xue An said.
"Don't the people from Yingyangwei know me?" Chen Yue said.
"Take Master Chen up with you." Xue An said.
Chen Yue glanced at Chen Muzhe, and Chen Muzhe nodded.
"I will go and inform Princess Mu." said Nanny Qin.
"What about us?" Yan Tai asked.
"Go back to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. If anyone comes to ask for confirmation, tell them it's true." Xue An said.
Then he looked at Wang Yin and said, "You stay here, and someone will tell them."
After saying this, several people left in a hurry.
Wang Yin stood at the gate of the princess's mansion and said to Cuiwei, "Go back first and lock up every corner of the mansion.
Then find all the people in the mansion, equip each of them with a suitable weapon, and have them guard the gate."
Cuiwei nodded and turned back to the mansion.
Wang Yin was guarding the gate of the mansion alone.
When Fan Yong led his men out of the city gate, Princess Mu and Prince Qingjun also rushed over.
Fan Yong was very surprised to see Princess Mu: "Hello, Princess."
"General Fan, the military situation is urgent. Let's talk while we walk."
As the two were about to go out, they saw smoke and dust billowing ahead, as if a group of soldiers were approaching the city.
"Oh no, close the city gate quickly." Fan Yong shouted.
When they saw who was coming, they suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that it was someone from the Prince of Zhongshan's Palace.
Fan Yong ordered someone to come in.
After the two sides met, they talked about the current situation in the city. The Prince of Zhongshan immediately decided to stay at the city gate to supervise the battle.
Everyone waited and waited but no one from the camp outside Beijing showed up. Fan Yong felt something was wrong and wanted to take people out to check it out.
Princess Mu said, "Please wait a moment, General. I have just sent scouts from our palace to the camp outside the capital to investigate.
Let’s wait until they come back.”
The retainers in Prince Mu's mansion were all veterans who had retired from the battlefield, and it was easy for them to gather military intelligence.
Sure enough, someone came back from outside the city soon.
From far away, someone shouted, "There's a melee inside the Beijing suburban camp, with countless casualties."
When Princess Mu heard this, she quickly asked someone to open the door.
The chief guard of Prince Mu's palace came in covered in dust.
"Princess, when I went there, the camp outside the capital had just begun to mutiniate, but General Wei led his men to suppress it, and in the end, both sides engaged in a melee."
"I also saw members of the Hundred Cavalry Division in the camp outside the capital."
"The Hundred Cavalry Division? Didn't His Majesty send them to chase Princess Nanli?" Fan Yong asked in surprise.
"Deputy Commander of the Hundred Cavalry Division, Huai Xiujin."
If Li Yueyao and Feng Shenyu were here, they would know that the backup plan they had kept had worked.
When they discovered that the Beijing Suburban Camp was in collusion with the Xie family, the two of them kept a trick up their sleeve.
First, he sent Huai Xiujing with the Baiqi Division to sneak in secretly and conduct a secret investigation.
In addition, he wrote a letter to Concubine Shu in Chunshan, transferring a battalion of Luocheng troops to Chunshan to be under the command of Concubine Shu to prevent a mutiny in the main camp outside the capital.
I guess Concubine Shu is also making some moves at this moment.
Fan Yong immediately made a decision and said, "Princess, you will guard the city gate here. Please."
Princess Mu listened and nodded seriously.
Fan Yong, along with his personal retainers, a group of more than twenty people, left the city gate and headed for the camp outside Beijing.
Sure enough, when they were halfway there, they saw smoke and dust billowing in the east and the earth shaking, as if a group of soldiers were rushing towards them.
Fan Yong's men went forward to inquire and found that it was Concubine Shu who had brought people with her.
The two men saluted each other on horseback.
Concubine Shu immediately asked, "General Fan, how is the palace? How is His Majesty?"
“When I left the palace, the Thousand Feather Guards were organizing a resistance.
After coming out, he quickly mobilized the Yingyang Guard, Wei Guard, and Jinwu Guard to attack from outside.
The Grand Princess of Jinyang, the Right Prime Minister, and the four ministers are also in the palace. Your Majesty should be fine."
When Concubine Shu heard that Li Yueyao and the Right Prime Minister were both in the palace, she felt relieved.
"Your Majesty, there is no time to lose, let's go to the camp outside the capital first.
I just heard from the scouts of Prince Mu's Palace that the camp outside the capital is divided into two factions and they are fighting each other."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu immediately said, "Everyone, listen up. The Luocheng Army is now under the command of General Fan, the Minister of War."
Several generals of the Luocheng Army received the order and saluted Fan Yong.
Fan Yong drew his sword and said, "All troops, listen up! Advance at full speed! Target the main camp outside the capital and suppress the rebellion."
"Yes."
Tai Chi Palace.
The Qianniu Guards and Yulin Guards were well prepared, and the Qianyu Guards in the palace were gradually unable to resist.
The four ministers were already holding weapons, ready to go forward and kill the enemy.
Li Yueyao also picked up a knife and held it in her hand.
Seeing this, Feng Shenyu took her knife away.
"You should go with His Majesty. We are outside."
Li Yueyao glared at him and said, "Can't I just use a knife to protect myself?"
Feng Shenyu glanced at the emperor and said, “Go and tell His Majesty about our arrangements so he doesn’t have to worry.
Look at the way he's looking at the Crown Prince now. I'm afraid that the Crown Prince will be fine in a while, but Your Majesty will be angry with himself first."
Li Yueyao looked over and saw that the emperor was indeed very angry.
The secret guard brought the prince over. The emperor was furious and wanted to kill the prince on the spot.
The prince was confused and could only cry and beg the emperor for mercy.
Thanks to the virtuous concubine’s persuasion, the emperor did not chop the prince off on the spot.
Li Yueyao walked over and comforted him:
"Your Majesty, a few days ago, our undercover agent who was sent to the Jingjiao Camp discovered something fishy going on there, and it seems the Xie family is connected to it.
So arrangements were made at that time, and the deputy general of the Baiqi Division, Huai Xiujing, had already sneaked in.
Another battalion of troops was transferred from the Luocheng Army and was commanded by Concubine Shu in Chunshan.
General Fan was sent out because Concubine Shu had no experience in commanding battles on the front line.
If I'm not mistaken, the two of them have reunited now.
If they join forces, the camp outside the capital will be ours."
The emperor nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.
After hearing this, Concubine Xian said to the emperor, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. Although the Thousand Feather Guards are few in number, the rebels won't be able to break in any time.
Besides, the Jinwu Guards and Yingyang Guards might be at the palace gate now.
Just be patient and everything will be fine."
After waiting for a long time, the shouting and screaming in front suddenly became quieter.
Feng Shenyu's legs were sore from standing at the door, so he went in, moved a chair, and sat at the gate of Taiji Palace.
If Feng Shenyu hadn't seen that the other four ministers were all very nervous, he would have wanted to play chess with them.
After waiting for a while, Song Yinian also felt his legs sore, so he asked the eunuch to bring a stool over and sit next to Feng Shenyu.
At the palace gate.
The Jinwu Guards arrived first and immediately started fighting with the Yulin Guards at the palace gate.
The two sides were fighting fiercely, and the Yingyang Guards followed from behind.
Seeing that the Jinwu Guards and the Yulin Guards were fighting, he decisively took action to help the Jinwu Guards.
The group sat on the golden saddles and adjusted the white feathers, assisting in shooting the guards on the palace gate from a distance.
After that, the two sides cooperated very well, with the Jinwu Guards fighting in close combat and the Yingyang Guards assisting with shooting.
In this way, the two palace gates were opened quickly and smoothly.
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