The sound of artillery in the middle of the night shook the whole city of Beijing, and when the explosion sounded, many people thought it was an earthquake and ran out of their homes without having time to put on their clothes. According to the old people, the dense sound of artillery reminded them of the explosion of Wang Gongchang in the sixth year of the Apocalypse. Although the explosion was nowhere near as violent as the mysterious one, it lasted as long as it did and caused more damage.

When the sky was bright, some people had the courage to run near the barracks to take a look. By this time, the fire had been extinguished, and there were only sporadic small fires. I saw that the barracks within a radius of about three miles had been reduced to rubble, mutilated limbs could be seen everywhere, and many charred corpses were pressed under the rubble—all of them were injured and unable to escape, and then burned to death by the fire.

At that time, a large number of soldiers from the Beijing camp began to clear the site, prohibiting the people from entering and leaving, and then the local county government organization entered the scene one after another, carrying the corpses and cleaning up the rubble. No one told the people what had happened here, and the people did not dare to ask, lest trouble come out of their mouths - the one who could use the cannon in the capital must be a person with hands and eyes, maybe it was the emperor himself, where the common people dared to inquire.

Maybe Yang Sichang was too confident in this encirclement operation, and did not think about the plan after the failure, after being broken through by Xia Nan, he did not stick to the scene to organize the pursuit, but ran for his own personal safety, so that Xia Nan calmly led people through the streets and alleys, and went straight to Yongding Gate. Of course, with the loose organization and weak execution of the Beijing camp, it would be very good to be able to arrange a pocket in a few hours, and it was impossible to expect these old soldiers to fight back or even pursue on the spot after suffering heavy losses, even if Yang Sichang thought of it, he couldn't do it.

Without the suppression of artillery, the special combat team and the guard battalion can be described as gods blocking and killing gods and Buddhas along the way, whether it is the patrol team of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, or the patrol of Shuntianfu, not to mention blocking, a little can't dodge is a row of guns to serve, these unlucky ghosts don't know how they offended these evil gods when they die.

Also because of the overconfidence in Yang Sichang's actions, Yongdingmen did not deploy heavy troops to prevent the south from taking the gate out of the city in the summer, and the city gate and the nearby city wall were guarded by a garrison with one or two hundred soldiers, which was not enough to stuff the teeth. After Xia Nan and the others arrived, they took advantage of the fact that the other party was defenseless and the bullets were not loaded, and rushed forward directly with bayonets.

In the face of this group of tigers and wolves who showed their knives if they didn't agree with each other, after the defenders of the city gate were stabbed to death dozens of people, they immediately lost the courage to resist and all knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Xia Nan stood under the city gate and gave an order: "Tie up all the defenders, leave the special combat team to control the city gate, and the rest of the people follow me out of the city!" ”

Lin Weiye asked puzzledly: "Isn't Huang Mengjia leaving, why are you staying here?" ”

Xia Nan glanced back at the billowing smoke coming out of the south of the city, and spat out a sentence from between his teeth: "Because I still have to come back with the army, I have to keep the door!" ”

After leaving the city to join the troops, Xia Nan immediately summoned Huang Hansheng, Wei Lianheng and other commanders to hold a brief but important mobilization meeting, with the main purpose of one - military advice!

"I suffered a loss last night, and I want to get it back with interest!" Xia Nan slapped the table and said loudly, "Chongzhen and Yang Sichang must pay the price they deserve for their decision!" ”

Orders were handed down to the battalions and companies, and the soldiers who were still asleep were woken up by the officers and asked to enter a state of combat readiness in the shortest possible time. Countless soldiers trotted out of the camp tent with rifles, assembled according to their own formations and numbers, and the sound of officers' orders and soldiers' numbers echoed over the camp.

Qiong Haijun's movements alarmed the nearby Shanxi Town and Xuanfu Town, and Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei came to inquire in person.

Xia Nan knew that these two people were still upright and could be fought for, so he told them bluntly: "The two chief soldiers, Yang Sichang of the military department, bewitched the emperor, not only did not give me the reward I deserved according to his military merits, but also wanted to harm me, I escaped by luck, and now I want to go to the city to seek justice!" If you don't want to be implicated by me, please leave overnight! ”

The agitation method really worked, and Hu Dawei stopped hearing it, and shouted: "What did the brother say? I respect you as a man, and if you can kill a Tartar, I call you a brother. Now that you're in trouble, let my brother go, where can I put my old face? ”

Yang Guozhu muttered: "What is it that makes Yang Butang do such a thing that hurts relatives and enemies are happy?" ”

Xia Nan snorted, "Now that it's over, I won't hide Yang Sichang's ugly things." This guy wants to make peace with the Tartars, and he hates me for inflicting heavy blows on Abatai and Azig, destroying his plan for peace, and trying to embarrass me again and again. After ordering the two of them to attack our department in front of the Tartars outside the Yongding Gate, they took advantage of the fact that I had no army to protect me in the capital, and bewitched the emperor to order the mobilization of the Beijing camp to besiege me, and transferred all the Hongyi cannons in the capital, trying to up to the bones, but fortunately I ran out with my life......"

"Peace?" Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu looked at each other, it was the first time they had heard that the court boss had such a plan.

Hu Dawei said hatefully: "Tartars are all cruel and barbaric, only knives can make them honest, and negotiating peace is just a whimsical of nerds......"

Yang Guozhu asked worriedly: "Since this is the case, then the credit of our three towns ......"

"Naturally, it doesn't count." Xia Nan took the opportunity to take eye medicine, "Since they plan to kill me, they don't plan to admit this battle exploit, otherwise what's the matter with killing the hero, isn't it a slap in the face?" And how to block the mouth of the people in the world? It's just that in this way, I have been involved with the two of them, and the credit for my hand has been lost. ”

"How can it be!" Hu Dawei was furious, "Lao Tzu fought the credit with a knife and a gun, and they touched their mouths up and down, and it was gone?" Brother, if you go to seek justice, take me with you, count me as a share of Shanxi Town! ”

Yang Guozhu vaguely felt that it was not appropriate, and it was a pity that his military merits were gone, but it was not a joke to bring troops into the city, and it would be over if he was labeled as a rebel. He asked worriedly: "In what name does General Xia plan to enter the city, and how is he going to end up?" ”

"I want to go directly to the imperial city to admonish the emperor, and let the emperor eradicate Yang Sichang, a traitorous villain!" Xia Nan replied "righteously and awe-inspiringly", "As long as the emperor knows his way back, stays away from the ministers, and reuses the virtuous ministers, my goal will be achieved." ”

Yang Guozhu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Is that really the case?" Eradicate Yang Sichang and withdraw the troops? ”

"Otherwise, is the army stranded in the capital to rebel?" Xia Nan smiled, "If I plan to rebel, why do I still kill the Tartars so hard?" Then I added in my heart, it's not that it's not against it, it's just that the time has not come, and now is the time to reap the benefits under the banner of "eradicating traitors", and the original conditions can no longer satisfy their appetites.

Yang Guozhu immediately made up his mind: "That's fine." Xuanfu Town is also willing to follow your ministry into the city and ask for the credit we deserve. ”