Outside the governor's yamen, the people of the Jinyi Guard and the soldiers of the Donghewei and Changhewei confronted each other and refused to give in to each other.

In addition to these four or five thousand soldiers and horses, the people of the Wuchang City Defense Battalion also came in a steady stream to surround the six hundred brocade guards.

At the time when the imperial power was stable, Jinyiwei was indeed rampant, but Jinyiwei was a product of imperial power after all, it flourished with the imperial power, and declined with the imperial power. Judging from the current situation, it is extremely difficult for Jinyiwei to arrest the governor of Huguang.

Feng Zeng knew this, but he was still prepared for the worst.

As an old Jinyiwei, he has the pride of Jinyiwei, that is, those who dare to disobey the emperor's order will be killed.

If he leaves so gloomily today, he, a thousand households, will come to an end, it is better to fight to the death, that is, he will lose, he will at least be loyal to his duty and live up to the emperor's grace.

In the face of the siege, Feng Zeng shouted, "Wait a minute, today we are arresting the rebels by holy order, and anyone who dares to stop them will be punished as accomplices, this is a serious crime against the nine clans, you have all thought about it." ”

The man wearing a general helmet on the opposite side walked over, smiled, and said to Feng Zeng, "Feng Qianhu, you can see clearly, this is the governor's yamen, is it possible that the anti-party you said will be in the governor's yamen?"

The person who spoke was Chen Shidao, the commander of Donghewei. He was Cao Guozhang's personal guard, and after Cao Guozhang went to Sichuan, he left him in Wuchang to take Donghewei. Wuchang is the administrative center of Huguang (referring to Hunan and Hubei), including the governor of Huguang and the political envoy of Huguang Chengxuan, etc., all here, and they must be strictly controlled.

As a close confidant of Cao Guozhang, Chen Shidao's task was to ensure that Wuchang was controlled by the Donglin Party, and thus to ensure the influence of the Donglin Party on Huguang.

Feng Zeng took out a yellow object from his sleeve and said to everyone, "The emperor's holy purpose is here, and you will receive the order!"

But no one knelt.

Chen Shidao laughed and said, "Feng Zeng, don't you know about us? Now Qin Shun controls Jingshi with a large army, and holds the Son of Heaven hostage to do Cao Wei's things! The current holy decree is not issued by the emperor at all, but by the chaotic ministers and thieves. How can we, the ministers of the Son of Heaven, listen to the orders of a traitor?

Feng Zeng's face froze, and he sneered, "In other words, are you ready to resist the decree?"

As he spoke, he pulled out the bright embroidered spring knife.

Seeing this, the more than 600 brocade guards behind him also drew their long knives.

Chen Shidao smiled contemptuously, "Feng Qianhu, Jinyiwei is determined to help the abuse?" Hehe, hundreds of Jinyiwei want to break into the governor's yamen, are you a dead man?"

As soon as his words fell, he saw a cold light rise up and slash across his neck with lightning speed.

Blood rushed out.

Chen Shidao covered his neck and looked at the person who came out with the knife in disbelief.

Grunting, he struggled weakly for a while, and finally fell to the ground.

Really became a dead man!

Chen Shidao was born in Wuju, and his skills are not bad, if ordinary good hands sneak attack him, he will definitely be able to get out of the way.

However, he couldn't even think of the people who attacked him.

It turned out to be Chang Hewei's commander Zhu Gang.

Boom, thousands of guards suddenly burst out into an exclamation, and then looked at each other.

Zhu Gang put away the bloody long knife, knelt on one knee without saying a word, wrapped his hands around, and said loudly, "Chenchang Hewei commanded Zhu Gang to receive the order!"

Zhu Gang received Chongzhen's holy decree together with Chen Shidao.

After Chen Shidao received the holy decree, he still decided to advance and retreat with Donglin. But after Zhu Gang received the holy decree, he decided to follow the decree - even if he had a close relationship with the Donglin Party.

Zhu Gang is smarter than Chen Shidao in that he believes that the group of hypocrites of the Donglin Party is not enough to succeed.

Why?

Everyone already knows that the Donglin Party sells its reputation and frames Zhongliang, and the people hate this kind of thing the most. Since ancient times, those who have done things have not been able to respond to the people, and if there is no popular support, even if the Donglin people really control all the guards, it is not enough to succeed.

Besides, the imperial court's armies on the three sides and in Jizhen are all experienced in a hundred battles, how can they be compared to these rotten guards in Huguang?

What's more, the court still has the grandfather of the country!

With An Guogong here, Donglin will be defeated.

They Donglin knew that his death was coming, so he wanted to fight to the death, he Zhu Gang was not stupid, why follow a group of dying people to die?

As soon as Chen Shidao died, things went very smoothly.

Zhu Gang accepted the order, and the soldiers of Changhewei immediately knelt down.

As soon as Chen Shidao's Donghe Guard soldiers saw it, they immediately knelt down one after another.

Soldiers are not fools.

The Donglin Party is unpopular, they know it.

Grandpa Guo is powerful and invincible, they know it.

When the Donglin Party was in power, corruption was rampant, and they didn't even have enough military salaries, and now they are willing to risk their lives to fight against the imperial court in order to defend the Donglin Party, which is itself contradictory.

Originally, several leaders of Donghewei were already secretly planning how to get rid of Chen Shidao, and then go to the imperial court. Now that Chen Shidao is dead, they don't need to bother anymore.

It's a pity that the credit is gone.

With the orders of Donghewei and Changhewei, the soldiers of the city defense battalions who rushed to the city immediately knelt down to receive the order.

As long as there is a choice, who is willing to give his life to the Donglin Party and fight with the imperial court and the army of the grandfather?

Feng Zeng never expected that things would turn around so quickly.

straightened his clothes, he opened the holy decree and read it out, "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Check, Huguang Governor Cao Hua deceived the monarch and colluded with Donglin with the intention of rebelling against ......"

The decree was quickly read, and then the army rushed directly into the yamen of the governor of Huguang.

The moment he saw the army rushing in, Cao Hua's calmness was gone, replaced by trembling and pale.

And his good student, Zhao Zhixing, the prefect of Wuchang, peed his pants directly.

Feng Zeng waved his hand, and several brocade-clothed guards immediately pounced like wolves, clasping the heavy shackles on their heads.

Cao Hua shouted hoarsely, "Zhu Gang, Ben Fu treats you well, why do you harm Ben Fu! Zhu Gang, you ungrateful person!"

Zhu Gang said with a pale face, "Lord Cao, I am equivalent to the court as an official, don't you know that no matter how great the favor is, it is not as great as the emperor's grace, and no matter how great the righteousness is, it is not as great as the righteousness of the court?"

Feng Zeng finally breathed a sigh of relief now, and then said to his subordinates, "Come, put Lord Cao in a prisoner's car and parade through the streets! Tell the people that the emperor will strictly rectify these corrupt officials in Donglin." ”

The purpose of the parade is to let the news of Cao Hua's arrest spread quickly. This is undoubtedly a blockbuster deterrent, demonstrating the control of the imperial court over the locality. Those generals in Huguang who were still swaying between Donglin and the imperial court must have a definite answer in their hearts after hearing the news.