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Politics is always the most ruthless and dirty.

Zhang Tongchang's original intention was to use the Qing army to weaken the strength of the Northern Expedition Army to consolidate the imperial power.

Originally, his butt determines his head and has different positions. He is loyal to the emperor and suppresses Wu Zheng and the Northern Expedition Army. This is beyond refutation.

Perhaps he had a dirtier thought in his heart, that was, he wanted to use the Qing army's hands to make Wu Zheng unable to return to Hangzhou Prefecture. Of course, no matter who he was in front of, he would never admit this.

As a politician, Zhang Tongchang was qualified. After learning that Liao Zhongping's left camp and Xia Wanchun's Jianyangwei had crossed the river to attack without authorization, Liao Zhongping quickly changed his plan, that is, to follow the trend.

Following the trend is the great success of politics.

The so-called trend is vast, and those who block it will be crushed.

Half of the more than 200,000 troops of Yixing Dynasty had already expressed their attitude. If they were to force themselves to rebel, maybe the Jianyang Guard would fight back. If the Northern Expedition Army, which was advancing to Jiangbei, had cooperated slightly, Yingtian Prefecture would be attacked from three sides, and it would be as if it were exhausted.

Therefore, Zhang Tongchang's "speed" is more precise, a kind of helplessness. Perhaps he is sighing that God's will is not a crime of conspiracy.

But the palace is like a large dyeing vat, with whites coming in, black coming out, good coming out, and evil coming out.

What kind of family affection, friendship, and love are all nonsense.

After all, Zhu Ma's eyes were no longer clear. In addition to having a trace of conscience, she had already used any means to achieve her goal.

But no matter what, the evolution of the situation is beyond everyone's expectations. Even if it is heaven, it will sigh that people's hearts are unpredictable!

Overnight, Yixing went to Zuoying and Jianyangwei crossed the river and attacked north, and the consequences were a series of consequences.

First, the court quickly issued an edict to declare war, and the entire Yingtian Prefecture ended the banquet. Of course, the Right Camp would never move. This edict also showed an attitude. The only thing that was meaningful in the war was that this was no longer the private action of the General's Mansion. In a broad sense, this was a national war that was finally recognized and authorized by the court.

At the same time, Huang Daozhou and Ma Shiying were quickly released. Of course, this is not called release. According to Zhang Tongchang, this is called appearance.

Huang Daozhou's return to his position finally led to a stagnant cabinet, and the six ministries finally began to enter a state of war readiness.

As a result, the court urgently recruited the elite and sturdy materials in the capital and began to transport them to Longtan and Taiping Prefecture.

....

And at this time, Shuntian Prefecture.

Shen Zhiyuan and Qian Qiaogong finally took action.

Qian Qiaogong brought about more than 100 confidants from the Gun Cavalry Camp under his command into the capital as a escort.

At the same time, Shen Zhiyuan summoned more than 300 Changlin Wei masters in the capital through Qian Qianyi.

The two add up to 500 people.

This is already an armed force that cannot be ignored.

That night, according to the direction of Dong'e's investigation, a surprise attack on Prince Rui's mansion was launched.

Logically, this should be an action with at least 50% chance of winning at a time. Of course, whether you can leave the city after saving someone is another matter. At least in Shen Zhiyuan's view, Changlin Wei has hidden hidden secrets at the southern city gate, so he can use it.

But Shen Zhiyuan was hesitant. After more than two years, he paid a huge price and retreated like this. But whether he was willing or unwilling, Shen Zhiyuan also knew that even if he stayed there, he would not be able to truly gain the trust of the Qing court or Dorgon.

The most important thing is that when Chen Zhiyuan knew that Dorgon went south and took away 30,000 new troops, he... was afraid.

Chen Zhiyuan was afraid that the Northern Expedition Army would lose to the hands of these 30,000 new troops, and he would really become the traitor he least wanted to become.

Chen Zhiyuan had to change his plan and rescued the person he wanted to save while Dorgon was not in the capital, and then broke through to the south with his own direct descendants of Gongbei City (Wanping) and Qian Qiaogong.

According to Chen Zhiyuan and Qian Qiaogong's plan, this action has a great success.

Dorgon took away tens of thousands of troops, and the capital was weak. As long as he left the capital, nearly 3,000 cavalrymen in Gongbei City could break south. If he didn't help, he went to Tianjin Guard and met with the Wang Yilin Navy who was raiding Dagukou, so that he could safely cross Hainan and return.

It is said that planning depends on people, and success depends on heaven.

This is often the case in the world, and problems always occur in the least or most impossible places.

Prince Rui's Mansion, as Dorgon's "small military and political court", has a very strong defense. Therefore, after deducing, Chen Zhiyuan and Qian Qiaogong felt that no matter which direction the sneak attack would quickly alarm the guards in the mansion.

In this way, the division of troops will dilute the offensive force.

Therefore, the two decided to concentrate their troops and attack the main gate. Only in this way can they quickly leave before the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing react.

After the action began, everything went smoothly.

Qian Qiaogong's spear cavalry quickly defeated the guards outside Prince Rui's mansion and approached the main gate of the palace.

Then, Changlin Guard used gunpowder to explode the gate of the royal palace. After the three-person tall and half a foot thick solid wood giant gate was pushed inward by the explosion air waves, Changlin Guard and the lancers rushed in.

This is not a dilemma. Qian and the other two were not considerate. According to reason, such actions cannot be poured in. They must deploy at least a hundred people to prevent accidents.

But the troops were lacking, so the two of them caught the guard off guard and could only save people in the chaos.

At the same time, the more people you enter the mansion, the faster you can end and gain time.

But the problem is that after rushing into the gate of the palace, before they arrived at the central hall, countless ambushers emerged from the courtyard walls, houses, corridors, etc., bent their bows and strings, ready to shoot.

Countless armored soldiers surged out from behind, sealing the way for Shen and Qian to retreat.

Immediately afterwards, countless torches lit up, illuminating the entire front yard as if it were during the day.

At this point, even a fool would probably think of it as a slump.

Qian Qiaogong was panicked and shouted angrily at Chen Zhiyuan: "We were betrayed... and fought hard!"

While drinking, he turned around, raised his gun and shot at the armored soldiers behind him.

But Chen Zhiyuan grabbed him and said, "I can't break out."

"If you can't go out, you have to go out... Do you want to wait for death?"

Chen Zhiyuan shouted loudly: "Listen to my orders and stop resisting."

"You bastard!" Qian Qiaogong was angry and handed over.

Chen Zhiyuan pointed to the crossbowman in the distance and said to Qian Qiaogong: "You see clearly... If they wanted to shoot arrows, they would have released them long ago. They have not shot arrows yet, which means they don't want to kill us yet... If you forcefully break through, you will kill everyone."

This made sense. Qian Qiaogong gradually calmed down. He looked around and said, "What do they want?"

At this time, a tender voice came from the central hall, "The prince is right. If he surrenders, he can survive. If he resists, he will definitely die."

When Chen Zhiyuan heard this voice, his face changed, "Crown Prince?"
Chapter completed!