But Yingtian Mansion is the capital, is there no military defense or patrol?

Of course, there are. Even if the imperial court sent imperial guards to reinforce Hangzhou, there are still no less than 10,000 defenders in Yingtian’s mansion.

Logically speaking, the Northern Expedition has achieved results now, and Yingtian Prefecture has become the rear.

If ten thousand defenders gather together to deal with emergencies, it will be more than enough.

Unfortunately, since the imperial guards were transferred out, Wang Yi, Mao Xiang and others believed that the focus of defense should be the city gates everywhere, so they transferred all the troops in the city to the city gates.

Ten thousand people were assigned to the city gates everywhere, but their strength was actually dispersed.

It is impossible to return to the rescue in time, because the order to dispatch troops can no longer leave the imperial city.

The small number of troops patrolling the city could not cope with the rebels' impact of such a large scale.

When the sky was dawn, three rebels had surrounded the imperial city. The imperial city was strong and had learned from the past, and the garrison was tightly garrisoned.

Because the rebels were a hasty grass-roots team, they could not cross the thunder pool without heavy firearms in the siege.

So, the rebels began to sweep the entire city and defeated the defenders at various gates one by one.

The preparation for the city gate defense was to go outside the city, and the muzzles on the city wall were also aimed at outside the city.

It is never easy to turn around in a short period of time.

Therefore, although the defenders were condescending, their troops were far inferior to those of the rebels and they were defeated one by one.

The situation was in chaos.

Fortunately, because the current situation was difficult, Wang Yi, Mao Xiang and other cabinet ministers all discussed overnight in the imperial city to be on the star. Otherwise, they would be afraid that the officials of the Jianxing Dynasty cabinet would be taken away by the rebels overnight.

But a corner of the imperial city was surrounded by rebels. If there was no rescue, it would be only sooner or later to be destroyed.

....

Overnight, the center of the chaos in Jiangnan was transferred from Hangzhou Prefecture to Yingtian Prefecture.

Perhaps, Hangzhou Prefecture has never been the target of this chaos.

Yes, Wu Zheng has operated Hangzhou Prefecture for seven years, and in the past, he has given the people very kindly. It is probably not easy for the rebel soldiers to engage in Hangzhou Prefecture.

Unless, they can give the people even more than Wu Zheng.

But this is impossible. Even Zhu Yihai couldn't learn Wu Zheng's trick.

It’s not that Wu Zheng is so smart about this, but how can the interests of the class be ruined?

Benefits have always been zero-sum games. If he has them, you will be gone.

Only time travelers like Wu Zheng can break free from the constraints of the aristocratic clans and aristocratic clans in this era.

No one can do this except Wu Zheng.

The chaos in Yingtian Prefecture is far more fierce than that in Hangzhou Prefecture. It happened suddenly and was premeditated.

The turmoil in Hangzhou Prefecture attracted everyone's attention, and then the rebels from various prefectures who could not easily enter Beijing could easily enter Beijing, gathered together and suddenly launched.

This appeal, planning and dispatch ability are by no means ordinary people can do.

The key is that it quickly controlled the gates of Yingtian Prefecture and cut off the connection between Yingtian Prefecture and the outside world.

This makes it impossible for the news that Yingtian Mansion has changed hands to be conveyed in a short period of time.

Even Wu Zheng could not learn about it in time.

Jiangnan, I’m afraid it’s going to be in chaos now.

....

But Shuntian Prefecture is even more chaotic.

Although Boluo is a prince, his appeal is far less than Jirgalang.

After all, Jirgalang is the king of the king who is left behind by Fu Linqin.

The most important thing is that there are not many people in the city who can really obey Boluo's orders, only 200,000 or 30,000 people. This is not counting as 20. Among the 30,000 people, many of them are still Jirgalang's confidants, but they are just dormant due to the situation.

Bolo urgently needs a victory to gain a foothold.

September 21st, the day after the sudden riot in Yingtian Prefecture.

Boro entrusts the city's defense to his son Zikexin.

Among the 300,000 troops, they barely gathered 26,000 cavalry and took the initiative to launch a rapid attack on Gongji City, which was close to them.

This tactical idea is undoubtedly correct.

Wu Zheng reached an agreement with Jirgalang and sent part of the Ruishi Battalion to Gongji City, in order to supervise the Qing army to avoid robbing the people too much when evacuating Shuntian Prefecture.

If Boro successfully seized power, then this army will become a thorn in his eyes. If he doesn't pull it, how can Boro be able to sleep?

In Boro's opinion, no matter how powerful this army is, it will only have three thousand people.

With 26,000 cavalry, they blitzed into Gongji City. The victory should be the result of ten fingers snails, which is sure to win.

Most importantly, Boluo learned that Chen Zhiyuan and Qian Qiaogong led his troops to "rebellion" and returned south to encircle Hejian Prefecture.

In Boro's opinion, this is a complete opportunity.

As long as the enemy troops in Gongji City are annihilated, it is possible that they may even be recruited to Chen Zhiyuan and Qian Qiaogong, even if they succeed, the result may be the collapse of the enemy's encirclement.

Boluo doesn't care whether Chen Zhiyuan will cooperate with him.

Since Chen Zhiyuan and Qian Qiaogong surrounded Hejian Mansion, it means that they had a rebellious intention towards Wu Zheng.

The enemy is a friend.

....

However, Boro was defeated.

Facing the northern city wall of Gongcheng, Boluo organized seven strong attacks, all of which were defeated by the firearms on the city.

It’s really not to blame Boluo for not knowing how to use troops. The main reason is that Gongbei City is too small and the army cannot launch a general attack on such a small cross-section.

Each time I attacked the city, there were only seven or eight hundred people, and there were no more.

This is more like a tactic of adding fuel to it.

The tactic of adding fuel is actually a tactic and has no derogatory meaning.

As long as the force is an absolute advantage and the attack is coherent, the opponent will have less and less vitality until he finally collapses.

Logically speaking, the troops led by Boluo are almost ten times more powerful than those in the city, and can afford it.

But the problem is that the cavalry that Boluo relies on was unable to get close to the city wall one mile in seven attacks.

This is exaggerated. The cavalry is fast and can change the direction of travel, but it still cannot get close to the city wall.

The reason is actually very simple. The firepower on the city wall is too dense, so dense that it forms a barrage. The Qing cavalry's charge is equivalent to hitting the iron plate.

Gongbei City, also known as Gongji City.

It was just a military pass. In order to prevent Li Zicheng's peasant army from attacking the capital, Chongzhen ordered the eunuch Wu Jun, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison to preside over the construction.

Gongbei City is located on the east bank of Yongding River, facing Lugou Bridge in front and directly linking the throat of the Jingji capital.

As acropolis, there are only two gates, east and west. Although the bureau is small, it is full of walls and hundreds of pheasants, just like a majestic pass.

When Chen Sheng began to lead troops in, he had already received Wu Zheng's advice.

As soon as he entered Gongbei City, he began to deploy defense.

At this time, Tianjin had been recovered by the First Army carried by the Navy, and the small-caliber artillery temporarily removed from the navy's warship became defensive cannons on the walls of Gongji City.

The Ruishi Battalion’s secret weapon, the machine gun, was also unloaded from the frame and deployed to the city wall.
Chapter completed!