(49) Incident
Since the rebellion was made, the first thing to do was naturally blockade of news. All roads from Jiezhou to Beijing were blocked overnight. No one was allowed to go out, only in and not out.
Night is coming again, and it seems that night is a good time for people to conspire. Now Bai Qi and Bai Yunfan find a room to discuss intimately.
Now Bai Qi and Bai Yunfan have nearly 100,000 troops in their hands. The city guards and imperial guards in the capital are only 100,000. Among them, 30,000 imperial guards can be discounted. In terms of combat effectiveness, they are all vague, and even 10,000 people are not considered. According to the information of Su Yuncheng and Bai Qiwei, more than half of the city guards are controlled by Bai Qiwei's people, and the rest is not enough to filter. The key now is to see whether Bai Qi and the others move fast enough and whether they can return to the capital before Xue Yiran notices it. Otherwise, if Xue Yiran orders other local troops to return to Beijing, it will be a big trouble, and maybe all the families in the capital will suffer.
The situation was urgent and time was the most precious. The result of the negotiation was that Bai Qi took 10,000 cavalry overnight and rushed back to the capital as quickly as possible.
A rapid gong sounded in the military camp, and the soldiers who were still resting quickly got up. Ten thousand cavalry gathered quickly. After Bai Qi said goodbye to Bai Yunfan, he immediately set off in the dark. Of course, Bai Yunfan did not do anything, leaving 30,000 people to prevent Zhang Chu and the Huns, other troops would be led back to the capital by Bai Yunfan and Bai Qi as Bai Qi's support. Now Bai Qi's biggest advantage is that the Hun soldiers were severely damaged. It is impossible to make big moves in the short term. All Da You have to take 30,000 people to guard, which can be dealt with a small number of troops on the Zhang Chu border.
From Jiezhou to the capital, the marching speed of ordinary infantry will take eight days, and the emergency marching will take six days. Now Bai Qi is full of cavalry. According to Bai Qi's estimate, as long as nothing unexpected happens on the road, it will be possible to arrive in three days. Before the troops set off, another group of people first advanced to Bai Qi's army toward the capital. They were Wu Ming and his subordinates. Bai Qi's task was to open the way in front and lay the foundation for the smooth marching of the army.
The only thing in front of him who can stop Bai Qi from advancing is the Yulong Pass 80 miles away from the capital. There are 30,000 troops there. Yulong Pass is the gateway to the capital and has always been highly valued by Xue Yiran. If you want to return to the capital, you must pass Yulong Pass, which is undoubtedly another test for Bai Qi. Bai Qiwei, the former guard of Yulong Pass, had changed people a few days ago because Xue Yiran wanted to attack the Bai family. This was something that Bai Qiwei and Su Yuncheng could not predict in advance. Fortunately, the information was delivered to Bai Qi in time. The guard seemed to have no idea that Xue Yiran was going to attack the Bai family, so Bai Qi decided to attack the Yulong Pass.
Yulong Pass was just in front of him. Bai Qi ordered the army to hide on the spot and brought dozens of people to the front of the gate. Although Xue Yiran had not taken action yet, the atmosphere of Yulong Pass had changed a little from usual, and the soldiers guarding the gate were much stricter in checking the pedestrians coming and going.
Bai Qi took people over with him swayingly. The soldiers guarding the pass did not know Bai Qi, so of course they checked as usual. When they understood the identity of Bai Qi's son-in-law, the soldiers immediately showed respect on their faces and knelt down to salute Bai Qi. In the capital where Yulongguan is not, the people have already compiled Bai Qi's deeds of fighting against the Huns for thousands of miles. The soldiers in Guanzhong were extremely impressed by Bai Qi's soldiers. In addition, they heard that Bai Qi went to the Huns and sent them all to send them when they got home, and bought houses and land. The soldiers were all envious and saliva. Who wouldn't want to follow Bai Qi's subordinates? It is said that the prince-in-law never deducts military pay. Where can I find such a leader?
At Bai Qi's request, the soldiers quickly notified the new guard general to come to greet him. The new guard general Bai Qi also knew him. It was his old classmate Ye Tingyu. Speaking of which, Ye Tingyu followed Bai Qi to the Huns. After returning, Bai Qi was on holiday and his official position was not improved at all. Instead, Ye Tingyu was promoted again and became a guard general Yulong Pass with heavy troops.
Ye Tingyu was also surprised when he saw Bai Qi. Didn’t Bai Qi fight on the front line? Why is he back now? Could something happened in the capital? But I haven’t heard of it. If something happened in the capital, my uncle would never forget to mention him. Then what is the purpose of Bai Qi’s trip? Ye Tingyu was determined to be more careful and brought two hundred guards to welcome Bai Qi.
Seeing that there were not many people in Ye Tingyu, Bai Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief in secret. It seemed that Ye Tingyu had not received any notice. It was probably because of confidentiality that Ye Tingyu had not received the order to deal with him.
"The prince-in-law is not fighting on the front line. Is he going back to the capital?" Although Bai Qi's official position is not as high as Ye Tingyu, his status is much higher than him. Therefore, when Ye Tingyu saw Bai Qi, he had to do enough etiquette.
When Bai Qi was approaching, he suddenly stepped forward, and the "Zhanchou" on his waist was unsheathed. Before Ye Tingyu could react, Bai Qi's sword was already on Ye Tingyu's neck.
"The king of the country has an order, but Ye Tingyumi cannot tell the truth. He withheld military pay and committed suicide by seeking money. My son-in-law was ordered to do the law." Bai Qi shouted loudly, and the soldiers next to him showed relief smiles on his face.
Speaking of which, the charges that Bai Qi gave Ye Tingyuku were temporarily filed, but there was one thing that was right, that was to withhold military pay. No one in the officials did not drink military blood, and Ye Tingyu was no exception. But because of this, the soldiers believed in Bai Qi. With Bai Qi's identity as the prince consort, everyone was even more convinced that Bai Qi was ordered to deal with Ye Tingyu.
No soldier who was in charge of the military was deducted military pay, so no soldiers sympathized with Ye Tingyu. Even the two hundred guards brought by Ye Tingyu backed the drawn weapons back into the sheath after hearing Bai Qi's call.
At this time, Ye Tingyu was so scared that his legs were weak. No matter how this happened, Ye Tingyu killed him and didn't believe that Xue Yiran would attack him. Although Ye Tingyu wanted to speak out, Bai Qi couldn't let him speak. He had already pinched Ye Tingyu's neck, pinching him so hard that he couldn't speak.
"The king has an order. Ye Tingyu is extremely guilty and he will rectify the Dharma on the spot." As he said that, he waved his sword, and a hole was pulled out of Ye Tingyu's neck, and blood was spurted out. Ye Tingyu became a confused ghost.
If Bai Qi had not had the identity of a prince-consort, things would not have gone so smoothly. Ye Tingyu was also the main general here. Although he had not been here for a long time, he had already won over some people. However, Bai Qi had a special identity. No one stood up to oppose Ye Tingyu on the spot. Of course, there were reasons why soldiers hated Ye Tingyu, but more importantly, the identity of a prince-consort in Bai Qi was working. If Xue Yiran knew that things would be like this at this time, she would probably hate herself for marrying Xue Feihong to Bai Qi. The most ruthless imperial family, for his own benefit, Xue Yiran could be said to have sacrificed her daughter and could hurt her daughter to attack Bai Qi, but in the end she shot herself in the foot.
After killing Ye Tingyu, Bai Qi immediately took out the documents forged in advance and read them to all the soldiers. At the same time, he announced that in order to prevent Ye Tingyu's remnants from escaping, the pass was temporarily closed. Although the documents were forged, who dared to come up and see if they were true or false? Bai Qi succeeded again in his adventure. The 30,000 defenders thought that the court had replaced Bai Qi to be the boss for them. They were too late to be happy, so they didn't think that Bai Qi was the rebellious master.
After successfully taking down the military power of Yulong Pass, Bai Qi immediately ordered the city gate to open and let the cavalry outside the city enter the pass. If Bai Qi continued to return to the capital like this, then Bai Qi would not be Bai Qi. As the new guard, Bai Qi invited all the officers above the generals of Guanzhong to come together on the grounds of investigating Ye Tingyu's remnants, and then let his people take care of them. After this, Bai Qi took the troops with confidence and continued to fight back to the capital. Although Yulong Pass was 30,000 sick, there were no leaders in the group. It is estimated that when Bai Yunfan's army arrived in a few days, with the cooperation of leaving behind people, Yulong Pass could be at your fingertips.
When Bai Qi arrived in the capital, it was already dark and the city gate was closed early, but this was exactly the situation Bai Qi hoped to see. Although the city wall could block the army, if you want to block the killers under Bai Qi, you would not even think about it.
After arranging the troops to rest on the spot, Bai Qi immediately brought hundreds of killers to the capital while the night was dark. The first destination was of course the Bai family, and the Su family next. When he learned that Bai Qi's troops were waiting outside the capital, the forces of the two families immediately began to quietly operate. Naturally, there were more people coming and going to the two families. The spies who had been paying close attention to the movements of the two families immediately reported to Ye Zhuifeng. Ye Tingyu learned that there was something wrong with the two families, and immediately went to the palace to see Xue Yiran and asked Xue Yiran whether to take action in advance.
At this time, Xue Yiran was doing the work of continuing the family line with her beloved concubine on the bed. The ground was shaking on the big bed, but she was panting in the tent. The eunuch of the deacon dared not disturb her. She had to wait patiently, waiting for Xue Yiran to let out a comfortable moan, and then patiently waited until Xue Yiran's breathing was stable, and then hurriedly stepped forward to speak.
"Your Majesty! Taiwei Ye entered the palace overnight and said that there was something important to report."
Xue Yiran is not young anymore, and there are many women in the palace who are competing for favor. This beloved concubine finally waited for Xue Yiran to come to spend the night, so of course she had to work harder. Seeing that Xue Yiran had just gotten off the horse, her beloved concubine had already started to tamper with Xue Yiran's lifeline. Who knew that the eunuch's voice destroyed all her beloved concubine's efforts. The lifeline that was so powerful that she had just become softened immediately.
Not to mention how his beloved concubine hated the eunuch who reported it, Xue Yiran was surprised when she heard Ye Zhuifeng enter the palace overnight. Although everything was arranged, it was always uneasy for nothing to succeed. Xue Yiran was of course not in the mood to be happy anymore. She put on her clothes and comforted the dissatisfied woman a few words, and hurried out to meet Ye Zhuifeng.
Ye Zhuifeng, who had been waiting for a long time, reported the matter to Xue Yiran, and Xue Yiran's brows suddenly frowned and kept paced back and forth in the room. Xue Yiran looked serious, and the eunuchs next to him naturally did not dare to speak. At this time, only Xue Yiran's footsteps could be heard in the room.
Originally, he planned to deal with the Bai family, but now even the Su family has reacted. Could it be that the two families have joined forces? Xue Yiran began to feel anxious. Xue Yiran knows more than anyone else about the power of the two families.
"You should immediately take my order talisman, first grasp all the troops firmly, and then transfer 10,000 troops to protect the palace. When it dawns, you can immediately attack the Bai family. You can't wait any longer. If you wait, you may have to have a long night and dreams." Xue Yiran's order to Ye Zhuifeng was very reasonable, but the development of the matter was no longer in his expectations.
It was late at night, and the black city wall was sleeping like a giant. Suddenly, the fire flashed a few times on the city wall, and then the suspension bridge was lowered, and the city gate was slowly opened. The creaking sound seemed particularly harsh in the middle of the night.
The thunderstorm and Dong Qiu who had been waiting outside had already been on the horse at the same time, lifted their hands and lit up ten thousand torches at the same time, illuminating half of the sky.
Following the open city gate, ten thousand troops entered the city one after another. According to the arrangement in advance, they rushed to the key points in the city. The Su Bai family, who had been preparing for many days, also moved, and their respective forces also started to operate at high speed. According to the plan agreed upon by everyone, the army first took action in the military camp and controlled the palace at the same time. As long as these two places were taken down, the others would naturally be solved.
When Ye Zhuifeng walked out of the palace, he was immediately stunned by everything in front of him. The night sky of the entire capital had been lit up by countless torches, and the opponent took the lead.
In the city guard camp, the soldiers on duty saw the changes in the city and were still thinking about reporting to the above, the camp also started to make trouble. The army controlled by Bai Qiwei took the lead and raised the butcher knife to other people who did not belong to the Bai family. This caught the opponent off guard. When Ye Zhuifeng arrived at the city guard camp, he had already killed a lot of people. Ye Zhuifeng finally contacted a few of his own people, but found that the situation was completely out of his control. Ye Zhuifeng could only take more than 10,000 people who tried to gather together, and headed to the palace while fighting. Judging from the current situation, he could only protect Xue Yiran and fight out of the capital, and rushed to Yulong Pass and 30,000 Ye Tingyu's people. When he arrived at Yulong Pass, he could think of a solution.
Ye Zhuifeng's wishful thinking was based on the premise that Bai Qi did not enter Beijing. Of course, he also guessed that the Bai family had already started the move first. It was estimated that the thousand people who were ambushing near the Bai family had now been made into dumplings.
Ye Zhuifeng thought well. The first thing Bai Qi did after entering the city was to let Lei Shao lead 3,000 cavalrymen to quickly rush to the Bai family. First of all, he wanted to eliminate the troops monitoring the Bai family and ensure the safety of the Bai family.
Those ambushers who did not receive orders were all rushing by the thunderstorm's three thousand cavalry. After the crisis of the Bai family was lifted, Bai Qiwei immediately took the thunderstorm to the military camp and used his prestige to control the entire army. This was the second step of the plan.
The shouts of killing in the city naturally alarmed Xue Yiran. At this time, Xue Yiran could not sit still. She took the guards and went to the Imperial Guards personally. Xue Yiran quickly controlled the Imperial Guards, which also made him feel relieved. At the same time, he also hoped that Ye Zhuifeng could control the city guards in time so that the rebellion could naturally be quelled smoothly. Until now, Xue Yiran thought that it was just the Bai family who rebelled in advance after feeling the crisis.
Xue Yiran was a little annoyed. Ye Zhuifeng was becoming more and more useless now, so he was staring at the Bai family, but the Bai family didn't know that it was rebelling.
Of course, Ye Zhuifeng also thought of the Imperial Army. Although these 30,000 master soldiers were not very responsible, they were always the army, and it was better to hold them in their hands than to not. When Ye Zhuifeng arrived at the Imperial Army's base, Xue Yiran also brought the troops out. When the two armies met, Ye Zhuifeng talked about the situation of the city guards, Xue Yiran immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
Of course, Xue Yiran would not be willing to fail. He was determined to take a gamble. With his status as the king, he brought 30,000 imperial guards and Ye Zhuifeng to the city guards together to try to quell the rebellion on the spot.
Ye Zhuifeng immediately spoke out and dissuaded: "Your Majesty, the situation is now chaotic. It is better to go to Yulong Pass first under the escort of the Imperial Guard. As long as Your Majesty arrives safely, I will issue an imperial edict to let all the troops serve the king. The rebellion will naturally quell."
After hearing Ye Zhuifeng say this, Xue Yiran is a smart person, so naturally understands that the situation is no longer something he can control. Once he gets used to being pampered, his fighting spirit will be eroded. Xue Yiran is like this now, and his life is still very important.
Xue Yiran naturally listened to Ye Zhuifeng's persuasion and asked Ye Zhuifeng to guard the road to the palace, took people back by himself, asked his wife and children to clean up briefly, and took his favorite women with him, and left the palace with him, intending to escape to Yulong Pass.
Of course, Bai Qi would not forget Xue Yiran. After entering the city, he immediately led his troops to the palace. Before he could go far, he ran into Ye Zhuifeng head-on. Bai Qi waved his big hand and his cavalry immediately launched a thunderous attack. Ye Zhuifeng and his subordinates resisted desperately, and finally barely resisted Bai Qi's attack.
Speaking of Bai Qiwei, after coming to the barracks, he immediately packed up his army and left a few people to clean the battlefield. Bai Qiwei brought 40,000 troops and surrounded the palace in two directions. Bai Qiwei knew better than anyone else. Once Xue Yiran left, the trouble would be too great.
Bai Qi was also very angry at this time. This was because the road was narrow in the city and the power of his cavalry was not fully utilized. Not only did he fail to move forward, but he was led by Ye Zhuifeng to recover. Now he actually launched a counterattack. Bai Qi's side became a defensive side.
Ye Zhuifeng launched a counterattack because Xue Yiran had brought people to join him. Xue Yiran ordered Ye Zhuifeng to lead his troops to open the way in front and must fight out a bloody way to protect himself and escape.
Ye Zhuifeng now understands that it is time to die. Thinking of his family, he has not had time to greet him, but what can I do? He can only let them ask for more blessings.
Ye Zhuifeng cheered up and led the team to launch a counterattack against Bai Qi's troops. With Xue Yiran and Ye Zhuifeng personally escorting the formation, the soldiers were also very motivated. A series of fierce counterattacks made Bai Qi feel very distressed, but Bai Qi could not retreat. Bai Qi knew that he had retreated, and Xue Yiran would definitely run away.
Xue Yiran relied on the large number of people and tried her best to fight out. Bai Qi was too young to stop him. She could only fight and retreat, desperately delaying her opponent's advance.
Bai Qi's men were fighting less and less. More than half of the seven thousand cavalry were killed or killed. The two sides were in a complete melee. It was dark now. Everyone was already killing them. There was nowhere to be known to the southeast, west and north. Seeing that the Imperial Guard was about to break through their defense line, Bai Qi was anxious, but when he saw another torch appeared behind him. Bai Qi brought reinforcements up.
When Bai Qiwei's 40,000 reinforcements surrounded him, he immediately fought back with a fierce counterattack, and he immediately beat Ye Tingyu's counterattack. Xue Yiran, who knew it was difficult to break through the siege, could only helplessly order the troops to retreat to the palace. Bai Qi didn't care about continuing to pursue him at this time, and hurriedly called Bai Qiwei and asked him to arrange troops to surround the palace.
In the palace, Xue Yiran, who had an angry face, looked helplessly as she surrounded him with her hands, but there was no way. How could this turn out? He hasn't figured it out yet. Ye Zhuifeng didn't figure it out either, but now he doesn't have time to think about this. He is busy arranging people and trying to keep them until dawn.
The night of fighting finally got a pause after dawn, and the situation was basically controlled. Xue Yiran still had 30,000 troops in her hands, trapped in the palace and several nearby streets. Bai Qiwei and Su Yuncheng's men completely controlled other parts of the capital and were now surrounding the palace.
Bai Qi is home, and this is a fact that must be faced. Although he is not sure what happened that night, when he saw Bai Qi come back and heard the shouts of killing in the direction of the palace for another night, Xue Feihong had already guessed the matter.
Standing in front of Bai Qi with the child in his arms, Xue Feihong's eyes were filled with tears, and she asked Bai Qi loudly: "Why? Why is this?"
At this time, Bai Qi felt somewhat helpless. If Xue Yiran hadn't decided to attack him, Bai Qi might have never had the intention to rebel in his entire life. But the matter was already like this, Bai Qi could only tell Xue Feihong the whole truth of the matter.
Xue Feihong looked at Bai Qi in disbelief and shouted: "I don't believe it. You lied to me. My father loved me the most. How could he attack you? It must be that your Bai family was going to rebel, so he made up these words to deceive me."
Chapter completed!