dream of red mansion

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Ladders, siege vehicles, and wood bumps are slowly approaching the city gate...

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On the tallest tower in the capital, Jia Qing looked at the scene in the distance with the long-sighted mirror, and found Prince Kang's location after searching for half a day.

"San'er, at this distance, can the new 'long neck' you made hit it?"

"Master Hou, this distance is too far. It is impossible to hit this far even with a solid bullet, let alone a half-hearted bullet. Unless the distance is doubled, the small ones may have a try..."

The so-called "San'er" is a firearms research genius recruited by Jia Qing from the people. He was an apprentice in the hands of a Frang machine in his early years, and was later recruited by Jia Qing. As for artillery.

This so-called "long neck" is a kind of artillery he advocated to develop. Because the torso is more than one foot long, it is called the long neck.

The characteristic is that the range is more than double that of Da Chu's previous artillery, and more importantly, it uses flower bullets.

You must know that most of the artillery before Dachu used solid bullets, and they were mainly used to attack the city, because the solid bullets’ individual killing area is too small, and if they are combined with tiles, iron pieces, etc., it will affect the range... ..

In short, the previous artillery had many restrictions and its power was not satisfactory, so Da Chu did not rely on artillery.

Jia Qing knew this situation, so most of the research results were not announced to the public, originally hoping to have a surprise victory.

Before, he thought, if Prince Kang was unprepared and killed him with one shot, the battle could be avoided soon?

Once he died, the rest of the rebellion collapsed without a fight.

It's a pity that although the opponent did not avoid his whereabouts, he was too far away from the battlefield.The capital was besieged again, and sneak attacks were temporarily impossible.

"Master Hou, do you want to move all the artillery to the city wall to assist Wang Taiwei in defending the city?"

"No, remember, as long as the interrogation continues, guns with a range of more than [-] paces will not be allowed out of the warehouse, only the old-fashioned guns from before will be used.

In addition, it is enough to bring out the two murderous aspects of 'sweet potato' and 'sweet potato'.

I have another plan! "

"Yes." San'er, Liu Xianglian and others all responded.

After ordering this matter, Jia Qing asked Zhao Donglai again, "How is Hu Yong going?"

Zhao Donglai said: "Before he led people to attack the North Gate, thanks to General Gao's preparedness and our timely support, he was prevented from succeeding. Now he has fled into Xiyuan with the remnants of the army, and used Xiyuan to resist.

Since General Gao wanted to guard the north gate, we didn't have enough soldiers left, so we didn't attack hard. We just surrounded Xiyuan to prevent him from attacking again. "

Jia Qing frowned.

Xiyuan is the largest royal garden in the capital, and there are many palaces, pavilions, eunuchs and maids. If Hu Yong and his group of defeated soldiers broke into it, the royal garden might become Shura Garden in an instant.

Jia Qing couldn't bear it.

But there is no way, this is a military disaster!This is the reason why it has been said since ancient times that soldiers suffer more than bandits.

It's not just Xiyuan.From last night to today, I don't know how many innocent people and dignitaries died in the capital...

He has done his best to control the chaos.But the capital city was too big, and the rebels scattered, and he couldn't clean it up for a while.

Even at this moment, there are still a small number of rebels hiding in the city and doing evil.

"Move out all the remaining cannons from the warehouse. The Marquis will go there in person, and let's get rid of these uncertain factors first."

After solving Hu Yong and his cronies and subordinates, the capital will be relieved of worries, and all the troops will be under his control.

......

The rumbling cannons enveloped the majestic royal garden in black smoke.

"Kill...!!"

The rebels inside couldn't organize an effective resistance at all, so they were attacked by the Jinyi Army under Zhao Donglai's men in the Beijing camp, and the tragic hand-to-hand combat began.

After all, the opponent's morale was low, and the number of people was too small, but after more than half an hour, they died and dropped.

This noble royal garden temporarily stopped the war disaster.

"Master Hou, Hu Yong has been caught."

"Kill." Jia Qing said calmly.

He is not a person who sticks to the rules, there is no need to waste manpower to watch him, waiting for the interrogation after autumn.

Hu Yong is the commander of the forbidden army, and it is still the cleanest to kill.

Speaking of which, the imperial army has no less staff than the Beijing camp, and its combat effectiveness is even stronger than that of the Beijing camp, except for the firearms.

However, rebellion is rebellion, not everyone will follow the coach to rebel.

In addition, they did not swear allegiance to the First Prince, and even abandoned the First Prince and fled at a critical moment. This also caused the original huge Imperial Army system to fall apart, and was finally defeated by him one by one.

So far, apart from Wei Lize's total of two to three thousand forbidden troops who were still guarding the palace, the forbidden army had already existed in name only overnight.

"Master Hou, Your Majesty has woken up and wants to see Master Hou!"

The eunuchs headed by Wang Sanjin rushed to Xiyuan to report to Jia Qing.

Wang Sanjin can be said to be the first eunuch who made good friends with Jia Qing.After this battle, as long as Jia Qing can hold the capital, as long as he is not a man of pure heart and asceticism, anyone with a discerning eye can see that he will surely become the most powerful person in the entire Great Chu.

But is Jia Qing a person with a pure heart and few desires?

No, because he is not stupid.

Therefore, in front of him, Wang Sanjin was as respectful as facing Emperor Zhengqing.

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Entering the Ganlu Hall of the Daming Palace, the Empress Dowager, Yuan Chun, Princess Xingyue, the Second Prince are all there, and the new cabinet five...only four are there.

Jia Qing saluted everyone one by one, and finally came to Emperor Zhengqing's bed.

But after not seeing him for a few hours, Emperor Zhengqing seemed to be in his twilight years, and his expression was as pale as an old man.

"His Majesty!"

Jia Qing knelt down directly.

"You're here..." Emperor Zhengqing's voice became weak.He took Jia Qing's hand and stared at Jia Qing quietly.

"Your Majesty~" Jia Qing's voice choked up.

Emperor Zhengqing was in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, in his early fifties. For the emperor, it was the time for Vega to join the country.