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The Rising Sun Chapter 448: Substituting the Heaven for the Sun (9)

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    The Acropolis of Tianjin was already in a panic, with fast horses entering and exiting frequently. The city had already been under martial law. Groups of heavily armed soldiers could be seen patrolling back and forth on the streets and city walls. The rumble of artillery coming from the direction of Beihai made the scalps of Hecheng officers and soldiers numb.  Such dense, continuous gunfire, how many artillery pieces are there?  Everyone knew that the normally flamboyant naval fleet might not be able to escape the fate of the entire army being destroyed. However, no one knew whether Dongxing Port would attack the Tianjin Acropolis.  There are various health bureau offices in the city, including the Experience Department, the Town and Fu Department, the Thousand Household Office, the Household Department Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Tuntian Procuratorate, the Criminal and Military Preparation Branch, the Qing Military Department, and the Yanyun Capital Department.  Officials from the Haiphong Yamen and other large and small Yamen were as restless as ants on a hot pot, constantly sending people out to inquire for information.  In the Daotai Yamen on the north side of Dongmenli Road, Tianjin Bingbei Road, Yang Qiwei, the deputy envoy of the Shandong Inspection Commission, sat in the camp and kept shaking the cattail leaf fan, wiping the sweat from his forehead from time to time.  He was also anxiously waiting for the news. He really couldn't understand why Dongxing Port mobilized troops to defend Tianjin. Looking at this posture, it didn't look like it was just to annihilate Tianjin's naval fleet!  A follower hurried in and breathed heavily: "Sir, Wu Dinghou of the Haiphong Yamen led a group of guards on horseback out of the Yamen and headed for the west gate." Wu Dinghou Guo Xun escaped?  Needless to say, the navy fleet must have been completely destroyed. Although it had been expected, Yang Qiwei's hands still trembled when he heard the news. "Sir, also, there is news from the Yamen of the commander of the Jinyiwei that the Jiangxi vassal king -  - Yi Wang Zhu Houye colluded with Dongxing Port to rebel, and wanted Qin Wang Qingjun to side with him. The message has been spread all over the south of the Yangtze River! " "Is there such a thing?" Yang Qiwei stood up in shock. If this is the case, the Dongxing Port army will definitely attack the capital!  Tianjin Wei must be doomed!  "Report¡ª¡ª." A military attach¨¦ hurried to the door.  He knelt down on the spot and said: "Your Majesty, the sentinels reported that more than a hundred Dongxing Port fleets are chasing naval warships at sea. Many have been sunk or surrendered. Soldiers from Dongxing Port Brigade are landing continuously. Preliminary.  It is estimated that there should be 30,000 to 40,000 people. ¡± Thirty to 40,000 people!  Yang Qiwei's face turned pale. It seemed that Jin Yiwei's news was true. Dongxing Port's posture was indeed preparing to enter the capital to Qin Wang. This was simply a replica of Emperor Wen's Jingnan campaign!  "Report¡ª¡ª." Another military attache came over and reported urgently: "Sir, many officials in the city gathered at the four gates, clamoring to leave the city!" "Close the four gates!" Yang Qiwei shouted angrily: "No one can  Leave the city! As an official of the imperial court, it is your duty to guard the country! Anyone who refuses to listen will be beheaded on the spot for disturbing the morale of the army!" "Come back!" Yang Qiwei said solemnly: "Post the notice.  We have rushed out of the city to summon soldiers from Cangzhou, Xingji, Nanpi, Jinghai and other places and nearby villages to come to the rescue and ask all government offices to provide money and personnel to defend the city together." "No!"  With a sound, Wu Dinghou Guo Xun walked in quickly, followed by several military attach¨¦s. When he saw Guo Xun, Yang Qiwei couldn't help but be startled. Didn't this guy go to the west gate?  He didn't think much about it.  He quickly came forward to greet him.  Guo Xun waved his hand, not bothering to pay attention to any false etiquette. He heard that the entire fleet was destroyed. He originally wanted to escape back to the capital, but then he thought that if he just returned to the capital, he would definitely not end up well. After hearing the news from Jin Yiwei,  , he immediately changed his mind and rushed over.  He was not polite at the moment.  He said directly: "Yi Wang Zhu Houye colluded with Dongxing Port to rebel. Dongxing Port came in full force, not for the naval fleet or Tianjin Guard, but to attack the capital. The capital was empty of troops and urgently needed reinforcements. It could not send out its troops.  It was wasted in Tianjin. Dongxing Port has strong troops and sharp firearms. The strong cities of Guangzhou and Fuzhou cannot resist for half a day. The three guards of Tianjin only have ten thousand troops, and the city is not strong. Holding the city is just a mantis' arm. It is urgent.  It is best to send all the troops back to the capital to help defend the capital!" Hearing this, Yang Qiwei couldn't help but hesitate. This reason was indeed high-sounding, but after all, he still abandoned the city and fled, which not only hindered him.  Afterwards, he was worried about being criticized by the officials. After thinking for a while, he murmured: "What the Marquis said is reasonable, but after all, he abandoned the city and fled" Guo Xun was dissatisfied and cold.  He snorted and said: "pedantic! Do you want to die to fulfill your reputation and ignore the safety of the emperor and the capital?" Yang Qiwei really couldn't afford this crime, so he gritted his teeth and said: "I respectfully respect the Marquis.  Order, abandon the city and return to the capital!" As soon as the officers and soldiers in the city fled, the panic-stricken merchants and craftsmen outside the city dared to hesitate at all. They quickly collected gold and silver, drove cattle and pigs, called their children and women, and helped them.  The old and the young dispersed in a hurry. When the Dongxing Port forward arrived, there were not many people visible inside and outside Tianjin Wei City.    Early the next morning, Liu Siwu and Li Jian led their troops to the Tianjin Acropolis. At the Yamen of the Tianjin Road Administration Bureau, Liu Siwu hung up the map of Shuntian Mansion when Li Jian quickly walked in and said:  "I just reported back quickly. The front army has arrived at Yangcun and has not caught up with the officers and soldiers of the Tianjin Sanwei Brigade." "They ran quite fast." Liu Siwu stared at the position of Yangcun, thought for a while, and then said: "Hurry up.  Send an order, ordering them to catch up with and defeat the main force of Tianjin's three guards today, and not let them sneak into the capital. "Will they go deep alone?" Li Jian waved his hand and drove all the officers out of the room.  He pulled up a chair, took off the soft hat on his head, fanned the wind and said: "The soldiers around the capital should be marching towards the capital at this time. If the scattered soldiers and horses gather again to form a large group, it will be quite big."  "Trouble, I'm worried that the ammunition of the front army can't keep up." "Just look at the Tianjin Acropolis. These officers and soldiers are simply scared." Liu Siwu said nonchalantly: "Besides, the Chinese army and the front army are separated.  It's only thirty or forty miles away. If there is really danger, reinforcements can be sent up in half a day." After scanning the room, he continued: "King Yi wants us to surround the capital as quickly as possible to prevent the surrounding soldiers from rushing to the capital. I'm sorry.  But no, to be honest, I am really worried that Emperor Jiajing will abandon the city and flee. How can there be any reason to sit there and wait for death? King Yi ordered us to surround the capital with lightning speed. I think it was for this purpose. "  To prevent leakage of information.  The two of them always referred to Hu Wanli as King Yi in their daily conversations. After hearing this, Li Jian said with a smile: "It's just a precaution. If Jiajing really wants to abandon the city and flee, we can't stop it no matter how fast we go.  King Yi has actually determined that Jiajing will not escape. Where can he escape? If he gives up his rightful status, he will give up the throne to King Yi. The strength of Yidong Xinggang was already there five years ago!  He was confident enough to conquer the capital in one fell swoop, but King Yi kept his troops stationary. He was waiting for this great honor and was afraid that Jiajing would abandon the city and flee.  Absolutely, in addition to Jiajing, there are a group of ministers in the capital. When the troops are pressing down, I am afraid that someone will instigate Jiajing to escape. If there are too many people to instigate, it will inevitably shake Jiajing's confidence. We cannot give them a chance.  There are too many variables behind Jiajing's escape. Success or failure is possible!" "It makes sense." Li Jian nodded and said, "I ignored the role of the minister." After a pause, Liu Siwu continued: "As for the ammunition.  Supplies cannot be ignored. I don¡¯t think we can rely entirely on canal shipping. We have to prevent them from sinking and blocking the river. Do you think you can send a regiment to purchase mules and donkeys from nearby and form a few horse teams?¡± ¡°Okay.¡±  The first said: "Not only do the baggage and ammunition require cavalry, but artillery also needs cavalry. Two regiments are left to purchase horse teams and hire migrant workers. They are responsible for carrying ammunition and baggage. I have to remind them to abide by military discipline. If the reputation of the escort team is ruined, we will all get rid of it."  It doesn't matter." "No one can live with the two and a half pounds on his head." Liu Siwu said, "Come on!" "Dusk.  At Haicang Town Pier, ten clipper boats were moored quietly on the pier. Martial law had already been enforced around the pier. There was not a single civilian in sight. There were only heavily armed guards standing like wooden stakes. Xue Liangfu and Tang Jinbao stood there.  From time to time on the deck, they looked towards the mouth of the Jiulong River. Seeing that the sky was gradually getting darker, both of them were a little anxious and had no intention of talking.  "Here we come, a fleet is coming down." A sharp-eyed soldier reminded softly.  Xue Liangfu took a closer look, and sure enough, two small boats emerged from the river, followed by a third and fourth boat. Yes, it must be them. Xue Liangfu couldn't control his excitement and expectation. He hadn't seen Hu for more than half a year.  Wanli, I wonder if he has replaced King Yi now?  I don't think so, there are no good opportunities along the way, but on the clipper ship, the opportunities are much better.  Tang Jinbao didn't know that Hu Wanli had faked his death. Seeing Xue Liangfu's excited face, he couldn't help but curled his lips and muttered: "This King Laoshi Ziyi is really lucky." Good luck?  Xue Liangfu couldn't help but smile, stroked a long beard under his chin, and said: "Order the officers and soldiers of each ship to go down to the bottom warehouse. No one is allowed to go to the deck without an order." Why is this?  Tang Jinbao glanced at Xue Liangfu with a puzzled face and said nothing. This time he came out to pick up King Yi and his entourage, and everything was weird. First, he made sure that all the crew, sailors, officers and soldiers on the clipper ship had not seen Hu Wanli, and they were not here.  They were greeted by their own territory - Xiamen Private Port, and they rushed to the Haicang Town Pier, which is only twenty miles away from Xiamen. Now they are asking all personnel to avoid it. He couldn't help but muttered: "We don't have official visits at Dongxing Port.  The rules of avoidance, so what if he is King Yi?" Listening to his complaint, Xue Liangfu said:He smiled and said: "If you don't want to go to the capital, I will send someone else to go." "Don't¡ª¡ª" Tang Jinbao said quickly: "I will send you the order now." "Sign up the seven-star lantern." "Yes." Tang Jinbao said  Jinbao turned around and said loudly: "Seven-star lanterns are raised. Order, all officers and soldiers of each ship should go down to the bottom bunker. No one is allowed to go on the deck without orders." A string of seven red lanterns immediately rose up on their clipper ship.  In case Tang Jinbao lost his composure, Xue Liangfu had to remind him first. After a brief pause, he said: "I heard the news from Nancheng that King Yi Zhu Houye has some similarities with the young master. When you meet King Yi later, don't be rude and don't stare at him all the time."  Look, King Yi is a prince, and the court has strict rules. Don't let people say that we in Dongxing Port are rude. " How similar are King Yi and the young master?  Tang Jinbao was not stupid. He felt something was slightly wrong when he heard these words. He didn't think about it for a while. He followed Hu Wanli on his expedition to Japan and saw Hu Wanli fall ill and die. He didn't think much about it at the moment and just clicked.  He nodded, feeling a little weird in his heart.  When it was dark, the fleet coming down from the Jiulong River slowly entered the port. Wu Zishun immediately led a group of people to board the clipper ship with the seven-star lantern hanging on it.  Xue Liangfu and Tang Jinbao rushed forward to greet him.  Wu Zishun slightly cupped his hands toward the two of them, then stepped aside, stretched out his hands, and said: "This is His Royal Highness King Yi, His Royal Highness Prince Chongren" Xue Liangfu glanced quickly at the person in front of him.  In the dim light, this man looked almost the same as Hu Wanli. When Tang Jinbao took a look, he was stunned. His eyes turned red and he knelt down on the spot.  Seeing this situation, Xue Liangfu quickly knelt down and said: "Xue Liangfu, a common man, and others pay homage to His Royal Highness King Yi and His Royal Highness Prince Chongren." Zhu Houye completely relied on Dongxing Port at this time, and also knew Xue Liangfu's status in Dongxing Port from Wu Zishun's mouth. Seeing him  I came to greet you personally, but I dared to take a big step forward.  Xu Fu said: "Mr.  Wan Li had become extremely familiar with Hu Wanli over the past seven or eight years, and once he heard him speak.  Knowing that this person was indeed not his young master, he quickly kowtowed, but he was shocked in his heart that this King Yi was so similar to his young master!  It will definitely not be that simple for Dongxing Port to join forces with King Yi!  Xue Liangfu stood up, and in order to attract the attention of Yi Wang Zhu Houye and Chongren County Prince Zhu Houxuan, he said directly: "Your Highnesses have been tired all the way and should have arranged to rest for a few days. However, Dongxing Port has sent 40,000 troops to the capital.  . We received the report today that the army has captured Tianjin Guards and will surround the capital within a few days. We hope that His Highness King Yi will lead the army to conquer the capital. "Has Dongxing Port sent troops to directly attack the capital?  Zhu Houye and Zhu Houxuan couldn't help but stare blankly, so fast!  Zhu Houye naturally did not want to have long nights and many dreams. It would be better if Dongxing Port could capture the capital in one go. He immediately said: "These ships are the clippers of Dongxing Port. It is said that they are very fast. It takes several days to get to Tianjin from here."  ?¡± ¡°Now that the southwest wind is blowing, we can reach Tianjin in six or seven days.¡± It only takes six or seven days to get to Tianjin from Fujian?  Zhu Houye and the others were struck by lightning again. How could this boat be so fast?  It takes three months to get from Zhangzhou to the capital by land, but it only takes six or seven days by sea?  This gap is really too big.  Everyone who saw it showed expressions of disbelief. Xue Liangfu smiled slightly and said: "This is a clipper specially built by Dongxing Port to open up the Americas. The ship is extremely fast and is not affected by the wind direction. It can cross the ocean in one month."  , arrived in America. " " America, America," Zhu Houye thought of the huge silver mines in America. It seemed that Dongxing Port was really focused on developing America. Soon, he took back his thoughts and said, "I don't know if my fourth brother is safe.  Arrived at Dongxing Port?" "Your Highness, you can rest assured." Xue Liangfu said with his head, "Prince Yushan has arrived at Hanwu Port safely, and the Crown Prince has arrived with the ship. His Highness will see him soon."  It was okay, Zhu Houye couldn't help but feel relieved. The other party only sent the eldest son of the fourth son, and obviously meant to take the fourth son as a hostage. He could understand this, and Dongxing Port's move made him feel a little relieved. Even among Xue Liangfu and  Tang Jinbao led them into the cabin.  The clipper ship didn¡¯t delay. The entire entourage had boarded the ship and immediately raised its sails and set sail.  After Xue Liangfu, Wu Zishun and Tang Jinbao settled King Yi and Prince Chongren, they sent the young prince of Prince Yushan over. After saying a few words with them, they said goodbye and went straight back to their cabins.  At the door, I saw a man sitting on a chair reading quietly by candlelight. Several people came in. The man raised his head and smiled at the others. Who was it if it wasn't Hu Wanli?  "Master!" "Master!"    The three people in the room glanced at each other and said, "Really the young master?" Hu Wanli smiled and said, "We haven't seen you for half a year and you don't even recognize the young master?" As soon as he heard him speak, Tang Jinbao was immediately convinced and his eyes turned red.  With a grin on his face, Wu Zishun was already on guard. He stepped forward and covered his mouth, shouting in a low voice: "Shut up!"  " "Sit down, no need to be polite." Hu Wanli said in Mandarin with a slight Jianchang Mandarin accent that he had practiced hard over the past six months: "In order to hide it from the world, I had to make this move, which shocked you.  "The voice is very different."  So he hung out with Zhu Houye. He spoke with a Beijing accent, and the Jianchang Mansion accent was not strong, but his voice was natural and could not be imitated. "  Are there any people on the other ships who are very familiar with Zhu Houye? " After hearing this, Wu Zhishun said: "In the battle in Nancheng, most of the family members of Prince Yi and the officers and soldiers of the Guard Department were killed.  On this ship." He smiled slightly and said, "Sir, what's the trick?" "You know what I'm asking!" Xue Liangfu glanced at him and said decisively: "Is it a shipwreck? Or is it necessary to pretend to be a Haizhou Navy fleet?  It¡¯s night time.¡±
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