Chapter 29: The Day of Peace!
1399 AD, March 2nd.
There was another heavy snow last night, covering the city with a layer of silver, and thick snow was piled on the streets.
It was also last night that Ge Cheng and Lu Zhen found Zhang Bing and Xie Gui respectively, and then they went to Zhang Xin's residence together.
After discussing what was obvious, Zhang Xin, who had been signaled by Zhu Di earlier, agreed to Zhang Bing's suggestion to arrest Zhu Di immediately, and set the time for entering the royal city to arrest Zhu Di at the till the till of You in the evening.
The reason for deciding to take action in the evening is relatively simple. If it goes well, night will not take long. You can use the night to clear the loyal people in the royal city. If you fail, you can take advantage of the night to evacuate from Beiping City to the military camp outside the city.
Logically speaking, after deciding to arrest Zhu Di, they did not need to have any extra concerns. They could directly dispatch the army, and even if they were not good, they could bring more people. What is strange is that Zhang Bing rejected Xie Gui's suggestion to directly dispatch the army or bring more people.
The reason why Zhang Bing refused was that Emperor Jianwen sent another secret edict earlier, saying that he must ensure the safety of King Yan Zhu Di.
An inexplicable secret edict forced Zhang Bing to worry, such as whether there would be a possibility of killing Zhu Di in chaos, or that the noise would be too loud and Zhu Di noticed it in advance, causing Zhu Di to learn from Xiang Wang Zhu Bowan and his family to set himself on fire.
After all, the fact that the Xiang King had already burned himself to himself has caused public opinion in the world. Another vassal king who did that would make Emperor Jianwen even more embarrassed.
Xie Gui's perception was that Zhu Di's military power had been taken away, and the royal city was surrounded by his own side, and there was no possibility of Zhu Di being spared, so he agreed to Zhang Bing's opinion.
Zhang Xin, who secretly defected to Zhu Di, would not oppose Zhang Bing's proposal. He was willing in his heart and even felt glad.
After a day of preparation, both sides are actually implementing their respective plans urgently.
The arrest team led by Zhang Bing and Xie Gui as the assistant set out, and Zhang Xin was in charge of the camp, while Ge Cheng was still serving as an insider in the royal city. Lu Zhen, who was arrested after the meeting, was locked in a prison.
Because he knew which route Zhang Bing, Xie Gui and others would choose to enter the royal city, Lu Yang and Zhu Gaoxu had already arranged to take people to ambush and wait.
After confirming that Zhang Bing and others set off, Zhu Di changed into military uniforms, and a group of loyal Zhu Di in the royal city were also waiting for the battle.
Life is still the most ordinary day in the long river of history, and the climate is actually not much different from previous years. Because of the restlessness in people's hearts, people who know that major events are about to happen are either nervous or anxious. A few very excited people think that today is destined to be of great significance.
"Aren't you here yet?" Zhu Gaoxu was of course fully armed, and his heart was so hot that the mist sprayed out from his mouth when he spoke was more than others.
In fact, Lu Yang was also very nervous inside, but he looked like an old dog. When things were about to happen, he could sit in the room of the city tower, pouring tea and drinking tea for himself frequently without shaking his hands.
"Stop drinking. Drink it again and wait a moment to fight, and you might as well urinate." Zhu Gaoxu said.
ah?
There is something like this???
It is very likely that it is not because it is too scared to urinate, but because it is too hard to make it irritated.
Lu Yang followed the teacup like a stream and stopped drinking it.
He is now fully armed. To put it bluntly, he is the style of the generals in the early Ming Dynasty. He has a set of "Shanwen Armor". His weapon is not a sword, but a thick-backed sword. The total weight of the armor and weapons is about 45 kilograms.
In fact, since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, China has gradually abandoned the sword of war and used various knives in short weapons; the armor has changed more and by the Ming Dynasty, it has begun to use chain mail in large quantities, but the utilization rate of cotton mail is more popular, because the color of cotton mail will be red, which is also called "red fat jacket".
Zhang Yu is also in this city tower. After he and his generals obey Zhu Gaoxu's command and successfully kill or capture Zhang Bing and Xie Gui, they will immediately set out with Zhu Neng's team to seize control of the nine gates of Peking.
Because Zhang Fu is currently the guard of Lu Yang, the father and son are on the same occasion, but they did not talk and would only occasionally look at each other.
"Here you come." Lu Yang stood by a window in the city tower.
On the road leading to the royal city, a team of about fifty people is approaching. What is strange is that there is a human-powered sedan.
Zhang Bing is a civil servant! If it were in a time when Zhu Yuanzhang was still alive, civil servants would walk in a sedan chair without a horse.
Now, Emperor Jianwen came to power and the central ministers carried out various reforms and reforms. Seeing that Emperor Jianwen all agreed, the civil officials in the Ming Dynasty had a tendency to move towards the two Song dynasties. Not only the civil officials in Yingtian had various styles of the two Song dynasties, but their style had spread from Yingtian to all parts of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Gaoxu quickly walked to the window and looked through the gap that opened, saying, "Put in the city gate first, and then close the city gate when you come in, right?"
Do they need to let go?
According to Zhang Bing and Xie Gui's understanding, the gates of the royal city were guarded by Zhang Xin's confidant, and they were not allowed to enter if they wanted to.
"Second Young Master, sir, I'm going down." Zhang Yu asked for instructions.
There are two patios in the city tower that can slide along the rope to the Tibetan soldiers caves on both sides of the city gate below. There is no need to go down the city wall walkway, and then go to the Tibetan soldiers cave from the entrance and exit of the city gate.
The thing about Tibetan Bing Cave is a kind of wisdom in the war of cold weapons for thousands of years in the Xia Dynasty.
Xie Gui, who was riding on the war horse, was wrapped in a cloak to cover up his full arms.
They often come to Wangcheng to see if Zhu Di is really crazy or fake, but they are more daily in terms of dressing.
I went to the royal city again today not to observe. Zhang Bing tied a sword around his waist, and Xie Gui was naturally dressed up like a military general. In order not to make Zhu Di alert, the other people were no different from usual.
They approached the city gate and shouted, which slowly opened with a "bang".
Someone went up to talk to Xie Gui. The city tower was far away, and the wind was a bit strong, so I couldn't hear what I was saying at all.
"Is he a trustworthy person?" When Lu Yang's incident came, he would ask nervously.
Zhu Gaoxu was checking his armor. He looked at Lu Yang strangely when he heard this. He walked to a small courtyard and grabbed the rope cover. He didn't walk on the wooden ladder or boarded the hanging basket, and said, "I'll go!" Before he finished speaking, the person had already slipped down.
After all, it is the second young master of the King of Yan, so time is not too fast. Isn’t it better to use a hanging basket or climb a wooden ladder to get down from the patio? I have to play with ropes.
Chapter completed!