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Chapter 307 Chaoyang Gate

From Tianjin to Beijing by land, the most likely one is to enter the city from Chaoyang Gate, Guangqu Gate and Dongzhi Gate. Among them, the one in the outer city is Guangqu Gate and Dongzhi Gate. Longkodo went to the outer city to patrol the defense of these two gates early in the morning. He was not worried about the defense of the capital. The city inside and outside the capital was high and thick, with strict defenses, and there were many artillery, just the Eighth Prince and the Prince. If you want to attack hard, you will have no chance. [The latest updates are all in search.]

What he was most worried about was collusion between inside and outside. The Eighth Prince was very popular in the capital. The Ninth Prince also planned it in the middle. Once the internal and external attacks were formed, no matter how strict the defense was, it could only be a decoration. Once the Eighth Prince led his troops into the city, he, the Nine Gate Admiral, would be destroyed in name only.

Longkodo was even more troubled with the prince's men. The prince was holding hundreds of third-rank officials and second-rank relatives and nobles in his hands. If the lives of officials and nobles in his royal family members were threatened, the families of the nobles in the inner city would inevitably unite to ask for the opening of the door and let the door go, which was also a situation of internal and external attacks.

After patrolling the Guangqu Gate and the two places of Dongzhi Gate, Longkodo had no intention of going to other city gates and rushed to Chaoyang Gate. Today, he ordered the closing of all city gates of the capital without authorization. He thought that the Ninth Prince Yinzhen would not give up, so he had long condemned his confidant and invited Li Guangdi to meet at Chaoyang Gate.

Chaoyang Gate is one of the nine gates of the inner city, also known as Qihua Gate, which is a grain transport channel. When grains enter Beijing, you must go through the Grand Canal of the North and South to Tongzhou, then load the vehicle and enter the city from Chaoyang Gate. Tianjin enters Beijing. The water and land post roads all pass through this city gate. It is a major transportation route for Jiangnan to enter Beijing. The eighth prince and the prince lead their troops into Beijing. If you go to the inner city, you must enter the city through this gate.

When Longkodo arrived at Chaoyang Gate, he was told that he was waiting for all the princes and ministers at Chaoyang Gate. Taking advantage of this gap, he checked the defense of Chaoyang Gate again.

The defense of Chaoyang Gate consists of a city tower, an arrow tower, a gate tower, and a urn city. The most important thing is the city tower. The city floor is five rooms wide, ten meters wide, three rooms deep, six meters deep, and ten meters high. The tower is ten meters wide, and the arc tower is seven rooms wide, ten meters wide, three rooms deep, and eight meters deep.

After Longkodo inspected the Arrow Tower, Gate Tower, and Gate City, as soon as he climbed the city tower, the fifth prince Yinqi and the ninth prince Yinzhen took a large group of officials including Xiao Yongzao, Zhang Penghu, and other officials into the Arrow Tower. After that, he walked to the outside of the city tower and looked down at the long sedan chair and servants, and ordered lightly: "Close the city tower, arrow tower, and gate tower, if there are any tyrants, shoot arrows and kill them." After that, he walked to the outside of the city tower and looked out towards Tongzhou.

After a glance, he saw a cavalry coming quickly. Longkodo was shocked. Although he only took a quick look, he could see from his clothes that the cavalry was a provocate in the infantry yamen. Could it be that the eighth prince's troops had arrived in Tongzhou? He couldn't help but look up at the sun, but it was noon and they were coming so fast.

Sure enough, when he came to the city, he reported loudly, "The Eighth Prince has arrived in Tongzhou and is rushing to full speed."

Tongzhou was only forty miles away from Chaoyang Gate, and the cavalry marched at full speed and could arrive in less than an hour. Longkodo's heart was immediately sank. This time was not enough for him to argue with the group of officials.

When the four gates of the urn city are closed, it is like a cage. The fifth prince Yinqi, the ninth prince Yinzhen and his officials are shocked and looked at each other. Can Longkodo want to rebel? Or has he colluded with the prince? The so-called Chaoyang Gate discussion is simply a trap?

The ninth prince Yinzhen was already fat, and immediately felt sweat on his forehead. After hesitating, he got out of the sedan chair and shouted at the top of his voice: "Longkodo, come out for me."

A sergeant stood on the city wall and whispered: "There is an order from the Long Army Gate, and all servants retreat to the Arrow Tower, otherwise the door will not be opened."

When everyone heard this, they didn't breathe a sigh of relief. It was not enough to rebel. Yinzhen immediately became confident and cursed: "Who can't bring any servants without guards when he goes out? Longkodo, you bastard, don't open the door today if you have the ability."

The city wall was immediately quiet, and there was not even a single figure. Everyone knew why the Ninth Prince gathered so many servants. When they heard this, they were silent. It was noon, and the sun was already very vicious at the end of April. In less than a quarter of an hour, everyone was panicking and couldn't help but look at the fifth Prince Yinqi together.

The fifth prince Yinqi is very kind-hearted and always cautious, and never participates in the competition for the crown prince. He had already opposed the ninth brother taking these servants, so he immediately said, "Brother should be here today. Since we are going to be in a stalemate, why not go to the Guandi Temple over there to avoid the sun."

Yinzhen's reminder couldn't help but curse himself insincerely. At this critical moment, he was fighting for this leisure. If he delayed it, he would have missed the big thing about his brother. Thinking of this, he waved his hand and ordered the servants to retreat, and then said to Yinqi: "Fifth Brother, I have lost all my face today. At least I have to earn some for my brother to get back."

Yinqi was also angry that Longkodo was unscrupulous in his actions and did not take their two princes and the officials in the capital seriously. He said, "Don't worry, Ninth brother, Longkodo is too rude, it's time to beat him up."

Yinqi, Yinzhen and others went up to the city tower, and Longkodo came forward to greet him. Yinzhen said angrily: "You still remember your slave identity, how dare you openly coerce your master?"

Longkodo said with a wooden face: "The city tower is small and cannot accommodate the hundreds of servants of Master Jiu. Only then did the general have to come up with this bad plan. I hope Master Jiu will forgive me."

Yinqi continued: "Lonkodo, who did you order the closure of all the gates of the capital without authorization?"

"Return to the fifth master." Longkodo bowed and said, "As the admiral of the Nine Gate, the person in charge of the internal and external defense of the capital, is the position of the last general. This morning, he heard that the eighth prince's five thousand soldiers were approaching Tongzhou. In order to prevent changes, he ordered all the city gates to be closed. The memorials reported were handed over to the study room."

As the admiral of the Nine Gates, Longkodo has the right to execute an opportunity and then submits a memorial to repay him. Longkodo did this matter without any stings and no one can tell. Yinqi was not good at speaking, and immediately was blocked and could not speak.

When he heard that his brother had arrived in Tongzhou, Yinzhen couldn't help but feel anxious. Tongzhou was only forty miles away. Wouldn't it be said that the brother and his friends arrived in a blink of an eye? He was already unintentionally quarreling at this time and pondered: "The troops led by Prince Yu Baotai are the troops of the Xiaoqi Camp. I wonder why Lord Long was guarding against thieves? Is the Xiaoqi Camp not the judicial and technical division of the imperial court?"

"The emperor's whereabouts are unknown. Even the last generals cannot trust all the soldiers and horses returning to Beijing." Longkodo said without any concession: "Whether it is the eighth prince or the prince, you can return to Beijing alone. If you lead the troops into Beijing, the last generals dare not take this risk."

Seeing that Longkodo was so direct and had no room for maneuver, Yinzhen no longer talked to him. He turned around and glanced at everyone, and then said, "Now, my fifth brother, two ministers in the study, and the left-behind ministers of various departments are here. Let's discuss and make a resolution."

Zhang ff8 Peng Chong took the lead and said: "Mr. Long's move is very good and treats it equally. The Eighth Prince and the Prince have nothing to say. If the Eighth Prince is allowed to lead troops into the city, why don't the Prince be allowed to lead troops into the city? What is the consequence of the Prince's leadership troops into the city? I believe everyone should know that I agree to close all the city gates."

Xiao Yongzao said without any weakness: "It is precisely because we want to prevent the prince from entering Beijing that we propose to let the eighth prince lead troops into Beijing to assist in defending the capital."

"If this is not the case, the crown prince is the crown prince of a country after all. How could he openly prevent him from entering the capital?" Zhang Penghong immediately retorted: "In this way, where are the righteousness and status of the Lords?"

Yinzhen said angrily: "The emperor's whereabouts are unknown. The prince did not try his best to search. Instead, he took the opportunity to launch a mutiny to hold the ministers and relatives hostage. What he did was tantamount to usurping the throne? If everyone was killed by such a traitor, why bother with the title of the prince?"

Yinzhen said this loudly and extremely reasonable, and immediately attracted the approval of most people. There were already many officials of the Eighth Party, and there was a lot of echoing each other. The voices of the Eighth Prince's call for leading troops into the city immediately became mainstream.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Longkodo couldn't help but feel anxious. Li Guangdi should have arrived early, why didn't he wait? Could it be that he was unwilling to come out to take this muddy water? If this is the case, it would be a big mistake. If he insisted on it, things would only get worse. What's more worrying is how to deal with the prince?

Just as Longkodo was thinking about it, Zhang Penghong said in surprise: "Li Zhongtang is here."

Longkodo couldn't help but be stunned and turned around and looked around. Sure enough, he saw Li Guangdi slowly walking along the wall of the Wengcheng under the attendance of several soldiers. He couldn't help laughing secretly, but forgot that the four gates of the Wengcheng had been closed.

When Li Guangdi came over, he couldn't help but give another greeting. Longkodo did not dare to neglect and hurriedly ordered people to move a few low stools. After sitting down, Zhang Penghe whispered the argument just now. After listening, Li Guangdi pondered a little and said, "The prince held hostages all the relatives and nobles of the royal family with third-rank or higher rank or higher rank. They are not only the foundation of the Qing Dynasty but also the backbone of the court. If these people are gone, the country will not be in the state. If the skin is gone, where will the hair be attached? Are you a little bit of the arguments you have been controversial these days?"

After hearing these words, everyone suddenly felt a little surprised. This was really a sharp attack. Without these ministers and relatives of the royal family, no matter who is the emperor, it is unlikely that it will be difficult for anyone to be the emperor. A few princes will fight for the throne, which is very likely to cause chaos in the world. Whether the Qing Dynasty can be preserved is still a question, and why are they fighting for the throne?

The ninth prince Yinzhen also remained silent. The titles of the royal family were generally very high, with a total of twelve-level titles. The titles above the second rank accounted for tenth level, which can be said to be the top ten. Without these relatives, the throne became a castle in the air.

"The most urgent task is how to rescue the royal family and ministers who were held hostage by the crown prince." Li Guangdi continued: "Have you ever thought about how to rescue?"

The officials immediately bowed their heads and said nothing. The most they thought about was who could compete for the throne, whether the safety of the capital would be held hostage, but they did not consider how to rescue the hostage ministers and relatives.

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