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Chapter 177 The war breaks out 4 times

Just as Lu Cheng divided his troops into several groups and marched towards the Central Plains, the rebel forces in Shanxi Province, the Central Plains, Shandong and other places gathered together and suddenly marched towards Yanjing City.

Emperor Tianqi quickly mobilized all the troops near Yanjing to eliminate the rebels, and ordered the governors and guards in various parts of the Ming Dynasty to lead their troops to Yanjing as soon as possible to defend the emperor.

After the vanguard of the rebel army arrived near the capital, they immediately built various siege weapons in preparation for the attack.

Emperor Tianqi was somewhat contemptuous of the rebels and even ordered the generals of the Five Military Commandery to lead the troops of the Beijing camp to take the initiative to attack and eliminate the vanguard of the rebels.

But Emperor Tianqi obviously overestimated his own troops in the Beijing Army and underestimated the rebels outside the city.

If it were in the early Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's Beijing Camp would definitely be the elite among the elite, and they also had a professional firearms unit, the Shenjiying.

But the current Beijing garrison is not much better than the garrisons in various places. The phenomenon of empty pay and wage arrears is also very serious, and it has long lost its combat effectiveness.

On the contrary, after more than half a year of fighting and elimination, the remaining rebel forces outside the city were elite soldiers who had experienced blood and fire, and they were not at all ambiguous when facing the Ming Dynasty’s capital camp.

Once the two sides engaged in battle, the rebels, relying on their fearless fighting style, defeated the Beijing troops.

Afterwards, the guards at the four city gates of Yanjing urgently ordered the gates to be closed and relied on the city to resist the attack of the rebels.

However, that very night, violent explosions occurred almost simultaneously at the south and west gates of the capital. The rebels took advantage of the situation and attacked the capital. The whole of Yanjing was thrown into chaos. The most brutal street fighting was taking place in every street and alley. The sounds of gunfire, fighting, and screams resounded throughout the city of Yanjing.

When Emperor Tianqi in the Forbidden City heard that the city gate had been breached, his already frail body could no longer hold on and he died on the spot.

After the Western Army entered the city, they ignored the civilians, quickly occupied the four city gates, and began to clean up the mansions of the dignitaries in the city.

At the same time, a group of people attacked Prince Xin's mansion, trying to capture Prince Xin Zhu Youjian. When the rebels attacked the mansion, Zhu Youjian hid in the house and burned himself to death.

By daybreak, the rebels had occupied the entire Yanjing and entered the Forbidden City. Except for a few who died in battle, most of the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty surrendered.

On the contrary, the eunuchs in the Forbidden City put up the most tenacious resistance, and few surrendered.

No one expected that the capital of the Ming Dynasty would be captured by the rebels.

Even before the imperial edict issued by Emperor Tianqi could be spread to all places, the Ming Dynasty had already ended.

When the news that Yanjing was captured by the rebels spread, the whole world was shocked. The rebels in various places accelerated their attacks and even began to annex each other.

The Zhu family princes in some places raised their flags, wanting to gather troops, rebuild the world, and revive the Ming Dynasty.

However, those princes of the Zhu family were used to abusing their power and domineering in various places. How many of them could be supported by the people?

At the same time, the rebel army in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas also purged the Donglin Party and wealthy merchants in Jiangnan, killing people so much that rivers of blood flowed in Jiangnan and collecting gold, silver and other valuables that piled up into mountains.

When faced with enormous wealth, it is inevitable that some people will take risks.

However, those who dare to covet wealth will always be hit by the sudden bullet and die because of their own greed.

Among the leaders of the rebel armies all over the world today, those with the largest number of troops and the strongest strength basically came from Liaodong.

As for the rebel armies that followed suit, there were basically some intelligence agency agents lurking around each rebel leader, keeping an eye on them at all times.

Anyone who dares to disobey will be given a chance to start over with a revolver.

In less than half a month, all the Donglin Party members in Jiangnan were uprooted. Except for a few unimportant minor characters who ran away to unknown places, basically all those with names were cleared out.

As for whether some of them have been wrongly accused, it is no longer important.

Just after the rebels wiped out the Donglin Party and wealthy merchants in Jiangnan, Lu Cheng led 20,000 troops to Jiangnan and launched a "big war" with the rebels.

The rebel army, which had defeated the Ming army without any chance of fighting back, was also "powerless to fight back" in front of Lu Cheng's Liaodong Army. Most of them surrendered directly, and a small number were annihilated.

As for the rebel forces that were annihilated, they were naturally some unorganized and undisciplined mob forces that followed suit and even harmed the people.

After incorporating the rebel forces near Jiangnan, Lu Cheng immediately issued a series of decrees to reorganize and reorganize the rebel forces and put them under the banner of the regular army.

At the same time, Lu Cheng sent people to post notices to reassure the people and stabilize the order in the entire Jiangnan region to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos to harm ordinary people and disrupt public order.

At the same time, the staff of the Logistics Department also began to count the various properties that had been looted.

Soon, a rough figure was reported to Lu Cheng. The total value of the gold, silver and other valuables obtained this time exceeded 400 million taels of silver.

This does not include other antiques, silk fabrics, food supplies, ships, real estate, etc.

Even Lu Cheng couldn't help but sigh, this is what it means to be rich enough to rival a country.

If the Ming Dynasty court had so much silver, it probably wouldn't have ended up in the situation it is in today.

At this time, news came from the north that the city of Yanjing had been breached and Emperor Tianqi had died.

Lu Cheng led 5000 soldiers and temporarily reorganized rebels, a total of troops, to the capital. He left soldiers behind to reorganize the rest of the rebels and stationed them in Jiangnan to stabilize order.

At the same time, General You Shigong, who was about to head to northern Shaanxi, persuaded his two brothers You Shiwei and You Shilu. The three brothers led their troops to fight against the rebels, won battle after battle, and successively incorporated several rebel armies in northern Shaanxi, gradually occupying Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Shanxi and other places.

He Shixian, who had already reached Shanhaiguan, also began to march towards the capital.

Tong Zhongkui, who had basically cleared Shandong, Central Plains and other places, was also approaching the capital.

This kind of rebellion suppression went quite smoothly. After all, the leaders of both sides were their own people, and fighting was just a formality. At most, some of the scum in the rebel army were cleared out, and the rebel army basically turned against them and surrendered.

As for the common people who revolted at the bottom, they were worried at first that they would be liquidated or something, but when they saw that the generals above could still hold important positions and continue to lead the troops after surrendering, they felt relieved.

In a manor outside Yanjing, Lu Wenzhao, the former deputy commander of the Northern Pacification Division of the Jinyiwei, was looking at the men in black in front of him with a confused look on his face: "Who are you? Why did you bring me here?"

At this moment, a masked young man in black came in from outside the door, took off the black cloth covering his face, and smiled: "Uncle Lu, long time no see, how are you these days?"

When Lu Wenzhao saw this person, he felt relieved: "Are you Ding Xian? These people..."

"These are all our own people, so you don't have to worry, uncle."

"What on earth is going on? Could it be that Lu Cheng..."

"Master, don't think too much, and don't ask too many questions. Just stay in this garden for a few days. Before long, everything will become clear."

Hearing this, Lu Wenzhao remained silent for a long time, then sighed: "Junior sister is really blessed."

At the same time, in another manor next door, Lu Jianxing, the former chief of the Jinyiwei, and Pei Lun, a captain of the Nanzhenfu Division of the Jinyiwei, were both looking at their surroundings in confusion.

"Everyone, can I ask where you are from? And why did you bring me here?"

"General Lu, Captain Pei, don't worry, we have no intention of harming you. My master thinks you two are talented and asked us to bring you out to prevent you from dying at the hands of the rebels."

"So, Lu would like to thank your parents?"

"That's not necessary. Just do your work with peace of mind in the future."