Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 179: The Tianjing Incident (Part )

When Huang Wenjin saw this scene, he froze in place and then roared angrily.

"Who was it? Who opened the city gate without permission?"

Huang Wenjin is really angry now, but his anger is useless because the matter is done.

But before he could order anyone to sound the alarm or send someone to report the news to the King of East, he saw a group of soldiers carrying the flag of the King of Heaven rushing up from both sides of the city gate and surrounding Huang Wenjin and his group.

Huang Wenjin led his men to try to fight, but they were unable to hold on for a few seconds, and everyone around Huang Wenjin was either killed or injured.

The rest of the people were also detained.

Huang Wenjin was taken down the city wall and taken to the city gate.

When he looked up, he saw a man surrounded by a group of soldiers.

When he saw this person, Huang Wenjin couldn't help but shrink his pupils.

Because he knew this person.

It was the commander of the Palace Front Division under the Heavenly King who was favored.

The true confidant of the king!
In an instant, Huang Wenjin realized the seriousness of the matter.

The people of the Heavenly King opened the city gate for the people of the Northern King, but he, who was from the Eastern King, was completely unaware of it.

This is clearly aimed at the King of the East!

Huang Wenjin was a little panicked.

Meng De'en strode up to Huang Wenjin, looked at him, and then said.

"Take him away and wait for the king's decision!"

Meng De'en knew that Huang Wenjin was the East King's man, but he also knew that Huang Wenjin was a brave general who might be of use to the Heavenly King in the future.

Therefore, prepare to hand the person over to the Heavenly King for punishment.

After explaining all this, Meng De'en turned his gaze towards the city gate.

Seeing Wei Jun riding into the city on horseback, Meng De'en stepped forward and greeted him.

"Guo Zong, where are the Northern King and Ding Tian Hou?"

When Wei Jun heard the shout, he turned around and saw Meng De'en. He immediately clasped his fists and spoke.

"Please wait a moment, Commander Meng. King Bei and Marquis Dingtian are right behind us and will enter the city soon."

Meng De'en nodded and stood at the city gate to continue waiting.

Soon, he saw Wei Changhui and Qin Riguang riding side by side into the city, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

"The Northern King and the Marquis have finally returned to the capital. The Eastern King is plotting rebellion, and the Heavenly King has long been waiting for loyal and good people to protect him!"

Seeing this, Wei Changhui and Qin Riguang dismounted from their horses.

"We are late in escorting the emperor. I hope the commander can tell the king to forgive us."

Meng De'en shook his head and said.

"The two loyal men were able to lead the army back to the capital to defend the king, which was a great achievement. How could they be guilty of anything?"

After saying this, Meng De'en continued to ask.

"Would you two like to follow me into the Heavenly King's Palace to meet the Heavenly King first?"

Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang looked at each other, and Wei Changhui spoke.

"Now, almost all of Tianjing and its surroundings are Yang Ni's subordinates. The news that I and Dingtian Hou are leading our army back to the capital will probably not be concealed for long."

"I am afraid that something bad may happen if we delay. Let's lead the army to kill Yang Ni first, and then go to the Heavenly King to apologize!"

Qin Rigang also nodded.

"What the Northern King said makes sense!"

Seeing this, Meng De'en didn't say anything more. He just nodded and bowed deeply.

"The fate of the Kingdom of Heaven and the safety of the Heavenly King are all entrusted to the Prince and the Marquis!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Wei Changhui and Qin Riguang said nothing more and led their troops to attack the East Prince's Palace.

Although today is August 15th, a day for family reunions, due to the system of separate camps for men and women in the Heavenly Kingdom, the people of Tianjing are forced to be separated from their families.

Therefore, there was no festive atmosphere in the city of Tianjing.

Passing through the pitch-black street, under the gaze of pairs of terrified eyes in the houses on both sides of the street, an army slowly crossed the street and headed towards the East Palace.

Soon, Wei Changhui and Qin Riguang's troops arrived outside the East Palace.

Wei Changhui waved his hand and ordered the soldiers from the North Palace to surround the East Palace and prepare for action.

Qin Riguang was assigned to block the possible reinforcements from the East Palace!
……

Dongwangfu!
Bedroom!

Yang Xiuqing had just finished exercising with his new beauty, and fell asleep in her arms.

There was a moment of silence inside and outside the bedroom, with only Yang Xiuqing's snoring still ringing.

There was a sudden knock on the door.

dong dong dong!dong dong dong!
"Dong Wang, something has happened in Tianjing City. Please get up quickly. I have something important to report."

Yang Yiqing was knocking on the door and shouting outside Yang Xiuqing's bedroom.

The dull knocks on the door continued, and Yang Yiqing's calls became more and more urgent, but the snoring in the bedroom still did not stop.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, so Yang Xiuqing drank a little more. In addition, he had just finished exercising, so he slept very soundly.

Fortunately, the beauty next to him was a light sleeper and was awakened by the knock on the door. She then called out for Yang Xiuqing.

"Dong Wang, Dong Wang, please wake up! There is someone knocking on the door!"

The beauty gently pushed Yang Xiuqing several times and called out to him for a while before finally waking the dazed Yang Xiuqing from his sleep.

Yang Xiuqing opened his eyes, still a little confused.

But he heard Yang Yiqing's shouting outside the bedroom.

Something happened in Tianjing, and there is something important to report!
Yang Xiuqing's heart skipped a beat. He pushed away the beauty beside him, quickly stood up, put on a robe and walked out.

Opening the door of the bedroom, Yang Xiuqing frowned and asked as he looked at Yang Yiqing who was looking anxious outside.

"What happened? Why are you so anxious?"

"What's the panic like?"

Yang Yiqing took a deep breath and then said.

"Replying to the Heavenly King, a sentry post in the city just reported that an army under the banner of the Northern King arrived outside Tianjing City and entered the city through the Yifeng Gate."

When Yang Xiuqing heard this, his brows quickly frowned.

"The flag of the Northern King?"

"Shouldn't the Northern King still be at the Suzhou front, organizing the war against the Qing monsters in Songjiang Prefecture? Why would he return to Tianjing?"

"Also, if I remember correctly, the one stationed at Yifeng Gate should be Huang Wenjin from my East Palace, right? Who gave him the courage to allow the North Palace troops to enter Tianjing without permission?"

Yang Yiqing said anxiously on the side.

"It's the King of Heaven. It must be the King of Heaven!"

"In the entire Heavenly Kingdom, who else besides you can mobilize the Northern King?"

"Some time ago, you just requested to be conferred the title of His Majesty, but today, the Northern King's troops were transferred back to Tianjing by the Heavenly King without your knowledge."

"They must be coming for our East Palace!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiuqing was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He made a decision immediately and gave orders.

"Yiqing, you must now go and pass on my military order to all the troops in Tianjing City, requiring them to gather at the East Palace immediately, without any delay."

Upon hearing this, Yang Yiqing nodded in agreement and turned to leave.

Yang Xiuqing turned around and called one of his personal guards and spoke.

"Quick, go and gather the guards of the East Palace immediately and have the brothers prepare for battle..."

However, just as Yang Xiuqing finished his words, he heard a loud explosion at the gate of the palace, and a ball of fire instantly shot up into the sky.

After Wei Changhui sent troops to surround the East Prince's Mansion, he used gunpowder to blow open the tightly closed door of the East Prince's Mansion.

"In compliance with the Heavenly King's order, kill the traitor Yang Xiuqing. Kill everyone in the East King's Palace. No one shall be spared!"

"Brothers, kill!"

He waved his hand, and the soldiers of the Northern Palace followed the blown-open gate of the Eastern Palace and rushed into the Eastern Palace.

"Kill the Dongni and protect the Heavenly Kingdom!"

"Long live the King of Heaven, long live the King of the North!"

"..."

The soldiers of the North Palace shouted and rushed forward, their morale high.

The guards at the East Prince's Palace were stunned by the sudden attack. Unprepared against the prepared, the guards could not hold out for a few seconds and began to retreat.

They were chased and hunted by the soldiers of the North Palace, and soon their bodies were scattered all over the ground.

The chaos was spreading towards the inner courtyard of the East Palace.

Listening to the faint shouts and screams coming from afar and the flames rising into the sky, the expression on Yang Xiuqing's face kept changing, and he stood there in a daze.

Oh no, it’s really directed at me!

Just as Yang Xiuqing was thinking about what to do, he saw Yang Yiqing covered in blood, crawling back to him.

"Dong...Dong Wang, something terrible has happened. The palace has been surrounded."

"I was ordered to lead people to seek help, but I failed to fight my way out."

"The soldiers from the North Palace are charging towards the inner courtyard. Brothers, we can't hold on any longer. Please think of a solution!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiuqing became anxious.

The East Palace was under siege and the message for help could not be sent out!

The soldiers from the North Palace were getting closer and closer to the inner courtyard of the East Palace, and they might attack him at any time. What should he do?

Yang Xiuqing forced himself to suppress his anger and spoke.

"Quick, send a message to the guards of the East Palace."

"Let the guards quickly assemble and prepare to break out from the back door of the palace. Go to the military camp in the city and gather troops to counterattack."

"Fuck Wei Changhui, it's not that easy to kill me!"

Yang Xiuqing gritted his teeth and gave the order, and immediately led his men to prepare to break out from the back door.

However, just as Yang Xiuqing led his men to the back door, he ran into Wei Jun, who had arrived at the back door of the East Prince's Mansion in advance to block him.

After a fierce battle, Yang Xiuqing failed to break out and was blocked back into the East Palace.

Soon, the main force led by Wei Changhui arrived and began to encircle and kill Yang Xiuqing.

Yang Xiuqing led his men to fight and retreat, and retreated to the drum tower in the inner courtyard of the East Palace to hold their ground and wait for reinforcements.

Yang Xiuqing personally went up to the Drum Tower and beat the drum to cheer for the guards of the East Prince's Palace. For a while, the guards of the East Prince's Palace fought back and forth with the invading soldiers from the North Palace.

However, as time went by, the number of people around Yang Xiuqing decreased due to the lack of reinforcements.

Even his close confidant Yang Yiqing was killed in the chaos of swords.

"kill!"

"Kill Dong Ni!"

"..."

Amid shouts, the troops from the North Palace once again launched an attack on Yang Xiuqing's guards.

Yang Xiuqing was desperate and full of regret.

I regretted not listening to Yang Fuqing's advice.

If he had simply killed Hong Xiuquan after asking for the title of Emperor Long Live the Buddha, how could this situation have happened?

Yang Xiuqing went down from the Drum Tower and shouted loudly.

"Brothers, follow me and kill!"

"Fight the Northern Bandits!"

After a fierce charge, almost all of Yang Xiuqing's guards were killed in the battle. Even Yang Xiuqing himself was captured alive by the troops of the North Palace and escorted to Wei Changhui.

Wei Changhui looked at Yang Xiuqing, who was covered in blood and tied up by his subordinates, and laughed triumphantly.

"Hahaha, King Dong, how are you?"

"When you tore my relatives apart and beat me with a stick, did you ever think that one day you, Yang Xiuqing, would fall into my hands?"

"Hahaha, what retribution!"

At this time, Wei Changhui's face was full of the pride of a winner.

Upon seeing this, Yang Xiuqing angrily spat a mouthful of blood at Wei Changhui and said with gritted teeth.

"Wei Changhui, don't be too proud. Sooner or later, you will end up like me."

Wei Changhui wiped off the saliva that Yang Xiuqing had spat on his face and drew his sword with a sneer.

"I don't know what my future will be like, but you, Yang Xiuqing, are going to die soon!"

"I'll send you to see the Father right now!"

After Wei Changhui finished speaking, he immediately swung his sword at Yang Xiuqing.

The sharp long knife directly chopped Yang Xiuqing's face, and a stream of blood spurted out, staining Wei Changhui all over.

The blade penetrated directly into the skull, and Yang Xiuqing died with just a scream.

However, Wei Changhui had no intention of stopping. He continued to swing his knife and chop at Yang Xiuqing's body.

It was as if he wanted to vent all the frustration and anger he had felt when he was beaten with a stick by Yang Xiuqing!
It was not until Yang Xiuqing was chopped into pieces and almost turned into a pool of rotten meat that Wei Changhui gasped and stopped his actions.

At this moment, Wei Jun came up to report.

"Northern King, the East Palace's Shangshu Fu Xuexian is still leading the remnants of the East Palace to resist, trying to rescue the East Rebels. May I ask how we should deal with them?"

Upon seeing this, Wei Changhui picked up his knife and cut off Yang Xiuqing's head, then handed it to Wei Jun.

"Take this head and persuade the remaining East Palace troops to surrender!"

Upon seeing this, Wei Jun immediately clasped his fists in agreement.

Wei Changhui continued.

"After the remnants of the East Palace surrender, everyone in the East Palace, including all the attendants, female officials, the queen, soldiers, and officials, will be killed. No one will be spared."

Wei Jun hesitated a little when he heard this.

"Northern King, isn't this too much? Yang Xiuqing is rebelling, and we are suppressing the rebellion and killing the ringleader. The soldiers and horses of the East Palace are also my brothers in the Heavenly Kingdom, so let's leave them a chance to live."

At this time, Wei Changhui was obviously blood-thirsty. Even though Wei Jun was his confidant, he was still terrified when he tried to persuade him.

Upon hearing this, Wei Changhui glared at Wei Jun coldly and said.

"Don't you understand the principle that if you don't remove the roots, the grass will grow again in the spring breeze?"

"Today we are showing mercy to the people of the East Palace, but if the East Palace gains power in the future, will it show mercy to us?"

"Put aside your womanly kindness and get to work now!"

Yang Xiuqing was indecisive during his rebellion. He asked to be conferred the title of Long Live the Heavenly King but did not want to kill him, which led to him being killed by Wei Changhui today.

The mistakes of the past are lessons for the future, and Wei Changhui will definitely learn from them.

Since Yang Xiuqing was going to be killed, the East Hall had to be cleansed from head to toe. Otherwise, Wei Changhui would not be able to sleep at night.

Upon hearing this, Wei Jun could only respond by clasping his fists, taking Yang Xiuqing's head from Wei Changhui, and then going down to carry out Wei Changhui's military order.

Soon, screams were heard in the East Palace.

A raging fire also ignited, engulfing most of the East Palace.

After killing everyone in the East Prince's Palace, Wei Changhui did not stop, but led his men to continue searching and killing in Tianjing City.

Including the officials and subordinates of the East Palace, soldiers and generals, Wei Changhui did not let go of any of them who had some connection with the East Palace.

The entire city of Tianjing was filled with blood.

Of course, Wei Changhui was not simply blinded by killing, but more because the influence of the East Palace in the Kingdom of Heaven was too great.

The people from the East Palace occupied almost 80 to 90 percent of the key positions in the Heavenly Kingdom.

If these people are not purged, Wei Changhui will not be able to arrange his own people to take office.

If he could not arrange for his own people to take the position, then Wei Changhui's risk of leading his troops back to Tianjing to kill Yang Xiuqing would simply be making things easier for Hong Xiuquan, wouldn't that be?

Wei Changhui doesn't want to be a Northern King forever.

He also wanted to aspire to the status that Yang Xiuqing once had.

So, where are the stupid politicians?
Everything they do, no matter how stupid it may seem on the surface, actually has its starting point and interests considered.

Wei Changhui was like this, Yang Xiuqing was like this, and Hong Xiuquan was like this too!
……

The next day, the sky brightened.

The sunlight shines through the window lattice and into the room.

Dispelled the darkness in the room.

Hong Xiuquan, who had been kneeling in front of the portrait of God for a whole night, had bloodshot eyes and looked very depressed.

Listening to the faint shouts and cries of killing outside the Heavenly King's Palace, Hong Xiuquan recited the scriptures faster and faster.

He kept praying in his heart, praying that Wei Changhui would be able to successfully suppress the rebellion and praying that Yang Xiuqing would die as soon as possible.

Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the room.

The sudden knock on the door startled Hong Xiuquan.

"Who is it? Who's outside?"

Soon after Hong Xiuquan finished speaking, Meng De'en's voice was heard.

"Heavenly King, it is I who have received the grace."

Hearing Meng De'en's voice, Hong Xiuquan's originally nervous mood instantly relaxed and he began to speak.

"It's De'en, come in, what are you doing here?"

"But did the Northern King suppress the rebellion successfully? Did the Yang thief surrender?"

Upon hearing this, Meng De'en pushed the door open and walked in. After hearing Hong Xiuquan's question, he spoke with a slightly trembling voice.

"In reply to the Heavenly King, the rebellion was successfully suppressed, and Yang Xiuqing has been beheaded, but...but the Northern King has gone crazy..."

Upon hearing this, Hong Xiuquan's face showed obvious confusion and he asked.

"what happened?"

"Isn't it a good thing that the rebellion was successfully suppressed? Why do you say that the Northern King is crazy?"

Meng De'en replied immediately.

"In reply to the Heavenly King, after the Northern King broke through the Eastern King's Palace and successfully suppressed the rebellion, he ordered the execution of everyone in the Eastern King's Palace."

"He even led people to search and kill all the people related to the Eastern Palace in Tianjing City. Many soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom were killed by the Northern King and his Northern Palace troops while they were still in the barracks."

"Now...now the whole city of Tianjing is in chaos, with dead bodies everywhere..."

When Hong Xiuquan heard this, his expression froze, but after thinking for a while, he still spoke.

"Forget it, let the Northern King do what he wants!"

"With Dong Ni dead, the soldiers and officials of the East Palace will definitely be dissatisfied. It would be better to let the King of the North clean them up."

The reason why Hong Xiuquan said this.

One reason was that he was now somewhat afraid to send anyone to stop Wei Changhui, who was in a bloodthirsty mood.

The second reason is that Hong Xiuquan really wanted to use Wei Changhui to cleanse the remaining influence of Yang Xiuqing within the Heavenly Kingdom.

Otherwise, it would not be just Wei Changhui who couldn't sleep at night, Hong Xiuquan was the same.

(End of this chapter)