The Revolt of the Three Feudatories: All-in at the start in Beijing

As Batel pulled the trigger, a loud bang was heard, white smoke and sparks shot out from the muzzle, and the lead bullet flew out.

While Kangxi was galloping wildly on his horse, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his thigh, then fell off the horse and, after a whirlwind-like tumble, lay unconscious on the ground.

Upon seeing this, Batel was initially delighted, but then slapped himself. In his impulsiveness, he had forgotten that the emperor wanted him alive. He quickly dismounted and stretched out his fingers to examine the body.

He's breathing through his nostrils, he's not dead!

It hit his thigh; he's got a lot of flesh, so he won't die!

Bartel breathed a long sigh of relief, then happily tied Kangxi to the horse and returned.

When Batel returned to the original spot, all that remained were the corpses of the guards, all with uniform scratches on their necks. The warhorses, armor, weapons, and even the carcasses of the warhorses had been dragged away, as if they had been finished off without even being buried.

Batel shook his head as he looked at it.

When it comes to ruthlessness, only His Majesty can be considered!

When Batel returned to Deshengmen, nearly three thousand imperial guards were still blocking the Eight Banners cavalry. However, the imperial guards dismounted and lined up with short-barreled muskets to block them.

These muskets, used in mounted combat, still had a range of fifty or sixty paces. In crossfire situations, the colorful cloth-covered iron armor of the Eight Banners soldiers was simply no match for them.

When Batel approached, Liu Mu saw the familiar armor on horseback and rushed forward with great joy. To make it easier to see the face, he grabbed Kangxi's pig tail.

There are obvious acne scars on her face, it's genuine!

Uneven eyes, pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, the real deal!

But can someone who is only 1.7 meters tall really shoot more than 300 rabbits and more than 100 wild boars a day?

But none of that matters.

clap clap clap!

"Are you dead or not? Say something!"

"Stop pretending!"

Liu Mu grabbed the pig's tail with one hand and slapped Kangxi's face repeatedly with the other!

His Adam's apple was bobbing; it was obvious he was faking unconsciousness. Liu Mu saw through him at a glance, but no matter what Liu Mu said or did, Kangxi just kept his eyes closed and pretended to be dead.

He probably felt too ashamed to face Liu Mu.

After all, he was the one who was captured alive.

While Liu Mu was patting Kangxi, Tong Guowei, who was watching the battle from a hundred paces away with a telescope, stared wide-eyed, his mouth agape.

What did he see?

Emperor Kangxi was actually humiliated by someone using his own faults.

Why bother fighting here? He might as well take the rest of his troops to the grasslands and live a simple life. It's better than being captured and sent to the mines to work until he dies.

Thinking of this, Tong Guowei immediately gave the order!

"The entire army mounts up and retreats!"

"Anyone who disobeys will be executed!"

The Eight Banner soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment. Weren't they supposed to be going to rescue the emperor? Why were they being forced to retreat? And what about the order to execute anyone who disobeys? You try executing one and see what happens.

Tong Guowei was merely the emperor's brother-in-law, and at this time his prestige in the army was not high; the commanders simply did not listen to him.

"Let's go!"

Tong Guowei didn't care about any of that. Seeing that the commander and the captain were not listening to him, he directly led his more than 600 personal guards towards Liaodong, where there were many mountain paths, making it easier to escape to the grasslands.

Unfortunately, Liu Mu had no intention of letting them go north, and immediately dispatched five hundred imperial guards to hunt them down.

With Tong Guowei gone, the Eight Banners commanders, all military officers, were left without anyone to manage them, and they fell into chaos, each one at a loss. Upon seeing this, Liu Mu immediately looked at Batel.

"Bater, take Kangxi to persuade him to surrender. If there's any unusual activity, cut off his head immediately, understand?"

Batel knew that this was a prelude to the emperor's intention to give him an important position, so he immediately rode his horse to the front of the Eight Banners army. In order to show his personal bravery, he gritted his teeth, lifted Kangxi above his head with both hands, and shouted at the Eight Banners soldiers.

"Your Emperor Kangxi has been captured alive by me, and my 100,000-strong army has already surrounded this place. Are you still prepared to put up a stubborn resistance?"

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Han Dynasty has decreed that if you continue to resist, you will all be executed. Lay down your weapons now, and you may live!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Kangxi, who had been lifted up, silently shed tears. However, after surviving being shot, he began to fear death and dared not resist in the slightest.

As for what Batel said, "The emperor's promise is as good as gold," Liu Mu's promise was true, and he would never kill them, but would only send them to mine to contribute to the Han Dynasty.

Liu Mu now feels a bit regretful. He had slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Manchu families in Xianghe County. If they had all gone to work in the coal mines, how much silver would have been saved?

These Eight Banner soldiers all knew Kangxi. When they learned that Kangxi had really been captured, they had no choice. With the emperor captured, there was no one to lead the way. They were all military men and didn't know what to do, so they began to surrender in small numbers.

After laying down their weapons, these Eight Banner soldiers knelt down by the roadside. They were very familiar with this routine, as it had always been the Green Standard Army soldiers who demonstrated it to them.

Just as some commanders were still trying to resist, the sound of horses' hooves came from the south. Seven thousand garrison cavalrymen were seen charging towards Deshengmen.

After confirming that it was safe, Liu Xin opened the Desheng Gate and led eight hundred imperial guards to Liu Mu's side, then lowered his head and remained silent.

Meanwhile, Pan Feng of Guangning Gate, seeing that the Han army had the upper hand, led the three thousand able-bodied men guarding the city and the remaining five hundred Imperial Guards towards Liu Mu's Imperial Guards.

The sudden appearance of these three groups of troops immediately subdued most of the commanders. They dared not gamble that there were still any survivors, so one by one, they led their personal guards to lay down their weapons and squat down by the roadside.

The 7,000 cavalrymen of the garrison were mostly Mongols. They immediately rode forward and used the lassoes that came with their horses to bind these Eight Banner soldiers.

Upon arriving at Liu Mu's side, Liu Xin and Pan Feng immediately knelt down with a thud.

"We have failed in our duty to defend the capital; we beg Your Majesty's punishment!"

From the direction the two men left the city, Liu Mu knew that Liu Xin had led eight hundred imperial guards and had probably gathered at Desheng Gate from the beginning, ready to escape after breaking through the city.

After all, each city gate has a hundred soldiers, and even with the Imperial City Guard and the Imperial Guards, there are only a little over three thousand people. If they can't hold the city, it would be more worthwhile to take the opportunity to escape.

This wasn't out of fear of death, but out of loyalty to Liu Mu.

Can we punish them? Of course not!

Otherwise, who will remain loyal to him in the future?

Liu Mu patted Liu Xin on the shoulder, then looked at Pan Feng.

"Pan Feng, you did a great job this time. I heard that you're still renting a house in the inner city after your marriage?"

"A prince's mansion with three courtyards, take your pick!"

After Liu Mu finished speaking, he looked at the more than three thousand people behind Pan Feng, who were obviously people temporarily conscripted.

"At this critical moment for the nation, you have all been willing to sacrifice yourselves for righteousness. I have decided to grant each of you the hereditary rank of a garrison squad leader, valid for twenty years!"

This is a minor officer, with over forty mu of land!

Liu Mu did not accept their grand gesture, but instead led the Imperial Guards and Emperor Kangxi back to the palace quickly.

Kangxi was able to govern the country.

There are still some things I haven't said!