Just as Duan Fei led his troops to rush to Guangzhou City, the city's government also reacted.

The first person to react was Li Fugui, the magistrate of Nanhai County. This guy belonged to Zhu Hongsan's old subordinate in Huguang, and was very generous in Guangzhou. In addition to taking a little care of Gong Dacheng, the entire Guangzhou Prefecture even did not take the prefect Yu Shilong seriously. It was not that everyone was afraid of him, but mainly that everyone knew what the relationship between Li Fugui and Zhu Hongsan was, and they were far away from him like stinky shit.

However, Li Fugui was born as a constable and was much better than those who had just graduated from the Jinshi. In addition, he was the leader in the Nancheng New District in Guangzhou, so Nanhai County has been very rich in finance in the past two years. It is easy to do things with money. Li Fugui is not a noble person who regards money as dirt, nor is he a financial slave who eats meat and does not let others drink soup. At the end of last year, Li Fugui, as the magistrate, completed the financial tasks in full and also gave various formal assignments in the county, and gave a big red envelope. So now everyone in the county praises Li Fugui for his goodness.

Li Fugui was in a good mood tonight. When he returned to the back house, he had a glass of wine with his concubine. He was about to go to bed, but suddenly his family was calling out to the door outside.

The butler outside the door opened the door and said anxiously: "Master, a fire appeared in the north city just now!"

Beicheng? That is the territory of Panyu County. Panyu County Magistrate Chen Zisheng and himself were not dealing with him. Chen Zisheng relied on being the Prime Minister's younger brother and uncle Chen, and never took himself seriously. Seeing that he never put a lot of color on his face, this time, it would be better for him to catch fire in Beicheng.

"No need to worry, Beicheng is not our territory!" After arranging Li Fugui, he went back to sleep with his concubine.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, a shocking sound suddenly came from the north city. Li Fugui was so scared that he got up quickly.

He was so familiar with this sound that only gunpowder could be emitted. But there was a gunpowder depot in the north city. Now the experienced Li Fugui knew something was wrong.

Li Fugui quickly got up and put on his clothes. He went to the front hall to find a yamen runner on duty to ask what was going on!

"Grandmaster, we don't know! The sound was suddenly made. I have already asked someone to go to Beicheng to see it, and the news will be sent back in a while."

Li Fugui stroked his beard and thought something was wrong. Old Li was well-informed. Guangzhou has been in a long life and there would never be such a big fire. Could it be that the Qing army was fighting?

When Li Fugui thought of this, the first thing he thought was to take his wife and children out for a run. But when he turned around, he thought that he had already run to the southernmost part of China. Where else could he go? Go to Nanyang? I heard that there were all kinds of life-saving things there, not to mention that his son was still a guard in the palace. If he wanted to run away, his son Li Fugui would definitely be implicated. Thinking of Zhu Hongsan's cruel means of betraying him, Li Fugui couldn't help but fight a cold war.

Li Fugui thought about it and made up his mind. No matter what, he would concentrate his hands first, run away or fight to the death.

Thinking of this, Li Fugui quickly sent out a yamen runner to transfer all his Xicheng and Nancheng Inspection Departments to him.

At this time, Zhang San, covered in dust, came to Nanhai County to find Li Fugui.

"Sir, bring all the troops to save the palace! The Qing army has entered the city!"

When Li Fugui heard this, the Qing army was shocked. He was really afraid of anything he was afraid of.

"What? Zhang San, please talk slowly, what's going on?"

Zhang San slowed down and told Li Fugui in detail what he saw and heard.

Hearing that his son was blown up by gunpowder in the palace city, Li Fugui was so hungry that he didn't faint. His eldest son Li Fugui can be said to be the whole of Li Fugui. He had a rank of captain at a young age. This was at least a company commander in the local army, with a musketeer of 100 men under his command. Li Fugui knew how powerful the musketeer of the new army was. One hundred men beat the 300 men of the guards. Originally, Li Fugui had hoped that his son Li Fu would make a fortune and that Zhu Hongsancheng would be able to become a general in the future. Unexpectedly, he heard bad news about his son today.

Seeing Li Fugui crying bitterly, Zhang San quickly advised him: "Sir! Sir! I only said that Li Fu is on the city wall, but I didn't see if there is anything!"

When Li Fugui heard Zhang San say this, he was immediately full of hope.

"Yes! My son must be fine!"

"Come on, organize all inspection departments quickly. I'm going to save my son!"

At this time, the inspection departments in Xicheng and Nancheng were patrolling, and it took a long time to get more than 100 people. Fortunately, Nanhai County has money, so Li Fugui did not take advantage of these inspections, and his weapons, armor, and bows and arrows were all in one go.

Li Fugui couldn't wait any longer. He didn't know his son's life or death. Seeing that there were more than 100 people, Li Fugui stepped forward and said, "Everyone, a big incident happened in Beicheng today. The Qing army entered the city. My son was still in Beicheng. I want to go to Beicheng to save his son. Who would you go with me!"

After Li Fugui finished speaking, he was silent. No one was stupid. Your son was not my son, so it was my nothing business.

Li Fugui also came from the market. He knew that all the big principles were all about money or real money. So he didn't say anything, and waved his hand and asked his family behind him to carry out a few large boxes. He opened them all with a lot of money, which was worth tens of thousands of taels.

Lao Li has been a promotor, a county magistrate in the past two years, and also served as the director of the Nancheng Development Office. He has made a lot of money. However, this time he took out tens of thousands of taels and was really a damn bad thing.

"Everyone is optimistic. The one who goes with me will get 100 taels of silver now. There are still 100 taels of silver that come back alive. Unfortunately, those who are not back are adding 200 taels each!" Old Li also fought hard for his son.

This era was not the era when silver was flooded in the late Qing Dynasty. Now, the unsavory rice in Annan, Guangzhou City, only one or two pieces of rice per stone, and one hundred taels is one hundred stone of rice, which is enough for one person to eat for fifty or sixty years, so one hundred taels of silver is really a huge sum of money.

The role of silver is huge. No matter whether you can come back alive or not, you will get the hundred taels first.

All the inspectors and soldiers immediately became excited and regarded County Magistrate Li's son as their own and called to save his son.

Seeing that the morale of the army was available, Li Fugui ordered people to open the county's armament warehouse. It contained a large number of cold weapons such as swords and guns produced by Dongguan Arsenal. These weapons were prepared by Zhu Hongsan before the New Year and were ready to change the military households of the Guangzhou city and the garrison offices. Unexpectedly, they were used in advance now. These weapons are not the ductile iron-like goods sold to Jiangnan. These are good steel-mounted weapons produced by Dongguan Arsenal.

Seeing that the weapons they were so elite, their confidence increased greatly. After receiving them, they went out with Li Fugui and rushed to the north city.

As soon as he left Nancheng and entered the boundary of Beicheng, he found that the road was in chaos, and many gangsters took the opportunity to rob and kill people. Li Fugui quickly ordered the inspector to deal with these guys who were catching fish in troubled waters.

The inspection was originally a public security force, and it was to deal with these guys. In addition, the weapons in his hands are now elite, so the magistrate also said no matter how hard it was. The inspection inspectors immediately rushed up and slashed and quickly cut off the thugs of more than 20 people.

These inspectors are now crowded with people, and they have just seen blood, and their eyes are red, and they scream and come outside the Imperial Palace in Beicheng.

Li Fugui was led by Zhang San to the west gate of the palace. The city gate had been blown down, and a corner of the city wall was blown down. Li Fugui, who was worried about his son, quickly led people to clean up the bricks and rubble. Fortunately, because the city wall was not high, only three meters, and the power of gunpowder was not strong, Li Fu was just shocked and was not injured.

Li Fu was woken up by Li Fugui and was surprised to see his father coming.

"Dad, why are you here?"

"Are you worried about you? Dalang, let Dad see if he was injured?"

Li Fu is also an officer now, and I feel embarrassed to see his father expressing his true feelings in front of outsiders.

"Dad! I'm fine! You're here to bring people to the palace with me to kill the Qing army and save the emperor!"

Seeing that his son was fine, Li Fugui let go of most of his heart, and he couldn't help but hesitate when he heard that he was going to fight the Qing army desperately.

Li Fu is at the age of a young age. You can tell why when you see your father like this. Li Fu knows his father clearly. He is really soaked in oil and can't help but keep his hands off. When talking to him, you must seduce him with your interests.

"Dad, there are less than a thousand Qing army this time, and there are four hundred guards in the city. If you add them, there will be no problem. Also, don't you want me to be a marquis? As long as you save the emperor, your achievements are not as great as you can save the horse. Maybe you can still be a marquis!"

Li Fugui was a little moved when he heard Li Fu say this. He knew that Zhu Hongsan had always rewarded those who had made great contributions. Do you need to say that he saved him this time?

Li Fugui thought for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth. Fugui was in danger. Today I fought hard!

"Dear brothers, let's go in and kill the Qing soldiers and rescue the emperor, and everyone will be rewarded!"

The inspectors whose eyes were red, who were already stimulated by silver and blood, shouted "Retreat the Qing army and rescue the emperor!" Under the leadership of Li Fugui and Li Fu, they followed the Qing army into the palace.

Zhu Hongsan's palace is far smaller than the imperial palaces of the north and south capitals. Not far from the imperial city, there are several small buildings in the cabinet. There are now shouts of killing in this place. There are Jinyiwei Yamen and Dongchang Yamen, and there are still some people. However, Li Chengdong left 300 people here, more than twice the size of Jinyiwei. Fortunately, there are more than fifty guards here. They are Zhu Hongsan's defense force for the prime ministers of the cabinet. Unexpectedly, he borrowed power today.

When Li Fugui and his men arrived, the Qing army was fighting with the Jinyiwei. The guards' muskets were no longer ammunition, and now they were stabbed. Fifty people formed a gun formation to deal with the Qing army's attack.

The Qing army is now all the attention is in front, but unexpectedly, more than a hundred people are killed behind. The key is that there are more than a dozen people with muskets, and these people are Li Fu's shocked subordinates.
Chapter completed!