Ma Xianglin did not miss any of those who opposed the imperial court's policy of returning natives to exile, and those who came to the emperor to plead for mercy and remonstrance. They were all arrested one by one according to the emperor's list.
Many officials are still happy at home, wondering which leader sent him how much gold and silver and how much land he received last time.
As a result, before he could finish laughing, he was captured by the army and imprisoned.
When the chieftains learned that the emperor had completely ignored the officials' advice and objections, they were all greatly eclipsed. Some of the chieftains, who were weak and courageous, were ready to accept their fate.
Some people who have enough background and strong strength do not have the courage to directly raise troops to rebel, even if they are dissatisfied.
You know, She Chongming and An Bangyan, who had hundreds of thousands of troops, were both destroyed by the emperor in an instant. They were still far behind She An.
Finally, someone suggested that they secretly assemble elite soldiers and generals from various families and march straight to Huanglong, heading straight to Dafang where the little emperor was.
As long as the little emperor is captured, they will have huge capital. Let alone the policy of returning the native to the countryside, the Ming Dynasty will have to listen to their policies in the future.
The idea of attacking Huanglong was not random. It was a loophole they finally found after analyzing the situation and the area controlled by the government and military.
The emperor's hands were too long and his appetite was huge. He wanted to eat their toast from southern Sichuan and northern Guizhou in one bite. He was too confident, thinking that they were really just lambs to be slaughtered and wouldn't resist?
They had already found out that there were only more than 60,000 officers and soldiers in total, all of whom were elites in Sichuan.
More than 10,000 Chengdu Front troops were all stationed in Yongning, led by Zhu Xieyuan.
But Zhu Xieyuan was currently in Dafang, the emperor's royal camp.
The 20,000 guardsmen were also divided into two, half returned to Chengdu, and the other half were in areas such as Anshun and Puding, blocking the roads to Guinan and Guixi.
Other officers and soldiers were also stationed at key points among the various ethnic groups, guarding various key crossings and pass cities.
After such calculations, they have determined that the emperor is in Dafang's imperial camp with only more than 10,000 defenders around him.
But these more than 10,000 people can already make them fearful.
However, this plan was approved by more than a dozen leaders. In order to protect their own interests and privileges, they were willing to give it a try.
They didn't want to be like the leaders who were deceived by the emperor and had no news from them. They died in unknown places, and even the corpses were unknown.
This is the last strength they can accumulate. Although there are only a dozen of them participating in the plan at this time, as long as they actively contact them, they do not believe that these chieftains will continue to endure the death of their leader.
After all the officials were arrested, the land of Sichuan and Guizhou, which had seemed panicked before, fell into an extremely strange silence.
The chieftains stopped making noises and acted very docile and submissive. No matter what the emperor's decree was, they would carry it out to the letter.
In the eyes of outsiders, the chieftains of all ethnic groups had completely resigned themselves to their fate and were willing to accept the court's new policy.
But in Zhu Youxiao's view, all this was too sudden. He had already made preparations and sent out troops. On the surface, they were only stationed and controlled, but in fact, many troops were hidden secretly.
Just waiting for them to rebel, he would pacify them with his thunderous force, and gain another wave of military exploits and prestige.
But things were completely beyond his expectation. Could it be that he had misjudged these people?
Are they not rebellious? Or the courage and courage to rebel?
This question has been bothering him for two days and two nights. He still can't figure it out and guess what these chieftains did this time.
It wasn't until a chieftain chief of the Buyi tribe came to see the driver late at night that he knew everything behind it.
After learning about the chieftains' ideas and layout, Zhu Youxiao immediately asked people to draft several handwritings, and sent a dozen people to run out all night to deliver the letters.
He had to immediately mobilize his troops to move closer to his side and come back for reinforcements.
I was disappointed with these chieftains. I originally thought that they had little culture and knowledge, and most of them were military generals. Their rough and violent personalities would make them rebel directly.
Unexpectedly, he could also build plank roads openly and cross Chencang secretly, and actually played a trick with him. The key thing is that he really fell into the trap.
Their guesses and layouts were also extremely accurate. Now, there were less than 7,000 guards around him, and most of them were soldiers from the Shenji Battalion, so they were unable to fight in close combat.
Now he couldn't believe the words of the chieftain of the Buyi tribe. This was indeed a major oversight in his plan. It was not too late to remedy the situation.
Then Ma Xianglin was ordered to expand the security range of the military camp, and all the artillery and muskets of the Shenji Battalion were loaded with gunpowder.
And shrink the garrison, guard the surrounding dangerous places and places with advantageous terrain, and make complete preparations for defense.
The night guards in the imperial camp kept coming and going, in groups of three, with an hour's interval between each group, and explored in a circular carpet style with the camp as the center.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Youxiao, who was sleeping in the military tent, woke up suddenly. He was awakened by the sound of artillery.
As soon as Zhu Youxiao stood up, Ma Xianglin led a group of guards into the military tent. The Jinyi guards and several imperial guards on duty in the military tent also drew their long knives and surrounded the emperor who walked to the outer tent.
Seeing that the emperor was fine, Ma Xianglin immediately knelt down on one knee, pressed the weapon to the ground with his right hand, and said quickly:
"Your Majesty, there is a sneak attack from the north of the military camp. They have been blocked outside the camp by the firearms of our Shenji Battalion. I ask your Majesty to move quickly. Three hundred guards from the Royal Forest Army are waiting outside the tent."
Zhu Youxiao opened his arms, and the two guards quickly took the armor from the shelf and put it on the emperor.
While wearing it, he said:
"No need, they are just a few little thieves who don't know how to live or die. Just pass my order and all the troops will enter the designated positions according to the previous deployment and prepare to stand firm and wait for reinforcements."
Ma Xianglin took the order and left. After a while, there was not only the roar of artillery outside the tent, but Zhu Youxiao also heard the sound of firecrackers being fired, and even subtle shouts of killing.
He frowned. This group of chieftain soldiers who were always attacking secretly seemed to be not weak in combat effectiveness. They had attacked the military camp so quickly. There must have been a lot of them. There must have been three to five thousand people.
What surprised him even more was that they were able to hide so perfectly, and his Ye Bushou and sentries didn't even notice their traces.
But he didn't panic at all. He had given orders in the morning to leave enough shooting space for the Shenji Battalion's artillery and firecrackers, as well as a controllable peripheral vision. As long as the firecrackers continued to fire, they would not be able to break through the defense line.
One day had passed, and Zhu Youxiao made a simple calculation based on the distances and routes of the various ministries. Qin Liangyu's troops and horses could successfully return to reinforcements in less than an hour.
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