The person who rushed into the study in a panic and reported to Fang Guangchen that "Confucianism has rebelled" was a Hunan scholar in his forties, whose surname was Sun Kaiyuan. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looked like that. He was a scholar in the Qing Dynasty and had some literary talent.
Master Sun joined Fang Guangchen after he followed Wu Sangui to Hunan. Fang Guangchen saw that he had some knowledge and recommended him as a county magistrate. But this guy is very evil. While he thinks the county magistrate is young, he tries hard to make money. As a result, he was impeached and removed from office by his superiors, and was sent to prison. Fortunately, he was released when Wu Yingxiong ascended the throne and the whole world was amnesty. After he was released, he was not willing to go home and eat old rice, so he shamelessly went to Fang Guangchen to ask for an official position.
But this time Fang Guangchen did not recommend him, but kept him by his side as a master.
"What are you talking about?" Fang Guangchen glared at the master who was talking nonsense, "How can the Confucians rebel? The teachings taught by the most sage teachers teach people to rebel?"
"It's not that I'm against the classics..."
Fang Guangchen became even more angry and roared: "That's apocrypha!"
Fang Guangchen's son Fang Xuefan saw that I was holding back my anger and wanted to vent it on Master Sun who was talking nonsense. He quickly interjected and asked: "Master Sun, which family is rebelling? Is it Confucianism or Confucianism? Already?"
"They are all rebels!" Master Sun stamped his feet, "Confucianism and Confucianism are all the same, and none of them are good Confucianists... People from Jiangxia County just came to report that the two Confucian disciples in Wuchang City were at the Hubei Gongyuan There are people gathered outside, all armed with sticks and swords, and some carrying muskets. There are many of them, a sea of 5,000 people, divided into two groups, and they are confronting each other! And, and..."
Fang Guangchen's face turned dark, "What else?"
"There are still people circulating posters near Gongyuan, saying that the Ming Dynasty has started a war with us. An army of 300,000 people is advancing by land and water, and is about to reach Wuchang City..."
Fang Guangchen roared: "This is nonsense to deceive the public!"
"Sir!" Fang Xuequian said loudly, "We can't let them continue to make trouble... Now you only have 3,000 yuan in Wuchang City. If you don't suppress these rebellious hypocrites immediately, when the Ming army really arrives, That would be a big deal."
Fang Guangchen was right in his thinking, although not all of these two groups of hypocritical Confucianists were from Zhu Heji's side. But we can't watch them fight. What if Zhu Heji's Confucian disciples win? By then, only one of the nine gates of Wuchang will be taken away by them, and the city of Wuchang will no longer be defended. .
Thinking of this, Fang Guangchen gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, "Quickly, hurry up, gather three thousand elite soldiers, and follow me to suppress the hypocrites!"
"Sir," Fang Xueqian immediately reminded, "We can't pull out three thousand people!"
"Didn't you say there are three thousand Fu bids?" Fang Guangchen looked at his son.
"Sir, we still have the Wuchang Nine Gates to guard, the Chu Prince's Mansion and Chu Watchtower in the city, and the Governor's Yamen to guard... It will be good if we can pull out a thousand people now."
"Only a thousand..."
Fang Guangchen felt dizzy when he heard this number. Isn't this too little?
But there's nothing he can do now, and he can't just watch Wuchang being beaten to pieces by two Confucian sects, right?
"One thousand is one thousand... I don't believe they can gather five thousand people!" Fang Guangchen gritted his teeth, "It must be that the people in Jiangxia County can't count, there are too many!
I have a thousand people to deal with them, but I want to see if those hypocrites dare to go against my plan! "
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The sound of the gong is loud and the horses' hooves can be heard. As the voice of "quiet, avoid" sounded everywhere. A thousand soldiers led by Fang Guangchen, the great scholar of the Wenhua Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the governor of Hubei, marched through the streets of Wuchang in a mighty manner. There were no pedestrians on the streets of Wuchang for a long time. The shops along the street had closed their doors and boarded up the doors. Only some uneasy glances came out from behind the ajar windows.
Fang Guangchen and his son Fang Xueqian were half a horse away from each other, surrounded by a large group of soldiers. He followed Fang Guangchen's guard of honor majestically to Hubei Gongyuan.
Hubei Gongyuan is located in Wushengmen, the north gate of Wuchang. There are Snake Mountain, Jiangxia County Government and Jiangxia County School nearby. It is considered a dangerous place in Wuchang City. If the Hubei Gongyuan area was controlled by Confucian disciples, then the more than 100 Zhou soldiers guarding Wusheng Gate would most likely be captured by them. At that time, a big hole will be opened in Wuchang's city defense. As soon as the leading troops of the Ming army arrive, Wuchang will be lost immediately.
Therefore, Fang Guangchen knew that he did not have enough troops on hand and had no time to mobilize troops from Hanyang, Hankou and Wuchang County (Fankou Fortress), so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and suppress them.
But when he led a thousand soldiers to the vicinity of Hubei Gongyuan, he was already a little timid.
Because the scene he saw in the square in front of Hubei Gongyuan was a bit beyond his imagination.
The huge square was already packed with people, probably five or six thousand people. Moreover, these five or six thousand people were not huddled together in a chaotic manner, but were divided into two formations, large and small. Although it's not very strict, it still looks passable, and I'm afraid it's better than ordinary group training!
The formation is all in basket clothes and red scarves (kerchiefs), with long swords and hammers hanging on their belts. They are obviously disciples of Confucianism. There were about three thousand of them, and they held high banners emblazoned with the words "Anti-Qing and Fu-Ming."
The Confucian scholars who formed the small formation wore black gowns and white hoods. Their long robes are not Hanfu, but a style common in the Qing Dynasty. However, they do not have horse-shoe sleeves, but ordinary long sleeves. They are also rolled up, revealing their strong-looking arms. The wrists connected to these arms are holding a spear tightly... It turned out to be a wooden stick, but now with the tip of the spear, it becomes a spear. Their number was relatively small, only two thousand at most, but with their backs to the Gongyuan formation, they were not at a much disadvantage. They also held many flags with the words "Support the Qing Dynasty and destroy the Ming Dynasty" tattooed on them.
"How is this possible?" Fang Guangchen said to himself, "How is it possible that there are so many people gathered in Wuchang City, and they are so neatly...I don't know anything about it!"
This is like gathering thousands of people and rising up!
The few short sentences in the history books may seem simple, but it is actually very difficult to implement. Moreover, the government here in Wuchang is not just for food, so why do they know nothing about it?
However, the troops on both sides did not start fighting, but kept confronting each other, as if they were waiting for Fang Guangchen's troops to arrive.
The Confucian people were relatively close to Fang Guangchen's team, so they shouted first: "Tomorrow, three hundred thousand soldiers are approaching, and Wuchang City is about to be destroyed..."
Then more voices echoed him: "Three hundred thousand soldiers will arrive tomorrow..."
Thousands of people shouted together, quite neatly, which shocked Fang Guangchen.
The shouting on one side died down, and the Confucian disciples on the other side shouted again: "Support the Qing Dynasty and destroy the Ming Dynasty! Protect Confucianism and eliminate thieves... Lord Fang, destroy the Confucian demons quickly!"
"Master Fang, destroy the demons quickly and welcome the heavenly soldiers!" The Confucian disciples over there roared again.
It's good that the rebellious "hypocrites" actually gave orders to Fang Guangchen who came to suppress them.
But Fang Guangchen was stunned for a long time, and then he really came to his senses, and loudly ordered to the left and right: "Quickly, give me heavy pressure!"
The order was issued, but the Zhou troops on the left and right did not move.
At this moment, Xia Guangchen was a little anxious, and shouted sternly: "Why don't you listen to the order?"
"My lord," a senior general replied, "you haven't said where to suppress it yet?"
It doesn’t even work to suppress that side!
"They are all rebels, we must suppress them all!" Fang Guangchen roared again.
The people below remained motionless.
"You, you..." Fang Guangchen already felt a little bad. He thought about the imperial edicts of Kangxi and Zhu Heji who suddenly appeared in front of him before, and then thought about these Confucian and Confucian sects who had entered the city for some reason. Children.
There might be someone in Wuchang City who is collaborating with the enemy!
As soon as he thought of this, he heard a sudden sound of "Boom! Boom!" outside the city, as if a cannon was being fired somewhere.
Then the group of Confucian disciples cheered together: "The heavenly soldiers have arrived, the heavenly soldiers have arrived!"
impossible!
Fang Guangchen thought to himself: Fankou Fortress has not been lost yet, how could the Ming army arrive? Even if they arrive, it will still be a small team.
As soon as he thought of this, he heard someone shouting in his ear: "Master Fang has an order to destroy Confucianism and surrender to the Ming Dynasty!"
What?
Fang Guangchen was shocked. When he looked back, he saw that the person who gave the order was actually his son Fang Guangqian!
"Got the order!"
Fang Guangchen's soldiers shouted loudly, then raised their swords, guns and blunderbuss and pressed towards the Confucian disciples' position.
The Confucian disciples over there also drew their long swords, shouted "The heavenly soldiers have arrived, the heavenly soldiers have arrived" and killed the Confucian disciples in front.
