At the Wannian Army barracks, Zhang Zhong said with a fierce expression on the general stand: "General Li, I despise my position and would like to lead my soldiers to the house of Yuwenshu, an old thief, and kill the Yuwen family until every bit of their armor is left alive!"
Zhang Zhongnai is a descendant of Zhang Jin's family general, and he is also a family general now. For people like him, everything is the order of the family head. As long as the family head orders, even the emperor dares to kill.
A few days ago, he received an order from Zhang Jin, telling him to sabotage the Ten Thousand Years Military Reform at all costs. As long as he provoked a big dispute, he could use this as a inducement to prompt the emperor to give up the disarmament strategy, thereby keeping the extremely powerful Of course, the Zhang family's children who may have been captured, and other Zhang family's children and generals in the army also received similar orders.
For a large and prosperous family, sacrificing a few people to save more people is undoubtedly a very cost-effective business. Now that Zhang Zhong has this opportunity, he will naturally not miss it; even if he dies, But the head of the family will not treat his family poorly. For a man who was destined to die, this was a great deal.
When Zhang Zhong said this, some generals present cheered indignantly.
On the one hand, they hate Yu Wenshu, and on the other hand, they, like Zhang Zhong, come from various military families and have the family mission of disrupting the current situation. Since Li Anqi was willing to provoke this, of course they would not respond in a big way.
Li Anqi was not a fool, but he needed these military family members and generals to lead troops and followers, so he subconsciously ignored their deep meaning and said in a serious voice: "If I wait to make a big show of it, I'm afraid the court will become suspicious, which will be useless."
Zhang Zhong cupped his hands and said, "Then the general will lead two hundred cavalry and enter the city in batches."
"How brave!" Li Anqi patted Zhang Zhong on the shoulder, turned to look at the generals, and encouraged: "Brothers, we have no way out now! We can only kill Yu Wenshu and his lackeys, and then attack Only when the saint asks for forgiveness can he have a chance of survival!"
He was not sure whether he could capture Xianyang and clamored for more soldiers to be cut off, but the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. There was no more time for him to delay.
After saying that, he said no more, and immediately ordered Cui Yi to take over the Wannian Army, recruit soldiers from other battalions, and personally lead five thousand cavalry under his command to kill Xianyang City in Jingyang County in the southwest.
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Inside the temporary official office of the Imperial Army in Xianyang City, many generals and schools were gathered together, but there was an atmosphere of tension and tension.
Duan Da, Dou Gui, and Yu Wen Anyi sat on the left side of the vacant main seat, while Sima Yuanqian, who was temporarily acting as the main seat, sat on the right. At this time, Sima Yuanqian's face was livid. In the middle of the night, he inspected the Shangyi Army on behalf of Yu Wenshu and asked about rectification matters. Unexpectedly, someone came to report that dozens of Fuping Army generals had been killed in the Xianyang official office, and he immediately left Shangyi. The army barracks came non-stop to inquire.
Sima Yuanqian roared angrily: "General Duan, General Yuwen, Dou Yuanwailang. The general prevents the situation from turning into an unpredictable situation. He has made it clear again and again that he will never kill the soldiers to avoid riots among the soldiers who share the same hatred with the enemy. You wait. He actually killed two generals, thirteen lieutenants, more than thirty lieutenants and brigade commanders...How do you explain to the general? Ah? How do you ask the general to explain to the court? Ah?"
As Yuwenshu's mastermind, Sima Yuanqian naturally knew how important this military reform was to Yuwenshu. He also knew that many civil and military officials had laid out pens, inks, paper and inkstones. If they got the chance, they would impeach Yuwenshu and use all their means to impeach Yuwenshu. He was trampled to death. In view of this, they were careful every step they took and thought twice about everything they did.
No matter how smooth the progress is, they don't dare to go on a killing spree. Even if the generals who don't have weapons incite their soldiers to make noise, they mainly focus on eliminating and persuading them to retreat.
However, they have been walking on thin ice until now, and finally got a better situation, but they were all ruined by these bastards; at this time, they looked at Duan Da, Dou Gui, and Yuwen Anyi who were still hungover and drunk. Others were so angry that Sima Yuanqian's lungs almost burst.
"Mr. Sima, the people brought by Gao Rui and Li Anshi surrounded the official office and caused chaos. Many soldiers who had been cut off from the army gathered around to watch. The situation was extremely serious. We had no choice but to beat thirty soldiers with sticks as punishment. . We are not beating for the sake of beating, but to warn others so that others will not dare to follow suit. I never thought that they would be so careless." The speaker was Yu Wen Anyi, the fourth brother of Yu Wenshu's third brother Yu Wenjing. Zi, who was relatively familiar with Sima Yuanqian, saw that Duan Da and Dou Gui were silent at this time, so he gritted his teeth and said: "We only beat them with thirty army sticks and hung them for half an hour, but they didn't hold on. Who could have expected this?”
Sima Yuanqian said coldly: "There are still more than 100,000 soldiers who have not been properly resettled. They have already complained. What they lack is just an opportunity to mutiny. But you have killed dozens of generals without authorization. This Not only did it go against the original intention of the court and the general, but it also created a reason for the mutiny to reduce the number of soldiers."
Everyone did not expect that the consequences would be so serious. After hearing Sima Yuanqian's words, everyone's expressions changed greatly and became uneasy.
Duan Da took a deep breath and said: "Mr. Sima, how can you tolerate lawless people rushing into the official office after the general's order? Now that they are executed on the spot, it will have the effect of serving as a warning to others! Otherwise, , the attack on the Binzhou Army camp will surely happen one after another."
In the early days of the reorganization of the Binzhou Army, because Yang Qing and others were not familiar with the roads of Liangzhou, the military camp was indeed surrounded by eliminated soldiers. However, due to timely response and proper placement, the incident passed. Compared with the series of "accomplishments" achieved by Yu Wenshu, this matter was just a trivial matter. Therefore, the imperial court did not pay attention to it and did not learn the Binzhou Army's method of resolving disputes. Instead, some people were preparing to use this as an opportunity to impeach Yang Ji and others. People fail in their duties.
The culprit, Dou Gui, tried to smooth things over: "Mr. Sima, those people last night were vicious and armed with weapons. They came up and surrounded the official office with a loud cheer. If the right guards hadn't come to the rescue in time, we would have been the ones who died."
When Sima Yuanqian heard this, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart. He used to be the governor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He had also led troops and fought in battles. He knew the shady methods in the army. How could Yuwen Anyi's true and false claims and avoidance of the most important things be true? Can you fool him?
Besides, this matter has already spread, and it won’t take long for the court to know the whole process. Is it interesting that these three bastards are still lying now? Who can you deceive?
Although he thought so, the top priority was how to remedy the situation, not internal strife. Sima Yuanqian stopped arguing with them and said with a cold face: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to talk more; these generals and colonels died suddenly outside the official office. , it is necessary to provide heavy pensions to calm the resentment of the soldiers who were laid off and to resolve the danger of mutiny."
Dou Gui frowned and said: "Mr. Sima, the military salary owed by the Ministry of War has not yet arrived, how can we have the money to compensate them? Besides, those generals deserved their crimes. Allowing their families to take away the bodies is an act of mercy outside the law. If they are compensated, wouldn't it be condoning?" Do others follow suit?"
In fact, Dou Gui was an upright and honest official who was able to enforce the law and make it impossible for anyone to find fault with him. However, he believed in strictly managing the army and the people; when he served as Dongcao of Zizhou, he was in charge of the state's two thousand officials and military personnel. In addition, whenever his subordinates committed any minor offense, they would be severely tortured until they were beaten until they were breathless. Everyone who saw this scene trembled; under his high pressure, Zizhou officials and soldiers ordered the soldiers to be beaten to death. All the thieves were put down, and the local people returned to a peaceful and prosperous era.
Precisely because they adhere to the principles of strict law enforcement and no mercy, in the eyes of Dou Gui, Li Anshi, Gao Rui and others are a kind of behavior that violates the law and is particularly abhorrent. Even a hundred deaths are not enough to atone for their sins.
As for the reason for the collision with the official office, it is not important. Although they were eliminated and were temporarily unable to be resettled, they are somewhat worthy of sympathy, but it is not a reason to condone their crimes.
Seeing Sima Yuanqian's cold expression, Duan Da rolled his eyes and said with twinkling eyes: "Mr. Sima, Li Anshi, Gao Rui and others are so bold that they dare to resist the imperial court. It is almost the same as treason."
He was planning to label Li Anqi, Gao Rui and others as rebels. As long as they had this name, no matter how they killed, it would not be an exaggeration. If judged afterwards, even if they had no merit, they had not done anything wrong.
"Li Anqi?" Sima Yuanqian suddenly remembered something. The day before yesterday, he heard Yuwen tell that there was a general named Li Anqi in the Wannian Army. This man was born in the west ancestral house of the Li family in Zhao County. His ancestor was Li Delin, and his father was Li Delin. Li Baiyao, governor of Fujian Province.
Today, the power of the Li family in Zhaojun in the central government is virtually nonexistent, but their influence locally and in Shilin, as well as their intricate relationships with major gentry families, are not comparable to that of the Yuwen family. After the capital was moved to Luoyang, the imperial court Then he jumped out of Guanzhong, where the Guanlong nobles were dominated. When the time comes, the emperor will definitely support the Shandong nobles to fight against the Guanlong nobles.
Compared with the powerful Er Cui, Xingyang Zheng family, Fanyang Lu family, Taiyuan Wang family, and Longxi Li family, the "weak" Zhaojun Li family is undoubtedly better to control and more in line with the emperor's needs, and will also become the emperor's key support target. , so the rise of the Li family in Zhaojun is just around the corner.
After Yu Wenshu came to this conclusion, he believed that if he took advantage of the military reform to help Li Anqi, he could establish a good relationship with the Li family of Zhaojun. In order to achieve this strategic goal, he asked Sima Yuanqian to contact Li Anqi as long as he was willing. Entering the Yuwen Department camp will grant him the position of general.
At this time, when Sima Yuanqian put the names Li Anshi and Li Anqi together and looked at them together, he felt that they were 90% brothers.
Suddenly, Sima Yuanqian was dumbfounded.
If his idea is true, can Li Anqi still win over his dead brother?
Obviously, impossible.
"Kill the old thief Yu Wenshu, Qing Jun!" As he was thinking, bursts of killing cries suddenly came from outside, mixed with screams, the sound of swords clashing, and the neighing of horses.
"Where did the killing cry come from?" Sima Yuanqian suddenly stood up and asked anxiously.
"General, something bad has happened. The Ten Thousand Years Army has entered Xianyang City, and they rebelled..." A civilian military attache ran into the official office with a panic-stricken look on his face, shouting at everyone.
Everyone's expression changed when they heard the sound, and they ran out of the official office one after another and climbed to the sentry tower beside the square to watch.
I saw that Xianyang City was already in chaos. Countless cavalry were marching towards the government offices along the straight streets. The front army was charging rampantly, and the right guard soldiers from the front camp were fighting in one place.
Sima Yuanqian looked at the 'enemy troops' who were fighting bravely in disbelief, and said with a pale face and a trembling voice: "Is the Wannian Army rebelling?"
At this moment, two other "enemy troops" had already broken into the official office along two long streets.
The temporary official office of the Beijing Army was located in Xianyang City. There was no consideration for the incoming enemy. Therefore, there were temporary military tents inside the official office, and outside, there was only a simple wooden fence, and Yu Wenshu borrowed 10,000 yuan. There seemed to be a lot of right guard soldiers, but after more than 9,000 soldiers were dispersed by the patrolling generals, the number of official soldiers left behind was less than 1,000, and they were still on duty on a rotating basis. Therefore, when the Wannian Army came to kill, the simple fences were destroyed one after another. Drag down.
The fighting soon spread to the central and southern part of the official office. The two sides fought together, killing people and horses neighing and screaming.
Li Anqi stabbed a right guard to death with all his strength, rode his horse to the front, and shouted to the right guard soldiers who were fighting to the death: "Brothers of the right guard, this general is Li Anqi, a ten thousand-year-old army general. The saint has been killed by Yu Wenshu today. The old thieves and lackeys are deceived and do not know our sufferings and our demands. Now I will lead the troops to clear the emperor's side and kill the treacherous minister Yu Wenshu! My brothers who are willing to follow will cut off their robes, tie them to their left arms, and follow someone Kill the thief at home! If you two don’t help each other, give up your weapons and give way!”
This habit of "Liu's left-handedness" came from the Han Dynasty. After Queen Lu's death, Taiwei Zhou Bo seized the military power of the Lu family and told the soldiers in the army, "Support Lu's right-handedness (show your right arm), support Liu's leftist side." Everyone in the army was leftist, and later the side that favored them was called leftist.
This method is almost the best way to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy during civil strife. Some right-guard soldiers saw that there were many invading enemies and were beyond their control, but they had to fight in order to survive. At this time, they heard that Li Anqi and his bodyguard After thinking about it for a moment, he silently retreated to both sides and gave way to the road.
Although no one is a "thief", it is enough for Li Anqi and others.
Everyone in the sentry tower changed their expressions when they heard the rebels shouting from a distance and saw the right guard soldiers retreating. Yuwen Anyi looked at the rebels as if they were in an uninhabited land, and his legs were shaking with fear. The face is earthy.
After all, Duan Da was a well-connected general. He calmly said to Sima Yuanqian: "Mr. Sima, the situation is urgent. Dou Yuanwailang and I rely on the buildings in the city to fight against the rebels. You and General Yuwen will return to the capital immediately to ask for help, and let the general Enter the palace to meet the Holy Spirit and send troops to quell the rebellion!"
Yuwenshu received the news that the imperial court had issued military pay yesterday. He returned to the city that night to discuss the military pay. He was not in Xianyang City at the moment.
Sima Yuanqian took a deep breath and said: "There are hundreds of elite right guards and hundreds of county soldiers and township warriors who maintain order in the city. As long as the horn is blown, they will come quickly to help... In addition, the Liquan Army and Shangyi Army The army is not far from here, so we can send people on flying horses to ask for reinforcements. We only need to hold on for two or three hours, and reinforcements from Liquan Army and Shangyi Army will arrive."
"Mr. Sima, go back to Beijing quickly to find your uncle..." Yuwen Anyi grabbed Sima Yuanqian's arm and shouted with a tearful tone.
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