After Shi Wansui pacified Cui Yi's army, it was only four quarters of the hour, that is, around eight o'clock in the morning. This was also the time when Yu Wenshu heard the news and came to rescue; coincidentally, it was the imperial court's tenth day of rest, and all civil and military officials did not need to go. In the DPRK, each of them worked in the official office. Yang Guang, the emperor, also got up more than an hour later than usual because of his holiday.
Yang Ji originally planned to enter the palace to meet the emperor, and then Gongsun Huan would hold the emperor's sword and order Yang Xiong to send troops to control the city. However, because he could not see Yang Guang and was worried that the situation would become uncontrollable, he had to change his plan and intercept Gongsun Huan halfway. With the Emperor's Sword Chengying in his hand, he ordered Yang Xiong to mobilize the city patrol army to inspect the whole city, and then issued combat orders to the Twelve Guards Generals. Shi Wansui, the leader of the left army, followed Yang Ji's order to go Sniping and killing the Wannian Army rebels outside the city.
As a result, the emperor Yang Guang not only missed Yang Ji who came to the palace to report the news, but he was not even aware of the rebellion of the Wannian Army.
Time goes back to when Yang Ji deployed his troops.
After receiving the alarm, Yang Zhao dragged his fat body and followed Yang An into Yang Guang's palace, Shenlong Hall, and shouted outside the door: "Aye, Aye!"
Yang Guang had already gotten up at this time, but today was the tenth day off, so he was not in a hurry to go to Qianqiu Palace to deal with government affairs. Instead, he read "Three Kingdoms" in the side hall of Shenlong Palace, enjoying the rare leisure time. When he heard When Yang Zhao started yelling outside, he frowned and asked, "Why are you so panicked?"
"Aye!" Yang Zhao didn't bother to salute and said urgently: "Uncle King Wei said that the Wannian Army is very likely to rebel."
"What?" Yang Guang was shocked and angry. He threw the books in his hands heavily on the table, stood up and said, "Why did it happen? And who took the lead?"
"According to Gongsun Huan, the general manager of Prince Wei's Palace, dozens of generals including Fuping Army Generals Li Shi'an and Gao Rui went to the Xianyang Office of the Beijing Army yesterday to ask for an explanation because of the army reorganization; the left-behind general Duan Da, the military general Dou Gui, etc. They gave them thirty military sticks and hung them alive." Yang Zhao took a breath and said: "There is a general in the Wannian Army named Li Anqi, who is Li Anshi's brother. Once this happens, When a person hears that his brother was tortured and killed, he will definitely not let it go."
Hearing that there was no rebellion yet, it was just Yang Ji's judgment. Yang Guang breathed a sigh of relief. Following Yang Zhao's words, he also felt that the army led by Li Anqi had the motivation to rebel. He strode out immediately. As he walked, he ordered to Yang An: "Let the prime ministers, the six ministers, and the generals go to Qianqiu Hall to discuss matters. Prince, come with me."
"Yes!" Yang An heard the voice and left, hurriedly going outside to arrange for the servants to deliver the order.
Yang Guang and his son left the east gate of Shenlong Hall and ran directly to Qianqiu Hall. However, as soon as the father and son arrived at Yiqiu Gate, the east gate of Qianqiu Hall, a servant came to report: "Sage, various ministers, ministers, and some generals are waiting in the hall. drive."
Yang Guang's heart trembled, and he entered the Qianqiu Palace without answering.
"Meet the saint!" Yang Su, Su Wei and others saluted when they saw Yang Guang coming in.
Yang Guang glanced at everyone and found that Yang Ji and Yang Xiong were not there. He raised his head and asked, "How is the situation now?"
Yang Su cupped his hands and said: "Sage, King Wei is afraid that something unexpected may happen, and the war may spread to the capital. He has used the Emperor's Sword to order King Ande to dispatch a patrol army to inspect the whole city, and to order the left and right Houwei and the left and right Xiaowei to take over the city defense. At the same time, he ordered Shi The general led the left army to go to the Wannian Army to suppress it."
Yang Guang sat down and said, "Where is King Wei? Where is King Wei?"
"Reporting to the saint, King Wei was afraid that chaos would break out in Xianyang. After arranging the city defense, he led 5,000 left guard elites to ride to Xianyang." Yang Su looked at Yang Ji, whose face was as heavy as water, and explained on Yang Ji's behalf: " Before leaving, King Wei said that he was not allowed to enter the palace to see the Holy Face, so he had to overstep his authority and mobilize troops. When the situation calms down, he will enter the palace to apologize."
Yang Guang's anxious heart finally settled down. He nodded slightly and said, "King Wei's arrangements were very appropriate, and he made every contribution." Then he asked, "Where is General Yuwen? Is he in the capital or Xianyang?"
Su Wei cupped his hands and said, "Back to the saint, General Yuwen seems to be pressing for military pay from the Ministry of Civil Affairs."
Yang Guang and Yang Zhao's expressions changed drastically.
Xianyang is the center of the storm of military reform and the starting point of the crisis. This is why Yang Ji led 5,000 elite left guards to go for reinforcements. If Yuwenshu is in Xianyang at the moment, he will naturally be able to deal with all emergencies. He was actually in the capital at the moment, which plunged Xianyang into a leaderless situation. If someone launched a rebellion in Xianyang, would Yang Ji still have time?
"Sage, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs asked to see you, saying that I have something extremely urgent to report." A chamberlain reported outside the door.
Yang Guang waved his hand and said: "Xuan!"
After a while, Wei Chong, Li Ziquan, and Yang Wensi came quickly. Yang Guang didn't wait for them to salute, then asked: "Where is General Yuwen? Why doesn't he come?"
"Sage, General Yuwen has returned to Xianyang to take charge!" Wei Chong replied to Yang Guang, and then told how Yuwenshu asked for military pay from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and then how the rebels invaded Yuwen Mansion.
After the introduction, Wei Chong cupped his hands and said: "Sage, the old minister was afraid of hurting more innocent people, so he asked three hundred Ministry of Civil Affairs guards to help the servants of Yuwen Mansion. According to the soldiers' reports, the people who entered Yuwen Mansion were a group of only more than a hundred people. Human rebels, while they were killing people, they were shouting, 'Qingjunzi, punish the treacherous minister Yuwenshu'. One or two of them fought to the death and refused to retreat."
"The Point Guard Is Here"
"You all deserve to die!" Yang Guang felt a strong sense of anger and shame in his heart. He never expected that the military training of the army would lead to a mutiny and rebels to rush into the palace. The majesty of the imperial court was wiped out!
It was nothing more than a matter of face. The key was that Yang Ji's prediction that he was worried about came true. If the eliminated soldiers were bewitched by the rebels and joined the rebellion one after another, the consequences would be even worse than Yang Liang's rebellion.
Thinking of this, Yang Guangmeng suddenly thought of the warnings and resettlement strategies set by Yang Ji, Yang Xiong, Yang Su, Su Wei and others yesterday; The strategy is to dismantle the Fifth Army and check the empty quota of the Eighth Army in parallel, and then reduce the Eighth Army after completion.
But he was paralyzed by Yuwenshu's optimistic memorandums, and repeatedly rejected everyone's opinions, and followed Yuwenshu to pursue quick success and quick benefits. Looking back now, everything went as planned. worries.
But thinking about it carefully, Yang Guang was a little lucky. His original intention of giving Yang Jicheng the Shadow Sword was actually to show his favor. The honor far outweighed its practicality. However, unexpectedly, the original intention of giving the sword could influence the situation and turn things around at a critical moment. role.
When his father was still alive, he always said that Yang Jifu was very lucky and had the God-given fortune to turn things around. Now that he thinks about what happened in recent years, it seems that that boy was really his lucky star, always helping him a lot inadvertently.
When Yang Guang was silent, the tense atmosphere in the palace suddenly became more solemn.
The incident of rebel soldiers breaking into Yuwen Mansion also let everyone know that Yang Ji's speculations and worries had turned out to be true. This also meant that Yang Liang's old rebellion was likely to be staged in Guanzhong; and compared with the previous one, the current situation is more serious.
Just because Yu Wenshu was eager for quick success and quick gain, he affected the interests of the entire army at once, which made the whole army panic. At this time, it was good that the soldiers did not follow the rebels to rebel. Can we expect them to do their best to suppress the rebellion?
Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Yuantong, the Minister of Punishment, took a deep breath and suggested to Yang Guang: "Sage, in the opinion of the veteran minister, the top priority is to stabilize the situation. It is better to order the Twelve Guards to sit in each camp to prevent The armies mutiny..."
"Absolutely not!" Yang Su's face changed drastically, and he interrupted Li Yuantong's ridiculous remarks sternly. He cupped his hands to Yang Guang and said: "The sage has given an edict, and can only order the troops not to leave the camp without authorization. If troops are sent to deter , I’m afraid that deterrence will not work, but will arouse the rebellious spirit of all armies.”
Yang Su came to a conclusion and introduced it in detail: "Now that the soldiers' hearts are floating and stimulated by the rebels, they are probably on the verge of making a move. Once the imperial court sends troops to deter them, they will definitely think that the imperial court does not trust them and wants to To capture them, all it takes is a little noise, and they will rush towards the officers and soldiers who supervise them like a torrent that breaks a dike. Once the soldiers who supervise them are washed away and deceived, they will march to the city and force the court to make concessions."
"If this happens, at least it will ruin all the achievements of the army, and at worst, it will cause the imperial court to lose its prestige. Once the imperial court loses its prestige in intimidating the world, all kinds of evil spirits and monsters will appear one after another."
Su Wei also echoed: "Sage, Duke Yue's concerns are not false. Now the armies are quite complaining about the imperial court. If they deploy troops to intimidate, it will simply be to help the rebels."
Yang Guang also knew the seriousness of it, but after thinking about it carefully, he frowned and said: "Now there are many crises. If the imperial court does not mobilize troops, but at the same time it condones the rebels and creates opportunities for the rebels, what can we say?"
Everyone turned off the fire again.
Although Yang Ji and Shi Wansui sent troops one after another, they only had 15,000 troops. It would be okay if they only suppressed one or two armies; but the problem now is that in addition to the Binzhou Army, there are thirteen other armies. In order to respond to the possibility of rebels, how can they defeat such battle-experienced soldiers with so few troops?
What's more important is that this campaign cannot be expanded or delayed. If the war remains unresolved, Qi Di, who has a lot of complaints against the imperial court, is afraid that there will be another war.
At this moment, Yang Su strode forward and asked for orders from Yang Guang: "Sage, I have some prestige in the army. I am willing to go out of the city to appease the troops and help King Wei and General Shi."
Everyone's hearts were shaken, and they all looked at Yang Su, whose body was upright, like a sharp sword drawn out of its sheath, with moved expressions on their faces.
This time is different from the past. Yang Su does not have many troops at his disposal. Once he leaves the capital and enters various military camps, he is afraid that he will not be able to come back.
"Yue Gong..." Yang Guang was deeply moved. Looking at the sallow and skinny Yang Su, he couldn't help but said emotionally: "The strong wind knows the strong grass, and in the chaotic world, there are honest ministers."
"It's enough for me to receive this poem of praise!" Seeing Yang Guang's hesitation, Yang Su added, "Time waits for no one. Please draw up an edict to appease the soldiers' morale, and give this veteran a sword for the emperor."
Just when Yang Guang was unable to make a decision and Yang Sufu asked for instructions again, a servant outside the door came to report: "Sage, the heads of the Dugu family, the Dou family, the Yuan family, the Yu family, the Xin family, the Zhao family and many other powerful families are in Suzhangmen. (The main south gate of Qianqiu Palace) asked to see him outside, saying that he had something important to discuss."
When Yang Guang heard this, his face turned pale and the veins on his forehead bulged out.
What good things can come from these family heads asking for a meeting together?
It was nothing more than seeing that the situation was not conducive to the court and preparing to bargain with him and force him to make concessions. Apart from that, what else can be good?
He took a deep breath and said, "Just say that I have important matters to discuss with the important ministers and ask them to return to the house to obey orders."
The chamberlain obeyed the order and left, but soon came back to report and said: "Sage, all the heads of the family, let me report back."
"Say!" Yang Guang said impatiently.
The servant hurriedly said: "When all the family heads heard about the mutiny in the capital, they were all very anxious and voluntarily went to various military camps to appease the soldiers. Even if they died, they would have no regrets."
"I have already made arrangements." Yang Guang was furious and said coldly: "Let them go back home and wait for good news."
Beijing soldiers are the foundation of the Guanlong nobles. If these family heads come forward to appease him, the effect will indeed be better than Yang Su. But if he agrees, these people will leave the city with great fanfare and return as heroes.
At that time, if the court does not reward them heavily and if they do not release their offending children, Yang Guang will have the reputation of "treating the heroes harshly" and "treating the queens harshly"; but as they wished, not only the previous achievements were lost, but also There are more concessions to be made.
Thinking of this, Yang Guang just sneered in his heart.
As early as when he and the former prince Yang Yong were fighting openly and secretly, the late emperor was keenly aware that the core power of the Guanlong nobles stood behind Yang Yong. The reason for deposing Yang Yong is that, firstly, Yang Yong has a soft ear and is incapable of suppressing the Guanlong nobles. Secondly, once Yang Yong ascends the throne, he will surely make a comeback and sweep away the Guanlong nobles after his hard work. The fallen leaves defeated the Yang Guang and Yang Liang factions in one fell swoop, and supported Yang Yong to dominate the country.
In the process of this fratricide, the Guanlong nobles will gain benefits that far exceed those at the beginning of the founding of the country, and have the powerful power to change dynasties.
It was precisely because of this concern that the late emperor overcame all opinions and removed Yang Yong and replaced him with a weak and powerful king of Jin.
After Yang Ji put down Yang Liang's rebellion, he used a little trick, which was to bring dozens of carts of "criminal evidence" to the capital in a swaggering manner. Faced with so many "criminal evidences", the Guanlong nobles were all in danger and started to panic. Selling others in exchange for freedom has caused the major sects to appear to be inseparable, which can be regarded as an unintentional move. However, looking back now, I found that instead of dying down, the Guanlong nobles were secretly gaining momentum.
These family heads' seemingly loyal "death to serve the country" behavior today is actually a turbulent undercurrent, a complicated situation, and there are even signs of the three factions uniting into one.
If the three factions unite, they will elect an interest representative again.
What are the consequences?
Yang Guang almost didn't dare to think about it...
In this case, how could he give the Guanlong nobles a chance to rise? How can we give them the power to control the world?
He ignored the eunuch and said directly to Su Wei: "Gong Su, I have drafted an edict: I will grant the minister the order to the Duke of Yue, Yang Su, to deal with the situation as the opportunity arises, and to go out of the city to appease the troops."
"Old minister, I obey!" Su Wei stepped forward, sat behind a table, and began to draft the edict.
Yang Guang then ordered Yang An: "Bring me the Gongbu sword."
"Here!" Yang An responded and retreated.
Xiao Cong knew about the grievances between the Guanlong nobles and the royal family, and wanted to persuade Yang Guang to be flexible and to give in appropriately, not as a coward, but as a wise man, but when he saw that Yang Guang's face was ugly and his mind was made up, he had to lower his head silently, with a long Sighed.
The atmosphere in the hall was very solemn. At this moment, Wei Xiaoze, the Zhige general on duty, walked into the hall with a brigade commander covered in blood, and reported loudly: "The saint, the left-leading general Shi Wansui faction This brigade marshal has sent a battle report!"
This news came in time. It eased the tense atmosphere in the hall and diverted Yang Guang's attention. He asked the brigade commander: "Send the battle report."
"Here!" The brigade commander took out a square piece of cloth and handed it to Wei Xiaoze.
Wei Xiao opened it and wrote a battle report in blood. It looked like it was a piece of cloth cut from clothes. After checking, it was fine, and then handed it over to Yang Guang.
Yang Guang unfolded the fabric on the royal eucalyptus and looked at it hurriedly. Suddenly, he banged the eucalyptus on the table, which shocked all the important officials present. Even Su Wei, who was writing the edict, looked up tremblingly. Wait and see.
"What a great general Shi, well done." The contents of the battle report made Yang Guang elated. The anxiety and anger caused by the rebellion and the joint efforts of various heads of the Guanlong noble family to "force the palace" disappeared.
When the important ministers saw Yang Guang's smile, they knew that Shi Wansui had sent a good news, and they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Yang Su saluted and said: "Sage, has General Shi won?"
"Exactly!" Yang Guang laughed loudly and said: "General Shi went out of the city on the order of King Wei. On the way, he found out that Cui Yi, the rebel general of the Wannian Army, had seduced five thousand elite riders and attacked the capital from the northeast in an attempt to seize Tonghua Gate. , occupying the various squares in the northeast of the capital to counter the rebel general Li Anqi. General Shi, aware of the rebels' bad intentions of a quick victory, waited in the red maple forest seven miles away and killed the rebels by surprise."
"The rebel generals led by Cui Yi were either killed on the spot or captured alive. The Wannian Army was now under the control of General Shi, and the hidden dangers of this army were completely eliminated."
Everyone was overjoyed, and most of the gloom that shrouded their hearts had dissipated. They all praised Yang Ji for employing people properly and Shi Wansui for his wisdom and courage. He was indeed a valuable weapon of the country.
Yang Guang read the battle report again and told everyone about the reasons for the rebellion: "As King Wei expected, the reason why Li Anqi rebelled was because his brother Li Anshi was innocently killed in Xianyang."
With that said, Yang Guang asked the brigade commander who reported the news: "I wonder where the leader of the bandits, Li Anqi, is at this time?"
The brigade commander said tremblingly: "Reporting to the saint, according to the prisoners' confession, Li and Li Anqi led five thousand fine cavalry under their command to kill Xianyang City. General Shi made an estimate and said that the time of Li Anqi's departure would be compared with that of King Wei. An hour and a half early."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief again. Although Yu Wenshu was not in Xianyang, Duan Da was a general who was good at conquering and fighting, so he should hold on until reinforcements arrived.
"Sage, the sword is here!" Yang An returned in a hurry and presented an ancient sword to Yang Guang with both hands.
Yang Guang stood up, took the sword, raised his hands high, and said to Yang Su, "Gong Yue, I hope you will return in triumph."
