Zhao Buxi thought about it carefully and felt that what Ma Yongkang said really made sense.
But he was still unwilling to change his established policy.
"The enemy is close at hand. I must have all the military power. And now three of the four generals cannot shirk their way back. This is a typical case of disloyalty! How can I endure it?"
Ma Yongkang suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"Your Majesty, you..."
"I want to reprimand the remaining three generals and ask them to come back immediately, otherwise, they will be treated as rebellion!"
Ma Yongkang's eyes darkened, and he tried his best to stop Zhao Buxi from acting like this, but it was still useless. Zhao Buxi insisted on doing this, and no one tried to persuade him, not even Wu Lin's son Wu Ting came to persuade him.
In desperation, Ma Yongkang silently sent his family to the mountains in the countryside of Chengdu to hide, telling them not to leave a safe place until the situation in Sichuan and Shu was calmed down. Next, there would be chaos in Sichuan and Shu.
Although Qi Xiuwei came back to express condolences to Wu Lin, Zhao Buxi was annoyed and dismissed him from his post.
Then Zhao Buji selected his cousin Zhao Xin to take over Qi Xiuwei's army, and then immediately eliminated the rebels there and brought the army back.
Then he ordered to rebuke the remaining three generals and ordered them to return to Chengdu immediately to report their duties. If they did not come back, the supply of military pay and food and grass would be stopped immediately, and they would be treated as traitors. Their families in Chengdu would also be in danger.
The envoys sent back by the three to express condolences were also sentenced and imprisoned by Zhao Buxi, preventing them from returning.
After this order was conveyed, it caused great uneasiness and panic among Lu Yu, Du Yan and Xie Qingsheng, and then strong indignation.
They fought tooth and nail for the Chengdu imperial court, and had no objection at all. It was just because they were worried that they did not go back, and it turned out to be rebellion?
What will happen if you go back?
Qi Xiuwei had given them a vivid demonstration.
As for family?
If you don't go back, the imperial court may still throw a rat weapon. If you go back, it will be fish on the chopping board!
So the answer is already obvious.
Lu Yu, Du Yan and Xie Qingsheng once again refused to return, and wrote to the Chengdu court, expressing that they had no intention of betraying the court, but they could not understand why the emperor suddenly distrusted them so much and considered them treasonous.
They cannot accept this situation at all.
As for the threat of stopping the supply of military pay and food...
Lu? was not worried, because he was followed by a large group of landowners. As long as he moved his fingers, someone would send him food, grass and military pay.
At this moment, Lu? was very glad that he had such preparations.
Du Yan and Xie Qingsheng were not prepared for this, so they became even more angry. However, there was an army with weapons and equipment in hand, and food and salary? Is it hard to get?
So Zhao Buxi successfully forced the three generals to alienate him.
At this moment, there are stubborn thieves making trouble in Sichuan and Sichuan, and the Ming army is pressing hard from outside. Jiaozi collapses, the social economy suffers heavy losses, people's hearts are floating, and the military's morale is unstable. In just a year or so, Zhao Buxi and the Chengdu court Successfully turned the originally peaceful land of Sichuan and Sichuan into a hell on earth.
From farmers to landlords, from handicraftsmen and small businessmen to financial practitioners and big businessmen, and even to the bureaucracy, there is no class that is stable, and there is no class that has not been harmed by Zhao Buxi and his court.
Zhao Buxi and his court successfully broke away from everyone's support and successfully became a court that did not represent anyone's interests. The entire system in Sichuan and Shu that had been stable for more than a hundred years was under Zhao Buxi's operation in just over a year. On the verge of collapse, Sichuan and Shu society is facing an all-round reorganization.
Under this background, Zhao Buxi still did not think that he was facing catastrophe. He still felt that everything was changing for the better.
After learning that the third general rejected his request again, he was very angry. In a rage, he ordered all the three generals' family members to be arrested and thrown into prison. In this way, he threatened the three generals that if they dared to do anything strange, he would be killed. kill.
Wu Ting was horrified and quickly tried to dissuade him and guaranteed with his life that the three generals had no rebellious intentions. However, Zhao Buxi ignored him and just ordered Wu Ting to serve as the general of the Chengdu garrison to lead the army and be ready at any time. .
Wu Ting couldn't understand how Zhao Buxi could look so confident.
Doesn't he know that the three generals are about to be forced to rebel by him?
In fact, Zhao Buxi was already panicking at this time.
He forced himself to look confident, just pretending to prevent others from seeing his panic. He had already realized that he had done something stupid, and seemed to have forced the three people who had no objections into a corner, but he had already Riding a tiger is difficult.
If he changes his approach and surrenders to the three generals at this time, his face and reputation will be ruined, and his career as emperor will probably be over.
Apparently, he still thinks he has a reputation.
Little did he know that the three generals had written letters to each other and planned to cooperate with each other to fight against the threat posed to them by the Chengdu court.
In the process, Lu Yu told Xie Qingsheng and Du Yan how he controlled Longzhou, Meizhou and Jiading Mansion. The two were surprised by what Lu Yu did. They secretly complained that Zhao Buxi might be the only one who was not unjust. Is it Lu?
But at this point, they have no other choice but to learn from Lu?, build their own sphere of influence, transform from the imperial army to a warlord on the spot, complete their own warlordization, and gain the basis for survival.
In addition, the three generals began to try to gain contact with the surrounding rebel armies and explain to them their willingness to non-aggression.
Everything in the past should be treated as if it never happened. From now on, we will not invade each other. If you want to attack the imperial court, we will not care. As long as you do not invade our territory, you can do whatever you want. Chengdu, it is up to you to do whatever you want.
Even taking advantage of the road is not impossible.
If the imperial court doesn't trust us and wants to mess with us, then we can't just wait around for the imperial court to mess with us. How about we don't invade each other and work together?
This proposal made the rebel leaders very excited.
When the three generals and the Chengdu court were about to break up, there were actually some new changes on the rebel side.
After a series of attacks and divisions by the Chengdu imperial court, only three of the initial large number of rebel armies still exist and can compete with the imperial army.
The beggar army led by Wang Shun occupied Fushun Prison.
The Ba Shu army led by the two brothers Liu Zhuang and Liu Shi retreated to Hezhou.
The mighty army led by Zhu Liang, who claimed to be a mighty general, retreated to Xuzhou.
The situation of the three armies cannot be considered bad, but it is not good either.
The main reason was that they had been beaten a bit hard by the Song Army before, and they were a little unable to react. After the Song Army slowed down their offensive due to the collapse of Jiaozi, they barely managed to gain a foothold.
Afterwards, I thought that life would become increasingly difficult, and when I was filled with pessimism and even planned to separate, I unexpectedly gained support from some people.
Although these people who defected to the Peasant Rebel Army had no money, they were generally somewhat capable.
They are generally literate, able to read and write, and can do arithmetic. They also have a lot of knowledge reserves in astronomy and geography, economic knowledge reserves, and some even have military knowledge.
The joining of hundreds of these literate people gave the peasant uprising army a boost of strength. They built base areas for the peasant uprising army, laid the foundation, contacted other small-scale uprising armies, etc., and really helped the peasant uprising army in distress. The three large-scale rebel armies were very busy.
Because of their help, the three rebel armies finally learned military knowledge such as military formations, bugles, and flags, how to fight the regular army, how to avoid their own disadvantages, and use their own strengths to attack the enemy. short.
The rebel army began to show a decent trend.
At the same time, based on the suggestions of these people, the rebel leaders began to have some political ideas that were completely different from the past.
Take the two brothers Liu Zhuang and Liu Shi, for example. The bankrupt landowners and gentry who took refuge with them gave them some suggestions, which sounded very meaningful to them and aroused their thinking.
Why have they failed in the past?
Because they did not get the support of powerful landlords.
