In the Guangxi area, Qiu He and Pei Xuanji ran away, but the others did not run away and were all placed under house arrest.
He definitely wouldn't dare to kill. To kill would be to completely fall out with the court. By then, Ning Chang, who was in Jiangdu, would not be able to hide from his wounds, and Feng An would also be dead.
After all, there are three officials sent by the imperial court to Lingnan this time, Yang Tan, Yang Meng, and Yang Wen. Among them, Yang Tan is in Guangxi and the remaining two are in Guangzhou. (I wrote it wrong in the previous article. It said I stayed in Beijing. In fact, I went to Lingnan. It has been changed.)
At the moment, the capital does not know much about what happened in Lingnan, after all, it is too far away, but Jiangdu already knows.
Yang Guang was furious. The army was originally scheduled to go south in April, but as soon as March arrived, Mai Tiezhang had already sent troops.
Feng An hurriedly went to court, hoping that the emperor would let him mediate, but Yang Guangli ignored him.
In April, Mai Tiezhang's army successfully entered Shi'an County and fought with one of the rebels in the mountains of Yuecheng Ridge.
The deputy general manager Xin Shixiong took the waterway, along the Xiang River, across the Ling Canal, into the Li River and directly into Shi'an County, the capital of Shi'an County, and took three days to capture the county seat.
After entering the county town, Li Shimin led his own army and continued southward. Under his command, Su Lie and the seventeen martial arts officers were there.
After Mai Tiezhang passed Yuecheng Ridge, he successfully joined Xin Shixiong in Shi'an County.
"Why did you let him go on his own? If he makes any mistakes, how can I explain to His Majesty?" Mai Tiezhang looked extremely ugly after learning that Li Shimin was heading south with three thousand Qingqi.
Li Shimin was already married, slept with Yang Ming's biological sister, and was now the emperor's son-in-law and prince-consort.
Xin Shixiong said helplessly: "I can't control them anymore. The three thousand people they brought with them are the elites of His Majesty Zuo Beishen Mansion. Dingfang has been taken away. I can't control them. However, Shimin said that they are just going south." Exploring the enemy’s situation and not engaging in combat.”
After all, he was Yang Guang's son-in-law. His daughter had just gotten married, and the consort left just a few days after the wedding ceremony. In order to prevent his daughter from becoming a widow, Yang Guang transferred 3,000 elites from Zuobei Shen Mansion to Li Shimin. The original intention was to use them as As a result, Li Shimin directly picked out the most capable of his guards and led his troops deep into the enemy's territory.
The left and right Beishen Mansion were all descendants of Guanzhong, and there was also Longxi Li among them. Li Shimin was very comfortable in using them. After all, his father, Li Yuan, was once the general of Zuo Beishen Mansion.
Mai Tiezhang sighed: "Oh, this kid is too messy, that's all. The top priority now is to send people to contact the rebels to see what conditions they want before they are willing to release him. Many people in the court said hello, let us be sure Take everyone back and put them in a trap, and the days to come will be very difficult."
Xin Shixiong nodded and said to his general Zhao Kun:
"The army will be stationed in Shi'an County for a long time. You lead two thousand people to patrol the surrounding areas. If you encounter any suspicious slanderers, kill them all."
"Yes," Zhao Kun took the order and stepped back.
Shi'an County is like most areas in Guangxi. The county is the main residence of Han people. Han slang is mixed in the city. Outside the county, it is completely dominated by local slang.
The faces of the Han people are very easy to distinguish from the faces of the Slang people, and their clothes are also different. Mai Tiezhang and the others traveled through the mountains and ridges all the way. Whenever they encountered Slang officials, they would ambush them, almost like rats crossing the street.
Those slangs and flirtatious people acted as if they were not afraid of death. With their crude weapons, they still dared to charge into the imperial army, which was incredible.
Xin Shixiong said: "I learned from the captured prisoners that Cen Mingxiu is currently leading the main force in Cangwu County, which is only two hundred miles away from Shi'an. In addition to our precautions, we need to send people to negotiate as soon as possible."
Mai Tiezhang said to Cui Yuan: "I'll leave the negotiation to you. It's His Majesty's will to destroy Guizhou without surrendering people. However, His Majesty has also told you to save people as much as possible, so you go to negotiate this time. You have to be careful. Cen Mingxiu has detained four people in total, Yang Tan, Liu Xie, Chen Zhilue and Wei Yue. If we can't take them back, it will be hard for His Majesty to give an explanation. I'm afraid the princes in the court will also not be able to give an explanation. .”
Yang Guang certainly couldn't express his intention to give up the four governors, which would make others feel chilled, but in his private instructions to Mai Tiezhang, he said that if he really couldn't save them, it would be fine.
Cui Yuan said with a solemn expression: "After we invaded Shi'an City, there was not a single prisoner named Cen, so we had no bargaining chips. The other party would probably ask us to withdraw our troops, which would be difficult to negotiate."
"In fact, it's not difficult," Xin Shixiong said: "Just tell that person surnamed Cen that as long as he surrenders now, the court will make him the governor of Yulin. The court policy will not be implemented in Lingnan for the time being. Let's trick him back first."
Mai Zhongcai was surprised and said: "If you were to talk like this, I wouldn't believe it. The imperial army has arrived in Shi'an, and it is announced that it has a hundred thousand troops. How can it end so easily with so many people fleeing to Lingnan? Cen Mingxiu doesn't I’ll believe it.”
Mai Tiezhang frowned for a moment and said:
"Wei Yue's family has some friendship with the Lingnan Ning family. We can send people to Qinjiang County and ask the Ning family to help recruit people. Anyway, this time His Majesty intends to take care of the Ning family as well. It’s okay to lie to them.”
"We still have to discuss the details. If something happens to these people in Lingnan, who will dare to come here in the future?" Xin Shixiong said.
Next, several people began to discuss the details. Two days later, a group of people, led by Cui Yuan, went to Cangwu County to meet with Cen Mingxiu for negotiation. The other group went directly south to Ningyue County, Ning Changzhen's home base.
As for Li Shimin, he was also heading to Ningyue County.
He has a very clear mind. In the eyes of the people, the rebellion in Guizhou was caused by the Ning family. But now, at least on the surface, the Ning family is loyal to the court. They keep saying that they are recruiting troops to fight against the rebels, but in fact they have no soldiers. Send out.
The current Ning family is not in charge of Ning Changzhen's eldest son Ning Huizao, but Ning Changzhen's cousin Ning Daoming and his clan uncle Ning Chun.
These two people were originally appointed by the court. One was the prefect of Hepu County and the other was the prefect of Yongxi County. However, they did not take up their posts at all, because they could manage these two counties without going there. It's within the Ning family's sphere of influence.
Li Shimin led 3,000 light cavalry and traveled at starry night. They entered Ningyue County four days later and directly sent Zhu Can to Qinjiang County, the capital, to send a message, claiming that the emperor had sent him to assist the Ning family in putting down the rebellion.
This guy is so courageous, he dares to infiltrate a den of thieves.
"Is this Li Shimin Li Yuan's second son?" Ning Chun looked at Ning Huizao in surprise.
Ning Huizao also looked surprised and said: "I've seen this boy in the capital before. Isn't he studying with the King of Qin? Why did he come to Lingnan? He is not very old. He should be only fourteen or fifteen years old this year, right? Isn't that right? Same name and surname?"
"No," Ning Daoming frowned and said, "The envoy they sent said that he is the Prince Consort, which means that he married Yang Guang's daughter. Is there any Li Shimin in the world who can marry the emperor's daughter?"
"This guy is already a princess?" Ning Huizao said in surprise: "When I was in the East Palace, the warlock named Yuan Tiangang had a very low opinion of Li Shimin. I also think that guy is not a mortal. If he dares to come to our place, he can be considered a How audacious.”
When he was in the East Palace, Yang Rui and the four of them were fishing one time. Yang Ming asked Ning Huizao to guess which one was the crown prince. He guessed correctly at the time, but his first impression of Li Shimin was very profound.
Ning Huizao's second brother Ning Can snorted: "How dare you be so bold? You are so confident. I am still in the emperor's hands. Do we dare to touch a hair of him?"
Lao Sanning said: "Then what should we do? Let him enter the city? This guy is leading an elite team. If three thousand people enter the city, they might cause a lot of trouble."
"Let him come. If we don't let him come, he will go back. If he goes back, your grandpa will not be able to come back." Ning Chun shook his head helplessly:
"But he is only allowed to bring fifty people into the city. The other troops will be stationed outside the city and our people will be sent to keep a close eye on them."
That night, Lao Sanning personally led people out of the city and welcomed Li Shimin in.
At Ning Changzhen's house, Ning Chun, as the current leader of the Ning family, received him.
"General Manager Mai's army has successfully entered Shi'an County. He sent me to cooperate with you to organize the troops to put down the rebellion." After Li Shimin said this, he raised his glass and drank, but he secretly looked at everyone from the corner of his eye.
Seeing that the other party was really a little brat, Ning Chun and the others also relaxed their vigilance and frowned:
"Now the whole of Guizhou, that is, the three counties, have not been hit by the war. We can only protect ourselves at the moment and have no ability to send troops. However, since the prince-in-law has arrived with three thousand soldiers and horses, we have a good idea. You Don’t worry, we will recruit troops as soon as possible to eradicate Cen Mingxiu as soon as possible.”
Li Shimin smiled and nodded: "I know your difficulties. I met Qin Jianggong before I came here. He wanted his eldest son Huizao to take full charge of the counter-rebellion affairs. From now on, I will be under the control of Ning Dalang for the time being. "
After saying this, Ning Chun and Ning Daoming's expressions changed slightly. In fact, they had the final say in the Guangxi area at the moment, and Ning Huizao did not have the ability to call on the family.
But since the other party said so, they could only pretend to hand over power for the time being and let Ning Huizao take charge of the arrangements.
"Since it is my brother's wish, we will definitely obey the order," Ning Daoming said: "The prince-in-law just stays in peace. Ningyue County is still safe at the moment, and the rebels cannot come in."
Li Shimin held up his hands with a sincere expression and said, "I'd like to thank you all for that. If you have any arrangements, just let us know and I will fully cooperate."
"Of course," Ning Chun chuckled. He turned out to be a silly boy. Let me just say, how capable can he be at the age of ten? Emotion is such a reckless thing that you actually brought the elite of Zuo Beishen Mansion to me?
The person responsible for receiving Li Shimin was Laosan Ningzhi, who took Shimin down to settle down.
The others immediately relaxed.
"I often hear that Mai Tiezhang is a martial artist, and it's true," Ning Chun stroked his beard and said with a smile: "On the battlefield, he can be regarded as a tiger general, but he can't understand the turbulent situation. Let's drag this on first. Boy, wait until Feng Xuan's army arrives and let Mai Tiezhang never return."
Ning Huizao frowned and said: "There is no false scholar under the great reputation. The iron staff is not that simple. We cannot underestimate Li Shimin. Being able to be the companion of King Qin does not depend entirely on his family background."
Ning Daoming smiled and said: "What Xizao said is reasonable. We must not underestimate the enemy, but we cannot sacrifice ourselves for others. When I was a teenager, I was similar to this boy, and I was also very reckless."
Ning Huizao looked worried and said nothing more.
He has been to the capital and seen the world. In his opinion, there are all old and cunning people there, and those who are young are also cunning and cunning.
