Jizhou, Zunhua City.
Jizhou is an important town east of the capital, and Zunhua is a fortress in Shanhaiguan. It was thanks to Zhu Houzhao himself that after he ordered Yang Shangyi to garrison Jizhou, he also allocated funds for the repair of the city.
In the current Zunhua City, the city wall is 1.5 feet high, with a tower built on it. There is also an urn inside the tower. A moat is built around the city. Something happened recently, and the horse tripping stakes were moved out.
But now it is a cold season, and the moat is frozen.
There were quite a few woods along the way, but they were all bare and not a single green leaf could be seen. Only a lot of withered yellow leaves were left mixed with the soil after the road surface melted.
Winter is still desolate after all.
Especially after the mutiny, many high-ranking officials in the city were killed. During the turmoil, the soldiers robbed food and silver and caused trouble again. At this time, it already looked like a dilapidated city.
A small team of 300 people came up from the official road and entered the city without encountering any obstacles.
This is the person assigned by Yang Shangyi to take over Zunhua City, and his main force has followed the rebels to Qianxi County following Jin Yiwei's intelligence.
In accordance with the principle of not moving all the guard posts temporarily, Yang Shangyi has ordered that all castles and cities in Qianxi and Yongping are not allowed to open their doors to allow the rebels to enter the city!
Firstly, he would not let these restless soldiers and horses live in the same place, and secondly, he would not let these rebel soldiers even have a turtle shell to hide in! Yang Shangyi is also angry after causing such a big thing!
The one stationed in Qianxi County was the Xingzhou Zuotun Guard. The commander of the guard post was named Shi Minghe. After receiving the order from the General Military Office to hurry up, he was frightened, so he hurriedly ordered, "Quickly! Put our left guard on horseback." Call everyone back to the city and close the city gates!"
Everything was normal in the morning, but suddenly changed in the afternoon.
It turned out that the two thousand households in Zuotunwei had already received the news from Chen Dasc. They originally wanted to see the commander's attitude again, but seeing that he followed the general's orders to the letter, they knew that there was no way to persuade him anymore. possible.
So, when Liu Zhong, Chen Scarzi, and Sun Xiong led five thousand people to shout outside the city, there was sudden chaos in Qianxi County. The Zuo Tun Guards sergeant took the initiative to open the city gate and led troops to attack the official army.
Shi He refused to surrender. He gathered hundreds of soldiers and horses to guard his mansion and refused to surrender.
Chen Dasc became angry and led a group of people through the now desolate and empty streets to the outside of the house and shouted, "Mom, how many doors, how much effort does it take to build such a small high yard?! Come with me! Find some dry firewood and burn this bird door!"
His style of work is broad-minded. In fact, this group of soldiers is not a victorious elite. The people inside are resisting fiercely. Who wants to be the first to die?
But later the wooden door was burned down.
The commander Shi merged two thousand households and a dozen hundred households in military uniforms to fight, while the rebel army surged in outside.
But the officers and soldiers arrived faster than they expected.
Firstly, the court had already prepared, and secondly, there were Jinyi guards leading the way. Yang Shangyi was now ten miles away from Qianxi City.
After taking a short rest, the 10,000 soldiers and horses he led quickly began to encircle this small border town.
This swiftness still shocked the group of rebels. Chen Dasc couldn't care about Shi Zhai and hurriedly found Liu Zhong and Sun Xiong.
"I heard that the army is outside the city?!"
He pushed the door open and walked in. His eyes were suddenly flashed by a bright light. When he took a closer look, he found a table full of gold ingots! !
Around the table, Liu Zhong and Sun Xiong both showed a somewhat naughty and proud smile, "With these, it will be enough for you and me to live a rich life even if we go far away."
"Where did it come from?!" Chen Dasc was also shocked. He laughed but couldn't believe that it was real. He grabbed a piece and held it in front of his eyes as if he were seeing his own mother. "It's real gold!"
Liu Zhong wrapped his arms around their necks, lowered his head, and placed his three heads in front of the gold, "Brother, what am I talking about? Wealth can be found in danger! If you don't take this step, where will you make this wealth?" !”
"Wait, wait." Chen Dasc came to his senses first, "Brother Liu, report from outside, the officers and soldiers are here. That Yang Shangyi is already here!"
"I know, ten thousand soldiers and horses."
"What about us?"
Sun Xiong went to the side again, opened two wooden boxes, pointed to the silver inside, and said: "There are five big boxes in total. Three big boxes were taken away and distributed to the brothers. Money touches people's hearts. Only by following us can you have money." Hua, are you still afraid that they won’t die?”
"Then let's have a fight according to what you two want?"
Liu Zhong is not a weak person. On the contrary, he usually has a hot temper and loves to show off his force. He is also very courageous. Otherwise, how could he dare to cause trouble this time? "I know about Yang Shangyi. He has three thousand cavalry. We can't escape. Simply occupy the city and fight it!"
"Then these golds..." This was the first time Chen Da Scar saw it, and he couldn't move his eyes away.
Why are they fighting this battle? In fact, it is not the other two people who persuade them, but these red and white objects in front of them. If they don't win, how can they run away with this thing behind them? Only when you win can you move away calmly.
"Come back and see if you win."
What Sun Xiong said about carrying out the three large boxes of silver was indeed true.
It was opened with a clang in front of thousands of soldiers, and many people's blood was boiling at the sight.
"One head for a silver ingot! If you kill someone and protect yourself, then the silver is ours. If you can't kill or defeat, all these must be sent to the capital for the little emperor to enjoy alone! Brothers, what do you think we should do? ?!”
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
Winter has become colder in recent years, but the cold weather can't freeze the smell of silver. With this thing to open the way, the four gates of the southeast, northwest and west of Qianxi City were guarded by three thousand people.
There was ice on the city walls, and if you were walking in a hurry, you could easily fall. It was really a goddamn weather.
"Ouch!!"
"If you're older, don't come up. I'll fall to your death!"
Liu Zhong took down the original Ming army flag and temporarily put up a "tiger" flag, which was a bit thin.
But it was different outside the city. The neat and orderly officers and soldiers were divided into three armies: left, center and right. The cavalry was in the front, the infantry was in the rear, and the commander was in the middle. They were densely packed and actually looked very impressive.
Bang!
Bang bang!
At some point, a rhythmic drumbeat begins.
Attacked!
Rumbling shouts began to resound throughout the world, and arrows rained from the sky as if they were falling from the sky.
Some soldiers who had not fought for many years turned pale as they watched the arrows getting closer and closer until they fell.
"ah!!!"
Liu Zhong poked his head out from between the shields and saw the infantry charging below him. He ordered, "Throw the stones!"
This collision seemed very violent, and in the blink of an eye there seemed to be corpses everywhere.
Jizhou is indeed unavoidable from this day!
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In the capital, news of military rebellion was brewing for a day and night. Finally, a more intense imperial edict appeared. As soon as he was born, it immediately caused a shock.
Several personal guards guarding the imperial city stepped up their inspections, and the 12th Regiment Battalion also took over the gates of the capital. The entry and exit of merchants began to be affected. They were fine one day, but they began to be questioned the next day.
From time to time, a group of armored warriors could rush out of the streets. According to the imperial edict, the imperial court must first send 30,000 troops to Jizhou. 30,000 is an approximate number, basically six guards. In addition to these, there are also grain transport teams of thousands of people, as well as horses and vehicles.
There is a Jingcang near the capital, and it was built for this time.
In addition, there was internal money. Zhu Houzhao also used the 3 million taels of sea trade silver he had saved in Zhengde for three and four years. One was to use the money for departure, and the other was to pay wages. He never felt bad about spending money to fight, and spent money to He felt uncomfortable because of those corrupt officials.
"Qi Chengsui, Minister of the Ministry of War, is familiar with military affairs and has sufficient talents to lead troops on expeditions to fulfill the king's orders. Tengxiang left guard commander Chang Fei and Weiningbo Wang Xuan can serve as deputy generals. The veteran believes that as long as the imperial army is united, the rebels will be defeated. In an instant it disappeared into ashes."
There were precedents for civil servants leading troops in the Ming Dynasty. Wang Yue and Wang Shouren were actually civil servants. So it’s not that Zhu Houzhao thinks it’s impossible.
Qi Chengsui has fought several battles with Yang Yiqing, and he is familiar with military affairs. This is not nonsense. The main reason is that this battle is not a decisive battle between large armies, so he should be more than enough.
Yang Yiqing finished this paragraph and waited for the emperor's voice.
Zhu Houzhao just thought about it briefly and quickly agreed, "Let's draw up the decree."
