Go to war! Go to war! Go to war!
Qi Chengsui already knew the situation on Yang Shangyi's side. The two groups of troops came from Yongping Mansion. The situation in Jizhou was already extremely critical!
According to the imperial edict, he is the counter-rebellion general, and the two noble ministers are deputy generals. In addition, the commander of the Six Guards and the supervisor Zhang Yong, a total of nine people have gathered with him.
The Four Tengxiang Guards have always been the elite of the Forbidden Army. The emperor admires force to some extent, so he has never relaxed their training. Adding to the Yanshan left and right guards, their commanders were all drafted from the military academy. There are absolutely no old or weak people among the guards to fill the head. Even if they are caught with empty seats, they will be severely punished.
This is the real army.
Although Qi Chengsui was not a general, he was a veteran on the battlefield. He looked at Chang Li and Wang Xuan, and then at the remaining six strong commanders in the camp, thinking with his toes who he needed to rely on to protect his life and officials.
The capital is only a few days away from Zunhua City.
When Yang Shangyi heard that the imperial court had sent troops, he simply waited, and at the same time ordered Tongzhou's left and right guards to move closer to him.
Zunhua City, December 13th, the fourth year of Zhengde.
Zhang Yong, Qi Chengsui, and Yang Shangyi are old acquaintances. They fight side by side again, and it is relatively easy to cooperate.
Yang Shangyi was under great pressure. After settling the army, he raised the tent to discuss matters.
"Qi Shangshu, Eunuch Zhang, during the past few days on your journey, I have checked all the situations in Jizhou Prefecture, and according to the emperor's wishes, I have exchanged the commanders of each guard station with Qianhu. However, What we need most right now is a big victory!”
Qi Cheng then asked: "Are the rebels still moving to the west?"
"Yes, for some reason, this group of rebels stayed for a few days longer."
"Do you know the leaders of the trouble, Liu Zhong and Chen Dasca?"
"I didn't dare to deceive you two. I only found out after the incident. The leader of the trouble was Liu Zhong. He is brave, gambling, and righteous. But the one who contacted and wooed other guards should be Chen Dasca. He has many friends. As for the last person, they have been friends for many years. There is a deep trust between the three of them, which is difficult to deal with."
Seeing that they had no other problems, Yang Shangyi continued: "After Funing Guard and Dongsheng Zuowei supported them, they should not stay in the small Qianxi City forever. The place here is small and the food is insufficient. Sooner or later, At night, either heading east or south, they will always come out. Grand Sima, father-in-law, and the scouts have all been arranged by me. As long as they leave the city, it can be said that it will be easy to capture this insurrectionary army."
"Yes, if we come out to fight, we will definitely have the upper hand. But they can afford it, the emperor can't afford it, and we can't afford it." Zhang Yong began to shake his head, "Actually, even if a group of rebel soldiers fight with their lives, they are gathered for profit. , if something goes wrong even a little bit, it will collapse.”
At this time, one of the few commanders who had been silent beside him said: "You can go and fight Yongping."
Qi, Zhang, and Yang all raised their heads, and their eyes fell on a man with a beard shaped like a mouth.
"Continue." Qi Cheng then ordered.
"The reinforcements came from Yongping. Since they are reinforcements from afar, their families and properties must be in Yongping. If something happens to Yongping, even if the general does not return reinforcements, the morale of the army will be unstable. The battle to counter the rebellion will not be there. Destroy his body, but calm his mind."
Everyone in the room's eyes lit up.
Yes, why do you keep following the ideas of the rebels? Wouldn't it be better to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao with a move?
Qi Cheng then introduced to Yang Shangyi: "His surname is Duan Mingquan, and he is the commander of the Yanshan Left Guard."
"I've met Mr. Yang."
Yang Shangyi nodded and said: "Yongping Mansion is currently empty of troops, and the original guard post is relatively dilapidated."
Duan Quan understood it as soon as he heard it.
"Da Sima, I would like to ask for orders from the left guard of Yanshan to attack Yongping Mansion quickly!"
To be honest, after the military garrison was destroyed, the frontier army had no combat power. At this time, if there was an elite guard crossing the border, it would not be an exaggeration to just watch the wind and surrender. However, Qi Chengsui still wanted stability.
"General Yang, your three thousand cavalry should also be under Duan's command and control, right? Leaving them to attack the city will be useless anyway."
"yes!"
Qi Chengsui looked at Duan Quan, and Duan Quan seemed to understand his thoughts, "Please rest assured, Grand Sima, the Yanshan left guard will never be defeated by a few random soldiers."
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The officers and soldiers only rested briefly in Zunhua and set off the next day.
Led by Duan Quan, the eight thousand people along the way were all cavalry. They deliberately moved west without stopping, and continued eastward, crossing a local flower river more than ten meters wide.
The remaining officers and soldiers were the main force and camped outside Qianxi City.
When the news was delivered to the city, Chen Dasc was quickly surrounded by two brothers who came to help.
"It's the government troops who are coming. They are definitely going to Yongping Mansion!!"
Chen Dasc has also been in the army for many years, and he is aware of the sensitivity. "First block this news, and the morale of the army must not be disturbed! Let's go to Brother Liu together and see what we should do at this time!"
"Let's go! We can't ignore this matter!"
As soon as Chen Dasc led the two of them out of the door, three soldiers bumped into the door and said, "General, the army has begun to attack the city!"
"What a bastard!"
Last time Yang Shangyi did underestimate the enemy, but this time it was different.
He didn't do nothing during the few days of rest. He had prepared a lot of siege equipment such as arrows and ladders, and even logs!
"The entire army attacks the city!"
How can a bunch of weak troops that have to be mobilized and reorganized within the ranks of the official and military forces cause any trouble!
The brave soldiers carried the ladders and stepped forward under the military order. After 8,000 people were taken away, there were still 30,000 people here.
Thirty thousand to attack a small city, that is, attack from four city gates at the same time!
The elites of Tengxiang's Four Guards were much braver than the old and weak frontier troops. The soldiers quickly rushed to the city gate under the protection of shields.
Near the city gate are people climbing to kill the enemy.
Far away from the city gate, the stones on the trebuchet were coated in kerosene, ignited and then lifted into the city together.
boom! boom! boom!
Such a violent attack instantly turned the city into a terrifying place like hell.
Liu Zhong came from the mansion, but when he arrived at the bottom of the city tower, he found a chaos. From a distance, he saw a head scurrying around, and he quickly asked: "What's going on?! You don't even want to live?"
The subordinate came to report, "They are all crowded because they are afraid of death. Commander, many people say that the elite of the imperial court are here and they dare not go to the tower!"
"What the hell are you talking about? Those who can't get up are still waiting for the army to come and kill them? Kill them now!"
Bang! !
"Commander, be careful!"
A fire stone falling from the sky hit a house nearby, and it immediately turned into a sea of fire.
"Quick! We must catch them up as soon as possible. We must hold on!"
Liu Zhong knew that the situation was not good, but he was not a weak person, so he took the lead directly to the tower.
And in the city, somewhere in an unnoticed corner.
Liu Zhong didn't know that a piece of news had begun to spread, that is, many people knew that a group of officers and soldiers had also gone to Yongping Mansion.
On top of the city tower, a ladder was set up, because the city wall was really not high, and officers and soldiers had already rushed up sporadically, often in groups of three, and all of them looked strong.
Liu Zhong climbed up and pushed aside the crowd and saw several places like this. The key point was that although the people surrounding them were carrying knives, they looked nervous and did not dare to take them easily.
Because there are corpses at the feet of the officers and soldiers, and the blood has not yet dried in the winter.
Liu Zhong couldn't wait any longer, "Come with me! Kill these leaders!"
It's easier said than done.
The leading officer and soldier used a steel knife very smoothly. When two or three people got close, he dodged and blocked, and he drew the knife very quickly. With two puffs, two heads fell to the ground.
Blood overflowed from the knife edge.
Liu Zhong was stunned when he saw this scene.
"Who is coming?"
The man bowed his horse, his expression unchanged, and he only said, "Teng Xiang Zuo Wei Baihu Guan Zuodong, came here to take orders from the rebels!"
(End of chapter)
