Jian'an City.
Qi Dong didn't sleep last night and couldn't bear it during the day. He arranged Xu Yin and Liang Wei to take charge of city defense, and sent people to inquire about the activities in Jianyang City, Yanping Mansion and other places.
Xu Yin was sitting in the government office with a gloomy expression on his face.
Tongzhi Xue Pan walked in and saw that Xu Yin was a little lost. He rolled his eyes and understood. He came closer and pushed the empty tea cup on the table: "Sir, this tea is not to your taste. Do you want to change it to another kind of tea?" ?”
Xu Yin looked at the tea cup, raised his head to look at the meaningful Xue Pan, and said slowly: "Change a different kind of tea? You mean old tea, which may not taste good."
Xue Pan nodded and lowered his voice: "Although the old tea may not taste good, at least it will be fine if you drink it. But if you drink this new tea, it will be poisonous and kill you."
Xu Yin shook his head bitterly: "We want to change the tea, but the master won't let us. Besides, the tea in Jingli has been put into the tea bowl, and it is probably tumbling in the boiling water at this time."
Xue Pan was silent.
The tea in the capital naturally refers to Governor Yu Xinyu. Wang Zhonghe and Guo Qing have already taken people to Jianyang City, and they must have controlled the situation.
??????????????? Yu Xindu fell into Wang Zhonghe's hands, what could Xu Yin do to resist Wang Zhonghe?
But there is absolutely no way to survive following Wang Zhonghe's rebellion. Xue Pan saw through this, but he always lacked courage, or in other words, lacked someone who could lead him to resist.
Xue Pan thought for a long time and said: "If we can win over Liang Wei, we can occupy Jian'an City, and then call on the people to participate in the city defense. There should be no problem in defending Jian'an. Wang Zhonghe is a rebel, and he cannot stay in the city forever. If we attack a fortress from outside, we will definitely look for an opportunity to withdraw from Jianning Mansion when the battle is unfavorable."
Liang Wei!
Xu Yin's eyes lit up. This man controlled the right guard of Jianning and was a powerful figure. If he were to be won over and the sergeants in the city worked together, they would not be able to defeat Wang Zhonghe and defend Jian'an City.
"Shall I invite him?"
Xue Pan whispered.
Xu Yin waved his hand: "He should be patrolling on the city wall at this time. I will go find him personally."
Xue Pan was a little worried: "Prefect Xu, there are many informants around Liang Wei. If we talk on the city wall, we may not be able to go deep and it will be inconvenient."
Xu Yin knew Xue Pan's concerns, but similarly, if Liang Wei was invited to a secret meeting in the Yamen, wouldn't it be more suspicious?
"Go and keep an eye on Qidu's command history. If there are any changes, report them immediately."
Xu Yin spoke.
Xue Pan solemnly agreed and told Xu Yin to be careful.
Xu Yin personally climbed onto the city wall and looked at the soldiers defending the city. There was not much joy on their faces. It was clear to everyone that they were doing a major thing called rebellion. There have always been very few rebels with good results. Especially when the court is stable, no successful cases can be found.
Once the Beijing army comes, who can defend it? Who dares to defend it?
Although there is military discipline to support it, the hesitation in the military's morale is already visible.
Such an army may not be able to withstand the impact of a round when faced with a skilled warrior.
Xu Yin walked towards the tower and the sergeant informed Liang Wei.
Liang Wei walked out, followed by "Supervisory Army" Wang Hai. Before Liang Wei could speak, Wang Hai spoke first: "Prefect Xu doesn't handle government affairs properly in the government office, why did he come to this city wall?"
Xu Yin did not neglect Wang Hai and said calmly: "Government affairs? Oh, Brother Wang is really joking. We are all rebels, so there is no government affairs to deal with. I came here to see if there is any Jianyang It should have been a few hours since the Chief Envoy Wang arrived in Jianyang City, is there any news?"
Wang Hai shook his head: "There is no news yet."
Liang Wei glanced at Wang Hai a few times and said to Xu Yin: "There is no news, which means that the envoy Wang entered Jianyang City without experiencing resistance. At least it proves that Jianyang City is under control."
Xu Yin was also worried about this matter. Seeing that Wang Hai was listening, he turned to say, "Commander Liang Shi, how many soldiers do you think our Jian'an City can resist and how long can we resist?"
Liang Wei pointed outside the city: "Judging from the city defense and sergeants in Jian'an City, if there are five thousand soldiers under the city, it will be difficult for us to defend it. Of course, this also depends on the will of the army. If the Beijing army comes, it will not be I look down on my brothers, a Beijing army is enough to capture Jian'an City."
Wang Hai was very unhappy to hear such words: "Beijing Army, they have three heads, not six arms? As long as they come, we can defeat him. Commander Liang Shi, you must not damage the morale of the army!"
Liang Wei smiled: "I say this not to damage the morale of the army, but to seek truth from facts. The Beijing army is powerful, even Timur's most elite cavalry Being damaged in their hands and reduced to a bunch of prisoners shows that they are really capable. Of course, their main weapons are firearms, while we only have swords, guns, bows and arrows!"
Wang Hai angrily said: "Isn't it enough to have swords, guns, bows and arrows? War means rushing up to kill the opponent. You don't care what firearms they use, just charge over and chop them to death. The sergeants of our Jianning Guard are all good. Who would admit that they are not as good as the Beijing army? Do you think so?"
When the surrounding sergeants heard this, no one said anything.
Awkward.
For the first time, Wang Hai felt that autumn was so cold.
Zhu Zirong walked over and said hoarsely: "We are not as good as the Beijing army, but we are not fighting against the Beijing army by following Mr. Wang. He will definitely take us and our families out of here, right?"
Wang Hai quickly said: "Yes, yes."
Xu Yin turned his eyes and asked, "How many ships has Mr. Wang prepared in Fuzhou?"
Wang Hai said without thinking: "There are more than fifty ships!"
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the surrounding sergeants suddenly became cold and stern, and they gathered around one by one.
Liang Wei looked deeply at Xu Yin. This guy seemed to be sending Wang Hai to hell. Isn't he a die-hard loyalist to Wang Zhonghe?
Xu Yin gritted his teeth, grabbed Wang Hai's lapel, and shouted sternly: "What are you talking about? What are you talking about? Mr. Wang has only prepared fifty ships, fifty ships! Could it be that, Wang Hai Does the Chief Envoy want to take his family and cronies away without caring about us, the life or death of these sergeants and their families?"
"You, what nonsense are you talking about? The chief envoy will naturally take care of you!"
Wang Hai panicked.
Xu Yin's voice became a little louder: "But you made it clear that the Chief Envoy only prepared fifty ships! The fifty ships must be ordinary merchant ships. One ship can accommodate up to eighty people, five There are only 4,000 men in all ten ships, but we have nearly 10,000 soldiers on the left and right sides of Jianning, and at least 40,000 people including their families. The Chief Envoy has only prepared 50 ships. What do you think? Abandon our Jianning left and right guards!"
Wang Hai didn't know why Xu Yin was so crazy that he actually demolished Wang Zhonghe.
Xu Yin let go of Wang Hai and shouted to the nearby sergeants: "You all heard it, you all heard it. Mr. Wang has no intention of taking you away, and he has no ability to take you and your family members away. We are all his pawns destined to be abandoned! Soldiers, sergeants, and people in the city, there is no way to survive by rebelling, and there is no way to survive by following Wang Zhonghe!"
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The sergeants' faces were sallow. It was impossible to realize what Wang Zhonghe had promised. Fifty ships would definitely not be able to take away the sergeants and their families of the Jianning Guards. Besides, if Wang Zhonghe wanted to take them, he would also take the loyal ones from the Fuzhou Guards. How could someone like him be left to Jianningwei?
I rebelled against him and took risks with him. As a result, he will probably treat everyone as pawns and stay to thwart the court's pursuit of troops and stay to resist the crime!
Betrayed!
The sergeants became excited, and some even yelled that Wang Zhonghe was nothing.
Seeing this posture, Liang Wei also saw Xu Yin's position clearly, and immediately drew out his sword and raised it high above his head: "Since the envoy Wang is unkind and unjust, let us be loyal to the imperial court and guard Jian'an City for the imperial court. Kill the rebellious ministers and perform meritorious deeds????????????????!"
"Kill the rebellious ministers and make meritorious deeds!"
Zhu Zirong shouted at the top of his lungs, and the sergeants also shouted after him.
Wang Hai couldn't believe that this group of people rebelled for the second time? !
Liang Wei walked towards Wang Hai step by step, knowing that the matter had come to this and there was no way back, he grinned and said: "Wang Hai, I want to lend you your head, I hope you don't mind!"
"I……"
Wang Hai had a hard life. As a relative and close confidant of Wang Zhonghe, he had lived a good life for five years, with all the majesty and prestige. He had enjoyed everything he should have enjoyed, but that was it. He took advantage of it and took his life. It's hard to say whether it's worth it or not.
Liang Wei didn't intend to summarize Wang Hai's life, so he raised Wang Hai's head and threw it to Zhu Zirong: "Go and conquer Du Dacheng's Jianning left guard. If the sergeant refuses to accept it, he will be killed as a rebel!"
"Take orders!"
Zhu Zirong solemnly agreed and took away a thousand sergeants.
Liang Wei looked at Xu Yin: "Qi Dong is the commander of the capital. Although he cannot control the capital, he is still a person who cannot be ignored. He should be arrested and detained immediately. This is our bargaining chip."
Xu Yin breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Liang Wei's thoughtful arrangements, it seemed that he had already taken care of it. This guy kept his secrets secret and hid it so deeply!
"I'll take you to the government office!"
Xu Yin knew that the matter had to be resolved as soon as possible.
Liang Wei's rebellion was so sudden that Qi Dong's cronies in the government office had no idea what was going on. When Liang Wei rushed in and wanted to resist, 300 people had already come over. They were all fierce and as fierce as tigers. Easy to mess with.
Qi Dong was still sleeping, with two beauties beside him. As soon as he heard the fighting outside and sat up, the door was knocked open, and Liang Wei strode towards him with a bloody steel knife.
Things developed so fast that before Qi Dong could even react to what happened, Liang Wei had already put a cold knife on his neck and couldn't help but shuddered: "Liang Wei, how dare you rebel?"
Liang Wei sneered: "It was you who forced us to rebel in the first place! Come on, tie us up!"
Just as Qi Dong was about to get up, Liang Wei put away the knife without politeness, and then used the knife as a board to hit Qi Dong's face. A crisp sound came out, accompanied by a scream...
