novelonline Chapter 306 This is the reverse! ?
Chapter 306 This is the reverse! ?
Chapter 306 This is... the reverse! ?
It snowed heavily all night.
The next day, early in the morning, Jia Heng pushed open the window and looked at the vast world covered with snow, frowning tightly, and a flash of worry couldn't help but linger in his heart for some reason.
Putting on his official uniform, he planned to go to the Wucheng Bingma Division.
Suddenly a servant from outside came to report that Qu Lang, a thousand household in Jinyi Mansion, had come to the flower hall to wait for him, saying that he had something urgent to report.
Jia Heng was stunned for a moment, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurried to the flower hall.
Seeing Jia Heng entering the Flower Hall, the brocade-clothed Qianhu suddenly got up from his seat, with a solemn expression, and said urgently: "My lord, something happened in the Beijing camp!"
Jia Heng asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"
"The Yaowu camp froze to death two guerrilla generals and six thousand households this morning, and one or 20 generals..." Qu Lang said in a deep voice, quickly telling the story of the incident.
It turned out that at You hour last night, the guerrilla generals Luo Kai and Pan Qing of the Yaowu Camp led Qianhu He Yuan and more than a dozen middle and low-level generals who had been eliminated into the middle army barracks of the Yaowu Camp to ask Li Xun for an explanation. .
Li Xun, who was having a drink with his cronies, was startled and then angry when he heard it. He clashed with him, and immediately mobilized the soldiers of the Central Guards to arrest him. One man hit thirty army sticks and tied them all outside the gate. Then Li Xun turned back and continued to drink , To midnight, drunk.
But before dawn the next day, everyone from guerrilla general Luo Kai down died of freezing.
This incident shocked Yaowu Camp, but because of Li Xun's threat, everyone dared to be angry and dare not speak out.
Qu Lang said anxiously: "So far, there has been no such tragic incident in the army. The humble officer is worried that it may stir up a mutiny!"
Jia Heng's eyes were gloomy, and he said: "This...you need to be prepared in advance."
Once this matter spreads, it is bound to cause an uproar.
Qu Lang's face was full of worry, and he said: "My lord, when I came here, I just checked the report. Luo Kai's brother Luo Rui, this man is a general of the Liwei camp. Lun garrisoning the west city, the humble official thought that he would not let it go!"
Because Wang Ziteng confiscated the order talismans of the generals and guerrilla generals of the regiments and battalions in advance in order to facilitate the reorganization of the army, and separated the soldiers. However, there are still soldiers from the regiments and battalions stationed in the four guards of the capital, so they can only be given temporarily. Order talisman, sending an errand, Liwei Battalion Counselor Luo Rui has been guarding the west city for the last three days.
When Jia Heng heard this, his complexion changed suddenly, and he said: "Immediately ask someone to close the four gates, and I will go to the Nancheng Camp to take over the city defense."
My younger brother was frozen to death, this is a deep hatred.
What's more, there was a heavy snowfall last night, which was very unfavorable for Yu Pang Shili to lead the cavalry to suppress the mutiny.
While speaking, he got up and wanted to go to the layman.
However, at this moment, a servant from the outside hurried into the flower hall and said, "Uncle Dong is here."
Jia Heng was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and even had a bad premonition in his heart.
At this time, Dong Qian came over suddenly...
Not long after, Dong Qian walked quickly into the hall, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, just now the soldiers of the Beijing camp in the west city drove away the soldiers and horses of the five cities, and said that under the order of the Ministry of War, they will take over the defense of the west city in full, three miles away from the city gate. Don't hold your troops near, I don't know why, Master Fan asked the humble official to ask your lord."
"My lord, this is..." Qu Lang's complexion changed drastically, and he said in surprise.
Jia Heng's face was as cold as ice, and he said coldly: "This is preparing to rebel!"
The Ministry of War Xiang Xi's art of checks and balances, how could it be possible to issue such an order?
Then it goes without saying that this must be a forged order.
And the Xuncheng Yushi who was used to control the soldiers guarding the west city had also been killed presumably.
And Luo Rui seized the city gate, and the next step was to help the rebels enter the city.
"Deputy Commander Dong ordered Xie Zaiyi, Commander of the East City, to rush to the West City for help, and then command the Commander of the Four Cities to close the city gates and take over the defense under my orders! These disorderly soldiers must not be allowed to enter the city!" Jia Heng replied in a deep voice.
You can make trouble outside Shenjing City, but the military chaos cannot spread to Shenjing City.
Qu Lang's expression changed, and he said, "My lord, what should I do now?"
"I will immediately hold the sword of the Son of Heaven and go to the Nancheng camp to mobilize troops to quell the chaos. Qu Qianhu, you pass on my orders. Jinyi Mansion dispatches cavalry to support the four cities, suppresses the streets, and strictly prevents the eliminated soldiers in the city from responding to the chaos. Once the rebellion is confirmed, report to the palace, and the palace gate will be locked." Jia Heng said.
Now that the Liwei camp in the west city is no longer reliable, who knows if the soldiers in the other three cities will respond together?
Although the probability is very small, it has to be guarded against, and it is safe to use the Tiqi guards of Jinyi Mansion and the soldiers and horses of the five cities to watch together.
Qu Lang also knew the seriousness of the situation, so he clasped his fists and said, "I obey my orders."
In the west city, the crenels of the city gate tower were covered with a thick layer of snow, and the horse path up and down the city wall had been cleared of snow for the soldiers of the Liwei camp and guarded.
A group of soldiers from the Liwei Camp stood in line, armed with knives and guns.
In the camp not far from the city wall, on the snowy ground, blood dripped impressively, bright red and glaring.
After Luo Kai, a member of the Yaowu Camp, was frozen to death, Luo Rui got the news that his family carried the body. First he was furious, and then he became terrified. His younger brother was frozen to death. Military job!
In this case, why not pierce the sky!
Because of the reorganization of the army in the Beijing camp, the generals are panicked and worried that they will be the next one to be disarmed and return to the fields!
If one person takes the opportunity to raise an issue, the crowd will surely respond.
In the barracks downstairs of the city gate, the charcoal brazier inside was steaming and warm, Qianhu Cui Jin lifted the cotton curtain, looked at the general wearing a copper helmet and a red cloak who was facing away from him, Said in a deep voice: "General Luo, all the people sent by that old thief Wang Ziteng were killed by brothers!"
At this moment, the general was hugging a pale corpse that seemed to be asleep, and was speechless for a long time.
Several generals who were dressed in official robes of military officers from thousands of households and a dozen or so generals from hundreds of households looked aggrieved.
Because the soldiers in the Liwei camp have not been rectified, many soldiers will worry about being eliminated.
Luo Rui got up slowly, looked at the two Qianhu and Baihu, and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, the imperial court will not give us a way to survive, and the next battalion to be eliminated may not be our turn. The next one lying here It's you and me!"
More than a dozen hundreds of households were aggrieved and responded.
The remaining two Qianhu's faces were gloomy, and one of them, Qianhu with gray hair and wrinkled forehead, said hesitantly, "General Luo..."
Luo Rui frowned, and said: "Old Qian, you are not too young, and the order to select fronts and cut troops has been delivered to the battalion, do you think you have hope to stay?"
"But this is a rebellion after all, we still have a family..." Qianhu surnamed Qian said with a wry smile, his lips trembling.
"Who said it was a rebellion! Wang Ziteng acted viciously, Li Xun ignored people's lives and demanded bribes from generals, I'm waiting for this to be the Qing emperor's side!" Luo Rui yelled.
Qianhu, surnamed Qian, wanted to say more, but suddenly frowned, and felt a pain in his back, and then let out a muffled groan, followed by a puff, and turned his head to look, only to see behind him a little schoolboy who looked like a hundred households, with a serious expression on his face. Fierce, he took out a bloody sharp knife.
This scene also shocked the faces of hundreds of households in the barracks, and they looked at each other.
Luo Rui's face remained as cold as before, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked, "What does Zhang Baihu intend to do?"
I saw the family member Zhang said coldly: "General Luo, if Prince Teng is not killed, none of us will be able to keep him. We have no military positions and no land to plant. The whole family is here in Shenjing City. Drink the northwest wind! Old Qian is ignorant of current affairs, and his humble job can only send him on his way!"
As soon as this remark came out, the faces of the few hundred households who were originally frightened changed slightly, and their expressions were alert.
All households surnamed Zhang looked around at the generals and schools, and said loudly: "Brothers, we are not rebelling, but the Qing emperor! Kill Wang Ziteng, Fang Ji, Li Xun, Yao Guang, Yue Qing and other traitors, as well as Pang Shili and Ni Biao and others!"
Another Qianhu surnamed Xu quickly said: "Yes, Wang Ziteng deceived Sheng Cong, this kind of traitor, we are the soldiers of the imperial court and the Beijing camp, protecting the emperor with wings, how can we allow such a small boy to run rampant!"
Immediately, more than ten people from hundreds of households in the barracks shouted at Wang Ziteng, Fang Ji and others.
Luo Rui saw that the morale of the generals was aroused, he turned to look at Cui Jin, and ordered: "Cui Qianhu, you guard the city gate first, I will lead the cavalry into the Yaowu Camp, kill Li Xun, and then use his Head, order the soldiers, slaughter Wang Ziteng and his gang of lackeys!"
As for why they entered the Yaowu camp?
Because the members of the three-person disarmament team were all in the Yaowu camp, and Wang Ziteng stayed in the Chinese army camp under Longshouyuan in order to show Emperor Chongping his diligence in the past few days.
Besides, unless Luo Rui lost his mind and went crazy, he would not be able to take three thousand troops to attack the imperial city anyway. Otherwise, if he won the morale of the army, his soldiers would know that this was a rebellion, so who would dare to follow the thief?
The only chance of survival is to take the angry soldiers back to the Yaowu Camp, kill Prince Teng and his cronies first, use his head to wrap up the whole army, and then go to the city to plead guilty and ask for title.
This is the only way to survive.
The more soldiers you engulf, the greater your chance of survival.
At that time, the emperor had no choice but to forgive his crimes and issue an order to appease him.
From this point of view, Luo Rui is not a man without a plan.
The family with the surname Zhang had a fierce expression on his face, and said: "General Luo, I would like to lead my troops to break into Wang Ziteng's house of that dog thief, so that the Wang family will not stay behind!"
As soon as this remark came out, several generals and school present all angrily agreed.
Obviously they all hated Wang Ziteng deeply.
Luo Rui's eyes flashed, and he said in a concentrated voice: "With such a big fanfare, I'm afraid the soldiers and horses of the five cities will become suspicious!"
The hundred households surnamed Zhang said: "That lowly official leads fifty cavalry, that's enough!"
This piece of surname does not know why, it can be said that he hates Wang Ziteng very much.
Luo Rui nodded, patted the shoulder of the family member, and praised: "How courageous!"
Luo Rui turned to look at the generals and school, and encouraged him: "Brothers, we have no way out! Only by killing Wang Ziteng's cronies and pleading guilty to the Holy Majesty, will we have a chance!"
He wasn't sure if he would be able to come back in time, so he clamored for the whole army, and he didn't have much confidence in confronting Pang Shili, the general of the Yangwei Battalion.
But it can't be delayed any longer, the arrow is on the string, and it has to be launched.
Cui Jin took the lead and said, "Let's go, general, I swear to live and die with the city gate!"
Several other generals and schools responded one after another.
However, while several people were talking, at this moment, outside soldiers came to report, and Kang Zhixue, the patrolling censor, came.
Luo Rui's expression changed, he led a group of generals out of the barracks, and looked at the people coming.
In the distance, two bearers came carrying a green clay sedan chair. It was clearly Kang Zhixue, the censor who was patrolling the city. Under the retinue of six soldiers from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he landed in front of the city gate, and he got off the sedan chair.
Doubt appeared on a chubby face, and he said, "General Luo, what's going on? On the way, I heard people from Wucheng Bingma Division say, you...huh?"
Just at this moment, smelling the bloody smell of hunting, he looked around and saw the blood and dead bodies behind the trees in the corner of the city wall. His face turned pale, his eyes showed fear, and he said, "This...what's going on?"
Luo Rui's face was ashen, and he sneered, and pulled out the Yanling sword of a soldier beside him with a "chuckle", and strode towards Kang Zhixue, the patrolling censor, with two rows of footprints behind him on the snow, like a god of death Footsteps approaching.
"what are you going to do?"
Seeing the ferocious eyes of the opposite military general, Kang Zhixue's complexion changed suddenly, he said in horror, and wanted to turn around and leave, but he saw soldiers from all directions surrounded by sneering soldiers, blocking the way, and six members of the Metropolitan Procuratorate The soldiers, who had never seen such a battle before, were so frightened that they trembled all over, and dared not draw out the knife in their hands.
"Are you going to rebel?" Kang Zhixue's face changed slightly, and he shouted.
Then the word "rebellion" undoubtedly caused the censor to be killed, Luo Rui frowned, and raised the knife in his hand, but heard the scream of "ah", blood splashed on Luo Rui's face From then on, he became more ferocious and vicious.
After killing Xuncheng Yushi, he turned his head to look at the general behind him, and said loudly: "Brothers, this Yushi and Wang Ziteng are also in the same group!"
After finishing speaking, without further words, he summoned his subordinates and generals, dispatched [-] riders, all of whom rode fine horses, and did not spare their horsepower on the snow-covered road, and headed towards Yaowu Camp seven or eight miles away.
The words were divided into two parts, inside the Yaowu Camp barracks, the charcoal fire was blazing, and the generals gathered together, as if they were discussing something, but the atmosphere was full of tension.
Li Xun sat in the middle, and the generals Yao Guang and Yue Qing sat beside him.
Fang Ji, the chief of the army, was sitting on a chair on the other side. General Ni Biao of the Central Guard Army led a group of generals to stand behind Fang Ji, and Xue Pan was also wearing military uniform, standing in the crowd and watching.
Fang Ji's face was livid, and he naturally came to Xingshi to ask the crime.
Fang Ji was in Longshouyuan, where Wang Ziteng's Chinese army camp was handling military affairs early in the morning, when he heard a report that something happened in Yaowu camp, two guerrilla generals and a dozen or so thousands of households were frozen to death. The hundred household officials immediately left the camp of the Chinese army without stopping, and came to investigate.
Fang Ji asked: "In the case of Li Qian, Commander-in-Chief Jie has stated many times that generals should not be killed indiscriminately because of military reorganization, so as not to cause the death of rabbits and foxes. How did this happen? Two guerrilla generals were killed in a row and there are more than ten generals. "
Li Xun argued: "Master Fang, you don't know that those people surrounded the barracks, making noise and rioting. The general had no choice but to beat each of them with thirty military sticks as a punishment, in order to warn the whole army not to commit another crime. Who would have thought that they would have been held back by the heavy snow last night and would have froze to death directly."
This is a matter of avoiding the seriousness.
Fang Ji frowned, and said: "Li Qian's matter, now that someone is dead, this is completely against Jie Shuai's intention. There are still six battalions that have not yet been rectified. Such a violent behavior may cause a mutiny."
With the smooth sailing of the whole army, Wang Ziteng didn't want to go on a killing spree, so as not to cause the other subsequent battalions to rebound.
Therefore, if you don't hold troops and incite soldiers to rebel, you will mostly eliminate them and persuade them to quit.
Li Xun said dissatisfiedly: "Master Fang, I am now under the command of Marshal Jie, and I am in charge of the overall military affairs. How can these people dare to attack the Chinese army? How can they tolerate it? It just happened to be punished on the spot, so as to warn everyone! Otherwise, the shock I am afraid that the affairs of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Office of the Ministry of War will come and go."
This is to mention some side effects brought about by the recent rectification of the Beijing camp. The dismissed generals and soldiers went to the Fifth Armed Forces Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War to make trouble. Of course, because of the praise of Wang Ziteng by the Kodao officials, no one saw these.
On the contrary, some people are planning to impeach Jia Heng, who was in charge of Wucheng soldiers and horses, for dereliction of duty.
General Yao Guang smoothed things over and said, "Boss Fang, you don't know how dangerous last night was. These people are vicious. They surrounded the barracks with knives and guns. If not for the timely assistance of the Central Guards, I'm afraid that our lives are in danger."
Fang Ji looked worried, and said in a deep voice: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk too much. These generals who died of freezing need to be compensated to appease the grievances of the generals in the battalion."
Li Xun frowned, and said: "Lord Fang, the camp still owes the salary and has not been paid, so there is no money to pay for it. Besides, they deserved what they deserved. Allowing their family members to bring back the corpse is to remember the friendship of the past." .”
Today, Li Xun has claimed to be the number one general under Wang Ziteng, and he has become more courageous, and Fang Ji, a scribe who can only play tricks, has lost a little respect.
At this moment, Xue Pan was listening quietly, looking at the fierce look on Li Xun's face, he couldn't help feeling a little envious.
This is the courage of the first army of the governor. When will he be so respectable?
Seeing Fang Ji's cold face and silence, Li Xun said again: "Like Luo Kai and Pan Qing, they are so bold that they dare to fight against the imperial court. How could they be with..."
"Luo Kai?" Fang Ji murmured, his eyelids twitched, and he suddenly remembered something. The day before yesterday he heard what Ji Min, who joined the army, said that there was a man named Luo Rui who seemed to be serving as a general in the Liwei Camp.
General of the Liwei Camp...
Just as he was thinking about it, the sound of killing suddenly came from outside the camp, accompanied by screams and the sound of weapons colliding.
"Where is the sound of killing?" Fang Ji's heart sank, he stood up abruptly, and asked anxiously.
"Your Excellency is not well, the Liwei camp has fallen..." At this moment, a small school with hundreds of households entered the barracks with a frightened expression, and said anxiously to everyone in the room.
The expressions of all the people in the barracks changed, and they lifted the curtains to leave the barracks one after another. They saw that the outpost of the Yaowu Camp was in a mess, and countless cavalry rushed in, fighting rampantly with the blocking soldiers of the Yaowu Camp.
Fang Ji's face was pale, and he tremblingly said: "This is... the reverse!?"
It's almost unbelievable.
At this moment, the entire Yaowu camp was full of killing sounds, people roaring and horses neighing.
General Luo Rui took the lead and rushed into the camp. Like the sound of Hong Zhong, he said in the barracks, "Brothers, this general Liwei camp general Luo Rui was deceived by the traitor Wang Ziteng. Don't wait for me. The way to survive, now I will lead the army to clear the king and kill Prince Teng! Brothers who are willing to follow, cut off the red cloth of the war robe and tie it on the left arm! Follow a certain family to kill Li Xun's traitor! Those who do not help each other, abandon the army and return to the camp!"
This scene of Liu's left-handedness is almost the most recognizable. Some generals who had long been dissatisfied began to act according to their words.
Of course, there are also those who do not help each other and return to the camp.
The outpost was in chaos!
When everyone in the barracks heard this from a distance, their faces changed suddenly. Xue Pan's legs trembled and his face turned ashen as he watched the bloody people fighting in the distance.
This bitch is killing me!
Ni Biao pulled Fang Ji and Xue Pan over, and said anxiously: "Mr. Fang, the small yamen, the matter is urgent, and the general will let you escort the two of you away, and go to the camp to mobilize troops to suppress the rebellion!"
In fact, what Luo Rui didn't know was that Wang Ziteng went to the Ministry of Households to discuss payment early in the morning, and he was not in the Chinese army camp in Longshouyuan at the moment.
Fang Ji's face was ugly, and he said: "Blow the horn, General Pang Shen will be here in a while, I just have to wait for a while..."
At this moment, Xue Pan grabbed Fang Ji's arm and said anxiously, "Mr. Fang, hurry back to the city to find your uncle..."
(End of this chapter)