"What, there are many guards in the North City making noises about leaving the city? It's nonsense, it's just nonsense. Quickly lead some people to suppress all the troublesome soldiers!"
"We still have to use ruthless measures. You and your troops rush to Beicheng. If there are any generals who dare to be restless, they will be killed without mercy. There is no need to ask for instructions again!"
News of a possible fierce battle at the mouth of the Qinhuai River immediately reached the ears of Yang Maoyan, who was also the envoy of the imperial camp and the defense envoy of the four walls of the capital. Early in the morning, when the thick fog had not cleared, he rushed to the imperial envoy's office to deliver the order.
Various ministries strengthened the defense of the city wall.
Afterwards, Wang Boqian, Wei Chujun and others also arrived one after another, nervously watching the development of the situation.
Of course they could guess that Xu Huai led the Niushoushan Rebel Army to take advantage of the foggy weather to launch a strong attack on the enemy camp at the mouth of the river.
While their hearts were in their throats, they were also a little frustrated. They sighed repeatedly in the government office. Marquis Jingsheng was just fooling around this time.
They were by no means concerned about the personal safety of Xu Huai and the Niushoushan Rebels. What they worried about was that the Niushoushan Rebels, after suffering a huge setback in their arrogant military adventure, would turn the situation that Gyeonggi had finally reversed back to its worst again.
If even Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai goes wrong in this military adventure, who can they count on next to relieve the siege of Jianye?
They had previously urged Xu Huai to lead the Niushoushan rebels to attack the enemy camp at the mouth of the river, with the expectation that both sides would suffer losses. But fundamentally they still hoped that Xu Huai could drive the Japanese soldiers away from the south bank first, and then urge Xu Huai to lead his troops across the river to reinforce Huaixi as soon as possible.
This was to prevent Xu Huai from taking advantage of the enemy and threatening the foundation of the imperial court, but he never wanted Xu Huai to take such a military adventure.
When they heard at the imperial camp's office that the defenders in the north city were unstable and some generals were clamoring to leave the city to fight, they did not know that the Niushoushan rebels led by Xu Huai had successfully captured the main camp and the south camp of the Japanese soldiers at the mouth of the river.
Angrily, they ordered the generals on duty in the Imperial Envoy Department to rush to Beicheng with their personal guards to suppress the enemy, so as to prevent the Niushoushan Rebel Army from having a chain reaction after suffering a huge setback in this military adventure, causing Jianye City to also fall to the enemy.
Before the fall of Bianliang, the courtiers encouraged Emperor Tianxuan to cede Hebei, and the counties in Hedong begged for peace from the Chihu people. Wang Boqian went to the prime minister as an envoy to cede the territory, and Huai and other places ordered the defenders to give up resistance. They witnessed the general mutiny, but they failed.
When he entered the city, many people were shot dead by random arrows from the soldiers at the top of the city. It was also the time when he fled directly to Weizhou to join Emperor Shaolong, who was still the Duke of Lu at that time.
He was also the most sensitive to the clamoring of soldiers, and asked the generals who went to suppress the soldiers to be ruthless against the soldiers who were prone to clamoring, and to suppress the clamor as quickly as possible.
After generals Zhang Xin, Yu Gong and others surrendered their military power, they not only replaced the generals above Yuhou in the Suwei Imperial Army, but also replaced them with generals from the Qiandi (Prince Huai's Mansion) faction, the personal guards of the generals, and the military discipline supervisors.
The men and horses in the Military Envoy Court and the Horse and Infantry Court were all replaced by the men and horses they brought out from Wei, Qing, Ziqi and other areas.
This is also the key to their confidence in controlling the imperial guards and their confidence in being able to suppress individual generals from causing trouble.
However, just after they sent men and horses to suppress the situation in Beicheng, they heard horses' hooves rushing towards them as fast as a sudden rain.
Unless it is an urgent matter, there will be no pardon for those who are good at galloping before the palace ban.
Listening to the sound of horse hoofbeats, Wang Boqian, Yang Maoyan, and Wei Chujun were also frightened, and the sound of horse hoofbeats would definitely alarm the palace.
After a blink of an eye, the messenger walked into the imperial camp and knelt down to report:
"Jingsheng Xu Huai led the Niushoushan rebel army to capture the main camp and the south camp of the captive soldiers at the mouth of the river. He sent a messenger to invite the imperial guards to go out of the city to fight. They attacked the generals of the other three enemy camps at the mouth of the river - Beicheng and Xicheng.
Everyone is clamoring to send troops, but General Xu and his men cannot suppress them!"
"It's so easy to beat down?"
Wang Boqian, Yang Maoyan, and Wei Chujun sat in the government hall and looked at each other for a long time, unable to digest the news, and their moods were extremely complicated.
In the end, it was Wei Chujun who reacted first and said: "Wang Gong and I quickly entered the palace to report to His Majesty, asking Your Majesty to pass the order to send out troops. Prime Minister Yang, you go to Beicheng immediately. It is not appropriate to force the generals to leave the city at this time!"
"Yes, yes, Chu Jun and I have entered the palace. You quickly go to Beicheng to appease the morale of the army!" Wang Boqian also reacted and urged Yang Maoyan to go to Beicheng to supervise the army in person, saying, "Don't hurt the generals' courageous desire to fight at this moment!"
They had previously firmly opposed the Suwei Forbidden Army to fight out of the city, mainly because they were worried that the attack on the enemy camp at the mouth of the river would fail and the Suwei Forbidden Army would suffer heavy losses, which would inevitably lead to a bad situation in which the court would be controlled by Xu Huai and the Jingxiang Army.
However, at this time, Xu Huai had led the Niushoushan Rebel Army to capture the main camp and the southern camp of the Qinhuai River, which meant that the main force of the Japanese soldiers on the south bank had been annihilated or defeated. The Suwei Forbidden Army was out of the city to fight at this time, so naturally there would not be too much
Big risk.
What's more important is that Xu Huai raided the enemy camp and won a great victory. His reputation was unparalleled for a while, and he even blatantly encouraged the imperial guards to go to war. If they continued to suppress them, not only would their military morale become more restless, but they would also become more passive.
Yang Maoyan wanted to understand the stakes and immediately ordered to assemble his troops. While Wang Boqian and Wei Chujun were organizing their official uniforms and hats, preparing to enter the palace to participate in the battle, another urgent report came:
"The soldiers kept making noise, and General Xu was so angry that he drew his sword and killed the two leaders of the noise on the spot, but he did not want to provoke the noisy generals to resist with weapons. At present, there are more than 20 dead and injured each. General Xu and his bodyguards are surrounded by Xinhua
In the gate city cave, the generals cannot suppress you!"
At this moment, Wang Boqian, Yang Maoyan, and Wei Chujun felt the coldness running up from their tailbones, and their hands and feet couldn't help but tremble slightly...
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In the early morning, the soldiers on the city wall could hear the faint sound of fighting, but Liu Yan was sleeping in a house in the city, and no one reported the news to him. In the early morning, there were early people walking around in the streets and alleys, so he was completely unaware of it in his sleep.
What's wrong.
It wasn't until a mutiny broke out in Beicheng, and Liu Fu, the general from his hometown who had left his house early in the morning, hurried back after hearing the news, that Liu Yan knew that something big had happened. However, he had no idea how many generals were involved in the mutiny and whether there was anyone secretly instigating it in Beijing and Xiangxiang.
Liu Fu was asked to take people to inquire about the news. At this time, the messenger rushed over and announced that he had entered the palace to discuss matters.
Liu Yan hurriedly put on his official uniform and followed the edict into the palace. On the way, he met Wang Fan, Qian Zerui, Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others who had also urgently entered the palace to discuss matters.
The guard inside and outside the palace has been strengthened - the generals have been clamoring for battle for more than a day or two, but they have been suppressed by Yang Maoyan. However, considering the unstable morale of the army, these days have been replaced by the time when Emperor Shaolong was canonized as King of Huai
The palace guards were on duty to stay in the palace, and they were all in a state of panic at this time.
The door was closed tightly, Liu Yan and everyone entered the palace through the side door...
Zhou He walked half way and his boots fell off. He lifted up the skirt of his robe and put on the boots in a panic. He was swaying and standing unsteadily. When he saw Liu Yan coming over to help him, he couldn't help but asked angrily: "Liu Hou, what are you doing?"
Tell me, what is this? What is this? Is there something that cannot be easily discussed, and it must be caused like this?"
Liu Yan glanced at Wang Fan and saw that Wang Fan had no expression on his face. He seemed to think that Zhou He's words were just to accuse the soldiers who caused trouble. He smiled bitterly at Zhou He, saying that he was also confused about the current situation. He didn't even know how many soldiers there were.
It is unclear whether Jingxiang was involved in this or not, so how could he know why he had to make such a fuss?
Zhou He was so flustered that he couldn't put on his boots for a while. He simply sat on the steps and asked a palace attendant to help him put them on. He still stuck his head out and asked Wang Fan:
"Prime Minister, Xu Hou took advantage of the heavy fog to lead the Niushoushan rebels to raid the enemy camp. Is this indeed a great victory?"
Gao Chunnian squeezed out a rare warm smile from his wrinkled old face and exclaimed: "Marquis Xu is really a great leader of Vietnam. I didn't expect that in such difficult times, he could achieve repeated achievements..."
"Plans must be kept secret, but if things are not kept secret, they will fail," Wang Fan said with a double meaning. "In any battle between Beijing and Xiangzhou, except for the relevant generals, other civil and military officials are not allowed to interfere or inquire about information. I am assisting in the court.
Your Majesty, I have nothing to do with Xu Huai's affairs. Like Prime Minister Zhou and Prime Minister Gao, I have just learned about the attack on the enemy camp at the mouth of the river. As for the outcome, we still have to wait for Xu Huai to send a messenger into the city.
Gentlemen, the most urgent task is to appease the Imperial Guards and calm the morale of the army, so as not to cause any trouble that cannot be dealt with..."
Zhou He and Gao Chunnian saw that Wang Fan didn't reveal a word, so they stopped testing him and walked towards Chui Gong Hall together with their own thoughts in mind.
In the Chuigong Hall, Emperor Shaolong stood angrily. In front of the dragon chair, Wang Boqian, Yang Maoyan, and Wei Chujun knelt in the hall to apologize; Zhu Hang had already been there a moment before them.
When he arrived at Chui Gong Hall, he stood aside with a serious look on his face.
Wang Boqian, Yang Maoyan, and Wei Chujun had always been the most trusted by Emperor Shaolong.
Wang Boqian was the prime minister, and Yang Maoyan was involved in political affairs and led the imperial camp, and the defense envoy of the four walls of the capital. Their status could be said to be on an equal footing with Zhou He, the nominal prime minister. They could all be said to be extremely human ministers.
His Highness couldn't stand up for a long time. It can be seen that the mutiny really frightened Emperor Shaolong. He was even more frightened and furious than the destruction of the Jianye Navy and the forced troops crossing the river.
Regardless of whether Jingxiang was behind the whole incident or not, Yang Maoyan, the imperial envoy, the four-wall defense envoy of the capital, and the commander-in-chief of Jianye’s entire garrison, must bear the main responsibility.
Of course, everyone present also knows better that now is not the time to really hold anyone accountable. The key is to calm down the incident and how to calm it down.
In addition to Wang Boqian, Yang Maoyan, Wei Chujun, Zhu Hang and a group of palace attendants, Qian Shangduan, the official of Jianye Mansion, was also summoned to the palace.
Qian Shangduan was originally an old minister of Qiandi when the late emperor was granted the title of King Jing. He followed the late emperor to defend Gongyi, aided Qinshui in the north and made plans for other wars. When the late emperor ascended the throne in Xiangyang, Qian Shangduan also supported him as an important minister, but with Zheng Huaizhong and Zheng Cong
The father and son had a close relationship, and he helped the Zheng family father and son speak for him several times. He disagreed with the late emperor and was ignored. As a Zhigao official, he was often not summoned to the palace for ten days and a half.
Outsiders thought that Qian Shangduan would be completely reduced from now on, with no chance to turn around, but they didn't expect that after Emperor Shaolong came to the throne, Zhu Hang resigned as the Yin of Jianye Prefecture, and Qian Shangduan was appointed Quan to know the affairs of Jianye Prefecture.
The Yin of Jianye Prefecture had too much power, and Zhu Hang no longer appointed him. Quan knew the affairs of Jianye Prefecture and was the highest official of Jianye Prefecture.
Just like the Privy Council sometimes does not have a Privy Councilor, it usually appoints a subordinate Privy Councilor or a Privy Councilor with authority to run the Privy Council.
Only then did the world know that the person Qian Shangduan had been secretly communicating with was not Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son, but had long been secretly attracted to Emperor Shao Long, who was still the King of Huai at that time.
Qian Shangduan glanced at Wang Fan and Liu Yan, and whispered to Zhou He and Gao Chunnian about the current bad situation in Beicheng: "...Almost all the defenders of Beicheng are involved, including Xinhua Gate, Duanyi Gate, Hongchang Gate and
The Beicheng arsenal is all controlled by mutinous soldiers, and the defenders of the other three buildings can only barely pacify..."
