As Qin Wei expected, when the news spread that he had taken over the Anning Guards and Xin'an Fucheng, those rebellious ministers hidden in the officialdom also took action.
Wudong Wei Si is the southernmost Wei Si Yamen among the six Wei Si in Shuzhou.
Inside the Wudong Weisi Yamen, the commander Yang Luzheng was sitting in the main hall with a frown on his face.
Below the main hall, Li Xing, wearing a white gown, squinted at the letter in his hand.
Li Xingnai is the elder of Wushan Palace in Yunzhou. He is over sixty years old and has a ninth-level cultivation. The letter in his hand was sent from Shuzhou City, and the content was about Qin Wei taking over Anning Weisi and Xin'an Fucheng.
"Sir, the methods of this Prince Xin'an are indeed extraordinary!"
Li Xing held the letter in his hand and said thoughtfully.
Yang Lu has never met Qin Wei, but he is not unfamiliar with Qin Wei at all. In other words, most of the officials and warriors in Dali have heard of Qin Wei.
After all, Qin Wei is no longer unknown now. On the contrary, with the establishment of Tianzhou Zhenwu Division, Qin Wei's reputation has spread throughout Dali.
"Master Tang means that we should raise the flag to support the Marquis! What do you think?" Yang Lu asked.
Raising the flag means that they will completely declare the fact that they are rebellious, and there will be no room for recovery.
Although Yang Lu had joined Chang Ping Hou a long time ago, and he also expected that Chang Ping Hou would rebel one day, he still felt scared in his heart.
Rebellion is a matter of punishing the nine tribes.
If he could still choose, he might change his mind now. Unfortunately, he was too involved with Chang Pinghou and had no chance to choose again.
In contrast, Li Xing does not have these concerns and worries.
They in the Wushan Palace were not loyal ministers of Dali. Even before Dali issued the martial law, they were a group of rebels who occupied the mountain and became kings.
It was only later that Emperor Li promulgated the Military Order and gave them an honest opportunity, so they restrained themselves a little. After all, they also wanted to rely on the privileges of the Military Order to obtain benefits among the people.
But in fact, even after the promulgation of the Military Order, they still did not change the essence of occupying the mountains and becoming kings.
Li Xing chuckled and said: "Since it is Master Tang's wish, we will obey it."
"But once we raise the flag, we will definitely become the target of Prince Xin'an." Yang Lu said with some anxiety.
"We are in southern Shu, and Prince Xin'an is still in eastern Shu. In a short period of time, he will be unable to do anything to us."
"And as long as we raise the flag, others will definitely respond. By then, the entire Shuzhou will have rebels, so why should we be afraid of the King of Xin'an County!" Li Xing said with a smile.
In his opinion, the visit of Prince Xin'an to Shuzhou is not of much use, because they already control a lot of military power in Shuzhou. As long as all these military powers are converted into rebels, Shuzhou will be in their pocket.
The Prince of Xin'an County only has 5,000 soldiers, and together with the 20,000 soldiers of the Anning Guards, there is no way to change the situation in Shuzhou.
"Sir, the Marquis is still waiting for your loyalty!"
Seeing that Yang Lu was still hesitating, Li Xing said softly.
Yang Lu's face changed slightly, he took a deep breath and said solemnly: "I understand!"
He had no choice but to follow Chang Pinghou all the way to the dark side.
There is no point in hesitating. It is better to make a decision and give up early.
Following Yang Lu's decision, a bloody storm immediately broke out within the Wudong Wei Division.
Although he has absolute control over Wudong Weisi, there are still some stubborn people, so he can only ruthlessly eliminate these stubborn people.
Takeru forty-five years, the second day of February.
Under the leadership of Yang Lu, Wudong Weisi responded to Changping Marquis and officially joined the Yunzhou Rebel Army.
And with Yang Lu raising the flag, Shuzhou fell into chaos.
Many officials in each department of David followed closely, killing superior officials, seizing military power, occupying cities, and plundering wealth.
For a time, war broke out all over Shuzhou.
Even the city of Shuzhou was not spared.
…
On the city wall of Shuzhou.
Liu Yuanrang was wearing iron armor and holding a long spear. He stood on the city gate tower and looked down at the city with a gloomy face.
At this time, the city of Shuzhou was completely in chaos. A large number of rebellious officials and traitors were causing chaos everywhere in the city. The Dusi Yamen, the Chief Si Yamen, and the Yinchasi Yamen all set fire to fire.
The thick smoke covered the sky and sun, turning this bustling city into a complete hell.
"Sir, it's not good, the officials from the Chief Secretary's office are attacking our warehouse."
Tang Mingcheng, the commander of the capital department, hurried over and shouted loudly.
Liu Yuanrang's expression changed.
"not good!"
The warehouse of the Dusi Yamen not only contains a large amount of money and grain, but also a lot of crossbows and armor. If these yamen servants are given crossbows, their combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.
"Liu Fu, follow me to the warehouse!" Liu Yuanrang shouted urgently.
Then, he led hundreds of soldiers and hurried towards the warehouse.
When he resisted the warehouse, he saw a large group of people besieging the warehouse.
"kill!"
he shouted sharply.
Holding a spear, he leads the way.
However, before he could rush to the warehouse door, he suddenly felt a bone-chilling chill behind him.
Relying on instinct, he turned slightly sideways.
Phew!
A silver-white gun tip penetrated his shoulder.
"Master!" Liu Fu was shocked.
He quickly stepped forward and cut off the spear with his sword.
Liu Yuanrang turned back to look at the owner of the spear, with an incredible look in his eyes.
"How could it be you?"
The owner of the spear is none other than Tang Mingcheng.
Among the many officials in the Dusi Yamen, Liu Yuanrang had the least suspicion of Tang Mingcheng, because Tang Mingcheng was born in the Wushanghou Mansion, and his brother was Wushanghou Tang Mingyue.
"Is it possible that Marquis Wu Shang is also the one?" Liu Yuanrang was a little afraid to think.
"Hahaha, how could it be? My elder brother has a stubborn personality, how could he betray His Majesty Li Huang?" Tang Mingcheng showed a wild smile.
"But if he doesn't want to betray, then I will help him betray!"
"伱!" Liu Yuanrang pointed at him, his face turned pale.
"Liu Yuanrang, you can't blame me for this. I can only blame you for not coming to Shuzhou! Don't worry, I will give you a happy life." Tang Mingcheng said.
"Get him!"
I saw him waving his hand and pointing directly at Liu Yuanrang, while a group of Chief Secretary's government servants behind him were holding crossbows and pointing directly at Liu Yuanrang.
It turned out that he had already occupied the warehouse of the Dusi Yamen, and had even given all the bows and crossbows in the warehouse to the Chief Secretary's Yamen.
Let Liu Yuanrang come here just to kill Liu Yuanrang.
Liu Yuanrang raised his head and looked at the arrows that shone with cold light, and his pupils shrank suddenly.
Because he saw a person behind the Chief Secretary Yamen.
Cheng Yu, the chief envoy of Shuzhou.
Even the chief envoy is from Changpinghou!
"Why!"
Liu Yuanrang didn't understand.
He couldn't understand why Cheng Yu and Tang Mingcheng would choose to betray Dali.
But no one could answer his doubts at this time.
There was a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and a large number of arrows flew towards it.
Liu Yuanrang couldn't help but fall into despair.
He didn't expect the result to be like this.
He originally thought he could defend Shuzhou City, but he didn't expect that he would be buried here in the end.
"Your Majesty, I am incompetent!"
Liu Yuanrang felt helpless.
His time in Shuzhou was so short that he had no grasp of the specific situation of Shuzhou City. He did not have time to cultivate his own direct lineage.
Da da da~~
A burst of rapid horse hooves suddenly sounded.
"The traitor deserves death!"
A heroic roar sounded from behind Liu Yuanrang, and the next moment a door panel suddenly fell in front of Liu Yuanrang.
Dude dusk~~
The crossbow arrow landed on the door panel.
Liu Yuanrang fell into a daze.
He looked back blankly.
I saw a gray-haired old man galloping towards me on horseback. The old man was holding a Yanyue knife and his gray beard was fluttering on his chest.
In the blink of an eye, the old man came to Liu Yuanrang and slashed Tang Mingcheng with his sword.
Boom~~
In his haste, Tang Mingcheng could only raise the gun in his hand to block.
However, the next moment, the gun shaft in his hand was cut off, and his whole body flew backwards like a cannonball.
"Master Liu, leave quickly!"
The old man shouted urgently.
Liu Yuanrang suddenly came back to his senses, but smiled helplessly.
"Master Ji, thank you very much!"
The old man in front of him is none other than Ji Fei, the commander of Dusi.
Ji Fei had served as a commanding officer in Shuzhou for ten years. Liu Yuanrang initially thought that Ji Fei was the most likely person to be bribed by Marquis Changping.
At this time, Liu Yuanrang was filled with bitterness. The people he suspected were loyal ministers of the court, while the people he had no doubts about became traitorous ministers. He even doubted whether he was really incompetent.
But now is obviously not the time to worry about this.
"Walk!"
"Master Liu, Shuzhou City cannot be defended anymore, retreat from the east city gate!" Ji Fei reminded him while resisting the incoming arrows.
Liu Yuanrang didn't say much, and fled towards the east city gate with a group of remaining soldiers.
At this time, Tang Mingcheng got up from the ground and looked at Ji Fei with evil eyes.
"Ji Fei, you old guy, you deserve to die!"
"Hahaha, if I were ten years younger, I would definitely chop off your head!"
"Tang Mingcheng, let's meet again someday!"
Ji Fei didn't say much. Seeing that Liu Yuanrang had gone away, he stopped pestering him, turned around and galloped away.
He came quickly and left quickly.
A door panel saved Liu Yuanrang's life, but a powerful blow with a knife seriously injured Tang Mingcheng.
"Why are you still standing there, chase after me!"
Tang Mingcheng shouted angrily.
The originally perfect plan completely failed because of Ji Fei.
The key thing is that Ji Fei actually mocked him.
Unfortunately, no matter how angry he was, Ji Fei had already run away.
…
Outside Shuzhou City.
Liu Yuanrang stood embarrassed by the official road, looking at the lack of pursuers behind him, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Master Ji, thank you for saving me!"
He thanked Ji Fei again.
Ji Fei sighed melancholy: "It's too early to say anything about saving lives now. Let's think about how to explain to His Majesty."
As the commander and commander of the Dusi Yamen, abandoning the city and fleeing was enough to make them lose their heads.
Liu Yuanrang was filled with decadence, "Why is this happening?"
Ji Fei shook his head slightly, "Master Liu, Marquis Chang Ping has been operating in Shuzhou for nearly ten years!"
"Almost all officials in Shuzhou, big and small, have received favors from Marquis Chang Ping. They have boarded the pirate ship of Marquis Chang Ping, and it is difficult for them to get off now."
"But Tang Ming would rebel no matter what?" This is what Liu Yuanrang cannot understand the most.
Ji Fei was silent for a while and said: "Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite! This Tang Mingcheng is an ambitious man. He doesn't care about Wu Shang Hou's Mansion at all. He even wishes that Wu Shang Hou's Mansion would be destroyed."
"So he is dissatisfied with Marquis Wu Shang?" Liu Yuanrang asked.
"I don't know, but the relationship between him and Wu Shanghou's family seems to have never been good," Ji Fei said.
Liu Yuanrang smiled bitterly.
There seems to be little point in studying these now.
He looked at the soldiers beside him, and the bitterness in his eyes became even stronger.
In the end, only more than 300 of the 8,000 city guards escaped, and he couldn't take care of the rest.
"Hey, what should we do next?"
"What else can we do? Go find Prince Xin'an!" Ji Fei said matter-of-factly.
"It seems that Master Ji has planned everything." Liu Yuanrang looked at him in surprise.
Ji Fei laughed and said, "Master Liu, I have stayed in Shuzhou for ten years."
"Did Master Ji already know that Chang Pinghou would rebel? Then why didn't he report it to the court in advance?" Liu Yuan gave way.
Ji Fei shook his head and said, "Why didn't I report it? It's just that no one believed it."
Before Qin Wei discovered that there was a problem in the Imperial City Department, who would think that Chang Pinghou would rebel?
In fact, Ji Fei didn't think that Chang Pinghou would rebel at first, but the performance in Shuzhou's officialdom in recent years made him feel that something was wrong, and he felt that Chang Pinghou had different intentions.
It's just that he has no clear evidence in his hand, so even the memorial is of no use.
He might even be accused of framing Xungui.
Therefore, he could only remind the court in a relatively obscure way, but unfortunately neither Emperor Li nor the court understood what he meant.
"Let's go, let's go to Xin'an City first. With His Royal Highness here, we will definitely take back Shuzhou City!"
Ji Fei said confidently.
Although his official position is lower than Liu Yuanrang's, his character is more tenacious than Liu Yuanrang's, and his understanding of Shuzhou is deeper than Liu Yuanrang's.
Even though Tang Mingcheng and the others had already occupied Shuzhou City, in his opinion, Tang Mingcheng's treacherous plan would not succeed.