Chapter 209 The military supervisor is stripped, and the Fangzhou soldiers are in chaos
Yang Tai is vicious and sinister, but he is not a scheming man. "This was discovered when Xiao Tang and Xi Sheng said goodbye and rushed back to the military headquarters with their troops. Seeing Xiao Tang return safely, especially when he said
When there was a sneak attack by thieves during this period, Xiao Tang could clearly see that Yang Tai looked panicked and was sweating profusely on his forehead.
But now is not the time to operate on you... Xiao Tang secretly sneered in his heart. Yang Tai now only thought that Ji Sansi and other Dagushan bandit leaders who had colluded with him had been killed, but he didn't know that this was just
The first step is to wait until enough evidence is collected to make him unable to quibble, which is the best time to give him a fatal blow.
When Dengzhou Military Commander Yang Tai pretended to greet Xiao Tang with a few words, he hurried back to his residence. He paced back and forth thinking, his expression uncertain.
"That good-for-nothing Ji Sansi is dead. How come Xiao Tang and Xi Sheng are not dead?"
Yang Taizheng was thinking bitterly, and suddenly he looked startled, and then thought that even if he colluded with Ji Sansi and plotted to assassinate Xiao Tang, the pacifier of South Jingnan Road, the matter was not exposed, but now that Xiao Tang has met Xi Sheng, then
His guilt in killing good people and persecuting his colleagues should have been known to Xiao Tang long time ago. A look of ferocity appeared on his face, and he gritted his teeth and said: "What kind of medicine is Xiao Tang selling in this gourd? Don't worry... maybe...
He knew that I had a relationship with Eunuch Yang, the imperial minister, so he could only turn a blind eye and not dare to touch me."
Thinking of this, Yang Tai felt a little calmer, but the feeling that there seemed to be a sharp blade always hanging over his head, but he didn't know whether it would slash it down was too uncomfortable. Not to mention Xiaotang, Xiong'er Mountain, and Funiu Mountain.
After the meeting, the strongman leader did not mention a word about the military expedition. The Jingxi South Road Military Division is located in Dengzhou, and Xi Sheng, the Teng brothers and others are grass bandits running rampant in this state. Naturally, they should be wiped out first. It can be heard that
What Xiao Tang meant... was to mobilize troops to conquer the strongmen of other states first.
The governor's inspections were carried out by the pacifiers. The officials and the Privy Council of the capital did not order Xiao Tang by name who should be conquered, who should be won over, who should be suppressed, who should be appeased...
All this was done by Xiao Tang with full authority. Even Yang Tai, the commander-in-chief of the army, only had the right to propose, but not to interfere.
Yang Tai suddenly regretted that he had taken advantage of Yang Jian, the capital's master, and used 100,000 guan from the military salary allocated to the soldiers in the west of the capital to pay filial piety to the celebrity around Song Huizong. But now he came to see him
I just feel like I didn’t bribe enough. If I hadn’t been reluctant to give away the free money to Shangguan like this, if I could have asked Duke Yang in the palace to be more considerate... How could he dare to touch that Xiao Tang?
I?
"Brother Xi Sheng has told me which battalion of soldiers under the military supervision was responsible for the massacre of the village at the foot of Funiu Mountain. Xiao Yi, you and brother Shi Qian secretly inquired about the generals of the Imperial Guard in Dengzhou Military Division who were involved in this matter.
Officer, who can help me testify about Yang Tai's killing of good people and taking merit. But remember, this matter must not be taken lightly." At this time, in the residence of the pacifying envoy, Xiao Tang was also discussing with a group of confidants how to pacify the west of Beijing.
Green Forest, and the matter of collecting criminal evidence to call Yang Tai to justice.
Yan Qing and Shi Qian took the order. One of them was smart, smart and prudent, and the other was a good spy. Of course, Xiao Tang could rest assured that the matter would be handled by them.
Xiao Tang then said to Wen Huanzhang and Xu Guanzhong: "Mr. Wen, Guanzhong, please check the circumstances of the case in which Tai falsely accused the Xi Sheng brothers of colluding with thieves. In cases of military servicemen, the three Yamen have the right to review according to our military system of the Song Dynasty. Although the generals in various states have the power to deal with the criminal soldiers and generals under their jurisdiction, they cannot personally execute the prisoners. They must ask the military commander to inspect the generals. Even if Yang Tai's fellow can cover the sky with his hands, he will never dare to write a military lawsuit. It's negligent, but as long as there are records of the case from that year, there must be flaws, and I must rely on you to conduct a thorough investigation again.
In addition, if there is any discrepancy between the actual number of people in the command battalions under the jurisdiction of the various state military departments, sergeants' food and salary, equipment preparation, defense repairs, etc. and the documents reported to the Privy Council, they must also be verified one by one. Of course. , we try our best to hide this from Yang Tai, and these documents must also be submitted to the commander for review, so it is not a difficult task."
Wen Huanzhang, who was temporarily appointed by Xiao Tang as the pacification envoy of South Beijing Road, accepted the order. He then said to Xiao Tang Youyou: "Master Xiao, have you made up your mind to deal with Yang Tai, the general manager of troops and horses?"
Xiao Tang said flatly: "That's right! It's because of the existence of such a national worm and the injustice of the military prison on the southwestern route of Beijing that the military along the route is so desolate."
Wen Huanzhang held his beard and groaned for a while, then said: "Although Yang Tai is related to the palace minister Yang Tiju, the relationship is far away. If Mr. Xiao grasps the evidence that Yang Tai dared to instigate thieves to assassinate the imperial officials, This could be put to great use."
Xiao Tang raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "Yes, Yang Tai is like one of the countless dogs raised by Yang Jian. This dog naturally dares to bark at poor and kind people because of its human power, but if it gets rid of the reins and bites others, it will cause trouble. , will Yang Jian delay the lawsuit for a mere dog? Or will he beat the dog to death with a stick and save himself a lot of trouble? "
Wen Huanzhang nodded thoughtfully, and then said: "It's just that Mr. Xiao is traveling to the west of Beijing. In addition to clearing out the dirty and stupid people in the army, he also needs to control the green forest strongmen in Fuzhou. At the moment, Mr. Xiao and Xiong'er Mountain in Dengzhou, The thieves and bandits in Funiu Mountain are in peace... Which state's strongman do you want to argue with first?"
"I've been in agreement with you for a long time... It's just that this time we only conquer, not appease!" Xiao Tang stood up and said in a cold voice: "Fangzhou Fangshan Duan Sanniang, Liu Min and the others Not only do I have old grudges, but before I came to Western Beijing, those thieves were inciting strongmen everywhere to cause trouble. If we don’t suppress them first, who else can we suppress!?”
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At the same time, in Fangzhou Prefecture, where Fang Ling is located. The Fangshan bandits have united with two or three mountain bandits to press on the important area of the prefecture. But what is even more unexpected is that they attacked the magistrate's mansion first and opened the city gate to welcome the bandits into the city. They are the imperial army that guards the state.
At this time, the Forbidden Army camps under the Fangzhou Military Division started to make noises, just because they had no money and military pay for several months, and now they were hungry. How could they be willing to fight to the death with the thieves and lose their lives in vain?
Later, Zhang Guxing, the prefect of Fangzhou, learned of this and sent only one month's worth of rice. However, all the sergeants of the Forbidden Army were well aware of the behavior of these superior officers. After they sacrificed their lives to fight with the thieves for a mere month's ration, they were afraid that they would still deduct money in the same way in the future. The head is normal, and it is peeled off as usual.
This month's food and grass is what we should get, but you have exploited us for too long! Now you thieves are still expecting to be beggars, using our money as bait to make us work for you? Go to hell with you. Damn it!
With the military situation so fierce, how could they stop it? Zhang Guxing, the prefect of Fangzhou, Hu Youwei, the military supervisor, and others heard that the Imperial Guards from all over Fangzhou had rebelled. They panicked and fled out of the city, only protecting the seal.
Go. For a while, the rogues in the city also joined the rebels and thieves, burning and looting everywhere in the city. There was a lot of crying in Fangling City, and no one knows how many kind people were slaughtered.
Some of the Fangzhou Imperial Guardsmen, who had suffered from cowardice, only wanted to take revenge on the abusive officers and generals who had oppressed them for too long, while others had completely transformed into caged bloodthirsty beasts. Many of them waved weapons that were supposed to protect them.
The spears and steel knives used when the family was defending the country rushed towards the good people in the city. Since good people can only be bullied by others, and I am only evil now, who dares to bully me!?
"Mother! Father!" A rich girl in luxurious clothes threw her down in the street. Her house had just been broken into by homeless gangsters in the city. Without explanation, she swung a knife to kill people and steal goods. With no choice but to escape from her house, she and her parents ran into another person.
A group of Fangzhou rebels, more than a dozen soldiers coveted the beauty of the rich girl. After cutting down three or four servants who were guarding the courtyard, they rushed towards the rich family with strange screams!
The rich lady had just been pinned to the ground by several soldiers. When she saw that the steel knives of two of the soldiers were about to hit the wife of a foreign official in the rich man's house, suddenly a horse with a tall head and curly hair came galloping towards her.
The black-faced general on the yellow horse swung his axe, and split the soldier into two pieces! The black-faced man's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and his voice was like a thunderbolt: "Dog officer army! At this time, it's time to
Dare to do evil!!"
When several soldiers saw that the man seemed to be the general of the Fangshan thieves, they hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you have misunderstood! We opened the city gate to accept the surrender, and we are willing to surrender to Fangshan and die together. We are no longer officers and soldiers at this time!"
"Bah!!" the black-faced man roared: "Fuck you! It shows your ability to bully some weak women, why don't you dare to fight with me!!!"
"Stop!" At this time, Duan Wu, the leader of the Fangshan strongman, and Liu Zhibo and Liu Min, the new military adviser of the cottage, had also rushed into the city. The black-faced man of Duan Wuchao shouted: "You dare to ruin the good things of my cottage! Since these officers and soldiers
They have surrendered to us, why are you killing them?"
The black-faced man refused to give up and scolded back: "What kind of birdman has this birdman collected? Who are you, who dares to talk to grandpa like this!?"
When Duan Wu heard this, he flew into a rage. After all, he was now the second-in-command in Fangshan. If he was afraid of him, he was only afraid of Duan Sanniang, the big worm nest in his family. Where the hell did this blind man come from?
He doesn’t even recognize the leader of his own cottage!?
"Brother Ziyun must not be rude! This is the leader of Duan Wu, our second most important village in Fangshan." Liu Min yelled, and then he said to Duan Wu: "This brother Yiyin is also a hero on the roads of Jinghu.
, now seeing that we are accepting friends from all over the world, he also came here to join him. He has been new to the village for a short time, so he doesn’t know the master of Duan Village."
Duan Wu saw that Sui was so strong and full of energy, and thought that since he was also a useful warrior, it would be hard to have a quarrel with him. But when he was about to speak, Sui pulled the reins and pulled the reins.
The horse then left. Liu Min was stunned and hurriedly asked: "Where are you going, brother?"
Without looking back, he just shouted: "Grandpa attacked the city just to kill the officers and soldiers, but I didn't know these people were so cowardly. Grandpa just let them fight! Only you can do such immoral things as burning, killing and looting."
Just do it!”
Duan Wu's face darkened, and he couldn't help but said cruelly in his heart: Although I don't know what your abilities are, I don't know how to praise you!
