The completely unprepared General Xi'an was captured just like that, without any twists and turns, or even a dramatic effect.
From this we can see that a big drama like the Xuanwumen Incident only happens once every thousand years.
Normal situation, that's it.
Either he overturned the table while eating, or he was in trouble during a meeting. At most, he was hit with a stick in the latrine.
The so-called machinations and tricks are nothing more than the artistic processing of literati, with some wild imagination added by the way.
In the Governor's Mansion, General Fu Liang of Xi'an, who was being held down by a sergeant, would never have imagined that Le Erjin would have the guts to plot against him, nor would he have thought that Le Erjin, a pig-like person, could plot against him!
I can't help but regret that I shouldn't have rushed to the Governor's Mansion. Even if I brought more people, I wouldn't have ended up in this situation.
But what's the use of regretting it now?
Fu Liang wanted to confront Leerjin and ask the governor, who was of the same rank as him, if he had taken advantage of the courage of a bear and a leopard, but Leerjin was like a tortoise and let him scold him without showing up.
General Ge Biao, who was responsible for the arrest, was polite. He waited until General Xi'an got tired of yelling and scolding before he produced the arrest document and read it out in front of everyone.
The general idea is that Fu Liang was harboring bannermen who fled north, and secretly communicated with Chen Huizu, the former governor of Huguang who surrendered to the thieves. The evidence of collaborating with the enemy was conclusive, so under the orders of General Wang Jun, Fu Liang was captured and later reported to the court for a canonical sentence.
"Is it the great general Wang who wants to take me, or is Leerjin a rat trying to harm me?"
Fu Liang simply did not believe that the great general Wang who was far away in Huguang would send people to capture him, so it was the villain Lerjin who harmed him.
In anger, he smiled instead of angry and roared in the direction of the conference hall: "Lerjin, you villain, you bitch slave, I have been upright and aboveboard in my life, and I am even more loyal to the Qing Dynasty. How dare you
Framed me!"
No matter how loud the roar was, no matter how far it spread, there was no response.
Ge Biao said nothing, only winked at his subordinates, and immediately tied General Xi'an tightly with a hemp rope.
At the second gate, the guards who received the signal also took action at the same time and captured all the guard members who came with Fu Liang.
These members of the general's guard are all Fu Liang's direct followers. Once captured, there is absolutely no way to survive.
The entire arrest operation took only half an hour from deployment to execution.
It can be said to be efficient.
Compared with when Ao Bai entered the palace and was captured.
"Tiger, tiger, tiger!"
The telegram that the operation was successful was quickly reported to the Governor who was waiting anxiously. He saw the Governor let out a long breath, and then accompanied Bi Futai to the yard in front of the conference hall with a relaxed look on his face.
The air seemed fresher than before, and the sunshine was warmer than before.
Even though he had made all preparations and was sure that Fu Liang would not be able to see through the conspiracy, the Governor was still a little uneasy.
After all, this is an attack against a general who has a large number of troops.
Neither he nor Bi Futai had any experience in this field.
It's strange, after I went to Beijing for a meeting, how could I become so bold?
Times really make heroes.
Fu Liang's roars continued to be heard in the distance, occasionally interspersed with words that made the Governor frown.
Perhaps out of guilt, the Governor just ignored it, but his face clearly showed a guilty conscience.
Conscience troubles.
Bi Futai, however, remained calm and showed no embarrassment at all. He stepped forward and gently reminded the Governor: "Since Fu Liang has been captured, I will go to the General's Mansion to deal with the aftermath. As for Fu Liang, I must not be soft-hearted."
Zhuangyuanlang meant that it would be a long night and many dreams, so it would be better to send the Xi'an general on his way as soon as possible.
Otherwise, if the news leaks out, the Eight Banners generals who are loyal to Fu Liang will probably cause trouble.
They really asked the Eight Banners soldiers to rise up and surround the Governor's Mansion, but they failed.
The Governor nodded slightly, but hesitantly said: "Fu Liang is a first-class official and a second-class uncle after all. Is it too much to execute him like this?"
The implication was not to report Fu Liang's crimes to the court and ask for an imperial edict before killing him, but to give Fu Liang some dignity.
After all, he was a first-class official.
Bi Futai followed the governor's wishes and suggested strangling Fu Liang with a bowstring. In this way, there was no blood left, and everyone was happy.
"Okay, let's do it!"
The Governor was convinced and called the staff to whisper a few words, and the latter immediately went to implement it.
General Ge Biao, who was waiting for the next order, immediately followed the governor's request and took General Xi'an into a secret room, and then strangled the seventy-year-old general to death with a big bow.
When the old general's body was carried out, the staff responsible for cleaning up the scene were surprised to find that the ground was covered with fingernail marks.
And there is a big word "injustice".
It's shocking to watch.
Bi Yuan did not go to the General's Mansion alone, but brought hundreds of the Governor's Guards commanded by General Ge Biao.
The incident occurred suddenly, and all the Eight Banners officers and soldiers in the city were at a loss as to how they could stop the governor's team.
Bi Yuan led the team all the way to the general's mansion without any hindrance. He first controlled the guards outside the mansion, then asked Ge Biao to lead the team into the mansion to control Fu Liang's family, and then beat the drum to summon the city's top officers to come for a military meeting.
Although there are over 10,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners in armor throughout the city of Xi'an, the actual number is still 5,000 in vests at the beginning of the Republic of China. The rest of the banner soldiers are mostly infantry, small armor, artillery, etc., and there is no rice to support the remaining soldiers. The total number is about 14,000.
In addition, there are thousands of Sullas from families with hereditary titles and banners.
Including the female dependents, the entire population of Mancheng is about 80,000, which is twice as much as that of Mancheng in Jingzhou.
On the roster, the Eight Banners Garrison in Xi'an has 8 assistant leaders, 40 assistant leaders, 40 defense personnel below the assistant leader, 40 riders from the Riding School, and 40 leaders.
These officers form the backbone of the Eight Banners garrison in Xi'an. Theoretically, as long as the majority, or half, of these 168 people are controlled, Xi'an can be completely controlled.
The military orders must come when the drums are beaten, and Fu Liang usually manages the army very strictly, so the drums were sounded three times, and all the officers from all over the city rushed to the general's mansion.
However, what caught his eye was not General Fu Liang, but Shaanxi Governor Bi Yuan, who was holding the military order of General Wang.
At the same time, in Xiangyang, Hubei, after having a hasty meal with his father-in-law, Bo Qing'e, Jia Liu wiped his mouth and said that he had to go to Jingmen Prefecture.
"Jingmen Prefecture?"
Lao Bo didn't know what his son-in-law was doing in Jingmen.
Deputy Director Ji hurriedly said that the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion commanded by Wang Deyong, the admiral of Shaanxi-Gansu, was stationed in Jingmen.
Lao Bo's face changed: "What's your plan, brother Xian?"
"Um."
Jia Liu nodded and threw the towel he had wiped his mouth on the table, "Le'erjin killed General Fu Liang of Xi'an without his permission. I have to ask the soldiers of the Green Camp of Shaanxi and Gansu if they went with him."
, it’s better to go with the imperial court.”
"Yes, this matter is of great importance. My dear brother, I want to go there in person. Spend the money as you should. Don't be reluctant to give up the money."
Without thinking, Lao Bo grabbed a stack of banknotes from his briefcase and handed it to his son-in-law, "Brother, this is some personal money. You can use it first."
There are about three to four hundred thousand taels, which Lao Bo earned from working on projects in Sichuan in the past two years.