Chapter 347: Jiangdu Mutiny (1)

Early this morning, He Qingming received news from the inside line of the Praetorian Guard, and learned that Yu Wenhua and others would launch a mutiny on the third watch tonight, He Qingming immediately took action and sent his subordinates to Hu Shuzhou to inform Su Xingchen to prepare for action.

At the same time, he sent a large number of spies to remind the emperor's grandson Yang Qi, as well as the ministers of civil and military affairs.

At this time, in Cui Junsu's mansion, more than 20 civil and military officials gathered in a hall, they didn't know what was going on, and they all looked at Cui Junsu with uneasy faces.

"I'm going to tell you an urgent news, I've been notified by the Allies that Yu Wenhua will launch a mutiny and rebellion tonight!"

As soon as Cui Junsu's words fell, the lobby suddenly exploded like a pot, and everyone was talking.

They had heard of the recent anomaly in Jiangdu City. Everyone is a smart person, and they all know that according to the development of the situation in front of them, Yu Wenhua and others will definitely mutiny and rebel, but they didn't expect that the time for the mutiny would come so quickly.

"Quiet! Everyone, please be quiet! ”

Everyone suddenly quieted down and looked at Cui Junsu, who said solemnly: "This is Su Shang, the Duke of Laiguo... Well, it should be His Royal Highness King Qi now. His Royal Highness King Qi asked me to inform you that the information should be credible, what questions do you have? ”

As soon as everyone heard the news from Donglai Sushang, they immediately had no doubts, but the situation was already so critical, and they were all a little anxious about how to escape from Jiangdu City.

A chubby official spoke up: "No wonder I found that there were a lot of patrolling soldiers on the street when I came, what can Cui Shilang do to get us out of the city?"

This is a very real problem, once martial law is ordered, the streets will be full of patrol soldiers, and the city gates are tightly guarded, and they will not be able to get out at all in a short time.

Everyone looked at Cui Junsu together, and Cui Junsu couldn't tell what the specific method was, but he was very confident in Su Shang's arrangement, and he said loudly: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi has already made arrangements, and I don't know much about the specific method."

"However, the time is very urgent, if you want to leave the city, don't leave here now, in half an hour, someone will arrange for us to leave the city, and the Confederate scouts will pick us up from outside the city. If you have anything else to explain at home, you can write a letter, and I can arrange for someone to send it to your house. ”

"Also, for everyone's safety, if you have colleagues who don't want to go out of the city, please don't leave in a hurry, and you will return home when we leave."

Everyone is basically alone in Jiangdu City, their wives and children's families have stayed in their hometowns, at most they are with their concubines, and there may be some gold and silver property in the house, but now it is a critical juncture, everyone knows that it is important to save their lives, and they can't take care of those things outside their bodies, and everyone has expressed their willingness to follow Cui Junsu's arrangement to leave the city.

Everyone wrote a letter and arranged the affairs of the house.

Half an hour later, a subordinate rushed in and whispered a few words to Cui Junsu, Cui Junsu hurriedly greeted him, only to see He Qingming walking quickly, followed by two officials.

They are the sons of Laihu'er, Laikai and Laihong, and they are the officials that Su Shang named to take away!

After Yang Xuangan's rebellion, Yang Guang became very suspicious, and he no longer had the previous trust in the ministers, especially for the military generals, and some famous battlefield generals were taken back by him in various names, and the same was true for Lai Hu'er.

Laihu'er and Yuwenshu are mortal enemies, once Yuwenhua and the mutiny are successful, he will definitely not let go of Hu'er's two sons, Laihu'er's other son Laiquan has joined the allied army, in order to relieve Lai's worries, Su Shang ordered that the two brothers must be taken away.

Moreover, Lai Hu'er has a high reputation in the military circles of the Great Sui, although he is now at home, Su Shang does not want him to be used by others.

Cui Junsu stepped forward to greet the three of them, and then asked his subordinates to lead the two of them into the inner house first, but he and He Qingming walked behind.

"General He has arranged it, how can we get out of the city?"

"Don't worry, Master Cui, we have made arrangements!"

He Qingming said with a smile, "We have bought off several generals on duty at the North Gate, and we will leave the city from the North Gate in a while." ”

"What are we going to do when we're out of town?"

"After leaving the city, take the waterway and leave, we have a boat on the river to meet us!"

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After many days of preparation, Yu Wenhua and others finally decided to start at the third watch tonight. However, in order not to alarm Yang Guang, Yu Wenhua did not order the closure of the city and martial law, but only increased the number of soldiers patrolling in the city and strengthened the patrol.

In the afternoon, Yu Wenhua was making the final operational arrangements in the big tent of the barracks, and suddenly a soldier outside the tent reported loudly: "General Qiqi, the captain of the seventh scout squad has an emergency report!"

When the people in the tent heard this, their faces suddenly changed, and Yu Wenhua said urgently: "Let him come in!"

After a while, the scout captain walked in quickly, he saluted Yu Wenhua, and said nervously: "Report to the general, the last general has received news that many officials in the city are preparing to leave the city."

"How so?"

Yu Wenhua was stunned, "Why did they leave the city at this time, could it be that we leaked the news?" ”

The captain of the scout thought for a moment and said, "In the last tense, I heard a passer-by say that someone informed their lord to leave the city at noon today, and the last general has taken him back to the camp to ask, but it is not clear why the official left the city for the time being!"

Yu Wenhua was shocked, and asked anxiously: "Who has left the city?"

"The members of the last general are verifying, and the specific situation is not clear for the time being!"

Yu Wenhua immediately realized that it was likely that the plan of himself and others had been leaked, and those officials were fleeing the city. He immediately ordered: "Quickly pass my order, there are rebels in the city, from now on all the gates will be closed, and in half an hour, the whole city will be under martial law, and no one will be allowed to go out on the streets, and violators will be killed!"

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The sudden martial law of the Praetorian Guards suddenly made the atmosphere in Jiangdu suddenly tense, the city gates were closed, and the streets became empty, except for groups of heavily equipped Praetorian Guard soldiers patrolling.

The Jiangdu Palace has been surrounded by tens of thousands of Praetorian Guards, and most of the officials are trapped in the palace, except for a few officials who have fled in advance or asked for leave to stay at home.

Although He Qingming sent a large number of spies to their mansion to inform them after getting the news, Yang Guang suddenly became diligent in the past two days, and they entered the palace early in the morning, and they had not yet returned home, so there were not many officials who received the news, and they did not have time to leave.

The officials were panicking, speculating about what might happen, and they were smart people who knew that there was a high probability of a mutiny, and they were so worried that everyone was at risk.

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