Chapter 69: Quelling the Mutiny
The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Praetorian Guard, Nangong Xiongba was arranging a change of guard task with several lieutenant generals, and suddenly, a personal soldier hurriedly ran into the "conference hall," and after seeing a group of commanders, the one panted and panted: "The Metropolitan Governor------ don't ----- ...... bad."
Looking at the panicked appearance of the soldiers, Nangong Xiongba frowned slightly, and reprimanded with a displeased face: "What kind of system is panicking?" How do I teach you? Be calm, don't be anxious, and be calm. ”
After reprimanding the pro-soldiers, Nangong Xiongba glared at the other party with an unhappy face, and saw that the pro-soldiers restrained their breath, retreated to the door and knocked lightly to wait, Nangong Xiongba nodded with satisfaction: "The son can be taught, let's talk about it, what's the matter?" ”
"Qiyu Metropolitan Governor, there was a mutiny incident in the Dongcheng Legion, the 100,000 Praetorian Guards of the Dongxing Division collectively mutinied, they surrounded the corps commander Nangong Ran, at this moment, the mutiny effect is spreading rapidly, just this moment of our chatter, it is estimated that the mutiny range has increased to two divisions." The pro-soldier reported unhurriedly.
"Oh, it turned out to be an army mutiny----- what ----- mutiny?" After being stunned, Nangong Xiongba suddenly jumped to his feet in a hurry, looking at the way his relatives were thinking slowly and methodically, he scolded angrily:
"it, why didn't you say such an important thing earlier? Don't know what to prioritize? It's all mutinied, you're still grinding and chirping, go, hurry up to the Dongcheng Corps, if it's a little later, I'm afraid the entire Dongcheng Corps will mutiny. ”
Nangong Xiongba is ranked tenth on the "list of famous generals", and I have to admit that he still has a set of leading troops to govern the army, and in just a few minutes, he led the Beicheng Legion and the Xicheng Legion to appear at the gate of the Dongcheng Legion's camp.
At this time, the mutiny had already covered the two divisions of Dongxing and Dongyue, and the division commander of the Dongri Division saw that something was wrong, and immediately took the team away from the barracks, so the soldiers in the division were greatly affected.
When Nangong Xiongba led the troops of the two legions into the camp, he saw the soldiers who were in a violent mood, he gently raised his left hand, and when he saw Nangong Xiongba's gesture, the 200,000 soldiers of the two legions behind him immediately shouted: "Roar! ”
The 200,000 iron-blooded soldiers roared loudly, the sound was rolling, the momentum was like a rainbow, like a giant bell ringing, and like a war drum roaring, those soldiers who were emotionally tyrannical and had lost their cool were startled by this earth-shattering roar, and suddenly stirred, and then, the soldiers gradually regained their consciousness.
"Thankfully, it's finally here, if he's one step too late, it's out of control, it's too timely." At this time, the most excited person in his heart was Ling Xia, although he wanted to take advantage of the situation to burn two fires for the new officials to take office, but he didn't expect this second fire to burn too much.
When the backlog of dissatisfaction among the soldiers broke out, it actually turned into a mutiny in the Praetorian Guard, and it covered two entire divisions, at this time Ling Xia could no longer control the emotions of the soldiers, he could only hope for Nangong Xiongba, and at this moment, only Nangong Xiongba could deter the mutinous soldiers.
Sure enough, Nangong Xiongba relied on the military power accumulated over the years, and instantly deterred tens of thousands of soldiers, on the way here, Nangong Xiongba had already found out the process of the soldiers' mutiny, and after roaring at those soldiers, he looked at Ling Xia coldly: "Bewitch the army's heart mutiny, behead." ”
"What the Metropolitan Governor said is extremely true, come, behead the four overlords of Nangong, the main parties who bewitched the army's heart mutiny, if it weren't for the four of them, how could the Praetorian Guards mutiny." Ling Xia pretended not to understand Nangong Xiongba's words, and even wanted to kill the four overlords of Nangong in public.
Taking advantage of the gap when everyone untied the ropes of the four overlords of Nangong, Ling Xia dragged those soldiers who were oppressed by the four overlords of Nangong to Nangong Xiongba, and asked them to tell them what the four overlords of Nangong did on weekdays.
Then, Ling Xia picked up the notice that was torn up before, because the notice was too broken when he pretended to be forced before, so he couldn't splic, and in desperation, Ling Xia had to hold a handful of confetti and hand it to Nangong Xiongba as evidence.
After those soldiers finished speaking, Ling Xia called the general commander and several centurions to Nangong Xiongba, and asked them to report tonight's events, everyone did not dare to hide it, and reported in detail what Ling Xia said and did after Ling Xia took office, Ling Xia's every move, and what happened after Nangong Ran arrived.
Hearing that Ling Xia had praised himself in front of the soldiers for being sympathetic to his subordinates, cherishing the soldiers, eating and living with the soldiers, and sharing weal and woe with the soldiers, Nangong Xiongba's expression improved slightly, and when he looked at Ling Xia again, the coldness in his eyes decreased a little.
Seeing that Nangong Xiongba's attitude eased a lot, Ling Xia couldn't help but add another firewood, and he stood up to expose Nangong Ran: "Governor Dadu, the previous legion elder said that the entire Praetorian Guard Corps in the imperial capital belonged to the Nangong family, this sentence is a bit arrogant, after the last general heard this, he was worried that these words would arouse suspicion from the outside world, so he had no choice but to organize the brothers to correct it." ”
"Nangong Ran, did you really say that the entire Praetorian Guard Corps in the imperial capital belongs to the Nangong family?" Nangong Xiongba looked at Nangong Ran with a gloomy expression, he was in charge of the million-dollar Praetorian Guard, monopolized the military power of the imperial capital, and was quite feared by the royal family, so he was extremely cautious on weekdays, for fear that one carelessness would cause suspicion.
Just when Nangong Xiongba was full of irritability, Nangong Ran came to the front with a nervous face, looking at Nangong Xiongba's face, Nangong Ran wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and replied in a panicked tone: "This ----- general is in a hurry------- ------ really said this." ”
Hearing Nangong Ran admit it with his own ears, Nangong Xiongba looked at him with a gloomy face, calmed down his emotions, and gritted his teeth and pointed at the four overlords of Nangong: "Have your four unsuccessful sons bullied soldiers, disregarded military law, were arrogant, and contemptuous of military discipline?" ”
"This -------- well------- this -------" After a moment's squeak, Nangong Ran said stiffly: "The four of them are still young and don't know the military discipline, so ----- act a little out of line on weekdays, don't worry, the last general will definitely be trained well." ”
"Alas------ what a defeat a loving father!" Sighing and sighing, Nangong Xiongba looked at Nangong Ran with a disappointed expression, before he came, he wanted to protect Nangong Ran and quell the mutiny at the expense of Ling Xia, but the change in front of him caught him off guard, in front of all the soldiers, he was powerless even if he had favoritism.
Seeing that all the soldiers were staring at him, Nangong Xiongba measured it from his heart, and later, he announced in a loud tone: "Nangong Ran, the commander of the Dongcheng Legion, is not in a good position to govern the army, causing the soldiers to mutiny, and immediately remove him from the position of the commander of the Dongcheng Legion, eliminate the rank, and expel the military membership."
Nangong Bao, Nangong Wei, Nangong Chao, and Nangong Court ignored military discipline, corrupted military style, arrogantly and domineering, and bullied the soldiers, and immediately removed the four from their posts as centurions, eliminated their ranks, expelled them from the military, and ordered the four of them to be banned from serving in the army for life. ”
Then, Nangong Xiongba glanced at the soldiers in front of him: "As an imperial soldier, you dare to mutiny and resist, and you should be severely punished according to military discipline, but there is a reason for this mutiny, so you will not be held responsible. ”
After reading out the decision on the disposal of Nangong Ran's father and son and the soldiers, Nangong Xiongba looked at Ling Xia with a slight frown, thinking in his heart how to deal with this thorn?