Wang Chaoyang's rebellion, or the Baoning mutiny, was very simple: to make trouble.

The number of Wang Chaoyang's department is the standard battalion outside the general town, which is directly subordinate to the general soldier Gan Liangchen. But Wang Chaoyang is not a descendant of Gan Liangchen, but a descendant of the former commander-in-chief Hou Liangzhu.

Since the Chongzhen years, due to the difficulties in the taxation of the imperial court, and a large amount of tax revenue from Sichuan was sent to the capital, the life of the Sichuan officials and soldiers has not been as good as year by year.

The year before last, that is, in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Yang Sichang transferred a large army into Sichuan to recover Zhang Xianzhong, in accordance with the principle of the Ming army's salary, the military salary of the host and guest armies was paid or advanced by the Sichuan government. However, because the Sichuan government really couldn't come up with much silver and grain, it had to be shipped from Huguang. Yang Sichang, with the respect of the superintendent, was forced to stop in Guang'an City for three months to wait for salary, which delayed the best time to recover Zhang Xianzhong. Because a salary officer was three days late, Yang Sichang, who was angry and corrupt, beheaded him with the sword of the Son of Heaven to set an example.

In the spring and summer of last year, the Sichuan army, whose strength had been greatly weakened, was defeated on the Bazhou front, and Bazhou and Nanjiang were both lost in one prefecture and one county, and the troops fled to Baizhang Pass. At the beginning of last year, Li Cunxing, the deputy general of the county who pursued Zhang Xianzhong and reoccupied Tongjiang, had no news from there, and Liao Daheng and the Sichuan government both believed that he would definitely die, so he reported a battle.

The troops suffered heavy losses, and the soldiers had to be recruited, and the horses, weapons, armor, and clothing had to be replenished, which cost a lot of silver. But where did the Sichuan government get such a lot of silver? It would be good if they could pay the soldiers' arrears for a few months.

But the leading generals on the front line did not dare to do this. The task of retaking Bazhou was a strict order issued by the emperor, and an army without soldiers, horses, and ordnance would be sent to death. Therefore, when the military salary was gradually transported to the troops, the first thing the generals thought of was not to pay salaries, but to speed up recruitment and replenishment. The money and grain that Zhu Pingjin lent to Liao Daheng were gradually used to fill the holes left by the Sichuan army for many years. Even so, two or three armies were not replenished, or very little.

The worst is the Hou Tianxi Department stationed in Baizhang Pass.

In order to make a comeback of the Hou family, Hou Tianxi used the power and prestige of his old son Hou Liangzhu in Yongningwei to pull out seven or eight hundred troops in the local area, and almost all the officers and soldiers were Hou clansmen, family members and military households. But since it was the Hou family's private army, of course, it was impossible to get the strong support of the current commander-in-chief, Gan Liangchen, and they almost didn't get anything except for the three months' arrears. Fortunately, the Hou family has deep roots in Yongning, and there are hundreds of acres of military land reclamation, which can barely support the expenses of soldiers and horses.

The second worst is the deputy general Zhu Hualong stationed in Songpan.

Zhu Hualong was originally a native of Chenxi, Xiangxi, and after joining the army, he started as a soldier and participated in the pacification of the Lu'an Rebellion. After a period of seaside life, he was transferred to Sichuan as the deputy general of Songpan, during which he had the great victory over Haikou on Changsha Island.

On the northwestern border of Sichuan, the Ming Dynasty had two guards and three offices, with one Taoist commander leading the military administration, one deputy general and two left and right staff generals leading Song Panwei, Maozhou Wei, Weizhou guarding the Thousand Households, Diexi guarding the Thousand Households (Note 1), Xiaohe guarding the Thousand Households and Tusi Armies. Zhu Hualong was stationed in Jiesongpancheng (now Songpan County), the left staff general was stationed in Jiemaozhou Wei, and the right staff general was stationed in Xiaohesu (Note 2).

The supreme governor of Songpan was supposed to be a civilian official, Songpan Dao Huang Zhiqing. But the unlucky Huang Yiqing was killed by the thief Zhang Xianzhong on the way to Luzhou, so Zhu Hualong became the main military general of the Ming Dynasty in the Songpan area. Zhu Hualong's troops need to stay in the local area to deter the raw and familiar, and there is no task to attack Bazhou; Most of his soldiers and soldiers are military households of local military guards, and they have military fields, so in the context of the serious shortage of salaries in Sichuan, Zhu Hualong's department has become a forgotten corner, and the supplement of food and salary is extremely limited.

Finally, there is Wang Chaoyang, the protagonist of the Boryeong mutiny.

After Wang Chaoyang's troops were defeated at Baiqingba, there will be resentment, anger and instability. In this Bazhou offensive, the commander-in-chief Gan Liangchen did not want to use them. However, due to the order of the Sichuan Fu Liao tycoon, they were transferred to Boryeong to guard the back road for the army. Regarding the repayment of arrears of wages that Wang Chaoyang's soldiers were most concerned about, Gan Liangchen had no surplus food, so he had to submit a letter to Ma Gan, the deputy military envoy of Zhang Zuokai's army in the middle of the road, and asked him to supplement it nearby. And Ma Gan sat on the front line of Yuxi, where could he take care of Wang Chaoyang behind him, so he sent a letter to Zhang Jimeng, the prefect of Baoning, and asked him to distribute it on his behalf.

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Officials control the army by controlling the army's food and salary, which is the usual practice in the Chongzhen year of the Ming Dynasty. It was also the rule of the imperial court for the garrison to be supplied by the officers close to the people of the garrison. However, Ma Gan, the deputy envoy of military garrison, did not expect that his words laid the bane for the Baoning Mutiny:

The prefect Zhang Jimeng was so bold that he actually withheld all the military rations and salaries of Wang Chaoyang's department!

……

"At the time of the autumn grain levy, Zhang Jimeng, a thief, in order to keep the black gauze hat on his head, he actually ......"

"No, Brother Wan! Zhang Jimeng is not for autumn grain. You've fallen for him! ”

After He Yongnian listened to Wan Jifu talk about the reasons for the Baoning mutiny, the few bowls of wine he drank had been completely distributed. He got up and tore open the door, letting the cold winter wind blow in. "He's not for the autumn grain, he wants to force you to rebel, and then blame Shizi and Liao Fu!"

"Fooled? His life now is under the sword of his brothers! What's in it for him? ”

"Benefits?" He Yongnian sneered: "The revenge of killing your father and brother, that's not a common thing!" Listening to the news from the young master, since his father died, Zhang Jimeng has been writing letters to traitors in the court like a mad dog, telling Shizi and Liao Fu about their black state, and slandering them for rebellion! If it weren't for the fact that the prince of the world had soldiers and silver, and was deeply supported by the hundreds of officials and people in Shu, the traitors in the court and the central government would not dare to force the prince to really rebel, and Zhang Jimeng, a thief, would have succeeded!

Brother Wan, if you think about it carefully, if this thief leaves a testament, finds a confidant and sends it to Jingshi, saying that the prince and Liao Fu are plotting against Wang Chaoyang, and then hangs himself by hanging himself and plays a trick of death, which will not only cut off the life of your brothers, but also arouse the emperor's suspicion of the prince and Liao Fu. At that time, the imperial court sent a messenger to investigate thoroughly......"

"When the Qin mission comes, we will confront Zhang Jimeng!" Wan Jifu put down the wine bowl and stood up, "One person does things and one person does it!" will never implicate the prince and Liao Fu! ”

"Where is the confrontation!" He Yongnian shook his head and poured the residual wine in the bowl into his throat, "There is no proof of death at that time." Zhang Jimeng committed suicide, and you have been suppressed as traitors! ”

"What?"

Wan Jifu was shocked. He finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

"The prince takes it as his responsibility to protect the country and the people, and will never sit idly by and watch the disaster of the war affect the people of Boryeong; Liao Fu will not see the loss of Baoning Town. Perhaps right now, the counterinsurgency army has passed through the southern county, and even reached the Nanjin Pass! ”

"What then?"

Wan Jifu, who suddenly realized, sat back on the bench in despair. After a long time, he finally told He Yongnian the truth:

"Eight hundred brothers quietly left Boryeong the night before. They want to lay down Cangxi County and open the way back to their hometown in Zhaohua. Wang Chaoyang had dinner today and led the rest of his brothers to leave the north. Wang Chaoyang knows that your He family has always been loyal and righteous, and he voted for the palace again, for fear that you will catch up and hurt the face of the old brother, so let me guard Nanjin Pass, stabilize you for one night, and then abandon the pass and go north tomorrow morning. I didn't mean to deceive Brother He, but it was Chun'er's child who made me feel uneasy. I thought about it, and early tomorrow morning, I asked Huang Da Huang Er to send Chun'er to Hejiazhuang...... I didn't expect Brother He to be here tonight......"

"What about Zhang Jimeng?"

"He is still locked up in the prefect's yamen, and when I leave for the last time tomorrow, I will release him and Ge Qizuo together."

"Can't let it go!" He Yongnian roared.

This roar came out, and the outside world seemed to have a chain reaction, shaking the entire Nanjin Pass.

……

"Your father and they haven't received their salaries for more than two months, and they have all been detained by the Boryeong Mansion? There must be something strange about this! He Tong bounced up from Wan Chun'er's side and walked around the small room with his hands behind his back like an adult.

"Aren't you usually smart? Why did you lose your mind when it came to the bone? Wan Chun'er had already pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Let me think again, think again!" He Tong turned anxiously, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He thought of a possibility: Boryeong Mansion was deliberate!

"Let's go, find your father!" He Tong grabbed Wan Chun'er's hand and dragged her out of the door.

The two hurriedly ran to the courtyard, when a huge explosion came from outside, and the ground shook violently, knocking the two to the ground.

……

After the Xichong Incident, Wang Daniu, who was training recruits in Shehong County, led two squadrons to quickly quell the rebellion in Xichong County. After that, he continued to keep the army in the local area, guaranteeing that Jiang Ding Zhen and Li Wan would completely liquidate the gentry involved in the rebellion.

More than 20 gentry who killed people and set fire to their hands with blood were sentenced to be beheaded in the name of the first evil, and before the autumn decision was played, they were beheaded outside the city gate for public display, and all their family property was confiscated, and the fields and houses were confiscated into the palace, and the gold and silver were confiscated into the official palace. The remaining 250 people, all of whom had meritorious fame, were taken away from their fame and were arraigned one by one in the county government hall. As Jiang Dingzhen and Wang Daniu expected, most of the rebel gentry behaved extremely spineless, and those who needed to be tortured before confessing were some small merchants and hawkers in the city, commonly known as market pawns.

After that, Wang Daniu transferred some officers and sergeants from Tongchuan Prefecture to assist Li Sixian in forming the Wangzhuang and Huzhuang Brigade in Xichong County. At the beginning of the year, when Xichong County was in trouble, he moved his troops north according to Zhu Pingjin's order, and entered the southern county of Baoning Province to the area near the official road of Yanting County to hide and wait. The will of the prince is very clear, that is, Wang Daniu stays there to prevent any changes to the officers and troops attacking Bazhou.

Wang Daniu didn't want to sit still and have nothing to do, so he transferred the three squadrons that had just been formed in the two county brigades of Tongchuan and Yanting to train together. After only a few days of intensive training, Wang Daniu received the news of the Baoning mutiny. So he immediately did what he was supposed to do: he ordered all his troops and horses and went straight to Boryeong City.

When the troops passed through the southern county, Wang Daniu asked Xu Shoucai, the captain of the garrison guarding the county, for a large amount of gunpowder, preparing to replicate the successful experience of Xichong County in breaking the city with explosives.

As a result, the experience of Xichong County was replicated in Nanjin Pass, on the other side of Langzhong City.

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When He Yongnian and Wan Ji Futi rushed to the south gate, the official army was already fighting with the Protector Army that rushed into the city.

The sky was dark and dark, and the No. 1 Squadron of the Yanting County Brigade, which was the first to rush into Nanjin Pass, was mistaken for a local tyrant by the officials and Hejiazhuang because the standard gray cotton jacket did not arrive in time and was still wearing the clothes of the common people. The two sides fought inside and outside the city gate. When the Suining County Brigade wearing the uniform of the Protector Army came to reinforce it, Hejiazhuang Ding realized that it was a misunderstanding.

However, the tragedy has already happened, and in less than half an hour, more than 40 people have been killed and injured on both sides.

Inexplicably, there were heavy casualties, and the three main generals on both sides met, of course, they didn't have a good face. Fortunately, there was He Tong, a clever ghost, who played a round game, and boasted about Wang Daniu's deeds in Feixian Pass, and the faces of both sides eased.

Wang Daniu and He Yongnian are of the same rank, both of them are deputy regiments, one is the deputy captain of the Miantong Corps, and the other is the deputy captain of the Shunbao Corps. However, Wang Daniu is older, has the most troops, and is the son of the world himself, so the three of them jointly promoted Wang Daniu as the leader. Wang Daniu was not modest, and the first thing he arranged was to seize the pontoon bridge overnight and break through Langzhong City.

He Yongnian added: "Brigade Wang, in my opinion, there is one more thing to add - capture Zhang Jimeng alive!" ”

Wan Jifu added: "Hurry up and send fast horses, make a detour to Baizhang Pass, and inform Hou Tianxi!" ”

"The castle is on fire!" The two soldiers and Zhuang Ding slammed open the door almost at the same time and rushed in to report.

"Take advantage of the chaos to rob, move fast!" Wang Daniu, He Yongnian, and Wan Jifu shouted almost at the same time.

Note 1: Diexi guards the military and civilian thousands of households, that is, the current Mao County Diexi Town, also known as Silkworm Ling Town, according to Mao County about 60 kilometers, the Han Dynasty had set up Silkworm Ling County, the Tang Dynasty set up Yizhen County. In 1933, the Diexi earthquake destroyed the whole town. The dammed lake caused by the earthquake flooded the town, creating a sea of seas.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Diexi Guards and the Thousands of Households of the Guards and the Thousands of Households of the Xiaohe Guards belonged to the Sichuan Division.

Note 2: Xiaohe is now Xiaohe Township, Songpan County, known as Fuyang in ancient times, located at the source of the Fujiang River, at the foot of Xuebaoding, in the Songpan East Road Songpan Long (An) Ancient Road, about 150 miles away from Pingwu County, 200 miles from Songpan County. The ancient city is not small, and it is very strong, and it has blocked several large-scale mudslides in modern times, and it is a very beautiful and peaceful place. At present, the ancient city wall is basically well preserved, but unfortunately it has been damaged, and I don't know if it has begun to be seriously protected in recent years.

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