Boryeong Mutiny!

This sudden news was like a gust of wind blowing, turning the lively watchtower construction site into a silent forest. Dozens of hands stopped moving at the same time, and dozens of pairs of eyes stared at each other to see how the three commanders of the brigade made decisions.

"What do you two think?" Wang Xingwu looked around and asked the opinions of the two deputies first.

Zhou Changzhong gritted his teeth and popped out his opinions word by word: "These damn officers and soldiers are not enough to succeed and more than to lose!" In my opinion, the soldiers and bandits are a family, and the bandits must be suppressed first! As long as the officers and soldiers are still there, the local tyrants in Bashan will not be able to clean it up! I think last year, most of the people in Yilong County starved to death, and I wrote I don't know how many letters asking for help, but these damn officers and soldiers just didn't come! Now it's a good thing, the officials and soldiers have come and rebelled, making us enemies on both sides! If the Chu army in front learned that the back road was cut off, they would definitely flee in the starry night. In this way, not to mention the previous achievements, Jincheng Walled City will directly face the local tyrants, sandwiched between the local tyrants and the rebels! ”

Zhou Changzhong's opinion is very clear, that is, not to let Jia Denglian's Chu army know, let them continue to nail the front and merge with the local tyrants, and then take this opportunity to transfer part of the army of Jincheng Walled City to participate in the counterinsurgency.

Deng Wenxing was a slender and thin middle-aged scholar, with sickly bruises on his thin and white cheeks. He shook his head lightly and said, "The mountain road north of Yilong is dangerous and narrow. I'm most afraid of leaking the news to the local thugs. Once the local tyrant knew that the Chu army was going to retreat, he would not only chase and kill him with the rank of a large soldier, but also set up an ambush on the road that the Chu army must pass to retreat. In that case, the unstable Chu army will definitely be defeated! Most of our army are new recruits, and the morale of the army is not solid, and they are rushed by thousands of defeated soldiers, and the subordinates are worried about morale...... It is better to stick to Yilong and block the retreat of the Chu army. The Chu army was in a desperate situation, so they had to return to fight to the death......"

The gentry surnamed Huang, Deng, and Wednesday are the rich gentry of Yilong County, and the local tyrants have besieged the city for many years, so that the wealth of these three gentry has been exhausted. Deng Wenxing was originally the richest man in Yilong County, and there were thousands of acres of paddy fields and dry land in the west of Sanjiao Temple in the north of the city alone. But the appearance of the local thug made his life completely changed. Deng Wenxing, whose family was ruined, donated all the food in his family, saving the lives of many people in the county. When the county brigade was established, Luo Jingyun thought that Deng Wenxing had a blood feud with the local tyrants, and the people in the county were quite high, so he recommended him as the deputy supervisor of the brigade. Deng Wenxing did not refuse, and took office after receiving the recommendation notice. Deng Wenxing offered a plan to go to the house and draw a ladder, intending to force the Chu army to advance without retreating and sinking the boat. In this way, perhaps the Jaden Union will be forced to stop retreating, but the friendly and cooperative relationship between the Jaden Union and the royal government will also be seriously affected.

Wang Xingwu agreed with Deng Wenxing's judgment, but did not agree with his handling method.

"But now I can't hide it! Jia Denglian and Zhang Zuokai of Yuxi are both in the same vein as the Chu army, and the distance is not far. Even if we don't tell Jia Denglian, sooner or later he will learn the truth from Zhang Zuokai! ”

"Yuxi is Zhang Zuokai's new nest, with a barracks, and horses and soldiers in the army, it is estimated that he will not dare to run around. It's just that Jia Denglian is our friendly army, and my royal palace will subsidize it with 1,500 stone per month according to the agreement. This Chinese New Year, Miss Luo gave them a special reward of 10,000 taels of silver, which is nothing more than to stabilize them! Therefore, how to deal with Jia Denglian is related to the united front policy of the prince, and it is also related to the prince's plan to protect the country and the people! ”

On the way to Xinzheng Dam for the northward detachment, Yang Weidong, the garrison of the Chinese army of the Jia Deng Joint Division, who went to Huaikou Town, Jintang County, to grab grain, happened to meet his old comrade-in-arms He Qiukou.

The Jia Deng joint department then gradually ceded the information land of the seven counties in Tongchuan Prefecture to the guards of the Shu Palace, and he fell into the Shu Palace's assistance to him.

At present, the grain quota given to Jia Ying by the Sichuan Domain Division is only more than 1,000 stone per month, and there is no guarantee that he will receive it every month. And the co-pay of the Shu Wangfu is 1,500 stone per month plus ten fat pigs of more than 150 catties. Relying solely on the salary of the Sichuan government, without the assistance of the Shu Palace, Jia Ying's needs for 6,000 mouths could not be met at all.

Jia Ying's whole body is grateful for Zhu Pingjin's full support. Mo Chongwen wrote a private letter to Jia Denglian, and Jia Denglian reported it to Zhu Pingjin as soon as possible.

In this Bazhou strategy, Jaden United's right offensive line is the most difficult. Because after the Sanjiao Temple to the north, it is the important Bashan. The Jia Deng joint department needs to cut through the passes all the way, and pull out more than a dozen cottages of all sizes set up in the mountain passes one by one, so that they can advance to Yuxichang and Enyang Town, and join Zhang Zuokai's department. According to Yang Weidong's recent military report from the front, at present, Jia Ying's forward Dusi Tan Desheng has laid down the copper walled city, which is only about 40 miles away from Enyang. But the resistance of the local thugs in front of them is getting stronger, and they are already struggling.

As a company commander of the northward detachment and a favorite general personally promoted by He Qiukou, Wang Xingwu witnessed the history of Jia Denglian setting up the Shu Wangfu through the relationship between Yang Weidong and He Qiukou. He also knew that because of the deviation in the understanding and implementation of the united front policy of the prince, Chen Youfu made an inspection at the military and political committee of the northward detachment.

With the intuition of a cultural person, Wang Xingwu keenly felt that the prince Zhu Pingjin attached unusual importance to Jia Denglian. Therefore, when Zhou Changzhong and Deng Wenxing proposed to fight for the interests of Yilong County at the expense of Jia Ying's interests, Wang Xingwu firmly vetoed it. However, Xu Shoucai's troops could not be transferred, and the largest formed unit of the Protector Army near Boryeong Mansion was the Yilong County Brigade. If the rebels move south, He Yongnian and his He Jiazhuang will bear the brunt and will face great danger.

"Three squadrons must be drawn out immediately to Boryeong Province!"

Facing the cadres and soldiers in the watchtower, Wang Xingwu made up his mind: "The prince once said: "The outside must first be inside!" The great enemies of the national army are the thieves and the Tartars outside the Guan. If you want to resist a strong enemy, Sichuan must be stable! Boryeong Mansion is an important town in northern Sichuan, and the prince will never sit idly by! Perhaps at this time, the prince had already received the situation of the Boryeong mutiny, and was dispatching troops to assemble in Boryeong Mansion. Our mission is to rush to Boryeong as soon as possible, control the situation there, and support Hejiazhuang if necessary! ”

"It's just that Jaden ......" Zhou Changzhong was very hesitant.

"Jaden United must be held steady now! The three of us are going to send someone to Jia Ying and convince him face to face! ”

"Captain, you lead the troops to Boryeong Mansion; I'm a rough old man, I can't speak, and I'm in charge of guarding the city; Mr. Deng is well-informed and goes to be a lobbyist. Zhou Changzhong suggested.

"No way!" The other two unanimously rejected Zhou's proposal.

Wang Xingwu's reason is: Jia Deng Lianping hated sour crepe literati very much. Yang Weidong, a member of the Chinese army of Jia Denglian, revealed to He Qiukou that Jia Denglian had issued a strict order prohibiting the military master from using the 46 pun script to issue proclamations, and only allowed to speak in the vernacular (Note 1).

Deng Wenxing's reason is simpler: Yang Weidong had a great influence on Jia Denglian's final decision, and Yang Weidong and Zhou Changzhong hit it off at first sight. For example, when he passed through Jincheng Walled, he privately entrusted Zhou Changzhong to find him a woman.

Zhou Changzhong was shocked: "You even know about this?" ”

A SLY SMILE APPEARED ON THE WHITE AND BLUE FACE OF THE DENG WEN: "XI, AS A DEPUTY SUPERVISOR, DARE NOT FULFILL YOUR DUTIES?" Besides, now there is only one woman left in the Golden Walled City, and that is my wife, how can I not care? ”

At this time, the family member of the Li family suddenly interjected: "Miss Zhou also asked the little one to bring a message to the three adults: I heard that the prince has won a lot of heads in Guang'an. If Jaden even knows each other, he might as well give him a thousand. He is a guest general, and the credit is doubled. In the future, if Bazhou is won, the court will reward him for meritorious deeds, won't he, a general, become a deputy general or even a general soldier? ”

According to the battalion system of the Ming Dynasty, if the number of soldiers in the auxiliary battalion of the deputy general is the same as that of the reinforcement battalion of the general, then the salary of the battalion is generally higher than that of the reinforcement battalion. The secret lies in the fact that the proportion of cavalry that can be paid in the odd camp is higher. Cavalry, of course, spends much more than infantry. In this way, the more cavalry reported, the more pay the soldiers. The salaries of the Guanning army were surprisingly high, because the proportion of cavalry in their battalion was extremely high.

"Miss Zhou, great idea!" Wang Xingwu, Zhou Changzhong and Deng Wenxing praised in unison.

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In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Xingwu, who insisted on the speed of the soldiers, took the Li family as a guide and led three squadrons to rush to Langzhong County. Deng Wenxing led the fourth squadron and more than 200 city guards to continue to garrison the Jincheng Walled City. Zhou Changzhong took Wang Xingwu's handwritten letter and moved in the opposite direction to complete the important task of persuading Jia Denglian.

The hexagonal watchtowers outside the south gate of Jincheng Walled City that were not completed were not abandoned. A platoon of thirty-five people of the 4th Squadron, led by Deputy Squadron Leader Shi Yunxiao, held on to this important point of controlling the road.

The fourth squadron was originally a company of firecrackers formed by Wang Xingwu in advance, but more than two months have passed, and not a single firearm has been sent down. The only firearms that Shi Yunxiao could use were two old-fashioned guns seized in Changping Mountain and two old three-eyed guns in the county.

Father Zhu of Changping Mountain is now the squadron leader of the Yilong County Independent County Guardian Squadron. When Wang Xingwu passed through Tumen Field, Father Zhu gave him a platoon of more than 50 people. Before leaving, Father Zhu summoned this temporary arrangement and seriously taught his subordinates:

Wang Chaoyang rebelled alone, and sooner or later he would be defeated. The Protector Army is strong and strong, and has a righteous reputation, so why worry about it? This is a great opportunity to earn wealth for the Zhu family and a future for you! As my children, grandchildren and clansmen, if you can't give your ancestors a long face, see how your grandfather cleans you up!

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After passing through Tumen Field, the troop marching route turned to Shuiguan Field. That night, the troops camped at the Water View Field. On the second day, Wang Xingwu led his army to continue to advance, aiming at Hexiguan in Langzhong County on the Jialing River.

On the evening of the 23rd day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, at about the same moment when Zhu Pingjin arrived at Shunqing Mansion and was welcomed by Du Zhifu, Jiangding Town and many gentry, Wang Xingwu led three companies and a platoon of about 600 people from the Yilong County Brigade to Hexi Pass. He arranged for the troops to wait in concealment nearby, and he personally went out to reconnoiter with several squadron leaders and Li Jiading.

Looking down from the top of a hillside, the river pass in the evening is quiet and peaceful. A wisp of cooking smoke rises, and you can't feel a trace of murderous aura. Outside the town are all fallow rice fields in winter, and there is no shelter in the river.

The Li family who led the way introduced to Wang Xingwu that the name of this river and river pass is Guan, which is actually a tax card and a ferry. The wall of the Tang and Song dynasties, after the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, has long been stripped away without a trace, and now there is only a broken wooden fence left around.

But the location of Hexi Pass is important. It is on the east bank of the Jialing River, opposite Hejiazhuang on the west bank. To the north of the town is the Gouxi River, a tributary of the Jialing River. The military supply of Zhang Zuokai's first battalion was transported to the Qianfochang upstream through the Gouxi River, and then transferred to the Yuxi Field by land, which could save a hundred miles of land travel.

After Zhang Zuokai was stationed in Yuxi, he still stayed with hundreds of soldiers to guard the river pass, in order to continue to obtain the benefits of ship tax. Later, Ma Gan came to Zhang Zuokai's army to supervise the battle, and Zhang Zuokai was forced to evacuate his soldiers from Hexi Pass. Baoning Mansion took advantage of the fact that Wang Chaoyang's ministry had not yet taken over the defense, and preemptively sent officials to occupy this treasure land. Later, Wang Chaoyang was stationed in Baoning Mansion, and he didn't know whether to take over the defense. So he didn't know what the actual situation was in this river pass.

If you take Hexi Pass, cross the Gouxi River, continue along the east bank of the Jialing River, and then cross the Langshui (East River), another large tributary of the Jialing River, then you can detour to the north of Baoning Fucheng and cut off the official road between Langzhong City and Cangxi County. Wang Xingwu listened to the introduction and observed carefully. At this moment, a small boat swayed into their field of vision. One person rocked the boat, and one person threw the penny, and slowly went out of the town along the east bank of the Jialing River.

It's a fishing boat.

At this moment, Wang Xingwu made up his mind.

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"The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch follows".

In the dim light of the day, a sneaky guy left the grass on the side of the official road and ran along the mountain path to the south of Sanxingzhai in the east. The scene of the main force of the Yilong County Brigade leaving Jincheng Walled City and driving towards the Shuiguan Field through Tumen Field fell into his eyes without any pull.

Note 1: There are records in historical sources.