Chapter 408: Closing the Barracks
"Are they really colluding with the White Lotus Sect?" Cao Delin is still a little unconvinced.
Wang Chonggu was a little numb from shock at first, but now he reacted and asked, "Is there any collusion between Li Zhipeng and the White Lotus Sect?" Unlikely, right? ”
Besides, he said: "I can basically confirm that this matter has been completed, but there is no strong evidence." But he happened to catch a Jin merchant who had been secretly dealing with him, and this Jin merchant was said to be the backbone of the White Lotus Sect. ”
"What?!"
Everyone present was so surprised that they couldn't speak, the Jin merchant that Jiuniang caught, Wang Chonggu also saw it, but he didn't care, and he didn't expect it to be related to Li Zhipeng.
"If that's the case, Li Zhipeng really deserves to die." Wang Chonggu sighed.
"Just by virtue of his attack on the Qincha Office, it is enough for him to die ten times." Cui Zhongyong said hatefully.
"Yes, yes." Wang Chonggu nodded hurriedly.
He also saw that several big people here had to put Li Zhipeng to death. Even if he didn't collude with the White Lotus Sect, he would be dead, and no one would be able to save him.
Although these people did not have official scholars and scholars, they were powerful enough to change a certain policy of the imperial court.
Of course, everything still depends on the situation, now he has full power, and under special circumstances, he can decide whether a high-ranking official such as Wang Chonggu will go or stay, and he can also decide the life and death of a chief military officer like Li Zhipeng.
This time, he learned to be obedient, and did not let Cao Delin and them meddle in the affairs of this Jin businessman, but begged Xiaojun to go out in person to find out what he and Li Zhipeng were conspiring with, and he also had to wait for Sun Hu to search Li Zhipeng's home and residence in the military camp to see if he could find tangible evidence.
He could feel that this Jin merchant was a person who had been brainwashed by the White Lotus Sect Leader Zhao, harder than Liao Bingxun's bones, and the torture was useless to him, he didn't care what tricks Xiao Jun used, if Xiao Jun couldn't pry his mouth open, no one would have a way to deal with this Jin Shang.
Another way is to let Li Zhipeng confess completely, but it is also difficult, at least it is difficult here, it needs to be sent to Fusi in the north town of the capital to let Liu Shouyou find a way, it is estimated that eighteen kinds of torture will not be able to make him speak, after all, colluding with the White Lotus Sect is a great crime of extermination.
Even if ordinary people have dealings with the White Lotus Sect, it is just an ordinary crime, but Li Zhipeng is different, he is the chief military officer guarding the border passes, and his collusion with the White Lotus Sect is, of course, the crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.
After separating, Qi Jiguang asked the deputy general around him to contact his people, and then he came to the gate of the barracks with more than a dozen people.
Qi Jiguang rode on a horse, pulled out a Fang Tian painting halberd set up next to the gate of the barracks, held it in his hand, and then sent four people to block the barracks.
At that time, all the barracks had a Fang Tian painting halberd at the gate, or a spear, which was generally a halberd, so the gate of the barracks was called Yuanmen, also known as the halberd gate.
It is called Yuanmen because in ancient times, it was customary to use the cart that transported grain and grass materials as the gate of the military camp after being unloaded, which was basically the product of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, and the habit of camping with a cart changed in the later period, but the habit of erecting the square sky halberd has been retained.
The people inside felt inexplicable when they saw Qi Jiguang's soldiers guarding outside.
Many of them knew Qi Jiguang, a superstar in the army, and they came over to greet him, and then asked what was wrong.
In fact, these people also roughly knew what was going on, and their chief military officer took five commanders and five thousand elites to the Qincha Office to ask for the bodies of the two generals, and they had not returned to the camp until now, so it was clear that something related to this had happened.
"Dashuai, what's going on? ...... are you?" asked the young general, a little apprehensive.
Qi Jiguang sat on his horse and said loudly: "On the orders of the minister, no one is allowed to leave the barracks without an order, and those who violate it will be beheaded immediately." ”
The faces of the people inside changed, knowing that it must be the chief officer and the five commanders who caused the trouble, but it was nothing if they were not allowed out of the barracks, but they were just worried about how to deal with them in the future.
After a while, the remaining more than 20,000 people in the barracks basically knew, and many people came to inquire, and many people came to see the excitement, they didn't care about what happened at the Qincha Office, but came to admire Qi Jiguang's heroic appearance.
Who dares to cross the sword immediately, only I am General Qi.
This kind of majesty is the only one in the world.
Qi Jiguang took more than a dozen people to guard the gate of the barracks, and only said one sentence: No one is allowed to leave the barracks without an order, and there are more than 20,000 people, and no one dares to step out of the barracks gate.
Of course, there is no leader in the barracks now, and the main generals such as commanders and envoys, thousands of households followed Li Zhipeng to the Qincha Office, and then they were trapped in Datong City, Qi Jiguang easily deterred more than 20,000 people by virtue of his prestige.
If he wants to take over the military power here now, there is no problem at all, and the soldiers here are willing to fight under his command, not under the command of a famous escape expert like Li Zhipeng.
Soon, Qi Jiguang's men and horses came over with 1,000 people, and the other 2,000 people were guarding several main roads, blocking the junctions of several other military camps leading to Datong City, and no one was allowed to go to Datong City.
A chief military officer really took his personal guards and wanted to go to Datong City to see the excitement, but he was blocked at the intersection.
Qi Jiguang's Chinese army led 500 people to block here, and said loudly: "According to the order of the minister, the gate of Datong City has been closed, and the whole city is under martial law, no one is allowed to go to Datong City, and must stay in the barracks and wait for follow-up orders." ”
"The order of the minister? Could it be that the minister of the Chin Cha has taken over the border defense? The chief officer exclaimed.
"That's true, at least the last general will receive orders from the minister."
"What about the Governor Wang?"
"Your Excellency the Governor is a guest at the Imperial Mission." Qi Jiguang's Chinese army replied.
This is what Qi Jiguang asked him to say, and the principals on several other roads also replied to the question and answer in the same way.
The chief officer was shocked, didn't this mean that the minister had already taken away the military and political power of the governor?
"I don't know what's going on in Datong City and the Qincha Office?" The chief officer asked.
"Li Zhipeng, the chief officer of the left battalion, led people to launch a mutiny, and it has been taken by the minister of the Qincha, the case is being heard, and the other battalions must remain calm and wait for the follow-up orders of the minister." The Chinese soldier replied.
"What? Mutiny? ”
The chief officer was very shocked in his heart, glad that he did not waver at that time, Li Zhipeng was angry with him before leaving, and wanted to invite him to go to the Qincha Office with him, but he refused, after all, this matter has nothing to do with his military camp.
Although the border army is a whole that shares weal and woe, he has no friendship with Li Zhipeng, and he is even more reluctant to wade into this troubled water.
However, he knew that Li Zhipeng wanted to ask for an explanation, but it was just an ordinary clamor and trouble, this was not a mutiny, even a better mutiny, the court never boiled it down to a mutiny, how did the nature change this time?
By the way, they must have stormed the Chincha Office, this is a rebellion, of course a mutiny.
This chief military officer is also from the army, and he knows all kinds of things in the army well, although he doesn't know what happened in Datong City, but he can guess seventy or eighty percent.
"By the way, may I ask the general, how is General Li now?" The chief officer asked.
"How? What else could he do? He will do what the generals who launched the mutiny should be. Zhongjun sneered.
Qi Jiguang and this Chinese army don't know the situation in Datong City, but they can guess it, and they can only be more ruthless than they say, not softer.
The nature of the clamor of the border army this time, besides, was already given on the way back. Mutiny.
The border passes in the Datong area of Xuanfu are divided into five military camps, left, center, and right, Li Zhipeng is the chief officer of the left battalion, and the one who was blocked by Qi Jiguang is the chief officer of the right battalion.
Guan Cheng's qualifications are older than Li Zhipeng, and the number of his subordinates is about the same, but he has a good life and does not get involved in these things.
He can't help but gloat now, if something happens to the left battalion, can he annex the left battalion? Then he will be stronger.
Although the border army or ordinary officers are the national defense forces of the Ming Dynasty, they will have a bit of a private army under the leadership of one person for a long time, and they will not be able to lead if they are replaced.
The Ming Dynasty has been strictly guarding against this, paying attention to the fact that the soldiers are not accustomed to the generals, the generals are not the soldiers, and the army is impermanent and handsome, just for fear of the trouble of this kind of private army, but there will still be various problems after a long time.
A general's status in the court often depends on how many troops he leads, whether he can fight, and so on. If there are too many people to bring, the court will have a lot of scruples when dealing with him, and they are afraid that if they deal with him, his subordinates will be dispersed, and no one will be able to bring him up.
Guan Cheng was happy at this time, but he also knew that he was staring at Zuo Ying, and the other big camps were also worried about it like him, so he had to find a way to strike first.
"This general, Ben Shuai wants to go to the left camp to see those brothers, how about it?"
"Yes, but our Qi Shuai is sitting there, I'm afraid you can't get in, the minister has an order, the left camp is temporarily closed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave." The Chinese army smiled and groaned.
Guan Cheng immediately dispelled his idea, where Qi Jiguang was squatting, no one wanted to make any small moves, and he must not be looking for trouble.
He was suddenly shocked in his heart: Minister Qin Cha wouldn't want General Qi Jiguang to lead the border defense, right?
If that's the case, not to mention the left battalion, even his right battalion will inevitably be annexed?
He quickly turned his horse's head and ran back, he had to communicate with the chief officers of several other large battalions, and he could not hand over power so easily.
The rank of several of their chief military officers was equal, and they were all under the leadership of the governor Wang Chonggu, and if the minister of the Qin mission arranged a general military officer, they would be demoted to ordinary generals.
This is the gentleman is frank and the villain is a relative.
Besides, he didn't have this mind, he had no interest in meddling in the defense of the border passes, and it was impossible to set up a general military officer. But these people cannot but think about their own interests.