Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VIII Troubled Times

Chapter 1 The military is shaking the sky and raising the prestige of the Han

Section 13 Downsizing of the Great Army (3)

At this time, the Shanhaiguan was already in chaos, thousands of rebels poured into the street and were making trouble everywhere, the people in the customs were in trouble one after another, and many people were broken by the rebels and rushed in, and they ended up with a broken family. The roars of men, the screams of women, and the cries of children came and went, rendering the night particularly miserable.

After Gao Hongguang returned to the camp in Guannei, he first transferred troops to surround more than 20,000 soldiers in Shanhai Town in the camp, and then urgently mobilized 2,000 soldiers of the Yingyang Battalion, and divided the soldiers into ten teams, each team of 200 soldiers, ready to strangle the rebels in Shanhaiguan.

"Whoever refuses to surrender will be killed on the spot! Whoever kills the people will be killed on the spot! Let's go! ”

Gao Hongguang roared angrily, and the two thousand soldiers of the Eagle Yang Battalion suddenly dispersed, rushed into the night in anger, and began the battle to quell the chaos.

And Gao Hongguang also rushed out of the camp after him, led fifty guards to rush onto the street, and before he went far, he met more than a dozen rebels who had just robbed the people of Zuo Jin, and the property in the hands of those rebels was still stained with bright red blood, and several of the hairpins were obviously the things of the women's dependents, presumably the owners of those hairpins had already suffered hardship. The dozen or so rebels were all stunned when they saw the angry Gao Hongguang, and before they could beg for mercy or explain, they heard Gao Hongguang burst out: "Kill me!" ”

The fifty guards were also furious at this time, and after hearing the order, they rushed forward like tigers descending from the mountain, and in an instant, they cut down the dozen or so rebels to the ground and turned them into cold corpses.

At the same time, battles were also staged all over the city, and ten teams of soldiers of the Eagle Yang Battalion had already started a fierce battle with thousands of rebels.

And before that, those rebellious soldiers, under the leadership of their respective superiors, simply ignored the bullet pressure of the soldiers of the Yingyang battalion, and the two sides immediately began to meet each other after a few words of theory. Those long-planned generals of Shanhai Town did not believe that Liu Yunwei would be bloodily suppressed, thinking that as long as they were tougher, at most they would be reprimanded a little after the matter was over, and when the dust settled, everyone was still harmonious and peaceful.

But these generals and generals obviously overestimated the self-control of their subordinates, and the parades and demonstrations that were originally planned flawlessly turned into riots in the blink of an eye! When they received the news, almost everyone was black-eyed and at a loss. In this way, everyone's back road has been completely cut off, and with Liu Yunwei's character, there is no possibility of good in this matter! As a result, as soon as the generals who made a rebellion were summed up, they simply made mistakes, rebelled, and turned Shanhai Town upside down according to the plan, so Liu Yunwei was anxious to stabilize the situation, maybe everyone still had a glimmer of life.

However, those rebellious generals once again miscalculated, Liu Yunwei didn't give everyone any hope at all, and without hesitation, he raised the butcher knife in his hand and directly ordered the battalions of the Hanwei Army to start a bloody suppression!

In the face of the sharp offensive of the soldiers of the Yingyang battalion, in the face of the swift surprise attack of the Longxiang Iron Cavalry, and in the face of the trapped generals who were waiting near the city gates, all the rebellious soldiers felt deep despair. Some of the rebels put down their weapons in horror, ready to resign themselves to fate and wait for them to fall; Some of the rebels still rushed to the gates in vain, trying to escape, but in the blink of an eye, they were killed on the spot by the trapped birds; There are also some rebels who want to storm the Jiliao Governor's Mansion, and naively want to kidnap Liu Yunwei, the governor of Jiliao, in order to threaten the soldiers of the Hanwei army and exchange a way for themselves.

I saw that those whimsical rebels gradually gathered more than 300 people, and rushed to the door of the Jiliao Governor's Mansion under the leadership of the two thousand generals, and everyone carried a broken beam and slammed into the gate of the Governor's Mansion, and knocked the gate open without a few hits. More than 300 rebels rushed in with a roar under the leadership of the two thousand commanders, and after passing through the front yard unusually smoothly, they stopped one after another. I saw that on the passage leading to the backyard of everyone, a hundred guards had lined up with bird guns in their hands, blocking everyone's way, and Liu Yunwei led Zu Dashou, Yuan Chonghuan, and Zhao Shujiao to stand behind, looking at the more than 300 rebels with cold eyes.

At this time, Zu Dashou, Yuan Chonghuan, and Zhao Shujiao had already recognized the two leading Qianzong, both of whom were Zu Dashou's subordinates, one was named Zu Hai, and the other was named Wang Tianqi, both of whom had been under Zu Dashou for many years.

"Zuhai! Wang Tianqi! Are you all crazy? Don't hurry up and drop your weapons and surrender! ”

Zu Dashou was already furious at this time, roaring loudly, almost swinging his knife to kill them, and shattering the corpses of the two traitors into ten thousand pieces.

Yuan Chonghuan and Zhao Shujiao glanced at each other, both of them were full of sympathy for Zu Dashou in their hearts, although the generals under the command of the two also participated in the rebellion, but they did not openly rush to kill Shangguan like Zu Hai and Wang Tianqi, and after the rebellion was suppressed, Zu Dashou must have a bleak future and no light in the sun.

But Liu Yunwei didn't say anything, just looked indifferently at the more than 300 rebels in the distance, with no expression on his face, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

In the distance, Zu Hai and Wang Tianqi also looked ahead with hideous faces, and their hearts were extremely entangled. Zu Hai hesitated for a while, and was about to give up resistance and surrender, but Wang Tianqi next to him suddenly whispered: "General Zu, what are you doing!" If we surrender now, will we still have our lives! Do you want to die without a place to bury? Now, we can only give it a go! ”

Zu Hai trembled after hearing this, and then he clenched the war knife in his hand again, and nodded heavily with a hideous face.

Then, Wang Tianqi said loudly: "I waited for more than ten years of birth and death for the country, and I worked hard without merit, didn't I just swallow some money and grain?" Now there is no one in the Ming Dynasty who is not greedy! After Inspector Liu took office, he made it difficult for us in every way, and now he is going to cut off our way of life, and today I will ask the Inspector for an explanation! ”

Liu Yunwei sneered when he heard this, and said sharply: "In this way, is it reasonable for you to embezzle the military salaries of the soldiers of Shanhai Town?" If you have a dispute with the Governor, you can tell the situation in a book! Why do you want to set up a rebellion? Do the people who died at your hands also have enmity against you? It's nonsense! ”

Wang Tianqi and Zu Hai's faces turned pale suddenly, and Wang Tianqi pointed at Liu Yunwei angrily and shouted: "I don't talk to you fast!" Today I will make you a dumb official pay! Kill me! ”

More than 300 rebels swarmed up and rushed towards Liu Yunwei in front. Seeing this, Zu Dashou, Yuan Chonghuan, and Zhao Shujiao were all in a hurry, and they all drew their swords in their hands to block Liu Yunwei. The three of them shouted, "Inspector go quickly!" We're holding off the rebels! ”

Liu Yunwei looked at the rebels who were getting closer and closer without the slightest timidity, and only had a cold smile on his face. I saw that Liu Yunwei ignored Yuan Chonghuan's pull, pushed away Zu Dashou and Zhao Shujiao, who were blocking in front of him, took two steps forward, and yelled: "Release!" ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

A hundred guards fired a salvo at the more than 300 rebels who were close at hand, and the fierce fire swept down dozens of rebels in an instant, and Zu Hai was also hit by several leads, and he fell to the ground and lost his life. Where had Wang Tianqi and the rest of the rebels seen such sharp firearms, they were immediately frightened and lost their courage, and they dispersed on the spot.

"Kill me! Not a single one to stay! ”

The hundred guards all roared and rushed forward, cutting down dozens of people in an instant, and the rebels who were originally superior in numbers couldn't parry at all, and were beaten back by the guards and wounded, and they had no power to fight back.

At this time, Zu Dashou and Zhao Shujiao glanced at each other, and they also roared angrily and waved their knives and rushed forward, fighting with the rebels, while Yuan Chonghuan stood by Liu Yunwei's side with a knife, looking around vigilantly.

After a while, the sound of fighting in the Jiliao Governor's Mansion subsided, and all the more than 300 rebels were annihilated on the spot, while none of the 100 personal guards were killed or injured.

Looking at the bloodstains on the ground and the dead corpses, Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou, and Zhao Shujiao knelt down in front of Liu Yunwei to plead guilty. Especially Zu Dashou was even more depressed, eager to find a crack in the ground to get into, and said: "Please punish the superintendent, and the lowly position is all up to the superintendent, and there is no other word!" ”

Liu Yunwei looked at the three of them expressionlessly without saying a word, and his sharp gaze made Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou, and Zhao Shujiao feel as if they had a boulder on their backs, and even breathing was extremely difficult. The three of them instantly left beads of sweat the size of beans on their foreheads.

"Those rebels are doing their own trouble, and they have nothing to do with the three generals, and the three generals don't have to blame themselves." Liu Yunwei said lightly: "However, after all, those rebellious soldiers are the subordinates of the three generals, so the governor will naturally punish them a little." ”

"Please punish the superintendent, I will be convinced!" The three of them said in unison.

"That's good! Then the governor will punish you for a year's wages. After finishing speaking, Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Okay, this place will be handed over to the soldiers to deal with." Three generals, we haven't finished drinking yet, but Governor Yuan is still waiting for us to go back to drink. ”

Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou, and Zhao Shujiao were all grateful when they heard this, and they all admired Liu Yunwei very much, and said on the spot that they would follow Liu Yunwei to the death in the future and go to the soup and fire.

An hour later, the sound of fighting in Shanhaiguan gradually subsided, most of the rebels who were in rebellion in the city had been killed, and the remaining part of the rebels had also been taken into custody, and all the thousands of generals who participated in the rebellion were also killed and arrested. There was no one on the streets in Shanhaiguan except for a group of patrolling officers and soldiers of the Hanwei Army.