Just when Wednesday Wei and other officers were in battle in the Datong Governor's Mansion waiting for the rebels to launch, in the second hall of the Datong General Military Mansion, Jiang Hao was restlessly circling around the open space in front of the hall. Wild Sand Literature Network

The closer the time came to launch the mutiny, the more uneasy he felt in his heart, and there was always such an urge to call a halt to all operations and drive the group of soldiers waiting outside back to the barracks to sleep.

Jiang Lin and Yang Zhenwei, who were waiting for him to give orders, looked at the red candles lit in the hall by more than an inch, so the two couldn't help but urge, "Dashuai, it's not too early, it's time for you to go out and give orders to everyone." ”

Jiang Hao stopped, looked at the two of them a little blankly and asked, "Shall we think about it again?" I've always felt like I'm in a bit of a hurry..."

Yang Zhenwei rolled his eyes after hearing this, the situation was tense at this time, and he was not as particular about the distinction between superior and inferior as Pingli, so he stepped forward and took a step, staring at the boss's face with straight eyes and said in a deep voice: "How can there be a turning back arrow in this bow, the matter has come to this, if the marshal can't go out as soon as possible to encourage everyone to start acting, isn't the marshal afraid that they will make some trouble in the general army's mansion?"

And if the hearts of the people outside are scattered, and they simply plunder the city and run away, aren't you still responsible for this crime? ”

Jiang Lin also took the opportunity to persuade and said: "Yes, second brother, Youguang has already gone to Ximen to lead the two generals Wu and He into the city, even if you stop here, the court will not be able to let you go." Let's give it a go, maybe we'll have a way to survive..."

Listening to the persuasion of the two, Jiang Hao finally looked up at the roof beam above, and muttered, "That's it, that's it, let's go out." ”

Because of the dim light, Jiang Hao never saw the exquisite wood carvings hidden by the light above the roof beams. Instead, he felt that behind the darkness, there seemed to be a fierce beast hidden, ready to grab him and devour him at any moment.

Jiang Hao muttered in a low voice, then lowered his head and turned to the outside. If you want to control a majestic city like Datong, you can't control the places that you need to control: the city gate, the granary, the arsenal, the governor's palace, the governor's yamen and other key points.

Jiang Jiu decided to let his subordinates and reinforcements from outside the city control the four gates, he personally led his troops to attack the governor's yamen, Jiang Lin and Yang Zhenwei led the troops to besiege the governor's mansion, and left some cronies and staff to guard the general military mansion.

The Governor's Yamen and the Governor's Mansion were the two central minds in the city that were loyal to the imperial court, and if they could control them, the rest of the city would be able to pass on the news. Even the field army outside the city will lose command and will have to wait for orders from Fengzhen or Xuanfu, thus giving them enough time to prepare the city defenses.

The plan drawn up by Yang Zhenwei is undoubtedly feasible, so Jiang Hao basically arranged it according to this plan. Even in order to speed up the efficiency of capturing the Governor's Mansion, he also ordered Jiang Lin to assist Yang Zhenwei in attacking the Governor's Mansion, making this road almost more than 2,000 people, nearly one-third of the troops in his hands.

According to Jiang Jiu's understanding, the garrison force of the Governor's Mansion, that is, an infantry battalion and an artillery company, plus other personnel, is more than a thousand people. The reason why the garrison of the Governor's Mansion has this amount is because the arsenal of Datong is next to the Governor's Mansion, and this arsenal is also managed by the Governor's Mansion.

Attacking the Governor's Mansion with more than twice the force, Jiang Hao was afraid that it would not be enough, so he specially allocated 2 500-pound Franc machine guns to them.

The Governor's Mansion is close to the north of the city, and it is a four-entry courtyard with its back to the north and facing the south. Unlike the Commander's Mansion and the Governor's Yamen, this later rebuilt Governor's Mansion was not directly connected to Hengjie, but was connected to Hengjie to the south by a 50 to 60-meter-long laneway.

The alley was not narrow enough to accommodate four horse-drawn wagons or 20 foot soldiers, and was flanked by one-and-a-half-height walls of stone and gray brick, and a row of flat-roofed buildings against the walls, made of concrete and steel, so that the guards could monitor the shape of the alley directly from the roof.

The compound on the west side of the roadway is the arsenal of Datong, and the compound on the east side of the roadway is the barracks where the garrison rests. At the end of the alleyway, it suddenly opens up, which is a small square that is 80 steps long from north to south and about 200 steps wide from east to west. On the north, east and west sides of the square are the governor's palace, the military camp, the arsenal, and the main gate of the three compounds.

It can be said that when the Governor's Mansion was first built, it was designed as a stronghold within the city, so the architectural pattern here draws on many of the design concepts of Western colonial villages.

Jiang Lin and Yang Zhenwei are not the first time they have come to the Governor's Mansion. But they hadn't seen what a heavily armed governor's mansion looked like. Yang Zhenwei and Jiang Lin discussed before they came, first coaxed the chief of staff of Zhou out in the name of a soldier's petition, and then kidnapped the person and rushed in.

Next, taking advantage of the leaderless state of the Governor's Mansion, he controlled the arsenal and the Governor's Mansion in one go, and then locked these soldiers of the Governor's Mansion in the barracks and waited for the commander to fall.

In Jiang Lin and Yang Zhenwei's mind, thousands of soldiers came to the Governor's Mansion to make trouble this big night, and no matter what, it made sense that they should come out and show their faces on Wednesday. And they have already arranged dozens of elites to be in front, just to trick the newly appointed chief of staff over, and then drag people into the crowd and control them.

But they never expected that when they reached the side street in front of the Governor's Mansion, they found that the alley leading to the Governor's Mansion had been blocked by the rejection of horses. The soldiers in the rear of the rejecting horses did not panic when they saw their appearance, but picked up muskets and aimed them at them, and immediately blew a sharp whistle.

Looking at these heavily guarded soldiers behind the rejection of the horse, the soldiers who were instigated by Jiang Lin and Yang Zhenwei suddenly stopped and quieted down, and everyone turned their heads to look at Jiang Lin and Yang Zhenwei in the team, waiting for the orders of these two generals.

The excuse used by Jiang Jiu's generals to incite the soldiers to rebel is naturally not an excuse to rebel against the imperial court, and no one will respond to such an excuse. The reasons for inciting these soldiers to make trouble were: first, to demand that the salaries of the garrison be on par with those of the field army, and to raise the settling-in allowance for the officers and men of the garrison who have been dismissed; The second is to oppose the imperial court's transfer of the general soldier Jiang Jiu.

Most soldiers were willing to take big risks to make trouble in front of the Governor's Palace, mainly for the benefit they could get to their own homes. After all, the treatment of the garrison army is too far from that of the field army, and although the training and probability of the garrison army being in battle are not high, there are always people who are still dissatisfied with the status quo.

They think that everyone is out to be a soldier, and this treatment should naturally be exactly the same, otherwise when they go to the battlefield, the Tartars' bows and arrows will not be able to turn. However, many people refused to let them be transferred to serve in the field army, and although the field army was well treated, the discipline was too strict for them to endure as lazy old border troops. In fact, these members of the garrison were unqualified personnel who were selected by the field army in the first place.

As for whether the chief soldier Jiang Hao should be transferred by the imperial court, they actually don't mind much. When this Jiang Marshal had previously withheld military salaries and drove these soldiers to go to labor, he never had anything to say. If it weren't for the issue of improving his own treatment, the ghost would run out at night to fight against the court.

Faced with this group of soldiers holding muskets behind the rejection of the horses, the soldiers of these garrisons immediately retreated. They came to make trouble, that is, they wanted to make trouble, and they did not intend to make a move with the defenders of the Governor's Palace, and the disturbance and the rebellion were two completely different incidents.

Therefore, if Jiang Lin and Yang Zhenwei did not stand up to negotiate with each other, many soldiers would plan to disperse and not serve these officials who used them as gunmen. Jiang Lin and Yang Zhenwei are not handsome, and they don't have such a great deterrent effect on these soldiers.

Jiang Lin and Yang Zhenwei couldn't play anymore when they saw that they couldn't play the strategy of fishing in troubled waters, and they couldn't let the military spirit disperse. If you can really follow them with an iron heart, whether they are rebellious cronies or not, there are only three or four hundred people.

As for the remaining more than 1,000 people, Pingli didn't enjoy the benefits of being handsome, but was the object of their oppression. Therefore, expecting these people to follow them indifferently and crash into the cordon of the Governor's Mansion, the two of them are really not sure.

As a last resort, the two people who originally wanted to hide until Wednesday had to stand up on behalf of the soldiers who petitioned.

Yang Zhenwei shouted at the guards of the Governor's Mansion behind the rejection of the horse: "We are also the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, is it too much for you to hold a musket at your own brother like this?"

We are here tonight to ask the newly appointed Chief of Staff Zhou, are we still the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty? If so, why do we have so much less money than the field army? Even the food expenses in Pingli are reduced by half, is it too unfair for the imperial court?

General Jiang has been stationed in the local area for many years, and he treats us soldiers like bones. We also have to ask, what mistake did he make, he should be dismissed from the post of chief soldier, and he should be taken into the capital for questioning?

If Chief of Staff Zhou doesn't come out and explain, we will never leave tonight..."

While Yang Zhenwei spoke, Jiang Lin hurriedly gave a code to the surrounding cronies, so that these cronies took the lead in making noise.

Although the officer leading the team on the opposite side repeatedly stopped, he still couldn't suppress the shouts of the thousands of soldiers. Since the other party did not make a move to storm the garrison, he could not give the order to shoot, so in the midst of this noise of soldiers, some people could not help but become emboldened, and began to pick up stones and lumps of dirt on the road and throw them at the guards who refused to flee the horses.

Just when Yang Zhenwei felt that his morale was available and wanted to let people tentatively move the horse to see if he could take the opportunity to cause a conflict, a crisp gunshot suddenly sounded in the dark alleyway opposite, which made the soldiers of the garrison who were making trouble suddenly stop their movements and looked around, wanting to see who had been shot.