On the eighteenth day of the first month of Guangshun, another extremely strange mutiny occurred in the city of Yanzhou on the northwest border. The reason why I want to say "again" here is because Yanzhou has already had a mutiny in August of this year, although this is an era of popular mutiny, as a soldier, if you have not participated in one or two mutinies, you are embarrassed to go out and greet others, but there are two mutinies in a year, and the frequency is indeed a little high.

Unlike the August mutiny, the number of people who started the mutiny was small, with only one squad, and the squad did not seem to be short of pay at the moment.

The mutiny was initiated by the officers and soldiers of the C team of the left battalion of the Zhangwu army in Yanzhou, and the cause of the mutiny was that Gao Yunquan, the commander of the Zhangwu army, and his son Yanei both commanded Gao Shaoji to detain the leader of the C team for no reason, and the official rank was Li *, the deputy lieutenant of the accompanying Rong under the Jiupin—this is the statement of those official historians in the National History Museum under the Great Zhou Sect later.

The real folk historians scoffed at this argument, and the historians and historians who held this view all blamed him as the royal literati of the ruling king of the Northern Tang Dynasty. The general folk view is that regardless of whether or not there is a convincing reason for the Gao father and son's seizure of Li*, this mutiny is inevitable, after all, the deputy lieutenant of Peirong in the first year of Guangshun was not the ruling king of the Northern Tang Dynasty in the first year of the vertical arch (i.e., the first year of the Qiande of the Zhao Song Dynasty), and the left battalion C team of the Zhangwu army did not establish the strict political supervision system in the later armies, so Li * himself was not much better than the warlords who divided the Central Plains at that time.

Therefore, the conventional view is that the Yanzhou Mutiny, which occurred at the end of the first year of Guangshun, was actually an accidental collision in the redistribution of power between the old and new warlords on the Yanzhou side. Gao Yunquan and Gao Shaoji tried to strangle this emerging local warlord force in Yanzhou in the cradle, but their carelessness and misjudgment of the situation eventually led to a mutiny.

As for the role played by Li * himself in this mutiny, there are different opinions in the historical circles. Judging from the process of the mutiny and the comparison of the strengths of the two sides, the vast majority of historians believe that this mutiny was premeditated, otherwise it would be impossible to control all the military forces and communication arteries in the city of Yanzhou Prefecture with a force of 50 people in a few hours, and at the same time besiege the Jiedu Mansion and the Yanai Office, and held the Gao father and son hostage. It would have been impossible to achieve such a result with a limited number of troops without careful planning in advance, because the garrison in Yanzhou at that time was conservatively estimated to be at least 1,300 men, which was 26 times the total strength of the initiators of the mutiny.

The official theory that the mutiny was purely accidental and was forced to do so under the high pressure of Gaojia Domain, has also been widely questioned by the majority of folk historians. The public's opinion is that the plan for this mutiny has been drawn up in detail, but it was launched earlier than expected, and the actual situation is likely that the Gao family father and son discovered Team C's mutiny attempt and tried to preemptively nip the mutiny in the bud by seizing or even killing Li *, but they underestimated the loyalty of Team C's officer team to Li * himself and their strong determination to carry out the plan, which eventually led to the early mutiny.

In the early morning of the 18th of the lunar month, a group of soldiers from the front battalion of the Zhangwu Army, covered in blood, fled back to the north gate of Yanzhou in a panic, and the sentries of the front battalion who were on duty on the tower recognized their comrades and hurriedly opened the gate to let them into the city—which was originally strictly forbidden by military law—and it turned out that it was extremely dangerous to open the gate in the middle of the night, because fifty heavily armed soldiers of the C team rushed into the city of Yanzhou with the end of the rout of the front battalion.

After the C team entered the city, the troops were divided into two routes, and the troops of about two tithes along the way attacked the Zhangwu army under the leadership of Wei Xun and Liang Xuan, the two chief of the team and the scout chief of the team, Feng Minda; On the other hand, under the leadership of Shen Chen, the head of the three Shi troops, they attacked the two barracks near the West Gate and the South Gate respectively, and captured the two commanders and nine teams loyal to the Gao family.

Therefore, by three o'clock in the morning, Team C had basically controlled the situation in Yanzhou City.

In the five battalions of the Zhangwu Army, the middle battalion directly under the command of Gao Shaoji suffered heavy losses in the first battle of Jiedu Province, and seven officers under his command Gao Wanqian were shot and killed in turn by Xi Feng Minda, and the soldiers of the middle battalion, who lost their command and were not psychologically prepared for the mutiny, were killed in the melee that night, and 21 were wounded.

When the sun rose again in the early morning of the 18th, all organized resistance in the city of Yanzhou had been dismantled, Li *, the officer of the C team who was imprisoned in the dungeon of Gaofu, was rescued, and 19 staff members of Gao Yunquan and Gao Shaoji were imprisoned.

However, no matter how later historians interpret this obscure and foggy history, they are purely standing and talking without back pain. Because the reaction of Li *, the core figure and vested interest of this mutiny, after hearing the news, was as if someone had been knocked on the head head-on, and the whole person was stunned, with a nightmarish and suspicious look.

Fifty people? Mutiny?

Lee* tapped his head hard, if this is a dream, wake up quickly!

When Wei Xun knelt down on one knee to explain the mutiny in detail and pleaded guilty to him, Li * glanced at the expressions on the faces of the officers present in turn, Liang Xuan looked proud, as if he had made great merits, waiting for him to be rewarded and rewarded, while Xi Feng Minda was carrying a bloodstained thick-backed saber with a lazy and indifferent look, Yang Li and Ling Pu, the two military commanders, looked blank, their eyes were bloodshot, obviously this night did not sleep well and affected their spirits, only Wei Xun who knelt on the ground had a heavy grief and learned from the pain, It is as if he really realizes the unforgivable and serious mistake caused by his impatience and arrogance......

For a while, Li * had a feeling of dizziness - what kind of group of living treasures did he train......

The first thing Li *, whose nerves were already extremely fragile, opened his mouth to say was to ask about the whereabouts of Gao Shizhong and Gao Yanei, so under Liang Xuan's loud shouting order, two soldiers with guns took out two gentlemen out of nowhere, one was wearing thin pajamas, beard, eyebrows, hair were scattered, and there were no shoes on his feet, shivering in the morning breeze of the "gentle like water", and the other was tied up with five flowers, and even had a rope in his mouth, and he couldn't say a word.

The dignified side of the town, the court servants, and the school inspectors, actually fell into such a situation, Li * hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted: "The humble position is seen in the old servant, the soldiers are rude, and they disturb the old servant, * It is really a crime that deserves death......

The "old waiter" was trembling, humming in his mouth, and he didn't know what he was talking about, let alone whether it was frozen or angry.

Li * seemed to understand the muttering of the "old waiter", and hurriedly waved his hand and ordered his subordinates: "Why don't you quickly carry the waiter back to the study, make a few more braziers, be careful not to freeze the waiter, if anyone neglects the waiter, I won't follow——"

Just after Gao Yunquan was "carried" away by the soldiers by the collar, Li * squinted his eyes and looked at Gao Shaoji, and lightly ordered left and right: "Please go back to Gao Yanei too......

Seeing that this group of two hundred and five had made things irreparable, Li* didn't know whether to scold them or thank them, after all, if they didn't come, they would stay in that dungeon by themselves, even if they didn't die, they would fall into a bad situation; However, when they came, they were out of trouble, but they also suddenly stirred up the situation to the point of being out of control.

Li* asked, "What about Shen Chen and Lao Zhou?" ”

"Humble duty!"

Shen Chen panted and rushed in from the Moon Gate, and behind him, Zhou Zhengyu also limped in with the support of Liu Heng and Di Huaiwei.

Li * looked at his subordinates and sighed: "Find a warm place, let's sit and talk......"

The soldiers soon found this "warm place" - the White Tiger Festival Hall where Li * was captured.

Li*, who couldn't cry or laugh, didn't reprimand the soldiers, not that he didn't care, but that he was hungry all day and locked up in the dungeon for more than half a day, and he really had no strength.

Walking into the warm festival hall, Li * suddenly felt refreshed, when he came yesterday he still felt cold here, but today when he came in, he felt that it was warm like spring.

Liang Xuan shouted proudly: "Grandma's Gao family is going to be happy, I heard that there is a fire under the tiles of this floor, hehe, it's really warm when it burns......"

Li * didn't put on a stand, just sat down and commanded weakly: "Whoever goes to help me find something to eat, I haven't eaten water and rice for a day, and my stomach will be shriveled......"

Liu Heng immediately turned around and went out, and the rest of the people slowly sat down in a circle around Li *, Zhou Zhengyu always had a worried look on his face, and when he sat next to Li *, his body was crooked, and Li * helped him to sit firmly.

Liang Xuan was still yelling: "This surname is high, there is no good thing, this is intended to starve to death the team officer, grandma, Lao Tzu will go over and pick up the skin ...... in that bullshit ya"

Li * smiled bitterly, his eyes fell on Liang Xuan's face, and somehow, when he looked at him so weakly, Liang Xuan's voice suddenly dropped, and he was a little uncomfortable.

"Hmm...... Peeled off his skin...... And then what? Lee* asked lightly, still with a gentle smile on his lips.

"Huh? Correct...... And then? Liang Xuan was dumb all of a sudden, and looked at Li * for some reason, his mouth was open one by one, but he couldn't speak.

"Then we will support the officer as the envoy of the Zhangwu Army-" Wei Xun, who was sitting on the side, said categorically.

Li * looked at him, glanced at Shen Chen, who was silent, and said with a wry smile: "I guess this matter must be like this, Brother Hu'er went back to report the news, the brothers all blew up the camp, and a few of you stinkers gathered together to discuss, this matter of using knives, Liang Xuan must be a provocateur, but he doesn't have this brain, it was Wei Xun who made plans and ideas in the back, and Brother Zhou desperately didn't stop it, is it such a thing?" ”

Wei Xun bowed his body: "The team officer is like seeing it himself, what he said is not bad at all, Brother Zhou was desperate to dissuade us at that time, it was I who did not listen to the advice, and insisted on mobilizing troops to rescue the team officer, what is the responsibility, Wei is willing to bear it alone, and the brothers have nothing to do......"

Li * laughed secretly in his heart, Wei Xun is playing his tricks again, where is this pleading, it is clearly showing merit, and by the way, he also sued Zhou Zhengyu for a trick. This kid, a person who has gone through the ghost door after the door is closed, still likes to calculate without changing his bad habits.

"This is not Lao Wei's idea alone, I also have a share, at that time I thought in my heart, whoever disagrees, I will cut whom!" Shen Chen's face was indifferent.

Li * nodded, looked around, and said in surprise: "Where is Lu Xun?" ”

Seeing everyone looking at each other, he frowned and said, "What's the matter, Brother Lu has an accident?" ”

Wei Xun coughed dryly and said, "...... Team officer, let's just a few soldiers, if you want to do something without pulling a few flags is not possible, I think no matter how the team officer handles this matter afterwards, it is always better to have a few more people to support it than a few more people to oppose it, Brother Lu is from a family of military generals in Yanzhou, and his parents still have some friendship with those who are now idle in charge of the Yaya, Dutou, catching, suppressing, and inspecting, after the Gao family took charge of Yanzhou, these old-timers of the Zhangwu Army were squeezed out of the army one by one, so I asked Brother Lu to prepare gifts early this morning to visit door to door, As long as they are willing to stand up and speak up for the officers, everything will be easy......"

Li * looked back at Wei Xun in surprise, but he didn't expect that this ruffian who has always played clever has such vision and strategy, this is not just a level of power and strategy, this is a political height.

He groaned for a moment, frowned, and said, "Then there is no officer outside to lead the team?" All of our people are running here, who is directing the dispatch outside? ”

Shen Chen hurriedly counted his fingers and said: "Jing Hai and Wu Pengju took fifty people to guard the North Pass City Gate, the South Gate is Qi Jiahui and Qiao Zhi, they bring one hundred and four people, the West Gate is Zhang Yun and Wang Eighteen, they also have fifty people in their hands, and there are more people on the East Gate, there are about one hundred and fifty people, led by Chu Yiwei and Gao Zhenbang......"

"Stop—" Li * was confused and hurriedly interrupted Shen Chen's words.

He thought about it, these names are familiar, they are all soldiers in the team, but there are only fifty people in Team C, where did these many people come from?

Seeing that he was puzzled, Shen Chen hurriedly explained: "Oh, that's the case, after entering the city and breaking the two camps, I have too few troops in my hands, and I can't take care of so many prisoners, so I used the price of a penny a day to pick out some trustworthy ones from the captives who have no foundation, and our people will lead the team to garrison the four gates and three large camps, which is also a helpless way, who let our people are too few......"

Li * had a bitter smile on his face, he didn't expect this method to be thought of by this group of bad boys, this kind of most primitive mercenary was still working for the Gao family yesterday and slapped his ass for himself today, this is also in the Five Dynasties, otherwise this situation would never have been possible in any period in Chinese history.

He smiled and praised: "It's a good idea, I've come up with any way for you, a day of hanging money, this price is not too high......"

Shen Chen's face turned red, and he said: "I don't dare to be greedy for merit, this method was thought up by Brother Zhou, not by my humble position." After defeating Nanying, there were too few lowly complainants, so Brother Zhou suggested spending some money to hire a few more people to strengthen his reputation, and he did it, and the money was paid by Brother Zhou, and it was used in the team's public account......"

Li * unexpectedly turned his face to look at Zhou Zhengyu, and Lao Zhou blushed and said, "I'm sorry, team officer, the team's chewing and wrapping this year has been spent like this......"

Li laughed, shaking his hand so that Lao Zhou didn't have to worry while asking Shen Chen, "This night is not a small harvest, right?" ”

Shen Chen said with a bitter face: "These battalions are poor and dead, and a total of less than three hundred yuan has been found, and there is still some food or something, but this one can't be moved, and those who are soldiers will have to fight with us, we have too few people, so we have to be careful for the time being......"

He paused, and suddenly said: "But the treasury and arsenal of this Jiedu Mansion have been sealed now, if you are interested, you can go and take a look later......"

Li * nodded, and then Liu Heng walked in with a bowl in his hand, and in the bowl were a few freshly baked cakes, and he smiled: "Only this one in the kitchen is ready-made, and the team officer uses it slowly......"

Li * took the cake while thanking him, tore it open and handed it to Wei Xun and the others, and said, "One person has divided one piece, and the right should be ordered early......

Only then did everyone confirm that the team officer did not blame themselves, and took the cake with a smile and looked at Li * while nibbling on it.

Li * smiled bitterly: "Brother Wei's plan is quite good, and we seem to have really mastered the situation in the state city now." The two masters of the Gao family are also under our control, and it is not impossible to establish themselves as kings, let alone establish themselves as a feudal town? ”

"It's just—" He said slowly, "we can't do that right now......"

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These days, I'm really sorry for everyone, I'm sorry for everyone, I blame the little brother for being too fast before, this book has been on the new book list for less than a week, but I see that I am about to fall off the bird, the little brother wants to stay on the new book list until next week, these days can only be painful to drop a daily update, please understand and understand it, even admit that even fans are ashamed, even ashamed of drops, even ashamed of the big ones are embarrassed to recommend and collect birds......