The changes in Ningxia City spread to Pingyu City in a while. Su Hao got the information, didn't dare to delay for a moment, and hurriedly came to Xiao Ruxun's house with Chen Dao and Xu Guangzu.

"Brother Xiao, something happened in Ningxia City, have you heard?" As soon as Su Hao saw Xiao Ruxun, he asked straight to the point.

"What's the matter, Bibai is in trouble?" Xiao Ruxun exclaimed. Su Hao got the news through his own intelligence network, and Xiao Ruxun did not establish such a network, so the information lagged much behind Su Hao.

Su Hao shook his head and said: "No, it is a hundred households named Liu Dongyang, who colluded with a group of lower-level officers to kill Dang Xin and others, when I got the news, he was besieging the General Military Mansion with the rebels, and General Zhang did not have many soldiers and horses in his hands, and it is estimated that he would not be able to support it for a while." ”

"Liu Dongyang?" Xiao Ruxun was surprised, as a senior general of Ningxia Wei, he still knew Ningxia Wei well, but the name Liu Dongyang seemed very strange to him, and he didn't know where it came from.

Su Hao didn't know about Liu Dongyang in advance, and the intelligence network he asked Chen Guanyu to establish mainly revolved around Bibai and the main people around Bibai. He never expected that things would change like this, so much so that he didn't get the information until it had already happened. He told Xiao Ruxun the news that the intelligence officer had just sent back, and Xiao Ruxun's reaction was exactly the same as Wang Yiyu's, believing that Bi Bai was behind everything.

"So, Liu Dongyang is just a gun for Bibai?" Su Hao asked.

Xiao Ruxun sneered: "I'm afraid that this Liu Dongyang himself doesn't know that he is just a gun, and he still thinks that he is a true genius." Bibai is a Tatar, and if he takes the lead in stirring up trouble, the Han soldiers of Ningxia Wei are afraid that they will not obey him. He asked Liu Dongyang to take the lead, and brought the Han soldiers under his command. As for Liu Dongyang himself. When Bibai can't use him, I'm afraid he will be thrown directly into the mud puddle like a rotten straw sandal. ”

"Now let's ignore Liu Dongyang or Bibai, let's discuss our countermeasures first." Chen Dao reminded on the side.

"That's true." Xiao Ruxuan said, "Chen Langzhong." What do you think we should do? ”

Chen Dao said: "It depends on the intention of Bibai." General Xiao, what do you think Bibai will do next? ”

Xiao Ruxun said: "In the general's opinion, Bibai should quickly send troops to occupy all the cities in Ningxia and the 48 forts in Hexi. He knew very well that when the imperial court learned of his rebellion, it would send a large army to suppress it. He's going to get ahead of the army. Turn the whole town of Ningxia into a big fortress. ”

"With his current men, can he take Hexi Fort 48 in a short time?" Xu Guangzu asked.

Xiao Ruxun said: "Bibai's soldiers and horses are very good, and they are familiar with the terrain and distribution of troops in Hexi, and each castle fights separately, so I'm afraid they are not Bibai's opponents." Besides, the incident was very sudden. If you hadn't come and told me, I wouldn't have known about it until now. If Bibai suddenly comes to my city, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to resist for a while. ”

"General Xiao, you should quickly send someone to send a letter to the forts, telling them that something has happened in Bibai, and let them take precautions as soon as possible." Chen Dao said.

"Okay." Xiao Ruxun agreed, and called the captain of his own soldiers. Let him order a dozen of his own soldiers, ride fast horses to the castles under Ningxia Wei to deliver messages, reminding the guards of these castles to prepare for battle.

The captain of the pro-soldier left in response, Xiao Ruxun watched him go out of the court, shook his head slightly, and said to Su Hao and the others: "I'm afraid that this move is better than nothing, some of the guards of Hexi 48 Fort were originally people who worshipped, and some had no fighting spirit at all, even if they got the news, they didn't dare to be enemies with Beibai." Able to fight. In addition to my Pingyu Fort, it is the Yuquan Camp. Fu Huan, the general of the Yuquan battalion, is a man, but he has only more than 2,000 subordinates, and he is probably not the opponent of Bibai. ”

"There are only more than 2,000 people in Pingyu Fort, can General Xiao bow down?" Chen Dao asked.

Xiao Ruxun said: "It's invincible." Ben will only be able to hold on to the end. In the past few years, Ben will continue to strengthen the city wall in Pingyu City, and accumulate equipment to defend the city, originally wanted to prevent the Tatars from besieging the city, but now it is used to prevent worship. In the general's opinion, if the city is closed and held, Bibai should not be able to capture my Pingyu City for a while, and there should be no problem in defending Pingyu City for three months. In three months, the army of the imperial court should also arrive. ”

"But, Brother Xiao, now there are not just 2,000 people in Pingyu City, but 4,000 people, can we have some opportunities to attack in addition to defending the city?" Su Hao asked.

Xiao Ruxun said: "Do you plan to help me defend the city?" ”

Su Hao spread his hands and said: "The matter has come to this, we are already grasshoppers on a line, if we come to attack, how can I sit idly by?" I just think that it is not enough to blindly close the city and defend, we have 4,000 people, can't we defend and attack? ”

Xiao Ruxun said: "Absolutely not. Bibai was born as a Tatar, and there were many Tatars under him, and his horse shooting skills were very strong, which was not the enemy of you and me. We hold on to the city, and we can use our strengths and avoid weaknesses to compete with it. If you abandon the city and do not defend it, and fight him on the plains, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky. ”

"What General Xiao said is reasonable, change it, and deal with Bibai, we must treat the Tatars as easily, and we must not fight on the plains easily. My Ming army and the Tatars fought on the plains, if the strength is equal, at least nine out of ten battles will be defeated, not to mention that now the strength of the Bibai army is far above me, and it is not good for me to go out of the city and fight in the field. Xu Guangzu also persuaded.

"But what's the point of us sticking to it like this?" Su Hao asked, in his mind, defending the city is really a very boring thing, people are surrounded outside, and he stays in the city, and he can't do anything. Ancient books often say that a certain place has defended the city for several years, so that even the rats in the city have been eaten by the soldiers and civilians, what is the point of this practice of trapping a lonely city?

Chen Dao explained: "Change, don't underestimate the stubborn defense, if we can defend Pingyu City, it will be a great achievement." Bibai couldn't take Pingyu City, so he didn't dare to let go of the east of the river, otherwise once the imperial court came to suppress it, he would face the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy on his back. If we hold Pingyu City, it is equivalent to choking the door of Bibai, as long as we keep it until the arrival of the imperial army, it is enough. ”

"Uh...... All right. Su Hao nodded, on the issue of fighting, he didn't dare to be too rash, since everyone said that he couldn't go out of the city, and defending the city was also a meaningful thing, he would no longer argue with everyone, first guard and then see.

Since it was determined that the city should be fortified, it was necessary to withdraw all the people from outside the city into the city. Xiao Ruxun sent a herald to the military camps outside the city to order the soldiers to quickly take their families and property into Pingyu City to take refuge. Su Hao also sent an order to stop the work of the soldiers of the Survey Battalion who were scattered around for surveying and mapping operations and return to Pingyu City.

When the officers and soldiers in Pingyu City heard about the Bibai rebellion, they also knew that the big battle was imminent, so they began to strengthen the city wall according to the arrangement and prepare all kinds of materials for defending the city. There was a lot of food hoarded in Pingyu City, which was enough to support it for more than half a year. Su Hao asked the soldiers of the Kanyu Battalion to prepare to defend the city, and the weapons and ammunition brought by Lu Xiu'er and Xu Guangqi could be used at this time, Su Hao believed that with these firearms, there should be no difficulty in defending the city.

Under the protection of Xiong Minyang and others, Jiang Tingfu escaped from Ningxia City, came to Pingyu City, and told Su Hao, Xiao Ruxun and others about the incident of Liu Dongyang and others. Xiao Ruxun asked Jiang Tingfu to stay in Pingyu City and assist in directing the defense of the city.

Besides, in Ningxia City, after Liu Dongyang's incident, the officers and soldiers in the city were panicked. Some rebels took the opportunity to loot the belongings of the former officials in Ningxia City, killing people and setting them on fire, causing a miasma. There were also some soldiers who were reluctant to rebel and Liu Dongyang's gang clashed, and both sides were killed and wounded.

Bibai sent his private soldiers, the Cangtou Army, to cooperate with Liu Dongyang to quell the chaos in Ningxia City, and it took two days for everything to gradually calm down. Liu Dongyang killed or locked up officials who were unwilling to submit, forcibly occupied various yamen, opened prisons, released prisoners, and burned all kinds of files in the official office, determined to be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Dongyang was born in the lower class and knew the needs of ordinary officers and soldiers. He distributed the gold and silver found from the government offices of Dang Xin and others to the officers and soldiers, thus winning the support of the officers and soldiers, and some officers and soldiers who were still swaying from side to side gradually accepted the reality and submitted to Liu Dongyang's command.

After controlling the army of nearly 10,000 people in Ningxia City, Liu Dongyang began to establish his own management system, he proclaimed himself the chief soldier of Ningxia, Bai Bibai as the mastermind, Bi Chengen and Xu Chao were the deputy commanders of the left and right respectively, Bi Yun and Tu Wenxiu were the left and right generals, and the rest of the generals who participated in the rebellion also had their own rewards.

Bibai knew the truth of the speed of the soldiers, and suggested that Liu Dongyang quickly send troops to capture the whole town of Ningxia. Liu Dongyang obeyed his words, and the troops were divided into several routes, led by Bi Chengen, Bi Yun, Tu Wenxiu and others, respectively, and rushed to Zhongwei, Lingzhou and Pingyu City on the North Road.

"General Xiao, don't let go of the arrows, the villain is Gu Qin, a junior colonel under the command of General Biyun, and he is here to spread the word on the order of General Biyun!"

On this day, a small group of cavalry ran under Pingyu City, and the leader of the city waved a small white flag in his hand, drove his horse to the city wall, and shouted loudly to Xiao Ruxun, who heard the news from above.

Xiao Ruxuan put his hand on the arrow stack of the city wall, looked out at the junior colonel below, and asked loudly: "Biyun has anything to say, you can say it quickly." ”

The little colonel named Gu Qin replied: "General Bi said that the prince of my family has always admired the prestige of General Xiao and does not want the two sides to see each other. As long as General Xiao is willing to submit, Prince Bi is willing to ensure that General Xiao is the deputy chief soldier of Ningxia Town. In the future, if he can occupy the important town in the northwest again, he will let Xiao Shen guard it with the rank of general soldier. ”

"Who is Prince Bi, how come Ben has never heard of it?" Xiao Ruxun asked knowingly.

"Prince Bi is the original deputy chief soldier, and General Liu of Ningxia Town has worshiped Prince Bi as the mastermind." Guchin explained.

Xiao Ruxun spit straight to the city: "Phew! Isn't it just a beep? He was originally a barbarian, he has been protected by my Ming Dynasty for many years, and he does not want to repay his kindness, but instead rebels, such a thief, dare to persuade Ben to surrender? ”

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