Chapter 149: False Alarm? Risk-free?
Li Xin summoned all the soldiers in the city who could be mobilized to the front of the Weisi Yamen as quickly as possible, with a total of about 400 people, in addition to Zeng Dare's guards, there were also temporarily recruited security guards in the city. If he hadn't sent 100 people to the checkpoint by the Yan River, he would have been able to mobilize even more people.
Qian Tai immediately sent troops to ask for help, and went to Zuo Qianhu to transfer Lu Jiu's cavalry back to quell the rebellion. Lu Jiu is far from gaining a firm foothold in Zuo Qianhu, and Zuo Qianhu is the top priority of the town guards, the current problem is that in addition to the fact that the distant water does not quench the thirst of the near, the military households are rotten guards, and they only occupied the south gate by taking advantage of the loopholes, and he is confident that the officials and soldiers in the city are enough to quell the chaos.
"A rabble, enough garrisons in the city."
The only thing that matters now is a race against time, as long as the spread of the situation is controlled in the shortest possible time, otherwise once the disposal is slow, there will be many variables, such as Gu Tong, who is under house arrest in the city......
At this time, another group of people came to Li Xin.
"Lord Commander, let us follow!"
These people have been successfully selected for recruitment, and the generous treatment is just around the corner, so naturally they can't let these benefits that have not yet been received be beaten, and they can't wait to go to war one by one. Qian Tai slapped his head, yes, why did he forget about these people. Although they are not many in number, only more than 50 people, they are already a rare new force.
In fact, Li Xin was reluctant to let these people get involved, and many of the military households who made trouble might be their villagers. Since Qian Tai had already spoken, and at the same time, there were just a few more people to strengthen his voice, Li Xin nodded in agreement.
In the end, he has not dealt with the specific cases of people gathering and making trouble, and he ignored them at the beginning of the selection of military households, so many people gathered together, as long as there is a slight mistake, there may be an accident. In fact, in ancient times, the government was strict with the people gathering together, even if there was no trouble, in order to prevent such sudden riots.
At most, the military households were dissatisfied and made trouble, and although Li Xin was prepared for the worst, he was still full of optimism! The only difficulty is that the action must be fast, otherwise once the action is killed, the nature of the whole incident will be characterized, at least the crime of conspiracy and rebellion has not run, this is the rhythm of rebellion, and according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the entire town guard will probably be killed.
However, Li Xinzhong already had an opinion on how to deal with it, and only asked the main culprit, and threatened never to ask, that is, if he caught the leader in making trouble, he would only cut off his head, so as to give other people involved in the trouble a chance.
Qian Tai couldn't guess this mental activity, and Zeng Da, who was restless in the Weisi Yamen, couldn't guess that at this moment, he had learned that the military households outside the city were making trouble, and he even had a little bit of schadenfreude, but it was quickly replaced by worry.
In addition to the leaders and brains in the city, there is also the initiator of this riot, Gu Fourteen. Looking at the military households gathered around him, he quickly calmed down, and when he recognized the shape in front of him, he couldn't wait to slap his two mouths, which tendon he made a mistake today, how could he make such a big mistake.
Once you anger the chief soldier, my parents, brothers and sisters will probably be hit by the heads of their own people.
At this moment, thousands of military households were staring at Gu Shishi with their eyes, waiting for him to come up with an idea of what to do next. His best friend and fellow countryman is also asking vigorously, what should he do next?
What can be done, Gu Shishi has no idea now, he is even thinking that once the chief soldier brings troops forward, can he come to the guilty side? But when Li Xin led hundreds of red-clothed and armored Ming troops to the south gate, he hesitated again, afraid that if he surrendered, he would be killed by Li Xin in public. He's only nineteen years old, and there's still a lot he hasn't done yet, and he doesn't want to go down there to see Hades so soon.
It's a big deal to escape from the city with people, Zuo Qianhu will definitely not be able to go back, and it is a good choice to go out of the customs and be a ringing horse for today's plan. With his mind set, Gu Shishi was just about to convey this idea to the henchmen around him, when he heard the sound of thunder from far and near, and even the city wall under his feet seemed to tremble, he lay on the rammed earth city wall and looked into the distance, only to see a bunch of cavalry with a scale of nearly a thousand rushing towards the acropolis.
Gu Shishi tried to distinguish the identities of these people, but he couldn't see a single flag, and his heart began to sink to the bottom. The cavalry without any banner, in a border town like Zhenyuwei, except for the ringing horse, he can't think of a third identity.
I don't know who shouted at the top of his voice.
"The Ringing Horse is attacking the city, the Ringing Horse is attacking the city!"
One stone stirred up a thousand layers of Lang, and the military households who had been crowded outside the city scattered and fled, and those who had already entered the city tried to squeeze out quickly, but they were crowded together in the city gate hole.
The soldiers were in a mess, but no one thought to stop the officers and troops brought by Li Xin, and Li Xin suddenly realized that something must have happened outside the city, so he took advantage of the chaos to take people up to the city to check the situation. Qian Tai grabbed Li Xin's shirt.
"The chief soldier can't, there are too many soldiers in the city, if you have a ...... in case"
Li Xin shook off Qian Tai and grabbed his hand.
"A rabble, what can they do to me......"
As he spoke, the sound of horses shouting from the city came down, and Qian Tai suddenly changed color. The combat effectiveness of Datong Mansion and the Xiangma outside the border wall is not weak, at least the guards are not their opponents. However, the horses rarely attacked the city, and usually only robbed the passing merchants, and it was the first time that they took the initiative to attack the castle wall. So he grabbed Li Xin again, said that he would not let go of anything, and would not let Li Xin go to the city.
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Li Xin was so angry that he pulled out the Yanling knife on his waist and swung it hard. The frightened Qian Tai's eyes were closed, but his hands were tightly grasping Li Xin's clothes, and he only felt that as soon as his hands were loosened, his whole body lost his balance and fell to the ground. It turned out that Li Xin was in a hurry and swung his knife to cut off his clothes, and he went up to the city in three steps and two steps, only to see that the troublemakers were all six gods and had no owners, and they looked panicked.
shouted violently: "I am Li Xin, the chief soldier of the Three Guards!" ”
This voice seemed to have the soul possession of a group of out-of-body bodies, and they retracted their gazes one by one and looked at Li Xin at a loss.
"What are you waiting for the army to come? Outside the city is just a group of ringing horses, are you afraid? ”
Gu Shishi was very ashamed of what he said, he was indeed scared just now, but driven by strong self-esteem, he raised his head and puffed up his chest and said, "Who is afraid, his head has fallen off but a scar the size of a bowl!" ”
Li Xin glanced at Gu Shixi, first sneered, and then praised: "It's a man, as long as you listen to the command of General Ben, they are the ones who lose their heads!" ”
Gu Shishi didn't expect that he had stabbed such a big basket, but the chief soldier not only didn't blame him, but also praised him for being a man, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed for a while, and he was no longer hypocritical, and immediately fell to his knees.
"Gu Fourteen is the general of the general army!"
Only then did the soldiers in the city react, and they all knelt on the ground with Gu Shishi, and echoed: "For the general of the army, the general is from!" ”
Li Xin nodded, pointed at Gu Fourteen and asked, "Your name is Gu Fourteen?" ”
"It's the villain!"
"Good! You take someone to close the city gate first, and then flash to the side to see how our Ming officials and soldiers kill the thieves! ”
The chief soldier had an order, Gu Shishi did not delay for a moment, and first led people to run to the side of the wheel, preparing to put down the iron gate first.
Looking outside the city again, the military households scattered and fled, they had almost run away, and the military households in the city finally squeezed a bloody way to escape, and only five or six hundred people who fled in the blink of an eye gathered in the south gate, looking at the red-clothed and armored officers and soldiers. Li Xin stood on the city and shouted at the military households below: "The city gate is about to be closed, if you want to flee for your life, hurry up!" ”
Someone in the military household replied loudly: "Lord Commander, we are all military households who are preparing to join the army, and we didn't mean to make trouble, but now that the Acropolis is in trouble, we should advance and retreat together!" ”
Li Xin sneered a few times.
"The Ming official army is here, you just need to watch how to retreat from the enemy!"
Then he waved his hand to the Ming army under the city, "Go to the city!" ”
Qian Tai had regained his composure at this time, looked at the military households under the city, and looked at Li Xin with a sad face. The Ming army had already climbed to the top of the city.
At the same time, Gu Shishi led people to put down the iron gate and closed the city gate, returned with people, and returned to Li Xin.
"Lord Commander, what else do you need us to do, just give orders!"
Li Xin raised his eyes to observe the cavalry of the horse team that was getting closer and closer, and did a whirlwind of rapid movements, seeing that the style was really a horse thief, these people were all good at horses, and the field battle was acceptable, and they wanted to attack the city? Thinking of this, a sneer appeared on the corner of Li Xin's mouth, it was too much to underestimate the Ming official army! After the Ming army went to the city, they did not need Li Xin to assign tasks, so they went to the women's wall and were ready to fight at any time.
Only then did Li Xin turn around and ask Gu Fourteen, "Are you the leader among these people?" ”
Gu Shishiyi straightened his chest and took it seriously, "Exactly!" Even if he received the responsibility of the first offender in the future, he would not hesitate to do it, the eldest husband should have dared to act, after some twists and turns, he swept away the previous timidity, and the courage of the newborn calf who was not afraid of the tiger returned to his shell again.
"Excellent! You take them with you. Li Xin pointed to the military households under the city, "All go to the city to watch the battle!" Look at how the Ming official army broke the thief! ”
Gu Shishi suddenly understood where his courage came from.
In an instant, nearly a thousand horse thieves burst into the city, although the soldiers were still frightened, but seeing that the chief soldier was extremely confident, his heart suddenly settled down a lot!
"Listen to the people in the city, the brothers are only here to ask for money, I heard that the town guards have made a lot of money these days, and they will come out and give the brothers a good year, so we will retreat, otherwise! Hum! ”
The horse thieves under the city shouted and threatened.