Chapter 11: The Miao-Liu Mutiny (2)
At the moment, everyone was speechless, sitting silently and waiting for news.
Before they gathered here, they had already spread the word in each battalion, arranged for their henchmen to instigate the forbidden army, and said: "Kill Wang Yuan and Kang Lu tomorrow, share the wealth and wealth, and divide the property of the traitorous ministers, and the court law does not blame the public, and there is no way to take everyone." ”
Such agitation, coupled with the fact that Wang Yuan was very unpopular, and the battalions were clamoring, and the morale of the army was immediately unstable.
This Wang Yuan was originally also a character, originally from the Western Army, good at riding and shooting, resourceful, under the leadership of Tong Guan, breaking the Western Xia, hitting Fang La, or in the Huizong Dynasty, he was a famous general. Because of this, after Zhao Gou ascended the throne, he was the first batch of generals to serve, and immediately became Zhao Gou's confidant and relied on him very much.
During the Jianyan period, the so-called four generals of Zhongxing did not emerge, Yue Fei had just emerged and was working as a pacification envoy in Taizhou, and the so-called Yue family army had not been formed; Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi were newly defeated, gathered the remnants of the army, and deployed defenses along the river, although they were all ranked in chief and jiedu, in fact, at this time in Zhao Gou's heart, he was not as trusted as Wang Yuan.
It's just that since the Jingkang Rebellion, this person's personality has changed abruptly, he is afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and he doesn't want to engage the enemy. After Zhao Gou was defeated in Yangzhou, he originally wanted to accept the advice of Han Shizhong and others, settle down in Zhenjiang, and wait for the enemy along the river.
However, Wang Yuan held the opposite opinion, only saying that Lin'an was in danger of heavy rivers, and suggested that Zhao Gou settle down in Lin'an.
Zhao Gou was afraid of the enemy army and was not under him. The two hit it off, so they fled south from Yangzhou all the way to Lin'an. Wang Yuan himself was also entrusted with important tasks, serving as the envoy of the Privy Council and the commander of the imperial camp.
When crossing the river in Yangzhou, he mastered the sea boats, but he did not use big ships to transport soldiers or people, but loaded all the big ships with his accumulated wealth and transported them across the river.
After this incident, all the prestige and connections he had accumulated in the army were lost.
Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan were originally dissatisfied with him being trusted by the emperor and above Qingyun, and because of this incident, they were even more resentful.
In addition, the Inner Servant Province took advantage of the emperor's favor and colluded with Wang Yuan, and the generals of the Weiling Forbidden Army, when they first arrived in Lin'an, these eunuchs did not care about the chaos of the army, and even made a big fanfare and watched the tide on the Qiantang River.
The lights in the room finally dimmed, and a few bright red rays of light came out of the white paper window.
Liu Zhengyan blew out the oil lamp, and the room was dark at first, but after a while, it gradually became bright again. He pushed the door and went out, only to see that the sky was as clear as a wash, and the red sun was spurting out in the distance, and it was a big sunny day.
He was overjoyed, but he didn't show his face, he just instructed his family to send wine and food to the generals of the forbidden army who had gathered.
Today's court meeting, as Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan, do not need to participate, and after Wang Yuan and others go to the court, they will gather the generals and let them report on military affairs.
Everyone counted the time and waited for the bell in the palace not far away to ring, Miao Fu suddenly stood up and ordered in a deep voice: "Brothers, the thief is in this dynasty!" ”
"Yes, obey the general's orders!"
Miao Fu smiled slightly, looked at Liu Zhengyan and said, "What else does General Liu have to say?" ”
Liu Zhengyan said: "There is nothing else to say, the evil will be exhausted." ”
Miao Fu nodded heavily and said with a smile: "Then I will rest assured." ”
Liu Zhengyan was unhappy in his heart, knowing that the other party had other fingers, but he was not easy to make a sound. His father Liu Fa, who was originally a general of the Western Army, was forced to fight and died when he was under Tong Guan, that Wang Yuan was originally a subordinate of Liu Fa, and he recommended Liu Zhengyan to serve in the forbidden army with the love of his old boss, but he actually had a personal favor to Liu Zhengyan.
He also knew that Miao Fu was not completely at ease with himself, and most of the soldiers of the forbidden army were also headed by Miao Fu. This time, he followed Miao Fu to get into trouble, but he didn't want to live under people for a long time.
The husband doesn't eat for Wuding, he should cook for Wuding!
Liu Zhengyan showed a cruel smile, and ordered to several of his henchmen in a vicious voice: "Let's go, go to the north bridge of the city!" ”
The security and defense in the city are all headed by these two people. They had already prepared, a large number of forbidden army soldiers had already been mobilized to the area of the north bridge of the city, and by the time they arrived with hundreds of henchmen, there were already nearly 8,000 soldiers ambushed on both sides of the road.
The area around the north bridge of the city is located on the periphery of the palace, and there are no people living in it, and when the forbidden army is dispatched, the people who are not far away also know that the big thing is not good, and the chaos is about to start, and everyone is closed and does not dare to go out.
Occasionally, passing civilians or low-ranking officials were either killed or detained by the forbidden forces in ambush, and no one was allowed to leak the news.
When it came to the dispersal of the dynasty, there were officials coming out of the palace one after another, and the north bridge of the city was a must-pass place, and anyone who passed by, even Wang Qianshan, who was in the right position, was still blocked by the forbidden army under the protection of the servants and soldiers of the brigade, and did not let him continue to march.
This person is deceitful and scheming, and when he saw that things were not good, he didn't care about putting his prime minister at the moment, and after asking the reason for the incident, he bowed his hand to Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan again and again, and praised: "You have suppressed the treacherous atmosphere in the Qing Dynasty, and raised troops in rebellion, Wang admires and admires." ”
The generals originally intended to kill this lord and the official of the faction together, but he was disturbed like this, but he couldn't do it for a while.
Miao Fu also didn't want to kill the civil officials, Wang Yuan was also a military general, killing him was an internal struggle of the military general group, if he killed the civil officials, I was afraid that it might not end well in the future.
Since the founding of Emperor Taizu in the Great Song Dynasty, there has never been a military general, let alone a civil official to the prime minister who has been killed, but he does not want to commit a big taboo and offend the entire scholar group.
When Wang Qianshan saw this, he knew that he would have to save his life for the time being, so he immediately hid back in the sedan chair, wiped his sweat again and again, and didn't dare to say half a word more.
In addition to him, many of the high-ranking officials of the lower dynasty were taken into custody, and no one escaped.
Miao Fu was anxious in his heart, although he held many officials, Wang Yuan was not there. If he knew the rumors, escaped from the city, and used his qualifications in the army to mobilize the troops stationed abroad to quell the chaos, it would be difficult for him and Liu Zhengyan to resist.
Just when he was irritable, several generals of the forbidden army had sharp eyes and shouted again and again: "Wang Yuan is here!" ”
Miao Fu was shocked, and waved his hand to order: "Go quickly, bring him!" ”
As soon as he gave the order, hundreds of soldiers of the forbidden army who were like wolves and tigers, with fresh armor and bright helmets, immediately rushed forward, dispersed the guards around Wang Yuan, and pulled him off his horse.
Wang Yuan came out of the court, although he felt that the atmosphere was wrong, he never thought that it would be a mutiny that had never been seen since the founding of the Song Dynasty.
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