Yan Hong was a person who had gone through the Jinan Mutiny, and when he heard the return, he realized that something was going to go wrong. He hurriedly summoned Ye Guochen, the prefect of Taizhou, and commanded Han Chunting to discuss major matters. At the same time, he invited all the officials at all levels of Taizhou Wei to the prefect and sent people to guard them, which was called protection, but in fact they were detained to prevent changes. All the men and horses of Taizhou Wei gathered at the prefect's yamen to listen to the use, and one hundred Zhejiang soldiers were also transferred to the prefect's yamen to be dispatched at any time. He also ordered the local Jinyi guards to take over the defense of the arsenal under the leadership of Le Jin, and first equip all his own people.

Unexpectedly, Ye Guochen said with a bitter face when he heard this: "This is not necessary." Before General Qi set off, Xia Guan had already sent out all the remaining equipment in the arsenal, and now the arsenal is full of dilapidated ordnance, which is useless. ”

Yan Hong said: "The local arsenal can store one guard's ordnance, Qi Jiguang is only three thousand people, why is it empty?" ”

Ye Guochen looked at Han Chunting, who had to talk for a long time before saying that in the past few years, Geng Shaoquan had taken a lot of things from the arsenal by half bribery and half coercion. This time Taizhou recruited bravery, and he opened his mouth again and asked for a lot of ordnance and military salaries. Not to mention that everyone is careless on weekdays, this arsenal will naturally be wasted.

Ye Guochen said: "The Geng family is a local family, there are many men, Geng Shaoquan is brave and aggressive, and his martial arts are strong. If he really led the troops to mutiny, it would be really difficult to suppress the people and horses here. However, according to the subordinates, he was most likely beaten with dozens of military sticks that day, and it was difficult to get out of anger, so he had this evil thought, so he would enter the Yong camp with Han Commander, share the benefits and disadvantages with him, and then appease him with heavy money to avoid a military disaster. It's better than them mutiniing and ruining their lives. ”

Han Chunting also said: "There are too few strong men in my guard who can pull out now. Not even a hundred people. Fight with Geng Shaoquan. That's a death. We still value harmony, and harmony is precious. Besides, Geng Dalang is familiar with each other, has a wide range of friends, and has many contacts with the characters of the three mountains and five mountains. Perhaps, these are the battalion soldiers he recruited, and when the time comes, the Japanese invade. It's also a force. If you blindly deal with him as a thief, it will not be good to force him to rebel. ”

Yan Hongqi increased the amount with his hands. Wen Tianwu, the capital of Taizhou, has reached this point, with the normal establishment of a guard, but he can't even suppress a mutiny at the level of a thousand households in Taizhou, and he still has such an ambiguous attitude towards the mutiny. At this time, I wanted to run, but it didn't take much effort, but when I said that I was poor and was driven out of Taizhou by a bully and a brave battalion ruffian, where did I put this face? Again. The situation on the side of Xinhe is critical, if he runs again. Directly throw Taizhou to the ruffians, even if Qi Tiger has three heads and six arms, he is afraid that he will inevitably suffer.

In the 28th year of Jiajing, the soldiers and horses of Datong were unwilling to go to Yanghe to garrison, and the troops mutinied, Hu Zongxian rode alone, and quelled the rebellion in three words, and there was not even a drop of blood. And this incident is just one of the countless mutinies in the Ming Dynasty.

Due to various reasons such as arrears of military salaries, insufficient supplies, and mistreatment of soldiers by generals, mutinies in the Ming army occurred from time to time. Generally speaking, soldiers will not be desperate, embark on the road of jade burning, usually gather crowds to make noise, and even more rob the treasury, beat the officials, and then ask for treatment, military salaries, etc., to meet the requirements, and they will return to the camp, at most the leader is in danger, may be counter-attacked afterwards, pulled out and cut down, the overall view is not responsible, most people are not in danger, and no one really wants to kill people to see blood.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the civil and military forces of Taizhou have underestimated the danger of mutiny, and they think about it, mainly because this Qin sent to Taizhou to punish indiscriminately, and lost Geng Dalang's face in public, and now let them go to aid Xinhesuo, where there are thousands of real widows, these thousands of Taiyong went to death? Geng Dalang is now in good condition, so he naturally wants to lead the troops to make trouble, as long as he is allowed not to go to Xinhe, it will be fine to give him another reward. As for the people in the rivers and lakes here, Geng Shaoquan used the Yongying to set up, wanting to make some small moves, liaise with some people from the three mountains and five mountains, and smuggle some equipment and materials, but there are also some who treat it as a mutiny, but there is still a lack of evidence to support it.

Yan Hong couldn't be sure what Geng Shaoquan's idea was at this time, even if it was a real mutiny, the severity of it could not be said. But he knew that at this juncture of the invasion of the Japanese and several major wars, Geng Shaoquan's behavior was to draw wages from the bottom of the overall war situation. Judging from his two dealings with Geng Shaoquan, this person is afraid of evil, if he really uses the practices of these local officials to appease him and Yan Yue, it will only make this guy's arrogance even more arrogant. Damn, play this trick with Lao Tzu, you really don't know how powerful the little Yama King is! The dignified Heavenly Family, the four-rank master, the eldest grandson of the prime minister, was pinched by you ruffian? Jokes, jokes!

At this time, if you can't unify your internal positions, then you will inevitably be at a disadvantage in this contest. Therefore, he snorted coldly and said, "Liegong's words are wrong! This official broke the conspiracy of the White Lotus rebels in Shandong, and this time he was responsible for inspecting the military affairs in the southeast, and led the troops here to exterminate the thieves. Geng Shaoquan intends to rebel, according to this official, he is either a White Lotus Sect bandit or a Japanese traitor, the prince is so lazy, is he not afraid of losing the grace of the saint? For this kind of stubborn thief who is bent on rebelling against the Celestial Empire, the more you tolerate it, the more you will raise traitors, and you will have to use thunderous means to eliminate the harm with one blow! A few old men, you have been in the local area for a long time, and you must know the details of this thief better. But tell me, is this thief a thief or a White Lotus bandit? In this way, Ben Qin can also give a report to the emperor after the errand. ”

What he said was really heart-wrenching, which was equivalent to setting the tone first, Geng Shaoquan was either a white lotus thief or a widow and a traitor, so he could only choose one of the two. Ye Guochen and Han Chunting glanced at each other, and they both understood that this was Qin Cha's deliberate target, and they were going to start doing something to Geng Dalang. Although from their point of view, the current Qin Cha is not strong in force, and it is really not a good time to start Geng Dalang, but what position do they have to speak for Geng Shaoquan?

Do you know that in addition to the identity of Qin Cha, Yan Hong is also the eldest grandson of the third generation of the Yan family, and the one standing behind him is Yan Ge Lao, a little shrimp like himself, he is a hairball in front of the other party? Now that the other party has set the tone, what else can he do except go along with it? If you plead for Geng Dalang again, most of the other party will treat yourself as a tong or a white lotus, wouldn't it be wronged? Geng Dalang has a lot of filial piety on weekdays, but when he buys his life, it is far from enough.

Ye Guochen thought about it slightly, and now the national dynasty treats the White Lotus Sect like a flood beast, and has issued several orders to let the local government strengthen the extermination of the White Lotus Sect. If it is said that Geng Shaoquan is a White Lotus at this time, it means that there is a big loophole in his work, and a White Lotus Sect member is the leader of the Taiyong Battalion, which is not good. He had to choose the lesser of two evils, and said: "Qin Cha is high-minded." Presumably, it was the Geng thief who was greedy for heavy profits, and got bribes from the Japanese bandits, so that he forgot his ancestors, colluded with the Japanese thieves, and was willing to be his wings. It's just that now there are many Taiyong people, and it's not easy to catch them in a hurry. ”

Seeing this wind direction, Han Chunting also said: "Exactly." Geng thieves must be colluding with the thieves, and the former's real thieves seem to be using a bitter trick. It's just that if you want to take him, you still need to think of a perfect way, why don't we set up a banquet, invite him to the banquet, and take him down before the banquet, what do you think? ”

Just as Yan Hong was thinking about whether this idea was feasible, Shao An came back to report: "Sir, we have arrested a few people from the rivers and lakes, I'm afraid this matter is a little troublesome." ”

Yan Hong said: "What Jianghu people? How did you get caught? ”

Shao An said: "It was a tea shed, first the group of people with unknown Wenzhou accents ate tea there, and then they followed the brave people of Taizhou to leave." More than 30 people went in, and the number of roads didn't seem to be very correct. The shopkeeper was afraid, so he sent a man to report to the official secretly. The officials in the palace went to ask, but they were cut a few times. ”

Yan Hong slapped the table: "It's the opposite!" Even the official family dares to cut it, it is clear that they are Japanese spies! Come on, pick up the local brocade guards again, and go and take down all those thieves! He calculated that there were more than 30 people on the enemy side, and he should be able to take down twice as many people as he transferred over.

Shao An said: "The chief is angry, those thieves are fighting with the servants and soldiers, but there is a chivalrous woman who comes out to help, and there are several monks and masters. They have good martial arts, and they helped our officials and soldiers to defeat these thieves, and later their subordinates brought the men and horses of Beijing Jinyi Guard over and arrested them one by one. ”

Hearing this, Yan Hong hurriedly asked, "Chivalrous girl? What does it look like? What to wear? Have you ever brought someone over? ”

Shao An said: "The subordinates are incompetent, and they don't know the news at first. By the time his subordinates arrived at the place with the Jinyi Wei brothers, the chivalrous girl and the monk had disappeared. But when I heard the description, it did look like a wife. Dressed in purple and holding a sword, he is very good, and it is said that he injured three people in the rivers and lakes. ”

Yan Hong's heart fluttered when he heard this, and he ordered: "Then what are you waiting for?" It's hard to find anything else, isn't it hard to find a few big bald heads and a girl in purple? Take everyone with you and bring Miss Xia back for me. ”

"Sir Rongyu, it seems that the woman was injured a little during the fight, and several masters escorted her and retreated. Our men rushed to catch the tyrant and didn't bother to chase her. When all the thieves were tied up and her subordinates arrived, they heard that she had already left the city, so it was not easy to find. Besides, the city is not peaceful now, and we dare not go too far out of the city, for fear of misleading you. ”

When Yan Hong heard that the woman in purple was injured, he said angrily: "What a group of bold thieves, even my beloved concubine dares to hurt them." Shisu is strong in martial arts, how can it hurt in their hands? Most of them are using some despicable means, come on, first pick the hands and feet of these people for me, if you have any words, you will be tried again after picking the tendons. Are our people hurt? ”

Shao An said: "Sir, rest assured, those people have broken their spirits and have been killed several times. If we hadn't arrived faster, they would have run away. After being caught up by us, these boys had no intention of fighting, and ate a random shot commanded by Ye Zhengfei's brothers, killing a few, and the rest were either hacked to death or taken. A few of our brothers were slightly injured, but it was no big deal. I then ordered to go down and pick out the tendons of these grandsons, and then interrogate them carefully. "Hurry down and prepare. (To be continued......)