Chapter 711: Counterinsurgency
He didn't want to pay attention to it, but he heard Xiaoqian say: "Master Horse, the emperor has issued a decree ordering you to enter the court immediately to discuss major matters!" ”
Duan Fei had no choice but to get up, Princess Yongfu didn't dare to delay, regardless of the tiredness of serving him to change clothes and wash, Duan Fei dressed neatly, rode his jade unicorn, and ran towards the noon gate.
The three major halls in the palace, along with Fengtianmen, were all burned by Zhang Rui, and now they have moved to Duanmen.
Duanmen is naturally not as spacious as Fengtianmen, there are not so many people standing in the hall, many officials have to line up outside the door, Duan Fei came from behind, standing in front of the hundred officials, Zhengde still has to give Duan Fei a seat, but Duan Fei refused, you can't be too arrogant, even if you have the emperor as a backer, anyway, you are still young, stand with everyone.
Zhengde gave several 800-mile urgent reports to Duan Fei, all about the White Lotus Sect rebellion, the White Lotus Sect has developed rapidly in Shaanxi, Huguang, and Shandong, among which the biggest threat is the White Lotus Sect rebels in Shandong, Qingzhou, Gunzhou, and Dongchang have all fallen, and the White Lotus Sect Shandong rebels claim to have a million troops, 50,000 musket teams, and hundreds of siege artillery, and the siege of Jinan, the capital of Shandong, has been five days, if Jinan is lost, then the Shandong White Lotus rebels are qualified to go north and threaten Gyeonggi, and Huguang, Shaanxi also echoes Lianke Dacheng from afar, Now the situation is precarious, if you can't quickly eliminate these rebels and let them join together, the Ming Dynasty will fall into continuous wars, and even a bad Ming Dynasty may destroy the country, no wonder Zhengde is in a hurry, regardless of Duan Fei's newlywed Yan'er, he will be recruited to the early dynasty.
After reading the information in his hand, Duan Fei asked, "Your Majesty, now that the military situation is urgent, have you discussed a way to deal with it?" ”
Zhengde looked at the ministers below and said, "Now that the military situation is urgent, everyone recommends appointing a famous general who has been in battle for a long time, invincible and familiar with the inside of the White Lotus Sect to quell the rebellion, how about Duan Aiqing?" ”
Duan Fei replied: "This arrangement is very appropriate, I don't know who the emperor is going to appoint to take on this important task?" ”
Zhengde glanced at him with a strange expression, and coughed clearly: "Duan Aiqing, everyone recommended you to quell the rebellion, what do you think?" ”
Duan Fei pondered for a moment and said: "The emperor and the ministers trust Weichen, Weichen is very grateful, and he is willing to do his best to serve the court and repay the emperor's trust." ”
Zhengde said: "Duan Aiqing, don't say such frustrating words, your ability is obvious to everyone, but this time the White Lotus Sect is violent, not to be underestimated, now the Jinyi Guard musketeers are stranded in the southwest, and most of the two official halls are going on an expedition to Mobei, and now there are less than 1,000 skilled musketeers in the land of Gyeonggi, and after a series of battles outside the Seychelles, the firearms inventory is also very insufficient, in the face of such a predicament, how does Duan Aiqing plan to deal with it?" ”
Duan Fei replied: "Your Majesty, the rebels of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong claim to have 50,000 musketeers, in Weichen's opinion, this is pure bragging, Jinyiwei began to manufacture muskets a few years ago, and now the equipped troops are less than 30,000, since Zhang Rui sent someone to steal the musket map, Weichen has already laid a net to strictly investigate the people who bought Jingtie in an attempt to build muskets, and has not found any clues so far, it can be seen that the White Lotus Sect does not manufacture muskets on a large scale, and their muskets are either secretly made or purchased from overseas, and the number cannot be too much, Judging from the time they spent attacking the city, they had less than twenty artillery pieces and about two thousand muskets, which was a huge gap from what they claimed, and there was no need to worry, if the White Lotus Sect dared to fight Wechen head-on, Wechen would be completely sure to defeat him. ”
Yang Yiqing said worriedly: "Duke Wei Guo, don't underestimate the enemy, they have more than 100,000 displaced people to follow, and at present, the imperial court can send less than 50,000 soldiers and horses to quell the rebellion, and there are no reinforcements to send. ”
Duan Fei said with a smile: "What Lord Yang said is extremely true, Duan Fei will never despise any enemy, Lord Yang also said just now, the White Lotus Sect gathers the displaced people to make trouble, what are the displaced people?" The displaced people are the displaced people, and now that the Ming Dynasty is peaceful and peaceful, how many people are willing to follow the White Lotus Sect to make trouble? The White Lotus Sect can gather so many displaced people, on the one hand, it is the power of faith, on the other hand, it is to burn and loot the people who have been hijacked, in response to this situation, Wechen will start from two aspects, on the one hand, Wechen will use Wechen's special identity to cause disagreement in the White Lotus Sect, on the other hand, Wechen will preach the strategy of recruiting peace, so that those who are forced to join the White Lotus Sect rebels can get out smoothly, and they can even fight back, although the White Lotus Sect rebels are numerous, in the eyes of Wechen, they are just chickens and dogs, as long as they win a battle, they will fall apart! ”
Zhengde applauded and cheered: "Well said, hearing Duan Aiqing's insightful words, I also feel that there is nothing to worry about, Duan Aiqing takes the order!" ”
Duan Fei hurriedly knelt down to receive the order, and said with righteousness: "I immediately appointed Duan Fei as a messenger to recruit the Qin, and went to Shandong to recruit the White Lotus rebels, and all the officials along the way obeyed the command and deployment ......."
After discussing the military aircraft for a long time, Duan Fei returned home, and he immediately summoned Hua Ming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Li Hua, the governor of Dongchang, as well as his military advisor Ruan Xiangshu, his eldest wife Su Rong, and his second wife Guan Xiaohan to hold a meeting in his study.
Li Hua and Ruan Xiangshu are all familiar with Guan Xiaohan, but Li Hua looked at her curiously, as if she remembered something, her body suddenly shook, Duan Fei glanced at him with a smile, and didn't introduce him, after everyone came, Duan Fei retreated left and right, and said to everyone with a smile: "Everyone here basically knows it, don't hide it, this is my second lady Guan Xiaohan on the right hand side of my father-in-law, her real identity is the White Lotus Sect Holy Maiden Ziyan, don't be surprised, the master of Tianmen and the princess have deigned to marry me, It's not a miracle that the White Lotus Holy Maiden was married home by me, right? ”
Li Hua smiled and said, "No wonder, I finally understand, the master of the Heavenly Gate and the White Lotus Holy Maiden are above, please accept the little brother's worship." ”
Li Hua gave a serious salute to the two of them, which made the others a little strange, Duan Fei waved his hand and said: "Don't play, let's start talking about business now, last month the emperor made a little joke with the official, and as a result, the White Lotus Sect took the opportunity to make trouble in Huguang, Shaanxi, and Shandong, and now the White Lotus rebels in Shandong are making a lot of trouble, and the emperor is furious, and he appointed me to recruit envoys to prepare to go to Shandong to quell the rebellion, I have asked the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry to prepare a large number of rattan armor and rattan shields, As far as I know, the musket used by the White Lotus rebels should still be the first batch of obsolete goods equipped with Jinyiwei, and the oil-soaked Teng Dun rattan armor can well resist the projectiles fired by the first generation of muskets, and the official also wants you Jinyiwei and Dongchang to cooperate, and spread news all over Shandong that the White Lotus Holy Maiden has surrendered to the Duke of China and has become the woman of the Duke of the Country, and the White Lotus Sect Xuantian Protector has also been subdued by the Duke of China, killed the Yellow Sky Protector, and led the army to surrender to the official, so the official successfully subdued and quelled the rebellion in Shaanxi and Huguang, At present, there is only the White Lotus rebels left in Shandong. ”
The White Lotus Holy Maiden is right in front of her, she has surrendered and naturally has nothing to say, the Xuantian Great Protector, who ranks first among the four major protectors of the White Lotus Sect, has also surrendered? This was a bit incredible, and everyone subconsciously thought that this was just Duan Fei's bluff and planned to separate the enemy, so Hua Ming and Li Hua both nodded.
Duan Fei continued: "You still want to hype up another identity of your national duke, isn't the White Lotus Sect shouting slogans to avenge the Dharma Protector Heavenly Venerable? Correct their statement, the Duke of China is not a Protector of the Heavens, the Duke of the Kingdom is the inspector of the White Lotus Sect, specializing in supervising all the evil things of the White Lotus Sect, including unprovoked rebellion! According to the edict of the inspector, all the White Lotus Sect members, regardless of whether they participated in the rebellion or not, as long as they lay down their arms and accept the appeasement, they will be innocent and meritorious, if they can fight back and capture the White Lotus Sect Master, that is, the bandit leader Tao Tianxiong, and bring it to the public of their country, they will immediately receive ten thousand taels of gold and be knighted! ”
Hua Ming and Li Hua both nodded in agreement, and Duan Fei said: "This official plans to leave for Shandong the day after tomorrow, and before that, this official plans to rush to Shaanxi non-stop, do you have any comments or suggestions on this official's arrangement?" ”
"My lord, are you going to Shaanxi? You don't really plan to subdue the White Lotus Sect's Xuantian Great Protector, right? Ruan Xiangshu asked with a wry smile.
Even Guan Xiaohan was very concerned about this question, Duan Fei nodded, and said: "Shao Jiayu, the Great Protector of the White Lotus Sect, has already been subdued by the White Lotus Holy Maiden, but at this juncture, he may not be obedient, so this official must go there in person to ensure that this White Lotus rebel army is completely subdued. ”
Ruan Xiangshu smiled bitterly and said: "The adults are going to make dangerous moves again, seeing that the adults are full of confidence, could it be that there is something else?" ”
Duan Fei said with a smile: "Exactly, this official has another trick, now the one who is presiding over the Shaanxi White Lotus Rebellion is the two protectors of the White Lotus Sect, Xuantian and Wutian, although the Xuantian Great Protector was subdued by the Holy Maiden, but he may not be 100% obedient, what you don't know is that the Great Protector of Heaven has already been accepted by his own country, and he is very obedient to his own country, so he is 100% sure of going to Shaanxi." ”
"Wow, husband, when did you subdue the Great Protector of Heavenless, even I don't know, hum, I'm really going to be angry with you!" Guan Xiaohan was surprised and said angrily.
Duan Fei smiled: "Tell you what to do?" Let Luo Tianyou help you seize power? Isn't it good now? Anyway, you have already promised to be my woman obediently and will no longer touch the affairs of the White Lotus Sect. ”
Guan Xiaohan was still angry, Duan Fei looked at the others and said, "Now everyone understands, right?" ”
Everyone nodded one after another, Duan Fei sighed, and said: "I almost forgot, you guys spread some news by the way, just say that the White Lotus Sect's Extreme Heaven Great Protector and Yellow Heaven Great Protector are secretly in contact with this official, maybe one day they will cut off Tao Tianxiong's head and dedicate it to their own country." ”