Chapter 222: Collapse (I)
According to the agreement between Ruan Shulin and Li Anping in advance, he led people to arrest Ruan Chengjiang, and then took people out of the camp where the troops were temporarily stationed, and found a place to hide.
In the absence of the whereabouts of the commander of the troops, he had to prevent the cronies loyal to Nguyen Thanh Giang from inciting the troops to mutiny, and to follow the established plan, or order, or persuade, or suppress, so that all the troops lay down their arms, stop resisting, end the rebellion, end the civil war, and return to the central power and obey its leadership.
In comparison, Ruan Shulin is much less risky, he only needs to catch people and take them away, and then hide, wait for the situation to stabilize before showing up, and easily seek a great achievement, not only to save his life, but also to be appreciated by Huang Wentao and others, and it is unknown whether he will be reused; And Li Anping's responsibility is many times greater, and the risks are everywhere, which can be described as frightening step by step, because in this team, most of the officers are trained by Nguyen Chengjiang and pulled up by one hand, they regard Nguyen Chengjiang as a benefactor, be loyal to him, obey his leadership, and be willing to drive him and serve him, judging from the military coup d'état launched by Nguyen Chengjiang, most of the middle and lower-level officers do not know, but they still rub shoulders and follow left and right, and there is no large-scale war-weariness and anti-war resistance among the soldiers in the army. It can also be seen from this that the Northern Military Region is tightly controlled by Nguyen Thanh Giang, who is in charge of the overall situation, giving orders like a mountain, and the entire Northern Military Region is like an iron plate, impervious to wind and rain.
Li Anping is not alone, he has been the chief of staff of the Northern Military Region for four or five years, and with his position, he will definitely be able to recruit some of his cronies for his use, although he is only a small group of people, but at a critical time, he can play a huge role.
After he discussed with Ruan Shulin and prepared to act, he summoned his subordinates and cronies together, first observed their emotions, and after seeing them full of complaints, constant doubts, venting their dissatisfaction in their chests, and full of worries about the future, Li Anping cautiously revealed his meaning to them, and after making sure that everyone supported him and was willing to follow, he finally threw out his plan, saying on the spot that those who are willing are willing and will not force it.
What made Li Anping feel gratified, everyone unanimously expressed their willingness to follow him, start the incident anyway, and save the tens of thousands of troops from fire and water.
Subsequently, Li Anping made fine and prudent arrangements, and he secretly mobilized the troops of these middle and lower-ranking officers around the headquarters to prevent changes; Then he sent a crony with a few followers to secretly cross the line of defense and make contact with the government forces, telling them all their plans of action, and being ready to cooperate with their actions at any time; Then, taking advantage of the gap between Nguyen Chengjiang and inspecting before the battle, under the guise of Nguyen Chengjiang, he issued several orders, summoning all the middle- and lower-level military commanders to convene an emergency military meeting after Ruan Shulin succeeded in taking over, preparing to announce his order to "lay down his arms and stop resisting" at the meeting, and would let these military commanders convey their orders to their respective troops in person, and if anyone dared to disobey, they would be executed on the spot, and someone would be sent to take over the control of the troops and prevent mutiny.
Li Anping cheered up the spirit of twelve, guarded in the headquarters, Ruan Shulin led people to clear all the sentinels around, and then replaced his own people, Ruan Chengjiang's temporary rest house is the signal, hearing the sound, Li Anping's heart was in his throat, and when Ruan Shulin's people rushed over to tell him, that side had already succeeded, Li Anping rose up excitedly, wanting to control his emotions, then he calmed down, pressed the excitement in his heart, restored his usual composure, and drove on his head, The mastermind of this rebel group is under control, so it's up to you next.
His people had already controlled the entire operational command room, and all those subordinates who were loyal to Ruan Chengjiang were arrested and put under house arrest, and soon the entire operational command room returned to its usual appearance, Li Anping raised his hand and looked at his watch, less than ten minutes away from the agreed meeting time, and the time was well grasped.
After a lot of effort, Li Lugui, the commander of the Peigan Brigade, came, his unit was the current Chinese army, and he was also one of Ruan Chengjiang's hardcore subordinates, and he was arrested; The commander of the Quang Binh Brigade, Nguyen Hoa Fang, came, and the loyal followers of Nguyen Thanh Giang were tied up; The commander of the garrison regiment of the headquarters was killed by Ruan Shulin's subordinates before, and the entire garrison regiment was disarmed by Li Anping's cronies and confined without blood.
Li Anping asked his subordinates to arrest all those subordinates who were usually loyal to Ruan Chengjiang, and the rest were some people who were not very popular with Ruan Chengjiang, and it was this part of the middle and lower-level officers who had now become the targets of Li Anping's vigorous efforts to woo and appease.
The arrest operation in the headquarters made everyone who came in feel panicked, and the atmosphere was suffocating, and everyone was silent, staring at all this with blank eyes, secretly guessing in what direction the situation would develop.
When Li An appeared in front of everyone, many people breathed a sigh of relief, they knew that they had passed the first hurdle, because they were not arrested, so what would happen next?
Li Anping didn't plan to fight any ambush with these people at all, but went straight to the point, and he told everyone the purpose of his convening of the meeting, that is, "lay down your arms, stop resisting, end the civil war, support the central government, and maintain unity." ”
When Li Anping said these twenty words, all the people showed suspicious and uncertain eyes on their faces, everyone couldn't be sure whose decision it was, after all, Li Anping was their chief of staff, not the Supreme Commander, and his orders needed to be thought through here in their minds, in the current situation, who knows if this is the supreme commander who is testing their heart, everyone will be wary of this hand, be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, and the hasty decision may become a life talisman, lost his life in a daze.
Everyone's eyes were seen by Li Anping, and he knew very well what these subordinates were thinking, but he could understand that no one wanted to see how the situation had changed behind this.
He snorted coldly, and said with a gloomy face: "Ruan Chengjiang rebelled and rebelled, led the troops to launch a coup d'état, conspired to subvert the central government, and undermined the unity of the country, and has now been arrested and placed under house arrest. ”
As soon as these words came out, all the people present looked at each other, changed color in shock, and secretly said in their hearts: The naivety of the original Northern Military Region has changed.
But they were more surprised in their hearts, because they were very aware of the current predicament of their troops, the life and death of these tens of thousands of troops was only between the first line, and now is the best time to save the lives of these tens of thousands of soldiers, no one wants to be a failed rebel, become a sinner of the country and the nation, accept the judgment of the law, and leave a shameful charge in the course of their lives.
The person who knew the times was Junjie, and some people in the meeting hall raised their hands, one after another, and everyone raised their hands. Li Anping felt relieved, and reached out to wipe the sweat on his forehead.