Section 4: Seizure of military power
Governor's Office.
"Sterling, Inspector General Xiao Long just came to see me and handed in his resignation - he was also scared, and promised not to get involved in my fight with Yang Minghua tonight. ”
"This is the chief chief, you have won the hearts of the people -- after today's meeting, he also understands that Yang Minghua is really unpopular -- Yang Minghua is so stupid that he hurriedly said that he wanted to rebel. ”
"No, think about it: before the meeting, Yang Minghua's strength were: Lei Xun's 170,000 zhōngyāng army, Di Lin's 50,000 Far East Army outside the city, the military police unit of the Supervision Department, his own guards, and the jǐng inspection army with a small number of Dìdū Zhibu, while we only had your 10,000 Praetorian Guards -- he was not stupid, he had no fear! It would be a pity not to grasp such a good opportunity for rebellion!"
"My lord, if the subordinate officer was Yang Minghua, he would not let the officers of the various units leave the dìdū safely..."
"It is easy to carry out a massacre behind closed gates, but that will make the Far Eastern Army, the border guards, and the Black Flag Army all become Yang Minghua's mortal enemies -- Yang Minghua's purpose is only to establish his authority, and he does not want to do that -- more than 80 percent of the army will oppose it, and even if he takes the position, he will not be able to sit still. ”
"But..."
"Only Ge Yingxing is Yang Minghua's mortal enemy, so he has already arranged for Di Lin to chase and kill - the other people Yang Minghua can wait for the position of chief to slowly divide and buy, which is much more clever than the massacre. ”
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The staff officer entered the temporary headquarters and reported: "Lord Qiyu, a large number of armed men in black have appeared around the Governor's Mansion, and the defense commander has asked for instructions. ”
Stirling stood up: "How many?!"
"Four thousand eight hundred and twenty-one. "It was Zichuan Shenxing who answered," that was Yang Minghua's personal guard. ”
Sterling didn't ask Zichuan why he was able to name the number of Yang Minghua's guards - this should be extremely confidential information, and even Di Lin didn't know. He knows very well what he should do as a subordinate, and he doesn't say a word that he shouldn't say.
Sterling ordered: "Ignore them, but keep a watchful eye." ”
Zichuan Shenxing asked with interest, "Why?"
"My lord, these are just a rabble, please don't worry - there are also the jǐng inspection troops with a small number of governors and the military police units of the Supervision Department are also not to be feared, as long as the Praetorian Guard is handed over to the command of the officer, it is guaranteed to sweep them all down overnight!"
"Oh, so what do you care about..."
Stirling's worried gaze turned to the south, where was the large camp south of the city of the zhōngyāng army: "The only thing that the lower officials are worried about is the zhōngyāng army - just now the scouts reported back, and all the zhōngyāng army troops on the street suddenly withdrew to the south of the city camp and assembled, and the camp gate was closed..."
"Such a big operation-zhōngyāng army is waiting for Lei Xun to make a mobilization order. ”
"Your Excellency is wise, as your lord says—but I'm afraid they'll have to wait a long time. Sterling couldn't help but laugh.
"Not necessarily," Zichuan Shenxing shook his head: "Yang Minghua is not a Ben person, and the zhōngyāng army did not appear at the appointed time, so he will naturally send someone to take over Lei Xun's troops." ”
Sterling stared at the dark silence in the south of the city, and muttered, "It's all up to you, Ah Xiu!"
"Cigarettes, beer, preserved eggs, eight-treasure porridge!"
"Mineral water, drinks, peanuts, chewing gum!"
"Newspapers, magazines, train schedules, playing cards!"
In the large conference hall of the Zhōngyāng Army, the more than 300 officers of the Zhōngyāng Army could not believe their eyes: a young man in the uniform of the deputy commander pushed a cart full of food and shouted all the way in!
Deputy Commander Ge Xin scolded angrily: "Zichuan Xiu, what are you doing?"
"Oh, I see that the people on the train are selling like this--don't I learn like this?But I don't have to be so angry--I learned from the general express train, if you don't like it--I'll learn the special express!"
Ge Xin: "#・##¥*!"
There was also a shouting and scolding below.
Another deputy commander, Mi Haiyi, thought of a key question: "How did you get in?
Zichuan Xiuliang Liang handed the transfer order: "I used this to buy the guards." ”
All of a sudden, the shouting and scolding stopped.
Everyone looked at Zichuan Xiu's hand in disbelief and ordered the transfer of troops. Someone whispered, "Impossible, fake, right?"
But after the verification of the three deputy commanders, the result was true.
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There was silence, and everyone was at a loss: what the hell was going on?
The officers present were already aware of the events at the daytime meeting, and received instructions from their immediate superior, Lei Xun: "One. Gather your forces at the base camp in the south of the city, fully armed, and prepare for battle. Two. At half past seven, all the officers of the deputy flag and above gathered in the conference hall to wait for my final order!"—even the most stupid person knows what is going to happen!
Some people are happy and some are worried, but the mentality of the vast majority of people is: Nervous and uneasy -- in the more than 200 years of family history, there has never been a good end to the rebellion, but the orders of the direct commander cannot but be obeyed...
Everyone gathered with all kinds of complicated feelings, from half past seven until nearly ten o'clock, but Lei Xun never appeared, and no one with enough authority came to tell them: What should I do?
Here comes the deputy commander of Zichuan Xiu, who is holding the order to transfer troops!
"Your Excellency Xiuchuan, what are you doing?" asked An Ning, the third deputy commander.
"Oh, that's the case, everyone has been very busy and hard at work lately - I heard that many people have hemorrhoids and stomach ulcers or something, Commander Lei Xun asked me to comfort everyone and have a heart-to-heart party, everyone is happy!"
The devil believes you!
"Oh, you don't believe it, then I have to tell the truth - in fact, it's because the moon is very good tonight, and Commander Lei suddenly came to Yaxing to let everyone enjoy the moon together!"
Ge Xin couldn't help it: "May I ask Your Excellency Xiuchuan, where is our chief Lord Lei?"
"Oh, when I met him just now, he was in the West Mountain in the north of the city - but now maybe he has arrived at the Qingxiu Mountain in the south of the city, the scenery is good, and it is very suitable for moon viewing - you want to enjoy the moon with him?
"Why do you have a stinky face--don't you like to admire the moon?You don't do such an elegant thing--but fortunately, I expected it, it can't be that everyone is so poetic!--don't you watch the little movie of rìben?The heroine has a first-class figure, and she screams very sweetly..."
"You still have a stinky face, I understand--you don't like rì this film! What a noble patriotic feeling, even the third-level film has to watch domestic ones! Okay, I still have Hong Kong here--I don't like it? It's Taiwan's--but I heard that they've been working on it recently, I guess you won't like it either..."
"Okay, if you don't speak, you have no opinion-zìyóu disbanded!"
"Hey, Deputy Commander Ge, how do you say that I don't have the right to issue orders?--I have the right to transfer troops and am the deputy commander, why don't I have the right to issue orders?"
"Come, come, everyone has a piece of food, pick your favorite plate and look at it - hey, that, you took two bottles of eight-treasure porridge, not many of them! And the one who wears the red flag clothes, you reversed the VCD plug - look at you, what a hurry!"
Under the pull and instigation of Zi Chuan Xiu, the officers who had stood in line for nearly three hours were already exhausted, since there was a seemingly authoritative Zi Chuan Xiu (his deputy commander and master the transfer order) to give them orders, and this order was indeed very pleasant (rest, eat and drink, look at the plates), anyway, the order of the commander of Lei Xun was just to tell everyone to wait - but there was no rule on how to wait - "whoa", the neat queue dispersed, everyone just laughed and laughed, and grabbed food and drink - The venue that had been solemn just now turned into a party venue in an instant.
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The faces of the three deputy commanders were uncertain, and they were all a question mark: "What should I do?"
An Ning said: "Why don't you just wait and see what happens?" -- he was not very enthusiastic about the rebellion, but he came under the pressure of Lei Xun, and now that Lei Xun does not appear, it is really good.
Ge Xin objected: "How can it be, what a precious time now!" -- Lei Xun had already greeted him beforehand, and if he succeeded, he would be the new commander of the zhōngyāng army.
Mi Haiyi sneered: "The situation is unknown, and now blind movement is equal to quick death." If you lose, it will be a disaster to destroy your family, and if you win, there is no benefit -- you can do this kind of stupid thing yourself.
Seeing that he couldn't convince the other two deputy commanders, Ge Xin gritted his teeth and stomped his feet to walk out of the conference hall: his own troops also had nearly 50,000 people, and he could also decide the overall situation.
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A coquettish shout rang out at the door: "Stop!"
Shirakawa, Roger and the others led more than forty guards of Zichuan Xiu to guard the door of the conference hall.
Zichuan Xiu said leisurely: "Such a clear breeze and bright moon - where is Your Excellency Ge Xin in a hurry?"
Ge Xin smiled "hehe": "Your Excellency Xiuchuan came to our zhōngyāng army to spread wilderness, so he brought such a few people—a little less, right?"
He was right, this was the base camp of the zhōngyāng army, as long as the fighting was heard together, and the hundreds of thousands of zhōngyāng troops were surrounded, no one on Zichuan Xiu's side could go back alive - even the number of officers in the hall far exceeded Zichuan Xiu's guards, and they were all fully armed.
Zichuan Xiuya smiled "hehe", and suddenly shouted-the voice was as amazing as a thunderous roar:
"Yang Minghua yīn plotted rebellion, rebelled, and has been killed!"
"Lei Xun conspired with yīn, the crime is extremely heinous, and he has been ambushed!"
"The 400,000 Qin King army in the Far East, led by Lord Ge Yingxing, has arrived at Dìdū!"
"Where to go, you choose for yourself!--Whoever wants to go to the funeral with Yang Minghua and Lei Xun, just please! They are also lonely down there!"
The content of the words was more shocking than the volume full of true qi, and everyone was shocked and trembled!
"He's talking nonsense!Kill him!" Ge Xin, who had come back to his senses, ordered his subordinates loudly.
"Nonsense?" Zi Chuanxiu threw something in front of Ge Xin with one hand: "See for yourself!"
Such a familiar thing - you don't have to look at the most precious and important leadership seal that everyone knows is Lei Xun.
No one paid attention to Ge Xin's orders, and they were all considering the new situation: Yang Minghua and Lei Xun were dead, and the army of suppression in the Far East had already driven to... What should I do?
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Mi Haiyi said softly to Zichuan Xiu: "Your Excellency Xiuchuan, open the skylight and explain, what do you want us to do?"
Zichuan Xiu replied solemnly: "I don't dare, I just want to ask you not to go out tonight, just wait here until tomorrow morning." ”
All the officers breathed a sigh of relief: they thought that they were going to fight Yang Minghua, but this condition was acceptable -- they were reluctant to follow Yang Minghua in rebellion, and they did not have the courage to put down the rebellion -- it was better to sit here quietly and wait for the storm to pass.
An Ning interjected and said, "Your Excellency Xiuchuan can understand the current situation?" (meaning, we are at this time anyway, can the chief let us go?)
Shikawa Shu understood their concerns very well, raised his right hand and swore an oath: "I swear by the grave of my father Shichuan Shu: as long as all the members of the zhōngyāng army can stay here tonight and do not leave this room, I guarantee that you will be all right - if you break this oath, may God deprive me of my life, honor, and property." ”
Everyone was relieved: this was the heaviest oath of the Zichuan family's officers, and Zichuan Xiu had always had a good reputation, and no one had heard of him taking an oath.
An Ning and Mi Haiyi glanced at each other, and An Ning nodded and said, "I hope Lord Xiuchuan will be true to his word." He changed his name from "Your Excellency" to "Adult".
Mi Haiyi stood on the right side of the hall: "I accept Hidekawa-sama's condition - those who agree with me, please stand up." ”
The officers were cheerful, crisp, hesitant, and hesitant -- in the end, almost all of them stood up, leaving only Ge Xin and a dozen others standing still.
Shirakawa gave an order, and Shirokawa Xiu's guards stepped forward to surround them.
Ge Xin's face changed, and Zichuan Xiu said to him gently: "Your Excellency Ge Xin, those who know the times are Junjie, and my promise is as effective as Your Excellency." Now that the big mistake has not been made, it is too late to turn back!"
Ge Xin whispered a few vague words: "Thank you Lord Xiuchuan for your magnanimity..." also stood on the right, and all his subordinates followed.
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Zi Chuanxiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "It's not easy to win the neutrality of the zhōngyāng army - it is not difficult for Sterling's Praetorian Guards to defeat Yang Minghua's guards, and the overall situation has been decided tonight!"
"Okay, it's okay, everyone just have fun with peace of mind! Please feel free to eat whatever you like, friends who like to watch dishes come here to watch, as long as you don't go out, everyone will be fine with anything-"
"What people!"
"Stop!" shouted the Shikawa Xiu guards guarding the door!
"Pap, papa, pap" a few times, and several Zichuan Xiu's guards came in with their feet thrown into the sky!
Chief of Staff Luo Minghai's eternally calm face appeared at the door.
Zichuan Xiu shouted in his heart, "It's not good!"
As long as Luo Minghai exposes Zichuan Xiu's lies, indicating that Yang Minghua is not dead, and the Far Eastern Army has not arrived, and then gives orders in his authoritative capacity as chief of staff, it is difficult for this group of wavering zhōngyāng army officers to guarantee that they will not rebel again, and at that time... Yourself and your subordinates will die without a buried!
Only with a quick knife with a thunderous blow killed Luo Minghai before he could speak! Zi Chuanxiu's heart was full of murderous intent, and his hand was already tightly gripping the hilt of the knife...
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