Chapter 44: Quelling the Rebellion
A bamboo basket was suddenly put down on the palace wall, and there was a person standing in the bamboo basket, with tight clothes and narrow sleeves, and a helmet through the armor, as the bamboo basket slowly rolled down the city wall, everyone saw that it was not Wu Yang in the bamboo basket, who else came?
The bamboo basket was still about three feet from the ground, Wu Yang jumped out of the bamboo basket, and immediately waved to the civil official group headed by Zaizhi: "The Imperial City Secretary mentioned that Wu Yang has seen Xianggong and all the adults. With the armor on the body, forgive the official for not being able to salute it all! ”
The officials were all angry that he dared to secretly send people to spy on the mansions, but they had to admit that all the families had accepted his feelings, and they all bowed their heads at the moment.
Zhang Tao hurriedly grabbed Wu Yang's arm: "Virtuous nephew, but Your Majesty asked you to leave the palace to quell the chaos?" ”
"No, it was Wu Yang himself who asked for his life to go out of the palace to participate in the rebellion! Zhang Shibo doesn't need to look at it, only Wu Yang is the only one who leaves the palace! ”
Hearing that Wu Yang was not appointed by the emperor to the palace to quell the chaos, the hundred officials waiting outside the palace gate couldn't help but be disappointed, but their impression of Wu Yang changed greatly.
Everyone knows that the safest place in Lin'an City at this time is the palace, and as Wu Yang, he is guarding the emperor at this time, and he doesn't have to do anything, and when the situation calms down, he will be a great escort, and what awaits him will be a splendid future and a splashing wealth. But this young Lord Wu just gave up such a great opportunity and future, and went out of the palace alone to quell the chaos, not to mention the dangers he faced, just abandoning the emperor at a critical moment was enough to make the emperor suspicious of him.
Once the seeds of doubt are planted in the king's heart, the future of the courtiers is almost the same!
The people present asked themselves, I'm afraid they can't do it at all!
A quarter of an hour ago, Yang Yizhong brought the news that the left and right ministers and hundreds of officials knocked outside the palace gate, asking His Majesty to send troops to quell the chaos, but the emperor refused.
Yang Yizhong left with the emperor's reply, and Wu Yang immediately asked to see the emperor and asked to leave the palace to quell the chaos.
"Now it's just a few petty people taking the opportunity to make trouble, if you don't suppress the situation in time, I'm afraid that once you are used by people with ulterior motives to provoke greater disasters, you will be in danger! The palace is in danger! The minister asked to go out of the palace to try to quell the chaos and eliminate the disaster! ”
The emperor's expression was gloomy, and after a long time, he smiled lightly: "Command the envoy to leave the palace if you want to leave the palace, I won't stop you!" How many people does the commander want to take out of the palace? ”
Wu Yang knelt down with a "sigh": "Your Majesty's safety is important, just leave the palace alone!" ”
Looking at the back of Wu Yang leaving alone, Li Nanfeng pinched his teeth: "What is going on with this Wu Shilang?" Isn't he the Yanei of Wu Shaobao's family? Isn't it also rich in clothes and food in Linzhou, and he grew up watching the flowers? Everyone is a gentleman, how can he act differently from us? ”
Outside the palace, Zhang Tao let go of Wu Yang and went to grab the bamboo basket: "Put the old man up, the old man wants to see Your Majesty!" Lin'an City has become a pot of porridge, and the people of Lin'an are dying every moment, so what does he, the emperor, care? ”
Seeing this, Tang Siwei also ran over and grabbed the bamboo basket: "I am the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, I want to see Your Majesty, hurry up and pull the prime minister up!" ”
The little soldier pulling the bamboo basket didn't dare to move, Yang Yizhong poked his head out and shouted: "Forgive me, two adults, I don't dare to open the door without the emperor's order." If the two adults are not aggrieved, Yizhong will take on this role and pull the two up! ”
Zhang Tao shouted: "Don't be verbose, pull people up!" ”
On the other side, Chen Kangbo pulled Wu Yang and asked, "Now that the entire Lin'an City is in chaos, I don't know what the plan of Lord Xiao Wu is?" ”
With the night breeze drifting over there are heart-rending cries and howls, and there is the smell of burning houses in the wind.
This small area outside the palace is still relatively quiet, probably because the palace wall is densely packed with guns and the forbidden army gives the rioters a great deterrent, so that they dare not easily pick up the tiger's whiskers, but once people are overstimulated by the environment and desires, lose their minds, it is only a matter of time before they storm the palace gate!
"Time is of the essence! The Imperial City Division still has some people outside, and the lower officials plan to gather them to start from the palace gate and advance along the Heavenly Street towards Yuhang Gate little by little! ”
Chen Kangbo secretly calculated in his heart, even if half of the eleven commanders of the Imperial City Division were outside the palace, there were only two or three thousand people, and there were two commanding men and horses guarding the mansions of these important ministers, and Wu Yang could only use two thousand full shots. If it is just on weekdays, two thousand relatives and servants are already a great combat power.
But now it's a peaceful chaos, and the entire Lin'an City is in chaos. In this capital city with a population of millions, 2,000 people are like drops of water that melt into the sea, and I am afraid that not even a single wave can stir up it!
Chen Kangbo nodded and said: "Although there are two thousand people a little less, there are still government officials, Minzhuang, and Fangding in Lin'an Mansion, and if they can be organized, it will be a big force!" You hold the fish talisman of your true appearance, so that the people of Lin'an Mansion cooperate with you! Lin'an City, please ask the commander to make your lord, and thank you Lord Wu on behalf of the people of Lin'an! ”
Chen Kangbo rubbed his hands and saluted Wu Yang deeply, Wu Yang hurriedly avoided it, he took the prime minister's fish talisman into his arms, and took out a fireworks of the Imperial City Division's emergency contact and put it in the night sky, the red fireworks exploded in the night sky, and in less than half a moment, the people of the Imperial City Division came to converge one after another.
Changji rushed over with Wu Yang's "lightning", Wu Yang turned over and saluted the hundred officials: "Take care, everyone, Wu Yang is gone!" ”
Behind Wu Yang, there were only five or six hundred officials and officials of the Imperial City Division, although they were not injured, they were quite smoky and embarrassed, and they followed Wu Yang's horse with neat steps, and actually walked out of a kind of crisis.
Chen Kangbo looked at this team that was walking away in the flames of Lin'an City, and had to admit in his heart that at some moments, martial artists were indeed more useful than them, civil officials!
Wu Yang led the team and quickly collided head-on with the riots in Lin'an City!
Fires everywhere! Crying everywhere! There are thugs everywhere!
The thugs formed a gang, they walked freely in the streets and alleys of Lin'an City, laughing unscrupulously, and when they encountered the shops breaking down the doors to beat, smash, and rob, the guys in the shops dared to resist, at least they were full of old fists, and at worst they killed and injured people.
After the robbery was over, the thugs put on a fire, and the golden snake danced wildly, and the flames soared into the sky, magnifying and distorting the hideousness on the mobster's face infinitely, and they were crazy like devils.
When the mood was high, they threw their own dead and wounded corpses and people into the fire, smelling the burnt smell of the human body, listening to the loud howls of the people in the fire, the thugs laughing, and many people dancing with joy!
Wu Yang's eyes were red with hatred, and he gritted his teeth and ordered to the subordinates behind him: "Everyone, listen to my orders!" If you encounter a thug, you will take it down, and those who dare to resist will be killed on the spot! ”
"No!"
All the pro-subordinate officers and pro-ministers agreed with a bang!
A few swingers came out of the alley next to them, and they dragged a desperately struggling little lady, taking turns to get their hands on the little lady's face and body.
The girl cried loudly, cursed, and begged for mercy, and the more fierce her resistance, the more excited the thugs became, and even someone immediately tore the little girl's clothes. Behind the mob, a house was on fire, apparently the home of the little girl, and her family had probably suffered an accident!
Changji looked up at Wu Yang: "Childe! ”
Wu Yang only replied with one word: "Kill!" ”
Changji jumped up first and rushed towards the thugs, and twenty or thirty personal officials behind him also rushed over, in front of the well-trained elite of the Great Song Dynasty, these thugs were as vulnerable as chickens and dogs!
Easily dealt with this group of thugs, the rescued little lady saw Wu Yang riding on a horse at a glance, she stumbled over and fell under Wu Yang's horse: "Lord Xiao Wu, Lord Xiao Wu, please save my brother, he is still in the house!" ”
Changji immediately led people to rush to the place where the fire started, fortunately there was a small yard in the house where the fire started, a boy about five or six years old shrunk on the edge of the well in the small courtyard, a face like a cat, Changji picked it up and checked, the little guy was fine!
Wu Yang is assigning people: "You, you, you, and you, each person will bring fifty people, and use this as a starting point to push over one square and one square after another." Every time a workshop is cleared, let the workshop staff close the door of the workshop, and no one is allowed to enter and exit at will! The rest of you come with me as support! ”
The rescued woman hugged her younger brother and cried tremblingly, seeing that Wu Yang and the others were leaving, the woman tried to follow him, the huge Lin'an City may only have this person in front of her, this team can make her feel at ease.
Wu Yang leaned over slightly and asked, "What about your family?" ”
The woman had just suffered a great deal of fright, and her body was still trembling, but she knew that now was not the time to be afraid to cry, "My mother has long since died, my father went out to do business, and he originally said that he would return home five days ago, and Lin'an City was silent, and my father still doesn't know where he is?" ”
"We still have to continue to quell the chaos, we can't take you with us, either you find someone you know and take your brother to hide, or," Wu Yang pointed behind him, "You go to the imperial city!" There is a forbidden army there, there are hundreds of officials, it is safe! I promise you, wherever we go, it will be safe! ”
After settling the pair of hard-working sisters and brothers, Wu Yang led the men and horses to continue to move forward, in the vast sea of Lin'an City, they were like a few pages of flat boats, bringing hope and direction to the drowning people!
At the same time, a team also came from the direction of Xiaogushan, it was the old soldiers of the Gushan Battalion, they advanced all the way from the Gushan Camp to the direction of the palace under the leadership of Qiu Shiyi and Lao Liang and others, and they also adopted the same method as Wu Yang, cleaning and advancing one square after another.
As early as the beginning of the chaos in Lin'an City, someone claiming to be from the Han Mansion of Qingliangshan entered the Gushan camp with Yue Fei's old belongings in his hand, asking the old soldiers to try to quell the chaos!
At first, the pawns ignored it.
Joke! Yue Shuai was unjustly killed for eighteen years, and he was also regarded as a taboo for eighteen years, and at this time of change, he put the hundreds of thousands of the most elite troops of the Great Song Dynasty without it, but asked the remnants of them to step into the whirlpool of troubled waters, this person either has a problem with his brain or is not at ease!
The man held the token in one hand and proudly emphasized: "I am from the Han Mansion, the Han Mansion of the late King of Wei County, Han Qi and Han Xianggong!" ”
The old pawns laughed: "Grandpa cares what you are the king of Wei Jun and the king of Han Jun!" Grandpa doesn't recognize it! ”
Dudu Lao Liang stepped forward: "You said that you are from the late Han Xianggong's mansion?" Can this token villain inspect it? ”
Lao Liang used to be the secretary of Yue's army, and he followed Yue Fei for a short time, and when he saw him talking to someone who came, the old soldiers all quieted down and waited.
The token is a jade pendant, the front is a big "Han" character, and the back is the four words "Yue Fei under the door".
Seeing that Lao Liang saw it clearly, the person who came said: "In the past, Yue Fei worshiped the Han Mansion, and once said: Yue Fei belongs, but by driving!" I don't know if I can count now? ”
Qiu Shiyi said excitedly: "Make a count, make a count!" Nature is counted! ”
After the people left, Qiu Shiyi and Lao Liang immediately counted the old soldiers of the Gushan Camp and prepared to go to quell the turmoil!
"Those who have good legs and feet, those who are not blind, and those who can use knives with their hands, stand up!"
As a result, most of the old soldiers of the Gushan Battalion stood up, and the rest scolded: "Qiu Shiyi, you are a deflated calf!" Why do you discriminate against Lao Tzu? Lao Tzu doesn't use a knife, he can smash the noisy crumbs in Lin'an City with his elbows! ”
Qiu Shiyi pouted and said, "Zhao Laosan, what kind of fucking atmosphere are you bragging!" Let's go to quell the chaos, do you understand the chaos? Pay attention to the image! Can't embarrass Yue Shuai! ”
Zhao Laosan lost his temper in one sentence, and he muttered: "Didn't Lao Tzu just lose one hand and one leg, and there are only three fingers left in his right hand, why is it embarrassing?" How many of them are good people in the camp, no one is a single person! ”
Qiu Shiyi ignored him, and after a rush of excitement, this strange team set off, they turned out their old military uniforms and put them on, and brought sticks and wooden forks without weapons, knowing that there would be no flowers and applause here, they still did not hesitate!
At first, the quelling of the old soldiers of the lonely mountain camp went relatively smoothly, but at that time, the chaos just started, but a small group of prodigal children were dominated by the greed in their hearts, and they wanted to fish in troubled waters to get some benefits.
The veterans even excitedly sang the long-lost military song "Comrades" -
"Do you say that you have no clothes, and you are with the Son? Wang Xingyu is a teacher, repairs my spear, and has the same enmity with his son. The sky is vast, Huaishui soup soup, my comrades in the past, chivalrous bones are fragrant! ”
As the turmoil in Lin'an City intensified, a crisis struck the veterans.
The Cao Gang who waited outside the Yuhang Gate waited for their companions to return for a long time, and saw the flames of Lin'an City, realizing that there was an accident in Lin'an City, they couldn't hold it anymore, and under the pretext of picking up their companions, they went ashore and went straight to Lin'an City.
One person moved, and all the people in Yuhangmen moved.
These people have been trapped on the ship for more than ten days, food and drinking water have become problems, and they have long held back their grievances. They went straight to Lin'an City!
Humans are animals affected by their environment!
When these people saw Lin'an City in a state of disorder, the unstable factor lurking in their bodies was ready to move. How many of those who ran boats all year round were kept to themselves? Fighting for territory and interests, who doesn't have a ruthless force!
Seeing that those prodigals in Lin'an City who can only do some tricks and embroider their legs can do whatever they want, the suppressed anger and resentment of the boat runners all broke out at once, and they immediately joined the team of burning, killing and looting, they are more ruthless and ruthless than those prodigals!
They have weapons!
Whenever they resisted, they would wield their swords and take people's lives. The shop was ransacked, and they were going to set it on fire before leaving!
Ruthlessness is contagious, and with their joining, the riots in Lin'an City have risen a lot and become uncontrollable!
The old pawns are confronting a large group of thugs, and behind them there is a raiding team of the boat gang, and they are suddenly attacked by the enemy!
Qiu Shiyi grabbed a single knife, he didn't make a ruthless move, knocked out a thug with the handle of the knife, and said hatefully: "You crooked melons and cowards, you don't go to fight the gold people, but you come to rob the people of Lin'an." What a fucking coward! Phew, Lao Tzu despises cowards the most! ”
His men slowed down, and a boat-runner slashed him in the arm, bleeding profusely.
Qiu Shiyi slashed the man with a knife, and was coldly hit with a stick on his back, and the force of this stick was so great that Qiu Shiyi stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
Lao Liang turned around and gave the sneak attacker a stick, and by the way, he helped Qiu Shiyi: "There are many of them, we will suffer if we continue like this!" ”
Although the old soldiers are brave, but the illness of more than ten or twenty years has long emptied their bodies, plus they all have disabilities, it is okay to meet ordinary prodigals, and when they encounter the Cao Gang who run boats all year round, the disadvantages will soon appear!
Qiu Shiyi quickly glanced around, and found that almost all of the old brothers were injured, and several brothers were knocked to the ground, trampled by countless pairs of feet, and they couldn't survive.
"Array! Hold your ground, you can't let them mess with Lin'an City! ”
"That is the Lin'an City that Lao Tzu has protected with blood and sweat, and Lao Tzu will not let them suffer if he dies!"
I don't know who shouted among the old pawns, which immediately resonated, and the old pawns formed a formation of three or five people, built a defensive line on the heavenly street, and blocked the bandits who entered the city outside Yuhang Gate!
The Lin'an bandits behind him saw that the old soldiers were focusing on the same kind on the opposite side, and immediately slipped away, after all, they wanted to rob money, food, and women, but they didn't want to fight hard!
Compared with the two evils, the old pawns can only resist the most harmful group, and the bandits behind them will not obediently stand there and wait for the old pawns to kill. As for the Lin'an City behind him, it can only be handed over to the government, I hope that the adults in the court can find a way to keep Lin'an City and protect the people!
Qiu Shiyi didn't know how many times he had repelled the bandits in Yuhangmen, in front of the human wall formed by the old soldiers were the corpses left by the bandits, and there were fewer and fewer old brothers standing next to him, thanks to the people and fangding on both sides of Tianjie who rushed to support, and some people moved out of the tables and chairs at home as temporary fortifications; Sticks and kitchen knives were brought to supplement the pawn's weapons. Fang Ding directly joined the team of the old pawns and fought against the thugs together.
Repelled a wave of attacks again, Qiu Shiyi was stabbed in the face, blood flowed down his cheeks, staining his vision into blood red, he looked at the blurred figure and blurred scenery in front of him, and gasped: "Why haven't the reinforcements come yet?" I can't hold on anymore! ”