Chapter 472: Quelling the Turmoil
Dugu Xian did almost nothing, and with only a big banner, he quickly quelled the riots in the barracks, during which he was almost assassinated, but since then he has established himself as the commander of the Dragon Army.
When he walked out of the main tent, there were only ten guards around him, and when he looked around, Dugu Xian knew better.
There was a lot of shouting around, but there was no fire, and no rebels rushed to the main tent, indicating that the scale of the riot was far from what had been imagined.
Walking into the depths of the barracks, one hears many shouts coming from questioning inquiries rather than slogans of murder and arson.
General Zuo's camp tent is not far from here, Dugu Xian returned here first, called out his own soldiers, entourage, and staff, these people are panicking, because there are rumors that General Zuo is dead, Dugu Xian appeared, so they all breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the sky was not yet bright, and Dugu Xian didn't seem to be in a hurry, and spent a little time to straighten out the team of more than 70 people, especially his own general flag
The flag is more than one foot high, and the flag is embroidered with a big "left" character.
Dugu Xian led this small team, first went to the nearby military command camp, recruited twenty sword and axe men, joined the team, and then began to cross the military camp.
There were more than 20 troops of 1,000 men in the barracks, and the unrest had spread to most of the camps.
Dugu Xian first went to a military camp where there had not been a riot, did nothing, didn't say anything, just rode a horse and trotted past, followed by the banner, the knife and axe hand holding a bright weapon, looking more threatening than the guards such as the lotus girl.
The soldiers were panicking, and many of them were not even dressed properly, and most of them were relieved to see General Zuo appear in person.
After Dugu Xian passed, only the herald shouted: "Go back to the account and stand by!"
Junior officers took the lead in carrying out orders, and camp after camp returned to normal.
It was only half an hour in total, and Dugu Xian couldn't walk through the barracks, and after finding that the situation was beginning to stabilize, he immediately drove to the area where the riot began in the southeast corner, where he was attacked.
"Get out of the sea!" before the first word could be uttered, several of the attackers fired three arrows.
The Dutch girl has been riding a horse beside General Zuo, only one head behind, she wears the clothes of a guard, so that people do not see the identity of the woman, although many people know that there is a female guard next to the dragon king, but the women's clothes in the barracks will always attract unnecessary attention and gossip.
She had an ordinary scimitar, which wasn't particularly handy, but it was more than enough to block arrows.
Her task is to protect General Zuo closely, and to capture the rebels without her care.
A head flew out from behind the tent, and immediately after that, two men were thrown out, and immediately swords and axes dismounted and tied them up.
Dugu Xian is like an old monk who has entered the meditation, turning a blind eye to the dangers that happen around him.
From this moment on, the heralds were divided into two groups, one group quickened up and ran in front, loudly announcing the news of General Zuo's tour of the camp, and the other group remained behind, ordering the soldiers to return to their tents and stand by.
Dugu Xian's self-confidence is justified, most of the soldiers here are personally supervised and trained by him, and I believe that these recruits, no matter where they come from, have become accustomed to accepting strict laws and regulations, and will not participate in the rebellion because of a few slogans.
His conclusions were generally accurate, but the reasons were not comprehensive, and the investigation afterwards showed that most of the soldiers of the Five Kingdoms did not respond to the call of the rebels at that time, partly because General Zuo appeared in time and stabilized the morale of the army, and most importantly, they cared about the land of the country of incense, and feared that after the rebellion, the credentials in their hands would become waste paper.
Shangguan Yun was a smart man, and there were many people of insight among the rebels, but they were all bound by the idea of defending the Easy Sea, and they never imagined that the distant country of incense would have such a great charm that would make the local soldiers abandon their homeland.
On the other hand, there are very few soldiers who talk about the strange land of their own, they will carefully collect the credentials, embarrassed to communicate with others, only when it is time to make a choice, they realize how important that piece of paper is in their hearts.
In short, the land of the country of incense is the most powerful umbrella for Dugu Xian, and the strict training and the authority of General Zuo Su Ri play a good complementary role.
After the first few rebels were arrested, the soldiers who had been driven out of their tents in a daze came to their senses and took action to arrest the instigators who had been shouting slogans everywhere, and tied them to the ground and handed them over to the axemen.
Dugu Xian still didn't speak, as if this was what the soldiers should do, and he didn't even slow down, but several of his staff members took out carving knives and wooden boards, began to record the names of the prisoners, and then ordered them to go back to their tents.
From the first day of the merger of the soldiers of the Five Kingdoms into the Dragon Army, there have been frequent rebellions of all sizes, and this is the last time.
After this failed rebellion, Jinpeng Fort and the Five Royal Families finally had to admit that the hearts of the people of the free sea, at least the military spirit, had completely fallen to the Dragon King.
When Dugu Xian sailed back to the Dragon King's main tent, exactly half an hour had passed.
Prior to this, the news that the various thousand-strong armies had stabilized came one after another, and the generals were relieved, but the faces of Prince Kang and the group of prisoners became more and more ugly.
Gu Shenwei originally had a heart hanging in his heart, but he kept silent from beginning to end, as if everything was expected, and now, he only needs to win the gamble to achieve a perfect victory.
The interrogation of the rebels was immediate, and one of the important questions was under whose banner they were calling on the soldiers of the Five Nations to revolt.
Soon after Dugu Xian's death, the preliminary results of the interrogation were reported.
There were more than fifty rebels, all of whom were indeed fake soldiers of the Five Kingdoms, but their real identities were not the nobles of the country of Xiangji, but a group of robbers who had defected to the Dragon King.
When the Dragon King first came to Shiguo to ask for marriage, he was intercepted by bandits in the desert, and the Lotus Maiden planted the secret medicine of the sect in the bodies of several leaders to force them to be loyal to the Dragon King.
All along, the bandits' performance has been very good, especially during the siege of the city, they have contributed a lot, and they have won the appreciation and trust of Prime Minister Zhong Heng.
However, after the Dragon King returned to the Easy Sea, they increasingly felt that they had been treated coldly, whether it was the selection of high-ranking generals or the distribution of land in the Land of Incense, they enjoyed only a little better treatment than ordinary soldiers.
Dissatisfaction arises from this.
Shangguan Yun's envoy appeared at this time, not only promising a large amount of money, but also claiming that Jinpeng Castle had a way to remove Xiaoyue Tang's secret arts, and also set several bandit leaders free.
The identity of the robbers did not carry much weight among the soldiers, so they followed Shangguan Yun's plan to select an important person from each of the five royal families to call on the soldiers of various countries to rebel, including King An who had fled to Biyu City, King Shi who secretly took refuge in Jinpeng Castle, the captured Prince Kang, a nephew of King Sha, and finally the little prince of Huiguo.
The little prince of Huiguo was only ten years old and was taken to the barracks by the dragon king as a hostage.
Gu Shenwei wrote his name on the piece of paper.
Prince Kang opened the paper again, dumbfounded.
The dragon king won and ordered the generals to return to their camps to further stabilize the morale of the army, while the prince of Kang and the twenty-six captives stayed to accept the fate of losing the gamble.
"He's still a kid. Prince Kang still felt incredulous, even forgetting that he had to pay with his life.
"Just because he is a child, he was selected by Shangguan Yun. Gu Shenwei explained with unusual patience.
Prince Kang finally figured it out, in fact, he had already woken up, but he didn't want to admit it.
The five "heroes" selected by Shangguan Yun are very particular, King An is not in Xiaoyaohai, King Shi is riddled with illness, Prince Kang and King Sha's nephew must be captured, and they will not live long, only the little prince of Huiguo is an exception.
The general trend has gone, and what makes Prince Kang sad is not only the failure of the uprising and the use of others, but also the few soldiers of the five countries responded, but for more than a year, the appeal of the royal family has been low to dispensable.
"You won. Prince Kang still refused to kneel, but after waiting for a while, his determination to die weakened a lot, and his tone was not so firm, "Xiaoyaohai is destined to fall into the hands of strangers, don't blame others, only blame the five royal families, you shouldn't have accepted the soldiers and money of Jinpeng Fort and the Meng clan in the first place, but you are also lucky, Dragon King, if it weren't for Jinpeng Fort to lay the foundation and weaken the status of the royal family, you wouldn't have succeeded so easily." ”
With a wave of his hand, the guards dragged the still hopeful captives out to be beheaded for public display, this was the punishment they deserved, and there was no room for manoeuvre.
The pleas for mercy rang out, and many kept calling out the names of others, claiming that they could confess more accomplices.
The voice quickly disappeared outside the tent, and Dugu Xian's success gave Gu Shenwei more confidence, and he felt that there was no need to investigate this rebellion to the end, and the wavering among the soldiers of the Five Kingdoms would probably stop for a long time after this setback.
Receiving a hint from the Dragon King, the guards left Prince Kang behind and did not even take away his scimitar.
Prince Kang regained his courage, "I can't live alone, and it is a greater shame to let a group of cowards die for the Five Kingdoms." ”
"You'll get it. Gu Shenwei felt a little pity, but the prince of Kang had to be executed, and untimely forgiveness would bring hope to the hidden rebels, "But I want you to do me a favor." ”
Prince Kang was stunned for a moment, "Dragon King, please say, as long as I can do it, and at the same time it does not go against the interests of Xiaoyaohai." ”
"Choose a qualified heir to the Kang royal family. ”
"Y-What do you mean by that? Do you want to attack my father? The rebellion is my personal decision, and it has nothing to do with him. ”
"No, your father will always keep the throne, but after him, I will choose a new king among the royal children, regardless of relatives and distance, only according to ability. I myself have no intention of seizing the throne of any country, and the Dragon Army's goal is Biyu City and Jinpeng Castle. ”
The first reaction of the prince Kang was to denounce him, the throne of Kang has been passed down from father to son since ancient times, and he and his father died, and his younger brother should succeed him, but before the words were spoken, he changed his mind, and the people who were most responsible for the decline of the royal family were their father and son.
"I have a distant cousin named Shang Liao, although he is from a branch, he is ...... among all his disciples"
Prince Kang suddenly found that he had been deceived, and he confessed not only the new king's candidate, but also the person he trusted the most, hoping to assist the old king in resisting the people of Jinpeng Castle.
The dragon king went around in a circle and finally made him tell the most important secret.
"Don't kill him, Shang Liao didn't participate in the rebellion, he is innocent......"
Several guards stepped forward, unarmed Prince Kang, and escorted him out of the main tent.
"Promise me, Dragon King, you won't kill him. When he reached the door, Prince Kang still turned back and pleaded.
Gu Shenwei didn't give an answer, he wouldn't casually promise to keep someone under the knife, and he had to meet the person named Shang Liao before he could make a decision.
Prince Kang was taken out to be executed, and two guards brought in another person.
The little prince of Huiguo glared at the dragon king and hid his severed palm behind him, which seemed to be tougher than Prince Kang.
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