Chapter 082: Changes in Ningxia (Part II)
In the face of a group of his own cronies and former subordinates, Bibai said such a thing, of course, not to really bankrupt everyone, but to arouse their gratitude and hatred of the same enemy.
Although the method is old-fashioned, as long as the effect is good, it is a good method. After hearing these words, the generals knelt down and bowed down together, shouting one by one that they were willing to share the honor and disgrace with the father and son.
Seeing this, Bibai was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the generals one by one, and threw out the words of praise and thanks as if he didn't want money.
But when he helped everyone up, Bibai tossed and walked again, and there seemed to be a thick sorrow between his eyebrows.
When the wise man among the generals saw this, he immediately inquired.
Bibai made a look that he couldn't hide it, and sighed and said: "Ningxia Governor Liang Wenmeng is greedy, abuses his subordinates, is treacherous and loyal, and has a ruthless and vicious heart. He knew that I had always been very kind to my subordinates, and I would not die for a day, so he asked how Meng could reach out to the military salary smoothly? It is an endless situation between me and Liang Wenmeng.
As for you, it's the same. If you continue to stay in the camp, the officials will be responsible for it, and life is better than death; Escaping from Ningxia is like a lonely ghost, and it is difficult for a wife and a child to survive. Now that my brothers and I have offended Liang Wenmeng, for the sake of the brothers, I am afraid that we can only kill Liang Wenmeng, and we will stand on our own feet, and there is still a glimmer of life. Helplessly, this move is a rebellion, and there is no way back...... How is it good, please also ask the brothers to think about it. ”
Liu Dongyang, Xu Chao and others thought for a long time, and finally Liu Dongyang, who had always been the most courageous and strongest, stood up and expressed his willingness to live and die together and make an appointment to start an incident. When the rest of the people saw Liu Dongyang like this, they also followed suit, asked Bi Bai to be the leader, and led everyone to "break out of a way out".
Maybe it's because you have to do a full set of plays, maybe Bibai has other concerns or thoughts, in short, Bibai's father and son still refuse to agree, and Bibai even made it clear to everyone that he would never rebel. However, he left a back door, saying that if the generals thought that not raising troops was not enough to make the court pay attention, then they could only ask for repercussions.
The generals thought that Bibai was genuinely thinking about them, and they all agreed. So he ordered the generals to return to the camp to contact the officers at all levels, and made a covenant to collectively re-advise on the 29th of this month.
After that, under the leadership of Liu Dongyang, the junior officers of each battalion frequently moved around under the pretext of attracting soldiers. Junior officers such as Wang Wende, He Yingshi, Chen Lei, Bai Luan, Feng Jiwu, etc., there are more than 80 people in tandem.
In addition to the four major battalions in Ningxia City, many fort garrison officers near Ningxia also participated in it, and held a night meeting at Guandi Temple, with Liu Dongyang, Liu Chuanbai, and Zhang Wenxue as presidents, and married Jinlan.
Liu Dongyang stood in the middle and swore loudly: "Today, the brothers of each battalion will marry Jinlan, start an incident with one heart, and kill the evil officials in order to survive." Fu Biao Counselor General, Wei Commander Envoy Bi Family, Father and Son, Wisdom and Bravery, Righteousness Bo Yuntian, has always won the hearts of the military, worthy of our follow. The brothers must strictly keep secrets and act cautiously, so as not to be detected by Liang Wenmeng so as not to be exposed and give the brothers their lives in vain. Today, we are here to swear that we do not seek to live together, but to die together, and the heart of our fists can be seen every day! ”
Liu Chuanbai followed closely and also said loudly: "As Bi Shenrong said a few days ago, once we have an incident this time, it will be a rebellion and rebellion in the eyes of the imperial court, and it will be difficult to turn back." However, the matter has come to this point, and it is a dead end, so it is better to give it a go, or you can win a way out! I know that many of my brothers are worried that Bishenrong and his son are Mongolians, but they are also forced to support Bibai and Bichengen and his son. Brothers, if it weren't for the imperial court's big cut in military salaries, if it weren't for Liang Wenmeng's repeated deductions, it would even ...... If the imperial court is willing to appease us again, then why should we bear the name of a traitor? ”
Zhang Wenxue also helped on the side, and sighed: "Yes, it is a sudden change in arrears, but as long as there is a way to live, who is willing to take risks?" Wei Shi was forced to be helpless, and all the brothers could hardly endure the torture, so they had to make this decision.
If the court can make a clear decision, it will be a good thing, but if the court does not distinguish between right and wrong, then the brothers will have to raise troops and stand on their own, and it will not be in vain to be a good man in this life! ”
The good, the bad, the hard, the soft, everything that needs to be said has been said. Everyone was already dissatisfied, but now in front of many comrades, no one refused to admit that they were a bad seed, so they made up their minds and made an appointment to start an incident. And Bibai ordered the generals of the Ding Department to take the private soldiers of the headquarters into the city one by one, and settle down in each line to wait for the military order.
On the 24th of this month, Liang Wenmeng, the governor of Ningxia, sent people to ask Zhang Weizhong, the chief military officer, to accompany him to inspect the city defense, and Zhang Weizhong led Liang Qi, a guerrilla general in Ningxia Zhencheng, and Ma Chengguang, a garrison in Ningxia Zhencheng, to meet him.
Although Zhang Weizhong is a military general, he has a reputation for being loyal and straightforward, Liang Wenmeng's attitude towards him is not bad, and Wen Yan said: "Since Benfu took office, he has faced a big cut in the trilateral military salary by the imperial court, which is a matter of great importance and responsibility, so he has been busy with general affairs, so that he has not yet known all about the defense of Ningxia."
A few days ago, Rong Zhengshilang, Qizhen Jingluo Gaogong Baonian and the friendship of the same family, also sent a special letter to Benfu, saying that Benfu is now in Ningxia is in internal and external difficulties - there are captives outside, and there are arrogant soldiers inside. He reminded Ben Fu to be careful, neither of them can be taken lightly, I don't know what Zhang Zongrong has to say about this? ”
Gao Pragmatism is now not only "famous and famous", but his martial arts are even more famous all over the world, especially the towns on the nine sides of the country have been fighting with the Mongols all the year round, and Gao Gongbao, who has won a great victory in Monan a few years ago, is praised and admired by everyone. Liang asked Meng to deliberately point out that Gao Pragmatic was his "fellow door" at this moment, and said that Gao Pragmatic personally sent a letter to him a few days ago, not to show off, but to inadvertently shorten the psychological distance between himself and Zhang Weizhong, and at the same time make Zhang Weizhong more confident in him.
Pulling the banner as a tiger skin, this hand is not only a high-level pragmatic meeting, Liang Wenmeng seems to be a good hand.
Zhang Weizhong was originally a taciturn Shaanxi man, and he originally planned to say less and make fewer mistakes, but when he heard that Liang Futai had put up a high palace guard, his heart moved, and he decided to say it carefully, so he bowed his hand and said seriously: "Back to Futai, Ningxia Zhencheng directly governs the five guards, and the rest have five thousand households in Lingzhou, Xingwu, Weizhou, and Pingyu, as well as Ningxia Zhongwei and Ningxia Rear Guard, and three thousand other battalions such as the main barracks, the odd barracks, the reinforcement camps, and the guerrilla barracks.
Today, the number of registered and actual horse infantry troops in a town in Ningxia is 37,800, but the border generals and private soldiers are not among them, and the specific number has changed from time to time, and the last general does not dare to speak lightly. In peacetime, the troops and horses of each unit divide the ground and defend it, and each performs its own responsibilities, and in wartime, they respond to each other and fight in coordination.
There are many castles in Ningxia Town, the soldiers gather with the fort, the pier platform is with the beacon fire, the border wall is limited to Huayi, so far 35 piers have been built, 17 camp forts, and the two cities inside and outside the Ningxia town are called Ningxia 49 cities. In addition, there are also 453 places related to the wall and ravine, which are reinforced and improved every year, and the pass is built with stone of 18 zhang, and the height is 2 zhang and 3 feet; The female wall is seven feet high, three feet wide at the bottom, and eight feet wide at the top.
If we talk about the external defense situation, then the north cut the mountain is 597 zhang long, the south cut the mountain 76 zhang, the deep ditch is high, the heavy guard, the middle is according to the Yellow River, and the west is according to Helan. However, the terrain from the east of the river to the Huamachi is gentle, and there is no danger to defend, so there are four heavy dangers in the east of the river, and the fortifications such as the riverside wall, the Taole causeway, and the North Guanxi Pass have been built successively, which can be described as solid.
If it is said that the internal soldiers rebelled, the law of our court is strict, and under the cooperation of the upper and lower levels, the troublemakers are really a small number of ears. However, despite this, there are still multiple gates in Ningxia City, and it is only necessary to lead one department to defend the danger and order all departments to rush to help, and it will be foolproof. ”
Liang Wenmeng listened to Zhang Weizhong's words, and he was satisfied and praised it. The two stood on the high platform of the city tower and looked at it, Liang Wenmeng pointed to the two noisy mansions in Ningxia City and asked, "Who are these two people, and why are they so prosperous?" ”
Zhang Weizhong glanced at it and replied: "The northeast corner is the mansion of Bi Shenrong, he has been in the army for decades, his family is well-paid, and there are many families in the house, which is lively; The one in the south is not an ordinary mansion, but the Ningxia branch of Jinghua Trading Company, because there are many warehouses, stables, etc., it occupies a large area, plus there are many families and hired workers, and there are many merchants coming and going, so it is naturally busy. ”
Liang asked Meng suddenly, looked at it, and thought about it. After a while, thinking that Zhang Weizhong was so familiar with Ningxia City, he was not only satisfied.
However, he also had some doubts in his heart, and secretly said: Brother Qiuzhen said in the letter that Zhang Weizhong is old-fashioned, loyal and trustworthy, and now it seems to be true, but he also said that this person's decision-making is lacking, and the way of the emperor is also afraid that it is too lenient, let me pay more attention, but I don't know if it is true or false. If it is true, where did the true brother learn about it? Could it be that Ma Gui is there?
He hesitated in his heart, so he ordered his confidant Jiang Tingfu to be vigilant, secretly investigate, and report as soon as there is news.
A few days later, Jiang Tingfu, who was sitting in the camp of the Chinese army, really noticed that there seemed to be an abnormality in the camp, and urgently reported to Liang and asked Meng to make up the insufficient food and salary on the same day, in order to calm the morale of the army.
Jiang Tingfu said: "Recently, the standard has noticed that there are changes in the camp, officers at all levels are moving around in turns, and there are probably no less than 100 people with names and surnames, which must be related to the town's repeated arrears of salaries. Now the military camp is different, to the standard of the bottom of the view, in the long run, fear of mutiny, please Futai pity the poor military households, open the salary, so as not to cause a catastrophe! ”
Liang asked Meng to be furious and reprimanded: "How can the feudal officials be slandered at will!" This official is an honest official, upright and selfless, who in the government and the opposition does not know? The officers of Ningxia Military Town are greedy, and the soldiers are forgetful, and they are so presumptuous that they slander the officials, where is the law! ”
Jiang Tingfu didn't dare to say more, but just sighed.
Liang asked Meng that his anger subsided slightly, and then said: "You only know that Ben Fu still has a military salary in his hand, but you don't know that this military salary is for the town for a year. Not to mention that in winter, the cost will be even more, so will Benfu go to the court at that time, saying that Ningxia has been cut off, and ask the emperor to make up another payment? If this is the case, what does the emperor think, what does the cabinet think, and what does the household think think?
Furthermore, now there may be changes in the Hetao, once the situation is different, and there is no silver in the hand here, how to defend the border? Not to mention that after the loss of Xining, Gao Zhitai urged him three times and twice, in order to gather troops to go west, which is a major event for the country. ”
These things were obviously beyond Jiang Tingfu's scope of thinking, and he could only remain silent.
Liang Wenmeng scolded for a while, dissipated some anger, and ordered him to go back on his own, and then gathered the battalion soldiers and issued a clear order: Anyone who connects with foreign enemies and plunders the people will be beheaded; Whoever spreads rumors and slanders the officials shall be punished with twenty rods; Whoever commits rebellion and holds the officials hostage will bring the disaster of annihilation!
Liang Wenmeng thought that under the authority of the imperial court, all battalions would not dare to act rashly under this strict order, and he did not think too much about the connection of various battalions.
On the night of the 28th, Bibai father and son suddenly sent a letter to officers at all levels, saying that Liang Wenmeng intended to exterminate all the officers and soldiers who were in trouble the next day, so as to set an example.
Originally, the battalions had received a warning from Liang Wenmeng a few days ago, and many people remembered the majesty of the imperial court and the methods of civil officials, and they all secretly retreated, but at this moment, when they heard that Liang asked Meng to take them to sacrifice the flag, they suddenly couldn't care much.
The battalions immediately mutinied, and the officers and soldiers of the fourth battalion of Ningxia Town responded in groups, and Jiyun, the general of the subordinate department, suddenly broke out in the city, and immediately captured and killed the guerrilla Liang Qi and the garrison Ma Chengguang.
Zhang Weizhong, the chief soldier of Ningxia, knew that Bibai had quietly gathered all the family members in the city. Zhang Weizhong was very familiar with Ningxia City, and knew that after the death of Liang Qi and Ma Chengguang, the guerrilla in the town, no one could no longer compete with Bibai, who was originally a general of Fubiao, so he could only send someone to urgently inform Liang Wenmeng, and at the same time lead his own soldiers to find Bibai, trying to persuade him to hurry up and rein in the precipice. However, Bibai asked himself that he could control Ningxia internally, and there was strong reinforcement to take care of him outside, and he had no intention of turning back, so Zhang Weizhong was immediately detained.
As soon as Zhang Weizhong was detained, without saying a word, he opened the city gate with the seal of the general army, leading the influx of rebellious troops, and then entering and occupying dangerous places, arsenals, granaries and other places, and all those in the city who did not know about it were all seized. Bi Chengen led his troops into the Qingwang Mansion.
Qingwangfu was cut off from guarding the pro-army because of his conviction as early as the Zhengde period, and there were only dozens of guards in Qingwangfu at this time.
Gao Guangxian, the governor of the three sides, had sent more than 1,000 people to protect King Qing before, but Gao Guangxian and Liang Wen Mengdu only regarded the Ordos Department of Hetao as an imaginary enemy, and they didn't expect that something would happen in Ningxia City, so those more than 1,000 people are still camping outside the north of the city, not in the city at all, and they can't help King Qing at all.
By the time the rebels were killed, the dozens of guards in the Qingwang Mansion had already scattered and fled, and at this time, Zhu Shuaizin, the king of Qing, had not yet officially attacked the king of Qing - his father was killed, but his son was still in the "inspection period", so the so-called "King Qing" was just what everyone called it according to custom.
Where has this Xiaoqing King ever seen such a scene? He was already young and timid, but he was panicked at the moment, but fortunately he was taken into the cellar to hide by his mother. It's a pity that King Xiaoqing is temporarily worry-free, but his mother was hacked and killed by the rebels on the spot because she stepped forward to stop the rebels.
When Bi Chengen searched for King Qing and couldn't find it, he ordered to take King Qing's royal clothes and crowns, wear them to people of similar stature, go out of the house, and swagger through the market to subdue Ningxia - after all, in theory, King Qing is the vassal king who guards Ningxia.
Bibai took his second son Bi Chengzhong, his righteous son Bi Yun, Bi Hong, Bi Sai and the general Tu Wenxiu, etc., and introduced 3,000 people into the governor's yamen.
Liang Wenmeng had just received Zhang Weizhong's warning, but before he could react, he was surrounded by groups.
However, when Liang Wenmeng saw the worship of Yaowu, his face did not change, but he bowed with his fingers, and scolded on the spot: "Tartar thief, I knew that you would have a different heart!" I wanted to wait for the decree to be issued and then capture you, but I never thought that you could actually instigate the rebellion of the four battalions in Ningxia Town. Ran Er and other traitors and thieves commit rebellion and cruelty to Zhongliang, as early as ten months, or as late as half a year, they will also die without a place to bury, and will be reviled by all generations! ”
Bibai was furious, launched a madness, and pulled Liang Wenmeng to the corner of the wall with one palm, and scolded him angrily: "The dog official is dying, and he dares to be loyal!" I don't know how to be polite and arrogant, but I have never had a heart of rebellion. But you, the governor of Ningxia, always want to put me to death, plus you are greedy, you regard the soldiers as livestock, and the military spirit has been lost, otherwise it will be difficult for me to instigate the rebellion of the four battalions, which is all for the merit of Futai! ”
Liang asked Meng Haha and laughed: "If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse!" I Liang someone is worthy of the sky, worthy of the ground, worthy of people, worthy of the heart, how can I care about the words of the beasts! The remaining hatred of my life is just the loss of Ningxia in me, the trust of the emperor, and the warning of seeking truth, that's all! Worship, it's up to now, if you want to kill, you have to listen to it! ”
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