31. Anxi Mutiny (I)
Da Song Anxi Road, pacify the Yamen. At this time, Xin Qiji, Bi Zaiyu, and Lai Wenzheng sat down in three parties, discussing major matters secretly.
Lai Wenzheng first said: "Two adults, according to our spy report in Pingxi Mansion, the army dispatch in Pingxi Mansion is very frequent now, and several groups of troops enter every day, and Jingzhou, Huaizhou, Yanzhou and other cities have people and horses moving to Pingxi Mansion, and at the same time, the business of buying and selling corpses around the military camp in Pingxi Mansion has also been significantly better than usual in recent days, which obviously shows that the number of troops staying in the military camp is increasing. In addition, the vehicles in and out of Pingxi Fucheng are also more frequent, and according to the heavy situation of the vehicles, it is obvious that they should be loaded with grain. Therefore, judging from this kind of image, Pingxi Mansion is dispatching people and horses and gathering a large army. Something should happen in the near future. β
Xin Qiji nodded and said, "Mr. Lai, the information you provided is very important, I and General Manager Bi are both worried about the movements of Pingxi Mansion, and now we finally know the exact news, it is indeed hard for you." β
Lai Wenzheng hurriedly said: "The lower officials are all doing their best for the imperial court, what hard work is there." β
Since Bi Zai met Ren on Anxi Road, he immediately launched an arrangement against Ren's rebellion with Xin Qiji. The subordinate personnel of Si'an West Road, presided over by Lai Wenzheng, also took immediate action to inquire about the news in many ways, and basically grasped the situation in Pingxi Mansion.
Bi Zai said: "Mr. Lai, can you predict how many people have gathered in the area of Pingxi Mansion now?" β
Lai Wenzheng said: "There are 20,000 garrisons in Pingxi Mansion itself, and according to the dispatch of men and horses and the transportation of grain and grass in the past few days, there should be more than 30,000 troops gathered. β
Xin Qi said with a smile: "There are about 60,000 men and horses under the Ren clan, and more than 50,000 troops have gathered in Pingxi Mansion at once, it seems that they are going all out this time."
Bi Zaiyu also nodded, and said: "According to the detective's report, there have been a lot of suspicious people in the city of Anxi Mansion in the past few days, just by the city gate and near the military camp, obviously observing the city defense layout and troop strength of Anxi Mansion, and there are also people by the Yellow River to survey the water situation and terrain, and they are preparing for crossing the river. β
Xin Qiji said: "Anxi Mansion was the capital of Western Xia in the past, and if you capture Anxi Mansion, it is natural to call on the party nobles, so the intention is extraordinary." He turned his head and asked Lai Wenzheng again, "Ren has been in contact with those party nobles recently?" β
Lai Wenzheng said: "In fact, since the past few months, the Ren family has been in contact with the party nobles, but most of the party nobles ignore them, but there are also four or five of them who often have contacts with the Ren family, so they have also become the object of our focus on guarding." A few days ago, the Ren clan sent people to contact these party nobles at the same time, but only three people had moved, all of them were gathering clansmen and preparing weapons, while the territories of the other nobles were still very calm, and there was no obvious movement of people and horses. According to our analysis, most of them should still take a wait-and-see attitude towards Ren's actions, depending on their success or failure. β
Xin Qiji and Bi Zaiyu glanced at each other, and their previous analysis of the position of the party nobles was generally the same. Now it has basically been confirmed. Xin Qiji asked again: "So what is the situation of the spies in the Jin Kingdom recently?" β
Lai Wenzheng said: "According to our observation and tracking in the past few months, Ren Dejing's eldest son, Ren Chunyi, has had a close relationship with a middle-aged scribe named Lin Huanjin and a monk named Shi An during this time, and sometimes these two people live in Ren Chunyi's prince's mansion. Later, we secretly investigated these two people, and although they had both lived here for several years, their origins were somewhat unknown. And after the two met Ren Chunyi, they often discussed secretly together, and there were a group of people around to listen to their orders, so we assigned people to keep an eye on them, and finally found that two people had gone back to Jinguo, so we suspected that they were the spies of Jinguo. And Lin Huanjin and Shi An should be the leaders, even if they are not, the two of them are definitely important figures, but now I have ordered the people of Pingxi Mansion to strictly control them, and they can arrest people at any time. β
Xin Qiji thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that catching them now will startle the grass and snakes, so it's better not to move them for the time being, and after we put down the rebellion, are you still afraid that they will run into the sky?" He turned his head and asked Bi Zaiyu: "Deqing, judging from the current situation we have, the Ren clan is about to launch a rebellion, and it will take at most five days." How do you think we should defend it? Do you want to inform Yang Changpeng and Li Haoyi? β
Bi Zai said: "Although the Ren family has 50,000 or 60,000 horses, but most of them are the remnants of the original Western Xia, and the combat effectiveness is not strong, we have 30,000 horses in Anxi Mansion, including 20,000 Song troops, all of them are elite men and horses, and there are 10,000 former Western Xia men and horses, and they are also the front-line soldiers of Western Xia in the past. However, this time, we must act quickly, and as soon as the rebellion starts, we will immediately calm it down by means of thunder, only in this way can we deter other party nobles and make them dare not have any more dissent. β
Xin Qiqi said: "What Deqing said is good, in my opinion, it is very easy to defeat Ren's army, just set up an ambush on the bank of the Yellow River, and attack while their men and horses are halfway crossed, you can defeat Ren in one fell swoop." And now that we know the whereabouts of the Ren clan well, it should not be difficult to correctly grasp the timing of their crossing of the river. β
Bi Zaiyu shook his head and said: "The plan to appease the adults can only immediately defeat the people and horses of the Ren clan to attack Anxi Mansion, it may not be the main army of the Ren clan, after the defeat of the Ren clan, they will definitely retreat into the city of Pingxi Mansion and defend it." Pingxi Mansion has been operated by the Ren family for many years, and it may be difficult to capture it in the short term. It is not possible to put down the rebellion quickly, and if it is delayed for a long time, I am afraid that other changes will be born. β
Xin Qiji thought about it for a while, and also thought that his own method was indeed flawed, and it was difficult to achieve the effect of quickly quelling the chaos, and said: "Then Deqing has any clever plan?" β
Bi Zaiyu said with a smile: "I don't dare to take the clever plan seriously, but I do have an idea below, please discuss it together and see if it is feasible." β
After listening to what he said, Xin Qiji couldn't help but laugh and said: "No wonder Yang Shumi strongly recommended Deqing to Anxi Road to preside over the overall situation of quelling the chaos, such a clever plan, I think it is Yang Shumi who thinks about it, but that's it!" β
Lai Wenzheng also said: "This plan seems risky, but in fact, as long as it is properly arranged, it will be fine, and the Ren rebellion, at most fifteen days, can be completely pacified, according to the bottom of the view, it is absolutely feasible." β
Bi met them again and agreed, and no longer shirked, and said: "Even if both of them think that this plan is feasible, then don't hesitate, Ren's rebellion is imminent, and we must also seize the time and start arranging." β
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"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
Ren Dejing looked at the large group of people kneeling in front of him who were still messing around and shouting "Long live", and then looked at a yellow robe on his body, and suddenly woke up to what this meant, and suddenly fell asleep with fright, and hurriedly stood up from the chair, and said in shock and anger: "Bastard, bastard, what are you doing here?" As he spoke, he took off the yellow robe he was wearing.
Ren Decong and Ren Deren immediately came over from left to right, put Ren Dejing on the back, and then pressed him to sit on the chair, Ren Decong smiled and said: "Brother, the yellow robe is also on, and long live is also called, now I can't help you." β
Ren Deren also said: "Brother...... No, Your Majesty, you can sit down with peace of mind now, everything has been arranged, maybe in a few days, you will go to the palace in Anxi Mansion to ascend the throne and sit in the palace! β
It turned out that Ren Dejing enjoyed singing and dancing in the palace yesterday, and was very drunk, and it was not until after the third watch that he went to bed under the waiter of the two Aiji. When Nazhi was sleeping soundly, he suddenly felt that he was dragged out of the bed, covered with two clothes, and then he was set up again in a half-dream, and came to the main hall of the palace.
But then many people flocked to the main hall, saying long live to him, and bowed three times and nine times in parallel, Ren Dejing woke up as soon as he was smart, and then saw clearly the few people who took the lead and the yellow robe he was wearing, Ren Dejing immediately understood that this was another play with a yellow robe.
Ren Dejing couldn't help but be anxious and angry, but now he was pressed on the chair by Ren Decong and Ren Deren, and last night's hangover was not completely sober, and he couldn't break free for a while, but he shouted: "What are you doing here?" You're too bold, don't you want to die, let me go......"
But before he finished speaking, Ren Chunyi got up from the ground and said with a smile: "Father, at this point, you can't sit in this position if you don't want to." The third brother set off with his troops last night and went to attack Anxi Mansion, and he probably crossed the Yellow River at this time. Even if you send someone to chase him back now, it's too late. β
Ren Dejing was stunned for a moment, and finally understood that the matter was irreparable, his body went weak, and he suddenly collapsed on the chair. Gone with the others. But Ren Chunyi smiled in his heart, thinking of Mr. Lin and Master Shi's method is spiritual, this trick is cut first and then played, and he will force his father to comply.
It turned out that although Bi Zaiyu led the army to Anxi Road, because Ren Dejing did not do anything wrong, he did not panic, but the rest of the Ren family were a little panicked, thinking that something was wrong. Ren Chunyi hurriedly went to Mr. Lin and Master Shi to ask for advice.
But the two of them had already reported the movements of the Song army back to the Jin Kingdom. Wan Yan saw through that this was the Song Dynasty's strategy, and the purpose was to force the Ren clan to move ahead of schedule. Therefore they were instructed at once to continue to lurk and not to act rashly.