Chapter 360: Li Ke is anti-Tang
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Early the next morning, Liu Hanzhang, the judge of the Yunzhou Defense Mission, escorted all the troublesome Shatuo soldiers from the prison and brought them to the gate of the Defense Embassy. Punishing Shatuo soldiers in front of the defense envoy's yamen was Duan Wenchu's special request.
In front of the defense envoy, there were people who came to watch. It is not only the ordinary people of Yunzhou, but also merchants and hawkers, and more soldiers wearing military robes. These soldiers included both Shatuo soldiers, some Han soldiers, and even Turks, Uighurs, Tuyuhuns, Dangxiang, Tatars, Xi and other tribes who had already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and lived in Datong Yunzhou for generations.
The wind kept blowing, the brown dead leaves swirled around, and the sun came out from behind the clouds, so bright and dazzling that Liu Hanzhang had to pull up and take a few steps back, standing in the shadow of the yaxia to block out the harsh sunlight.
"Execution!" Seeing that more and more people were gathered, especially when a large number of Shatuo soldiers appeared behind, Liu Hanzhang had to advance the plan that was originally going to be executed at noon to the present.
More than a dozen of the guards rushed forward, pressed down the troublesome Shatuo soldiers wearing chains, stripped off their pants, exposed their buttocks, and scolded them on the spot.
"One!"
"Two!"
With each blow, a soldier next to him shouted. Every time, a heavy rod fell, and it was completely real, and it was more ruthless than the ordinary rod. Even these Shatuo soldiers are all strong and healthy, but they can only hit twenty rods. Half of the flesh and blood that had been beaten were already blurred. Ass blossoms. Passed out.
However, Liu Hanzhang did not shout to stop, and all the troublemakers today were forty military sticks, regardless of whether they were high or low. These executed soldiers are all specially selected Han sergeants, these people have always been bullied by the Shatuo people in Daibei, and now they have the support of the country's uncle, of course, they have to settle the account ruthlessly, and the forty military sticks have not been beaten with a little water, and all the troublemakers have all fainted.
A bucket of cold water was poured over. Only a dozen people woke up.
"Officers of all departments, bring people back on their own, and if they commit another offense, they will be severely punished!" Liu Hanqing said in a deep voice, and after speaking, he turned around and entered the yamen with his own soldiers.
Many of the non-commissioned officers in Datong are Shatuo mercenaries who are usually domineering and domineering, and they have always been unlaw-abiding, and they usually have to make trouble for three points when they have nothing to do, not to mention that Duan Wenchu has seriously violated their interests. Therefore, they have long hated the surname Duan to the bone marrow, and are preparing to launch a mutiny to kill him. You must know that the army of the northern part of the Dao Dynasty has always been brave and ruthless. It's not as easy to talk as the commando battalion in Chengdu, and their knives are out of their sheaths. It is necessary to see blood.
That night, Li Quanzhong, the envoy of Shatuo soldiers and horses in Yunzhou City, convened the generals and schools in Yunzhou City to discuss the meeting. Kang Junli, Xue Zhiqin, Xue Tieshan, Li Cunzhang, Cheng Huaixin, Wang Xingxian, Gai Yu and others went one after another.
The generals sat down, Li Quanzhong glanced at Kang Junli, Kang Junli understood, and said directly: "If there is chaos today, the orders of the imperial court are becoming more and more useless outside, this is a great opportunity for heroes and heroes to make contributions and seek wealth and nobility!" Duan Wenchu is a cowardly person, and it is difficult to do big things together. Nowadays, there are thieves all over the country, the imperial court is weak, and the husband can't make contributions at this time, so he is not a hero among the people. Li Zhenwu and his son bravely crowned the army, and we should take advantage of the situation to assist, so that the land of Daibei will be pacified in a few days, and our fame and wealth will be just around the corner."
Kang Junli's family has been a powerful family on the border of Datong for generations, and is currently serving as a dental school in Yunzhou. However, Yunzhou is the territory that the Shatuo people have been operating for many years, and he and Li Keyong have long been one in the same interest. Li Qianzhong is Li Keyong's uncle, so it is not easy to speak directly, so he asked Kang Junli to say this.
Cheng Huaixin's ancestor was An Lushan's general, and he had already rebelled against Tang. At this time, I also heard that Wang Jingwu of Ziqing Town in the Central Plains was raising troops to rebel, and in the territory of the Tianping Army, there was a group of salt dealers who raised troops against the Tang Dynasty, and the two were fighting lively. And in Xichuan, after being the king of Nanzhao for 16 years, he fought with the Tang Dynasty for 16 years. This barbarian king, who has renamed Nanzhao as the Great Rite Kingdom and proclaimed himself emperor, is determined to get along with the Tang Dynasty.
Datang can be described as a storm on all sides, and there is a great opportunity to do things at this time.
Cheng Huaixin said: "I agree with Brother Kang's meaning, at the moment, I can see through this Tang Dynasty, support the bold to death, starve the faint to death." Look at that Li Jing in Dengzhou, who heard who this person was a year ago? But you see, now, this person was born as a farmer, and later entered the unity army as a villager in the Tutuan villager. Looking at it now, he has been knighted as a county duke, and he is a general, not only leading the history of Dengzhou, but also holding tens of thousands of horses and horses in the eastern part of the town. I heard that now he has seized a large piece of territory in southern Liaoning. Just now, he conspired with Li Maoxun in Youzhou to drive away Zhang Gongsu, the marshal of Lulong. ”
"Indeed!" Kang Junli answered: "I think I've heard of Li Jing too, this person can fly all the way to the current high position." By what? It is said that when this person was still the head of the unity army in Dengzhou, he secretly made a black hand and helped assassinate Shi Cui Yunqing to assassinate Changshi Feng Changqing. After that, he was promoted to the general of Shamen Town, and killed his boss Da Xie Fengzhang, swallowed his fleet of soldiers and horses, and then gradually became stronger, and even took Dengzhou directly from Song Wei's hands. But you see, as a result, because of his strong soldiers, Song Wei not only did not send troops to deal with him, but accepted him as a righteous son. ”
Dengzhou, although it is far away from Yunzhou, but Youzhou is not far from them.
Just now Li Jing helped Li Maoxun to seize Youzhou, they all knew that the success of Li Jing and Li Maoxun made these proud soldiers of Yunzhou excited. However, the snake can't have a head, and even if something happens, you have to find a prestigious person to be the head. Li Keyong, who is also surnamed Li, is the father and son, and they are the best co-masters in their eyes.
Li Keyong's father and son have soldiers and horses and prestige, and they are the most suitable for this head.
Just do it, after several people agreed, Li Quanzhong immediately asked Kang Junli to go to Shatuo, who was in Ulzhou at this time, and the deputy soldier and horse envoy Li Keyong. Ulzhou is also one of the three states under the jurisdiction of Datong Town, and Li Keyong's grandfather served as the assassin of Ulzhou, and Ulzhou is one of the bases of the Shatuo people. Li Keyong is currently serving as Shatuo's deputy soldier and horse envoy, stationed in Ulzhou.
Kang Junli rushed to Ulju overnight with a team of recruits. It was not yet dawn when I arrived in Ulju. Li Keyong heard that Yunzhou Kang Junli came to see him urgently. hurriedly put on his clothes, and he didn't even have time to put on his blindfold.
"Why did Captain Kang come here in the starry night? Something happened in Yunzhou? ”
Kang Junli wiped the dew from his head, "There hasn't been an accident yet, but something big is about to happen." ”
"What's the big deal?" Li Ke vaguely guessed a few points, but remained silent.
Kang Junli looked left and right, and when he saw that there was no one else, he said directly: "Fang is in a big mess today, and the Son of Heaven will pay the generals and ministers to take care of the side affairs." If there is a famine, I will cut the reserves, and I will wait for the people on the side, how can I keep to death! The father and son of the public family, known as the prestige and the five departments, should be eliminated by the abuse of the handsome, in order to thank the border people, who dares to disagree"
Li Keyong grew up in the Daibei Army since he was a child, followed him to fight the Pang Xun Rebellion at the age of fourteen, and stayed in Daibei for a few years after returning. I had ambitions for a long time, and deliberately said in a tentative tone: The Son of Heaven is here. Do things according to the rules and regulations of the country, and do not act rashly. Besides, even if my father is far away in Zhenwu, even if something happens, he has to tell his father. ”
Kang Junli thought that Li Ke didn't want to be a soldier, so he suddenly had a plan, and pretended to be anxious and said: "Now that the matter has been leaked, it will change when it is too late."
Things have come to this point, Li Keyong also knows that he doesn't need to take care of it anymore, Li Quanzhong is his uncle, and he is also Shatuo's soldier and horse envoy, if he falls into the hands of Duan Wenchu, it will definitely not be good for their father and son.
At that moment, Li Keyong said: "You go back to Yunzhou first, and I will come later!" ”
After Kang Junli left, Li Keyong immediately sent people to summon the generals of Shatuo to explain the incident. Those Shatuo soldiers and generals are also old subordinates who have followed Li Keyong's father and son for a long time, and none of them have any objections.
Li Keyong asked the generals to gather soldiers and horses and prepare to go to Yunzhou overnight. Before leaving, he went back to the backyard to say goodbye to his new wife, Liu. After hearing this, Liu pondered for a long time, and then said: "If the husband wants to lead the troops back to Yunzhou, the concubine will also go with the army." The matter of soldiers and horses in the army, the concubine is not comprehensible, but the concubine has a word to remind that the husband has only 3,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and it is unpredictable to go to Yunzhou to win or lose. ”
Li Ke is unparalleled in bravery, but his wife Liu is also extraordinary, the daughter of a military general, and has been proficient in riding and archery since childhood. Li Keyong led the troops, she often followed the army, and often gave advice to Li Keyong, who was only eighteen years old, and was very obedient to Liu.
Immediately, Li Keyong took Liu to send troops together. On the way from Ulzhou to Yunzhou, he sent people all the way to recruit soldiers and horses from the Hu tribes. When the Hu people living in Ulzhou heard that Li Keyong had raised troops, they responded one after another. By the time Li Keyong arrived in Yunzhou, the number of soldiers and horses had reached 10,000.
Li Keyong arrived at the southern suburbs of Yunzhou and prepared to enter the city. At this time, Liu said: "Husband, it is better to temporarily set up troops to fight cocks, and the city will be handed over to my uncle and them to deal with, just wait outside the city for them to come and greet them." ”
After thinking about it for a while, Li Keyong understood the meaning of his wife Liu's words. The situation in the city is unknown now, and there is still a risk of entering the city. Again, Li Keyong came to be the master of the soldiers, and if he rushed into the city to meet his uncle, his prestige would inevitably be greatly reduced. It's better to sit firmly on the cockfighting platform and listen to the news in the city.
Kang Junli and the others in the city had already received the news that Li Keyong had arrived with 10,000 soldiers and horses, and they were very excited at the moment. After knowing that Li Ke used soldiers and horses to garrison the cockfighting platform in the southern suburbs, he immediately understood Li Keyong's thoughts. Li Quanzhong, Kang Junli and others immediately launched a mutiny, defending the embassy's mansion, Duan Wenchu was still asleep, and he was already captured by the Shatuo soldiers who broke in.
Two days later, Li Quanzhong, who had completely controlled Yunzhou City, sent the Fu Jie and Yin Xin of the defense envoy to send people out, and asked Li Keyong to take up the post of Datong Town. The five defense envoy officials, including Duan Wenchu and Judge Liu Hanzhang, were also sent to the cockfighting platform in shackles.
Facing the five court officials Duan Wenchu and Liu Hanzhang, who dared to punish the soldiers of the Shatuo Army in public, Li Keyong did not have the slightest intention of letting them go.
With Li Keyong's order, Duan Wenchu and other five court officials were stripped of their clothes and tied naked on a wooden frame, and several Shatuo sergeants were holding ox-ear knives, and a knife slowly cut off the skin and flesh on their bodies, and the terrible screams suddenly echoed on the cockfighting platform! But such sounds and scenes did not affect the good appetite of Li Ke's group of Shatuo sergeants under him, and the human flesh that was chopped alive was not cooked, but was stuffed into their mouths with blood and heat, and they feasted on it! There were many people and a lot of food, and it didn't take long for the piercing screams to disappear, and only five bloody skeletons were left on the wooden frame, and Li Keyong ordered them to be thrown to the ground, trampled on the horses, and trampled on the bones!
Ling Chi was executed, and his flesh was eaten alive, and then his bones were trampled on his bones.
Although his ancestors had been loyal to the Tang Dynasty for more than 200 years, it had been more than 60 years since he moved to the east of the Tang River, and Li Keyong had lived in the mansion of Chang'an Yuci for a period of time. But at this time, he still showed the terrible characteristics of the Hu people, and even ate human flesh raw, and Ling Chi executed the court officials.
Although there were rebellions in the towns, they were usually expelled from the territory after the seizure of the throne. The worst case scenario is a single killing, or a glass of poisoned wine. This is the first time that Li Ke has seized the throne and has to execute people Ling Chi for the first time.
After Ling Chi Duan Wenchu and other five court officials, the soldiers of Datong Town jointly sent a statement to the imperial court, requesting the appointment of Li Keyong as the new Datong defense envoy! (To be continued......)