Chapter 556: The Rebellion in Jijing (Part II)
The Yan army guarding the city saw that it was his own people, and the leader was Taichuan Juwu, so he did not suspect it, so he opened the city gate and put them into the city.
As soon as the gate of the city was opened, the Yan army immediately rushed up and killed into the city, and then indiscriminately, killing and cutting people when they met, and the situation suddenly became chaotic. It turned out that the death of Tai Xiaodan had a great impact on the hearts of these Yan soldiers, coupled with the instigation of Ju Wu, Gao Yanli, Tian Qing and others, the feelings of the soldiers had already been intensified, and after the city gate was opened, I don't know which soldier was the first to attack the soldiers defending the city, and the other soldiers followed suit, and the soldiers defending the city naturally did not stand still, and also waved their swords to resist, so the two sides immediately scuffled.
Originally, Ju Wu, Gao Yanli, Tian Qing and others planned to lead the Yan army into the palace to question Yan Wangxi why they wanted to kill Tai Xiao Dan, and then in the name of Yan Wang Xi, get rid of the culprit clan who masterminded the killing of Tai Xiao Dan, but they didn't expect that as soon as they entered the city, their soldiers would not listen to the command, cut and kill indiscriminately, and they couldn't stop it.
Although Ju Wu is the master of Prince Dan and an old bureaucrat of Yan State, he has never led the army, and Gao Yanli and Tian Qing are both civilians, and they have no experience at all, so when they entered the city, they neither organized the control of the army, nor formulated the rules of action after entering the city, and now in the face of this out-of-control situation, they are all a little at a loss and don't know what to do.
However, there are 30,000 or 40,000 Yan troops who rushed into the city, and there are only more than 1,000 soldiers guarding the city gate, so the Yan army that was killed into the city rushed to kill, naturally it was unable to resist, and was killed countless times immediately, and they were defeated and retreated, and the Yan army outside the city immediately swarmed in, all of them entered the city, some soldiers chased and killed the defenders, some people killed the city tower, and some people rushed along the street to kill in Jijing City, of course, there were many people who were killed by mistake in the chaotic battle.
Of course, at this time, the soldiers of the Yan Army were still measured, and they did not intend to target the civilian people, but they were just mixed hands and killed some people by mistake, but soon the situation changed.
It turned out that when Ju Wu, Gao Yanli, Tian Qing and others were at a loss, the more than 200 ranger swordsmen recruited by Gao Yanli also joined the melee, and they were different from ordinary Yan soldiers, and they did not have a strong dissatisfaction with the clan of Yan State, but only after listening to Gao Yanli's incitement, they entered the city to avenge Tai Xiaodan, but as soon as they entered the city, the situation became very chaotic, so many of these ranger swordsmen had crooked thoughts.
In the Warring States Period, there were many types of ranger swordsmen, and the good and bad were mixed, including Hou Ying and Zhu Hai, who helped Xinling Jun steal talismans to save Zhao; Mao Sui, who recommended himself as an envoy and provoked the king of Chu to send troops to aid Zhao, was a man of outstanding intelligence, most of whom were men of both civil and military skills, and took a certain spirit or doctrine as the foundation of their beliefs, and took chivalrous deeds only as a means to realize their beliefs. Almost never do ordinary private revenge attacks, but to solve the world's crises, resolve critical grievances and grievances, the so-called urgent justice and righteousness, so although these people are called ranger swordsmen, but most of them bring the wind of celebrities. This point is the most prominent of the Mohist groups with the banner of "love and non-attack".
In addition, there are assassins such as Nie Zheng, Zhuan Zhu, Yao Li, and Nie Zheng, who do not care whether their assassination behavior is correct or not, but they still have many excellent qualities, such as tautology, light life and death, trustworthiness and righteousness, etc., and the assassination is not for their own personal revenge, either because of the favor of the Lord and the heart of retribution, or because they think that the target of the assassination is the most vicious person, and they are eliminating harm for the world. But they will not use force lightly and kill innocents indiscriminately. In fact, they are not much different from the previous type of ranger swordsmen, such as Jing Ke himself is a man of literature and military equipment, but because of the improper timing, his talent is useless, and he can only become an assassin in the end. If they encounter a good environment and a suitable monarch, they can also become the former type of people.
However, these two types of ranger swordsmen are only a minority, the vast majority of ranger swordsmen have actually learned some swordsmanship, but they have limited knowledge, and there is no clear master of the samurai, they do not have an absolute concept of right and wrong, nor do they have their own beliefs, although they also travel the world, but not to solve the world's crises, as long as someone gives money, do everything, including some unsightly things, or hope that their own force will be favored by a powerful family, become their doorman, and then fight for an official position, Therefore, this kind of ranger swordsman is closer to mercenary personnel, but most of them live alone, or act in a small group of two or three people.
Of course, at some point, they will also do some chivalrous and righteous things, but they have also done a lot of business without capital, good and evil are often in a thought, this time Gao gradually left to bring more than 200 ranger swordsmen, basically this kind of people. Some of them were indeed inspired by Jing Ke's spirit of assassinating the King of Qin, but some of them took a fancy to the reward given by Tai Xiaodan, and some of them hoped to take advantage of this to become an official and a half-job, so as to embark on a career in office.
But Tai Xiao Dan has died, and seeing that the current situation is in chaos, the Yan army is killing each other, and there is chaos in Jijing City, it seems that the Yan Kingdom can not stay for a long time, and the dark side of many people's hearts has also been exposed, and they have begun to calculate for their own interests, the general Yan soldiers will not deliberately slash and kill civilians, nor will they lightly kill the residential shops on the side of the street, and these ranger swordsmen do not have these scruples, on the contrary, they also take advantage of the chaos, crash open the door of the residential store, and kill into the house to rob the property, and the residents resist slightly, Kill mercilessly.
And people have the instinct of group effect, and when they saw someone crashing into a residential store on the side of the street and robbing property, some Yan soldiers saw it and immediately corrected it, and after a while, more and more Yan soldiers joined in robbing property. As a result, countless houses and shops were smashed open, more and more Yan people were killed, and even soldiers raped women and set fire to houses, and people shouted, shouted, scolded, and cried.
There are about 40,000 Yan troops outside the city, and there are 30,000 or 40,000 Yan troops stationed in the city, which is not far away, and Jijing is the capital of Yan Kingdom, and naturally there are many clan families, these clan families have a lot of doormen, house slaves, and private soldiers, all of which add up to tens of thousands, so the number of people is more than double that of the Yan army in the city, but the Yan army in the city is also not angry that Tai Xiao Dan was killed, and does not want to work hard for the clan of the world. On the contrary, they also took advantage of the fire to loot and join the ranks of looting property and killing civilians, so that they aimed the spearhead at the mansion of the clan clan.
Although there are a lot of guests, house slaves, and private soldiers in the clan family, they are not official soldiers, and there is still a certain gap in combat effectiveness, and the number of people is also limited, and the maximum number of people in a family is only two or three hundred, plus they are fighting separately, so they are naturally not opponents, and as a result, the mansions of one clan and one family are broken, and the soldiers rush in, looting, killing, poking, violence, arson, and so on.
In less than an hour, nearly half of the Jijing City was plunged into chaos, with more than 20 clan mansions that had been breached, and fires broke out in more than a dozen places, killing and wounding countless civilians, soldiers, clans, and clans, and the chaotic situation could not be controlled.
Although the palace of Yan Kingdom is in the most central area of Jijing, and there are several palace gates and courtyard walls, the sound of shouting and crying still enters the depths of the palace, and the smoke that rushes to the sky can be seen clearly in the palace.
Although the chaos had not yet spread to the palace, the entire palace was already full of panic, and the maids were running back and forth, and some people even fled from the palace altogether.
Yan Wangxi was in a panic, Honggao, Riding Robber, Gongzi Yuan hurriedly walked into the palace, and when they saw the three of them coming, Yan Wangxi hurriedly said: "Three Aiqing, what happened when you arrived outside?" ”
Honggao said: "Great king, the big thing is not good, Tai Xiao Dan's henchmen incited the soldiers, launched a rebellion, wanted to kill the king, and avenge Tai Xiao Dan, and now the rebels are about to kill the palace." ”
Yan Wangxi thought in his heart, if he really wants to avenge the crown prince Dan, he should kill the three of you first, but now is not the time to talk about this, so Yan Wangxi said: "Then what should be done now, three Aiqing, quickly mobilize the army, quell the rebellion, and don't let the rebels enter the palace." ”
Honggao shook his head and said, "Great King, now that most of the army has participated in the rebellion, our available soldiers are less than 10,000 people, and it is not enough to quell the rebellion, so the only feasible plan now is to leave Jijing immediately, escape from this place of right and wrong, and go to Liaodong to settle down, which is the best policy." The ministers and others had prepared a procession of chariots and horses, and asked the king to set out immediately, without delay. ”
King Yan was stunned for a moment and said, "Flee to Liaodong?" The situation is not so critical. Jijing is still the capital of my Yan Kingdom, how can I give it up lightly. ”
Honggao immediately said: "King, now that Jijing is in turmoil, all difficulties will be calmed, if the king does not withdraw as soon as possible, when the rebels attack the palace, the king is afraid that it will be too late to regret it." ”
Riding also said: "Yes, king, even if you can put down Jijing's rebellion, what can you do?" Now that the Qin army has crossed Yishui, it will be killed in front of Jijing in a few days, and now Jijing is in turmoil, and the soldiers are all rebelling, can we still hold Jijing? Therefore, the top priority is to retreat to Liaodong and regather troops to save the country! After lying on the salary and tasting the courage, after recovering the hometown, it can still revive the Yan Kingdom! Otherwise, the king is trapped in Jijing City, and he is either killed by the rebels or captured by the Qin army, so please don't make a mistake about yourself. ”
Yan Wangxi was stunned for a moment, and knew that there was no other way, so he had to nod and say, "Okay, according to the opinion of the three Aiqing, leave Jijing immediately." ”