East Factory Governor

Chapter 220 Mutiny
With an order, Pi Gou and Lai San'er immediately shouted in unison, "Array!"

In an instant, the shield soldiers rushed to the front row, and the large shields stood up one after another, forming an iron wall.After the shield soldiers, came the cavalry with sabers.After the cavalry came the hoplites.The archers and crossbowmen are in the last row, and their bows have been drawn and stringed.

Seeing this, more than a hundred members of Jin Yiwei also drew out their Xiuchun knives.As long as Qin Shuhuai gave an order, they were ready to climb over the not-so-high wall to seize the gate of the village.

It was completely quiet inside, and there was no more noise.

The old soldier on the watchtower saw that the thousands of soldiers outside the village were well-organized, high-spirited and disciplined, and his eyelids twitched.Having been in the army for many years, he could tell at a glance that the combat effectiveness of this army was by no means comparable to that of the more than 2000 brothers in the village.

Then he said, "General Qin, the brothers really had no choice but to make trouble. The army has not been paid for three months, and the brothers are all old and young. Without pay, not only themselves are hungry, but also the family members are hungry! I beg General Qin to help us decide."

Qin Shuhuai was gloomy and did not say a word.

Meng Wei was afraid that Qin Shuhuai would really give the order to attack, so he hurriedly shouted at the old soldier, "Since General Qin is going to be the master, why don't you open the gate quickly? General Qin is an imperial envoy specially appointed by the emperor, what should you do for neglecting the imperial envoy?" ?”

The old soldier was stunned, but he still said boldly, "General Qin is the imperial envoy of the emperor, we will naturally open the door to welcome you! But before that, brothers, there are two matters that need to be decided by General Qin first." .”

Meng Wei shouted, "Bold! What are you in the army? How can you allow yourself to bargain?"

The veteran gritted his teeth, still refused to compromise, and said, "General Qin, please make the decision for us first before we can open the door! The first of these two things is that the brothers are not hungry now, and the young and old in the family are running out of food. Will General Qin allow his brothers to be the masters, tell the truth to the court, and ask for payment? The second thing is, I was forced to make a fuss today. Will General Qin be sympathetic to our pressure? These two things only It is necessary for the general to reply, and the brothers immediately open the gate of the village and welcome Master Wang!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another roar in the camp, "Answer! Answer! Answer!"

The veteran's request was very simple. To put it bluntly, one was to ask Qin Shuhuai to agree to pay the imperial court, and the other was not to hold them accountable for the crime of arguing for payment.

However, this is very important to them, especially the second one, which is related to the death of many people.

Because they captured Jizhou defender Zhang Yingyuan!This is an out-and-out mutiny!According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the leader should be executed for the crime!However, mutiny occurred frequently in the late Ming Dynasty, and it was often because of the payment issue. The court knew it was wrong, so the implementation of this law was often compromised. Many mutiny organizers often took it lightly and reprimanded them.

Therefore, mutiny can be big or small, depending on how the officials who deal with it treat it.Seeing that Qin Shuhuai's subordinates were well-organized, the veteran knew that he was a general with strict military discipline, and he was a little uncertain, so he simply asked Qin Shuhuai to promise not to pursue their mutiny.

Although Meng Wei has been in the palace for many years, he also knows that arrears of salary in the army is a common phenomenon nowadays, so he also sympathizes with these soldiers, so he said softly to Qin Shuhuai, "Lord Qin, what do you think?"

From the perspective of a bystander, Qin Shuhuai certainly sympathized with these soldiers. After all, asking for wages due to arrears is a natural behavior.But the problem is that the nature of this matter now is an army mutiny!If I sit down with them to discuss and bargain together, then once this precedent is set, in the future, my order will no longer be an order, but a bargaining chip for them, and this army will be completely abolished!
Thinking of this, Qin Shuhuai looked up at the old soldier, and said coldly, "I will make my own judgment on today's matter! I will only ask, is this door open or not?"

The old soldier's heart was shocked, it seemed that the other party was not easy to talk to.If I let him in, I'm afraid I will die!That being the case, why don't you pull the brothers together, grit your teeth and resist, and see who is tougher than whom?Now that the enemy is at hand, does he really have the guts to dare to fight his own people?
So he said, "General Qin, the lives and deaths of the brothers are in your hands. If you don't agree, the brothers will never open the door! As soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, we have never thought of fighting against Master Wang, but now that things have come to an end, brother We only want justice, we only want food and clothing, General Qin please sympathize with the helpless actions of the brothers!"

Qin Shuhuai's face became more and more gloomy, he raised his hand, and said coldly, "The whole army is ready!"

Seeing that the battle was about to break out, Meng Wei became anxious, and said to Qin Shuhuai, "Master Qin, wait for me for a while!"

After finishing speaking, he jumped up from the horse's back with a bang, and then stepped on the wall of the village. With this strength, he jumped up a few feet, and suddenly reached the middle of the observation tower, and his toes "chacha" on a few wooden posts of the observation tower. "After clicking twice, they came to the observation deck.

The veteran took a step back in fright, but he was at a height of more than ten meters, where could he retreat?

Meng Wei made a sudden move, grabbed the old soldier by the neck with just one move, and then shouted at the crowd below, "If you want to survive, open the gate of the village quickly! Otherwise, you will be killed without mercy!"

The eyes are slightly protruding, the teeth are grinning, the killing intent is awe-inspiring, and the hostility is bursting, really like a killing god!
There was no sound in the camp, and no one dared to move.

At this time, Li Jingting also gave an order, and a dozen Jinyi guards immediately climbed over the wall of the village, went straight to the gate of the village, and opened the gate.

All the soldiers in the village dare not move.

Meng Wei heaved a sigh of relief, fortunately these people did not move, otherwise a massacre would be inevitable.

With a dark face, Qin Shuhuai rode slowly into the village surrounded by more than 1000 people.As the gaze passed, the momentum was like ice, and like the light of a knife, all the soldiers in the village trembled in their hearts, and they all backed away to make way for him.

"My lord, General Qin!"

At this time, a middle-aged man who was tied up, ragged, and disheveled ran over, knelt down under Qin Shuhuai's horse, and cried, "My lord, the official is incompetent and has no way to lead the army. I beg you!" The general punishes!"

Qin Shuhuai gave him a cold look, and said, "You are Zhang Yingyuan, the defender of Jizhou?"

The man nodded and said, "It's the lower official! The lower official has no way to lead the army, and if he owes the grace of God, he deserves death!"

Although Zhang Yingyuan was in the garrison of Jizhou, his official rank was higher than Qin Shuhuai's, even if Qin Shuhuai was an imperial envoy under the secret decree of Chongzhen, he didn't need to call himself a subordinate official and keep his voice low.However, when he saw Qin Shuhuai at this moment, it was like seeing a life-saving straw, so it was reasonable for him to be overly self-effacing when he was excited.

Qin Shuhuai said gloomyly, "Zhang Yingyuan, whether or not you have deducted the military salary will be investigated in detail, but you are incompetent in leading the army and not strict in command, so that the soldiers mutinied, but you cannot escape the responsibility. Come on, pull it out and take heavy responsibility." Ten army sticks!"

"Follow the order!"

Immediately two people came out from Qinglong Hall and dragged Zhang Yingyuan down.Not long after, Zhang Yingyuan was pressed on a bench in public and beaten with a military stick.

Qin Shuhuai hit Zhang Yingyuan first, first to show that he had taken over here, second, to show that he would not protect each other from officials and officials, so that the soldiers in the village believed that he would deal with it fairly, and third, to send a signal that he would enforce the law strictly, no matter who it was, as long as he committed a crime The military law will never let it go.

At this time, Meng Wei walked over with the old soldier Youzi.

The old soldier was really naughty, when he saw the situation was not going well, he burst into tears, knelt in front of Qin Shuhuai and cried about how the army owed his salary, how difficult life was at home, etc., which caused many soldiers to empathize with him The eye sockets are red.

Qin Shuhuai had no expression on his face, and asked calmly, "Did you tie Zhang Shoubei?"

The veteran was stunned, hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!"

"Do you still have a party?"

"Gone!"

Qin Shuhuai said coldly again, "Think about it clearly, if you dare to lie to me, you will die. I will ask you again, but do you still have accomplices?"

The old soldier glanced at Qin Shuhuai's cold eyes, and suddenly sneered, "It turned out that General Qin is still going to kill people to show his prestige after mourning for a long time! Hehe, what a hard-hearted imperial envoy."

(End of this chapter)