Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 447 Iron Fist
on Phoenix Mountain.

Wang Yingxiong's big tent was lifted, and a group of imperial soldiers rushed in.

The servant who came up to scold him was knocked to the ground, and a general came in and saluted the governor of Sichuan, Wang Yingxiong, who was sitting behind the case, "The last general, Ji Congxiao, the battalion officer of the charge battalion of the Sichuan Guixing Camp, follows the orders of the battalion admiral. Please Wang Butang go."

The servant who was knocked to the ground cursed, "What a dare, dare to run into the hall!"

Wang Yingxiong was still sitting there.

"When will the admiral of the imperial battalion be able to rule the governor?"

Ji Cong said filially, "The last general is here to invite the Governor-General to go, and please cooperate with the Governor-General."

"There is still something to do in the headquarters, so there is no time."

"Since this is the case, let me just say it straight. Governor Wang's standard battalion commander Wang Xiang mutinied at the foot of the mountain. He beat governor Li Gande and inspector Yang Qiaoran, surrounded the standard battalion, and clamored to go up the mountain. This is a mutiny. They It’s Governor Wang’s standard camp, and Governor Wang has to explain it to Wen Jinglue!”

Wang Yingxiong snorted coldly, "Ben Du has been on the mountain all the time. You and I know why Wang Xiang is like this, but it has nothing to do with me."

"Whoever caused it will wipe his ass!"

Ji Congxiao was annoyed, "Governor Wang, don't show your authority in front of the last general. You, the governor, don't care about me as a camp officer. Don't toast or eat fine wine!"

"How dare you!" Wang Yingxiong shouted angrily.

Wang Yingxiong's qualifications can be said to be unmatched in the entire Sichuan. In the sixth year of Chongzhen, he was promoted to the Minister of Rites and a Bachelor of Dongge University, and in seven years, he was promoted to a Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Hongguang Dynasty was established, served as Minister of the Ministry of War and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, governor of Chuan, Hu, Yun, and Gui military affairs, Chu, Yun, Gui, and Guangxi listened to Xiong's restraint, specifically suppressed Zhang Xianzhong, gave 3 taels of silver, and gave Shang Fang a sword .

Wang Yingxiong, who is only in his 50s now, is from Chongqing. He was poor when he was young, but he is eager to learn and is smart. He became a Jinshi at the age of 24, selected Shujishi, taught editing, and had a review by the Imperial Academy. He presided over the examination at the age of 30 and was promoted to be a minister. .

At the beginning of Chongzhen, he was highly appreciated by Chongzhen, and he formed a party with Zhou Tingru and Wen Tiren. He was knowledgeable and talented, but his character was harsh and tough, and many people feared him.

As a disciple of the power minister Wen Tiren, Wang Yingxiong can say that his official career is very smooth. Although he was hated by the emperor in the late Chongzhen period, after all, he joined the cabinet in both dynasties.

Under normal circumstances, Zhu Yihai Jianguo proclaimed himself emperor, and he was still the head of the Southwest military administration.

But in fact, Emperor Shaotian obviously didn't trust Wang Yingxiong very much, and only appointed the governor. First, Zhu Dadian supervised the seven provinces to control Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.

These undoubtedly made Wang Yingxiong, who has a tough personality, very dissatisfied.

Back then he fought with Ma Gan, Fan Yiheng and others in Sichuan, and he couldn't tolerate them at all. Now that he has lost power, how can he be willing.

When he was a bachelor, Wen Anzhi was not yet famous.

Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying and others are going to make trouble, how could he not know?
General Sichuan was dissatisfied with Wen Anzhi's reorganization of the army, and Wang Yingxiong was also happy to contribute to the flames.

From his point of view, Wen Anzhi is still a bit bookish after all. Reorganizing the army is good, but it also depends on the situation. Under the current conditions, can it be reorganized?

Who can promise?

But he didn't persuade Wen Anzhi very much, he was happy to see Wen Anzhi capsized in the end, and when there was chaos in Sichuan, he would have to come out to take charge of the situation.

How fierce were the battles in the Beijing court during Chongzhen?
Wang Yingxiong has learned a lot of fighting skills from the leader Wen Tirenna, if Wen Anzhi is not driven away, then he is just a governor in name only.

Now that Wen Anzhi drove away Ma Gan first, and then wanted to abolish the various departments of the Sichuan Army on a large scale. Send Wen Anzhi back to Nanjing.

At that time, naturally he had the final say.

Wishful thinking has already been drawn.

But he didn't expect that a small camp officer would dare to be so presumptuous to him!
"Governor Wang, please!" Ji Congxiao snorted coldly, and a group of soldiers from the assault battalion rushed forward, set him up and left without saying a word. He was forced to be taken away from the ground by the frame's feet.

"Presumptuous!" Wang Yingxiong yelled all the way, but Ji Congxiao ignored it.

When Wang Yingxiong was carried all the way to the Jinglue tent, he didn't stop.

"Don't blame Governor Wang, let's drink a cup of tea to suppress the shock." Wen Anzhi said expressionlessly.

Wang Yingxiong looked at the tent and found that besides Wen'an, Qin Liangyu, Fan Yiheng and even Ma Gan, who had already left, had returned at some point. In addition, Yuan Zongdi, Fan Wenguang, Cao Xun, Yang Zhan, Zhu Hualong, etc. were all there.

However, Zhang Shipeng, the admiral of the camp, was not there, and only Shen Yuantai, the director of the camp, was there.

The atmosphere in the tent was somewhat dignified and tense.

"Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying, and the people from San Tan have all mutinied and are now heading up the mountain. What does Governor Wang think?" Wen Anzhi asked.

But there was no panic or tension in his words.

Wang Yingxiong straightened his clothes and sat down, took a sip from his teacup, then looked around the crowd, and found that everyone was very calm and composed, which was beyond his expectation.

"Msg Hui Wen, Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying and San Tan's troops, the total number is about [-] to [-], and they made a noise together. It doesn't mean that they are mutiny. According to my guess, they just have some understanding of the method of reorganization. Feeling dissatisfied, I became emotional for a while, and wanted to go up the mountain to find Jinglue for an explanation."

"As long as Jing Yue comes forward to appease, nothing will happen."

These words are obviously a lie, people are in such a mess, even if they just want to have an explanation, but once the soldiers are in chaos, they can do anything.

If Wen Anzhi went to meet like this, or just waited, the result would be that the rebels would rush into the camp on the mountain, and in the end everyone would be controlled by the rebels, and his fate would be hard to say.

In the best case, these economic governors and presidents may be controlled, etc. In the worst case, they may be hacked by rebels.

"How to appease?" Wen Anzhi asked.

Wang Yingxiong said bluntly, "Naturally, the best way is to withdraw the reorganization order, and then give the soldiers back pay and other rewards, so as to appease the morale of the soldiers."

Wen Anzhi shook his head.

"The matter of Sichuan soldiers' payment of wages is a problem left over from the past, and it will not be clear for a while, and there is not so much money to make up for it now."

"As for withdrawing the reorganization order, it is even more impossible. The Sichuan army is disorganized, unable to fight, and the central Sichuan cannot afford supplies. We must streamline our troops and streamline our administration. We must have elite troops and not redundant ones. This reorganization plan has been submitted to the emperor and reported to the imperial court. It has also been approved by the higher authorities. Yes, how can you change the order overnight?"

Wang Yingxiong chuckled a few times, "If that's the case, then Wang is helpless."

Wen Anzhi sighed, "Actually, there are still ways. For example, please ask Governor Wang to go out and have a good talk with them, so that they don't go further and further down the wrong path, repent in time, and turn around."

"I can't do this!" Wang Yingxiong directly refused.

"Then there is only one last solution left!" Wen Anzhi turned his head to look at Qin Liangyu, Yuan Zongdi and others, "Everyone has also seen that there is no other way now, since conciliation fails, then suppress it."

Wang Yingxiong stared wide-eyed, looking at Wen Anzhi in disbelief.

"Suppression? That's 7 to [-] people. Wen Xiang didn't think about the consequences?"

"What consequences?" Wen Anzhi asked.

"Wen Xiang thinks that the 7 to [-] people can be suppressed with the current troops on the mountain? Once the suppression fails, have you thought about the consequences?"

"It's impossible to fail. Sixty to seventy thousand people are indeed a lot, but there are a few who really dare to rebel. It's just a joke. As long as we show our attitude, there are not many who really insist."

"Besides, mutiny and rebellion cannot be condoned."

"Can·······"

"It's nothing but, order Admiral Zhang, please attack the imperial camp!"

"Admiral Yang Zhan of Jingbiao, Admiral Yuan Zongdi of Pianyuan, Admiral Qin Yiming of Sichuan, Ma Wannian of Zhongyong Town, Qin Gongming of Tongbiao, Cao Xun of Jianchang, Zhu Hualong of Songpan, all generals listen to the order, Let's all control the headquarters and work together to suppress the mutiny!"

"Abandon your weapons and surrender to avoid death, and those who resist in the corner will be killed!"

Wen Anzhi issued an order to suppress them with a murderous look.

Wang Yingxiong was dumbfounded, he couldn't believe the development of the matter, did Wen Anzhi really have such courage?
With 7 to [-] people, he is going to start a war to suppress it abruptly?
Where does such a big confidence come from?

And does he dare to bear the serious consequences of such hard suppression?
"No!" Wang Yingxiong shouted.

The most favorable development this time was that Wang Xiang, Zengying and the others surrounded the mountains but did not attack, forcing Wen Anzhi to give up the reorganization order, and even forced him to leave Sichuan.

Wang Yingxiong also didn't want to start a real fight. If there was a real fight, it would have serious consequences. Not only Wen Anzhi would lose his position, but he might lose his position as well.

So in the end, they did not fight and forced Wen Anzhi to take back the order, or even leave, and let him take over and preside over the overall situation.

But now Wen Anzhi is really so tough to fight, which is beyond his expectation.

He even felt that Wen Anzhi seemed to have expected this situation a long time ago, even prepared for it, and waited until this point.

Could it be that they were completely calculated?

Wen Anzhi glared at Wang Yingxiong, showing some disdain.

"Please ask the Duke of Shu to lead the army on the mountain to quell the chaos!"

Qin Liangyu got up to receive the order, and all the generals also received the order to go out.

Wang Yingxiong fell to the ground, dazed.

Judging by Wen Anzhi's attitude, he had been on guard for a long time. If the fight started, it was really possible that Wang Zengsantan would be defeated, and that would be a fucking mess.

Suddenly, there was a thunderbolt outside.

Immediately afterwards, the rumble continued.

It was the sound of cannons.

Wang Yingxiong stared at Wen Anzhi with wide eyes, and he actually bombarded the people who went up the mountain.

Wen Anzhi sat there drinking tea quietly.

On the mountain.

Zhang Shipeng, the admiral of the imperial battalion, was commanding the artillery of the battalion to fire at the mutiny soldiers down the mountain, and the artillery bombarded one by one.

Amidst the sound of artillery fire, the cavalry, who had already put on armor and were ready to go, took the lead in attacking.

Roaring and rushing down the mountain.

Then came the battalions of infantry.

The imperial battalion attacked first, followed by Yang Zhan's Jingbiao and Qin Gongming's commanding bid.

Then Cao Xun, Yuan Zongdi, Zhu Hualong, Qin Yiming, Ma Wannian and other ministries who were also stationed at the foot of the mountain rushed out of the battalion immediately after hearing the sound of the artillery.

They also prepared their equipment long ago, and rushed out of the camp when they heard the sound of the cannon.

The quick response of the various ministries is simply because they have been prepared.

After the men and horses of each battalion rushed out of the camp, they were divided into two, one went straight to Wang Zengsantan's camp, and the other went straight to the rear of the troops who were rushing up the mountain.

Compared to the people from all walks of life who were already prepared, the five teams of Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying, Tan Hong, Tan Yi and Tan Wen, although they had already planned to do something today, they did not have a complete plan for doing things. .

Even those who knew the plan in advance were only some core generals.

The soldiers who were provoked went up the mountain. Many of them didn't think that they were going to rebel and fight. They just went to Jinglue for an explanation, and even felt that building momentum would be enough.

It's just arguing about wages.

In the end, it is just to force the economic strategy to take back the order, and not to reorganize and abolish it.

Who would have thought there was going to be a war?

The vast majority of people are just booing and joining in the fun.

Many people didn't even wear armor or carry weapons.

When the gunshots rang out and countless soldiers and horses came out from the mountain and down the mountain, they were dumbfounded?
What is this for?
As soon as the artillery came down from the imperial camp, the people in front panicked, and when the cavalry rushed out, countless people shouted in panic. At this time, there were still many people in the camp yelling to run away, which further increased morale. bottomed out.

The more people there are, the more chaotic it is sometimes.

Before the handover of the two armies, some people began to turn around and run away, some took the lead, and some followed, so almost instantly, Wang Zengsantan's five groups of troops began to collapse.

In the final analysis, it was because the vast majority of soldiers were not prepared to really fight against the mountain, let alone determined.

I thought it was just a commotion, but now it is firing artillery and cavalry charging, and the mountain is also coming to steal the rear, what is this playing, run quickly.

Wang Xiang swung the Daguan Dao, and even beheaded several people who turned around, but still couldn't stop the momentum.

Instead, he was surrounded by fleeing soldiers and kept retreating.

Zeng Ying's situation is similar.

Even the generals under his command were flustered and at a loss when they saw Yamashita's resolute attitude and momentum.

San Tan's men even took the lead in running away under the leadership of San Tan.

San Tan is from Wanxian County, Chongqing. He used to be a general of Fang Guoan. In the 12th year of Chongzhen, he defeated Zhang Xianzhong in Sanjianzhai. The soldiers were stationed in Zhongzhou and Wanxian.

In this reorganization, the three Tans were all appointed as deputy general soldiers, and their departments were abolished, and they were transferred to Jingbiao.

As a result, the three Tans were very dissatisfied. Wang Xiang Zengying secretly contacted them to make trouble, and naturally agreed immediately.

It's just that when the cannon rang, and seeing soldiers and horses rushing out in all directions, San Tan panicked.

Although San Tan used to be Fang Guoan's general and a decent officer, but he has always had the worst military discipline. When he was stationed in Badong, he was very brutal and aroused resentment from the people. Later, he moved to his hometown in Zhongzhou, Wan County. The land is the smallest and there are not many people. , each with only a few thousand people, Wen Anzhi's reorganization, of course, is not willing to give them any more territory to keep the people, and wants to merge them into the standard camp.

The three of them were not reconciled, and followed Wang Xiang and the others to make trouble, but his military discipline was poor, and he had always bullied the weak and feared the strong. When he really fought, he ran faster than anyone else, and San Tan was not far behind.

The artillery of the Imperial Battalion was booming, but the artillery was basically fired upwards. The cavalry chased away the rebels like sheep, and all the troops surrounded them with nets.

More than [-] people chaotically staged a big farce at the foot of Phoenix Mountain.

The 7 or [-] horses clamoring for mutiny were defeated with one blow.

It took three full days for the imperial battalion and various ministries to recover all these mutinous soldiers.

Basically, they didn't fight much. Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying, and San Tan ran too fast, and the imperial camp chased them very hard. It took three days to bring back all the scattered soldiers.

When Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying, San Tan, Gan Liangchen, Ma Yingshi, Yu Dahai, Li Maochun, Hou Tianxi, Tu Long and other five generals, none of them escaped, they were all escorted back to Phoenix Mountain.

The two governors Wang Yingxiong and Fan Yiheng sat there with pale faces and dejected faces. They all knew that they were doomed this time.

The governor of Guizhou Fan Wenguang, the admiral Pi Xiong, the governor of Yunnan Li Gande, the inspector Yang Wenqiao, the governor of the five provinces Jun Yushi and the governor of Sichuan Zhang Dai were not implicated this time, but looking at the results, they were all greatly shocked. It's been a long time.

On the contrary, Jinglue Wen Anzhi, President Qin Liangyu, Admiral Zhang Shipeng, Military Watcher Zhao Jing, etc. all looked at the returned generals calmly.

(End of this chapter)