Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 403 Controlling Yangzhou City

Amid bursts of cheers, Li Wei looked around at the people with a smile.

But the words "Prince Consort" made him feel particularly harsh. Now that he has reached this point, no title of Prince Consort is suitable anymore. It seems that he must take time to find a new title.

After saying goodbye to Yang Laosan, Li Wei left with Chen Su and others.

Although Guo Ying and his cronies were successfully eliminated this time, news of his rebellion will inevitably leak out. After all, not all people are grateful to him.

After Li Wei left, the people around him dispersed one after another, each going about his or her own business.

In the corner of the street, a slovenly old man in tattered clothes was leaning against the wall, looking at Li Wei and others leaving with a smacking sound in his mouth.

Just when the people were about to disperse, he suddenly reached out and grabbed Yang Laosan who was walking by him: "This little brother, stay!"

Yang Laosan couldn't help frowning when he saw how dirty he was, and tried hard to break free with his arms, but to his surprise, he couldn't break free.

"What are you doing?" Yang Laosan said displeased.

The sloppy old man let go of his hand and let Yang Laosan leave.

More than a dozen military attachés from more than a thousand families in the army were summoned to the Hou Mansion without any news. Now the entire army was leaderless, and he had nothing to do if the soldiers refused to listen to him.

When the soldiers heard the two men's completely different arguments, they started talking about it, but no one listened to Wu Baihu's request to go out for rescue.

Speaking of Li Wei's deeds, Yang Laosan also became energetic, and kept talking about Li Wei's punishment of bullies, buying land at high prices, and paying heavy wages to the servants.

"Yes!" The three of them said in a deep voice, holding their hands together.

At Guo Ying's house, Li Wei immediately called Chen Shan, Xie Feihu, Chen Su and others to him after he came back, and said solemnly: "Although we have eradicated Dingyuan Hou's cronies, the news is expected to be released soon. It will leak out, and the military camp must be controlled as soon as possible. I have obtained Guo Ying's seal. You guys must gather your troops immediately and follow me to the military camp to take over the military power!"

However, Zhang Chao was not afraid at all. He sneered, turned and looked around at the soldiers and said loudly: "Humph, brothers, he said that what we are spreading is evil talk, do you think so?"

Yang Laosan was the first person to listen to Xie Feihu and others talking about these ideas, and because he had been favored by Li Wei in his early years, he believed in his words. From the bottom of his heart, even if Li Wei really wanted to rebel, he would still support him. of.

Yang Laosan's face changed slightly, and he immediately said angrily: "Nonsense! Which of your eyes saw that the prince-in-law was about to rebel? It was obviously the official assassin who was caught by the prince-in-law, and in turn framed the prince-in-law!"

But these concepts put the interests of ordinary people like them in the most important position. Naturally, they will not oppose it. What's more, many people really don't understand it. They only know that the prince-in-law is doing it for their own good. .

After Yang Laosan left, he looked at the direction Li Wei left, his eyes narrowed slightly, wondering what he was thinking.

Wu Baihu shouted.

"Wu Baihu, don't talk nonsense. We only took office with the signature of the Marquis's handwriting!" Zhang Chao followed.

Another Baihuguan shouted.

"Haven't you heard about what's going on outside? Commander Xu was arrested by Consort Li and his men. This is obviously abnormal. Something must have happened in the Hou Mansion. We must immediately lead troops to support him!"

"You! You bastards!" Wu Baihu yelled angrily.

"Hmph!" Yang Laosan snorted coldly, pointed to his hand holding her and said, "Can you let me go?"

"That's right, if Zhang Baihu hadn't told us, we would have been stupid enough to be beaten and enslaved by you at will!"

Li Zhuang immediately followed up with a warning: "Brothers, listen to me and never leave the camp without permission! Military law is like a mountain. Anyone who dares to leave the camp without permission will be punished by military law!"

The remarks brought by Zhang Chao and others won the approval of these low-level soldiers. Even they would not dare to refute easily, otherwise they would be complained by the soldiers. If things go on like this, the complaints will turn into resentment, and eventually they will become angry. out of hand.

"Are we talking nonsense? I think you are the ones who are deceiving the public with your lies! Ever since you came in, you have been spreading those lies in the army. Do you think we are all stupid?"

The sloppy old man smiled apologetically and said softly: "Hey, I just want to ask, is this prince consort really as good as you say?"

"These are clearly wise words!"

When Yang Laosan heard this, his face immediately straightened, and he temporarily put aside his dislike for him, and said: "Of course, are you from out of town? Let me tell you, if it weren't for the Prince Consort, this Yangzhou City wouldn't be the same The way it looks now…”

But now that the military situation is tense, they can't care so much.

"no!"

A hundred households shouted angrily at Li Zhuang and others.

To tell the truth, it is not difficult for a discerning person to see whether Li Wei is a rebel, including the remarks promoted by his students. Smart people can also understand that these are all rebellious words.

"You!" Baihu pointed at Li Zhuang, Zhang Chao and others angrily, "And you, you were all arranged to come in after the Marquis didn't show up again. I think you are Li's consort!"

Li Zhuang kept in mind what Chen Shan told him when he left, and shouted without giving in: "We can't leave the camp without military orders. If you dare to act indiscriminately, you will really rebel!"

"The Marquis has not shown up for almost half a month. Mr. Xu and Mr. Huang brought people to see him, but now no one has come back. Something big must have happened. Don't be bewitched by monsters, and come with me to the camp to save the Marquis. The court will reward you greatly afterwards!"

Seeing him defending Li Wei like this, the sloppy old man didn't refute, he just smiled and said, "Yes, I think too much, little old man."

"Of course, of course, you're welcome."

Moreover, most of the soldiers in the army now admire the ideas promoted by Li Zhuang and others. Even if they doubt that something happened to Mr. Hou, they don't want to listen to Wu Baihu.

When Wu Baihu and others saw this, their expressions suddenly became extremely ugly.

The sloppy old man was not in a hurry, and listened patiently to what he said, and then questioned: "This prince-in-law is quite good, but aren't you afraid that he will really rebel and harm you?"

They didn't know anything else, but they fully agreed with the principle that officers should not drive soldiers around at will, let alone beat and scold them at will. No one wanted to be beaten and scolded every day and have to work in vain.

Time was urgent, so Li Wei stopped talking nonsense and immediately left the house with them and went straight to the military camp.

In the military camp, guards who had been educated by Li Wei, such as Li Zhuang and Zhang Chao, were nervously confronting others with some manpower.

After all, if they don't go out, they will have no merit or fault. If they go out, then if it is not what Wu Baihu said, they will be in bad luck.

The surrounding soldiers immediately responded.

Zhang Chao saw him being incompetent and furious. He snorted coldly and did not retaliate. He just stared at him closely to prevent him from jumping over the wall in a hurry.

When the two sides were in a stalemate, a group of nearly a thousand troops suddenly rushed towards the military camp. The guard at the entrance of the military camp shouted in shock: "Who are they?"

Li Wei, Chen Su, Xie Feihu and others led the night guard to the door of the military camp and motioned to Chen Shan.

Chen Shan immediately stepped out from the crowd and shouted: "I am Chen Shan, a member of the army. The Marquis is ill. In order not to delay the defense of Yangzhou, I have temporarily handed over the general camp to the Prince Consort. Please hurry up." Open the door and welcome the Prince Consort into the camp!"

After Chen Shan finished speaking, Li Wei immediately took out Guo Ying's seal, held it high in his hand, and shouted: "Here is the seal of the commander, open the door quickly!"

The guard looked shocked and froze on the spot. Li Zhuang, Wu Baihu and others who were facing each other in the camp were quickly alerted by the movement at the door, and immediately led people over at the same time.

"Open the door quickly!"

"Can't open!"

Li Zhuang and Wu Baihu shouted almost at the same time, one was surprised, the other was frightened.

Hulala's large group of people quickly gathered at the entrance of the military camp.

Li Zhuang pointed at Li Wei and shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Here is the commander's seal. Are you going to disobey me?"

"Asshole! He brought so many people here, obviously to seize military power. If there is no news from the Marquis for half a month, he must have been poisoned. Anyone who dares to open the door and let him in is an accomplice!"

Wu Baihu also shouted anxiously, fearing that these soldiers would be obsessed with opening the door to Li Wei.

The soldiers guarding the entrance of the barracks immediately hesitated.

Li Zhuang and Zhang Chao looked at each other and shouted loudly: "How dare you! How dare you disobey military orders? Come, follow me and take down these people!"

With that said, the two men rushed forward with their loyal men.

"How dare you!"

Wu Baihu and others were instantly frightened, and quickly led their men to rush forward to stop them. However, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the soldiers around them always stood in front of them, making it difficult for them to move forward. Li Zhuang and Zhang Chao took the opportunity to rush forward. To the door.

Seeing this, the guards dared not stop him anymore. They quickly stepped aside and allowed Li Zhuang and Zhang Chao to open the camp gate.

Seeing this, Li Wei immediately put away the seal and waved his hand. Chen Su, Xie Feihu and others immediately rushed into the camp with the night guards.

When Wu Baihu saw this, his face suddenly turned pale: "It's over."

Thousands of night guards rushed in and quickly joined Li Zhuang and Zhang Chao's men. The other soldiers were a little panicked, but no one stepped forward to fight the night guards.

"I've met the Prince Consort!"

Li Zhuang and Zhang Chao came to Li Wei and bowed.

Li Wei nodded lightly, then glanced around with sharp eyes, and said loudly: "I take over the military camp on behalf of Guo Ying. The commander's seal is here. Anyone who disobeys the order will be subject to military law!"

Wu Baihu glared angrily, pointed at Li Wei and asked, "His Majesty has imprisoned you here and won't even let you out of the house. It's impossible for the Marquis to give you the seal. What did you do to the Marquis?"

Li Wei glanced at him lightly, waved his hand and said: "Take him down!"

"Yes!" Chen Shan and Xie Feihu immediately led people forward.

Wu Baihu was shocked and angry, and yelled: "How dare you! You are rebelling!"

However, Ye Xingwei obeyed Li Wei's orders and did not care whether he rebelled or not. He, Chen Shan and Xie Feihu went forward without hesitation to capture him.

Wu Baihu immediately drew his sword, and several Baihu and some of his men around him also resisted. However, there were only a few dozen of them in total, and they were unable to compete with the Night Guard. The Night Guard acted decisively and quickly killed several of his men. Kill them on the spot and capture several of them.

In order to kill the chickens as a warning to the monkeys, Li Wei did not hesitate and directly ordered several of them to be beheaded on the spot. The other military attachés suddenly fell silent!
Li Wei glanced at them coldly and asked, "What about you? Do you also want to take a look at him?"

All the military officers looked at each other in confusion, hesitated for a moment, and exchanged a few words in low voices. Then an official from a hundred households stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Prince-in-law, since you have the seal in your hand, we should obey the order. But if it is not the prince-in-law, As you said, please don’t blame us in the future.”

Li Wei chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I am the only one responsible for doing things. You are just following orders. Even if something happens in the future, it will be my fault alone."

These people just want to shirk responsibility and pretend to be ignorant. Anyway, Li Wei has the seal of approval, so it is reasonable for them to obey orders.

Hearing Li Wei's words, they were slightly relieved and bowed to acknowledge Li Wei's authority to command the army.

Seeing this, Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered all military attachés to be summoned.

In the camp, Chen Shan, Li Zhuang, Zhang Chao and others, as well as these temporarily surrendered officials from hundreds of households, stood respectfully in front of Li Wei, while Xie Feihu and Chen Su led others around.

Li Wei was also talking nonsense. He arranged for people and promoted Chen Shan, Li Zhuang and others to Qianhu. Xie Feihu and Chen Su were directly appointed as commanders, and many night guards were appointed as general banners of Baihu. After some adjustments, this army of ten thousand people was temporarily in control.

After the appointment, he immediately ordered the city to be closed!

Yangzhou is not far from Beijing, and there will definitely be spies of Jinyiwei in the city. If these spies are allowed to spread the news back to Beijing, it will be troublesome.

It was actually too late to close the city now. After ordering the city to be closed, he asked Xie Feihu to quickly lead people to strictly investigate the people who left the city today. If there was anything suspicious, he would immediately send people to intercept them.

After Li Wei finished the arrangement, Xie Feihu and others immediately took action, while he himself returned to his house exhausted.

But even after returning home, he didn't dare to rest and kept waiting for news from Xie Feihu and the others.

The sun set in the west and rose in the east. The night passed, and Li Wei stayed up almost all night. Near noon, Xie Feihu finally came back to report:
"Teacher, everyone who left the city yesterday has been checked. In addition to a few spies caught on the spot at the city gate, two other suspects who have left the city have also been chased back!"

"That's good." Li Wei was slightly relieved after hearing this, "But we can't relax. From today on, you and Chen Shan will do their best to organize propaganda in the army and completely transform the officers and soldiers in the army into ours." people!"

"Yes, teacher, don't worry!"

Xie Feihu replied respectfully that he had full confidence in Li Wei's ideas.

Li Wei also believed that after some education, these soldiers would definitely become soldiers truly loyal to themselves, or loyal to their beliefs.

Soldiers with faith and soldiers who only know how to obey orders are two different things. Once the transformation is completed, the combat effectiveness of the army will be greatly improved.

"By the way, remember to send an order to Lu Tang and the others, asking them to assemble a large army and be ready for orders at any time. In addition, let them also carry out our kind of propaganda in the army." Li Wei asked again.

"Good teacher."

Li Wei nodded: "Well, go ahead."

"Yes."

Xie Feihu turned and left, and Li Wei also stood up and walked to the bedroom, thinking over and over about his future arrangements as he walked.

Now that Yangzhou City is temporarily under his control, the army led by Lu Tang can be mobilized at any time. He can reach Yangzhou in two or three days with just an order.

But now is not the time to act.

After shooting the first bird, Zhu Yuanzhang is about to take action against the nobles. There is no need for him to bear the thunder for these nobles. It is the best time for him to stand up again when Zhu Yuanzhang kills them or someone can't help but rebel.

After a long day and night, Li Wei returned to the bedroom, lay down and fell asleep quickly. In his dream, swords, swords, mountains of corpses and seas of blood kept appearing.

(End of this chapter)