Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 73 Loyalty and Betrayal

The first battalion and the fourth battalion, one in the east and one in the west, and the last two battalions joined forces under the city of Xinyang.

The leader of the first battalion is Ma Shunfu, the training officer, and the leaders of the fourth battalion are Mei Renxin and Yao Huaisheng.There were 1 people in the first battalion, and 5000 people in the fourth battalion. The combined strength of the two sides was not much different from that of the second battalion.

Seeing that the two battalions put pressure on themselves at the same time, Sun Zhi and Ma Lin were very nervous, for fear of conflicting with each other.

Fortunately, the Tartars have occupied Yingshan, so it can be said that the enemy is ahead, and they can't do things that make relatives hurt enemies.There can be conflicts, but internal strife is not allowed.

When the headquarters learned that the first battalion and the fourth battalion had come to serve the king, many people became excited.Chief Zhang Hesheng cried bitterly on the spot, sighing that there are still loyal ministers!
In the past few days, Zhang Hesheng felt that his life was very aggrieved, he was controlled everywhere, and he had no freedom at all.Wherever I go, someone will follow me, and I even advise myself from time to time not to go to this place or that place.This made him, who had been in power for more than two years, feel very uncomfortable.

This is because people's status is changing, and their psychology is also changing.Back then, Zhang Hesheng was a village elder in Zhangjia Village. Except for the villagers who were considered juniors, people in other villages didn't need to give themselves face.In particular, a servant sent by the government above can reprimand himself as a grandson.Such days have passed, and they have passed for decades. At that time, Zhang Hesheng did not feel uncomfortable, but felt that this was a matter of course.I am a citizen, and an official is a natural ruler. Isn't Mushou just grazing the people like sheep?
However, since the rise of the Security Corps, the number of people under its command has gradually increased, and the power of the Chief of Civil Affairs has gradually increased. Zhang Hesheng has experienced the taste of power.If you hear too much flattery, you will no longer be willing to bear the grievances.Even though Zhang He was nearly [-] years old, he couldn't resist the corruption of power.

However, Zhang Hesheng's rights rested on Qiu Tianxing's power. When Yingshan fell and Qiu Tianxing moved to Xinyang, the glory of the head of the security regiment and founder was virtually weakened, and the three local battalion commanders who were like princes lost The shackles are broken, and the rapid expansion is about to begin.

Anyone who has such an idea among the top security corps is worried, especially Sun Zhi has already started to do this.

In the past few days, thousands of remnants fled to Xinyang, but they were all accepted by the Second Battalion in the end.The headquarters sent someone to reprimand Sun Zhi and asked him to let these people return to the headquarters, but in the end Sun Zhi refused on the grounds of excluding spies.

People have to bow their heads under the eaves. Even if the high-level dragons come below, if they do not have strong strength, they will have to coil up and be bullied by local snakes.

So, when he heard that both the first battalion and the second battalion had sent people, why didn't Zhang Hesheng get excited?The leader is still powerful, and there are still people in the headquarters who recognize it. Both Chen Chen and Li Taiping are believers of the leader!
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. After Zhang Hesheng cried bitterly, he wanted to go out of the city to meet the leaders of the first battalion and the fourth battalion.

It's just that ideals are ideals after all, not reality.After being stopped several times by the people sent by Sun Zhi, and even finally recruited people to block the temporary headquarters of the security regiment.Everyone was awake. Although there were one and four battalions outside the city, the second battalion still ruled the city.The headquarters and head of the security regiment are under the control of the second battalion.

In a secret room in the headquarters of the Second Battalion, Sun Zhi sat opposite Ma Lin with a sad face.

"Old Ma, what do you think we should do? Chen Chen and Li Taiping have intervened. The people they sent all said that they want to see the regiment leader, and ask the regiment leader to go to their battalion headquarters."

Hearing Sun Zhi's words, Ma Lin didn't have anything to do, and felt very depressed.

"Hey! If you say a thousand words and ten thousand, our second battalion is still weak. Facing the joint efforts of the first battalion and the fourth battalion, we can't stand alone!"

After a pause, Ma Lin continued.

"Now that the head of the group is in our hands, it can be said that the tree is very attractive, but if the head of the group leaves Xinyang, then they will have constant disputes, and they may even make big moves!"

Then, Ma Lin tentatively said: "How about we let the head and the headquarters leave?"

"No, the head of the regiment can't leave Xinyang, and we can't conflict with Chen Chen and Li Taiping. They are all forces against the Tartars, so we must not fight each other. Now that the Tartars are powerful, we are not even as good as shrimps compared to them. In internal fighting, the Tartars don't even need to waste their strength, we will fight ourselves to death."

Faced with Ma Linzhi's idea, Sun Zhi rejected it without thinking.

In the end, the two of them failed to discuss a good solution, so they could only continue to use the current method to respond to all changes with the same.

Betrayal and loyalty are like the two ends of a balance, and only interests can weigh them.Betrayal happens when the cost of betrayal is too small and the benefits are too great.And when the cost of betrayal is too great and the benefits are too small, they will be loyal.Loyalty is to count on allegiance to the other party to gain benefits.

The interests of the senior management of the security regiment are tied to Qiu Tianxing, so they are all loyal.The first battalion, the second battalion and the fourth battalion had already formed their own interests in the local area because they were released early, so they were not so absolutely loyal to the regiment headquarters.Even if the battalion commander and trainer is loyal to Qiu Tianxing and doesn't care about personal gain or loss, the local faction under him never agrees.

In just over two years, the Security Corps, which was originally dedicated to resisting the Tartars and saving the people from the fire, has rapidly degenerated into a warlord organization.The headquarters is a big warlord, and the battalion headquarters under him are small warlords. As for the brigades, squadrons and squads, there are many hills and factions.This is determined by this era. People's allegiance goes up from one level to the next, and the charisma of the leader cannot completely influence the cadres at the grassroots level.

Even though Qiu Tianxing tried his best to present himself as a leader who is selfless, fraternal, with a strong sense of struggle and who is irreconcilable with the Tartars, those little warlords can't stand the myth of Qiu Tianxing.The gods are high above the earth and do not eat the fireworks of the world, but the people who manage them and have the most contact with them are still people.

Therefore, even though Sun Zhi emptied Qiu Tianxing and the regiment headquarters, there was no disturbance in the second battalion.On the contrary, the comrades of the second battalion were in high spirits, thinking that the head of the regiment was with them, and they would fight bravely under the watchful eyes of the head of the regiment.

The headquarters had no choice but to be extremely anxious, hoping that the first and fourth battalions would rush into the city.But at this time, Qiu Tianxing didn't care about the outside world, and talked to Zhou Xiu leisurely.Zhou Xiu had a miscarriage, and Qiu Tianxing comforted her with gentle words, letting her get out of the grief of miscarriage.

Of course, this is what the confidantes in charge of surveillance reported to Sun Zhi.

Because he really has no self-confidence and no strength to replace him, so now Sun Zhi can only temporarily isolate Qiu Tianxing from the regiment headquarters, and send out spies to monitor their movements.

It's just that what the spy saw in his eyes was a lake that was as calm as a mirror.But under the surface of the lake, there are dark tides and eddies.

(End of this chapter)