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Volume 13 Reviving the Ming Dynasty Chapter 612 Chaos in Xi'an City (2)

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    In order to get rid of the troubles of Gao Yingxiang and other confidants, a group of officials in Xi'an City headed by Yu Jili and Qu Ping spent a lot of thought.  On the one hand, they used various reasons to withhold the pay of those who surrendered, thereby weakening their military morale. On the other hand, they used their power to mobilize officers and soldiers from other guards in Shaanxi to help them exterminate those people.

    Speaking of which, there is also a lot of hatred between people like Gao Yingxiang and the officers and soldiers of the original Shaanxi Guard Station.  When they rebelled, the two sides fought several times, and some people died at the hands of the other side.  This time, the soldiers were ordered to help deal with the rebels, so there was no reason why the sergeants would not agree. What's more, there will definitely be a lot of rewards after the work is done.

    So in the past few days, each guard station in Shaanxi sent nearly half of their troops to Xi'an to listen to Yu Jili and others' orders. By the 27th, there were nearly 20,000 troops.  Combined with the 10,000 defenders originally in Xi'an, and using ten times the number to deal with Gao Yingxiang's troops in Weinan, it can be said to be a sure shot.  In order to be more sure, Yu Jili set the time of attack on New Year's Eve, when no one would be on guard.

    However, in this way, Xi'an City must accommodate the officers and soldiers who came from other guard posts. They will be asked to help in a few days. Of course, they cannot be neglected, so in the past few days, the officers and soldiers have been working every night.  Shengge, so happy.  In addition, there was the obstruction of the governor Yang He and Hong Chengchou. Obviously, when Yang He found that the matter was irreversible, he could only pretend that he did not know.  In fact, he still harbored hatred towards the rebels who were causing trouble, and he was happy to see them killed.  As for Hong Chengchou, although he had been famous for a while because of Tang Feng's relationship, after all, his position was humble and he could not influence the situation at all. He could only act anxiously.

    Everything is under the control of Yujili and the others. They are just waiting for the time to come, and they will invade Weinan with overwhelming force and get rid of Gao Yingxiang and others.  But there is no airtight wall in the world. On this night of the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, Gao Yingxiang, who had known the news earlier, launched a counterattack and even opened the Xi'an city gate by fraud. This was something that adults would never have dreamed of.  .

    The officers and soldiers of the guard station who came to Xi'an this time all got a lot of benefits, and it was not yet time to send out troops, so everyone was very happy to have fun in the city. By midnight, everyone was drunk.  Go back to camp and sleep.  Now that they are in the city of Xi'an, they naturally can no longer ask for people to guard around the military camp. This gives the rebels who were ordered to deal with them an opportunity.

    Braving the cold wind, hundreds of figures rushed towards the camp filled with military tents in the west of the city.  In addition to a pair of sharp steel knives, these people also carried plenty of kerosene.  Once they arrived at their destination, they spread out, sprinkled jars of kerosene all over the camp, and then used torches to light the tents.

    "Hong" In this dry season, the north wind is so strong that it is possible to start a fire without kerosene, not to mention that the entire military camp is covered with kerosene.  In just an instant, the entire military camp was on fire.  Most of the drunken officers and soldiers died in their tents without waking up at all.

    ¡°However, many people woke up in time and rushed out of the camp.  However, the rebels outside the camp were well prepared. Their bows were already drawn, and when they saw anyone escaping in a hurry, they would shoot them with arrows.  But in the blink of an eye, dozens of people who escaped from the fire were shot.  At this time, the entire military camp was in complete chaos. The officers and soldiers, whose eyes were dazzled by the fire and smoke, had no idea what had happened. They just waved their weapons instinctively, causing more people to be killed in a pool of blood.

    In addition, similar things happened in several other military camps in Xi'an City.  The officers and soldiers of these guards were originally weak in combat power and unprepared. They were still surrounded by fire. Of course, they could not cause any harm to the rebels outside.  With a few fires, thousands of officers and soldiers were wiped out.

    However, there are exceptions. Once a commotion broke out here, the whole city of Xi'an was alarmed. A military camp in the southeast corner noticed something was wrong in time, and started fighting with the rebels who were still splashing kerosene around the camp.

    However, the officers and soldiers were still not fully prepared. Many of them even ran out of their tents shirtless. In such cold weather, they could only exert half of their usual combat power, and they were not protected by armor. Although  Although they have an advantage in numbers, they are no match for the rebels in a real fight and can only struggle to support themselves.

    The whole city of Xi'an was filled with shouts of killing and fire that penetrated the sky. When Yu Jili and other officials were alerted, who were still celebrating the victory three days later, Gao Yingxiang also brought hundreds of people to kill him.  .

    While dividing the troops into several groups to create trouble in the city and burning down the military camps, Gao Yingxiang went straight to the residences of those officials.  For these enemies who have always been unkind to him, and this time they are even more interested in his own life, so is Gao Yingxiang.I wish I could kill their whole family.  And as long as these officials are killed, the entire Xi'an will fall into his hands.  So his goal was very clear, to kill directly where the officials gathered.

    After storming into the governor's Yamen and capturing Yang He and his family, Gao Yingxiang heard that the other officials were not at home.  This didn't bother him, so he immediately brought in the servants of Yu Jili and others for questioning.  After a steel knife was placed on their necks, those people did not dare to hide it, and they told the whereabouts of several adults in a few seconds.

    "Watch them." After leaving Yang He and others under the supervision of his subordinates, Gao Yingxiang led the others straight to the bustling West Market in Xi'an City, where the Pearl Pavilion was where the adults gathered.  Seeing them rush out like a whirlwind, Yang He, who had just emerged from the shock, had a pale face. He knew that this time he was really finished. Even if Gao Yingxiang didn't kill him, the court would not let him go easily.  And the city of Xi'an will definitely not be peaceful tonight.

    Gao Yingxiang and his flying horses were walking, but on the way, they encountered dozens of night watch officers and soldiers who came to report the news, and there was a burst of killing.  I didn¡¯t want to let two of them escape.  One of the two people ran towards Yang He's mansion, and the other headed towards Pearl Pavilion to warn Yu Jili and the others.  But he only had time to tell what happened in the city, and the rebels who were chasing after him chopped off his head, and his blood splashed on several adults.

    They had already woken up from the drunkenness, but the horror in their hearts still left the adults speechless for a while.  These court officials who had not taken Gao Yingxiang and others seriously before, and kept claiming that they were grass bandits and local chickens and dogs, now all looked pale and their whole bodies were shaking like chaff. A few of them were timid.  He even fell to the ground, with the smell of urine coming out of his body.

    "You what are you doing? Do you want to rebel?" Only Yu Jili here has experience in leading troops, and he is more courageous. Although he is surrounded by many enemies, he still maintains his spirit.  He shouted with official authority.  Just because of the tension, his voice was obviously hoarse.

    At this time, the rebels who came with Gao Yingxiang had recognized these people and immediately stepped forward to surround them. Gao Yingxiang also slowly rushed his horse.  Gao Yingxiang felt relieved when he saw that the officials who had bossed around his brothers in the past few days were now so frightened.  Seeing his appearance made those officials even more nervous. Yu Jili wanted to question him, but couldn't speak for a while.

    "Master Yu, what are you planning, do you just pretend that I don't know?" After learning about Yu Jili's question just now, Gao Yingxiang smiled contemptuously, leaned over from the horse and smiled at them: "Since you want  If I, Gao, and the brothers below me want to die, I naturally have no chance of killing them with my neck stretched out, so I have to strike first."

    "What do you think General Gao said? Don't listen to the words of some villain. Listen to what Yu said, while the matter can still be rectified, tell your subordinates to stop immediately, so that I can speak for you. Otherwise,  , if you really become a rebel, General Gao and your brothers will be ruined in this life." Yu Jili knew that only by convincing Gao Yingxiang could he survive, so he encouraged the three-inch indestructible  He kept talking and said: "I have always been on good terms with you, General Gao. As long as you are willing to step back from the brink, I will bear all responsibilities for you"

    Listening to the other party's current performance, the contempt on Gao Yingxiang's face became even stronger. He was a martial artist, but he was not a fool.  The man in front of me actually tried to impress him with these words. Isn't he looking down on himself too much?  Don't say that he really has the intention to deal with him this time. Even if he doesn't, he won't be working in the army for a long time.  During the period of time when he was revered as King Chuang, he had become accustomed to the feeling of having great power. Why would he still be willing to submit to others?  So after listening to the other party say a lot, he just asked gently: "Are you finished?"

    "Now that I've finished talking, I wonder if General Gao will accept my intention?" Yu Jili said hurriedly.

    But what answered him was a knife, a steel knife that slashed straight at his neck.  Yu Jili instinctively dodged to the side, but still could not avoid Gao Yingxiang's personal knife. The head and body were immediately separated.  When he died, his eyes were still full of disbelief. The man in front of him actually cut off his head so lightly. He was a second-rank official in the imperial court.

    "After that, let's all die. I, King Chuang, will not be loyal to your Naoshizi's court. Kill!" After his order, everyone rushed forward, and several people who had been frightened to the ground fell to the ground.  All the officials were killed.

    "Come on, everyone go back and take out all the things from these dog officials' homes. King Chuang will set up a flag on the spot and summon all the old troops. The world still belongs to us!" Gao Yingxiang stabbed the bloody knife on the corpse.  After wiping it clean, he took the lead and headed back.  Soon, the whole Xi'an became more chaotic, and those hundreds of peopleEveryone was hiding at home and did not dare to come out. They just watched the fire dragons rushing through the streets. The sound of horse hooves mixed with the sound of footsteps, which made people even more frightened.

    Because of the success of this raid, although he only had 3,000 troops, Gao Yingxiang still controlled the entire city of Xi'an.  In addition to a large part of the official army in the city being killed, thousands of people surrendered to the Chuang army because they saw that the situation was over and all the Shangguan officials were killed. Soon these people became the brothers of King Gao Chuang.

    At the same time, all the wealthy businessmen in the city suffered. No matter they were good-hearted people or those who were unkind because of their wealth, the intruders rushed into the house and captured all their people. Their property was put into the pockets of Gao Yingxiang and his subordinates.  However, towards those ordinary people, Chuangjun was quite kind. After all, they were also from poor backgrounds, and now they needed support. Therefore, they mainly focused on appeasing the ordinary people in Xi'an.

    Precisely because of this, the Chuang Army quickly established a foothold in Xi'an City. After killing the court officials here, Gao Yingxiang once again raised the banner of rebellion and once again restored his previous title - King Chuang.  His intention is naturally to recruit his old subordinates and everyone else who can join him in causing chaos.  Only a few people who saw the opportunity quickly escaped from the city while the city was in chaos. Among them was Gao Yingxiang, who was determined to kill Hong Chengchou for revenge.

    Last night, when the war broke out, Hong Chengchou, who had always been a little worried, led the strong men in his family to rush out of the north gate.  By the time Gao Yingxiang knew this, half a day had passed. He had no choice but to send troops to search for him, and stated that he would kill Hong Chengchou if he saw him.

    Although there is such a small unpleasantness, it cannot affect the overall situation of the entire Chuang Army rising again.  In just two days, the original intruders around Xi'an came to surrender one after another. The intruders were more powerful than before. This time they occupied the big city of Xi'an, which was many times stronger than before when they had almost no foothold.

    At the same time, Li Zicheng on the other side also raised troops as Gao Yingxiang rebelled again.  I don¡¯t know what method he used. This time, in addition to the old troops of the Breaking Army, many of the people who followed him to cause chaos were real officers and soldiers.  Precisely because of the existence of these people, Li Zicheng's uprising went more smoothly, and he captured several cities in a few days.  Of course, this was also thanks to Yuli and their troops who had transferred nearly half of their troops from various places in order to deal with Gao Yingxiang's troops, which gave Li Zicheng a big advantage.

    With the two armies of Li and Gao united, the forces of the Chuang army became more powerful, with a total of 50,000 people.  Although the number of the invaders in the past was higher than now, in terms of combat power, it is obviously much higher now.  Because there were still many old and weak people in the army at that time, but after being recruited by the government, all the old and weak were eliminated, and they also had the regular weapons of the Ming government army, which were not the original hoe and other farm tools.  Comparable.

    With the city, soldiers and weapons, Gao Yingxiang's pride and ambition suddenly grew. This time he really wanted to use this as a basis to deliver a fatal blow to the Ming court.  In addition, what he did not expect was that in addition to his insurgent army in Shaanxi, another group of rebels actually appeared. Although they were not as powerful as him, they were still very fierce and attacked some small counties one after another.  It made people look at him, but so far he didn't know where this group of people came from.  In fact, this group of people had a close relationship with his insurgent army. They were the people led by Wang Jiayin, who originally rebelled with them.

    After the New Year¡¯s breakout battle began, Wang Jiayin, who had been waiting for the opportunity, naturally would not miss the opportunity again.  He knew that his former subordinates had never sincerely surrendered to the imperial court, and the imperial court was making things more difficult because of its precautions against them, so he took advantage of this and rushed to contact his old subordinates.

    Now Shaanxi has been messed up due to Gao Yingxiang's rebellion, and there is no official to coordinate everything. The officers and soldiers in various places are fighting independently. Therefore, as soon as Wang Jiayin arrived, those old troops defected one after another.  They also learned about the great things that the Chuang Army did in Xi'an. We were all the original rebels. If the other party could do it, of course they could do it as well.  With this idea in mind, the morale of these people has also been improved. Now that regular ordnance is available, their combat power is much higher than before, and they quickly carve out their own world.

    In addition, some strongmen who had turned into bandits suddenly rose up at this time, adding another fire to the already chaotic Shaanxi.  For a time, the whole of Shaanxi became the domain of the rebel army. The officers and soldiers were either killed, surrendered, or retreated.  However, the appetite of several rebels has grown bigger and bigger, and they have begun to think of fighting out of Shaanxi and expanding their power to the Central Plains.

    Because Yang He and other Shaanxi officials were all killed, the imperial court was completely unaware of the situation in Shaanxi. It was not until late January that the imperial court learned that chaos had broken out again in Shaanxi, and this time the situation was more serious than the last time.  , not only many officials were killed, but the rebels also successively captured the city, claiming thatThe sun is rising.

    After learning about this, the entire Ming Dynasty was shaken. The emperor even issued several imperial edicts, ordering the provinces surrounding Shaanxi to guard the gates tightly, and moved all the troops to the edge of Shaanxi.  Be ready to fight the rebels at any time.  At the same time, officials in Beijing also began to discuss the rebellion, but what they discussed was the issue of responsibility.

    The governor Yang He and other officials who wanted to take it for granted, naturally could not carry this black pot again because they were dead.  So many people wanted to put the blame on Tang Feng. It was him, Anpinghou, who had recruited these people. Now that something happened, of course he would be responsible.

    Regarding this, Tang Feng just felt suffocated. Although he had recruited them, the imperial court had transferred him back before he could arrange everything.  Does this mean that all the responsibilities should be put on himself? Of course he argued with reason.  Some people wanted Tang Feng to lead troops to quell the chaos again, but many people in the court did not want this young man to make new achievements, so they objected. In the end, Tang Feng neither had to take responsibility nor lead troops, but he was happy to be free.

    Tang Feng was also very angry that the courtiers only wanted to eliminate dissidents at this time, but now he didn't have much power in his hands, so he could only endure it.  After experiencing so many things, Tang Feng had a clearer understanding of the current situation in the Ming Dynasty. He knew that just relying on small fights could no longer solve the country's declining situation. Strong medicine must be used to reverse the situation.  .
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