In the Guangxi area, Qiu He and Pei Xuanji ran away, but the others did not run away and were all placed under house arrest.
He definitely wouldn't dare to kill. To kill would be to completely fall out with the court. Ning Chang, who was in Jiangdu, would not be able to hide from his wounds, and Feng An would also be dead.
After all, there are three officials sent by the imperial court to Lingnan this time, Yang Tan, Yang Meng, and Yang Wen. Among them, Yang Tan is in Guangxi and the remaining two are in Guangzhou. (I made a mistake in the previous article. It said that I stayed in Beijing. In fact, I went there.
It’s Lingnan, it’s been changed.)
At the moment, the capital does not know much about what happened in Lingnan because it is too far away, but Jiangdu already knows about it.
Yang Guang was furious. The army was originally scheduled to go south in April, but as soon as March arrived, Mai Tiezhang had already sent troops.
Feng An hurriedly went to court, hoping that the emperor would let him mediate, but Yang Guangli ignored him.
In April, Mai Tiezhang's army successfully entered Shi'an County and fought against one of the rebels in the mountains of Yuecheng Ridge.
The deputy general manager Xin Shixiong took the waterway, along the Xiang River, across the Ling Canal, into the Li River and directly into Shi'an County, the capital of Shi'an County, and took the county seat in three days.
After stationing in the county town, Li Shimin led his own army and continued southward. Under his command, Su Lie and the seventeen martial arts officers were there.
After Mai Tiezhang passed Yuecheng Ridge, he successfully joined Xin Shixiong in Shi'an County.
"Why did you let him go on his own? If he makes any mistakes, how can I explain to His Majesty?" Mai Tiezhang looked extremely ugly after learning that Li Shimin was heading south with three thousand Qingqi.
Li Shimin was already married, slept with Yang Ming's biological sister, and was now the emperor's son-in-law and prince-consort.
Xin Shixiong said helplessly: "I can't control them anymore. The three thousand people they brought with them are the elites of His Majesty Zuo Beishen Mansion. Dingfang has been taken away. I can't control them. However, Shimin said that they are just going south.
Exploring the enemy's situation and not engaging in combat."
After all, he was Yang Guang's son-in-law. His daughter had just gotten married, and the consort left just a few days after the wedding ceremony. In order to prevent his daughter from becoming a widow, Yang Guang transferred three thousand elites from Zuobei Shen Mansion to Li Shimin. The original intention was to use them as
As a result, Li Shimin directly picked out the most capable guards and led his troops deep into the enemy's territory.
Both Zuobeishenfu and Zuobeishenfu were descendants of Guanzhong, and there was also Longxi Li among them. Li Shimin was very comfortable in using them. After all, his father, Li Yuan, was once the general of Zuobeishenfu.
Mai Tiezhang sighed: "Oh, this kid is too messy, that's all. The top priority now is to send people to contact the rebels to see what conditions they want before they are willing to release him. Many people in the court said hello, let us do it.
Take everyone back and put them in a trap, and the days to come will be very difficult."
Xin Shixiong nodded and said to his general Zhao Kun:
"The army will be stationed in Shi'an County for a long time. You lead two thousand people to patrol the surrounding areas. If you encounter any suspicious slanderers, kill them all."
"Yes," Zhao Kun accepted the order and stepped back.
Shi'an County is like most areas in Guangxi. The county is the main residence of Han people. Han slang is mixed in the city. Outside the county, it is completely dominated by local slang.
The faces of the Han people are very easy to distinguish from the faces of the Slang people, and their clothes are also different. Mai Tiezhang and the others traveled through the mountains and ridges all the way. Whenever they encountered Slang officials, they would ambush them, almost like rats crossing the street.
Those slang and flirtatious people act as if they are not afraid of death. They have crude weapons and still dare to charge into the imperial army, which is incredible.
Xin Shixiong said: "I learned from the captured prisoners that Cen Mingxiu is currently leading the main force in Cangwu County, which is only two hundred miles away from Shi'an. In addition to our precautions, we need to send people to negotiate as soon as possible."
Mai Tiezhang said to Cui Yuan: "I'll leave the negotiation to you. It's His Majesty's will to destroy Guizhou without surrendering people. However, His Majesty has also told you to save people as much as possible, so you go to negotiate this time.
You have to be careful. Cen Mingxiu has detained four people in total, Yang Tan, Liu Xi, Chen Zhilue and Wei Yue. If we can't bring them back, it will be hard for His Majesty to explain it. I'm afraid the princes in the court won't be able to explain it either.
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Yang Guang certainly couldn't express his intention to give up the four governors, which would make others feel chilled, but he gave Mai Tiezhang's private instructions and said that if he really couldn't be saved, it would be fine.
Cui Yuan said with a solemn expression: "After we invaded Shi'an City, there was not a single prisoner named Cen, so we had no bargaining chips. The other party would probably ask us to withdraw our troops, which would be difficult to negotiate."
"In fact, it's not difficult," Xin Shixiong said: "Just tell that person surnamed Cen that as long as he surrenders now, the court will make him the governor of Yulin. The court policy will not be implemented in Lingnan for the time being. Let's trick him back first."
Mai Zhongcai was surprised and said: "If we were to talk like this, I wouldn't believe it. The imperial army had arrived in Shi'an, and it was announced that there were 100,000 troops. With so many people fleeing to Lingnan, how could it end so easily? Cen Mingxiu didn't
I’ll believe it.”
Mai Tiezhang frowned for a moment and said:
"Wei Yue's family has some friendship with the Lingnan Ning family. We can send people to Qinjiang County and ask the Ning family to help recruit people. Anyway, this time His Majesty wants to take care of the Ning family as well.
It’s okay to lie to them.”
"We still have to discuss the details. If something happens to these people in Lingnan, who will dare to come here in the future?" Xin Shixiong said.
Next, several people began to discuss the details. Two days later, a group of people, led by Cui Yuan, went to Cangwu County to meet with Cen Mingxiu for negotiation, while the other group went directly south to Ningyue County, Ning Changzhen's home base.
As for Li Shimin, he is also heading to Ningyue County.
He has a very clear mind. In the eyes of the people, the rebellion in Guizhou was caused by the Ning family. But now, at least on the surface, the Ning family is loyal to the court. They keep saying that they are recruiting troops to fight against the rebels, but in fact they have no soldiers.
Send out.
The current Ning family is not decided by Ning Changzhen's eldest son Ning Huizao, but by Ning Changzhen's cousin Ning Daoming and his clan uncle Ning Chun.
These two people were originally appointed by the court. One was the prefect of Hepu County and the other was the prefect of Yongxi County. However, they did not go to their posts at all, because they could manage these two counties without going.
It's within the Ning family's sphere of influence.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Shimin led 3,000 light cavalry and drove on a starry night. They entered Ningyue County four days later and directly sent Zhu Can to Qinjiang County, the capital, to deliver a message, claiming that the emperor sent
He came to help the Ning family put down the rebellion.
This guy is so courageous, he dares to even infiltrate a den of thieves.
"Is this Li Shimin Li Yuan's second son?" Ning Chun looked at Ning Huizao in surprise.
Ning Huizao also looked surprised and said: "I have seen this boy in the capital. Isn't he studying with the King of Qin? Why did he come to Lingnan? He is not very old. He should be only fourteen or fifteen years old this year? Isn't that right?
Same name and surname?"
"No," Ning Daoming frowned and said, "The envoy they sent said that he is the Prince Consort, which means that he married Yang Guang's daughter. Is there any Li Shimin in the world who can marry the emperor's daughter?"
"This guy is already a princess?" Ning Huizao said in surprise: "When I was in the East Palace, the warlock named Yuan Tiangang had a very low opinion of Li Shimin. I also think that guy is not a mortal. If he dares to come to our place, he is considered a
How audacious.”
When he was in the East Palace, Yang Rui and the four of them were fishing once. Yang Ming asked Ning Huizao to guess which one was the crown prince. He guessed correctly at the time, but his first impression of Li Shimin was very profound.
Ning Huizao's second brother Ning Can snorted coldly: "How dare you be so bold? You are so confident. My grandfather is still in the hands of the emperor. Do we dare to touch a hair of him?"
Lao Sanning said: "Then what should we do? Let him enter the city? This guy is leading some elites. If three thousand people enter the city, they might cause a lot of trouble."
"Let him come. If we don't let him come, he will go back. If he goes back, your grandpa will not be able to come back." Ning Chun shook her head helplessly:
"But he is only allowed to bring fifty people into the city. The other troops will be stationed outside the city and our people will be sent to keep a close eye on them."
That night, Lao Sanning personally led people out of the city and welcomed Li Shimin in.
At Ning Changzhen's house, Ning Chun, as the current leader of the Ning family, received him.
"General Manager Mai's army has successfully entered Shi'an County. He sent me to cooperate with you to organize the troops to put down the rebellion." After Li Shimin said this, he raised his glass and drank, but he secretly looked at everyone from the corner of his eye.
Seeing that the other party was really a little brat, Ning Chun and the others also relaxed their vigilance and frowned:
"Now the entire Guizhou, that is, the three counties, have not been hit by the military. We can only protect ourselves at the moment and have no ability to send troops. However, since the prince-in-law has arrived with three thousand soldiers and horses, we have a good idea. You
Don't worry, we will recruit troops as soon as possible to eradicate Cen Mingxiu as soon as possible."
Li Shimin smiled and nodded: "I know your difficulties. I met Qin Jianggong before I came here. He wanted his eldest son Huizao to take full charge of the counter-insurgency affairs. From now on, I will be under the control of Ning Dalang for the time being.
"
After saying this, Ning Chun and Ning Daoming's expressions changed slightly. In fact, they have the final say in Guangxi right now, and Ning Huizao does not have the ability to call on the family.
But since the other party said so, they could only temporarily pretend to hand over power and let Ning Huizao take charge of the arrangements.
"Since it is my brother's wish, we will definitely obey the order," Ning Daoming said: "The prince-in-law just stays in peace. Ningyue County is still safe at the moment, and the rebels cannot come in."
Li Shimin held up his hands with a sincere face and said: "Then I'll thank you all. If you have any arrangements, just let us know and I will fully cooperate."
"Of course," Ning Chun chuckled. He turned out to be a silly boy. Let me just say, how capable can he be at the age of ten? He is such a reckless person that he actually brought the elite of Zuo Beishen Mansion to me.
Come?
The person responsible for receiving Li Shimin was Laosan Ningzhi, who took Shimin down to settle down.
The others immediately relaxed.
"I often hear that Mai Tiezhang is a martial artist, and it's true," Ning Chun stroked his beard and said with a smile: "On the battlefield, he can be regarded as a tiger general, but he can't understand the turbulent situation. Let's drag this one on first.
Boy, wait until Feng Xuan's army arrives and let Mai Tiezhang never return."
Ning Huizao frowned and said: "There is no false scholar under the great reputation. The wheat iron staff is not that simple. We cannot underestimate Li Shimin. Being able to be the companion of the King of Qin does not depend entirely on his family background."
Ning Daoming smiled and said: "What Huizao said is reasonable. We must not despise our enemies, but we cannot sacrifice ourselves for others. When I was ten years old, I was similar to this boy, and I was also very reckless."
Ning Huizao looked worried and said nothing more.
He has been to the capital and seen the world. In his opinion, there are all old and cunning people there, and those who are young are also cunning and cunning.