From the moment He Bandit and others publicly expressed their unwillingness to give up military power, this power grab was destined to happen.
Not only because all the forces in Liaodong Town are unwilling to become the puppets of He Bandit and others, but also because the army controlled by He Bandit and others, in addition to the three thousand Liaodong cavalry under their own command, also includes various
The reinforcements in the road defense area totaled 7,000 people.
These seven thousand reinforcements came from the three defense areas of the Middle Road, East Road, and South Road in Liaodong Town. They were originally under the command of Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, and Xu He. Although they were far less powerful than the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, compared with
The private soldiers under the command of the generals are also a bit inferior, but they are still the backbone of each defense zone, and they are all combatable soldiers.
The nine major military towns of the Ming Dynasty all claimed to have more than 100,000 troops, but they were generally underpaid and filled with a large number of old, weak and disabled. There were not many real combatable soldiers, and they probably only accounted for 10% of the total force.
Two to three percent.
Liaodong Town is the strongest military town, but it is still inevitable.
Therefore, these more than 7,000 reinforcements from all walks of life are equivalent to nearly half of the real combat strength under the command of Li Zehe, Gancheng, and Xu He.
If He Bandit and others are allowed to command and control these reinforcements for a long time, Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, and Xu He may completely lose this part of their military power, which will definitely cause them great pain.
For border military attachés, military power is their lifeblood, and they must naturally take it back at any cost and risk.
Especially at this time, the situation in Liaodong Town has already undergone a drastic change. Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, Xu He and others all want to compete for the position of commander-in-chief, and they will do their best to preserve and strengthen themselves.
strength.
Therefore, when Zhao Junchen arranged for Huang Shenming to take the opportunity to test the attitudes of Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, Xu He and others, he knew that this mutiny would definitely happen.
As long as Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, and Xu He are determined to launch a mutiny and regain military power, and Shi Cheng has reached a deal with Zhao Junchen, not only will he not come forward to stop it, but will actively assist, then Huang Shenming and Li Shijie will also
I will definitely go with the flow and express my support.
Once all forces in Liaodong Town participated in the mutiny, and most of the troops under the command of He Bandit, He Rensheng, and Liu Xiong stayed outside the camp, the mutiny naturally had a great chance of success.
Even if He Bandit and others did not drink the alcohol mixed with drugs, they would still be quickly subdued by everyone.
Next, with He Bandit, He Rensheng, and Liu Xiong being controlled, as long as all the forces in Liaodong Town can temporarily unite as one, it will be easy to control the situation and regain military power.
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"Next, everyone can discuss more things freely without any worries."
As soon as Zhao Junchen finished speaking, he saw Song Hui from Qianhu on the West Road quickly entering the tent to report that the more than 300 guards brought into the camp by He Bandit, He Rensheng, and Liu Xiong had all been controlled.
Later, Song Hui summoned several of his close soldiers, and while He Bandit, He Rensheng, and Liu Xiong were unconscious, he tied them up one after another and took away the military talismans they carried.
Seeing this situation, the senior military attachés of Liaodong Town in the tent knew that they had temporarily controlled the situation. After looking at each other, they soon started to argue fiercely again.
But this time, the content of their debate was different. Not only were they still arguing about the various details of the election of a new commander-in-chief, but they were also arguing about how they wanted to divide the military power of He Bandit and others.
At first, Zhao Junchen listened to everyone's argument with a smile, but after a quarter of an hour, he saw that everyone was still arguing. No one gave in, and there was still no progress in the various disputes. Zhao Junchen finally couldn't bear it.
He frowned, gradually feeling impatient, and at the same time feeling a little funny.
In this era, everyone has no sense of time, and the efficiency of doing things is always extremely low.
In the center of the imperial court, it was common for an issue to be debated for several months, no matter how urgent it was.
The agricultural reform once proposed by Zhao Junchen delayed the spring sowing opportunity because of this situation, and has been progressing slowly so far.
What makes Zhao Junchen unbearable is that this situation is also very obvious in the army, especially Liaodong Town is now facing internal and external troubles and is in danger. Wu Yingxiong, the governor of Jiliao, will appear at any time and take the opportunity to annex Liaodong Town, but Liaodong Town's
However, the high-level military attachés are still unable to come up with an accurate idea and are only focused on seeking the best interests for themselves.
Perhaps, if there was no external intervention, the fierce debate among these people would have continued until Wu Yingxiong officially appeared on the stage. At that time, Liaodong Town was still leaderless and could only watch the Shanhaiguan Wu family gradually annex Liaodong Town.
So, Zhao Junchen couldn't bear it anymore, and finally slammed the table hard and shouted: "That's enough!"
Following Zhao Junchen's loud shout, everyone in the tent immediately shut up and turned to look at Zhao Junchen with surprised expressions.
Zhao Junchen frowned and asked: "I would like to ask you, when Liaodong Town discovered Wu Yingxiong, Governor of Jiliao, and Guan Ning's cavalry, how much distance was left between them and Hujiazhuang?"
After Li Zehe was stunned for a moment, he quickly replied: "When the military sentry discovered the traces of Wu Yingxiong and Guan Ning's cavalry, they were only more than forty miles away from Hujiazhuang... If we add in the delay in the return of the sentry to report,
At that time, by the time Bei Zhi and others received the news, Wu Yingxiong should be only more than thirty miles away from Hujiazhuang."
"More than thirty miles..." After sneering, Zhao Junchen asked again: "Then I will ask you again, based on your understanding of Guan Ning's cavalry, without affecting your own combat effectiveness, what is the best of Guan Ning's cavalry?
What is the running speed?"
This time, Li Shijie pondered for a moment and then replied: "The marching speed of Guan Ning's cavalry is only slightly slower than that of Liaodong's cavalry. Without affecting the horse power and physical strength, the fastest running speed of Guan Ning's cavalry is about 100 meters per day.
About sixty-five miles."
Zhao Junchen sneered and said: "In other words, even if Ximen Sheng successfully delayed Wu Yingxiong for a period of time, starting from the time when He Bandit and others led the army back to the camp, there would only be 100 seconds left before Wu Yingxiong's army arrived and officially debuted.
It took half a day to rain! Only six hours!
The time when He Bandit and others led the army back to the camp was at the third quarter of this afternoon. Now another hour has passed, and it is already the third quarter of the hour!
In other words, if Guan Ning's cavalry marches all night regardless of the risk, Wu Yingxiong will lead his army to arrive outside the camp in five hours at the earliest, that is, at three o'clock tonight! Even if Guan Ning's cavalry does not dare to march all night, he will wait until nightfall
After arriving, they will stay in place to rest. Wu Yingxiong’s arrival time will be around 6:00 tomorrow morning at the latest!
The prerequisite for all this is that Guan Ning's cavalry was unwilling to affect its horsepower and stamina when running, and did not go all out! If Wu Yingxiong was more courageous and led Guan Ning's cavalry to run towards Hujiazhuang with all its strength, he would wait until tonight at the earliest
Will arrive before Hai hour!
When Wu Yingxiong arrives here and meets you, he will definitely use all means to annex Liaodong Town! So, do you think... there is still a lot of time left for Liaodong Town? "
For many things, it doesn't matter if you don't calculate it carefully. Once you calculate it carefully, you will be shocked immediately!
At this time, after hearing Zhao Junchen's analysis, everyone in the tent couldn't help but feel nervous.
Later, Zhao Junchen added: "Since this period of time, I have been entertained by your Liaodong Town. To be honest, I have not been happy. It can be said that I have been humiliated many times and been placed under house arrest several times... But out of overall consideration, I still
I am unwilling to sit back and watch the Wu family in Shanhaiguan forcefully annex your Liaodong Town, so I will still grit my teeth and support you as much as possible!
However, don't expect that this pavilion can provide you with too much help. This pavilion only has the power to inspect the Liaodong area this time, and is not an imperial envoy with full power. Therefore, it cannot interfere in too many things at will. If the Wu family of Shanhaiguan wants to
If we want to annex your Liaodong Town, the most we can do is to dissuade you with a few words, but we will never be able to reverse the overall situation.
Therefore, if you, Liaodong Town, want to protect yourself, you still have to rely on your own efforts! Although Mr. He was killed, the strength of Liaodong Town is still intact. As long as you unite, you can still stop the covetousness and ambitions of the Wu family in Shanhaiguan.
!But if you continue to procrastinate and argue endlessly like now, then I won’t be able to save you!”
Zhao Junchen's statement is indeed very reasonable. As long as Liaodong Town can unite as one and deal with the outside world, it can still prevent the Shanhaiguan Wu family from taking the opportunity to annex.
But the difficulty lies in this matter - if Liaodong Town wants to restore unity, it must elect a new commander-in-chief as soon as possible to end the leaderless situation. However, the senior military attachés in Liaodong Town currently cannot even elect a new commander-in-chief.
It is also impossible to reach consensus on the specific process and plan details.
Therefore, after hearing what Zhao Junchen said, everyone in Liaodong Town nodded in agreement, but the situation was still a stalemate. The atmosphere in the tent was not as noisy as before, but it soon fell into an awkward situation.
In the silence - everyone is waiting for others to consider the overall situation and take the initiative to give in, while they themselves take advantage of the opportunity.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Zhao Junchen shook his head again and finally decided to take charge of the situation himself.
Zhao Junchen stood up and said in a loud voice: "Well, this cabinet will not interfere in the internal affairs of Liaodong Town, that is, no matter who you want to elect to be the new commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, or how you want to carve up anything."
The military power of bandits and others...
But in response to the matters that you are constantly arguing about, this cabinet would like to put forward a few basic principles so that you can seek common ground while reserving differences as much as possible, and also allow you to resolve disputes as soon as possible to avoid the situation being always deadlocked like now!
Next, every time this cabinet talks about a basic principle, everyone will vote on the spot with a show of hands, and the minority obeys the majority. If you are willing to agree with these basic principles proposed by this cabinet, then we will continue to discuss specific matters based on these basic principles.
,how?"
In this world, no matter what it is, it always revolves around the word "rules", so when the benefits are distributed, those who formulate and interpret the rules always benefit the most, followed by those who implement and maintain the rules, and finally
It is a person who obeys and is subject to rules.
And now, Zhao Junchen wants to take the opportunity to become the rule-maker in Liaodong Town!