It is no joke for soldiers to mutiny, not to mention that the Jin King's bodyguards numbered as many as 30,000 people. If chaos really broke out, it would be enough to disturb the situation in Shanxi, and even Yunzhou would be affected.
Although Zhu Gui's Yunzhou Army is more powerful, it currently only has 1,000 troops, and the garrison at the garrison only has 3,000 troops.
Moreover, Zhu Gui had long regarded these guards of King Jin as the source of soldiers for his own guard army, but once the soldiers mutinied, these people would not be available.
Just when Gongsun Ming wanted to elaborate, Taiyuan County Governor Liao Qinghai also ran in quickly.
He was more direct, lying on the ground and shouting: "Your Majesty, something is wrong, something happened at the military camp."
Zhu Gui rubbed his forehead and said: "Okay, Mr. Liao, you should get up first. I have heard about the matter. Now, who of you two can tell me what is going on?"
You must know that the Gongsun family and the county guard have some connections with the Jin King's bodyguards, and now only they can make this matter clear.
Only by understanding the specific story of the matter can Zhu Gui know whether the matter can be undone.
That's right, Zhu Gui still doesn't want to give up these escorts.
Only then did Liao Qinghai notice Gongsun Ming standing next to him, and his expression suddenly became a little hesitant. He didn't know if it was him who should speak.
At this time, Gongsun Ming seemed to see that he had to think about it, and immediately said to him: "Master Liao, it is up to you to speak, and the rest will be supplemented by the future."
Liao Qinghai nodded, then looked at Zhu Gui and said: "This incident happened at noon. Many sergeants rushed into the governor's house, confiscated the weapons of all the government officials in the house, and also arrested the officials.
, seemed to want to control the entire Taiyuan City, and the official ran out in a hurry after receiving the news."
Zhu Gui nodded, then looked at Gongsun Ming.
Gongsun Ming immediately said: "Your Majesty, the general knows more information than Lord Liao. Now the eight gates of Taiyuan City have been occupied by the rebels. It seems that they really want to occupy Taiyuan City."
"And the general also has other news. Not all soldiers participated in the rebellion. There are about 10,000 soldiers confronting the rebels, so they rushed to capture the city gate."
Zhu Gui nodded again.
"In other words, there are about 20,000 rebels occupying the entire Taiyuan City now? But what happened? Why did they suddenly do such a thing?"
Zhu Gui asked.
Regarding this question, Liao Qinghai shook his head helplessly, obviously not knowing.
Gongsun Ming thought for a moment, and then said: "The general has received some news, but it has not been confirmed, and I don't know the accuracy of the news."
"But it doesn't matter." Zhu Gui waved his hand and signaled Gongsun Ming to continue.
"Yes, I heard that the bandits who were stopped by the escort brought by Master Liao yesterday took the opportunity to break into the military camp and reached some agreements with the guards in the military camp. This led to the current situation."
Gongsun Ming sighed and said.
"How is this possible? They are the army of the Ming Dynasty. How could they collude with the bandits?" Liao Qinghai said in disbelief.
This time Gongsun Ming didn't speak again. Obviously, it was not a trivial matter to make irresponsible remarks about the Ming army.
Zhu Gui said: "It is not impossible. The military salaries of the vassal guards are provided by the vassal king. Now that King Jin has been dead for more than two months, I am afraid that during this period, the guards have not received military salaries, and the resentment is also there.
It’s inevitable.”
Liao Qinghai finally fell silent after hearing Zhu Gui's face. It seemed that he acquiesced to Zhu Gui's words.
"Then what should we do now? I'm afraid the rebels will notice this sooner or later." Gongsun Ming said suddenly.
Those were 20,000 well-equipped and well-trained rebels, but they were completely incomparable to the 700 people gathered by their three major families.
And even if all the forces in Taiyuan City unite, they will not be able to fight against these rebels.
Not to mention that the rebels are now acting so suddenly that they have already frightened all the major forces in the city. I believe that it will not be long before the rebels will control all the forces in the city.
At this time, many of Zhu Gui's personal guards came back one after another to report the situation to Zhu Gui. The Sheriff's Mansion and Prince Jin's Mansion had both fallen, and Princess Jin and several princes had become hostages.
As for other families and forces, including the three major families, most of them have been controlled by the rebels, and those who dared to resist have been exterminated.
When Gongsun Ming heard the news, his expression immediately became miserable. It seemed that he was very worried about the Gongsun family.
Zhu Gui's face also darkened. He was not worried about the three major families, but was worried about another problem.
The patriarchs of the three major families know his identity. Will they expose his identity?
Once his identity is exposed, the rebels will probably swarm in. Even Zhu Gui's powerful cannon will not be enough to deal with the 20,000 rebels.
Liao Qinghai also seemed to be aware of this problem: "Your Majesty, now that the rebels have not yet established a foothold in the city, let's take advantage of the chaos and escape from the city. As long as we can contact another 10,000 escorts who have not rebelled, we will return
There is a chance of winning."
"The odds of winning? Master Liao, where do you start talking about this? Ten thousand versus twenty thousand, the other side still occupies an important city, and the general can't see any chance of winning."
Gongsun Ming said, and finally his eyes shifted from Liao Qinghai to Zhu Gui, with a look of determination on his face.
"Your Majesty, the general feels that the troops should be in danger at this time. As long as we can capture the leader of these rebels, Jiao Rui, this farce can be completely ended. The general happens to know something about Jiao Rui and knows that this person is the most likely person.
Where it is."
Before Zhu Gui could speak, Liao Qinghai on the side immediately said: "Your Majesty, you must not do this. I also know Jiao Rui. He is very cunning. Your Majesty cannot take risks. It is best to find a way to leave Taiyuan City first."
safe."
"Master Liao, do you know what will happen if this soldier's mutiny reaches the imperial court? I'm afraid that you and I will not be spared by the time."
"However, even if the calculation is like this, I can't let the prince take risks. This is the responsibility of a minister."
The two actually quarreled in front of Zhu Gui.
"Okay, stop arguing."
Zhu Gui helplessly stopped the two of them.
He had to admit that what they both said was very reasonable. One was for safety and the other was to solve the problem.
Moreover, Zhu Gui was quite confident in his own methods, so he decided to agree to Gongsun Ming's plan without much thought.
But before that, he still had one problem to solve, and that was Xu Miaoqing's safety.