Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 140 No need to check, call Mou Bin!
Hou Wei was too embarrassed to reply. Qin Lu snorted coldly and did not choose to get angry on the spot.

Now the Puzhou Post Station is still surrounded by the people, and there are a few people inside who are trying to sow discord and fan the flames. It is hard to say whether the people will do anything extreme.

"Everyone, follow me."

Qin Lu and Hou Wei mounted their horses, and the rest of the people followed them at a run, heading towards the post station.

"Get out!"

"Get out!"

"Get out of Puzhou!"

"..."

Qin Lu mobilized his troops to the outside of the post station and heard noisy shouting coming from a distance.

The people still did not give up, and under the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, they shouted slogans for unification.

Qin Lu originally only wanted to use the soldiers of the garrison to control the situation first, and then evacuate the people who were blocking the post station one by one.

Qin Lu also realized that these people were instigated and they did not really want to cause trouble.

But what Qin Lu did not expect was that Hou Wei, who had always been by his side and had performed very mediocrely before, now took the lead and was unusually active.

"How dare you, the unruly people, to surround the imperial official!"

"Soldiers, follow me to chase away these unruly people and rescue the lord from the imperial court!"

Hou Wei glared, shouted, waved his whip and rushed forward.

Qin Lu saw Hou Wei being so reckless, his face changed drastically, and he shouted sternly: "Idiot, come back!"

But Hou Wei didn't know whether he heard Qin Lu's shout, he still waved the cold knife in his hand and rushed towards the people in front.

The Hou family soldiers who were mixed in with the military soldiers saw this and immediately shouted: "Charge! Everyone, charge forward!"

"General Suihou, charge! Kill! Kill!"

"Charge! Kill all those unruly people!"

"..."

The confused soldiers heard the shouting around them and became panicked. They blindly followed the main force and rushed forward.

So, in the eyes of the people outside the post station, what they saw was Hou Wei, the captain of the Puzhou Guard, rushing towards them with countless troops behind him.

These people were timid to begin with, and when they saw a large group of soldiers rushing towards them, they immediately ran in all directions in panic.

“Ahhhhhhh!!! Murder! Run!”

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I didn't want to come here in the first place, but they forced me to come!"

"Don't kill me! I won't dare to do it again, never again!"

"..."

The originally tense situation seemed to be broken by Hou Wei in an instant.

The siege of the post station by Wang Yan and Yang Jizong was lifted so easily.

All the officials living in the post station breathed a sigh of relief and praised Hou Wei with a smile on their faces.

"General Hou Wei is indeed mighty and powerful. He deserves the title of mighty."

"Thank you, General Hou Wei, for coming to rescue me. I will never forget your kindness."

"General Hou Wei's rescue today will be recorded in the memorial and I will take credit for the general in front of His Majesty!"

"..."

Even Qin Lu, who was following behind, frowned in confusion after seeing this scene.

"Could it be... that he is really a genius in military tactics?"

Because he knew the character of these people, he took a direct approach, cut the Gordian knot, and lifted the siege of the post station in a simple and crude way?
Hou Wei, who was accepting congratulations in the crowd, saw the people scattering in a hurry. His eyes almost popped out of his head. He was extremely anxious and a little panicked.

He also didn't expect that the people would be so timid. Didn't they agree to have a big fight and then pretend to be defeated?
How come as soon as they met, without even starting a fight, all the people ran away?

How could he be defeated like this? !

Hou Wei was anxious and angry as he listened to the officials at the post station praising him and even trying to take credit for him in front of the emperor.

His face flushed, and he stuttered in response: "Thank you very much, everyone... for your compliments... This is just my duty... "

Hou Wei was so panicked that he wanted to shout to the sky, asking these people to stop and fight him for three hundred rounds.

Fortunately, although Hou Wei messed up, his personal soldiers made up for it.

After the people fled in all directions, Hou Wei's personal soldiers did not stop chasing them, but chased the people even faster.

"Troublemaker! Where are you running to!"

"You are so bold! How dare you surround the imperial envoy? I think you are courting death!"

"Don't run away, you rascal! Give me your life!"

"..."

The personal guards quickly caught up with the slower-running civilians. After a fight in the dark, they could hear the personal guards' cries of pain.

"Ah! Ah! Stop it!"

"Stop it now! If you don't stop, someone will be killed!"

"Stop fighting! Can't I just stop chasing you?!"

"..."

A personal soldier rushed out from the darkness and fled towards the post station.

"what?"

The people lying on the ground looked at their fists and blinked.

Could it be that... I am really a martial arts genius?

The defeat of the guards was not an isolated case but a common phenomenon.

As if a chain reaction had started, cries of pain from the guards could be heard from all directions.

Then the guards who were originally chasing forwards turned around and ran backwards.

"Someone's been killed! Someone's been killed! Run! Run, brothers!"

"Run! Run! Everybody, run back!"

"Stop chasing! People are being killed ahead, do you want to live?! Run back!" "..."

These personal soldiers shouted as they ran, and at the same time they persuaded the military households around them who had no idea what was going on to run back quickly.

In the darkness, no one knew what was happening around them, and they could only judge based on the sounds coming from the surroundings.

For a moment, the formation of the garrison was in chaos. Some people ran forward, some ran backward, it was extremely chaotic.

At this time, the cronies of the Wang and Zhang families saw that the guards were proceeding according to the plan, so they also followed suit.

"The guards have been defeated! Don't be afraid, follow me and fight back!"

"Now is a good opportunity to drive them out of Puzhou, everyone, hurry up!"

"Charge! Charge! Charge! Fellow villagers, success or failure depends on this one move!"

"..."

The personal guards of the garrison and the cronies of the Zhang and Wang families used public opinion to fool the common people and military households and soldiers.

Under their guidance, the whole scene seemed very messy, absurd, and even a little funny.

The situation was very good the moment before, but it was reversed the next moment, and the timid people gained the upper hand.

Originally, those military households and soldiers were no different from other civilians.

Equally timid and equally without any fighting ability.

There was no need for any deliberate arrangement. Just under the leadership of others, the garrison soldiers began to retreat.

Those military soldiers turned around and fled in panic.

And those people, under the leadership of the confidants of the Wang and Zhang families, have already shown signs of counterattacking.

A large number of personal soldiers came to Hou Wei and urged him, Wang Yan, Yang Jizon and others to retreat immediately.

"General Hou, let's retreat quickly! Those unruly people are too powerful. We can't defeat them."

"General Hou, everyone, please retreat quickly, the soldiers can't hold on any longer!"

"My Lords, don't hesitate! If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave!"

"..."

"Ah? This..."

The officials living in the post station, who had just calmed down a little, started to panic again.

Moreover, the emotions of panic and fear were even stronger than before.

They subconsciously looked at Yang Jizong, their eyes full of the desire to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible, hoping that Yang Jizong would order the post station to be evacuated.

Hou Wei was overjoyed to see that the situation was developing as planned.

But on the surface, he pretended to be anxious.

"Master Wang, Master Yang, you have seen the situation. There is really no other way!"

"How about...we retreat temporarily?"

Wang Yan looked at Yang Jizon silently. Yang Jizon pondered for a while with a sullen face, then looked at Qin Lu.

"Boss Tan, what do you think?"

Qin Lu's face was as black as ink. He didn't know what had happened between the soldiers of the garrison and the civilians.

But he was sure that the current situation was definitely caused by someone deliberately steering it from behind!

Qin Lu turned his head and glared at Hou Wei coldly. Hou Wei felt uneasy and turned his head slightly, not daring to look at Qin Lu.

Qin Lu took a deep breath and reluctantly ordered: "Retreat to Pingyang Prefecture first. This matter is serious. I will report to His Majesty for a decision."

Great, it’s the order to retreat, we are saved!
The officials staying at the post station felt relieved in their hearts, but did not show it on their faces.

Since Qin Lu both agreed to temporarily withdraw from Puzhou, the others naturally had no objections and immediately left Puzhou overnight and returned to Pingyang Prefecture.

When they left Puzhou, the people behind them cheered warmly!
That night, a secret letter from the Western Factory was quickly transmitted back to the capital through the Western Factory's intelligence network.

A civil uprising broke out in Puzhou!

……

next day
Forbidden City.

Qianqing Palace.

Pingyang Prefecture is not particularly far from the capital, and after a day of fast riding, the secret letter from the Western Factory was delivered to Zhu Youtang.

Qin Lu recorded in detail everything that happened to them after they arrived in Puzhou, the capital.

Especially the part where the people surrounded the imperial envoy, he also gave some of his own judgments.

After reading the secret letter, Zhu Youtang looked at Wang Zhi in front of him with a calm expression.

"Puzhou Civil Rebellion... What do you think of this incident?"

"My opinion is the same as Qin Lu's. Whether it is the people who surrounded the post station or the guards who went to rescue, there are abnormalities."

"Behind this, there must be someone secretly manipulating public opinion."

Zhu Youtang threw the secret letter back onto the dragon case: "Yes, I think so too."

If it was said that the Puzhou Uprising was spontaneously organized by the people of Puzhou, Zhu Youtang would absolutely not believe it.

When the people cause unrest, commotion, or revolt, they are only doing two things: fighting the local tyrants and dividing the land.

When a civil uprising broke out in Puzhou, the people did not attack the local gentry and landlords, but instead surrounded the post station where the imperial envoy was staying.

There must be something wrong here!

Wang Zhi bowed and asked: "Your Majesty, please investigate Puzhou and thoroughly investigate this matter!"

Zhu Youtang smiled lightly: "No need to check, after this incident happened, whoever benefited the most is the one who did it."

“Who is the biggest landlord in Puzhou?”

Wang Zhi immediately replied, "It's the Wang family and the Zhang family. Both of them were big Shanxi merchants who made their fortunes by opening up the Sino-French trade during the Hongwu period."

Zhu Youtang nodded: "I understand, let Mou Bin come to see me."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)