The Emperor ordered Zhao Tang

Chapter 59: Unprecedented
"The emperor wants to cut our rewards to support the imperial guards!"

Early in the morning, when they learned that the sage was going to use their wealth to support the Yingwu, Longjie, and Congzhi armies, the Shen Ce army immediately became agitated and their voices became unstoppable. They said that the Taiwei was in charge of the treasury and taxes himself, and was harsh in his inspections, neglecting the military men, and that the soldiers who relied on the Duzhi for support were all gnashing their teeth and wanted to eat his flesh!

The warriors stationed at the left and right Yintai Gates, the East Inner Courtyard, and the Jinwu Zhangyuan set fire to the palace gates, and black smoke covered the sky. They also beat drums and shouted at the palace to intimidate the emperor. They asked for spring clothes and wine and meat, and the situation became chaotic.

Under the instigation of the eunuchs, the imperial guards stationed in the Bashang, Longshouyuan, Shaolingyuan, and Weishui areas were also in turmoil, and they went out to plunder and rape. The officers and officials were completely unable to control them, and for the sake of their lives, most of them left the barracks to avoid the limelight. This shows how serious the situation was!

The people of Chang'an were frightened and fled for their lives or flocked to the strongholds of the powerful for refuge.

Yan Gui, Liu Jisheng, Wang Xingshi and others led their troops to the East Market, intending to kidnap the saint.

Military riots caused by rumors had occurred many times as early as during the reign of Emperor Dezong. During the Chan River disaster, the Jing army suspected that they had not received any rewards after arriving in Luoyang, so they started a riot!
When Guo Ziyi was stationed in Hedong, the army resented the emperor's small reward and said that without them, who would be the emperor? This angered Guo Ziyi, who slaughtered more than 30 families of officers and soldiers. After the defeat in Yecheng, Ziyi and his men retreated to Heyang and did not give them rewards in time, so the troops from all directions attacked Henan.

When Li Huaiguang rebelled, the Shuofang Army became jealous of the good treatment of the Imperial Guards and started a rebellion!
At noon, Liu Jisheng and his men looted the West Market, and the rebel troops from Pengri, Dengfeng, and Hubi arrived at the Taiji Palace. At that time, the Jin guards stationed outside the Hanyuan Palace had mobilized their entire army to prepare for the enemy.

Ximen Chongsui, the military inspector, was ill, so he sent his trusted confidant Li Sizhou to lead 6,000 troops to quell the rebellion. When they reached Changle Gate, the soldiers were clamoring. Li Sizhou comforted his men, saying that the sage would reward those who quelled the rebellion.

The crowd refused to listen and took Li Sizhou back to Yongjiali.

Dong Congshi, the commander of the cavalry and infantry of the Yaowu army, ordered the gate to be closed. Unexpectedly, the soldiers broke through the wall to provide support, and the chaotic army rushed in and killed Dong Congshi.

This surprised Helian Weihuan, Kang Lingzhong, Andingzong, Li Cunshen and other Jin people: since ancient times, there has never been such a rebellious person. His arrogance is unprecedented.

Shangshu Li Xi and other ministers entered the palace to pay homage to the sage, and requested to ride in a carriage with the kings, concubines, and sons and daughters to travel to Yue and head to Shacheng.

More or less affected by the atmosphere outside, the Longjie, Congzhi, and Yicong troops who were nervously heading to the palace also felt something was wrong, and they were all hot and dry. He Huaibao, a Jin man, encountered noisy soldiers on his way to see Zhu Xiewusi. Although they hadn't done anything big, the signs of chaos had already appeared, which made the Jin man very angry. As soon as they entered the Hanyuan Hall, they gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

Afterwards, more than 2,600 Jin guards lined up in the corridor of the hall.

Accompanied by the ministers, the sage inspected the outside of Hanyuan Hall, summoned the generals to have a chat, and then emphasized his presence in front of the men, telling them that the evil slaves of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were rebelling outside the palace, and that it would be their time to kill the enemy and gain merit, in order to stabilize the morale of the army. In addition, he also conveyed - don't panic, the emperor will not run away.

Afterwards, He called over the female officials and asked them to bring out iced fermented glutinous rice soup to distribute to the soldiers, and then she comforted and encouraged them.

"Your Majesty." Li Xi squeezed in front of the Saint and insisted, "Han Quanhui and his ilk are thieves. If you are captured by them, how can the Saint survive? Leave Chang'an quickly. Shacheng, Bailuyuan, Shimen Town are all fine. In short, find a safe place to stay. Leave Wang Congxun and his ilk to quell the rebellion, and then make plans for the future."

"I won't leave!" the saint said coldly and took his arm away.

If I run away in disgrace, I will fall right into the sinister intentions of Han Quanhui and his slaves.

"Your Majesty!" The emperor was not panicked, but the ministers were very uneasy.

"Don't say that again." The sage's tone seemed unfriendly.

Li Xi stamped his feet anxiously.

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The streets were deserted and all the shops were closed. Wang Congxun was galloping with a team of personal soldiers carrying several bags of rice.

Listening to the noise that seemed far and near, there was a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

He originally wanted to lead his troops directly into the palace, but the virtuous wife betrothed to him by the sage a few years ago was pregnant, and he heard that Yan Gui, Liu Jisheng, and Wang Xingshi were raiding the East Market, so he panicked - his home was in Shengye, very close to the East Market! So he found Liu Xianyuan and asked them to go first, and he would come after a while.

"Che!" The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He lashed out with the whip a few times, and the warhorse under his crotch ran faster and faster.

Somewhat unexpectedly, more and more people were stumbling on the streets, dragging their families towards the imperial city. His mount was blocked, and several personal soldiers were knocked down by the surging crowd. Wang Congxun subconsciously wanted to draw his sword and kill people to clear the way - but he held back.

He just turned the back of the knife and beat and scolded the panicked pedestrians: "Get out of here!"

After walking about a few dozen feet further, I heard the sound of dense footsteps coming from the alley ahead.

He raised his head and saw the roaring soldiers rushing out from the corner. They grabbed the women they saw and stripped them to have sex with them. They rushed into the mansions they saw and looted them.

Blood flew.

The man picked up stones and fought the rebels with red eyes.

The wife and daughter rolled on the ground with disheveled hair, screaming and crying.

The swaddling clothes fell silently into the corner.

The chaos continued all the way.

Wang Congxun felt dizzy and his ears were buzzing. He quickly changed his route and ran towards home. The small house was littered with corpses. The hired servants were killed on the ground... The maids who were raped to death screamed loudly, and the soldiers laughed loudly. After they were satisfied, they killed them with swords.

His eyes widened - his beautiful and virtuous wife was pinned down in the yard with her big belly, and a group of warriors were giggling and taking off their clothes, preparing to humiliate her.

Wang Congxun yelled "Ah!", jumped off his horse, and rushed forward with his iron spear. The personal soldiers entered in formation, holding their horse spears and stabbing wildly: "Kill, kill, kill!"

The soldiers were caught off guard and hurriedly pulled up their trousers to fight.

"Die!" Wang Congxun chopped the warrior in front of him with his sword, causing his head to fly off.

"Kill him--ah!" The chaotic soldiers were knocked away by the horse spears and stabbed into meat paste on the ground.

"You're a hundred-year-old man sitting on a dead branch, and you dare to mess with me!" Wang Congxun pulled the thin man who tore his wife's clothes into his arms, grabbed his hair, pulled out a dagger and sawed his neck.

"Hehehe..." Large amounts of blood splattered out again and again.

After cutting off the head, Wang Congxun clenched his hands and swung the stone wildly.

A dozen or so soldiers were quickly killed, leaving only a fat man hiding in the corner, shivering in fear as he watched Wang Congxun.

"Bang!" Wang Congxun rushed forward, held his face and stabbed him dozens of times in the lower body.

After crushing it, Wang Congxun laughed and chopped off the man's hands and legs one by one.

"Wuwuwu——" The man's crotch was wet and bloody, and he turned into a dying human pig.

Bang bang! After beating him to death with punch after punch, Wang Congxun threw out the human pig and ordered, "Hang it at the door. Hang all these dozen people."

"Jiang Tao?"

After a pause, he called over his confidant who was torturing the corpse and said, "Take some people to gather back the old members of our Tianwei Army who are scattered all over the place. Let's get to work. We will massacre the capital tonight. When we're done, I'll ask the Saint for ten pieces of silk for each person."

The woman in the blue skirt was lying there, her voice intermittent: "My dear..."

This was Wang Congxun's new wife, a palace maid assigned to the concubine's side by the Ye Ting Bureau. She was beautiful and gentle, and the two had been quite harmonious since their marriage. At the age of 15, Xiao Wang joined the Chengde Army, and at the age of 18, he followed the generals to Guanzhong to defend against the autumn. After his wife, who was robbed while guarding the border in Jingyuan, died in the Chaos, he followed the warriors and went with the flow, fighting and killing along the way.

Xiao Wang cherishes this family very much.

Every evening when he came back from the military camp, he felt at ease when he saw the orange fire in the yard and his wife sitting by the lamp weaving and waiting for him. When he made meritorious deeds, he would show off the wealth rewarded by the saint to his wife with a smile, and he would be proud when he saw his wife's admiring expression.

Xiao Wang also fantasized about the scene of his children surrounding his knees.

He didn't want anyone to disturb this rare peace.

Fortunately, they returned... in time, and my pregnant wife was not raped by those beasts.

Seeing his wife's miserable appearance, Xiao Wang felt a lump in his throat.

With a gust of wind, the tiger-like strong body rushed to his wife, and a pair of rough old hands carefully picked up his wife...

Sit down at the stone table next to you.

"Pa!" There was an extremely crisp sound, and Xiao Wang slapped himself in the face, leaving five thumb marks.

If he had come a moment later... He didn't want to imagine what would have happened to him then, he would probably have gone crazy.

Fingers intertwined.

He held tightly, held tightly, and held tightly again... The little prince slowly loosened his hand. The saint was still in the palace - if he didn't go to save him, who would? He must have been waiting anxiously. He was too tongue-tied to say nice things: "My dear, please wait for me at home. I will go to serve the emperor first and will be back soon."

His wife grabbed his hand and refused to let go.

Wang Congxun stroked her hair and softened his tone: "We Zhao people don't make promises easily, and once we make a promise, we must keep it. As for danger? Tsk, compared to the dog slaves of the Shen Ce Army, we are the dangerous ones in the capital. And my dear, you don't know that I am where I am today because of the saint's favor. I will follow him from now on, and I will definitely make achievements. Isn't it better than working for those generals?"

Finally, he hardened his heart, wiped the blood off his hands and face, picked up his sleepy wife and walked into the bedroom.

When he came out again, his face was covered with dark clouds.

"You guys stay here and guard." He looked at the seventeen mutilated corpses hanging by hemp ropes in front of the far gate and said, "It's enough to deter the rats and scoundrels."

"Yes!"

……

"The rebel army is coming!"

The eunuchs led more than 5,000 rebel troops from Pengri, Dengfeng, and Yaode to set fire to the left and right Yintai Gates and Jinwuzhangyuan in an attempt to force the saint to flee. Unexpectedly, the bastard did not follow the rules at all. Not only did he not run away, he even came to Danfeng Gate in a big way, boasting that he must first stabilize the country before he can resist foreign aggression.

(End of this chapter)