The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 128: One sentence and it's settled

Don’t you see, the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky and rushes to the sea without returning.

See you, Gaotangmingjing has white hair in sorrow, and the morning is like blue silk and snow in the evening.

impermanence of life.

Who could have thought that an ordinary boy like him would suddenly become the emperor?

Who could have imagined that Haibai, a general with outstanding military achievements, would be forced to become a rebel.

The morning sun slowly rose, illuminating the vast Ming army camp on the bank of the Yellow River. It looked truly magnificent and shocking.

At the front of the camp, there were more than 2,000 tents of tens of thousands of imperial guards guarding a huge commander's tent. In the middle of the camp were the tents of 20,000 soldiers of the Shenji Camp. At the rear of the camp were the soldiers of the Shenwu Camp and the escorted old and young, women, children, cattle, sheep, horses, etc.

They had been camping here for a day. The soldiers from the Shenwu Left Camp and the Shenwu Right Camp had already arrived with the prisoners, but the soldiers from the Shenwu Front Camp and the Shenwu Rear Camp were still on the way.

Wanli had already figured out how to put down the rebellion, but the key person had not arrived yet.

Early in the morning, he could not help but bring Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan and a group of guards to the Yellow River in front of the camp. He looked at the densely packed fortresses in the valley ahead, and then he stared at the rushing river in a daze.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a rumbling sound of horse hooves from behind the camp.

Du Song, deputy general of the Shenwu rear camp, led hundreds of personal guards on horseback through the camp area of ​​dozens of miles in radius and finally arrived at the Yellow River outside the front gate.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Wanli asked directly, "General Du, do you know Haobai?"

Of course he knew this. Ningsai Fort was very close to Ningxia Town. He had followed his elder brother Du Tong to lead troops to support Ningxia Town. Haibai had also led troops to Ningsai Fort to provide support.

Du Song nodded without hesitation and said, "I know him."

Wanli asked again: "Do you dare to go and persuade them to surrender?"

Haobai shouldn’t do anything to me, right?

He and my eldest brother have a life-long friendship.

Du Song gritted his teeth and nodded, "I dare."

Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Okay, if you can persuade Haibai to surrender, I will give you a great merit. Go and tell Haibai that I will give him a chance. If he comes to see me alone, I will see to it that nothing happens to him."

How can it be okay for someone to lead a rebellion?

Du Song was stunned when he heard this.

However, he quickly reacted and said, "I obey your order."

After saying this, he waved his hand and led hundreds of personal guards straight to the river valley filled with fortresses.

This guy was a rare and powerful general. He actually led his personal guards and ran straight from the main road in the valley to the gate of the first fortress.

The rebels in the fortress were a little confused.

They originally thought that the cavalry coming from the north were from the Tumed tribe, but who knew that the people riding over were actually soldiers from the Beijing camp.

This is truly unexpected.

Du Song seemed to shout a few words to the rebels on the city wall, and then ordered his personal guards to retreat a few miles away, dismount and wait.

Not long after, the gate of the fortress opened a crack, and he rode his horse straight in.

This guy is really brave. He actually dares to go to the meeting alone.

Wanli put down the telescope, looked up at the sky again, and then returned to the camp with Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan and a group of guards.

Ningxia Weicheng is at least a hundred miles away from the fortress group in the valley. It would be good if Du Song could get back by noon. He couldn't wait outside for two hours.

The reason why he sent Du Song to persuade him to surrender was that he really wanted to give Haibai a chance.

If Haibai dares to come, it proves that he does not really want to rebel, and he does not think that he is an unforgivable traitor.

If Haibai doesn't dare to come, then there's nothing to say. We can only let the Shenshu Camp and Shenji Camp attack head-on.

If Haobai dares to harm Du Song, he will be cut into pieces and his entire clan will be exterminated if he is caught!
Sometimes, life is like this. If you take a wrong step, there will be no recovery.

Fortunately, Haibai didn’t really want to rebel, he was forced to rebel.

Before noon, the sound of horse hooves could be heard from the valley south of the camp.

Immediately afterwards, Li Xuancheng rushed into the tent where he and Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan were resting, and said with a hint of excitement, "Your Majesty, Haibai is really here."

Do you still know Haobai?

Wanli raised his hand and said decisively, "Hurry up and put on the dragon robe for me."

It was still a bit hot that day, and he rarely wore his dragon robe in the camp.

Li Xuancheng quickly helped him take out the dragon robe and put it on.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves had reached the camp gate.

Wanli raised his foot and walked out. Seeing this, Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan followed him without hesitation.

Li Xuancheng said cautiously, "My Lady, you'd better not go. That guy is shirtless."

Uh, this. Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan couldn't help but stop and said with a worried look on her face: "That guy is a rebel general. I heard he's quite powerful."

Wanli smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry. The fact that he dared to come here proves that he doesn't consider himself a true rebel general. It's not good for you to be present at such a thing. Just stay here and wait."

After saying that, he took Li Xuancheng to another large tent specially used to receive generals.

He had just sat down on the handsome chair when Du Song and Shan Sinan came in, one on each side, flanking a burly man.

This guy is really shirtless, and he has a bramble on his back.

As soon as Haibai entered the general's tent, he prostrated himself on the ground and confessed, "I, General Haibai, deserve death. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

This guy has so many wounds on his body!
There were gunshot wounds, knife wounds, arrow wounds, etc. all over his body.

This shows that this guy is really a brave warrior who is not afraid of death.

Pity.

Wanli sighed slightly, then raised his hand and said, "General Hai, please stand up. I know you were forced to rebel."

Haibai was stunned for a moment, then kowtowed with a look of deep emotion and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

After saying that, he carefully got up.

Wanli shook his head and sighed, "You killed the inspector and the general. I cannot keep you here. If I keep you here, there will be no law."

This!
Upon hearing this, Haibai's face darkened. He then gritted his teeth and bowed, saying, "I am willing to die. I dare to ask Your Majesty to spare the soldiers of Ningxia Town. They are all good men who defend our country."

I'm afraid you misunderstood.

I have already told you that you will be fine. Do you think I am trying to trick you here?

Wanli shook his head slightly and then asked, "How many private soldiers and vanguard soldiers do you have in total?"

What does this mean?
Haibai said carefully, "I have about 3,000 private soldiers under my command, and about 4,000 soldiers in the vanguard camp, so a total of about 7,000."

Wanli asked again: "How many war horses do you have in total?"

What does this warhorse have to do with the rebellion?

Haibai was rather bewildered and said, "I have less than 3,000 war horses, and the vanguard battalion has less than 1,000 war horses as well. Together, that's over 3,000 horses."

This number of people is not enough.

Wanli pondered for a moment, then asked, "How many soldiers do you think are willing to follow you through fire and water in Ningxia Town? Are there tens of thousands?"

What does this mean?

Haibai nodded cautiously and said, "It should be over ten thousand."

That'll do.

Wanli said decisively, "I give you 10,000 war horses. Go back and pack them up. Take with you anyone who is willing to go through fire and water with you, including their families. Take them all with you on the food carts. You must leave Ningxia Town before the evening hour tomorrow."

what?
Upon hearing this, Haibai was stunned for a long time before he asked carefully, "Your Majesty, where do you want us to go?"

Wanli explained in detail: "The area beyond the Great Wall is so vast, you can go wherever you want, but from now on your food and wages will have to be exchanged for the heads of the northern barbarians.

Don’t you want to take revenge on the Tumed tribe? Just take your men to seek revenge. I will give you fifty taels for each head of the Northern Tartars. You can also use the heads of the Northern Tartars to exchange for supplies.

Food, cold weapons, daily necessities, etc., just tell someone to report it, and I will have someone prepare it for you and drop it off at the place you choose."

Is there such a good thing?

Haibai thought excitedly for a while, then asked carefully, "Your Majesty, can the cattle, sheep, and horses I robbed be exchanged for supplies?"

How big do you want to play?
Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Yes, but you must remember one thing: no matter how powerful you become, you must obey my secret orders. Otherwise, I will not only cut off your supplies, but also send troops to encircle and suppress you."

Haibai nodded repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty, if you have anything for me to do, just tell me to do it. I won't even frown if I have to go through fire and water."

Well, that's pretty much it.

Wanli thought for a moment, then gave detailed instructions: "I will properly tidy up Ningxia Town, Guyuan Town, and Yansui Town. When the time comes, Ningxia Town will cover the entire Xitao Plain, Guyuan Town will be moved to the Houtao Plain, and Yansui Town will be moved to the Qiantao Plain.

If you want to exchange for supplies or military rewards, look for the generals of these three towns, don't look for anyone else."

Haibai bowed repeatedly and said, "I understand."

Wanli summoned Wang Rulong and Chen Dashou and gave them detailed instructions: "General Wang, General Chen, you will follow General Hai to Ningxia Town and take over the defense of all the cities and fortresses. Give them 10,000 of the war horses you rode. Don't worry about where they go."

Wang Rulong and Chen Dashou bowed without hesitation and said, "I obey your command."

Haobai happily led 20,000 soldiers of the Shenji Camp back. The next day, he actually led more than 10,000 troops, pulling carts full of men, women, old and young, passed directly in front of the camp, detoured to the southern entrance of Helan Mountain, and fled to the outside of the Great Wall.

Wanli watched the departing team through a telescope, and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth and smile evilly to himself.

The three great families of Puzhou, do you still want to use the imperial army to deal with Haibai, the mortal enemy of the Tumed tribe?

I will directly release this mortal enemy of the Tumed tribe to the outside of the Great Wall, and kill all the Tumed tribe members indiscriminately!

The rebellion in Ningxia Town has been quelled, and now it's your turn.

(End of this chapter)