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Chapter 166 The Ningxia Rebellion (2)

After returning to the barracks, Liu Dongyang and Xu Chao contacted more than [-] generals to plan an incident. These generals had long been dissatisfied with Dang Xin, and Liu Dongyang took the lead and responded one after another.

Early the next morning, that is, the early morning of February 20, [-] Wanli, the weather was still cold, and the towns and cities of Ningxia were quiet.

It was just dawn, and the night watchman resisted the cold and walked shyly on the street. Suddenly, there was the sound of booming footsteps from the opposite street, as if thousands of people were running on the street together.He was taken aback, and when he raised his eyes, he saw countless soldiers of the frontier army in black, neatly dressed, holding gleaming steel knives, led by several officers in iron armor, coming viciously towards this side.

The watchman was frightened out of his wits, threw the watch in his hand, yelled loudly, and fled without a trace.

This group of rebellious troops, full of murderous intent, led by Liu Dongyang and others, went all the way to the mansion of the general soldier.Those servants of the General Military Mansion are usually okay to be domineering, but how can they resist this group of vicious rebels?Soon the gate of the general soldier's mansion was knocked open, and with a shout, the rebels swarmed in and rushed into the general soldier's mansion. They hacked at anyone, kicked at the door, raped a woman, and rushed all the way to the backyard.

Governor Dangxin's brother-in-law, Zhang Weizhong, the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, was trembling with fright when he heard the rebels rushed in. Before he could put on his clothes, he heard a loud noise and the door was kicked open. The steel knife rested on his neck, and there was a group of ferocious soldiers on the opposite side, each with weapons in their hands, looking at him with hatred and anger, as if they wanted to eat him.

Zhang Weizhong's temperament has always been cowardly, and he lacks prestige in the army. He usually relies on Dang Xin's momentum. Seeing this situation, he was frightened out of his wits, and was dragged into the courtyard by several rebellious troops like a dead dog .

In the courtyard, Zhang Weizhong saw Liu Dongyang surrounded by the crowd, he managed to raise his spirits, and said in a trembling voice: "Liu Junfeng, what are you doing? Are you going to rebel?"

Liu Dongyang kicked Zhang Weizhong to the ground, Zhang Weizhong howled like a pig, Liu Dongyang grinned and said: "Zhang Zongbing, you are right, we are going to rebel, and you and the old thief Dangxin are domineering and domineering on weekdays. Salary, drinking blood of soldiers, did not expect such a day?"

Zhang Weizhong was so frightened that he was scared out of his wits. He still didn't give up, pleading with difficulty: "Liu Junfeng, you have to think twice, killing officials and rebelling is a serious crime for destroying one's family."

Liu Dongyang shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, tie me up."

Soon, several rebels rushed up and tied Zhang Weizhong tightly.

At this time, Xiaobai came in with some Cangtou soldiers under him, and he said to Liu Dongyang: "Brother Liu, quickly take someone to the governor's yamen to catch Dangxin, in order to prevent chaos, and leave it to me here."

Liu Dongyang immediately led the rebel army and rushed to the governor's office.When Dang Xin, the governor of Ningxia, heard about the mutiny, she was so frightened that she didn't even bother to get the official seal, and fled in a panic.As soon as he rushed to the gate, he saw that the gate was crumbling by the rebels. He rushed into the backyard again, but he couldn't find a way to escape. Suddenly, there was a water hole in the corner. Not wanting his status as governor, he got into the hole.

Unexpectedly, the water hole was too small for others to get out, and they dared not come out of the hole, so they had to hide in the hole in fear.Liu Dongyang broke open the gate with the rebel army and rushed into the yamen. The official seal was still there, but Dang Xin was nowhere to be seen.Liu Dongyang took away the talisman and commanded the rebel army to search inside and outside the Yamen for a long time. After a while of rummaging and looting, he finally found Dang Xin who was shivering in the water hole.

When the rebel army dragged Dang Xin to Liu Dongyang, his face was pale, his lips were trembling with cold, and his red official uniform was crumpled and covered with dirty things.

Seeing his embarrassed appearance, Liu Dongyang was very pleased. He grinned grinningly and said, "Old thief Dangxin, you abused soldiers and deducted their salaries on weekdays. Didn't you expect this to happen?"

Dang Xin knew that he would not be spared today, so he decided to go all out. He said angrily: "Liu Dongyang, Xu Chao, you two gathered a crowd to rebel, and there will be no good end."

Xu Chao was furious, and amidst Dang Xin's screams, a burst of knives hacked him to death.Another rebel army under his command dragged Shi Jifang, deputy envoy of grain, Taoist, and military preparations in Ningxia. Liu Dongyang and Xu Chao worked together and chopped Shi Jifang into a piece of meat.

Before leaving, the rebel army ransacked the Governor's Yamen and set a big fire on it, and the Governor's Yamen was immediately ablaze.The rebel army rushed to the cell again and released some desperadoes inside, and then the rebel army looted wantonly in the town, and some hooligans and gangsters also took advantage of the fire to loot.All of a sudden, the military households, civilians, and merchants in the town suffered disaster. Not only were all the shops in the city robbed, but many houses were also set on fire.

Many good civilian women in the city were also murdered and raped by the rebel army, especially the Cangtou army under the servants of Qi Bai. The town is like hell.The common people fled everywhere with their wives and children.

In the end, the rebellious army also rushed into Prince Qing's mansion. At this time, King Qing Shenyu passed away. Hiding in the cellar, she feared humiliation and committed suicide, and all the treasures of the court ladies were looted.After the chaos, most of the court ladies were humiliated and died.

Over there the rebels were looting in the city, while here they worshiped, Liu Dongyang and others gathered in the mansion of the general soldier, discussing things slowly, and finally the plan was decided, Liu Dongyang ordered the general soldier Zhang Weizhong to be escorted up.

Liu Dongyang said: "Zhang Zongbing, the governor of the party and the deputy envoy Shi are in collusion, and they deducted the food and salaries of the soldiers. The military pay, so as to arouse the mutiny of the soldiers, I hope the court will show mercy."

Zhang Weizhong's face was pale, but under the eyes of the rebels, he dared not write, so he had to write a memorial with trembling hands.Liu Dongyang, several people in Xibai looked at it in turn, and they all felt that there was no problem, and everyone had a smile on their faces.

What the few of them were discussing just now was to find an excuse for the rebellion of the town army, in order to escape the punishment of the court. Anyway, they are still a little worried about the next series of major events today. It is best to fight against the imperial court.In fact, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there were several border army rebellions, such as the rebellion of Yang Wenyu, a local army in Lingzhou, Ningxia, in the 11th year of Wanli, the rebellion of Li Xian, a sergeant of Shanxi Lingwuguan in the 16th year of Wanli, and the rebellion of Li Xian, a sergeant of Yansui Shenmu in the [-]th year of Wanli. In the end, the chaos is often resolved by appeasement, and the others also hope the same.

After the memorandum was written, Zhang Weizhong was put under house arrest in the backyard. He thought that he was a majestic official in the court, but was humiliated by the rebel army. How could he have the face to live in the world?I also heard that Governor Dang Xin and Deputy Envoy Shi Jifang were chopped into pieces by the rebel army.He also thought about whether Liu Dongyang and others would let him go in the future, the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, and finally he let out a long sigh and hanged himself to death.

When Liu Dongyang and others heard that Zhang Weizhong committed suicide, they didn't express anything.Over there, Bai Bai brought his servants to Prince Qing's mansion in person, Prince Qing's handsome son was captured by the rebel army long ago.Because the palace was ransacked by the rebel army, all the property and maids were robbed, and the mother and concubine Fang committed suicide in fear of humiliation, Shuai Zi was very sad.

Xiaobai pretended to comfort him a few words, and said to him: "Dang Xin, Zhang Weizhong and others corrupted the law by corrupting the law, and provoked a mutiny. I also ask the son to report this matter to the emperor, and to appease him properly." I had no choice but to play the emperor according to the meaning of worship, hoping that the court would be merciful.

The rebel army quickly took control of the town of Ningxia, and things went well. Qi Bai, Liu Dongyang and others were all in high spirits.

At present, Liu Dongyang proclaimed himself the commander-in-chief, and appointed Chengen and Xu Chao as the deputy commanders-in-chief of the left and right.His nephew, Tu Wenxiu, and his adopted son, Xiaoyun, were appointed generals on the left and right.All the people also regarded Xiaobai as the mastermind, and all listened to his mastermind.Everyone swore their blood into an alliance and vowed to fight against the Ming army to the end.

Under the advice of Baibai, the rebels divided their forces to occupy the castle, and the rebellion broke out in an all-round way.

(End of this chapter)