Chapter 161 Li Siyuan encounters a mutiny
The rebels cheered loudly, venting their long-term dissatisfaction, slashing the commanders and soldiers who refused to participate in the rebellion, setting fire to the camp, and rushed towards Li Siyuan's central army tent from all directions, hoping to take down this most valuable candidate for the world's No. 1 leader!
At the same time, the mutiny quickly spread to the Northwest Camp. The rebels controlled the Northwest Camp at a faster speed than the Southwest Camp and held Li Shaozhen hostage the main general of the camp. However, the mutiny did not affect Li Shaorong's troops in the Southwest Camp.
Although the reason for the rebellion from Ma Zhi in the Southwest Camp was rumored, it was also very reasonable. Because they believed Chief Guo's words and had indeed reached a point of having to rebel! The Li Shaozhen's army in the Northwest Camp had just captured Xingzhou a few days ago and captured and killed Zhao Tai. It was the most active and loyal team among the various siege troops sent by Li Cunxu. Why were their enthusiasm for rebellion so high? But why could Li Shaorong's army in the Southwest Camp control the situation?
The reason why the Northwest Camp fell faster than the Southwest Camp was because Li Shaozhen was also dissatisfied with Li Cunxu and had a good relationship with Li Siyuan, who was preparing to support the rebels, so he acknowledged the mutiny of the soldiers. Because more than a month later, Li Shaozhen was the first to ask for the removal of the name given to them by Li Cunxu and restored his original name Huo Yanwei.
Huo Yanwei and Li Siyuan had not been in a long relationship. At the beginning of the second year of Tongguang, Li Siyuan was transferred to the Northern Recruitment Envoy to defend the Khitan. At that time, Huo Yanwei was appointed as the Deputy Recruitment Envoy to assist Li Siyuan. Under Li Siyuan, there was a veteran Hedong general An Yuanxin. He believed that Huo Yanwei was just a surrendered general and had never made any contribution to the Later Tang Dynasty. His position was a little higher than himself, and he was very dissatisfied. So he often humiliated Huo Yanwei in front of many people and said, "Why are you generals of the pseudo-Ray that are so bad? You surrendered when you see the army!" After saying that, he laughed.
Under the eaves, Huo Yanwei was afraid to retaliate, so he had to silently endure the ridicule of these old Hedong generals. Unexpectedly, Li Siyuan saw this scene and said to An Yuanxin very seriously: "The rise and fall is determined by heaven. How much does it have to do with us? I wonder when Shucong besieged Taiyuan, you were also scared to death? Now the country has come into being, making us rich and rich. How can we be complacent and proud of our contributions?" An Yuanxin heard this and was very ashamed and apologized in public. He never mocked Huo Yanwei again.
From that moment on, in Huo Yanwei's heart, Li Siyuan was no longer just his boss, but a loyal elder who was worthy of his life to follow.
Faced with the sudden change, the veteran Li Siyuan, who was not mentally prepared, had almost no time to think, and could only lead the small number of personal guards brought to him by Gao Xingzhou to resist desperately. But they obviously could not stop the rebels' unity, and the battle was getting closer and closer to the central army's tent. If the rebels had not thought that the prestige of the number one veteran in Li Siyuan's army was unparalleled and his support value was unmatched, Li Siyuan would probably not have been able to withstand that long.
During the fierce battle, Li Siyuan learned that there had not been a mutiny in Nandaying, where only Li Shaorong had only had a mutiny, so he hurriedly sent warriors to break through the siege to Nandaying, asking Li Shaorong to send troops to echo him, attack inside and outside, and pacify the mutiny in the main camp. One warrior sent out, but there was no movement! Two went out, but there was no movement! Three, four, and five, but Li Shaorong had no reaction. Li Siyuan
He sent General Zhang Qianzhao and finally, Gao Xingzhou, who had saved Li Shaorong's life on the battlefield, sent him out, but he still failed to get reinforcements from Li Shaorong.
However, these people were detained as soon as they saw Li Shaorong. Not to mention reinforcements, they could not even leave. The reason why Li Shaorong did not send troops was very sufficient: the situation is now chaotic, and what has happened has not been clarified yet. What if Li Siyuan wanted to rebel and directed such a scene to lure him to go? Therefore, Li Shaorong closed the camp and responded to all changes in a constant manner, so that the last possible opportunity to calm the mutiny was gone.
Because Li Shaorong refused to send troops, when the sun rose from the horizon on March 9, the battle in the southwest camp was approaching the end. The rebellious royal imperial guards basically controlled the camp. More than half of Li Siyuan's personal guards were killed or injured, and the defeat was decided.
It seems that the fight is impossible, so Li Siyuan simply gave up the unnecessary force resistance and asked the personal guards to put down their weapons. He walked to the rebel soldiers by himself, and relied on the prestige he had accumulated in the army for decades, scolded in a hoarse voice due to fatigue: "What do you want to do?"
Leading by Zhang Poubai and other mutiny leaders, the rebel soldiers were talking and angry, and they vented their long-standing anger and anger and shouted: "The soldiers followed the emperor for more than ten years, and were born and died, and went through a hundred battles to finally help the emperor seize the world! But who knew that after the emperor succeeded, he forgot the merits of the soldiers. If there is no reward, he would punish him severely! In order to establish his authority, the soldiers said that they would kill! Kill! Kill! Like those Wei Bo soldiers in the Beizhou mutiny, they just miss their relatives and want to go home. The emperor refused to tolerate them and issued an order: After the city was broken, they would kill them all! Besides, we were from Ma Zhi, but a few brothers were causing trouble a few days ago. The emperor planned to kill us all when we finished this battle! We didn't want to rebel, but we didn't want to die unjustly!"
Li Siyuan was also very shocked. Some of the rioters said, he knew, but they were indeed facts. Some of them did not know, but they did not dare to conclude that they were rumors. In the face of the reasons raised by the rioters, they persuaded them not to cause trouble and to abide by loyalty and righteousness, and they were so pale and powerless.
Zhang Poubai and others continued: "The soldiers of all the troops in the camp have agreed. We will join forces with Zhao Zaili in the city to save ourselves, repel other attacking troops, and let the Lord continue to be his emperor in Henan, and you will be our emperor in Hebei! As long as you agree, we will listen to you."
From Li Siyuan's father's generation, their family was Li Cunxu's relatives. Li Siyuan himself followed Li Keyong. Li Cunxu and his son had been decades, from a teenager in his teens to a 60-year-old veteran with hair-bearded hair. He was not afraid of life and death in every battle, and he always tried his best and was loyal. Before this day came, he never thought that one day he would be forced to embark on the path of a traitor that he had once despised?
The huge contrast made Li Siyuan, who was surrounded by the rebels in the middle, unable to accept it for a while. He cried and persuaded the rebels not to rebel. However, his words were no longer convincing and no one obeyed. Li Siyuan had to say helplessly: "Since I don't listen to none of you, I can't control you, then do whatever you want, and I will go back to the capital by myself."
In the eyes of Zhang Poubai and others, the key to their success or failure is whether they can push Li Siyuan as their boss, how can they let this ace leave easily? So, just like the scene that happened in Beizhou City a month ago, the soldiers pulled out their battle swords and surrounded Li Siyuan tightly, threatening and tempting: "Ling Gong, where are you going? If you don't become the emperor of Hebei, there will definitely be someone else taking the lead. When the break is endless, it will be too late to regret it! Moreover, we are all rough people, and we don't know what kind of high and low status are you! If you have to leave, if something unexpected happens, we won't blame us!"
Not long ago, Li Siyuan said to Zhu Shouyin: I have a pure heart and I have never felt guilty about the world! Survival? Or destruction? This is a problem. Li Siyuan, who has been heroic for almost his whole life, hesitated at this moment. Li Siyuan did not break through, and the soldiers did not really greet him with swords.
While the two sides were in a stalemate, two people who were originally in the Northwest Camp suddenly appeared in front of Li Siyuan. They were another deputy of the rebels in the Yedu this time to attack the Yedu rebels, and An Chonghui, Li Siyuan's confidant. The riots made way for them and let them walk to Li Siyuan.
Huo Yanwei and An Chonghui quietly stepped on Li Siyuan's feet and whispered to him: "Things are extremely urgent. You must not fight against the rioters. You can only pretend to agree to their request first, adapt to the situation, and there may be a turning point."
One sentence awakened the desire for survival hidden in his heart and found a way to make himself reasonable. Li Siyuan was not determined and his belief in becoming loyal and righteous was depressed. So Li Siyuan reluctantly agreed, expressing his acceptance of the support of the rebels. The rebels immediately cheered and thundered, led by Zhang Poubai, surrounded by everyone, or carried Li Siyuan, Huo Yanwei and others toward the west gate of Weizhou.
But Zhang Pobai never expected that the good situation initiated by them would suddenly change in an instant. Huangfu Hui, who was guarding the city, didn't know what happened outside the city, he only saw an army advancing towards the city gate. He didn't expect that these people were coming to meet, and he thought they were coming to fight!
Huangfu Hui, who was brave and brave, took the initiative to open the door and attack, and wanted to give the invading army a head-on attack! Zhang Pubai, who was walking in the front, saw the city gate open, but he thought that his friend had a good drink when he came, but who would have thought that there would be a spear to greet them! With just one meeting, Zhang Pubai, who was unprepared, was killed by Huangfu Hui!
The emperor's personal army, who had committed a rebellion, seemed to have lost its strong organization and discipline at the same time. When they saw the leader's eldest brother died, they immediately lost their backbone and instantly scattered. In the chaos, Li Siyuan had a large goal because of the army surrounding him and had just escaped from the hostage of the rebels outside the city, and was controlled by the rebels in the city, and was carried into the city.
At this time, Zhao Zaili, the nominal leader of the Yedu rebels, roughly figured out what happened. When Li Siyuan had entered the city, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: Finally, a tall man on the pirate ship, and the sky fell down in the future, and someone was holding him. It seemed that he could have survived this disaster safely!
Zhao Zaili did not dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly led the lieutenant general to welcome Li Siyuan. When he saw Li Siyuan, Zhao Zaili turned his head and bowed, full of tears, and apologized with great sincerity: "It is our fault that Ling Gong was wronged! But in the future, we will do whatever you say, and we dare not listen to it alone!"
Chapter completed!