Ming Zuo

Chapter 367 Wuqiao Mutiny
On November [-]th, after more than a month and a half of trekking, the [-] troops from Dongjiang Town led by Kong Youde finally arrived outside Wuqiao County.

Someone might jump out.

[Author, you are talking nonsense.Kong Youde clearly set off on November [-]th, November [-]th, it’s only [-] days, why is it more than a month and a half? 】

The reason...

Because this year is leap November.

It was November [-]th when Kong Youde set off.But when we arrived in Wuqiao County, it was the twenty-eighth day of the leap November.

From Dengzhou to Wuqiao, Kong Youde walked for more than one and a half months.

The reason why such a short distance took so long is that the generals of Dongjiang Town did not want to go to Liaodong at all.

That's procrastination if you can.

They even stayed in Zouping for more than a month.

The stop-and-go, stop-and-go, coupled with poor military discipline, made Dongjiang Town soldiers and horses pass by, and Shandong elders treated them as bandits.

By the time they arrived at the foot of Wuqiao County, the soldiers and horses in Dongjiang Town were exhausted of people and horses, as well as food and grass.

A soldier was so hungry that he ran to the home of Wang Xiangchun, a local squire, and stole a chicken.

As a result, the Wang family found out and chased him to the barracks.

Who is Wang Xiangchun?

The Wang family is full of officials and ministers, with power pouring into the court and the public.

After the arrogant and domineering son of Wang Xiangchun caught the chicken-stealing soldier, he pierced his ear with a bow and arrow and wandered around the camp.

Seeing this situation, the soldiers and horses of Dongjiang Town, suffering from hunger and cold, were shocked and angry, and their emotions finally broke out in the past few days.The mutinous soldiers rushed into Wang Xiangchun's house, vandalized, looted and burned. Only Wang Xiangchun's son survived.

On the second day, Qianzong Li Yingyuan and his father Li Jiuzheng conspired to tie Kong Youde to the martial arts field and force Kong Youde to rebel.

Kong Youde had no choice but to agree.

Thus, the vigorous Wuqiao mutiny officially kicked off.

The rebel army was not satisfied with sweeping Wuqiao County, and immediately returned to Shandong, sweeping all the way, burning, killing and looting.Wherever it passes, chickens and dogs will not stay.

Well, all of the above are fake.

The cause of the Wuqiao mutiny has nothing to do with the chicken in Wang Xiangchun's house.

because……

Wang Xiangchun didn't even have a house in Wuqiao.

After Wang Xiangchun dismissed from office, he has been living in Licheng.He has never set foot in Wuqiao County in his whole life.

A place that has never been to, why did Wang Xiangchun buy a house there?

This is what the Ministry of Intelligence has investigated clearly, and the historical mystery has been completely solved.

Moreover, not only did Wang Xiangchun not have a house in Wuqiao, he was sick in bed at this time, and his son was also serving by his side.

Next year, Wang Xiangchun will die.

That is to say, it is rumored by various historical materials that the Wuqiao mutiny was caused by Wang Xiangchun's chickens, which is purely fictional.

Although Wang Xiangchun is not a good person, but unwarranted things are unwarranted.

Why is it that things are reported as true, and no one has ever explored it?
And all kinds of historical materials, even the "History of Ming Dynasty" written for the Donglin Party members say so?
Just because Wang Xiangchun is not a good person.

If he is hacked, no one is willing to stand up for him.

In fact, if you really want to explore, you can find tricks just by looking at historical materials.

Regarding the Wuqiao mutiny, the most authentic and most appropriate information is the memorabilia of Bi Ziyin, then the county magistrate of Wuqiao.

This name is immediately known, and it is inseparable from Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs.

The same is true.

Bi Ziyin is Bi Ziyan's cousin.

It is precisely because he is not a member of the Donglin Party that Bi Ziyin's memorials are very credible.

What did his memorial say?
According to historical data, the military discipline of the Dongjiang Township was already very corrupt on the way to Wuqiao.When the common people heard about it, they were so frightened that they closed their doors and went on strike, not daring to do business.

But in fact, when Dongjiang Town set off from Dengzhou, Sun Yuanhua had prepared sufficient supplies for them.

Why is Dongjiang Town suffering from hunger and cold?

He stayed in Shandong for more than two months, how much food and grass is enough to consume?

According to Bi Ziyin's memorabilia, in fact, during that time, there were always Shandong soldiers and horses passing by Wuqiao to aid Liao, that is, Wang Tingchen's department.

On November [-], about [-] to [-] soldiers under Kong Youde arrived at Wuqiao to rest in the evening.

Continue northwards after lunch the next day.

When they arrived at the school grounds in Wuqiao County, the Ministry of Kong suddenly changed and stopped stationing.

Seeing this, Bi Ziyin hurriedly sent someone to Kong Youde's army to ask why.

But they saw Kong Youde tied up by the soldiers of the Kong tribe, claiming that Kong Youde did not pay the food and salary, and asked to pay them food and salary before releasing him.

Bi Ziyin was afraid that something might change, so he rushed to the barracks to appease him.

However, he was a county magistrate, and the soldiers in Dongjiang Town didn't listen to him at all, and went to the nearby countryside to plunder dozens of horses, donkeys and other livestock.

As soon as Bi Ziyin saw it, he knew that things could not go well. After returning to the city, he immediately ordered the Yamen servants, Baojia and Minzhuang to go up to the city wall to defend.

In the evening, Dongjiang Town suddenly pulled out its camp and headed south all the way.

In other words, Wuqiao County was not captured by the rebels, nor was it killed or looted.

After the rebellion in Dongjiang Town, they captured Lingxian, Linyi, Shanghe, Qidong and other places one after another on the way south.Everywhere they went, they would plunder the local treasury and release prisoners to serve as strong men.

The strength of the rebel army grew bigger and bigger, and gradually reached the point of being uncontrollable.

When the rebels captured Qidong, Wang Daochun, the governor of Shandong Province who had visited the plains, was the first to get the news, and quickly transferred a letter to Yu Dacheng, governor of Shandong Province, to inform him of the matter.

At the same time, Zuo Menggeng, who was far away in Yimeng Mountain, also received the information.

He immediately convened a meeting of military officers at all levels to discuss.

"This rebellion in Dongjiang Town, at first glance, seems to be a general outbreak of conflicts between Dongjiang Town and the court. But behind it, there are many shadows."

Zuo Menggeng underlined the names of Li Jiucheng, Wang Daochun and others, and had a vague insight into the truth of the Wuqiao mutiny.

First of all, Dongjiang Town is unwilling to go to Liaodong from top to bottom, this is for sure.

This is also the root cause of Dongjiang Town's rebellion.

So why did you choose to launch a rebellion in Wuqiao?

Many historical materials attribute the answer to Wang Xiangchun's chicken.

But in fact, the root cause of Dongjiang Town's rebellion in Wuqiao is that their psychology has reached a critical point.

You only need to look at the map to understand that Wuqiao is just at the junction of Shandong and Gyeonggi, and it is the first stop for Shandong to enter Gyeonggi.

Before Dongjiang Town lingered in Shandong for more than two months, but did not launch a rebellion. Why did it start when it arrived at Wuqiao?

Because from this moment, Dongjiang Town left Shandong.

It also means that they are one step closer to Liaodong.

This broke the tension in Dongjiang town's heart.

In addition, Li Jiucheng is very suspicious.

Note that as mentioned above, only six or seven hundred people from Dongjiang Town Frontier arrived at Wuqiao on October [-].

Obviously the main force is still behind, why is Kong Youde, the main general, here in the vanguard?

there is only one truth.

He came to join Li Jiuzheng.

It wasn't Li Jiuzheng and Li Yingyuan who conspired to coerce Kong Youde into rebelling, but the generals of Dongjiang Town.

The reason for acting like this is just to mislead the court and buy time for their rebellion.

Facts have proved that their plan was successful.

Bi Ziyin just closed the city gate, and only asked the rebels in Dongjiang Town not to enter Wuqiao County, causing him to lose his official title.

He did not report the Dongjiang Town striker's return to the south at all.

"It's not difficult to analyze from this. This Li Jiuzheng must have some kind of mission. After he rushed back, Dongjiang Town immediately launched a rebellion. It's just that we still can't judge, what is his purpose?"

As the chief officer of the intelligence department, Zuo Fu was very dissatisfied with not being able to find out the truth.

But Zuo Menggeng chuckled and asked, "Think about it, why did Li Jiuzheng go there before?"

Regarding this point, Zuo Fu just opened his mouth.

"He was ordered by Sun Zhongcheng to buy horses in Shanxi. Ah... Shanxi!"

Not only him, many people's minds had a flash of inspiration, and many things were aligned in an instant.

And when everyone suddenly realized, Zuo Menggeng knocked on the table and said seriously: "Everyone, have you seen it? How powerful is our opponent Huang Taiji? If you still cling to the old things about Qingshuiguan, sooner or later, You will suffer greatly."

The new army was full of awe, and the generals no longer showed any arrogance.

The victories all along, after seeing Huang Taiji's power, all turned into vigilance.

Zuo Menggeng is even worse.

He knows history.

Although he already knew Huang Taiji's power from history, but after he really learned more about Mixin, he couldn't help admiring Huang Taiji.

Regardless of his status, Huang Taiji is definitely a great strategist.

But playing against such a person can be enjoyable.

The great man said it well.

Fighting against the sky is endless joy; fighting against the earth is endless joy.

Fighting with people is even more fun.

Let's see, can he, a historical cheater, defeat the most powerful hero of this era?
(End of this chapter)