Emperor Sui Yang

In the Guangxi area, Qiu He and Pei Xuanji ran away, but the others did not, and were all placed under house arrest.

He definitely wouldn't dare to kill. To kill would be to completely fall out with the court. By then, Ning Chang, who was in Jiangdu, would not be able to hide from his wounds, and Feng An would also be dead.

After all, there are three officials sent by the imperial court to Lingnan this time, Yang Tan, Yang Meng, and Yang Wen. Among them, Yang Tan is in Guangxi and the remaining two are in Guangzhou. (I wrote it wrong in the previous article. It said I stayed in Beijing. In fact, I went to Lingnan. It has been changed.)
Right now, the capital doesn't know what happened in Lingnan, after all, it's too far away, but Jiangdu already knows about it.

Yang Guang was furious. The army was originally scheduled to go south in April, but as soon as March arrived, Mai Tiezhang had already sent troops.

Feng An hurriedly went to the school, hoping that the emperor would allow him to mediate, but Yang Guangli ignored him.

Mai Tiezhang's army successfully entered Shi'an County in April, and fought with one of the rebels in the deep mountains of Yuecheng Ridge.

The deputy director, Xin Shixiong, took the water route, along the Xiangshui River, crossed the Lingqu, entered the Lijiang River and went straight to Shi'an County, the capital of Shi'an County, and took the county seat in three days.

After entering the county, Li Shimin led his own army and continued southward. Under his command, Su Lie and the seventeen martial arts were all there.

After Mai Tiezhang passed Yuecheng Ridge, he met Xin Shixiong in Shi'an County smoothly.

"Why did you let him go by himself? If he makes a mistake, how can I explain to His Majesty?" Mai Tiezhang's expression was extremely ugly when he learned that Li Shimin was going south with three thousand Qingqi.

Li Shimin was already married, slept with Yang Ming's biological sister, and was now the emperor's son-in-law and prince-consort.

Xin Shixiong said helplessly: "I can't control them anymore. The 3000 people they brought with them are the elites of His Majesty Zuo Beishen Mansion. Dingfang has been taken away. I can't control them. But Shimin said they were just going south to investigate." We will not engage in battle with the enemy if we are aware of the enemy’s situation.”

After all, he was Yang Guang's son-in-law. His daughter had just gotten married, and the consort left just a few days after the wedding ceremony. In order to prevent his daughter from becoming a widow, Yang Guang transferred [-] elites from Zuobei Shen Mansion to Li Shimin. The original intention was to use them as As a result, Li Shimin directly picked out the most capable of his guards and led his troops deep into the enemy's territory.

The left and right Beishen mansions are all Guanzhong children, and there is also Longxi Li in them. Li Shimin is very easy to use. After all, his father Li Yuan was once the general of Zuo Beishen mansion.

Mai Tiezhang sighed and said: "Oh, this kid is too reckless, that's all, the most urgent thing now is to send people to contact the rebels and see what conditions they want before releasing him. Take everyone back and put them in a trap, and the days to come will be very difficult."

Xin Shixiong nodded, and said to his general Zhao Kun:
"The army will be stationed in Si'an County for a long time. You will lead 2000 people to patrol the surrounding area, and if you encounter any suspicious people, you will kill them all."

"Yes," Zhao Kun took the order to retreat.

Like most areas in Guangxi, Shi'an County is the main residence of Han people in the county, and there is a mixture of Han and slang in the city. Outside the county, it is completely dominated by local slang people.

The faces of the Han people are very easy to distinguish from the faces of the slang, and the clothes are also different. Mai Tiezhang and the others have traveled all the way over the mountains, but whenever they encounter a slang, they will ambush them, almost like street rats.

Those sultry people seem to be not afraid of death, with simple weapons, they still dare to charge into the imperial army, which is unimaginable.

Xin Shixiong said: "I learned from the captured prisoners that Cen Mingxiu is currently leading the main force in Cangwu County, and it is only two hundred miles away from Shi'an. In addition to our precautions, we need to send people to negotiate as soon as possible."

Mai Tiezhang said to Cui Yuan: "I'll leave the negotiation to you. It's His Majesty's will to destroy Guizhou without surrendering people. However, His Majesty has also told you to save people as much as possible, so you go to negotiate this time. You have to be careful. Cen Mingxiu has detained four people in total, Yang Tan, Liu Xie, Chen Zhilue and Wei Yue. If we can't take them back, it will be hard for His Majesty to give an explanation. I'm afraid the princes in the court will also not be able to give an explanation. ."

Yang Guang certainly couldn't express his intention to give up the four governors, which would make others feel chilled, but in his private instructions to Mai Tiezhang, he said that if he really couldn't save them, it would be fine.

Cui Yuan said solemnly: "After we captured Shi'an City, there was not a single surnamed Cen among the captives, and there was no bargaining chip. The other party probably asked us to retreat, so it's hard to talk about it."

"Actually, it's not difficult," Xin Shixiong said, "Just tell that Cen that as long as he surrenders now, the imperial court will appoint him as Yulin prefect. The imperial court's policy will not be implemented in Lingnan for the time being. We will first lure him back."

Mai Zhongcai was surprised and said: "If you talk like this, I would not believe it. The imperial army has arrived in Shi'an, and it is announced that there are [-] troops. With so many people running to Lingnan, how could it be so easy to end? I will believe it."

Mai Tiezhang frowned for a moment, then said:
"Wei Yue's family has a little friendship with the Ning family in Lingnan. We can send someone to Qinjiang County to ask the Ning family to help ask for someone. Anyway, His Majesty's intention this time is to take care of the Ning family. It’s okay to lie to them.”

"We still have to discuss the details. If something happens to these people in Lingnan, who will dare to come here in the future?" Xin Shixiong said.

Next, several people began to discuss the details. Two days later, a team led by Cui Yuan went to Cangwu County to meet Cen Mingxiu for negotiations, and the other team went directly south to Ningyue County, Ning Changzhen's hometown.

As for Li Shimin, he is also heading to Ningyue County.

His mind is very clear. From Shimin's point of view, the Guizhou Rebellion was caused by the Ning family. But the Ning family is loyal to the imperial court at least on the surface. They keep saying that they are recruiting troops to fight against the rebels. sent out.

The current Ning family is not in charge of Ning Changzhen's eldest son Ning Huizao, but Ning Changzhen's cousin Ning Daoming and his clan uncle Ning Chun.

These two people were originally appointed by the imperial court, one was the prefect of Hepu County and the other was the prefect of Yongxi County, but the two of them never took up their posts at all, because they could manage these two counties if they didn't go. It is within the sphere of influence of the Ning family.

Li Shimin took [-] light horses and drove on a starry night, and entered Ningyue County four days later, and directly sent Zhu Can to Qinjiang County, the capital, to spread the word, claiming that the emperor had sent him to help the Ning family put down the rebellion.

This kid is so courageous that he dares to drill into a den of thieves.

"Is this Li Shimin Li Yuan's second son?" Ning Chun looked at Ning Huizao in surprise.

Ning Huizao was also surprised and said: "I have seen this kid in the capital, isn't he a student with the King of Qin? Why did he come to Lingnan? He is not very old, he should be fourteen or five years old this year, right? Same name and surname?"

"No," Ning Daoming said with a frown, "The envoy sent by the family said that it was the captain's son-in-law, which means that the other party married Yang Guang's daughter. Which Li Shimin in this world can marry the emperor's daughter?"

"Is this kid still a princess?" Ning Huizao said in surprise, "When I was in the East Palace, that sorcerer named Yuan Tiangang had a good opinion of Li Shimin, and I also think that kid is not a mortal, so if he dared to come here, he was considered How daring."

When he was in the East Palace, once Yang Rui and the others were fishing, Yang Ming asked Ning Huizao to guess which one was the prince, and he guessed right at the time, but his first impression of Li Shimin was very deep.

Ning Huizao's second younger brother, Ning Zhu, snorted coldly: "What audacity, people are so confident, and my grandfather is still in the hands of the emperor, do we dare to touch a hair of him?"

Old Sanning said, "Then what should we do? Let him go to the city? This kid is leading an elite team. If 3000 people go to the city, there might be a lot of trouble."

"Let him come. If we don't let him come, he will go back. If he goes back, your grandfather will not be able to come back." Ning Chun shook his head helplessly:
"But he is only allowed to bring 50 people into the city, and the other soldiers and horses are stationed outside the city. Let our people keep an eye on them."

That night, Lao San Ningju personally led people out of the city and welcomed Li Shimin in.

Ning Changzhen came to the house, and Ning Chun, as the current leader of the Ning family, received him.

"Director Mai's army has successfully entered Si'an County. He sent me to cooperate with you and fight against the rebellion," Li Shimin raised his glass and drank after finishing his sentence, secretly looking at everyone from the corner of his eyes.

Seeing that the other party is really a brat, Ning Chun and the others also relaxed their vigilance, frowning and saying:
"Now the whole of Guizhou, that is, the three counties, have not been hit by the war. We can only protect ourselves at the moment and have no ability to send troops. However, since the prince-in-law has arrived with three thousand soldiers and horses, we have a good idea. You Don’t worry, we will recruit troops as soon as possible to eradicate Cen Mingxiu as soon as possible.”

Li Shimin smiled and nodded: "I know your difficulties. I met Qin Jianggong before I came here. He wanted his eldest son Huizao to take full charge of the counter-rebellion affairs. From now on, I will be under the control of Ning Dalang for the time being. "

After saying this, Ning Chun and Ning Daoming's expressions changed slightly. In fact, the Guangxi region is now in the hands of the two of them, and Ning Huizao doesn't have the ability to call on the family.

But the other party has said so, they can only pretend to hand over power temporarily and let Ning Huizao preside over the arrangement.

"Since it's my brother's intention, we will absolutely obey the order," Ning Daoming said: "Your son-in-law just stay here in peace, Ningyue County is still safe, and the rebels can't come in."

Li Shimin cupped his hands with sincerity and said, "Then I will thank you all. If you have any arrangements, just let me know, and I will fully cooperate."

"Of course," Ning Chun chuckled. He turned out to be a silly boy. Let me just say, how capable can he be at the age of ten?Emotion is such a reckless thing that you actually brought the elite of Zuo Beishen Mansion to me?
The elder San Ningju was in charge of receiving Li Shimin, and he took Shimin down to settle down.

The others immediately relaxed.

"I often hear that Mai Tiezhang is a warrior, as expected," Ning Chun stroked his beard and said with a smile: "On the battlefield, he can be regarded as a powerful general, but he can't understand the turbulent situation, so let's drag this one first." Boy, when Feng Xuan's army arrives, let Mai Tiezhang go and never return."

Ning Huizao frowned and said: "There is no false scholar under the great reputation. The iron staff is not that simple. We cannot underestimate Li Shimin. Being able to be the companion of King Qin does not depend entirely on his family background."

Ning Daoming said with a smile: "Hui Zao is right. We must not underestimate the enemy, but we also cannot sacrifice ourselves and others. When I was ten years old, I was similar to this kid, and I was very reckless."

Ning Huizao looked worried and said nothing more.

He has been to the capital and has seen the world. In his opinion, there are all old and cunning people there, and the young ones are also small and cunning.