Chapter 73: The Consequences of Yunzhao's Procrastination
When almost all the big guys from all over Lantian returned to Lantian for a meeting, the Ming world immediately became restless.
On October 11th of the 16th year of Chongzhen, the Wei Ming general in Shazhouwei of Suzhou established himself as king in Shazhouwei, named "King Mighty."
Chongzhen On October 23, 16th year, after defeating Tsarist Russian aggression twice, Batur, the leader of the Junggar tribe, formulated the "Khalkha-Oirat Code" and formally established the Junggar Khanate.
On October 25, the 16th year of Chongzhen, Tuoba Shi, Hehuang, Qinghai, established himself as king in Jishi Mountain, and was named "King of Haixi."
The 16th year of Chongzhen On November 2, Li Hongji proclaimed himself emperor in Jinan Prefecture, named Li Jiqian the Taizu, and founded the country as "Dashun".
On November 3, the 16th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Bingzhong proclaimed himself emperor in Nanchang Mansion, and the country was named "Western Chu".
On November 6, the 16th year of Chongzhen, She Minghua, a descendant of the She family, proclaimed himself emperor in Sinan Prefecture, Guizhou, and his country was named "Daliang".
On November 9, the 16th year of Chongzhen, Anda, a descendant of the An family, proclaimed himself emperor in Mengding Prefecture, Yunnan, and the country was named "Da'an".
On November 10, the 16th year of Chongzhen, Zheng Jing proclaimed himself emperor in Ryukyu, and his country was named "Dazheng"!
The above kings are just kings with names, surnames, armies, and territories. As for what, there are grass-headed kings such as King Hengtian, King Pingshi, King Motian, King Unparalleled, King Yongping, etc. There are countless more.
At the same time, it also marked that the Ming Dynasty's rule on this land had completely entered a period of decline.
This is actually good news for Yun Zhao. The world is full of grass-headed kings. It is a good opportunity for a hero to go out and show his ambition to kill all the bandits and give the world a safe world.
It would be of infinite benefit to Yun Zhao to completely inherit the Ming Dynasty from a legal perspective.
However, his subordinates disagreed.
In particular, Captain Ma Ping, who was stationed at Lanzhou Guard, was even more furious.
Although he has only a thousand people under his command, the area he guards is very large. Within a radius of five hundred miles, except for the Silver Factory, which has a transcendent status and does not fall under his jurisdiction, all the remaining places are covered by it. It belongs to his military jurisdiction, and the Jishi Mountain rebel Tuoba Shi is still within his jurisdiction.
After hearing the news of Tuoba Shi's rebellion for the first time, Ma Ping couldn't believe his ears.
When the army inspected Jishi Mountain, they knew that this was the source of rebellion in the northwest. The famous Li Hongji and Zhang Bingzhong both left their footprints here.
Therefore, when the army arrived, they came with the attitude of counterinsurgency.
But it was this Tuoba Stone that showed his detached means at that time and was respectful to the army. Not only did he obey the various instructions issued by Lantian officials without fear, but he was also able to further understand Lantian's national policy and guide a person. The dilapidated Jishi Mountain was restored to order in a short period of time.
As a result, the Chief Secretary for Lamtian believes that Jishishan has entered a new stage.Section, there is no need to station officials, it can be left to the local people to manage it themselves.
Three months ago, Ma Ping also patrolled Jishi Mountain with his troops. It was the autumn harvest at that time, and all the farmers were busy. Tuoba Shi even swore to Ma Ping that in one day In the year, there will no longer be any need to receive assistance from Lantian.
The military secretary even marked the area from light red to green, which represents peace, after inspecting Jishi Mountain.
First of all, Tuoba Shi rebelled... and called himself the bullshit "Haixi King".
After filing a request for punishment with the Lantian Military Affairs Department and alerting the Silver Factory, Ma Ping led 800 fully armed light cavalry straight to Jishi Mountain.
When he met Tuoba Shi’s officers and soldiers at Chui Matan, Ma Ping was not even interested in taking a look at Tuoba Shi’s valuable gift. He raised his hand and shot him with a firecracker in an attempt to bribe him. His messenger, next, began to charge violently.
Under the charge of Ma Ping's elite cavalry, the large mob only resisted for a moment, and then quickly abandoned their wooden forks, hoes, guillotines, and hatchets and dispersed.
Only Ma Ping and the six guards around him did not charge. He looked at the rebels who were either fleeing for their lives or kneeling down and surrendering. He couldn't figure out why they were there. Will rebel.
Capture a seemingly honest-looking farmer and ask him why he rebelled.
The farmer said shyly - give me money!
Ma Ping let out a loud roar, slashed off the farmer's arm with his knife and shouted angrily: "Do you know if you rebel, you will die?"
The farmer whose arm was cut off was rolling on the ground. He kept shouting for his mother to help him, and he kept shouting that he would never dare to do it again, which made Ma Ping unable to cut with his second knife.
This scene is both familiar and unfamiliar to Ma Ping. Ten years ago, when thieves were rampant in Longzhong, his brother was rolling on the ground like this, begging on the ground, and those The thieves continued to poke his young brother's body with one shot after another. Until his brother could no longer roll over and remained motionless even after being poked by the spear, the thieves laughed and looked for a new target. .
Ma Ping believes that these people have no real intention to rebel. They are just following the simple folk rules of giving money and doing their own work.
Seeing the farmer who was gradually losing his breath due to excessive blood loss calm down, Ma Ping burst into tears.
"Tuoba Shi, I'm going to cramp your tendons, skin you, and cut you into pieces!"
Ma Ping's high-pitched roar almost covered the noisy battlefield.
Ma Ping, with red eyes, mounted his horse, holding a knife in his hand, and said to his men: "Don't let Tuoba Shi go."
So the cavalry gave up. Chasing the fleeing farmers, he began to pursue the rebel leader who was escaping on horseback.
It is only sixty miles away from Chui Matan to Jishi Mountain.
This is nothing to Lantian Qingqi, who is equipped with the best war horse.It was a bit difficult for Ma's rebels to escape back to Jishi Mountain as quickly as possible.
They were caught one by one, and finally their hands were tied by the cavalrymen who did not want to leave the group to guard the prisoners, and they were dragged behind the horses and ran wildly.
Jishishan is a small place. It mainly contains an earthen city left by the Ming Dynasty Guards.
When Ma Ping ran to Tucheng in one breath, Tuoba Shi was standing at the top of the city looking down at him.
A burst of arrows flew in, and Ma Ping retreated out of the range of the arrows.
"Tell them, only the culprit will be killed."
After running for sixty miles, Ma Ping became even more angry.
Because, along the way, he saw three stone beacon towers, and each beacon tower was burning with smoke. The people on the beacon tower not only closed the door on the ground floor, but even stood on the beacon tower and shot arrows at them...
The grenade exploded the entrance to the beacon tower. Ma Ping didn't even bother to fight with these people and lit the fire. After the gunpowder packets were fired, they were quickly evacuated. The beacon tower was blown apart by the gunpowder packets, and those who dared to resist were buried in the rubble.
In order to rush for time, Ma Ping did not even clean up the battlefield.
The cavalry rode around Tucheng and conveyed Ma Ping's military orders to the people in the city over and over again. There was silence in the city.
Two heavy wooden boxes hung from the wall, but Ma Ping ignored them. Two more foreign women in brightly colored clothes were placed in baskets and hung down from the city wall. Ma Ping ordered the attack.
The dense rain of bullets made the people at the top of the city afraid to come forward. Then the cavalry piled up the gunpowder packets into the city gate hole. After finally throwing a lit gunpowder bag into the city gate hole, there was a thunderclap. With the sound, the rammed earth city gate fell apart.
The cavalry threw out the locks and put them on the broken city gate. A dozen war horses pulled hard, and the city gate collapsed.
Just behind the broken city gate, a large group of frightened faces were revealed. They looked at the ferocious cavalry outside the city, shouted, and fled in all directions.
Ma Ping was not in a hurry to attack. After resting, the cavalry still circled slowly around the city wall. Only a small number of cavalry began to clear the city gate full of dirt, preparing to sweep the city for the army. Clear obstacles.
Seeing that the obstacles at the city gate were about to be cleared, a group of people rushed out from another city gate. They hurriedly looked like bereaved dogs. After leaving the city, they quickly headed towards Antelope City (today's cooperation). city) to escape.
Ma Ping looked at those who escaped coldly and said to the secretary: "You are right, they are indeed the remnants of Tuyuhun."
The secretary frowned and said: " Don't these Achai people have any sense of gratitude? How did the Tubo people treat them, how did the Mongols treat them, and then look at how we treated them.
Why are there always people who are not proud of themselves? Do you want to restore the glory of your ancestors?
Now, there is no way for them to survive."
Ma Ping sneered and said: "Give it to Anduo. The Dharma King of Jupa Bai JiaoLama Gongqiong sent a message: I want a living Tuoba stone, even if it lacks a hair. ”
The secretary said: “Just in time, let’s have a good discussion with this Dharma King about the human skin drum.” "
Ma Ping stared at the secretary for a moment and said, "This is none of our business, everyone is willing to be skinned." "
The secretary said angrily: "When I was studying at Yushan Academy, the gentlemen did not tell me that I could stand by and watch the suffering in the world. "
Ma Ping frowned and said: "Do you know what the consequences will be once you get involved in this matter? "
The secretary sneered: "I, Lantian, hate evil as much as my enemies, and the evil spirits don't care what he does. "
Ma Ping sighed and said: "The people here have just settled down..."
The secretary said: "As long as such things as bowls with human heads and drums with human skins still exist, here The people will still be deceived. In this case, our Yushan New School will not be able to enter Anduo and enlighten the people's wisdom.
I think we can afford the temporary chaos and temporary losses. "
Ma Ping looked at the young and exaggerated secretary and said: "Since there are differences of opinion, let's report it. "
The secretary said leisurely: "Brother Ma, your opinions will not be adopted. In order not to damage your dignity in the military, I will report it alone. In the report, I will Write your opinions clearly, and then use fire paint after you read them. "
Ma Ping sighed and looked at the people who were driven out of Tucheng by the cavalry and said: "Anxi will be troubled from now on. "
The secretary also looked at the people and said: "Those who obey me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. If I, Lan Tian, can't come up with any means, people will think that we are weak and can be bullied. "
Ma Ping said calmly: "In this shitty world, how many people must die before we can truly settle down..."