Chapter 346 I'll Kill You If I Say So
The gate of the camp of the Right Guard of the Palace Army opened.
Some of the soldiers who had just assembled were confused, while others were excited.
Zhang Xinlin and his generals rode over and shouted to his men, "Jiang Qingzhi wants to kill us. Can we just sit there and wait for death? No!"
Wang De couldn't help but feel secretly happy when he saw the soldiers breathing heavily.
"The only solution now is to knock on the palace gate and ask Your Majesty to severely punish Jiang Qingzhi. All the guards in the capital will respond tonight..."
The ancient truth that the law does not punish the masses made the soldiers breathe a sigh of relief.
"Attack!"
Zhang Xinlin was the first to turn his horse around.
……
"drive!"
On the long street, Jiang Qingzhi led dozens of riders to the end. Turning right, not far away was the station of the Right Guard of the Palace Army.
"Stop!"
There was a loud shout from the front, and it turned out to be dozens of soldiers from the military division.
The leading general shouted: "If you don't stop, kill!"
Jiang Qingzhi shouted, "I am following orders, and anyone who stands in my way will be killed!"
The general was startled, and the sergeant beside him said, "Captain, it's Chang Wei Bo!"
The general gritted his teeth, his eyes flickered, "Bow and arrow..."
The expected sound of bowstrings being pulled did not come from behind him. The general slowly turned around and found that his men were retreating.
"Captain, Chief Wei Bo has an order!"
"If the decree is false, we are committing dereliction of duty!"
"We don't understand the truth. We only know that Chang Wei Bo is your Majesty's cousin. What good can he gain from treason?" A small flag raised his hand to block his subordinates, "Retreat!"
The general shouted, "Shoot!"
Several soldiers drew their bows.
"Huang Bing!" Jiang Qingzhi shouted.
Huang Bing behind him drew his bow and arrow, and just as the general turned around, the arrow hit him in the chest and abdomen.
"Rush over!"
Jiang Qingzhi shouted.
Sun Chonglou rode his horse to Jiang Qingzhi, holding up his shield and shouting, "Anyone who blocks my way will die!"
"Get out of the way!" someone shouted.
The people from the Bingmasi quickly dodged.
There was a rumble of horse hooves, and then it turned right.
The captain fell to the ground, Xiaoqi came over and knelt on one knee, "Tonight, there was a disturbance in the right guard of the government army. Now Chang Wei Bo is rushing there with dozens of cavalrymen. This is not a sign of rebellion.
If it was a rebellion, Chang Wei Bo would have brought the Tiger Guards Left Guards with him, or suppressed the Tiger Guards Left Guards, instead of rushing to the Right Guards of the Palace Army. Captain, I don't know why you did this, but I apologize for these brothers and my family."
Bai Hu smiled bitterly and murmured, "Sorry... I'm sorry too."
……
"After leaving the camp, head to Xiyuan immediately. No matter who you meet along the way, remember to kill them!"
Zhang Xinlin instructed his subordinates, "Before reaching Xiyuan, make sure the soldiers see blood."
In other words, the more people you kill, the better.
"Leader!"
Wang De watched the soldiers at the front walk out of the barracks, and he felt relieved, "The great thing has been accomplished!"
Zhang Xinlin looked at the night sky, his breathing quickened for a moment, he closed his eyes and whispered, "This is all because of you."
Da da da!
Wang De suddenly frowned and looked to the right.
"There's the sound of horse hooves."
Da da da!
The sound of horse hooves gradually became clearer.
Suddenly, a horse rushed out from outside a building on the right.
The knight, dressed in cloth, looked up.
"Kill him!" Zhang Xinlin roared.
Several riders rushed forward on horseback.
The knight looked past these riders and looked at Zhang Xinlin and others.
Several riders galloped away.
More than ten cavalrymen emerged from behind the man, and then more and more cavalrymen followed...
"withdraw!"
The riders turned around and ran away.
Dozens of riders rushed out, followed the man in plain clothes, and slowly slowed down.
The soldiers who had just left the camp stopped.
The camp was lit up by torches, making it seem as bright as day.
Outside the camp, the morning light had not yet risen, and the world was at its darkest moment before dawn.
Da da!
Da da!
The man in plain clothes rode his horse slowly towards him.
I couldn't see his face in the dim light, but I could feel his anger.
"Where is Zhang Xinlin?"
The man in plain clothes spoke.
"Who are you?" Leading the team in front was Zhang Xinlin's trusted captain Zhu Yue.
"Uncle Ben Jiang Qingzhi!"
All the sounds disappeared at this moment.
The silence inside and outside the military camp was unsettling.
Even the horses seemed to sense the atmosphere and became quiet.
Zhang Xinlin's face turned pale. "He...shouldn't he be waiting for orders at the Huben Zuowei?"
Dozens of riders came slowly, surrounding Jiang Qingzhi.
Wang De said sternly, "Commander-in-chief, now that things have come to this, if we surrender, we will surely die. Jiang Qingzhi only has a few dozen cavalrymen, and he rushed over to kill us... What a famous general, can he really fight against my thousands of Tiger Guards with only a few dozen cavalrymen?"
"Commander!" The generals looked at Zhang Xinlin.
"Your Majesty was furious when he learned that the generals of the Right Guard of the Imperial Army had persuaded you to rebel."
Jiang Qingzhi's voice broke the silence. "Your Majesty knows the fate of the Beijing Guards, and I know it too. The generals are greedy, they eat the empty salaries, and they embezzle your money and food. On weekdays, they either beat or scold you, and even drive you like slaves..."
"Not good, Jiang Qingzhi is trying to deceive us, Commander..." Wang De gritted his teeth and shouted, "Kill Jiang Qingzhi and clear the court!"
Several of his trusted aides in the army also started shouting.
The soldiers were somewhat agitated.
"Your Majesty said that only the main culprit should be executed!" Jiang Qingzhi said, "As for you, the old, weak, sick and disabled will be sent back to the Ministry of War, and the rest can stay after hard training."
"He is just trying to buy time!" Zhang Xinlin said, "Now we can only knock on the palace gate and beg Your Majesty to show mercy, so that we can survive!"
"That's treason!" Jiang Qingzhi sneered, "What happened when Yang Shen led all the officials to knock on the palace gate outside Zuoshun Gate? They were all arrested, and their flesh and blood flew under the cane. To this day, those officials are still wasting their time in exile."
"We killed someone. Jiang Qingzhi is ruthless. Don't forget how he purged the Tiger Guards. Don't think that the law will not punish the masses... After all, someone is dead!"
Jiang Qingzhi was stunned, and Xu Wei beside him said hurriedly: "Uncle, the letter of surrender you mentioned..." What a cruel method!
"Jiang Qingzhi is the culprit of all this. Kill him and then we will go to knock on the palace gate!" Zhu Yue drew out his long sword with murderous intent.
"It seems that if you don't accept my toast, you will have to drink the wine for punishment!" Jiang Qingzhi said coldly, "I am here, whoever dares to take a step forward will be killed without mercy!"
The agitated soldiers fell silent for a moment.
Zhu Yue took a few steps forward, "Me!"
Puff puff!
Puff puff!
The earth seemed to be shaking.
The sound became heavier and heavier.
Puff puff!
The sound of orderly trotting came from the right.
Everyone couldn't help but look over.
A large flag appeared from the right corner.
Next came teams of infantry.
"There's movement on the left!" someone shouted.
On the left, teams of cavalry suddenly emerged.
The leader of the team was actually Yan Xu.
"It's the Tiger Guard Left Guard!"
The cavalry rushed over like a whirlwind, and Yan Xu gave an order and lined up on the left side of the military camp.
The warhorse snorted nervously and tossed its head.
Zhang Xinlin's face turned pale, "It's a failure, it's a failure!"
Wang Deqiang said with a smile: "Commander, it's still dark now, so we should rush out and create chaos. All we need to do is set fire to the city..."
Zhang Xinlin looked at him slowly, "Can our troops break through the interception of the Tiger Guards' left guard?"
"Our troops are well-trained..."
"I learned all the drills from the Tiger Guards, no, from Jiang Qingzhi. Do you think your disciple can beat you?" Zhang Xinlin said with a bitter smile, "Why don't you give him a shout and see how it goes?"
Wang De's cheeks trembled, and he took a deep breath, "The only way to survive is to fight your way out! Go set fire, go kill people, go rob..."
"Kill!"
Dozens of people rushed out of the formation and ran towards Jiang Qingzhi.
But after running a few steps, he felt something was wrong. Looking back, he saw that the group of people were silent and motionless.
These dozens of people could neither advance nor retreat, and just stood there.
Jiang Qingzhi pointed at Zhu Yue.
The leader of the Mohist school said that he would kill you at the third watch and would never let you live until the fifth watch.
Sun Chonglou rode over.
"Kill!" Zhu Yue jumped up and swung his knife.
Everyone saw the knife flash a few times, and then Sun Chonglou had a head in his hand. He held the head high, grinning grimly with blood splattered on his face, "My young master said he wanted to kill him, and even the King of Hell couldn't stop him!"
"Within ten breaths, drop your sword and kneel on the ground!" Jiang Qingzhi raised his hand.
Move back gently.
Behind him, the infantry of the Huben Zuowei marched forward in formation.
Yan Xu shouted, "Come in!"
The cavalry was like a wall, approaching the camp step by step.
"...Eight, seven..."
Bang!
The long sword fell to the ground and a soldier knelt down.
Dang clang...
Weapons kept falling to the ground, and the soldiers of the Right Guard of the Palace Army knelt down and bowed their heads like a wheat field blown by a strong wind.
Jiang Qingzhi rode forward, with the infantry following closely behind him.
"Zhang Xinlin!" Jiang Qingzhi narrowed his eyes and looked at the culprit of tonight.
“Your humble servant…” Zhang Xinlin’s face turned pale as he dismounted and knelt on the ground. “Your humble servant was bewitched, Lord, Your humble servant was bewitched!”
Zhang Xinlin crawled over on his knees and came to Jiang Qingzhi's horse. He raised his hands and looked up and said, "Master, it's Wang De! Wang De has been tempting me these days, saying that if I don't take action, I will die for what I did in the past. I deserve death...but...I am willing to report it. I know who is corrupt and who is capable in the army...I only ask for your life to be spared."
"Catch him!" Jiang Qingzhi pointed at Zhang Xinlin.
He looked up, smiled and asked, "Who is Wang De?"
Wang De laughed and drew out his long sword. "A real man will either eat from five cauldrons or be cooked by five cauldrons. If you lose, then you lose. Why kneel down and beg for mercy? Don't let people underestimate you."
Wang De looked at everyone, and finally said to Jiang Qingzhi: "I was determined to win tonight, but I didn't expect to fail at the last moment. Chang Wei Bo is a famous general of our Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately, he is also a great master of the Mohist school. Hahahaha!"
Wang De laughed, put the long knife on his neck and pulled it hard.
The man fell from grace.
The war horses neighed anxiously.
Jiang Qingzhi took out the medicinal cigarette and lit it, and the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.
He took a puff of medicinal smoke and ordered, "All the right guards of the government army are under guard. Breakfast will be provided as usual. Anyone who makes a noise will be killed."
"Yes." Yan Xu took the order and led his men to drive the soldiers of the Right Guard of the Palace Army into the camp.
"The sun is out." Sun Chonglou said happily.
Jiang Qingzhi rode his horse back and saw a ray of morning light emerging in the east. The surrounding clouds were faint, but with a faint purple tint.
"It's dawn." Xu Wei also felt relieved and said, "It was a close call tonight."
Jiang Qingzhi said, "You stay here, I'll go to Xiyuan."
He brought his guards to the outside of the West Garden, where hundreds of soldiers were on guard.
"It's Long Wilbur!"
Zhu Xizhong felt relieved and waved happily, "Celebrate!"
In the morning light, Jiang Qingzhi rode slowly towards us on horseback.
He dismounted.
Walk toward the gate.
This was an unexpected change, and it seemed to confirm Xia Yan's words: Boy, those people are not as stupid as you think. If they want to get someone, think about Shang Yang, think about Wang Anshi, think about those warriors who have been disgraced...
Yes!
Those people are like a tall wall. This wall is called the aristocratic families, the wealthy families, and now it is called the literati... Over the past thousands of years, countless people have run into trouble against this wall.
And me?
What will happen?
Jiang Qingzhi asked himself.
He looked up.
Hundreds of soldiers were looking at him.
Just before, Jiang Qingzhi sent someone to convey the message that the turmoil in the Right Guard of the Palace Army had been quelled.
The soldiers looked at the young man and couldn't help but salute him.
Bang!
Jiang Qing subconsciously raised his hand in response.
He smiled at the faces in the morning light.
The enemy is very powerful.
But I'm not alone!
I will be stronger!
(End of this chapter)
