Volume 2: Soaring! The Overlord of the Region Chapter 235 History Fails to Repeat Itself (VI)
"I am Man Gui, the captain of the 5000th Division of Henghai Guards. I am here on official business under the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Open the camp gates immediately!"
After all, he had been working in this modern army for many years, so when facing Zhu Youdong, although Man Gui was full of anger, he knew how to restrain himself. After arriving at Zu Dashou's garrison, he no longer concealed his anger.
Zhu Youdong discovered the poisoning on January 4th, and began to act that night. On January 5th, the main task was to arrest and interrogate. On the morning of the 6th, after the whole incident became clear, Man Gui put on a half-body armor and rushed out of Beijing. The 30-mile journey was completed in just 20 minutes, with the first-generation Western horse and local horse hybrid under his crotch sprinting at full speed.
After calling the door, Man Gui, who was full of anger, drew out his sword directly, raised his hand, and the blade flew out at an extremely high speed and penetrated deeply into the door panel of the camp gate.
The captain on duty that day did not dare to delay upon seeing this, and immediately ordered his soldiers to open the camp gate.
"I, Ma Yi, pay my respects to the thousand households."
"Captain Ma, this is the Crown Prince's order! Please inspect it."
"yes."
After taking the warrant handed over by Man Gui, Ma Yi just opened it and glanced at it, and his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"how?"
"Yes! I will resolutely carry out the orders of the Crown Prince!"
"Okay, I will rush into the central army first, and you will send people to seal the camp gate immediately!"
"Yes, I will obey your command!"
At this time, although Henghaiwei was still just a "guard" in name, its combat troops had actually expanded from 5,600 to 11,200. In Zhu Youdong's plan, this was the organization of a standard army division in the future.
Therefore, although Zu Dashou's camp was only a thousand-household unit, the actual number of soldiers exceeded 2,000. The accommodation area, training area, and military preparation area combined made the camp quite large.
But who is Zu Dashou? Ever since someone contacted him, his nerves have been on high alert. Moreover, the Zu family is now a wealthy family. Although Zhu Youdong strictly ordered that there should be no servants in the new army, it is okay for Zu Qianhu to bring a few servants from his hometown to serve him, right? And these people are taking turns to guard near the barracks. Therefore, the noise outside the camp gate was quickly reported to him.
"It turned out to be that bastard Man Gui! This is really bad ."
To be honest, when Wang Huazhen and others came to lobby him, he also thought about whether to report to the crown prince. But after thinking it over, he decided not to do so.
The reason is very simple, he is really dissatisfied with Zhu Youdong.
As the oldest commander in the early days of the reconstruction of Henghaiwei, Zu Dashou had long boasted of being the "commander-in-chief". As a result, after the Battle of Sarhu, guys like Cao Wenzhao and Liu Zhaosun were promoted, but he remained in the same position. Not only that, even guys like Man Gui and Ma Shilong, who were less than 20 years old, were on the same level as him, which really made him full of resentment towards Zhu Youdong.
The problem with the position was only superficial. The most fundamental problem was that His Royal Highness the Grand Prince stipulated that the new army was not allowed to have servants. This made the Zu family, which had just begun to rise in Liaodong, extremely dissatisfied: the Li family had already eaten their fill and had earned the title. Moreover, after relying on the Grand Prince, they could invest in all kinds of business. Therefore, although the Li family had some grudges about the Grand Prince's new policy of not allowing military commanders to recruit servants, they generally supported it.
But the Zu family was different. When Li Chengliang was getting old, Li Rubai led the Li family to start transformation. The Zu family was preparing to copy the previous trajectory of the Li family's prosperity and expand its land and servants in Liaodong!
Although the crown prince was only checking the civilian households and had not taken action against the military households, everyone could see clearly that the crown prince would take action sooner or later. This made the Zu family, which had just begun to show signs of prosperity, feel panic and uneasy.
But the crown prince is the crown prince after all, and after all these years, everyone knows that the crown prince is not easy to mess with. And generally speaking, the vast majority of warriors still like the crown prince: the crown prince has really improved the treatment of the warriors!
Therefore, the Zu family, a special family among the military men, which saw its road to rise was about to be cut off, although dissatisfied with Zhu Youdong, did not dare to show anything.
But as the saying goes, flies don't bite cracked eggs. This time, the Donglin Party's counterattack against Zhu Youdong was aimed at the Zu family by a cunning guy.
After receiving the hand extended by the Donglin Party, Zu Dashou did hesitate. But in the end, he chose to remain silent: in his opinion, the other party's request was not high: keep silent before the success, and lead the army into Beijing after the success. If the civil officials can succeed, then he will become the admiral who controls all the troops in Beijing. If he fails, he has done nothing. And with Zhao Nanxing's means, even if the matter fails, there will not be too many beginnings and ends. In short, this is a matter where the benefits far outweigh the risks.
Unfortunately, Prince Zhu Changxun of Fu reacted quickly after learning about this. Zhu Youdong himself was immune to all poisons, and Qian Qianyi confessed everything after being splashed with cold water...
On the night of January 4, news came that there was a change in the palace. Zu Dashou wanted to lead his troops into the capital immediately, but after testing the officers below, he was firmly opposed by officers at all levels: without the order from His Highness, the army cannot move lightly. Now the palace is guarded by the 5000th Household Division. Unless there is a large-scale invasion by foreign enemies, there is nothing that the 5000th Household Division cannot handle. Therefore, this 1000th Household Division should just hold on to the barracks.
In the end, Zu Dashou could only ask officers at all levels to strengthen their combat readiness. Once the situation in Beijing changed, the entire army would be mobilized quickly...
But now, what Zu Dashou was waiting for was not the civil servants of Donglin or the obituary of the court, but the fiery Man Gui... Zu Dashou knew very well what Man Gui's appearance meant.
He quickly stood up and ran to the rear camp: he had already prepared a fast horse there, as well as various weapons, dry food, and documents.
But Man Gui did not give him this opportunity. After entering the camp gate, Man Qianhu galloped all the way and shouted all the way: "According to the order of the Crown Prince, arrest the traitor Zu Dashou! All soldiers, be alert and do not let Zu Dashou go!"
"Damn Manchu barbarians!" Man Gui's loud voice was heard from afar. Although it was not clear because of the distance, Zu Dashou knew that it was definitely not a good word. So he walked faster at this moment.
"Where are you going, Captain Zu?" As soon as he stepped out of his apartment building, a guard who was usually responsible for his personal safety stopped him.
"Didn't you hear the front camp calling my name? Of course I have to go and greet them."
"Oh." The young guard turned his head and gently moved aside to make way. Zu Dashou hurried forward, but after less than two steps, he turned around with a frown and said, "Fulhan, you don't have to follow me."
"No, I am on duty during the day today. According to military regulations, as long as the general is performing non-confidential official duties, I should not be more than ten meters away from the general."
"You Jurchen woman are such a stubborn person!" After cursing, Zu Dashou said no more and hurried downstairs.
After arriving downstairs, Fulhan said, "General, the front camp is over there... General, what do you want to do?"
"Huh?" Seeing that his sudden attack with a saber didn't even hit the opponent, Zu Dashou also exclaimed in surprise.
"General, before I came to Beijing to join the army according to the agreement between Your Highness and Chu Yinghan, I was a hunter who hunted in the deep mountains and old forests all year round. My nose and ears are extremely sensitive. I have already heard clearly what was being shouted outside."
"Haha, good, good, Fulhan, since you came here, I have treated you well, right? After the recruit training, I promoted you to be a guard. For more than a year, I have basically distributed everything I have to you. How about you let me go today?"
"No! After entering the camp, I memorized the rules of the Henghai Guard soldiers and only knew to act according to the rules. General, please don't resist, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."
"Humph! You don't know how to live or die!" After saying this, Zu Dashou quickly reached for his waist. But before he could take out the pistol from his waist, he suddenly felt his neck tighten, and a cold touch directly pressed against his forehead: "General, please give up resistance. Look, all the staff officers and guards in the building have surrounded us."
