Fengyang Mansion, Changhuai Wei.
When Li Shaoyou led the 3000 Royal Cavalry Regiment to the Changhuai Guards, the Royal Guards' agents had controlled the city gate and captured the thousands of households guarding the city.
The city gate was slowly opened, and a torrent of cavalry poured into the city, scaring thousands and hundreds of captured Changhuai guards to death.
In front of us, these cavalry soldiers are all of strong stature. They are all dressed in excellent red tassel helmets. Their thick black armor leaves are cold and terrible. One by one, the soldiers staring at the bull's eyes can't help but tremble.
Several officers in the garrison sighed in their hearts that they were worthy of the crown prince's men and horses. An ordinary cavalry of others could match their own five or six rank generals in equipment.
At the same time, the general flag and the guards were not much better. Everyone was afraid. Fortunately, they were captured and opened the city gate. If they were killed by this gang, these vicious cavalry might kill them.
Li Shaoyou led the army all the way into the city without stopping. The royal cavalry group of the brigade poured in from the city gate. They counted their horses and marched in line. The iron hooves hit the bluestone street, making a neat roar.
Horses' hooves are roaring and extremely oppressive. Some landlords and evil gentry who are doing things in the street are staring at these cavalry like entering a deserted land. They don't know what happened.
The people in the city were frightened and hid in their homes, looking out through the cracks and windows.
"By the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Tianwu Army has taken over the Changhuai Guards. People should not panic!"
The soldiers of the Changhuai Guards were confused. Why did the Tianwu Army come to the city directly? Which thief opened the city gate?
"What should I do..." Some gentlemen and merchants who watched the opera in their attic looked extremely nervous, and felt that something was going wrong.
"Kill them! They are here to rob our land!" shouted a landlord, calling his private army to fight against them.
"Let's drive them away and protect our property!" someone responded immediately.
A weak servant asked, "Sir, will these military masters use knives to kill us?"
The landlord old man smiled and said, "It's said that the prince's army will not kill people. If anyone does, he will be executed by the military law. Just hit him! Hit him to the death! I will reward ten liang for killing an old man!"
"Ha? Is there such a soldier?" The famous master Ding Hehe smiled and rushed up with a spear to stab a cavalry down.
Li Shaoyou said coldly, "Kill those armed! Kill those who attack our army!"
Li Shaoyou rode forward, stabbed the landlord's servant who rushed forward, and then shot the shouting landlord away.
The cavalry behind him, holding cold long guns, also began to ruthlessly kill the rebellious officials, gentry and landlords in the city.
"What's the matter? Didn't the master say that these army masters didn't kill people? Why..." a family member said stupidly.
"The master himself is cold, let's run quickly!"
Another discerning servant quickly dropped his weapon and found the key of the vault from the master lying on the ground. Then he ran back to the house and began to clean up, and stole the master's new concubine.
Some other landlords and gentry who were engaged in business saw that the Tianwu Army was starting to kill people, and immediately cried for their father and cried for their mother. They ran away from each other in a mess, and then closed the door of the mansion after returning home.
The commander of the Changhuai Guards has come with his servants and soldiers. There are also some landlords' servants who have gathered together temporarily. A group of servants in disorderly clothes are undisciplined and swearing.
The commander of the Changhuai Guards shouted, "After the enemy has retreated, everyone will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver and 100 acres of fertile land!"
After hearing this, the soldiers and servants cheered for a while, but when he saw the soldiers of Tianwu Army, he regretted it. Damn, how many people there were! What a fart!
Li Shaoyou, regardless of what the other party thinks, directly ordered to defeat this troop with the force of thunder, and complete the task and return to hand over in a short time.
"Kill!"
A stream of iron carrying endless fighting spirit rushed to the enemy, and some guards and servants were shocked by the terrible momentum in front of them, and their legs were scared soft.
"Run! Kill people!" A guard threw down his weapon and ran away.
Several weapons fell to the ground and made a clear sound, which woke up the crowd. With a loud noise, the soldiers and servants who had just gathered collapsed and began to flee in all directions. Several of them were so frightened that they collapsed on the ground and surrendered.
The commander of the Changhuai Guards was shouting at the top of his voice, but no one listened to him. This made him very depressed. He always bullied people like a tiger. How can he be so cruel now
He had no choice but to run away.
The iron hooves knocked on the hard land and made a dull sound, like a deadly drumbeat that made people's hearts beat with it. Li Shaoyou led his men and horses to hunt down and kill. He wanted to let these disorderly soldiers know that there was only one end for daring to challenge the Crown Prince, that was death!
In the Changhuai guards, the Royal Knights began their relentless pursuit, mainly targeting the soldiers in the guards' mandarin ducks' jackets. They also attacked the servants with weapons on their way.
The defeated soldiers in the garrison had no fighting power at all, leaving only corpses and bloodstains along the way.
Li Shaoyou's voice sounded in the city: "Continue to clean up the troublemakers in the city, and all those who participated in the troublemakers will be locked and copied!"
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After two days of pacification, the Eight Guards and One House were all under the control of the Tianwu Army. The number of soldiers in the Eight Guards and One House was up to 1000. The officials, gentry and landlords killed a large area and stole countless farmland assets.
Zhu Cixuan issued an order that all civilian officials above the prefect level and military officers above the fourth grade of each garrison in Nanzhili should go to the Imperial Mausoleum of Fengyang within three days, and all those who were late or did not come should be dismissed. All military officers of battalions in various places should continue to guard their places to prevent bandits from entering the country.
On the third day, hundreds of civil and military officers of Nanzhili all entered the Forbidden Wall Fengtian Hall to see their way. The officials on both sides of the separation line up to the gate of the main hall. These three or four grade local dignitaries all stood there respectfully, and the atmosphere did not dare to shout.
Zhu Cixuan glanced at Li Ting aside and said, "How is the situation of the Eight Guards and One Office?"
Li Tingbiao bowed himself and said in a low voice, "Go back to your highness, except for the suicide of the commander of Fengyang Central Guard, half of the other main generals of the guards were arrested. In addition to the civil servants of the 13 counties in the five states, this operation has captured 632 civil and military officials above the ninth grade, and more than 1200 disorderly soldiers."
Li Tingbiao then said, "The Royal Guards also found that the commander of the Eighth Guards had conspired with bandits. The commander of Fengyang Right Guard can testify."
The commander of Fengyang Right Guard was the one who took the initiative to open the city and surrender that day. After he surrendered, he had a very good attitude to admit his mistakes, and also cooperated with the investigation of the Royal Guards. He was a worry free person.
The whole Fengyang Mansion, whether civil or military, was almost handled in one pot. The cruel means of the Crown Prince made the civil and military officials present awe inspiring. There was silence in the Fengtian Hall, and only Li Ting's deep voice echoed in the hall.
Zhu Cixuan nodded and asked Li Tingbiao to review the criminal record of the arrested officials. He must make sure that a good person is not wronged and a bad person is not spared.
Later, Zhu Cixuan announced the appointment and removal of all officials in Fengyang Prefecture.
Zhu Cixuan appointed Yang Tinglin as the Acting Magistrate of Fengyang Prefecture, and selected the supervisors of the Imperial College who joined Yongwei Camp at that time as the Acting Magistrate of 13 counties in five prefectures and the Acting Magistrate of 13 counties according to their abilities. Later, they will be reported to the imperial court and formally appointed by the Ministry of Officials.
These civil and military officials in Nanzhili were somewhat confused by the operation of the Crown Prince. They moved all the officials from all over the country in such a big fight, but he didn't mention anything about the punishment of the officials who committed the crime, just arranged some officials. What does this mean?