Wu Feng's firm and tough but reasonable words made Lin Yuexin speechless for a moment. What the other party said did make sense. Jinzhong must be held in his hands. All that matters is in what name. Directly attacking the City Guards would probably be nothing more than Wu Feng's impulsive words. If he really wanted to start a head-on battle with the City Guards without any reason, Wu Feng would need to consider the impact from all aspects.
"Wufeng, since you have decided to take control of Jinzhong, my little sister agrees with this, but I'm afraid we need to find a suitable excuse. Now the Imperial City Guards are already mobilizing, and it is estimated that there will only be three or two at most. The sky will go south to Jinzhong. Instead of directly confronting the city guards like that, it is better for us to strike first. Tonight, we urgently order the rangers from the Hejian line to enter Jinzhong first. Doesn’t the Third Army still have two divisions? Is the regiment in Hejian? He also followed up later. He can definitely solve the war in Jinzhong before the city guards. As for the reason? In addition to the two divisions controlled by Ying Jianming, isn't there a second division of the Imperial Fourth Army? Division? It is said that the division chief of the Second Division is a remnant of the Taiping Army, trying to collude with the Fourteenth Army to launch a rebellion. The Fourth Army was unable to control the situation in Fucheng, central Jinzhong, and was forced to attack The approaching army asked for reinforcements, but the Xijiang cavalry stationed in the river came faster. Didn't Ying Jianming say that Xu Xiangyang was staying in the imperial capital? In the name of an urgent matter and unable to find the regiment commander, this way he could defeat the Fourteenth By robbing the legion, it can create a momentum that the remnants of the Taiping Army are pretending to surrender and are really lurking. It can also make Xu Xiangyang take the blame for not being present during the battle. It kills three birds with one stone. It not only blocks the way for the city guards to go south, but also controls the imperial capital. It’s just that Ying Jianming has been exposed, and this chess piece will become a clear chess piece from now on.”
"In this way, we can also avoid a direct showdown with the Empire Central Committee. Xiaomei always believes that now is not the time for a full showdown. It would be much better to let them break up internally first and then defeat them individually. Of course, if the Empire City Guards If we continue to move south, we can call on the gentry in central Shanxi to resist the city guards. In this way, at least we can stand on a theoretical footing. If a war breaks out, we will just fight back in self-defense."
Lin Yuexin's insights made Wu Feng secretly praise him. In such a short period of time, he was able to come up with such a compromise method, which not only avoided direct war with the city guards representing the central power of the empire, but also controlled them. Jinzhong also caused a series of negative impacts on the other party, which was actually much safer than the desperate showdown just now when he was angry.
Nodding slightly, Wu Feng thought for a moment before saying: "Yue Xin means to blame the Second Division of the Fourth Army, and then let Ying Jianming and Cui Wenxiu work together to solve this disaster?"
"Well, isn't the Second Division a direct descendant of Xu Xiangyang? It was originally sent to Jinzhong to contain and monitor Ying Jianming. After getting rid of the Second Division, we can conduct a blood exchange and purge of middle-level cadres and above. From the First Division and the Fifth Division The division sent people into the second division to carry out cross-replacements and completely control this division. In this way, our strength in Jinzhong can reach more than one legion, plus two legions of rangers and one heavy cavalry. If the division, city guards and the rest of the Fourth Army really want to come and have a chance, then we will have to reluctantly teach them a lesson."
At this time, Lin Yuexin has completely integrated her identity into Xijiang, and she considers the interests of Xijiang in everything. She is not worried about the war, but she is worried that the consequences of the war will have a negative impact on Wufeng's long-term plan. There were many unexpected negative effects that Wu Feng might not have fully considered for a while, but she couldn't think about them clearly. Now seeing that Wu Feng's tone has loosened, she naturally breathed a sigh of relief. She was already very thoughtful, and she was even more familiar with such arrangements and planning. Especially after Wu Feng opened the intelligence system to her, she became very handy with these arrangements. He picked it up at his fingertips, his reaction was so fast, and his layout was so thorough that even Wu Feng had to admit that he was not as good as his opponent in this aspect.
"Well, forget it, if Yusuf is smart, he can find a reason to stay put. If he is really willing to do his last work for the Situ family and shed the last drop of blood, I don't mind having more blood stains on his sword. As for the third The Fourth Army Corps, I see that the 1st, 2nd and 5th Divisions are no longer in Xu Xiangyang’s hands, does he still have the nerve to serve as the commander of the Army Corps?"
Wu Feng's decision was sent to Hejian and Jinzhong as quickly as possible. The city guards were about to go south, and all actions had to be completed in the shortest possible time. Fortunately, Su Qin and Wang Liao followed Wu Feng and contacted the gentry in Jinzhong. Communication is also essential. Before the Western Xinjiang Army enters Jinzhong, all public opinion preparations must be fully in place. The security department and the intelligence system need to prepare all kinds of evidence that the Second Division is a remnant of the Taiping Religion and colluded with the 14th Army to prepare for a joint uprising. Fortunately, these things are very important to the security department and the intelligence system. It's a routine matter for the intelligence department, and two days is enough to get it done. On the one hand, Su Qin quietly contacted the personnel serving Xijiang in the imperial media and newspapers, and on the other hand, he also immediately secretly contacted the mainstream media and newspapers in Xijiang to make various preparations.
After receiving the order, the Xijiang Army took action overnight to prepare for battle mobilization. Even Cui Wenxiu didn't know why the battle mobilization order came so urgently without any warning. However, the good military quality of the Xijiang Army was also reflected at this time. , the two ranger regiments and the heavy cavalry division rushed to the foot of Hejian City all day and night, and the two divisions of the Hejian Mansion Third Army were also ready for marching and fighting to respond to emergencies at any time.
On the night of March 29, 699 in the Gregorian calendar, a mutiny known as the Jinzhong Incident broke out in history, marking the beginning of a new stage in the imperial civil war. A group of soldiers bearing the designation of the Second Division of the Fourth Army chanted the slogan "Recover the Holy Kingdom, Revitalize Our Holy Religion" outside Jinzhong City and attacked three outposts of the Fifth Division of the Fourth Army stationed outside the city. They also ransacked several manors and houses on the outskirts of the city, causing dozens of casualties. There were more than a dozen remnants of the Taiping rebellion in Jinzhong Mansion. The Fifth Division fought back and repelled the second rebel army who launched the mutiny. The first division of the division attacked and sent the news back to Jinzhong City in the shortest possible time. At the same time, the First Division of the Second Division launched an attack on the south gate where the First Division was stationed, and once occupied the south gate. The long-lost three-legged bluebird flag once again flew at the south gate of Jinzhong Fucheng.
After receiving the report, Ying Jianming, deputy commander of the Imperial Fourth Army, immediately declared a state of emergency in Jinzhong, and immediately organized the First Division to launch a counterattack, driving out part of the Second Division that had already controlled the South Gate. After gaining control of the city, Ying Jianming immediately issued an order requiring all officers and soldiers of the Second Division to lay down their weapons and accept investigation. In a short period of time, he organized the First Division and the Fifth Division to complete the attack on the Second Division. surrounded by divisions. The Second Division refused to accept Ying Jianming's orders under the pretext that Ying Jianming was a spy in Western Xinjiang. The two sides launched a fierce battle with unprecedented brutality. Unable to gain a decisive advantage, Ying Jianming not only reported the news to the Military Affairs Administration of the Imperial City, but also because the army commander Xu Xiangyang could not be contacted, he immediately reported the news to the third and fourth armies of the Fourth Army at the junction of Longquan and Jinzhong. The two divisions issued orders to reinforce Jinzhong. On the other hand, under the pressure of the gentry in Jinzhong Prefecture, they also requested assistance from Hejian Prefecture to the west without authorization.
On March 30, Cui Wenxiu, commander of the Third Army of the Tanghe Empire's Western Frontier Protectorate, who was conducting joint military exercises in Hejian, immediately issued an order to reinforce Jinzhong after receiving an urgent request for help from Jinzhong. The cavalry regiment marched straight into the middle of Jin without stopping, cooperating with the Fourth Army Corps to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the Taiping Sect who were stubbornly resisting. On the night of March 30, the Second Division, surrounded by the overwhelmingly superior Empire and Western Xinjiang coalition forces, faced an ultimatum and had to lay down its weapons and surrender. On March 31, two divisions of the Third Western Xinjiang Army arrived. Under Jinzhong City, and entered Jinzhong City, helping the Imperial Fourth Army restore the normal production and living order in Jinzhong City, and the Jinzhong Incident came to an end.
On the day of the Jinzhong Incident, one of the two most mainstream newspapers in the imperial capital, "Daily Express", published a detailed report on the front page of the Jinzhong Mansion's encounter with the title "Taiping Religion Resurrection, Jinzhong Mansion Suffers Natural Change" The mutiny occurred in the Second Division of the Fourth Army. At the end of the article, the biography of Xu Wentao, commander of the Second Division, was introduced, and it was secretly insinuated that it was due to the dereliction of duty of the Imperial Army and Xu Xiangyang, the commander of the Fourth Army. It was only the Jinzhong Incident that caused the remnants of the Taiping Sect to infiltrate the senior officials of the Imperial Government, and Xu Xiangyang bore an unshirkable responsibility in this incident. As the leader of a legion, he was actually having fun in a sex venue in the imperial capital on the night of the incident, completely forgetting his responsibilities as a senior official of the imperial capital. The newspapers also recorded in detail a large number of Taiping instructor seals, tokens, flags and other physical evidence found in the camp of Xu Wentao, commander of the Second Division, as well as several letters to and from You Daofang, the Taiping bandit leader who had been on the run. The evidence is conclusive. .
Some non-mainstream media and newspapers even published numerous articles on how Xu Wentao behaved suspiciously in the Western Military Region before he became the commander of the Second Division, how he colluded with the original Taiping Rebellion Party, and how he spent a large amount of funds of unknown origin to bribe The military department became the commander of the second division, and the close relationship between Xu Wentao and Xu Xiangyang, who was the commander of the fourth army, how the two worked together, and Xu Xiangyang fought all night in a certain brothel in the imperial capital, and even Even the names of the singers who accompanied the wine, the prostitutes who slept with them, and the merchants who paid the bills were clearly identified, and they were pointed directly at Xu Xiangyang, the commander of the Fourth Army Corps, leaving the General Administration of Military Affairs in a state of embarrassment.