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Chapter 248 Liangzhou Mutiny

Liangzhou, Guzang, Wuwei County, was in the Jin army camp outside the city.

"It's time to eat--!"

With a long shout, the soldiers of the Jin army, who had already been lined up in long rows, immediately became turbulent. The soldiers in front received food in turn, while the soldiers in the back asked in a lingering manner, "What are you eating today? Is it canned food? What canned food?"

"Two packs of compressed dry food, one can of lunch meat."

After learning about the meal for dinner today, the Jin army soldiers lined up behind suddenly burst into cheers, "I'll have lunch meat again!"

It was only after receiving the compressed dry food and lunch meat that the fire stove was filled with square iron boxes, or boiled fragrant and sweet flour porridge, or cooked lunch meat and stewed wild vegetables. The soldiers of the Jin army surrounded the fire stove and chatted while eating compressed dry food and lunch meat.

"It's delicious, so delicious. Although it's not as delicious as the canned braised pork, it's a hundred times better than our original meal."

"I like canned elbows the most, but unfortunately the Han army sent too little, and I can only eat it when I win the battle and reward it."

"Apart from canned elbows, my favorite is plum vegetable and pork. It is oily and meaty, and it is not greasy if you eat it."

"I really envy those soldiers from the Han army. I heard that they had canned food every day, or they would eat it in different ways."

"It's not just canned food, but I heard that soldiers from the Han army can also eat instant noodles, candies and sandwich biscuits, drink coke every day, and sweet rice wine. Life is ten times better than we are now."

"Oh, it would be great if I were a soldier from the Han army. As long as I could eat canned lunch meat every day, I would not be afraid of any battle."

While the soldiers of the Jin army were talking, in the Liangzhou Governor's Mansion in Guzang City, Su Yu, the Liangzhou Governor of the Jin court, was swearing to Wang Shao, the attendant of the Sanqin sent by the Jin court, "Wang Changshi, I can swear to the heavens, and all the officials of the Liangzhou Governor's Mansion can also give me evidence. I really sent an envoy to detour the Qiang and Hu to contact the court, report to the court about my acceptance of food and grass support for the Han thieves, and explain the reasons, but I don't know if there was a problem there, and my envoy failed to arrive in Luoyang."

The Jin army generals including Wen Yang and Huangfu Chang also stood up to testify to Su Yu, saying that Su Yu had indeed sent an envoy to Luoyang to contact him, but the road was too far and dangerous, so Liangzhou did not know that the envoy did not send Su Yu's memorial to Luoyang in time.

Seeing that all the officials of the Liangzhou Governor's Office stood on Su Yu's side, and there was no evidence to prove that Su Yu was deliberately concealed, Wang Shao had to temporarily choose to believe Su Yu and said, "Mr. Su Mansion, since you have not concealed the report, don't worry, after returning to the court, I will report this matter to Your Majesty truthfully. Please understand your difficulties and please do not pursue your acceptance of food support from the pseudo-Han thief army."

Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Wang Shao repeatedly. Wang Shao then took out another Sima Yan's edict and said, "There is another major event. Because Tufa Zahu took the initiative to send envoys to Luoyang to request pacification, Your Majesty has accepted Tufa Zahu's request to surrender and appointed Tufa Shuji as the guardian captain. He ordered you to stop attacking Tufa Shuji immediately, gather troops to go south, and cooperate with the imperial army to attack the pseudo-Han thieves."

"What? Your Majesty accepted the request of Bad Zahu to surrender?!"

Su Yu was very surprised and quickly took the edict and looked carefully. Seeing that the content was similar to Wang Shao's oral statement, Su Yu suddenly cried out loudly and said, "Wang Changshi, how can Your Majesty accept the request of this Mian Hu? This Mian Hu is clearly a slow-track strategy. After receiving the food support from Zhang Zhi's thief, I won the battle in Liangzhou. I have already run around and couldn't resist it. At this time, he is allowed to surrender and he is also appointed as the Captain of the Gurong. This..., isn't this letting the tiger return to the mountain?"

"Wang Changshi, you can't truce at this time." Huangfu Chang also said quickly: "We have so many people killed and spent so much money and food. We have finally defeated the bald bastard and the Western Regions to run around. The next step is to find his main force and we can decide to fight immediately. If we truce at this time, all our efforts will be wasted."

The other Jin army and civil and military officials agreed, all strongly opposed the truce of the Tufashu Jima at this time, and also listed the various atrocities of the Tufa Xianbei in Liangzhou, proving that the Tufa Xianbei was an unfamiliar hungry wolf. Wang Shao remained silent and said, "Mr. Su Fu, you are in the mood to understand, but there is no way to issue a way. Since Your Majesty has issued an edict, you must follow the edict, otherwise you will be able to resist the edict. You must be very clear about the consequences."

Su Yu hesitated, and Huangfu Chang quickly said, "Mr. Fu, can you give me a memorial to save me? Tufa Zahu lost consecutive battles and his troops were severely dispersed. Now, as long as we find his main force, we can easily annihilate him. If we give up at this time, we will have worked in vain."

"The Lord of the House, the last general also believes that the last memorial should be saved and try to persuade Your Majesty to change his mind." Wen Yang also said: "If we gather at this time and go south to attack Longxi, the Tufa Zahu will not only make a comeback immediately, but may also take advantage of the empty opportunity of Liangzhou to take advantage of the situation. The best way is to kill Tufa Zahu first, and then consider going south."

Su Yu hesitated, and the civil and military officials of the Jin army advised him, and they all suggested that Su Yu explain the situation and urged Sima Yan to change his mind and not give Bald Tree a chance to make a comeback. Seeing that everyone was persuading this, Su Yu really didn't want to waste all his previous efforts in his heart, he gritted his teeth and said:

"The King of Changshi is not because of his official's resolute orders. His Majesty is far away in Luoyang and does not know the current situation in Liangzhou. At this time, he will give up the attack on Tufa Zahu, which means that all his previous efforts will be wasted. Therefore, I cannot act according to the order for the time being. I will first submit to the court, explain the situation to Your Majesty, and urge Your Majesty to take back the orders, and then listen to Your Majesty's new orders to act."

After saying that, Su Yu added another sentence in his heart, "As long as I delay for a while, I will quickly clean up the bald and cut off the hidden dangers first."

"But Your Majesty means, Su Fujun, you must follow the imperial edict immediately." Wang Shao said coldly.

Wang Shao failed to scare Su Yu. Considering that he must have been on Sima Yan's blacklist after accepting the food and grass support from the Han army, his future was completely hopeless. Instead of accepting the edict and being dismissed from office, it was better than the military and civilians of Liangzhou to fight for it. So he gritted his teeth and said, "The general is outside, and the emperor's orders are not accepted. As the governor of Liangzhou, I must consider the long-term stability of Liangzhou. Therefore, I cannot implement this edict for the time being. I must wait until I submit a statement to the court before I explain the situation."

Seeing that Su Yu insisted, Wang Shao did not force himself. He just said a few words and said goodbye and went back to rest. Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the generals: "Save the time to explore the main force of Tufa Zahu, and strive to eliminate Tufa Zahu before His Majesty sends the second edict and eliminate the hidden dangers behind us."

The civil and military officials of the Jin army sang promises, and all expressed their firm support for Su Yu's decision.

Su Yu of course seriously underestimated Sima Yan's methods. Two days later, Guo Jie, the prefect of Wuwei of Jin court, suddenly made an excuse to invite Su Yu to his home for a banquet. Su Yu, who usually had a good relationship with Guo Jie, didn't know it was a plan, so he brought a gift to Guo Jie when he visited. However, after entering Guo Jie's home, he did not welcome Su Yu in a warm hospitality, but suddenly rushed out of the prefect's servant who surrounded him and took down Sima Yan's secret edict with Wang Shao expressionless face.

"Your Majesty's imperial edict ordered Wuwei Prefect Guo Jie to be the governor of Liangzhou. The former governor of Liangzhou Su Yu refused to obey the order and secretly colluded with the pseudo-Han thief army. He was ill-behaved and immediately took the blame. If there were any civil and military officials in Liangzhou who disobeyed, they would be executed without mercy. I am here."

After Wang Shao read out the edict, the proud Guo Jie first ordered Su Yu to be sent to the Wuwei prison, and then couldn't wait to take Sima Yan's secret edict to take office, and summoned everyone to read Sima Yan's edict. As a result, the civil and military officials of the Jin army in Liangzhou were of course shocked when they heard it, but they did not dare to disobey the order, so they could only shout long live the way they obediently.

Then, Guo Jie, who had long been coveting the throne of governor, immediately promoted his close friends, and immediately sent someone to contact Tufashu to send him the edict of Sima Yan to enthrone him as the guardian captain of Rong, and at the same time took over the military power of Liangzhou left by Su Yu, and immediately began to prepare for the southward journey to Longxi to attack the Han army.

Of course, such a major news spread in the Jin army. The soldiers of the Jin army in Liangzhou who had been eating junk food for this period were already grateful to the Han army. They heard that they were going south to fight with the Han army, and they also heard that Su Yu was convicted of accepting food aid from the Han army. Of course, all the soldiers of the Jin army were very dissatisfied. In addition, many Jin army soldiers who had long been interested in the Han army took the opportunity to stir up fire. The dissatisfaction of the Jin soldiers quickly turned into a huge anger, and they all opposed the grudges revenge and then started a war with the Han army, and quickly showed signs of mutiny.

Even the Wenyang army, who had the best discipline, was the same. On the morning of the fourth day when Su Yu was imprisoned, after a regular meal, many soldiers of the Jin army rushed to Wenyang's tent and strongly demanded that Wenyang lead them to rescue Su Yu, continue to fight against the Tufa Xianbei, and not go south to go to war with the Han army.

The matter was too big, and Wen Yang had to personally appease the soldiers of the Jin army. However, the soldiers of the Jin army did not listen at all. They all just shouted hard: "Su Fujun is a good man. For our sake, he accepted the food of the Han army without regard for our suspicion and helped us survive the food shortage. We cannot watch him wrongly in prison!"

"The Han army has been kind to us, and we don't want to fight the Han army anymore!"

"Buldai Zahu is our enemy. It is unreasonable to kill countless Han people and even make him an official!"

"General Wen, take the lead and take us to save Su Fujun. We don't want to go to war with the Han army anymore!"

Similar shouts came one after another, surrounded by countless angry Jin soldiers. Even Wen Yang, who had experienced many strong winds and waves, felt helpless. As a result, a huge cheer sounded suddenly in the camp in the distance, and countless Jin soldiers rushed towards that direction. Wen Yang identified the direction and soon confirmed that the riots broke out in the camp where the Jin cavalry commander Huangfu Chang were. He suddenly felt a sank in his heart and said intimidating: "What happened?"

The answer was quickly revealed. Not long after much time, several Jin soldiers rushed to Wen Yang's camp and shouted at the Jin soldiers surrounding Wen Yang: "Brothers, good news! General Huangfu agreed! He promised to take us to save Su Fujun! Those who want to save Su Fujun and those who want to continue eating canned lunch meat, come with us quickly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers of Wen Yang's troops immediately burst out with a shocking sound of cheering, and then they couldn't wait to rush to Huangfu Chang's camp. Wen Yang was shocked, and his confidant soldiers quickly suggested: "General, the situation is wrong, we'd better go back to the city immediately!"

Surprising the personal soldiers, Wen Yang carefully considered it for a long time, and actually chose to stay where he was. He neither ran back to the city to escape nor sent anyone to report to Guo Li. Then, surrounded by crowded Jin army soldiers, Huangfu Chang, who was riding a tall horse, came to Wen Yang. As soon as he met, he said to Wen Yang: "Brother Wen, I believe you should know the situation, my morale is what I want, brother, I have no choice, are you willing to help me?"

Wen Yang smiled and said, "General Huangfu, General Huangfu, you are so scheming. Your hometown Anding County has already surrendered the Han army. All the family and relatives are controlled by the Han army. Now you lead the army to mutiny. Not only does your family and relatives have safety, it is difficult to get rich without promotion. I have always been wondering before, why are there so many people in our army fanning the flames? It turns out that the reason is here."

Huangfu Chang's face turned slightly red, and then he said with a shameless face: "Brother Wen, you misunderstood. My actions have absolutely nothing to do with my family. It is hard to disobey everyone's will. I have to do this. The Han army has been kind to our soldiers in Liangzhou, and our soldiers are unwilling to fight them again. Sima Yan did a rebellious act, not only did not reward us for working hard to quell the rebellion, but also brought Su Fujun to prison and questioned him. In addition, I was so angry that I decided to bring the soldiers to rebel."

After expressing his decision with shamelessness, Huangfu Chang advised again: "Brother Wen, let's work with us. You have a deep hatred with the Sima family. They accept your surrender, but they just set up a archway to show everyone in the world. They will never really use you. You and the latter general have no grievances. With your abilities, you will definitely be valued and used to be under the command of the latter general and will live up to what you have learned in your life."

After looking at the Jin army soldiers who surrounded him, Wen Yang, who had the chance to escape early, smiled slightly and said, "Do I have a choice?"

After a while, led by Huangfu Chang and Wen Yang, more than 30,000 soldiers of the Jin army suddenly rushed into Guzang City and attacked the governor's mansion. They dragged Guo Jie, the new governor of Liangzhou, who was hiding in the toilet, and dismembered the body. At the same time, they rushed into the prison and smashed the cell to rescue Su Yu. Then they invited Su Yu, who was wearing prison clothes, to the front of the army, bowed to Su Yu together, and asked Su Yu to lead them to change their flags and return to the Han Dynasty.

Worried about his family in Luoyang, Su Yu certainly said that he would not dare to take this head as the leader. Huangfu Chang and other Jin generals hugged Su Yu and cried loudly. While denying the various sins of the Sima family, they also pleaded with Su Yu to agree to take this head. Countless Jin soldiers also knelt down in front of Su Yu and shouted in unison, "Please lead the people to change their flags! Please lead the people to change their flags!"

Seeing that the army was about the Han Dynasty, he was a little angry that Sima Yan arrested and imprisoned without discrimination. He also understood that if he led the entire Liangzhou to change the flag and return to the Han Dynasty, he could get the position of a founding father in the Han army. Su Yu made up his mind and said with a key point: "Okay, since all the soldiers are all interested in the Han Dynasty, then I will take this lead and change the flag and return to the Han Dynasty!"

"Long live!" Cheers soared into the sky, and then countless Jin soldiers shouted neatly, "Big Han! Big Han! Big Han! Big Han!"

In this way, after fifty years, after killing the Jin court envoy Wang Shaoji Banner, a red Han army flag once again rose on Guzang City and drifted in the wind.
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