Southern Ming Rebel Army

Chapter 591 Cleaning

Destroying the entire Li family mansion is only Yan Keyi's first goal at the moment. Although the conditions given by the Qingluan Guard are high, if his own strength cannot meet them, the conditions may be reduced.

Therefore, Yang Dafu, who is in charge of defending the Qian Dynasty in the north, Luo Chengyao, who is in charge of defending the Mo family in Gaoping in the west, and Zhang Daoying, who is in charge of defending the Ruan family in the south, are the three people that Yan Keyi must win over.

Among these three people, except Yang Dafu who has always had a bad relationship with Yan Keyi, Luo Chengyao has a good relationship with Zhang Daoying and Yan Keyi, and these two people do not have too many troops. Yan Keyi believes that it will not be a problem for these two people to join him. At least, these two people will not surrender to the Mo family or the Ruan family.

Only Yang Dafu and Yan Keyi were worried that he would surrender directly to the Qian Dynasty. If that happened, the northern defense would be opened and the Qian Dynasty army would march directly south, leaving Thang Long Prefecture undefended.

Moreover, because the Qian Dynasty posed the greatest threat, Li Chengdong deployed the most powerful forces in the north, which accounted for almost half of Li's troops, totaling more than 40,000 people. Before Yang Dafu took office, Yan Keyi had always been the main general of this army.

However, Yang Dafu and Wu Wenxian had a good relationship. Therefore, after Yan Keyi took control of Thang Long Prefecture, he sent Wu Wenxian to contact Yang Dafu, hoping to stabilize him.

Although Yan Keyi was worried about Yang Dafu, he actually did not have much sense of crisis, because, in that army, many of the generals were promoted by him. At that time, Yang Dafu was comforted by Wu Wenxian, and his subordinates had his own personal orders. There was no need to worry about major events. By then, when the time came, his Yan family would also produce a king or a duke, and he would be able to divide the land and make a king.

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As time went by, the great changes in Thang Long Prefecture soon reached the ears of Yang Dafu, who was leisurely reading a military book in his tent at that time.

After learning of the shocking change, Yang Dafu was stunned at first, then his face became solemn, and the military book in his hand unconsciously slipped onto the table.

He knew very well that this matter was of great importance. Once the news spread, the army would be in panic and his own situation would become extremely dangerous. He had always had a bad relationship with Yan Keyi.

Yang Dafu thought about it for a moment, and then he immediately ordered all news to be blocked and strictly prohibited anyone from entering or leaving the military camp.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Dafu sent people to quickly summon all the generals in the army to the central military tent on the pretext of discussing military intelligence. After receiving the order, the generals were confused but did not dare to disobey. They put down their work and hurried over.

When everyone arrived, the generals were chatting casually in the central army tent, unaware of Shenglong's sudden change. It was not until Yang Dafu came into the tent with a gloomy face that the atmosphere became a little depressing.

After Yang Dafu sat in the main seat and slowly scanned the crowd, he slowly said, "Everyone, a great change has occurred in Shenglong Prefecture. A thief usurped the throne and the commander was killed."

When the generals heard this, there was a commotion and everyone's face changed. No one knew what the current situation was in Thang Long City.

Yang Dafu looked unhappy and said in a cold tone: "I called you all together today to discuss countermeasures, but before that, I have to clean up the mess!" After that, he shouted "Come here!"

Suddenly, dozens of personal guards holding sharp blades swarmed in and immediately filled the tent. Behind all the generals, there were several of Yang Dafu's personal guards.

One of the generals bravely asked, "General Yang, what does this mean? The Marshal was killed and we had no idea about it?"

Yang Dafu stood up and shouted, "This bastard Yan Keyi not only killed the Marshal, but also all of his family members and descendants. Today, I will avenge the Marshal!"

Afterwards, Yang Dafu called out names one after another. Every time he called out a name, one person was beheaded on the spot. Although some people tried to resist, they had no knives in their hands, so how could they be a match for Yang Dafu's personal guards who were well prepared.

After a long time, the originally clean and tidy tent was now covered in blood. More than 60% of the generals in the tent were beheaded. These people were all promoted by Yan Keyi himself. There might be some accidental killings among them, but Yang Dafu could not care less now.

Yang Dafu sat down again, looking at the scattered generals, and said in a cold voice: "The thieves have all surrendered. I know that you may have followed orders from the thief Yan, but I will not hold you accountable for the past. If you disobey, I will punish you severely!"

The generals all lowered their heads, not daring to look Yang Dafu in the eye, and responded in unison: "We are willing to listen to the general's orders!"

After his generals left in shock, the ambition in Yang Dafu's heart grew like weeds in the wind. When Li Chengdong was alive, Yang Dafu never thought of anything else. But now, Li Chengdong was dead, and even his descendants were dead. He now had 40,000 troops under his command, and was the most powerful force in Annan. Why should he listen to Yan Keyi?

As for Yan Keyi's worry that Yang Dafu would directly defect to the Qian Dynasty, this idea had gone through Yang Dafu's mind for a while. However, Yang Dafu felt that he would only choose this option when he had no other options. He now had too many options, and most of them seemed brighter and easier to choose.

After killing the senior generals in the army, Yang Dafu did not stop there, but instead launched a large-scale purge of middle-level officers. In just four or five days, more than three hundred officers were killed, and more than twenty mutinies were triggered by this. However, Yang Dafu himself was a fierce general in the army, and each time the mutiny was quelled by Yang Dafu himself and his personal guards.

It was not until shortly after the military purge that Wu Wenxian leisurely arrived at the military camp. As soon as he entered the camp, he felt something was wrong. The morale of the army and the faces of the soldiers were all very wrong. More importantly, the bloody smell was too obvious.

Wu Wenxian suddenly felt that he might have been a little too arrogant in agreeing to look for Yang Dafu. How could a little bit of friendship stop such a major mutiny? Yan Keyi was also too arrogant, thinking that he could still control the northern camp. As a result, the situation showed that a great purge had already taken place.

Sure enough, as Wu Wenxian entered the military tent, when he saw Yang Dafu, he just smiled and was about to say a few words, but before he could say anything, Yang Dafu's cold words came to his face.

Yang Dafu said coldly: "I heard that it was you and the thief Yan who worked together to assassinate the Marshal and killed his entire family!"