Chapter 554: Quick Knife Cutting Through the Mess (I)
The sky is bright, and more than an hour has passed since the time limit proposed by Governor Weng, but the township army here is not to mention that they have entered the granary to take down those Jurchen spies, and even the capital eunuch Chu Mingsheng has not yet shown his face here.
This made Governor Weng's face become more and more ugly, and at the same time, he had already made a decision in his heart that he would take this opportunity to solve Chu Mingsheng, at least take away the military power in his hands, so that he could no longer compete with him. In the whole of Shandong, there is one Sun Tu who is enough to make people uneasy, but there can be no second one.
Just when the prefect Weng was about to send someone to urge again, on the long street behind, a large group of people and horses were slowly coming, and soon came to the open area in front of the granary. Although he felt that the number of people who came back was too much, Governor Weng didn't think too much about it at this time, but just fixed his eyes on Chu Mingsheng, who was standing in front of the side of the team, and said in a dark voice: "Chu Mingsheng, are you guilty?" ”
Without waiting for the other party to react, he already scolded loudly: "As the prisoner of the soldiers and horses of my Lingzhou Mansion, you have the responsibility of guarding the Acropolis, but you neglect your duties on weekdays, causing few people to know about the bandits who have infiltrated the city, causing innocent people to die tragically, this is one of the crimes!"
"The second crime, in the face of such a situation, you don't even think of sending troops to pacify the thieves, but you just hide in the army, ignoring the life and death of the people in the city, which is really chilling!
"The third crime, this official has strictly ordered you to come here immediately to calm the thief, but what about you, you still don't obey the order, you are late, and you regard the safety of my Lingzhou as child's play! With these three charges, this official will not allow you to continue to serve as the prisoner of this soldier and horse, and someone will come and strip me of his official uniform, take away his saber, and put him in prison, waiting for this official to present everything to the court before dealing with it! ”
Governor Weng, who had already made up his mind to quickly solve Chu Mingsheng's mess, immediately attacked as soon as he saw someone, and quickly fabricated these trumped-up charges, planning to use this to seize his official position and put him in prison. And although the officials around him were slightly surprised by the prefect's approach, because they believed that the prefect had settled on the other party, they all did not hesitate to pounce, and did not take the soldiers around Chu Mingsheng who were much stronger than them in their eyes at all.
Seeing these servants rushing over like wolves, Chu Mingsheng didn't react as if he was frightened, but if you look at his face, you will find that he is not panicked at all, and even has a thick mocking sneer in his eyes. And at the moment when those people were about to touch his body, a broken cry sounded from his side: "Who gave your dog the courage to take the people under my command, get out of me!" ”
Several long legs came out and kicked the unsuspecting officers in the chests almost simultaneously, kicking them screaming and falling back like gourds on the ground. At this moment, everyone present, including those soldiers under Chu Mingsheng, was greatly surprised, when did he Chu Dujian become so bold, not only scolded the people of the government office, but even directly started it!
Governor Weng was even more angry, his face was blue and white for a while, this is a kicking errand officer, it was clearly kicked in the face of him, the prefect who gave orders! In a fit of rage, he didn't even think about the meaning of the words of the person who spoke just now, and immediately shouted: "It's the opposite! Chu Mingsheng, are you going to rebel! Dare to do something to my subordinates! ”
Only Shi Qian and the others, who were the farthest away from them, showed a natural expression in their excitement, and their eyes fell on the young man who had just spoken-Sun Dujian was here, of course he couldn't allow this Laoshizi Weng Governor to come presumptuously in front of him!
Seeing that the other party hadn't made a clear deal about the situation until now, Sun Tu finally couldn't bear it anymore, stepped forward, and said in a cold voice: "Governor Weng, right?" The official asked you, what is your purpose in wanting to take down Chu Mingsheng? Could it be that you want to cede the entire Lingzhou Mansion to the Jin people, did you have already colluded with the Jin people and the people of Zengtou City? ”
Although his words were not too loud, the intimidating momentum was much stronger than that of Weng Prefect's Mansion, and he quickly suppressed the other party, so that Weng Prefect was stunned for a while, and finally reacted a little, it was not Chu Mingsheng who was really in charge here, but this young general who looked heroic and had a trace of murderous aura on his body. Also, it was only at this time that he suddenly realized that the state of the soldiers who were behind Chu Mingsheng this time was also very different from before, and he looked at the entire spirit and spirit that was much stronger than the Lingzhou Township Army.
"You...... Are you ......" In the entire territory of Shandong, as far as Governor Weng knows, there seems to be only one young general who can have such a strong army, such momentum, and such an age! The moment he turned this thought, the anger in his heart was quickly extinguished, replaced by a deep horror, and for a moment he could not even utter a complete sentence.
The shadow of the famous tree, all the actions of Sun Tu in Shandong over the years have brought him to a very high position in the hearts of Shandong officials, especially civil officials, in their eyes, this is a mourning god, a general existence of the king of Yama. The title of the iron-faced Yama that used to be spread on the Tokyo Road is now spread in Shandong officialdom.
And now, this killing god Yama actually came to Lingzhou, appeared in front of him, and questioned in a voice, which made Weng Zhifu suddenly frightened in his heart, and his legs were a little weak, and he almost fell to his knees. The more arrogant and arrogant a person behaves on a daily basis, the more unbearable he will be when faced with a real threat.
At this time, Shi Qian had led the soldiers of the scout battalion to quickly step forward, saluted on one knee and said: "The last general has seen the capital eunuch, we are not able to do our job effectively, and we have failed to take down the Jurchen spies in advance, so that there are many casualties among the people of Lingzhou, please punish the capital eunuch!" ”
His statement, even the people who didn't expect Sun Tu's identity to be clear at this moment, all of them had different faces, some were panicked, they were people from the government, and some were surprised, so naturally they were Chu Mingsheng's subordinates.
Sun Tu ignored the overly frightened appearance of Weng Zhifu, only eased his face, and just stepped forward to help Shi Qian and the others one by one, and said softly: "You don't have to ask for guilt, you have done a good job." If it weren't for the fact that you had reported the suspicions of those spy visitors to Qingzhou before, this official would not have appeared here in time, let alone won a big victory today, and all the thieves of the Jin Kingdom who had entered my Song Realm would have been annihilated. ”
This sentence made everyone present change color again, Sun Dujian actually defeated and annihilated a Jin State thief army outside the city? In addition to the ecstasy, everyone was amazed, they had all seen the skills of these Jurchens with their own eyes, and even had learned them personally, just a dozen or so people had already killed everyone and had no choice, but in front of Sun Dujian and the Qingzhou army, they were defeated so easily. This Qingzhou Army really deserves the name of the elite of the world!
Sun Tu glanced at the injuries on the scouts again: "You have done your best, the enemy is too strong, so it is not your fault that you have not been caught." As he spoke, he patted Shi Qian and the other sergeant on the shoulders vigorously: "Let's return to the team." ”
When they were ordered to return to the Qingzhou army, Sun Tu's gaze fell back to the face of Governor Weng, whose expression changed several times, and his body was still trembling slightly: "This official Sun Tu is the commander of the Jingdong Road soldiers and horses sealed by the imperial court. Now, in this capacity, this official will ask you, when did you allow a civilian official to intervene in the affairs of our army? Does the imperial court have a clear stipulation that you, a civil prefect, have the right to take over the post of the governor of a government? Who gives you the power? Well? ”
A series of questions fell on the other party's face like a stone, but Governor Weng couldn't say a word.
In fact, he really wanted to tell Sun Tu that this is the case everywhere now, and civil officials want to impeach military attachés, and it only takes one sentence to seize the post of military attaché, and no one dares to ask why, because this is the unspoken rule of officialdom - to control military force with civility.
However, the so-called unspoken rule is that it cannot be put forward on the surface, and although everyone agrees with it, when someone really wants to compare this truth, it is completely untenable. It's just that ordinary military generals don't have this qualification, and they don't have the courage to ask this sentence rhetorically, unless he is not afraid of being charged with a crime of supporting the army and having a bad heart.
But Sun Tu is definitely an outlier among today's generals, he dares to say what others dare not say, and he does what others dare not do, he does it unscrupulously, which makes him put more pressure on those officials.
Under this pressure, Governor Weng was speechless again, and he really couldn't come up with any clear laws to support his decision just now.
"The affairs in the army are free, and we and other military attaches are self-determined, and you are just a civilian official who oversteps your responsibilities, and you still plan to disturb the hearts of our army, isn't this trying to give up Lingzhou to the Jin people?" Sun Tu took the opportunity to shout, and in turn, he wanted to impose the crime on the other party.
At this time, the prefect Weng felt terrified, and had to speak out to protect himself: "Sun Dujian, you are a crime that you want to add, this official has received great favor from the imperial court, how can he do something to communicate with foreign enemies......"
"Really? So why are you doing this? Also, you can't say that you don't have anything to do with Zengtou City, right? But this official has already found out that this time the Jin people were able to enter the city easily and plan to launch an attack on Lingzhou, because there were people from Zengtou City who assisted them, and even they themselves were actually Jurchens! ”
"What......" Governor Weng was really dumbfounded at this time, and he couldn't believe his ears.
And Sun Tu stared at him and continued to exert pressure: "As far as this official knows, you are going to form a family with the Zeng family as a son and daughter, isn't this enough to show that you have colluded with the Jurchens early on?" After a pause, he shouted: "Come on, take down this thief for me, and then you will be interrogated strictly, and you must not let go of any spies!" ”
Well, as soon as Sun Tu entered the city, he quickly turned the whole situation around, and the prefect Weng, who wanted to arrest people before, was about to become a prisoner in the blink of an eye......