"General Hong, it's been a few days, and our army is still lingering in Ziyang! So when will the siege of Qufu be solved? Aren't you afraid that the rescue will not be able to save you, and the temple of the saint will be destroyed? At that time, how can our generation of scholars survive in the world? This gushing infamy, is the general system going to be responsible for it, and it will be stinking for 10,000 years? ”

Although Meng Lin in the north of Zou County was not destroyed, the Meng Temple and Meng Mansion were burned to the ground. And can Mencius be better than Confucius?

To put it mildly, if this kind of encounter falls on the head of the Kong family, Hong Chengchou will lose his official position, and Zhou Yanru will also invite himself to work.

It is a matter of gaining or losing his own interests, Wu Changshi is a literati, but his voice is not small.

It's just that this kind of argument really makes the generals in the army unhappy.

Hong Chengchou's whole person looked a little haggard, with a pair of panda eyes, which made people know that the recent rest was not good. Hearing Wu Changshi's question, he was about to say something, but the generals on both sides had already shouted and answered for him.

Zuo Guangxian was the first to jump out and said: "Lord Wu said lightly, there are 100,000 Tartar troops in front of our army, which is more than our troops, and we have not been defeated so far, which is a blessing from heaven." ”

didn't mention Tartar's clear strategy at all, and when he said it, Wu Changshi would also pretend to be confused. Then everyone just pretended to be confused.

Anyway, when the Tartars entered the fortress, they said that the Qing Dynasty sent an army of 100,000 to the Eight Banners.

"The enemy is outnumbered, and it is not easy for my generation of warriors to persist to this day. Lord Wu is a civil servant, and he is not familiar with military affairs, how can he talk nonsense? "Follow-up fire keeps up.

"The soldiers have been doing their best for the Ming Dynasty for months. Lord Wu is talking like this, just to mean that we and the others are afraid of the enemy and avoid war, which is too chilling. ”

Zheng Zhilong was sick, and no one was present, but just asked Hong Xu to come forward, and at the moment he was sitting in the right column in the big tent, with a stunned face.

“……”

Although he was born in Haikou, he was shameless, and he was really defeated by the court generals in front of him. can say that cowardice and war avoidance are so straightforward and affectionate.

Not only are they shameless, but even Hong Chengchou is also shameless, after hearing these words, he sighed and said: "This battle is really difficult, if it is not for Hong to save Qufu, it is really beyond his strength!" ”

"Don't talk about the lack of money and food in advance. It is only said that this army is chasing all the way, and it has just arrived in Ziyang, and the people are tired and tired, so they must rest for a few days and then make arrangements. ”

As a veteran general, Hong Chengchou knows these Qiu Ba under him very well. It is okay to follow the ass of the Qing army, and tell them to fight a bloody battle with the Tartars, he dares to guarantee that now that the order is out, there will be a rebellion in the camp at night, and then the soldiers and horses from all walks of life who are not easy to gather will take the opportunity to disperse.

Even what will happen to Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao, he doesn't dare to guarantee.

In addition, he also received a secret order from the emperor, which told him to try to maintain military strength while rescuing Qufu. Jiang Dejing did not drop the chain, and his fellow villagers were still reliable at the critical moment.

Wu Chang rolled his eyes angrily, and the corners of his mouth were foaming these days. Not for the Kong family and Master Zu, nor for Zhou Yanru, but purely for himself.

If Kong Lin and Kong really suffered, Zhou Yanru would also suffer nine times out of ten, and his dismissal would be light. And what about him? Can it still be good?

The strangest thing about him now is Hong Chengchou. This person is also a scholar, how can he not know what the political significance of Qufu is? It was a grasshopper on the same rope as him, and now he was still messing around with a bunch of hills, and he was really kicked in the head by a donkey.

He couldn't talk to a group of ruffians, so he could only look at Zheng Zhilong.

However, the battle of Dai Jiaji seems to be true, the Zheng army was surrounded by tens of thousands of Qing regiments, and it seemed that it was not false that they fought for more than a month. Such an army still has some strength left, although Wu Changshi is a literati, but he also has no score in his heart.

When Wu Changshi entered Ziyang City, he directly found Zheng Zhilong's foothold, the main residence of a wealthy merchant in Yanzhou. The latter gave up the main house to Zheng Zhilong and moved to the outer courtyard by himself.

Outside the courtyard, dozens of soldiers stood tall. All of them have big shoulders and round waists, are energetic, and have bright helmets and armor, so they are not mighty.

Wu Changshi saw it in his heart, and he saw the whole leopard at a glance. Such a spirit is rare in Hong Chengchou's army. From this, it can be seen that Zheng Jun must be a strong army. It's a pity that I had a big fight with the Tartars first......

Came to the door to ask to see Zheng Zhilong. Unfortunately, Zheng Zhilong was not at home and went to the barracks. But today is the time for the military department to come to verify that the people at the head are doing their right thing.

Wu Changshi had another meeting with him.

Zheng Zhilong was wrapped in a thick fur coat, and greeted him in front of the barracks with a sallow face, and at first glance he seemed to be really sick.

As a traverser, Zheng Zhilong's momentum is already insufficient, and his posture can easily be restarted, a little shrunk, and his face is covered with makeup, isn't it as listless as if he was sick.

Wu Changshi thinks so, although he listens to Zheng Zhilong's voice, he is still very confident. But after entering the camp, he was startled by the heads piled up in the school yard.

- Thousands of Tartar heads made of lime nitrate were piled up like a small mountain, emitting a strong smell of blood and stench, which made Wu Changshi almost vomit.

That little bit of strangeness disappeared.

The people from the military department were like seeing Jin Shan, they believed in Zheng Zhilong more. The previous few times I asked for credit, and the first level sent was genuine, and the reputation value had a foundation.

"Everyone, please—" Next to the pile of heads was a jar of clear water. The soldiers who came to the military department and the officials he brought with him inspected the heads one by one. Authenticity is unmistakable.

Not only did the people from the military department come to see it happy, but the accompanying Yanzhou officials such as Deng Fanxi, Zheng Zhilong and other Zheng Jun, and Wu Changshi, who was plugged in, were all happy.

"In a battle, there are thousands of real Tartar heads, Zheng Dashuai is really a pillar of the country, and the pillars of the court are also." The person from the military department gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely.

How many years have the Ming and Qing dynasties been at war?

There is really no one who can win thousands of Tartars in one battle.

The number of Tartars killed in many battles must have exceeded 1,000, such as on the Songjin battlefield. But has the Ming army ever gotten a head? The conversion rate of this battle merit is far inferior to Zheng Jun's.

When the business is over, then the next thing is naturally to eat, drink and play one-stop service.

This is the same as the treatment after the factory inspection under QA in later generations, not only to be served with good food and drink, but also to secretly get some benefits. For example, the accommodation fee reimbursed by the company is actually paid in advance by the manufacturer. Moreover, those officials in the Ministry of War are much darker than the QA of later generations, and they dare to blatantly collect benefit fees.

Of course, Wu Changshi would not be angry with Zheng Zhilong because someone from the military department collected a benefit fee. On the contrary, he still had a good impression of Zheng Zhilong at the beginning, because his backer was Zhou Yanru, who relied on Zheng Zhilong to tide over a difficult situation, and the cooperation between the Zheng Group and the Donglin Party was also very tacit, and the two sides were simply potential allies.

Wu Changshi looked down on Zheng Zhilong's background in his heart, and he wouldn't take Zheng Zhilong with a knife, wouldn't he?

But when Wu Changshi found that there were not a lot of Zheng soldiers in Ziyang City, and their mental outlook was very good, with their heads held high, their swords and guns bright, not the depressed and exhausted appearance he imagined, he felt that things did not seem to be as he thought.

After a little investigation, there was a sense of being deceived in his heart, and he came to Zheng Zhilong angrily. I want to question him face to face: You Zheng Zhilong is a famous general in the world, who has won several victories against the Qing army and enjoys great fame, why do you avoid war and cowardice today? Isn't this an act afraid of being spread out and making the world laugh?

At this time, he already regarded Zheng Zhilong as a big moth that endangered his career. But under the banner of defending the famous religion and protecting Confucius and Mencius, he is particularly justifiable.

Zheng Zhilong expected that on this day, thousands of Zheng troops were in Ziyang City, and Wu Changshi was blind, so he couldn't see it?

There are six or seven thousand men and horses, full of morale and well-equipped, how can they not fight, and how can they say that they have suffered heavy casualties and are exhausted? The officials in Yanzhou are blind, and that's because they have vested interests.

With Zheng Zhilong leading the army in the city, Ziyang City is impregnable.

But Wu Changshi is different, he is Zhou Yanru's envoy, and the purpose of his appearance here is to relieve the siege of Qufu. Today, let his political backer Zhou Yanru keep his black yarn, and he can continue to sit still.

The positions of both sides are somewhat inconsistent.

Compared with Deng Fanxi, Tan Si and other Yanzhou officials, Wu Changshi ate enough gunpowder. Because the former lost his official position because of the Kong family, he couldn't even escape from Shilin Qingyi, but he could still save his life. Just like Sun Tzu, Ruan Dacheng and other eunuchs.

But Wu Changshi is different, if he is liquidated, his life will be gone.

Who told him that he had offended too many people before and that his appearance was too ugly?

After Zhou Yanru recovered, this person was bent on "holding hundreds of bureaucrats and deposing the power", and openly asked Zhou Yanru for the post of Wenxuan Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, saying that "I have to be called the Minister of the Ministry of Justice one day, although I have no hatred in death". After wishing, he regarded himself as the spokesperson of the Restoration Society, controlled the government and appointed private individuals. robbed too much cheese from other people's bowls, and naturally enemies were everywhere. Even the people in the Restoration Society are quite dissatisfied with it, and there are rumors that the leader of the Restoration Society, Zhang Pu, who died young, is rumored to have been poisoned by it, so that the Restoration Society has attacked each other.

In fact, this is the reason why Wu Changshi heard Zhou Yanru's call and went straight to the army without saying a word. Because of keeping Zhou Yanru, this is his only way to live.

Moreover, if he kept the Qufu Kong clan and protected Kong Lin, not only would Zhou Yanru be safe, but he would have an extra layer of shining aura on his body. Guarding the holy temple bed, guarding the holy Miao descendant, with this great credit, Wu Changshi felt that he could learn from crabs in the future - walked sideways in the court.

"The land of the saints of Qufu is now trapped in the hands of the bloody Tatars, and the people with lofty ideals in the world want to sacrifice their lives to protect the holy temple. Zheng Zhilong, as a general of the imperial court, you have avoided war and cowardice so far, do you really think that no one dares to reveal your true face to the world? ”

Zheng Zhilong's eyes widened. "Is this even a threat?"

When Jiang Zhe, who was standing in the corner of the lobby, looked at Wu Chang with wide eyes, this person was crazy, right? He is not only threatening a general soldier, but also the dignified King of Minhai.

"Get him out of here!"