Chapter Seventy-Two: Murderous Four
"What? Two people less! Listening to Zhang Qianhu's report, Huang Wancheng's brows couldn't help frowning.
"Yes, my lord, in the evening, I sent someone to change shifts, but after counting, there are indeed two people missing!" Zhang Qianhu also looked anxious, and there was a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart.
"Have you sent someone to find it?" Huang Wancheng asked with squinted eyes, wondering what would happen in his heart.
"I've searched it, but in such a big Siming Mansion City, I just didn't find anyone, I heard the people who were monitoring outside the post station during the day said that Zhu Xizhong and a few people came out of the post station not long after they entered the post station, and the two of them followed them, and there was no news later!"
"The man who came out of the post station didn't go back!" "I've been back a long time ago, and everyone originally thought that these two bastards had lost people, so they didn't care too much!"
"Hmph, a bunch of rice buckets!" Huang Wancheng glared at Zhang Qianhu fiercely, he had already guessed what was going on, it must have been these two stupid people who were discovered, and they disappeared.
Zhang Qianhu also thought of this, and when he heard Huang Wancheng scolding himself, he knew that he also thought so, and asked cautiously: "My lord, what should we do now, they are your pro-army, and they know a lot of things, and now that they fall into the hands of Jinyiwei, I am afraid that they will not be able to bear the confession!" ”
"Hmph, they dare, if they leak the old man's affairs, the old man will pick his skin!" Huang Wancheng said murderously, but he was very worried in his heart, Jinyiwei's torture is known to the world, and that thing is much worse than peeling the skin.
"Your Excellency! Be prepared, we must prepare in advance! Zhang Qianhu reminded with an anxious face, if Zhu Xizhong really knew about Lord Dusi, then he would have to follow him to the funeral.
After pondering for a while, Huang Wancheng said calmly: "Don't worry, wait until tomorrow to see, if the two of them can't come back, then worry about it!" ”
Huang Wancheng already has a plan in his heart, if this Zhu Xizhong is interested, he will definitely release people back tomorrow, on the contrary, if he doesn't release people, it means that he is ready to attack himself, in this case, let him understand who is in Guangxi.
After a night of suffering, Zhang Qianhu, who had two dark circles under his eyes, came to Huang Wancheng's side early to wait for the news, so as to hurry up and arrange the situation.
Waiting left and right, until it was nearly noon, he still did not see the two temporarily missing soldiers returning, and the impatient Huang Wancheng forced himself to calm down and wait while touching his sparse beard.
"Uncle, something happened!" Huang Tongzhi's anxious voice came from outside the door, Huang Wancheng was stunned, and the hand touching his beard couldn't help but add a little strength, and he actually pulled down the beard that was already small.
Looking at the beard in his hand, Huang Wancheng instantly turned purple, his chest began to rise and fall non-stop, and his hand was reading all over the place of the peerless pope.
"Say, what's the matter?" Throwing away his beard, Huang Wancheng looked at his nephew Huang Tongyu murderously and asked.
Looking at his uncle's bare chin, Huang Tongzhi knew that he had caused a big disaster, and fell to his knees with a thud, tears and snot flowed together, and sobbed: "Uncle, we found the body of a pro-soldier in a deserted house in the city, but there is no news about the other one so far!" ”
"Look for death!" Huang Wancheng clenched his fists and shouted fiercely: "Zhang Qianhu, in the name of the old man, send a message to our generals stationed on the front line of the water, and ask them to lead their men and horses to rush back to Siming Mansion City immediately, the old man wants to kill!" Huang Wancheng's rough voice was gone, and it turned out to be sharp and slender, piercing Zhang Qianhu's eardrums.
"Yes, the last general will send someone to deliver the message quickly!" Whenever he heard Huang Wancheng's voice, Zhang Qianhu knew that what he was encountering in front of him was big, the person who made Lord Dusi angry would not die, and whether Lord Dusi's beard was sticky.
The tents of the 25,000 military camps stationed on the front line of the water were connected in a line, and it was nearly 20 miles long.
In the dead of night, there were simultaneous movements in various parts of the camp that were connected in a line. Although the sergeants who came out of the tent in the middle of the night tried to keep their voices low, it was a pity that there was still a lot of movement.
"Lord Nan, you don't sleep in the middle of the night, you take so many brothers down to the river to fish!" The commander of Yongningwei, who spoke with a northern accent, made He Dazhuang look at the deputy in front of him with a contemptuous smile.
"Lord He, you have thought about it too much, Xiaguan has just received an order from Lord Dusi, there is a riot in Siming Mansion City, and Xiaguan is ordered to bring a thousand men and horses to rush back to help, and please get out of the way quickly, don't miss the big thing!" Facing the boss, Nanda didn't have the slightest look of fear, and his eyes were even more disdainful, what is there to be arrogant about an outsider.
"Hehe, why doesn't the official know about such a big matter, and the transfer of troops and horses, in addition to the general order of Lord Dusi, also needs the command of the commander to take effect!" He Dazhuang's face did not change, and he still smiled at Mimi.
"Bold, surnamed He, this is Guangxi, not Datong, who dares to disobey the order of the general of the capital division, and engage in military law!" Lord Nan's eyes widened, and he raised his hand and pulled out the blade on his waist and pointed at He Dazhuang.
It's just that as soon as the words fell, the person was stupid, but he didn't know when a spear was pierced into his abdomen, and the handle of the gun was in He Dazhuang's hand.
"The surname Nan, no matter Guangxi Datong, is a Daming country, and it is not his turn to be Huang Wancheng!" After that, with a twist of his eyebrows, he picked off Nanda, who had already begun to sway.
With a wave of the spear in his hand, He Dazhuang raised his voice and shouted: "All the soldiers obey the order, and they are ordered by the general Chengguo of the Southern University, and Huang Wancheng, the capital of Guangxi, has bad intentions and murders his boss. ”
He Dazhuang had been on the battlefield for a long time in the frontier, his eyes were full of momentum, and he actually frightened the Qianhu Lord who obeyed Nanda's orders to fall off the horse directly, and the soldiers behind him did not dare to move.
The same thing happened in different places, some of them were the commander who killed the commander who was about to lead the troops to Siming Mansion City, and there were even more Qianhu who came out of nowhere, and several brothers killed the commander and the commander Tongzhi several times in a row, and the entire Xizhuoshui garrison camp was in chaos.
At this time, in the city of Simingfu, the remaining army of less than 5,000 after the first battle of Sifangling was also assembled outside the prefect's yamen, and only waited for the men and horses who were cutting the water to arrive at dawn and entered the post station, and annihilated all the 2,000 men and horses led by Chengguo Gong in one fell swoop.
Huang Wancheng has already thought about it, since this time he has started to kill, he must kill it thoroughly, and the generals who have been transferred from outside the Guangxi army over the years must also be eradicated one by one, and then push all of them to the Annan people, as if they died on the battlefield to protect their families and defend the country, and there is no way for them to do things so cheaply, and they really can't think of any other excuse The marriage journey is long and full of reading.
They are preparing, and the post station is not idle, Cheng Guogong is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, of course, the Jinyi Guards lurking in Guangxi have to listen to his old man's orders, and it is easy to monitor Huang Wancheng's every move.
In fact, what Huang Wancheng did, how could the imperial court not have a little news, but just as Huang Wancheng's pro-army said, this guy has a close relationship with dozens of Tusi in Guangxi, and there are many cronies in the army of Guangxi Weisuo, these two points are his biggest reliance, if he rashly removes and arrests him, he can only force him to unite with Tusi to set up a flag to rebel, in that case, it will be more than worth the loss.
It is precisely because of this that the imperial court secretly dispatched generals to Guangxi to serve, in order to bury chess pieces and take down Huang Wancheng in one fell swoop when the time is ripe.
And this invasion of the Annamite is the best opportunity, originally according to the plan of Cheng Guogong, is to first command the army to drive the Annamite away, take advantage of this time, vigorously promote the army in the court to send generals, and then wait for the Annamite to withdraw, then take the opportunity to control the army to take Huang Wancheng.
It's just that he didn't expect Huang Wancheng to be arrogant, and he should mess around at such a juncture, and it happened that he caught up with Shen Chongming's luck and got such a big handle, Cheng Guogong immediately adjusted his strategy and decided to capture Huang Wancheng first to collect military power, and then fight with the Annan people.
So that night, the soldiers of the 2,000 Shenji Battalion and the 3,000 Battalion were ready to fight, and Ada brought hundreds of clansmen to cheer.
The current 5,000 men and horses under his command are definitely cronies, and the old man has no intention of showing mercy to his subordinates, if he does not listen to the advice to surrender, it is nothing to kill them all.
"My lord, it's almost dawn!" Zhang Qianhu, who had been nervous, watched the sky light up, and couldn't help but walk up to Huang Wancheng, who had a majestic face, and said, his heart was almost desperate, the people who should have arrived half an hour ago have not appeared yet, it is very likely that something is wrong!
Taking a deep breath, Huang Wancheng also knew that there was a very high chance that something was wrong, but now that the arrow was ready to be sent, there was no way back, and if it was done, he would be the nameless king of Guangxi, and if he failed, there was only one way waiting for him, and that was death.
"Don't wait, pass my general's order, the army will immediately rush to the post station, kill one enemy and reward ten taels of silver, kill five enemies and promote 100 households, reward 20 taels of silver, kill one enemy general, promote 1,000 households, reward 1000 taels of silver, kill Zhu Xizhong's old dog, promote the commander, reward 1,000 taels of silver!" What he is doing now is no different from rebellion, Huang Wancheng has faintly regarded himself as the king of Guangxi, and he has assigned official positions, which is also a matter of course.
Zhang Qianhu was dumbfounded, stunned for a moment and hurriedly beat his horse to preach to the soldiers, this reward is really exciting, the soldiers who were still a little scared heard it, and immediately their eyes were red with excitement, wow, lala! Promotions and fortunes are just today.
Looking at the high morale, Huang Wancheng is also full of confidence, the so-called tiger and wolf army, the morale is nothing more than that, with these 5,000 soldiers, any enemy will be trampled under his feet and crushed: "Let's go, bloody post station!" ”
"Report!" With a long shout, the probe horse, who had been lurking around the prefect's yamen and paying attention to Huang Wancheng's movement, galloped back, turned over and dismounted and ran to the old man who was sitting on the Taishi's chair covered with a quilt: "Grandpa, Huang Wancheng led the rebels to set off, and they can arrive in a quarter of an hour!" ”
The old man's eyes opened, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Okay, pass on my general's order, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion will immediately lurk in the houses on both sides of the street, and the soldiers of the 3,000 battalion will be the enemy!" After instructing the heralds, the old man turned his head to look at Ada who was standing behind him, and said, "As for the men of the Zhuang family, Ning Da, you take them on a detour to cut off the back road of Huang Wancheng and the rebels, don't let them escape!" ”
"Yes, Ada will go now, and he will not disappoint Lord Guogong!" Ada's face was full of excitement, and the time for revenge had come,