Chapter 20: The Annexation of Fire

Time flew by, and three days seemed to be in the snap of a finger.

Jin Shenghuan doesn't seem to have done anything, and he seems to have made some arrangements, as for what the arrangements are, it is not enough for outsiders.

Ling Mengchu didn't know about these.

During this period of time, Ling Mengchu was not idle, and he was always busy.

The garrison in Xuzhou City has reached more than 20,000 people at once, and the supply of grain and grass, and the arrangement of the garrison must be handled by Ling Mengchu, and these things are simple, after all, Xuzhou is a big state, and it is also a military center, and it is easy to settle. However, the contradictions between generals are not easy to handle. 、

In Ling Mengchu's opinion, Liu Zeqing is a very good person, but the imperial army is a little lax, as soon as he enters the city, he comes to see Ling Mengchu with the courtesy of his subordinates, and asks Ling Mengchu to protect him. and told the contradictions between him and Qiu Lei one by one.

Ling Mengchu naturally didn't want these guest troops to make anything happen in Xuzhou, so he agreed, and introduced the Ding brothers to Liu Zeqing. Immediately, the news of the defeat of Fang Village came. Ling Mengchu hurriedly arranged to deal with the defeated army, and then told Qiu Lei about this matter. found that although Qiu Lei was estranged from Liu Zeqing, he looked very good at talking.

And so it goes. Ling Mengchu also put his mind at ease.

However, in Ling Mengchu's opinion, it is not enough to just do this, he must ensure that these Qiu Ba people cooperate sincerely, after all, after Zhang Thief won the battle of Fangcun, he did not mean to leave Xuzhou, but wandered in Xuzhou, which seemed to have the intention of staying for a long time.

For Xuzhou, it may not be good news, but for Ling Mengchu, it may be good news.

Ling Mengchu only needs to unite the generals to defeat the thief, these years, only those who can fight and level the thief, and the promotion is fast, as if he is flying, even if Ling Mengchu is forty out of sixty, it does not prevent his old man from having a fierce time.

Therefore, Ling Mengchu arranged a dinner in the palace and invited Qiu Lei, Liu Zeqing, the Ding brothers, and generals of all sizes to the banquet.

After a big feast, it was already dark at night.

Ling Meng saw everyone leave with lanterns at first, only to feel that the old arms and legs were a little unbearable. I can't help but move hard.

"Daddy." Ling Chu supported him from behind and said, "You pay attention to your body. ”

Ling Mengchu was on top of the banquet, but he couldn't shirk it, and drank a few glasses of wine, but the wine was up, a little drunk, and he waved his arm and said, "Your father and I are not old yet." Then he shook a few words and sang in a tone with a Zhejiang native accent: "Although the turtle is long-lived, there is still a time; Teng snake ride the fog, and eventually turn into ashes. Lao Ji is in the woods, and his ambitions are thousands of miles; The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong. The period of profit and contraction is not only in the sky; The blessing of recuperation can be eternal. Fortunately, even ya, the song is a song. ”

The song is

The ancient music house words, the country accent in the sound is very strong, if ordinary people hear it. I just think that this old man is singing something in a mess, but there is some ancient meaning in the tune.

"Boom." A loud bang came from not far away, and the sound of violent impact hit the window behind Ling Mengchu, making the window paper crackle.

Ling Mengchu was taken aback, the wine turned into a cold sweat and said, "What's the matter?" ”

He felt that things were happening on the road before the state government. At this time, martial law had already been imposed in Xuzhou City, and on the main road, only those who had just left were walking.

"It's them." Ling Mengchu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

He didn't know who had the accident, but whoever had the accident was a big deal.

"Let's go and have a look." Ling Mengchu immediately led one hundred and ten servants to the place where the explosion occurred.

Not far away, Qiu Lei was riding on a horse, and he also heard this explosion, he scolded with a smile: "This tiger minister is really, I just asked him to kill one person, why do you make such a big move?" ”

"My lord, why don't we go back and have a look?" A general beside Qiu Lei said.

"Why go back, what's the matter with us? It's Jin Shenghuan's business, and it has nothing to do with us. Qiu Lei sneered and said, "Tell me to go down and keep an eye on Jin Shenghuan." And when he is used. ”

"Yes."

Just when Qiu Lei felt that he was done and was about to unload the mill and kill the donkey, he suddenly heard someone shouting and said: "It's Qiu Lei, it was Qiu Lei who sent someone to kill General Liu and avenge General Liu." ”

"Avenge General Liu."

For a while, the sound of shouting and killing was shocking, and countless people killed from behind.

After all, all the generals have just left the state government, although Qiu Lei and Liu Zeqing have not walked the same road, but in fact, they are not far apart.

Qiu Lei's face changed suddenly, and he scolded secretly in his heart: "What did Jin Shenghuan do, how did this news leak out." But Qiu Lei also knows that this is not the time to explain, and there is no need to explain, it is just a free testimony, and no evidence is needed.

However, he was not alarmed, he knew that he only had to go back to the camp and survive the night. It's never too late to do it tomorrow.

It's just that the night wasn't easy.

At this moment, Ling Mengchu also came to the place where the explosion occurred.

At today's banquet, Jin Shenghuan frequently persuaded Liu Zeqing to drink, Liu Zeqing was not good at drinking, he was already drunk like mud, and he couldn't ride a horse, so he used the carriage of the state government, but he didn't want to rush out of one or two carriages obliquely after leaving the state office, and crashed into Liu Zeqing's carriage, which was all filled with gunpowder and exploded suddenly.

Ling Mengchu only looked at the scene and knew that Liu Zeqing decided that he would not be able to live.

Immediately, he heard someone shouting that Qiu Lei had killed Liu Zeqing, and a group of people shouted that they wanted to avenge Liu Zeqing, and suddenly secretly said that it was not good.

Who did this? Ling Mengchu thought with his toes, and he understood that except for the people in the army, where could anyone have so much gunpowder. Who is the person in the army who wants Liu Zeqing's life, naturally Qiu Lei, who has a long-cherished wish with Liu Zeqing.

But the truth is one thing, what to do with it is another.

Ling Mengchu couldn't wait to slash Qiu Lei at this moment, but he also knew that he couldn't mess up at this moment. After killing Qiu Lei, who will defend the city.

Even if Ling Mengchu was dissatisfied with Qiu Lei's 1,000 or 10,000, he had to pinch his nose to clean up the mess for Qiu Lei. As Qiu Lei said before, no one stands up for a dead man. The dead Liu Zeqing and the living Liu Zeqing are two different concepts.

The fight in the streets was but the beginning of the chaos.

Liu Zeqing's living soldiers immediately returned to the camp, but after a while, most of Liu Zeqing's troops left the camp, as soon as Liu Zeqing died, Liu Zeqing's army had no absolute leader, and no one could control anyone. But there are still some rebels, who don't know where to run for a long time, but Xuzhou City seems to be awakened, and the sound of fire and women's cries can be heard in several places.

Ling Mengchu gritted his teeth and said, "Hit my flag." Honor guard. ”

Ling Chu knew what Ling Mengchu wanted to do as soon as he heard it, and he was taken aback and said, "Father----"

"Go." Ling Mengchu shouted.

"Yes." Ling Chu said.

A moment later, Ling Mengchu stopped on the street with more than 100 people, and hundreds of torches illuminated the street. The imperial court will deal with General Liu's affairs, and it will definitely give General Liu justice, and the imperial court will definitely not let go of the person who assassinated General Liu, but you can't gather people to cause chaos. hurt Li Min, and returned to the camp as soon as possible. ”

Ling Mengchu was in front of hundreds of rebels, the torches illuminated his face, and the green official robes exuded a different luster under the firelight, which calmed the rebels for a while.

It seems that a great chaos is about to dissipate invisibly.

Above the roof, a man snorted coldly. This person is none other than Song Wenkui, who assassinated Liu Zeqing and dealt with the matter here, and Jin Shenghuan handed it over to Song Wenkui to handle. If it weren't for Jin Shenghuan's lack of manpower, he would not have used such a cruel method as gunpowder.

Just Liu Zeqing's death is not enough, what Jin Shenghuan wants is chaos in Xuzhou City.

Song Wenkui took out the longbow. Bending the bow and arrows, he pulled a step bow for half a moon, only to hear the sound of the gurgling bowstring, and he slowly aimed the tip of the arrow at Ling Mengchu's chest.

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