Chapter 89: Li Sheng

After Li Sheng left the Shugang camp of the righteous army, he took a deep breath and felt that his back was soaked.

There may be people in the city who want to make Zhang Xuan bow down with some words. But Li Sheng did not have this kind of awareness.

Although Li Sheng is a noble son, he is not a wine bag and a rice bag. A quick arrow is famous in the south of the Yangtze River, although he is only a teenager, both civil and military, Shi Kefa recruited troops from Nanjing to the north, and all the nobles have evaded, only Li Sheng is impassioned and wants to fight thieves in the army.

But Shi Kefa thought that Li Sheng was young and rejected Li Sheng. Li Sheng did not give up, on the day of Shi Kefa's gathering, a horse came to the Nanjing Dajiao Field, bent the bow and shot arrows, stunning the audience, even Liu Zhaoji was greatly surprised, and did not want to have such archery skills in the south.

Shi Kefa was overjoyed and asked if it was the general of that team, only to know that it was Li Sheng.

This allowed Li Sheng to join the army.

Today, Zhang Xuan came too fast and too anxious, which made Shi Kefa at a loss, plus there were too few cavalry in the city, so he didn't dare to go out of the city to explore the truth of Zhang Xuan's department, Li Sheng volunteered to send Zhang Xuan's camp to the camp, not to persuade him to surrender.

Before Li Sheng could reach the city gate, someone greeted him, and Stilwell was already waiting here.

After a while, Li Sheng was brought to Shi Kefa's side.

Shi Kefa asked, "How many soldiers and horses does the thief have?" ”

Li Sheng's face was a little ugly and said: "The horse team is over 10,000, as for the number of foot soldiers, I can't see it for a while, but at least it is above the number of horse teams." ”

Li Sheng is young after all, and Liu Zhaoji told a lot of points before Li Sheng left, that is, how to judge the number of enemies, judging from the camp tent, smoke and dust, stove, and so on. But first, it is impossible for Li Sheng to go through all the camps of the righteous army, and second, these judgments can only be relied on experience in many cases, and cannot be understood at one point.

After Liu Zhaoji heard this, he was secretly worried in his heart, worried about the current situation in Yangzhou City.

After coming back yesterday, the thieves and soldiers came to the city, and in the entire Yangzhou City, countless people came to the door to ask about the cause and effect, and Shi Kefa had to be appeased one by one, but in the current situation, how could Shi Kefa be appeased by words alone.

These big salt merchants and others boarded the ship one after another.

Anyway, from Yangzhou City to the canal wharf, it is completely connected, although it is outside the city, but it is undoubtedly in the city.

Most of the fires that Zhang Xuan saw yesterday were the lights of these people who fled on the boat overnight. Otherwise, when the thieves and soldiers come to the city, how many people are so big that they are still drinking and having fun in the middle of the night.

"What do you think of the thieves outside the city?" Shi Kefa asked.

Li Sheng wanted to say no. But there are some things that you can't fool yourself, it's meaningless. He just sighed and didn't speak.

He has seen the men and horses of Shi Kefa's department, and it can be regarded as selecting the best of the best from the Beijing camp in Nanjing, selecting some of the combatants, and after crossing the river, he selected Cao Ding Lifu in Yangzhou, and the available people have more than 10,000 soldiers. But compared to thieves, it is simply not the same.

Not going back, is also an answer. Shi Kefa's heart darkened, and he sighed secretly, becoming more and more desperate in his heart.

"My lord, the thieves have sent troops." Someone came to report.

Shi Kefa led several people to a tall building near the castle tower.

Generally speaking, the houses in Yangzhou are higher than the houses outside, and the further you go, the lower the houses. The so-called building is only a three- or four-story structure. On the window on the top of the building, everything in front of me was guarded, but I saw the thief waving a big banner with the word "Cao" and a banner embroidered with the word "Nanyang". For a while, Shi Kefa didn't guess how to explain the word "Nanyang".

The question passed through his mind and then put it aside. Watch carefully for the thieves.

Most of the houses outside the city are now vacant.

Last night and this morning, during this time, the people outside the city either fled or entered the city.

Of course, this does not mean that there is no one left. Although the soldiers were in danger, Zhang Xuan came too quickly, and Shi Kefa was worried that the thieves would win the city, and he did not dare to extend the time when the city gate was opened, lest he would give Zhang Xuan a loophole. Therefore, the city gate was not opened for a long time, and it was tightly guarded and inspected layer by layer. The speed at which the brigade entered the city was not fast.

There are quite a few people who are blocked out of the city.

Just find some nooks and nooks to avoid them.

Anyway, the horizontal streets and alleys outside Yangzhou seem to be a maze. There are many places where you are not locals, and you can't find a place if you want to.

According to Shi Kefa, the thieves are very cautious, and the houses on both sides are searched. Although it is going along the main street, the speed is quite slow, and I am afraid that it will take a while to get under the city gate.

"Your Excellency." Liu Zhaoji said: "After the thieves outside the city get close to the city wall, put a fire, and definitely let the thieves have no return." ”

Although the city walls of Yangzhou are hidden between the houses, there is still a moat in Yangzhou City, but the moat of Yangzhou City seems to have become, Yangzhou City Ring City Waterway, but in any case, there is a moat to isolate, even if a fire is burned outside the city, it will not burn in the city.

"Never." Shi Kefa said: "The hearts of the people are the most important, easy to lose and rare, he takes a city, than the cruelty of Shuli, even if the thieves have one more city, the hearts of the people in the city are still in me, but there are countless people outside the city, and a fire is set out, this is the loss of Yangzhou." ”

A Confucian minister like Shi Kefa never thought that Li Zicheng would be able to last long. And Shi Kefa can't do this.

Liu Zhaoji is a native of Liaodong, and he has seen a lot of life and death, and he deals with Dongyu.

What kind of things have I never seen, seeing the benevolence of Shi Kefa's woman at this moment, she suddenly said: "Your Excellency, ,----"

He wanted to say something, but he was already interrupted by Shi Kefa.

"I've made up my mind." Shi Kefa said.

"Then the last general will ask for battle, go down to the city and fight the thieves." Liu Zhaoji's face was bloody, and he gritted his teeth and said.

Shi Kefa looked at Liu Zhaoji and said, "Okay, you go, take care of your life." ”

Liu Zhaoji said: "My lord, take care too. ”

After Liu Zhaoji finished speaking, he went down to the attic without looking back, leaving only the sound of heavy footsteps on the wooden floor.

Shi Kefa assigned the generals around him one by one to keep order in the city, or to guard the city gates, inspect the city walls and so on. After a while, Li Sheng was left alone.

Shi Kefa looked at Li Sheng and said, "I will write a letter and forward it to Wei Guogong on my behalf." ”

As soon as Stilwell heard what Shi Kefa said, he immediately laid out the paper and studied the ink, and in a moment, Shi Kefa wrote a letter, and after drying the ink, Stilwell put it away, added fire paint, and handed it to Li Sheng.

Li Sheng was next to him, although he didn't intend to peek at Shi Kefa's letter, but when he looked at it, he also guessed that it was nothing more than to inform Nanjing of the matter of Yangzhou, and also said that he could not do anything now, and the matter of Jiangfang could only be presided over by Wei Guogong, and asked Wei Guogong to urge Zuo Liangyu to return to help as soon as possible.

Li Sheng read it vaguely from it, with a sense of delivery of the aftermath.

"Go quickly." Shi Kefa said.

"Naturally, there are servants to do it for you, and when Yangzhou City is in danger, it is where the husband comes in. I have been looking forward to it for a long time, and I cannot avoid it. Li Sheng said loudly.

Shi Kefa said: "You are still young, and you will have a lot to do in the future. Yangzhou will not succeed, and it will be useful in the future. ”

At this moment, Shi Kefa is cherishing talents for the country, Li Sheng is both civil and military, good at chanting poetry, and poetry is Tang style. And the family background is good, how can Xungui not become a weapon anymore, but it is also a pillar of the imperial court, even if he is Wanli age, there is a precedent for Xungui to lead troops to defend one side.

Even if Shi Kefa now entrusts Jiang Fang to Wei Guogong and does not explain it to Han Zanzhou, the eunuch who guards the town, it is that he thinks that the hidden power of Wei Guogong is not comparable to the eunuch who guards the town.

is so capable, has a family background, and over time, he is a member of the national dynasty. Not to mention that it's an eventful time.

Li Sheng said: "My lord, why give up Yangzhou and go to Nanjing. ”

"As a minister of state, how can I avoid thieves, and hundreds of thousands of living beings in Yangzhou rely on me, how can I bear to abandon them in fire and water?" Shi Kefa said.

"The public will not do it, and he will be honored in the next generation, and he will rest with the country. Don't dare to be greedy for life and afraid of death, insulting the family style. Li Sheng said: "Forgive me. ”

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