Mrs. Xing was originally Li Zicheng's concubine, managing the accounts in the camp for the army, very shrewd and capable, and later because Li Zicheng was fighting all the year round, she fell in love with Gao Jie, who was in charge of the logistics of the army at that time, and betrayed the camp with him and took refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

Mrs. Xing is not only beautiful, but also very wise, and has always been Gao Jie's virtuous helper, Shi Kefa was able to persuade Gao Jie to lead the troops westward, and she has a part of the credit.

Gao Jie was newly mourned, Huang Degong led the troops to come, wanting to annex the army and territory left by Gao Jie, Mrs. Xing knew that it was impossible to keep the inheritance left by Gao Jie with their orphans and widows alone, so she invited Shi Kefa to call the shots.

As Huang Degong's army approached Xuzhou, Gao Jie's subordinates, who were originally fighting with each other, also realized that the real threat came from the outside, so they temporarily gave up their entanglements with each other and chose to unite with each other.

Mrs. Xing took the opportunity to gather everyone together to discuss countermeasures.

Xuzhou City Xingping Bofu, Mrs. Xing and Gao Yuanzhao sat in the first place, Shi Kefa followed, and the rest were Gao Jie's main subordinates, Li Benshen, Li Chengdong, Hu Maozhen and others, Wang Yan and a group of high-level thousands of households were separated on both sides.

"Shi Gebu, Huang Degong ignored the new funeral of the concubine and husband, sent troops over, bullied the concubine, orphans and widows, you have to call the shots for us!" Mrs. Xing hid her face and sobbed, making people feel that she had been greatly wronged.

Shi Kefa was depressed because of the complete failure of the western expedition plan, and the people in their forties were already crawling with white silk on their heads, and a trace of bitterness leaked from their thin faces. "Xingping Bo died because of me, I will naturally be the master of your mother and son, if Huang Jingnan comes, I will go to say that he will return to the south!"

Although Shi Kefa is not in command of the four towns, he must be the supervisor in the Ming sense, and the Jiangbei town minister of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Degong has to give some face. Hearing that he was willing to persuade him, Mrs. Xing felt a lot more relieved.

In fact, Gao Jie's department is the strongest in the four towns, although Gao Jie died, but his soldiers and horses did not lose, as long as everyone is united, they are not afraid of Huang Degong's coming.

It's just that Gao Yuanzhao is young and lacks prestige, so Mrs. Xing has to use Shi Kefa, but even if Huang Degong retires this time, what should he do in the future?

"The concubine has thanked the cabinet for upholding justice!" Mrs. Xing stood up and bowed slightly to Shi Kefa, and then continued: "However, the concubine and her husband died early, what should happen to Xingping Bofu in the future, and what should happen to Xuzhou and Sizhou, the cabinet can have the will of the court." ”

Shi Kefa has always advocated the strategy of joining forces to break the thieves and make peace with the Qing court, and now the peace has been shattered, but he has no way to deal with it in his heart.

"I will ask the court to play and establish Yuan Zhao as the son of Xingping." Shi Kefa had no choice but to reassure: "Li Benshen can be the commander, Hu Maozhen is the pavilion standard of the Chinese army, and Li Chengdong is the chief soldier of Xuzhou." You can return to your own duties and jointly protect the peace of Xuzhou. ”

Li Chengdong and the others originally wanted to compete for the position left by Gao Jie, but most of them were evenly matched between several commanders, and no one could subdue anyone.

Now that they heard about Shi Kefa's arrangement, they had to acquiesce, and they didn't raise any objections at the moment, and of course they wouldn't be grateful, because this was what they had now, and Shi Kefa just finalized the name.

Shi Kefa's words, that is, everything is business as usual, and there are no new changes, but the rights left behind after Gao Jie's death are divided.

This made Mrs. Xing, who was originally worried about Gao Yuanzhao's youth and unable to subdue many veterans, very worried, and couldn't help frowning.

Wang Yan stood aside and listened to the conversation of everyone, observing everyone's faces, and also considering the current situation.

He suddenly discovered that with Gao Jie's death, it actually provided Shi Kefa with an opportunity to change the situation of the mercenaries in the four towns of Jiangbei who respected themselves and disrespected orders.

If he can help Shi Kefa get the support of Gao Jie's department, let him master the more than 50,000 elite soldiers of Gao Jie's department, and then he can command the other three towns with troops, then Shi Kefa's name as the Jiangbei Governor will immediately live up to his name.

At this time, the possibility of talking about the Qing court has been cut off, and Shi Kefa can only change his strategy to resist the Qing Dynasty, and he can get the backing of a town of soldiers and horses, and in the future, the Qing army will go south, whether it is attacking or defending, the plan will be much easier to implement.

At this time, Wang Yan saw that Mrs. Xing was worried, and after a little thought, he understood her concerns, and Wang Yan couldn't help but have a plan in his heart, which could help Shi Kefa control the army, and also make Gao Jie's people feel at ease and continue to serve the Ming Dynasty.

"Cabinet Department, Mrs. Xing!" Wang Yan got a good plan, and his heart was excited, so he walked to the middle of the living room from the side, saluted everyone sitting in the hall, and then said: "The last general has an idea in his heart, I don't know whether to say it or not!" ”

"Who are you?" For Wang Yan's abruptness, Shi Kefa obviously didn't like it, and frowned slightly at the moment.

"This is the hero who killed the thief, Wang Yan, Wang Shiheng!" Mrs. Xing had a good impression of Wang Yan, and immediately said, "Shiheng, you can say everything you have to say." ”

Xu Dingguo broke Shi Kefa's big event, Shi Kefa hated it deeply, and heard that Wang Yan was the one who broke Xu Jun and killed Xu Dingguo, and he didn't say anything at the moment.

"The last general heard that the cabinet has no children so far, why not accept the son as a righteous son, in order to appease the hearts of the army!" Wang Yan saluted Shi Kefa again and expressed his thoughts.

Mrs. Xing was overjoyed when she heard it, the party competition in the Ming Dynasty was fierce, if no one took care of it, Xingping Bofu would inevitably suffer from many constraints in the future, so that Gao Yuan could recognize Shi Kefa as his father-in-law, then his mother and son would have something to rely on in the court, and they could also rely on Shi Kefa's identity to subdue Li Chengdong and others.

When many high-ranking generals heard this, they also secretly felt justified in their hearts.

Gao Jie's death made Xuzhou Town a fat in the eyes of others, and everyone was naturally unwilling, and other forces entered Xuzhou to rob them of their interests.

Now that the Shi Pavilion Department has established Gao Yuanzhao as the prince, it is not easy for them to fight anymore, the internal problems have been solved, but the external problems are still there.

If the Shi Pavilion Department can become the father-in-law of their own lord, then the other three towns will definitely not dare to come to trouble them again, so as to ensure that their interests are not violated, Li Chengdong and others can't wait to applaud Wang Yan's plan immediately.

Wang Yan saw that everyone's faces showed more or less approval, and he couldn't help but be recognized for his plan, and he was very happy at the moment.

"Although I am the governor of Jiangbei, sooner or later I will have to enter the court from the new, and I can't get married to foreign ministers, I don't think this matter is appropriate! Inappropriate! Just when Wang Yan thought he had a plan, he didn't expect Shi Kefa to shirk it.

Wang Yan and everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this! No matter how you look at it, this is a great thing that is beneficial to both families, can't Shi Kefa see that this is the best time for him to grasp the military power?

Before Wang Yan could recover from his surprise, a sentence that made people's jaws drop even more shocked came out of Shi Kefa's mouth again.

"Although I can't do it, I can let Yuan Zhaobai be a righteous son under his knees." Shi Kefa probably felt that his refusal would make Gao Bu feel guilty, so he wanted to appease him.

Who is High Diving? The eunuch who commanded the soldiers and horses of Jiangbei!

When Wang Yan heard this, his face turned pale, and many high-ranking generals in the living room were immediately filled with indignation after reacting.

The generals have followed Gao Jie for many years, and Gao Jie has a brotherly relationship, they are Gao Yuanzhao's uncles and uncles, and now Gao Yuanzhao has inherited Gao Jie's position and become the nominal lord of everyone.

Shi Kefa didn't want to forget it, and actually let Gao Yuanzhao worship a eunuch as his father-in-law, isn't this scolding all the high-level soldiers? This is nothing short of naked humiliation!

Just because Gao Jie was born as a thief, your Shi Ge Department looked down on everyone so much, and in an instant, the Gao Jie people in the living room were suddenly extremely cold.

"Smack!" With a sound, Li Chengdong got up suddenly, smashed the teacup on the table, and then glared at Shi Kefa and Wang Yan fiercely, then left his seat angrily and walked out of the living room directly.

The other generals in the living room followed suit and left angrily.

When Mrs. Xing heard this, her face was like frost and she didn't say a word.

The living room, which was originally a little crowded, instantly left only Mrs. Xing, Gao Yuanzhao, Shi Kefa and Wang Yan.

Wang Yan would never have thought that things would turn out to be such a result, Shi Kefa's words could be regarded as completely offending Gao Jie's subordinates, and Wang Yan, who had slowly integrated into Gao Jie's army, was also hated by Gao Ministry, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The angry departure of Gao Jie's generals also made Shi Kefa realize that he had lost his words, but the matter had come to this point, and it was difficult to recover, and there was no point in staying, so he got up and said goodbye.

Mrs. Xing originally respected Shi Kefa very much, but now she didn't even want to give it away, and indifferently took Gao Yuanzhao back to the back room.

Not long ago, Huang Degong's army had arrived in Xuzhou, Shi Kefa persuaded him, but he ignored it, but now the Gao Department has set up Gao Yuanzhao as the mainstay, and the Gao army has formed a group, and after several battles, Huang Degong did not take advantage, knowing that it was not easy to annex Xuzhou, so he led the troops to return south.

A turmoil calmed down, but Shi Kefa was already disheartened, and the change in the attitude of Gao Jie's subordinates towards Shi Kefa made him unable to stay in Xuzhou any longer, so Wang Yan led his troops to escort him south to Suqian.

Wang Yan couldn't help but be very anxious when he saw that Shi Kefa was bent on returning south. At this time, there were righteous troops in Caozhou and other places who insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty, and there were also many scholars and doctors in Shandong and Henan who were interested in the Ming Dynasty, and the main force of the Qing army was in Shaanxi, so the Ming Dynasty could make a difference!

In February, Wang Yan and Shi Kefa arrived in Suqian, but Shi Kefa did not mean to stop, and insisted on returning to Yangzhou. ”

Shi Kefa didn't listen.

Wang Yan persuaded again: "Then you can go west to conquer Henan!" ”

Shi Kefa didn't listen.

Wang Yan had to retreat to the second, "The cabinet should not be in a hurry to return to the south, but leave Xuzhou for Hebei for a while." ”

Shi Kefa didn't listen to it, and took the surrender of Yangzhou as the best policy, and hurriedly went south.

Outside Suqian City, watching Shi Kefa's team returning to the south slowly disappearing into the sky, Wang Yan suddenly felt a chill.

"There are words left and right that make the public afraid, and they pull out the camp and retreat to Yangzhou. The righteous men of the two rivers are discouraged, crying and climbing the prince will not stop! ”