Chapter 289: Counter-Plot
Gan Hui tied his arms and was escorted down the main peak of Phoenix Mountain by his own soldiers, and came to Fang Yuan's military camp to bow down and surrender.
Fang Yuan laughed and untied him, only ordered the Xuanjia Army to seize everyone's weapons, pulled Gan Hui affectionately, brought him back to the barracks, and said comfortingly, "Commander Gan, since the last battle, I have been looking forward to being able to serve under Commander Gan, and today I finally got my wish, haha!" ”
Gan Hui is a fierce general on the battlefield, but he is not a qualified actor, and it is still quite unnatural and unprofessional to lie, so he lowered his eyes and said, "It is a great grace that Governor Fang can forgive the sin of ten thousand deaths." The sin will be grateful to the Governor Fang, and he will do his best to serve the Governor Fang. ”
Fang Yuan was slightly stunned, but he also noticed the peculiar smell in Gan Hui's words. When Shi Lang was arrested, did Shi Lang swear not to surrender, or did Fang Yuan use all kinds of means to trick Zheng Zhilong into killing Shi Lang's entire family before Shi Lang surrendered.
At present, this Gan Hui is the number one fierce general of the Zheng family, and he has risked death on the battlefield to kill Fang Yuan before, which has fully proved that this person is a fierce man who is not afraid of death. Now that Gan Hui surrendered easily, Fang Yuan was already suspicious.
Simple surrender can still be understood as Gan Hui's plan to cherish life and retain useful bodies in order to advance into the body. But a person's nature is cultivated over decades, before surrendering, he swore to die unyieldingly, and immediately after surrendering, his attitude changed three hundred and sixty degrees, which made Fang Yuan feel incredible.
There is only one explanation for Gan Hui's unusual performance, he is acting, and he seems to have surrendered, but he is really two-minded!
Fang Yuan saw through it but didn't break it, and smiled heartily at Gan Hui, "Commander Gan, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Sen and his son are still entrenched in Jinhua Mansion, you are very familiar with the tactics of the Zheng family and his son, so follow me to Jinhua Mansion and completely drive the Zheng family and his son back to their hometown in Fujian, haha!" ”
Gan Hui pretended to receive orders and went down to Phoenix Mountain with Fang Yuan.
Wang Yi saw that Fang Yuan had captured Gan Hui alive and went down the mountain, so he hurriedly greeted everyone, and complimented him again and again, "Governor Fang's Xuanjia Army is really a divine soldier descending from heaven, and if you fight, you will win, and if you attack, you will be invincible!" ”
Fang Yuan got off the war horse, ordered Chigutai to take Gan Hui and his party to rest, took Wang Yi's hand into the Zhongjun account, and said with a slight smile, "General Wang, who else is there in your family?" ”
Wang Yi saw that he suddenly asked such an abrupt question, and replied in astonishment, "There is a seventy-year-old high hall, there is a virtuous wife who runs the family, and there are three sons and two daughters. ”
Fang Yuan pulled him to sit beside him affectionately and said, "Ling Tang, Ling wife is virtuous and virtuous, I will ask for the title of Mrs. Decree for them!" Your son, I will arrange for him to study in Jiangnan University; Your daughter, I will assign a good family. ”
Wang Yi was shocked when he heard this, even his mother, good wife, and second children had arrangements, but he didn't mention his official arrangements, so he knew that Fang Yuan had something to say, and asked in surprise, "Governor Fang, what kind of placement is the lower official, the lower official?" ”
Fang Yuan patted the back of his hand and said, "General Wang, the city of Hangzhou has fallen, tens of thousands of people in the west of the city have been killed and injured, and countless houses and shops have been destroyed, who should bear this responsibility?" ”
Hangzhou City fell, he, the chief soldier of Hangzhou, was responsible for the primary crime, Wang Yi was drenched in cold sweat on his forehead, and said in a trembling voice, "Governor Fang, I was not in Hangzhou City at that time, I was Gan Hui who captured Zheng Jun for Governor Fang!" Governor Fang, one of your orders, I am going to the soup and the fire, and after death, you can't cross the river and tear down the bridge! ”
Fang Yuan was silent for a while, and then asked, "What does General Bing Wang mean, the responsibility for the fall of Hangzhou City this time is actually that I was not properly deployed?" ”
Wang Yi was taken aback, knowing the key point. For such a major event as the fall of Hangzhou, the government will inevitably give an explanation. As the chief soldier of Hangzhou, Wang Yi will inevitably be severely punished by the Ming Law Military Law, but if it is announced according to his statement, Fang Yuan will actually be unable to escape the blame.
Fang Yuan was willing to give him a heavy sigh for his high hall, wife and children, that is, he wanted him to shut up and take the initiative to confess his guilt and subdue the law to calm the grievances of the people in Hangzhou.
Wang Yi thought that this time he was already certain to die, so he was so frightened that he knelt down in front of Fang Yuan, prostrate and kowtowed, "Governor Fang, I am really certain to die?!" ”
Fang Yuan stepped forward and stroked his vest, and said lightly, "General soldier Wang, as the chief soldier of Hangzhou, when the Zheng army attacked the city, you avoided the battle and cowardly, causing the fall of Hangzhou City, do you still want to live?" Go ahead with confidence! I promise to take care of your family, and I will keep it one by one. ”
Wang Yi said in a trembling voice, "Okay, good, I'll bow to the law and confess!" ”
Fang Yuan nodded, and ordered Wang Yi to press the handprint on the confession, and then ordered the sergeant to take him down, and treat him leniently under the conditions of detention and food.
Fang Yuan ordered Jinyiwei to put an example of Anmin in Hangzhou City, and put all the blame for the fall of Hangzhou City on the head of the chief soldier Wang Yi, and the other officials all clarified the relationship and escaped safely, which can be regarded as an official verdict on the fall of Hangzhou.
Feng Ting was ordered to pursue the retreating Zheng soldiers, who were loaded with at least 100 ox carts loaded with gold, silver, jewelry, and women, and traveled less than 40 miles a day, and two days later, 100 miles south of Hangzhou were intercepted and killed by Feng Ting.
Zheng Bing's army had long been disheartened, and in the face of the strong Xuanjia army, they only resisted for less than an hour before they were completely defeated, and they all laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Xuanjia army.
Feng Ting was strictly ordered by Fang Yuan to refuse the collective surrender of Zheng Bing, who had lost his conscience, poisoned the people of Hangzhou, and traitors, and could only be slaughtered and exterminated.
He ordered Zheng soldiers to pick up their weapons, start the war again, and directly wash the blood of 3,000 Zheng soldiers in the form of a battlefield, and cut off all their heads.
Of the 3,000 Zheng soldiers who escaped in the night, there were less than 100 of them.
Feng Ting directly ordered all the women to get out of the cart and walk, and used thirty ox carts carrying the women to rest on the ox cart with Zheng Jun's head, and escorted all the looted gold, silver and jewelry back to Hangzhou City, and returned to Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan released all the women that Feng Ting escorted back to his home. Gold and silver jewelry, except for gold ingots and silver ingots, which were marked, were returned one by one according to the source. Most of the people who could not confirm their ownership left 50,000 taels to reward the Xuanjia army who participated in the First Battle of Hangzhou, and the rest was evenly distributed to all the registered people in Sanfang.
With the 3,000 heads of the Zheng army, Fang Yuan ordered the Xuanjia sergeant to hang directly on the outskirts of the south of the city and display them for ten days to appease the grievances of the people in Hangzhou.
Gan Hui, who surrendered, Fang Yuan directly promoted him to become the deputy commander of the pro-military camp, and was responsible for Fang Yuan's escort work together with Hu Qi, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who was close to him.
Gan Hui was secretly happy to see that Fang Yuan was so unguarded, and began to surrender with the previous ones, and the pro-soldiers who were arranged in other military camps began to contact each other privately, waiting for an opportunity to move.
Hu Qi is an old Jianghu, Gan Hui's little tricks have long fallen into his eyes, taking advantage of Fang Yuan's inspection of military affairs, seeing that Gan Hui is not there, he hurriedly reminded Fang Yuan in a low voice, "Governor Fang, Gan Hui is a new person, and he must not be reused, let alone hand over the position of guard to him!" In case of hasty changes, it is too late to regret it! ”
Fang Yuan saw that Hu Qi was also suspicious, it seemed that Gan Hui's deception scene was really unprofessional, and it was Sima Zhao's heart that everyone knew that he needed to go to the actor training class for retraining, so he couldn't help but smile, "Old Hu, what has happened to this Gan Hui recently?" ”
Hu Qi truthfully reported what he had seen and heard to Fang Yuan, "Gan Hui has close contact with the soldiers in other battalions, and he has ill intentions, so he has to guard against it!" ”
Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Old Hu, you also underestimate me too much, Gan Hui is just a trick, how can you hide it from my eyes?" Since he wants to make a trick, I will plan it, send him a counter-plan, and then send Zheng Zhilong a murder plan with a knife, completely cut off his desire to serve the Zheng family, and he will truly return to obedience. ”
Only then did Hu Qi know that Fang Yuan had actually taken precautions, but he was just planning his plan, and suddenly said, "It turns out that Governor Fang wants to ..... Hehe, this trick is really clever! ”
Fang Yuan made a gesture of closing his voice, and then explained, "The Jinyi Guard must be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and watch Gan Hui and the surrendered soldiers closely, but they can't let them see the flaws. Also, Gan Hui is a fierce general, and the idle people can't stop him with three punches and two legs, so the elite people in the brocade guard must be dispatched to escort him. ”
Hu Qi wrote down his explanations one by one, and Fang Yuan smiled again and said, "Old Hu, these days, my net worth and life are all in your hands, haha!" ”
Hu Qi Zhengrong said, "Governor Fang has the grace of knowing me, I Hu Qi will never die, as long as I, Hu Qi is alive, Governor Fang will be safe and sound." ”
Fang Yuan patted him on the shoulder, staring at the military camp in the distance, a sneer on the corner of his mouth. Zheng Zhilong fell for the trick before and killed Shi Lang's entire family. Now the old trick is repeated, asking Zheng Zhilong to fall again in a trap and kill Gan Hui's whole family again, so that Gan Hui also died to serve the Zheng family.