"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it!" He Tengjiao took Wang Kefan's hand and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that after Huguang was farewell, Yuntai would be able to make such an immortal achievement, save the saint from fire and water, save the court from danger, and be the instrument of the country's dry city......"

He was very kind to Wang Kefan, but there was a condescending taste in the cordiality, as if the elders were praising the children, and other civil and military generals also echoed him, and there were many people with loud voices, and it seemed that the tone was set.

Wang Kefan smiled at them.

Fu Shangrui waved his hand and said with a smile: "Wang Junmen, please take a seat." ”

There is an official hat chair in front of the screen on the back wall of the hall, and there are several rows of chairs on the left and right.

Du Yinxi glanced at the seat, and his brows immediately furrowed: "This is not polite!" Wang Junmen should sit side by side with the superintendent, a little staggered. ”

How to arrange seats among leading cadres has always been an important "knowledge" in officialdom, and compared with the governor, Admiral Caojiang and the governor are not much different in status and status, and there is no subordinate relationship between them, Wang Kefan should sit under the screen with He Tengjiao, which is equivalent to sitting on the rostrum.

In normal times, there is no need to argue over a seat, but in a formal setting it is a big problem. At the court meeting of the Longwu Imperial Court in Fujian, Zheng Zhilong wanted to stand in front of the Shoufu Huang Daozhou as a national prince, which caused a fierce struggle between the warlord group and the civil official group.

Today is also a formal occasion, and dozens of civilian, official and military generals are present, and Du Yinxi is the governor of Hubei, and he is also a subordinate of He Tengjiao. Sitting with other civil officials can barely make sense, but he has to fight for Wang Kefan...... Otherwise, once this kind of thing forms a rule, Admiral Caojiang will be pressed by the Governor of Huguang in everything, and he will always be on the weak side, and he will not be able to deal with it.

"Hey——, blocking the military gate is wrong!"

Fu Shangrui shook his head again and again, as if blocking Yinxi's words was very ridiculous: "The Manchu army is pressing, and Huguang is like a dangerous egg, and it is all up to the superintendent to preside over the overall situation." Since we are in the high position of the governor and governor, we should assist the governor and assist together, and work together to fight against the Tartars, as the so-called family has a thousand families, and the main person is ......."

Wang Kefan looked at He Tengjiao. He Tengjiao stared at Fu Shangrui with a smile on his face. Seems to be captivated by his gushing speech. Wang Kefan also smiled slightly. nodded at Fu Shangrui: "What you said makes a lot of sense, let's sit down together." ”

He turned around and arched his hand to Du Yinxi, led him to sit on the second chair in the ranks of civil officials, and then sat on the first chair himself, Fu Shangrui was stunned, wanting to grab a seat with Du Yinxi. But it was too late.

During the usual discussions, he and Du Yinxi sat on both sides of He Tengjiao respectively, one left and one right, basically regardless of height, but now the second chair was snatched away. I wanted to sit under the hand of plugging Yinxi, and my heart was extremely breathless, and my face immediately pulled down.

The civil and military officials took their seats one after another, and Wang Kefan looked at them silently. In the upcoming Battle of Huguang, many of them left their names in the history books, some sacrificed their lives for the country, some led wolves into the house and left a stench for thousands of years, of course, more of that kind of cowardly ordinary people, although they did not want to recognize the thief as their father, but only wanted to live in the troubled times.

He Tengjiao sat down, in a good mood, and began to lecture freely, and seemed to be full of confidence in the prospects of the Battle of Huguang, and fully despised the enemy strategically, and the tone was very high.

In his lecture, the Qing army of Kong Youde and Luck Dehun were paper tigers, but the Ming army was Wu Song, who fought tigers, and as long as the Qing army dared to attack, it would definitely be dealt a head-on blow. Although Kong Youde was aggressive, it was difficult to cross the Yangtze River, and even if he crossed the Yangtze River, he would not be able to capture Yuezhou Mansion and Changde Mansion......

Wang Kefan heard that He Tengjiao was encouraging him, giving encouragement to Guan Yinxi and Li Guo, hoping that the loyal battalion and the Chu army would withstand the Qing army in Hubei, keep the enemy out of the "national gate", and ensure the safety of Hunan.

In order to achieve this purpose, He Tengjiao really invested in the capital, not only gave up the territory of Yuezhou Mansion, but also gave a sum of food and salary to the Chu army and the loyal battalion.

For the warlords, the army and the territory are the lifeblood, the territory of the loyal battalion and the Chu army are in Hubei, and the attack of the Qing army in front of them is the first to bear the brunt.

However, Li Guo was not satisfied.

"Qi Yu Inspector, the Tartars have always been fierce, Kong Youde and Luck Dehun have a total of 150,000 troops, the loyal battalion is by no means an opponent, and please send troops to rescue Hubei as soon as possible!" Li Guo didn't expect He Tengjiao to send troops, but he still had to say what he should say, and he couldn't suffer a dumb loss.

"Hunan officials and troops are guarding all places, and there are no soldiers in the hands of this constitution." He Tengjiao shook his head and said: "Besides, as soon as the army moves, it costs a lot of money every day, even if Hunan intends to send troops, where does the food and salary come from?" The battalion has just raised half of its food and salary for next month, and there is no spare strength to send reinforcements. ”

He Tengjiao raised a carrot and shook it, as long as the loyal battalion sticks to Hubei, I will send you a salary next month.

Li Guo ignored this stubble, and said with a serious expression: "If there is no rescue, Jiangbei is afraid that it will not be able to hold it, and then please don't blame me and others." ”

Ugly words are not ugly in front, only with the strength of the loyal battalion can not hold the north of the Yangtze River, when the time comes, retreat, don't charge the loyal battalion with any loss of land.

"As long as the rejuvenation of the country is dedicated and the sons of the three armies serve their lives, this constitution will never blame everyone!" He Tengjiao's tone was very kind, the north of the Yangtze River is not important, even if Jingzhou Mansion and Chengtian Mansion are lost, there are Changde Mansion and Yuezhou Mansion in front of them.

He turned his head and instructed Wang Kefan again: "Yuntai, Yuezhou Mansion is the throat of the Yangtze River, the gateway of Hunan, millions of people are tied to you, don't take it lightly!" ”

Wang Kefan shook his head and said calmly and resolutely: "Yuezhou Mansion is surrounded by enemies on all sides, there is no danger to defend, and it is impossible to defend it. ”

There was a sudden silence in the room, and a pin drop could be heard.

To the south of Yuezhou Mansion is Changsha Mansion, and if the Chu army is unwilling to hold on to Yuezhou Mansion, the whole of Hunan will be in danger.

He Tengjiao was obviously a little surprised, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he raised his voice and said angrily: "Yuntai, how can you go back on your word?" I just gave you 70,000 taels of silver, which is enough for three months of food and expenses in the Gongyi camp, and now you say that you will abandon the Yuezhou Mansion, isn't it treacherous! ”

I've given you money, why don't you take the money and don't do anything?

"The superintendent doesn't know, the Gongyi battalion has now been expanded into the Chu army, with 25,000 people and 70,000 taels of silver, which is only enough for a month's spending." Wang Kefan said: "Within a month, I will ensure that the Yuezhou Mansion is safe and sound, and it will be difficult to say anything after that." ”

He Tengjiao opened his mouth, but he didn't speak, with a black face, how ugly it was.

Wang Kefan is just in his early twenties, and he has always been low-key and forbearing, and he retreats everywhere, it doesn't seem to be difficult to deal with, but he happened to save Emperor Longwu and was promoted to the high position of Admiral Caojiang, He Tengjiao despised him a little.

Giving up the territory of Yuezhou Mansion, and then taking out tens of thousands of taels of silver, coaxing Wang Kefan to sell his life, this is He Tengjiao's wishful thinking, but he didn't expect the other party to accept the silver, but he had no intention of selling his life at all.

Fu Shangrui next to him shouted: "You are sophistry!" What did you not make clear before taking the silver? ”

Among the Hunan warlords, led by Liu Chengyin, he also echoed: "Yes, taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others, the world is like this, since Wang Junmen has taken the silver, he should stick to Yue ......"

He was just halfway through his speech when Wang Kefan suddenly patted the back of his chair and stood up.

"Presumptuous! The Gongyi Battalion moved to Jiangxi last year, and it has never received a penny of military salary, and the amount owed is more than 70,000 taels, right? ”

Wang Kefan suddenly changed his face, and brought out the official authority of Admiral Cao Jiang: "Besides, these 70,000 taels of silver are the military salary for killing Tartars, and you Fu Shangrui and Liu Chengyin both raise tens of thousands of soldiers, and they spend more than 100,000 taels of silver a year, how many Tartars have you killed?" ”

“……”

Fu Shangrui and Liu Chengyin had nothing to say.

In the Hunan official army, Hao Shaoqi, Wang Jincai, Ma Jinzhong, and Lu Ding and others also fought with the Qing army, but Fu Shangrui and Liu Chengyin and others have always shrunk in the rear, only knowing that they are the people of the fish, making a fortune, expanding their own power, and never daring to take a step out of Hunan.

"The Tartars are powerful, we will work together to fight to the death, and there may be a chance to win, but the loyal battalion is fighting hard with the Qing army in Jiangbei, but the Hunan officers and soldiers are sitting back and not helping, everyone will be finished together sooner or later, and this army can't be discussed today!"

Before Wang Kefan's words fell, He Tengjiao's face turned red, and then from red to white, and from white to red again, and he took a few rough breaths, but leaned back on the back of the chair in the end.

Being accused by Wang Kefan in public, it was like being slapped in the face, He Tengjiao hated Wang Kefan very much in his heart, but the war was imminent, and he didn't dare to say anything hard, the Manchu army of more than 100,000 people had already entered Huguang, if he fell out with the loyal battalion and the Chu army again, he, the governor of Huguang, would also be the end.

Wang Kefan looked at him, and then said: "I know that this matter is actually not to blame the superintendent, but that some generals do not listen to the dispatch and just want to preserve their strength. I would like to remind them here that if Hubei is lost, Hunan should not be left alone, everyone must prepare for war! ”

The last trace of luck was shattered, and the room was silent.

"Hmph, some people are probably still making small calculations in their hearts, and they feel that they are not afraid of anything in their hands, even if the Tartars call, it is a big deal to surrender to the Manchus, and they will be as glorious and rich ......"

Wang Kefan's gaze slowly swept over everyone, and he said in a cold tone: "In this Battle of Huguang, if anyone dares to surrender to the Manchu Dynasty, no matter if he escapes to the ends of the earth in the future, I will chase and kill his entire family!" (To be continued......)