Still taking advantage of the relatively close distance, the letter from the monk Greenqin to Weng Xincun was quickly sent back to Lu'an - in the letter, the monk replied to Weng Xincun accurately, saying that he accepted Weng Xincun's suggestion and decided to go south to chase after the Han Qifeng Department of the Twist Army, and asked Weng Xincun's department to practice west into Yejiazhai, and strictly deploy along the line of the Shi River, assist the monk army to block Han Qifeng's eastward road, and accept the command of the monk and the prince. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In addition, the monk also asked the messenger to bring a message to Weng Xincun, saying that he had taken the time to write some poems in the midst of Rong Ma and wanted to ask the contemporary great poet Weng Taifu to correct the axe.

Hearing the words brought by the messenger from the monk and the prince, Weng Xincun and Weng Tongxiao, of course, understood and smiled, and quickly found Weng Xincun's eldest son Weng Tongshu and second son Weng Tongjue, who actually commanded the army, and discussed with them the military action of sending troops to help the monk and the king to suppress the twist.

Because he didn't know the deal behind Weng Xincun and the monk prince, after learning the order of the monk prince, Weng Tongshu and Weng Tongjue, who were really in charge of the army, were taken aback, and Weng Tongshu directly exclaimed, "What are you kidding the monk and the prince?" Deploy along the Shi River to block the road of twisting bandits to the east? The upper reaches of the Shi River in the south of Yejiaji are easy to guard, the mountains are high and the roads are narrow, and the twisted bandits can be blocked by holding the danger. The north of the lower reaches of the Shi River is a flat river, and our cavalry and horse team only have more than 300 people, how can we be easily guarded? ”

Weng smiled and said nothing, Weng Tongyi smiled and leaned into the ears of the two brothers, and whispered that his father and the monk and the prince secretly joined forces to trap Wu Chaoyue, and said that the monk and the prince had agreed to join forces. Weng Tongshu and Weng Tongjue suddenly realized that Weng Tongshu, who had been greeted by Wu Chaoyue in English letters, was even more overjoyed, patted his thigh and said, "Okay! As long as you can hurry up the twisted bandits to Hubei, it will be enough for Wu Chaoyue to drink a pot of little traitor! ”

"We must ask the monk to send a cavalry to cross the Shi River first, and the troops will be stationed in the mountains to maneuver, and then we can be sure to hold the Shi River." Weng Tongjue said very calmly: "Otherwise, with the horse team in our hands, not only will we not be able to hold the Shihe defense line, but on the contrary, we may be taken advantage of by the bandits and killed into our defense area." ”

"Then you quickly agree on the plan, and the old man will write a letter to the monk and the prince for help." Weng Xin's understatement ordered, and he instructed Weng Tongyi, who was in charge of the money and grain: "Shuping, prepare a batch of grain and grass, and send it to the mountain shop to hoard it first, so that it can be used by the monk's horse team." ”

"Father, we don't have much food and grass." Weng Tongyi said cautiously.

"No more, no more points." Weng Xincun said very majestically: "Dashanpu is our defense area, and the horse team of the monk and the prince comes to our defense area to help us, if you don't try to do the friendship of the landlord, how can you do it?" ”

Weng Tongyi reluctantly agreed, gritted his teeth in his heart and said: "Divide some grain and grass, as long as you can take revenge, you can't care so much." ”

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Under the leadership of the Weng family's father and son, the Anhui regiment quickly marched westward to the first line of the Shihe River and was closely defended, and led the cavalry reserve to be stationed in the northern Hubei defense line of the Suizhou General Division, Nie Shicheng, who also received Wu Chaoyue's order that he led the cavalry out of the province to fight and assist the monk to pursue the army of Han Qifeng.

As a result, like Weng Tongshu, the eldest brother-in-law Nie Shicheng was also taken aback by his brother-in-law's order, and shouted at Shao Yanhong, who came to deliver the letter in person, and asked, "What kind of joke is Wu Futai making?" Tell me to take all the cavalry out of the province to help suppress, and if there is no mobile force to fill the gap and plug the leakage, what should I do if the bandits take the opportunity to kill in Huangzhou? ”

Still like Weng Tongyi, Shao Yanhong, who knew the inside story, also attached himself to Nie Shicheng's ear and whispered Wu Chaoyue's true evil purpose. As a result, unlike Weng Tongshu's brothers, Nie Shicheng frowned when he heard his brother-in-law's shameless purpose, and said with an embarrassed expression: "This ......, isn't it too despicable?" ”

"No way, who told Weng Xincun that his father and son were yin a few days ago, and we Futai adults?" Shao Yanhong shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Besides, it is not a way to let a large group of twisted bandits entrench in Gwangju for a long time, if there is any mistake in our Dabie Mountain defense line, let the twisters take the opportunity to flow into Hubei again, then we will be in big trouble." ”

Although he was very reluctant to help his brother-in-law, his brother-in-law was a brother-in-law after all, and his brother-in-law still gave orders in the form of official documents, and Nie Shicheng, who was born a soldier, finally chose to obey the order, and honestly took more than 1,200 cavalry in his hand to the east, and rushed to Muling Pass, which is suitable for attacking northward, and waited for the opportunity to go out of the province to participate in the war. Shao Yanhong acted with the army in accordance with Wu Chaoyue's order and gave advice to Nie Shicheng, lest the monk and prince suddenly turn against Nie Shicheng, who was too honest and honest.

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This transfer of the mobile strength of the Wu army made the three brothers of the Weng family almost smile crookedly, because for the Hubei army, the east of Muling Pass was relatively easy to defend, as long as they held a few important passes in the Dabie Mountains, it was enough to block the Twist Army Brigade north of the Dabie Mountains. On the contrary, the Dabie Mountain Range to the west of Muling Pass is much lower, with many large and small roads and passes, and the slightest carelessness may be exploited by the Twist Army. Nie Shicheng moved to Muling Pass with a mobile force in northern Hubei, and it would naturally be much easier for the Twist Army to take advantage of the loopholes and flow into Hubei.

Fiercely ridiculed Wu Chaoyue's cronyism, cultivated Nie Shicheng, an uncle-in-law who did not understand military affairs, and Weng Tongshu, who was quite a bit of military acumen, immediately proposed to contact the monk and the prince again, and orally reported the movements of the Wu army's mobile team, and suggested by letter that the monk and the prince should take the road of Xincai, Gucheng, and Honghekou to march the army, and drive the twisted army entrenched in Changling from east to west. Weng Xincun did not understand military affairs, but he appreciated the cautiousness and meticulousness of his eldest son's oral report and letter suggestions, and immediately acted according to the plan.

At the same time, in the anticipation of Wu Chaoyue and the Weng family's father and son, the main cavalry of the monk and the prince finally made a move, under the personal leadership of the monk and the prince, more than 10,000 Qing cavalry first went west to Xuzhou, and then entered Xiping through Shangcai, and went south by way of Ruyang, all the way non-stop.

As a result, when he arrived at Ruyangfu, it was decided whether the monk would take Xincai Road to drive the Twist army to the west, or take the Xixian Road to drive the Twist army to the east. However, it is a pity that Weng Tongshu's clever plan was not only not adopted by the monk and the prince, but also received the roar and anger of the monk and the prince............

"You want to kill this king? Take Xincai Road to drive the twist bandits to the west, and what should I do if the twist bandits take the opportunity and run into Runing? Do you think Runing's twisters didn't toss this king enough before? Go back and tell Weng Xincun, just say how this king enters the army and how to fight, don't worry about him! He just needs to guard the Shihe defense line! The mobile force to help him, this king will send it to him as soon as possible, and he doesn't need to worry about it! ”

When the messenger ran back to Yejiaji to bring back the message to Weng Xincun and his son, the main cavalry force of the monk prince had also successfully arrived in Xi County, and then the monk and the prince immediately began to arrange the defense line of the Qingshui River and the Zhai River, first blocking Han Qifeng's westward channeling road, and then arranging an elite strain in Fuzikou, and finally attacking the twisted army active in the area of Changling Town. Then, the main force of the Blue Flag of the Twist Army, which is currently unable to win in the front, immediately smeared oil on the soles of their feet and ran away.

As a result, it was also at this time that Han Qifeng, who commanded the main force of the Blue Banner of the Twisting Army, found that it was already very difficult for him to run to the west and southwest, and it was a smooth road to run west, but the three-regardless area had already been rotten by the Twist Army in turn, except for the Fuyang Qing Army, which was waiting for the battle, there were only some ruins left, and it was difficult to get supplies in the past. So even if there was some adventure, Han Qifeng still gritted his teeth and chose to flee to the south, and the monk personally supervised the pursuit and killing, while biting the butt of the Twist Army, while letting the Gui Ling Department of the Twist Army of Fuzikou go parallel to the main force of the Twist Army to the south, ready to block the Twist Army to the west at any time.

Then, something happened that made Weng Xincun's father and son ecstatic, Wu Chaoyue's brother-in-law Nie Shicheng didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, and before the twisting army approached the border of Hubei, Nie Shicheng had already taken Wu Chaoyue's only mobile cavalry in northern Hubei to cross the provincial border, strode to Baique Garden and stationed, and took the initiative to give up the advantageous position west of Muling Pass for mobile rescue.

"Monk Wang, a godsend! As long as your partial master deliberately puts some water, the twister will immediately be able to go west to the side of Dasheng Pass and find an opportunity to enter Hubei! ”

In the cheers of the Weng brothers, something happened that made them dumbfounded, the monk and the prince's partial master actually took the wrong medicine, closely maintained the situation of the main force of the Twist Army going south in parallel, and held the line of the Huanghe River to the death, and did not give the Twist Army a chance to flee west. The Twist Army once ventured westward, but was also hit head-on by Gui Ling, and was forced to retreat eastward with a big bag on its head.

The Weng brothers were dumbfounded, and Han Qifeng was even more dumbfounded, because Han Qifeng had long heard that his two big rivals, the monk and Wu Chaoyue, were at odds with each other, and they never joined forces with each other and stabbed each other in the back, risking the danger of being caught up by the main force of the monk and the prince to go west, and also wanted to use the contradiction between the monk and Wu Chaoyue to find an opportunity to break through, but the army of the monk and Wu Chaoyue cooperated seamlessly this time, one blocked the west and the other blocked the south, and the main force was also tightly sealed in the north. So that Han Qifeng couldn't find any chance to escape and break through except in the east direction.

Escaped to the area of Pengjiadian with a hard head, and Han Qifeng, who refused to give up, ventured to the southwest again, in a vain attempt to break through from the gap in the defense area of the Gui Ling Department of the Monk King Army and the Nie Shicheng Department of the Wu Army, but what made Han Qifeng want to cry without tears was that Gui Ling and Nie Shicheng, who were supposed to see each other's jokes, actually sent troops to attack, Gui Ling's Mongolian cavalry slashed and shot arrows, and Nie Shicheng's Wu army cavalry spears and short guns Ping Pong, and joined hands to draw Han Qifeng's face full of flowers.

"He's a ghost! Why are the demons so united this time?! To the east, immediately to the east! Go to Lu'an! Although it is poor, there is not much silver and food to rob, it is better than being surrounded by Qing demons! ”

Forced to desperation, the Twist Army could only make a decision that made the Weng family's father and son cry without tears - turn around and kill in the direction of Lu'an, which is due east. While the brothers of the Weng family screamed and wailed, they could only hurriedly send someone to ask the monk for help, and at the same time asked why the monk did not believe his words, and did not deliberately indulge the twist army to flee to the southwest, to attack the northern part of Hanyang, Hubei Province, where there was no mobile force to rescue the leakage?

"When did this king promise to release the twisted bandits into Hubei?! Go back and tell Weng Xincun to tell him to keep Shi He honestly for this king, Shi He made a mistake there to make the twist bandits break through successfully, be careful that this king impeached him! ”

While asking rhetorically, the monk did his best to pursue the Twist Army and strive for the opportunity to kill Han Qifeng in Gwangju. However, the more this is the case, the faster Han Qifeng's department escapes like a rabbit, and it only took one day to run from Pengjiadian to the west bank of the Shi River.

It's useless to block it, the combat effectiveness of the Weng family regiment training is not as good as the Wu army and the monk army, even the main force of the soldiers may not be sure to be able to do the main force of Han Qifeng's department, coupled with the open terrain north of the Shi River, and the shallow water in spring, after a fierce battle, the twist army finally broke through the defense line of the Weng family regiment training in the area of Liji in the north of Yejiaji, and successfully entered the junction of Lu'an Yingzhou, which was poor but the Qing army was weak, and directly crossed the southern corner of Yingzhou, which was deserted in this era, and flowed into the north of Lu'an.

Then, of course, the father and son of the Weng family wanted to cry even more, and the monk and the prince asked them why they were not blocked, and Shao Yanhong, the representative sent by Wu Chaoyue, said with a pale face, and asked Wu Chaoyue to investigate the responsibility of the Weng family's father and son for the escape of the enemy. The local officials in Lu'an Prefecture are eager to devour the Weng family's father and son alive! - Your sister! is already poor, and you put the twist in to rob and rob, you old man's family is a cheat!

The most exciting thing is, of course, in private, although it is a pity that he failed to successfully annihilate the main force of the Blue Banner of the Twist Army in Gwangju, but the monk who has long been tortured by the Twist Army's wandering specialties is not too regretful, and he also sent someone to find Shao Yanhong, the representative sent by Wu Chaoyue, and hummed and said how much military food he had spent, how much military salary he wasted, and how many bullets he had consumed in order to go to Gwangju to suppress the twist this time.

"Please rest assured, we understand all this." Shao Yanhong replied very eloquently: "Regarding these things, the students will definitely report to Wu Futai truthfully, and ask Wu Futai to decide how to decide." ”

The monk and the prince, who was still a little faced, nodded with satisfaction, and began to eagerly think about how to reach out to Wu Chaoyue, how much to ask for food, grass, military salaries, and foreign guns and cannons, and even more impatiently wrote a letter to Wu Chaoyue, sending all kinds of hints.

Not to mention, the hint letter of the monk and the prince really caused a big problem for the Hubei governor's yamen, at least Wu Chaoyue's two accomplices, Zhao Liewen and Yan Jingming, frowned after seeing the letter, and didn't know how to deal with it - I just owed the monk a big favor, and it would be too shameless if I didn't pay it back.

It was very unexpected by Zhao Liewen and Yan Jingming, when they asked Wu Chaoyue how to deal with the lion of the monk and the prince, Wu Chaoyue replied lightly: "Reply a letter to the monk and the prince for me, saying that the money and grain in Hubei are all owned by the imperial court, and I dare not be good at it without a will, but if he is really in difficulty with food, he can go to the court and ask the household department to cut it to see how much more we can bear in Hubei." ”

"Lord Futai, be cautious." Yan Jingming hurriedly warned: "Directly give the monk a batch of money, grain and weapons, and the matter will be over, but if we loosen our mouths and leave ink and paper, and promise to let the household department re-cut the military salaries and grain and grass we bear, and list them as a system, then we will not be able to run away every month in the future." ”

"Comfort Pavilion, don't joke." Zhao Liewen also warned: "Zhu Fengbiao, the Hanshang Book of the Household Department, is a person from Bai Ye Bai Zhongtang, if he conspires with us in re-cutting the food and salary of the monk and the prince, we will not be able to cry." ”

"Zhu Fengbiao, the Hanshang Book of the Household Department, is a person from Baizhongtang, but Man Shangshu is about to be our person."

Wu Chaoyue smiled and said: "The news from Su Zhongtang, because the household department has accumulated too many evils, Su Zhongtang asked for an order to go to the household department in person to fight corruption and investigate corruption, the emperor has agreed, and also ordered Su Zhongtang to take over the household department as the full book, but the court newspaper has not had time to announce this matter." You said that there is Su Zhongtang in charge of the household department, what do we have to worry about? ”

Zhao Liewen and Yan Jingming suddenly realized, laughed together, and praised Wu Chaoyue for being ruthless and black enough, and deliberately made the monk and prince happy if they didn't want to pay for food. Wu Chaoyue smiled again and said: "There is also good news, the monk may not stay in the Central Plains for a long time, and he will be transferred back to Zhili." ”

"Why?" Yan Jingming hurriedly asked.

"News from the foreigners." Wu Chaoyue replied in a deep voice: "Because He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, refused to agree to the conditions for letting the foreigner envoy be stationed in Beijing, and other conditions could not be negotiated, the foreigner side has decided to sail the fleet to Dagukou. In order to prevent accidents, the imperial court is likely to transfer the army of the monk prince back to guard Zhili, and the monk prince's command is full of Manchurian cavalry, which is the most reassuring and reliable for the imperial court, so I estimate that the monk is about to leave the Central Plains. ”

Although it was indeed good news that could be relied upon, Yan Jingming and Zhao Liewen were silent together, and then Yan Jingming said: "If the monk prince is really transferred back to Zhili, although it is also a good thing for us, but without the monk prince's army sitting in the Central Plains, the Central Plains will definitely be more chaotic, and the situation around us will definitely be worse." ”

"What can I do?" Wu Chaoyue smiled bitterly and said: "Unless the imperial court allows me to expand the army and give me more military and financial power, the only thing I can do is to be optimistic about this acre and three points of land in Hubei." ”

While shamelessly sighing and shirking responsibility, Wu Chaoyue still did not forget to ask Zhao Liewen to ghostwrite, impeaching Weng Xin for the crime of dereliction of duty of his father and son, and even more shamelessly falsely accusing the Weng family of being afraid of the enemy and the enemy, and setting the enemy to flee and watch the military aircraft, which led to the failure of the war of the officials and troops of Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces to encircle and suppress the Twist Army, and asked the Manchu court to deal with it severely, and revenge Weng Xin for stabbing himself with a knife at a critical moment!

Then turn around and take a look at the situation on the side of the monk and the prince, and sold a favor to Wu Chaoyue, the original intention was just to beg for some money, food and weapons to save the emergency, but he never expected that Wu Chaoyue would relentfully agree to ask the household department to re-rule the grain and salary borne by Hubei, and the monk and the prince, who was almost annoyed by the serious problem of military salary and grain arrears, was overjoyed, and his first reaction was, of course, to personally write an excerpt and ask the Manchu court to re-cut the share of money and grain in the provinces of the Central Plains. Let Hubei, which has relatively sufficient money and food, bear more of the money and grain and military salaries, reduce the burden on the poor and chaotic Henan, and also make up for the military salaries and food that Anhui has almost relied on.

At the end, the monk and the prince rarely praised Wu Chaoyue a few words, "I really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that Weiting would be such a person, this king really saw him wrong before, I misjudged him!" ”

Of course, the monk was happy in vain, when his excerpt was sent to the capital, the military aircraft department transferred the excerpt to the household department, but Su Shun Su Zhongtang, who had taken over the household department, turned his face black and roared: "Think beautiful!" When Lao Tzu recommended Wu Chaoyue to take over as governor of Hubei, which one was not opposed by jumping up and down? Now that Wu Chaoyue has governed the war-torn Hubei, and has saved money, food, and military salaries for the imperial court, everyone is desperately trying to reach out to Hubei, is there such a good thing in the world? ”

"No! Hubei's burden of money and grain is already heavy, even if there is a little surplus, it has to be reserved for the imperial court for emergency first! If you want money, food, and military salaries, you will go and exterminate the bandits in Henan, so that the local government in Henan can collect taxes and pay money and grain to him! ”

After roaring, Su Zhongtang picked up an official document that had been annotated by Zhu Fengbiao, the Hanshang Book of the Ministry of Households, and felt dissatisfied after reading it a few times, so he picked up the pen and erased Zhu Fengbiao's annotation without saying a word, and re-wrote his decision to release and implement. The person concerned, Zhu Fengbiao and other household officials, were watching from the side, but no one dared to say a word and take a breath. (To be continued.) )