After receiving Tan Tai's order, Ma Guozhu immediately accelerated his march and rushed to Fengcheng County.

The speed is not fast, because the battlefield is rapidly deteriorating, and it is dangerous to continue to grind - I heard that Wang Sheng has joined forces with Jin Shenghuan, and Tan Tai is about to retreat to Jiujiang by boat, if he does not escape with the large army at this time, it will definitely be a dead end, and he must hurry to Fengcheng County to get a ferry ticket.

As soon as I told you the truth, the officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion also realized the severity of the problem, and without any more urging from Ma Guozhu, they rushed forward desperately, stayed overnight, traveled hundreds of miles a day, did not rest much for a day and a night, and finally rushed to Fengcheng County.

Halfway through, Ma Guozhu's heart beat a drum, and the closer he got to Fengcheng County, the more uneasy he became.

He prepared a whole set of excuses to shirk responsibility, and claimed to have won a big victory, but he also knew that it was all lies, and it was almost impossible to fool Beijing, which was thousands of miles away, and it was impossible to hide it from Tan Tai, who was also on the front line.

However, Tan Tai's reaction was extremely abnormal, and he did not mention anything about the responsibility for the loss of Jilong Mountain and Xinjian Town, as if these two things had not happened, but he was very concerned about the so-called "great victory", not only sent people to inquire about the relevant details carefully, but also specially instructed Ma Guozhu to be sure to transport all the seizures to Fengcheng County in a complete manner.

When things go wrong, it is a demon, Tan Tai's excessive tolerance and enthusiasm made Ma Guozhu suspicious, and he couldn't guess what medicine was sold in his gourd.

Fengcheng County is right in front of you, with gray city walls, empty fields, and a bleak winter scene all around. The sound of snare drums and horns was faintly heard in the city, with a sense of slaughter, as if there was some unknown danger hidden.

"Could it be a plan to invite you into the urn?" Ma Guozhu could no longer move his legs. It's a trap, just wait for him to jump into it stupidly.

As a dignified governor of Jiangnan, Ma Guozhu is not afraid of Tan Tai, even if the lawsuit is in front of Dolgon, it is not a big deal, it is nothing more than a public statement that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, a mess. In the end, it didn't work...... But the so-called Xiucai meets soldiers, and it is unreasonable to say, for fear that these generals who hold military power will suddenly make a mistake. If Tan Tai picks up the shelf of the general of the Southern Army, he will punish Ma Guozhu on the spot, and Ma Guozhu will definitely suffer a loss in front of him, and then leave any real evidence. It will not be easy to overturn the case in the future.

He ordered the troops to temporarily stop outside the city. While sending people into the city to inform Tan Tai, he summoned Su Jin, Tian You, Xiong Lichun and others to discuss countermeasures.

As soon as they talked about their concerns, Su Jin and the others were also stunned, staring at each other, not knowing what to do. Yes, Tan Tai is not a three-year-old child who can be coaxed with a few words, why do you want to do this?

Xiong Lichun was still calm. said: "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided." Now that you have arrived at the city, you will definitely not be able to enter the city. Besides, Nanchang has broken the siege, our back road has been broken, and the only way to get out is to retreat by the sailor's boat, so we have to enter the city no matter what. ”

"Ah, that's all there is to it, leave it to your fate." Ma Guozhu's last bit of luck was also broken, he originally wanted to turn around and leave Fengcheng County, but when Xiong Lichun said this, he knew that he wanted to go wrong.

"The governor doesn't need to worry, General Tan Tai is a martial artist, and he will only act straightforwardly, since he asked the governor to come to Fengcheng, there will be no other changes......"

Su Jin and Tian You also persuaded together, Ma Guozhu finally stopped hesitating, and stayed outside the city to wait, not for long, several civil and military generals in the city came out to greet him, and invited Ma Guozhu to enter the city on behalf of Tan Tai.

When they first met, Huang Shu was polite, and there was no lack of etiquette for Ma Guozhu, and after entering the city, he found a few courtyards to place these thousands of green camps, and checked the captured equipment and the "head of the Chu army", but Huang Shu's face suddenly changed.

"The general asked me to ask you, in the defeat of Jilong Mountain, why did Lord Governor Fu only send Liu Liangzuo to rescue the lone army, but did not notify the other soldiers and horses in time? Xinjian Town was defeated again, why did the Governor abandon the camp and flee, so that the Chu thieves crossed the Ganjiang River and Nanchang broke the siege? Also, there are more than 2,000 people in the Xiong Lichun department of the Ningzhou Green Battalion, but they broke 5,000 enemies in one battle and beheaded more than 2,000 people, which can be exaggerated......"

Huang Shu threw out several questions at once like pouring beans, and asked them all at the key places, although Ma Guozhu had been prepared, he didn't know how to answer for a while. Seeing him stammering and stammering, Huang Shu suddenly arched his hand, smiled and apologized: "These are all the original words of the general, the lower official is just acting on orders, don't blame the superintendent, you don't have to answer in a hurry, just go directly to the general after thinking about it." ”

"Well...... where is the general now? Why don't you come and see me? Ma Guozhu only reacted at this time, and now he should be very angry! Just withdrawn from the battlefield, with all kinds of captures and thousands of heads of the Ming army, Tan Tai has never shown up, and sent people to ask himself, is it tolerable or unbearable?

"The general is busy with military affairs, so he can't come to see Lord Governor for the time being, but Lord Governor can go to him, and the next official will retire first." Huang Shu saluted, turned around, and left Ma Guozhu and the others in the barracks.

Looking at his back, Su Jin was indignant.

"Huang Shu, this guy is so rude, he dares to put on such a face in front of Lord Duxian!"

"In this world, there has never been a shortage of people who tend to be inflammatory, Huang Shu is just Tan Tai's lackey, why bother with such a villain." Ma Guozhu frowned, and said very worriedly: "What is worrying is that Tan Tai is acting like this, obviously trying to embarrass me, how can I reply to his question?" ”

Su Jin hurriedly said: "So far, I can only carry it to the end, although General Tan Tai is accusatory, the adults must not admit it, lest they fall into the trap in the future!" ”

"Yes, I think that's exactly what I should be." Ma Guozhu pondered for a moment, and then said: "But this matter is very important, so let's bring Xiong Lichun and them over to discuss." ”

After entering the city, Xiong Lichun and Tian You were busy arranging their troops and did not follow Ma Guozhu all the time.

It didn't take long for Xiong Lichun to arrive in a hurry, and the first words of the meeting made Ma Guozhu and Su Jin dumbfounded.

"The last general thinks that the governor should be open and honest, so he might as well admit all these accusations of the general and ask him to ask for guilt!"

"What, tell the truth?" Su Jin rushed to ask again.

Ma Guozhu's face next to him immediately pulled down, what does it mean to tell the truth? Isn't this self-defeating?

Xiong Lichun smiled: "It's not to tell the truth, but to try to be as strict as possible, and the stricter the better!" (To be continued......)