Huang Peng, the magistrate of Kaifeng Mansion, wore out his mouth in the camp of Shandong soldiers and horses, Zhao Neng was always silent and did not give him accurate information, although his heart was hot, but he couldn't walk away, after all, there were tens of thousands of thieves under Kaifeng City.

It was a persuasion request for two days and one night, Huang Peng thought that this persuasion would have no effect, and he was about to use a scene of crying Qin Ting or forcing each other to die, but Zhao Neng suddenly changed his attitude and said that he would immediately send troops.

The changes before and after this are inevitably too big, Huang Peng was startled, who would have thought that Shandong soldiers and horses would do what they said, when Zhao Neng said this, it was still noon.

In the afternoon, Huang Peng was still suspicious, who would have thought that when he came to the door of the barracks, he could see a large number of horses galloping in the direction of Kaifeng City, and the barracks were also in a state of boiling, the soldiers went out of the camp to line up, and the people were there to pack up their tents and baggage.

This was really unexpected for Huang Peng, the magistrate of Kaifeng Mansion, who did not lose his temper when he broke into the camp and came to the city, but stood at the door of the barracks with tears streaming down his face, muttering in his mouth:

"Kaifeng City is saved, Kaifeng City is saved!"

Beginning on 24 March, Chen Yongfu, a worried Henan soldier, was obviously in much better spirits, and the amount of food he ate also increased.

Originally, his son Chen De, who was guarding the city, shot Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, not to mention the people in the city, the governor, the political envoy and others, and even the king of Zhou sent people to reward and condole, but this Chen Yongfu was modest outside. At home, he always reprimanded, "Why don't you shoot far away, and kill the thief chief with an arrow?"

Of course, this is a bit unreasonable. But the siege of tens of thousands of troops in the city put too much psychological pressure on this Henan general soldier, and the garrison Chen De could only listen aggrievedly.

These days have been different, when the chief soldier Chen Yongfu was eating at home, he praised Chen De for the first time, which made these Chen guards happy for a long time.

Since Hao Shaoqi was beaten back dozens of miles by Shandong reinforcements at the Zhaopizhai ferry, Chen Yongfu began to order his subordinates to prepare to go out of the city to fight and feed the horses. The whole weapons and armor are in a state of war readiness every day, and the Henan patrol is also arranging the people to be ready to make up for the defense

On March 26, in the early morning, the light was in the open air, surrounded by the pro-soldiers, Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of Henan, went to the city again to check the enemy's situation, and five pro-soldiers with big shields walked outside, and the chief soldier Chen Yongfu was protected by the shield, and just walked up to the city, Chen Yongfu was suddenly stunned. He pushed away the soldiers in front and hurried towards the edge of the city wall.

Chen Yongfu's personal soldiers and generals around him were all taken aback, the intrusive army under the city was not a rabble with wooden sticks and farm tools, they were an army with everything from artillery to trebuchets, and there was no shortage of strong bows and crossbows.

A group of people hurriedly followed, and saw the chief soldier Chen Yongfu lying on the battlement, staring desperately below, and the Qian general who was guarding the city was startled. hurriedly came over and shouted:

"Dashuai, go back and go back, it's dangerous ...... outside"

Chen Yongfu turned around and grabbed this Qianzong, and asked loudly:

"What happened in the thief camp last night!!"

"I didn't ...... Nothing happened. The brothers had been on guard in the city last night, but the thieves were quiet. ”

That Qian Zong didn't know what was going on, Chen Yongfu raised his hand and was about to whip, but in the end he didn't start, just pushed hard, turned around and shouted at the pro-soldier general:

"The whole team, out of the city, the thieves ran away at night!!"

Everyone heard Chen Yongfu shout. All were taken aback. However, they quickly reflected and ran down the city with shouts. But it is not easy to get out of the city for a while, the city gate holes and urns everywhere are blocked by wood and stones, just for fear that the other party will knock open the city gate, now this Chen Yongfu is going to lead the troops out of the city, the soldiers and the people are in a hurry to carry it, and it will not be emptied for a while and a half.

Chen Yongfu led the army of the West Gate anxiously waited, but the news gradually spread throughout the city, early in the morning Kaifeng City was very quiet, everyone was frightened, and was requisitioned to help defend the city, and at night they all wanted to sleep a little longer, so it was extremely quiet.

Now even the sun has not risen, and people should be asleep, but the entire Kaifeng City starts from the West Gate, and the commotion slowly spreads.

"The thieves have withdrawn!!" "The thieves have escaped!!" "Kaifeng is fine" can still be heard clearly at the beginning, but then it becomes a buzzing sound, and the chaos becomes a mess, the soldiers on the city wall are shouting, the civilians under the city are also shouting, and gradually, the whole city is cheering and shouting.

Chen Yongfu ordered a guerrilla behind him, but the guerrilla was dumbfounded and couldn't hear anything clearly, Chen Yongfu looked at his soldiers, they all had a happy look on their faces, they all followed Chen Yongfu to ask for help in Luoyang City.

Seeing that the fortress and the big city like Luoyang City were also broken, everyone was frightened, and when they were guarding this Kaifeng City, they were also extremely nervous, and now that the enemy had left, they were finally relaxed.

The soldiers are in such a state of mind, don't say anything about going out of the city to pursue and fight, Chen Yongfu sighed, grabbed a personal soldier next to him and shouted:

"Let Chen De lead 2,000 people to the Yamen of the Kaifeng Prefect, the city is so manic, maybe someone will guard it and maintain law and order!"

The people were too excited, and the whole city was clamoring and cheering, and in this case, the government had to be on standby, for fear that someone would take the opportunity to cause chaos.

In Kaifeng City's Henan soldiers and horses out of the city to check, the camp is estimated to be the camp at night, overnight towards the south of Henan, since the siege of Kaifeng City, this momentum is very noisy, day and night, no matter what movement under the city, the officers and soldiers in the city will not feel strange.

Moreover, the weapons of the invading army actually had a slight advantage over the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers easily did not dare to show their heads, for fear of being injured, in fact, such a large army. No matter how hidden it is, it will not be silent, but the officers and soldiers defending the city will be thankful as long as the other party does not attack the city. How can you take care of so much?

Judging from the ashes in the camp and other signs, Li Zicheng's army had been walking for at least four hours, and Chen Yongfu estimated that it was too late for him to pursue, and even if these soldiers went up, they would be eaten by the other party with ease and hard work.

Now Zuo Liangyu is going down the river from Luoyang City, the defense of Nanyang Mansion in southern Henan is empty, and most of the imperial army's army is still stationed in Huguang, I am afraid that this time it will be exploited by thieves again. However, Chen Yongfu still breathed a sigh of relief, after all, it was not Kaifeng City, and Nanyang Mansion was someone else's defense area.

Seeing that his soldiers and horses had almost searched the large camp under the city, Chen Yongfu was about to give the order to return to the city, but he saw that from the direction of the city, several cavalrymen were desperately beating their horses towards this side.

"Handsome, handsome. There is a large puff of smoke and dust in the direction of ^^ east of the city, and another army is coming!! ”

Chen Yongfu was also taken aback, and after a little pondering, he reacted, muttered a few words in a low voice, and said hatefully:

"It should be Shandong's reinforcements, damn, they won't come if the thieves outside the city don't leave, hurry back to the city, guard a few city gates for me, and don't let them enter the city." We have to wait for the governor to make up their minds. ”

The horse team that Huang Peng saw out of the camp was just the Shandong terracotta cavalry outside to check and cover, and the actions of the team of men and horses were still completely in lockstep, and this time the road was more calm. It took almost a day and a half to reach the city of Kaifeng.

There were already more than a dozen cavalry waiting here, these were all soldiers and horses in Kaifeng Mansion, according to the rules, checked the Jiaozhou battalion's customs and documents, and then rode back and left.

The troops of the Jiaozhou battalion were at the east gate, but the dozen or so cavalrymen in the city did not enter through the closed east gate, but went around the *** and entered through another city gate.

The soldiers and men of the Jiaozhou battalion are camping. Several officers found a nearby high slope to watch. Huang Peng, the magistrate, is also a landlord at the moment, but he is not in a hurry to enter the city. stayed by Li Meng's side to receive him.

Kaifeng City is the third time for Li Meng and Wang Hai, Ma Gang and Zhao Neng are still the first time to come, they rarely leave Shandong, this Kaifeng City is known as the fourth male city in the world, the scale of the city is naturally extraordinary, and the two people also have many things that they want to see.

Wang Hai saw the cavalry from Henan running away around the city wall, and couldn't help but curse hatefully there:

"If you don't let us enter the city, let's just say yes, why do you have to do such a dirty thing, our Shandong soldiers and horses are not rogues, the precautions are so strict, I already know how good it is to take it by the Yellow River, and there are fish to eat!"

Li Meng frowned, and reprimanded coldly:

"Don't talk too much here, let me see how the camp is ready!" Wang Hai didn't dare to say much, he hugged his fists and saluted, and then rode to the camp below, Huang Peng, the official of Kaifeng Mansion, was really embarrassed, and when he went to urge Shandong soldiers and horses to send troops that day, Zhao Neng unceremoniously pointed out the embarrassing thing that he was not allowed to enter the city last year, who would have thought that today would be met again.

This Huang Pengzheng didn't know how to speak, so he heard Li Meng say lightly:

"Looking at the closed gate of Kaifeng, the city fortifications are also intact, indicating that there is no major event, this seat does not need to be tied to see this camp, why not turn back to the ferry and return directly to Shandong, what do you think?"

Although Li Meng's words are faint, anyone can hear the anger in his words, this matter in front of him, Kaifeng City is very bad, the official Huang Peng really doesn't know how to deal with himself, even his neck is red, so he had to get off the horse and come to Li Meng, clenched his fists and apologized:

"General Li, the thieves outside the city have just retreated, and the city is inevitably on guard for a while, and it is normal for the gate to be closed, and the general's reinforcements have just arrived, what a reward and condolences, several adults in the city have to negotiate a charter, the general should not worry, the lower official will urge him, and he will definitely give an explanation to the army!"

Huang Peng didn't dare to delay here any longer, and hurriedly ran towards Kaifeng City.

Seeing this pusher walking away, Zhao Rang could let his soldiers go to correct a certain place in the camp, turned around and asked Li Mengdao in a low voice:

"Marshal, if we want to enter Kaifeng City, there is no need for this battalion to do too much trouble, anyway, there must be a place to live in the city?" Originally, Kaifeng was such a big city. There are a large number of houses around the city wall, and this prosperous market is not inferior to the city. However, last year, the "Song Jiang" thieves ransacked once, and it was already a lot withered, and when the camp came to attack this year, these people outside the city either fled into the city or were coerced by the army.

Outside the city, except for the long trenches and earthen ramparts dug by the army, it has become a white field, and the Jiaozhou battalion wants to camp here, which is almost the same as the workload of the battalion at the crossing of the Yellow River. This kind of thing, if you can save effort, you have to save effort, so Zhao Neng asked this question.

Li Meng shook his head, still staring at the city gate, and now the hanging basket was being put down on the head of the city, and Huang Peng, the governor of Kaifeng Mansion, was hanging up, Li Meng said slowly:

"What's so good to enter this city, in a few days the soldiers and horses of Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, and Zuo Liangyu, the general of the peace thief, will arrive, no matter what changes, we can always be flexible when we camp outside the city!!"

Zhao Neng didn't say anything more after hearing this. Li Mengdi's meaning was very clear, and Zhao Neng and Li Meng hugged their fists and asked:

"Since this is the case, the last general will go below to do some deployment and arrangement, and it will be convenient at that time."

Sure enough, it is a confidant general, no matter what it is, everyone understands it at a glance, Li Meng smiled and nodded, and Zhao Neng also turned his horse and went to the camp.

Li Meng and Ma Gang were both riding on the slope, and as soon as Zhao Neng left, they heard Ma Gang say in a low voice:

"If my Shandong soldiers and horses come to attack, this Kaifeng City can be taken down in three days."

"Oh? Let's hear it. How many soldiers do you need, how can you capture this majestic city!? ”

Ma Gang's words can really be said to be shocking, no matter what, these words should not be in a dignified generational military household. The generals of the imperial court said it, but Li Meng asked with a smile on his face, how can he do it, this is really a big deal for others to hear.

Of course, this kind of thing can't be said to a third person, Ma Gang is also extremely measured, and when Zhao Neng and Wang Hai leave this highland. The soldiers around him are also at a certain distance. It's whispered.

"When the last general came to Kaifeng City, he walked around Kaifeng City. The moat over there has been filled in by the Liukou, and when you go to the root of the city wall, you can see that although the Kaifeng city looks majestic, the bricks and stones of the city wall are already dilapidated and abnormal, and there is actually a place for light transmission in the gaps. ”

After saying this, seeing Li Meng listening attentively, Ma Gang continued to speak:

"Not only is the masonry dilapidated, but there are six places where the masonry has collapsed to the east, and at a distance of about three feet from the ground, looking at it, it is not the injury of siege equipment at all, it is in disrepair.

Among the so-called four generals, the relationship between Zhao Neng, Chen Liu and Wang Hai is closer to Li Meng, after all, they are fellow villagers and help each other, and the rest of the poor friendship, Ma Gang is relatively one point behind, he has always felt a little uncomfortable in recent years, and feels that he is separated from Li MengOf course, Ma Gang actually vaguely has the position of some of the four major generals, every time the tide rises in the Jiaozhou camp, this Ma Gang is always the one who rises, and the scale of the soldiers and horses under his command is also the largest.

But heart disease is difficult to treat, there are almost many methods in this set, Li Meng, a person in a high position, his heart is like a stone, and idle means cannot impress him.

In front of Li Meng, he said such almost rebellious words without scruples, in order to show that he was loyal to the coach and had no shredded words, which was a good means, and Ma Gang's intention at this time was exactly that.

However, the effect was obviously much better than he expected, at least Li Meng was listening attentively, Ma Gang was in high spirits, and lowered his voice and said:

"Dashuai, there will be two ways in the end, one stupid and one ruthless, which one do you want to listen to first?"

Li Meng laughed, he really couldn't imagine that this Ma Gang would sell Guan Zi like this, but the interest in his heart was also raised, and he said:

"Let's talk about this stupid ground first!"

"Marshal, the newly built cannon over there of the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, if it is used by water, and a few cannons are fired at the broken masonry and stone of this city wall, it will definitely be able to open a hole, and when the time comes, the firecrackers of our Jiaozhou battalion will seal the gap and prevent them from filling it, and the hard attack will also be defeated."

This method is indeed benzene, Li Meng smiled and waited for the other party to continue, this method will be applied as long as it is the general of the Jiaozhou battalion, presumably this ruthless method is what Ma Gang wants to say, sure enough, seeing Ma Gang paused, he opened his mouth again:

"The last general listened to the guide. In this section of the Yellow River above and below Kaifeng City, the embankments in many places are already much higher than those on flat land, as long as the embankments are excavated. How long can this dilapidated city wall last......"

Having said this, Li Meng immediately understood, he groaned for a while, and said in a deep voice:

"I keep this in my heart when you say this today, but you can't say more to others about this matter in the future, do you understand?"

Seeing Li Meng speaking cautiously. Ma Gang was worried in his heart, and he didn't dare to say any more, but he immediately bowed down to make amends and said:

"The general's orders, the last general knows, and will never talk about them to others in the future."

Li Meng didn't say anything, but he no longer stared at the city, turned over and dismounted, but his eyes were cast into the distance, and Ma Gang also dismounted, and after a while. Li Meng patted Ma Gang's shoulder vigorously with his hand, and said lightly:

"Nice, nice......"

After speaking, he strode towards the camping place below, Ma Gang was originally worried, but after being patted on the shoulder by Li Meng a few times, he understood something, and immediately became happy, and hurriedly followed Li Meng's footsteps.

The Jiaozhou camp army attaches great importance to camping, and a lot of time is spent on camping and pulling out the camp every day, so that the time for the march is delayed. But when fighting, they can let their troops rely on the big battalion to fight, and the firearms unit of the Jiaozhou battalion relies on ammunition. This is logistically demanding.

A strong battalion is not only a temporary fortress and fortress, but also a large warehouse, so if the officers of the Jiaozhou battalion have their own specialties in camp planning, they can still stand at a great advantage in promotion.

The soldiers followed Li Meng and Ma Gang, and during the camp, the officers and soldiers did not need to salute, but only needed to simply swing their fists on the left chest.

Although Zhao Neng said that it was troublesome to camp. However, the camp of the Jiaozhou camp also has a benefit under Kaifeng City. First of all, there is no shortage of water, and the wells in the original residential areas have not been filled.

Then there is the camp of the Jiaozhou battalion, which must be surrounded by a trench of a certain depth in the outer circle according to the drill code. This time, it was directly possible to rely on the trenches that broke into the camp and besieged the city, saving a lot of earthwork effort.

Originally, according to Li Mengdi's prediction, since Huang Peng, the governor of Kaifeng Mansion, was entering the city, he would generally not come out again, and it was estimated that the next thing was to stand on the head of the city and say to the people below:

"There are also difficulties in Kaifeng City, I really can't let you enter the city, and I ask you to camp and rest outside the city!"

At noon on the sun here, the big camp was already almost built, since it was the retreat of the army, there was no enemy around, the Jiaozhou battalion worked hard to build the camp on the road, and after arranging the manpower to guard the ground, the battalions were already ready to arrange rest, and Li Meng also started to eat before the tent.

There is a lot of dust outside, and the reason why they eat outside the camp tent is to let the soldiers and generals see that their commander is not special, which makes it more intimate and can also make the image of the commander more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

As soon as he was halfway through the meal, a soldier came to report and said:

"Kaifeng Prefecture Governor Huang Peng asks to see ......"

Hearing the report of the soldiers, Li Meng felt very interesting, I thought that the other party would never return, but he actually came back, and hurriedly passed on, the east gate of Kaifeng City is still closed, and the official of Kaifeng Mansion is also a high-grade official, who was hung up and down by the hanging basket, and it is estimated that he has run a lot of places in the city.

The weather in March was still quite cold, but this Huang Peng was already sweating profusely, and as soon as they met, he clasped his fists and saluted Li Meng and said:

"The lower officials said in Kaifeng City this time, and finally said that they would move all the adults, and wait for the east gate to open, and invite the general to enter the city, Shandong soldiers and horses have great kindness to me in Kaifeng City, and I can't chill the brave loyalty of the soldiers again and again......"

After finishing speaking, this Huang Peng was also a little proud, and couldn't help laughing, and Li Meng also signaled:

"That being the case, then thank you Huang Tuiguan."

However, this side was not ready to enter Kaifeng City, but the attitude in Kaifeng City actually changed, it was really troublesome, and after Huang Peng was humble, he said with some embarrassment:

"It's just that this thief is besieging the city, and the victims from all over the world are pouring into the city, and the places that can accommodate the army are really limited, and there are soldiers from other places coming these days, the governor and the prefect are combined, can you discuss with the general and bring a thousand people into the city?"

When Huang Peng said this, he didn't have the pride of Fang Cai. is very weak-minded, the military generals are domineering, and civilian officials can deal with them with wind and bones. But this Li Meng is young, and his demeanor seems to be one of those old guys who have been officials in Beijing for half his life, and his joy and anger are invisible, and he really doesn't know what the other party is thinking.

But then, this Huang Peng put his mind at ease, Li Meng chuckled a few times, and said:

"It's the best, then it's limited to a thousand!!"

Good luck. The other party's arrangement is very much in line with their own hearts.

Speaking of which, the officials in Kaifeng City are worried about the Shandong soldiers and horses entering the city, and they just want to find a way that the Shandong soldiers and horses outside the city can accept, and arrange a number of people who can be accepted by both sides to enter the city.

The officials in Kaifeng City, because all the soldiers and horses are poor and crazy bandits, and they sleep in the open on weekdays, and they finally arrived at such a prosperous place. They are all like wolves who want to enter the city to enjoy themselves, but what money do these robbers wearing officers and soldiers have leftover, and they don't rely on the swords and guns on their bodies to pay the bills after entering the city.

In the current situation, Kaifeng City was in distress twice in two years, and the people who came to the rescue were Shandong soldiers and horses.

If you need reinforcements in the future. The other party would not raise troops to rescue so simply, and the number of Shandong soldiers and horses entering the city was also set for the other troops and horses that would arrive here in about two days, and each army could only enter the city from the past.

If all of them are complied with. The soldiers and horses entering the city can almost be controlled at about 4,000 people, not to mention that these 4,000 people contain each other, Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of Henan, has more than 9,000 soldiers and horses, which is enough to subdue these guest troops.

The officials of Kaifeng Prefecture, who knew these preparations, joked with each other, saying that the civil and military officials in Kaifeng City had not planned so diligently when they broke into the army and besieged the city, and they were like thieves when they came to help, even when they were guarding against thieves. None of them had such intentions as to prevent reinforcements from outside the city.

After Huang Peng, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Li Meng finished discussing. Now that the other party has agreed on the number of soldiers entering the city, then everything that follows is easy to say. Kaifeng Mansion has already prepared the barracks where these thousand soldiers are stationed and the corresponding provisions. What Li Meng did here was to lead the troops into the city.

Li Meng agreed, and didn't show any eagerness to enter the city, but just finished his lunch in a good time.

This point makes the official Huang Peng quite different, not only Li Meng, the entire Jiaozhou battalion has a similar consensus on whether to enter the city or not, except for the time when the Jiaozhou battalion was first built with only a few hundred people, the rest of the time, the soldiers of the Jiaozhou camp were strictly forbidden to live in private houses, even if they had to camp in the wilderness.

The generals of the Ming Dynasty liked to camp in the city, because there were cities as fortifications, dwellings as barracks, and cities stored in the middle as military supplies, and whether to disturb the people or not was not in their consideration.

But the army is stationed in residential areas, and the dwellings and cities are for life, not for defense and warfare, and the dwellings are not conducive to the rapid entry and exit, and the defense cannot be arranged in a regular way, in other words, the troops in the dwellings cannot act in the same way as the troops.

Therefore, Li Meng would rather let his troops camp or sleep in the open than let them use civilian houses as barracks, and under the training system of the Jiaozhou battalion, the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion have nothing in the barracks, but if a person is in the people, it will immediately look very special.

A soldier's demeanor, words and deeds, and temperament, are completely different from civilians, and because of the full salary and food of the Jiaozhou battalion and the performance on weekdays, the soldiers' civilian status in Shandong is quite high. ”

In such a turbulent era and a year of great calamity, it is so enviable and rare to have such a job, and every soldier is unwilling to leave this collective.

The daily queues and various training from modern times have made these soldiers more and more collective, feel that they are part of this collective, and are willing to stay in this collective, except for the time of fighting, they are willing to stay in the barracks.

The officers and men of the Jiaozhou battalion were not very interested in whether to enter the city, and even many of them were reluctant to go, but they were all well fed, and the Jiaozhou battalion had never treated them badly. There was also no need to go into the city to replenish supplies.

Wang Hai asked the whole team of the pro-soldier camp to be very fast, and after the thousands of people lined up, a pro-soldier came over to report something. Wang Hai nodded, and also hurriedly ran towards Li Meng.

"Marshal, the Henan Political Envoy sent a right political envoy to greet Governor Yan."

The right to participate in politics is generally from the third or fourth rank of the local officials, divided into a certain military road, such as the Liu Qingsong in Shandong. The status of this right-hand politician is much higher than that of this official Huang Peng.

The high-status came to invite the governor Yan Jizu, and the low-status came to invite the general soldier Li Meng, and the officials in Henan didn't know what was going on in Shandong.

But if you don't know, you don't know, it's better to be vague. Li Meng indifferently opened his mouth and ordered:

"Prepare a carriage for Lord Yan, arrange some personal guards to follow, and say that it is the governor's servants, let's go out together."

When he first came to Kaifeng City, Li Meng entered the city from the north, perhaps directly facing the ferry of Kaifeng City, so the city gate and the city wall were relatively new, and when he entered the city at the west gate, the distance between the city gate and the hole was very long, which really showed the thickness of the city wall. It's just dilapidated, the same as Ma Gang said.

If the Yellow River is really dug to flood this Kaifeng City, soaking in the water for a period of time, the city wall will definitely collapse, Li Meng shook his head on the horse, let himself not continue to think, if the Yellow River bursts, flooding, the disaster is not only this Kaifeng City, I don't know how many people will be drowned. Not to mention the post-flood epidemics.

Li Meng smiled self-deprecatingly, and said in his heart: The relationship between the Jiaozhou battalion and this Kaifeng City is still a rescue, and it is estimated that it will be the case for a few years. It's too much to think about.

On this section of the way into the city, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, was trembling, and scolded the political envoy of Henan in his heart for being troublesome, because according to the status of the noble and lowly according to everyone's convention, the governor's carriage along the way was before the mount of the chief soldier, how could this Yan Jizu sit steadily.

There is really no fun along the way, Li Meng is just leading thousands of people into the city, and the city can still feel the festive atmosphere of the New Year. But all the streets where Shandong soldiers and horses pass. Houses are closed, and not a single pedestrian is visible on the street. You can still hear cheers and firecrackers in the rest of the place, and the smell of sulfur is still in the air, but it is cold, and the scene is really strange.

Obviously, these people are really afraid of the military commission of outsiders, and they don't know if they were so afraid when they went to the city to deal with the intruding army outside the city.

The accommodation of more than 1,000 soldiers and horses is also very particular, and it happens to be adjacent to the 9,000 soldiers and horses of Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of Henan, which is not so much convenient as being monitored.

"Governor Yan, General Li Zongbing, the two adults came to my Kaifeng in Henan Province to rescue, it is really a great kindness, Chen is a generation of Henan people, a cup to the two."

Henan General Chen Yongfu was quite heroic, got up and toasted Yan Jizu and Li Meng with a wine glass, and settled down in the city.

But when he came to the banquet, Governor Yan Jizu felt a little strange, because the next banquet was not Governor Li Xianfeng, nor the political envoys, but Henan General Chen Yongfu. This world will definitely not be the same as Shandong everywhere, and the status of military attachés is higher than that of civilian officials.

And Chen Yongfu's reputation in officialdom is quite humble and gentle, that is to say, this person is very obedient to the rules of officialdom and will not do such reckless things.

After coming, it was even more wrong, the one who came to accompany him was actually the prefect of Kaifeng Mansion, and the rest of the characters who were more worthy of the stage were Chen Yongfu's son guarding Chen De.

Yan Jizu told Li Meng about his surprise, but Li Meng felt that it was okay, because when he walked in with his personal guards, the other party did not ask them to remove the weapons they were wearing, but Chen Yongfu and his son were wearing civilian clothes, what could be strange about this, without those high-grade civil officials, they were even more comfortable.

However, after everyone drank this question after the first glass of wine, Chen Yongfu himself opened his mouth to explain, his voice was quite solemn, and he said in a deep voice:

"Governor Yan, General Li Bing, I am up and down in Henan, at this time, I really don't have the mood to come out to drink and have fun, and I am afraid of delaying everyone's interest, so I have avoided it, this is to let the general come forward to greet him, there is rudeness, I hope it is not strange!"

After speaking, he took a glass of wine and saluted. The drinking between the warriors is more straightforward, and Li Meng does not drink it directly, and when he enters the door, he notices that even if he comes to accompany the prefect of Kaifeng. There is also a gloomy look on his face, which is not what a banquet guest should have. And it is also a banquet with a higher status than him.

"What exactly is ......?"

Li Meng hadn't reacted yet, and Chen Yongfu was also confused, and was about to open his mouth to ask, but was kicked by Governor Yan Jizu, Li Meng turned his head in amazement, Yan Jizu made an apologetic expression on his face, leaned closer and whispered:

"The Fu King of Luoyang City has fallen. The loss of the relatives is now the first major crime of my Ming Dynasty, and the governor Li Xianfeng and several adults of the political envoy department are afraid that they will not be able to escape the responsibility of the imperial court, and even the irrelevant Kaifeng Mansion will probably be cut down. ”

Hearing this, Li Mengcai suddenly realized, the law of the Ming Dynasty is extremely complicated, and he has little contact, but the most familiar thing is the charge of "losing the feudal domain". It was because King De was captured. Yang Sichang committed suicide in fear of sin, also because King Xiang of Xiangyang and King Fu of Luoyang were killed by Liukou, which was also a big crime of losing his relatives.

For a while, Li Meng also had nothing to say, so he had to open the topic, Chen Yongfu was thirty-eight years old, Chen De was nineteen years old, Li Meng was twenty-nine years old, and the three generals on the table were quite phased. Henan General Soldier Chen Yongfu and his son were a little curious about such a young general soldier in Shandong, and it was also a general soldier with the title of Zuo Du Governor, but they didn't have anything to talk about. Li Meng was thoughtful at first, and then drank a few glasses in a row, looking at his appearance, he was a little drunk.

The atmosphere at the banquet was also a little higher. The prefect of Kaifeng was about to step forward to toast, when suddenly, Li Meng slapped the table heavily and said loudly:

"How can Governor Li be guilty, it is obviously meritorious!!"

I don't know if he drank too much and was stunned......

At noon the next day, Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, sat at home since the siege of Kaifeng City was lifted. Avoid visitors. His mind was almost hopeless.

Inspector Yang Sichang was so favored by Emperor Chongzhen, but after the fall of King Xiang and King Fu. or committed suicide by hunger strike, he was the governor of Henan, and he had the responsibility of leading the security and defense of Henan, but it was already a step late to lead Chen Yongfu to Luoyang to rescue, who would have thought that he had not returned to Kaifeng, and the thieves began to besiege Kaifeng again.

At that time, I just thought that I didn't want Kaifeng to fall, if Kaifeng fell, I would be the governor of Henan who was really shameless to see the world, and if I held the city, I could still save some face.

Kaifeng City was kept, and people were relieved, but what followed was how to face the big crime of losing their relatives, if they were to be ridden to do that, shackled to their bodies, and become criminals from officials, this is really sorry for their ancestors, and they also let their families be humiliated, it is better to find a break by themselves, and the family will not be implicated.

When Li Xianfeng was thinking wildly, he heard the housekeeper cautiously communicating outside, saying that it was the chief soldier Chen Yongfu who asked to see him.

Governor Li Xianfeng's subordinates naturally knew that their master was in a bad situation, and his mood was extremely bad, and he definitely didn't want to see foreign guests.

"Just say that I'm not feeling well, let Mr. Chen go back!"

Li Xianfeng had just finished speaking listlessly, when he heard a sound outside the door, the housekeeper screamed, a big man had already broken in, Li Xianfeng saw that it was the chief soldier Chen Yongfu, this usually very restrained and low-key military general was a little excited, and said loudly:

"Lord Futai, don't close the door and worry, the bastard in Luoyang is unlucky, but there is a little turnaround!"

Originally, Li Xianfeng was about to open his mouth to chase away the guests, but when he heard Chen Yongfu's words clearly, his eyes widened suddenly, and he just sat on the chair and stared at each other in a daze.

Chief soldier Chen Yongfu took out a scroll from his arms and handed it to Li Xianfeng, who was sitting there......

On March 29, the 14th year of Chongzhen, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, Li Meng, the general soldier of Shandong, Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of Henan, and the political envoys of Henan and the various yamen of Henan civil and military jointly played the imperial court.

Since the fall of Chen Luoyang and the fall of King Fu, it is because the supervisor Yang Sichang has not been able to contain the enemy, and the enemy has entered Henan, so that Henan has not been able to deal with it and caused a catastrophe. However, the thieves besieged Kaifeng, Henan Province, and the governor Li Xianfeng and the general soldier Chen Yongfu led the people to resist the Liukou army and keep the party safe.

Not only is he innocent, but he also has great merit, and he hopes that the court will distinguish the merits and crimes, and not to chill the loyalty and righteousness of the courtiers in the world.