Since the civil affairs of Jinhua Mansion have always been in charge of the civil official group of the Dalanshan family, after Cao Conglong put Sun Yu under house arrest and Fu Biaoying seized the key points of the Fucheng, the civil affairs of the entire Fucheng were completely restored to normal the next day, and even the power that had been subordinate to Jinhua Town such as military supplies and weapons had been redistributed. Only the gains in the quartermaster were far lower than he expected, and after reading the account books, a large part of the difference was actually sent not to the Quzhou front, but along the Dongyang River to Yiwu, which made him and the new quartermaster Gu Shouli, who replaced the chief quartermaster Gu Shouli, who was in prison, feel quite puzzled.

In addition, Chen Wen's army was only two hundred miles away from Jinhuafu City, and if he ignored the Qing army behind him, it would only take a few days to march quickly, and this was still the result of taking some terrain barriers into account.

As for Cao Conglong, it had been a long time since he left Lu Jianguo, and God knew how long they could hold out, so he had to force him. However, considering the possibility of leakage of the news, he had to temporarily close the gates of the capital city to reduce the possibility of the news reaching Quzhou, hoping to use this time to form an army, so that he could send troops to attack Taizhou as soon as possible, without having to be caught in Chen Wen's counterattack.

However, after a day of peace and conscription, I got the news from Zhou Qingui last night that I could not recruit soldiers, and if we compare it with Chen Wen in Yiwu last year, the gap between them will be even more obvious.

After not falling asleep for a long time, after thinking about it for a night, Cao Conglong finally came up with a rough reason, but he still felt a little unimaginable for the reasons such as the civil officials and the military who had the righteousness of the Lu Jianguo court were not as good as a martial artist in terms of appeal, and Chen Wen violated the interests of the local gentry and wealthy families as well as their hatred for Ma Jinbao.

In this regard, he had to blame the incompetence of Zhou Qingui and others for the reason why he could not recruit soldiers, and of course the small population in Jinhua City.

Recruiting didn't go well, and luckily he didn't plan to put all his hopes on it. The messenger who hurried up had already confirmed the news of the Tangxi County garrison and the military judge's attachment, and the messenger who had just been sent to Lanxi had also returned, and the guard there said that he would give an answer in the next two days, hoping that Cao Conglong would not embarrass his family. These two counties are the closest to the capital city, so the speed of reply is also the fastest, and it is estimated that the defenders of other counties will join one after another in a few days. During this period, Cao Conglong decided to issue a decree through the county government offices of each county after deliberation, so as to release the next means used to interfere with Chen Wen in advance.

On the third day of the rebellion, Cao Conglong had already decided to take out the killer weapon in advance in case of contingency. In the afternoon, Ni Liangxu, the general of the Fubiao Battalion, who was in charge of going to Tangxi County to take over the city defense, had already crossed the Dongyang River and was rushing to Tangxi County with his subordinates at full speed.

Luo Chengyan Baitou Army accepted the cooperation between Zhao'an and Cao Conglong because of their dissatisfaction with Chen Wen's reorganization plan last year, Jin Huaming's generals and colonels were all from the old Nantang battalion, they were less than 500 people at that time, and some of them were old and weak women and children who could not go into battle, even if Chen Wen gave them the position of officer, but they were bound to be overwhelmed by Jinhua Ming's army, and their lives were in the hands of men, far less than living on Luo Chengyan, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

To this day, Cao Conglong's Zhao'an gave them a chance to regroup, and the two sides took advantage of Chen Wenxi's expedition abroad and the entire Jinhua Ming army was in a weak state to join forces to seize power, which is naturally understandable. It's just that yesterday Cao Conglong insisted on appointing the commander of the Jinyi Guard as the deputy commander of the Fubiao Battalion, standing side by side with He Decheng, and it seemed that he already had a tendency to hold the military power in his hands, which still made them feel a little uneasy.

Out of consideration not to be ********, Zhou Qingui and others decided to expand as soon as possible after the secret discussion last night, among which the incorporation of the garrison troops of the Ming Army in Jinhua Town is one of the most critical methods, and Ni Liangxu has already ******** in the Luochengyan Baitou Army because he once supported the reorganization plan of receiving Chen Wen last year, and it has also caused dissatisfaction with Cao Conglong and others who heard the rumors, but no matter what, he is still the old man of this righteous army, and he fought with the Qing army of Jinhua Mansion under Yin Can back then. Naturally, it's closer than that brocade guard.

Relying on the rebels to quickly control the Wujiang wharf with the support of the civilian group, the group led by Ni Liangxu quickly crossed the Dongyang River, but in the subsequent march due to the poor training of the soldiers, the speed of the march was very slow, and it was only half of the way until nightfall when they were familiar with the road.

After camping in the field for a night's rest, Ni Liangxu led the team to continue to advance early the next morning, and did not arrive at Tangxi County until noon. After the briefing, he soon welcomed the long-awaited general and the military judge, and after presenting the token and ascertaining from the cousin of the military judge who was traveling with him that their families were safe, the commanders of the two local garrisons summoned the captains of the five infantry units in the garrison.

Three of the captains of the five infantry corps also had their families in Fucheng, and Ni Liangxu, with the cooperation of the guards and the military judges, subdued these officers without much effort, and prepared to bring some of them back to Fucheng in the next few days to supplement the sequence of the Fubiao battalion.

Since ancient times, surrender is like being subjected to the enemy, today is the first day, after nightfall, Ni Liangxu specially made some big fish and meat to stabilize the army's heart, and set up a banquet in the military camp for the Ming army soldiers from the Fubiao camp and the garrison, but the wine is temporarily exempted, so as not to have an unexpected situation.

The soldiers of the garrison expressed great uneasiness about the change from Jinhua Town to the Fubiao Battalion, and even if Ni Liangxu repeatedly assured that joining the Fubiao Battalion could improve their treatment, they could not suppress this emotion. It's just that because the officers have no other choice, they can only do so for the time being, so that there is no chaos, but the entire garrison is already like a volcano about to erupt, waiting for only a reason to cause the eruption.

At the banquet, the soldiers ate the dishes cooked by the chef on the school field of the large camp as a team, and the teams of the Fubiao battalion shouted for five drinks and six to eat, while the garrison was very quiet, and the soldiers were only eating with their heads bored, and sometimes looked at the soldiers of the Fubiao battalion who were close to the left, and their faces were very complicated.

At the same time, the officers of the garrison accompanied Ni Liangxu and the accompanying officers of the Fubiao battalion to have a banquet in the hall of the garrison mansion used for military discussions on weekdays, but compared with the soldiers outside, the mentality of the garrison officers was more complicated, after all, the lives of their families were in the hands of men, and today they cooperated with the Fubiao battalion to control the county seat, even if they could keep their military power in the future, if Chen Wen returned to the division, how would they deal with themselves.

It's just that the current situation is stronger than others, and in the harmonious atmosphere deliberately created by Ni Liangxu, the officers of the garrison had no choice but to cooperate with the meat jokes and jokes of the officers of the Fubiao battalion, and let out bursts of laughter that did not come out of their own hearts. Especially when those Fubiao battalion officers occasionally showed superiority even if they had Ni Liangxu's prior orders, they would occasionally show superiority between their words.

The guards of the local garrison were local people from Dalanshan, who originally lived in the small village where Chen Wen lived temporarily, and as the earliest batch of old subordinates who followed Chen Wen all the way, of course, they also got their due status. It's just that it was not only his wife and children who were under house arrest this time, but even the old lady who was widowed when he was young and raised him alone was also controlled by Cao Conglong's hypocritical bastard, which made him, who has always been known as a filial son, face the most difficult choice.

Thinking about it, loyalty and filial piety can't be both, and the grace of promoting faith will have a chance to repay as long as you live, but if the old lady is gone, there is really no chance to fulfill filial piety.

Controlling the troops to accept Cao Conglong's proposal to join the Fubiao battalion, as a new person who should be in harmony with the other party's topic, this feeling seems to have not appeared since he swore to follow Chen Wen that night, but now he must face it.

"Song Guerrilla, what is there interesting in the past two days, let's talk about it and let everyone have fun."

Huh? It's too late to worry, where do you have the heart to think about something worth having.

The garrison garrison, which had been promoted from Cao Conglong to guerrilla general, was overwhelmed by his anger when he heard this, and just when Ni Liangxu also observed this and tried to think of a new topic to get rid of the embarrassment here, the captain of a garrison took the lead in opening up to relieve his boss.

"Brother Song is busy with military affairs every day, and he has no time to take care of him, but I saw an interesting thing yesterday, so it's better to talk about it later, right?"

Ni Liangxu saw that someone was relieving the siege, so he went directly down the slope and got off the donkey, signaling that the captain would come to him. And the captain lived up to expectations, and told some of the strange things in the countryside that he heard when he patrolled the city on weekdays, and he also listened to this group attentively.

After a few short passages in a row, the captain was not in a hurry to continue, so he drank a glass alone. At this time, Ni Liangxu, who had always been thoughtful, suddenly asked: "Mr. Ke Qian, have there been any strange characters in and out of this Tangxi County in the past two days?" ”

Unfamiliar characters?

The county town of Tangxi is remote, and it is also very far from the golden waterway of Qujiang and Dongyang River, so on weekdays, except for the few merchants who poured goods in Jinhua Mansion, there are few fresh faces to come, and after thinking about it, it seems that there was a group of people who left a deep impression on him yesterday.

"Back to General Ni's words, yesterday when I was patrolling the city, I saw a group of three people at the east gate, it seems that a coachman is carrying a scholar and the scholar's scholar, but the scholar is a little handsome, if there is a sister in his family, there is no doubt that he will be a rare beauty."

The captain said it very casually, just as a small paragraph in the middle of the banquet, who knew that the speaker was unintentional, but he listened to it intentionally. As soon as these words came out, Ni Liang Xu Dengshi thought of the scene a few days ago, and immediately asked: "Is there a word Zhou on the curtain behind the carriage?!" ”

Seeing that Ni Liangxu actually interrogated with a rather formal attitude, everyone turned their eyes to the captain's face, God knows how to ask such a question, the captain thought for a moment before daring to reply, "Is it that he doesn't recognize Nian Zhou, but there is a boxy word that is true." ”

After getting this answer, Ni Liang Xu Dengshi lost the desire to continue drinking and feasting, and after a few glasses of wine reluctantly, he returned to his residence to rest under the pretext that he was too strong to drink.

Early the next morning, surrounded by his entourage, Ni Liangxu stepped on his horse and tried to confirm this potential threat, but was stopped by the deputy who came with him.

"Ni Shuai, you are still needed to be in charge here, so it is better to go to the last general."

At this moment, I saw Ni Liangxu shaking his head bitterly, and then replied: "Ben Shuai has seen that person with his own eyes, and he has been to Longyou a few times back then, so he still ran to make a trip in person to feel at ease." With that, Ni Liangxu took a few of his own soldiers around him and quietly opened the West City Gate and rushed out, and went straight along the shortcut of the barren grass to the Longyou County seat of Quzhou Prefecture. (To be continued.) )