Chapter 54: Foreshadowing
casually set up a chair and sat in the compound of the armory, and He Decheng personally supervised the rebels under his command to change their clothes. The resistance of the arsenal ended with the deputy captain of the guard who was determined to die and charged alone, but he, the general, still had no right to know how many things were in the arsenal, and he could only cooperate with the civilian officials who arrived later according to Cao Conglong's orders.
However, at this moment, Cao Conglong didn't bother to pay attention to the naked essence of using literature to control martial arts shown by the civilian officials, but was still immersed in the arsenal offensive and defensive battle just now.
Even without interrogation, he could tell from the archers' shots that the guards were somewhat trained, but that they had never been in battle, and that they were far outnumbered by the rebels, had to cower behind the walls for protection. As a result, after the cannon blasted a gap in the wall, the psychological defenses of these recruits were also broken, and the end was doomed.
But in fact, it lasted for a long time from beginning to end, and the arsenal guard was not without a chance to turn the tables, because although his soldiers were several times larger than the enemy, most of them not only had not been in battle, but even their training was much worse, and they were simply a school of miscellaneous fish. The siege party that had repelled the rebels in the first round of the Arsenal Guard should have rushed out and lined up for hand-to-hand combat, and with the quality of his men, it was estimated that one or two dead or wounded would have been broken up, which should have been easy for a well-trained guard.
It's just that the leading officers of the arsenal guard obviously lack enough courage and battlefield command experience, and they don't rush out to kill them at a good time, but instead huddle in the arsenal to wait for reinforcements, it seems that they don't know that there will be no reinforcements at all.
When Jinhuafu City was first built, there were eleven gates, three of which were damaged and no longer in use, and the remaining eight were mostly closed when Chen Wen set out on his expedition. Concentrate forces in the military camps in the city to deal with the situation. But when the news came that Chen Wen had captured Longyou and captured Ma Jinbao, Cao Conglong ordered all the cities to be opened under the pretext of making it convenient for the people to go out of the city to worship and sweep. The Ming army won a great victory, and the city was devoid of foreign enemies for a while, so this order was temporarily implemented for several days with the unanimous consent of all civilian and military officers. As a result, the defenders were thinned out, resulting in the emptiness of the large camp in the city.
The arsenal has been taken, and according to the heralds' reports, the raid on the barracks in the city has been successful. However, the figure of the mediocre general just now who resolutely chose to attack alone when the outcome was decided, was still engraved in He Decheng's heart, as clear as before.
From the mouth of the guards who surrendered, it was learned that this deputy captain used to be a firefighter in the old Nantang battalion, and it is said that he was cleared by the Ming army because of his timidity, and later became the deputy captain of the arsenal by virtue of his seniority. And not yet the first vice-captain. But even such a waste can dare and can despise them so much, and even personally killed a recruit who did not react, if the Nantang battalion really came back, their power seizure infighting will soon become a joke, and then I am afraid that there will be no chance to even flee back to Luo Chengyan to hold on to the future.
Perhaps, it is really necessary to copy Chen Wen's training methods as Cao Conglong said, otherwise it is impossible to gain a foothold in Taizhou in the future and then develop and grow. Even if there is Lu Jianguo and the army under his command to rely on it the most, it will not work.
And just when He Decheng was thinking about how to persuade Zhou Qingui and others, Cao Conglong also took down the camp outside the city completely.
The Ming army camp outside the city is the old camp of Chen Wen when he was stationed in Jinhua Mansion. Originally, when Chen Wen set out on the expedition, there were more than 100 guards, training officers, and 300 reserve soldiers who had just entered the camp, and if these people could enter the city, the rebellion could be quickly quelled. However, after Chen Wen occupied the county seat of Longyou, with the siege of Quzhou Fucheng, the battle line was further lengthened, and these guards and reserve troops had to be withdrawn. In the end, only a few trainers, civilians, and a meagre number of guards remained.
However, as the wolf smoke of the arsenal rose into the sky, the people in the camp who had not yet reacted ushered in Cao Conglong with part of the patrol guards and the Fubiao battalion, and when they were surprised by the sensational news of Sun Yu's rebellion, they were quickly blocked by the calculating rebels in the Chinese army's big tent and made dumplings, and it is estimated that only some people who can escape are just some people who serve as laborers.
The limited number of Jinhua Ming army officers in the city have been completely wiped out. The survivors of the soldiers have also been put in prison, and Jinhua Mansion City has been taken by him, and even some of the fish that have slipped through the net cannot be faster than his next move. Because of Fucheng, Cao Conglong could control the war barracks and the families of the garrison officers who stayed in Fucheng due to the suspension of the expedition due to the division of land, supplemented by high-ranking officials Houlu and the authority of the imperial court, so that no one would follow him to Taizhou when the time came.
As for Chen Wen, when this "famous general" got the news from the rumors and confirmed the authenticity of the news, and then led the army back from two hundred miles away, Cao Conglong was confident that he had already led the army to Taizhou. And soon, he also had a generous gift to Chen Wen, guaranteeing that this son would not be able to enter the Taizhou Mansion and interfere with the revival of the Lu Jianguo Group!
Cao Conglong immediately sent people to take care of the officers' families, and sent messengers to send letters to the county garrisons, asking them to obey the orders of the governor of Zhejiang and prepare the whole army to march east into Taizhou at any time.
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An hour ago, when the wolf smoke of the arsenal was lit, the little sister of the Zhou family had already left the city from the Ying'en Gate in the west of the city, leaving behind the organizers and participants of the rebellion such as Cao Conglong, the governor of Zhejiang, the Fubiao battalion, and some civilian officials, as well as the defenders of Jinhuafu City who were still in the dark.
The scholar who escorted her out of the mansion was indeed surnamed He, and he was also the eldest brother of her brother Zhou Jingting, although the two had never met, but they had also heard her sister-in-law mention it, so she falsely claimed her surname to prevent being placed under house arrest by the rebels at the same time and instructed her personal maid to rush to He's house to move the rescuers, and the result was that with the cooperation of the young owner of the largest restaurant in the city, the little sister of the Zhou family easily concealed Ni Liangxu, who was not suspicious at first, and then left the mansion.
Since Cao Conglong dared to take advantage of Chen Wen's expedition to seize power by force, he was obviously fully prepared, so when Ni Liangxu took the government office with the cooperation of civil officials and put Sun Yu's family under house arrest, the little sister of the Zhou family gave up the idea of moving rescue troops in Jinhua Mansion, because she did not know who Cao Conglong's conspirators were or the next participants in the rebellion.
Her brother is Chen Wen's cronies, and the entire Zhou family and this Ming army marshal are grasshoppers tied to a rope, if Chen Wen loses power, her family will not be spared, and the end may not even be comparable to Yi Qing's family. At least the Yi family still has a chance to regain its strength after Chen Wenguang recovers Jinhua Mansion, but Chen Wen's own foundation is very shallow, and it will be even more difficult without the authority of the imperial court.
There is no time to complain about Zhou Jingting's impulsiveness at that time and Chen Wen and Sun Yu's unreasonable cards, at present, only by rushing to Quzhou as soon as possible to urge Chen Wen to return to his teacher can it be possible to quell the rebellion, otherwise their family, which moved from Shaoxing Mansion a hundred years ago, will be completely finished!
The wolf smoke in the city behind has risen to the sky, and the unknown Ming army defending the city is slowly closing the heavy city gate, and the little sister of the Zhou family plans to say goodbye to her sister-in-law's brother and rush to Quzhou as soon as possible after inspiring the morale of the personal maid and the coachman with the affection between the master and the servant and the heavy reward afterwards. Unexpectedly, the He Shaodong family had already heard his sister mention the appearance and knowledge of the little sister of the Zhou family, and he was even more in love when he saw each other, so he had to protect the little sister of the Zhou family to Quzhou together.
Yan Yu rejected the kindness, and the carriage drove away under the reluctant gaze of He Shaodong's family, but there was still the laughter of the personal maid eating in the carriage.
"Miss, that He Gongzi's eyes were straight just now in the carriage, and he couldn't wait to jump out and stick to Miss's shirt with saliva, and he was still watching outside the city gate at the moment, and he was not afraid of being locked outside the city gate."
This personal maid is the eldest girl in the Zhou family's little sister's house, and nine times out of ten she will be the dowry maid in the future, and most of the dowry maids will become the first concubine of the head of the family to help the wife manage the family affairs. This is almost the best destination for a woman who sells herself, so this girl has a very close relationship with the little sister of the Zhou family, and she has fewer scruples when she speaks.
It's just that the situation is urgent at the moment, and no one in the outsider Zhou family can believe it, so they have to rush to Quzhou as soon as possible. But this girl who doesn't know the priorities is still joking with this boring thing, I really don't know if she is big-chested or naïve. Although it relieved the tense atmosphere, it was imperative to gag her, otherwise there would be no time to think about what to do next under the interference of this little yellow bird.
"My sister-in-law is really pitiful, I don't want to see such a forgetful and cold-hearted person again." (To be continued.) )