Chapter Seventy-Eight: Duan's Uncle and Nephew

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Duan Wencao is really powerless to suppress thieves, he is the administrator of Lu County, and it is the duty of Weifu Yingyang to suppress thieves, he has neither an army nor the right to command troops, what does he do to suppress thieves?

The Weifu Yingyang in the north and south of the Great River, including the Zhenshu troops in Hebei, Henan and Qilu regions, because of their proximity to the Liaodong battlefield, most of them have been recruited by the emperor and the central center as the division of the Eastern Expedition, and have been or are rushing to Zhuojun to assemble. Before, the emperor and the center did not expect that there would be a rebellion in the country, of course, because of the deliberate concealment of the local government, now the emperor and the center still do not know that the domestic rebellion is intensifying, and it has endangered the stability of the country. Qi County was the first place to break out a rebellion and form a regional crisis, and the reason why the rebellion was not suppressed in the first place was because the main forces of the Eagle Yang of Qi County were gone, and there were no soldiers to suppress the thieves. Under the compulsion, Zhang Xutuo, the commander of Qi County, had to "cut first and then play", and without the authorization of the Eastern Capital, he arbitrarily requisitioned and transferred the clan regiment and the strong men in the county to form an army to kill the traitors.

Now Duan Wencao can only take Zhang Xutuo's road of "cutting first and then playing". Duan Wencao's elder brother Duan Wenzhen is the secretary of the military department, and he has won the trust of the emperor, and in the case of Zhang Xutuo's "precedent", it is not too difficult to grant Duan Wencao the right to command the army, but in this way, the Qilu rebellion has been repeated, and the truth that has seriously endangered Qilu and even the stability of the north and south of the river will be exposed.

Before the start of the Eastern Crusade in the Qilu region, a large number of traitors suddenly raised their banners to rebel, what was the reason? Is there a political purpose behind this? As the core force of the Qilu aristocratic group, the brothers Duan Wenzhen and Duan Wencao are all trusted courtiers of the emperor, and they are both reformist forces in the court, and the emperor will naturally believe in their performance. Then, from common sense, it is speculated that there is a large-scale rebellion in the country, and the situation in the key areas of the Eastern Crusade, especially in some areas, is enough to affect the turmoil, and the Eastern Crusade plan will inevitably be suspended or postponed. This was obviously what the emperor and the center and the reforming forces did not want to see, but this was what the conservative forces in the court wanted.

Duan Wencao must weigh this matter clearly. If he told his brother Duan Wenzhen to state the truth to the emperor in order to obtain the right to command the army, the result might affect the process of the Eastern Crusade, which would inevitably damage the interests of the reformers in the court and cheapen the conservative forces. In other words, this may be the ultimate goal of those "political black hands" to confuse the situation in Qilu. On the contrary, if he continued to conceal the truth from the emperor, and while not affecting the process of the Eastern Crusade, he followed Zhang Xutuo's example and "cut first and then played", and first recruited local forces such as clans and township regiments to form an army to encircle and suppress the traitors, he would have been able to avoid many unfavorable factors.

It's just that, in this way, the Qilu people kill the Qilu people, and the Guanlong people take advantage of the fishermen.

The more Duan Wencao thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, gritting his teeth, eager to eat Zhang Xutuo and Dong Chun alive.

At this time, Duan Lun appeared and woke up Duan Wencao with a word, "The soldiers will block, and the water will cover it." ”

The bystanders are clear, the authorities are confused, Duan Wencao is in the game, and he doesn't know how to break the game, but Duan Lun can see it clearly from the sidelines. Zhang Xutuo intended to drive Wang Bo and Meng Rang into Lu County, and the disaster was to lead the water to the east, but the countermeasure was actually very simple, resolutely blocking Wang Bo and Meng Rang's way south, driving them back to Qi County, and making Zhang Xutuo's wishful thinking completely fail.

As for Xuzhou's thieves entering Lu, Duan Lun believes that it may not be Dong Chun's original intention. There were thieves in Xuzhou, but Dong Chun failed to encircle and suppress the thieves in his own garrison area, but let the thieves escape into the Qilu area. The Xuzhou army could not cross the border to chase and kill, and Dong Chun could only watch the thieves flee, which was not only a shame for him, but also a serious dereliction of duty, and he could not explain to the eastern capital. In addition, Duan Lun had just come from the Eastern Capital, and he knew a little bit about Dong Chun's current disadvantage, so Duan Lun deduced that someone in the Eastern Capital would definitely take this opportunity to make it difficult for Dong Chun, even if he couldn't drive him out of the army, he would have to make some trouble for the Longxi aristocratic group.

In other words, Zhang Xutuo and Dong Chun did not have the possibility of joining forces to "design" Duan Wencao. In this case, while fighting-for-tat with Zhang Xutuo of Qi County, he can work hand in hand with Pengcheng Dong Chun, and the two sides will work together to suppress the thieves.

Duan Wencao adopted Duan Lun's Jianyì, and immediately wrote to Pengcheng Dong Chun, while expressing his gratitude to him, the two sides joined hands to suppress the thieves, and at the same time told the truth about the current predicament of Lu County, hoping that Pengcheng could give strong support in the matter of suppressing the thieves to alleviate the crisis of Lu County. The implication is that your army can't cross the border, so won't the thieves be killed? Doing things is the same as being a person, you must be flexible, don't be too rigid, and don't cling to the law and military discipline.

Duan Wencao didn't know how Dong Chun responded to his "agitated generals", but in order to prevent trouble, he still secretly ordered to requisition the local clan and township regiments in Fubianqiu and Zou County in the south, strengthen the defense of the city passes, and do his best to intercept the Xuzhou thieves in the border area.

Just when Duan Wencao was busy dealing with the entry of thieves in Xuzhou, Zhang Xutuo's messenger arrived.

Zhang Xutuo is at the foot of Mount Tai, on the north bank of Wenshui, in Bocheng County. It stands to reason that since the Weifu army cannot cross the border without authorization, then the county guard cannot cross the border without authorization with a temporarily formed local army, but Zhang Xutuo is arrogant, bold, and does whatever he wants, so there is nothing he dare not do. In this world, the timid are afraid of the bold, and the bold are afraid of dying, Zhang Xutuo is a master who does not want to die, even if it is Duan Wencao, when he encounters such a fierce man, he has to retreat, and he does not want to conflict with him until he is forced to do so.

In the letter, Zhang Xutuo told Duan Wencao that after many days of investigation by his scouts, it had been found out that Wang Bo and Meng Rang led the thieves to lead the army to operate in the area of Bocheng and Fenggao, and traveled back and forth to the north and south banks of Wenshui from time to time, and it was not clear what the next move of the thief army would be.

Zhang Xutuo made an analysis that in the short term, Wang Bo and Meng let the thieves may enter the mountainous area of Yingxian County in the northeast of Lu County, and be active in Ying, Laiwu, Mu and other places. The terrain here is steep and easy to dodge, but because winter has come, the thieves are short of food and clothing, and they will inevitably go down the mountain to plunder. The targets of their captives were either the southeastern counties and towns of Qi County, or the heartland of Lu County. Considering that it was necessary to cross mountains and mountains to return to Qi County, and the road was difficult, Zhang Xutuo deduced that the thief army would inevitably attack south along Wenshui. To this end, Zhang Xutuo built a Duan Wencao, to implement an active strategy of encirclement and suppression, and try his best to put the main forces of the Lujun Zhuying Yang to the north of Tingting Mountain, Lailai Mountain, and Liangfu Mountain, so as to form a cooperation with the Qi County army, and set up a "pocket" for the thief army, so that the thief army can go south and plunder, and then carry out a north-south flank attack, and encircle and kill on all sides.

Duan Wencao couldn't help but curse again, "The vertical son is rampant!" ”

Duan Wencao was the Zhongjun Taishou of the fourth grade, and before he took up his post in the local area, he was the general of Wu Benlang of the fourth rank of the Weifu, while Zhang Xutuo was the general of the Yingyang Lang of the fifth grade when he was in the army, and he was the Zhongjun Juncheng of the fifth grade when he served in the local office, and the difference between the two was two levels. The officialdom is strictly hierarchical, and it is strictly forbidden for subordinates to challenge the authority of superiors, but Zhang Xutuo has no one in his eyes, so he openly challenges the authority of his superiors, and he does his best to provoke in his words.

If Zhang Xutuo is a close subordinate of Duan Wencao or a friend of the same faction, it is understandable to give advice to Duan Wencao, but Zhang Xutuo is not a subordinate of Duan Wencao, nor a friend of the same faction, but an opponent in the officialdom. Since it is an opponent, Zhang Xutuo provoked Duan Wencao, why be afraid?

Duan Wencao was annoyed and ashamed, and he scolded non-stop.

Zhang Xutuo's rhetoric touched on the "key" of Duan Wencao. Duan Wencao is a county guard, not a general of Weifu, what authority does he have to command the eagles of Lu County? This is a superficial phenomenon, in fact, Duan Wencao can really command the four Yingyang Mansions stationed in Lu County, thanks to the "help" of his elder brother Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department. Duan Wencao arrived in Qilu, if he wanted to lead the Qilu nobles to fight against the Guanlong bureaucracy, he needed strength, and the strongest strength came from the army, so Duan Wenzhen took advantage of his position to transfer all of Duan Wencao's several cronies and subordinates in the army to Lu County, and served as the chief and deputy chief of the four Yingyang Mansions stationed in Lu County.

In this Eastern Expedition, the main forces of Qilu Zhuyingyang were transferred away, leaving very few forces in the town, and the Zuohouwei Mansion, which was responsible for the important task of Qilu Zhenshu, also put all its energy on assisting the Donglai Navy Division to prepare for the war for the needs of the Eastern Expedition, and even requisitioned a part of the remaining Zhuyingyang, and the Zhenshu force in the Qilu area was even weaker, and this is also the reason why Wang Bo, Meng Rang and other Qizhou marshals raised their banners in Changbai Mountain and insisted on it for several months.

In this extremely passive situation, Zhang Xutuo, the commander of Qi County, knew that he could not count on Weifu Yingyang, so he recruited the clan regiment and the Zhuang Ding to form a local army to encircle and suppress the traitors. But the situation in Lu County is different, Lu County has Duan Wencao here, and Duan Wencao has his brother Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department, as a backer, so Zuo Houwei Mansion does not dare to recruit Eagle Yangwei from Lu County, so as not to conflict with Duan Wen Caosheng.

There were still six regiments of troops in the four Yingyang Mansions of Lu County, and these six regiments were now nominally subject to the Right Houwei Mansion, but in fact they were all under the orders of Duan Wencao.

The gap between the regular, local and rebel armies is obvious. Zhang Xutuo failed to encircle and annihilate Wang Bo and Meng Rang's righteous army with nearly 10,000 troops, not because Zhang Xutuo was not good at fighting, but the gap between the two armies in strength was not obvious, and everyone had no formal training, and there were no heavy weapons such as long knives, long lances, strong bows, and crossbows, so no one could help anyone. At this time, Zhang Xutuo thought of the six regiments of Eagle Yangwei in Lu County, so he had an idea and drove the righteous army into Lu County, intending to borrow a knife to kill people.

Duan Wen kept scolding, but his heart was transparent. Zhang Xutuo is "agitating" himself, trying to make himself lose his mind under anger, in order to save face and fight for breath, he transferred six regiments of eagle guards to kill the traitor, and finally he was scarred, but he cheapened Zhang Xutuo in vain. How can there be such a good thing in the world? He had just "provoked" Dong Chun, trying to use Dong Chun's power to besiege and kill the fleeing Xuzhou thieves, who knew that in a blink of an eye, Zhang Xutuo actually came to calculate himself, it was really funny to think about it.

After reading Zhang Xutuo's letter, Duan Lun asked, "How does my uncle plan to deal with it?" ”

Duan Wencao sneered and was silent.