The next day, when the people in the city of Chenzhou were still immersed in the joy of the bully Land Rover's ambush, the fast horse agent of the military intelligence department of Huguang Town sent back a major news: the northern expedition launched by He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, ended in a fiasco. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the end of last month, when the tens of thousands of main forces of the Northern Expedition led by Zhang Kuang, the superintendent of the army, arrived at Wanyou Bridge near Yuezhou, they were defeated by Ma Jiaolin, the defender of Yuezhou Prefecture, and Li Xiangong, the deputy general, with hundreds of cavalry, and Zhang Kuang fled back to Xiangyin in despair. Although Ma Jinzhong, led by the governor of Huguang, led by Yinxidu, invaded Hubei from the east of the Yangtze River, it had to take the initiative to retreat because Zhang Kuang's army had been defeated. As a result, the Northern Expedition, which pinned on He Tengjiao's infinite hopes, not only failed to recover an inch of lost territory, but instead lost troops and exposed the essence of his own lust and inwardness.

After learning the news, the high-level generals of Huguang Town, except for Pang Yue, were stunned for a while, and then began to talk about it, as if they had blown up a nest.

"Crushing an army of tens of thousands with hundreds of horsemen? Hehe, it's rare to see such a war case for thousands of years! Could it be that the Qing dog Ma Jiaolin is the reincarnation of Han Xin? Or is there hundreds of riders under his command who are like Xiang Yu being reborn? Lu Qiwu's words were marked with obvious sarcasm.

"Damn, even tens of thousands of pigs should have killed those hundreds of Green Battalion cavalry!" Shi Youliang's words were even more rude and unadorned.

Zhang Yunli was not as straightforward as them, but he also frowned: "If it is a dignified battle, let alone hundreds, even the most elite Bayala soldiers in the thousands of Jiannu troops will be difficult to defeat the tens of thousands of troops advancing by land and water, most of which is caused by the light of the enemy by that Zhang Daotai and the generals under his supervision." ”

Shi Lang also nodded: "It may be that the horse captives set up an ambush in advance and quickly defeated the vanguard of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the follow-up men and horses panicked and fled without carefully exploring the enemy's situation, so that they were calmly chased and killed by the Qing captives, so that there was such a big defeat." ”

"The captive general Ma Jiaolin was originally my deputy general in Yuezhou, and he knew the strength of the various armies under Governor He well, so he was able to calmly arrange, avoid the real and attack the false, so as to get lucky and succeed with one blow." Tian Shizun also analyzed, with a hint of worry in his tone, "It's just that judging from this battle, the towns of northern Hunan and the Governor Fubiao camp are too erosive. ”

"If it was our town's army that took Yuezhou this time, there would never be such a fiasco!" Cui Shoucheng also expressed his opinion.

Listening to his subordinates talking about this matter with various expressions such as surprise and regret, Pang Yue's expression did not change much. In his previous life, when he first read about this incident in the historical materials, he couldn't believe his eyes, tens of thousands of troops were scattered under the attack of hundreds of enemy cavalry, and suffered heavy losses, which can be regarded as a strange story no matter what time it is. However, if you think about it, the reason why this battle turned out to be this way is not without reason.

He Tengjiao thought that he knew the strength of Ma Jiaolin's department well, and the troops in his hands were in an absolute superiority state, and he was full of confidence in taking Yuezhou, which was almost inevitable. However, Ma Jiaolin was originally the deputy general of Yuezhou in the Ming Dynasty, and he naturally had a clear understanding of the strength of the Ming army in the towns of northern Xiangbei, coupled with the uneven morale of the Ming army in various departments, and he had some fear of the Qing army, and it was difficult to deal calmly after being attacked. All the departments only cared about their own lives, and the whole army was naturally scattered. In fact, after the Northern Expedition was attacked by the cavalry of Ma Jiaolin's department, the first to break up happened to be the Dufubiao battalion formed by He Tengjiao and Fu Shangrui.

However, since the matter has come to this, no amount of lamentation and sighing is of any use. After thinking for a while, Pang Yue said, "That's it, don't talk about this matter anymore." Our army also needs to draw some lessons from this battle and increase the corresponding training clauses to enhance the ability of the officers and men to confront the enemy in the face of adversity, not only to be imposing like a rainbow when attacking and rock-solid when defending, but also to be orderly in retreat. ”…,

Saying this, Pang Yue looked at Zhang Yunli: "Regarding the matter of increasing the training clause, the General Staff Office will first draft a charter as soon as possible and hand it over to me for review." ”

"Yes!"

After confirming the news of He Tengjiao's defeat, Pang Yue decided to start taking further action against Lu Dengyun.

Prior to this, Pang Yue already knew that Lu Dengyun and He Tengjiao's chief staff Lou Jingzhi were sons and daughters, and knew that it was precisely because of this relationship that Lu Dengyun had been repeatedly supported by He Tengjiao in the past, so that he was as stable as Mount Tai in Chenzhou. In addition, not long ago, Pang Yue also learned about Lu Dengyun's dispatch of fast horses to Changsha through the intelligence network of the Military Intelligence Department, and he didn't need to think about it to know that Lu Dengyun was asking Lou Jingzhi and He Tengjiao for help.

If it was in normal times, Pang Yue would really have a headache, He Tengjiao has always looked at himself unpleasantly, and after receiving the distress letter, he will definitely not hesitate to stand on Lu Dengyun's side and do everything he can to obstruct it, and even use the power of the court to put pressure on him, so that his plan will undoubtedly be greatly resisted.

But now it's different, the Northern Expedition personally planned by He Tengjiao ended in a fiasco, and the superior army was defeated by the absolutely inferior enemy, presumably at this moment the government and the opposition are already in an uproar, and Emperor Longwu will also be furious. It can be said that He Tengjiao himself is now on the cusp of the storm, and it is estimated that he is now busy finding excuses to shirk responsibility, and he is afraid that he can't take care of other things. Even if He Tengjiao was determined to take care of Lu Dengyun's matter, Emperor Longwu, who was angry, was afraid that he would not give him a good look, and the other ministers in the court would probably not be able to hide from him.

If that's the case, what else do you have to worry about? After making up his mind, Pang Yue urged the Military Intelligence Department to seize the time to collect relevant evidence of Lu Dengyun and his cadres.

Fortunately, Ma Yuancheng did not disappoint Pang Yue, and that night he summarized all kinds of physical evidence collected a few days ago and sent it to Pang Yue for a look.

In addition, there are many witnesses who are willing to come forward to testify against Lu Dengyun and his subordinate Lian Jinpeng and other cadres. Most of these people are military households in Chenzhou Weizhong, and some are low-level officers, over the years, the military land under their names has been embezzled by Lu Dengyun as their own, and they and their respective families have also been forced to become free tenant farmers under Lu Dengyun's control, almost no different from slaves. In the past, they were forced by Lu Dengyun's power and feared retaliation and did not dare to speak, but now they saw that a commander who could suppress Lu Dengyun beheaded Lu Dengyun's precious son Lu Hu without blinking an eye, and their hearts were like taking a reassuring pill, and they agreed to the personnel of the military intelligence department who came to them and stood up to testify against Lu Dengyun.

With the addition of a large number of witnesses, the crimes of Lu Dengyun and others have been exposed more and more, embezzling a large amount of military land, brutally retaliating against military households who are dissatisfied with him, and forcing many military families to commit suicide in despair.

Due to the urgency of the current situation, Pang Yue did not delay in the slightest, and wrote a letter overnight, listing the major criminal evidence of Lu Dengyun, the commander of Chenzhou Wei, and Lian Jinpeng, the commander of Tongzhilian Jinpeng, and others, and asked Emperor Longwu to severely punish this kind of corrupt and perverted the law, and wrote a letter to Zhu Dadian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, in which he explained in detail the necessity of eliminating this kind of officialdom black sheep at the time of the current national crisis. After that, Pang Yue attached all kinds of conclusive physical evidence, found several important witnesses, and sent capable personnel from the Military Intelligence Department to escort them to Hengzhou early the next morning.

After doing all this, Pang Yue remained silent on the surface, and secretly sent people to closely monitor Lu Dengyun, Lian Jinpeng and other Chenzhou Wei military attachés and their armed men, and let his troops be prepared at all times, in case Lu Dengyun and others absconded to the enemy or made other hurried jumps over the wall. …,

Since the Land Rover was executed under Pang Yue's operation, Lu Dengyun hated Pang Yue even more under his grief, and almost hated to skin him and eat his flesh, but because Pang Yue had heavy troops and was well guarded, he could only call himself sick and silently seek an opportunity to retaliate and counterattack at home.

Not only Lu Dengyun, but also Li Benlong, Lian Jinpeng, Xin Yuyong and others also smelled the smell of danger from Pang Yue's series of thunderous strikes in recent days, and often gathered together to seek countermeasures. But it's a pity that they found that in the face of Pang Yue, who had great strength, all the clever strategies seemed so powerless. Even if they expected Pang Yue to do it to themselves, it was difficult for them to find effective countermeasures, and this pain almost made them feel terrified.

In a hurry, Li Benlong even suggested that Lu Dengyun take the opportunity of Huguang Town's army to go out of the city to practice, and take some special measures to make Pang Yue completely quiet.

But this suggestion, which is close to gambling on life, was not accepted by Lu Dengyun, Lian Jinpeng and others. Although Lu Dengyun hated Pang Yue to the core, he did not lose his mind, he knew that not to mention that this method may not be successful, even if he succeeded, it would be counterproductive, once Pang Yue had an accident in Chenzhou, as the commander of Chenzhou Guard, he would definitely not be able to get out of it. Moreover, if Pang Yue had an accident just after killing his son Land Rover, anyone with a discerning eye would guess who did it, and there would be no way to hide it.

It can be said that Lu Dengyun's current countermeasures are extremely limited, and he can only create some public opinion offensives through his own network, and then he hopes that his in-law Lou Jingzhi can persuade He Tengjiao to suppress Pang Yue after receiving his distress letter. For Lou Jingzhi, Lu Dengyun pinned great hopes on him, because he had heard Lou Jingzhi say before that He Tengjiao had always had a great prejudice against Pang Yue, and he would definitely not sit idly by.

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