readx; Huang Degong and Cao Bianjiao almost copied the guy to go to the Nanjing Military Department to make trouble, but fortunately they were persuaded by Cao Wenzhao and Weng Yu to stop it, so it did not cause a "nest fight". Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Cao Wenzhao shook his head again and again angrily and said: "The Holy One is for us to stabilize the situation, if it really makes trouble, wouldn't it be a disappointment of the Holy Will?" ”

"Then let them do whatever they want?" Cao Bianjiao said angrily, "I don't understand, Nanjing has tens of thousands of troops, strong city defenses, and the Yangtze River moat, what are they afraid of?" Could it be that they just watched the rebels wreak havoc in the Central Plains, leaving the Holy Lord alone in a crisis, and they were here to sit back and enjoy their success? Besides, the saint obviously has a will, let his uncle control the Nanjing official army, they really dare to resist the will? ”

"General Xiao Cao, you don't know how powerful this class of officials is." Weng Yu sighed and said, "Listening to what Deputy Chief Cao said, people did not resist the decree, and when the lawsuit was brought to the Holy Lord, people also had something to say." As for why they are like this, don't you see it? ”

"I can't see it!" Cao Bianjiao was angry.

"Actually, the reason is very simple." Weng Yu smiled bitterly, "First, the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers of the Jiangnan Guard Station is extremely poor, and they are afraid of the enemy like tigers, and they can't fight at all. I don't know if the two generals have heard of it, a few decades ago, a group of only 53 people landed in Shangyu County, Shaoxing Prefecture, raided Huiji County, robbed Hangzhou, Tuhui County, Jixi, Jingde, slaughtered Jing County, went to Nanling, to Wuhu. Burn the south bank, tend to Taiping Mansion, commit Jiangning Town, go straight to Nanjing, and commit Da Andemen. There were no less than 10,000 officers and soldiers defending the city, but they did not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and only fired arrows at the head of the city. However, the arrows were weak and weak, and they were taken by the hands of the Japanese and ridiculed. This group of Japanese invaders invaded the territory for several months, traveled thousands of miles, killed one imperial historian, one county commander, two commanders, and two generals, and the officers and soldiers paid more than 4,000 casualties before and after they were annihilated. However, the combat effectiveness of the Nanjing official army is not as good as it was back then, how dare you go out of the city to kill the enemy! ”

Cao Bianjiao was stunned when he heard this: "There is such a thing? It's really a shame for me! ”

"Today's officers and soldiers only know fishing profits, how can they care about any face!" Weng Yu said angrily, "Things like shortages and empty salaries are the same in the national health centers, but they are just repaid; Jiangnan is the richest place in the country, and many military officers use the power in their hands to directly engage in business and make profits. This is the second reason why they are reluctant to fight: as long as they hold Nanjing, their own financial resources are rolling, why bother to sacrifice their lives to fight elsewhere! ”

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly asked for details, and Weng Yu explained: "Let's take what General Cao said at the meeting about the temporary collection of civilian ships. It stands to reason that judging from the current situation, it should be like this, and if the civilian boats are really collected, it will be difficult for the rebels to cross the river. However, most of these civilian ships were merchant ships, mainly engaged in salt and rice business. Salt was originally government-run, but private salt was prevalent in Jiangnan, and officials could not ban it. I heard that the salt merchants who sell smuggled salt can travel unhindered as long as they pay 'regular silver' to Chang Yinxu, the Marquis of Huaiyuan, but the salt tax of the imperial court cannot be collected much. General Cao's want to confiscate civilian ships is equivalent to cutting off Chang Yinxu's financial route, and he can't agree to be the first one. ”

"Isn't it a capital offense to sell illicit salt?" Cao Bianjiao said angrily, "Chang Yinxu, as a lord, doesn't he know the law and break the law, and the crime will be added to the first?" ”

"That being said, who can restrain him?" Huang Degong sneered and said, "The ancestors of the people are Chang Yuchun and Chang Mao, who followed Emperor Taizu to fight the world, attacked the lord for generations, and held the military power of Nanjing, and his hands and eyes reached the sky. No matter how big an official you are, you have to sell his face, otherwise you don't want to stay in Nanjing Ansheng. ”

"No wonder Li Dingguo and other fierce generals have made so great contributions, and the saint does not give them titles, presumably the saint is very disgusted with this kind of lord who relies on the merits of his ancestors to run rampant." Cao Wenzhao also said indignantly.

"That's probably the third reason why they don't want to send troops." Weng Yu suddenly lowered his voice, frowned and said, "Please think about it, now the fierce battle in the Central Plains is in full swing, although the Holy Lord is driving the expedition in person, but Zhu Changxun, Zhu Yousong and his son have hundreds of thousands of troops, according to the Central Plains, there must be people who will think that the deer will die, but it is not known." Chang Yinxu, Hu Yingtai and others sat in Nanjing, and they may not have the intention of sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, quietly watching the changes in the situation, and waiting for the opportunity to move. Moreover, since the saint ascended the throne, he has been determined to innovate, and people like Chang Yinxu are afraid that their interests will be damaged, so maybe they will be more inclined to Zhu Changxun. If Zhu Changxun bids higher..."

Speaking of this, several people shuddered. Cao Wenzhao pondered for a while before saying, "In this way, I really can't leave Nanjing." It's a pity that all the carrier pigeons are dead, and the situation here can't be reported to the saint as soon as possible. I'll write an urgent song now, change Jiao, and you will immediately arrange for your right-hand man to return the same way and report to the saint! ”

That being said, but several people know that Nanjing is thousands of miles away from the imperial camp, and even if the road is smooth, it will take seven or eight days to walk. What's more, Luzhou Mansion and other cities may have been reoccupied by the rebels, and it is not certain whether they can pass. By the time the emperor received the tantra, it might have been a month or two later. How will the situation in Anchi change over such a long period of time?

After Huang Degong and Weng Yu said goodbye, Cao's uncle and nephew convened the officers to discuss secretly, but after discussing for a long time, they did not come up with a good plan. When he was worried, he suddenly heard a great chaos outside the camp gate. Everyone was taken aback, and hurriedly came out with their swords, but saw that it was Huang Deli who led a team of soldiers and drove a few carriages to stop in front of the door.

As soon as he saw Cao Wenzhao come out, Huang Degong laughed with his tongue open: "Cao... General Cao, look, I'll bring you... What a baby to bring! ”

Cao Wenzhao knew at a glance that Huang Degong was drunk again, and he was really a little disgusted in his heart. But when the carriage door opened, he was so overjoyed that he blurted out: "Pigeon! ”

"That's right, it's a carrier pigeon!" Huang Degong said triumphantly, "There are five cages in total, more than 100 carrier pigeons, is it enough?" Look, there are still labels on it, Hangzhou, Suzhou... Oh, this cage is going to Jingshi! ”

"Thank you, thank you!" Cao Wenzhao said excitedly, "Where did these carrier pigeons come from?" ”

But with a word, Huang Degong knocked Cao Wenzhao down from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley: "I brought it out from the Nanjing Military Department!" ”

"Brought out?" Cao Bianjiao hesitated for a while and asked, "The people from the military department asked you to take it away?" ”

"They won't let me, and they want to stop me." Huang Degong smiled and said, "I said to them: 'Haven't you heard of Huang Chuangzi's name? In the past two days, I wanted to stew a few pigeons for wine, but I didn't find it all over the city, and I heard that you were asked to loot it. You have so many pigeons, why don't you give me a few cages? Don't be so stingy! 'They tried to stop them, and I kicked them all over, and came here with the pigeons..."

When several people were dumbfounded when they heard this, they saw Weng Yu hurrying over, and shouted angrily: "You Huang Chuanzi, this time you can break into a big disaster!" ”

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