In fact, after Kong Youde's rebellion, Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, will definitely not be guaranteed, and now what we have to consider is whether he can retreat with his whole body.

During his tenure, the Shaanxi Liukou became out of control, and some powerful Shaanxi thieves moved to Shanxi in large numbers, and Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, and Wang Ziwei even fled out of Shaanxi and arrived at Shanxi Hequ to join the division.

Knowing that the situation in Shaanxi was so rotten that Chongzhen was furious, he ordered the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi to be arrested and sent to the prison of the Criminal Department. If it weren't for his son Yang Sichang's willingness to die for his father, Chongzhen was moved by his filial piety, and after learning about Yang Sichang's past, he appreciated him, and Yang He was able to live because of Yang Sichang.

Think about the fourth year of Chongzhen, Shanxi Governor Geng Ruqi entered the Beijing Aid Division, and the officers and soldiers were in turmoil because they could not pay food, and the chaotic troops plundered all directions, resulting in the beheading of Geng Ruqi, the governor who led the troops.

Now Kong Youde has rebelled, making a mess of the entire hinterland of Shandong, and now the rebels are directly under the city of Dengzhou.

Sun Yuanhua felt that the situation he was in now was very similar to that of Yang He and Geng Ruqi, and he was afraid that if he was not careful, he would cut off his head at the entrance of the vegetable market. At this time, the emperor will definitely not allow the resignation.

Therefore, only before the imperial court mobilizes a large army to encircle and suppress Kong Youde's rebellion, it can be put down as soon as possible, so as to reverse the emperor's evil feelings towards him and find an opportunity to retreat from it.

In the imperial court, the two factions of Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren played against each other, and it was already white-hot, and both sides were doing their best to try to defeat each other.

He is in the middle of the game at this time, even if he can avoid this unwarranted disaster, there will be more dark arrows shooting.

Sun Yuanhua sighed secretly. After the disaster, he wrote a letter to resign and returned to his homeland to concentrate on Western studies. From then on, I will no longer ask about these court disputes.

Sun Yuanhua glanced at the Chinese military attache in the lobby with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "Kong Youde and his soldiers were forced to loot because they had no food to eat. In the eyes of this Fu is still in the list of recoverable, the soldiers under his command have been the elite soldiers trained by the Dongjiang Mao General Army, and they are rare elite divisions. ”

Although Sun Yuanhua's words did not clearly say that he wanted to appease Kong Youde's rebellious army outside the city, the meaning of the words was clearly expressed.

Zhang Ke glared at Sun Yuanhua angrily. It is clear that this governor is still lucky for the Kong Youde rebellion outside the city!

He wanted to appease Kong Youde's rebellious soldiers, in order to reduce his own involvement, so that the imperial historians who attacked him and Zhou Yanru in the court lost their handles, and then they were able to retreat.

Hmph, what this governor thinks is a little simple, the battle between the two factions in the court last week and Wen is to put it bluntly, it is a checks and balances strategy adopted by Emperor Chongzhen in order to balance the various forces in the court, and it is the emperor's mental technique. It's the general trend, and you can't be swayed by a single governor.

Zhang Ke suddenly stood up from his seat and said angrily: "Lord Governor, not to mention the harm caused by Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng's rebellion to the county government along the way. It is only said that Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng have two personalities, Li Jiucheng has always been cunning, and the official remembers that he went to Datong to buy horses on the order of the governor. did not follow the expedition, but suddenly appeared in the midst of the chaos. It can be seen that Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng and others have premeditated. And Kong Youde is righteous and benevolent on the surface, and he treats his subordinates very lovingly. In fact, he secretly harbors evil intentions, and when he sees the right time, he will reveal his true colors. The governor appeased these two people, how can he guarantee that the two are sincerely submitted! If such a person is not punished, and if he encounters some unsatisfactory rebellion, then the sin of those whom we appease is unforgivable. ”

Zhang Keda's words were not polite at all, and directly pointed out the capricious nature of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng, and even forced Sun Yuanhua to express his position.

Sun Yuanhua's face was even more gloomy, but he still patiently explained: "Mr. Zhang said that this Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng had a premeditated plan is arbitrary, and Ben Fu has been with these two people for more than ten years, and he is still very clear about their personalities, and he is not a person who is good at conspiracy and trickery as Zhang Zongbing said. ”

He groaned and continued: "Besides, these two are both people who can fight and are accustomed to war, and now that there is smoke everywhere, the imperial court is in need of good generals. Last year, the first king of martial arts was hired, because of his ability to lift 500 catties of stone locks and 120 catties of broadswords, he was appointed as a martial champion by the saint, and was directly given as the deputy commander-in-chief. Compared with this martial champion, in terms of martial arts and battlefield experience, Kong and Li are much higher than this martial champion, and Benfu is also raising good generals for the imperial court! ”

Sun Yuanhua said with a sigh and said: "Hey, this time these two people are in turmoil, they must be forced to do so, they can follow General Mao and the Houjin slave soldiers in Dongjiang Town for many years, and they should be loyal to the imperial court." ”

Zhang Ke protested and said: "The governor is trying his best to appease these two people, and the official can't stop it, but the official will take this matter to the court and impeach the Lord Futai for insisting on going his own way, and the official still has military affairs to deal with, go first!" ”

After speaking, he didn't look at Sun Yuanhua, turned around and walked out of the lobby, and several cronies and officers who were on the side naturally followed and left.

Now that the impeachment of Sun Yuanhua is full of Chongzhen's jade case, there are too many lice and it is not itchy, and Sun Yuanhua's eyebrows did not shake at Zhang Keda's remarks.

Song Guanglan of Dengzhou Dao watched Zhang Keda and his party leave the lobby and scolded: "Ignorant contempt, it's really arrogant......"

Sun Yuanhua waved his hand to stop him: "General Zhang is also worried about the safety of Dengzhou City, Lord Song can't be responsible, Benfu immediately repaired the book, and bothered Lord Song to send someone to Kong Youde, saying that Benfu and Dengzhou officials appeased the intentions, hoping that the two of them can repent and return to the Ming court." ”

Song Guanglan muttered slightly: "Lord Futai, what kind of conditions are you going to agree to these two people and their rebels, if it is only good words to appease them, I am afraid it will not make them moved." ”

Sun Yuanhua is not a pedantic person, and he has obviously thought about how to appease the two, and he said directly: "Later, Benfu will go to the court to ask for the appeasement of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng, and exempt the two from the crime of arson." After the appeasement, the two still control the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and if the two of them have any conditions, they can also put forward, and the two of them will meet them as appropriate. It will be mentioned in these letters. ”

Song Guanglan was secretly speechless, and without the permission of the imperial court, she privately promised that the two could still lead troops, which shows that in order to appease these two, Sun Yuanhua really did whatever it takes.

hurriedly said: "I will obey the orders of Lord Futai, and the officials will not disgrace their mission." ”

Sun Yuanhua was no longer verbose, spread out the paper and wrote on the table.

Denglai deputy chief soldier Zhang Tao retreated to the lobby and was worried, the governor said correctly, the two of them are grasshoppers on a rope, if they can't quickly pacify Kong Youde's rebellion, neither of them can run, although he also thinks that easy to appease, will cause endless trouble, but now he can't take care of a lot, saving lives is important.

looked sideways at Geng Zhongming and Chen Guangfu who were standing beside him, and saw that both of them looked thoughtful, so they secretly pouted, these two people are also rebellious, and they often deduct the two of them from their salaries, so the two of them often disobey their orders.

Hmph, taking the opportunity of this defeat, Lao Tzu must take care of these two rebellious people! Zhang Tao had a thought in his heart.

It took a short time, Sun Yuanhua wrote the letter, handed it to Song Guanglan, and instructed: "Benfu immediately ordered to ride into Beijing to play the imperial court, so that the court can be relieved, in a short period of time, it will be difficult for Kong Youde's rebellious army to plunder everywhere, I want to appease it, this is the simplest and direct way to quell the trouble, and ask the Holy Lord and the princes of the court to agree." ”

At the same time, Sun Yuanhua wrote a secret letter to Shoufu Zhou Yanru, asking Shoufu to support his appeasement strategy in front of the emperor, and once the appeasement was successful, it could also cushion Shoufu who was caught in this matter.

Of course, Feng Jian and others had no way of knowing about the dispute that occurred in the Dengzhou City Governor's Office, and the artillery outside Dengzhou City rumbled, and the atmosphere in Dengzhou Water City also began to be tense, and the guards of the water city wall increased significantly.

The garrison of the Sailor Division, which had always been very small, finally appeared, and the garrison of the Sailor Division was a bit in name only, and the food and equipment of the officers and men of the Sailor Division, as well as the daily distribution of materials for the warships, were all handled by the Haiphong Dao, and the training and operation of the Sailor Division had to obey the orders of the Chief Officer of Denglai.

The only thing left for this garrison is to upload and issue and supervise the implementation of the instructions of the upper peak, so this garrison officer will only appear at the sailor's residence during the New Year's holidays, when food and salaries are distributed, or when there are major events.

If there are good things, it is not his turn, and if there is trouble, it is naturally the responsibility of the sailor garrison, which is also one of the reasons why the sailor garrison rarely shows up.

In the past few days of the Chinese New Year, it has been raining and snowing, and today he received a strict order from the Lord of Haiphong Dao to mobilize the officers and soldiers of the Water Division Battalion to go to the Shuicheng City Wall to assist in the defense.

The sailor garrison led a few cronies, and walked around the water city, naturally seeing that there were more than ten warships from the Pingdu Prefecture flood camp on the berth, and when I asked, I learned that the Pingdu Prefecture flood camp warships came to receive equipment and materials, but they were trapped in the sailor division during the Chinese New Year.

There is no silver to honor the officials and lords in charge, how can they receive materials and equipment smoothly, this sailor garrison secretly laughed at the Pingdu Prefecture flood camp garrison without knowledge.

Summoned all the warships to the garrison hall, and after the commanders gave themselves a New Year's greeting, the sailor garrison said: "Outside Dengzhou City, Kong Youde's rebels will besiege at any time, and this garrison is ordered by Lord Wang Hui of Haiphong Dao to send a part of the officers and soldiers of the Sailor Division to the city wall of Shuicheng to assist in the defense. ”

Let the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division assist in guarding the city wall, and only the Lord of the Coastal Defense Dao Wang Hui can come up with it!

Moreover, it is dangerous and hard to go to guard the walls of the water city, and this garrison lord is undoubtedly a hint to the commanders of these warships, who know what to do!

Looking at the filial piety of the generals one by one, this garrison is very satisfied, and he does this guard steadily, and there is the filial piety of his subordinates during the New Year's holidays, surrounded by wives and concubines at home, what more can a husband ask for!

The garrison squinted and watched his subordinates hand the general Xiaojing to the guards, and suddenly his brows moved: Well, this time, Niu Liang, Lan Zhengji, and Zhan Yuan are generous, and each of them has paid five taels of silver! Anyway, for the sake of silver, this time I will arrange for someone else to take people to the city wall to defend.!! (To be continued......)