Chapter Eighty-Eight

Outside the city of Qingzhou Mansion in Shandong Province, black and oppressive refugees gathered a mile outside the Wendeng camp camp, they were all waiting for the soup kitchen of the Wendeng camp, and many refugees even followed all the way from Jinan Camp.

Dozens of soldiers of the Wendeng battalion set up cauldrons and boiled porridge under several simple shacks, and as soon as the aroma came out, the crowd moved, and hundreds of soldiers stood at the edge of the crowd to maintain order.

Several instructors walked through the crowd and asked the refugees to line up in a soft tone, these people were the most respected people by the refugees with a friendly attitude, without a little arrogance.

Zhao Xuan shouted to the people around him as he walked: "Don't squeeze everyone, we all have porridge to drink, our Lord Chen said, the battalion soldiers have nothing to eat, but they also have to give the people food, and now he will go to the governor to ask for some rice and grain, no matter what, he will give everyone a way to live." ”

An old man with two children knelt down beside him suddenly, grabbed Zhao Xuan's pants, and shouted with teary eyes: "Lord Chen is the master of Qingtian!" We are all hard-working people, and we don't have the luxury of asking Lord Chen to save us useless people, I want to ask Lord Chen to take these two children away, so that they can give them something to eat. "Say it and kowtow again and again.

The surrounding refugees have responded, pushing their children to the front, they have seen more soldiers, they originally thought that if they robbed things and did not kill people, they would be good soldiers, but this Wendeng camp completely opened their eyes, not only the order was forbidden, but also there would never be anything disturbing the people, even the people did not pull, and set up porridge sheds every day to give porridge, which made these refugees see a trace of the possibility of survival in despair.

Zhao Xuan smiled and stretched out his hand to make everyone quiet, he was at ease with what he was doing now, and he had a sense of accomplishment, which was completely different from the original deception, and he was originally very timid, but now he feels very safe in the army, and he is more out of his way to do things.

"Everyone, listen up, Lord Chen's own ** generation, as long as we have food in Wendeng Camp, you will have food."

The refugees cheered, and at first the old man cried and said, "Lord Chen is a living Bodhisattva." After he finished speaking, he asked loudly, "This official, Lord Chen's compassion is good, but don't lose our battalion soldiers, it's still important to fight those rebels." ”

Zhao Xuan nodded again and again, and said with a solemn face: "In order to find food for everyone, Lord Chen sold all the heirlooms in his family. As for our battalion soldiers, it is nothing to eat less, even if you are hungry, you can beat the rebels, and you will definitely avenge the villagers. ”

"The heroes of Wendeng Camp! Hero! "The refugees are very emotional.

After the old man's voice decreased, he said loudly: "There is such a good official, the old man has a request, he wants to follow the army to Wendeng, and from now on follow Lord Chen, no matter what Lord Chen arranges in the future, the little old man will definitely try his best to repay Lord Chen." ”

Zhao Xuan still smiled, he has always regarded Chen Xin as an idol, and even the smile has learned an eight-image, a typical professional smile, he said to the refugees around him: "The old man has a heart, our place in Wendeng has always been a mountainous and poor, but there are two good, there are good officials, there are good soldiers, the good official is Lord Chen, it is really a bodhisattva's heart, but whenever you see someone suffering, your heart can't stand it, go everywhere to open up wasteland to find Shangguan, desperately want to find land for these suffering people, so that they can live in peace, people who come to Wendeng, have houses to live and land to plant, In a year or two, they will be distributed to each family, and they will be able to eat enough, and our battalion soldiers are all such people, including the officer, everyone can inquire, at that time, the official just arrived in Wendeng, and he was as poor as everyone, and now he not only has food and clothing, but also married two wives and concubines. ”

"Speaking of good officials, there are good soldiers, our Wendeng camp can not only fight, but also never disturb the people, busy farming time or also help the people work, we Wendeng has no bandits, why, all of them have been beaten away, you can not have a dog at home, you can sleep at night without closing the door."

Zhao Xuan's voice was very magnetic, and the refugees around him listened quietly, and many of them had a strange look in their eyes, and their mouths were wide open, as if that kind of happy life was just around the corner, and they made up their minds to go to Wendeng.

At this time, the porridge was boiled, and a group of firefighters beckoned everyone to eat, and the refugees immediately left Zhao Xuan, the old man of Qingtian, picked up their own dishes and chopsticks and rushed over to line up.

Zhao Xuan was a little embarrassed, and when he saw that the old man was still by his side, he put away his smile and said: "I did a good job the first time, when I get to Wendeng, you can divide the land first, at least one general A, and do a good job in the future, you remember one, our every qiē is given by Lord Chen." ”……

At this time, the genuine Qingtian Lord had already arrived in the city of Qingzhou Mansion, and was pretending to be surprised in Yu Dacheng's tent, "What does the governor mean, whether to beat Li Jiucheng's rebels or not, it depends on the meaning of the end?" ”

"Never." Yu Dacheng shook his head vigorously, "Lord Sun sent another urgent letter yesterday, saying that he had sent people into the rebel camp, and the rebels had the intention of appeasing me, so I must not pursue it too much." ”

Chen Xin asked Yu Dacheng: "Then what does Lord Yu think the lower officials should do?" ”

Yu Dacheng held his beard, Chen Xin is very famous in Shandong, Yu Dacheng also has eyes and ears in the court, knowing that the emperor is very important, and it just happens that he has just suffered a defeat, so although Chen Xin is a martial artist, Yu Dacheng can only be polite, he said with a peaceful face: "Being able to appease is naturally appeasement, although Chen Dawen is not afraid of rebels, but Li Jiucheng Kong Youde is also a strong soldier in Denglai, and when he fights, he always wants to die, but it is not beautiful." ”

Chen Xin originally didn't plan to catch up with Kong Youde now, but after listening to Yu Dacheng's words, he pretended to hesitate.

The other Shandong generals in the tent all looked at him seriously, and these people were all frightened by Li Jiucheng, especially the parties Shen Tingyu and Tao Tingyan, when Li Jiucheng killed xìng, chased them all the way for more than ten miles, and Shandong Biaoying lost more than half, so that they now tremble when they hear the word Denglai.

Shen Tingyu and these people have never fought with Jiannu, seeing that Li Jiucheng and Chen Xin belong to Dengzhou Town, they also thought that Kong Youde and they were at the same level as Wendeng Ying, I heard that there are more than 3,000 people, and they have absorbed prisoners and outlaws from various cities along the way, and now there are more than 5,000 people, plus the fighting people are almost 10,000. There are only about 2,000 people in the Wendeng camp outside the city, so they don't want the Wendeng camp to provoke Li Jiucheng again, in case Chen Xin loses the battle, it may affect everyone.

Even Yu Dacheng was the same, the defeat of the standard battalion also made him frightened, but the imperial court asked the governor of Shandong and Dengfu to attack back and forth, and he couldn't help but come out and behave. Now as soon as he enters Qingzhou Mansion, he does not want to go out of the city again, but keeps sending scouts out, once it is determined that the rebels are out of Qingzhou Mansion, it is the area under the jurisdiction of the governor of Denglai, he can rest assured.

Shen Tingyu saw that Chen Xin was still thinking about it, and came up to persuade: "General Chen, Lord Sun said clearly, all the battalions and cities along the way of Denglai are not allowed to attack Li Jiucheng's troops, violators will be severely punished, Li Jiucheng has not attacked the city since he entered Qingzhou Mansion, and he has not attacked the city and captured the ground, in case General Chen catches up with the generals, it is impossible to say that the people are suffering, even if he wins, it is a crime of resisting the order, and General Chen will think twice under the rule of the governor of Denglai." ”

Others also spoke out one after another, the Qingzhou prefect was the loudest, Kong Youde's department may have grabbed enough in Jinan Mansion, and after entering Qingzhou Mansion, he did not attack the city, but just grabbed some nearby grain, cattle and horses and the like, for the magistrate, as long as the city is fine, civil affairs can be hidden.

Chen Xin still took Sun Yuanhua's military order in his eyes now, and at this time, the acting was almost done, and he said to Yu Dacheng in a dejected manner: "That's the only way, the last general will follow Master Yu with him, as long as Li Jiucheng doesn't provoke us, the last general won't mess with him." ”

Yu Dacheng breathed a sigh of relief, "That's right, Lord Sun can write this letter, which shows that we are confident, we will follow all the way to Dengzhou, echoing with the Dengzhou army before and after, the chaotic army will definitely be tied, so the chaos can be calmed." ”

Chen Xin said with admiration: "Adults are strategizing, how can the rebels still do evil." ”

Yu Dacheng took it as a sycophant, and praised Chen Xin a few words, although Shen Tingyu is not good at fighting, it is not bad to have a good relationship, and he came to chat with Chen Xin warmly, and several other standard battalion generals all looked at Shen Tingyu's face and acted sè, and they also gathered around at this time.

However, Tao Tingyan, the martial arts general, looked arrogant, and he couldn't see Chen Xin being sought after, so he watched with a cold face.

Yu Dacheng felt much safer with Wendengying, and began to think about how to write good news to the imperial court when the time came, and share the credit with himself.

Chen Xin suddenly said to Yu Dacheng: "Lord Yu, there is still a matter here, the grain and grass are consumed a lot on the way, and there is not much left in the army, please let Lord Yu share some of them, so as to appease the hearts of the soldiers." ”

Yu Dacheng was stunned and said, "This, the grain ......"

He turned his head to look at the Qingzhou prefect, and the prefect coughed dryly and said, "My lord, General Chen's Wendeng camp belongs to Denglai, and it can only be regarded as a guest soldier, and the money and food of the guest soldiers are all provided by the territory." ”

Chen Xin said politely: "What the prefect said is a little bad, and the guest soldiers are talking about the monthly salary and this sè, and the food on the way is also given in a fixed place." ”

Qingzhou prefect's face changed slightly, there was indeed not much food in his treasury, and as soon as Yu Dacheng arrived, he had already searched for it and given it to the standard camp and Wude soldiers, where is it now. He had to say perfunctorily: "That's also to stop for a rì, and the Ming rì is only full at this time, and then the rì may not be in my Qingzhou." ”

Chen Xin's face turned cold, in fact, he had enough food, the trading company had purchased a batch of grain in advance in Qingzhou, and at this time he was being escorted out of the city by the soldiers of the two bureaus, at this time he was just asking for some by the way, but the attitude of this prefect made him very unhappy, and it was clear that he was going to cheat.

Yu Dacheng actually had this idea, there was not much food in the city, of course, he first clung to his standard camp, and said to Chen Xin at the moment: "General Chen, look at it, there are difficulties in the place, if the military food is insufficient, eat less every rì, anyway, we are not in a hurry, and we are not tired." ”

"Lord Mingjian, the people who made the rebellion this time are all veterans of Dongjiang Town, all of them are Liao people, and it just so happens that there are quite a lot of Liao people in the subordinate camps.

When Yu Dacheng heard this, this was a blatant threat, and the surrounding generals were a little dumbfounded, this Chen Xin was still respectful just now, why did he become so domineering all of a sudden.

Wude General Tao Tingyan stood up and scolded: "Okay, you are a general Wendeng, you dare to talk like this to adults, is it possible that you are such a general in Denglai, no wonder you want to send rebels." ”

Chen Xin looked at the field coldly, Shandong is the direction he wants to develop in the future, especially Qingzhou, which is between Jinan Mansion and Denglai, the land is fertile and the trade route is smooth, it is Chen Xin's most drooling piece of fat.

He made a domineering appearance this time, in fact, he wanted to take the opportunity of Kong Youde's chaos to give Shandong officialdom a dismissal, so as not to be troubled everywhere, and Yu Dacheng's future is worrying, maybe the DPRK and China are already impeaching him, and most of them will step down, just taking advantage of this opportunity, it should be time for some people to change their attitudes.

He didn't answer Tao Tingyan's words, but said to Yu Dacheng: "What the last general said has no other meaning, it's just that there are indeed many Liao people in the camp, if there is no food, these Qiu Ba will not recognize anyone, and if something happens at that time, everyone will not be fine." ”

Yu Dacheng stretched out his finger and nodded at Chen Xin, and finally endured his anger, he was really afraid of sending out another rebellion now, so he turned his head to look at Tao Tingyan and Shen Tingyu, Shen Tingyu hurriedly said: "My lord, there is not enough food in the official camp." ”

Yu Dacheng pointed at Tao Tingyan, "You give 100 stones of grain to Deputy General Chen." ”

Tao Tingyan hurriedly said: "My lord......"

Yu Dacheng was also angry, but at this time he was helpless, so he only scolded: "Hugh wants to say it again, first give 100 stones to Deputy General Chen to save their urgency, and Governor Liu, you will follow." ”

Tao Tingyan's face was flushed with anger, he glared at Chen Xin fiercely, and walked out in the lead. The prefect of Qingzhou was a little sneering, and made a gesture of invitation to Chen Xin.

Chen Xin said goodbye to Yu Dacheng with a smile, came out and called more than 100 guards and cavalry accompanying him, and followed Tao Tingyan to the Wude barracks in the urn city at the north gate.

The Wu De soldiers were defeated in Ruan Chengdian, and now there are only a thousand people left, among which there are still a considerable number of captured strong men, and when they saw more than a hundred cavalry coming majestically, they all showed a frightened look.

Tao Tingyan walked to the corner of the city in a huff, where the oxen and carriages he had robbed were parked, all of which were filled with grain, most of which were stolen halfway, and some of them were supplemented by the Qingzhou Mansion, and there were some captured people squatting next to the ox and horse carts.

He said to the guard: "Point a hundred stones." ”

Chen Xin's voice sounded, "No need to order." ”

The prefect of Qingzhou was surprised: "Deputy Chief Chen, what Lord Yu said is a hundred stones, if you don't point it out, if you deliver?" ”

Chen Xin waved his hand to the sea dog behind him, "All of them here add up, just one hundred stones, all of them are pulled out of the city." ”

"My ** ancestor! There are thousands of stones of grain here, and I want to rob Lao Tzu's grain......" Tao Tingyan shouted and pulled out his waist knife, and before he could slash at Chen Xin, a fire shone in front of him, and he was dizzy with a bang.

Tao Tingyan was so frightened that he retreated again and again, he didn't see where there was a musket at all, why did he suddenly send shè, as soon as the shot rang out, the surrounding martial arts soldiers were in chaos, more than ten cavalrymen from the Wendeng battalion ran to the city gate, put down a few soldiers standing guard, and the other cavalry dismounted one after another and took out their weapons.

When the white smoke cleared, the prefect saw clearly that Chen Xinzheng threw a short gun to the guards behind him, and took out one from the waist of another guard and aimed it at Tao Tingyan.

The prefect of Qingzhou trembled with fright, and said, "Lord Chen, I can't help it." ”

Chen Xin said lightly: "The governor asked you to give a hundred stones, here is a hundred stones, if you don't give it, it is a disobedience to the military order. ”

Tao Tingyan was frightened, the surrounding martial arts soldiers had already fled far away, those people simply knelt on the ground, don't look at Chen Xin, there are only more than 100 people, and none of the nearly 1,000 martial artists dared to come forward to confront him, he couldn't count on anyone, so he had to look at the Qingzhou prefect for help.

The prefect of Qingzhou came to his senses and said to Chen Xin: "Luck, this is luck, and the official will let those people bring down the grain." ”

"No need." Chen Xin put away the gun and said lightly, "The ox and carriage and the people, the official asked for a hundred stones of grain, but it is difficult to transport, how can you do it without a car." ”

The prefect of Qingzhou was petrified in an instant. (To be continued.)