Chapter Seventy-Three: A Knife

Suizhou was originally the jurisdiction of Xu Dingguo, the general soldier of Henan. Xu Dingguo, in the early years of the Apocalypse, served under Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, and then participated in the Henan Pingbao affair, and succeeded Chen Yongfu as the chief soldier when he was already seventy years old. But this person is a scheming and ambitious person, and he has already secretly communicated with Liu Hongqi and Liu Rukui, the generals of the breaking army. A few days ago, he even plotted to send Gao Jie, the general of the general army who left Sun Chuanting in Henan, to Suizhou and secretly kill him as his own qualifications.

However, these things were learned by the Shandong Military Intelligence Department, Yue Jinfeng led 20,000 troops into Henan, and supported Sun Chuanting's Northern Expedition army from the flank on the order of Zhu Ping'an. The first line of Suizhou has also become the territory of the Shandong Army.

Gao Jie got out of the big disaster, and he was naturally grateful to Zhang Dingbian, and at present, he and Guo Congkuan were stationed on the front line of Guide Mansion, and they cooperated with each other with the Shandong Army, which also complemented each other.

Hu Dawei rushed to Suizhou, but there was no joy in his heart. Since entering Henan, the itinerary and situation of the Northern Expedition army have been full of twists and turns, and the embarrassment is abnormal. Hu Dawei and Zhu Ping'an were born and died, and they admired his resolute attitude towards fighting the Manchus, and hoped that the two armies would join hands to jointly take the Central Plains, so that they could attack Hebei and Gyeonggi. But the actions of the Shandong army made it incomprehensible for Hu Dawei to arrive.

Yue Jinfeng and Zhang Dingbian have 20,000 elites but are hovering on the front line of Suizhou, not only with Gao Jie and Guo Congkuan, but also have no actual actions at all for the war. Sun Chuanting and Shi Kefa sent people to contact many times, and even Hu Dawei came to the Shandong army many times to persuade them, but the effect was very small. In Hu Dawei's view, this time, the Shandong Army does not seem to have the intention of joining forces with the Northern Expeditionary Army and going north together, what is it for, Sun Chuanting and Shi Kefa must also know in their hearts, but a warrior like Hu Dawei can't understand it at all.

But now, Sun Chuanting, Hu Dawei, and Shi Kefa have no other choice, and now in Henan, the only one who can rescue them is Yue Jinfeng's Shandong army.

Hu Dawei accompanied only a few dozen personal soldiers and was introduced into Suizhou City by the Shandong Army. When he came, he also specially invited Gao Jie and Guo Congkuan, who were in the Guide Mansion, as well as Chen Qianfu, the Henan Inspector in Sun Chuanting's army, and Yuan Shu, the son of Yuan Keli, to come together, hoping to use the power of these people to move Yue Jinfeng to Luyi to rescue.

At the city gate, Zhang Dingbian waited here early, and everyone saluted one by one and entered the city. Hu Dawei for this trip, but also think about some ideas, along the city east and west thoroughfare into the city, walk through the town Xianglou to arrive at the two Yuan Shangshu "three Sima" stone archway down. Hu Dawei deliberately dismounted and worshiped sincerely, which led to the introduction of Yuan Shuqi. He knew that many generals in the Shandong army, including Zhu Ping'an himself, had special respect for Yuan Keli, who had been the governor of Denglai, and perhaps Yuan Shu's arrival could also become an important weight to persuade the Shandong army.

After bowing, everyone was interested in visiting and watching the calligraphy masterpiece of Dong Qichang, a close friend of Yuan Keli's friend in the same year, and then entered the gate of "Shangshu Mansion". At present, Yue Jinfeng has used this place as a military tent to supervise the Henan War.

When he arrived here, he served tea and snacks, Zhang Dingbian dressed in a corner belt, did not wear armor and robes, and did not carry a blade, and accompanied everyone to eat tea and chat.

"General Tiger came unfortunately, the army invaded the east, but Governor Yue was ordered to go to the front line of Kaocheng to resist the enemy, and he just led the army to set off yesterday."

Hu Dawei and the others all frowned, how could it be so coincidental? The group had just come to Suizhou, but Yue Jinfeng went to Kaocheng to face the breaking army. This is clearly a style that does not want to meet with everyone, so as not to be embarrassed.

Hu Dawei didn't care about any red tape, and said directly: "The military is urgent, and now Zuo Mengeng has rebelled, leading more than 100,000 troops into Henan, and even launched a surprise attack on our army from behind, making our army suffer from the enemy." Dingbei Bo and Shi Gebu were ordered by the emperor to go out on the Northern Expedition, and the Shandong Army were the divisions of the Son of Heaven. I hope that your department can send reinforcements as soon as possible to solve the crisis! ”

Zhang Dingbian also made a difficulty, "How is this good?" Yue Du Du led the main force to the north to test the city, now I am only three thousand soldiers and horses left here, and it is already difficult to garrison Suizhou, if I go south to reinforce Luyi, then I am afraid that some strength is not enough! ”

Hu Dawei was angry at that time. Who Zhang Dingbian is, he knows it clearly. Both of his brothers were born in Zhu Ping'an's own soldiers, and they have been with them since they fought Fengyang. In the first battle of Julu, his brother Zhang Ergou was martyred for the country. The two brothers were illiterate soldiers. Sitting here today, he is a gentlemanly style, obviously he has already memorized a set of rhetoric, deliberately for the purpose of shirking.

But now that he is begging for someone, Hu Dawei can only endure it even if he wants to get angry. Therefore, he quietly glanced at Gao Jie and asked him to help say something good.

Gao Jie looked a little helpless, but because of Hu Dawei's face and official position, he didn't dare not come down, but just when he wanted to speak, he looked up and saw Zhang Dingbian's cold eyes shooting straight over, and his heart trembled, but he couldn't say anything when it came to his mouth.

Chen Qianfu and Yuan Shu next to them got Hu Dawei's hint, and they wanted to speak. But Zhang Dingbian didn't give them a chance to speak at all.

Zhang Dingbian stood up, walked to the door seemingly inadvertently, turned around and arched his hand to Hu Dawei, "General Hu, my handsome family has a life, Luyi Town, you can't hold it, if Dingbei Bo and Shi Gebu lead their troops to the front line of Defu and Suizhou, our army can naturally protect everything, and no one can hurt your soldiers and horses under the nose of our Shandong army." ”

"However, now that the DPRK and China have attacked our Shandong army a lot, it is inevitable that our Shandong army will not be able to move closer to the southern Henan area. I would like to ask for the understanding of General Tiger and all of you for the difficulties. The marshal also made it clear that all of you in the Northern Expedition army should not go back when you come to the territory of our Shandong army. Now Zuo Mengeng colludes with Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong, the army is huge, and these forces in Henan alone will definitely not be able to resist, so please wait patiently here, and soon my Shandong army will go south, and when the time comes, I will eradicate the traitors with you and unify the country with you! ”

After speaking, Zhang Dingbian didn't say hello, and went straight out of the door.

Just when everyone looked at each other and was confused, countless figures suddenly appeared around the hall, and even the door of the hall was suddenly closed from the outside.

When the closure was completed, Hu Dawei and everyone understood, and ran towards the gate with a loud shout and curse, but when they reached the door, they looked out through the gap, but everyone suddenly closed their mouths.

In the courtyard, hundreds of Shandong army foot soldiers with distinct armor and swords and guns in their hands lined up neatly in front of the hall, all expressionless, with a chilling and murderous atmosphere.

"Relax, everyone!" Zhang Dingbian's voice came again, he stood on the steps outside the door with his hands in his hands, his back to the door, "The handsome man has a strict order, and no one dares to hurt you in the slightest!" Just these days, I have wronged you to stay in this hall for a few days. When everything is clear, Yue Dudu and Lao Zhang will ask you for their guilt! ”

"Zhang Dagou!" Gao Jie and the others trembled and didn't dare to speak, but Hu Dawei shouted loudly, "Zhu Ping'an once fought side by side with Dingbeibo, sharing life and death, and now the country is in danger, is Zhu Ping'an going to be a turtle with a shrunken head?" ”

Zhang Dagou let out a long sigh, "General Hu's words are a little biased, my marshal is loyal to the imperial court, and you are not unclear about those things in Nanjing now." The Son of Heaven succeeded to the throne, and the handsome man of my family was the first hero of the decision, but now it is precarious. Ask yourself, in time, will Uncle Dingbei let my family go? Even if he is unwilling, will he dare not obey the edict of the Son of Heaven? Does his status as a relative allow him to disobey the divine decree? ”

As soon as these words came out, Hu Dawei was speechless, and he couldn't find a word of rebuttal.

"I hope you understand the difficulties of my family!" Zhang Dingbian put down a sentence, turned around and went down the steps, and walked away.

Walking to the gate of the courtyard, Zhang Dingbian arched his hand at several figures by the gate, "Governor, it's all done!" ”

Yue Jinfeng, who was supposed to send troops to the city, walked out of the shadows, surrounded by several henchmen and generals, as well as Shen Mingxian from the Military Intelligence Department.

Yue Jinfeng looked at the hall in the courtyard with a cold face, and listened to Hu Dawei's shouting in the hall, and couldn't help frowning.

"It's really breathless, I want to listen to the scolding of this reckless man, my Yue Jinfeng is also a dignified eight-foot body, but today's things are heartwarming!"

Shen Ming smiled first, "Don't be angry. The governor is burdened with heavy responsibilities, and the governor is fighting in Henan, what a trust the commander has! At present, Zuo Mengeng marched into Henan in a big way, the purpose was to eliminate Sun Chuanting and Shi Kefa's Northern Expedition army, so as to cooperate with Ma Shiying and others in Nanjing. These have nothing to do with our Shandong army, so there is no need for us to mix in! ”

Shen Ming first looked at the closed hall in the courtyard, and the solemn color in his eyes became more and more intense. "The imperial court is very jealous of the marshal, and the Son of Heaven, Donglin, and the towns are unwilling to let the marshal go straight to the center. One day, when they are in their wings, we will be fish to be slaughtered. This time they are in civil strife, but it is a good opportunity for us, and I ask the governor to be considerate of the hard work of the handsome! ”

Yue Jinfeng didn't dare to slack off on Shen Mingxian, and solemnly returned the salute immediately, "The lower official is a handsome handsome, without a big handsome, where is there a lower official today." Mr. is indeed strict, and Xia Guan just thought that Sun Chuanting was also a good general of the Ming Dynasty, but now he is in such a predicament, it is a pity! ”

"Remember!" Shen Mingxian accentuated his tone, "The generals of the Northern Expedition, anyone can stay, including the Shi Pavilion Department, but Sun Chuanting can't let it become bigger." Commander Zhang's words just now, although straightforward, were to the point. Sun Chuanting is a knife raised by Emperor Yixing, if he is sharpened, it will inevitably make us bleed! ”R1152