Li Zhifu of Xiangyang Mansion, when he learned that Zhang Xianzhong led the Liukou to prepare to attack the city, he couldn't eat or sleep well, and wrote documents to the governor one after another, begging the governor to send a large army to garrison Xiangyang City, after all, Xiangyang Mansion City is magnificent, has a long history, and there are many gentry and wealthy households in the city, and the fief of Xiangwang Zhu Yiming is also here, and the mansion of King Xiangwang is also in the city. If you don't make a good fuss, you just lose your head.

After seeing the letter of the governor, Li Zhifu was relieved, and the governor still attached importance to the Xiangyang Mansion City, and sent 20,000 soldiers to guard the Xiangyang Mansion City, with 20,000 soldiers, plus 2,000 soldiers guarding the yamen, and 5,000 Xiangyang sailors stationed in Hanshui, there was no problem in guarding the Xiangyang Mansion City.

When the 20,000 soldiers arrived in Xiangyang Mansion City, Li Zhifu personally went to the outside of the city to greet them, and specially set up a banquet to entertain the leading generals, Xiangyang Mansion had already vacated the place in the city, so that 20,000 troops could be stationed, and made a great contribution to the garrison of the yamen, vacating most of the barracks, and their own 2,000 soldiers were crowded in a very small place, without complaint, and they came to help guard the city, and they should be well taken care of.

But only three days passed, and Governor Li couldn't help it, and anger surged into his heart.

The 20,000 soldiers who entered the city were unrestrained, did not stay in the barracks at all, and were free to enter and leave the barracks every day, go to the streets to have fun, and after entering the Qinglou and playing with the girl, they did not give a penny of silver. After entering the restaurant to eat, the shopkeeper did not dare to ask for wine and meal money, and one of the men couldn't look past it, and came forward to ask for silver, but was beaten to death by these sergeants. almost lost his life, and what is even more odious is that these sergeants actually dared to openly molest women on the street, so that the women in Xiangyang City did not dare to go out.

Many businessmen couldn't bear it, and these sergeants went to the street, looked at something, picked it up and left, and would not pay the silver, if anyone dared to ask for it. This is followed by beating and scolding.

Where this is a soldier, the whole is a scoundrel.

The government and the county government were surrounded by people who came to complain, and the magistrate asked the patrol house to deal with the matter, but who knew that these sergeants actually openly went to the patrol house to make trouble, and after smashing the patrol room, they openly took away the detained sergeants.

Of course, these sergeants are still very wise, and those who are bullied and insulted by them are ordinary Baixin, those big families and rich gentry. They would not dare to move, if they provoked these people. I'm afraid that the commander-in-chief will not be able to protect them.

The entire Xiangyang Mansion City was in a mess, and Governor Li couldn't help it.

It's the Spring Festival soon, and the people in Xiangyang City are all thinking about being able to have a good New Year, and they heard that Liukou is going to attack Xiangyang Mansion City. Everyone was panicked, and finally looked forward to the army guarding the city, thinking that everything was peaceful and they could have a good holiday, who knew the sergeants who entered the city. It's a bunch of naked bandits, these sergeants have been stationed in Xiangyang Mansion for a long time, and if they don't wait for the rogues to attack, I'm afraid that there will be a big incident in the city.

Governor Li knew the seriousness of the problem, and he immediately invited the leading generals.

When the general entered the chamber of the palace, his head was held high, and he probably knew what was going on.

Governor Li's face was not good-looking, and after encountering so many things, he couldn't be in a good mood.

"The general led the troops to guard the city of Xiangyang, and the officer expressed his gratitude, but these soldiers entered the city for only three days, and countless people came to complain, and the sergeants under the command of the general actually smashed the patrol room of the county government, such an act made the official very difficult, if the general could not restrain the sergeants below, then the officer would have to do it."

The general is the confidant of the general soldier Zuo Liangyu, so he naturally didn't take Governor Li in his eyes, but he still can't offend Governor Li too much, you must know that he is a civil official of the fourth grade, and he can teach and clean up him, a military attache of the third grade.

"Why did Lord Li say this, Ben General didn't know that these things had happened, and after he went back, he would ask carefully and restrain the sergeants below."

The general's answer made Governor Li angry, so many things happened in three days, to say that the general did not know, it is impossible, although the city of Xiangyang Mansion is very large, but the news spreads rapidly, the people in the city know the things, how can the general not know, such an answer is obviously to shirk the responsibility.

"Don't you really know, there are a lot of documents here, both the county government and the government office, do you want to see it?"

Governor Li's words dared to fall, the general's face turned red, and Teng stood up.

"What does Master Li mean by this, he will be a big old man, and he can't read at all, so he knows how to lead troops to fight."

Li Zhifu was stunned for a moment, he was also overly angry, he didn't know that the other party was a military general, this Ming general, there are indeed not many literate people, don't talk about this general, Huguang General Zuo Liangyu is also illiterate.

"Don't be angry, the official is on the matter, I didn't notice these, this stack of documents, all of them are handed over by the green building, restaurant and people in the city, the sergeant under the command of the general, don't give money for eating, don't give money for entering the green building, don't give money to buy things in the shop, the guy in the restaurant begged for food money, and was almost killed by the sergeant under the general, the county government patrol room detained the sergeant who made trouble, and the sergeant under the command of the general actually gathered to make trouble, smashed the patrol room, and forcibly took people away. If the official handed these things to the governor, or went to the capital, I am afraid that the general will not be able to bear it, and it will be difficult for the general to explain. ”

The general's face changed slightly, no matter what, the status of the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty is much higher than that of the military attaché, if it really provokes the anger of the Li Governor's Mansion, people don't care about it, they will sue the capital, and he and Zuo Liangyu's general soldiers will not be able to bear it.

"Lord Li, don't be so angry, seeing that the Liukou is about to start attacking Xiangyang Mansion City, the brothers were ordered to garrison Xiangyang Mansion City, that is to take their lives and carry their heads, once the Liukou begins to attack the city, the brothers want to fight hard with the Liukou with real knives and guns, now they just take some and eat some, compared to this matter of defending the city, the adults think which one is more important."

Li Zhifu's face turned pale, he couldn't imagine that the general would say such shameless words, guarding the city of Xiangyang and protecting the safety of the people is the duty of these soldiers, otherwise what do you want them to do, is it to bully the people, but in the words of the general, there is obviously a threat, if he tears his face and stabs the matter, then the general is very likely to find an excuse and lead the 20,000 army to leave, and at that time, the Liukou comes to attack, and the city of Xiangyang Mansion may really not be able to hold.

Perhaps the general thought of this, so he had no scruples.

Governor Li suppressed his anger and spoke coldly.

"This truth of the general, this is the first time the official has heard of it, those who don't know are not guilty, at such a critical moment, the officer does not want to pursue the things that have passed, but there is one thing please remember that the duty of the sergeant is to guard the city and protect the people, if you do anything wrong for such reasons, I am afraid that it will not make sense anywhere, the Liukou has gone to Xiangyang Fucheng, the goal of the official and the general is the same, that is, to guard the city and defeat the Liukou."

When Governor Li said this, a smile appeared on the general's face.

"Lord Li, this is a lot of adults, I will admire it."

"Needless to say, this official has a request, from now on, please restrain the sergeants under the command of the general, and don't enter and leave the barracks at will if you have nothing to do, so that the officer can give an explanation to the people, if the sergeant continues to do wrong, then the official will fight for great danger, and he will go directly to the capital to distinguish right from wrong."

The smile on the general's face quickly disappeared, he couldn't imagine that this Governor Li was so tough.

After a moment of silence, the general spoke in a curt.

"Lord Li is really the parent official of the people, after the official goes back, he must ask the sergeant to abide by the rules, but the general also has requirements, the amount of grain and grass supplied by this government is obviously insufficient, if the sergeant under the command of the general is not full, how can he resist the attack of the rogue, this point is still for your lordship."

Governor Li's face turned pale, the reason why the government did not provide a lot of grain and grass to the 20,000 army was because the governor Fang Kongzhi had already made it clear in the letter that the expedition and the expenses needed by the sergeants had already taken out the silver, and the Xiangyang Mansion only needed to express it a little, but I didn't expect that at this time, the general would actually ask for food.

"General, isn't it possible that General Zuo didn't tell you that all the food and salary for the army's expedition have been paid by the governor's yamen, and the government government does not need to bear the army's food and salary."

"This general doesn't know, the chief soldier specially ordered, the supply of grain and grass for the army should be borne by the Xiangyang Mansion, Lord Li said that the governor's yamen has been given, the chief soldier did not inform, and the general did not dare to deceive Lord Li, if Lord Li does not believe it, you can go to Wuchang Mansion to verify, the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, the army is not enough food and grass, how to guard the city."

I've seen a scoundrel, but I've never seen such a shameless person, and Governor Li was speechless for a while.

After thinking about it for a while, Governor Li knew that when he came to such a situation today, it was not interesting to worry about the matter of grain and grass, and everything would wait until after the battle was over, and he would definitely complain directly to the imperial court at that time.

"Since the general doesn't know about this matter, the officer will not pursue it for the time being, and the matter of grain and grass, the general will send a quartermaster to directly calculate with the household department, and the officer will find a way to take out the amount of food and salary." (To be continued......)