Chapter 359: Annexation
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"Brother Wang, tell me, what is the matter with the prefect and Chen Shoubei summoning us?" The wing room of the garrison yamen of Nan'an Mansion in Dayu County was full of civil and military officials at all levels from the seventh rank and above. Of course, the highest in a government is the Nan'an prefect, which is a five-grade official, and then the same knowledge, the general judgment, etc., and the military attache is headed by the Nan'an Prefecture garrison, and there are thousands of generals, generals, etc., there are only three counties under the jurisdiction of Nan'an Prefecture, so there are very few officials and above from the seventh grade, and there are less than twenty people in total. Now is the critical time, Ganzhou in the east has been taken by the Mawei army, they have been defending all day long, and they are all soldiers, and they are suddenly summoned to the palace, and everyone really can't understand what the prefect and the garrison are crazy about. Could it be that the army of the imperial court has arrived? Even if that were the case, it should be just them first.
"How do I know that! I, like you, immediately put down what I was doing and rushed over when I was notified. The Nankang County Defense General Wei Da, who was asked, wrinkled his eyebrows together, and said with a spread of his hands. Brother, I haven't had a good night's sleep for more than ten days, and you also know that Nankang County, where I am stationed, is the closest to Ganzhou, and dozens of miles away is the thousands of troops in Fujian, and the five hundred people under my command are not enough for people to stuff their teeth! But I don't know why, the Mawei Army took Ganzhou but did not make any action for several days, and those bandits who were busy clearing Ganzhou did not come to attack us. But the more this is the case, the more bottomless my heart is, brother! ”
Yan Anhua, the general manager of Shangyou County Defense Qian, who asked before, said: "Hey, brother, I am also up and down in my heart, it's not that I said frustrating words. A place as big as Ganzhou. There were more than 2,000 defenders in Fucheng. But even people can carry it down in a day, just our Nan'an Mansion, the whole of the whole adds up to 2,000 people, how can this battle be fought! ”
"Be quiet, if the prefect hears it, your brother will be miserable. Listen to what your brother means, do you want to" Wei Da lowered his head and whispered close to Yan Anhua's ear.
"Hi him. Damn. Don't you know what the prefect means, he is really ruthless, but our family members are living around this mansion, who dares to act rashly! Yan Anhua said indignantly, thinking of this, he was angry for a while, but he couldn't help it when he was angry, his parents, wife and children were under the control of others, even if he had more than 500 soldiers and horses in his hands, he had to obey orders honestly.
"But this time we were suddenly summoned. It seems to be an order from the garrison, but I really don't know what it is! The two were about to continue. Suddenly, a martial artist rushed in in a hurry: "The garrison is summoned!" ”
The civil officials and military attachés sitting on both sides immediately reorganized their official uniforms, put on their official hats again, lined up according to their official qualities and duties, and entered the garrison hall in turn under the guidance of Wu Ben. As soon as they entered the lobby, a group of officials found that the soldiers of the garrison around the hall were armed with knives and guns, and the atmosphere was very solemn.
After waiting for a while, Feng Shi, the prefect of Nan'an, walked in with the garrison Shen Tuliang, and a group of civil and military officials hurriedly saluted the two of them. Shen Tuliang didn't ask anyone to get up, and walked to the back of the desk by himself, which was the garrison yamen, so Shen Tuliang sat on the top of the main seat, and the prefect Feng Shi sat on the left hand side. After sitting down, Shen Tuliang reached out and took out a book from his sleeve, which officials were no strangers to, and they used it to pass official documents to their superiors.
A group of civil and military officials don't know what this garrison lord means, if it is placed in ordinary times, the status of military attaches is far inferior to that of civilian officials, but now is an extraordinary period, and civil officials are not stupid, they are very face-saving and stand still, of course, the prefect Feng is sitting comfortably, what are they anxious about! At this time, I listened to Shen Tuliang reciting loudly: "Xingming begs for the capture of the capital of the edict:"
At the beginning of this, there was a bit of an uproar below. "Lord Shentu!" Feng Shi, the prefect of Nan'an, immediately jumped out, he was loyal to the Qing court, otherwise he would not have moved the families of the military attaches at all levels below to the government office in advance to be strictly guarded, although he knew that this move would offend the military attaches to death, but he had no better way. At this time, when he heard Shen Tuliang read the first sentence, he suddenly stood up from his chair. "Lord Shentu recited the traitorous document in his mouth, what does this mean? Could it be that you want to lose the emperor's grace and surrender to Geng Rebellious? ”
Shen Tuliang snapped his hands and closed Geng Jingzhong's warrant, and looked at Feng Shi with a smile: "Lord Feng, this is the surrender document sent by Geng Shun to this official, this official invited a few adults to come over and appreciate it together, does Lord Feng think that this official can't read it?" ”
Feng Shi was speechless, and at this time, the buzzing below came and went, but under Shen Tuliang's gaze, the voice disappeared. But then Feng Shi spoke: "Lord Shentu can read it if you want to, but the official thinks that it is not necessary, you are also the ruler of the king, so you should share the worries of the monarch, and the words of the traitor will only pollute everyone's ears." Geng Shun also sent an edict of surrender to the official, but the official immediately burned it in front of everyone! ”
"Hehe, Lord Feng is loyal and patriotic, and we know it, but this official thinks it's good to let everyone know the content. The officer continues to read, you continue to listen, and if you are not allowed to speak, don't interject, they are all old soldiers, and they don't understand the rules in other armies. So Shen Tuliang continued to read regardless of it: "There is a difference between Manchu and Han, you would rather forget the clothes and crowns of your ancestors, the slaves of the nagi, and the traitors who will be scolded for all generations, and the remote place of Nan'an, the armament is weak, and the army of my horsetail is unwilling to fight in the same room anymore, so Wang'er and the others repented." Cheng Feng, a staff general in Raozhou, led 3,127 members of his subordinates to fight 10 days ago, so Cheng Feng was awarded the commander of the first brigade of the fifth reserve division of the Mawei New Army, and was awarded the rank of colonel. Raozhou guerrilla Long Haibo was awarded the deputy commander of the First Brigade of the Fifth Reserve Division of the New Army, and was awarded the rank of colonel. ”
It has been nearly four months since the Mawei Army raised its troops, and Jiangxi, as one of the provinces closest to Fujian, is naturally very aware of the current system of the Mawei Army, so after Geng Jingzhong's warrant was read, the military attaches present also had a little joy in horror, but because the atmosphere in the lobby was too weird, no one dared to be a bird at this time. Finally, Shen Tuliang finished reading the things in his hand, put them away and put them on the public case, and a pair of eagle-like eyes began to scan among the subordinates in the hall. After glancing around again, Shen Tuliang suddenly asked, "I've heard it all, how is it, are you tempted?" ”
This is obviously nonsense, and of course tempting. In the past few months, they have a considerable understanding of the system of the Mawei Army, and they are all real official positions, and the soldiers and horses under their command do not fight a little water, and their combat power far exceeds that of their current soldiers. In fact, what made them most excited was the treatment of the Mawei Army, although they were also at the level of battalion officers, but they couldn't get any oil and water, even if they ate empty salaries, there were not many people. Not to mention the resale of military supplies, to whom do they sell?
The treatment of the Mawei Army has also been inquired about during this time, the battalion commander level, the monthly salary is thirty taels, this is just a small head, at the end of the year, what Fuzhou Ocean Trading Company still has dividends to them, to their battalion level there are also hundreds of taels. Nan'an Mansion is a poor and remote place, a small place, and it is so poor that even the county officials who can collect it again will not be able to loot a thousand taels a year, let alone these military attachés.
"Lord Shentu!" Feng Shi couldn't sit still at this time, Geng Jingzhong's letter to him was obviously different from this one, and there was no mention of the official seal in it. "Geng Shun sent this kind of thing is nothing more than a temptation and discord, Lord Shentu must not fall into Geng Shun's trap, he should quickly present this thing to Ji'an Mansion and hand it over to General Dingnan to clear his body of crimes."
"The crime? Hehe, when we receive this thing, the charges on our bodies will not be washed away. Even if Hilgen doesn't send us to prison immediately, it will deprive us of our military power, and there is only one reason, we are not full of people! What's more, this official just received a report yesterday that Dingnan General Hilgen led 3,000 cavalry and 3,000 green battalions to meet the 3,000 horsetail cavalry, but the result was a big defeat and loss, the whole army was annihilated, and only led dozens of guards to flee back to Ji'an Fucheng. ”
"Impossible, General Dingnan has experienced a hundred battles, and he fights more and less, how can he lose to the rebels!" Speaking of this, Feng Shi suddenly understood something: "Shen Tuliang, you, you are still rebellious, come here, quickly take him down!" ”
But at this time, he forgot what kind of place this was, the garrison was not his prefect's yamen, this was Shen Tuliang's territory, and the soldiers under the lobby were also Shen Tuliang's personal guards, how could he obey his Feng Shi's dispatch. Under the eyes of a group of guards of the garrison with sharp blades, not to mention those civil officials, even a dozen or so unarmed military attaches did not dare to move at will.
"Hmph, can the news of the personal guards sent to Ji'an Mansion by this official be fake? Two thousand horsetail cavalry against three thousand Manchu Qing white flag elite cavalry, but the result was that the horsetail cavalry annihilated the 3,000 eight-banner cavalry at the cost of 500 casualties, and the former horsetail cavalry turned into an infantry army, breaking the phalanx of 3,000 green battalion soldiers, and then being chased and killed by the horsetail cavalry, and finally all surrendered! The official repeatedly confirmed the authenticity of this news, and finally the official decided to attach himself to the Ming Dynasty. Speaking of this, Shen Tuliang paused: "I don't know how many of you are willing to shave off this rat's tail on your head with this official?" As the saying goes, keep braids without head, Shen Tuliang suddenly put the choice of life and death in front of the civil and military officials present. (To be continued......)
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