The first chapter is the most important

"Stay with the knife and the family, you come with me."

The captain of the Captain of the Guards commanded loudly, surrounded by sentries standing upright. Geng Zhongming didn't dare to hesitate, and waved his hand at a few family members,

Geng Zhongming accompanied the smiling face, nodded to a Wendeng battalion staff officer passing by, and the staff officer looked at him inexplicably and walked away.

"Keep up, Master Chen is waiting for you." The Chinese Guards soldier who led the way said a word to him, and his attitude was neither warm nor indifferent.

Geng Zhongming walked towards the state government under his leadership, and the officers of the Wendeng battalion kept passing by on the way, hurriedly passing by him. Some of the soldiers had already packed their unique backs and carried them to the courtyard to wait in line, looking like they were about to leave.

"This lord, General Chen is about to pull out the camp?" Geng Zhongming knew that Chen Xin had gone to chase Kong Youde, and for some reason he came back so quickly, and many Wendeng battalion soldiers he saw along the way were lining up to go out of the city, and he didn't know what happened.

"Don't ask too much, General Chen will tell you."

Geng Zhongming opened the east gate in Pingdu, let the army of Wendeng Battalion enter the city and completely defeat Li Jiucheng, and then he officially surrendered to Chen Xin, and then Zhang Donglai of the Intelligence Bureau ordered him to do something shady. Geng Zhongming himself also made a lot of money by the way.

Although these things are beneficial, there are always some hidden worries, the most important thing is that most of Chen Xin's own troops are only stationed in Wengcheng and key points in the city, and basically do not participate in such things except for cleaning up the rebels' original camps.

But when he was summoned at this time, he had a little drum in his heart. Although Chen Xin met him after the city was broken, he didn't speak deeply, Geng Zhongming had a flexible mind, he was very afraid of being killed, and Chen Xin used him as a scapegoat to appease the local people.

The more he thought about it, the more scared he became, and every time he saw Chen Xin, he expressed his willingness to join the Wendeng camp, whether he was a rich man or continued to be a soldier, Chen Xin was in charge. And Chen Xin only used officialdom to shirk it, saying that Geng Zhongming would be directly led by Lu Jianjun in the future.

Geng Zhongming couldn't help the panic in his heart, and looked left and right that no one was paying attention to this side, only the soldiers leading the way were in front. At this time, only the soldier could provide some information, so the idea must be habitually holding the soldier's hand, feeling out a piece of gold and stuffing it, "This brother, what is important for Lord Chen, can you ask my brother for some guidance." ”

The soldier hurriedly threw it away, stopped and said loudly: "General Geng, what are you doing to Lao Tzu, the military judge has already cut off more than ten heads." ”

Geng Zhongming was in a hurry, thinking that he had given less, so he took out a tablet and stuffed it over and said, "Brother, don't blame it, it's okay to be careful." ”

"Your mother's, don't put it away again, Lao Tzu will call someone." The soldier was also a little anxious, and drew his waist knife and scolded.

"Ahh Geng Zhongming was startled, and took two steps back in amazement, seeing that the soldier didn't look like pretending, he hurriedly put away the gold ingot.

The soldier saw that the gold ingot was loaded in, and secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, these people can be used as his military salary for a year or two casually. He actually wanted it very much in his heart, but the military judge and the instructor had already arrested seven or eight soldiers of the Wendeng battalion in Pingdu Prefecture, and they were all secretly hiding the seized goods. Originally, it was intended to be reviewed and convicted after returning to Wendeng, but Nie Hong thought that such a deterrent was insufficient, and he was afraid that there would be more people who were lucky, so he asked Chen Xinhou to shoot all the soldiers who committed the crime at the West Gate, and the land that had been divided at home was recovered, and the whole army was notified yesterday.

In this way, everyone is indeed afraid, and the soldiers of the Wendeng battalion are allowed to carry less than two taels of cash with them, and if they take gold and silver, the military judge can easily find out as long as they check the accompanying items, and it is not worth the risk if they take less. After the notice came out, some people who had taken the gold and silver privately did not dare to keep it, so they quietly found a place to throw it away or hide it, and waited for the opportunity to come back to get it later.

Geng Zhongming also heard about this, he always thought that it was just Chen Xin's appearance, and some of the rebels he arrested pretended to kill them to show those people, but he didn't expect it to be true. In his opinion, this is too impersonal, and there is no way to get rich in war.

However, his fear of this army has surpassed that of Jiannu, in fact, Geng Zhongming was still quite good at fighting when he was in Dongjiang Town, and it was common for him to take a small group of men and horses to attack in Liaodong, and he even went to the vicinity of Shenyang in makeup. As far as he could see, there were some very strong and some very ordinary. But this Wendeng battalion seems to have been made out of a mold, and when you see it on the street, you can even walk neatly, and many reserve battalion soldiers don't have that kind of fierce spirit, but this army makes Geng Zhongming even more afraid.

Later, he was always glad that he had chosen Dengzhou at that time, this army gave him no confidence to fight, no matter how Li Jiucheng fought, he couldn't beat it. The only hidden danger is whether Chen Xin can keep his promise.

The soldier took him to the door of a duty room on the side of the lobby and handed it to the guards there, who walked into the room with Geng Zhongming, Geng Zhongming glanced slightly, and saw Chen Xingao sitting on the upper seat, with a person who looked like a scribe sitting beside him, and several fierce guard soldiers around.

Wang Bingzhong was also inside, and he was carefully sitting in the corner of the chair on the right side, and there were two people on the left side, one of whom was Zhang Dong of the Intelligence Bureau, and the other person with a ruthless aura had never seen him, but he sat on the top of Zhang Dong, obviously with a higher status than Zhang Dong.

Geng Zhongming's heart tightened, he estimated that this person was Zhou Shifa who Zhang Dong had mentioned, and now he was indeed full of ruthlessness when he saw it.

Chen Xinyan smiled earnestly, talking to Wang Bingzhong, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. Geng Zhongming's heart was slightly relieved, and he stepped forward and said loudly: "General Geng Zhongming will see General Chen!" ”

Seeing Geng Zhongming come in, Chen Xin stood up politely, helped him up with his own hands and said: "General Geng has worked hard, this official just heard Zhang Dong say that General Geng has done a very good job in the city these days, and this official has something important to rush back to Dengzhou today, and before leaving, he must write in person that General Geng and Wang Qian are dedicated to the court." ”

"The villain doesn't dare to be, the villain can have this opportunity to serve the court, it is all given by the adult, and the villain can get lost...... Lost ......"

"Lost and returned." The scribe beside Chen Xin smiled and said, "Knowing mistakes can be corrected, good is great, General Geng should open the city gate, so that the people of Pingdu can get rid of the disaster as soon as possible, it is really a credit to Sheji, the old man thanked the general on behalf of the people." ”

Geng Zhongming didn't know who this person was, Chen Xin stretched out his hand to the person and introduced to Geng Zhongming: "This is Mr. Song Wenxian, the counselor of this official, Mr. Song, who has been a friend of this official for many years, and Mr. Song has also held important positions in the mansion of many governors of Denglai. When the matter of Dengzhou is over, I will be asked to share more affairs for my official in the Wendeng camp. ”

Geng Zhongming had never heard of this person, and when he came, Song Wenxian was no longer in the Yamen of the governor of Dengzhou. But just looking at the fact that he can sit next to Chen Xin, his demeanor is not unnatural at all, and he can be seen that he is Chen Xin's henchman. At the moment, he didn't care that Song Wenxian didn't even have an official position, and knelt down to greet Song Wenxian.

Song Wenxian hurriedly helped him up, and didn't dare to do it, so that he could help each other in the future.

Chen Xin then introduced Zhou Shifa to him, Geng Zhongming also saw it carefully, and he didn't dare to stand up to it at all, although Zhou Shifa's military position was only Wei Tongzhi.

After this meeting, Geng Zhongming's heart was a little calm, and when Wang Bingzhong sat down, he just expressed himself to Wang Bingzhong.

Chen Xin waited for the guards to serve tea, and said to the two: "Because of the urgency, this official will return to Dengzhou today, and I invite you two to come over today, because I have something to tell you." ”

Wang Bingzhong was busy flattering: "I heard that the adult went to chase Li Jiucheng the day before yesterday, the villain thought that the adult must have done his best, is there anything else?" ”

"Exactly, Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde went to sea and ran away." Chen Xin's expression remained unchanged and admitted calmly.

With a bang, Geng Zhongming slapped his palm on the table and scolded: "This Li Jiucheng has done all the bad things, and he still refuses to ambush him, which shows that he is extremely violent. ”

Wang Bingzhong also hurriedly expressed his position, for fear of falling behind.

Chen Xin shook his head and said with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness, but they have already gone to sea, and the most worrying thing is that they went to Jiannu." ”

"Invest in the slaves?" Geng Zhongming and Wang Bingzhong were really a little surprised, although they were usually unruly, they had never moved the mind of surrendering to the Tartars. Geng Zhongming's father died in the battle to break Liaodong, and most of his other relatives were also killed, and the hatred with Jiannu could not be said for a day and a night.

"Kong Youde's ...... This dog, is he really willing to join Jiannu? The Tartars killed his whole family until he was left alone, this ......"

"Now I can't confirm it, but we can't guard against it, especially the Lushun Shou General Chen and Kong Li sometimes have an old relationship, Lushun Shunfeng only takes one day to Dengzhou, both of them are old people from the Dongjiang River, and there is no need to say more about how important Lushun is."

The two nodded at the same time, Lushun is like a gate to control the Liaohai Sea, if there is a strong sailor to cooperate, its deterrent range can cover Guanning, Dongjiang Town, Liaonan, Denglai, and North Korea. Houjin fought twice, but they did not leave troops to garrison, which not only shows that their troops are weak, but also shows that the old slave is not smart in strategic vision.

Wang Bingzhong had already written a letter of accusation in Dengzhou, exposing that Chen sometimes had secretly colluded with Li Jiucheng. Geng Zhongming also thought that Chen Xin might want to do something to Lushun, it seems that Chen Xin wants to help with the conspiracy himself, and he can also accept a vote, and he is not afraid to do the matter of dead friends.

Geng Zhongming and Wang Bingzhong both focused on how to use Chen Shi as their stepping stone.

"But this official is not looking for two assistants today." To the surprise of the two, Chen Xin said lightly, "What the official wants to ask today is the matter of Geng Jingcai coming to the city tower on the night of the destruction of Dengzhou City." ”

His speed of speech suddenly accelerated, and his tone was murderous, "Geng Jingcai was sent by Geng Zhongming to enter Zhenhaimen to induce Wang Bingzhong to rebel, Wang Bingzhong ignored the dissuasion of the righteous people, even if he wanted to kill the righteous people of Zhenhaimen, and planned to deceive Zhenyangmen to kill the prison army Lord Lu before dawn......"

The atmosphere in the room changed suddenly, and before Geng Zhongming and Wang Bingzhong could react, a belt slammed around Wang Bingzhong's neck from behind, and several thick hands pressed his shoulders and arms at the same time, firmly fixing him to the chair.

Wang Bingzhong, who was caught off guard, was defenseless, his hands were held down, his eyes were wide open, and his eyes were extremely frightened by suffocation, and his face was already red in the blink of an eye. He struggled desperately, the chair squeaking and squeaking, and the sound of the feet rubbing against the floor was even more harsh.

Geng Zhongming stood up at a loss, watching Wang Bingzhong's struggle, his mind went blank.

Wang Bingzhong's tongue had already stretched out, Geng Zhongming's hands trembled, and he subconsciously wanted to touch the knife, but found that there was only an empty scabbard. He looked at Chen Xin and the others again, and found that Chen Xin, Zhou Shifa, Zhang Dong and the others were still sitting in place, only another guard drew a knife to guard on both sides of him, but he had no intention of coming up and slashing.

"Wang Bingzhong was forced by the persecution of the righteous people to join the city king's division, but he indiscriminately killed innocents in Dengzhou and Pingdu, and the murder was not under the rebels, so that the people's resentment boiled, and not killing was not enough to wake up."

Under the gaze of many pairs of cold eyes in the room, Geng Zhongming was like a helpless child, and in just a short time, his body was already covered with sweat.

Wang Bingzhong's legs were getting smaller and smaller, Geng Zhongming turned his head in panic to look behind him, and no soldier came over with a stinger, he suddenly reacted, knelt on the ground with lightning speed, kowtowed to Chen Xin again and again, and his head hit the stone slab with a loud bang.

Chen Xin's voice suddenly became calm again, "Today, I found out that Geng Zhongming and Dengzhou woke up during the first war, the people are in the thief camp, and the heart is in the king's master. Painstakingly and lonely infiltrated Li Jiucheng's side to open the east gate in the battle of Pingduzhou, so that Wang Shi was able to conquer Pingdu and defeat Li Jiucheng's rebels in one fell swoop, which was the first contribution to the battle of Pingdu. What's even more gratifying is that when he saw what Wang Bingzhong was doing, he beheaded Wang Bingzhong in anger, and returned the people to Denglai. ”

After hearing this, Geng Zhongming stopped kowtowing, and he gasped for breath, knowing that this head might have hope to be saved. But he still didn't dare to look up, and his hair was soaked with sweat, dripping down his low forehead, splashing small splashes on the blood-stained slate.

"The discipline of his troops is solemn, and it can also be seen that he has managed the army well, and he is a rare general. At this time when Liaodong was in danger and the state was in difficulty, Chen Xin, the minister, asked him to be allowed to remain in his original post. ”

Geng Zhongming finally raised his head, Chen Xin lit a cigarette with a smile, took two puffs, squatted down to Geng Zhongming's face, and stuffed the cigarette into Geng Zhongming's mouth.

"I heard that General Geng likes the Wen Dengxiang from my Wen Deng, and in the future, this official will send you a big box every month."

"Next...... Under...... The lower officials did not dare. ”

Chen Xin smiled: "It's just a few boxes of cigarettes, why don't you dare." ”

"Little ...... The villain buys ...... for silver Buy. ”

"General Geng, what the official said just now is to give a report to Lord Lu and the military department, and your merits will not be less. Wang Bingzhong surrendered earlier than you, you must have thought that the official was crossing the river and demolishing the bridge to kill people, but the official told you that you were not, do you want to know if you want to? ”

"Next...... The official didn't dare to think that the lower official wanted to know. ”

"Because he had taken refuge in the official before Zhenhaimen, but he forgot his righteousness halfway, and almost ruined me, doing things for the official, the most important thing is loyalty, and the official will not tolerate anything that violates this article once, which is the reason why he is going to die."

"Keep it in mind and never dare to forget it in the future."

Chen Xin stood up and said, "As long as you do things faithfully, there are only benefits and no disasters." Then you now sue the official how to take the best Lushun. Then you went out, led your men and horses, and killed Wang Bingzhong's troops, the reason is that this official has already said. ”

"The lower official understands, and the lower official receives the order."

After Geng Zhongming finished answering, he finally knew that his life was saved, he secretly glanced at Wang Bingzhong next to him, his eyes were wide open, and he had been lying on his back on the chair for a long time. (To be continued.)