The mercenary person values the most faithfulness, gets money from others, and eliminates disasters for others.

Lin Jiantai transported 300 quintals of grain and grass to Pingdugou, where the Jinzhou army was located, in four batches, and on the 23rd, in the name of transferring grain from Shang County, he sent Tang Yinjiu and 100 men to escort 1,000 catties of gunpowder to Pingdugou.

Shi Dayong gave 55,000 taels according to his words, and the goods and silver were cleared, and the imminent danger of running out of food for the Jinzhou army came to an end for the time being. However, with the arrival of 2,000 Sichuan soldiers one after another, this food consumption is also large, and it is optimistically estimated that it can support the fourth or fifth day of the new year.

In order to completely solve the big problem of food shortage, Shi Dayong sent Guo Yi to Beijing with a secret letter to visit Cao Huachun of Dongchang and Wang Chengen, the chief priest of the inner court. As long as these two inner court bigwigs can come forward to help, then Gao Qiqian will definitely obey orders, otherwise no matter how much money there is, he will not be able to withstand the vampire pressure of Lin Jiantai.

Guo Yi went to carry a lot of money, and Shi Dayong asked him to visit Qiu Hejia, who was seriously ill, after he arrived in the capital, and told the old governor about the current situation of the Jinzhou army, hoping that the old governor could come forward to mediate.

Because of Qiu Hejia's two sleeves, Chongzhen jumped from raising people to military equipment when he was "already changing" in the second year, and then he went out of the customs to Fuliao, and there was no money left at home. I heard that the old governor and his family did not have a mansion in Beijing, but rented a house outside Dongzhimen for a while. Feeling that the old governor was honest and honest, and he had a great favor for his promotion, Shi Dayong couldn't bear to be constrained by money after the boss left office, so he asked Guo Yi to hide from the old man and leave 500 gold for his family to spend in the capital, and buy some high-quality ginseng medicinal materials for the old man to treat his illness. The reason why I want to hide it from the boss is that I am afraid that the boss will not receive bonuses from his subordinates.

Because of the guilt of the body owner, Shi Dayong asked Guo Yi to go to Changping after finishing his errand, and sent him a thousand taels of silver to his sister who married Xiucai, and told him that his brother was now in Denglai to level the thieves, and he would go home when he returned to Liaodong after the thieves were pacified.

In addition, Shao Wu was sent back to Jinzhou quickly, and 1,400 troops of the Huang An Department who remained in Jinzhou were transferred south. At the same time, Shao and Huang should get in touch with the new governor of Liaodong, Sun Ying, to see what the new governor has about the situation in Liaodong. What is his opinion of the Jinzhou generals who are alone, and can they come forward to appeal to the imperial court on their behalf.

Shi Dayong has done everything he can do, and now it depends on where the turning point is

For the sake of money, Pei Shaokuan privately sent all kinds of Tang newspapers and copied newspapers collected by the army to Shi Dayong, and even leaked the content of the meeting convened by Gao Qiqian to Shi Dayong Zhidao.

From Pei Shaokuan's mouth, Shi Dayong finally learned that the potential petty officials did not enter the army, and it turned out that someone in the court secretly discussed with Kong Youde without the Son of Heaven.

I heard that the former first assistant Zhou Yanru, the university scholar and the squire of the military department, Liu Yulie, and Zhang Guochen, the director of the military department, also tried their best to appease them.

How the fuss went, Shi Dayong didn't know how to do it, and he didn't know how long Gao Qiqian would have to wait, and he didn't know how to do it, but he knew that Kong Youde would never accept the fussing. This thief is cunning and changeable, and he has repeatedly deceived and surrendered, and it is not credible at all. There are lessons from Sun Yuanhua's past, but I don't know why the adults in the court who still advocate appeasement still make this decision again.

The army is outside the city of Laizhou, Kong Li Jiucheng and the new defeat, at this time the army in one go to kill the past, with the cooperation of the defenders in the city of Laizhou, it is bound to be able to annihilate the rebels under the city of Laizhou.

If Laizhou City can't withstand it, it will undoubtedly be much more difficult to seize this fortified city, and it will increase the number of casualties among the officers and soldiers in vain.

Shi Dayong hates, and the ruler is stupid! hated that he was not the commander of the army, hated Gao Qiqian eunuch for mistaking things, but no matter how much he hated, it would be useless. If it weren't for Lin Jiantai and others who saw the benefits, they were afraid that they would have collapsed long ago, how could they come to the Jinzhou army!

Stroke, so far, there is no way, if you want to stroke, then stroke, I hope this stroke can be successful.

Shi Dayong was fed up with the hardships of Pingdugou where the birds didn't, and he couldn't wait to lead his troops back to Liaodong as soon as possible, so as not to worry about shooting an arrow in the back one day

On the 25th, Deng Yu and Wang Hong both came to visit in civilian clothes, and the purpose of their visit was not only to see how the 2,000 soldiers were doing here in Shi Dayong, but also to bring Shi Dayong a definite news - the battle was over.

Don't fight?

Shi Dayong was taken aback, and immediately became happy, could it be that the matter was really fucking done?

Who knew that Deng Wei said that the rebels were still outside Laizhou City, and the fuss was all stroked to the butt ditch, and Yagen was gone.

Since the appeasement is unsuccessful, what are you waiting for? Hit! The bird eunuch is still waiting for a chicken. O Bamao!

Shi Dayong didn't say anything, and couldn't help but scold Gao Qiqian.

Deng Yu smiled indifferently when he heard this, it didn't matter. Wang Hong was stunned for a moment, and then scolded as well, and then said that this time it was not that the high eunuch refused to fight, but that the court did not allow him to beat.

"The imperial court transferred us to Pingkong Youde and relieved the danger of Denglai, why don't you let us fight now?" Shi Dayong was confused.

Wang Hong smiled: "Wouldn't it be a good thing not for us to work hard?" Why are my brothers bent on fighting? Deng Yu and Shi Dayong got married, Wang Hong and Deng Dayong had a deep friendship, so they also became commensurate with Shi Dayong's brothers. Compared with Deng Wei, he is more courageous, but he has the heart of settling with the rich man.

"Raise an army for a thousand days, use it for a while. Let's fight as soldiers and eat the emperor's food, isn't it just to pacify the thieves in all directions for the Son of Heaven, if we can pacify the rebels as soon as possible, we can also go home as soon as possible. The more Shi Dayong thought about it, the more unpleasant it became.

Deng Wei sighed: "Brother is dedicated to the country, and the eldest brother knows the Tao, but now it is not for us to call the shots, the court says not to fight, then don't fight." ”

"Big brother, do you know why the imperial court didn't let the troops be sent?"

"Shandong Governor Xu Congzhi is dead."

"Which one is this?" Shi Dayong has never heard of Xu Congzhi.

Deng Wei said: "It is the former political envoy of Shandong, after the former governor Yu Dacheng was escorted to Beijing, the imperial court asked him to be the governor." ”

"How did this man die?" The governor of Shandong died, this is a member of the imperial court, Shi Dayong was slightly shocked, "Sick to death?" ”

The governor of a province died, either died of illness or old age, Shi Dayong couldn't think of any other way to die, it couldn't be a death in battle. If you die in battle, it will be a big deal.

"That's not it, this Governor Xu is also a good man, he was hit by rebel artillery fire when he was supervising the battle at the head of the city, and he was seriously injured and died." The fact is really that Shi Dayong couldn't imagine that Governor Xu was indeed killed in battle, and Deng Yu's expression was a little solemn when he said this, and he felt a kind of sadness.

Wang Hong also sighed.

Killed in battle? Shi Dayong became more and more confused at this time, and was very puzzled: "Didn't you say that you are appeased, why are the rebels still attacking Laizhou?" ”

"Can the rebels be trusted?" Wang Hong skimmed in the direction of the Jingshi, and sighed: "The adults in the court will believe it." ”

Deng Yu said: "As soon as Xu Congzhi died, the main Fu faction had the upper hand again. Wen Ge Lao and the emperor want to fight, but now the court and the central government are one-sided, and the emperor and Wen Ge Lao can't stand up to it. ”

Hearing this, Shi Dayong took the case and said angrily: "The Son of Heaven wants to fight, the first assistant wants to fight, how dare the other courtiers say that they don't fight!" ”

"Brother, I probably don't know what's going on in the Imperial Court, right?" Shi Dayong's excitement made Wang Hong a little surprised, your Liaozhen is closer to Beijing than our Sichuan, why don't you know the situation in this court?

Shi Dayong was stunned, not knowing what Wang Hong meant.

Wang Hong saw that he really didn't know, so he sighed and told him: "Let's put it this way, nine out of ten officials in the imperial court are members of the Donglin Party, and the former first assistant Zhou Yanru is a member of the Donglin Party. Whether it is the first assistant or the officials of various ministries, or the words of science and technology, if it is not for the people of the Donglin Party, you don't want to do a good job of this official, let alone get their support. In short, in this court, it is not the emperor who has the final say, but actually the Donglin Party. If the Donglin Party does not agree, the emperor and Shoufu will have no choice. ”

"Now it's Donglin who wants to appease Kong Youde, so," Deng Wei smiled bitterly, "Elder Wen Ge is not from the Donglin Party, but just because he is not from Donglin, it is useless for him to speak." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Dayong was so angry that he slapped his palm on the table again and scolded: "Donglin misunderstands the country!" With these traitors and thieves by the emperor's side, things can be better in this world! I can't wait to mention the side of the elite soldiers of the first brigade of Qingjun and behead these traitors who misled the country under the court! ”

Shi Dayong said this, but Deng Yu and Wang Hong were startled, and the two hurriedly got up, one looked out, and the other went to pull Shi Dayong.

"Brother, you can't say this, if you let people hear it, it's a big sin for the nine clans!"

Deng Yu said as he pulled the excited Shi Dayong to sit down again.

"That's what my brother said casually today, but we didn't hear it, and in the future, we must not say this again. Did the courtier say this? Even if the brother has good intentions and hates Donglin's gang for misleading state affairs, it is not our turn to take care of it. This ass decides the head, we are just some martial artists with soldiers, the court has never been waiting to see us, when we can be used, we will eat and drink well, and if we don't need it, we will immediately hit the corner. Speaking of which, brother, you're pretty good, look at my brother, alas, what the hell is the life of a human being! Wang Hong said and thought of the days when he was called and drunk in the past two years, grandma didn't hurt, and grandma didn't love him, and he couldn't help but feel sad.

As soon as the two of them said it, Shi Dayong also knew that he had lost his words, and after a while, he raised his head and asked the two: "The two brothers are here, there must be something wrong, right?" ”

Wang Hong said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that I haven't had any wine and meat these days, and my mouth has faded out, so I will discuss it with my brother to see if the three of us will scrape together some silver and send someone to buy some wine and meat back?" ”

"The neighboring counties have been captured by the rebels, and the people can't even get food rations, so how can they sell wine and meat?"

Shi Dayong had already sent people to buy it, but there were very few people who might have bought it, and the people who sent it came back to say that they often walked ten miles and eight towns and couldn't see a single figure. There are some in the city, but they are pitifully small and very expensive, and it took them two to buy back dozens of catties of meat, which is not enough for the soldiers to eat. After boiling a few pots of broth, the dough was evenly distributed. After that, Shi Dayong didn't send anyone to buy meat.

Wang Hong affirmed: "There is no here, there are other places!" Let's send people to Shandong, where there haven't been many military disasters, and the past two years have been pretty good, so we should be able to buy them. ”

"Looking at the current situation, this battle cannot be fought, maybe it will be moved in February and March next year, this is the New Year soon, and it can't be too cold, the brothers are in a foreign land for the New Year, there must always be wine and meat, and there is such a Chinese New Year's Eve a year, but the brothers must eat and drink well." Brother said yes? Deng said.

Shi Dayong nodded, if Wang Hong had a way, he would naturally be willing to buy some wine and meat to come back for the New Year.

"Okay, it's up to the two brothers to decide this matter, just how much money the younger brother wants."

Deng Wei waved his hand and said, "Hey, how can I ask you to break the bank, we have our own families." ”

Wang Hong smiled wryly and didn't say anything.

Shi Dayong insisted on giving them the wine, meat and silver, but Deng Yu couldn't refuse, so he agreed. Wang Hong was so happy that he said bluntly that when he bought the wine and meat, he must do his best to pick it first, and the fat Guan Jinzhou army was full.

Shi Dayong smiled and casually coped with a few words. Deng Wang and the two went to see the 2,000 Sichuan soldiers who were training according to the requirements of the Jinzhou Army, and after looking at them for a while, the two took their leave. Shi Dayong asked someone to take 3,000 taels of silver for the two, and Wang Hong asked his soldiers to take it back immediately with a smile on his face.

After sending King Deng and his entourage out of the camp, Shi Dayong couldn't help sighing, he didn't expect the Son of Heaven to be as hard as his subordinates.