Chapter 699: Taking the opportunity to expand the army
Li Xin's right eyelid really didn't jump in vain, and before he could get out of the Ying Tianfu Mansion, a soap li ran in in a panic, probably because he was too panicked, and he threw a in front of his body at the threshold.
Since Chen Wenzhi took charge of Ying Tianfu's errand, not only has his official authority become smaller, but his temper has also decreased a lot. It stands to reason that such a recklessness as Soap Li, when encountering a stern official, it is common to pull him out and beat him up. But he opened his mouth to complain about the soap: "How many times have I told you, you must be calm and calm when you encounter major events." Why can't you remember? Tell me, what's going to happen again? Panic into this virtue! ”
At the same time, Chen Wenzhi confessed to Li Xin, saying that his subordinates had no case and collided with the marquis of Zhen. Li Xin has never paid attention to these false courtesies, and has always only proceeded from facts, so he waved his hand.
"What kind of collision is this, your subordinate is also interesting, he came as soon as he met; A great gift for the evil five-body throw! ”
It took a long time for him to come to his senses, and the wolf got up unbearably and hurriedly apologized to Li Xin and Chen Wenshan. Chen Wenzhi impatiently asked him to hurry up and get down to business, "There is something to say, there is a fart!" "Because of the anxiety in the heart. Yin, the acting Fu Yin, who was born as a scholar, also unconsciously learned from Li Xin to swear. Then he picked up the tea bowl again and took a sip to moisten his throat. Seeing that Fu Yin didn't blame, Soap Li said in a trembling tone of impending disaster: "It's a big deal!" Big things are not good...... Wei Guogong ...... Wei Guogong ...... The Taiping Mansion was defeated, and Wuhu was lost! ”
"What? You, you say it again? ”
"The Duke of Wei defeated the Taiping Mansion. Wuhu is lost! ”
When! The tea bowl in Chen Wenshan's hand fell to the ground and shattered.
"This, how is this possible?"
Chen Wenshan's face was pale, there was no trace of blood, and he turned his head to look at Li Xin with a frightened look for help.
Li Xin was also shocked by this news, in his impression, the public soldiers of Wei have always been cautious, how could they be captured by the Huangmei thieves overnight? Moreover, in the military newspaper that was sent back to Nanjing before, it also achieved small victories several times, and there was a trend of benign development. But how can it become such a virtue in the blink of an eye?
Li Xinzeng specially studied the maps of Taiping Mansion, Anqing Mansion, and Ningguo Mansion, as a direct face to the Taiping Mansion from Raozhou, there were only two lines of defense along the river, in other words, only two cities could resist the Huangmei Thief's troops. One is Wuhu, which is located at the forefront, and the other is Jianyang.
Wuhu is lost, then only Jianyang can be used as a support for support, if even Jianyang is lost, then there is no danger to the west of Nanjing! What does this mean? It means that Nanjing will face the army of Huangmei thieves.
"How is Wei Guogong?"
Li Xin hoped that Wei Guogong could collect the Wuhu rout in Jianyang, and Jianyang itself also had a garrison, although the defeat of Wuhu would reduce the morale of the local garrison, but it would not be defeated by the Huangmei thief.
"Return, return to the town captive! The military newspaper didn't say what happened to Wei Guogong, only that Wuhu was lost overnight, and the defenders in the city resisted and retreated, and finally scattered and fled. ”
Bang! Li Xin's right hand slapped fiercely on the table beside him.
"Did the military newspaper mention that Wei Guogong was missing? It must be known that talking about military affairs and causing trouble to the morale of the army is to be engaged in military law! ”
In this case, military law is engaged, and I am afraid that there is no other choice but to behead! The soap fell to his knees with a frightened pop, he really couldn't understand, why did the marquis of Zhenyu, who had always been kind, turn his face when he said that he would turn his face?
"The villain doesn't dare, the villain doesn't dare! The Marquis of the town is gracious......"
Li Xin's sudden attack startled Chen Wenshan on the side, but he immediately reacted to the necessity of doing so, if these soap subordinates who didn't keep their mouths on the door were allowed to spread the affairs of the army at will, and after word of mouth, maybe it would be passed on. Perhaps, it is also possible that the Duke of Wei was martyred in battle.
Thinking of this, Chen Wenshan's face also sank: "Have you written down the warning of the Marquis of Zhenyu?" If there is a rumor spread from this Ying Tianfu Ya, don't blame this official for being ruthless! ”
"The villain doesn't dare! The villain doesn't dare! ”
Soap Li was drenched in cold sweat and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.
"That's it! It's none of your business here, go down! ”
As soon as the soap was gone, Chen Wenzhi immediately gave up his disguise, his eyes full of worry and doubt.
"This, this doesn't conform to common sense! The soldiers of Wei are strong and strong, Wuhu is an important town in the west of Nanzhili, and the imperial court has been operating for many years, how could it be captured overnight? ”
Li Xin sneered: "Nothing is impossible!" The soldiers are treacherous, and the fall of Wuhu City may be the result of the combination of the inside and the outside! ”
This statement made Chen Wenshan's heart shake, and he asked in a lost voice: "Should the inside be together?" When did the Yellow Plum Thief become so powerful? I can, I can ......"
When Chen Wenshan said this, he hesitated and couldn't say any more. If they can engage in internal and external cooperation in Wuhu, they can also engage in internal and external cooperation in Jianyang. This idea made Chen Wenshan's hair creepy, and he subconsciously denied this idea, this is impossible!
Li Xin's eyes looked out of the door, neither affirming nor denying, but said lightly: "Wait for the result, I hope that Wei Guogong can stabilize the battle situation in Jianyang......." He did not tell Chen Wenzhi what he really thought in his heart, if Wei Guogong was defeated, it would inevitably increase the pressure on Shi Kefa in Ningguofu suddenly. I hope that Shi Kefa can take the rout he gathered to survive this most Jiangnan period safely.
Less than a hundred steps away from Ying Tianfu, a family member from Sun Jiao's mansion came over.
"The marquis of the town, the marquis of the town, the villain who can be found is so bitter, the ministry is so angry, and the villain is looking for you!"
Li Xin knew that Sun Ji must have been furious because of the news of the defeat of the Taiping Mansion, and he also came to him for advice. Without further ado, he hurried to the governor's yamen with the family of the Sun Mansion. On this day, he visited the governor's yamen twice in a row.
When he entered the main hall, he found that Sun Ji had already sat on the main seat in the hall with his sick body, accompanied by the chief soldier Shao Hualong, and there were several officials who had never seen the green robe next to him, and he had always been the governor's adjutant.
Sun Jiao's physical condition was no longer enough to get up, so he weakly ordered Jiading to sit for him. Then he pointed to an official document in Shao Hualong's hand and said to Li Xin: "Take a look at the marquis of Zhenyu, the situation in the Taiping Mansion is corrupted, and the Duke of Wei has not been able to withstand the crazy attack of the traitors!" ”
Li Xin took the official document from Shao Hualong's hand, and the description in it was roughly the same as that of Ying Tianfu Soap, but there were many unheard details, such as the fact that the Duke of Wei was wounded and did not retreat into Jianyang City! As for why he didn't withdraw into Jianyang City and where he went, he didn't explain much.
This is a military newspaper from Jianyang, it seems that the wording has been carefully considered, since it is not explicitly stated that it does not know what happened, then Jianyang must know the whereabouts of Wei Guogong. As for why not, perhaps only those involved know. Li Xin believes that these reasons must have surprised and shocked everyone in Nanjing.
"Ministry, I think that the Taiping Mansion should be immediately assisted, otherwise if the traitors are trapped in Jianyang, there will be no danger to the west of Nanjing!"
Sun Ji didn't know anything about this, but he sighed because it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.
"However, the manpower is overstretched, and the available soldiers have been exhausted to prevent the rampant pirates!"
Shao Hualong's eyes were closed, and he said: "Ministry, there is a building under the mark, I don't know if it's appropriate!" ”
A hint of excitement flashed in Sun Jie's dim eyes, "Let's hear it!" ”
Shao Hualong glanced at Li Xin intentionally or unintentionally. "The fierce generals under the command of the Marquis of Zhenyu are like clouds, and I am afraid that there is more than one person who can take charge alone! It is better to transfer the generals under the command of the Marquis of Zhenzhen, recruit the sons of the good family in Nanjing as soldiers, one to the Taiping Mansion, and the other to the Ningguo Mansion. In this way, the shape shì can be determined! ”
In the Nanjing Political Affairs Hall, Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, gave Gao Hongtu a thumbs up: "This trick is really wonderful, and it is really wonderful to transfer away the capable people under the command of Naqiu Ba and make him a general of the light pole!" ”
Gao Hongtu glanced at Xiong Mingyu, who shook his head, sighed, and said helplessly: "It's also impossible to do this, Gao Mou was in charge of the Nanjing Military Department, and there was no day without trembling, and now Li Xin is taking advantage of the chaos of the Haikou Army, and the Three Guards are infiltrating the five mansions in the south of the Yangtze River, I am really afraid that this person will become a big tail, but it will be a big disaster for the imperial court!" ”
Xiong Mingyu smiled, took a sip of tea and said, "No matter what, this time there is no clear reason for Qiu Ba to refuse!" If he refused, wouldn't it just confirm that he had the intention of not being subservient! ”
"Gao never wants the marquis of Zhenyu to have any more branches, the Ming Dynasty is already chaotic enough, and it can't be added to the chaos!"
Xiong Mingyu sneered in his heart, can't it be messed up anymore? Look at it, if Li Xin's Qiu Ba is willing to obey, Xiong's bear character will be written upside down! However, he only said this kind of thing once in his heart, but he would never dare to say it openly, otherwise he would be the one with bad intentions!
Sun Ji coughed, pondering Shao Hualong's construction, his brows furrowed imperceptibly, and turned his head to look directly at Shao Hualong, trying to find some inhumane secrets from his eyes. It's just that Shao Hualong's eyes were as calm as water, which made Sun Ji get nothing.
Li Xin took the initiative to say: "What General Shao said is also in line with Li Xin's meaning, the Three Guards are short of soldiers and horses, and it is time to recruit troops and expand the camp!" This is the right way to deal with traitors and raging pirates! ”
He turned to look at Sun Jiao, "I don't know how many battalions of men and horses can be allowed in the ministry and the three guards?" Please also instruct, Li Xin will go back to someone to prepare! ”
Li Xinyan could not see the sinister intentions of Shao Hualong's proposal, so it was inconvenient for him to openly oppose it, so he just took the opportunity to make a mistake and first asked the Three Guards Army to recruit good sons in Nanjing to expand the army. As for what they think is that if they take out the generals under their command, they can draw their salaries from the bottom of the kettle? What a whims!