Extrapolating from the imperial court's official newspaper, after returning to Luoyang, he only rested for about a month, and the old general Feng Ciming took the initiative to ask Ying to sweep away the rebellion active in Dongping County. As for the reason why the imperial court sent him a naval general to fight in the mountains, Xuzi, Zhang Xutuo and others could not analyze it with the clues at hand. However, it was rumored in the officialdom that Dugu Lin found that the old general had a quarrel with Fan Zigai and others who stayed in the eastern capital, so he took the initiative to leave the center and lead the army to avoid trouble.

"Grandma's, how can this be?" After listening to Dugu Lin relay the gossip from the family channel, Luo Shixin asked unconvinced. On the surface, this old man who was nearly seventy years old belonged to the kind of loyal elder who had no quarrel with the world and was known as a humble gentleman. Who would have thought that such an honest person would actually have a conflict with Fan Zi, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. That Fan Zigai is a famous man, back then, together with Pei Hongce, the military general who guarded Luoyang, dared to kill him without asking the emperor's will, Feng Ciming offended him, but he had to hide as far as he could!

"I'm afraid it's because of those few words we said that day!" Zhang Xutuo shook his head and sighed lightly. Regarding the Tao in the officialdom, he is far clearer than Luo Shixin and others. When Lai Hu'er and Feng Ciming were in Qi County, everyone had told the two of them in detail about the combat effectiveness of the Wagang Army. It is estimated that after Feng Ciming returned to the Eastern Capital, he reported the matter to the ministers who stayed in the Eastern Capital. And Fan Zigai, who was burdened with the burden of defending the Eastern Capital, definitely did not believe that there was such a powerful group of bandits active under his nose. Moreover, if the Wagang Army is really as strong as Feng Ciming described, Fan Zigai has a lot of responsibility.

Therefore, the inevitable result of this conflict is that Fan Zigai refuses to believe the words of Lai and Feng. In order to confirm that what he said was true, Feng Ciming had to personally lead the army to suppress the bandits, and blocked Fan Zigai's mouth by the number of heads captured.

This inference made Zhang Xutuo's heart very heavy, which was not entirely sad about Feng Ciming's death. The generals inevitably died before the battle, and the old general Feng Ciming took the battlefield as his final destination and died well. But the situation has reached such a point that the powerful ministers in the court are deliberately covering up the truth for their own interests, and they really don't understand what they are trying to do!

No matter what Fan Zigatu was, Feng Ciming used his death to prove the strength of the Wagang Army and the chaos near the Eastern Capital.

"What about the surname Fan, Chongmu, can you inquire, how does the surname Fan explain the death of Old General Feng?" Li Xu asked with a cold face. His mood was heavier than Zhang Xutuo's, if it weren't for his cleverness and wanting to borrow the mouths of Hu'er and Feng Ciming to deliver the news to the imperial court, General Feng would not have died in battle.

"Your Majesty has returned to Xijing and issued an order to Fan Zigai to inquire about the reason for General Feng's death. Fan Shangshu, who stayed in the eastern capital, said that the old general was belligerent and mistaken the enemy's trap......." Dugu Lin sighed and replied.

"Fart!" Although Qin Shubao's cultivation was good, he couldn't help but slap the table. He had been analyzing the Di Bao on the map just now, and purely from the perspective of using troops, the old general Feng Ciming not only did not take the enemy lightly, but could even use the word cautious to describe his behavior. From the very beginning, he took his opponent very seriously. The Wagang Army set traps several times, but Feng Ciming saw through them. The two sides fought three battles in a row, and the government soldiers won. Subsequently, the Wagang army retreated to the cottage. In order to avoid fighting the rebels on terrain that he was not familiar with, Feng Ciming adopted a very prudent tactic. With 20,000 government soldiers as the core and 50,000 county soldiers as the arms, he relied on the five cities of Lingchang, Yucheng, Kuangcheng, Weicheng, and Baima to build a defense line around Wagang Mountain, trying to starve the Wagang army to death in the mountains through a long-term siege.

"Old General Feng takes his opponent very seriously, but the surname Xu is too insidious, and his trap is set in a place that the old general did not expect." Qin Shubao saw that he was tapping the newspaper with his hand, and said indignantly.

Feng Ciming is very steady with his troops, but his opponent is too cunning. On a snowy night in early November, the Wagang Army, dressed in white, suddenly infiltrated the air raid between the two defenders of Lingchang and Baima, crossed the frozen Yellow River, and broke directly into Jijun, and then threatened Liyangcang. After receiving an urgent letter from Ji County, Feng Ciming had to abandon the siege plan and lead his troops across the river to pursue. As a result, the 20,000 soldiers he led had just arrived near Tongshan when they were surrounded by more than 100,000 traitors.

Outside the Yellow Thief King Dangren, Weicheng thief Zhou Wenju, Yongqiu thief Li Gongyi, Tangyin thief Han Xiangchu and other more than 20 thieves of all sizes in the Ji, Wei, Wuyang, and Changping areas suddenly appeared around the official army at the same time. General Feng Ciming led the crowd to hold out for five days and nights without reinforcements and no firewood for heating, and finally the whole army was annihilated. Zhai Rang unsuccessfully demanded a ransom from the imperial court for the life of the old general Feng, and killed the old general in anger and threw his body in the snow to feed the wolves. Immediately, the Wagang army and the thieves turned around and entered Xingyang, and swept most of Xingyang County, which had just been sacked by a war the year before, before they scattered back to the mountain.

"What about the imperial court, didn't the imperial court send people to lead the troops to avenge General Feng?" Li Xu had no time to analyze the tactics of the Wagang Army, and continued to chase Dugu Lin to ask.

"His Majesty made General Feng Lao a doctor of Qingzi Guanglu and a son of him as a county uncle. Then he ordered Fan Zigai to lead the soldiers and horses left behind in the eastern capital to suppress the bandits. After the holy decree arrived, the bandits withdrew their troops from Xingyang County. Fan Zigai led people to chase after him for a few days but did not catch up, so he reported to the imperial court that the Wagang army had been dispersed. Pei Lin and Yu Shiji advised His Majesty not to use troops in winter, so as not to fatigue the veterans of the division. His Majesty ordered the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Capital to be withdrawn to the city! Dugu Lin shook his head and smiled bitterly. For His Majesty the Emperor, who had an aunt and cousin with him, he also felt very helpless. "Your Majesty believes in a person, and he is wholehearted. Now all the folds are selected and handed over by his most trusted Yu Shiji and Pei Lian, and some of them go up, Your Majesty may not want to see them, or maybe they can't see them at all! ”

"What about your Dugu family, but there are people in your Dugu family who are important ministers of the court!" The more Luo Shixin listened, the more disappointed he became, and he grabbed Dugulin's arm and shouted.

"Our Dugu family is a relative!" Dugu Lin answered everyone's questions in one sentence.

Relatives are not allowed to interfere in politics! Since the Han Dynasty, almost instinctively adhered to this principle in any dynasty, no matter how long or short it existed. The only exception is the Great Zhou, that is, the former dynasty, but in the end, the country of the Great Zhou Dynasty finally fell into the hands of the first emperor, that is, the father-in-law of His Majesty the emperor of the previous dynasty.

This is a tacit public case that everyone knows. Therefore, even if the Dugu family knew the truth of the matter, they could not shake His Majesty the Emperor's trust in several powerful ministers. And Feng Ciming's death did not play any role except for "shaking" the government and the opposition. After a few days, the "shock" passed, and the east and west continued to sing and dance.

"What about the old general who came to protect him, after all, the old general Feng once fought side by side with him?" Li Xu was still unwilling, and asked in a tone that bordered on despair. The old general Laihu'er is a person who dares to take responsibility, and from his behavior of privately giving so many weapons to the county soldiers, Xuzi came to this conclusion. Although the three "thin gifts" that day almost spent the last savings he brought back from Saiwai, Xuzi didn't think that the old general Laihu'er decided to give the number of weapons after seeing the weight of the gifts.

"Because of his support for General Feng to send troops to suppress bandits, General Lai has been reprimanded once by His Majesty the Emperor. The seventh child who came to the general's house recently was ready to marry the daughter of Master Pei's family, and he was very busy, so he had to put aside the matter of avenging General Feng first! Dugu Lin's slightly mocking answer completely shattered the last bit of kindness in everyone's hearts.

Compared to the benefits brought by the marriage with the Pei family, a colleague who has died is indeed insignificant. In the face of common interests, everyone can be friends. Xuzi once again realized what Yuwen Shi had said. The principles of these big families will never let him finish learning.

This is the court to which I am allegiated. Li Xu felt as if a knife was piercing his heart. "Why did your master and your friends rebel?" Shi Erya's question echoed in his ears over and over again. He turned his head and scanned the faces of Qin Shubao and the others with his gaze. saw the same unwillingness and disappointment on everyone's faces.

Feng Ciming used to be the deputy head of the water division and the general of Zheng Sanpin. He died fighting for the court, and still no one cared. If everyone dies in battle, as county generals who are not by His Majesty the Emperor's side, does anyone really care about their life and death?

"Uh-huh!" Zhang Xutuo coughed in time, pulling everyone back to reality who had lost their minds due to a moment of anger. The dead are gone, and the responsibility of the living is still there. The enemy's ability to use troops is worth studying, and the Wagang army has great ambitions and will inevitably refuse to limit its scope of activity to Dongjun. The officers and soldiers of Qi County may meet him one day, and if they use their troops cautiously at that time, it is better to carefully study this fierce enemy now.

"Soldiers, it's a trick. If you meet this surnamed Xu in the future, you must be careful! This person not only uses strange soldiers, but also ruthless and poisonous enough! Zhang Xutuo twisted his beard in his hand and analyzed.

This is a near-perfect example, and even as an opponent, he admires Xu Maogong's ability to use his troops to the extreme. This person is definitely bold enough to dare to use the entire Wagang Army as bait. If the strategy fails, the Wagang Army will lose the nest it has been operating for many years. It is difficult for the rogue who has lost their nest to exist for a long time, not only the officers and soldiers will come to the door, but other rogue bandits will also take the opportunity to annex it.

"What everyone also needs to pay attention to is the appeal of the Wagang Army, this team can actually mobilize ten times their own rogue to help in the battle. If we fight him, the forces on all sides need to be taken into account! Zhang Xutuo nodded to the newspaper and continued.

"The last battle should not have been commanded by Xu Maogong. The people who commanded the battle didn't care about the life and death of the Wagang Army at all! Li Xu, who slowly regained his sanity from grief and indignation, pressed his hand on the newspaper and suddenly interjected.

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