"What a joke! We've finished fighting here, and let me go to Fengyang to discuss the military. What the hell is the military talking about? Isn't it good to honestly follow the Shaanxi bandits to Luzhou? Wu Shigong threw the letter in his hand on the table.

When setting up camp in the evening, Wu Shigong received a letter from Fengyang from Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, ordering Wu Shigong to lead his Runing army to Fengyang at a rapid rate, and discuss military affairs with other civil and military forces. Of course, the focus of this military discussion was not how to exterminate the peasant rebels, but how to ensure that Fengyang, the central capital, would no longer be disturbed by the peasant rebels.

On the twenty-sixth day of the first month, Zhu Dadian and Zuo Liangyu's troops entered Fengyang, which was already undefended. And the one who made the first contribution was the highest military attache who led the troops -- Zuo Liangyu, the chief soldier. He also won the glorious title of "Reconquiesr of Fengyang" for this reason.

After entering Fengyang, Zhu Dadian was doing all kinds of trivial things to restore the rule of the imperial court, and on the other hand, he issued a summoning order to the Ming army from all sides to help, asking them to rush to Fengyang as soon as possible.

On the 27th, an army of more than 4,000 Cao soldiers entered Fengyang, and the leader of this Ming army was Wu Shigong's old acquaintance, Yan Dingshan, the deputy general of Cao Bing.

In addition, in this Cao soldier army, there is another old acquaintance of Wu Shigong - Tang Liu of the Cao Gang. This time, Tang Liu also led more than 300 children of the Cao Gang to join Yan Dingshan's army.

Yan Dingshan and Tang Liu were both Fengyangwei's people before, although they both left their hometowns later, but most of their families and ancestral tombs stayed in Fengyang, so this time the two of them were also in a hurry to come to the rescue.

And on the 27th, the vanguard of reinforcements sent by Nanjing also arrived under the leadership of a general Zhang. But what made Zhu Dadian wonder was that the Runing Army who informed them of the news did not arrive.

The messenger sent by Zhu Dadian rushed to Yingzhou first, but when he was in Yingzhou, he learned that the Runing army had gone to fight in the Huainan section of the Huai River, so it was not until now that this summoning order was sent to Wu Shigong.

Although it is a summoning order. But this order was not binding on Wu Shigong. Because Wu Shigong is a military attache in Henan, and Zhu Dadian is the governor of Shandong, no matter how much he uses literature to drive force, Zhu Dadian can't control Wu Shigong's head.

It's just that the current Zhu Dadian has great righteousness, no matter what, ensuring the safety of Zhongdu is always the top priority, so in this case, for Zhu Dadian, the highest-ranking civil official at this stage, all military attaches should also respect his orders.

However, there was no danger in Fengyang at all, and the peasant rebels had already crossed the Huai River and headed for Luzhou. More because of the great victory of the Runing army on the Huai River. The Ming army should pursue it in time and completely defeat Zhang Xianzhong's peasant rebel army.

And all this, Zhu Dadian, who issued a summoning order in Fengyang, may not know, but Wu Shigong, who has just finished fighting with the peasant rebel army, understands it very well. So in his heart, Wu Shigong didn't want Fengyang to participate in this kind of useless military discussion at all.

And now Wu Shigong can't leave. Here the captives are a whole bunch. The seizures are piling up.

This half-crossing attack left behind most of the capture of the peasant rebels. Gold and silver jewelry, such as expensive and convenient to carry around. Basically, they were all taken across the river by Zhang Xianzhong's department. Therefore, the Runing army did not gain much, and only captured more than 30,000 taels.

But those things that were bulky and inconvenient to transport basically fell into the hands of the Runing Army. More than 900 mules and horses, more than 200 cattle, more than 1,300 pigs and sheep and other domestic animals, and chickens and ducks and other poultry were seized.

More than 13,000 carts, carts and wheelbarrows. The vehicles of Zhang Xianzhong's troops were basically left behind by the Runing Army. The goods on these vehicles exceeded 500,000 taels of silver, in addition to more than 260,000 stone of grain. Most of the property looted by the peasant rebels in Yingzhou and Fengyang was cheaper than the Runing army.

The Runing Army also made a lot of war money. But this can also be seen. Although the people are struggling to make a living because of the disasters for many years, how rich the families of those official eunuchs and gentry are. It can also be seen that although the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was quite empty, and even the "salary" had to be levied and Emperor Chongzhen took out the silver taels from the inner treasury, but how rich the people of the Ming Dynasty were.

The other is the seizure of armor and weapons. Although most of the sophisticated armor and weapons obtained by the peasant rebel army in Fengyang were taken across the river by Zhang Xianzhong and other old battalion men, the number left behind was also extremely large.

Thirty-one artillery pieces such as the Franc machine gun and the Tiger squat gun; more than 220 firecrackers such as three-eyed firecrackers, eagle guns and bird guns; There were more than 400 bows and arrows, more than 2,000 spare bowstrings, and more than 80,000 arrows.

Thirteen Ironclad Pairs; seven pairs of vests; However, in addition to the dilapidated and damaged ones, there were more than 2,000 leather and cotton armors; more than 13,000 weapons of the Ming army such as knives and guns; more than 31,000 weapons made by the people; There are countless agricultural tools and wooden robberies that are used as weapons.

Although because of the different systems, except for artillery and firearms, which can be used in the city defense, the rest of the weapons can not be used by the Runing Army. However, Wu Shigong was still ready to select a batch of excellent weapons and armor from them, and first armed his own village guards, road guards, and mine guards to prevent the appearance of the Runing Army this time.

But the biggest problem now is to take all these things home. Because the peasant rebels had taken most of the carts of mules and horses across the river, this huge amount of wealth was now scattered across the vast riverbank.

Therefore, the current Runing army can't leave this place at all, otherwise, not to mention that the local people will rob, even the rest of the Ming army will rush over with red eyes when they know about it.

So Wu Shigong instructed: "Give a reply to Governor Zhu, just say that the Runing army has already engaged the Shaanxi bandits here and is about to win a big victory, so they can't get out." However, the remnants of the Shaanxi bandits rushed to the direction of Luzhou, so that Governor Zhu rushed over with the main force and pursued the thief army as soon as possible. ”

"No!" Tao Xin answered the call and was about to go out of the big tent to give the order.

"Wait!" Wu Shigong immediately stopped Tao Xin. He rubbed his temples with his fingers. I'm not in a good state today, and I'm really a little confused. Call Zhu Dadian's main force over, isn't that leading the wolf into the room? How much will be left of these seizures? So Wu Shigong instructed Tao Xin again: "Call Deputy Commander Zhou over first." ”

After Zhou Xun came over, Wu Shigong ordered: "Governor Zhu of Fengyang told me to go to the military council, and I will bring a regiment of pro-soldiers and cavalry over to try to delay them for a few days." ”

"You and the rest of the men are working hard to move these seizures, and you must be able to carry them all in five days. If there are people nearby who are willing to help, don't be stingy with the reward, if necessary, they can be forcibly requisitioned, and these captures will be pulled to Yingzhou first. ”

"Don't care about those corpse heads, our Runing Army doesn't need so many military exploits. Let's give it to the other officers and soldiers, we only need profit, and it's best not to leave even a nail behind. In addition, those ships that were not burned when they made pontoon bridges were also pulled to Xinyang as much as possible, which also saved us a sum of money for setting up sailors and building ships. ”

"Attention! If other officers and soldiers dare to come and rob them, don't be soft and beat them to death! I've got everything in my pocket. ”

On the twenty-ninth day of the first month of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Wu Shigong led 1,500 cavalry of the Runing Army to Fengyang. Hearing of Wu Shigong's arrival, Yan Dingshan, the deputy general of Caobing, took his generals to the camp of the Runing Army outside the city to visit in person.

After saluting, Yan Dingshan said to Wu Shigong: "It's really a coincidence that Brother Wu can come today, Nanjing Guard Luo Gonggong arrived with the main force of Nanjing Jingying, today he and Governor Zhu went to the imperial tomb to worship and sweep, and they will not return until evening." ”

"Oh? Nanjing's Jingying has also arrived? Wu Shigong asked in surprise.

"It's here, but it's time to throw away the armor!" Yan Dingshan snorted disdainfully and said, "It was 20,000 when we set off, and it was only more than 10,000 here, and the rest of the people have fallen behind." ”

"Then what kind of battle are they going to fight when they arrive?" Wu Shigong asked again.

"Then what else is Grandpa Luo thinking about fighting? His soul was gone, so he thought about rushing to Fengyang earlier. In fact, all this is for the emperor to see, this time Fengyang is lost, then Luo's father-in-law's most happy ending is to be removed from his official position, and it is even possible to lose his head if it is serious, so he doesn't care about fighting at all, so he wants to show his loyalty more. ”

Wu Shigong didn't have the heart to talk about other people's affairs, and then asked Yan Dingshan: "Then why don't you go to worship together today?" ”

"Aren't you waiting for you, brother?" Yan Dingshan first said a beautiful word, and then said the reason for staying, "Most of my son's family and ancestral graves and I are also in Fengyang, and we have also settled here these days, so I don't have the heart to be busy with other things at all." It was also the grace of Governor Zhu who arranged for me to guard in the city today, so I happened to meet the arrival of Brother Wu? ”

"Oh? What about Brother Yan's family and ancestral grave? Wu Shigong asked with concern.

"It's okay! The thieves have little interest in our ancestral graves in the guardhouse. Yan Dingshan replied, "However, there are very few people in my family who stay in Fengyang, and there are even more brothers who stay in Fengyang, and they all suffer heavy losses!" ”

"Ahh Then I have time to burn a few sticks of incense to Brother Yan's ancestors! Wu Shigong immediately said.

"Then big brother, thank you in advance!" Yan Dingshan immediately saluted Wu Shigong and said, "Let's wait until we are free!" Now the soldiers are in chaos, and it is not convenient to go out of the city, and if you use too many soldiers, it will also disturb people's hearts, so let's wait for a while! ”

Wu Shigong is polite, of course, he will not insist. Then he saw Tang Liu, who was sitting with him, and asked in surprise, "Brother Tang is also here?" (To be continued......)