Until this time, Gonggong Luo was still immersed in Wu Shigong's simple hands, and he couldn't help but whisper to Zhu Dadian: "This Wu Runing is really worthy of his reputation." It is worthy of being a murderer who dares to anger the little grandfather, makes a big fuss about the eyebrows, and coldly looks at everyone! ”

Everything Wu Shigong did in Nanjing Meilou has long had countless exaggerated versions, which have spread throughout the entire officialdom and Fengyue Field in the south of the Yangtze River, and of course Gonggong Luo, who is the eunuch guarding Nanjing Town, also knows this front-page gossip.

After listening to Grandpa Luo's words, Zhu Dadian smiled at Grandpa Luo very politely, but secretly thought in his heart: "You eunuch is too much to protect himself, and you are still thinking about this child's affairs, you are really vulgar!" ”

However, when Zhu Dadian saw Wu Shigong with Erlang's legs crossed again, his anger suddenly came up, and he immediately shouted angrily at Wu Shigong: "Doesn't Wu Runing know the etiquette in the hall? ”

Hearing Zhu Dadian's provocation, Wu Shigong reluctantly sat up straight, but still returned the word: "I'm really sorry!" I was by that fool just now. ”

Wu Shigong's words immediately caused the officials on the side to snicker, but these words made Zhu Dadian even more angry, his voice was also raised, and he shouted: "Benfu is here is a letter from Wu Runing, but when Benfu rushed to Fengyang, he found that Erjun was nowhere to be found, and now Wu Runing is late, what reason is there to explain to Benfu?" ”

"Lord Governor, Lord Guard!" Wu Shigong sat down and bowed to Zhu Dadian and Luo Gonggong and said, "When I learned that the Shaanxi bandits had invaded Fengyang, I was immediately anxious. In addition to reporting to the governor and the general soldier Zuo, he immediately rushed to Fengyang with his soldiers overnight. Outside Fengyang City, he fought bloody battles with Shaanxi bandits one after another, but fortunately did not disgrace his life, and drove the Shaanxi bandits out of Fengyang City on the night of the 23rd. ”

Since Zuo Liangyu dares to smear, then Wu Shigong dares to brag nonsense, anyway, he has always bragged and does not make drafts.

After that, I was afraid that the Shaanxi bandits would go and return. Therefore, regardless of the hard work of the soldiers, they followed the pursuit, and had a fierce battle with the Shaanxi bandits in the southern section of the Huai River, defeated the Shaanxi bandits, and drove the Shaanxi bandits to the south bank of the Huai River. Later, I learned that the governor and the town guard came to Fengyang, so I came one step late, and I can only apologize to the two adults here! ”

Wu Shigong's words made the officials in the hall dumbfounded, I have never seen a person who brags, but I have never seen such a big bull. Could it be that those officials did not understand whether there had been a battle between the Runing Army and the peasant rebel army near Fengyang? Could it be that this Bai Ding in front of him is trying to blow the peasant rebels out of Fengyang with his mouth, and he wants to take all the credit on himself?

Zhu Dadian also looked at the shame of the scholar in front of him in a daze. He found that every meeting he had with Wu Shigong was a challenge, that is, a challenge to the shameless lower limit of the scholar.

Zhu Dadian simply asked Wu Shigong to blow up the cowhide, so he then asked: "Since Wu Runing said that he was defeated by the thief army, what about the results?" ”

"Kill tens of thousands!" Wu Shigong replied casually.

But this answer almost didn't scare the officials in the hall. Tens of thousands? This braggadocio really doesn't hold your jaw up. So Zhu Dadian then asked: "There is no joke in the army, what is the number of people?" ”

"Where do you know this night? As soon as the battle was over, he was called over by two adults. I saw the corpses of Shaanxi bandits in the Huai River and on the banks of the river. I don't dare to say, there is always a number of 20,000! ”

When he saw Zhu Dadian, he still looked suspicious. Wu Shigong then emphasized: "Later life also served under the account of the governor. The governor doesn't know who he was born in the future, right? Late life never falsely reported his exploits! ”

It doesn't matter if you don't mention it. As soon as this topic was mentioned, Zhu Dadian remembered Wu Shigong's bad deeds. In Zhu Dadian's impression, Wu Shigong back then was not only a good man, but also a first-level hero of a friendly army! So Zhu Dadian immediately asked: "Does Wu Runing dare to let people verify one or two?" ”

In fact, at this time, Zhu Dadian still left a line for Wu Shigong. In Zhu Dadian's view, Wu Shigong's military exploits may have some. It's just not as exaggerated as he blew, so as long as Wu Shigong softened his breath, Zhu Dadian would no longer chase and fight. In the end, Zhu Dadian did not have a deep hatred with Wu Shigong, and it was not his intention to force Wu Shigong to a dead end.

Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong replied again: "Why don't you dare? The late-born sons fought day after day. I was already very tired, and I was also very injured in the Huainan War, so I wanted to go back to Runing to rest as soon as possible. Now there is a governor who is willing to finish up for the late life, and the late life is exactly what he can't ask for. ”

Wu Shigong's answer made the officials a little puzzled. Wu Shigong was not only not afraid of others to verify, but also handed over the work of cleaning up the corpse to Zhu Dadian. You must know that the heads on those corpses are all military merits! Didn't this braggart king brag?

But the brains of those officials are also alive. Even if Wu Shigong is a little braggartic, it seems that there is no doubt about victory. Even if there are no 20,000 heads, as long as there are 2,000 heads, it will be a brilliant victory, and for these guilty officials, it will be a great thing in the snow! Therefore, their eyes when they looked at Wu Shigong were much kinder.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the hall was a little wrong, Zhu Dadian coughed a few times to calm down the officials. Then he said to Wu Shigong: "The matter of Huainan should have been sent by Fuzi to handle it. If there is Wu Runing's work, Benfu will also play truthfully. However, just after beating his colleagues, Ben Fu will also be impeached. All merits and demerits are decided by the saints! ”

"It doesn't matter!" All the officials didn't expect Wu Shigong to answer like this, "Anyway, the late life is already white, and then impeachment will be a white body at most." It just so happens that I am tired of fighting in my later life, and I am light without an official, so I should go back and study the scriptures and strive for a gold list nomination! At that time, I would like to implore the Governor, an old-timer, to take care of the late birth or two! ”

Wu Shigong also ignored Zhu Dadian, whose nose was crooked, stood up and circled around, and then turned around and walked out of the hall. When he walked to the door, Wu Shigong turned around and said, "Remind the governor, that Shaanxi bandit is going to Luzhou." Later life also had to take his son back to Runing earlier to guard the Xinyang line for the imperial court. Also, those heads are nine and I am one! Late life, this is goodbye! ”

Seeing Wu Shigong's departure, the hall was silent. It wasn't until Wu Shigong disappeared that there was a noisy discussion in the hall. This maverick, kaleidoscopic military attache with ever-changing status, impressed those officials too deeply.

On the first day of February, Wu Shigong rushed back to Yingzhou with Tang Liu and others, and joined up with the Zhou Patrol Department with the captured and captured troops. Then he took the lead and rushed back to the Runing Army camp on the fourth day of the first month of February.

Maybe because he was fighting at home this time, Wu Shigong's family was extremely excited, and all the ladies saw Wu Shigong crying and holding him and refusing to let go.

Especially Wu Chengying's children, as soon as they saw Wu Shigong, they immediately cried and shouted, "Dad-!" ", towards Wu Shigong is flying over.

Wu Shigong's heart was very moved, other people's families are like newlyweds after a long absence, but their own family has a deep relationship between father and son after a long absence. So he hugged Wu Chengying in a stirred mood, patted him on the back and kept comforting him.

Unexpectedly, when he rested in Li Xin's room at night, Li Xin told Wu Shigong the reason. It turned out that Li Xin saw that Wu Chengying had grown up, so he invited a local Confucian for him to come to the mansion to enlighten Wu Chengying. That great Confucian teaching is quite strict, so Wu Chengying has long been full of grievances, and he can't get the support of his mother, so he is waiting for Wu Shigong's return to seek comfort.

When she arrived at Zuihou, Li Xin also complained to Wu Shigong and said: "Other people's families are strict with their fathers and mothers, but our family has turned upside down." The husband has always been a good person in front of the children, and the concubine can only be strict with Ying'er! ”

Wu Shigong was also speechless about this accusation, and could only comfort Wu Chengying's mother in person. After it was over, Wu Shigong couldn't help but scold his son in his heart: "This stinky boy! Want to be a truant veteron? See how I'm going to clean him up tomorrow? Let him also taste the taste of Father Yan. ”

But when Wu Shigong opened his eyes in the early morning, he had already forgotten what he had thought last night. It's still to have fun with the children and enjoy this rare family fun.

After Zhang Xianzhong's troops crossed the Huai River, they immediately faced the problem of food shortage, because most of their grain was left in the hands of the Runing army on the other side of the Huai River. Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong's department was eager to lay down the Luzhou City in front of him.

As the capital of Anhui in later generations, Luzhou is located in the central part of Anhui, located in the north and south, and is an important town in southern Anhui. The city wall of Luzhou City is more than two zhang high, and the thickness is four zhang. The moat is one and nine feet deep in the east and two and five feet deep in the west. Seven doors were opened. Heavily defended.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Dapu, the prefect of Luzhou, strengthened the defense from the 26th, organized the soldiers and civilians to build nests on the city, and carried bricks and stones to the city.

In the early morning of the 29th, Zhang Xianzhong arrived in Luzhou and immediately ordered his troops to surround the city and launch an attack at night. Wu Dapu, the prefect of Luzhou, led the army and civilians to hold on. The city defense of Luzhou is tight, the city wall is strong, there is a suspension bridge outside each gate, and the defenders of the city take turns to defend.

The peasant rebels bravely attacked, and the door panel on their heads approached the city, first burning the water pass, and then, digging the city wall under the city, passing through the tunnel, and storming the north gate of the moon city.

The second king, Zhang Jinjia, took the lead in ascending the tower of the city of Yuecheng, commanded the wall of the army to climb to the city, and started hand-to-hand combat with the soldiers and civilians in the city.

The failure of the siege reflected the lack of means for the peasant rebels to attack the fortified city. That is, after the defeat of Huainan, Zhang Xianzhong's troops suffered another major loss. (To be continued......)