Tongzhou Wharf is on the edge of the canal, so this wharf is still some distance from Tongzhou City. And this time, Tang Liu's fleet was transporting grain, so this fleet was also leaning on the special dock for Cao Yun.

Tang Liu's fleet was not empty, and he had to let the coolies carry the grain off the ship on the dock, and then be able to load Wu Shigong's army. Of course, it is absolutely impossible for a military attache like Wu Shigong to sit on a ship carrying goods. Therefore, Zhang Chunyu and Tang Liu also found three passenger ships for Wu Shigong.

When Wu Shigong arrived at the Caoyun Wharf in Tongzhou, the army stopped outside the wharf. The wharf was full of coolies busy transporting grain, and Wu Shigong now had more than 4,000 people, as well as artillery, horses, carts and other things, so he could not immediately enter the busy wharf, so he had to wait for the coolies to empty a ship, and Wu Shigong's army would get on the empty ship.

But while Wu Shigong was waiting, a military attache in the distance, with hundreds of soldiers, hurriedly ran over. He didn't care about Wu Shigong's army standing on the side, ran directly into the Caoyun wharf, and ordered arrogantly: "We have requisitioned these ships. ”

Tang Liu and He Fei on the dock couldn't figure out where this military attache was coming, they greeted him, Tang Liu arched his hand and said: "This lord, this ship already has a cargo owner, you are a step late, so I have to apologize." ”

The military attache rolled his eyelids and said domineeringly: "What kind of owner? We are the Qinwang army of Shandong, and we want to go back to Shandong. Is there any shipper more important than us? Let them all come down and wait for the boat to come. ”

When He Fei heard it on the side, he stood up: "This lord, we are also King Qin's army, so you can wait for the ship in the future." ”

The military attache looked at He Fei. Because Wu Shigong did not have any military attache establishment at that time, He Fei and his officers were not military attaches in the Ming Dynasty, so He Fei is not wearing any official robes now. The military attache understood He Fei's dress, combined with the information he had gotten, and the military attaché's attitude immediately became arrogant.

This military attache was a general officer under Liu Zeqing, a general of Shandong Staff. This time, Liu Zeqing also followed the governor of Shandong and the general army of Shandong to the king of Qinwang in the capital, and then also participated in the battle to recover the four cities of Yongping.

However, Liu Zeqing was not a person from the line of the Shandong General Army, so when he returned to Shandong this time, the Shandong General Army, who had the civilian brand of Shandong Governor, grabbed a batch of ships first and went back to Shandong with the General Army's own army.

However, Liu Zeqing was trapped in Tongzhou, and some military attachés who had the same experience as him sent people to wait at the Tongzhou dock every day, waiting for a ship to come.

And today, the people sent by Liu Zeqing to Tongzhou Wharf saw Tang Liu's fleet coming. The man was still a little clever, and he used a little money to find out from the people on the dock that the return of the ship had also been covered by an army of King Qinwang of the Henan Guard. However, the leader of the Henan army was only a garrison.

After hearing the news, Liu Zeqing immediately sent this Qian Zong, and he immediately rushed over with a large army, wanting to grab this fleet and go back to Shandong. Liu Zeqing calculated that his official rank was much higher than that of the garrison, and the number of soldiers was also large, plus he was a soldier, and the army in Henan was a military household, so he had an advantage in comparison. Besides, everyone is a military attaché, and if there is any lawsuit to fight, I am not afraid.

And this Qianhu is Liu Zeqing's personal soldier, and his temper is relatively short-tempered, which is suitable for the blackface job of robbing the ship.

So this Qianhu stepped forward and pushed He Fei and scolded: "What are you!" Get out of the way of Lao Tzu. ”

After He Fei followed Wu Shigong, he didn't suffer any losses outside, and after being pushed, he immediately pushed back angrily......

When the report was received and Wu Shigong arrived with the escort, the soldiers on both sides present had already formed a group. And the coolies stood from afar and watched the bustle. Fortunately, Mr. Qian didn't dare to make a move because He Fei had more people and was away from home, and He Fei didn't dare to make the first move at will because Wu Shigong's military discipline was stricter, so although the two sides kept quarreling and pushing and shoving, they still didn't fight.

Wu Shigong separated his soldiers, walked to the front row, and asked the Qianzong directly, "What's the matter?" ”

Mr. Qian looked at Wu Shigong again, and when he saw the color of Wu Shigong's official robe, he knew that the main owner was coming. This Qian general casually arched his hand and said: "This lord, the lower official is the person of General Liu Shen of Shandong, and now he wants to requisition these ships, and General Liu will arrive later." ”

Wu Shigong became angry when he heard the arrogant tone of Mr. Qian. He didn't talk nonsense with this Qianzong, and directly spit out three words: "Go back." ”

That Mr. Qian's eyes immediately widened and said, "How did this adult speak." We from Shandong have been in Tongzhou for more than ten days, and you from Henan have only been in a few days, why do you want to go first? ”

"There is a saying that the hands are fast, and the hands are slow, do you know? You Shandong don't say that you've been in Shandong for more than ten days, but you've been in charge of my for more than ten years. Wu Shigong's answer was also unceremoniously.

Wu Shigong's words also aroused the anger of the Qianzong: "Just your little guard, dare to talk to Lao Tzu about being fast and slow?" Don't say that Lao Tzu doesn't give you face, today's ship, we in Shandong have also requisitioned. ”

Wu Shigong also sank his face and said to the Qianzong: "If you want to requisition, that's no problem!" Isn't it easy for you to do this? ”

"What?" That Mr. Qian was a little confused by Wu Shigong's words.

Wu Shigong pulled out his katana and said contemptuously to that Qianzong: "Then fire and ah!" ”

Seeing Wu Shigong pull out his sword, the guards behind Wu Shigong also picked up the weapons in their hands, and some of the guards in the back row even began to pour gunpowder into the firearms.

Wu Shigong's actions startled that Mr. Qian, he didn't think that Wu Shigong would be so tough. Today, Liu Zeqing sent this Qian Zong to the dock, just to use his official title to suppress Wu Shigong, not to have a fire. That Mr. Qian looked at the murderous guards behind Wu Shigong, the hero didn't suffer the loss in front of him, and after throwing a few words, he only left in disgrace.

Not long after Mr. Qian left, Wu Shigong got another warning, and an army drove in the direction of the dock in the distance. Wu Shigong thought in his heart: This must be Shandong's army, so Wu Shigong immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert to prevent the Shandong army from robbing his own ships.

After Liu Zeqing got the information of the general manager who ran back, he was immediately furious, and he ordered the army to speed up the pace and rush to the Tongzhou wharf.

But when Liu Zeqing saw that Wu Shigong's army was already loaded with ammunition, and launched several cannons, aiming the muzzles at himself, Liu Zeqing hesitated. But he couldn't lose the battle, Liu Zeqing also ordered the soldiers to prepare for battle, and confronted Wu Shigong.

This imminent scene was immediately reported to the Tongzhou Yamen by the people at the Tongzhou Wharf. These days, the governor of Tongzhou has been in a hurry for the refugees outside the city and the army who want to return south. Unexpectedly, two more armies were about to catch fire, so he immediately asked people to prepare an official sedan chair and rushed to the scene with his entourage.

The appearance of the local officials in Tongzhou finally gave the two sides a step down. Under the contact of the governor of Tongzhou, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing finally took 50 guards each, and under the auspices of the governor of Tongzhou, they found a restaurant on the side of the road and began to discuss a solution.

After meeting, of course, we must do etiquette to each other and do some superficial work in officialdom. But when he heard Wu Shigong report his name, Liu Zeqing, who came with a fierce momentum, his face was a little cloudy.

So Liu Zeqing asked Wu Shigong: "Dare to ask Wu Shoubei, who is Wu Shouwen in Wu Zhi County?" ”

After Wu Shigong heard it, he understood that Liu Zeqing must know his fifth brother Wu Shiwen. So Wu Shigong immediately replied: "It's my brother." ”

Liu Zeqing wanted to affirm: "What about the Marquis Wu of Gongshun?" ”

"It's Jia Yan. The boy is not filial and ranks fourteenth. ”

Liu Zeqing immediately changed his face, and he said with a smile: "It turned out that the water washed the Dragon King Temple!" When the official was in Shandong, he had a very good relationship with Wu Zhixian, and if he knew that it was Lord Wu's ship, the official would not have been so reckless. ”

Liu Zeqing is a native of Caozhou, Shandong, and he has a characteristic that he is not very willing to let his station leave his hometown, and Liu Zeqing is also very willing to make friends with his parents, officials and gentry in his hometown, and wants to build Caozhou into a base of his own.

Don't say it, Liu Zeqing's approach is quite close to Wu Shigong's current approach. And Wu Shigong's fifth brother, Wu Shiwen, after taking advantage of Wu Shigong's military exploits, was successfully reinstated and transferred to Shandong, which happened to become the magistrate of a county near Caozhou.

Besides, at this time, military attachés, no matter how big their official positions and outstanding military achievements, always had some inferiority complex when they met civilian officials. Coupled with Wu Shigong and Wu Shiwen's father Wu Weizhong, he is now quite important in front of Emperor Chongzhen, so after knowing Wu Shigong's identity, Liu Zeqing also took the initiative to retreat.

Seeing Liu Zeqing climb up and make friends, Wu Shigong knew that Liu Zeqing would not use Tang Liu's fleet anymore. Wu Shigong no longer forced each other, but instead introduced Zhang Chunyu to Liu Zeqing, and asked Zhang Chunyu to find a way to get ships for Liu Zeqing's army in the future. In this way, the scene eased down suddenly, and Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing instead called themselves brothers.