Chapter 498: Revocation of official positions
Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Liangguang, was stunned after receiving the official letter from the Naval Division's Yamen, and urged the Admiral Yamen to send troops many times, but Chen Ba always found various excuses to shirk it, and Cen Chunxuan had already given up. Fortunately, the imperial court sent a large army to Guangzhou City to suppress it, even if Chen Baxian was unwilling to let the sailors participate in the war, Guangzhou City was saved.
Chen Baxian was too despicable, he was reluctant to send troops at a critical moment, and when the reinforcements were about to arrive, he wanted to grab the credit again. After reading the official document, Cen Chunxuan sent someone to send a letter to the Sailor Yamen, asking when the Sailor Yamen would send troops, but the answer he got was that the soldiers were impermanent, and when it was appropriate, he would send troops to attack the rebels.
Cen Chunxuan sneered after receiving the reply, Chen Baxian was reluctant to give a specific time, he must have wanted to grab credit when the Guangxi reinforcements arrived. Lord Cen was very disdainful of his behavior, and was ready to wait for the reinforcements to arrive, and send troops out of the city to attack from both sides, so that Chen Ba would not have too many opportunities to attack first.
"Gonghe, how long will it take for the troops from Guangxi to arrive?" Cen Chunxuan asked the staff.
The staff hurriedly said: "According to the latest information, it will take two days for the troops to arrive in Guangzhou City, and your Excellency is going to wait for the Guangxi troops to arrive, or wait for the arrival of troops from other provinces to jointly encircle and suppress the bandits?" ”
Cen Chunxuan shook his head and said: "Don't wait for the army of Fujian and Zhejiang, Chen Ba first promised to send the water division battalion to participate in the battle, and we will attack after the Guangxi troops arrive." ”
In the Admiral's Yamen, Chen Hao was writing a book, and he was writing a good news to the imperial court. The good news clearly states that he led the sailors to land by surprise and launched a fierce attack on the bandits besieging the city of Guangzhou, and the bandits were caught off guard and in chaos. Lord Chen personally led the troops in pursuit, killing 36,800 Inhuman bandits and capturing 13,400 aboriginal bandits.
This good news is obviously fake, because Chen Hao didn't command this battle at all, but it doesn't matter. After the good news is reported, the battle will be won soon. The ancients said that the temple is counted as victory and defeat first, and Lord Chen has already calculated that he will win before the battle, and he can also write the battle results in advance, which can be regarded as a genius through the ages.
After arranging for someone to send the good news to Beijing, Chen Hao led 6,000 officers and soldiers of the Navy Division Battalion to land in the rear of the rebel army, and then fired fiercely into the sky. The rebel army had already received orders from Xu Xueqiu and He Ziyuan. There was no resistance, just quietly watching the performance of the sailor battalion. The player's troops were ordered to retreat and not resist until the Mariner Battalion launched an attack, and many players were confused and couldn't figure out which one was singing.
Wang Laochuan was also stunned, he had calculated many situations, and felt that even if reinforcements from the imperial court arrived, he should be able to recruit some NPCs by fishing in troubled waters. But now that the Sailor Battalion suddenly attacked, Xu Xueqiu and He Ziyuan were not allowed to resist, which was very different from the scene he imagined. All his preparations fell through.
Wang Laochuan's brain turned quickly, and he quickly understood what was going on in front of him, this was the Navy Battalion playing with the NPC rebel army! The commander of the Sailor Battalion was Chen Baxian, and he must have discussed with the two commanders, pretending to attack the rebel troops and capture the rebels, and then find a way to save all the rebel troops.
Chen Baxian was too clever in doing this, not only did he have a suitable excuse to control all the Revolutionary Party NPCs, but he also made the Revolutionary Party owe him a favor. On the court side, he exterminated tens of thousands of bandits. has made great contributions, and maybe he can be commended by the imperial court. I've really exhausted all the mechanisms.
Chen Hao suddenly made many players empty, and they couldn't get a single NPC, but even if they understood the problem, they were helpless. Xu Xueqiu has already ordered that they are not allowed to resist, if they resist, they will violate the military order, and if they do something bad, they will be hated by the NPC of the revolutionary party, and they will also offend Chen Baxian.
The "battle" lasted two hours. Soon after the gunshots rang out outside the city, a soldier reported to Cen Chunxuan, and the governor appeared on the city wall in confusion. Because it was night, he did not dare to send troops out of the city for fear of the enemy's deception, so he could only send scouts out to investigate. However, the battle outside is extremely fierce, and the scouts sent out may have been ambushed. None of them returned, which made the Governor even more afraid to act rashly.
Chen Hao had already sent an elite army to ambush near the city gate, as long as a small number of soldiers came out of the city, they would intercept and kill, if Cen Chunxuan personally led the troops to support, the officers of the sailor battalion would also find a reason to persuade him to go back. After the entire "battle" ended, all the Inhumans disappeared, and more than 10,000 NPC rebels were all captured.
It's a bit of a strange feat, but it's not something to fault with it, as the player can be resurrected after being killed, and the corpse will disappear quickly. If the good news says that the NPC was killed, Chen Hao still has to take the head as a combat achievement, and the player who is killed will not have this concern.
After the gunfire stopped, Chen Hao led the sailor battalion to the city of Guangzhou, and said loudly: "Is the governor on the wall? ”
Cen Chunxuan ordered to light a torch, and after recognizing that it was Chen Hao, he said curiously, "Why did Lord Chen appear here?" ”
Chen Hao laughed and said, "This official sent scouts to investigate, and learned that the bandits were lax today, so they led the sailor battalion to launch a surprise attack from behind. Thanks to the Empress Dowager and Her Majesty Hongfu, all the bandits were wiped out in a net, and 13,400 bandits were captured. The lower officials came to say hello to the governor, the siege of Guangdong has been lifted, and the adults can sit back and relax. ”
Cen Chunxuan was surprised and said, "All the bandits have been wiped out? ”
Chen Hao smiled slightly and said: "If the governor doesn't believe it, you can send someone out to take a look, the troops under the subordinate are insufficient, and you have to arrange people and horses to escort the prisoners back, so you won't stay here for a long time, and take your leave!" ”
Cen Chunxuan was so angry that his teeth itched, this Chen Ba first claimed that he was a subordinate official, how could he have the appearance of a subordinate official. He came to the city gate and told him that he had repelled the bandits, and he must be showing off, but this Chen Ba was really not able to fight first, and he actually broke up tens of thousands of bandits with a few thousand people.
This result is a bit incredible, but Cen Chunxuan didn't doubt it too much, after all, Chen Hao's several big victories in the Northeast were there. He continued to fight big battles to win more with less, and his reputation for being able to fight in the imperial court had already spread, otherwise he would not dare to report such an exaggerated good news.
Cen Chunxuan's tens of thousands of people could only retreat, and they also needed reinforcements from other provinces, Chen Baxian only relied on a few thousand patrol battalions to destroy the bandits, and the governor was embarrassed. He regretted that he did not decisively send troops out of the city to cooperate with the battle, and now he has no good way, so he had to write a good report according to the results of the battle that Chen Hao said, but he said that it was the combination of the inside and outside of the city to annihilate the bandits.
The Empress Dowager Cixi received Chen Hao's report first, because Chen Hao had already sent the good news to Beijing for 800 miles before the war, and Cen Chunxuan was a little late. After reading Chen Hao's recital, the Empress Dowager Cixi said with a smile on her face: "Little Lizi, it seems that it is really right to appoint Chen Baxian as a Guangdong Navy Admiral, Cen Chunxuan still has a set of local governance, and the war is always a little worse." Tens of thousands of his men were forced by the bandits to defend the city, and Chen Baxian wiped out the bandits with only 6,000 people from the Sailor Battalion, which is worthy of being a man who can fight. ”
Li Lianying smiled and said: "It's all Lafayette's wisdom that has today's big victory, the slave congratulates Lafayette, congratulations to Lafayette." ”
When the two were chatting, Cen Chunxuan's recital was also delivered, and after reading the two similar recitals, Cixi said with a smile: "Chen Ba first said that he led the sailor battalion alone to exterminate the bandits, but Cen Chunxuan said that it was the combination of the inside and the outside to win." This big victory didn't have anything to do with Cen Chunxuan, as the governor, he couldn't hold it on his face, and it was normal to want to share some credit. ”
Although Li Lianying also accepted Chen Hao's filial piety, he had a better relationship with Cen Chunxuan, so he defended Cen Chunxuan: "Lafayette, the slave thinks that Master Chen is a capable person, but he is always younger, and it is possible that he ignores Lord Cen in the city because of his great achievements. ”
The Empress Dowager Cixi said lightly: "Chen Baxian is young, but he has earned a lot of genuine military merits, and he is not like a person who can take merits. In his excerpt, he said that although those revolutionary parties should be punished, it was too cheap to kill them like this, and they were ready to be sent to remote places in the South Seas, what do you think? ”
Li Lianying helped Cen Chunxuan just now, and now he felt that it was time to repay Chen Hao's bribe, so he smiled and said: "Lord Chen has thought about it very properly, he built a shipyard after Nanyang, and he just needs labor. After these revolutionary party bandits arrived in Nanyang, as long as he took strict care of them, they should not be able to stir up any storms. ”
The Empress Dowager Cixi nodded and said, "Then it's decided!" Regardless of whether Cen Chunxuan has credit this time, Chen Baxian's credit is still the greatest, how should the mourning family reward him? Cen Chunxuan is not good at fighting, and Liangguang is a place where bandits are frequent, how about I plan to remove Cen Chunxuan and let Chen Baxian serve as the governor of Liangguang? ”
Li Lianying was shocked and said: "Queen Mother, Lord Cen also has meritorious service in defending the land, in order to reward Lord Chen Baxian, it is not appropriate to remove his official position, right?" ”
The Empress Dowager Cixi opened the Buddhist scripture in front of her, handed a photo to Li Lianying and said: "Cen Chunxuan's wings are stiff, if you don't change his position, I won't feel at ease in this Forbidden City, this matter is settled." However, Chen Baxian is always too young, if he is appointed as the governor of Liangguang, I am afraid that many people will oppose it, so let's see the situation when the time comes! ”
The Empress Dowager Cixi handed Li Lianying a photograph of PS, and Li Lianying was also shocked when she saw Cen Chunxuan and Liang Qichao taking pictures together. He didn't react for a while that there was a problem with the photo, but he didn't dare to persuade the Empress Dowager Cixi to dispel her thoughts, and went down to ponder with the photo.
At the court meeting the next day, the Empress Dowager Cixi dismissed him from his post as governor of Liangguang under the pretext that Cen Chunxuan's ineffective suppression led to the rampant bandits in Liangguang. Only Li Lianying knew that the Empress Dowager Cixi withdrew Cen Chunxuan not because of a national event, but because of a PS photo. (To be continued......)