Chapter 444

When Stilwell arrived at the battlefield, all he could see was the corpses everywhere, the wreckage of the burning carriage. There are also crows hovering in the sky, and wolf green eyes in the distance are constantly changing.

Seeing such a battlefield, Stilwell's face was whiter than the snow on the ground.

A whole division, with a strength of nearly 7,000 people, the main division of the Nanjing Forbidden Army. It was completely defeated in just one hour, and the soldiers lost more than seventy percent. Looking at it like this, there isn't much equipment left.

The opposing side even had time to clean up the battlefield and take away the bodies of their fallen soldiers and their equipment.

"They were blowing like the wind, and the bullets were more dense than snowflakes. Their guns were fired in bursts, and each had two revolvers ......! Pang Wanchun, the deputy mayor of the Third Division, chattered, like an old girl from the countryside.

"Old Pang! You're an old man from my father's generation, but I can't do anything like this. Forgiveness!

Come on, tie up Pang Wanchun and send it to Jinling! Stilwell snorted coldly, and someone stood up and tied Pang Wanchun like a dumpling.

"Virtuous nephew! Virtuous nephew! I......! ”

"Pull it down!" Stilwell didn't want to talk nonsense anymore, and directly ordered to pull people down. After the retraction, there were less than 2,000 soldiers in the third division who could still stand. There are so many people who have died, and someone has to be held accountable for this. Li Dingguo ran away without a figure, and Pang Wanchun was the best scapegoat.

After gathering the troops, Stilwell entered Luoyang City as fast as he could. He swore that in the future the march would never dare to spread the troops too far apart. Twenty miles is just twenty miles away. It is the distance between the three teachers and students and death!

In the past, I heard that the cavalry division of the Liao army came and went like the wind, but today I really believe it. It was too fast, and when the guns rang out, Stilwell immediately ordered his men to attack and meet the 3rd Division. But it was still a step too slow, and even the second division, which was the first to leave the city, lost more than 200 people.

The army in Luoyang City is marching!

"Young marshal......!" Li Dingguo fell to the ground with a weak leg.

"Get up!" Stilwell scooped up Li Dingguo.

"You have bad legs and feet, and you were still injured in Wanghaizhai to cover me. When you didn't push me, I would have been sent to the west by that bullet. "From the first time to train the first division of the Nanjing Forbidden Army, Li Dingguo was the backbone.

In the battle of Wanghaizhai, he successively saved the lives of Shi Kefa and Shi Stewei father and son. He was also injured in three places, and in order to save Shi Kefa, a piece of shrenchel flew over his head, only making a cut in his scalp. As long as the shrapnel is lowered by two fingers, Li Dingguo will be finished.

"Shame on you! But there was really no way, the Liao army approached us by means of a heavy snowstorm. Suddenly, it was like falling from the sky, and their guns were fired in bursts, so let's shoot one shot and shoot ten shots. The cavalry that struck like a hammer smashed over in waves. The hastily organized front collapsed in a few blows. ”

"Knowing that the blame is not on you, I have already arrested Pang Wanchun and will send him to Jinling tomorrow. You leave tonight and go back to Nanjing early to find my dad to do a good job. After a few years of hibernation, there may still be a chance. Stilwell took Li Dingguo's hand, and in his palm were two gold bars.

"This ......!" Li Dingguo was a little stunned.

"What are you doing, hurry up. There are a lot of people, and if someone sees you for a while, you won't be able to leave. ”

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"Is there such a thing?" Wen Tiren's eyes widened, and he looked at Cao Huachun in a daze.

"Really! Our family received a flying pigeon from Xiaolingwei, and it is estimated that the battle report will be transmitted to the capital in two days. "The Ming Dynasty is now an information society, and Cao Huachun, who is in charge of Xiaolingwei, is obviously a well-informed person in this era.

"Are Liao soldiers really that powerful?" Wen Tiren's brows twisted into pimples. I have heard before that the Liao army can fight, and in Liaodong it can suppress the Tartars without temper. Later, the Tartars were easily destroyed by Shi Kefa, and Wen Tiren felt that the Liao army might not be enough. Unexpectedly, this shot knocked out a division of the Nanjing Forbidden Army. And judging from the information Cao Huachun obtained, it was in front of several divisions, and a division was brutally defeated.

"The Liao soldiers may be powerful, but Li Dingguo's command is also at a loss. Our family has already paid attention to Li Dingguo's whereabouts, and if he sees Li Dingguo, he will definitely arrest him first. Elder Wen Ge, this is an opportunity. Cao Huachun's eyes were gloomy and compassionate.

"We must grasp this Li Dingguo, now Zhou Yanru's biggest reliance in Jinling is Shi Kefa. He holds the three divisions of the garrison Jinling in his hands, as long as he ...... against the water! I want to see how Zhou Yanru can still gain a foothold in the imperial court. Although he lost a division, Wen Tiren felt that this was simply great news.

The previous plan can be abandoned, so it is better to seize this opportunity to do a good job. He is already in his fifties, and his body is beginning to decline day by day. Wen Tiren: It's a hundred years now, it's too long, and it's just a matter of seizing the day.

It turned out that Cao Huachun was right, and only four days later the imperial court learned of the defeat outside Luoyang. All of a sudden, the impeachment of Stilwell flew like snowflakes to the center. These officials don't care who Stilwell's people are, such a good opportunity to brush up on their sense of existence, and I'm really sorry for myself if they don't brush it well. When the speaker doesn't impeach people, then the fucking one is still called a speech official?

The son was impeached, if the son can't be saved, the next step is his own son. In the face of the concentrated fire attacks of the officials, Shi Kefa calmly ignored them. Because behind him stood Zhou Yanru, the emperor was still young. The celebrant eunuch Wang Tiqian is Zhou Yanru's loyal dog. These two have a pipe chapter and a pipe seal.

No matter how many impeachment pieces there are, they will end up in the hands of these two people. In fact, they were the acting emperors of the Southern Ming Empire. As long as these two people don't speak, no one can touch him.

Sure enough, I stood still in the midst of the stormy seas. No matter how many impeachment chapters there were, Zhou Yanru refused to punish Stilwell on the grounds that the front line was tight. I was in a hurry, and I also beat the boards of a few young officials.

Wen Tiren was silent on this matter, he was watching, looking at how many people Zhou Yanru had offended for Shi Kefa. In this era, the officials scolded people, and they never fought alone. Gang crime is their usual style! In the same year, the teacher, the township party, the world friend, the relationship is set by the relationship, and the favor is set by the favor. Behind each official, there stood one or more important officials of the court.

Zhou Yanru made a decisive move in order to calm down the turmoil as soon as possible, although the impeachment of Stilwell was temporarily suppressed, but this person also offended a lot.

Finally, when Cao Huachun smiled and groaned again, he met Wen Tiren again. The old fox, who had been hiding in the hole for a long time, finally began to act.

Hearing that Wen Tiren came to visit, Shi Kefa was stunned for a moment. He didn't have any friendship with Wen Tiren, and as a member of the cabinet as a second assistant, the big leader was able to condescend to his mansion. What's going on?

"Oh! Xianzhi's study is elegantly furnished! "Greet Wen Tiren in the living room, this guy is going to visit Shi Kefa's study.

Ge Lao laughed, I heard that Ge Lao's study was full of celebrity calligraphy and paintings. The subordinate always wants to feast his eyes, but the affairs of this military department are complicated, and he can't always make the trip! "They are all people who understand, and Shi Kefa knows that Wen Tiren has something to talk to him about. Generally speaking, the study is the most guarded place in a home. Because the head of the family office meets with the staff to discuss confidential matters, it must be carried out in the study.

The servants were all sent out, and not even a single servant was waiting in the entire courtyard where the study was located.

Everyone was sent away, but Wen Tiren drank tea unhurriedly. While drinking tea, I admired the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and I didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

Shi Kefa was suspicious in his heart, but his face did not show it. After years of ups and downs in the sea, he has long practiced the ability to be moody.

"O Kenyuki! The official has also heard about Ling Lang's matter, so don't worry. Everything was Li Dingguo's responsibility, and Ling Lang's command at that time was not wrong. At this point, the old man believes in Ling Lang. The tiger father has no dogs! Wen Tiren's eyes finally took back from the calligraphy and painting, and sat on the chair to play haha.

"Thank you, sir." Shi Kefa hurriedly saluted. Although Wen Tiren, the second assistant, said that he didn't count, he was also the number two person in the imperial court. With his support, Stilwell could easily get through this time.

"It's just that Li Dingguo is really hateful, he lost his teacher and humiliated the country in front, and he fled in the back. If such a person is caught, he must be severely punished. I heard that in Liaodong, this Li Dingguo also saved Xianzhi's life? Wen Tiren looked at Shi Kefa with a smile.

Shi Kefa "groaned" in his heart!

Li Dingguo is not a person who is easy to show, and not many people know about saving the lives of the Shi family's father and son. How exactly did this Wen Tiren know? The man sent back by Stilwell had already dictated the events of that day to Shi Kefa. Shi Kefa also sent someone to pick up the fugitive Li Dingguo, but there is no news to this day.

"Uh......! There is such a thing, but the righteousness of the court is in front of it, and Shi must act impartially. ”

"I know that Xianzhi is a public heart! A few days ago, Gonggong Cao's men captured Li Dingguo in Jiangyin. It was a major matter of the imperial court, and the local Xiaolingwei did not dare to speak out. just quietly locked people up in a secret place, and waited for Cao Gonggong to announce them before sending them to Jinling. ”

"Dangchang" Two gold bars fell out of Wen Tiren's sleeve, and Shi Kefa's face immediately turned white.

The news that Stilwell had indulged Li Dingguo privately spread out, so this time it would be impossible to escape. Not to mention Zhou Yanru, even the Jade Emperor can't protect it. This Li Dingguo was caught by Xiaolingwei's people. Damn, Xiao Lingwei didn't just take on the errand of Jinyiwei, why is he so well-informed.

"What do you want?" Shi Kefa stood up, staring at Wen Tiren like a tiger in his eyes.

Wen Tiren didn't seem to feel the pressure at all, he was walking into the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War in front of everyone. If something really happened, he Shi Kefa couldn't eat and walk around.

"O Kenyuki! have been in the court all their lives, and you said that the old man is his age. One person is below ten thousand people, and he should be regarded as a very human minister. But the old man always felt that there seemed to be something missing in this life. You said...... Old man, is this insatiable? Wen Tiren looked at Shi Kefa, and there was even a hint of banter in his eyes.

He looked like a cat that had just caught a mouse.

"What does Elder Ge mean ......!" Shi Kefa's eyes widened, Wen Tiren was not small. If one person is not satisfied with the one person above ten thousand people, that is to say, he is not satisfied with the one above. Needless to say, that one is the richest man Zhou Yanru.

"Jade Rope has worked hard for the country during this time, and his hair has turned a lot gray. The old man always persuaded him not to be so tired and rest more. But he just wouldn't listen! When he was young, he had a lot of white hair, which made the old man feel distressed. Speaking of public loyalty, the jade rope can be regarded as the ultimate. But how can this huge burden of national social responsibility be carried on his shoulders alone?

I know that Jade Rope respects the elderly, and I am afraid that too much government affairs will tire me as an old guy. Sometimes I really want to share the burden for him, but he always shirks it. Ay......! The jade rope is really a true gentleman! ”

Looking at Wen Tiren, who sighed and worried about the country and the people, and Zhou Yanru, Shi Kefa wanted to pounce over and strangle this old bastard.

wants to seize power is so sincere, as if it is for Zhou Yanru's sake. In the end, he didn't forget to praise Zhou Yanru, and those who didn't know it thought that Wen Tiren was asking the elder Dunhou.

"Lord Shoufu is indeed a true gentleman, and the elder of the pavilion can only give orders if he has any orders. What Shi can do will definitely satisfy the elder Ge. "Li Dingguo is in the hands of others, and the pigtails of the Shi family are in the hands of others. Today, as long as the talks could not be reached, Li Dingguo was escorted to Jinling in front of the public. When the time comes, not only will Stilwell finish playing, but Shi Kefa, who is Lao Tzu, will also finish playing. You can't send troops to rob people on the streets in full view of everyone.

Even if you can't control your own son, can you still manage the million-strong army of the Ming Dynasty?

"Hooray Satisfaction! The people are satisfied! Hearing Shi Kefa's words, Wen Tiren showed a sincere smile.

"You are in charge of the Jinling garrison, and this army is meant to fight. If there is any turmoil in the court, the garrison will not care. If someone is out of order, and the garrison is mobilized for his own selfish desires, you must hold on and resolutely do not accept the order. You must know that the movement of the army will inevitably hurt people's lives. It's not easy to end up with a river of blood!

The army of the Ming Dynasty is long live, and it is also the people of the Ming Dynasty. Do you understand? ”

"No! Shi Mou strictly followed the teachings of the elder, and if there was a disorderly order, he ordered the garrison to enter the city. Shi will definitely not comply! ”

"I know that you are a loyal minister loyal to the public and the country, if you don't do it, you really can't find a second suitable person in the world. Oh yes! There is a man named Sun Chuanting in the north, who used to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry over there.

Some time ago, I abandoned the darkness and came over, and I estimated that I should go to Jinling in the next few days. When the time comes, you will have to be closer and closer. He knows a lot of secrets about Li Xiao! ”

"Sun Chuanting, he surrendered?" Shi Kefa was so shocked that his jaw almost fell to the ground.