After Gao Jie's death, he left behind a lot of wolves, which was not something that the Xing clan and Gao Yuanjue could deal with.

In particular, Gao Jie's nephew, Li Benshen, would rather risk being attacked by the Liaodong Army than come to Xuzhou.

This makes the mother and son, who are already in a predicament, even more passive.

Shi Kefa took this into account and refused to be Gao Yuanjue's father-in-law.

Not only was he not a stepfather, but he also ignored the embarrassment of orphans and widows, and made a decision that made Xing's face ugly.

"Generals, I will report to the imperial court and propose that Li Benshen be the commander and take charge of the old department of Xingpingbo."

Shi Kefa said: "Li Benshen has made outstanding achievements in war, and has the ability to command troops, so he will definitely be able to do this position."

"What? Let the white-eyed wolf lead the old department of the deceased husband?"

When Xing heard this, his face was full of shock.

If it weren't for Li Benshen hiding in Guide Mansion and refusing to come, their mother and son would not have fallen into a passive situation.

Shi Kefa not only refused to be Gao Yuanjue's father-in-law, but also sent Gao Jie's old department out, which made the Xing clan extremely uneasy.

"Mrs. Xing, it's not that I'm biased, it's that the situation is urgent." Shi Kefa said, glancing at Hu Maozhen.

Only then did Hu Maozhen stand up and said, "When the Shi Pavilion Department and I went north, we heard a news that Sun Yingyuan, who was stationed in Yizhen, was dispatching troops, and I am afraid that it will be detrimental to your family members in Guazhou."

The generals could not sit still, and they all stood up.

Shi Kefa said: "The situation is critical, I must go south to stop Sun Yingyuan from doing evil after dealing with this matter. Please think about it, if you can't put aside your prejudices for the time being and defend the city with all your might, not to mention the Liaodong Army in the north, even Sun Yingyuan will be ready to move."

The feud between Gao Jie and Sun Yingyuan at the beginning, as well as the subsequent developments, are vividly remembered by all the generals present.

Xing stopped talking.

Li Chengdong, who was the only qualified to speak, thought that he could be entrenched in the old camp in Xuzhou openly, and he also chose to remain silent.

In this way, a crisis was temporarily lifted.

Li Benshen was stationed in Guide Mansion as a commander, Li Chengdong was stationed in Xuzhou, Yang Chengzu was stationed in Xiayi, Hu Maozhen was stationed in Sizhou, and Guo Hu and Li Xiangyun were stationed in Shuanggou.

Shi Kefa first sent Lu Jiude south to stop Sun Yingyuan's retaliation on his behalf.

After all, Lu Jiude is Sun Yingyuan's old master, and he is also the master of the Beijing camp under Sun Yingyuan, and Shi Kefa thinks he can play a role.

Shi Kefa wrote a note, hoping that the imperial court would agree to appoint Li Benshen as the commander and lead Gao Jie's old department. At the same time, Hu Maozhen was assigned to the superintendent standard camp and listened to it under his command.

After such a long time of tossing, Shi Kefa can be regarded as a good learner, and he can't do it without an army in his hands.

Hu Maozhen also agreed, because he was the chief soldier of the standard battalion, he could get additional salary.

However, there is Ma Shiying in the court, and everything is in vain.

Ma Shiying is an expert in fighting insiders and outsiders. At a glance, it was clear that by doing this, Shi Kefa could stabilize the most powerful army in Jiangbei.

If Shi Kefa stabilizes, then he Ma Shiying will be in danger.

As a result, Ma Shiying rejected Shi Kefa's recital, and issued an edict on behalf of Emperor Hongguang, ordering Gao Yuanjue to attack the title of Earl of Xingping and lead Gao Jie's old department.

At the same time, he was crowned his confidant civil official Wei Yinwen as the right attendant of the Ministry of War, the governor Xingping Bobiao under the general of the soldiers and horses, and the military affairs of the defense and suppression of the German government through Kaifeng, which was equivalent to the number one airborne leader.

Wei Yinwen, like Gao Jie, is a native of Shaanxi, who once surrendered to Li Zicheng and later to Yang Chengying.

He was frightened by Yang Chengying's policy, ran away overnight, and went south to join Ma Shiying.

According to his "ingredients", maybe a thief can't say anything, but he is stunned that there is nothing to do, and he is exceptionally promoted.

Ma Shiying promoted him, not only because Wei Yinwen would come to things, such as impeaching Shi Kefa, but also because Wei Yinwen had been Gao Jie's supervisor (ornament).

and Gao Jie's six general soldiers are barely familiar.

However, this group of civilian officials, including Ma Shiying, did not understand that the best face in front of the military leader was strength, not relying on a mouth.

Shi Kefa was able to appease them because of Shi Kefa

Gain for them.

What does Wei Yinwen have?

Therefore, when Wei Yinwen went to Xuzhou to take office, no one paid attention to him.

There wasn't even anyone to greet him.

"How can it be that these commanders don't take this Lord in their eyes."

Wei Yinwen's face was hideous and said, "Pass the order and order the six general soldiers to come to Xuzhou to meet Lord Ben."

"Yes!"

The men turned and ran out.

Before he could run a few steps, he was thrown in from the outside.

In the real sense of "throwing", Wei Yinwen's subordinates were grabbed by the collar by a soldier and thrown into the yard, breaking the bones of this subordinate to pieces.

Wei Yinwen looked shocked and looked at the soldiers who walked in.

"You...... What do you want to do?"

"I don't want to do anything. I just want to remind adults that if you are honest as a puppet, you can still live, otherwise you ......."

"You dare to kill me?"

"How dare I kill the right squire of the military department, I only dare to kill a chicken at best."

The soldiers laughed.

Wei Yinwen's face turned pale, but he still wanted to play majestic: "Hmph! If you despise the court so much, it will not come to a good end."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar.

The soldiers had cold faces and walked directly towards Wei Yinwen.

The murderous aura made Wei Yinwen's legs weak and unable to move.

"General Sun!" A voice was heard, stopping the soldiers' steps.

The person who spoke was none other than Shi Kefa.

Shi Kefa continued: "Lord Wei has just arrived, and he doesn't know what is going on, so you will forgive him this time."

The soldiers glanced at Shi Kefa, but finally held back and retreated.

As soon as they left, Wei Yinwen came to his senses and shouted at Shi Kefa:

"Shi Gebu, these people are the loyal ministers and good generals you protect? Phew! A bunch of villains who don't know what to do."

Shi Kefa looked at him and sneered: "Lord Wei, since you are so hearty and want to do things for the country, then I will call them here and meet you."

"No...... No need." Wei Yinwen propped up the table with both hands, reluctantly got up, and walked to Shi Kefa.

Shi Kefa sneered and said solemnly, "Lord Wei, state affairs are like this, please bear with me. Just like when Gao Jie was there, he didn't ask about anything."

"Then I'm not going to go against Ma Shoufu's will?"

"Don't disobey, it's you who will die, not Ma Shoufu who is far away in Nanjing."

「……」

"Lord Wei, whether you listen to it or not, there is something I still have to say, the only connection between the imperial court and these general soldiers at the moment is only military salaries. Please put the affairs of the state first and help them get their salaries."

"What if I don't do what you say?"

"There are no eggs under the nest, and you don't have to wait for the Liaodong Army, and the adults will be dead on the spot."

Wei Yinwen heard this, hesitated again and again, and finally nodded.

Shi Kefa gave him a deep salute and turned to leave.

Wei Yinwen was a little moved and asked, "Shi Gebu, don't you know that I once wrote a letter to impeach you?"

"Yes." Shi Kefa turned back.

"You can manipulate those soldiers to kill me!"

"That's revenge for my own personal vendetta, and I, Shi Kefa, disdain it."

"You are loyal." Wei Yinwen sighed.

Shi Kefa drifted away.