"Shi Junmen, the reinforcements have arrived, and there are three hundred iron horsemen!"

The one who shouted was, of course, Wang Zhongxiao, who had the confidence to win!

At this time, he had already led 300 cavalry with 300 heavy and slow marches, and caught up with the 1,300 vanguard army led by Shi Lang and Cao Yin, who were dominating a big town and were eating and drinking.

More than 1,300 people opened more than 100 tables outside this town, and this table was the "labor army seat" paid by the local gentry, Wuxi cuisine, sweet and glutinous, chicken, duck and fish meat, as well as rice wine from the big altar.

Shi Lang's main table is made up of four Eight Immortal Tables, and the dishes are all made by the chefs invited from Wuxi County. At the same table with Shi Lang, as well as the five Qing dog officials brought by Wang Zhongxiao, Jing Chuan, Zhang Jingke, Wang Shengming, Zhu Xu, and Jiang Zixu were all doing it on the table, and when they saw Wang Zhongxiao flying horses, they all stood up to greet each other. Shi Lang looked okay, with a smile and a groaning appearance, not panicked at all, worthy of being a famous general!

And the five alternate counties looked like they were about to cry. They came to Jiangsu to be officials, but they were dragged by Wang Zhongxiao to fight!

That Wang Zhongxiao brought people to arrest him. No, when they were invited, they also said that there must be many Tongzhi, Tongju, Zhixian County, Pusher Officials Running Away or "Nothing to Do with the King" (that is, let the people of Aobai hack to death!) And they're just going to fill the gap! He also said that it was all good and short in Suzhou, and it could be made up for without spending money, but it took a big advantage!

But is this cheap so easy to take advantage of?

This TM is taking advantage of the worship! Will be hacked to death!

If it weren't for the "family, master, and team leader" sent by the creditor, several of them would have escaped a long time ago.

"Shi Junmen, how is the situation ahead?" Wang Zhongxiao turned over and dismounted, strode to the banquet, and before he could sit down, he asked a question loudly.

"It's not good," Shi Lang tried to put on a worried expression, "Just now, Mu Fantai sent someone to urge us to enter the army, and he has now withdrawn to Hushu Pass, and he has also packed up hundreds of remnants of the army, and barely held this banknote pass." ”

"Suzhou City is all lost?" Wang Zhongxiao asked.

Shi Lang shook his head: "No, it's not lost, the three major battalions in the north of the city, the Humble Administrator's Garden, Qimen, and Loumen are desperately defended by Zuo Yuanyang, the general of the Fubiao Chinese Army!" ”

Jing Chuan, one of the "Five Dog Officials", admired him, and praised his thumb: "Ouch, this Zuo Yuanyang is powerful enough, he can actually block Aobai!" ”

"It is really a blessing for the country and a blessing for the society to have such a general in the Qing Dynasty!" Another "dog official" Zhang Jingke also picked up the thumb brother and echoed.

Chen Jian, who accompanied Wang Zhongxiao, also took the opportunity to suggest: "This is great! Now that the third prince of Zhu was captured alive by Mu Fantai, and the three gates of Gusu City and the three battalions in the north of the city were guarded by Zuo Shenrong, it seems that the general trend of Aobai has gone, as long as our reinforcements arrive, Aobai will be defeated! ”

Shi Lang said with a smile: "Wang Guard, this official also thinks that Ao Bai is lost, or let's set off after eating, it is less than one hundred and fifty miles away from Suzhou. We will continue to travel day and night, and try to arrive within two days. As long as we enter Suzhou before Aobai captures the north of Suzhou, even if we hold a city gate, we can force Aobai away! ”

"Good! I listen to Shi Junmen! Wang Zhongxiao nodded heavily, "Let's finish this meal and set off to Suzhou to worship!" ”

Although he really wanted to pit Shi Lang, his plan couldn't catch up with the changes - he didn't expect that Jieshu's goods would travel more than 2,000 miles from Beijing to Jiangning, and he would actually walk for almost 100 days, an average of 20 miles a day. As a result, Shi Lang, who had been out of time for more than a month, arrived first with a thousand Fujian soldiers. He didn't expect Chen Yonghua, Wang Dacang, and He Tianran to be so able to fight! casually engaged in the "Pingjiang Riot" and laid down most of Suzhou City!

Now he can't stop Shi Lang from recovering most of Suzhou for meritorious service. And he can at least share half of this work! He is now the imperial guard of the third grade, if he makes another great contribution, how can he be promoted to the chief soldier of the second rank when he turns back, right?

turned around and fought with Wu Sangui, he wants to be able to mix up the general soldiers in important places, which is much better than being a spy in Beijing!

Outside the Changmen of Suzhou, the ten-mile long street, the world's first and second class prosperous and wealthy places, is now both bleak and lively. Xiao Se is because there are no more boats left in the river in the middle of the long street, and all of them disappeared overnight, and they are running really fast. And the excitement is because the shopkeepers and guys of those shops who can't run the "temple" are not doing business today, and they are all standing outside the store beating gongs and drums and eating pot pulp to welcome the king!

Oh, they welcomed the king, of course, the king of the Qing Dynasty led by Wang Zhongxiao and Shi Lang who was about to "become a dog"! The Ming Dynasty has been walking for two days, that is, from the gate out, taking four "heavy" boats, under the banner of "Ming Northern Expeditionary Army", the mighty and mighty along the river all the way into Taihu Lake. The merchants here on the ten-mile long street have seen it with their own eyes!

However, the matter that the Ming Dynasty has already left, but at present, it is not hidden, this is the cleverness of Zuo Yuanyang and Zuo Shenrong!

Now the governor, the governor, the military gate, and Wang Zhongxiao, the head of the big spy chief, led 3,000 elites from Jiangning day and night to make meritorious contributions! It's not for nothing!

This Suzhou mess is too ugly. The third prince of Zhu and Ao Bai's men did not have many people, quietly sneaked into a provincial city, and then made a sudden attack, almost effortlessly laid down most of the city, and also took down almost all the yamen and looted it, burned it on fire, and ran away by boat with the property snatched from the yamen.

And Zuo Yuanyang, a general of the Fubiao Chinese Army with thousands of troops, did not dare to fight when Prince Zhu and Ao Bai made trouble in Suzhou Mansion, and did not even dare to chase after Zhu San and Ao Bai when they evacuated, and had been hiding in the Humble Administrator's Garden to eat, drink and have fun with Wu Sangui's "daughter", and now he is embarrassed to go alone to regain the lost territory?

If he dares to do this, Duolong, the governor of Liangjiang, Ma Hu, the governor of Jiangsu, and Wang Zhongxiao, the chief of the sticky rod, will be able to make him unable to eat and walk around immediately. Won't you be able to defeat Aobai? Well, the next time you fight Wu Sangui, you will be the first pioneer general to die!

Fortunately, this Zuo Yuanyang is a smart official, although he already knew that the third prince Zhu and Ao Bai were gone, but not only did he not report to the top, but also reported for help, asking Duolong and Ma Hu to come to Suzhou quickly! Moreover, he also exaggerated the number of people and horses of the third prince Zhu and Aobai by twenty or thirty times, saying that they were thousands of rebellious soldiers and people!

All he was defending the north of Suzhou City with only a thousand people, withstanding the attack of thousands of people commanded by Aobai, and persevering until the reinforcements arrived, which was really loyal and brave.

In addition to studying how to write a report to fool his superiors with his Shaoxing master, Zuo Yuanyang has been actively contacting the chambers of commerce inside and outside Suzhou in the past two days - he has to raise money to reward the heavenly soldiers!

Although the third prince of Zhu and the "thief soldiers" of Ao Bai were "innocent in autumn" before, and they did not rob in Suzhou City (there were still many merchants who were robbed, but they were not done by anti-thieves), but it was 3,000 Qing Heavenly Soldiers who came back!

If the reward is not in place, the soldiers of Heaven will let the merchants of Suzhou know what is invincible!

"Shi Junmen, Wang Guard, Cao Guard, and the various chambers of commerce in Suzhou have raised 200,000 taels of silver this time in order to reward the heavenly soldiers. This is a reward for all brothers. There is another thank you for the multi-system army, Ma Futai, and General E! Zuo Yuanyang, who was ten miles out of the city to greet him, was accompanying Shi Lang, Wang Zhongxiao and others to lead the army into the city at this time, and at the same time introducing the enemy situation in Suzhou City.

The enemy situation looks serious!

"The thieves in that city," Wang Zhongxiao continued to inquire about the enemy.

"Anti-thief. The thieves also occupy most of the city! Zuo Yuanyang said, "But their general trend has gone, as soon as the heavenly soldiers arrive, they can only be wiped out!" ”

"Oh" Wang Zhongxiao was a little worried, "they, they still occupy most of the city?" ”

How is this different from the plan? Shouldn't they have fled into Taihu Lake? Could it be that Chen Yonghua saw that Suzhou City was very good and had bad thoughts? It shouldn't be!

"Guard, you don't have to worry," Zuo Yuanyang said with a smile, "The traitor is really almost finished. It's just about the 3,000 heavenly soldiers led by you, Ma Futai, Shi Junmen, and Wang Guard! ”

"Oh" Wang Zhongxiao understood a little, "Then can we catch Aobai?" You give me a letter. ”

"It's kind of difficult." Zuo Yuanyang shook his head, "Ao Bai may have run away!" ”

Totally understood! Chen Yonghua: They ran away early! It's just that this Zuo Yuanyang will be an official, and he won't "monopolize" the credit! Yes, yes, he is a good official of the Qing Dynasty! The bigger such an official is, the faster the Qing Dynasty will die!

Wang Zhongxiao asked with interest: "How many can you report?" ”

He made a head-killing gesture as he spoke.

Zuo Yuanyang stretched out a slap: "Five hundred!" ”

"Five hundred. That's a lot! Wang Zhongxiao said while thinking: The surname Zuo is ruthless enough! Actually killed 500 ordinary people and risked merit? Doesn't your conscience hurt?

Zuo Yuanyang explained: "Some of them were killed by the lower officials during the attack on the Humble Administrator's Garden, the stronghold of the third prince of Zhu, and the rest were either the rebels killed when the bullets pressed the ground, and some were cut off from the corpses they picked up. ”

That's ok. Wang Zhongxiao nodded and said, "Five hundred heads are doubled and reported, the emperor should be satisfied. Shi Junmen, how many are you here? ”

"Fifty," Shi Lang smiled and stretched out a slap, "I'll have less, fifty is enough." ”

The heart is not black yet

Wang Zhongxiao said: Won't you ask for more if you are a traitor? If you want so little, my master and that so-so governor of Mahu won't target you!

"That's okay!" Although Wang Zhongxiao was dissatisfied in his heart, he still nodded and agreed, "Then give me three hundred, it's not that I want it, it's the following supervising horse team and Fubiao horse team that want to score." ”

"Then it's three hundred and five, and there are six hundred and five left" Zuo Yuanyang said with a smile, "The lower officials will be divided into two hundred and five, and the lower officials' Fubiao Chinese army has suffered a lot of losses in this battle, and if it is too little, it will be difficult to repay the merits." ”

"How much did you lose?" Wang Zhongxiao asked.

Zuo Yuanyang stretched out his hand and pinched a "six", "There are more than 600 casualties!" ”

"Six hundred? So much." Wang Zhongxiao was taken aback at first, and then suddenly put away an exaggerated expression, looked at Zuo Yuanyang and asked, "Zuo Shenrong, are you settling the account?" ”

Zuo Yuanyang said with a smile: "Bad rules, there are 2,500 soldiers under the management of the officials under the bad rules in the army, and there are so many officials up and down, and a total of 20% of the empty quota will be eaten. ”

"Oh, then you're a Qing official!" Wang Zhongxiao smiled and nodded, "Kill six hundred, self-damage you here five hundred, my master's supervision must also be settled." Shi Junmen, what about you? ”

"I, I'm not the rule on our Fujian side," Shi Lang shook his head with a wry smile, "We rely on the sea to eat the sea over there." ”

"Yes, yes," Wang Zhongxiao nodded, "Shi Junmen, you are the Admiral of the Fujian Navy, so your loss this time is not small!" ”

"Not really!" Shi Lang regretted his face, "I knew now, why bother at the beginning!" ”

Shi Lang was originally a very good admiral, and he said that the ancestors were smugglers, familiar with the way, and they could make a fortune lying down. If he hadn't been bent on avenging his family, and he was shouting every day that he would train 230,000 sailors to level Dayuan Island, he wouldn't have let Geng Jimao and Liu Zhaolin (Governor of Fujian) join forces to give the pit - Dayuan Island is going to be leveled, how can others raise Kou, and how can they smuggle and make a fortune (in fact, it can still be made, but no one can predict the prophet)?

"Shi Junmen, then you can underreport a few casualties. Fifty of them! Wang Zhong said with filial piety, "Just go back and change your name and recruit it back." ”

"Okay!" Shi Lang smiled, "Just listen to the king guarding you!" ”

Wang Zhongxiao calculated again, "That is, he won six hundred, lost more than a thousand of himself, and arrested the third prince of Zhu. Considering that the opponent is Aobai, the emperor should be happy. By the way, what about the daughter of King Pingxi? ”

"Committed suicide by throwing himself into a well!" Zuo Yuanyang replied, "The corpse has been soaked in the well for several days, and it has turned white and smelly, do you want to take a look?" ”

Glance? Let Wu Xiaosu go and see? Wang Zhongxiao thought to himself: Forget it, it's ugly to die, don't scare Xiao Su, how timid Xiao Su is!

"But for now," Wang Zhongxiao shook his head, "just report it according to the daughter of the king of Pingxi. Have you searched the Humble Administrator's Garden? Is there any evidence to prove that Wang Yongkang is the third prince of Zhu? ”

Zuo Yuanyang shook his head and said, "How can you have kung fu to search?" But. The hands and feet of the people underneath are always not very clean. ”

"It's okay, I just haven't searched it!" Wang Zhongxiao said, "As long as you search carefully, you can always find clues, right?" ”

As he spoke, Wang Zhongxiao glanced at Shi Lang and Zuo Yuanyang - ironclad evidence proving that Wang Yongkang was the third prince of Zhu was carried by Wang Zhongxiao! As long as Shi Lang and Zuo Yuanyang don't get in the way.

"Yes, yes," Shi Lang nodded immediately, "Wang Guard, you are the head of the sticky pole, you are knowledgeable, you must come to this matter!" ”

As long as this Shi Lang is not involved in the matter of "cutting the Zheng family", his mind is still quite sober.

Zuo Yuanyang also nodded and agreed: "That's right, as long as the Wang guards go to search, they will definitely be able to find ironclad evidence." As long as there is ironclad evidence, then the big guys will have a way out! ”

This one is even more sober, he is a flag man, and he followed Zuo Mengeng to mix the preparation of the Han Army's Zhenghuang Banner. Can you still understand the things that are deceived and concealed?

And in the battle of Suzhou, if you want to check the bottom more seriously, you will find that the truth this time is that the third prince Zhu and Ao Bai led people into the city, and then killed and robbed, burned a lot of officials, and hacked to death a lot of officials and soldiers. No matter how you look at this, the court has failed!

And the only most reliable way to turn defeat into victory is to package Wang Yongkang as the third prince of Zhu who is like a fake!

As long as the third prince of Zhu is caught, this battle of Suzhou can be whitewashed as a victory, and the officials at all levels involved in it will be promoted and rich.

Wang Zhongxiao laughed and said: "If you search for evidence, there will always be it!" ”

When Wang Zhongxiao and Shi Lang "attacked" Suzhou City, the 1,400 troops led by Duolong, the governor of Liangjiang, and Ma Hu, the governor of Jiangsu, had already arrived at Hushuguan in the north of Suzhou.

Hushu Pass is not a military pass, but a banknote pass, that is, a checkpoint for collecting taxes, it was established in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been three hundred years now, and has developed into a prosperous town by the banknote pass.

After the unlucky Mu Tianyan withdrew from Suzhou City, he retreated to Hushu Pass and continued to "hold on to wait for help". Because Mu Tianyan, the political envoy of Jiangsu, and some big businessmen who do business in Hushuguan are "old", they can also raise a life-saving money from them.

If Hushu Pass can't be saved, then Mu Tianyan will have no capital to save himself.

Today, I finally waited for Duolong and Mahu, the two "strong reinforcements" with blue faces!

Duolong and Mahu were miserable by Mu Tianyan this time! Of course, he won't give him a good face, and the two didn't want to see him after they arrived at Hushu Pass, but later Mu Tianyan was ruthless and sent all the money raised, so he got the opportunity to meet the two.

Although he saw Duolong and Mahu, Mu Tianyan didn't know how to beg for mercy, "Multi-control army, Ma Futai, lowly this time."

"Don't talk about those useless ones!" Seeing Mu Tianyan's stunned appearance, Duo Long waved his hand impatiently, "Just one, is Wang Yongkang the real Third Prince Zhu?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, is he really the third prince of Zhu?" Mahu also asked urgently, "Tell the truth! ”

"This." Mu Tianyan shook his head with a sad face, "Despicable, lowly doesn't grasp him, he doesn't admit it!" ”

"What's the matter if he admits it or not?" Duolong's eyes widened, "There has to be ironclad evidence for this matter, and it has to be confirmed by Wang Shikai and Cao Yin, the two guards!" ”

"Yes," Ma Hu nodded repeatedly, "if they don't recognize it, we'll be done!" Saying that, he pointed at Mu Tianyan, "When the time comes, you go to the market, and I will go to Ningguta!" ”

"But, but" Mu Tianyan looked at Duolong, "Multi-system army, Wang Guard is your beloved apprentice, you can't say a word?" ”

"Is this what I can say in one sentence?" Doron glared again, "Have you ever thought about how much this has to do with this?" How is it in Suzhou now? Have they all been recovered? ”

"Almost."

Duolong said: "Then you hurry up, take Wang Yongkang into the city to discuss with Wang Shikai, and see how you can convict the case to death!" ”

As he spoke, Duolong glanced at Ma Hu again, and Governor Ma understood what he meant, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Multi-system army, I will go with Mu Fantai to talk to the king's guards!" ”

"Okay, take my film and talk to Shikai!"

(End of chapter)