Chapter Forty-Three: General Woba
However, Wang Juren saw that although General Meng's attitude was a little cold, he was still polite, and he also said boldly:
"It's down there. ”
General Meng took out an official document from his arms, and read it faintly on the repeater:
"Cha Gengzi raised Wang Zhongming, Zi Xiquan is quite talented, not afraid of difficulties, loyal to the country, and turned the tide, so he was awarded the county of Shangqiang. ”
After reading it, General Meng said lightly:
"Congratulations to Wang Zhixian, this official document was brought down by me from the state, and then we will live and die with Shang Qiang, I hope everyone can work together and make it more convenient!"
Wang Juren, oh, no, Wang Zhixian was already smiling with joy on his face at this time:
"General Meng is too polite. ”
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Wang Zhixian didn't know that after the submission he wrote a few days ago was sent out in an expedited manner, it can be said that it caused a great shock in the state capital, this side was originally hundreds of miles away from the coastline, and it was originally only the core hinterland, a safe area, foolproof, where did you know that the East China pirates would go up the river, and even this place would be attacked?
The first reaction at the moment was to transfer troops, but at this time, the troops were concentrated on the coast, and for a while there were no troops to adjust, so in desperation, they could only piece together such a cavalry army first.
And the location of the magistrate of Shangqiang County is also a problem, at that time, the prefect immediately wanted to transfer an old and heavy, and also a person who knew military affairs to guard Shangqiang County, there must be a candidate in his heart, and he was still according to the usual idea, how to deal with the vacant seat around Shangqiang County, a series of dragon fights made by subordinates, after all, it is recognized as a fat shortage.
However, the prefect was surprised to find that the best candidate in his mind actually "sued for illness" and closed his door!!
Next, even if the news of Shangqiang County's vacancy is released, his private house will be crowded. There is not even half a person - not to mention anything else, when Zhou County Commander competed for the position of Shangqiang County Commander two years ago, he had eight competitors——
You must know that at the same time, there are only six people who have the highest record of the top brand of Miss Fangfang in the "Colorful Nightclub".
That time was the sweetest time after the prefect took office, there was no one, it can be called a soft hand to receive gifts, counting money to cramps, and it can be called a door, so he has been looking forward to the time when Shangqiang County is vacant again. It's just that things are people, and when this moment finally came, the reality was so cold and cruel
Of course, the prefect is also an old fritter, and he quickly understood the truth of the matter, there is a way to be here and there, and there is a way to be an official for thousands of miles only for money. Why was the location of the county order of Shangqiang County so popular before, it was because Shangqiang County was rich in counties, and naturally it was a source of money. And it is still an upper county, with a population twice as high as that of a lower county, with plenty of oil and water, and great power. If you go there to be an official, you will be called a small prefect.
But now, the East China Sea Koulian county has been breached, and most of them have been looted. Then there's a fart of money!
This first cooled down half of the coal-like minds of the major candidates.
The next news came that stunned them even more, why is Shangqiang County vacant now?
It turned out to be a riot of the East China Sea pirates, and even the county government was surrounded and burned. Not to mention that most of the entire family of the county magistrate has died, even the adjutant or something! This is too damn too much! Who can guarantee that such a tragedy will not happen again after taking office?
At this time, Shangqiang County is not only poor for them, but also faces the terrifying danger of the death of the whole family after taking office.
Therefore, the prefect does not look at the problem from a dialectical and progressive perspective, but has been staying in the case of two or three years to analyze this matter, and there will definitely be an error in the judgment.
In desperation, the prefect could only insist on his own opinions, starting from the public heart, and took the initiative to visit the official he fancied, and told him how much he valued him, the friendship between the two, the deep kindness of acquaintance, and how dangerous the situation of Shangqiang County was at this time, how the people were in dire straits, how they expected him to take office to save themselves, and how they placed high hopes on him to turn the tide.
And then then
And then there is no more!
It's good that the prefect doesn't go, as soon as he goes to tell the candidate how the people who are still strong are in dire straits, the official he values is estimated to have gone through a series of complicated psychological struggles that night, and then hugged his wife, looked at his young son, gritted his teeth, and felt that he would forget it, but his wife and young son couldn't push them into the fire pit.
So, he fled overnight with his family and family.......
When he escaped, he learned that the government was a little unable to get off the stage, and his subordinates were a little dissatisfied. The vacancy in Shangqiang's county order is obviously a matter for the officials, so you push this matter to the top and let him send a wronged boss down? Why do you have to force yourself to send these people to death?
But the prefect also has his difficulties, if this matter is pushed to the ministry, the administrative organs above are slow to do things, and at this time, they are everywhere, they must be very busy, and it will take at least half a year to send a new county down, under normal circumstances, if there is any unexpected vacancy in the county, such as dying of illness in the yamen or the like, there will naturally be a county lieutenant to temporarily replace his functions, well, even if it is the magistrate, the county lieutenant has an accident, and the lord is thin!
However, Shangqiang County was served by a pot! If you wait for the officials to send people down, Shangqiang County is completely in a chaotic situation during the blank period of half a year, and I don't know what the situation will look like.
Therefore, the prefect was also helpless, sighed, and after reading the submission written by Wang Juren, he found his resume and looked at it, and felt that he was still eye-catching, and he was also a lifter, so he would not mess around, and it would not be too outrageous to be promoted, so he could only pinch his nose and admit it, and by the way, he comforted himself and said that there was still someone willing to come out as a director, and he was appointed as the magistrate of the county.
As for the rules of being an official in a different place, I can't take care of it so much. Wait until the war settles down, and then transfer him away, the most important thing now is to stabilize the situation in Shangqiang County, and we must keep the county!
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Next, General Meng carefully asked about the troop configuration of Shangqiang County, the number of soldiers and so on, his face looked even more ugly, and it seemed that the situation at this time was much worse than he expected.
After the banquet that followed, General Meng didn't say much, just like that kind of stuffy gourd, others said a word. He only said half a word, and the amount of alcohol seemed to be very poor, after a few drinks, he was drunk, and he vomited directly, making a mess on the table, and the people next to him hurriedly came up to help, and then asked his own soldiers to take him down to rest.
And when he was helped out of the seat, an even more shocking thing happened, the general Meng actually leaned on his own soldiers and cried. Choked up and sobbed:
"Regret not at the beginning, regret not at the beginning......"
When everyone saw this situation, they all looked at each other immediately, and they all looked at each other, why did the Imperial Court send such a pus. But it's not convenient to say it in person.
About a day or two later, there were acquaintances in this cavalry army who had good things, and the truth of the matter was exposed:
It turned out that the cavalry army that came to aid Shangqiang County at this time was originally pieced together. It was sent out in the middle of the training, and it was divided into three parts:
The largest seven or eight hundred people were brought by Meng Zhusheng,
The second was the former victorious army led by Captain Gongyi Gongdu. At this time this part of the population was the most numerous, a full six hundred,
In the end, it was led by Feng Heng, the captain of the previous Baisheng Army, and there were about more than 400 people.
This Meng Zhusheng looks like a, why can he lead this cavalry army? But it is because his family background is the gilded one who sent him down. If you talk about the kung fu under his hands, Xiao Meng still has two strokes, and he is not a complete straw bag, at least he is also a qualified cavalryman.
However, this Xiao Meng's personality probably has a lot to do with his father's over-suppression when he was a child, he seems cowardly, autistic, and not good at socializing with others. In fact, he usually manages this army, relying on four generals, these four generals are old, familiar, and have big hands.
However, not long ago, when Shangqiang County rushed into battle, Meng Zhusheng's order was very unpopular.
Because the officers below are all old soldiers, knowing that Mercedes is here at the end of the crossbow, horsepower is exhausted, at this time to rush as if to send to death, according to the usual table of this Meng commander, it is really difficult to convince people, usually can give you a face, but now they know the fire pit and still jump down?
Therefore, at that time, the two sides were at a stalemate, and Meng Zhusheng probably read too many military books, and he was going to kill people in a fit of anger!
Tsk, this murderous prestige also has to talk about the occasion, and it varies from person to person, and you use it as a commander who usually has no military support at all, isn't it adding fuel to the fire at this time?
Therefore, it suddenly fell into a stalemate, and Meng Zhusheng at this time also felt that it was difficult to ride a tiger, if this matter could not be solved smoothly, he would obviously not be able to stay here.
In the end, the generals who followed Meng Zhusheng also knew that there was only one way to solve the current deadlock, so they escorted Meng Zhusheng to dismount very simply, then changed into iron armor, and then began to form a charging formation with two or three hundred horsemen who could still command.
At this moment, I suddenly got the sore feet of the group of people who were clamoring.
You must know that the coach who leads the way and says "rush with me" and the coach orders "rush me" are completely different things.
At least nominally, Meng Zhusheng is also their commander, if Meng Zhusheng takes the lead in leading people to charge into battle, and the rest of the people don't follow, then the consequences will be very strict, even if it is a big trouble, the one who loses his head must be a thorn in the head of the trouble.
What's more, there are also regulations in Dongxia, once the main generals are all killed in the front, and the rest of the generals present are still alive, but they have not made any serious contributions (such as killing enemies in the same position), they will all be beheaded and buried by the commander, even if they kill the assassin on the spot, they will always be pushed to the end, and go back to their hometown to farm.
The situation at that time was obvious, Meng Zhusheng rushed down with the seven or eight hundred people around him, and he was bound to die. If he dies here, unless the surviving people defect on the spot, they will definitely be questioned and investigated by the above, asking where you were when the boss died in battle?
If Feng Heng and Gong Yi were still shrunk behind, then they would definitely have to answer: I'm cheering for the Commander/I'm applauding the Commander/We have a difference of opinion with the Commander, so let him sell his blood.
In this case, needless to say, the Military Justice Department will definitely let their heads fall to the ground, not only that, but even their family members and relatives will be reduced to slaves and sold, and the silver taels sold will be sent to the Meng family.
Therefore. Meng Zhusheng rushed this time, and the rest of the people also knew that it was powerful, so they had to rush.
However, in order to break the death situation at that time, Meng Zhusheng also paid a very painful price, as a pioneer to open the way, the casualties must be the most heavy, even reaching six or seven percent, and the damage is all cronies. And in order to cover him, three of the four generals around him also died, and the remaining one was seriously injured.
After this battle, the strength of the Meng family in this cavalry army suddenly dropped to the lowest point.
What's worse is that. After they rushed into the city, of course, they quickly figured out the situation in Shangqiang County, and naturally found that the situation in Shangqiang County at that time was quite peculiar, and it was not like Meng Zhusheng imagined that it would collapse at one touch. That is to say. After they came here, they could hide around the battlefield and patiently sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. While giving the tired horses some water, feeding them some hard ingredients such as bean cakes, fritters, eggs, etc., so that they can recuperate, and on the other hand, they can also find the best fighters to capture.
As long as there is a buffer time of an hour, the horsepower of the horses can recover about sixty percent, and at that time, if the whole army assaults, no matter what the impact power is, it will be two or three times as much as before, and it is unlikely that any horsepower will be exhausted, and finally it will be completely encircled!
After discovering this incident, a cadre of soldiers was very angry, and publicized it to everyone, and the words of "one general is incompetent, killing the three armies" were on his lips all the time, and Commander Meng's psychological quality was originally poor, and he was still autistic and cowardly, after discovering the truth of the facts, even he himself had doubts about himself, and he couldn't face the fact that the four loyal family members were going to die, and he was in a trance every day, feeling that he had killed these loyal people.
So he is a big man, crying out after getting drunk, but in fact, he is in it with strong sadness and gaffes, and of course double self-blame, in terms of current words, what he needs most is an excellent psychiatrist.
It was probably the third day after the cavalry entered the city, and Lin Fengjin was collecting and analyzing the intelligence outside the city, but the housekeeper of the Ji family strode in, stumbled and sighed:
"Childe, Childe, Childe, something is wrong?"
Lin Fengjin raised his eyebrows and said:
"What's wrong?"
Steward Ji said with a bitter face:
"Just now, the people from the Xiang army came to the house to look for someone, saying that the new soldiers were also placed on the side of the school field, and didn't you bring the horses to facilitate the groom's care and put them there? As a result, when those soldiers saw it, their eyes lit up, and they came up directly to lead them! Someone came to stop them and waited for them with a horse whip, and your guards were furious when they heard this, and they had already gone straight over.
After hearing this, Lin Fengjin smiled and said:
"Oh, I see, I'll take a look. ”
Steward Ji said in his heart, Young Master, how can you still laugh! These military men are all characters who are not afraid of heaven and earth, and it is a big disaster to annoy them, but they don't dare to say it, so they have to follow in a hurry.
This temporary county office is not far from the school field, Lin Fengjin walked about half a cup of tea, and saw from a distance that his horses had been led out by a group of soldiers, and they kept stroking and watching, and their eyes lit up. And the deputy steward of the horse prison was chasing a big man and kept pleading:
"Master Jun, I can't help it, I really can't help it, this is the group of subordinates of the Ji family's Lin Gongzi who brought it over to foster it with us, not the villain!"
The big man was probably tired of hearing it, and shouted angrily:
", it's his honor that your grandfather Zhao can take a fancy to his horse! I waited for my brother to drive 400 miles in three days to save you thieves, and he crashed into the camp of the East China Sea pirates without even drinking saliva, and killed hundreds of people, shouldn't he give some compensation?
As soon as the big man's words were finished, a slightly stiff voice came from the side:
"Just because you want to ride my horse too, do you deserve it too?"
When the big man of the Zhao family heard this, he was furious, and immediately stood up with his sleeves rolled up, turned his head to look over, and immediately found that this person was standing with his back to the sun, the sun was dazzling, and he couldn't see his face clearly for a while, but it didn't prevent him from scolding:
"Whose crotch is torn and your broken JB thing is exposed, why isn't grandpa worthy to ride your horse?"
As soon as the big man of the Zhao family started scolding, he immediately provoked the soldiers present to look at it, gather one after another, and even pulled out half of the steel knife on his waist to demonstrate!
The man sneered, and suddenly took out a longbow from behind him, and shot it with an arrow!
After this arrow was shot out, it was shot in the heart of the Zhao family man with a "pop", but this arrow should have broken the arrow, and the Zhao family man only felt a sharp pain in his chest, and he staggered back all of a sudden, leaning against the wall next to him.
The first arrow was shot at the left ear of the Zhao family, the second arrow was shot against his right ear, the third arrow was shot from his left armpit, the fourth arrow was shot from his right armpit, and the fifth arrow was shot at the center of his crotch, clinging to the two shaking things below
As soon as these five arrows came out, the fierce Zhao family man didn't know how uncomfortable it was because of the pain in his chest, and he suspected that his ribs might be broken, and he couldn't breathe, and secondly, he was pinned to the wall next to him by the five arrows, and he couldn't move at all like a specimen, and he couldn't catch it in one breath, so he turned his head and passed out.
Immediately afterwards, the person who came to provoke waved his hand, and suddenly saw more than a dozen people pouring out behind him, and they all bent their bows and arrows at the unlucky Zhao family man and shot over, and suddenly the arrows rained down, and the sound of the arrows shooting into the wooden plank was endless, and finally shot the word "death" next to it.
The soldiers next to them all opened their mouths wide, they were dumbfounded, and even had a feeling of dizziness, almost hard to believe their eyes, the funniest thing was that there was a military man, who was eating a bowl of noodles, at this time after watching the other party's archery, the bowl of noodles in his hand was crooked by most of the time, and the noodle soup and noodles inside were at least half poured out, but this person didn't feel it at all.
If it is ordinary people, it is okay, especially these fighting soldiers, they know the power of these people, especially the word "death" that is shot, not only shows the superb archery skills, but also shows the rare tacit understanding of these people.
The man looked at these soldiers in a daze, and said proudly:
"If you want our horse, you can, if you can pick me up with an arrow without being injured or injured, you will naturally offer it with both hands, but if you don't have this ability, you can roll as far as you want!"
Who the hell do these military men present mean? They are all fierce and domineering and arrogant, and they are bloody men, who the hell has the leisure to reason with you? However, these military men on the school field at this time can't be fierce even if they want to be fierce, because they have already felt a momentum from the people who came, a momentum that is even more domineering and arrogant than them! ! (To be continued......