The Red Mansions

Chapter 546 General, you can report victory to the imperial court!

Chapter 546 General, you can report victory to the imperial court!

Runing Mansion, Fuzhi, Ruyang County

The county seat was still in the hands of the imperial court the day before yesterday, but yesterday evening, Wei Dengming, the county magistrate, had just had a drink with Xinna's concubine when he was summoned by the county magistrate, saying that it was Mr. ordnance.

But when he arrived at the official office, he saw Qian Yushan, the magistrate of Runing, leading a group of Henan generals in military uniforms, and suddenly took down all the officials who had gathered, such as the prefect of Runing Tongzhi, Tong San, and the county magistrate of Ruyang County.

Then, it was discovered that bandits pretended to be officers and soldiers and earned the capital.

It was nearly noon, and Gao Yue was sitting in the yamen hall, looking at Mr. Shao who was counting the books, and asked, "Sir."

Shao Yingchen put down the brush in his hand, raised his head from the pile of books, shook his head, and said, "General, there is not much food, fodder, gold and silver in the treasury of Ruyang Prefecture. Famine, the people are in dire straits, and the treasury of the government government is running out of rats. However, Qian Yushan, the magistrate of Runing Prefecture, and the officials in the government have a lot of money and wealth, but there are many people who are greedy for money and money, and these are filled into the military pay, which can barely support nearly ten thousand troops. Give."

A few days ago, Gao Yue's troops opened the treasury in Luoshan County, and distributed food, gold and silver to the poor people. Now Gao Yue's troops have a core of four or five thousand bandits as the backbone, which has doubled. The number of bandits or "rebels" close to [-] people.

At this moment, the personal guard Ma Liang entered the official hall, cupped his hands and said, "General, the eighth brother is back."

At this moment, Wei Song, who was full of blood and had a fierce face, led a few men, striding forward from the outside, with a happy face, he clasped his fists and said, "Brother, the Nanyang and Yingchuan officials who came to help have already arrived." Destroy them all."

A smile appeared on Gao Yue's dark face, and he said: "Now, we don't have to worry about the future anymore, maybe we can go straight to Kaifeng and take down the provincial capital!"

When all the generals heard the words, they all showed joy on their faces.

As he said that, he looked at Shao Yingchen and said in a low voice: "Sir, what do you think the next step should be? Is it not too late, or wait until all the counties in Runing Prefecture are broken together, and then worry about it. By the way, we have to block the news. It is best to take Kaifeng quietly, and then take Luoyang without anyone noticing."

Shao Yingchen shook his head, poured cold water on Gao Yue, and said, "General, I'm afraid it's not easy to block the news, because Kaifeng is a big city with a large population and a large number of government offices. It is impossible to block the news with tens of thousands of soldiers, and our purpose is not only to occupy Kaifeng, but to coerce refugees and make a big noise."

Gao Yue paused for a moment, and said: "What you said makes sense, Ruyang County can block the news for a short time, but it's impossible for a big city like Kaifeng."

Shao Yingchen nodded, and said: "Actually, even Runing Mansion can't hide it for too long. At this time, the news has probably spread to the surrounding counties, and it's not even just in the Henan prefectures. After a while, Huainan Both Huguang and Huguang may receive news from the Runing Mansion, and after we occupy Kaifeng, we will open warehouses to release grain and set up uprising flags, so that the rural heroes of the land of Weiluo will gather."

It is not impossible for the news to spread to other prefectures and counties. For example, the news of the fall of Luoshan County may have spread to Huguang and other places along with merchants who fled to other places.

Shao Yingchen said, and solemnly reminded: "If you don't raise the uprising flag as soon as possible, you will lose the majestic and righteous way of advocating righteous actions, and you won't even be able to sweep Henan and shake the world."

This is to advise Gao Yue not to indulge in such deceitful tricks.

Gao Yue's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Shao, in this way, once the Kaifeng mansion is broken, the court will soon know the news."

Shao Yingchen nodded, and said: "So, at present, we still need to hide the truth, interfere with the judgment of the Shenjing court, and buy time for us to win Kaifeng."

After leaving the county government of Runing Prefecture, Shao Yingchen found that the news could no longer be blocked.

Without him, after all, the prefecture governs the county, and it is impossible for Gao Yue's subordinates to control the entire Runing Mansion. Otherwise, what kind of control ability is this?

"I would like to hear the details." Gao Yue said with a face-lifting face.

Shao Yingchen looked aggressively and said, "General, you can report victory to the imperial court!"

Gao Yue was stunned for a while when he heard the words, and then his eyes lit up, realizing that this strategy was so ingenious, he asked, "What do you mean, sir?"

Mr. Shao's eyes were faintly moving, his voice was clear, and he said: "General, you can report victory to the imperial court in the name of the capital of Henan and the capital of the Fifth Army, and say that the Henan government and army have won a big victory in suppressing the bandits and captured the relevant bandit leaders. Send the capital to the capital! At that time, the news of the victory will reach Shenjing, and the princes of the court must be ecstatic. First, I will calmly attack Kaifeng, and second, I can delay it for a few days. Set up the uprising flag, open the treasury, and recruit heroes Recruit soldiers, and then try to attack Luoyang, sweeping the Central Plains, if all the princes in the temple are as stupid as pigs and dogs, Luoyang might not be owned by the general! At that time, God will not take it, and it will be blamed instead!"

Speaking of which, what made Gao Yue secretly resentful was that the Zhao brothers who were entrenched around Mangshan Mountain in Luoyang did not respond to Gao Yue's troops.

According to Shao Yingchen's analysis, it was clear that the Zhao brothers saw that Luoyang was surrounded by heavy imperial guards and hoped that the news of Gao Yue's attack would shock the officials and troops, and then Luoyang would send troops to help them.

Play a good abacus!

Listening to Shao Yingchen's explanation, Gao Yue also figured out some flavors, and said happily: "Mr.

Ma Liang and the others also admired them secretly. Ever since this Mr. Shao entered their cottage a few years ago, he felt that if the master had the help of a god, he would now sweep the Central Plains.

Shao Yingchen walked to the map hanging in the Ming Hall, looked at Luoyang and other places, and persuaded him again: "However, if the imperial court responds quickly, the general should not go east to Luoyang, and play "Fengtian Advocate Justice, Anti-Han Fuming" on the spot in Kaifeng Mansion." "The flag, when the heroes and righteous men of the northern provinces heard of it, they would surely respond, and the scene of winning the food would be followed, and the flames of war would be everywhere, and the smoke of war would rise everywhere. "

"Luoyang... always try." Gao Yuexu was shocked by the blueprint drawn by Shao Yingchen, and said, "If you occupy the big city of Luoyang, block the passes and cut off the water transportation, sir, then the court of Chen and Han will definitely be shaken!"

There are some things that make me excited just thinking about them. Luoyang is an ancient capital in history. If he occupies the big city of Luoyang, his name of Gao Yue will surely resound throughout Kyushu!

Seeing this, Mr. Shao's eyes flickered, but his heart was not so optimistic.

In his opinion, instead of going to Luoyang, it is better to go directly south to Huainan after staying in Kaifeng.

But in the past few days, Xu's victory was too easy, which made everyone dazzled, but if the court was slow to respond, Luoyang could try it.

Listening to Shao Yingchen's explanation of the situation in Henan, Gao Yue ordered without hesitation, "Ma Liang, go and bring Qian Yushan and the others over."

If you want to report victory to Henan, how can you miss these three guys?

Only the success report with the joint title of these three people can win the trust of the Chen Han court!

Ma Liang clasped his fists in response, promised loudly, and then led the people to bring Niu Jizong, Qian Yushan, and Guo Peng to the Yatang.

At this time, Runing prefect Qian Yushan's face was pale, and his heart was filled with extreme fear.

At the moment, Guo Peng's mouth is black and blue, his nose is bruised and his face is swollen. It is obvious that he has suffered a lot these days.

But Niu Jizong's situation is better, because of his previous "knowledge of current affairs", he has not suffered any serious crimes in the past few days, but his face is gloomy and uncertain, and he doesn't know what he is thinking.

Gao Yue looked around the three of them, and his cold eyes first fell on the face of Qian Yushan, the magistrate of Runing, and asked with great interest: "Master Qian, this is your mansion, revisiting the old place, how does it feel to be a prisoner?" ?”

Qian Yushan knelt on the ground at this moment, raised his face, and said with a smile: "King Gao, now the Runing Mansion is completely occupied by the king, can you let the little one out?"

Guo Peng closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to see the servile and ugly Qian Yushan.

Gao Yue said: "Your Majesty Qian, I will be troublesome later."

Gao Yue smiled lightly and said, "Guo Dushuai, there is one more thing to ask."

Guo Peng stiffened his neck, closed his eyes tightly, and said nothing.

Wei Song let out a grin, and kicked Guo Peng violently in the abdomen. The high-ranking general of Henan Dusi let out a muffled grunt, bleeding from his mouth and nose, and his face was pale.

Qian Yushan hurriedly called out, "Guo Dushuai."

But it's a bit unbearable, of course it's more like looking for someone of the same way after betrayal.

Qian Yushan looked slightly anxious, then stared at Gao Yue, and said: "What orders does King Gao have, please speak frankly, I am willing to do my best."

"Write a good report, and say that the army has won a big victory, wiped out us in one fell swoop, sent Gao Mou to the capital, and ordered to be punished." Gao Yue said directly, with a calm face, without showing off.

Qian Yushan and Niu Jizong: "???"

At this time, Guo Peng opened his eyes, and said with a sneer, "Fantasy! This is deceiving the imperial court, a huge crime! It is not an exaggeration to confiscate the family and exterminate the family, Qian Yushan, General Niu..."

He was beaten the day before yesterday, so he forced to write a military order, which was already a big mistake. Unfortunately, the commander of the Nanyang Guard was so stupid that he didn't realize that the wording and seal of his military order were different from the previous order, so he still sent troops to come, but was rejected. It is really hateful to be ambushed by people.

But in the past, even if he wrote the warrant, he could still escape the crime of defeating the army. In the end, even if the court inquired about the crime, he would be the only one who died. But now if he deceives the court, if the situation in Henan further deteriorates, it is the crime of exterminating the whole family. We must be buried with him!

"Boom." Before Guo Peng could finish speaking, Wei Song kicked Guo Peng to the ground, kicked the general of the Henan Dusi to the ground, then picked up a sharp knife, thrust it into Guo Peng's neck, and said with a grinning smile. "Guo Dushuai, how many brothers did you kill us in Huguang back then? Have you ever imagined that today? If you don't obey me, I will cut off your flesh piece by piece!"

Guo Peng was bleeding from his mouth and nose at the moment, looked at Wei Song coldly, and said vaguely: "I am waiting for you below."

Seeing this, Gao Yue's expression changed slightly, and he said urgently, "Stop him!"

However, the incident happened in a hurry, and it was too late. Guo Peng shouted angrily, slammed his neck, and slammed into the tip of the knife against his neck.

"Pfft!"

The neck was pierced by a sharp knife, Guo Peng groaned in pain, twitched, and fell to the ground.

At this moment, Shao Yingchen suddenly became startled, his face darkened, he was sitting behind the screen, but suddenly stood up, looking at the scene of suicide in surprise, his heart was inexplicably shocked.

Wei Song was caught off guard at this time, and his face was not good-looking. He looked down at the blood soaked in his clothes and cursed bad luck.

Gao Yue's expression was already ashen, with blue veins on his brows, his face as black as the bottom of a pot, glaring at Wei Song like a diamond, and a wave of hunting and hunting energy swept over like a mountain roaring and tsunami, which shocked Wei Song and shouted angrily. Ru Lei: "Who told you to take out the knife?"

"Brother, I..." Wei Song was tongue-tied, faltering, speechless.

Affection breaks the big deal.

At this time, Ma Liang quickly persuaded him: "Brother, this guy surnamed Guo just wanted to die. Even if he didn't have an eighth brother, he would still try to commit suicide. It's not a pity to die when the court eagles and dogs have made it clear that they will go to the dark."

Gao Yue suppressed the anger in his heart, his face was gloomy, and he snorted coldly.

At this time, everyone is dead, and it is really not appropriate to hurt my brother's heart because of this matter.

Niu Jizong's face was low and pale, and he was already frightened like a sieve. He looked at Guo Peng, the commander of Henan Province, who fell down in the government hall, with half of his cheek on the ground, and a pool of blood gurgling from his neck. His heart was both shocked and terrified. .

"Sir." Gao Yue felt a headache, and turned to look at Shao Yingchen, asking for advice.

Now that the commander of the Henan Dusi is dead, it will be difficult to win people's trust if you want to write a newspaper for the Jiejun.

Shao Yingchen also sighed with emotion, his face paused, and he said in a deep thought: "Marshal, use his seal, imitate handwriting to write an official document and deliver it to Shenjing. Although it is easy to be discovered, it is better than nothing."

Gao Yue frowned and said, "Can this win the trust of the court?"

Shao Yingchen shook his head and said: "It's only a matter of time if you can be fooled for a while. In addition, let Niu Jizong, who was from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, write a memorial to invite credit and send it to the court. This way, one can be correct and one can be mutually corroborated. Believe it a little, but in fact, you can’t hide it from smart people, but that’s all there is to it.”

Hearing this, Gao Yue nodded and said, "Then follow Mr.'s plan."

Then after saying this, he stared at Guo Peng and said coldly: "The Chen Han court has become so corrupt, and they were buried for him. It's so stupid. Let this person take the head of the same person as the judge, the judge, and others of the Runing Mansion. The heads are hung on the flagpoles outside the official office together!"

With the destruction of Runing Mansion, apart from Qian Yushan, the magistrate of Runing, and some low-ranking officials who were able to save their lives, the Tongzhi, Tongju and other officials of Runing Mansion were ransacked and beheaded, which naturally won the hearts of the people of Runing.

As soon as this remark came out, Wei Song, who had a gloomy expression outside the yamen hall, breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately Gao Yue turned his attention to Niu Jizong again, and asked, "Lord Niu, you are an honorable man of the country, and you have made great achievements in suppressing the bandits, so you should write an invitation to the court to describe the war, how about it?"

Niu Jizong was crying secretly at this moment, and said: "This... this old cow can't write. Zuo Shu, usually someone else catches the knife."

Gao Yue said coldly: "If that's the case, it's useless to keep Lord Niu."

He doesn't believe in any nonsense about grabbing a knife.

Niu Jizong's face turned pale, his heart filled with fear, and he was in a dilemma for a while.

Gein, there is great terror between life and death!

At this time, Shao Yingchen said in a deep voice: "If your Excellency helps to sign this victory report, it will completely draw a line with the imperial court. How about being a servant of the dragon with the general at that time?"

Niu Jizong's expression changed, and he was a little at a loss.

Damn, he is the founder of the country, what else is he doing as a minister of the dragon?

"Your Majesty Qian, don't just look at it, try to persuade Lord Niu." Gao Yue turned his head to look at Qian Yushan.

Qian Yushan laughed along with him, fearful in his heart, and said: "Master Niu, the green hills left behind are here, so I'm not afraid that there will be no firewood for burning. Is it not to sacrifice one's life for whom?"

After all, under Qian Yushan's persuasion, Niu Jizong borrowed the donkey from the slope. Compared with the extermination of the three clans in the future, it is still in the future, and the immediate danger of life is obviously even more imminent.

So a military newspaper and a memorial to invite credit were concocted by Mr. Shao, and sent to the capital by two shrewd men.

……

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Time flies, and before you know it, another five or six days have passed.

Six days ago, under the assignment of Jia Heng, the governor of Jinyi Mansion personally led a team, riding fast horses, traveling day and night to Henan, part of them went to visit Runing Mansion, and some went to Kaifeng Mansion.

As for the [-]th Regiment Battalion of the Beijing Camp, it was like a geared machine, running at high speed, and began to use the opportunity of training to mobilize cavalry for training.

Within a few days, Jia Heng, ignoring the outside noise of impeachment, went to the Beijing camp with Princess Xianning.

And sure enough, as Jia Heng expected, Emperor Chongping withheld all the memorials impeaching Jia Heng and Jin Liu. More than ten memorials began to be delivered to the Secretary of the General Administration, which was about to drown Jia Heng in his saliva.

The content of the impeachment memorials is the same, and there is nothing to mention. Most of them impeach Jia Heng for being domineering and arbitrarily wielding power.

However, Gong Yanming, the censor of the Yunnan Province, had the sharpest impeachment memorial. The impeachment memorial was full of flowers, and there were three consecutive memorials. He impeached Jia Heng, Qin Ye, and Jia Zheng, and accused Jia Heng of ulterior motives. Zhang Ruchao and Gong Yanming, the imperial censor of the Yunnan Dao, have gained a great reputation among their colleagues in the Dao.

Because Jia Heng didn't pay any attention to it, he didn't even write a memorandum of self-identification, and even got a good name of "Jia Mianhua".

Those who are cotton are not afraid of playing.

As for the news that the Beijing camp dispatched the cavalrymen of the Shenshu camp and organized training, because it was under the intentional or unintentional suppression of the Beijing camp and the Jinyi Mansion, it has not been thoroughly spread, so it has never caused an uproar in the capital, and naturally it will not be heard by the imperial censor. Impeachment, but as time goes by, it is obvious that it cannot be hidden for too long.

Once this matter breaks out, it will be Gong Yanming's memorial again: "Heng, a real treacherous and fortunate person, he controls the brocade clothes inside, and the Beijing camp outside, cultivates cronies, and has ulterior motives."

Before I knew it, it was the end of the month, and this day was the time for King Wei to hold his wedding ceremony.

The officials of the imperial court were obviously also attracted by this incident, or they were attracted by the ceremony of canonization of the princess, or they secretly speculated because this ceremony was different from the previous ceremony of the two kings of Qi and Chu.

Could it be that the Son of Heaven already intends to appoint a crown prince? After all, the Son of Heaven has been in power for fifteen years, and he is actually not too young. The foundation of the country has not been established for a long time.

(End of this chapter)