So neat and tidy!
The group of people in front of them were obviously all well-known officials and subordinates in Guide Mansion. Judging by the color of their clothes, there were some in green and several in red robes. Guo Ning personally went to the heart of the enemy. Peng Yibin thought that he was going to capture the thief and capture the king. He would seize the leader as a hostage and in turn force the defenders to surrender.
But never thought that Guo Ning would just order the killing without even asking?
Peng Yibin was considered the most powerful person among the bandits in Mount Tai, but his reaction was a little slower at this moment. So when the heads of those officials were missing, he ran into the erupting blood mist, and then broke out of the blood mist and urged his horse to rush into the hall.
After the main hall, there were two halls. There were still people shouting and rushing out, and they were all killed immediately. Some people fled through the windows and were shot to death by the arrows of the cavalry who surrounded them along the corridors on both sides. The side room to the left and right of the second hall is where the local minor officials work. Several minor officials were originally looking into the room, but were forced out by the cavalry on horseback. They fell to their knees on the ground.
There is no need to kill such a defenseless little person indiscriminately.
Guo Ning's voice immediately came from not far behind: "Those who surrender will stay."
The blade deflected at the last moment and passed over the head of a kneeling official, cutting off the entire bun. The war horse neighed and leapt up, passing in front of him, knocking aside several tables and chairs. The soldiers on horseback looked particularly tall and fierce under the eaves. They rushed through the second hall, and then divided their troops into several groups. Like floods pouring into an ant nest, they began to sweep away the entire government office.
Guo Ning was galloping in the cavalry queue, issuing orders from time to time to direct the cavalry. His tone was very calm, as if he was instructing Nicong to move wooden stakes or archery targets around at home.
When the cavalry rushed through the second hall, some guards armed with weapons reacted, and Peng Yibin and his subordinates also joined the battle group and drew their swords to chop.
The cavalry ran very fast and were highly skilled in martial arts. In the blink of an eye, they cleaned several sections of a huge house and captured a bunch of surrendered officials.
Taking control of the entire mansion in one breath, Peng Yibin returned with blood on his armor and stomach:
"There were some old, weak, women and children behind, and they were all arrested. Most of those who tried to escape were killed, but some ran too fast and could not be caught."
Guo Ning looked at the clerks kneeling on the square in front of the main hall, and then listened carefully. Sure enough, someone fled from the steward's house to the outside, shouting at the top of his lungs all the way.
Peng Yibin turned back in a hurry, his face a little heavy: "We can't control the courtyard wall and the arrow tower outside. If they mobilize people outside to surround us, it will be difficult for us to escape. Duke, should we..."
Peng Yibin's question was interrupted by Guo Ning.
"Ahem, the prisoners are just ahead. You speak softly. Also, don't talk about the Duke again. I am now the marshal from Kaifeng."
Guo Ning continued to listen to the shouting outside, and tugged at his mustache:
"You guys, what kind of marshal should I call myself? Wanyan? Pusan? He Shilie? Shuhu or something? It seems that there are a lot of empty marshals in Kaifeng, and there are some with the surname Yila... Hmm? They are here now What are you shouting? Why did Marshal Aotun appear again? What the hell is this? Who thought of the font size?"
The first cavalryman at the back of the queue pushed his way to the front: "That's what I thought, the country... ah no, marshal. At that time, the imperial court had an important general named Ao Tunxiang, who was a marshal."
The cavalry general spoke with a Datong accent. It seemed that he was a survivor of the defeat at Migukou. No wonder he was deeply impressed by Ao Tunxiang.
Guo Ning waved him away.
Xu Jin thought for a while and said to Guo Ning: "Let's go with the surname Wanyan. There are many high-ranking officials named Wanyan in Kaifeng City."
"If your surname is Wanyan, I've thought of a name!"
Guo Ning suddenly felt a little happy, and he said: "Since my boy's name is Guo Jing, I have to live with this name! Lao Xu, go write a set of talismans and tell yourself, and show it to people outside!" "
What is the relationship between a person named Wanyan and Zhou Guogong’s eldest son?
Xu Jin was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Guo Ning's meaningless words meant.
However, he had been in the center for a long time and knew very well that he should not ask questions, so he immediately went to arrange a letter to reveal himself. Peng Yibin and others assigned manpower to occupy the entire General Manager's Mansion.
It turned out that until this time, the fleeing officials still did not expect the Dinghai navy to suddenly attack. A few people were still confused, but most people really thought that a marshal from Kaifeng or somewhere had a conflict with the officials stationed in the city.
The daring officials quickly climbed up the outer wall of the archery tower and shouted into the mansion, meaning that everyone should not misunderstand, they are all our own people, and they are all loyal ministers of Dajin, and they have something to say.
In the past few years, wars have been raging in the Kingdom of Jin. In order to prevent the generals from being too weak and causing trouble, the imperial court continued to grant local generals the authority to deal with the situation on an ad hoc basis. When Guo Ning became the envoy of Xuanfu in Shandong, he and the important generals at the level of marshal in the court were able to decide whether to punish officials below the fourth rank at will.
After the establishment of the Kaifeng imperial court, it mainly focused on wooing the generals stationed in Hedong, Shaanxi and other places, and the center of the Kaifeng imperial court also continued to enhance the power of military ministers.
Therefore, it is not uncommon for the marshals of the imperial court to kill several local officials and officials. Even internal conflicts among generals also occur one after another. Although outsiders don't know about those things, how can officials not know about them?
This also involves conflicts between the Jurchens and Han'er, conflicts between senior military and political officials from the north and local old people on Nanjing Road, and even conflicts between warriors and civil servants, and conflicts between warriors competing for troops and territory. With the establishment of the Kaifeng court, some contradictions were slightly bridged, while others became more intense.
The end result is what it is now.
Peng Yibin felt that Guo Ning's style was too rough, and there was always the danger of being out of touch and revealing his secrets. But in the eyes of the local officials, the cavalry in front of them rushed into the city fiercely and behaved unscrupulously. That kind of well-trained posture, that kind of squinting attitude from above, isn't it exactly the style of Kaifeng's general's personal soldiers?
If there were still vague concerns at the beginning about whether it was the red-coated thieves from the east who sent people to the Guide Mansion to cause trouble, no one thought so now.
How could anyone handle the matter of lurking and disrupting things in such a rough and flamboyant way? If you reach this level as a spy, you will be exposed a hundred times if you show up a hundred times. You deserve to be dragged out and beaten to death by your own leader!
What's more, this group of cavalry shouted along the way, opening their mouths and shouting deer charms, fish charms, gold medals and so on.
The talisman system of the imperial dynasty was inherited from the Liao Dynasty. Officials in the Privy Council used deer talismans, and Xuanfu divisions used fish talismans. The leading generals were awarded gold medals. There are many details in them that outsiders would never be able to tell casually, let alone mention. The red coats are thieving those bumpkins! So these people are really from Kaifeng! It really couldn’t be truer!
Think again what those people said when they rushed straight into the city? There is a marshal in their team!
This marshal acted like this because he obviously had an old grudge with Mr. Wanyanbi of Shandong Province. They kept saying that they were here to rescue Guide Mansion, but then they went ahead and killed people... Maybe they took advantage of Wanyanbi's visit to Xuzhou to seize the territory!
Thinking of this, everyone looked at each other in confusion. The more senior officials thought of the trouble, the faster they all changed their expressions.
Only a younger official didn't think much about it.
When Guo Ning and others entered the governor's house, he was stabbed in the shoulder. Although it only hurt his flesh, he was inevitably angry. He covered the knife wound on his shoulder and shouted at the high-rise archery tower: "The person who came here is evil! It must be for Marshal Wanyan! Hurry up and release the arrow!"
Before he finished speaking, several people around him rushed up to cover his mouth.
Is not this nonsensical? This cavalry is not here for Marshal Wanyan, how can it be for you and me? How many ranks of officials are you like, how can you be targeted by a big shot from Kaifeng?
How close is your relationship with Mr. Wanyanbi, you idiot? Are you worthy of getting involved in the grudges of big shots?
The soldier guarding the door outside said that the marshal who entered the house was either named Wanyan, Pusan or Heshilie! There are so many high-ranking officials named Wanyan in Kaifeng Mansion, but we can't even recognize them all. Are we, local officials, free to get involved in their conflicts?
Those Jurchen nobles rushed into the house and killed all the red-robed officials. If they wanted to continue killing people, it would be easier than squeezing an ant to death!
If you want to die, don't take us with you!
At that moment, the climber shouted again: "Marshal inside! The little people dare not be enemies with you! Marshal Wanyanbi and his subordinates left the city four days ago to reinforce Xuzhou. We are just small local officials. Don’t dare to antagonize high-ranking officials of the imperial court! We just take a bite of our salary!”
This was probably very reasonable, and there was a reaction in the general manager's office.
A cavalryman came out of the main entrance, looked around, and asked: "Who called just now? Tell him to come!"
The officials and soldiers were silent for a while, and no fewer than dozens of people raised their hands to look to the people above.
After a while, an old official ran out of the watchtower and knelt down in front of the knight's horse: "I'd like to see you, little man Xu Fu."
The knight laughed: "So it's my family. What is your current position?"
"The villain is the supervisor of the local chief minister."
The knight frowned: "The tone of the shouting is not small, and he still thinks he is a person who has the final say. Turns out he is just a hooker? Where is the judge above you?"
Xu Fu's head was covered in cold sweat, and he kowtowed and replied: "When I was running with the judge, the judge was chased and killed by the gentlemen. The blood on my body came from the judge's stomach..."
The knight snorted coldly: "Then, where are the military commanders of Guide Mansion?"
"Ahem, he was also killed. Master, look back and see that the lone head on the steps of the main hall is."
"What about city defense and control?"
"This..." Xu Fu hesitated for a long time and sighed: "
Sir, you slit the neck of the war horse, and the body is lying on the threshold. "
"Then tell me, who has a high enough status in the city right now and is the one who can speak effectively?"
Xu Fu turned around and took a look. Wherever he looked, his colleagues and soldiers all shrank back.
"Ahem, if Master has any instructions, just tell me!"
"That's all, that's all. You take over this document!"
The knight took out a document from his arms and handed it to Xu Fu.
Xu Fu's hands were shaking wildly. He took the document and opened it. He saw a transfer document from the Shangshu Province. There were only two lines on it, which said that the imperial court appointed King Zhao Wanyan Honglie as the commander-in-chief of the East and West Roads of Shandong, and also the marshal of the east and the returning marshal. The general manager of the military and horse capital of De Mansion.
How had Xu Fu, a lowly official like Xu Fu, ever seen documents from the Shangshu Province? Not to mention him, no one has seen the small officials and officials who escaped for their lives. But even if you haven’t seen it with your own eyes, you can always tell whether the document is genuine or not. The big red seal can’t fool anyone, and neither can the exquisite document material!
If I had to find a flaw, it would be that the ink marks on the document were still moist, as if they were newly written.
But so what? Everyone is familiar with operations such as blank reporting. Think about it, how powerful is the master who can write Shangshu Shengyiwen on the spot?
It was obvious that Master Wanyanbi had lost power, and a new master came from Kaifeng to take over Guide Mansion and succeed him as Marshal of the East. He is also an imperial clan king!
"Have you finished reading?"
The knight asked impatiently: "After reading this, summon the local officials. My marshal has many things to ask you to do!"
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