Several flowers bloomed, and then another appeared. Just when Zhou Yuji was planning to go north to Mancheng and Chang Yu decided to go west in a big way, the Hejian Mansion was indeed in a mess.
There was internal strife between officers and soldiers!
The Black Wolf Battalion under the little eunuch is confronting Liu Zeqing, and the situation is about to break out!
The reason why the matter reached such a serious stage can only be traced back to when Liu Zeqing sent troops to defeat the bandits outside Hejian City at dark.
It is said that Lao Jiu led the people in the city to fight against the bandit army several times. When both sides were exhausted, Liu Zeqing's cavalry crossed the river and attacked. The bandit army collapsed and the officers and soldiers entered the city.
The commander of this cavalry was Liu Zeqing's subordinate Yuan Yuanshan. After defeating the rebel army, he immediately clamored to enter the city. As soon as he entered the city, he began to show off his power and even whipped the people who greeted them along the way. This made Lao Jiu feel bad.
Immediately, he went down to the city to find Yuan Yuanshan and ask where he belonged. Unexpectedly, before he could get close, he was blocked by several soldiers and gangsters.
Lao Jiu had a fiery temper and was known as a madman in the army. He couldn't stand it. He reached out and grabbed the riding crop and pulled him off the ground and yelled loudly. This immediately ignited the gunpowder on both sides, and everyone drew their swords and yelled.
At this time, Yuan Yuanshan appeared, raised his eyebrows and asked Lao Jiu who he was. He learned that he was one of the four battalions under the command of the Governor of Dongchang, and then he quickly ordered his subordinates to retreat. If other friendly troops could be spared, the little eunuch's direct men would still have to give in. It was a bit of a shame, after all, even the commander-in-chief Liu Zeqing obeyed the order and went north, which showed that the little eunuch was a cruel person.
"The governor has an order not to disturb the people!" Seeing that these officers and soldiers were acting like bandits, Lao Jiu was worried that they would disturb the people, so he asked them to go to the city to take over the city defense.
Yuan Yuanshan didn't want to obey his order, but something suddenly occurred to him. He smiled and accepted it happily, and asked his men to go up to the city to take over the Black Panther Battalion and come down to rest.
Lao Jiu ignored his fatigue and worked with a few squires to appease the people and clean up the mess in the city. It was almost midnight when Liu Zeqing and his main force finally came from Jingzhou City.
As soon as he entered Fucheng, Liu Zeqing immediately ordered the whole city to be on alert, and the people were not allowed to go out. He said that he would go from house to house to hunt down any fish that had slipped through the net.
At this time, Lao Jiu discovered that the control of Hejian Mansion had been controlled by Liu Zeqing's department. Hearing about the house-to-house raids, he immediately became angry. It was just a fart. Hejian Mansion had been taken over by the young eunuch a few days ago. An investigation had been carried out at that time. In the past few days, It is under the jurisdiction of the Black Wolf Battalion, and just now all the people participated in the battle to control the thieves. Where did the thieves come from? It was clearly an excuse to plunder!
Although Lao Jiu saw through it, there was nothing he could do. Although he was a direct descendant of Chang Yu, the person in front of him was the commander-in-chief of the party, someone he couldn't afford to offend. Although he was crazy, he was not a fool like a green-headed young man. He knew how to fight hard. as a result of.
But when he saw that the city was in chaos and there were cries and screams everywhere, he couldn't help it anymore. They were a group of bandits, so he immediately led the Black Wolf Battalion to stop them.
But Liu Zeqing's subordinates were used to being arrogant, so they didn't care about the back-and-forth between the two sides. In the end, a knife was used, and the flames were instantly ignited. The two hundred Black Panther Battalion was surrounded by Liu Zeqing's subordinates, and a bloody fight was about to break out.
To kill or not?
Liu Zeqing was struggling. If he were an ordinary man, he could have used the excuse that the rescue was late. After Hejian Mansion was captured by the bandit army, all the defenders died in the battle.
But he was just a direct descendant of the little eunuch, so he had to consider it!
"General, if you don't do anything, kill them all. This will save you trouble and prevent any mistakes in Jingzhou..." A general beside him persuaded in a low voice, and Liu Zeqing's face became more and more murderous. .
"Brothers, since we have followed the little governor, we must be loyal to him. Even if we die in battle, we will not surrender. Don't worry, the little governor will definitely avenge us, and we must not lose the face of Dongchang. If we do this with them It's unbearable, I might as well have surrendered to the thieves..." Lao Jiu looked at Liu Zeqing's men outside and said angrily to the brothers around him, but he didn't expect to die in the hands of the thieves, but in the hands of his own people, how special is it? The irony!
Lao Jiu knew that once he started, Liu Zeqing would definitely kill people and silence him. The city gate was closed, and his two hundred men would not be able to get out of the siege no matter what, and they would only die!
"Who is making trouble!" At this moment, an angry shout was heard, and Liu Zeqing was seen riding a horse with an angry face. His subordinates made way for Lao Jiu.
"The Governor has repeatedly ordered not to disturb the people, but why are your subordinates doing this, Mr. Liu? Are you really not afraid of the Governor's punishment?" Anyway, they are all going to die, so Lao Jiu didn't care about that and just started to complain.
Liu Zeqing frowned: "I ordered the arrest of the thieves to calm down the people. Why do you want to harass them? Don't spit on others."
Lao Jiu burst out laughing when he heard this, almost crying with laughter: "Announcing the people? Mr. Liu, when you hear the ghosts crying and wolf howling all over the city, are you trying to calm the people or disturb the people? Do you think we are blind or deaf?"
"How dare you, don't think that the generals in Dongchang can't do anything to you?" Liu Zeqing shouted sternly, murderous intent suddenly appeared on his face, and he was about to take action with his knife drawn. The knife is in front of you. Killing one is enough, killing two is enough...
"Why, you want to kill officials and rebel?" Liu Zeqing suddenly said something that made Lao Jiu stunned: "Who is rebelling?"
"Look at your posture, you are going to kill me. Why is this not rebellion?" Liu Zeqing sneered.
Lao Jiu gritted his teeth: "It's so shameless to confuse right and wrong. Could it be that if you want to kill me, I have to stick out my neck to let you kill me. If I fight back, I am rebelling!"
"Who is going to kill you?" Liu Zeqing looked innocent: "Some people under my general disobeyed military orders and sent troops to disturb the people. They are trying to investigate and deal with it. Since you are a witness and it is too late for me to protect you, how can I kill you? "
Ah, this time it's Lao Jiu's turn to be confused!
In the end, Liu Zeqing did not dare to take action against Chang Yu's people. If he had only heard about it because he had never met him, perhaps Lao Jiu would have died without a burial place by now. But after having that one-time encounter, Liu Zeqing had a hunch that he If Lao Jiu and his men were killed, the little eunuch would kill all his people and even level the ancestral graves.
Of course, the little eunuch did do this, but only later.
A lot of things happened that night. With Baoding City as the center, all parties within a radius of a hundred miles were ready to move. Instead, Shi Kefa, who was deeply surrounded, gradually calmed down. He did not hear anything about the affairs outside the city every day, focusing on consolidating the city defense and appeasing the people, especially in the heart of the people. A piece of cake, wielding a knife in one hand and bread in the other. First, he informed the whole city that the imperial court had issued an imperial edict to exempt taxes for three years. He hoped that the people would stay safe and keep their own conduct. If you surrender to the thieves, you will only die. Regardless of whether you surrender to the city or not, the imperial court will settle the accounts later. And it is really like that if you surrender to thieves. Okay, let’s take a look at those refugees, which one is not cannon fodder...
In the past few days, people's hearts have gradually stabilized. Although the people are easy to deceive, they are actually very understanding. Li Zicheng has kidnapped so many people from the south to the north. How can he get so much food to feed them? They are just used by him to attack the city as cannon fodder. In the end, the only gain is There are only a few cadres of thieves and soldiers, who cares about their life and death...
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