Hejian Mansion.
In the government office, Liu Zeqing stood in the courtyard with a cup of tea in his hand, looking at the flowers and trees sprouting new branches in front of him: "Spring has passed and summer has come. This is the time to let horses go for an outing, but I am unable to move in this dead city."
"Sir, Commander-in-Chief, even though I am humbled by my position, I feel comfortable eating, drinking and having fun here." A confidant said with a smile: "It's much better than drinking the northwest wind outside."
"Are you talking about that bullshit Black Wolf Camp?" Liu Zeqing twitched the corner of his mouth and sneered: "Not dead yet?"
"Although he's not dead, he's still not far behind." His confidant chuckled, "He's like a stray dog outside."
"Where have you wandered?" Liu Zeqing took a sip of fragrant tea, then raised his hand to pour the remaining tea on the first buds of the flower branch, which withered in the blink of an eye.
"It is reported that he is in Suning in the west."
Liu Zeqing said oh, turned around and entered the lobby: "It's a ruin, let them linger there and wait to die."
The confidant suddenly frowned: "Master General, if the little eunuch knows about this, will he cause trouble?"
Moreover, Liu Zeqing rolled his eyes: "What can he do to me without any evidence? It's because his subordinates do not know their own capabilities and do not obey military orders. They should bear the consequences themselves. It doesn't matter what I do."
He said with a cold smile: "What's more, the little eunuch is in trouble now and can't protect himself, so he still cares so much about venting his anger on his subordinates? Damn, if he really doesn't know how to praise, I won't tolerate him."
The confidant agreed casually but was also confused: "What the adults said about being unable to protect themselves refers to... I heard that Huang Degong and Gao Jie from the south were marching invincibly for hundreds of miles to the west. The lower city was more than ten years old, and it was very popular."
Liu Zeqing laughed loudly when he heard this: "Mu Xiu will be destroyed by Lin Feng. Just because he is too popular, he will soon be in trouble. Think about it, Li Zicheng has more than 100,000 troops in Baoding Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture. He held hundreds of thousands of refugees hostage, and the momentum was unprecedented. Could it be that it was just a decoration? How could he be allowed to go in so head-on? Although the little eunuchs and soldiers were looking around, in fact, Li Zicheng simply turned a deaf ear and wished we could all swarm over and die. Woolen cloth……"
It has to be said that Liu Zeqing can become a big boss. Although his character is poor, he still has good vision. He can easily see into Li Zicheng's thoughts and make cannon fodder and officers and soldiers fight to death. He reaps the benefits.
"So the harder the young eunuch and those two idiots charge, the closer his death is. The Zhending Mansion is full of robbers' dens. Once trapped, it will be difficult to get out. If the intruders are not bad, they will Now that you are good at throwing fish bait, it’s time to mobilize the main force to go for a showdown. The bandit army is so powerful that Huang Pifu’s few men and horses are enough to fill his teeth. The eunuch is still too young and relies on his youth and arrogance to succeed. It was just a moment of bravery, and he was destined to suffer a big loss this time."
He said with a proud look on his face: "Look, I am stationed in Hejian far away from the main range of the bandit army. Apart from some baits deliberately coming to harass, have you ever seen large groups of bandits? So the further away, the safer it will be. Once things happen, Even if it gets serious, I can get out in time."
"Sir, you are smart. The intruder wants to use the refugees to fight with us. We will lose both sides. Your Excellency, just sit here on the Diaoyutai and watch the intruder and the little eunuch fight to the death. If the little eunuch wins, we will take advantage of the opportunity and go north. If the intruder wins, we will return to Jinan. This He and I participated in the battle according to the orders, and they were not injured at all. It is really a great achievement to kill two birds with one stone!"
Liu Zeqing looked proud and smiled.
Suning is fifty miles west of Hejian Prefecture. It is a small city. It was almost in ruins after the war. Many people in the city fled, leaving only a few dozen households hanging on.
At dawn yesterday, a cavalry of about 200 people came here, which made the people in the city panic. They saw that the cavalry officers were looking tired and very depressed. However, after entering the city, they did not attack and the people relaxed slightly. After taking a breath, someone stepped forward and found out that they were actually officers and soldiers, and that they were the Black Wolf Battalion under Dongchang's command. They were passing by here to rest in pursuit of the bandits.
Yes, this team is the Black Wolf Battalion led by Lao Jiu. They were originally ordered by Chang Yu to garrison Hejian Mansion and fought bloody battles with the rebels until reinforcements arrived. Unexpectedly, after Liu Zeqing entered the city, he immediately seized power and became the boss and fought with Black Wolf. There was a conflict in the camp, thus forging a rift.
Liu Zeqing occupied the granary of the military camp, and the Black Wolf camp had to fend for itself. It was possible to survive by setting up camp in a wealthy gentry's courtyard and receiving food assistance from the gentry in the city.
But just hide in the city and hang out?
Lao Jiu went to the city every day and looked out from afar. He could always see groups of bandits, large and small, constantly harassing the surrounding area. He went to see Liu Zeqing several times to ask him to send troops to suppress the bandits.
Liu Zeqing always said that he had his own ideas to send him away.
After several fights, Lao Jiu angrily said: "Since I have been ordered by the Governor to Pinghejian Mansion, why don't you stand still and let the thieves attack?" Liu Zeqing was finally angered and said that I have the authority to command the army. At this point, the two of them were at odds and broke up. Come and go.
In fact, although Liu Zeqing made his vows in front of Chang Yu, he kept shirk-passing because there were almost no rebels in Hejian Mansion at this time.
The bandits marched all the way north from Henan and swept through most of Hebei. However, their main forces were in Zhending Prefecture and Baoding Prefecture, and they were all divided on the north-south central axis. The places slightly further away were mostly unpopular partial divisions under their command. To capture, there was almost no large force.
For example, Cangzhou, which is under the jurisdiction of Hejian Prefecture to the east, is almost infested by small groups of more than ten people, and looting everywhere makes it difficult for peace.
The reason why Hejian Prefecture originally had a large army of thieves was that they came from the city, and the intruders set up a defense line here to prevent the officers and soldiers from going north. However, Chang Yu unexpectedly deceived the city from the rear, and then the front line Jingzhou County was attacked again. After being destroyed by Liu Zeqing, the rebels within the territory refused to obey and launched a massive counterattack on Hejian Fucheng. Lao Jiu led his troops and defended the city together with the people in the city. When Liu Zeqing's army arrived, the rebels dispersed and then retreated north to lure them deeper.
To put it simply, at this time, except for the large groups of bandits in Renqiu and Gaoyang in the north and the large groups of bandits in Baoding Prefecture in the west, the rest of the Hejian Prefecture were small groups of bandits. Although Liu Zeqing was ordered to regain Hejian Prefecture, in fact it was only Jingzhou who contributed. In one city, Hejian Mansion took advantage of the situation to occupy the magpie's nest, and then stopped moving forward, drinking tea in the government office and watching.
After Li Zicheng learned that Hejian Mansion had been recovered by officers and soldiers, he did not take it seriously and sent a large army to fight fiercely. Instead, he harassed him repeatedly in an attempt to lure him in. However, Liu Zeqing was cunning and cunning. He did not want to go deep in alone before the situation was unclear, and he did not want to do anything. The young eunuch's soldiers were used as cannon fodder, so he allowed the thieves to harass him and just sit on the cloud platform without moving.
Lao Jiu, however, did not have such good concentration. After falling out with Liu Zeqing, he still appeared on the scene every day. In order to provoke the officers and soldiers to leave the city, he saw the thieves brutally killing civilians outside the city. He even raped women in public and then brutally killed them.
After all, Heilangying was an officer and soldier. He followed the little eunuch in the north and south and was influenced by him to hate evil. How could he bear it when he saw this? Since Liu Zeqing couldn't leave the city, Heilangying did!
So Lao Jiu led his troops out of the city to kill the thieves. The Black Wolf Battalion was known as the strongest of the four battalions of Dongchang. Although it was not a heavy armored cavalry, it was more than enough to deal with these small groups of thieves. After chasing for more than ten miles, they returned in triumph, but He found that the city gate was closed, and refused to open the door no matter how he yelled. He even opened his eyes and told lies, saying that his origin was unknown and that he was pretending to be a bandit. After a while, he said that the bandit army was watching outside the city eagerly, fearing that he would take the opportunity to enter.
"In my lifetime, I should kill this beast to vent my hatred." Lao Jiu gritted his teeth angrily with the brothers in the Black Wolf Camp outside the city. Seeing it getting dark, Liu Zeqing refused to open the door, so he had to leave and find another place, otherwise he would be targeted by the thief bureau. , just like a laggard sheep or a pack of wolves, the consequences can be imagined.
However, Lao Jiu is not very familiar with the geography around Hejian. There is a large band of bandits entrenched in the north, the bandits' lair in the west, and several small towns in the south were burned to rubble by bandits (actually Liu Zeqing's fault), so let's go to the east.
Little did they know that there was no town a hundred miles east of Hejian, and the nearest Cangzhou was a hundred miles away. What's more important was that the Black Wolf Camp, traveling eastward for more than ten miles in the dark, got lost and turned north to encounter a bandit army.
So after a fight, I was exhausted from fighting until dawn. At this time, I walked around to the west of the river for no reason. I saw a city in front of me, so I entered it without taking a closer look. I found an abandoned city. After questioning, it turned out to be Suning. Li County, dozens of miles away to the west, is the boundary of Baoding Prefecture.
Lao Jiu and others couldn't help but feel chilled. The main force of the bandit army was close at hand, but they were short of food and soldiers. If there was a large group of bandits, the ruins would be unsafe to defend, and they would only be in danger.
"It's all because of Liu Zeqing, the bastard. The worst damn thing is that he'll follow the intruder and break into the Hejian Mansion and kill this old dog." Some of his subordinates were furious.
Lao Jiu angrily rebuked: "I would rather die than become a thief. If he ever speaks of slandering a thief again, he will be killed immediately." His subordinates hurriedly confessed, but they were so angry that they could not hesitate to speak.
"The old thief Liu Zeqing is finally done. If the young governor doesn't cure him, I will try to kill him." Lao Jiu gritted his teeth. He was convinced that Chang Yu would vent his anger on his subordinates. He also believed that Chang Yu could cure Liu Zeqing. He thought back then The head of his family, Jiang Yu, had been running the business in Datong for several years and was known as the King of Datong. The young eunuch was still a fledgling at that time and he would kill him if he wanted to. Not to mention that he was so powerful at this time that he only had to get Liu Zeqing's handle to dare to kill him.
Yes, let’s find the old dog’s excuse first. Lao Jiu suddenly realized that Liu Zeqing had all kinds of excuses just by looking at the things in front of him. Chang Yu’s reasons for wanting to kill him were not enough. At most, he could give him some painless admonitions.
There must be enough evidence to bring down this guy. Lao Jiu suddenly thought of Liu Zeqing's use of troops to harass the people in Hejian Mansion and take advantage of the opportunity to plunder. At that time, he was still in the city and Liu Zeqing had no scruples. The destruction of Jingzhou was really caused by thieves. Why? The two small towns of Xianxian County and Fucheng in the north under Jingzhou were also burned to rubble. When the thieves were defeated, they fled in all directions and still had the intention to set fire to the city and massacre it?
There were many articles in it, and Lao Jiu felt as if he had caught something, so he ordered his men to rest on the spot, begged some food from the people in the city to barely satisfy their needs, and then led his troops south.
He was going to the south to investigate the massacre, and then go to Changyu to complain. If he stayed here any longer, he would be frightened to death by Liu Zeqing. Unfortunately, he didn't know that Changyu was in Qizhou, a hundred miles away from him due west. (Anguo) territory.
