Thousands of regiment training soldiers, their uniforms in messy colors, their helmets and armor removed, and most of them still empty-handed, gathered in a camp on the edge of the Xiaowen River.
It said it was a camp, but in fact it had no structure at all. It was very scattered. There wasn't even a tent. There was just a fence around it, and it was all made of very thin tree poles and branches. As for trenches and parapets, nothing was seen.
This group of regiment drills were the retainers of Duke Yan Sheng's palace, and they were training in Qufu under the name Qufu. However, they were always firmly controlled by the palace and were completely different from the military training under Shi Kefa. The latter really practiced and attacked every three days. Although they lost more than they won, their combat effectiveness was gradually honed - most of these good generals are made by fighting, and only a few can be cultivated. Shi Kefa's army training in Qufu was a training ground to become a fine soldier, and now he is an elite soldier.
As for the retainers of Yanshenggong Mansion, although they are well paid and equipped with good equipment, they have never been organized into battle. Protecting Yan Shenggong and his family to escape was still their "first formation"!
Although Kong Yinzheng, a vulgar man, often went out of the city to perform tasks, he only took a few people out and never directed more than ten people in combat. Kong Yinzhi was suddenly promoted to the position of housekeeper, could there be no trouble?
If we were guarding the Qufu Bastion, it wouldn't be a big problem. There is an artillery battalion left by Shi Kefa in the Qufu Fortress. They can help organize it and there is no problem in defending the city.
But they came to run out of the city, and they didn't run away lightly, but in large cars and small sedans, with pots and jars, dragging their families and their families, in a chaotic and slow manner. Because there was too much movement, the Qing cavalry discovered him as soon as he left the city! Then there was a delay in the harassment all the way. By the afternoon of the next day, the Qing army's troops were rushing over to kill them.
Kong Yinzheng knew that he could not defeat him, so he had to abandon the convoy and take the stronger retainers to protect Kong Yinzhi and leave first. The filial son Kong Xingxie volunteered to stay and led the convoy to the rear... There is no news now. I don't know whether he committed suicide or fell into the water and became a traitor?
However, Kong Xingxie's filial piety still worked. The pursuing Qing cavalry ignored those people who ran away empty-handed. They came to make a fortune and had no time to hunt down Kong Yinzhi and Kong Yinzheng. And they still have to rush... After robbing the living people here, they have to go back to make money from the dead!
So Kong Yinzhi and Kong Yinzheng escaped by chance and ran to the Xiaowen River on the edge of Liangfu Mountain and could no longer run. Because they met the legal thief Shi Kefa...
Of course Shi Kefa and Huang Degong did not dare to take a straight line and went directly from Feicheng to Qufu. That would be too disrespectful to the Tatars. So they took a detour, first taking Tai'an Prefecture (which was recovered by Li Chengdong's men after being abandoned by Dorgon), then Culai Mountain and Liangfu Mountain, and heading south to Xiaowen River. They happened to meet Kong Yinzhi who was fleeing.
Although the Xiaowen River area belongs to Jinan Prefecture, because it is very close to Qufu and it is a mountainous area, it was managed by Shi Kefa Circle. It became the rear area of Qufu's army training, and there were many villages where the family members of the army training lived.
Now Shi Kefa invited the distressed Sheng Yangong to rest in a village at the foot of Liangfu Mountain. Kong Yinzhi was worried, so he asked Kong Yinzheng to go with him.
But as soon as the old man arrived at the gate of the village, he knew something was wrong. There were no swordsmen lined up at the door, but a group of angry people were watching them.
These people are all military training family members, and there are many relatives and friends in Qufu City. Once Qufu is lost, how can those who stay in the city be well?
Of course, Shi Kefa himself was not in a good mood. He also had several beloved concubines in Qufu City, but now he doesn’t know who they belong to! Of course, he didn't take in so many concubines because he was lustful, but because he wanted to have sons!
Kong Yinzhi knew something was wrong, but he couldn't leave. Although Kong Yinzheng who followed him had a few kilograms of brute strength, he was nothing in front of Huang Degong and Shi Kefa's soldiers.
The two of them had no choice but to follow Shi Kefa and Huang Degong into the stockade. In a heavily guarded hall in the stockade, good wine and food were already served.
"Mr. Yansheng, please!"
Shi Kefa pointed to a table of wine and food and said to Kong Yinzhi with a dark face.
Kong Yinzhi sat down at the table but didn't move his chopsticks - he wasn't stupid, how could he not feel murderous intent?
And he also knows his identity, Duke Yansheng! It is impossible to punish him with a canonical sentence, even if he is arrested and imprisoned... the most he can do is get some poison, eat it, and die from the poison, and in the end he can get a grand burial or something.
However, Kong Yinzheng, who came with him, didn't think so much. He sat down in a grand manner, then threw away his cheeks and started eating and drinking... Shi Kefa, Huang Degong, and Kong Yinzhi didn't move their chopsticks. Just watch him eat and drink.
Shi Kefa also said with a smile: "A strong man drinks more and eats more... Eat and drink enough to go on the road!"
"Good!" Kong Yinzheng was also hungry and dizzy. He couldn't even hear the words, so he only knew how to eat and drink. Huang Degong sat next to Kong Yinzheng and poured him wine himself.
It was all white wine. I drank it one glass after another. After a while, I couldn’t drink it anymore. I got drunk.
Seeing that Kong Yin was drunk, Shi Kefa said to Kong Yinzhi: "Mr. Yansheng, it's your turn!"
As he spoke, he had already taken out the bottle of Hedinghong that he had treasured for three years!
Huang Degong poured another large bowl of white wine and placed it in front of Shi Kefa. Shi Kefa uncorked the bottle, poured the entire bottle of Hedinghong into the wine bowl, and then stirred it vigorously with chopsticks for a while - this bottle Hedinghong is not instant-soluble, so it was not completely dissolved even after stirring for a long time. The color of the liquor was also not good, it was dark red and very turbid.
Shi Kefa shook his head - still the top grade Crane Crown Red? The emperor must have been deceived... You don’t even need a silver needle to test this kind of wine to know that it is poisonous!
He stood up, carried the wine bowl to the frightened Duke Yansheng, and said with a smile: "Shenggong Yan, come and drink this bowl of Heding red wine!"
"You, you, you..." Yan Shenggong was so frightened that he couldn't even speak - help! The law thief wants to harm me!
Shi Kefa sighed: "Mr. Yansheng, you can't escape this matter... If you abandon Qufu, you will inevitably die! But don't be afraid, your death is still more important than Mount Tai!" The history of the future will not record that you abandoned the city and committed suicide out of fear of crime. They will only record that you fought hard in Qufu City, risked arrows and stones, fought with the captives, and when you were exhausted, you shouted to kill the captives, and finally committed suicide. I’ve already written your memorial text, why don’t you recite it to you first?”
"No, no, I can't die yet..." Kong Yinzhi just shook his head, "The blood of our ancestors cannot be cut off here! My son Xingxie brought Zhuangyong to the throne, and he has probably become a benevolent man. I If he dies, the lineage of Yan Shenggong will be cut off! Shi Kefa, can you bear the responsibility of this crime?"
"How could it be cut off?" Shi Kefa pointed at the black man who was drunk and unconscious, "Isn't his surname also Kong? He is also from the Yin generation."
"Him?" Kong Yinzhi was already anxious, "He is from the Shu sect, and his branch was branched off from the Northern Song Dynasty... It couldn't be any further away, how can he be called Yanshenggong? It's against etiquette and law!"
And he looks like a bandit! "
Shi Kefa looked at Kong Yinzheng and said with a smile: "The Holy Master is not a direct descendant, nor is he the eldest son."
Confucius was known as Kong Laoer. Of course, he was not the eldest son, and he was not a direct descendant, but the son of a concubine.
Shi Kefa continued: "Furthermore, it is recorded in your family's archives that the saint was nine feet six inches long, with big arms and a round waist, and immense strength..." He pointed at Kong Yinzheng, "This one still looks a bit like a saint."
Kong Yinzhi was speechless. Kong Yinzheng was indeed more like the sage than himself... The sage was a giant! Much more powerful than Kong Yinzheng, otherwise how could he travel around the world and teach the savages? Now, when the greatest warrior in Manchuria meets his old man, he can only accept the lesson obediently. Why don't you look so strong? Otherwise, we wouldn’t have ended up like this!
Seeing that Kong Yinzhi was speechless, Shi Kefa said warmly: "Mr. Yansheng, drink it quickly. If you drink it, you will be fine!"
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