"At the end of the day, I will pay my respects to Governor Fu."
Wang Chengyin came to Fu Zonglong and bowed.
Fu Zonglong, who was sitting on the main seat, looked at him and said with a smile on his face: "General Wang, there is no need to be polite, please take your seat!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the empty seat aside.
"Thank you, Inspector Fu."
Wang Chengyin stood up straight, walked to a seat opposite Sun Chuanting and sat down, while not forgetting to nod towards Sun Chuanting.
Sun Chuanting nodded in response.
"I've called you two here today, firstly to get to know you, and secondly because of the tiger bandit's attack on Laizhou." Fu Zonglong's eyes turned around on the faces of Sun Chuanting and Wang Chengyin.
The first time he came to Jinan Mansion he met Wang Chengyin who was stationed here, but Sun Chuanting was the first person he saw after coming to Shandong.
The reason why I brought both of them here is because they need their assistance in military affairs.
As Fu Zonglong finished speaking, Sun Chuanting and Wang Chengyin had two expressions.
Sun Chuan looked calm because he knew in advance that troops would be used against the Tiger Flag.
On the other hand, Wang Chengyin frowned, as if someone owed him a few coins.
"Xiaguan will comply with the Superintendent's arrangements." Sun Chuanting was the first to express his position, and then said, "It's long past time to take action against the tiger thief. Now that the Superintendent has arrived, Xiaguan has a backbone."
After speaking, he glanced at Wang Chengyin.
After arriving in Shandong, Wang Chengyin led his troops directly to Jinan Prefecture.
Since then, he has been disobeying his military preparedness and refusing to send troops when he should have. As a result, he failed to take advantage of the Tiger Banner forces in Liaocheng several times, but suffered a lot of losses.
Wang Chengyin ignored Sun Chuanting's gaze and said directly to Fu Zonglong: "The general has long wanted to deal with the tiger thieves in Shandong, but there has never been a good chance. This time when Governor Fu comes to Shandong, the general finally sees the light. I wonder how many soldiers and horses the imperial court has sent? I have been in Shandong for a while now, so I know the tiger thieves quite well, and I am willing to do my best to eliminate the tiger thieves."
After finishing his words, he looked at Fu Zonglong expectantly.
However, Fu Zonglong showed embarrassment on his face after hearing these words.
On this trip to Shandong, the imperial court did not give him a single soldier, otherwise he would not have asked Sun Chuanting and Wang Chengyin to send out troops to deal with the Tiger Flag.
He really has no face as a supervisor.
"The use of troops against the tiger thieves this time does not require direct confrontation with the main force of the tiger thieves. It is just to support Laizhou, cut off the logistical supplies of the tiger thieves' army, and cut off the tiger thieves' food routes." Sun Chuanting said something to ease Fu Zonglong's embarrassment.
Both were civil servants, so the two of them naturally stood on the same front, not to mention that Wang Chengyin was not on good terms with him.
"That's wrong." Wang Chengyin turned to Sun Chuanting and said, "Although it does not require many soldiers and horses to cut off the tiger thieves' food routes, to quell the chaos in Shandong, it is necessary to have enough soldiers and horses. If there are not enough soldiers and horses, If we go to deal with the tiger thieves, even if we cut off the tiger thieves' food route, it will not help the overall situation of Shandong. In the end, we should still ask the court to send a large army to Shandong, and what we people have to do is to maintain the current situation in Shandong. The situation will prevent Jinan Mansion from falling into the hands of tiger thieves."
Sun Chuanting looked at Wang Chengyin who was sitting opposite him with a bad expression, and said, "General Wang, don't forget, the imperial court sent you and me to Shandong just to deal with tiger thieves. Now you are hiding in Jinan Mansion all day long, doing nothing at all, no Do you feel ashamed of the imperial court?"
"This is how Ambassador Sun views me." Wang Chengyin said with an aggrieved look on his face, "The reason why I brought troops to Jinan Mansion was because I was worried that Jinan Mansion would also fall into the hands of tiger thieves. Fortunately, I was able to do so in time. Jinan Mansion fell into the hands of thieves, but Ambassador Sun said that I did nothing. I am really unjust!"
As he spoke, he looked at Fu Zonglong who was sitting at the top.
When Fu Zonglong heard these words, his head grew bigger.
This Wang Chengyin is simply a scoundrel.
The reason why Jinan Prefecture was fine was because the Tiger Character Banner did not send troops to invade Jinan Prefecture at all. It was not because Wang Chengyin led troops to Jinan Prefecture to take charge.
But these words cannot be said. After all, it is true that the Tiger Banner went south to Yanzhou Prefecture and did not use troops against Jinan Prefecture. It only captured several counties close to Yanzhou Prefecture.
He understands the meaning of the two-word official character better than the two people in front of him.
He could say that Wang Chengyin was intimidated by the tiger-character flag and did not dare to send troops. Similarly, Wang Chengyin could also say that he was in charge of Jinan Prefecture and ensured the safety of Jinan Prefecture.
Even in court, the public talks about the public's reasons and the mother-in-law says the mother-in-law's reasons. Apart from getting into quarrels, it has no benefit to the overall situation of Shandong.
"Sun Bingbei, what General Wang said is not unreasonable. Jinan Mansion is indeed stable today because of the presence of General Wang's soldiers and horses."
Fu Zonglong said to Sun Chuanting seemingly reproachfully.
After all, Wang Chengyin's soldiers and horses were actually stationed in Jinan Mansion. As a governor, he must have relied on many other parties. Sun Chuanting was a civilian official and did not lead directly. If he wanted to stabilize his power, he had to win over the soldiers below.
For him, a newly arrived governor, it was easier to win over Wang Chengyin than to win over the soldiers under Sun Chuanting. Moreover, Wang Chengyin was a military general after all, and he would inevitably need someone with a civil service background to take care of him.
Wang Chengyin offended Sun Chuanting, and he, the supervisor, became Wang Chengyin's best target.
Sun Chuanting snorted.
Although he was dissatisfied with Fu Zonglong speaking for Wang Chengyin, he could guess what Fu Zonglong was thinking.
If he were Fu Zonglong, he would probably make the same choice.
"Okay, let's not talk about other things for now. The reason why I brought you all here is to discuss cutting off the tiger thieves' food route. Let's talk about it!" Fu Zonglong saw that Sun Chuanting gave in, so he gave up.
He still valued officials like Sun Chuanting, who was an orthodox Jinshi, very highly.
Wang Chengyin frowned again after hearing this.
Although the new supervisor spoke to him, he still stood with Sun Chuanting on the matter of facing the Tiger Flag, and both supported the use of troops against the Tiger Flag.
Even Liaodong warriors like Cao Wenzhao felt defeated in front of the tiger-character flag. He really didn't want to do anything to the tiger-character flag.
He even thinks that this is good now. He will lead troops to garrison Jinan Prefecture and use the Tiger Character Banner to attack Laizhou or deal with other state capitals, as long as he does not come to Jinan Prefecture.
"The leader of the tiger bandits who led the troops to attack Laizhou is a bandit after all. He has little knowledge and only wants to attack Laizhou, but he does not know that extending the army line will make the retreat extremely dangerous." Sun Chuanting said, "And this is also Our chance is as long as we cut off the tiger thief's food route, no matter how powerful the tiger thief's troops are, they will only be defeated by Laizhou City."
After hearing this, Fu Zonglong stroked his beard and nodded, and said: "Sun Bingbei's words are right, so I need the two of you to cooperate sincerely to cut off the food routes for tigers and thieves in Laizhou, and assist the Ming Dynasty in Laizhou." The army defeated this tiger and bandit army."
Every word the two of them said to each other was always talking about military matters.
