Wang Chengyin returned to his camp with an ugly expression. The large camp was stationed in the city, and he forcibly occupied a residential house. All the people were blown away, and then he converted the empty residential houses into barracks.
"General, what's wrong with you? Could it be that the superintendent showed your expression?" Zuo Liangyu, who noticed Wang Chengyin's bad expression, inquired curiously.
Although he did not go to Laizhou to participate in the battle with the Tiger Character Banner, he also learned about the battle from the people who came back, including the fact that Wang Chengyin abandoned Fu Zonglong and fled for his life.
However, he was just a capital official, and even if he took refuge with Fu Zonglong, he might not be accepted. And Fu Zonglong had such powerful generals as his uncle and nephew from the Cao family, so it was even less likely that he would be interested in a small capital official like him.
Therefore, he had no choice but to follow Wang Chengyin to the dark side. Snapped! Wang Chengyin slapped his hand on the table and cursed: "Damn it, this bitch Fu Zonglong bullied people too much. He actually asked me to go to Dengzhou to fight to the death with the tiger bandits. These civil servants have dirty hearts."
"General, be careful what you say." Zuo Liangyu looked around and then whispered,
"General, be careful that walls have ears. At present, Governor Fu is supported by his uncle and nephew from the Cao family." Wang Chengyin scolded: "If I had known that Cao was so willing to be a dog, I shouldn't have abandoned Fu in the first place." I regret that I should not have left Fu Zonglong alone at that time, and now there is no room for change.
"It's not the general's fault that the situation happened at that time. And if the general hadn't forced his way through the tiger thieves' interception and opened a big gap to come out, perhaps Governor Fu would have had no chance of escaping." Zuo Liangyu said.
What he was thinking was that even if it happened again, based on his understanding of Wang Chengyin, he would still abandon Fu Zonglong and run for his life.
Wang Chengyin cursed a few words and felt a lot better, and said to Zuo Liangyu: "Notify us, take all our things and leave Jinan Mansion tomorrow."
"Are we really going to leave?" Zuo Liangyu looked unwilling. Since arriving in Jinan Mansion, their life has been very comfortable, so they feel a little reluctant to leave like this.
Wang Chengyin said with an ugly face: "You thought you were willing to leave, but now he is protected by his uncle and nephew from the Cao family. Do you think they will let us stay in Jinan Mansion?"
"Then we can't go to Dengzhou! General, you know that Governor Fu brought so many soldiers and horses to Laizhou and were defeated. We only went to Dengzhou with just a few people. This is to avenge private hatred and eliminate dissidents!" Zuo! Liangyu cried bitterly.
From the bottom of his heart, he was unwilling to go to Dengzhou and fight against the troops of Tiger Character Banner. Of course, if he could fight, he would naturally be willing to go, and he would still be willing to do meritorious deeds. But the facts told him that their army could not defeat the main force of the Tiger Flag in Dengzhou. Going to Dengzhou was equivalent to going to Dengzhou. Die.
Wang Chengyin, who heard this, said with an irritated look on his face: "Let's talk about it later. You go and notify others first."
"Yes." Zuo Liangyu retreated. The army wants to evacuate from Jinan Prefecture. It is easy to say but not so easy to do.
The generals below may not be willing to leave Jinan Fucheng, they still need to be appeased, and they only have one day to evacuate, so the time is very tight.
Wang Chengyin, who hadn't drank a sip of water since Fu Zonglong came back, felt his throat was dry and reached out to grab the teapot on the table.
When I grabbed it, I realized there was no water in it. He turned to look outside the room, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Zuo Liangyu quickly entering the room.
"Didn't I ask you to inform others? Why are you back again!" Wang Chengyin saw Zuo Liangyu's sudden return, with dissatisfaction in his tone.
Zuo Liangyu bowed to Wang Chengyin and said, "General, Cao Wenzhao is here, and he's already outside."
"Why is he here!" Wang Chengyin frowned. He had a relationship with his uncle and nephew from the Cao family in Liaodong, but he didn't like them. Similarly, he also knew that they didn't like him either.
Zuo Liangyu asked: "Could it be that Governor Fu sent him here?"
"Go and bring people in!" Wang Chengyin felt that he still wanted to see Cao Wenzhao. Zuo Liangyu personally went outside to pick up Cao Wenzhao.
After a while, Cao Wenzhao was brought over. As soon as Wang Chengyin saw Cao Wenzhao, he came over with a smile on his face and said affectionately: "If you have anything to do, General Cao can just send the people below. There is no need to make this trip in person. But since you are here, then stay. Let’s have a drink together. Since you and I followed Taifu Sun to drive away Luanping’s fake gold army, we haven’t had the chance to sit down and have a drink together. You can’t refuse today.”
"I also want to have a good drink with Brother Wang, but Inspector Fu is in such a hurry that I have to come here. Let's finish the tasks assigned by Inspector Fu first, and then drink later." Cao Wenzhao was very angry. He said politely.
After hearing this, Wang Chengyin lost the smile on his face, turned around and returned to his seat, saying: "Since General Cao came here on the order of Governor Fu, let me just tell you what new orders Governor Fu has for me? "
"It's not a big deal. Brother Wang is not leaving Jinan Fucheng soon, so Governor Fu ordered me to come over and share the defense of the city in Brother Wang's hands. Brother Wang can concentrate on reorganizing the army and leaving the city without being distracted by messy things. "Cao Wenzhao said his purpose of coming.
"Want to take over the city's defense?" Wang Chengyin repeated. Cao Wenzhao said: "Brother Wang, don't get me wrong. Originally, I didn't want to come, but Governor Fu repeatedly asked me. As a subordinate, I had no choice but to bite the bullet and come here."
"It doesn't matter, I'll have to leave it to you to take over sooner or later anyway." Wang Chengyin waved his hand indifferently. Seeing this, Cao Wenzhao felt relieved and said, "Okay, I'll let someone go over and take over the defense. I won't delay Brother Wang's affairs."
"No hurry." Wang Chengyin waved his hand again. Cao Wenzhao looked puzzled. He couldn't understand whether Wang Chengyin wanted to hand over the city's defense.
Wang Chengyin said: "Anyway, I'm leaving tomorrow. It won't be too late to hand over tomorrow. But before I leave, I would like to ask General Cao to tell Governor Fu that there is insufficient food and grass in the army. When an army goes on an expedition, food and grass always go first. If the food and grass cannot be solved, The problem is, I’m afraid the people below won’t want to leave.”
"General Wang, are you disobeying your order?" Cao Wenzhao frowned. Wang Chengyin snorted softly and said: "I have always obeyed Commander Fu's arrangements. How can I disobey orders? However, the problem of food and grass should be solved by Commander Fu. We cannot let this general fight against the tigers and thieves. Let’s solve the army’s food and grass problem by ourselves!”
"This!" Cao Wenzhao didn't know how to answer. As a leading general, he certainly knew what kind of predicament the army would be in if there was insufficient food and grass, and he would be defeated without even having to fight the enemy.
But he knew better that it might be true that others said there was a shortage of food and grass, but Wang Chengyin had been in Jinan City for so long and had plundered a lot of things, and there was no shortage of food and grass.
