To the southwest of Dingshan, there is the Duoyan Guards Camp.
At night, everything was dark.
There was only one cave where a butter lamp was lit.
Xu Qin and others conducted a surprise interrogation overnight on the newly captured Quan Afu.
Quan Afu was a sensible man and did not resist.
No torture was used, he was very cooperative and did everything right away.
And he insisted that the mastermind of everything was Haisa Nantaxi, the commander of Fu Yuwei.
He knew that he could not escape the death penalty, but his family members who were far away in the grasslands beyond the Great Wall could not be implicated because of him.
As long as Haisa Nantaxi cannot return to the grassland, the family will be safe.
"Master Shao Zhan, this is Quan Afu's confession, all signed."
Xu Qin, who was pacing and waiting in the cave, was extremely happy when he heard this.
He received a confession from the guard captain, which was not too long, but the content inside was shocking.
On the day the city was breached at the end of May, Fuyu Weihaisa ordered his men to steal about 200,000 taels of national treasury silver.
This is a huge sin.
Not to mention two hundred thousand taels, even stealing ten taels of silver would be a death penalty.
This is the central treasury bank of the Ming Dynasty, and those involved will definitely have their heads chopped off.
The mastermind should kill the three clans.
Haisa is really a coward. He dares to do whatever he wants just because he thinks he has merit.
If this confession is handed over to Zhu Di, Haisa will definitely die.
And Haisa will have to be a foil before he dies. He will definitely explain Qiu Fu's ugly crimes such as instigating Funing Wei and attacking Jiang Fangjun's camp.
The so-called revenge does not take place overnight.
Qiu Fu's conspiracy was exposed and his crime was not light. Even if Zhu Di didn't kill him, he would be demoted.
Zhu Di was eager to kill chickens to scare monkeys.
"Chief Guard, you personally lead the East Palace Guards, holding the crown prince's gold medal, to escort the criminal Quan Afu across the river overnight, and escort all the stolen money he hid back to the East Palace."
"As commanded."
The captain of the guard was in high spirits and took the order to leave.
He understands that this is a good opportunity to advance through meritorious service, and he must seize it well.
After the captain of the guard left, Xu Qin thought carefully for a while and then called Tuolu.
"Where the sergeant involved in the case of Wu Liangha is detained..."
Before Xu Qin could finish speaking, Tuolu announced the good news:
"Mr. Xu, please rest assured. The dozens of assassins who came to attack the sergeant have all been brought to justice, and a total of five were captured alive."
"They claimed that they were hired by others, but they didn't know the details."
"This is expected, let's forget about it for now." Xu Qin said:
"Old senior, you send a confidant to find General Sheng Yong at the Jiangfang Army camp and send him a message."
"It means that in the three court hearings tomorrow, he will only state the facts boldly and ask questions about right and wrong. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is aware of his grievances. You must believe that I, the Ming Dynasty, have their own laws and laws, so that he does not need to be afraid."
After Tolu listened, he smiled knowingly and turned around to make arrangements.
…
Jiang Fangjun's main tent.
At this moment, Jiang Fangjun was like a dark cloud, a miserable storm.
Jiang Fangjun's left governor, Licheng Hou Shengyong, as well as his right-hand assistant, governor Tongzhi Ping'an and other generals, all sat around the charcoal fire in the commander's tent, sighing.
Sheng Yong is sixty-one this year and is an out-and-out veteran.
He was familiar with military books since he was a child and joined the army when he was young.
First, he was a general of the Yuan Dynasty, and then Zhu Yuanzhang, who surrendered to the Red Turban Army.
During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, he first served under Deng Yu, and later accompanied the army to conquer Liaodong, and made many military exploits.
The official arrived at the capital and commanded the envoys.
At the beginning of the Jingnan War, he first served as Geng Bingwen's deputy.
Geng was defeated and he became Li Jinglong's deputy again.
There is no place for heroes to use their talents, and there is no place to spill their blood.
After Li Jinglong's defeat, Sheng Yong took over the military power of the Central Army and fought fiercely with Zhu Di for several years.
The Yan army suffered heavy losses in his hands.
Zhang Yu, Zhu Di's number one confidant, was killed by Sheng Yong during the Battle of Dongchang as a savior.
Another general, Tan Yuan, also died in the hands of Sheng Yong.
And Chen Heng.
Although everyone is his own master, the new nobles in Jingnan hate Sheng Yong to death and wish to cut him into pieces with thousands of knives and smash his bones into ashes.
The Central Army was defeated again and again, and Jiang Fang's army was finally attacked from three sides by Zhu Gaoxu, Qiu Fu, and Zhu Neng, and fled in defeat.
As a last resort, Sheng Yong led Jiang's defense army to surrender.
In order to win over people's hearts, Zhu Di ignored Jianwen's surrender.
The number one enemy Sheng Yong chose to surrender. Under Zhu Di's strict orders, not only was he not killed, but his title and military position remained unchanged.
As for what Zhu Di was thinking, no one knew.
Sheng Yong is a very upright military commander. You can't stand the arrogance and wanton behavior of Jingnan's upstarts.
The three guards of Wu Liangha were in Jiangpu, robbing women and looting people's property in the Liuhe area, but he resisted and did not take action.
But Wu Liangha's three guards attacked Jiang's defense army camp and openly insulted the female soldiers' families.
What is intolerable is unbearable.
He couldn't help but take action.
This time, it played into the hands of Zhu Gaoxu, Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng and other Jingnan upstarts.
It was Qiu Fu, the vanguard, who came forward and planned to get rid of Sheng Yong immediately.
As well as Sheng Yong's assistant Heping and other anti-Yan generals.
Qiu Fu and others took advantage of the conflict between Fu Yuwei and Jiang Fangjun to defeat Zhu Di.
It is said that Sheng Yong killed the soldiers of Wu Liangha with ulterior motives and intended to rebel.
"Commander, it was clear that the three guards of Wu Liangha attacked the Jiangfang military camp and robbed the women first. We were forced to fight back and save people, but were framed for treason. Isn't this the law of heaven?"
Heping said angrily:
"I am not convinced. Tomorrow we will go to the palace gate and kneel down to beg the emperor. If he wants to be killed, kill us together."
"shut up!"
Sheng Yong shouted angrily, with tears streaming down his face, "Peace, is this useful? Since ancient times, how many people have been wronged and wronged?"
"Besides, during the four-year Jingnan Campaign, I killed several of the Yan Army's most trusted generals. Whether it was the Battle of Jinan City, the Battle of Dongchang, or the Yangtze River Defense Battle, nearly 100,000 Yan soldiers died in my hands."
"There are so many people who want to kill me in their dreams. No matter what, if I don't die this time, there will be another time. I won't survive."
"If you follow me, aren't you getting yourself involved too?"
Heping and others looked at each other, even more sad.
"But Marshal, then...are we just going to watch them confuse right and wrong, frame innocent people, and do whatever they want?"
Sheng Yong took a deep breath when he heard this and said helplessly:
"I have already seen clearly the so-called success of a king and defeat of a bandit. If it were not for the tens of thousands of soldiers, I would have decided to die in front of the battle."
"Now, I am a noble military lord of the Ming Dynasty. I am a first-class general, but I have to fall into the hands of treacherous ministers and new nobles. I will suffer all the humiliation. I regret it."
"A scholar can be killed but not humiliated."
"General Li Guang committed suicide in anger back then. Now I finally understand how he felt at that time."
Having said this, Sheng Yong stood up angrily, rushed to the table in a few steps, grabbed his sword, and was about to kill himself.
"Commander, that's not the case. If we die, let's die together."
Behind him, Heping and other generals quickly hugged Sheng Yong and choked with sobs.
"Why are you doing this? If I don't die today, I will be bullied and tortured in the execution hall tomorrow. If I die early or later, what's the difference?"
Heping and other generals of the Jiang Defense Army looked at each other and lowered their heads helplessly.
Everyone knows that the old man is right.
