The thirteen warships of the Yangtze River Navy protected two official ships from Yanziji Wharf, Nanjing. The river was rushing, and everyone on the ship was sweating profusely. The two official ships were large and small, and the big one was full of flags. The most conspicuous flag was the long banner of "The Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace and the Minister of War in Anhui, Henan and other places." Dozens of flags fluttered under the long banner in the wind, and the fleet was like a long dragon. Three days later, the fleet slowly moored at the Anqing Ferry.

After the ship was parked, the second assistant to the cabinet, Lian Chengbian walked out of the cabin with a depressed look on his face. Seeing that there were civil and military officials of Anqing Prefecture on the shore, the gentry knelt down to pick him up, but they were unwilling to say a word to these officials and gentry. They just bowed their hands slightly, and then went into the sedan chair without saying a word.

This move made Anqing's officials and gentry stunned. They didn't know why the Supervisor ignored them, but no one dared to inquire. Not far from the dock, about one mile away from where these officials and gentry were, there were more than a dozen generals of the Taiping Army looking at the Supervisor Lianchengbi who was hurried into the city.

As he entered the city, Lianchengbi was silent in the sedan chair, and he was actually worried and angry. He was trustworthy by Emperor Dingwu and was promoted to the second auxiliary of the cabinet from the position of Guangdong Governor. Although this auxiliary was very uncomfortable and had no real power, as long as the cabinet was in one day, he was the senior official of the cabinet and admired by many officials and gentry this time, and it was also an important force to restrain the scholars of the thieves.

But just a few days ago, the thief Zhou Shixiang used the excuse of the tense war in Anhui and instructed his party clerk Ding Zhixiang, Yuan Kuoyu and others to submit a memorial to the emperor to choose important officials to supervise Anhui and Henan, and then bribed the eunuch Pan Yinglong and others to watch him. The chief assistant Guo Zhiqi was afraid that the disaster would lead to his own troubles and refused to speak for Lian Chengbi. As a result, the second assistant of the cabinet was actually driven out of the capital.

If he only went out of Beijing to supervise the army, Lianchengbi was a loyal minister after all. In the case of most prefectures and counties in Guangdong, he could still insist on resisting the Qing Dynasty in southwestern Guangdong and refused to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Although his greatest contribution to the Qing Dynasty was to burn incense and worship Buddha when there was a war, and the Qing soldiers abandoned the city and ran away, but as the governor, as long as he did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he would carry the banner of Guangdong's anti-Qing forces for one day, which also represents the Yongli court. Therefore, he made contributions to the Ming Dynasty, which was why he was able to calmly accept the imperial edict of the Tang King to enter the cabinet as a secondary assistant.

Even the pedantic, even Chengbi knew that after the Yangzhou War, the Qing court had lost its strategic initiative. The land of Jianghuai was completely abandoned by the Qing court, so he was supervising Anhui and Henan military affairs. Although Lianchengbi was rejected, if it really happened, he came with the idea of ​​working for the country. However, from the moment he got ashore at Yanziji Wharf, he knew that he was wrong, because none of the soldiers and generals in Anhui were willing to listen to him, and as the supervisor, he could not command and transfer a general!

"If the generals and soldiers are arrogant, they don't need their lives. How can they suppress the thief? The thief scholar clearly ordered me to supervise the army, but secretly wanted to kill me!"

Lianchengbi felt extremely regretful. The Qing army that Anqing fled was obviously surrounded by Congshan in Tongcheng, and it was not difficult to annihilate. Unfortunately, Anhui Governor Jiang He did not obey the military order. Geng Zhongde and Qi Hao were in Tongyang again. Guichi was delayed, resulting in the empty force of blocking the North Road of Yu, and finally caused the Qing army of Anqing to escape under the eyes of the Taiping Army.

Lianchengbi was really hated, and he was very angry. When he received the imperial edict and was about to set off, he specially summoned many famous scholars in Nanjing and invited some talents to his staff. He wanted to gather ideas and make great contributions to suppress the enemy in one fell swoop and return to Beijing. But as soon as he arrived in Anqing, the Qing army ran away, which made him feel uncomfortable as if he had a punch in the air. He was unwilling to give up, he was really unbearable!

"Your Majesty, do you know what the old minister has done?"

With extreme reluctance, Lianchengbi came to a garden prepared for him by Anqing Mansion. This garden covers an area of ​​more than ten acres and is a garden of Qin Ming, a village official. It is secluded and quiet, with a lot of fun in the forest.

Lian Chengbi had just sat in the flower hall and was about to send a few close staff to discuss matters. A guard hurried in and said in surprise: "Sir, Lujiang is lost!"

"Lujiang is lost? How could it be? Didn't Lujiang come here just now?"

Lujiang is another major prefecture in Anhui. The imperial court intends to move the Anhui Provincial Capital from Anqing to Lujiang, which shows the importance of Lujiang. I heard that the thief scholars also intend to change Lujiang to Hefei, saying that Lujiang is the name of this in ancient times.

The Qing army was let go, and the back foot was lost. Lian Chengbi was angry and screamed, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and fell down. Everyone hurriedly helped him into the bedroom to rest. After Lian Chengbi woke up, he saw his confidant Xu Guoliang guarding the bedside, shook his head and sighed, "Emperor, the emperor, my death is coming!" After saying that, he burst into tears, struggled to sit up, and ordered Xu Guoliang and others: "Hurry, go and check, how did Lujiang lose?"

Xu Guoliang whispered and said, "Don't be anxious, it's important to calm down."

"There are not many Qing troops in Anhui, and Lujiang is a great mansion. How could it be the hands of thieves? I, I am really unwilling to give up!"

Liancheng walls slapped the bed railings repeatedly, and they were still a little bit skeptical, and they lost their usual elegant demeanor.

Xu Guoliang said: "Jeng Yu, the governor of Lujiang, came just now, but he was afraid of being guilty and did not dare to pay homage to the supervisor."

"Tell him! Tell him!" Lian Chengbi was breathing heavily.

Anyway, the Lujiang Prefect Zeng Yu, who was less than a month old, was wearing a royal blue straight-fitting dress and a leather robe. However, the robe was covered with dust and dirt, his hair was messy, and the square scarf was wrinkled. He looked embarrassed and staggered into the flower hall, cried and bowed to the ground, and kowtowed: "I am incompetent, and I am thrown away by Lujiang. I ask the Supervisor to punish him severely."

"Lujiang, is Lujiang really lost?" Lian Chengbi's face became pale, his whole body trembled, and his teeth trembled, "But come out, spy?"

"There was no spy, but the Qing army sent people to infiltrate the city."

"Where did the Qing army come from?!"

"It was the Qing army who escaped from Anqing, who led the troops to a Manzhou man named Kuenbu."

When he heard that it was An Qing's escape that the Qing army seized Lujiang's mansion, Lian Chengbi was even more angry and scolded Zeng Yu: "How did they get involved?"

Zeng Yu glanced at Lian Chengbi, and saw Lian Chengbi's teeth tightly biting, his eyes were so angry that he was so scared that he dared not speak.

"As the governor of Lujiang, why did you escape?" Lian Chengbi stared at Zeng Yu and asked angrily.

"Haughty job..."

Zeng Yu was secretly ruthless in his heart. How could he be as powerful as a civil servant, who was not as powerful as a chicken, be able to resist those Qing troops like wolves and tigers? Isn’t this obvious that he wants to sacrifice his life for justice? If he had the courage and courage to sacrifice his life for justice, he would not surrender to you in the Ming Dynasty!

Lian Chengbi was in a bad mood and closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair. Seeing Zeng Yu not saying a word, he dared to be extremely angry, but waved his hand weakly and said, "You go down!"
Chapter completed!