At this time, all officials in the Ming army believed that the rebels after suffering the defeat in Huang County no longer had much fighting capacity. As long as the Ming army gathered together to capture the last fortress of the rebels, Dengzhou

The city is something that can be easily captured.

The capture of Dengzhou City would also be the last opportunity to make a contribution in wiping out the rebels. However, Wu Shigong's partial division was deprived of this opportunity.

Even when the Runing camp arrived belatedly, Dengzhou City had not yet been captured by the main force of the Ming army. The south of Dengzhou City was also a very steep hilly mountainous area, which could not allow the army to successfully attack the city.

Let's put it this way. It is absolutely impossible for the Runing camp to capture Dengzhou City. This is also a revenge method carefully designed by Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian.

But what surprised Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian was that Wu Shigong, who was extremely rebellious in their hearts, did not hesitate after receiving this order that was obviously about wearing small shoes. He accepted the task calmly.

Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian still didn't know that military merit had completely lost its appeal to Wu Shigong.

After more than half a year of joint operations, the coalition forces are finally going their separate ways. But this is not a separation of life and death. The various forces of the coalition forces will meet again under Dengzhou City, so the whole scene of the breakup is not particularly sensational.

But Liu Zeqing felt that Wu Shigong would lose the credit for conquering Dengzhou City, and he always felt a little sorry for Wu Shigong. However, Wu Shigong still didn't care. He just asked Liu Zeqing to take care of himself, and calmly left with the Henan army in divisions.

When Wu Shigong left, he found that Liu Zeqing's eyes could no longer hide the light of his ambition. During the military discussion just now, Zhu Dadian even encouraged Liu Zeqing by name, and also hinted in his words that Liu Zeqing, if Liu Zeqing

If he achieves further military exploits in Dengzhou City, then Zhu Dadian will ask the imperial court for the merit. Let Liu Zeqing skip the rank of deputy general soldier and be directly promoted to the position of actual general soldier.

This condition is indeed quite tempting, which also shows Zhu Dadian's skillful political methods. Not only can he effectively split the coalition forces by fighting and pulling together one faction, but he will also have Liu Zeqing as a check and balance after the rebellion is put down in the future.

The chess pieces of Qiu Lei, the commander-in-chief of Shandong Province, really kill two birds with one stone.

Of course Wu Shigong would not submit to military discussions. Since he had already offended Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian, he didn't care about offending more.

Since Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian did not allow Wu Shigong to perform meritorious service in Dengzhou City, they had to give Wu Shigong some benefits. So Wu Shigong acted rudely, behaved, and acted rogue. Anyway, he used whatever method was disgusting, and he wanted Zhu

Dadian and Gao Qiqianduo gave Wu Shigong some weapons, food, mules and horses.

Regarding Wu Shigong's ugly behavior, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian were so angry that they almost chewed their own steel teeth. If they hadn't been worried about their identities, and if they hadn't known that they couldn't beat Wu Shigong even one-on-one.

, maybe they will have a live PK with Wu Shigong in the Zhongjun tent.

In the end, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian reluctantly gave Wu Shigong 500 shi of grain and a batch of gunpowder. When Wu Shigong still looked like a rogue and greedy, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian just gave him 500 shi of grain and a batch of gunpowder.

They couldn't bear it any longer. They immediately ordered Wu Shigong to be beaten out of the Chinese military tent with sticks. Wu Shigong immediately became a good man and escaped from the situation.

After the division was divided, the Henan army led by Wu Shigong totaled more than 5,800 people. Among them, there were more than 4,500 in the Runing camp. Moreover, the Runing camp also had more than 700 war horses and nearly 800 pack horses and other mules.

eight hundred and sixty carts, chariots, and chariots.

The army's military supplies are also quite sufficient. Among them, there are more than 4,300 stones of food and grass. In addition, the weapons and equipment are also quite sophisticated. There are thirty artillery pieces alone. In addition, the silver that Wu Shigong carried when he went on an expedition was also quite sophisticated.

Basically, it was not used. Instead, there was an extra amount of silver and valuable materials, equivalent to at least 80,000 taels of silver.

Compared with the men, horses, weapons, supplies and money that the Runing Battalion had when they went out for the expedition, Wu Shigong's Denglai campaign to put down the rebellion could be said to be a great harvest.

As for his mission, Wu Shigong was quite self-aware. Kong Youde's rebels had all retreated to Dengzhou City to defend the city. Where were the remaining rebels along the coasts of Zhaoyuan and Denglai?

Since Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian refused to allow themselves to make meritorious deeds again, and were unwilling to rush to Dengzhou City earlier, Wu Shigong himself should be wiser and slowly parade with weapons. It was as if he was carrying five soldiers with him.

More than a thousand guards came for a tour around the Denglai coastline.

Not surprisingly, on August 25, the fifth year of Chongzhen, the Henan army recaptured Zhaoyuan without any blood. After that, Wu Shigong's Henan army rested in Zhaoyuan for more than ten days.

In fact, the Henan Army does not need to rest at all. But since there is no need to rush to Dengzhou City, the Henan Army might as well collect more benefits in Zhaoyuan. You know, on the entire march route of the Henan Army, it is only possible to enter

Zhaoyuan County is a city.

After learning that Wang Shi had recaptured the county seat, the magistrate of Zhaoyuan County and the county's major households also came down from the mountain villages where they were hiding to accept the county governance of Zhaoyuan County.

Of course, the magistrate of Zhaoyuan County and the big families in the county entertained Wu Shigong and others with a feast of meat and fish, and then presented a batch of rewards, hoping that the Henan Army would not stay in the county anymore and get out as soon as possible.

But Wu Shigong and other military attachés of the Henan Army had opened their eyes, could they still appreciate these rewards? Wu Shigong immediately returned the rewards, and openly asked the magistrate of Zhaoyuan to help requisition 500 mules and horses, and 3,000 shi of grain.

As soon as this request was made, the Zhaoyuan County Magistrate and those big households were stunned. The expropriation amount must be too harsh.

But to Wu Shigong's surprise, he also met a ruthless county magistrate. Since the Henan Army wanted to open its mouth, the Zhaoyuan magistrate would not accompany him.

Later, the magistrate of Zhaoyuan met Wu Shigong again. He didn't even give Wu Shigong a courtesy, but stiffened his neck and said: "Zhaoyuan has been ravaged by Kong thieves, and the money and food still need to be rescued by the court. So there is no extra money for Wu Dusi."

. But this county also knows that Chen Dusi works hard, so he and the village elders squeezed out 20 donkeys and 200 grains. I hope Chen Dusi will leave as soon as possible after getting it. Otherwise, this county will report to the court, that is,

Even if the lawsuit reaches the Jinluan Palace, this county will continue to accompany it." After saying this, the magistrate of Zhaoyuan walked away regardless of Wu Shigong's bad face.

This was the first time that Wu Shigong met a civil servant who did not accept his rogue style, so he immediately became furious and stationed the entire Henan Army in Zhaoyuan County, just to pressure the Zhaoyuan County Magistrate into submission.

But the magistrate of Zhaoyuan County ignored Wu Shigong at all. Anyway, after Kong Youde destroyed Zhaoyuan County, there were not many residents left in the city, and few have returned. How could he be afraid of the disaster of the Henan Army? Besides, the court system of the Ming Dynasty

Even so, a small county magistrate has the toughness to fight against a mid-level and senior military attache like Wu Shigong.

The magistrate of Zhaoyuan thought very clearly that no matter what, Wu Shigong's Henan Army was also an official army, so they would never dare to touch the Zhaoyuan County government and the big households in the city. As for the people at the bottom, the magistrate of Zhaoyuan must have completely ignored them.

Moreover, the Kong Youde rebels in Dengzhou City have not yet been eliminated. If Wu Shigong's Henan Army has been stationed in Zhaoyuan County and does not fight the rebels, the court will not agree! Anyway, it is just to see who can outlast whom. Who?

You say civil servants won’t act rogue, right?

And this really made it difficult for Wu Shigong to deal with it. It was impossible to rob those big Zhaoyuan companies, but it would be a huge loss of face to leave like this. Wu Shigong felt a little bit hard to get off.

Just after the two sides were in a stalemate for five days, a scene that puzzled Wu Shigong occurred. Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, sent a messenger to deliver an urgent letter to Wu Shigong. In the letter, there was only one stamped with the governor's official seal.

, written in Zhu Dadian's handwriting allowing Wu Shigong's Henan Army to levy the troops on the spot in Shandong.

Wu Shigong held this handwritten letter and felt as if he was in a dream. Either he was crazy, or Zhu Dadian was crazy. Could it be that what he did had driven a governor into schizophrenia?

What Wu Shigong didn't know was that after Emperor Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen to thoroughly investigate Wu Shigong's affairs, because Wang Chengen wanted to show his favor to Gao Qiqian, the factory guards who had been instructed by Wang Chengen leaked the information to Gao Qiqian.

Of course, those who revealed the news would not say it clearly, but those hints made Gao Qiqian have some misunderstandings. Gao Qiqian never thought that this unruly Henan Qiu Ba would be such a simple emperor.

Xin. Gao Qiqian had no idea that Wu Shigong was actually the notorious Jian Zai Di Xin.

So after sighing that the people of the Guixun family were really not easy to deal with, Gao Qiqian immediately discussed with Zhu Dadian to make up for the relationship with Wu Shigong, who had a "close relationship" with Emperor Chongzhen.

But it was impossible to change the battle plan of Wu Shigong's Henan Army. It would be too embarrassing for Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian. Then they had to meet the material needs requested by Wu Shigong. So Wu Shigong was given the governor's title.

The warrant allowed the Henan Army to legitimately raid Shandong.

At this time, since he couldn't figure it out, Wu Shigong stopped thinking about it. He immediately collected the handwritten letter as if he had found a treasure, and then came to the Zhaoyuan County Government with arrogance.

When the magistrate of Zhaoyuan saw this handwritten letter, he suddenly became stunned. The magistrate of Zhaoyuan dared to force his neck against the military attache, but he absolutely did not have the guts to disobey the governor's order.

Things went smoothly after that. The Zhaoyuan magistrate's requirements for Wu Shigong's requisition were basically met. However, since Kong Youde's rebels had already plundered it, Zhaoyuan County really could not squeeze out so many mules, horses and grain.

After discussing with Wu Shigong, Zhaoyuan County finally gave the Henan Army fifty mules and horses, three hundred shi of grain, and one thousand taels of gold sand for the military. With such a private gold mine, Zhaoyuan County is really rich.

Yes!
Chapter completed!