The first thousand one hundred and sixty-ninth chapters
At three o'clock in the morning, there was not a cloud in the sky, and the golden sunshine shone brightly on the heaven and earth. A group of people dressed as businessmen came to the west gate of Jingnan County, headed by a middle-aged man in his thirties. This man was Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou.
He pretended to be a merchant shopkeeper. Behind Tan Lun, there were five people pretending to be merchant clerks. The leader was General Zuo Zhenzuo, and the other four were all sergeants with extraordinary skills.
Today, Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, came to Jingnan for a private visit.
Yesterday, shortly after Tan Ma Xiaobing reported the battle report to Jingnan, Tan Lun received an official battle report from Jingnan County Magistrate Zhu Pingan.
The official battle report records are more detailed and the data are more specific. However, first of all, it is a major event, and secondly, the content of the Jingnan battle report is too unexpected, especially the capture of 795 Japanese pirate heads, which is unbelievable. Tan
Lun decided to verify it himself. So early this morning, Tan Lun took Zuo Zhen and others, took off their official uniforms, dressed up as businessmen, and came to Jingnan County for a private visit to verify whether the battle report was true or not.
After Tan Lun arrived at the west gate of Jingnan, he did not rush into the city, but stopped in front of the west gate to check.
Although several days have passed, a faint smell of blood can still be smelled at the west gate of Jingnan County.
The traces of fighting such as knives, axes, and fire are still vivid on the city gate. The stone bricks in front of the city gate seem to have been penetrated by blood congestion. Although it can be seen that Jingnan County has been washed many times with clean water, the stone bricks are still red with blood.
Traces. There are also many traces of battles left on the city walls on the left and right sides of the city gate. Several sections of the city wall still have traces of fire. They are dark. The soil under the city wall is glowing with blood red. A gust of wind blows, and the ground is covered with traces of blood.
There is a faint smell of blood in the earthy smell, which should be caused by the soil being soaked in blood.
The scenes in front of the West City Gate all confirmed to others the brutal and fierce fighting in Jingnan that day.
"Master Fu, judging from these traces in front of the city gate, the battle to defend the city in Jingnan that day was very tragic."
Zuo Zhen carefully observed the traces of the battle in front of the city gate, pointed to one of the traces, and said softly to Tan Lun.
"Haha, there is no official here. I am the shopkeeper of Taizhou Fujing Tea Shop."
Tan Lun smiled slightly, shook his head, patted Zuo Zhen on the shoulder, and reminded him that this was a private investigation.
"Yes, my boss." Zuo Zhen clasped his fists and changed his title, "Judging from these traces, the battle to defend the city of Jingnan that day was very tragic."
Tan Lun nodded slightly and said softly, "That's true. I have more faith in the Jingnan battle report."
"Come on, let's go in and take a look." Tan Lun said to Zuo Zhen and others after looking in front of the city gate for a while.
"Master, please." Zuo Zhen extended his hand to ask Tan Lun to go first.
The group walked into Jingnan County. As soon as they entered Jingnan County, they couldn't help but sigh at the bustle of Jingnan.
Jingnan County does not look like it has experienced Japanese invasion at all.
People come and go on the streets of Jingnan County. Although it is not as busy as Taizhou Prefecture, there are still people on the streets. Some are shopping on foot, some are carrying burdens, some are riding horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts delivering goods, and some are stopping.
Selecting goods at roadside stalls, bargain-hunting streets are lined with buildings, including teahouses, wine shops, grocery stores, etc. The flow of customers is constant, and business seems to be booming. There are many small stalls and hawkers in the open spaces on both sides of the street, shouting loudly.
Sell your merchandise eloquently.
Tan Lun walked for a while and noticed that the buildings in the city were intact, pedestrians were constantly coming and going, and the shops were booming. He couldn't help but nodded slightly and said to Zuo Zhen beside him, "The buildings in Jingnan City are intact, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. There is not much that can be seen."
From this, we can see that Jingnan was indeed not captured by Japanese pirates."
Seeing that there were indeed no traces of the fall of Jingnan County, Tan Lun felt much more relaxed. Even if the Jingnan battle report was inaccurate, as long as Jingnan County was indeed not captured by Japanese pirates, he would feel more relieved.
"What my boss said is that there are no signs of being captured by Japanese pirates in Jingnan City." Zuo Zhen said, clasping his fists. After finishing speaking, he shook his head slightly and said with suspicion, "However, Jingnan Battle Report captured the number of Japanese pirate heads."
I'm afraid there is a lot of water. It is not easy for Jingnan to be able to defend it. It is difficult to say that 795 Japanese pirate heads were captured. But Tan Ma Yan has personally counted the heads, and there are indeed 795.
"If these heads are not Japanese pirates, then these heads"
Zuo Zhen is the general of the new army. He has experienced the power of Japanese pirates in the battle of defending the city of Taizhou Prefecture. The new army under his command is not a match for the Japanese pirates. How can the young and strong people temporarily recruited in Jingnan be a match for the Japanese pirates? His new army is in
During the defense of the city, more than half of them were killed or injured, but they only beheaded more than 200 Japanese pirates. Jingnan County temporarily mobilized civilians to defend the city. Not only did they defend the county, but they also captured 795 Japanese pirate heads?! What about this?
, he didn’t believe it.
He suspected in his heart that most, or even the vast majority, of the 795 Japanese pirate heads were made up of the heads of dead and wounded civilians.
However, he had no evidence, so he didn't say it clearly, but the implications were obvious.
If these heads are not Japanese pirates, then what else can I say? They must be pretending to be the heads of innocent people.
Kill the good and take credit!
In fact, without Zuo Zhen's reminder, Tan Lun also had this suspicion. He had already suspected this when he heard the report of the Jingnan battle.
Throughout the dynasties, even this dynasty had no shortage of absurd and cruel acts of killing good people and taking credit for merit. Tan Lun remembered clearly that he had seen it in the Di newspaper that Zhu Pingan had impeached Zhao Daying a few months ago for killing good people and taking credit for service, which affected
Still big.
Tan Lun deeply abhors the act of killing good people and taking credit for their crimes. Although Zhu Ping'an successfully defended the city, regained Taiping County, and made indelible contributions to saving his political career, if it is verified that Zhu Ping'an is indeed suspected of
Tan Lun would never tolerate killing a good person and taking credit for it.
Killing good people and claiming merit is no different from animals! Such people must not be tolerated, otherwise the people under their rule will suffer.
Zhu Pingan, Zhu Pingan, I hope you will not become the kind of person you impeached
Tan Lun looked in the direction of Jingnan County Government, with a complicated expression in his eyes, which finally became cold.
"Come on, I see that the teahouse is the busiest with people coming and going. Let's go sit in the teahouse and find out some news."
After Tan Lun walked along the street for a while, he noticed that there was a teahouse called "Qiwanzhai" not far ahead. The teahouse was located in the center of the city and occupied a large area.
Concentrate, the information is the best, so he turned to Zuo Zhen and others and said.
When the Fu Zun spoke, Zuo Zhen and others naturally had no objection, and soon the group walked into the "Qi Wan Zhai" teahouse.