There was a violent lashing, which made the fourth-level commander whimper. After the lashing, no one cared about him anymore, and he was left to flop on the ground. Finally, like Jia Hongjiao, his subordinates in the Beijing camp found a piece of
The door panel came and was carried out of the city.
After beating Pei Shaokuan and capturing Jia Hongjiao, the Jingying camp and the Royal Horse Supervisor were completely offended. Now that the matter had come to this, they were worried about the retaliation that would follow, so they had to abandon everything and lead the army south.
After being ordered to leave the city and set up camp immediately, Shi Dayong didn't bother to look at Pei Shaokuan again, pulled the horse's head and left the city.
Seeing that Shi Dayong really led his troops out of the city, Zhao Wenqi felt relieved, but he was still very worried. He didn't know how he would explain to his superiors after the Liao army left.
After the camp was set up, Shi Dayong sent people to urge Xianghe County to bring the grain and grass. Zhao Wenqi did not dare to go out of the city to deal with the Liao army. He only sent his master Deng Tai to lead a group of officers to transport the three days of grain and grass needed by the Liao army for inspection.
After verification, Shi Dayong signed and stamped his signature on the document in Xianghe County. In this way, the recruitment was considered completed.[
The soldiers in the Beijing camp who committed the crime were not much better. Each of them was also whipped thirty times. That night, the people of Xianghe who were close to the city gate could clearly hear the curses and screams coming from outside the city.
After a night of worry and fear, Zhao Wenqi sent people out of the city to see if the Liao army had left, but found that the Liao army had already left the camp. After wandering around the yamen for half an hour, Zhao Wenqi wrote a quick note, describing what happened in the city yesterday.
Report everything to Shuntian Mansion as soon as possible.
The imperial edict requires Shi's troops to go to Shandong and return to Shandong Governor Zhu Dadian for promotion. The Shandong Governor is currently stationed in Dezhou. Therefore, before receiving new orders, Shi Dayong must lead his troops to Dezhou and obey the order. The time given by the emperor is 15 days.
If Shi's troops fail to reach Dezhou within the day, it will be considered a violation of military orders. According to the Ming Dynasty's military system, Shi Dayong will be punished by military law.
It has been two days since we left Beijing, and now there are only thirteen days left. Texas is more than four hundred miles away. As long as there are no delays on the way, we can make it in time.
On the 19th, Shi Dayong led his troops out of Xianghe, all the way to Gu'an, then turned to the direction of Tianjin Wei and walked for more than 20 miles. Finally, he turned around and went south. He walked straight along the official road and passed through several prefectures and counties in Hebei before arriving.
Texas.
Along the way, Pei Shaokuan and his thousand soldiers from the capital camp followed the Jinzhou Army obediently, but all of them had grim faces and were very reluctant, and they even complained about the Jinzhou Army.
Some of his subordinates encouraged Pei Shaokuan to lead his troops back to the capital, so as not to follow the Liao army and die in vain. Even if they did not die in vain, there would be no profit or water along the way, and they would have to be subject to this and that. Who can bear it?
Some officers even threatened Pei Shaokuan, saying that if things continued like this, there was no guarantee that the people below would not have different intentions. If a mutiny broke out, no one would be able to save their heads.
In response, Pei Shaokuan pretended to be righteous and scolded them, saying that the bandit soldiers were poisoning the people. As an officer and soldier, he didn't want to eliminate harm for the people, but only focused on protecting himself. How unbecoming!
He also threatened them that if they go back like this, Pei Shaokuan will not be the only one who is unlucky, but you guys will also lose your heads!
Frightened by his meal, the officers in the Beijing camp did not dare to encourage him to run away. They thought so. The military order given to them by the court was to go south with the Liao army. If they did not follow the military order and ran away before the battle, they would have to return to the capital.
, and what good fruits can be eaten.
In this way, under the strict orders of Pei Shaokuan and the officers, and with the Liao army watching, the thousand soldiers of the Beijing camp were able to avoid dispersing and causing unpredictable consequences.
In fact, Pei Shaokuan was really unjust, and he really had a hard time talking about what happened in Xianghe City. He really had no choice but to allow his subordinates to act recklessly.
When he left the capital, the imperial court did not allocate money for him and his subordinates to settle down. The subordinates were already complaining and dissatisfied. In addition, these soldiers in the Beijing camp were all businessmen and soldiers. Who really wanted to serve the imperial court?
Working hard. It's okay to fight against the wind and wave the flag and shout, but if you really go into battle to kill the enemy with your head high, you don't even have to think about it.
Not only had they left the capital, but even before they left the capital, the soldiers started to make trouble, and the camp was in chaos all day long. After the news came that Eunuch Gao had promoted the Beijing camp to suffer a defeat in Hebei, these soldiers
I don’t even want to go to Shandong anymore, and I’m clamoring to go back to Beijing. Why should everyone work for the imperial court if they say the imperial court can’t help you?
The situation is getting worse and worse. Pei Shaokuan is not a leader at all. His commanding skills are handed down from his ancestors. He has no ability at all, let alone any prestige in the eyes of his subordinates.
The matter has become a big deal, and if the soldiers are not appeased, they may really mutiny. Pei Shaokuan was so anxious that the imperial court asked them to move to Xianghe. Seeing that Xianghe County was weak and easy to bully, Pei Shaokuan got excited and acquiesced to his subordinates.
Do mischief in the city so that they can make some money and vent their anger, so that they will not cause trouble again.[
I originally thought that although these soldiers were stupid, they could never do extremely evil things such as murder and arson. At most, they could just take advantage of the city and eat and drink for free. This was what the local officials and officials were doing.
If the officials hear about it and impeach themselves, they will always be able to fool their superiors.
Who knew that the Liao army would suddenly intervene and drive them out? They would also issue military orders and take themselves damn seriously!
The whip made his buttocks still hurt. Thinking of being whipped thirty times in vain, Pei Shaokuan was furious. If the military order hadn't been in front of him and the Liao army was really fierce, he would have led his men away long ago.
Shi, if you want me to have a hard time, I will also want you to have a hard time!
Along the way, Pei Shaokuan was looking forward to one thing every day, and that was when Eunuch Gao would send someone to deal with Shi Dayong.
But after waiting for several days, no one came, as if the Yongwei Battalion detained by the Liao Army did not exist at all. This made him wonder, thinking about Eunuch Gao's reliance on the Yongwei Battalion.
, there is no reason for him to ignore this matter?
Besides, if the Liao army made such a big noise in Xianghe County, there was no reason for the local officials not to report it to their superiors. How could the imperial court ignore the news when it received it?
A series of doubts made Pei Shaokuan increasingly uneasy. If the court and Eunuch Gao never took care of it, wouldn't he really have to go with the Liao army to fight with the damn Kong thief?
On this day, when he arrived in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, he sent people with official documents to Cangzhou Prefecture to collect grain and grass as usual, and then ordered Shi Dayong to set up camp at Wuli Bridge outside the city.
The matters of setting up camp and logistics are now on the head of the Beijing camp, and all the Jinzhou Army has to do is to guard and patrol.
Seeing that the equipment of the Beijing camp was good, Shao Wu and others proposed to Shi Dayong to seize the equipment of the Beijing camp for their own use. However, Shi Dayong refused without hesitation. No matter how poor his Jinzhou army was, it would always be the imperial army; he
No matter how useless and bastard the Beijing camp is, they are still the army of the imperial court. There is no reason for the officers and soldiers to rob friendly troops!
In Xianghe, he had ten thousand reasons for giving the marching orders to the Beijing camp. But when it came to robbing the Beijing camp of equipment, he had no reason at all. If he didn't do it well, the emperor would really think that the Liao army was domineering.
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When summoned by the platform, Shi Dayong still remembered the situation of the emperor's questioning. At this moment, he still had lingering fear. He reminded himself from time to time to act more wisely. Some things are like thunder pools, and you can't go over them even one step!
The Cangzhou Prefecture had learned from the Tang newspaper that the Liao army was going south to Shandong to quell the rebellion. It also knew that Kong Youde's rebellion was taking place in Denglai, Shandong. Therefore, after receiving the official document, it quickly organized civilians to send the supplies needed by Shi's Ministry.
and invited the Liao army to enter the city, but Shi Dayong also refused.
On the trip south, Shi Dayong's principle was not to enter a city or disturb a single person.
His principle was originally to prevent his subordinates from causing trouble and being distracted by the prosperity of the city and losing motivation. However, he received a benefit, that is, all the counties and counties where the Liao army passed through had official documents to the court praising the Liao army and the Qi family army.
Generally speaking, it is a rare and powerful army that can do nothing against the people.
Of course, Shi Dayong didn't know how these prefectures and counties evaluated the Jinzhou Army. He only knew that he was getting closer to Shandong, and the Tang newspaper said that the situation in Dengzhou was getting worse and worse. The Confucian thieves also divided their forces to invade south, and Shandong
The north is already in chaos.
The best result of rebellion has always been to control it within a small area. If it spreads, it will be difficult to deal with. Now Kong Youde's rebellion is vaguely a replica of the civil unrest in the northwest, except that it is from the northwest to
One is spreading from the Central Plains, and the other is spreading from Hebei to Shandong. Both of them are of a wandering nature. If we can't encircle and suppress them, we may lose the initiative.
That night, the Jinzhou Army and the Beijing Camp rested in Cangzhou. Early the next morning, Shi Dayong was about to order each battalion to pack their things, but a soldier ran out of breath and reported: "General, a group of eunuchs have come outside the camp!"
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A bunch of eunuchs are coming?!
Shi Dayong was startled when he heard this. He was curious as to why a group of eunuchs came to his camp and asked the soldier: "Do you know which yamen's father-in-law in the inner court is here?" The soldier replied: "I asked, what are those eunuchs?
The eunuch said they were from the Horse Controller."
Someone from the Royal Horse Guard?
Shi Dayong was shocked and knew that the other party must have come for the Yongwei camp who was detained in the camp, but he did not know the identity of the visitor. If their palm prints were revealed, and the eunuch Gao Qiqian, the admiral of the Beijing camp, came to visit him, then he would have no choice but to
I'm afraid it will be difficult to handle.
After instructing Guo Yi to call the generals, Shi Dayong led them to the camp gate. He saw five or six eunuchs with white beards talking to the guards outside the gate. On one side, there was also a group of soldiers from the Beijing camp lined up.
Well, there are not many people, only a few dozen people, thinking about the escort.
When he got closer, he heard clearly that the eunuchs were teaching the guards a lesson.
"You guys with no eyesight, don't you know who our family is? Open your eyes wide, we are the eunuchs of the Royal Horse Supervisor, the right-hand man of Eunuch Gao, even if you Shi Shen will be the future,
When you see our family, you have to pay homage. You Qiu Ba, how dare you disturb our family, are you going to risk your life?"
The guards did not dare to refute. They knew that these eunuchs were from the palace, so they did not dare to yell at them. However, the general had an order that no one could be put into the military camp without notification, otherwise military law would be enforced. Therefore, they did not dare to let them go.
People had no choice but to let these eunuchs yell and curse, pretending to be deaf and dumb and ignore them.
Their attitude made these eunuchs very angry. They started scolding each other in sharp voices.
"My father-in-law, calm down! The sergeants are just executing military orders. My father-in-law, there is no need to be angry with them."
Shi Dayong didn't want to have too much conflict with Gao Qiqian's people. Although he couldn't stand the style of these eunuchs, he didn't get angry. Instead, he tried to persuade them with kind words.
Seeing that an official finally came out, the eunuchs immediately gathered around. The eunuch in charge looked at Shi Dayong and asked casually: "Are you that Jinzhou General Shi Dayong?"
"This general is Shi Dayong. I wonder what these gentlemen are doing?" Shi Dayong behaved quite politely.
"Do you think our family will come to you when we are full?"
The eunuch snorted, obviously shifting his dissatisfaction with the guards to Shi Dayong, "How did you lead the soldiers? Do they still have the imperial court in their eyes? Who are our family? Our family represents the emperor! Our family is here
There are official duties in your camp, but your Liao army blocks our family outside the camp. This is not disrespectful to the Holy One!"