According to the principle that eggs cannot be put in one basket, the Confucian government asked for help not only from Wu Shigong's army, but also from Caozhou General Liu Zeqing.
Caozhou General Liu Zeqing's rated number of troops is 8,000. Of course, he also has to pay his salary, so the total number of his army is definitely not that large. In addition to the size of the prime minister, and the troops from other places staying behind, his headquarters in Caozhou
Therefore, in the end, Liu Zeqing only led more than 2,200 soldiers to rescue Qufu County.
Liu Zeqing's troops, of course, did not have the strong mobilization capabilities of Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion, nor the strong marching capabilities of Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion. Therefore, it was not until Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion left Qufu County that Liu Zeqing's army slowly
Late.
But you must know that the relationship between the Kong family and Liu Zeqing is not very harmonious. To be precise, it is quite bad.
Liu Zeqing was a native of Caozhou. He was actually a well-rounded character, and his relationship with the local officials and gentry was quite harmonious. However, he had a very bad relationship with the Confucius family.
What went wrong? It was the land. There were many conflicts between the two sides over the land.
Liu Zeqing also used his power and the disaster in Shandong to annex land to plunder money. Of course, a small part of the money was used to support the army.
It should be said that there is no essential difference between what Liu Zeqing did and what Wu Shigong did in Henan. In the Ming Dynasty, it was also common practice for military generals to do this.
However, I don’t know whether it should be said that Liu Zeqing was unlucky? Or was it the Confucius Mansion that was unlucky? In the process of annexing land, Liu Zeqing encountered a behemoth - the Confucius Mansion.
During the past annexation of land by the Confucius Mansion, because of its noble origin and powerful power, whenever there was a dispute, the elbows of local officials would always tilt in the direction of the Confucius Mansion. Therefore, when the Confucius Mansion encountered
When he had a conflict with Liu Zeqing, he must have had an unreasonable and unforgiving attitude.
After avoiding several times, Liu Zeqing also became fierce. Who is Liu Zeqing? In order to eliminate the rumors that his concubine was a famous prostitute, he would send a killer to kill his concubine's former benefactor.
What a ruthless character!
Therefore, in the subsequent struggle with the Confucius Mansion, Liu Zeqing often used underhanded tactics, which made the Confucius Mansion somewhat overwhelmed. Therefore, in the fight between the two parties, the Confucius Mansion was at a disadvantage.
This is an interesting thing. The Confucius government is not afraid of local officials with literary backgrounds, but is afraid of ruthless military leaders like Liu Zeqing. This can be regarded as one thing that brings another!
Therefore, when the Confucius Mansion knew that Liu Zeqing had led troops to rescue Qufu County, the people in the Confucius Mansion immediately fell into a panic. They also knew that Liu Zeqing would not do anything to nobles such as Sheng Yangong, but he beat several servants of the Confucius Mansion.
It is inevitable to molest some slaves of the Confucius Mansion and rob some property in Qufu County.
Therefore, the Confucius Mansion immediately sent people to call back Wu Shigong's army that had left the Confucius Mansion, so that Wu Shigong's army and Liu Zeqing's army could restrain each other. It would be best if Liu Zeqing's army also left Qufu County together with Wu Shigong's army.
Of course, the steward of the Kong family who came to Wu Shigong to summon him was not so stupid. He did not explain the whole story to Wu Shigong. But Wu Shigong knew as soon as he heard that this was a trip into troubled waters, and he was unwilling to offend others for no reason.
That friendly army.
Seeing Wu Shigong's attitude, the steward of the Kong Mansion had no choice but to say something to Wu Shiwen, who was standing aside: "Wuzhi County, I learned that I have always been on good terms with General Liu Shen. You must definitely help me with this favor! Come here!"
When the time comes, our Confucius family will be grateful!"
Wu Shiwen's face was also ugly. The nearby officials also knew that the Confucian government was so grateful that it was nothing more than cultural supplies such as pens, inks, paper and inkstones. But Liu Zeqing could offend the Confucian government, and Wu Shiwen, a civil servant, wanted to get involved in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.
, but absolutely cannot offend the Confucius family.
So Wu Shiwen had no choice but to say: "Then I will go and take a trip. I can't guarantee whether it will succeed or not!"
Wu Shigong could not leave his fifth brother alone. So Wu Shigong took dozens of soldiers and accompanied Wu Shiwen to Liu Zeqing's garrison.
In fact, although Liu Zeqing fought hard with the Kong family in secret, he did not dare to mess with the Kong family in the open. Otherwise, why would he come to Qufu County for rescue after a long journey?
Therefore, when the people sent by the Confucius Mansion stopped Liu Zeqing's army and asked them to stay where they were, Liu Zeqing still stopped moving forward. Of course, it was inevitable to curse the Kong Mansion for being unethical.
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Liu Zeqing was very polite to the brothers Wu Shiwen and Wu Shigong. As soon as he saw them, he immediately led them into the army.
But as soon as he settled down, Liu Zeqing complained: "Brother Zhihe, this Shengyan Gong called our brother over in a hurry. But now we haven't even wiped a sweat, so we are left in the cold outside the city. This is
Let us drink from the northwest wind!"
Liu Zeqing didn't call Wu Shiwen by his official name, but called Wu Shiwen by his first name. It was obvious at a glance that he was very familiar with Wu Shiwen.
Seeing that there was no one else around, Wu Shiwen lost his scruples and said, "Who says it's not true! Brother Hezhou, but this is what this old man is like. To save my face, just bear with this tone."
Liu Zeqing let out a long sigh and shook his head. He suddenly spotted Wu Shigong next to Wu Shiwen and asked, "Who is this? This general looks familiar!"
Wu Shigong also felt that Liu Zeqing looked familiar. Of course, they almost had a fight in Tongzhou to grab Tang Liu's ship. How could he not look familiar?
Wu Shiwen quickly introduced: "This is my fourteenth brother Wu Shigong. He is now serving as a guard in Runing Mansion. When passing through Shandong this time, he was unlucky enough to encounter a rebellion by the rebels, so he stayed in my Ningyang County.
This time we also came to rescue Qufu County according to the order of Sheng Yangong."
Wu Shigong also remembered who Liu Zeqing was, and he quickly smiled and cupped his hands and said: "General Liu, how are you doing after we say goodbye to Tongzhou?"
"So it's you!" Liu Zeqing also thought of Wu Shigong. He laughed for a while and said, "I didn't expect to meet old friends here. We brothers will have a few drinks later!"
"Not only are we meeting old friends in a foreign country, we are still in the same boat. To be honest, Brother Liu, my younger brother has just been kicked out of Qufu County. He needs to drink to drown his sorrows!"
Wu Shigong's joke caused a burst of laughter from everyone around, and the relationship between the two parties immediately became much more harmonious.
In fact, there is nothing to persuade. No one can offend the Kong family in Qufu County. Therefore, Liu Zeqing also knows that without the consent of the Kong family, his army will never be able to enter Qufu County.
He was just putting on a show here to get more benefits out of the Confucius Mansion.
But facing the two brothers Wu Shiwen and Wu Shigong, Liu Zeqing had no need to act like this. So, under the arrangement of Liu Zeqing's personal soldiers, the three of them found a restaurant on the roadside and started drinking happily.
Liu Zeqing is indeed a good person, and Wu Shigong is also very sophisticated in people. And they are both local military leaders, so they have a lot in common. Therefore, after drinking for three rounds, the two of them became brothers and became intimate with each other.
stand up.
But regarding the iron rooster in Confucius's house, Liu Zeqing still cursed at the wine table. Wu Shigong also felt the same way. But Wu Shigong thought of a way in a blink of an eye.
Wu Shigong whispered to Liu Zeqing: "Brother Liu, actually the Confucius Mansion doesn't provide us with money and food. We can find it from other places! I have an idea..."
After hearing Wu Shigong's idea, Liu Zeqing immediately laughed heartily. He said to Wu Shigong: "Okay! Just do it according to Brother Wu's method!"
