"What, Lin Fu wants to lead troops into the city, absolutely not, we must not let him lead troops into the city!" Shandong Xuanfu envoy Ge Zufang heard that Lin Fu sent a message to Shouguang City to discuss the aftermath of the Changyi mutiny.
, like a cat whose tail was stepped on, he reacted violently and jumped up to object.
"Master Ge, please be patient," said Shandong Admiral Chen Debiao patiently to appease Ge Zufang. "Lin Fu is only bringing guards into the city, and he is not asking Jiangdong's left army to station in Shouguang. Master Liu has four thousand Qingzhou in the city.
Soldiers, are you still afraid that Lin Fu will bring three to five hundred people into the city?" He looked sideways at Liu Yefei, narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Master Liu, what do you think?" He waved to everyone in the hall again,
"You guys should come and discuss whether we should open this city gate or not. It's not an exaggeration to say it's wrong. Let's brainstorm ideas!"
In the lobby, in addition to him, Ge Zufang, Chen Debiao and other Shandong county officials, there were also Shouguang magistrate, county magistrate, county lieutenant and others standing in the hall, waiting for them to decide whether to open the city gate to let people go or close the city gate tightly and ignore Lin Fujin.
Cheng Cheng's request. Tang Haoxin did not show up at the post house, but sent someone to invite him. He only said that he knew about the matter, but was feeling a little unwell and could not go out to enjoy the air.
"I am stupid because of my humble position. I always feel that there are advantages to opening this city gate, and there are advantages to not opening it. I really can't figure out whether it is better to open it or not to open it." Du Juefu, the magistrate of Shouguang County, said with a respectful salute, "
It’s all up to you adults to make the decision, and everyone in Shouguang County will try their best to cooperate. It’s rare for you adults to gather in Shouguang County. Shouguang County has many difficulties, so I just want to take this opportunity to complain to you adults..."
"Yes, yes, yes," Ge Zufang waved his hand to stop Du Juefu from continuing, "You have been nagging about Shouguang's difficulties for seventeen or eighteen times. Don't you find it annoying? My ears are about to get calluses. Shouguang County is not alone now.
There are difficulties..."
"Yes, yes, I'm nagging you because of my humble position." Du Juefu bowed his hands and apologized, and then calmly retreated to his place, which can be regarded as expressing his position on this matter.
Ge Zufang was slightly startled. Du Juefu was so distracted that she almost forgot what she had just said.
As an official, Chen Debiao looked at several officials from Shouguang County exchanging glances with each other, and cursed in his heart: Try your best to cooperate, Liu Yefei mobilized more than 8,000 Qingzhou troops to Shouguang, Shouguang County only has one tael of silver.
He did not express any reward, and the local squire did not come forward to reward or express condolences. He even refused to completely hand over the Shouguang city defense. In addition, he kept complaining about Shouguang's disasters and that, and kept asking Qingzhou Prefecture and Shandong County Secretary
Allocate money and food to help local areas.
When Chen Debiao was in Qingzhou, he originally made up his mind to side with Liu Yefei. After arriving in Shouguang, he accidentally discovered that the local officials in Shouguang County were biased towards the Jiangdong Left Army in this matter. However, Liu Yefei, as the inspector general of Shandong, also
He also knew the affairs of Qingzhou Prefecture and was their immediate superior, forcing them to pretend to be deaf and dumb on many matters.
But just by pretending to be deaf and resisting passively, they have shown their stance.
Lin Fu and the Jiangdong Zuo Army were supported by Tang Haoxin, Liu Yefei was supported by Zhang Xie, and Yue Lengqiu. It is said that Lin Fu and the Jiangdong Zuo Army were at an absolute disadvantage. After all, Tang Haoxin no longer had much real power in the court. Lin Fu and the Jiangdong Zuo Army were
The general's return to Jiangdong will still be controlled by Yue Lengqiu, the governor of the Jianghuai River, but the attitude of the local people in Shouguang County is too intriguing.
If you think about it carefully, if Lin Fu and the Jiangdong Zuo Army hadn't attracted the main force of the eastern front of the Japanese army in Yangxin and defeated them, it would be hard to say whether Shouguang City could have been saved. Based on this, Shouguang County's response to Lin Fu and the Jiangdong Zuo Army was
The army should also have a favorable impression. However, this favorable impression alone was not enough for local officials in Shouguang County to boycott their immediate superiors. Chen Debiao had difficulty traveling in Shouguang City, but he sent all his staff out to find out some information.
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Jinhai warehouses store grain, and Shouguang is also one of the important grain raising areas. Towns such as Yingkou and Mikou under the jurisdiction of Shouguang County also have grain merchants, caravans and maritime merchants who cooperate with the Jiangdong Zuojun. It is difficult to imagine that local officials in Shouguang County did not take advantage of it.
Enjoy the benefits.
Shouguang's current situation is that having food is beneficial, but not having food is not beneficial, and other changes may even occur due to lack of food.
Ge Zufang, Liu Yefei and others acted too hastily, forcing a mutiny out of Changyi, and mobilized a large army to suppress the Hebang congregation, directly blocking the food route from Jimo to Changyi and Shouguang, and angered Lin Fu to support his troops and invade Shandong----
Once these issues are clarified, it is not difficult to understand which side Shouguang County officials will sit on.
Chen Debiao originally thought that Lin Fu's act of arbitrarily mobilizing troops would cause the court and the Ministry of War to move quickly and strongly reprimand him. On the 13th, there was a mutiny in Changyi. On the 14th, Liu Yefei mobilized the Qingzhou army to suppress the mutinous He Gang members. On the 16th,
Lin Fu got the news in Jinhai to assemble Jiangdong's left army, and raised troops to invade Shandong in the early morning of the 17th. The Ministry of War should have known about Lin Fu's unauthorized deployment of troops to Shandong by the night of the 17th at the latest---
-However, it has been delayed until now, until the evening of the 21st, and there has been no news from the DPRK. Such a long time is enough to make two 800-mile sprints back and forth, which makes Chen Debiao feel...
Strange.
The means of communication in the world were backward, and Chen Debiao had no close confidants in Jinhai to deliver the news to him in time, making it difficult for him to grasp the overall situation. However, the delay of the matter to this point was enough for him to feel some subtleties behind it.
Even though Chen Debiao would not take the initiative to hook up with the arrogant and arrogant Lin Fu, he still knew that he should keep a distance from Liu Yefei at this time to prevent Liu Yefei from getting into trouble and dragging himself into the abyss.
Thinking of this, Chen Debiao looked at Liu Yefei with his big eyes and said: "Master Liu, you have a good idea: should you open the city gate and let Lin Fu in to talk, or should you block him back? In short, I believe you don't
I'm worried about what kind of monsters Lin Fu might cause when he brings three to five hundred people into the city..."
Liu Yefei's face became even more ugly after Chen Debiao's squeeze. He was very reluctant to let Lin Fu come into the city, but he had no excuse to refuse Lin Fu's entry into the city.
Ge Zufang uselessly wanted to speak for Liu Yefei first, but Chen Debiao stopped him and said: "Since Lin Fu is coming to the city, he also has the attitude of negotiating and settling the matter. Is it possible that he really wants to force him to use troops against Qingzhou?"
?No matter what the consequences are then, I am afraid that we will have to bear more responsibility."
Ge Zufang hesitated to speak. It was really difficult to decide. Finally, he sighed and looked at Liu Yefei and said, "Master Liu, you make the decision!"
Liu Yefei felt quite helpless. If he persisted, he would be alone. After all, Lin Fu was here to discuss the aftermath of the mutiny in Changyi, and he had already taken a step back. If he continued to be tense, something would really happen to him.
He lost his more tenable position. Liu Yefei thought for a moment and had no other good ideas. He waved his hand and said to Du Juefu, the magistrate of Shouguang: "Go and open the city gate!" Lin Fu was only from the fifth rank, although he had
Being knighted is not enough for a few of them, local officials of the third rank, to come out to greet him.
Shouguang diverted water from the Mi River into the city moat. The Mi River had a small wharf in the north of Shouguang City. The first battalion of the Jiangdong Zuo Army changed from Yingkou Town to a multi-oar fast boat and moved on land and water, arriving at the north of Shouguang City at dusk.
Lin Fu disembarked from the boat and landed, accompanied by Sun Wenwan, Sun Wenbing, Lin Mengde and others who were disguised as men. They strolled around and enjoyed the scenery of early spring in the north of Shouguang City. New green grass had sprouted all over the mountains and plains.
Most areas in northern Shandong still have one crop a year. This is the season for planting spring wheat. The villagers will not be affected by the dispute between the Jiangdong Left Army and the Qingzhou Army. There are many villagers working in the fields at dusk.
I just feel that after the Donglu retreated, the world returned to normal.
The capital cannot be in chaos, not only for the sake of millions of people, but more importantly, except for the Yanshan defense line, there is no decent defense line in the entire north. Chaos in the capital can only benefit the Donglu. Once the Yanshan defense line collapses,
It is very likely that a collapse would cover thousands of miles, and it would be possible to establish a solid defense line all the way to the Huaihe River.
"The city gate is open!" Sun Wenwan shouted softly.
Lin Fu turned around and looked around. The north gate of Shouguang was slowly opening at this time. The gates of the four cities of Shouguang were still in the form of suspension bridges. The gates were lowered and stretched across the city guard to form a bridge into the city. Several officials in green clothes were
Officials in robes, surrounded by more than a dozen government officials, came out of the city to greet him.
"It's a local official in Shouguang. The middle-aged man in charge is the county magistrate Du Juefu. The Du family is a big landowner in Shouguang. He shouldn't support Liu Yefei in this incident. It's just that the local voice is rare and no opinions can be heard.
Go to the center." Sun Wenbing said. He was responsible for raising grain, ammunition and other materials in Shandong on behalf of the Jiangdong Left Army some time ago. He was also the main official in coordinating sea and water transportation in Shandong on behalf of the Tianjin-Haidu Water Transport Department, and worked with Shouguang, Changyi, Dengzhou,
Local officials in Laizhou and other coastal counties in northeastern Shandong had many contacts and had a deep understanding of Du Juefu and the Du family.
"Oh, then we can't neglect it." Lin Fu said with a smile. He has always been careful not to ruin the relationship with the local government. Only the more support he gets and the wider the base of supporters can he really talk about it.
The foundation is solid, but rogue bandits or short-sighted warlords cannot understand the reason.
Seeing Du Juefu and others approaching, Lin Fu led Lin Mengde, Sun Wenbing, Sun Wenwan and others to greet him, bowed his hands and said: "It is really a sin for Mr. Lao Du to go out of the city to greet you..."
"The current situation is not what we want to see," Du Juefu bowed in return. "All the county officials are waiting for each other in the city. We are late to greet each other when we leave the city. I hope Mr. Lin will not feel that Shouguang is neglecting you."
"How dare you?" Lin Fu said with a smile, "I have been staying in Jinhai for trivial matters, but I really wanted to go to Shouguang. I didn't expect that it would be possible to make the trip under such circumstances, and it was not what I wanted."
"What's the situation of Shouguang City's defense?" Lin Mengde interrupted and asked.
"It's not wartime, so there is no reason for the county magistrate to take over the defense of Shouguang City," Du Juefu said. "A team of county sword archers were arranged as usual at the North City Gate. Mr. Lin led the escort into the city. My Du family has a team of soldiers leaning against the North City Gate.
The house is quite large, Lord Wong Lin takes a rest there..."
Du Juefu's meaning is also very obvious. He cannot directly hand over the defense of the North City Gate to the control of the Jiangdong Left Army, but if something unexpected happens, it will be easy for the Jiangdong Left Army to control the North City Gate.
Tang Haoxin had a high reputation and would not come out to greet him, so he sent Ma Chao out of the city to greet him. Ma Chao saluted Lin Fu and confirmed to Lin Fu and others that the Shandong County Secretary had not made any special arrangements in the city.
Ma Chao and Tang Haoxin were also quite surprised that Lin Fu suddenly wanted to go to Shouguang City to discuss the aftermath of the Changyi mutiny. They originally thought that Lin Fu would not give up until the court completely bowed his head on this matter----
In their opinion, Lin Fu could do such a thing.
Now that Lin Fu is willing to take a step back, the matter can be easily solved. After all, the court still has to retain some dignity and face. As long as the last layer of the court's face is not peeled off, many things can be said easily: Could it be that if there is a chaos in the capital, Zhang
Xie, what benefits does it bring to the dignitaries in Beijing?
Lin Mengde dragged Lin Fu and Shouguang officials to chat outside the city. Ao Canghai led the first battalion of soldiers to quickly enter Shouguang North City from the suspension bridge. After confirming that there was nothing unusual in Shouguang North City, Lin Fu entered the city with Shouguang local officials.
go.
As soon as Lin Fu and Shouguang County officials entered the North City Gate, a large group of soldiers came from the south street aggressively to the north. They were holding weapons in their hands and the formation was not neat. Some of the leaders even exposed half of their chests, revealing their dark hair.
I don’t know whether it is dog blood or pig blood. There are several streaks on the chest and forehead. It looks very vicious. As he walks, he shouts: "The hot pig herders came into the city to find our Qingzhou Army."
Trouble for brothers. He is a pig farmer, and he doesn’t show his virtue by soaking in urine. What qualifications do he have to liquidate our Qingzhou Army? Brothers, we must work together to drive the pigherders out of the city, so that we can
On a good day----if he dares to stay, he will break their dog legs!"
Without Lin Fu's instructions, Ao Canghai led his soldiers to quickly establish a blocking formation on the long street, and quickly controlled the houses on both sides of the street and the north city gate tower behind him.
Lin Fu's face darkened slightly. More than a hundred steps away, the shouts of these soldiers were mixed together. I don't understand why they believed that the Jiangdong Left Army entered the city to liquidate their Qingzhou Army? He stared at the large group of soldiers approaching.
There was no panic among the soldiers. He had already gained some reputation for killing rebel generals in Yangxin. It was no wonder that the Qingzhou army, which mainly consisted of surrendering soldiers, was afraid of him coming into the city.
Du Juefu and other Shouguang County officials were completely unprepared for the situation in front of them, and were panicked and didn't know what to do. They were even more afraid that Lin Fu would suspect that they had set a trap to lure him into the city, and they were anxious and didn't know how to explain it.
The sentry general Liu Zhenzhi and his armored soldiers wanted to control Du Juefu and other Shouguang County officials. Lin Fu waved his hand to stop him from doing so. He just blocked more than a dozen Shouguang County government officials from the periphery. He pursed his lips and thought for a moment, looking at those
The soldiers of the Qingzhou Prefecture Army rushed over in a chaotic manner, with unabated arrogance, but it did not seem to be premeditated. They issued an order in a deep voice: "Send an arrow as a warning. The limit is fifty steps. Anyone who advances without mercy will be killed without mercy!"
Several warning arrows were shot out at once, drilling into the stone pavement of the street, causing stone debris to scatter. Compared with the stone debris flying, the harsh and sharp sound reverberating in the city was even more breathtaking, and the chaotic soldiers were all shocked.
Stay shocked and don't dare to act rashly for a moment.
After a moment of deathly silence, the leaders came to their senses, raised their arms and shouted: "Damn it, I'm scared of you. Damn it, even the swineherds don't dare to kill people. We are in the city."
There are four thousand brothers inside. If they dare to take action, they will kill them, chop them into pieces, and use them as mincemeat to give the brothers extra food!" He raised his arms and shouted but did not move, but a dozen people were encouraged to rush forward with enthusiasm, and strode forward menacingly.
The loud arrows form a warning line.
Ao Canghai turned around and saw Lin Fu. Lin Fu took off the saber from his waist and pressed the mechanism. The saber popped out, revealing a string of icy sword light. Du Juefu and other local officials did not understand the meaning of Lin Fu's action and were anxious.
With smoke coming from his chest, he said from the side: "Send people quickly to find Master Liu and Master Chen. These are rebels. Master Liu can suppress them by coming here."
Ao Canghai, who was in front, took a big bow from the soldiers beside him and ordered: "The archers in the front line obey the order. Anyone who crosses the line will be killed without mercy!" He took out three arrows from the arrow pot and bit them in his mouth.
He took an arrow and put it on the string. Instead of shooting the soldiers who crossed the line, he shot four arrows straight from the string towards the chests of the leaders who were the most agitating for trouble...
The width of the long street is limited, and the archers in the front line can only separate thirty people, but they are all good archers, and they are merciless. A row of arrows were shot, and more than a dozen people who crossed the line fell to the ground with arrows. Three or five people were not hit by the arrows.
, also stood there as if scared to death, not daring to retreat, let alone advance. ,!