After Gao Qian fled back to Xuzhou City, he publicly announced that during the Battle of Dangshan, Liu Zhaoji tried to lead his troops to surrender to the enemy, but it was he and Yu Yongshou who fought hard to break through.
Not only did he boast everywhere about how brave and skillful he was in the Battle of Dangshan, he also poured a lot of dirty water on Liu Zhaoji, who had died a heroic death.
Shi Kefa knew all the details of the annihilation of the Ming army in the Battle of Dangshan, and also knew the extremely bad role Yu Yongshou and Gao Qian played in it. However, his nature was that of a compromiser. In order to ensure that Yu and Gao Qian
The stability of these two thousand troops actually publicly commended the two men's "war exploits."
Since Yu Yongshou and Gao Qian were commended, Liu Zhaoji naturally became a shameless person who tried to surrender.
Such a result made Shi Kefa, who had always been upright, feel deeply guilty and self-blame. But he could only try to convince himself that the current situation in Xuzhou was such that Liu Zhaoji was dead, but Yu Yongshou and Gao Qian still controlled two thousand troops.
Without the ability to stabilize these two people, how can Xuzhou, which is falling like leaves in the wind, protect itself from the violent offensive of Donglu and Chuangkou?
"Yuan Shizhong... I thought he was just a cunning thief, but I never thought he was such a loyal person."
Shi Kefa was greatly moved. At this moment when the entire westward marching corps was annihilated, the Xuzhou Suppressor General had received news that the Chu army had defeated the Eastern captives in the west of Dangshan Mountain, and then all the Deming troops had made an emergency landing in Mamuji.
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After all the news of the Battle of Dangshan reached Xuzhou, especially the news of Chen Yongfu's surrender to the Chuang Army, it can be said that the entire city's officials, gentry, soldiers and civilians were in an extremely desperate mental state.
At this time, Yuan Shizhong's return riding alone was indeed exciting news.
Fang Yizhi, who was working as a staff member beside Shi Kefa, had been writing commendation documents for the two pieces of silver that were going to be given to Yu Yongshou and Gao Qian. Now after hearing the news that Yuan Shizhong was riding back to Xu alone, he could not bear to
He kept writing:
"Riding back to Xuzhou alone! This looks a bit like the Emperor Guan Sheng!"
Shi Kefa stroked his long beard and showed a rare good mood on his face. The other party smiled wisely and said: "Mi Zhi, hurry up and get ready. We are going to welcome Yuan Shizhong with a grand ceremony. He is such a brave and capable general.
Investing in Xuzhou finally gives Huaixu some hope of turning things around."
Fang Yizhi tidied up the pens and inks on the table and sighed: "The imperial court has been thinking about recruiting scholars under special circumstances for a long time. I think the world is not empty of people. People like Yuan Shizhong who were born as thieves but know how to be loyal and righteous are not the kind of people the imperial court is thinking about."
Are you a person who has been out of character for a long time? Zitai should really write a letter to Yuan Shizhong so that the imperial court can reuse such loyal people."
Shi Kefa did not work in the official office of the Xuzhou Suppression Chief because he had different opinions and conflicts with Hou Xun, who was the governor of the world's suppression of bandits. In order to prevent Hou Xun from repeatedly hindering his work, he even interfered wantonly when handling ministry affairs on weekdays. Therefore,
Shi Kefa bought an elegant and clean villa near the headquarters of the Xuzhou Suppression Headquarters and temporarily used it as a place for the headquarters' affairs offices.
This small villa seems to be in a completely different world from the hustle and bustle outside. Although the autumn wind is bleak, many colorful flowers are cultivated in the villa by skilled craftsmen. Fang Yizhi
Throwing a pen and walking out the door, I immediately smelled the fragrance of flowers and felt happy.
"If the imperial court is able to win people like this, is ZTE just empty talk?"
Shi Kefa also walked out leisurely. The good news of Yuan Shizhong's return suddenly swept away Shi Kefa's long-term depressed and suppressed negative emotions.
He believed that as long as the people of the Ming Dynasty were upright, how could ants like intruders and thieves be able to shake the mountains given the strong national power of the Ming Dynasty and the solid foundation of the court?
But before Shi Kefa could laugh for long, the door of the Bieyuan was pushed open by Chen Zilong and Xu Du. Chen Zilong was a famous person in the southeast and a gentleman in society. He was calm and calm, and followed Xu Du slowly;
He was a disciple of Juren He Gang. Although he also had the reputation of being a member of Dongyang University, he was a forthright and chivalrous person, and he was very different from ordinary literati.
Xu Du pushed open the gate of Bieyuan and rushed inside. Because he was tall and quite strong, the few servants from the Biao camp outside the door couldn't hold Xu Du back. Even
Many of the flowers in the yard were trampled to pieces by Xu Du.
The Yiwu regiment from Dongyang, Zhejiang, led by Chen Zilong and Xu Du, has become the most important pillar of force under Shi Kefa. Therefore, regarding Xu Du's offensive approach, Shi Kefa only frowned slightly and asked Chen Zilong
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"My dear, what happened? Keep it quiet and don't disturb it. Now that Xuzhou is in turmoil, it's a critical moment. You must learn to keep it quiet and nourish your Qi."
Listening to Shi Kefa's words, Chen Zilong could only smile bitterly. Xu Du gasped, grabbed Shi Kefa's sleeve, and shouted: "Things are not going well! Things are going bad!"
Shi Kefa was older than the other young men and couldn't get away for a while. Fang Yizhi hurriedly got up. Although he was not a hero on earth like Xu Du, he often visited famous mountains and rivers all over the world.
He was in very good shape. After Fang Yizhi came up to him, he held Xu Du's hand and asked him to calm down before talking.
In this way, Xu Du's violent breathing gradually became calmer. He pressed his forehead with one hand and complained bitterly to Shi Kefa: "Something is wrong! Hou Zhitai suddenly sent his servants for some unknown reason.
, arrested General Yuan Shizhong."
"As soon as General Yuan arrived at the city gate, dozens of people came from Lord Hou's Biaoying camp." Xu Du, who was making a fuss with Chen Zilong's gang, continued to explain, "We thought at first that Taitai sent Biaoying servants over to receive compliments.
General Yuan came back. But I didn’t expect that as soon as General Yuan showed up, Lord Hou’s men swarmed up and shackled General Yuan.”
Xu Du continued: "When everyone saw this scene, they were both confused and deeply resentful. At present, the Eastern invaders are in the north and the invaders are in the south. Xuzhou is like a drop in the sea or a leaf in the wind, floating like this.
People's hearts are in turmoil. Who in the city doesn't regard General Yuan's return as Xuzhou's last hope? How could one expect that Hou Zhitai would suddenly arrest General Yuan."
Fang Yizhi had just finished packing up his pen, ink, paper and inkstone. He was still holding an inkstone in his hand and was about to put it back in the study. When he heard this, he dropped the inkstone to the ground with a loud thud. After a crisp sound, he actually returned the inkstone.
It was broken.
Shi Kefa looked up to the sky and sighed. He put a hand on his eyebrows. His head was ischemic and his eyes were black. Suddenly he couldn't stand. He staggered on the ground. Fortunately, Chen Zilong and Xu Du caught him in time and didn't fall to the ground.
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"What does Hou Ruogu want to do!"
Shi Kefa was deeply saddened by the corruption of the situation and the wanton behavior of his colleagues. After shouting at the top of his lungs, he finally lost control and actually vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted immediately.
Chen Zilong, Xu Du, and Fang Yizhi were all frightened and didn't know what to say. After a while, Xu Du was the first to react, and he quickly asked his servants to carry Shi Kefa back to the house.
go.
"Tell Shi Zhitai to have a good rest first!"
Fang Yizhi also woke up from a dream, and quickly asked the servants in the garden to find a suitable doctor for Shi Kefa. But the other half of his heart was on Yuan Shizhong and Hou Xun, and he couldn't help but ask Chen Zilong:
"My dear, what is going on here? General Yuan came to surrender on his own, which finally cheered up the morale of Xuzhou's ruined people. What is going on with this situation, Master Hou? Why?
Are you going to arrest General Yuan? Did General Yuan make any mistakes? Even if he made a mistake, could he still defeat Yu Yongshou and Gao Qian who fled in front of the formation? I think these two people are in the Hou system
There, you are treated as if you are a guest. No matter what General Yuan is... he can't be worse than these two people, right?"