Facing Chen Zu, no matter what they thought in their hearts, these people did not dare to have any confidence. Who didn't know that Chen Zu hugged the lap of Cai Jing, the left prime minister in Beijing. Even though Chen Zu was just a county magistrate, he
Even the state officials who were Chen Zu's superiors did not dare to offend Chen Zu, who had a huge backing.
That is to say, Chen Zu's own qualifications are not enough. Otherwise, Chen Zu may have to work hard and go to Suzhou Prefecture or Hangzhou Prefecture to work. Then prosperous places are the real good places to make money.
But now Chen Zu was extremely happy. He was glad that he had not gone to Suzhou or Hangzhou, otherwise he might have been ripped off by the rebels.
After seeing off the invited wealthy gentry and wealthy households, Chen Zu signaled his master to go and take the money from these wealthy gentry and wealthy households back to the mansion.
But at this time, Wu Meng left Chen Zu's mansion and returned to the camp. Naturally, several close generals in the camp came up to him and looked at Wu Meng expectantly.
One of the big men looked at Wu Meng and said, "General, what does the magistrate say? When will the brothers' pension be distributed?"
"Yes, it's been three days, and the brothers are all a little anxious."
"At the beginning, the county magistrate promised that as long as the rebel siege was repelled, rewards would be distributed..."
As they spoke, several people subconsciously looked towards the entrance of the camp behind Wu Meng, as if to see if there was a cart loaded with money following Wu Meng.
However, there was nothing in the direction of the entrance of the camp, and Wu Meng also looked silent.
Sensing Wu Meng's behavior, even a few people, no matter how slow they reacted, realized something was wrong. One person couldn't help but said: "General, does it mean that Magistrate Chen wants to break his promise?"
A young general sneered and said: "Who doesn't know that the people in Chen Zhixian County want money for giving nicknames? You can give him money, but it would be difficult to get a copper coin out of his hands. Just like what he said.
To put it bluntly, you can kill him, but don't even think about touching his money."
It’s not that everyone doesn’t know about Chen Zu’s money-hungry nature. After all, Chen Zu’s notoriety is known to everyone in Jiaxing City.
However, the silver reward was a promise made by Chen Zu in front of all the soldiers. Everyone thought that no matter how desperate Chen Zu was for money, he would not be confused about priorities, and at least the silver reward would still be given.
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But now they realized that they had overestimated Chen Zu and underestimated Chen Zu's money-hungry temperament.
Everyone looked at each other, and suddenly, they heard a strong man say angrily: "He is a dog officer, he is really a dog officer. We risked our lives to fight against the rebels, but he even dared to take the money reward. In this case, I
Why don't you fight hard? Why don't you join those rebels..."
When Wu Meng heard the words, he couldn't help scolding: "That's enough. If these words get out, you will be beheaded. Although Chen Zu broke his promise, as soldiers of the Song Dynasty, we will eat the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries. What will happen to the people in the city?"
Gu..."
Relying on his own prestige, Wu Meng suppressed the dissatisfaction in the hearts of several confidant generals, but Wu Meng kept his brows furrowed. He could suppress the dissatisfaction of these confidants, but as for the dissatisfaction in the hearts of thousands of soldiers, he could not
I'm not sure I can suppress it.
As expected, the news quickly spread among the army. In an instant, thousands of soldiers almost went into riot. If Wu Meng hadn't been prepared for it, there might have been army sergeants coming in groups by now.
Looking for trouble with Chen Zu.
Even so, Wu Meng spent a lot of words to barely suppress these soldiers who were dissatisfied with Chen Zu and even the imperial court.
These soldiers were the most unsophisticated. In their eyes, as the magistrate of the county, Chen Zu represented the imperial court and the emperor. However, if the silver reward promised by Chen Zu was not distributed, it meant that the imperial court and the emperor had broken their promise.
That is to say, Wu Meng has always had a very high prestige in the army. Otherwise, I really don't know what trouble these soldiers would cause.
The people sent by Chen Zu naturally noticed the movement in the military camp and immediately reported it to Chen Zu.
With a bang, Chen Zu slammed a tea cup on the ground and shouted with an angry look on his face: "Reckless man, what a group of reckless men, do they want to rebel?"
Outside Jiaxing City, tens of thousands of Manichaean rebels surrounded Jiaxing City. However, although these rebels are large in number, almost 90% of them are just rioters carrying packages. They have real fighting power.
There are only thousands of Manichaean believers.
As a member of Fang La's tribe, Fang Wu, although his martial arts was very average, had always been nepotistic, so Fang Wu became the leader of this rebel army.
At this moment, Fang Wu was looking at Jiaxing City in front of him angrily. Fang Wu originally thought that he would ask for orders to capture Jiaxing City, but he never thought that it would not be broken after several attacks. How could he not want to show off in front of Fang La?
Fang Wu was deeply annoyed by his own abilities.
However, it was rare for the officers and soldiers guarding the city to dare to fight. Especially the commander of the officers and soldiers, Wu Meng, was extremely brave and brave. Looking at the men and horses he brought with him, no one was his opponent.
Just when Fang Wu was thinking about what method he should use to break through Jiaxing City, suddenly smoke and dust were faintly visible in the distance.
Seeing that scene, Fang Wu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. You must know that this is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. If the number of people was small, there would never be such a smoke and dust scene.
"Could it be that the king was dissatisfied with my delay in conquering Jiaxing City, so he specially sent others to capture Jiaxing City?"
Seeing the billowing smoke and dust, Fang Wu couldn't help but have such a guess in his heart.
However, Fang Wu did not forget to send someone to check. It was only a matter of time before he saw several of Fang Wu's confidants staggering over with pale faces. They said to Fang Wu: "General, it's not good, something serious is not going to happen."
The army is here, the army is here, the army is here..."
Fang Wu stood up suddenly, looked at his men in shock and shouted: "Where did the officers and soldiers come from?"
With the city of Hangzhou being breached, it can be said that the official army around Hangzhou has long been unable to form a large scale. They are either huddled in the county town and relying on the city walls to support themselves, or they were wiped out by the Manichaean army.
Now that his men actually told him that the imperial army was coming, it would be strange for Fang Wu not to be surprised.
Seeing the sworn expressions of his confidants, Fang Wu snorted coldly and said: "Give me the order, call up the men and horses, and go with me to see who they are, pretending to be officers and soldiers."
Anyway, from the bottom of his heart, Fang Wu did not believe that the people who came were officers and soldiers. Instead, he thought that others were pretending to be officers and soldiers.
Soon, surrounded by his men, Fang Wu appeared in front of the army. Behind Fang Wu was a dark and chaotic rebel army.
At first glance, the Manichaean rebels are indeed outnumbered, but if you look closely, you can only say that there is no order at all on the rebel side. Many people are simply standing there randomly, with no discipline at all. Look
It looks like a group of farmers armed with weapons but at a loss what to do.
Far in the front of the rebels was a dense mass of official troops. Needless to say, this official army, which could be considered a lone force deep into the south of the Yangtze River, was none other than the imperial court's vanguard force in countering the rebellion led by Chu Yi.
Although Ruda was dressed in a military uniform and had a bare head, he was full of evil aura. The military aura he naturally exuded was very clear. At a glance, it was clear that Ruda was from the military.
Just glancing at the opposite side, Ruda's eyes showed disdain and said: "What a bunch of rabble. In this decadent Jiangnan land, these rabble can threaten those officers and soldiers who can't carry swords and guns. If they are placed in the west,
Among the troops, any battalion of Western Army soldiers and horses can kill every one of these rebels."
Lin Chong couldn't help but his eyes lit up after hearing Lu Da's words: "Lu Tiha, are the soldiers of the Western Army really so elite?"
Ruda laughed loudly and said: "I don't know what the soldiers under other generals are like, but the soldiers under Mr. Zhong are definitely elites who can suppress the Xixia people and beat them up."
While they were talking, someone on the opposite side shouted at them: "My general is Lord Fang Wu. Who are you? Please tell me your name."
But it was Fang Wu who sent his men to ask Chu Yi and his party about their origins.
Chu Yi glanced at Yang Zhi. Yang Zhi seemed to ponder for a while, his eyes lit up and he said to Chu Yi: "Admiral, I thought about it. If this person is Fang Wu, then he is Fang La's clan brother. He is very popular with Fang La."
Trust, it’s just that my own abilities are far behind.”
Dongchang's intelligence capabilities may be much worse than those of the Imperial City Division, which has been rooted in the world for more than a hundred years, but if anyone underestimates Dongchang's intelligence capabilities, it would be too underestimated.
Just seeing that Yang Zhi was able to recall the information about Fang Wu in such a short period of time is enough to show Dongchang's intelligence capabilities.
Chu Yi, who knew Fang Wu's information, looked at a few people with a smile and said, "Who brought Fang Wu for me!"
When everyone heard this, their spirits immediately lifted. Guan Sheng stroked his beard and said to Chu Yi: "Admiral, just let me go."
Guan Sheng spoke, but everyone did not argue with Guan Sheng. Chu Yi nodded towards Guan Sheng.
As soon as the horse was under his body, Guan Sheng rushed out immediately, holding a sword in his hand, galloping towards Fang Wu and others, and shouted loudly: "A certain family is the imperial court's vanguard army to counter the rebellion. Guan Sheng is also, Fang Wu, not yet."
Get out of here and die, General."
Fang Wu couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and said loudly: "Are you really an official and an army?"
Guan Sheng rode up and rushed forward in a very short time. The two sides were tens of feet apart, and Fang Wu could clearly see Guan Sheng.
Seeing Guan Sheng's extremely powerful appearance, Fang Wu's heart suddenly tightened, and he almost screamed: "Shoot, shoot him to death."
In the blink of an eye, a hail of arrows were shot towards Guan Sheng, and it seemed that Guan Sheng was stopped by the rain of arrows.
However, Guan Sheng's cultivation level was such that he swung the big sword in his hand, and suddenly it seemed that only the light of the sword was left between the sky and the earth, and the numerous arrows that were attacking him fell to the ground with thunderbolts on the spot.
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With a step, the ground shook slightly. Guan Sheng ignored the swords, guns, swords and halberds that were attacking him. The protective aura suddenly vibrated, and all the rebels who were standing in front of him were knocked away one by one.
With Guan Sheng's cultivation level, only a strong person who is also a celestial being can stop him. However, although Fang Wu's cultivation level is not the strongest among the rebels, there is no strong celestial being.
Fang Wu was only a great master. Facing a powerful man at the level of a celestial being, Guan Sheng felt as if he was in an uninhabited land. In the blink of an eye, he killed dozens of people in front of Fang Wu.
The guards blocked him and killed him directly in front of Fang Wu.
"Just let me catch you without mercy!"
Guan Sheng's big palm-like hand was seen grabbing Fang Wu. Fang Wu had no energy left to resist Guan Sheng's blow and was caught by Guan Sheng on the spot.
After a few ups and downs, Guan Sheng took Fang Wu back to the official side. At this time, the rebel side didn't even have time to react.
Guan Sheng saluted Chu Yi and said, "Admiral, I will finally live up to my command. Fang Wu is here."
Fang Wu was pushed by Guan Sheng to Chu Yi. He knelt down involuntarily with a thud. He raised his head and saw Chu Yi. But when he saw Chu Yi, Fang Wu was stunned for a moment. It was really Chu Yi who saw him.
He didn't look like a general commanding an army at all, but instead looked like a scribe with a strong book business.
Chu Yi looked at Fang Wu condescendingly, and slowly said under Fang Wu's astonished gaze: "Do you want to survive?"
Fang Wu was captured by Guan Sheng, and there was no doubt that he would die this time. He already had the will to die in his heart, but Chu Yi's words suddenly made Fang Wu grasp at straws, and said immediately: "If you want to kill, kill.
It would be impossible for me to surrender."
Seeing Fang Wu's expression of fearlessness but desperation to die, Chu Yi just smiled and said, "I want you to bring a message to Fang La, and he is willing to accept my offer!"
After saying this, Chu Yi pointed in the air and unlocked Fang Wu's sealed acupuncture points. Feeling the returning strength, Fang Wu looked at Chu Yi with a puzzled expression.
Waving his hand, Chu Yi said as if he was chasing people away: "Don't forget what I said. If you can't bring it with you, I will take your life next time."
Fang Wu only saw that under the fierce charge of the imperial army, his men, who were clearly several times more numerous than the imperial army, were like a piece of white paper, which broke with a single poke.
This was true of the overwhelming defeat. The rebels clearly had many times more people than the official army, but they were chased and killed by the official army. Looking around, there were wailing, crying, and surrendering rebels everywhere.
As for Jiaxing City, the listless defenders on the city wall were startled by what happened below. Although they had seen a group of troops approaching from a distance before, due to the distance, the officers and soldiers guarding the city could not move at all.
He couldn't believe that the troops who came were reinforcements from the imperial court. They were more likely to be rebels who came to attack Jiaxing, just like Fang Wu had thought before.
However, Wu Meng and his generals, who were standing on the city wall, looked at the officers and soldiers who were chasing the rebels as if they had seen a ghost.
A general said in shock: "No, I read it correctly. The tens of thousands of rebels outside the city were actually defeated!"
Although they dreamed of defeating these rebels, they also knew that they only had a few thousand troops, and they were able to defend Jiaxing only because of the thick city. If they were really allowed to go out and fight against the rebels,
I'm afraid there will be no return.
Wu Meng squinted his eyes and looked at the officers and soldiers who were chasing the rebels. There were many flags among them, and the more flags Wu Meng saw had a large Chinese character embroidered on them.
"It's strange, when did a general named Chu appear in the imperial court?"
If this was really reinforcements from the imperial court, then the commander who could be sent by the imperial court to quell the rebellion in Jiangnan must be someone other than an unknown person. However, Wu Meng discovered that he had never heard of anyone with the surname Chu in the army.
of generals.
Just as Wu Meng was thinking, one of his generals couldn't help but eagerly said to Wu Meng: "General, why don't we take advantage of the opportunity and kill them. We should cooperate with each other and annihilate these rebels in one fell swoop."
Wu Meng nodded slightly and said, "Pass this order to my general, and dispatch three thousand men and horses to follow me out of the city."
Soon the city gate opened, and a group of people led by Wu Meng came out of the city gate, chasing the rebels while approaching the direction of the handsome flag.
Among the large armies, the place where the commander's flag is is naturally where the commander of the army is, so Wu Meng went directly to where the commander's flag was.
Just when Wu Meng was approaching Shuai Qi, there was a sudden explosion like thunder, and Wu Song shouted: "Who is coming? The Prince of Guangyang is here, why don't you hurry up and see him."
Wu Meng was stunned for a moment after hearing this, muttering something about Prince Guangyang. Suddenly, Wu Meng opened his eyes wide and looked at the very different and impressive figure under the handsome flag with a look of astonishment on his face.
