Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 483 Loyalty
Suizhou.

Zhao Zhongyi and Wang Jie came to visit the Admiral Xu Dingguo, from Yongcheng to Suizhou, only more than [-] miles away, along the Suihe River and via Shangqiu, but what they saw along the way was full of doomsday scenes.

On the embankment of the Sui River, and on the adjacent official road, there are hungry refugees fleeing everywhere.

On the one hand, there were civilian refugees who were forcibly driven northward from Huainan, and on the other hand, the Henan civilians fled in panic after hearing that Xu Dingguo had returned.

Even some small villages abandoned their villages and fled when they heard that Xu Dingguo had returned.

No way, Xu Dingguo actually didn't stay in Henan for a few years at the end of Chongzhen, but his reputation was really bad.

Along the way, Zhao Zhongyi and his team led a team of 300 people, and even encountered several times of desperate bandit attacks, some of them were just crazy hungry people. Seeing them riding horse mules, seeing them There was a red light in the mouth, and the hands were stretched out from the throat, and they surrounded him desperately. Someone held up a long stick and shouted, and the black and hungry people surrounded him.

Wang Jie's servants mercilessly drew their knives and slashed, and raised their bows to shoot, but they couldn't stop them at all. They didn't scare away the hungry people behind until hundreds of people died.

Afterwards, the fat man Wang Jie mercilessly ordered to cut off the heads of all the hungry people who were killed, and asked his entourage to record that they were ambushed by thousands of bandits on the road, and they fought and wiped out more than [-] people.

It's one of his goddamn credits.

They were attacked several times after that, the most dangerous one was when they were attacked by a group of horse thieves in the middle of the night. Obviously, they had already been following them secretly and attacked them at night.

But Fatty Wang had been prepared for a long time. This time, 300 people came, all riding mules. He had one hundred family members, and Zhao Zhongyi two hundred.Fatty Wang's servants are also veterans. Although Zhao Zhongyi's servants are new recruits, they are also the guards who have been on many missions with him and often sell salt.

He was on guard in advance, and he didn't panic when he was attacked. He guarded the camp and fought in the middle of the night. He actually beheaded more than 100 people and took dozens of prisoners. After interrogation, it was a twist near Shangqiu. There are more than [-] more battle exploits in the first level.

Afterwards, he was attacked several times, but they were not threatening. On the contrary, Wang Jie was given dozens of heads.

Wang Jie is also a fastidious person, every time he decapitates a head, he must share it with Zhao Zhongyi, and he even arranges to give each person a decapitation skill in each battle, so as to ensure that everyone can be promoted to a higher level.

Even if the military merits of the Han army may not be exchanged for rewards these days, and even if they are awarded titles, they may not have real jobs, but Fatty Wang still likes to maximize profits.

Anyway, after a few battles, all of the [-] men who went north had first-level skills, and some even had the first-level skills in several battles. According to the rules, they can be promoted to several levels.

Even Wang Jie and Zhao Zhongyi, the heads saved by their subordinates are definitely enough to be promoted two or three levels.

If it wasn't for Zhao Zhongyi's obstruction, Wang Jie would have gained even more. Refugees were everywhere along the way. As long as he wanted to, killing some hungry people by the way was also a military achievement.

Even if it is the most worthless head of a thief, isn't it still possible to exchange the head for a reward?
Zhao Zhongyi persuaded him to gain a foothold in Henan in the future, and he had already gained a lot this time, so there was no need to kill good people and pretend to be meritorious. If he got too many heads, it was not easy to carry, and it was too late, so Fatty Wang stopped.

In this way, they traveled for more than three hundred miles and arrived in Suizhou for several days.

"Why isn't the army stationed in Shangqiu, but in Suizhou?"

While waiting at the gate of Xingyuan where Xu Dingguo was, Zhao Zhongyi asked suspiciously.

"Because this is of great significance to the military gate, you know the house in front of you, right?"

Zhao Zhongyi looked at this place full of ruins, it was obviously repaired temporarily, but it was still difficult to hide the decay of the ruins.

"This was once the mansion of Yuan Keli, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, who was the elder of the four dynasties and awarded the honor of the fifth emperor."

Yuan Keli used to be Governor of Denglai, Minister of the Ministry of War, etc. He was Xu Dingguo's old boss, he was also Dongjiang Mao Wenlong's backer, and he once plotted against Nurhachi's son-in-law Liu Aita.
Sit in Denglai and create Dongjiang.

Yuan Keli was not only a veteran of the four dynasties, a loyal minister of the country, but also a capable minister.

During the reign of Chongzhen, scholars commented that before Yuan Keli came out, the Jin people fell into Shenyang, Liaoyang and Guangning, the capital was under martial law, and the government and the public were shaken.Yuan Keli went out of the town, built warships, trained strong soldiers, united the islands to collect southern Liaoning, counterattacked and surrendered generals, took the initiative to attack, and retreated thousands of miles away from the enemy.

The cunning prisoner curled up in a corner and dared not move for three years.

Go up to the army to attack and plan, and good generals will not fight.In Yuan Keli's battle, the most important thing is to fight in the main battle, to raise one's prestige without fighting, to subdue the enemy's soldiers without fighting, and to end the war with war if you are good at fighting.

Yuan Keli resigned, Zhang Pan died and Liuhe was defeated, Ge Lao couldn't hold the Liao Bureau, the Jin people had no fear, labored to attack far away, plundered Juehua to attack Ningyuan, and played with Mingshi on the palm of his hand.

Wenlong died, Denglai collapsed and North Korea was disabled, and there was no end to Ming Dynasty.

Although these comments somewhat exaggerated Yuan Keli's ability, Yuan did have a beautiful counterattack climax against Houjin during the apocalypse, and after he resigned, it was the beginning of a complete defeat in Liaodong.

In Xu Dingguo's early years, it was Yuan Keli who single-handedly promoted him, and he was once the central army in his battalion.

More than a year ago, Yuan Keli's son Yuan Shu served as a soldier in Daliang. Because of the flood in Daliang, he worked in the Kaifu of his father's former minister in Suizhou.

At that time Xu Dingguo was also stationed in Suizhou, and he respected the son of the old grandfather very much. Yuan Shujiu was an official in the household department, and he moved to Suizhou to open a mansion, which played a very good restraint on Xu Dingguo.

But before the change in Suizhou, the imperial court transferred Yuan Shu to Zhizhe, Fujian and Guangzhou to supervise food and pay, and left Suizhou.Xu Dingguo was no longer able to control him, and finally Gao Jie, who was ordered by Shi Kefa to go north, was trapped and killed by Xu Dingguo in this Shangshu Palace in the city of Suizhou.

This was also the beginning of the total collapse of the Hongguang Dynasty.

Gao Jie used to be the former Chuangwang Li Zicheng's army. In the early years, he attacked Xu Dingguo's township and killed his whole family. He had a blood feud for a long time. However, when Gao Jie went north, he was determined to annex Xu Dingguo's army and let him send his son into his army to obey orders. To transfer Xu Dingguo to leave Suizhou and go north with the army.

Xu Dingguo also made up his mind to bring down the Qing rebellion. First, he got Gao Jie drunk at the banquet, then arranged for prostitutes to entangle Gao Jie's soldiers, and then directly bombarded the place where Gao Jie collapsed in the middle of the night, besieging and killing Gao Jie.

After Gao Jie's death, Xu Dingguo crossed the Yellow River North and joined the Qing army. Gao Jie's nephew Li Benshen and other troops invaded Suizhou and slaughtered the city.

The Shangshu Di of the Yuan Mansion was also destroyed in the flames of war. Yuan Shu was a famous calligrapher, painter and collector in the world. The mansion housed countless calligraphy and paintings handed down from generation to generation and many unique copies of the Tang and Song Dynasties, all of which were also burned.

When Xu Dingguo returned to Henan, he did not set up government offices in Luoyang, Kaifeng, or Zhengzhou, nor did he stay in Shangqiu, the capital of Guide. Instead, he chose Suizhou City, which had been destroyed by the war for more than a year and had not recovered, and chose the ruins of the Yuan Mansion as his residence , the intention is obvious.

"Big brother also participated in the battle here in the spring?"

"Well, that battle can be said to be earth-shattering. Gao Jie still has a somewhat vicious reputation. It's a pity that he was born as a thief. He is arrogant but short-sighted. I really thought that the army would not dare to kill him."

That day, Gao Jie only brought three hundred soldiers into the city, and tens of thousands of troops were stationed outside the city. He thought that Xu Dingguo in the city would not dare to do anything to him, and even ignored the persuasion of Chen Qianfu and Yue Qijie, the governor, and invited them into the city together with the Governor Wang Jinyan. .

That night, he was killed.

Xu Dingguo deliberately made an exception and let Governor Wang Jinyan, Governor Yue Qijie, and Governor Chen Qianfu escape from the city. Otherwise, none of the seven or eight hundred people who entered the city at that time would be able to escape.

But in this battle, Xu Dingguo actually paid a high price. After the war, he was forced to flee, his hometown Guide, and Suizhou were mopped up and slaughtered by Li Benshen and others, and even his troops lost a lot.

Zhao Zhongyi felt somewhat disgusted with this Xu Dingguo, he was really lawless, unfaithful and unrighteous.

In front of the incomplete gate of Yuan Mansion, the archway of Shangshudi still stands.

There were many people who came to see the admiral, all carrying many gifts, and they lined up in a long line.

Xu Dingguo's family will guard the gate arrogantly, and all those who come to visit will hand in the post first, and then he will arrange the order of entry according to the official position and authority.

They even had to seal the door and pack filial piety as usual.

Although Wang Jie is Xu Dingguo's old subordinate, he is only a newly awarded guerrilla, so after the family general talked to him, he just advanced the order by a few places.

Although the first-rank admirals are far inferior to the governors and inspectors, after all, it is a time of chaotic wars. These warriors have soldiers on hand, and sometimes have the capital to be arrogant and domineering, and can override civil officials.

The Taoist officials, such as patrolling, guarding, military preparation, food superintendent, river channel, etc., and even those who participated in politics and magistrates, etc., had to come and line up with courtesy to see them, because the situation was tense now, and the support of soldiers was even more needed.

"This wait is one day, and it's almost dark."

"That's the rule." Wang Jie was not in a hurry.

"Would you like to spend some more money?" Zhao Zhongyi asked.

Wang Jie was a bit reluctant, and compared to the group of daotai, magistrates, and even named generals, lieutenants, generals, etc., he felt that he was a small guerrilla, and it didn't matter if he waited a lot.

However, Zhao Zhongyi had other plans, "Brother, the money should be spent and should be spent, not to mention that if the money is given to the generals of the military gate, wouldn't it be possible to have a good relationship?"

"Okay." Wang Jie said.

He brought Zhao Zhongyi to the door again, and greeted the general with a smile. In fact, that person was sent to guard the gate, and he knew that he was not a very confidant, just an ordinary servant.

"Brother,"

"It's not here for you yet, wait a little longer."

Zhao Zhongyi directly handed over a small bag, the one-eared old man took a look, grabbed it and shook his hand, and there was a pleasant sound inside.

"Dragon silver?"

"My brother has good ears."

"The dragon pattern silver coins made in the Ming Dynasty in the south are very similar to Western silver coins. They are quite exquisite and not easy to fake. They are quite convenient to use." One Ear said with a smile.

"It's 20 yuan, brother, can you do me a favor, we want to meet the old man of the military gate soon."

20 yuan of dragon silver, the smile on the face of one ear is more friendly. Although this thing was made in the Ming Dynasty in the south, it can be used just as well in the north of the Yangtze River. 20 yuan can be used as his salary for a year. Well, not all of them can go into his pocket. According to the rules, the servants will divide them up again, but he also has a share in it.

"Could it be that Wang Guerrilla is sworn sworn brother with you? Zhao Shoubei is indeed a straightforward person. I have made this friend." He said a few words to another person, and then led the two of them into the mansion.

At the beginning, he was given ten taels of silver. With his status as the admiral of the old department, Wang Jie could only move forward a few people in the line. Now with an extra 20 silver dollars, he can immediately go through the internal passage.

I have to sigh, this silver is really easy to use.

But Zhao Zhongyi also sees through it more clearly, the servants around Xu Dingguo are so open-minded about money, so Xu Dingguo, the leader of the traitor army, is actually nothing more than that.

(End of this chapter)