marquis of jingan

Chapter 865

Tong Sheng, the nephew of Concubine Tong.

Moreover, it can be regarded as the highest rank among the yamen of Zhengnan Army. After all, Tong's family is one of the more prominent ones in Zhu Lizhen.

The fact that Tong Sheng was captured by the southerners will definitely cause shock in Yandu.

It's not that Tong Sheng is so important, but Tong Sheng's status is high enough to attract the attention of those gentlemen in Yandu.

The gentlemen will think that the southern army is incompetent, sitting on 20 soldiers and horses, and the nobles of Daqi were captured by the southerners!

As long as someone thinks this way, the court is likely to punish the Zhou family.

Zhou Shizhong sat on the main seat, he couldn't help panting heavily.

After receiving the news that Yangji and Tuhe camps were attacked, he immediately sent cavalry back to help, and later even rode to Yangji himself.

But after he came back, the situation here made him extremely annoyed.

There are more than 5000 people in the two camps, not to mention the loss of more than half, and many generals were captured by the southerners!

What's even more exasperating is that in the two towns of Yangji Tuhe, people related to Zhu Lizhen were almost killed by the southern army!

For Yandu, this incident is a great shame!
For Master Zhu Li, this is even more intolerable!

Because those Zhuli real people who have enjoyed the blessings of several generations will think that if the southerners can go north and liquidate Zhuli real people's coats, will they liquidate them Zhuli real people when they go further north?

I'm afraid it will.

These Zhu Lizhen masters, of course, will put pressure on Zhou Shizhong and the southern army.

General Zhou sat on the main seat. After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked at his son fiercely. His voice was hoarse: "According to the information, there were no more than 5000 people from Tiannan Chen the day before yesterday!"

"Only your Yangji Camp and Tuhe Camp have more than 5000 people!"

"To the north of the two big camps, there are two more big camps stationed. Together, your four big camps have more than ten thousand people!"

"It's fine if you don't keep these Nanchen thieves, how can you suffer such a big loss?"

"father…"

Zhou Yuanhu lowered his head, almost crying: "Who would have thought that these southerners would dare to cross the river?"

"Can you think of it?"

"That night, someone came to report that the Nanren had come to fight across the river. Some generals in the army were laughing and laughing. They didn't believe it. They didn't come back to their senses until the Nanren fought at the gate of the camp."

"At that time, where is it too late?"

Zhou Yuanhu gritted his teeth: "These southerners are really getting bolder!"

General Zhou closed his eyes, remained silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "We can go and beat them, there is no reason why we can't come and beat us."

"This loss, eat it and eat it."

Zhou Shizhong looked to the south.

"Remember, Nanren is not the same as before, especially this Shen Qi..."

General Zhou knocked on the table hard: "Not only will you fight back, but you will also bite!"

Zhou Yuanhu lowered his head and said, "Yes, my son has remembered!"

"From now on, my son, I must pay attention to these cunning southerners!"

Zhou Shizhong shook his head slightly, and said, "Go back to Yandu."

"what?"

Zhou Yuanhu raised his head and looked at his father: "Father, what is your son doing when he returns to Yan at this time?"

"Go and plead guilty to His Majesty, and apologize to the Tong family."

Zhou Shizhong twitched cheekily: "You have to take all the mistakes you made this time on yourself."

Zhou Yuanhu's eyes widened and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.

General Zhou closed his eyes, not looking at his son.

"If you don't go back to Yandu, you will go back for your father."

"Da Qi's army cannot be defeated by the southerners, do you understand?"

"Someone needs to bear this fault."

"Someone needs to tell the government and the public that it's not that my generals are disadvantaged, but that the general is incompetent and exhausted to the death of the entire army..."

Seeing that Zhou Yuanhu lowered his head and remained silent, General Zhou's tone softened a bit: "Don't worry, for your grandfather's sake, His Majesty will not do anything to you, at most he will cut off your military position, and you will return to Yandu , Enjoy a few years of happiness."

Zhou Yuanhu looked up at his old father, his face turned pale: "But, in this way, my son will..."

"There is no chance to command a soldier anymore."

The Zhou family is the gatekeeper.

The rise of the Zhou family came from Zhou Shizhong's father, Zhou Jin'an. After Zhou Jin'an died, Zhou Shizhong took over his father's position and took charge of the South Army.

This is in the best interest.

It is also the largest property of the Zhou family.

That is to say, only those who are in charge of the army can be in charge of the family. As long as the Zhengnan Army is still in the hands of the Zhou family, the general of the Zhengnan Army is the head of the Zhou family.

Losing the opportunity to lead the army means that in the future, he will no longer have any status in the Zhou family.

Zhou Shizhong said blankly, "You have other brothers."

"But leaving the Southern Conscript Army for my father, the future generals of the Southern Conscript Army will no longer have the surname Zhou."

Zhou Yuanhu's face was pale, and after kowtowing to his father, he left the big tent in a daze.

Not long after Zhou Yuanhu left, His Royal Highness King Wei pushed open the large tent and walked in.

"General."

He cupped his fists at Zhou Shizhong, and said, "I have 20 elite soldiers gathered by the Huaihe River. I can't just suffer like this!"

"Otherwise, the king's position as the warlord will not be guaranteed, and the position of the general may not be secure!"

"yes…"

Zhou Shizhong nodded silently, and he said slowly, "Huai'an...needs to be released."

The general of the southern army lowered his eyebrows and said: "You can't be led by the nose by the southerners, maybe..."

"I need to get some back from other places."

…………

At night, in the handsome tent of Xiangshui Daying Camp.

Shen Yi ordered people to set up a table of food and wine to entertain several generals under his command.

Ling Su, Xue Wei, and Su Ding were all present, but Meng Lian was not.

After all, in the final analysis, Meng Lian is a member of the Forbidden Army. Although Shen Yi can command it now, he cannot be regarded as Shen Yi's subordinate after all. It is not easy for him to participate in this kind of "internal meeting".

Master Shen sat down and had a drink with three of his subordinates.

Ling Su raised his head and gulped it down, and said sincerely: "Mr. Shen is really hiding something. It wasn't until the day before yesterday that the last general knew that Mr. Shen had an imperial army under him. In the past five or six days, all the actions of the Qi people All of them were handled by Mr. Shen, really amazing!"

Xue Wei also drank the glass of wine, and said with a smile: "General Ling is right. It was not until I met the general of the Forbidden Army that I found out that Duke Shen has this Forbidden Army under his command."

After Su Ding finished drinking, he just smiled and didn't speak.

Master Shen put down his wine glass and glanced at the three of them, but there was no complacent expression on his face. He said slowly: "I have always been able to use this forbidden army. The reason why I didn't tell you is not because I want to hide it from you, but because I want to hide it from you. Because, this army, if you can use it, don’t use it.”

As he said that, he looked at Su Ding, and said, "General Su should be able to understand, what can General Su say?"

Su Ding looked at Ling and Xue, hesitated for a moment, then bowed his head and said, "At first, we were sent to Huai'an because of the bet between General Zhao and Shen Gong, and your majesty bet with the princes of the court."

"The bet is whether my coastal capital can keep Huai'an."

He paused, and continued: "This subordinate guesses that the use of the imperial army may have an impact on this matter."

Shen Yi ate a mouthful of food, nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "General Su said that although he didn't hit all the hits, he still hit seven or eight."

"This time, I used the imperial army. Although the results are quite fruitful, there must be someone in the court who uses this matter to make a statement."

"Fortunately... the premise for us to use the forbidden army is that the Qi people have also increased their troops on the north bank, otherwise I will be indisputable."

"So, this time, to report the credit, the momentum should be bigger, to block the mouths of those caring people and rotten scholars in the court, so that they have nothing to say."

Speaking of this, he looked at Su Ding and Xue Wei and asked, "Is there any gain from letting you catch the second generation ancestor in the north?"

Xue Wei scratched his head, and said: "Mr. Shen, the people who will be arrested at the end will be handed over to General Su."

Su Ding lowered his head slightly, and said: "Back to Mr. Shen, the last general has already interrogated them. A total of more than a dozen people have been arrested, and three of them have more than a thousand households. Although the families have some backgrounds, they have gained a lot. Big, there is only one surnamed Tong..."

"He said...he is the nephew of the Northern Qi imperial concubine."

Shen Yi's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "That's good, that's good, I've already written the paperwork for rewarding merit, and I'll send these people back to Jiankang together with this precious lump."

"Hmm... Let's just say that he is the nephew of the Northern Qi Emperor!"

Master Shen thought of the noble concubine surnamed Zhao in the palace, clapped his hands and smiled and said: "When the time comes, recognize our concubine Qi, maybe she is a cousin of Concubine Qi!"

Ling Su was quite envious. He ate a mouthful of food, and then said: "Mr. Shen led people to fight to the north bank of the Huaihe River this time. Even if there is no such surnamed Tong, it is an achievement that Da Chen has not had in many years. Only this, The gentlemen in the court have no way to say anything about Mr. Shen."

"That's not necessarily true. Some people in the imperial court are not good at doing things, and they are the best at teaching others how to do things."

"Besides, the bigger the momentum, the better."

"It's a big mess..."

Having said that, Master Shen glanced at the west side and smiled.

"Maybe, we can force our Marquis Zhao to stick his head out."

(End of this chapter)