Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Until this time, Eunuch Luo was still immersed in Wu Shigong's straightforward actions, and he couldn't help but whispered to Zhu Dadian: "This Wu Runing is really well-deserved of his reputation. He deserves to be the one who dared to scold the young eunuch, made a big fuss and looked coldly at everyone." murderer!"

There have been countless exaggerated versions of what Wu Shigong did in Meilou, Nanjing, and it has spread throughout the entire officialdom and romantic circles in the south of the Yangtze River. Eunuch Luo, who is the eunuch guarding Nanjing, of course also knows this front-page gossip.

After hearing Eunuch Luo's words, Zhu Dadian smiled politely at Eunuch Luo, but thought to himself: "You eunuch can hardly protect himself, you are still thinking about women here, you are really an eunuch!"

But when Zhu Dadian saw Wu Shigong with Erlang's legs crossed again, his anger suddenly rose, and he immediately angrily shouted at Wu Shigong: "Don't Wu Runing know the etiquette in the hall?"

Hearing Zhu Dadian's criticism, Wu Shigong reluctantly sat upright, but he still replied: "I'm so sorry! I was pissed off by that idiot just now."

Wu Shigong's words immediately aroused sniggering from the officials on the side, but Zhu Dadian's anger was further angered by these words, and his voice was also raised, and he shouted: "Ben Fu here is a letter from Wu Runing, but when Ben Fu rushed to Fengyang, but found that Erjun was nowhere to be seen, and now that Wu Runing came late, why should he explain to Ben Fu?"

"Master Governor, Master Guardian!" Wu Shigong sat down and bowed to Zhu Dadian and Eunuch Luo, "Wan Sheng was very anxious when he learned that the Shaanxi bandits had invaded Fengyang. The soldiers rushed to Fengyang overnight. They fought a series of bloody battles with the Shaanxi bandits outside Fengyang City, but fortunately they lived up to their fate and drove the Shaanxi bandits out of Fengyang City on the night of the 23rd."

Since Zuo Liangyu dared to slander, then Wu Shigong dared to brag. Anyway, he always brags and does not write drafts.

"Later, I was afraid that the Shaanxi bandits would go and return. So regardless of the hard work of the soldiers, they followed and pursued, and fought fiercely with the Shaanxi bandits in the Huainan section of the Huaihe River. My lord came to Fengyang, so I came a step late, Wansheng can only apologize to the two lords here!"

The officials in the hall were stunned by what Wu Shigong said. They had never seen such a braggart before.Don't those officials know whether there was a battle between the Runing Army and the Peasant Rebel Army near Fengyang?Could it be that Bai Ding in front of him is trying to blow the peasant rebel army out of Fengyang with his words, just to take all the credit for himself?

Zhu Dadian also stared blankly at the shame of the scholar in front of him.He realizes that every meeting between himself and Wu Shigong is a kind of challenge, which is to challenge the shameless lower limit of that scholar.

Zhu Dadian simply asked Wu Shigong to blow the cowhide, and then asked: "Since Wu Runing said that he defeated the bandit army, what is the result?"

"Tens of thousands were killed!" Wu Shigong replied casually.

But this answer almost didn't scare all the officials in the hall to their knees.How about tens of thousands?This bragging really does not support the chin.So Zhu Dadian continued to ask: "There is no joke in the army, how many people are there?"

"How do you know this late student? Just after the battle, the two adults called over. I saw the corpses of Shaanxi bandits in the Huaihe River and on the river bank. I dare not say, there will always be such a number as [-]!"

Seeing Zhu Dadian, he was still skeptical.Wu Shigong continued to emphasize: "Wan Sheng also served under the governor's account. The governor doesn't know what kind of person Wan Sheng is? Wan Sheng never falsely reports his military achievements!"

It doesn't matter if you don't mention this crop.As soon as this topic was mentioned, Zhu Dadian was even more reminded of Wu Shigong's bad deeds.In Zhu Dadian's impression, Wu Shigong back then not only killed good men and pretended to be meritorious, but also used the leader of the friendly army to claim military merits!So Zhu Dadian immediately asked: "Does Wu Runing dare to let people verify one or two things?"

In fact, at this time, Zhu Dadian still left a thread for Wu Shigong.From Zhu Dadian's point of view, Wu Shigong may have made some military exploits.It's just not as exaggerated as he boasted, so as long as Wu Shigong softened his breath, Zhu Dadian would no longer chase after him fiercely.After all, Zhu Dadian did not have a deep hatred with Wu Shigong, and it was not his original intention to drive Wu Shigong to a dead end.

Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong replied: "Why don't you dare? Erlang, who was born late, has been fighting for days. He was extremely tired, and he was also injured in the Huainan battle. He wanted to return to Runing to rest as soon as possible. Now there is a governor. If you are willing to put an end to late birth, then late birth is exactly what you wish for."

Wu Shigong's answer made the officials a little confused.Not only was Wu Shigong not afraid of being verified by others, but he also entrusted Zhu Dadian with the work of collecting the corpses.You must know that the heads on those corpses are all military achievements!Could it be that this braggart is not bragging?

But the brains of those officials are also active.Even if Wu Shigong is bragging a bit, it seems that there is no doubt about his victory.Even if there are no [-] heads, as long as there are [-] heads, it will be a brilliant victory. For these guilty officials, it will be a great gift in the snow!So they looked at Wu Shigong with kinder eyes.

Seeing that there was something wrong with the atmosphere in the hall, Zhu Dadian coughed a few times to calm down the officials.Then he said to Wu Shigong: "I will send people to deal with the matter in Huainan. If there is Wu Runing's contribution, I will report it truthfully. However, I just beat my colleague, and I will impeach me as usual. All the merits and demerits It is up to the Holy Spirit to decide!"

"It doesn't matter!" All the officials didn't expect Wu Shigong to answer like this, "Anyway, Wansheng is already a white body, and the impeachment will be a white body at most. It happens that Wansheng is tired of fighting, and he is light-hearted without an official, so he should go back and study the scriptures hard." Righteousness, strive for a nomination for the gold list! At that time, I would like to implore the governor, the old man, to take care of the late students!"

Wu Shigong ignored Zhu Dadian whose nose was crooked in anger, stood up and clapped his hands around in a circle, then turned around and walked out of the hall.When he got to the door, Wu Shigong turned around and said, "Remind the governor, the Shaanxi bandit is going to Luzhou. Wansheng will take Erlang back to Runing earlier to defend the Xinyang line for the court. Yes, those heads are nine and one! The late student will leave now!"

Watching Wu Shigong leave, the hall was completely silent.It wasn't until Wu Shigong disappeared that there were noisy discussions in the hall.This maverick military attache with ever-changing identities impressed the officials too deeply.

On the first day of February, Wu Shigong rushed back to Yingzhou with Tang Liu and others, and joined Zhou Xunbu, who brought the prisoners and captured.Then he took the first step and rushed back to the Runing army camp on the fourth day of February with his own soldiers.

Perhaps because this time the battle was at the gate of the house, Wu Shigong's family members were extremely excited. When all the wives saw Wu Shigong, they cried and held him, refusing to let go.

Especially the little girl Wu Chengying, as soon as she saw Wu Shigong, she immediately cried out, "Father!", and flew towards Wu Shigong.

Wu Shigong was very touched in his heart, other people's family seems to be newly married after a long absence, but his own family is deeply affectionate with his father and son after a long absence.So he hugged Wu Chengying emotionally, patted his back and comforted him constantly.

Unexpectedly, when she was resting in Li Xin's room at night, Li Xin told Wu Shigong the reason.It turned out that when Li Xin saw that Wu Chengying had grown up, she invited a local scholar to come to the mansion to enlighten Wu Chengying.That great Confucian teacher was very strict, so Wu Chengying was already full of grievances, and he couldn't get the support of his mother, so he waited for Wu Shigong's return to seek comfort.

In the end, Li Xin complained to Wu Shigong: "In other families, the father is strict and the mother is kind, but ours is the other way around. The husband has always been a good person in front of the children, and the concubine can only be strict with Yinger. !"

For this accusation, Wu Shigong was also speechless, and could only personally comfort Wu Chengying's mother.After it was over, Wu Shigong couldn't help cursing his son secretly in his heart: "This brat! You want to play truant? See how I'll deal with him tomorrow? Let him have a taste of his strict father."

But when Wu Shigong opened his eyes in the morning, he had already forgotten what he thought about last night.It is still playing with the children and enjoying this rare family happiness.

After Zhang Xianzhong's troops crossed the Huaihe River, they immediately faced a food shortage problem, because most of their food was left in the hands of the Runing Army on the other side of the Huaihe River.Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong's troops are eager to take down Luzhou City in front of them.

As the capital of Anhui for later generations, Luzhou is located in the central part of Anhui, on the north-south border, and is an important town in southern Anhui.The city wall of Luzhou is more than two feet high and four feet thick.The moat is one foot nine feet deep in the east and two feet five feet deep in the west.Open seven doors.With heavy defense.

Wu Dapu, the prefect of Luzhou, saw that the situation was not good, and from the 26th, he strengthened his defense, organized soldiers and civilians to build nests on the city, and moved bricks and stones to the top of the city.

In the early morning of the 29th, Zhang Xianzhong arrived in Luzhou and immediately ordered his troops to surround the city and launch an attack at night.Wu Dapu, the prefect of Luzhou, led the army and the people to defend.The city of Luzhou is well-defended and the city walls are strong. There are suspension bridges outside each gate, and the defenders on the city take turns to defend.

The peasant rebel army charged bravely, pressing the door above the city to the bottom of the city. First, they burned the water pass, and then dug the city wall under the city, pierced the tunnel, and stormed Yuecheng, the north gate.

The second king, Zhang Jinjia, took the lead to climb up the Yuecheng Tower, and commanded the troops to climb up the city along the wall, and started a hand-to-hand fight with the soldiers and civilians in the city.

The failure of this siege still reflects that the peasant rebel army lacked the means to attack a fortified city.That is, after the defeat of Huainan, Zhang Xianzhong's troops suffered another major loss. (to be continued..)