The best little eunuch

Chapter 53 A Big Misunderstanding This Time
Chapter 53 A Big Misunderstanding This Time
For the defenders of Jinling City, in yesterday's battle, the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Frontier Army had made them lose the courage to fight the Frontier Army.Today, Lin Feng used artillery as a siege weapon.In addition, Lin Feng and Zhao Polu did not besiege Jinling City to death, so the moment the city was broken, the defenders of Jinling City gave up resistance and ran away.

Jinling City, as one of the largest cities in the south of the Yangtze River, is not only the political center of the south of the Yangtze River, but also the economic center of the south of the Yangtze River.At that time, in order to better manage the southern region, the Taizu of the Yan Dynasty specially set up the Jinling Left-behind Department, so Jinling was also called the small capital or Nanjing behind the scenes.

Although the left-behind department of Jinling has been abandoned for a long time, Jinling City still retains all the departments of the imperial court, not only the six departments, but even a relatively high-standard government office such as the Zhengshitang.However, most of the yamen here are decorations, and many of them are used for veterans who have returned to their hometowns.Of course, some officials who were sent in and out of the court would also be dispatched to Jinling. Although their grades were not lowered, their real power was gone.

Lin Feng was the last batch to enter the city.When Lin Feng entered Jinling City, he was stunned by the sight in front of him.On the originally bustling streets of Jinling City, weeping people or corpses were everywhere.

Those soldiers of King Wu robbed Jinling City before withdrawing.Of course, it is also possible that King Wu's army had already started the robbery before Lin Feng and the others had come in.

In short, the current Jinling City is full of ruins.It seems that King Wu ordered the army to burn Jinling City to the ground before leaving.Fortunately, Zhao Polu's army came in relatively quickly, and the fire was extinguished before it started.

Lin Feng didn't take a few steps on the horse when he saw Zhao Polu riding over.

"General Zhao." Lin Feng cupped his hands at Zhao Polu and said.

Zhao Polu moved the horse under his crotch slightly, so that the horse and Lin Feng's horse were side by side.Zhao Polu said regretfully: "It's a pity that King Wu ran away. Not only that, King Wu's army almost ransacked Jinling City. The current Jinling City can really be described as a waste of money. Back then, Jinling How prosperous the city is!" Zhao Polu said with emotion.

"Yes, I've heard people talk about the prosperity of Jinling City a long time ago, but it's a pity that it has become like this now." Before Lin Feng led the army to set off, Qiuxiang pulled him and said that Jinling City is prosperous, especially the Qinhuai River.Qiuxiang specifically said that he was not allowed to set foot in it.Looking at the situation now, I am afraid that the Shili Qinhuai has already been annihilated.

"Hey..." Sitting on the horse, Zhao Polu sighed again and again. I don't know if it was because of the dilapidation of Jinling City, or the annihilation of Qinhuai for ten miles?

Lin Feng and Zhao Polu came to the Jinling Left-behind Department located in the center of Jinling City together.Today's Jinling left-behind department has been in disrepair for a long time, and coupled with the destruction of King Wu's army, it is no longer as prosperous as it used to be.However, one can vaguely see the prosperity of the left-behind department back then.

At the beginning, when the Taizu of the Yan Dynasty established the Jinling Left-behind Department, he appointed the prince of the current dynasty to be the head of the left-behind department.If the emperor did not set up a prince, the prince who is most likely to become the prince is usually appointed. Therefore, becoming the left-behind secretary is an important signal for being a prince.

However, I don't know when it started, the emperor gradually no longer paid attention to the left-behind department, and most of the left-behind department's directors were unoccupied, and they were always in a vacant state.Of course, it is precisely for this reason that the imperial court's control over Jiangnan has become weaker and weaker, so that the king of Wu raised troops, and most officials in the southern provinces maintained an attitude of watching dramas instead of listening to the imperial court's orders.

"The yamen of the left-behind department should also be repaired." Looking at the dilapidated left-behind department, Lin Feng didn't know if he was talking to himself, or deliberately speaking to others!
After glancing at Lin Feng, Zhao Polu didn't answer.The current emperor has no children. If the left-behind department is re-established and the secretary is appointed, then this candidate will be very delicate.According to the rules of the previous dynasty, the Sizheng who stayed in the department is the future prince. However, the current emperor is young. If he appoints the emperor's uncle as the Sizheng, it will not make others guess. Don't worry, after all, Sizheng is a high-ranking official, and several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River are under his jurisdiction, and he is called a small imperial court.

It was for this reason that Zhao Polu took the attitude of not answering.Realizing that what he just said would remind people of Pian Pian, Lin Feng could only smile awkwardly.I just sighed myself.

"General Zhao, let's go in." Lin Feng said with a gesture of invitation.

"General Lin, you are the chief general, so naturally you should go in first." Zhao Polu also said politely.Although they are all generals, they don't like that kind of vain.But the name that should be paid attention to still needs to be talked about.

The most troublesome thing now is that although Lin Feng is of low rank, he is the main general in countering the rebellion; Zhao Polu is of high rank, but he is only here to assist Lin Feng.But now the problem is coming out, whoever goes in first, that means the problem of size.And both are very humble, let the other go first.In the end, Lin Feng had no choice but to say: "Then let's go in together. It will save the two of us from giving way."

"So, let's go together." Zhao Polu thought for a while and said.

The left-behind department was modeled on the Qinzheng Hall of the imperial court, which is simply a miniature version of the Qinzheng Hall.The only difference is that the position of the dragon chair is not elevated like in Qinzheng Hall.Of course, there is no dragon chair here, just an ordinary Taishi chair.

When Lin Feng was about to back down and let Zhao Polu sit up, Zhao Polu had already sat down.Seeing Lin Feng looking at him, Zhao Polu said: "General Lin, you are the head coach, and you should take this position."

Hearing what Zhao Polu said, Lin Feng also guessed what he meant.Today's Zhao family has almost become the largest family in the Yan Dynasty, so as a member of this family, Zhao Polu has to be careful everywhere, because a little carelessness of his may bring disaster to the family. disaster.

Smiling slightly, Lin Feng didn't refuse, and walked to the seat of the Sizheng in this miniature version of Qinzheng Palace and sat down.

Those high-ranking generals who followed Lin Feng and Zhao Polu also sat down in order according to their ranks, while those low-ranking generals did not come in.Their main task is to restore order in Jinling City as soon as possible.Gather all the broken soldiers who have not had time to withdraw to prevent them from causing trouble.

"Everyone contributed to the successful breach of Jinling City this time. After returning to the capital, I will definitely report to the emperor and queen mother for your credit." Lin Feng naturally said something official first.

Those generals also said that it was under Lin Feng's wise leadership that they achieved good results.There is no lack of credit for Lin Feng.The first achievement is naturally Lin Feng's.

Lin Feng had no interest in talking about these official words.Straight to the point, he said: "Everyone, although we have captured Jinling City, King Wu has escaped. The Jiangnan is a big place, and it will be very difficult for us to eradicate King Wu's party and capture King Wu. .”

"My lord, the King of Wu just escaped from Jinling City not long ago, or will he lead someone to chase after him?" Lei Jun said.This time, no matter whether it was siege or entry, he did not rush, but just followed Zhao Polu's ass into the city, which made him very unhappy.

"Chasing? How to chase? Do you know which direction Wu Wang's main force is going?" Lin Feng asked.They also knew that King Wu would; run, but there was no way.With limited manpower, if they take care of all the city gates, their strength will be stretched, and it will not be conducive to disintegrating the military spirit of King Wu.Therefore, Lin Feng and the others did not besiege the four gates.

Now the problem arises, the king of Wu left the west gate, split up a lot of shares, and fled separately, making Zhao Polu unable to bear the desire to scold his mother.In the end, Zhao Polu had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​tracking, and began to clean up the broken soldiers in Jinling City instead.

When asked by Lin Feng, Lei Jun didn't know what to say.He didn't know that among so many enemies, which one was King Wu!If he divided his troops to pursue those deserters, Lin Feng's already stretched manpower would be completely insufficient.Moreover, if they pursue separately, there is also the danger of being surrounded and wiped out by the enemy. It is precisely because of this that Zhao Polu made the generals who were about to pursue withdraw to retreat.

"My lord, I think this matter will be fully understood after a while. As long as King Wu goes to a place and settles down, he will definitely play his banner again. At that time, let's surround him and wipe him out, right? Better?" After all, He Wei is the more cautious of all the generals in the Yumajian, and he is also better at thinking.His proposal was approved by most of the generals.

Of course, there is another possibility here, that is, King Wu escaped completely, found a place to hide, and then lived the rest of his life incognito.However, this possibility is extremely small.Because doing so, to King Wu, was more humiliating than killing him.

Standing up, Lin Feng made a square salute and said, "Generals, although we have captured Jinling City, you have already seen what Jinling City looks like now. Here I also want to say something to you generals, We must restrain our soldiers well, we must not be like King Wu's army. We are officers, not bandits."

The reason why Lin Feng said this is because he has watched too many TV series of later generations.In many cases, the imperial army won the battle and looted after entering the city, which was even worse than the robbers.Even sometimes, those ordinary people would rather help the robbers than help the officers and soldiers.

"My lord, read what you said. I dare not say anything about other people's subordinates, but my Xin Hong's subordinates, if anyone dares to take what should not be taken, and rob the common people's money, I, Xin Hong, will never tolerate it. The one in that hand , cut off that hand." Xin Hong belonged to the kind of bloody person, and he was the first to stand up and express his opinion.

Seeing what Xin Hong said, the expressions of some generals under Zhao Polu were not right.Because they fought in the Western Regions before, and they did this kind of thing a lot.Anyway, everyone does this, and the coach generally turns a blind eye.Therefore, after entering the city, they did not restrain the soldiers too much.According to their virtues in the Western Regions, these generals estimate that nine out of ten they will do the same.

"General Lin is right. We are officers and soldiers, not bandits. I, Zhao Polu, also let go of my words: If anyone under my command takes it, it will be fine if they return it. Otherwise, if I find out, then act according to military law! "Zhao Polu also knew the virtues of his subordinates, so he said so, and there was room for change.You take it, just return it, I will give you a chance, otherwise, I will be sorry.

"Thank you General Zhao." Lin Feng said to Zhao Polu.He was really afraid that Zhao Polu would turn his back on him: I died after the battle, why don't you let me grab something?Fortunately, this situation did not happen.This is the most gratifying thing for Lin Feng.

After the brief military meeting was over, Lin Feng left the left-behind division with a few personal soldiers.Now the streets are quite chaotic, Lin Feng really dare not go out without his own soldiers, if he encounters a rout of soldiers, his life is really in danger.

With a few soldiers, Lin Feng has been wandering the streets of Jinling City, looking around.The soldiers were a little baffled, what the hell was Lin Feng going to do?

Lin Feng was also suffering and couldn't tell.The people from Skynet have not contacted him, so he has no choice but to contact the people from Skynet on his own initiative.According to the signal agreed with Qi Heihu before leaving Beijing, Lin Feng searched everywhere for the mark left by Skynet.

"You can't take it away, this is the only savings in my family." Just as Lin Feng was concentrating on searching for the sign of Skynet, he suddenly heard a woman's shout from the next room.

"Go, take a look." Lin Feng said, walking towards the source of the voice first.

"My lord..." The soldier was about to ask whether he should call a few people before going, but unfortunately Lin Feng had already walked out.The soldiers had no choice but to let one person call for someone first, and the others quickly followed.

Pushing open the door, Lin Feng saw a scene that made him angry: a woman tightly hugged a soldier's leg, preventing him from taking away the only savings in her family.The soldier kept hitting the woman on the back with the back of the knife in his hand, and an eleven or twelve-year-old girl kept crying beside her.The other soldiers didn't seem to notice, they were still looking for valuables at the woman's house.

"Stop it all, whose subordinates are you?" Lin Feng shouted loudly.No way, the sound is so small that you can't hear it at all.

Hearing Lin Feng's shout, the soldiers stopped what they were doing and looked at Lin Feng.And the soldier who had been hugged by the woman finally became furious, kicked the woman aside with a vigorous kick.

Walked two steps forward, although Lin Feng was not wearing an official uniform, there were several soldiers behind Lin Feng.Those people knew at a glance: They are all elites!
"My lord, the younger one is under the command of General Zhao Polu. I don't know why my lord told us to stop?" This man should be the head of these people, which is also evident from his ninth-rank military uniform. manifested.

(End of this chapter)