When Stewie rushed to the battlefield, he could only see corpses scattered all over the ground, the remains of burning carriages. There were crows circling in the sky, and wolf-green eyes were constantly changing in the distance.

Seeing such a battlefield, Stewie's face was whiter than the snow on the ground.

The main division of the Nanjing Forbidden Army, a whole division with a strength of nearly 7,000 people, was completely defeated in just one hour, with more than 70% of the soldiers lost. Looking at it like this, there is not much equipment left.

The opponent even had time to clean up the battlefield and take away the bodies of their fallen soldiers and their equipment.

"They were blowing over like the wind, and the bullets were hitting more densely than snowflakes. Their guns fired continuously, and each of them had two revolvers...!" Pang Wanchun, deputy mayor of the Third Division, rambled, like

She's an old country girl.

"Old Pang! You are an old man of my father's generation, but there is nothing I can do about such a thing. Forgive me!

Come on, tie up Pang Wanchun and send him to Jinling!" Shi Dewei shouted coldly, and someone stood up and tied Pang Wanchun up like a rice dumpling.

"Good nephew! Good nephew! I...!"

"Pull them down!" Shi Dewei didn't want to talk nonsense and directly ordered them to be pulled down. After gathering them, the number of soldiers in the Third Division who were still standing was less than 2,000. Too many people died, and someone must be responsible for this. Li Dingguo ran away.

Without a human figure, Pang Wanchun is the best scapegoat.

After gathering the troops, Shi Dewei entered Luoyang City as quickly as possible. He vowed that he would never dare to spread the troops too far apart when marching in the future. Twenty miles is only a distance of twenty miles. It is the life and death of the Third Division.

distance!

I used to hear people say that the cavalry divisions of the Liao Army came and went like the wind, but I really believed it today. It was too fast. When the gunfire broke out, Shi Dewei immediately ordered his men to attack and respond to the third division. But it was still too slow.

In one step, even the Second Division, which was the first to leave the city, lost more than 200 people.

The Chinese army marches in Luoyang City!

"Young Marshal...!" Li Dingguo's legs went weak and he knelt on the ground.

"Get up!" Shi Dewei picked up Li Dingguo.

"You have bad legs and feet. You were injured when you were trying to protect me in Wanghai Village. If you hadn't pushed me back then, I would have been sent to the west by that bullet." Starting from the first training of the Nanjing Forbidden Army Division,

Li Dingguo is the backbone.

In the battle of Wanghaizhai, he saved the lives of Shi Kefa and Shi Dewei, father and son. He also suffered three injuries. In order to save Shi Kefa, a piece of shrapnel flew past his head and only opened a hole in his scalp. As long as the shrapnel is again

Just two fingers lower and Li Dingguo would be finished.

"What a shame! But there is really nothing we can do. The Liao army came close to us in a heavy snowstorm. Suddenly, it was as if they fell from the sky. Their guns fired continuously. We shot one shot, but others shot ten times. The attacking cavalry,

It was like a hammer coming at us in waves. The hastily organized battle line collapsed after only a few attempts."

"I know you are not to blame. I have arrested Pang Wanchun and will send him to Jinling tomorrow. You can leave tonight and return to Nanjing early to find my father to work it out. If you lie dormant for a few years, you may still have a chance." Shi Dewei pulled Li Dingguo.

’s hand, in the palm of the hand are two gold bars.

"This...!" Li Dingguo was a little stunned.

"What are you doing standing there, just leave quickly. There are so many people, and if someone sees you soon, you won't be able to leave."

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"Is there such a thing?" Wen Tiren stared at Cao Huachun with his eyes wide open.

"Really! What our family received was a message from Xiaoling Guard. It is estimated that the battle report will reach the capital in two days." The Ming Dynasty is now an information society, and Cao Huachun, who is in charge of Xiaoling Guard, is obviously

A well-informed person for this era.

"Are the Liao soldiers really that powerful?" Wen Tiren frowned. I had heard before that the Liao army was capable of fighting, and that it could suppress the Tatars in Liaodong. Later, the Tatars were easily destroyed by Shi Kefa, and Wen Tiren felt that the Liao army was capable of fighting.

The army may be mediocre. Unexpectedly, this attack defeated a division of the Nanjing Forbidden Army. And judging from the intelligence obtained by Cao Huachun, it was a division that was defeated in front of several divisions.

"Liao soldiers may be powerful, but there are times when Li Dingguo fails to command. Our family has paid attention to Li Dingguo's whereabouts. If we see Li Dingguo, we will arrest him first. Mr. Wen Ge, this is an opportunity." Cao Huachun's eyes were sinister.

Compassionate.

"We must capture this Li Dingguo. Now Zhou Yanru's biggest support in Jinling is Shi Kefa. He holds the three divisions guarding Jinling. As long as he betrays...! I want to see how Zhou Yanru can still be here.

The imperial court has gained a foothold." Although he lost a division, Wen Tiren felt that this was great news.

The previous plans can be given up. Xu Xutu might as well seize this opportunity and do a good job. He is already in his fifties and his body is beginning to decline. Wen Tiren is now seizing the day for a hundred years.

Facts have proved that Cao Huachun was right. Just four days later, the imperial court learned about the defeat outside Luoyang City. Suddenly, memorials to impeach Shi Dewei flew to the center like snow flakes. These officials did not care who Shi Dewei was.

It’s such a good opportunity to build your presence, so I’d really feel sorry for myself if I didn’t take advantage of it. If you don’t impeach people when you’re an official, then why the fuck are you still called an official?

His son was impeached, and if his son could not be saved, the next step would be me. Faced with the attacks of the officials, Shi Kefa calmly ignored it. Because the person standing behind him was Zhou Yanru, and the emperor was still young.

Wang Tiqian was Zhou Yanru's loyal lackey. One of them was in charge of memorials and the other was in charge of official seals.

No matter how many impeachment memorials were filed, they would eventually fall into the hands of these two people. In fact, they were the acting emperors of the Nanming Empire. As long as these two people did not speak, no one could touch him.

Sure enough, I stood firm despite the stormy waves. No matter how many impeachment memorials were issued, Zhou Yanru refused to punish Shi Dewei on the grounds that the front line was tight. When he was forced to do so, he even slapped several young officials.

Wen Tiren remained silent on this matter. He was watching to see how many people Zhou Yanru had offended for Shi Kefa. Officials in this era never scolded people alone. Their usual style was to commit crimes in groups! In the same year,

There are teachers, township party members, family friends, relationships within relationships, and favors within favors. Behind each official, there is one or several important officials of the court.

Zhou Yanru took action decisively to calm down the storm as soon as possible. Although the impeachment of Shi Dewei was temporarily suppressed, this man also offended a lot.

Finally, when Cao Huachun paid homage to Wen Tiren again with a smile, the old fox who had been hiding in the cave for a long time finally started to take action.

Shi Kefa was stunned for a moment when he heard that Wen Tiren came to visit him. He had no friendship with Wen Tiren. As the second assistant and a member of the cabinet, a big leader could condescend to come to his house. What was going on?

"Oh! Xianzhi, your study is elegantly decorated!" Wen Tiren was greeted in the living room. This guy wanted to visit Shi Kefa's study.

"Mr. Ge was joking. I heard that Mr. Ge's study is full of famous people's calligraphy and paintings. I always want to feast my eyes on it, but the affairs of the Ministry of War are complicated, so I can't do it!" They are all sensible people. Shi Kefa knew that Wen Tiren had something to do.

You should discuss things with yourself. Generally speaking, the study is the most guarded and guarded place in a home. This is because the head of the family’s office, meetings with staff, and confidential matters must all be held in the study.

All the servants and attendants were sent out, and even the entire courtyard where the study was located was left without a single servant.

Everyone was sent away, but Wen Tiren drank tea leisurely. While drinking tea, he admired the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, seemingly not in any hurry.

Shi Kefa was suspicious in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. After many years of ups and downs in officialdom, he had already developed the ability to hide his emotions and anger.

"Xianzhi! I have also heard about your son, so don't worry. Everything is Li Dingguo's responsibility, and his command at that time was not wrong. I believe in you on this point. A tiger father has no son!" Wen Tiren

His eyes finally turned away from the calligraphy and painting, and he sat down on the chair to laugh.

"Thank you, sir." Shi Kefa hurriedly saluted. Although Wen Tiren, the second-in-command, did not have any say, he was also the second-largest person in the court. With his support, Shi Dewei could easily get through this matter.

"It's just that Li Dingguo is really hateful. He lost his master and humiliated the country first, and fled behind him for his crimes. If such a person is caught, he must be severely punished. I heard that in Liaodong, this Li Dingguo saved Xianzhi's life?" Wen Tiren

He looked at Shi Kefa with a smile.

Shi Kefa's heart skipped a beat!

Li Dingguo is not a person who likes to show off. Not many people know about saving the lives of Shi Jia's father and son. How did Wen Tiren know? The people sent back by Shi Dewei have already dictated what happened that day to Shi Kefa. Shi Kefa also sent

People went to pick up the fleeing Li Dingguo, but there is no news to this day.

"Uh...! That's true, but the justice of the court comes first, and Shi must act impartially."

"You know Xianzhi is public-minded! A few days ago, Eunuch Cao's men captured Li Dingguo in Jiangyin. It was a major matter for the court, and the local Xiaoling Guards did not dare to make it public. They just quietly locked him up in a secret place.

We will wait for Duke Cao’s announcement before sending it to Jinling.”

"Danglang" Two gold bars fell out of Wen Tiren's sleeves, and Shi Kefa's face immediately turned pale.

If the news spread that Shi Dewei indulged Li Dingguo privately, he would be doomed this time. Not to mention Zhou Yanru, not even the Jade Emperor could protect him. This Li Dingguo was caught by the Xiaoling Guards. Damn it, Xiaoling Guards are not

I just took on the errand of Jinyiwei, how come I have such good ears and eyes?

"What do you want, Mr. Ge?" Shi Kefa stood up and stared at Wen Tiren like a tiger.

Wen Tiren didn't seem to feel any pressure at all. He was walking into the Office of the Minister of War in full view of everyone. If something happened, Shi Kefa would be even more embarrassed to walk around.

"Xianzhi! You have worked hard in the imperial court all your life. Now that you are at my age, one person is less than ten thousand people, so he should be considered a very popular minister. But I always feel that there is something lacking in this life.

.Tell me...is this considered greedy?" Wen Tiren looked at Shi Kefa, with even a hint of joking in his eyes.

He looks like a cat that just caught a mouse.

"What Mr. Ge means is...!" Shi Kefa's eyes widened. Wen Tiren's ambition was not small. If one person is not satisfied with being the leader of ten thousand people, that means he is not satisfied with the person above him. Needless to say, then

The first is Zhou Yanru, the richest man.

"Yusheng has been working hard for the country during this period, and his hair has turned a lot white. I always persuade him to stop working so hard and rest more. But he just doesn't listen! He has a lot of white hair at a young age, and it makes me happy to see him.

Heartbroken. In terms of loyalty to the country, Yusheng has achieved the ultimate goal. But how can such a huge national and social burden be borne only on his shoulders?

I know that Yusheng respects the elderly, but I am afraid that too much government affairs will burden me, an old guy. Sometimes I really want to share the burden for him, but he always shirks it. Alas...! Yusheng is really a true gentleman!"

Seeing Wen Tiren sighing and sighing, worrying about the country and the people, Shi Kefa wanted to rush over and strangle this old bastard to death.

He said that he wanted to seize power so sincerely, as if he was thinking about Zhou Yanru. At the end, he did not forget to praise Zhou Yanru. People who didn't know the truth thought that Wen Tiren was asking for help from an elder.

"The Chief Assistant is indeed a true gentleman. If the elder has any orders, just give them. Whatever Shi can do will definitely satisfy the elder." Li Dingguo is in his hands, and the Shi family's pigtails are in their hands.

.As long as we can't reach an agreement today, Li Dingguo will be escorted to Jinling in public. By then, not only Shi Dewei will be done with it, but Shi Kefa, who is also me, will also be done with it. We can't send troops to rob people on the street in full view of the public.

If you can't even control your own son, how can you manage the Ming Dynasty's millions of troops?

"Long live satisfaction! The people are satisfied!" Hearing Shi Kefa's words, Wen Tiren showed a sincere smile.

"You are in charge of the Jinling garrison. This army is for war. If there is any disturbance in the court, the garrison should not care about it. If someone wants to mess with their lives and mobilize the garrison for their own selfish desires, you must hold on and never accept the mess. You

You know, if the army moves, it will inevitably hurt people's lives. Even if it causes a river of blood, it will not end well!

The army of the Ming Dynasty is long live and belongs to the people of the Ming Dynasty. Do you understand?"

"No! Shi will follow the instructions of the elder. If there is an order to garrison troops into the city, Shi will definitely not obey!"

"I know that you Xianzhi is a loyal minister who is loyal to the public and the country. If you don't become the Minister of the Ministry of War, there really won't be another suitable person in the world. Oh, by the way! There is a man named Sun Chuanting in the north.

Yes, I used to be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry there.

I came over from the dark side a while ago, and I estimate that I should be arriving in Jinling in the next few days. Then you should get closer and closer. He knows a lot of Li Xiao’s secrets!"
Chapter completed!