Chapter 73: Soldiers Force Jinan
Chapter 73: Soldiers "force" Jinan
All the ministers in the cabinet knew Yue Su's thoughts, but none of them could express their objections. Fang Congzhe didn't want to conflict with Yue Su because of this. In this way, what else could he use to fight against the eunuchs? Even if Wei Eunuch couldn't be provoked now,
Mr. Qiyue, you should still be confident in dealing with yourself. Gu Bingqian doesn't dare to do the same. If you want to disagree, that's fine. Just follow the instructions submitted by the officials and send all the officials under you to Shandong.
People recommended by Lord Yue will have a good future in Shandong. Your Lord Gu's men will probably have to be on tenterhooks all day long after they arrive in Shandong, fearing that the bandits will hit the door.
Therefore, this time, the cabinet reached an unprecedented consensus in favor of Yue Su's proposal.
Those reported by the Ministry of Personnel were civilian officials who were going to Shandong. After approval by the Cabinet, they were sent to the Supervisor of Ceremonies and forwarded to the Emperor for instructions. Soon, the Ministry of War also sent candidates for military officers to be sent to Shandong, including the General Secretary.
Bing, deputy general, general.
Regarding the new Shandong Commander-in-Chief, the cabinet had great differences. In the difficult dispute, Yue Su had to be asked to come forward to decide on the candidate. No one expected that Mr. Yue would make another unexpected decision and let the former Shandong Commander-in-Chief
Cheng Laimao was reinstated and made meritorious service. It can be said that this was the wisest decision.
At present, there are only a few military generals in Beijing who are capable of fighting. Those who have the qualifications to serve as commander-in-chief are not really good. Those who are capable do not have the qualifications. Yue Su thought about it over and over again, and still felt that Cheng Laimao was the most suitable. He was familiar with Shandong.
, and he is a guilty person, so he will definitely fight with all his strength to save his life.
Of course, the eunuch party had no objection to reinstating Cheng Laimao, and Fang Congzhe couldn't say anything, so he could only decide like this.
As for the candidates for the separate garrison generals, Yue Su made a bolder suggestion, promoting Xing Ying, the chief catcher of the six sects. The position of chief catcher of the six sects is only a sixth-grade officer, and the general is a third-rank officer.
, he was promoted to the sixth level all of a sudden, and when the war is over, he will be rewarded, and at least he will be promoted to deputy general, which is a great boost.
Because he was a general and recommended by Yue Su, no one had any objections. After confirmation, a joint report was submitted to the emperor.
Re-filling the official staff was a top priority at the moment. When Zhu Carpenter came to see him, he immediately received approval - yes.
The situation was urgent. Of course, there was no time for the officials who were transferred to Shandong to make too many preparations. They just cleaned up a little and took office the next day after receiving their official credentials. However, they were smarter and did not go alone. Instead, they followed Xiong Tingbi.
The army set off together. Xiong Jinglue received the royal flag from the emperor and led an army of thirty thousand directly to Shandong.
At the same time, the army of religious bandits is moving closer to Jinan and will arrive soon.
"Boss, the bandits are about to attack. Let's retreat quickly."
In a large house in Jinan City, more than sixty men in black robes gathered in a hall. Opposite them, stood a man in his thirties. This man was none other than Yang He. Yang He
He glanced at the men in black robes opposite and said: "We are affiliated with Dongchang and are responsible for monitoring the movements of officials and people in Shandong. Although the responsibility of guarding the land does not lie with you and me, everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. At the moment, there is a shortage of soldiers in Jinan City.
Major General, Governor Zhao is handling the crisis alone. If we leave at this moment, he will help. In this way, I will not force you to stay. If you are willing to escape back to Beijing, if you leave now, Yang will never force you to stay. I
I have made up my mind and am willing to climb the tower and help Mr. Zhao fight against the bandits. If Yang is lucky enough to survive, we will see you in Beijing!"
"grown ups……"
Those who work as spies in Dongchang are not all idle members of society and gangsters. Most of them are from military families. They have been with Yang He for a long time and admire his heroism. Now Yang Dangtou has said this,
Who had the nerve to leave? Immediately, someone knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "I am willing to follow you and defend the country!"
As long as one shouts, the others will no longer be able to retreat. Soon, all the men in black robes in the hall knelt down, "I am willing to follow you and defend the country!"...
"Brothers, get up quickly!" Yang He took a step forward, picked up a fan, and then said: "I, Yang He, did not misjudge the person. Brothers are all loyal and courageous. Now the bandits are about to invade Jinan.
I am afraid that Governor Zhao has already gone to the city to organize soldiers and civilians to resist, so I will go and join him immediately."
"Yes, sir!"
As the fans of the East Factory, everyone naturally had a horse. Everyone left the hall, took out their mounts from the stables, and discharged the Pegasus to the east gate.
The news that the religious bandits were about to attack had already spread throughout the streets and alleys, and the people were panicked and refused to obey. Fortunately, the governor Zhao Yan was not an idle person. He sent officers and soldiers to appease the people and maintain order. At the same time, he stormed the city gate and gave orders.
No matter who it is, if the governor issues a general order, he must not be allowed to leave the city.
Yang He's house is close to the north gate. This is also because the capital is in the north. If something happens, it is convenient to go out of the city to deliver messages. He and his people planned to go straight to the east gate, which was the direction from which the bandit army came, but they didn't go far.
As soon as I stepped forward, I saw hundreds of people rushing towards us, supporting the elderly and children. Due to the large number of people, even the horses could not run.
Yang He had also heard the news that the North Gate was closed, but no one in the world would dare to stop Dongchang's waistband. Seeing the people rushing this way, Yang He became puzzled, got off his horse, stopped a young man, and asked loudly:
"Aren't the city gates closed? Why are you running this way? Why don't you just go home and stay?"
The young man saw that Yang He was riding a horse, and there were a group of people wearing the same clothes as him. Even if he couldn't identify his identity, he could guess that they had a good background. He was so frightened that he said tremblingly: "We heard that the Supervisory Army
The master went to the north gate, thinking he wanted to leave the city from there. The religious bandits are about to attack, and we don’t want to wait here to die, so we want to take advantage of the moment when the supervisor is leaving the city and escape with us."
"He dares to run in front of a powerful enemy!" After hearing this, Yang He was furious, jumped on his horse, turned his horse's head, and said loudly: "Follow me to the north gate!"
On the way to the north gate, people could be seen gathering there. The horse team could not run. Yang He was so worried that he couldn't help but swing his riding whip and beat the passers-by. While beating them back, he shouted: "We are Dongchang."
Jiti, all of you, please move off the road!"
The name of Dongchang, coupled with the riding whip, scared the people along the way and hid in haste, but in their hearts, they had concluded that these Dongchang fans were also rushing out of the city to escape for their lives.
Yang He led his people to rush to the north gate. At this moment, the north gate was in chaos, with people supporting the old and young on the outside. There were officers and soldiers guarding the city head and the city gate, and in the center, a sharp scream came from
Shouting, "Are you going to die? Our Shandong supervisory army, hurry up and open the city gate for me. Otherwise, don't blame our family for being rude to you!"
"Father, it's not that I won't open the door for you. It's actually the governor who issued a death warrant, saying that without the governor's order, no one is allowed to leave the city without authorization. And father-in-law, you have also seen that there are so many people behind you.
If the door is opened, they won't be able to rush out in a hurry. When the governor comes to investigate, I really can't afford the crime..." Mr. Qian, who was guarding the city, said pitifully.
"Our family can still take care of things now. If I ask you to guard the door, you open the door for me. Tell you, even if Zhao Yan sees me, he has to behave himself in our family, let alone you! I count to three
"Sound, please open it quickly. If it still doesn't open, don't blame me for leading someone to fight it out!" The eunuch shouted at the top of his lungs.
Yang He, who was riding in the outer circle, heard clearly. He knew the seriousness of the situation. If there were no people around, it would be nothing for the eunuchs to escape alone. But now that there are so many people watching, if the imperial eunuchs fled first, it would definitely affect the morale of the people.
They will also rush to follow and escape. The bandits will arrive immediately. Once they hear about it, they will attack the city from the north gate. What should they do?
Thinking of this, Yang He picked up his whip and whipped it forward, shouting: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
After a few whips were whipped down, the people in the front dispersed and turned to look. Seeing so many men in black robes riding horses, no one dared to say anything.
"Dongchang Jiti, everyone in front of me, get out of my way!" Yang He took the lead and rushed over, and in a moment he was behind the guards of the eunuchs.
When a group of guards saw him shouting like this, they were just on guard and stepped forward to stop him. Yang He jumped on his horse and walked around to the front, stretched out his hand to take out his waist badge, threw it towards the eunuch of the supervisory army, and shouted loudly: "Do you know what this is?"
Why didn't the eunuch who oversees the army recognize Dongchang's badge? He took it and glanced at it, then said quickly: "It turns out he is one of our own. I wonder what you have to do with us?"
Yang He dismounted from his horse, rushed in front of the supervisor in two steps, and said loudly: "The religious bandits are about to attack the city. As a supervisor, don't you know that you have the responsibility to defend the territory? Now that Governor Zhao is preparing for war at the east gate, you want to escape first, right?
And reason?"
"I..." The eunuch of the Supervisory Army really didn't expect that Yang He would say such words. If it had been anyone else, he would have become angry a long time ago, but the person who came here was the Jiti stall owner from Dongchang, how could he dare to curse loudly.
At this moment, Yang He raised his hand, took out the saber from his waist, and put it directly on the eunuch's neck. The eunuch was frightened and took a step back, his face turned pale, and he said repeatedly: "If you have anything to say, please do it."
Say it, say it well if you have something to say..."
"The situation is urgent. Yang He has been offended here. I also ask my father-in-law to follow me to the east gate to help Governor Zhao protect the land and bring peace to the people!" Yang He said loudly.
"Okay, okay...I'll go, I'll go..." With the knife on his neck now, the supervisor couldn't dare to disobey, so he could only agree honestly.
If this were a local official, even the governor Zhao Yan would probably not have the guts to point a knife at the supervisory army. But Dongchang is another matter. Everyone is sent by the emperor.
They all monitor together.
Seeing the people in Dongchang like this, the soldiers and civilians present were all dumbfounded. In the past, in their minds, the fans of Dongchang were hawks and dogs. Who would have thought that there were such characters in Dongchang.
The eunuchs of the supervisory army honestly followed the men from the East Factory to the East Gate. Seeing the court's determination and the fact that the city gate was not open, the people at the North Gate dispersed voluntarily.
Yang He and the eunuchs of the supervisory army came to the east gate, revealed their identities and greeted the governor Zhao Yan, and expressed their willingness to help Zhao Yan defend the city with a few polite words. At this point, the supervisory army could not say anything else, but publicly expressed support.
When everything was ready, I saw dust flying in the distance and an army of bandits coming towards us.
Chapter 73: Troops force Jinan
Chapter completed!