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Chapter 151 The loyal minister and righteous Shi Kefa

"What? Liu Liangzuo is dead!"

Mou Wenshou exploded upon hearing this and said in shock.

"He, he Liu Liangzuo is a dignified military officer. He will kill him no matter what Prince De says!"

Mou Wenshou, who was born in the army, like Liu Liangzuo, was promoted to the rank of general officer by virtue of his military merit. Two years ago, he and Liu Liangzuo rushed to the aid of Hezhou and defeated Zhang Xianzhong. The two of them were familiar with each other. Although he disdained Liu Liangzuo's behavior of killing good people and taking credit, but

When I heard that Liu Liangzuo had been killed, I would inevitably have a feeling of sadness, and even be frightened for a while.

He is stationed in Fengyang as the chief military officer of Fengsi and the right governor of the right governor's palace. What will happen if Prince De comes and uses his head to establish military power?

Shi Kefa glanced at him and continued:

"Not only that... Prince De also sent a letter to me. In addition to saying that Liu Liangzuo was incompetent in guarding the river and had killed good people for taking credit, he had already been killed. The soldiers in Liu Liangzuo's army collapsed at the first touch. According to the law, he was killed by defeating the army. So

He followed the law of military affairs, so he implemented the method of killing one out of ten and killed two to three thousand deserters! There were two to three thousand heads hanging on the barrels of guns alone. The heads were like a forest, which was really shocking!"

"What?"

Mou Wenshou took a breath of cold air. Even he, who had been through battle for a long time, was frightened.

"Two or three thousand heads? Isn't this too cruel?"

"ruthless?"

Shi Kefa didn't understand at first and looked at Mou Wenshou blankly.

"Kill someone to establish your authority!"

Mou Wenshou said.

"The heads of two to three thousand deserters were chopped off at once. Who among the remaining people dared to disobey his orders?... Isn't this too cruel? He killed two to three thousand veterans at once.

These soldiers are all veterans who have been in battle for a long time! Ah! I understand, Prince De probably wants to seize the military power! Well, now we have tens of thousands of troops!"

Mou Wenshou's words made Shi Kefa's heart tighten. He thought about it, nodded and said:

"It must be like this... Although Crown Prince De was born in the royal city, he was so ruthless and ruthless. He repeatedly killed people to establish his authority. On the surface, it seemed arrogant, but in fact it was for military power. He killed civil servants so that the local government would not dare to disrespect him. When he killed generals, the soldiers were

In order to seize military power! This, this is really Sima Zhao’s intention... we can’t do it anyway!”

"What should I do?"

Mou Wenshou asked tentatively.

"If he arrives in Fengyang, he may have captured all the people in Fengyang and has hundreds of thousands of soldiers at his disposal. By then... who in the world can defeat him?"

Shi Kefa understood that Mou Wenshou was testing him, so he sighed and said:

"Although Prince Toku is the prince of the feudal lord, he seems to have no rank and no official position, but the clan is very noble. Although we have the emperor's order, it is absolutely beyond our control. For the current plan, of course we must not let him win over

There are people from all walks of life in Fengyang. Once he has hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Fengyang, it will definitely not be a blessing to the Ming Dynasty..."

After pondering for a moment, Shi Kefa said again.

"Mr. Mou Town, you are the commander-in-chief of Fengyang and the leader of all the towns in Zhongdu. You must make more preparations to resist the bandits, but you must remember that you must not let Prince De seize the military power and do anything to him.

Just be careful and take precautions.”

With a grimace on his face, Mou Wenshou frowned.

"Da Sima, I am just a general soldier, and Liu Liangzuo is also a general soldier. Killing good people and taking credit is just an excuse for Prince De to kill people. I have more than 30,000 soldiers in the town. As long as Prince De wants to cause trouble for me,

I'm still worried that I can't find a reason or excuse. When the time comes, what can I do if he wants to kill me? If I dare to backhand and commit the crime of vassalage, I can afford it, but who of my soldiers dares to bear this crime?

Even if he kills me, the soldiers will not dare to take action. By then, won’t he have gained the military power?”

In fact, this is the biggest difference between the clan and ordinary officials. Even if the clan has only one name, this name is enough to make most people dare not act rashly.

"Hey, of course I know this!"

Shi Kefa touched his beard, paused, and then said.

"The headquarters has already thought about it, and he must not be allowed to come here. Now there are Huang Degong in Fengyang area, waiting for the town's troops, plus troops gathered from all over the south of the Yangtze River, there will be no less than 150,000 troops. After a while, Governor Hong came south with an army of 100,000 troops, including 250,000 horses. At this time, if there is another order from His Majesty, his son De, even if he is ambitious, may have no choice but to capture him without mercy, but now... ...We must not let him come to Fengyang now. If he pretends to kill us and seize military power, then you and I will be the sinners of the Ming Dynasty!"

In fact, Shi Kefa was really frightened after receiving the letter from Prince De, even though he was thinking about Li Jing's military tactics in his heart. "In ancient times, a good general would be able to kill three out of ten soldiers, and the second best would kill ten out of ten." Kill one of them. The third will be powerful to the enemy country; the other will be used by the three armies."

But on the other side, he was silently thinking about another thing in his heart - military power!

Did Prince Taide want to seize the opportunity to seize military power?

Shi Kefa, who was in charge of all the troops in Nanzhili, was a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. He would never let Prince De seize the military power. Therefore, he rushed eight hundred miles away and ordered Prince De to kill the generals and seize the troops. While reporting the matter to the court, he also had to think about how to ensure that Prince De would not seize Fengyang's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses!

But after thinking about it, there was no good way. He even suspected that as soon as he met Prince De, Prince De would probably behead him on the grounds that he was not able to defend the river. By then, who else in Fengyang could do it? Dare to resist his military orders, hold an army of hundreds of thousands, and have the status of a clan member. If he takes advantage of the opportunity of Donglu's march south, he will sit in Fengyang and wait for Donglu's return. He will use the excuse to fight against Donglu and go north, and then take the opportunity to "clear the emperor's side" , then he Shi Kefa is really a sinner in the world.

no!

We must not let him seize military power!

Let alone let him usurp the throne!

"So, the headquarters has sent people 800 miles away to report the matter to the imperial court urgently. However, now that the Eastern invaders have invaded, thousands of miles have been destroyed, and many postmen have fled. It is already good to be able to travel hundreds of miles a day, so the reply from the imperial court I guess we have to wait a while longer. Here, Prince De needs to stabilize him first, um..."

After pondering for a moment, Shi Kefa said.

"After the Donglu crossed the river, they were ruined everywhere. One of the important towns in the north of the Yangtze River was Huai'an. There were two towns and armies guarding there, so there should be no problem. Then there was Yangzhou. Yangzhou is a city with a population of one million. There is no wealthier place in the world than Yangzhou, and we have Daming Salt. This tax-heavy land must be guarded, so the headquarters has ordered him to guard Yangzhou!"

"Tune the tiger away from the mountain!"

Hearing this, Mou Wenshou said repeatedly.

"The department is very wise. As long as Prince De doesn't come to Fengyang, he won't be able to take away the military power. But... the general is worried that if Prince De insists on coming to Fengyang, what will he do then?"

Mou Wenshou's temptation made Shi Kefa speak seriously.
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