According to the original plan, several troops from Huzhou and Changzhou were to be sent to threaten Hezhou and force Zhang Xianzhong to assemble an army in Hezhou. In this way, Zhang Xianzhong could be forced to fight a decisive battle with the imperial army in Hezhou. This could also be done.
The time for suppressing the bandits was shortened as much as possible, but now that Shi Song has captured Meizhu Town, Zhang Xianzhong is bound to increase his troops in Guangzhou, and the war situation is a bit out of control.
The fall of Meizhu Town was of great importance, so Orger, Shang Kexi, Shi Senming and others rushed to Tongleyuan to listen to Tiemo's instructions. Shang Kexi was originally stationed in Wu County and had been paying attention to the war in the west, so Meizhu
He was undoubtedly the most familiar with the situation near Zhu Town. Tie Mo looked a little unhappy, tapping his fingers on the table rhythmically, and asked lightly, "What's going on over there in Mei Zhu Town? How did you get bypassed so easily?"
Later, we hit Tonghui Town?"
Shang Kexi frowned and said with a serious expression, "Superintendent, this matter is very strange. Even our spies found no sign that the thieves had passed through Meizhu Town. But yesterday night, Meizhu Town was looted and the whole town was looted.
None of the townspeople survived, and the scene was horrific. The strangest thing was that after the bandits massacred Tonghui Town, they disappeared without a trace. Immediately afterwards, Ma Guotao, the Meizu garrison general, ordered the entire army to evacuate Meizu Town.
So we withdrew to the vicinity of Chen Lake."
"Damn it, who asked Chen Hu to withdraw? Why didn't you hold on for two days and then withdraw? I sent the commander's order and captured all the former defense generals of Meizhu Town. I thought I could survive by escaping from Meizhu Town."
The master wants to see how many heads these guys have!"
"Well, don't worry, Supervisor, I will do it myself!" Shi Senming stood up, cupped his hands, and quickly left the hall.
"In addition, give an order to Zhou Dingshan and Geng Zhongming, ordering the two men to send troops southward from now on and approach Tonghui Town. They must intercept the thieves before they cross the river!"
After the order was passed down, it was gratifying that Olge and others followed the order and left. In the end, only Sha Diao and Xu Meiling were left in the hall. Tie Mo frowned and hummed in a sinister way, "Tonghui Zhenzhi"
The matter is very strange. General Tang will go there personally to find out some clues. You guys will go first, and I will arrive tomorrow."
"Here" Sha Diao didn't dare to neglect him. He knew that what Tie Mo said was very reasonable. Tonghui Town was not a small town and it was so close to Meizhu Town. How could it be possible for the thieves to break through and slaughter them silently?
Did the bandits come out of the ground?
After the sand sculpture left, Tie Mo lay on the chair and took a long breath. For some reason, he had a very bad feeling. Xu Meiling came over, patted Tie Mo's shoulder with her delicate hands, and said softly, "No need to be too nervous."
If you are overly worried, maybe things are not as scary as you think."
"I hope so!" Tie Mo could only smile to himself, rested for a moment, and then left Tongyuan Paradise to go to the government office. Now Yang Sichang has not left Suzhou Mansion. After the two met, it can be seen that Yang Sichang's face was not too expressionless.
nice.
As for worries, I am afraid that Yang Sichang is more worried than the Iron Governor. Once the Suzhou Prefecture is not protected and the bandits are not suppressed effectively, the Iron Governor will not care about the interests of Jiangnan at worst, just pat his butt and lead the people back to Shanxi. Who can control the Iron Governor at that time?
Governor, but Yang Sichang cannot do that. He is a veritable governor of the three provinces and is responsible for suppressing bandits. Once things go bad, Yang Sichang will not be able to escape the responsibility for the defeat no matter what.
Yang Sichang knew very well that his ability to become the governor of the three provinces and oversee the overall situation of suppressing bandits was entirely due to his majesty's efforts against all opinions. Even the military expenditures were obtained by his majesty from internal funds. If the war went unfavorably, the cabinet would not rush to get it.
of the above impeachment.
Yang Sichang is a smart man, so Tie Mo didn't want to talk to Yang Sichang. After sitting down, he got straight to the point, "Mr. Yang, no matter how you view this governor, you and I must work together on this matter now. Tomorrow,
I will lead the army to Guangzhou. I have no other requirements. I only ask that no more large groups of traitors will pour into Guangzhou within half a month. Of course, Mr. Yang can also think about it, but in that case
, I will definitely lead the troops back to Shanxi, leaving the important task of annihilating Zhang Xianzhong to Master Yang."
To be honest, Yang Sichang wished that Tie Mo would die immediately, but now he had to admit that what Tie Mo said was very reasonable. Working together would be beneficial to everyone. If there were more intrigues, Inspector Tie Mo would not necessarily suffer, but he, Yang Sichang, would definitely
You will suffer a big loss.
"Don't worry, Commander Iron. I will do my best to assist the Commander in wiping out Zhang Xianzhong's bandits. It's just that the Shaanxi soldiers and horses are nominally under the control of the ministers, but in fact they only obey the military orders of Commander Chen!"
"Don't worry about the Shaanxi soldiers and horses for now. With Mr. Chen's character, he definitely knows how to take the overall situation into consideration!" Tie Mo knew very well that even if Chen Qiyu wanted to stumble Yang Sichang, he shouldn't do it at this time.
After everything was settled, we got up and headed south. When we arrived at Kunshan and Zhou Dingshan, Yang Hu and Sha Diao and others all came over. After chatting for a while, Sha Diao slowly told us what he had learned from the investigation, "Supervisor, my subordinates have to go to Kunshan."
After the order, he immediately rushed to Tonghui Town. According to the observation of his subordinates, the situation in Tonghui Town was very strange. No one in the town survived, and all the dead men had their heads cut off and their whereabouts were unknown. In addition, the subordinates
I still find these things next time!”
Sha Diao handed over a cloth bag. Tie Mo opened the bag and found a bit of white silk inside. After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't find any clues. "General Sha, what's the point of this white silk?"
"Replying to the Superintendent, this white silk is not ordinary silk and satin on the market. It should be torn from the sleeves of sacrificial clothes. According to the material, it should be Huzhou silk cloth specially used by the Xu family in Huzhou for the imperial army. Therefore, I have
A bold guess!"
Before Sha Diao finished speaking, Tie Mo had already frowned, touched the piece of fabric, and said coldly, "According to your opinion, it was not the thieves under Shi Song's command who massacred Tonghui Town, but the officers and soldiers of the imperial court?"
"Supervisor, I am not sure, but this explanation is the most likely!"
Seeing the sand sculpture's reaction, Tie Mo nodded with satisfaction. This sand sculpture is truly a genius in solving crimes. He can find out so many things from just a few scraps of cloth. If it were anyone else, he probably wouldn't even take a second look.
.
"How is the situation along the Songjiang River?"
"The bandits tried to cross the river a few days ago, but they were repulsed by General Orger and have already huddled near Meizhu Town!"
After listening to Zhou Dingshan's report on the situation, Tie Mo was a little relieved. Monk Org was happily guarding the banks of the Songjiang River. The bandits wanted to cross the river, but it would not be that easy. It was night, and Tie Mo did not rest as usual. About
At the beginning of Haishi, he changed his clothes and left Kunshan. He left Kunshan and headed south at night. Two hours later, he arrived at Tonghui Town on the south bank of Songjiang River. In fact, Sha Diao didn't know why Tie Mo came to Tonghui Town in the middle of the night. Could it be that
If you don't trust him, you need to check Tonghui Town yourself, but even then, there is no need to come late at night.
There are many unclear things in my heart, but I don't ask too many questions.
As he spoke, he had already walked into Tonghui Town. Although the bodies had been disposed of long ago, there were still countless blood stains on both sides of the small roads in the town. There were blood stains everywhere on the door panels and windows, and even flowed into the middle of the road. Such a tragic situation
, what kind of killing is it? Tie Mo is a little confused, who is so cruel, I am afraid that even Zhang Xianzhong's thieves cannot be so cruel. A gust of wind blew from the intersection, mixed with a whimpering sound,
It makes people shudder.
Tie Mo was sitting in the only inn in the town. Now there was no owner in the inn. After sitting quietly for a while, there was finally a sound outside. Sha Diao's heart was trembling, and he immediately shouted in a deep voice, "Who is it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a person leaping in from the window. In the blink of an eye, he exchanged three palms with the sand sculpture. After three moves, the two quickly separated. The sand sculpture looked at the uninvited guest in front of him in surprise, although this person's kung fu was better than his own.
But to capture him, I'm afraid there are no tricks and it's absolutely impossible. An uninvited guest came, and Sha Diao looked panicked, but Tie Mo sat firm as a mountain. Xu Meiling didn't know the truth and wanted to draw his sword to help Sha Diao.
The visitor exchanged blows with the sand sculpture for a while, then suddenly he no longer stepped forward, but took two steps back, cupped his fists with both hands, and saluted Tie Mo, "General Shi Song, please see the supervisor!"
Hearing Shi Song's name, one can imagine the shock in Sha Diao's heart. He looked at Tie Mo who had a smile on his face, and kept asking himself, how many unknown secrets does Inspector Tie have? Haha, what a skill the Inspector has.
It's so well hidden, everyone thinks Shi Song is Zhang Xianzhong's general, but who would know that his real allegiance is to Tie Mo?
No wonder Shi Song led an army of tens of thousands to besiege Meizhu Town, but could not capture it for a long time. I am afraid there is also the intention of the governor in this. I just don't understand how Shi Song, who rose up in the eastern Zhejiang area, relied on the Iron Governor.
of?
In fact, there is nothing strange about Shi Song. When Shi Song launched an army in Zhejiang and was defeated and was surrounded and suppressed, Tie Mo asked Xu Dahai to find a way to save Shi Song's life. It happened that Shi Song was upright and repaid his kindness.
As a man, and the iron governor is already very capable, it is not unusual for him to take Shi Song for his own use.
Just for the sake of the Jiangnan plan, Shi Song had to be kept at the side of the rogue bandits, but he didn't expect that the secret move would play such a big role. Originally, according to the original plan, Shi Song was supposed to confront Meizhu Town and wait until next month.
In the middle of the year, they captured Meizhu Town, and then fought and defeated the Northern Shanxi Army and returned to Huzhou. In this way, the Northern Shanxi Army could also take advantage of the situation to invade Huzhou and hit the back road of Hezhou, completely disrupting Zhang Xianzhong's overall layout. But what happened now
, which forced the Iron Governor to use the chess piece Shi Song in advance.
"Excuse me, Shi Song. What is going on in Tonghui Town? Are your people involved in this matter?"
"Superintendent, I don't know anything about this matter. I am also puzzled. This Tonghui Town is where officers and soldiers are stationed. It is close to Meizhu Town. I am afraid of being intercepted and killed, so I will not be stupid."
When it came to bypassing Meizhu Town and attacking Tonghui Town, not to mention such ruthless methods. In fact, it was only at Mao that the general reported that something had happened in Tonghui Town."
After listening to what Shi Song said, Tie Mo nodded and looked at the sand sculpture, "So, General Sha's investigation should be good. Shi Song, I want to ask you, can you control Meizhu Town?"
Shi Song did not answer immediately. He thought for a while, then raised his hand and said, "At present, there are more than 5,000 subordinates of the generals in Meizhu Town, and the only leaders of each department are Xu Fang and Guo Shiguang. If we go according to the original plan and consume the
At the end of the critical period, the general ordered to withdraw from Meizhu Town, and no one should have responded. But now that the army is not seriously injured, if we still order to withdraw to Huzhou, I am afraid that Xunfeng, Chang Bo, Xie Ding and others will not agree."
Tie Mo nodded with some distress. What Shi Song said was true. It seemed that Shi Song was the commander-in-chief of the conquest of Guangzhou, but not all the leaders were convinced, especially Chang Bo. Xie Ding was a confidant of Li Zhengshan, Zhang Xianzhong's most trusted person.
, and Xunfeng was from Si Dongfang, and there was another leader, Liu Yun, who was Deng Yuanjue's deputy general.
A small Meizhu Town is actually related to the interests of many people. In fact, this situation is also very common. If you are wise, you should share the merit together. In the beginning, when you led so many people to attack Meizhu Town, you were actually doing it for yourself.
If the army is defeated, find something to rely on. After all, there are soldiers and horses from all departments in Meizhu Town. Once the army is defeated, Li Zhengshan, Deng Chengming and others will inevitably have to say something good. Won't the crime of the defeat be much smaller? It was easy to calculate, but now
It turned out to be a bad plan. At this moment, Shi Song and the Iron Governor really regretted letting Xun Feng and others follow them to reap the benefits.
"Huh, it seems that the plan has to be changed. Shi Song, please keep an eye on Meizhu Town first. After dawn, General Orger and General Shang will lead their troops. When the time comes, you can restrain your troops.
Just don't leave the city easily. As for Xun Feng and others, since they can't be used, get rid of them as soon as possible. In two days, my supervisor will take Meizu Town. At that time, you first send people to cooperate with General Sha to eliminate Xun Feng and others."
"Yes, the general knows. It's just the supervisor. You need to be more careful about things in Tonghui Town. The general always feels that something is wrong about this!"
"Well, don't worry, I know what's going on!" Tie Mo nodded and smiled. In fact, Shi Song didn't need to tell him, Tie Mo also knew that he should be more cautious. Shi Song didn't dare to stay longer for fear of something unexpected happening.
After only staying for a quarter of an hour, he hurriedly left. At this time, Sha Diao was afraid and admired the supervisor in front of him.
Tie Mo thought for a moment with his chin raised, and gave an unquestionable order, "Check it out with me. Within two days, I must know who came to Tonghui Town."
The sand sculptures and Xu Meiling all hurriedly raised their hands and said, "Here!"
After daybreak, Geng Zhongming led his army to Tonghui Town first, and Orger's men also arrived at Chenshi. By now, the Northern Shanxi Army had 20,000 troops gathered in Tonghui Town, and the thieves in Meizhu Town felt it.
A huge pressure.
There have been many legends about the Northern Shanxi Army in recent years. It seems that since its formation, the Northern Shanxi Army has conquered the north and south without losing a single victory, making it the most powerful soldier in the Ming Dynasty.
The Northern Shanxi Army gathered in Tonghui Town, and Shi Song issued an order not to leave the city easily. To this, the generals in the city did not object, because no one would be stupid enough to go out of the city to play field battle with the Northern Shanxi Army, even though there were dense waterways near Meizhu Town.
, which is not conducive to cavalry combat, but the 20,000 infantry of the Northern Army of Guangshan and Shanxi are not so easy to deal with.