Chapter Three Hundred and Ninety-Four: Once a General Achieves Success
One by one, fast horses were coming in and out of Hoi'an, and all the forces, both openly and secretly, were mobilized.
Sure enough, something big happened. Liu Xi, the general bannerman of Shenwu Guard, sorted out all the news. The incident happened without warning, but in fact there were clues to follow. Unfortunately, there were still omissions. Shenwu Guard did not take it seriously, but once things happened, it was too late.
Liu Xishou shivered and his face was pale. This was a major mistake, or they did not expect some abnormal transfers before, and some unusual behaviors of some military officers brought about this sudden attack.
How should I explain now?
Can't explain it!
Liu Xi knelt in the hall at this time and kept begging for guilt: "The Marquis is the fault of the Marquis. The previous summary of various news was a little unusual, but the Marquis only thought it was an ordinary transfer, so he only archived it and did not indicate the presentation. Now that he has missed a major incident, he begged the Marquis to punish him."
Hao Fenglou had a gloomy face, held the handle of the chair with his hand, took a deep breath and said, "Don't beg for forgiveness, what I want is news, what's the quickest news, what's going on in the cleanup? What's going on in other places? Where is the bitch-raising Li Bin now? Don't let go of all the news, go and do it, and send out the news. I have to know every move of Jiaozhi."
After all, it was still relaxed. Although the Shenwu Guard has become Hao Fenglou's right-hand man after several rectifications and improvements, there are still mistakes.
Hao Fenglou is not in the mood to punish him now. Shenwuwei has his own rules and regulations. What he wants now is news and all the news.
Liu Xi didn't dare to talk too much and hurriedly withdrew.
Hao Fenglou breathed again, Zheng He sat aside and sneered sinisterly: "Senior Brother. It's hard to defend against hidden arrows. In this way, Jiaozhi will be in chaos again..."
Hao Fenglou didn't say anything.
Zheng He stood up and said, "It's better to write a memorial immediately and report it to the capital urgently. I'm afraid that Li Bin had already submitted the memorial first at this time. The court was far away from the sky, so how could he know the inside story? Let's not say it. Then the mouth is on Li Bin, and he can say whatever he wants."
Hao Fenglou said softly: "Okay, I'll write one first."
When dawn was dawn, the latest news came before the morning mist had dissipated. Rebels from all over the country were ready to move when they heard the news. They felt that the disaster was coming. They fought stubbornly with the official army, and even the people who had just calmed down suddenly became restless again, and many places had rekindled the flag of righteousness again.
Hao Fenglou was taciturn all night, and after hearing this, he was stunned.
All efforts were in vain.
Immediately afterwards, someone came to visit, and Ruan Jian was the leader.
Hao Fenglou invited them in, Ruan Jian was still polite, but his face was clearly full of uneasiness. He said straightforwardly: "Mr. Marquis, what is the Ming army meant..."
Hao Fenglou had to gently persuade: "This is someone who makes a good decision. It is not the original intention of the court. This matter involves too much. Don't worry, I will take people north and see what mysterious they are trying to make."
Having said that, this uneasiness is still growing.
Needless to say, the current situation is completely chaotic, and Hao Fenglou plans to reorganize the army to the north. At this time, it is urgent and it is impossible to stay here.
He was polite and no longer had the intention to treat the guests. He immediately issued an order to expel the guests and ordered the musketeer to prepare.
The big ship at the harbor had already anchored, and countless small boats approached the big ship, and then hung it onto the big ship.
Hao Fenglou has returned to the ship, and the news has come from the Shenwu Guard, that Li Bin and his army have arrived in Qinghua.
The big ship set sail and headed north.
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A few days later, in Liangjiang County, Qinghua Prefecture, gunships arrived and hundreds of people landed. Liangjiang County has been occupied by the government army, and the entire county town has long been destroyed, with broken walls everywhere, and even now, there are occasional fire.
There was no one outside the city, and it was as quiet as death. There were a few fierce officers and soldiers at the city gate. When they saw a large group of people coming, they immediately cheered up and waited for someone to come over to negotiate with them first. They took Hao Fenglou's seal and said, "The Marquis of Haifang passed here..."
The officers and soldiers did not dare to act rashly, so they nodded and bowed, opened the city gate, and invited everyone to enter the city.
Entering the county town, except for the official army, the entire county town was desolate and covered with blood. Occasionally, some headless bodies were unburied, and almost no intact house. Each gate was smashed. Here, almost anyone was seen, as if the residents here had disappeared.
After a while, a thousand households came on the other side of the street with a team of people and horses. They bumped into Hao Fenglou head-on, and immediately dismounted and fell to the ground and said, "Xu Han, a thousand households in Huangjiang, under the command post of the command post of the Lu Wei, has seen the Marquis."
Hao Fenglou looked very bad. He was not seasick, but he still wanted to vomit. He seemed very calm and said, "Has this been taken down? Where are the people here? Where are the people?"
Xu Han smiled and said, "Your Highness, everyone here is a rebel. The humble man was ordered to behead him and behead him at level 1,700. Of course, this is just a little credit and is not worth mentioning. I have heard that the Marquis of the Marquis attacked Hoi'an for a long time, otherwise..."
Hao Fenglou closed his eyes and immediately understood that all the people here were dead. Although some people fled south, all those who left were made of dead bones.
What is to suppress rebellion is simply a life of a must-have, but this makes sense. If the official army wants to make a contribution, there will be someone's head. Where will the head come from? Are the traitors who have no legs and will wait for you to chop? Wrong, the only ones who really wait for them are those kind people who refuse to give up their family business and stay here. If the official army wants to make a fortune, they have to rob them, and they have to be promoted and killed, and burn, kill, and robbed them before they can repay their merits.
The logic behind this seems absurd, but it is terrifying.
This is not a fight against the rebellion. It is clearly necessary to force all those who survive to Liangshan. It is necessary to fight against it. Wherever wars pass, no grass will grow.
Hao Fenglou was not angry and said calmly: "I wonder where the chief officers and soldiers are?"
Xu Han said: "I am guarding the Qinghua Prefecture. Marquis, there are hundreds of fast horses here..."
Hao Fenglou said straightforwardly: "Get them all."
Xu Han said: "I have prepared wine here..."
"No need, I really want to meet the general officers and soldiers." Hao Fenglou smiled gently, patted Xu Han's shoulder and said, "Thank you for your kindness."
Xu Han quickly smiled: "How dare you, how dare you..."
It was only eighty miles from here to Qinghua Prefecture City. Along the way, there were occasionally officials who transported grain, and there was almost no one, no one, but Hao Fenglou felt something - anger.
A surge of anger is brewing. This is no longer a public grievance, it is not just a small public grievance. This is blood hatred, blood debt and blood repayment. As long as the official army is here for a day, the people here, men or even women, and even children will have their eyes red.
Hao Fenglou was speechless all the way. He did not blame himself or was not angry. He suddenly felt ridiculous, so ridiculous that he didn't know who it was, as if he was himself, as if he was the dead bones of the remains, or those officers and soldiers who sharpened their knives.
In fact, he can figure out that benefits are nothing more than benefits. If you have benefits, you can get promoted and make money. So, what can’t be done in this world? This is a world where people cannibalize people, where can there be peace?
The things you want to create and embellish it peel off, and what is left is the cruelest reality.
Qinghua Mansion has arrived in front of you. The outline of the towering city seemed to be weathered and frost, but it still stood. However, Hao Fenglou was unwilling to think about what the city had experienced. Because of the official roadside, he saw a lot of blood, red blood. The blood-stained owner probably had chopped off his head and marinated it with lime or salt. Then the body was thrown into a mass grave somewhere, becoming a promotion ladder for someone.
There are still a few unconventional officers and soldiers here, laughing and joking, why are they fighting? A hundred households in the city gate building came downstairs and scolded them: "Hurry up, are you blind? The teams ahead are all wearing fish clothes. Is this an ordinary person? You guys are raised by you, and you are full of energy when you search for the copper coins on people. This is what you are like now? Whoever dares to make trouble will no longer sleep."
So everyone stood up and dared not act rashly anymore.
But whether it is Hao Fenglou or the musketeers behind them, they all find it ridiculous because they are like a monkey who stands upright as hard as they can.
Hao Fenglou couldn't laugh, and entered the city with his head held high. The team behind him entered one after another. As for the hundreds of households, their eyes fell off when they saw these "big people", and they didn't dare to go forward to interrogate.
When Hao Fenglou people walked away and disappeared, the Baihu couldn't help but scratched his head: "What kind of people are there? How could there be so many fish clothes? And the noble man who was leading the way, why is he so young? He was wearing a Qilin suit he gave, but I don't know if I'm wrong, so he wasn't dazzled."
A soldier said as if he was pleased: "Sir, please ask."
The hundred households were immediately angry, slapped the soldier in the face, and shouted angrily: "What do you know? You don't know anything. Do you dare to ask easily? If someone doesn't answer such a noble person? Let's be blind. Anyway, no matter who it is, it's always right for us to be our own people."
He squatted in the door hole to cool off, fanned himself with his sleeves, his forehead was soaked with sweat, and he couldn't help but curse the world of Jiaozhi. Suddenly he remembered something and slapped his head: "That's the Marquis of the Sea, not who he is... Oh, I should have asked someone to report it first. This is too negligent. Oh... it's too late, it's too late..."
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Chapter completed!