The Red Mansions

Chapter 941 Jiang Yu: The court treacherous and sycophant is in power, framing Zhongliang...

Xuanfu, Zongbing Yamen
While everyone was having a banquet, there was such a sudden sound, and the hall was suddenly silent, and everyone turned their attention to Jiang Yan.

Jiang Guan's face was not very good-looking, he stood up and asked, "Where are the people from Jinyi Mansion?"

The Xuan Mansion has an official office of the Jin Yi Mansion. Its rank is not too high. It is just guarded by a hundred households. It is mainly used to spy on the enemy and convey orders from the Xuan Mansion regarding the court.

After Qu Lang entered Taiyuan City, he didn't go to contact the local Jinyi Mansion, because he was worried that the local hundred households would get in touch with the generals of the Xuan Mansion.

Xie Zaiyi stood up, but suddenly came down, looking at Jiang Yu with sharp eyes with a hint of stare, and said: "Why did Jiang Zongbing lose his face in shock?"

Jiang Yu calmed down, and quickly explained: "General Xie doesn't know something. This Kang's family used to be a free trader in Jin, and they supplied a lot of military supplies for border affairs. Xuanfu has many soldiers and the land is narrow, and the supply of grain and fodder is often insufficient, but the Kang's family has more Only by raising food and grass with the Qiao family and other charity merchants will we be able to support it."

Speaking of this, Jiang Guan complained to Xie Zaiyi: "General Xie doesn't know the hard work of the frontier army. Unlike the Beijing camp at the foot of the emperor, the household department allocates rice and grain. Because the border area is remote and the transportation is inconvenient, the household department often allocates money. Send people from the town government to buy it."

Xie Zaiyi listened quietly to Jiang Guan looking for excuses, his eyes flickered, and said: "Jiang Zongbing, the Kang family and the Qiao family are merchants, and merchants value wealth over righteousness, so they may not sell information to Jurchen. The results of the investigation."

Jiang Yu nodded, and said: "It's just that General Xie doesn't know that a lot of food and fodder for our Xuanfu town soldiers are purchased by these merchants. In this way, the morale of the army will fluctuate, and I'm afraid it will affect the morale of the army."

It has to be said that this general soldier of the Xuan Mansion has quite a way to deal with it. Earlier, he just pushed Wang Ziteng away to the Xuan Mansion with some words, and now he wants to threaten Xie Zaiyi with this.

As for why he didn't directly send people to Jinyi Mansion to ask for someone, no one knows that the governor of Jinyi is the general who is currently in charge of the army in Datong.

At this moment, Jiang Guan already had some hidden worries in his heart.

Xie Zaiyi glanced at Jiang Yu, unmoved by his words, and said: "For the food and fodder matter in Xuanfu Town, the imperial household department will send people to raise food and grass, and Qi Shangshu will arrive in Xuanfu in a few days. Worry."

Previously, Lin Ruhai and Qi County King Chen Cheng were in charge of the supply of grain and fodder in Datong and Taiyuan towns on the western front, while Beiping and Xuanfu were in charge of the Hubu Shangshu Qi Kun.

The general beside Jiang Tuan said loudly, "Master Jiang, why don't you eat first."

Jiang Guan's face was indifferent, so he had no choice but to not mention this matter for the time being, but he felt a big stone in his heart, and everyone was drinking again, eating food, but the generals of the Xuan Mansion clearly saw the absent-minded expression on Jiang Guan's face.

After a short meal, when everyone was full and the cups and plates were messed up, a clerk from outside suddenly came to report and said: "Master Chief Soldier, people from Jinyi Mansion are here."

Until this moment, Jiang Guan's expression suddenly changed, he stood up, looked outside at the brightly lit torches, there was a chaotic sound, and then there was a chaotic sound of horseshoes in Yamen Street, which seemed to be the sound of the Beijing cavalry.

The generals in the hall looked at each other, or in other words, they also sensed some dignified atmosphere, and they couldn't explain why, the mountain rain was about to come, making people breathless.

At this moment, from the gate to the Yimen, pine oil torches leaped in like fire dragons, accompanied by the sound of crackling, the courtyard of the official office was as bright as day, and it was the generals of the Beijing camp.

Then a group of school captains wearing flying fish suits and holding embroidered spring knives came. The leader was wearing a black cloak. A group of government guards swarmed down to the front.

"It's Jinyifu." The Xuanfu generals in the hall stood up one after another, looking at the group of Jinyifu guards who were rushing forward with shocked faces.

And Jiang Guan looked at the Jinyi mansion guard who was reflected by the torch, his face was frosty, and his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

Jinyi's pro-army, the emperor's minions!
This is for him?

The leader took out a copper token with intricate patterns, and the inscribed part of the seal character was as deep as a prison under the lights, and said in a deep voice: "In Fusi, Xiabei Town, Qulang."

Jiang Guan's heart sank, he cupped his hands and said, "Master Jinyi, what can I teach you?"

One can recognize the military officer's robe and the flying fish ball pattern on his body, this is a high-ranking official in Jinyi Mansion Guard.

Qu Lang said in a cold voice: "Jiang Zongbing, under the order of the governor, arrests the Jurchens to spy on spies. According to Kang Zexing, the second young master of the Kang family, Jiang Zongbing secretly colluded with the Jurchen Prince in order to conspire against him. Now follow us to Jinyi Mansion .”

"Bullshit."

At this time, the guard general next to Jiang Tuan shouted angrily, and said loudly: "My family's chief soldier is a second-rank military general, how could he collude with Jurchen?"

Hearing the words of the generals present, there were some voices of agreement.

Jiang Guan's face became gloomy, and he said: "My lord commander, I have been in Xuanfu for more than ten years, and I have never colluded with Jurchen. Wait, this is bloody!"

Qu Lang said in a deep voice: "Jinyi Mansion has investigated clearly, Mr. Jiang will come with us."

Jiang Guan's face was ugly, and he said: "My official's loyalty to the imperial court can be learned from the sun and the moon. I am a second-rank military general and a general of a town. Without an edict from the Ministry of War and the Holy Majesty, how dare you take me?"

Qu Lang looked slightly cold, and said in a deep voice, "Take it!"

At this time, Xie Zaiyi said: "Jiang Zongbing, since the matter is suspicious, it is necessary to investigate clearly, so let's go with the Jinyi mansion guard."

Jiang Yu said: "I have never colluded with the Jurchen, so how can I cooperate with the investigation? You wait for empty teeth and want me to go to Jinyi Mansion. It's unreasonable!"

As he spoke, he winked at the trusted general beside him.

Qu Lang's face was indifferent, and he motioned to the well-dressed households beside him, and said coldly: "Show Zongbing Jiang the evidence."

The brocade-clothed family took out a letter from it, opened it to read it, and said: "This is a personal letter delivered by Jiang Zongbing to the Jurchen princes and ministers. Jiang Zongbing wrote this letter to the captive Wang Yuetuo."

Jiang Guan was startled, why is this letter in the hands of Jin Yifu?It wasn't just the day before yesterday that he was sent over.

In fact, it was Sun Shaozu who sent news to Qu Langtong and killed Jiang Guan's messenger.
"At this point, Jiang Zongbing is still sophistry? Jiang Zongbing had the intention of rebellion when the Jurchen army arrived, and Kang Zexing also confessed that Jiang Zongbing was in the town of Xuanfu." Qu Lang paused , looked at Xie Zaiyi at the side, and said: "General Xie, the case of Jiang Guan's collusion with the Jurchen is convincing. General Xie is the town general for this place, and you should assist me in arresting Jinyi."

Xie Zaiyi said in a deep voice: "Since the matter involves conspiracy and treason, the Jinyi Mansion will investigate the case."

Hearing this, Jiang Yu became very anxious, and said loudly: "You guys are all in collusion, trying to frame this official. You guys are not guards of the Jinyi Mansion at all, but spies pretending to be spies. Come here and take down these spies!"

As he said that, there were soldiers from all over the place who promised loudly, and with a "crack", they pulled out the Yanling swords in unison. However, Xie Zaiyi dropped the cup, and the original Beijing camp generals grabbed the weapons they carried with them.

"Jiang Zongbing, the imperial court will send people to investigate. Are they planning to rebel?" The soldiers behind Xie Zaiyi took out crossbows in their hands, and shot at the soldiers who drew out their waist knives and prepared to surround Jiang Tuan.

Puff blah blah...

As the crossbow shot arrows one after another, tragic pain groaned one after another, and the bloody smell of hunting was already lingering in the hall.

But at this moment, Qu Lang had already moved forward and charged towards Jiang Tuan. The Xiuchun Saber was sharp and sharp.

Jiang Guan didn't have a weapon in his hand, so he had to dodge to the side, lifted the table in front of him, and wanted to escape to the outside to gather soldiers.

Suddenly at this moment, there was a bad wind at the back of his head, Jiang Guan was startled and quickly dodged.

It has to be said that Jiang Yu, who can be the commander-in-chief of a town, has long been extremely proficient in fighting skills, and his vigilance and awareness between life and death are the same.

But suddenly he felt a pain in his shoulder blade, and he was stabbed in his shoulder, and in an instant, blood was dripping.

Xie Zaiyi said in a cold voice: "Jiang Zongbing, the general has long suspected that you are flirting with Jurchen and intends to dedicate the city. I have ordered the general to arrest you, so let's arrest him without a fight."

At this time, it is not easy to mention the smuggling matter, and many generals present were also involved in the smuggling matter.

The soldiers beside Jiang Guan couldn't react in time and were killed one after another, while the surrounding generals of the Xuan Mansion looked terrified.

Judging by this posture, it seems to be the order of the general who conquered the prisoners?

Jiang Yu shouted: "If you want to commit a crime, there is nothing wrong with it! The court's treacherous and sycophant are in power, framed Zhongliang, and all the generals will follow me to kill!"

Finally found a waist knife and fought hard.

All of a sudden, some of the generals around Jiang Guan who had received favors began to draw out their knives and kill the generals of the Beijing camp.

Seeing this, Xie Zaiyi's face was extremely gloomy, and he killed Jiang Guan again.

"clang!"

With a crisp sound, Jiang Yu's arm was in severe pain, and the knife in his hand almost fell out.

Xie Zaiyi rushed out with his long saber, slashing towards Jiang Guan like a storm.

Jiang Yu struggled to deal with it, and after a while, he was forced to a corner, suddenly felt a pain in his ribs, looked down, and saw blood flowing from his ribs, it was clearly the Jin Yi who had just announced his crime as Qu Lang The general, holding a embroidered spring knife in his hand, pierced out from under his ribs.

Suddenly, a sharp pain surged through his body and mind, and with a "clang", the weapon in his hand could no longer be held, and fell into the hall paved with blue bricks.

Jiang Guan's eyes were full of hostility, and he roared with all his strength: "The imperial court has no way..."

However, before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a pain in his neck, and then endless darkness struck. Xie Zaiyi drew his knife and stood up, with blood splashing on his face, he lifted Jiang Tiao's head, and said loudly: "Jiang Tiao has been executed, you Do you still want to rebel?"

At this moment, the general of the Xuanfu, who was huddled in the corner to observe the situation with a dazed expression, called the soldiers of the Xuanfu who had heard the news from the back hall, and shouted in unison: "Stop, stop!"

At this moment, there was the sound of fighting in the hall. They had just gotten up and were spreading to other places. The Jingying cavalry had already blocked the street in front of the General Army's Yamen. If someone took advantage of it, it would obviously cause chaos in the entire Xuanfu Town.

Xie Zaiyi held Jiang Tiao's head in one hand, jumped onto a table, and called out loudly: "Generals, now that the Jurchen soldiers are coming, the court will never allow half-hearted generals to betray the Han soldiers. The Kang family and the Qiao family colluded with Prince Jurchen, intending to dedicate the city, disregarding the lives of all the generals, and now this beast has been executed, and the rest of the generals will not be questioned, you generals can rest assured!"

Hearing this, the Xuanfu generals in the hall all looked at Xie Zaiyi, smelling the bloody smell in the hall, they were already a little terrified.

"Now the Beijing camp is going to take over the city defense and the big camp. I have wronged the generals to rest in the general's office for a night. After tomorrow, after Jiang Guan's troubles are found out, I will report to the general. As long as you wait at ease, you will be fine." Guarantee your wealth and life." Xie Zaiyi said loudly.

Hearing the words, all the generals of Xuanfu who were present at the scene looked at each other in blank dismay, their complexions changed slightly, and they couldn't help feeling uneasy and inexplicable.

Afterwards, under the watchful eyes of the sharp soldiers of the Beijing camp and the guards of the Jinyi Mansion, all the generals were detained in the compound of the Zongbing Yamen.

Seeing that the overall situation was settled, Xie Zaiyi ordered the generals of the Beijing Camp to take over the Day Camp and the Sifang City Gate with cavalry troops, and sent another cavalry formation to enforce martial law in Xuanfu City, and was going to personally go to Day Camp to appease the soldiers in Xuanfu Town.

As for the mutiny, under the premise that Jiang Yu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, was dead and all soldiers would be under surveillance, and under the surveillance of more than ten thousand elite cavalry from the Beijing camp, the probability was actually extremely small.

Because the righteousness of the imperial court is still there, not everyone has the courage to dare to rebel against the imperial court.

And in fact, Xuanfu Town has 3 troops, not because the hedgehogs are gathered in Xuanhua City, but from the east to the south entrance of Yongningwei in Juyongguan, west to Xiyang River and Nanshantai, and Datong Tianchengwei boundary, divided into middle road and west road The five roads, South Road, East Road, and North Road, are guarded by generals respectively. That is to say, there are only [-] or [-] soldiers and horses in Xuanhua City in Xuanfu Town.

At this moment, the night was already dark, and a bright moon as big as a jade plate was as bright as silver. Except for the dense and chaotic footsteps in the entire General Military Office, Xie Zaiyi and Qu Lang came under the eaves and asked, "Commander Qu, how is the situation in the city?" ?”

Qu Lang said: "General Xie, the soldiers and horses in the city don't know about the arrest of Jiang Guan's collusion with the Jurchen. The Qiao family and the Kang family have already been arrested by Jinyi detectives. In addition, Wang Dengku and others in the city are also on the arrest list. above."

Xie Zaiyi said in a low voice: "Now there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the city, I have sent generals to take over the battalions in the city, so as not to cause chaos among them, but we must also be careful of generals or spies who are favored by Jiang Tiao to incite the soldiers to riot. "

Since ancient times, rebellion has always been a small group of people coercing ordinary soldiers, and it is impossible for the town soldiers in the Xuan Mansion to rebel against the imperial court with open flames. Who knows how they will be treated after entering the Jurchen?

"Don't worry, General Xie, the arrest of spies has already started in the city." Qu Lang said.

Xie Zaiyi nodded and didn't stay any longer. Under the retinue of his own soldiers, he marched mightily to several large camps in Xuanfu Town to appease the soldiers in the camps.

At the same time, Xie Zaiyi also sent a general to inform Wang Ziteng who was leading the army to Dushikou.

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And just when the drastic change occurred in Xuanfu City, Hauge and Yue Tuo also led troops from the direction of Yehuling, and accelerated towards the city wall of Xuanfu. A feint attack towards Dushikou attracted the attention of the Han army at Dushikou.

At this moment, in the early morning, the eastern morning glow is all over the sky, and it is red, which is quite magnificent in the entire sky.

Hauge rode on a black fur horse, looked up at Xuanfu City, which was in the distance, and said to Yue Tuo who was beside him: "Brother, will this Jiang Yu surrender?"

Yue Tuo said: "This general used the help of Kang's family and Qiao's family to transport grain to Shengjing and seized it for Uncle Twelve Wangs. The family general who accompanied him asked Li Guohan to come to me. I have written letters with him."

"If this person can be recruited, the Xuan Mansion will not need a single soldier." Hauge said, looking at the sky, and said: "It may rain tonight."

Yue Tuo said: "Send sentry cavalry to check the situation."

Hauge nodded, and ordered the general to send a sentry cavalry to approach the city of Xuanfu to find out the truth.

Although Hauge is arrogant and domineering, and has done brutal things such as killing his wife and inviting pets, he respects Yue Tuo, a brave and resourceful elder brother who is older than himself.

At the head of Xuanfu City, Xie Zaiyi is leading a group of generals to patrol the city defense. After a pacification and surveillance last night, Xuanfu Town has been initially controlled by the Jingying Cavalry, and the four city gates and the big battalion have all been replaced by the Jingying. The cavalry will lead the troops to defend.

After inspecting the tower, Xie Zaiyi said to the young man wearing the uniform of a military officer from a hundred households, "Jia Ling."

Because Jia Fang, an apprentice personally trained by Xie Zaiyi, was promoted to a guerrilla general, and has led the Central Guard to follow Jia Heng.

Jia Ling volunteered to come to Xie Zaiyi's side, looking for opportunities to make meritorious deeds.

"Humble job here." Jia Ling said with her fists clasped.

Xie Zaiyi said in a deep voice: "These days you are at the gate tower of the city, and you are on guard daily to prevent spies from making trouble in the city."

"Yes, General." Jia Ling said yes.

At this moment, the trumpet sound of "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooegui this the desolate far, spread throughout Xuanfu city.

This is the signal of the enemy.

Xie Zaiyi looked into the distance, and saw smoke and dust billowing on the horizon, black lines gradually appeared, and cavalry pawns embroidered with red dragon flags appeared in sight. The number of them was not many, and at first glance they were the vanguard of a large number of cavalry.

"Jurchen!"

"Tartar!"

The Xuanfu town troops on the city wall next to them spoke one after another, with a hint of fear in their voices, while the cavalry soldiers of the Beijing camp at the crenels of the city wall looked indifferent.

After all, in the previous naval battle in the south of the Yangtze River, the soldiers of the Beijing camp and the Jurchen Banners also fought against each other.

Xie Zaiyi reached out to take the delivered binoculars from the lieutenant general, and looked towards the grassland where new buds had sprouted. It was February, when the grass was growing and warblers were flying, and everything was recovering.

Xie Zaiyi looked into the distance, saw a large number of cavalry troops, put down his binoculars, and said: "Beat the drum, be on guard!"

Following Xie Zaiyi's order, the cowhide drums hanging in front of and behind the city gate rang loudly, densely like raindrops, and a sense of tension surged.

Xie Zaiyi looked at the soldiers below, and said: "The whole army is ready to deal with enemy attacks at any time! In addition, hang Jiang Guan's population on the flagpole."

If it was in Romance, some kind of false surrender strategy might be used, but in fact, this kind of risky strategy is not suitable for the Xuanfu at this moment.

Because Datong's military power has just been taken over, and the town's soldiers are not attached, it is easy to leave late.

Xie Zaiyi obviously didn't intend to use such risky tactics.

And as Jiang Guan's head was hung on the flagpole, the sentry cavalry quickly reported to Yue Tuo and Hauge who were in the brigade behind them.

When Haoge and Yue Tuo heard the report, their expressions changed suddenly, and they looked at each other.

"Brother, something happened in Xuanfu City, the reinforcements from the Han Kingdom arrived, and we were one step late." Hauge said coldly, feeling a surge of anger in his heart.

Yue Tuo frowned, and said: "Don't be annoyed, Xuanfu City is not easy to break through."

Hauge looked unhappy and asked, "Brother, what should we do now?"

"Xuanfu City has just experienced a seizure of power. Xuanfu town soldiers are terrified. It is the moment when the morale of the army is fluctuating and morale is low. Now our army is attacking Xuanfu to test it out." Yue Tuo thought for a while and said in a deep voice .

Hauge showed generosity on his face, and said: "The elder brother is here to attack the formation, and I will lead the army to attack the city immediately!"

This time when the Jurchen came to attack, there were also heavy siege troops with the banner of the Han army, and the Jurchen warriors fought bravely and did not fear death.

Even Hauge rushed to the front in every battle.

Of course, Xuanfu City has high moats and deep trenches, and it is somewhat more difficult to attack than prefectural and county capitals in Hebei and other places.

As Haoge said, he led the Jurchen soldiers with horses and horses with blue flags and the Horqin Mongolian soldiers and approached Xuanfu City.

In Xuanfu City, the soldiers had already been waiting in full battle. The general held a crossbow and a firecracker, and looked at the Manchu soldiers with red armor and red flags approaching in the distance.

Xie Zaiyi mixed the Xuanfu town soldiers and the Beijing camp soldiers together, and prepared rolling logs, stones and arrows.

And just as the battle outside Xuanfu City was about to break out, Dushikou had already taken the lead in fighting.

Li Guohan and Tong Tulai of the Han Army Banner of the Qing Army led nearly ten thousand soldiers to surround Dushikou.

　Don't wait, I can't write the second update, something happened today.

　
(End of this chapter)