Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 137 Jia Cong Went Out of Fahua Temple at Night

The news of the rebellion by the refugees outside the city spread quickly, and the center responded very quickly. While closing the four gates to keep the capital safe, groups of forbidden troops immediately rushed to the four directions, trying to wipe out this group of rioters as quickly as possible.

Unexpectedly, in the eyes of the imperial army, the gangsters, who were like chickens and dogs, had extraordinary combat power. In just half a day, the imperial army lost as many as a thousand people.

"absurd!"

Whoa!

In a panic, Liu Heng swept all the memorials piled up on the desk to the ground.

It's too shameful, the dignified Great Xia's elite imperial army was caught off guard by the bandits composed of refugees, with thousands of casualties.

"This is what you tell me every day, the prosperous dynasty, the coercion of the Quartet. If it is the prosperous dynasty, how can there be refugees? If it is coercion, why will the bandits make trouble?"

The ministers of the cabinet and the six ministers in the Hall of Qinzheng couldn't hide their embarrassment, and bowed to plead guilty: "Your Majesty, calm down!"

"Calm your anger? The thieves have already reached the capital, how can I calm my anger?"

Liu Heng felt a burning pain on his face, and Fang Qinzheng was severely slapped in the face twice.Once it was Liangyuan Shenghuo Guangming Sect who made a rebellion, and now thousands of refugees have caused disasters in Gyeonggi, and caused heavy losses to the Forbidden Army who suppressed bandits.

He glanced coldly at Dian Wenwu, and snorted coldly: "Household Department, has the relief food been distributed to the counties? Why are there so many refugees being kidnapped by the bandits?"

Wen Tongxuan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came forward to report: "Return to Your Majesty, since the beginning of the disaster relief, the Ministry of Household Affairs has allocated a total of 130 taels of grain money, and all the towns in Gyeonggi, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Liaodong have been delivered."

"Your Majesty, I think that the refugees in Gyeonggi are extremely suspicious. The Long Guard has never heard of any gathering of refugees in Gyeonggi, and all states and counties have prepared relief for the victims. It makes no sense for these refugees to give up the porridge at their doorstep. Thousands of miles to the capital to survive."

Cao Jiugong's report gave the officials of the household department a sigh of relief, but it must not be someone who was greedy for the food money for disaster relief and caused the riots among the refugees, otherwise, the heads will really roll.

Liu Heng also realized this. This disaster relief was the first thing he personally presided over to win the hearts of the people.The inspectors and censors from all over the country were all his confidantes personally selected, and three moths were chopped down in three days, so there was no reason to have problems with disaster relief.

All the ministers in the palace were also puzzled. At this time, Xia Shouzhong quietly entered the palace holding a secret note, and whispered in Liu Heng's ear, "My lord, there is news outside the city. It's not the refugees but the Japanese pirates who made the disturbance..."

……

"Come on, put on your armor!"

Bang!
"What nonsense?"

Jia Jing slapped the table violently, waking up the panicked Jia Amnesty.

He said to Mrs. Xing who was stunned by the side: "Sisters and sisters, go to Rongxi Hall to take care of your aunt first, and tell your aunt that brother Cong and girl Lin have avoided disaster in Fahua Temple, so don't worry!"

Mrs. Xing hurriedly packed up the teacups and other fragments scattered on the ground, and retreated out.

"Brother respect, Brother Cong can't be bothered! Cough cough cough cough..."

Today, Jia Amnesty lost his former calmness and composure, and the anxiety on his face was extremely obvious.Struggling to get up, the injury on his body was affected, and he coughed violently.

"Make trouble, make trouble, I want to see how you torture yourself to death!"

Jia Jing cursed fiercely, but the movements of his hands did not stop.Pushing Jia Amnesty back on the bed, he persuaded him: "Don't worry, I have sent someone to send the news to the palace. There are so many noble relatives in Fahua Temple, civil and military, and the palace will take care of it."

dong dong dong...

There was a knock on the door, and then Jia Jiu pushed open the door and said: "The old patriarch, the lord, someone from the palace has been sent. Your Majesty has sent the old patriarch to the palace to have an audience!"

……

There is no shortage of food in Fahua Temple, and the Vegetarian dishes they cook are also unique in Beijing.

Although the bad news came one after another, the old man Xia Lingxing always looked confident, and even gathered the disciples at the place where the plum blossoms were in full bloom in the temple, and held a small plum appreciation poetry party.

It wasn't until night fell that he dragged his tired body back to the abode, called Jia Cong to him, and said solemnly: "The Zhengcunba camp has been breached!"

"How is it possible? Zheng Cunba's garrison of three thousand troops is the essence of Shenwu Zhongwei. How could it be broken by a group of rebels?"

Zhengcunba is located between Tongzhou and the capital, less than two hours away from Fahua Temple.Shenwu Zhongwei has [-] troops stationed here, guarding the throat of the official road from Tongzhou to the capital.

Xia Lingxing not only sent people to the capital to ask for help, but also directly borrowed Jia Cong's imperial gift order, printed it on the letter of help and sent it to Zheng Cunba. Unexpectedly, the messenger came back injured and told him the worst news.

The flames of the Zhengcunba camp had not yet cleared, and the ground was full of dead bodies.

"The imperial court sent two troops with a total of more than [-] people. Unexpectedly, the northern army pursued the bandits and was ambushed by the bandits in Qinghedian. They suffered heavy losses, with thousands of casualties."

Xia Lingxing drew a simple map on the paper with a pen, pointed to a point on the north side of the capital and said: "The imperial army that can ambush more than two thousand people can also cause so many casualties to the imperial army, and the number of bandits is no less than four thousand." Jia Qianhu, how many refugees are there in front of the east gate? There are more enemies than we imagined!"

Jia Cong stared at the places gradually added by Xia Lingxing on the paper. Along the four directions of the capital, Zhengcunba on the east side, Qinghedian on the north side, Wangpingkou on the west side, and Hongren Bridge on the south side all appeared. A large number of rioters were killed.

Moreover, there are scattered thieves and bandits everywhere outside the four gates of the capital, and there is a tendency to isolate internal and external news.At the very least, Jia Cong and others who were temporarily avoiding Fahua Temple did not dare to venture back to the capital without a large number of guards escorting them.

Even the day after Zhengcunba and Qinghedian were captured by the bandits, the news had just reached the capital.This is not something that refugees can do in rebellion, even with the addition of Japanese pirates.

Xia Lingxing handed an opened letter to Jia Cong, and sighed, "Let's take a look, this is sent by Cao Jiugong in the evening."

The letter didn't say much, but it was extremely shocking news: the Zuo Tun Wei stationed in Shunyi rebelled!
The reasons for their rebellion were extremely absurd. Half of the 1 guards believed in the White Lotus Sect.Under the leadership of Commander Qiu Tong, after plundering Shunyi County, they went all the way down the Baihe River. When Zhengcunba was broken, nearly ten thousand people had already been engulfed. The situation of Gyeonggi.

Xia Lingxing explained to Jia Cong: "Qiu Tong was the one who commanded the ambush of the imperial army in Qinghedian. This man is familiar with the fighting habits of the imperial army. Of course, it is related to the arrogance and carelessness of those who were ordered to put down the chaos."

"Qiu Tong is already the commander of the third rank of the Guochao Zhengzheng. How could he get involved with the Holy Fire and Light Sect?"

After reading the letter in his hand, Jia Cong became even more puzzled.

Leaving aside the negligible success rate of the rebellion, let's talk about Qiu Tong, since he is very familiar with the situation in the Beijing camp, how could he be so stupid that he rebelled under the nose of the 20 army?

What benefits can the White Lotus Sect give him after the rebellion?Could it be that some kind of holy girl was married to him?

dong dong dong...

"Grandfather, General Eleven is here."

After Xia Junyan, who was guarding the door, opened the door, Jia Shiyi hurried in, cupped his hands and said, "There is news from the capital that Nanping Marquis Huo An and his family have disappeared!"

Jia Cong looked bewildered: "Missing?"

Bang!
Xia Lingxing patted the table and shouted: "This is the right match! No wonder Qiu Tong knew that he was going to die and brought people to rebel. What White Lotus Sect, it turned out to be a cover for the Huo family. He really is a man who 'repays every kindness'" , it's been so many years, and I'm still thinking about paying back the Huo family's kindness!"

"Old man, is Qiu Tong old with the Huo family?"

After hearing Jia Cong's question, Xia Lingxing laughed: "It's not just old? Qiu Tong was originally the commander of Zuo Weiwei. When Zhaowu put down the South Vietnam Rebellion in 32 years, he was greedy for meritorious deeds and caused thousands of casualties in our dynasty. Erlang. Later, it was Huo An's father who pleaded for him, so he was spared the death year and threw it to the Zuotun farm in Yingzhou. Later, it was recommended by Nan'an Palace, and the sage gave him a chance to redeem his sins. In the fourth time He made great contributions during the Northern Expedition, and now Commander Qiu is here."

Having said this, Xia Lingxing sneered and set his eyes on Jia Cong.

"Little Jia Qianhu, I entrust you with a task..."

Jia Cong clasped his fists in response and said, "Old Shangshu just give orders!"

"Huo An must be fleeing to Nanhai Yanzi, which is the base camp of the Huo family."

Xia Lingxing pointed to a place marked on the map, and said decisively: "Since Qiu Tong did not attack Qinghedian first but took the risk of attacking Zhengcunba Camp, then Huo An must take the official road south of Zhengcunba. Tongzhou, Huo An must Go to Tongzhou, little Jia Qianhu, do you have the guts to go to Tongzhou and stop Huo An!"

Jia Cong immediately raised his head and chest, put his right hand on his chest, and said loudly: "Why don't you dare?"

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It was difficult to move forward under the heavy snow.

Jia Cong had someone make a simple horse-drawn sleigh, and drove eastward overnight.

Although the speed of traveling at night was much slower, he still arrived at the Shenwu Zhongwei camp in the south of Tongzhou at dawn.

Tongzhou is an important town in Gyeonggi, with 2 Shenwu Zhongwei troops stationed on the south side and [-] Dingbian guards stationed on the north side.

However, Dingbianwei belongs to the local guards, and it has long been abandoned since the founding of the country. In fact, half of the [-] on the register is considered good.

On the contrary, the Shenwu Zhongwei is the order of the forbidden army, well-equipped and well-trained.After Jia Cong took out the imperial gift order, he was welcomed into the tent of the Chinese army.

"The Commander of the Last General Shenwu Zhongwei, Shen Lang, respectfully invites Shengan!"

"Saint Gong'an!"

Jia Cong put away the golden order, helped the old general who knew the destiny, and said apologetically: "The matter is urgent, and I have to borrow the imperial order to see the old general. Please forgive me."

"You little baby, how dare you run around in Beijing at this time?"

Instead of blaming Jia Cong, Shen Lang rubbed Jia Cong's head with his big hands, pulled him to the stove, and stuffed a bowl of steaming meat soup into his hands.

"The whole capital is in chaos, how dare your father let you out to mess around?"

snoring snoring...

Jia Cong was already cold and hungry, picked up the big bowl and grunted and shoveled food into his mouth.After hearing Shen Lang's question, he swallowed the meat soup in his mouth, wiped his mouth and replied: "When the chaos broke out, this junior was never in the capital at all, and was separated from the city by thieves..."

After briefly describing the situation at that time, Jia Cong handed the letter written by Daylight Saving Time to Shen Lang, and said with great anticipation: "Old Shangshu Xia guessed that Huo An would go south from Tongzhou in all likelihood, and let the younger generation come to Tongzhou to block He! Old general, let's do him a big job together, how about it?"

"Secretly transferring soldiers and horses is a serious crime of beheading!"

Shen Lang finished reading the letter, with a look of embarrassment and hesitation on his face.He is different from Ningrong Jia's family, he was born in martial arts, and he has survived for more than 30 years before reaching the position of third-rank general. He really doesn't have the guts to take risks with Jia Cong.

Jia Cong lined up the imperial order and the Yanling knife hanging on his belt, grinning and said: "How could it be a private transfer of troops? The younger generation has an imperial order from His Majesty, so we don't adjust it too much. Three to five thousand good!"

"Whoa!"

Shen Lang trembled, and accidentally knocked the teacup in his hand to the ground.

He stared at Jia Cong with wide eyes in disbelief, and exclaimed: "Not too much? Don't say three to five thousand, the private transfer of five hundred by the Beijing army is enough for me to go to Caishikou!"

"The general is not accepted by the king's life, old general, the brave and the timid starve to death. Huo An has already defected, and blocking him is a great achievement. Even if he can't be knighted, the old general doesn't want to give his brother a shade. seal up?"

Shen Lang's heart was shaken by Jia Cong's words. His family is no better than the founding martial arts, and the children in the family are not material for studying. The two sons were the most qualified to take the exam and became a county magistrate in other places. The other one is still white. , if there is a shade...

"And the old general doesn't have to worry about being held accountable in the palace. At that time, the old minister and the junior will stand in front of him. If you blame him, you can say that the junior used the imperial order to force you to send troops!"

Under Jia Cong's persuasive temptation, Shen Lang finally suppressed his inner worries and slapped his thigh: "It's done! My nephew, tell me, what shall we do?"

Jia Cong grinned and said, "The Dragon Guards have already gone to find Huo An's whereabouts. The old general first dispatched 3000 troops to make it clear that the chariots and horses were heading east, making Huo An and others think that we are going to Zhengcunba to quell the chaos. Then select another 3000 people, change into casual clothes and secretly sneak to Tongzhou Wharf, and wait for the rabbit!"

Monthly ticket recommendation ticket

　Originally, there was a chapter after ten o'clock, because it was banned for writing about a certain religion.

　　Re-wrote a chapter, changed the so-and-so sect to the White Lotus sect, and continued the plot of the previous chapter.

　　I don't have enough time, I can only write so much, and I will continue to update tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)