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Chapter 15 I didn't say I was Yang Ge's confidant, don't think about it
Early the next morning, Hefei County.

As soon as he arrived at Maoshi, a short, black and capable civil official with bright eyes climbed up the tower in person to inspect the defenses of the four gates.

Behind the civil servant, followed by a tall and bold general with a beard.The beard is not only thick and curly, but also very hard, just like the steel wool used to wash dishes in later generations.

These two people are Shi Kefa, the governor of Anlu, and Huang Degong, the general soldier.

Shi Kefa hung his sword at his waist, frowned, and inspected very carefully.

Everyone knows in their hearts that this is the key point of the encirclement on the eastern front arranged by Mr. Yang Ge.Only by blocking the road for the eastward infiltration of the bandit army in Yinghuo Mountain area can we ensure that Nanjing Jiangbei will not suffer from military disasters.

Yang Sichang's strategy of encircling and suppressing the bandits was "four points and six corners, and ten sides to spread the net." When the bandits were on the rise, direct military attack was not the most important thing.The first priority is to create a isolation zone to prevent the spread of the disease. After all, Zhang Xianzhong is too capable of coercing innocent people.

Huang Degong, who was beside Shi Kefa, was also patrolling with his weapon, his eyes fierce.But he was holding the wine jar in his other hand, and Shi Kefa didn't care about him.

Shi Kefa knew very well that everyone has a little problem. Huang Degong is brave and courageous, and he is also loyal to the court. The only thing that can't be changed is alcoholism.

Huang Degong's alcoholism is very famous in the army.He is from Liaodong, and his family used to sell wine. When he was 12 years old, his mother borrowed money to make a batch of wine, but before he could sell it, Huang Degong stole it and drank it.

Huang Degong didn't take it seriously, and comforted him, saying: "I heard that each general in Liaodong will pay 50 taels of silver to collect the heads of the Tartar soldiers, and killing the Tartars will pay off the debt."

But he was only 12 years old, and no one else wanted to join the army, so he brought his own dry food and mixed into the Ming army to kill the Tartars, got two heads, and used the reward money to pay off the wine debt.

This matter has been widely circulated, even Shi Kefa knows about it.Of course, other people under his command don't get this kind of treatment.

Once someone doubts, Shi Kefa will ask the doubter to lead the death squad and take the lead in the firearms battalion of the bandits in the next battle.As long as he dares, he can also drink in the army like Huang Degong.

Shi Kefa and Huang Degong patrolled for half a circle, seeing that there was no robbery today, and Lin Yangcheng's troops did not show up, so they prepared to go back to the Yamen to deal with other affairs.

But at this moment, from the direction of the lower reaches of the Fei River outside the east gate, a few Ming army scouts suddenly flew over. Judging from their attire, they should be messengers to inform the army.

Shi Kefa was not at the east gate at that time, and when he saw it from a distance, he ran quickly along the city wall towards the east gate building, trying to find out the situation as soon as possible.

But he had only walked a few hundred steps, half a mile away from the east gate, when he suddenly heard cheers from the east gate tower.

"Shi Futai's ingenious plan is amazing! He sent people to pretend to transport grain to Hefei by water tanker, and deliberately did not send soldiers and horses to escort him, so as to lure Lin's plundering cavalry into the bait, and let Feishuiwei Zuoqianhu and other departments pre-buy The left and right ambushes attack."

"It's really a pleasure to capture more than a hundred ranks of Lin thief's cavalry and a hundred horses so easily!"

Shi Kefa was stunned when he heard this.

However, Huang Degong next to him didn't know about it, and he thought it was Shi Futai who arranged another trick without telling him, and he also congratulated him: "Futai is really a Confucian general. The last general followed you for a few days, and I didn't see you arrange it. Can talk and laugh to defeat the enemy."

When Huang Degong said this, Shi Kefa became completely embarrassed: "Don't spread rumors, ask clearly, I didn't arrange to lure the enemy."

He accelerated, rushed to the east gate tower, caught the messenger who came back to report the victory, and questioned him himself, and it took a while to figure out that it was the officer next to them who heard them bragging about the victory and misunderstood them.

What the messenger originally wanted to repay was that "the soldiers of the Feishui Guards used the prestige of Shifutai Huang Zongzhen to scare away Lin Chengyi, and concealed the victory."

After figuring out the situation, Shi Kefa was also very happy. Although he didn't use tricks, he didn't lose more than a hundred enemies. After all, he won a small victory.

Shi Kefa interrogated him for a long time, and learned that Zuo Zixiong's crime happened at the right time, and he happened to encounter a bait to lure Lin Chengcheng, who was collecting boats along the Feishui River recently.At the same time, Zuo Zixiong himself is about to escort the fleet to Hefei and return tomorrow.

"When Zuo Zixiong arrives, you should ask him carefully. If he is indeed a brave man, he should be rewarded and promoted." Shi Kefa thought to himself.

This matter was over like this, Shi Kefa could not have been waiting on the tower, so he went back to the Yamen to deal with other government affairs, but ordered the gatekeepers to take Zuo Zixiong to see him when he arrived.

But Shi Kefa didn't know that the influence of rumors on the city tower spread after all.

For things like rumors, whichever version is more novel, shocking, and flattering to leaders is more dynamic.All the soldiers upstairs in the east city knew that the friendly army had won a small battle, and the rumors became more and more evil. In the end, everyone insisted that this was Shi Kefa's trick.

At noon, even Yang Sichang, the elder Yang Ge, who worked in the government office in the city, roughly heard about this plausible good news from his staff and guards.

Yang Sichang didn't care much about this kind of small victory, but it was okay to use it as a talking point during lunch.So I asked Shi Kefa and Huang Degong to come to report and give him a meal together.

When Shi Kefa heard about it, he was still a little ashamed, afraid that the truth would be revealed in the future, and he would be regarded as a villain who was greedy for merit and blame by Mr. Yang Ge, so he secretly decided to speak clearly when he was eating later.

……

When Shi Kefa and Huang Degong went to Yang Sichang's place for lunch, Shen Shuren and Zuo Zixiong also rushed to Hefei County along the Fei River.

After all, Shen Shuren traveled by water, so it was normal for him to be half a day slower than the fast-horse courier sent by Zuo Zixiong.

The defenders of Hefei County already knew about their victory, and immediately opened the door to let them go after confirming the identity of Zuo Zixiong, and many soldiers also congratulated and celebrated together.

The gate guard officer was ordered by Shi Kefa to take Zuo Zixiong for questioning when he arrived, and he did not dare to neglect at this moment, so he immediately sent someone to lead the way.Knowing that Shi Futai was at Mr. Yang Ge's place, he had no choice but to bravely send it to Yang Ge's mansion.

At worst, if Mr. Yang Ge doesn't bother to meet him, he can just wait at the door and wait for Shi Futai to come out before reporting.There has always been only subordinates waiting for superiors, so there is no reason for superiors to wait for subordinates.

It was the first time for Shen Shuren to enter Hefei County in this era. He was a little curious about this kind of frontline military city. He walked all the way to observe the Ming army's military equipment, and soon came to Ge Lao's temporary residence.

The gate guard officers in Yang Sichang's mansion really did not let these people who asked to see Shi Kefa go, and at most let them wait in the gatehouse until Shi Futai came out.

Zuo Zixiong didn't take it seriously either, thinking that this was already very good, at least Shi Kefalken met him personally.These uneducated military officials never dared to show off in front of civil officials, and they never expected that the court elders could receive a thousand households.

But Shen Shuren next to him quickly made a move that shocked Zuo Zixiong.

Shi Shiran took out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to the guard officer, and said neither humble nor humble:

"I am an alternate student of the Nanjing Imperial Academy. I have Wu Siye's reply letter and ask to see Mr. Yang Ge. The matter mentioned in the letter was assigned by Mr. Yang Ge himself. Because of the change of the situation, Wu Siye had to ask for instructions urgently. I That's why I don't hesitate to send a letter from Nanjing to this place."

When the gatekeeper heard that Yang Sichang had assigned him a task and that this was a reply letter, he didn't dare to stop him immediately, and immediately went in with the letter to confirm the situation.

After only a cup of tea, the officer trotted out again: "Young Master Shen, Zuo Qianhu, please come in quickly, Mr. Yang Ge is eating, please eat together by the way."

Hearing this, Zuo Zixiong was shocked: Where did Mr. Shen come from?Even if you are a candidate student of the Imperial College, can a letter allow the elder of the court to invite you to dinner?
And he himself was soon hit by a huge sense of happiness. For a low-emotional general like him who only knows how to fight and doesn't make money, this kind of thing may never happen in his life.

"Brother Shen, you are really my lucky star. If there is anything I can do in the future, as long as it doesn't violate the military law, just ask!" Zuo Zixiong walked in like a dream, while clinging to Shen Shuren and hugging his thigh.

Shen Shuren waved his folding fan with a calm face: "Brother Zuo is a cheerful person, so there is no need to be like this for some small things."

Having said that, he was also a little proud of himself.

It was his plan to use Wu Weiye to seek to meet Yang Sichang.

But being able to get acquainted with Shi Kefa and Huang Degong was beyond his expectation.This is not something that can be decided by resourcefulness, it is a windfall.

……

Shen Shuren quickly entered the inner hall, and saw a white-faced, fat-faced old man in his fifties sitting in the middle of the room, and on the left and right were two civil servants and generals in their 40s and [-]s.

Shen Shuren quickly stepped forward to salute, and quickly figured out the identities of the three.

Yang Sichang seemed to be in a good mood today, so he didn't ask any more questions, so he asked for a seat first, and arranged two other tables for food and drink.

Taking advantage of the time when the servants were serving the dishes, Shi Kefa stepped aside and said: "Master Supervisor, the rumors about my subordinates luring the enemy and destroying the thieves this morning are actually the credit of these two."

With Shi Kefa's status, he didn't bother to covet such a small military exploit of killing hundreds of enemies, let alone Yang Sichang knew the truth.It might as well put on a candid demeanor to avoid suspicion.

Yang Sichang was quite at ease. In front of these subordinates, he didn't have to worry about every gesture, and even said while drinking:

"The younger generation is awesome. A boy, who is not afraid in the face of danger, can take advantage of the situation to defeat the enemy. Such a person with both civil and military skills, Wu Meicun is still timid. I don't think his vision is very good."

Shen Shuren hurriedly got up, bowed his hands and thanked: "If it weren't for the restoration of the old sky net, the strict management of Futai, and the reputation of the general town, the thief general would not have fled like a frightened bird when he heard that there was an ambush.

In the past, people in the north were afraid of Zhao Xixie, but they were really afraid of the million-strong army of the king of Chu.Students are just bluffing and pretending to be powerful, so how dare they covet the achievements of heaven for themselves. "

When Yang Sichang and Shi Kefa heard the first half of Shen Shuren's words, they subconsciously frowned slightly, thinking that he was a flatterer.

But hearing what he said in the second half of the sentence was indeed in line with the principles of the art of war, he immediately returned to anger and joy, and no longer care about it.

Flattering is wrong, but Shen Shuren didn't flatter either, he was seeking truth from facts.

Fortunately, Yang Sichang is also sensible, knowing that some things are not suitable for public questioning.So he finished his meal with a smile, sent Shi Kefa and Huang Degong away, left Shen Shuren alone, and asked how things were going in Nanjing.

Shi Kefa didn't know the inside story, and was secretly amazed: This scholar was just sending a letter from Wumei Village to Elder Ge. On the way, he happened to break a thief at a meeting, so he was so valued by Elder Ge?I can't even hear what he wants to talk to the elder?
Everyone is curious, although Shi Kefa didn't want to spy on the inside story, but after this incident, he also took a high look at Shen Shuren.Misunderstood that Shen Shuren is Ge Lao's secret confidant, and they can make friends with each other in the future.

(End of this chapter)