Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 68 Am I that stupid?
The soldiers on the wall of Datong City stood together in twos and threes with long spears on their backs. There was not much joy and excitement on their faces, watching the news of victory as they rode towards the governor's office in the city.

On the top of the city, there were even some strange words floating down the city.

"So what about a great victory? What benefits can we gain?"

"No, I heard that if you surrender to King Chuang, at least nothing will happen to us who are so miserable. The only ones who are worried are those who are officials!"

"Didn't you hear that King Chuang won't pay for his food when he comes?"

"..."

Of course, there are also people who have some different opinions and quarrels with these talks.

"Don't forget, we are the army and they are thieves, we are incompatible with each other."

"Have you forgotten that when these bandits came to our Shanxi Province, no village was spared?"

"..."

At the governor's yamen, the messenger who reported the victory saw that the person sitting in the hall was not the governor in a scarlet robe, but a commander-in-chief wearing armor and a helmet. He was a little surprised and said: "This villain has been ordered by my commander-in-chief to report to the Central Government." Sir Cheng has reported victory, can you report..."

Before he finished speaking, the person in the hall said coldly: "Master Zhongcheng has a leg problem and has already entrusted the military affairs to me. Don't be verbose, just present it!"

Upon hearing this, the courier did not dare to disobey, so he had to submit the victory document, then exited the lobby, and had to drive all night to Yanghe, and then report the victory to Governor Xuanda.

The generals in the governor's hall casually unfolded the victory documents and began to read them.

At this time, a man wearing velvet clothes came out from behind, and he looked similar to the man in the hall.He looked at the man in the hall and said, "What kind of great victory can there be in Daizhou? How can there be a great victory in that place? What else are you looking at?"

Hearing this, the general in the hall threw away the good news and looked at him and said: "Brother is right. Zhou Yuji's good news can only deceive those scholars who do not understand martial arts."

This man's name is Jiang Quan, who is the commander-in-chief of Datong. The other person is his brother Jiang Xuan, who was the former commander-in-chief of Changping. Now he was dismissed and took refuge with Jiang Quan.

At this time, Jiang Xuan walked around the case and saw that his brother's bodyguards were all on the left and right. They were all trustworthy people, so he said to Jiang Xuan: "Now King Chuang has founded a country and is coming with a million troops. Soon, Even if Taiyuan is conquered, the court has no resistance at all. You should also see that besides Zhou Yuji who is still struggling to death, who else dares to go against King Chuang? Therefore, for the future of our Jiang family, King Chuang should be demoted. OK!"

At this point, he saw Jiang Quan's hesitant look, so he quickly added: "Although we did deal with King Chuang before, he is a fellow countryman after all, and now that he has established a country, he has not seen any of the court generals who have taken refuge with him. If there is killing, as long as we sacrifice Datong, it will be a great achievement. If there is no fault, King Chuang will be overjoyed and rewarded. When the capital is captured, our Jiang family will become ministers of Conglong!"

"Is it possible that you think you can defeat King Chuang just by relying on Datong Military Town? Is it possible that you insist on wiping out our Jiang family?" When Jiang Xuan said this, he was obviously a little angry when his brother didn't agree yet. .

After hearing this, Jiang Quan smiled bitterly and said: "Don't I know that Li Zicheng has already achieved great success? Whether it is Zhou Yuji, me, or anyone else, they are just trying to block the situation. Am I that stupid to do something that I know is impossible? "When Jiang Xuan heard this, he immediately asked: "Then why are you hesitating? Wait until King Chuang destroys Zhou Yuji and surrenders when the army approaches the city, and your credit will be less!"

"Of course I know!" Jiang Quan nodded and replied, "But there is a king in Datong, a governor, and other generals. Even my soldiers, there are also whole families who have a grudge against the bandits. If I say surrender, it may not be useful!”

Seeing that his brother had made his attitude clear, Jiang Xuan was immediately overjoyed and said quickly: "What's so difficult about this? Zhou Yuji is indeed a capable fighter, and the main force of King Chuang is still in Taiyuan. It will take some time to destroy Zhou Yuji. Therefore, During this time, as long as you use some tactics to ensure that everyone in Datong will listen to you, even if there are still people who are dissatisfied and turn around and open the city gate, what can they do?"

"Oh?" When Jiang Yan heard this, he immediately became happy and asked immediately, "What should we do?"

Jiang Xuan immediately smiled proudly, then leaned over and whispered: "Master Zhongcheng believes in you and entrusts all military matters to you, not Zhu Sanle. This is the key. As long as we first..."

Zhu Sanle was also the commander-in-chief of Datong, but in the eyes of the governor Wei Jingyuan, he felt that Jiang Yu was more capable.With the enemy at hand, he entrusted all military affairs to Jiang Gu.

But it was obvious that the Jiang brothers did not want to repay him, but instead created a conspiracy against him.

At this time, Wei Jingyuan had been recuperating in his house due to a leg problem.But as a governor, he couldn't be blind to what was going on outside the window.

The news that Zhou Yuji sent people to report the victory reached his ears that night, which made him very excited: "Well, well, well, he is worthy of being promoted by your majesty as a fierce general in the Yongwei camp. When the imperial officers and troops were retreating, he was able to A great victory, good, good!”

The lady who was rubbing his legs also became happy and said to him: "Master, you should feel relieved now, can you rest in peace and recover from your illness?"

Hearing this, Wei Jingyuan thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Zhou Yuji's victory document also mentioned asking for help. Obviously, his own troops alone may not be able to defend Ningwuguan. But Datong has soldiers. , but there’s no money!”

At this point, he sighed, as if he was speaking to his wife, rather to himself: "The court will definitely not have to think about it, there is no money. The governor will certainly not allocate any money. . If there is no money, it is probably a luxury to ask the army to rescue Ningwuguan."

After hearing this, his wife immediately gave him an idea and said: "Isn't Datong the richest on behalf of the king? Now the situation is critical, and the bandit army is in front of us. If I ask the king for some money to kill the thieves, I won't refuse to give it." Right?"

Wei Jingyuan listened, thought silently for a while, and said with a heavy face: "When I first came to Datong, I fought against powerful people and redressed injustices. I had conflicts with the Dai Wang's Palace. I once impeached the Dai Wang. The relationship was not good. ah!"

"This is not a private matter!" His wife immediately retorted after hearing this.

When Wei Jingyuan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "Madam, what you said makes sense. This is a business matter. My husband will go to see the king tomorrow to state his interests and obtain money. We should send troops as soon as possible!"

But he didn't know that his trusted commander-in-chief Jiang Yu went to see the king overnight.

In the Prince Dai's palace, a man wearing the clothes of a feudal lord was seen furious. He immediately stood up and yelled: "You are so brave, you dare to betray the imperial court?"

(End of this chapter)