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Volume 4 Midstream Chapter 158 Even the chickens are not allowed in -4

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    The streets in the market were narrow, which greatly restricted the galloping of war horses. The cavalry who lost speed tried their best to swing their swords, but they were always knocked off their horses by more muskets.  After nearly half of the cavalry was lost, the cavalry officer saw that he was defeated and retreated with the remaining cavalry. The battlefield finally became quiet, leaving only the groans of the wounded soldiers.  Lan Shaozhong found a few injured cavalry from the battlefield, and with simple coaxing and intimidation, these people confessed one after another that they were originally stationed in Xiangyang, and they were just following orders to come to Ezhou to be the "King of Qingjun Side Service".  .  Cao Di secretly mobilized tens of thousands of troops, but all the troops and departments were kept in the dark. No one in the prefecture or county along the way warned him.  Lan Shaozhong couldn't help but feel angry when he recalled the situation. He reported the situation to Deng Su and asked if these rebels should be beheaded on the spot.  "Forget it." Deng Su's face turned pale. He looked at the corpses scattered all over the ground and waved his hand.  Not far away, there were people secretly peeking out from the cracks in the door, looking out in fear.  "How can you do it again?" Deng Su shook his head and sighed in a low voice: "They are all my subjects of the Song Dynasty. The rebels have escaped a lot. Move these people to the roadside and let's leave the city.  That¡¯s it.¡± Lan Shaozhong nodded in agreement.  The barricades of the Fire Gun Camp were succinctly built. Without passing through here, the rebels would not be able to attack the Prime Minister's Mansion, and conversely, the people in the inner city would not be able to get out.  This fierce battle drove the rebels away. The streets and alleys in Ezhou City were densely packed, and there were as many as nine gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest. The rebels had just arrived and there were insufficient troops. They would not be able to take care of them one by one. The people in charge were local snakes. As long as  Be careful and be sure to stick out of the city.  Although the battle just now was fierce, there were not many casualties in the Fire Gun Battalion. Only one Dutou died in the battle and two centurions were seriously injured. Lan Shaozhong immediately appointed officers to fill the vacancies and selected a few smart ones to serve as scouts in the front.  We only encountered rebel cavalry a few times along the way, and they were all narrowly avoided. Finally, we left the city through a small water gate next to Hanyang Gate and entered Hanyang City by boat.  Hanyang was built and rebuilt by Zhao Xingde when he was in Ezhou. It is a small but strong city. There are two artillery battalions and four gun battalions stationed in it. They are all led by reliable officers. Hanyang guard Chen Yuan was promoted by Deng Su from the battalion command.  As soon as Lan Shaozhong, a close confidant and Lan Shaozhong's old subordinate, entered the Hanyang City Gate, he was completely relieved. He ordered his soldiers to summon Chen Yuan to come see Deng Su immediately. However, when he quickly walked to Deng Su,  When he looked in front of him, he found that the prime minister's face was very pale. Then, Lan Shaozhong noticed that dark red blood was faintly revealed in the corner of Deng Su's robe.  "Deng Xianggong," he turned around and asked the two soldiers who were protecting Deng Su almost angrily, "what's going on?" Although Lan Shaozhong acted respectfully like a guard in front of Deng Su, he had always been iron-clad in the army.  Known as the King of Hell, when he drank, the two soldiers were immediately frightened and speechless.  At this time, Deng Su smiled and said: "Shaozhong, don't blame them. It was the Prime Minister who ordered them not to disturb the morale of the army." As he spoke, he frowned, took a breath as if in pain, and stretched out his hands to cover his waist.  , after pressing it, Lan Shaozhong discovered that the robe there was almost completely soaked with blood.  "Sir" Lan Shaozhong's voice was almost crying.  "It's just a stray arrow," Deng Su breathed and smiled. "He summoned Chen Yuan quickly and asked him to prepare his horse to prepare a message to challenge the rebels. In addition, he ordered the eight battalions outside the city to converge towards Hanyang. Also, for the truth  Send me some paper and pen." He was injured during the battle in the city and was hit by a flying blunderbuss. He was bleeding profusely.  In order not to affect the morale of the army, Deng Su forbade the guards to speak out. The guards could only wrap up his wounds in a hurry. They didn't even have time to take out their guns and ran away with him on their backs.  During this whole period, Deng Su was often in a semi-conscious state, and could only hold on without losing consciousness completely. At this time, the pain actually became a boost to prevent him from completely losing consciousness.  For more than ten miles, Deng Su didn't moan a word. Apart from briefly responding to Lan Shaozhong's request, he just muttered the Spring and Autumn Days in a low voice, which surprised even the guards who were carrying him.  The sweat towel used to wipe the blood was replaced several times. With such a serious injury, ordinary people would scream in pain and faint.  "Yes, sir." Lan Shaozhong bowed his head respectfully.  If it was normal, Deng Subi would have waved his hand and said, go do the work.  However, this time, there was silence for a long time, and there was no sound.  He looked up and couldn't help but change his face. He supported Deng Su who had fainted and said loudly: "Master, Mr. Deng!" Deng Su's face was pale, like a wounded soldier dying on the battlefield.  This look was very familiar to Lan Shaozhong. He suppressed the panic in his heart and hurriedly asked Chen Yuan, who had just arrived, to invite the best doctor in Hanyang City. He also issued a hush order to his subordinates who knew about the matter.  Deng Su was unconscious for a whole day and night. The doctor cleaned his wound again and dug out half of the gun remaining in his body.  The next night, Deng Su woke up and only confessed two things. One was that the eight battalions outside Ezhou City should be gathered in Hanyang, and the other was that Lu Yunsun, the political counselor, might be an accomplice of the rebels. Finally, Deng SuHe narrated a message, appointing Yue Fei as the general marshal to fight against rebellion, and Han Shizhong as deputy marshal, and calling on the world's troops to fight against rebellion. However, only half of this message was dictated, and Deng Su fell into a coma again.  During this period, he continued to have low-grade fever. The doctor knew that he was poisoned by lead. However, there was no cure for the poison. He could only say that the lucky person had his own destiny.  Lan Shaozhong had no choice but to wait while hiring famous doctors from all over for diagnosis and treatment.  The situation was pressing. During the three days when Deng Su was in coma, the eight battalions outside Ezhou City arrived one after another, and more than 30,000 soldiers and horses gathered in Hanyang City. However, the leaders of the eight armies each had their own backers. Although they usually respected Lan Shaozhong and Zhong Fangsi.  Three points, it also depends on Deng Su's face behind him. At this time, Deng Su's life or death is uncertain, and it will be difficult for Lan Shaozhong to coordinate the army.  He had neither a name nor the ability to mobilize this large army to counterattack the rebels. No one wanted to fight in the front line, so he could only gather in Hanyang and watch the rebels occupy Ezhou.  A few days later, the Xiangyang army arrived, and Cao Di immediately surrounded Hanyang City, but he had not yet begun to attack the city.  From Xiangyang to Ezhou, the army originally numbered 73,000 people when it set out. It marched all the way in a hurry. When it arrived at Ezhou, there were only 56,000 people left after excluding the stragglers and those guarding the rear. Because they had been exhausted for days, the officers and soldiers were exhausted.  There is no fighting spirit.  Therefore, Cao Di did not blindly force his subordinates to attack the city. In his view, the rabble in Hanyang City was Deng Su's turtle in the urn. Looking at the world, he had more important things to do, which was to restore imperial power.  The first thing he did when he entered Ezhou was to pay attention to the granaries of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War. Although most of the stored grain was transported north, the grain stored in the warehouse was still enough to support the army for a year, which reassured Cao Di.  When Deng Su was besieged in Hanyang City, it was difficult to communicate with the outside world. Now, Cao Di felt that all it took was an edict to bring order to the people of the world.  However, more than ten days passed, and dozens of edicts were sent out, only to receive one or two congratulations. Only then did Cao Di realize that things were far from as simple as he imagined.  Except for those who fled with Deng Su, most of the six civil servants of the imperial court were stranded in Ezhou City. At first, Cao Di did not take these people seriously at all, thinking that the matter was settled, the imperial power was supreme, and these people who received the imperial salary  They will cry and shout to come to serve, and when the time comes, they will be separated into those close and close, and they will be screened one by one for use.  However, he never expected that in just one day, most of the six ministers and ministers had escaped, and the rest were like dead people behind closed doors and thanking guests, obviously not intending to cooperate with Cao Di.  Not only that, even Lu Yunsun, the counselor and political advisor who had always supported Cao Di in the court, was unwilling to come out to preside over the political affairs hall in any case. If the emperor had not summoned him, Lu Yunsun would not even want to see Cao Di at all. He would still sigh in front of the emperor and say that Cao Di  Di's unauthorized return of troops not only delayed the Northern Expedition, but also made the situation out of control.  Finally, after His Majesty's repeated requests, Lu Yunsun reluctantly agreed to "temporarily take over" the position of prime minister.  Just when Cao Di breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this old scholar could clean up the situation for him, he didn't expect that the real trouble had just begun.  After the states refused to go to court to congratulate Grand Master Cao for rectifying the chaos, while they were still watching each other, Chen Dong and Wu Zilong, who had already retired, published articles one after another, publicly accusing Cao Di of violating the etiquette and law.  Wu Zilong's article was particularly violent. He said that Cao Di's expulsion of the prime minister was unjust, and that he did not obey the military order and went north to fight against the enemy was disloyal and tantamount to conspiracy. On the surface, he was claiming to be a Qing emperor, but in fact he thought that the emperor was weak.  If you want to drive a wedge between the emperor and his ministers, you have to repeat the story of Cao Cao in the late Han Dynasty who held the emperor hostage to order the princes.  These two articles were like throwing two matches into a pile of gunpowder barrels. They spread all over the country in a few days. Because Wu Zilong's article was more intense and lively, it spread by word of mouth among the neighbors, and its influence even exceeded that of Chen Dong.  Someone used a pigeon book to convey Wu Zilong's message at the price of one tael of silver per word, and everyone everywhere wanted to see it.  As if the scholars who were ready to take action had received an order from various prefectural schools, county schools, and private schools and teahouses, articles denounced Cao Di for treason and usurping the throne came like a snowflake.  Some people joked that if he died without a cure, Cao Di would probably have died thousands of times.  And this was just the beginning. On the second day after the article by Chen and Wu came out, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, and Quanzhou published newspapers on the same day, claiming that Cao Di was a thief who held His Majesty hostage because His Majesty had been subjected to Cao Di.  Hijacked by thieves, all imperial edicts were not countersigned by Deng Su, so they could not become official imperial orders, but "random orders." In order to prevent the taxes paid from falling into the hands of Cao Di and aiding the evil, these three states withheld the taxes themselves.  , and called on the prefectures and counties all over the country to "not follow the chaos order", the prefecture school also sent people to Hangzhou to discuss together
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