Qiming 1158

Chapter 880 Feng Shixing died of illness

Before, when Shao Hongyuan was defeated for the second time, he felt something was wrong.

The rebel army can be strong, but not so strong, and even the equipment can compete with the Song army. To say that there are no bad people in the army, he absolutely does not believe it.

There must be a problem with logistics, and the problem is not small.

So he secretly sent people to investigate, and he really caught evidence that the quartermasters made deals with the peasant army.

So he secretly dealt with all those quartermasters, replaced them with a new batch of people, and asked them to make false accounts according to the current warehouse situation to get through the customs and prevent the imperial envoys from finding out.

In the end, the newcomers suggested that it is best to take the initiative to set fire to the quarters. It is best that everyone can burn down a few warehouses. Otherwise, this account cannot be filled in. As long as there are professionals to check, they will definitely be able to see the clues.

Qi Fang was helpless and could only order the warehouse fire incident to be secretly operated. In order to increase the credibility, he also put the killed quartermasters into the fire, and burned them to bones without causing the death of the fire.

As for whether something will be found out in the future, Qi Fang doesn't know, he can only say that he will do everything he can, and Qi Fang has done everything he can.

But what Qi Fang didn't expect was that it was not the business with the peasant army that made him unlucky, but the local officials in Jizhou who had swallowed their voices.

Feng Shixing was in a dilemma in checking the accounts. Although he was full of doubts about the fire, there was no reliable evidence to show that the fire was led by Qi Fang, so he had to bite the bullet and check the accounts.

When he was at a loss, the local officials in Jizhou were bullied badly by the soldiers, so they risked their lives to come to Feng Shixing to file a complaint, telling that Qi Fang's subordinates had been domineering and bullying men and women in the local area.

Good guy, Feng Shixing was worried that he could not find any definite evidence to win Qi Fang, which was a pleasant surprise.

So he sent people to investigate and went to Jizhou to investigate the illegal activities of Qi Fang's army. The results confirmed what the local officials said. They were all bullied by Qi Fang's soldiers, and the people were also bullied. .

Everything that could be robbed was robbed, and most of what could not be robbed was destroyed, the land was ravaged, the people were forcibly plundered by the army to do chores, local production was severely damaged, and several prefectures in the southern part of Jiangnan West Road did not have one for three to five years. Don't even try to recover.

This is extremely serious malfeasance.

Feng Shixing was furious when he learned that, and scolded Qi Fang on the spot. He wanted to arrest Qi Fang and send him back to Lin'an for questioning. People around Qi Fang wanted to resist, but were suppressed by the well-prepared Shao Hongyuan, disarmed, and successfully reduced to prisoners.

Although Qi Fang could not be taken down on the charge of collaborating with the enemy or even killed on the spot, being able to take him down on the crime of dereliction of duty and send him back to Lin'an for questioning was already a great victory, enough to return to Zhang Jun.

When the army got the news, Qi Fang had already been captured and could no longer order the army.

Facing the anxiety of the army, Feng Shixing also timely announced that this incident only asked Qi Fang and his important senior cronies, and did not involve other middle and low-level officers and ordinary soldiers.

Business as usual.

So the heart of the army is a little at ease.

After all, except for some senior officers who are really close, most of the big bosses also think Qi Fang is a bastard from the bottom of their hearts. They have also been bullied by Qi Fang, and they don't think he is a good person.

We will follow whoever is the general. There is nothing that must be done. We are just soldiers. It doesn't matter who is the general.

Song Jun's excellent military tradition helped Feng Shixing.

Feng Shixing took control of the military with the support of Shao Hongyuan, and in order to avoid many nightmares, he wanted to escort Qi Fang back to the capital to question him.

However, what surprised the two of them was that although Qi Fang was captured, the expression on his face was very calm, with a hint of ridicule.

"Do you two really think this is the end? Hehehe, don't worry, maybe we will meet again, and the bandit army in this mountain is not easy, you should be more careful."

Qi Fang's inexplicable attitude made Feng Shixing and Shao Hongyuan feel a little uncomfortable, but they didn't think that Qi Fang, who had been relieved of military power, could do anything else.

Next, Feng Shixing supported Shao Hongyuan to control the military power, lead the crusade army, rectify the crusade army, restrain the military discipline, and then prepare to launch the third encirclement and suppression of Luo Xiaoshan.

The news of the mutiny within the Song army soon spread to the Song army barracks, and several local peasant soldiers lurked in the Song army in the name of chores. After hearing the news, they quickly passed it back to Luoxiao Mountain. .

So Zhao Yucheng and others also learned the news that Qi Fang was taken down and Shao Hongyuan was in power.

This is not good news.

Zhao Yucheng immediately reported the news to the leaders of the squadrons of each squadron and asked them to prepare for the possibility of the Song Army's third encirclement and suppression.

The people sent to the Song army camp soon returned with news, saying that the Song army had begun to rectify the entire army, which was a precursor to a large-scale attack on Luoxiao Mountain.

The people who were sent to the people to work in the villages also sent news that the Song army had begun to gather strength, and the Song soldiers stationed in the village as uncles returned to the barracks in scolding.

Zhao Yucheng was even more nervous. He realized that this might be an unprecedented large-scale operation, and many people and many soldiers might die.

But there was no way, he had to persevere.

He waited nervously.

However, things did not develop as he expected, because it was very abrupt that a funeral was held in Song Jun's barracks, and all the white flags were erected.

Zhao Yucheng thought it was Shao Hongyuan who died, but no, Shao Hongyuan was in good health, and the person who died was Feng Shixing.

Feng Shixing himself was not in good health. He was ill and went on the road, worrying about it, and was always in a state of tension.

When Qi Fang was finally taken down, the army was appeased, and the mood eased, the condition began to recur, and at this time he accidentally got caught in the rain and didn't change his clothes in time. A gust of wind blew, and he fell completely ill. .

Anxious Shao Hongyuan quickly tried to find a doctor to diagnose and treat him. The doctor came one after another, prescribed one prescription after another, boiled bowl after bowl of medicine, but his condition did not improve.

Feng Shixing was getting weaker every day.

While reorganizing the army and preparing to encircle and suppress the peasant army, Shao Hongyuan wanted to seek medical treatment for Feng Shixing and get angry, but in the end he could not save Feng Shixing's life.

On May 23, Feng Shixing, who had a persistent high fever, was critically ill.

On May 24, Feng Shixing died of illness in the Jizhou military camp.

Shao Hongyuan was completely dumbfounded.

The person Zhang Jun sent him to help him died of illness. He died of illness in the military camp. This...

What is this?
Shao Hongyuan secretly called unlucky, so he could only organize the funeral for Feng Shixing while sending someone back to Lin'an to report the news and ask how to deal with this matter.

As for the war to encircle and suppress the peasant army, it can only be postponed a little.

The main Qi Fang’s old clan was Feng Shixing who came forward to appease him. He represented the central court as the imperial military supervisor. The soldiers trusted him more than Shao Hongyuan himself.

Now that Feng Shixing is dead, I am afraid that someone in the army will have a strange idea.

It is impossible to start a war now, and it is very difficult to achieve good results when a war is launched in this situation of internal instability.

Let's send people into the mountains to explore the way first. In the specific situation, we should despise the Privy Council and let the Privy Council send a reliable supervisor to stabilize the military.

Shao Hongyuan pressed the pause button here, but Zhao Yucheng didn't.

Realizing that the Song army leadership had just died and the army's heart was unstable, Zhao Yucheng felt that this was a great opportunity and could not be wasted like that, waiting for Shao Hongyuan to fight.

The peasant army was indeed relatively weak, but not that weak.

Maybe it's a good idea to be proactive.

Since going up the mountain, they have been passively defending and never taking the initiative to attack. These Song soldiers may not have any awareness of prevention at all.

But there are so many Song soldiers, several times more than them, if they attack rashly, it is estimated that they will not be able to keep this foundation.

Night raid?

A veteran like Shao Hongyuan would never be unprepared for a night attack.

Just playing the military can't beat the Song Army, so what should I do to survive in a desperate situation?
Zhao Yucheng thought hard, tossed and turned, and finally came up with a clever plan for him.

(End of this chapter)