East Factory Governor

Chapter 678 The task of the governor of the East Factory is completed (two chapters in one)

Speaking of which, Li Zhongming was also quite unlucky.

If he could have known the news that Cao Guozhang had been arrested earlier, he might have surrendered with his soldiers, just like Zhang Lizhen.

Although Jianmen Pass is dangerous, but there is no food in the pass, as long as the imperial army surrounds and does not attack, he will be trapped to death within a few months, how could he not know?

It's a pity that at Mianzhu Pass, after Zhang Lizhen received the news, he immediately closed the pass, and no one was allowed to pass through Mianzhu Pass. As a result, the news of Cao Guozhang and Zhou Yanru's arrest was blocked.

Why did Zhang Lizhen do this?

The answer is: on purpose.

The conflict between him and Li Zhongming was so deep that Zhang Lizhen wished to kill Li Zhongming.

Zhang Lizhen, as the chief soldier appointed by the imperial court, logically speaking, the generals of all the armies in the pass are under his command, at least in name, right?But Li Zhongming was lucky, because he was Cao Guozhang's number one confidant, he never took Zhang Lizhen seriously, and once even whipped one of Zhang Lizhen's generals.

When Cao Guozhang was the governor, Zhang Lizhen could only hold back this tone.But now that Cao Guozhang has stepped down, how can Zhang Lizhen let Li Zhongming go easily?

So he put Li Zhongming together.

Li Zhongming didn't receive a notice from the sentry until Qin Shuhuai's army arrived twenty miles outside Jianmen Pass, saying that the Duke's army had arrived.

So he struggled for a while, wondering where did Qin Shuhuai's army come from?

One thing is certain, this army definitely did not enter Sichuan from the outside, because if the imperial army wanted to enter Sichuan, they would have to pass through his sword gate.Even if they took the West Road waterway, it would take a long time, and I had already received the notice.

After thinking about it, he felt that it must be Zhang Lizhen.

Zhang Lizhen betrayed Zhou Xiang and the Governor!
So he immediately summoned his generals to discuss what to do.

However, some generals suggested that since Qin Shuhuai had subdued Zhang Lizhen and came straight to Jianmen Pass, it is likely that Chengdu has already been controlled by him.

But Li Zhongming feels that Chengdu City is not so easy to lose.

He knew that Wu Yutian's soldiers could fight!
Moreover, according to reports from spies, Zhang Lizhen's army has undergone plastic surgery, and the evidence is that they don't look like they have fought in war.

So he seriously doubted whether Qin Shuhuai wanted to scare himself and make him surrender?

Donglin treats him with great kindness, and Li Zhongming is a person who knows how to repay his kindness. As long as Zhou Yanru or Cao Guozhang are still there, he will never surrender.

What's more, he still occupies the dangerous land of Jianmen Pass, and the army rations in the pass are sufficient, so it will not be a problem to guard for a few months, and he is not afraid of the officers and soldiers at all!
Of course, if it is certain that Cao Guozhang or Zhou Yanru have been killed or captured, then it is meaningless for him to resist, and he will choose to surrender.

So he hesitated for a moment, and asked the spies to check again to see if there was Wu Yutian's team in the opponent's army.If there is, it means that the city of Chengdu has been broken, and he can surrender.

He didn't expect that just such a hesitation would kill him.

First of all, after the spies he sent went out, in order to see if there was anyone from Wu Yutian, they had to go close to investigate, but unfortunately they were discovered by Zhang Lizhen's men.

If these spies turned around and ran, they might be able to escape.

But they were too lazy to run away.

What are you doing running back?Didn't find out anything, why don't you go back and get hit with a military stick?After being beaten with military sticks, when the Duke's army arrives, most of us will still be dead.

What is the picture?How good it is to surrender, no matter how you say it, we are also abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, right?The army of the Duke of the State is also the army of the imperial court, can they kill us?
So these people greeted them generously, and shouted at Zhang Lizhen's subordinates who were coming across, "Brothers, my own people! Let's go to the Lord!"

As a result, these spies became "righteous men" who abandoned the dark and turned to the bright. They first scolded Li Zhongming together, and then explained the defense situation in Jianmen Pass. For this, each of them was rewarded with five taels of silver.

Really happy.

But they were happy, and Li Zhongming was depressed.

Before the spies came, the Duke's army arrived first.

Zhang Lizhen tried his best to bully Li Zhongming. After the army arrived, he volunteered to go down to the pass to call for battle.

"Li Zhongming, you are a straight mother who recognizes a thief as your father and is a slave to a tiger, why don't you come down quickly and die?"

"If you come out and surrender now, your grandpa Zhang can still leave you a whole body! Otherwise, I will cut you into pieces!"

He yelled and scolded for a long time, but he didn't mention that Wu Yutian had surrendered and Cao Guozhang and Zhou Yanru had been arrested.

If he directly pushes out Cao Guozhang and Zhou Yanru, the morale of Li Zhongming's army will be disintegrated in an instant, and he will have to surrender if he does not surrender.

Zhang Lizhen knew this, but he just didn't do it.

It's very simple, he just wants to kill Li Zhongming.

At this time, Li Zhongming was already very passive.

Even if he opens the door now, it can only be regarded as "surrender", not active submission.

The difference between the two is huge.

For example, when Zhang Lizhen received the news, he immediately led his troops to see Qin Shuhuai, that was surrender.But even so, he still had the suspicion of knowing that Dong Lin was plotting rebellion and not stopping it, at best his merits and demerits would be offset, or he might be downgraded to use.

But Li Zhongming stood firm for Donglin to the end. Even if he surrenders now, he will have to be tied up and sent to the capital for trial. At most, he will repent in time and his punishment can be slightly reduced, but the house raid is inevitable. Not bad.

So Li Zhongming would not easily switch to welcome Qin Shuhuai.

First, he had to make sure whether Wu Yutian surrendered, and if Wu Yutian did not surrender, he would never surrender.

Secondly, even if he wanted to surrender, he wanted to negotiate a condition with Qin Shuhuai, such as ensuring that he could survive and that his family property would not be confiscated before he surrendered.

He felt that he had [-] soldiers and had natural dangers, so he was qualified to negotiate terms with Qin Shuhuai.

Didn't those rogues negotiate terms with the imperial court before they surrendered?And satisfied every time.

They can talk, but I, Li Zhongming, can't?
After thinking about it carefully, he decided to come up with a plan to delay the attack first.

Send someone to Guanlou to shout, saying that he doesn't believe Zhang Lizhen, if the Duke really came, then please come out, and he will talk to the Duke in person.

He thought to himself, in this way, he could test out Qin Shuhuai's tone, and he would have a better idea of ​​whether he would surrender or not.

But I didn't want to, Qin Shuhuai just smiled dismissively after hearing this proposal.

"A mere traitor, how dare you face me directly? Go back and tell him, if you want to surrender, you will surrender, if you don't surrender, you will die."

If it was when he entered Sichuan, Qin Shuhuai would be very interested in negotiating terms with him.

But now, is it necessary for Qin Shuhuai to negotiate terms with him?

Wu Yutian and Zhang Lizhen have already surrendered. As long as Cao Guozhang and Zhou Yanru are pushed out, which soldier in Jianmen Pass will fight to the death for Li Zhongming?

There are also conditions to be discussed, so there are too many conditions to be discussed, right?
After Li Zhongming heard the news that Qin Shuhuai didn't want to talk to him, he also became afraid.

He felt that Qin Shuhuai must have a trump card for being so stubborn.

It is very likely that Wu Yutian has really surrendered.

But obviously, it was too late for him to repent now.

Zhang Lizhen's plan came true perfectly.

After asking Qin Shuhuai for instructions, he got permission to attack immediately.

Therefore, Zhang Lizhen immediately sent someone to push Zhou Yanru and Cao Guozhang out of the prison car.

The person upstairs shouted, "Boss, go and call your master out, and come and find out who these two are!"

A guard in the Guan Tower made a careful identification, and felt that one of the two men was a bit like Cao Guozhang.He has never seen Zhou Yanru, but he has seen Cao Guozhang.

Immediately his face turned pale.

Hurry up and send someone to notify Li Zhongming.

As soon as Li Zhongming heard this, he ran quickly to the Guanlou.

When he arrived, Guanlou was already in chaos.

"General Li, Prime Minister Zhou and Governor Cao have all been captured. Also, Wu Yutian has already surrendered!"

Li Zhongming only felt that the world was spinning for a while, and he couldn't get out of his chest.

Pointing at Zhang Lizhen below and cursing, "Zhang Lizhen, you are killing me!"

Can he still not understand?

If Zhang Lizhen didn't want to harm him, he wouldn't deliberately block Mianzhu Pass.If he didn't seal off Mianzhu Pass, the city of Chengdu would be destroyed, how could he not know the news that Cao and Zhou were arrested?

Moreover, even if he didn't know before, if Zhang Li moved out these two people as soon as he arrived at the city, he would have surrendered long ago.In this way, at least he can surrender voluntarily.

And now?He wanted to negotiate terms with Qin Shuhuai, this was the best proof that he supported himself and refused to surrender.

He must die.

But Zhang Lizhen laughed loudly, "Li Zhongming, you yourself have joined Donglin's rebellious party and helped the evildoers, why are you blaming me now?"

Li Zhongming was furious, and his opponents shouted, "Shoot an arrow! Shoot him to death! Tell the whole army that Qin Ni is a national traitor. All soldiers must fight bravely. Anyone who dares to fight, beheaded!"

He wanted to fight Qin Shuhuai to the death.

But there was only a sound of "cleaning the waves", and one of his generals put the knife on his neck.

Li Zhongming looked at him in surprise.

"I'm sorry, General Li. Brothers are not afraid of death, but if you die like this, you will feel a little wronged."

As soon as this general made a move, several other generals and soldiers also ran over cheerfully and pressed him firmly to the ground.

Li Zhongming kept struggling on the ground and shouted, "Zhang Lizhen, you despicable villain, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go!"

Zhang Lizhen laughed wildly.

Soon, the closed door slowly opened.

All the soldiers in the pass put down their weapons, knelt on both sides, and shouted, "Welcome to Wang Shi! Welcome to the Duke!"

When Jianmen is closed, the middle of Shu will be pacified.

"Ding dong."

The long-lost system sounded.

"Congratulations to the host, you have completed one of the main tasks: becoming the governor of the East Factory. You will get [-] chivalry points and a red turntable once. Next, you will complete the last task, which is to let the Ming Dynasty rejuvenate and all nations come to court."

Qin Shuhuai's mind was lifted.

It turned out that the system had to wait for Donglin to be purged before the system thought that its "Dongchang Governor" had been recognized nationwide, and the task was considered completed.

Very good!

With these [-] points, you can learn another magic skill.

Facing Yan Wuyue at that time, he will somewhat increase his confidence!
The army enters the customs and repairs.

At night, Wang Datong ran up with a smile and said, "Brother Qin, guess who is here?"

Qin Shuhuai said, "Could it be that Tang Sanniang came with reinforcements?"

Sure enough, as soon as the voice fell, there was laughter outside.

"Little boy, do you know who we are? Why don't you let us in?"

It was Meng Hu's voice.

But the soldier guarding the door said, "The Lord has no order, no one is allowed to enter without permission, and anyone who disobeys the order will be beheaded!"

"Hey, you brat, are you using a chicken feather as an arrow? When your brother and I were on duty for the Duke, we were not as rude as you!" Meng Hu joked.

"If you can't get in, you can't get in."

Ever since this little soldier became Qin Shuhuai's temporary bodyguard, he was also very arrogant.

This is natural, how many people in the whole world can guard the gate for the Duke?
Qin Shuhuai smiled and said, "Let them in."

Only then did the soldier get out of the way.

Meng Wei, Meng Hu, Chang Wuji, Li Jingting, and Li Daliang walked in.

"Meet the Duke."

"Meet the Allies."

"Meet the Governor."

The names of the five are different.

Qin Shuhuai said with a smile, "You guys came at the right time, you guys arrived just after I leveled Sichuan."

Meng Wei said, "Don't make fun of us, my lord. We came all the way after receiving Tang Sanniang's notice. In order to avoid Jianmen Pass and Mianzhu Pass, we took the mountain road. I didn't expect to arrive in Chengdu soon. Suddenly we heard People say that the Duke of the Kingdom has already pacified Chengdu, so he hurried back and came back, so he didn't catch up until now."

Meng Hu said, "The co-author Guogong asked us to see the scenery, haha."

Everyone also laughed and let out a sigh of relief.

Sichuan was pacified so easily, which really surprised and delighted them.

However, they are already used to it, and they only said that the Duke of the State is so good at predicting things, and it is inevitable that the members of the Donglin Party, who are at the end of their strength, will lose to the Duke of the State.

Until now, they don't know how dangerous Qin Shuhuai has been these few days.

Zhiren, Wang Datong, Li Dingguo, Zhang Lizhen and others also came, and everyone exchanged pleasantries before getting to the point.

Qin Shuhuai said, "Guangzhu Wang, Meng Wei, Meng Hu, Chang Zhenren, Li Daliang, you five still need to stay in Sichuan for a while."

"What's the matter?" Meng Wei asked.

"There is a small country in the Western Regions called Ruoqiang. There is a female emperor there, and there are many masters under him. I don't know how Donglin got in touch with them. Anyway, the female emperor sent a group of experts to Sichuan, and brought a green-clothed army. Before The Tang Sect was destroyed by them, and Emei and other sects in central Shu were involved. Many of these people are still attacking sects in central Shu in various places. Now that Donglin has fallen, they probably want to withdraw. Your mission, Just let them die here, as many as they can die, if they can't die, they can only wait for us to attack Ruoqiang."

After a pause, Qin Shuhuai said to Zhang Lizhen again, "General Zhang, the soldiers in your hands will mainly suppress these Tsingyi soldiers. You must cooperate with them."

Zhang Lizhen hurriedly said, "The general obeys orders! Please rest assured, Lord Guo, the general will do his best to avenge the martial arts in Sichuan! It will not be in vain for the loyalty and bravery of the martial arts to fight for my Ming Dynasty!"

"Very good. I am waiting for your good news."

Having said that, Li Daliang asked, "Governor, this subordinate received a report from a spy from Gansu, and there is another change in the Devil's Cult."

Qin Shuhuai smiled slightly, "Could it be that the masters of the Demon Cult who were originally in Guangmingding have all gone to Lanzhou?"

Li Daliang was startled, and said, "So Duke Du already knew?"

Qin Shuhuai smiled wryly, "Understood! He ran to my bedside and told me at night, don't you know?"

Everyone was shocked.

"This..." Li Daliang wondered, "Who is so powerful that he can go straight into the governor's room?"

"Could it be the leader of the Demon Cult?" Meng Hu asked anxiously.

"That's not true." Qin Shuhuai took a sip of tea and said again, "It's the right protector Mei Yinzhi of the Demon Cult."

Chang Wuji frowned, and said, "According to Pingdao's knowledge, Mei Yinzhi's skill is comparable to that of Zhao Wuhen, he can enter the leader's room at will, and the leader can't detect it?"

At this time, Wang Datong said, "Don't guess, it was because the leader was seriously injured, so he took advantage of it. No, he also took away the Yitian sword."

The crowd was even more shocked.

"Grandpa is seriously injured?" Meng Wei asked anxiously, "No wonder you always feel that Grandpa's speech is different from usual today. How is it now? Are you better?"

Qin Shuhuai waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, it will be almost ready in a few days. In short, everyone first follow what I said, and after the Tsingyi Army in Central Shu is calmed down, you return to Shaanxi, and we will gather again."

He didn't say anything about his going to Lanzhou, neither did he tell Zhiren, only Wang Datong knew about it.

If you say it, these people will definitely stop it, and then it will be a waste of time.

On the second day, everyone said goodbye.

Together with Zhang Lizhen, Wang Datong and others went back to suppress the Tsingyi Army.

Qin Shuhuai took Li Dingguo and five thousand soldiers to escort Cao Guozhang, Cao Guoqing and Zhou Yanru out of Sichuan.

(End of this chapter)