I Xiaoxiong

Perfect siege equipment, the anger of being passively beaten for several months, and the influence of Jiedu Envoy Fu Dashuai on morale before the battle.

On the second day of the siege, I was happy to recover.

Fang Hu led hundreds of people to retreat from the south gate of the city into the camp outside the city, and joined Xue Jucheng.

Then the officers and soldiers took advantage of the momentum to pursue and continued to attack the Honglian Camp.

After filling the trenches and pulling out the fences, the heavily armed infantry were dispatched directly to advance, and the Red Lotus Army was suppressed by Mount Tai to retreat steadily, and finally the army was defeated like a mountain.

At this point, it is time for the cavalry to attack, expand the battlefield advantage, and reap the results of the battle.

Fang Hu was surrounded and died of exhaustion.

Xue Jucheng was captured alive and brought before Fu Jinchuan.

Lezhicheng County Yamen Hall, the generals of the Red Lotus Army were still discussing affairs here a few days ago, but now they are back in the hands of the imperial court, and it has become a place for officials and soldiers to discuss affairs.

Jiedu envoy Fu Jinchuan sat on the main seat, and Yamen, Chinese and military officials lined up on both sides, and the Yamen flag was hung outside, which seemed to have turned this place into a temporary handsome hall.

Xue Julin's armor had been removed and he was tied up with a rope. At this moment, he was like a defeated beast. Although he was already a prisoner, he still looked at the people in the hall full of contempt and rebelliousness. .

Walking into the hall, the two soldiers behind him directly pressed his shoulders, kicked his legs, and took a lot of effort to push him down to his knees.

But he still straightened his neck and looked straight at the people sitting in the hall.

This person is imposing, with a stern face, eyebrows like broken swords, and eagle-like eyes that seem to be able to see through people's hearts.

No need to think about it, Xue Jucheng also knew that the person in front of him must be Jiannan Jiedu envoy Wu'anhou Fu Jinchuan.

In the past, although they had seen the confrontation on the battlefield from a distance, the two had never met at close range. Therefore, this was the first time that Xue Jucheng met the famous Marquis of Wu'an who was famous all over the world.

Xue Jucheng stared straight at Fu Jinchuan with his neck straight, and the soldiers behind him rushed to press his head, trying to make him lower his head, but he kept his neck straight and looked at Fu Jinchuan, his eyes full of anger .

Fu Jinchuan looked at him with great interest, and then waved his hand to signal that the two soldiers should not be forced.

"You are Xue Jucheng?"

"Yes, it's me."

No one pressed him forcibly, Xue Jucheng struggled to stand up, still looking directly at Fu Jinchuan.

There was no sign of begging for mercy.

Because he knew that as a rebel, if he fell into the hands of the court, he would die sooner or later, and there would be no way out.

So now he is not afraid.

"It's a man."

"Humph."

"Xue Jucheng, the Xue family of Hedong, the younger brother of Xue Julin, has been in the army for 20 years, and fought 56 ​​times, large and small. There are more than a hundred thieves' heads in the army tent. He used to be the envoy of Baicheng and the army of Qingyuan. Later, he was tired by his brother. , was dismissed. Then he went to Jiangnan with his brother, served under the command of King Wu, and rebelled with him."

In just a few sentences, Fu Jinchuan told Xue Jucheng's resume.

"What does it mean to be burdened by his brother? What did my brother do wrong? That bastard Xu Xingzong refused to listen to persuasion and insisted on attacking. If it wasn't for my brother and my nephew Changqing, he would have died in Chengfengling. After this son of a bitch returned to Xiazhou, he directly reported to the court that my brother did not obey orders, resulting in a big defeat. The emperor and prime ministers of the court did not distinguish between right and wrong, and you group of honorable generals, officials and officials protected each other, my brother was sent to prison In the end, it was Zhang Yushi who said bluntly that my brothers and I fought bloody battles for the Jin Dynasty, and this was the result? Shouldn’t such a court be rebellious?”

Xue Jucheng roared directly in the courtroom.

Fu Jinchuan, who was sitting upright behind the big case, did not get angry after hearing Xue Jucheng's words, but calmly took a sip of tea from his teacup, and then asked casually, "Have you finished?"

After Xue Jucheng saw Fu Jinchuan's behavior, it was as if he had punched cotton with his fist, and his heart burst into anger.

But powerless.

Right now, the young man sitting in the hall could kill him by raising his hand.

Roaring, roaring, these are just dying.

It didn't make any sense, so he also began to calm down, stopped talking, and looked at the superior in front of him coldly.

"Your brothers from the Xue family can be regarded as brave generals in the frontier army. You, your elder brother Xue Julin, including Xue Juye who was escorted to Beijing, Xue Changqing, and Xue Changfeng, are all generals. You have also made a lot of contributions in the army. But Let me ask you, what crime did your brother go to jail for?"

Xue Jucheng was stunned by Fu Jinchuan's question.

What crime?
Xue Jucheng has forgotten what was written on the document at that time, but it seems to say "cultivating private individuals" and "growth of ink and military funds"?
Can.
"I'm afraid you have forgotten it? You Xue brothers have been in Longyou for more than ten years. What have you done? Your elder brother is the deputy envoy of the Jiedu envoy, and the boss is empty. How many envoys are there in the Longyou army?" Is it the former department of your Xue family's in-laws? How many people in the Qingyuan army have the surname Xue? How did Xu Xingzong's former Jiedu envoy Kang Ningbo resign? Have you forgotten all this?"

After hearing this, Xue Jucheng said angrily: "Who in the army didn't promote their in-laws? Didn't the family of your honorable generals promote their own people? The grooms of Dingguo's government can be military envoys, and your British government has students and old officials all over the army. In the middle, why can't our Xue family brothers promote a few old troops in the army? What kind of nonsense is this, only the state officials are allowed to set fires and the people are not allowed to light lamps? Or are you noble generals superior to others?"

Facing Xue Jucheng's questioning, Fu Jinchuan did not get angry, and remained very calm. He even waved his hand to tell several staff members who wanted to scold Xue Jucheng to stop talking.

"It's common to promote in-laws and old relatives in the army, but which Jiedushi have you ever seen arrange his brothers, nephews, and in-laws and old relatives in one army and one place? At that time, Uncle Kang Ning was old, and your brothers cheated and concealed it." Less things? If you can bully others, Xu Xingzong will naturally be able to bully you too!"

"Furthermore, there is no Fu family army under my British government!"

These words left Xue Jucheng speechless.

Because he knew some things, and he also vaguely understood why the imperial court still did not let Xue Julin serve as Longyou Jiedushi again after knowing the inside story of Xue Julin and Xu Xingzong, but let him continue to be idle, and Most of the old part of the Xue family was cleaned up.

Because there really was a "Xue Family Army" in Longyou back then.

It was the Qingyuan army started by Xue Julin, and after Xue Julin, his younger brothers Xue Juye and Xue Jucheng successively served as military envoys.

Among them are many Xue family children and old relatives.

Do the brothers of the Xue family know that this is a taboo thing?
know.

But in the military, who doesn't do these things?It's just that some of them are more secretive, while others are blatant.

And the Xue family was also very powerful in Longyou at that time, and someone in the court even talked to the Xue family, wanting Xue Julin to be transferred to the interior as the governor of festivals.

But Xue Julin was reluctant to part with Longyou, which had been in business for more than [-] years, and wanted to be the Jiedushi of Longyou.

In the end, the one who waited was a prince who had come down from the capital.

Xu Xingzong.

Xue Jucheng finally figured it out.

It's not that he hadn't thought about these before, but he had never been so clear.

Today, Fu Jinchuan's sentence "Under the command of the British government, there has never been a Fu family army" suddenly seemed like enlightenment.

In the final analysis, no matter whether it is the emperor, civil servants, or nobles, they can't tolerate the Yanwang Mansion in Liaodong.

And the Xue family was in Longyou at that time, although it was not as powerful as Yan Wangfu's in Liaodong.

But not to be underestimated.

As for the military generals in Shangjing, although they are all extremely noble, there has never been a prince who can serve in one place for ten years, five or six years at most.

Even among the Custodians there were frequent transfers.

Therefore, even if the disciples and old officials are all over the world, it is not just one or two families who have the same disciples and old officials all over the world.

Under one Dudu's mansion, three military envoys may stand behind three Duke's mansions, and the Duyuhou below each have their own connections.

Dudu Tongzhi may be the old department of a certain Marquis.

Mixed with each other, mixed together, the emperor will be at ease.

The Xue family brothers are all general talents, and they have been rooted in Longyou for more than [-] years, which can be said to be deeply rooted.

If this big tree is allowed to grow wantonly, who can say that it cannot cover the sky and block out the sun?
The sun in the sky naturally wants to shine on the earth.

So this tree, it has to fall.