Chapter 177 Killing without a knife
When Huo Wuyi arrived at Chuzhou Prefecture, it was already dark.
At the gate of Zhoufu City, the city gate is wide open and brightly lit.
The leader of the village leader, Li Qianhu, Song Erye and others, and the leaders who stayed in Chuzhou, except for the old monk who saw the head but didn't see the tail, were all here to welcome him.
It is not to welcome the general to return triumphantly, but to welcome the return of the heroic spirit.
Everyone changed their clothes at the same time, and no one was joking, and the atmosphere was very solemn.
The sound of horse hooves and footsteps, the army returned.
Without greetings, everyone came into the city and went back to the prefecture yamen directly.
The carriage pulling Tang Guang's coffin stopped at the front of the state yamen.
Leading by Huo Wu and Deng Jian, the leader of Ma Village, Xue Biao, Du Laoba, Feng Monk, Huo Bao and Qiu Wei, six people were behind, and eight people carried the coffin into the mourning hall.
Du Laoba and Monk Feng caught up with the large army in the afternoon.
The two of them just took Shucheng yesterday and got the news. Without delaying for a moment, they immediately set off from Shucheng and drove back to Chuzhou with light cars. They rushed to the night road again last night, and then they barely caught up with the large army that had returned from the spirits in the afternoon.
The eight people were wearing white vests in white shirts, and they looked exactly the same.
The mourning hall was built up in the daytime, and it was in the prefectural hall.
One hundred and eight monks and one hundred and eight Taoist priests all work together to make a waterway and Taoist pedestal.
Mrs. Tang is full of filial piety and is already waiting in the mourning hall.
When she saw the coffin coming in, her body became weak and she could hardly stand firm. Lady Li and Xiuxiu were taking care of each other and hurriedly supported her.
Today is the third day after Tang Guang passed away and the day when he "received three".
It is rumored that the deceased will return one night, and relatives and friends will sit in the mourning hall at night.
Headed by Huo Wu, the leaders of the Chuzhou army paid tribute in order to the spirit.
Qiu Wei held the filial son's stick and knelt in front of the coffin, and returned the favor to everyone's leaders.
After the process was completed, Qiu Wei was exhausted.
Mrs. Tang cried so hard that she was so scared Qiu Wei that she became energetic again.
For fear that my aunt would have another chance, he hurriedly asked Miss Li, and Xiuxiu helped Miss Tang down.
Huo Wu and others took a break and returned to the mourning hall to watch the night...
The master of the village told the story of Tang Guang's concubine's pregnancy on the way. Huo Wu saw only Mrs. Tang, and no female relatives came out again. He couldn't help but frown and asked in a low voice: "Is the concubine of Lao Tang in a bad situation? Can't even come out to worship?"
According to the funeral rules, pregnant women are taboo to collide, but there is no way to solve it.
After all, rules are dead, and people live.
Pregnant women, women who are afraid of taboos like this can break the evil and go to the mourning hall if they wear colorful clothes.
If Tang Guang really returns to his soul and knows that he has left his bloodline, he will be somewhat comforted.
Huo Wu's idea is the same as that of the Ma Village Master. He has to help Tang Guang preserve this little blood.
The head of the village was worried: "Old Tang's concubine had been bedridden before. Mrs. Tang didn't dare to tell her that Lao Tang's mourning letter, for fear of a mistake... The doctor checked yesterday, but he didn't care about it. He just said that it was a depression and hurt the spleen and stomach, so he didn't think about food and vomiting... I have to think about a solution. It's still half a year before the ripe melon leaves. If this continues, it will take less than half a year to go..."
Huo Wu was speechless for a long time and looked up at Monk Feng's direction.
A woman only values her husband's children and her parents' family. Tang Guang left, and the child still had granulation. The only one who can comfort Youshi is her family.
There was no way, so I could only send someone to Bozhou to pick up the You family and comfort You.
The You family is greedy and hateful, and they just don’t want to be with it. They will deal with it when the child is born.
Monk Feng sat not far.
He is a boy with a skilled ear and a clear eye.
Hearing the conversation between the two, Huo Wuwang came over again, understood what he meant, and said softly: "Let A Yin take someone to Bozhou tomorrow..."
The You family was originally a slave released by the Feng family, and was also placed by Monk Feng in Bozhou.
Huo Wu nodded and said, "Then let General Yin go... No matter what, we must help Lao Tang save this child."
Monk Feng didn't deal with Tang Guang much, but he belonged to the Chuzhou army and fought side by side. In addition, the Youshi was not someone else, but the daughter of his titty father. He took the initiative to help, and he really looked at the monk's face and Buddha's face.
The leader of the village hesitated for a moment and said, "Fifth brother, Master Tu is in Chuzhou. He also has a friendship with Lao Tang. I will send someone to Chuzhou to report the death this morning."
The Mazhaimaster not only recited the friendship between Tu San and Tang Guang, but also gave both parties a step.
The two forces are close to each other, and it is not the time to tear each other apart.
Chuzhou wanted to conquer Jiangnan, and the forces of Tusan were stable, which was also to block the north of Chuzhou army.
Huo Wu paused and nodded, "It's so close that it's time to report the death... Don't skip Lingshui County, and send someone to come tomorrow, so you can get along well..."
When he mentioned Lingshui, he couldn't help but think of the young leader of Bozhou again.
The resumption of the Qing Dynasty was called "Qilin", and now it is the "Emperor".
It is this "emperor" who is not true, and it is similar to a playmaker.
He shook his head and said, "They are afraid that the King of Hell will come late. They will be happy to be the emperor or two.
All the generals and leaders around him heard this and looked up at Huo Wu.
Is it better to have a king, prince, general and minister?
What are you doing this life-long business?
Seeing this, Master Lin couldn't help but worry.
Now the Chuzhou army separatisted the three states, with nearly 100,000 troops and horses. It seems to be incredible, but in fact its foundation is not stable.
The occupation time of various places was short, and the soldiers later had not been integrated.
Huo Wu had already looked back one by one and said, "Don't worry about asking me to learn from those two big fools... The rafters that stood out were rotten first, they were happy to daydream, we won't post... The court is still there, so I'm so anxious that I can't eat hot tofu!"
Master Lin touched his beard and suddenly felt at ease, saying, "Fifth Master wants to take Jiangnan, should he send an envoy to Bozhou and ask for a title?"
If you get the title of the little leader of Bozhou, the Chuzhou army will be able to hide behind the small court of Bozhou.
When I look back, I can get to Jinling, even if the imperial court wants to conquer, I will go to Bozhou, the "old nest".
Just like now, the imperial court has transferred people from all over the country to Hangzhou, but the main force has gone to Qichun.
The court is still there, and the traitors founded the country and established the capital. How can this be tolerated?
It was also "founding the country", the young leader of Bozhou closed his door and played by himself, and the news spread to Chuzhou at the farthest. The right guardian was famous, and several groups of people conquered the court, which attracted all the firepower of the court.
If it weren't for the mourning hall, Huo Wu would have laughed out loud.
It is still a scholar who is insidious and does not need a knife to kill people.
However, the small court in Bozhou is indeed the best choice for the Chuzhou army at present.
There are many Baishan Junqus who are in charge of rebellion in one county and one state, but most of them are unknown people.
The most disturbing forces were the three forces, the young leader of Bozhou, the Shoutian Wan in Qichun, and the Yuan Guozhen in Taizhou.
Needless to say, the little leader, the son of the leader of the Maitreya school.
Even if he is now a childish person, either a puppet of the Left Guardian or a puppet of Marshal Sun, the qualifications I have left are enough to make millions of Maitreya scholars in the world look at each other.
Shoutianwan is the right protector of the Maitreya Sect who once followed the Tong leader.
Yuan State was really a salt merchant in Zhejiang. It has been unfair for many years. He has surrendered and reversed with the court, and it has been repeated two or three times.
Now, taking advantage of the Baishan Army uprising, he started to make trouble again. When Xue Biao returned from Hangzhou, he had occupied several prefectures in southern Zhejiang.
The Chuzhou army had just destroyed Shou Tianwan's good things and could not avoid them.
It is far away from Taizhou and cannot be posted. The best name is the little leader of Bozhou.
After all, the Chuzhou Army used to be under the banner of Marshal Liu of Bozhou.
Shoutianwan acted under the banner of the Maitreya Sect in the two lakes. If the Chuzhou Army received the title of the young leader of Bozhou, it would be more legitimate than Shoutianwan's "Daqing Army".
Seeing that Huo Wu didn't say anything, Master Lin said again: "Getting for good luck sooner. When Master San takes Chuzhou, he will probably recover Bozhou first..."
Otherwise, if you attack Yangzhou directly, your strength will be very different, and the rear will be unstable, making people unable to feel at ease.
The little leader is a puppet, and in whose hands this puppet works differently.
Master Lin had dealt with the disciples and knew that although he was indecisive, he was also a hero for a while.
Master Lin never underestimates Tu San.
Instead, Master Lin never met the left guard who took the little leader to Xuzhou first and then Bozhou, but he didn't take it seriously.
Xuzhou is far away and there is no news. Everyone knows what happened before.
Only talk about Bozhou.
Even though Marshal Sun was ambitious and used means to annex the other two marshals' forces, he still gained fame and Marshal Liu, who was loved by the scholars and common people in Bozhou, had no choice.
As for Monk Feng, he was all elite soldiers and backer, and he was not able to move.
The Bozhou pattern is the most stable time from the five generals to the three-legged squad.
The Left Guardian brought the little leader to Bozhou by Marshal Sun, but broke the situation.
The left guardian cannot treat the three marshals equally. He was obviously welcomed by Marshal Sun, but he was making friends with Marshal Liu, but he was just using the idea of "connecting Liu to suppress Sun".
Marshal Sun was desperate to jump over the wall and wanted to force the neutral Monk Feng to form an alliance.
As a result, Monk Feng brought all his troops to run away, and the forces of Sun and Liu completely turned against each other.
After an internal strife in Bozhou, the imperial court suppressed the rebels and swept it, and it was already severely damaged.
With Marshal Sun's arrogance, he monopolized Bozhou. Where can there be the best way to go for the left guardian?
This is the pattern.
Just stare at the acre of three-point land in front of you, and care about temporary gains and losses, and you are destined to not go long.
Compared with the right guardian of Chaohu Navy who had planned thousands of miles away in advance for several months, this left guardian who now takes the prime minister is really not enough.
Huo Wu understood what Master Lin said.
If you want to pull the banner of the little leader, the sooner the better.
When Tu San turned around and "recovered" Bozhou, everyone would be held back.
"I dare not go too late, so I will let Li Yao and Song Er go tomorrow..."
Li Yao is Li Qianhu, who is sleek and agile.
As for Mr. Song, the second master also went there, because the Song family had an old age with Marshal Sun, so he was wary of Marshal Sun going crazy.
The reason why Marshal Sun was the strongest was because he was the former minor official of Bozhou, holding thousands of Bozhou soldiers in his hand.
Bozhou and Chuzhou are close to each other, and officials and gentry are inevitably involved in dealing with each other.
Huo Bao sat down at the bottom, listening to everyone's words, feeling a little regretful.
If you choose Jinling as your foundation, you must give up the battle against Yangzhou.
The two places operated across the Yangtze River, and the Chuzhou army temporarily exceeded its reach.
By the time of taking over Jinling, in order to stabilize, the Chuzhou Army will focus on exploring the surrounding areas and managing Jiangnan.
It was when the imperial court fell apart that the Chuzhou army took the initiative to go north.
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Chuzhou, Hongze County, city gate.
Tu San was surprised to see the person who was coming in front of him.
What came was not someone else, but Lu Bartou, the little brother before the Ma Village Master, and Lu Qianhu, now.
He is an old man from Mangtouzhai. He was familiar with Tu San and was sent to deliver a letter.
There are 140 miles from Chuzhou to Hongze County, and there are 30 miles of mountain roads in the middle.
Lu Qianhu and his party set off early in the morning and rushed to Hongze County until midnight.
I didn't dare to pass the time and locked the city gate overnight.
The soldiers guarding the gate did not dare to open the door and go in, but after hearing the people coming from Chuzhou, they did not dare to ignore them, so they asked someone to report to the three places of the apprentice.
Tu San came here in person.
He knew Lu Qianhu and knew the weight of Lu Qianhu, which was so unexpected.
Could it be that Chuzhou has changed?
Tu San's heart suddenly became stricken.
Is it the Lingshui side...
The current momentum of the Chuzhou Army is that even if the main force is launched, it is not something that Marshal Liu’s thousands of troops can provoke.
If Marshal Liu was really encouraged to act rashly, even if he had his own face, the Chuzhou army would not allow him to occupy Lingshui County.
"Third Master, Mr. Tang is gone... Master Six sent the young man to report the death!"
Lu Qianhu said panting.
Tu San was shocked: "Okay, why did you leave? But... a mistake occurred in the Dahezhou?"
Speaking of the three camp leaders who were born in Hei Python Mountain, Tu San was closer to Tang Guang.
Tang Guang was recruited by him.
Even if Tang Guang did not choose to follow him in the Chuzhou Incident, Tu San never held a grudge.
I never expected that the last time I parted, I was farewell forever.
Jiang Ping handed Lu Qianhu water bags by his side, and he paused when he heard this.
Tang Guang is dead?
Did Huo Wu take advantage of the war to eliminate dissidents?
The purpose is the thousands of men under Tang Guang’s command?
Lu Qianhu had already become thirsty, and then he drank two water bags and said, "It's not something happened in Hezhou, but in Luzhou... The day before yesterday, our Chuzhou army fought against Luzhou soldiers by the Yuxi River and won a great victory. After that, Mr. Tang did not pay attention to untiing the armor and breathable. After getting the 'armor-removing wind', it was gone the next day... Tonight, Mr. Wu should have been back with his spirits... After booking the funeral of the 'first seven', the sixth master thought about the relationship between the third master and Mr. Tang, so he sent his younger brother to report the death..."
Tu San and Jiang Ping were both stunned.
It has only been more than three months since the beginning of June, and of course they have not forgotten the "Huainan Guide" that everyone discussed when they were in Chuzhou.
First, hebei, then Luzhou, and then Chaohu Navy attacked Yangzhou.
Tu San smiled bitterly.
The time when the main force of the Chuzhou Army was launched was not much different from the time when he entered Chuzhou.
I only got half of my Chuzhou, and my brother-in-law had already gotten the two states.
My brother-in-law's ability is like the leader of the Ma village, and he is indifferent and uncompetitive, so he gave the Black Python Mountain power and Qu Yang soldiers to himself at the beginning.
What did you do?
Jiang Ping felt cold in his heart.
There is not much time left for the Bozhou army.
Huo Wu, it’s time to attack Yangzhou next.
Chapter completed!