Chapter 480 God is not good

In the yard outside the lobby of Pingyuefu Government Office, there is still a lot of wind and rain.The wind carried the light rain to the eaves, and the eaves and thresholds of some office buildings were wet.

There were many officials and several military generals in the lobby. They sat or stood, whispering from time to time, as if waiting for something.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, but everyone is obviously not waiting for the festival celebration, and the atmosphere is wrong.

What's more, Wu Gao's official army crossed the river and left Pingyue Mansion three days ago in the middle of the night on the twelfth day; when the troops in Pingle City were very empty, the Han King's rebel army (Chen Zhen's troops) were at the city.

The envoy of the rebels outside the city was in the signing room behind the lobby.No one in the government office asked to send the envoys to the official army camp, waiting for the result of the prefect and the envoys to discuss it.

Chen Yongsheng is not very old, about thirties.He was the chief of the government at a young age, entirely because of the opportunity for Emperor Taizong to personally issue an order to promote him.

The rebel envoy stood in front of the table. He was a young scholar. He bowed and said: Lord Chen, don’t hesitate anymore!As you sent an envoy to the King of Han, Wu Gao once promised that he would protect the safety of Pingyue Mansion. Did he promise?Wu Gao's army is now being pursued by the Han Wang army and fled north in the rain overnight...

When Chen Yongsheng heard this, his eyes faintly showed anger.Obviously, no one will feel good if he is blatantly deceived.

However, Chen Yongsheng did not reveal his anger clearly. He said quietly: Emperor Taizong has the kindness of knowing and meeting the humble minister, but I dare not forget it.

Before he could finish his words, the envoy immediately said: The King of Han is also the legitimate son of the late emperor. It was because the late emperor was killed by evil people that the King of Han raised an army to question him!You can't let the late emperor Ah down.

This is a statement that has no real evidence or conclusive facts. As the officials, we obey the orders of the Guangxi Provincial Administration Commissioner, and the governor obeys the court, with orderly superiority and inferiority, and the duty of the ministers. Chen Yongsheng frowned.

The envoy shook his head and said: If the Han King's army rushed into the city, Lord Chen's reply would be like this, I'm afraid that both sides would not be able to fall behind... Lord Chen, please continue to suffer the chaos!

Chen Yongsheng said: You go back first.This official will discuss with colleagues from Pingyuefu.

The envoy advised: Master Chen, you can't be confused...

Chen Yongsheng raised his hand to stop the envoy and said: Please wait for news at the south gate.Be sure to bring this message.

After seeing off the envoy, Chen Yongsheng walked to the lobby.All the civil and military officials surrounded him and couldn't wait to ask: What's the intention of the Lord of the Tang?

Chen Yongsheng said: This official is an official of the Ming Dynasty and only obeys the orders of the imperial court and the Guangxi Provincial Administration Commission. How can he be coerced by the rebels?

Everyone looked heavy after hearing this, and the lobby was very quiet.

Chen Yongsheng looked back and continued: This official will receive the salary of the court and will never surrender!Unless he was tied up and taken to ask for merit... He paused, but the people of Pingle City were innocent, and I had to persuade the rebel envoys with kind words, just wanting to ask them not to hurt me, Pingle people after breaking through the city!

In less than an hour, Chen Zhen had deployed more than 10,000 main forces in Nancheng.At this time, the city gate slowly opened in the dark rain!

I saw an official wearing a bright red robe tied up and walked into the rain under the escort of everyone.He didn't wear a hat, his body was wet with rain, and his neck was held with two knives!

He was a square-faced official in his thirties. Although he was tied up, he held his head up and shouted loudly with integrity: If you want to kill me, please do not hurt the people in my city!

...The west bank of the Li River, the official road was drifting, and the army of officials was slowly squirming like a long dragon.People are trekking around and trekking hard on the slippery and muddy road.

Coughs can be heard everywhere, and many people look listless and painful.Long spears and other long weapons turned into crutches, and some people supported each other and walked slowly.

There are still many people on the roadside, some sitting straight in the mud and never getting up no matter how many people urge them.

Of course, the teams of each unit would not stop casually and wait for the soldiers who stopped without authorization.

Those people had to fall behind and even waited for all the soldiers to leave, and they were still far behind.

Most of the soldiers who fell behind were sergeants who were infected with wind and cold.

Suddenly too many people in the army got sick, and some people were circulating about the plague.

Marquis of Jiangyin Wu Gao asked someone to find out a few soldiers who bewitched the morale of the army and beheaded in public, and ordered those who spread rumors and ulterior motives to be punished as a death sentence!

This will curb the rumors a little.

However, many people still quietly suspect that it is a plague in their hearts.So last night, many people actually ran away in the rain!

Wu Gao, the Marquis of Jiangyin on the roadside, was riding a horse, and the accumulated water kept flowing down from the wide-brimmed iron hat on his head.His expression was very solemn. He looked at the team on the official road and hadn't said a word for a long time.

At this moment, a horseman ran over from the field next to the road, and the mud and water were splashed on all sides by horse hooves.

The knight ran to Wu Gao's heels, turned over and dismounted, walked up quickly to hold his fists and saluted, but said nothing.

Wu Gao understood and bent down and followed him, and heard the knight whisper: Chen Yongsheng, the governor of Pingyue Prefecture, was tied up by the civil and military officials in the city!The group of people who were bullying from the top offered the city to the rebels.The generals and waiters originally wanted to go to the city to urge military rations and medicinal materials, but when they learned about this situation, they failed to make a move.

Wu Gao's pupils contracted, but there was no expression on his face. He was stunned for a while before he said coldly: I understand.

The knight bowed his fists and returned to the horse.

After a while, another general came and asked: Zhengli, it was less than noon, and at least one or two thousand people were left behind!How to deal with them?

What else can be done about it?Wu Gao knew in his heart that he could only ignore it. It would be useless for those who were sick to whip and urge them; it was difficult for the army to march in the mud, so he could not carry them away?

Now that Pingyuefu has fallen, those sick soldiers will definitely become prisoners, and even become enemies in the near future!

Wu Gao was silent for a while, and finally couldn't bear it and said: Some nearby villages sent people to gather people on the road into the village and get sick first.He told them to recover from their illness and walk north and return to the army.

The general clasped his fists and said: The last general got the order!

Wu Gao raised his head and looked at the countless raindrops hitting him towards him, and he immediately wanted to curse God!

Wu Gao, who has fought many battles, understands that it is so difficult to win a battle when facing a powerful enemy.Not only can you not make mistakes, but luck is also very important...

By noon, all the troops in the army would rest on the spot, and everyone drank some cold boiled water in the water bag and had some dry food.

The generals came to the central army and surrounded Wu Gao.Wu Gao's sn in law Geng Hao finally couldn't help but persuade him first: Marshal, we might as well wait until the rain stops before leaving!

For a time, many people agreed.When the generals saw their troops struggling in the mud, most of them didn't want to continue marching in the rain.

However, some generals raised objections: When will the rain stop?This morning we thought the weather was going to clear, but it started to rain again after a while.Besides, when the scouts found it, the rebels were also marching in the rain; if we stop, Yangshuo County will be occupied by the rebels.

Let the rebels take over the broken county town... Let's take a break for two days, so that we can wait for Pinglefucheng to transport the medicinal materials to calm the morale of the army...

At this moment, Wu Gao finally spoke: Pingle City has surrendered to the rebels outside the city.

After hearing this, the generals were in an uproar and someone asked: Where did the rebels in Pingle City come from?

Another person next to him immediately said in a conclusive tone: The rebel vanguard we defeated in Luorong County.Although the official army won a great victory at that time, they failed to destroy them; at this time, those people recovered and followed Pingyuefu.

A general immediately cursed and fisted: These defeated generals and defeated soldiers would have known that they would be killed before leaving!

The government army marched in prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty and did not need to carry too much food and grass.

At this time, the food in Wu Gao's army was not sufficient, but it could be maintained for a while.

Originally, military rations could be supported until the army reached Guilin Prefecture; but suddenly the rain continued and the marching speed was greatly reduced. If you drag it on like this, it might not be able to maintain Guilin Prefecture.

So Wu Gao still wanted to occupy Yangshuo County first.Although the county town is small, the warehouse always has some food, and there is also a charity warehouse.

Yicang is the grain accumulated by the people of each township and village, and is managed by the famous gentry. In case of natural disasters, they will take out the grain in the warehouse and share it with everyone.

(So ​​when encountering natural disasters by chance, the court does not need disaster relief. Unless the harvest is bad for many years, it will cause local famine.)

The official army took the grain from the Yi Cang and wrote to the court to exempt the local land tax for two years, so that the villagers could deposit the land tax into the Yi Cang.

However, Yangshuo County is not the most critical place, the most critical city is: Guilin.

The reason why Wu Gao dared not stay was because the rebels were also marching in the rain.

With the powerful military use of the Han King, Wu Gao believed that the Han King could judge the goal of the official army; if the Han King's army arrived at Guilin Prefecture first, then Wu Gao's army would be desperate!

Wu Gao was silent for a long time, then suddenly spoke and said firmly: All generals know that there will always be difficult situations in war.We must walk to Yangshuo County in the rain!Send someone to order the magistrate to make every effort to prepare medicinal materials for treating typhoid fever.

He looked at a personal general not far away, and the general immediately clasped his fists and said: The last general is in power!

Only a few dozen miles away!Wu Gao's tone slowed down slightly. We arrived in Yangshuo County first and tried to intercept the rebels and fight to the decisive battle!As long as we find an opportunity to defeat this pursuer, we can march north calmly.

The general said: It is raining, and even firearms, bows and crossbows cannot be used...

Wu Gao said coldly: What's the matter?The rebels can't use it!There were also many soldiers who were sick in the rebels on the road to the east.