Seeing the British fleet swaggering past the river, it seemed that he didn't even look at Jiangyin County, Chen Huacheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it seems that the British army has no plan to attack Jiangyin at all, for him, this is undoubtedly a good thing that cannot be better. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, by the next day he found that he had been happy early, and that the British army, including the forward fleet, had six columns, and five had passed in two days, and the last column had not even seen a shadow, and he vaguely realized that the column that had fallen at the end was most likely deliberate, which was a bit troublesome.

When Chen Huacheng was in trouble in Jiangyin, Yang Fang of Zhenjiang was also anxious, anxiously looking forward to the arrival of the minister Yishan.

In a large mansion near the school field outside the west gate of Fucheng, the counselor minister, the first-class Guo Yong, the governor of Hunan, Yang Fang, paced back and forth in the lobby, there were a lot of reinforcements from Zhenjiang, but he encountered a strange thing, stationed in Zhenjiang, the deputy capital of the Jingkou battalion (Zheng Erpin)) Hailing, this person is a Manchurian white flag man, Guo Luoluo, the supreme commander of more than 1,000 soldiers of the Jingkou battalion.

Although Hai Ling was trying his best to fight the main battle, he was extremely arrogant and domineering, insisting on adopting a strategy of closing the city and holding on, and only allowed the soldiers of the Eight Banners to enter the city, and did not allow any soldiers of the Green Battalion who came to Zhenjiang to enter the city, and did not sell Yang Fang's face at all.

Lin Zexu and Yishan both realized that the British army would attack Zhenjiang, and the soldiers and horses who were transferred to reinforce Zhenjiang were as many as 15,000 people, and in addition to the 2,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners in Jingzhou, Kaifeng, and Qingzhou, there were still 13,000 green battalions, which were not allowed to enter the city, and could only be stationed around Zhenjiang.

Yang Fang was also very angry about Hailing's toughness, but he was helpless, so he could only report to Lin Zexu and Yishan quickly, Lin Zexu replied that he had come to Zhenjiang with Monk Greenqin to preside over military affairs, but the British forward fleet had passed through Jiangyin, but he had not seen Monk Greenqin arrive for a long time, and he couldn't help but be anxious.

What made him even more uneasy was that after Lin Zexu's "Notice to the People of Yanjiangfu County, Jiangsu Province to Practice Self-Defense", "Notice on Rewarding the Head of Yingyi" and "Notice on Severely Punishing Traitors" were transmitted to Zhenjiang, Hailing used the name of searching for traitors to wantonly arrest and kill in the city, and the entire Zhenjiang City was already in chaos and panic.

"Lord Hou." A guard bowed down at the door and said, "Jiang Changfu, the shopkeeper of Yuanqi Zhenjiang Branch, is asking to see him outside." ”

"Nope!" Yang Fang was bored, how could he have the heart to see people, so he subconsciously refused, but when the guards turned to leave, he reacted immediately, "Wait, bring him in." ”

Jiang Changfu was only in his early forties, fat and fat, but he walked fast and urgently, and the steps he went up were still seven or eight steps away, so he knelt down at Yang Fang, crying and mourning: "Smiled and begged Hou Ye to save Yuan Qi's shopkeeper." As he spoke, he kowtowed repeatedly, and his forehead turned black and blue after a few clicks.

Seeing this situation, Yang Fangdeng realized that it was not good, and hurriedly said: "Don't just kowtow, say quickly, what's going on?" ”

"The soldiers in the city ransacked the two silver numbers of Yuanqi Bank in the city, and also arrested eight shopkeepers, not to say that they were traitors, they have been escorted to the small school field at this time, ready to be beheaded!"

Hearing this, Yang Fang's back was frightened by cold sweat, and he hurriedly shouted to the outside: "Prepare the horse!" As he spoke, he strode out of the door, and said as he walked: "Order the pro-barracks, and go with Benhou to save people, quickly!" He really didn't dare not be in a hurry, if Yuan Qi's shopkeeper was killed by Hailing, he didn't know what Yi Zhi's reaction would be, but he dared to guarantee that Yi Zhizu would definitely not swallow his anger.

The branch of Yuanqi Bank is now all over Liangjiang, and this kind of thing is a big taboo! It is definitely an endless situation, Hai Ling, who is damn by God, even dares to rob the Yuanqi branch, this is simply self-defeating! The question is, if you want to die, don't bother them!

A team of cavalry rushed to the west gate like a whirlwind, and the soldiers guarding the city gate saw this situation and hurriedly dragged the horse rejection stake across the city gate, Yang Fang, who was in the lead, hurriedly pulled the reins, and as soon as the horse stopped, he waved his horsewhip and shouted angrily: "Seize the door!" ”

Seeing Yang Fang, he was angry, and Qianhu Shulu, who was on duty at the city gate, hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "Master Hou - this is ......" ”

Yang Fang didn't say a word, whipped a horsewhip, and scolded: "What doesn't open your eyes, Ben Hou's driving dares to block it?" Quickly dodge, mistakenly Ben Hou saved people, Ben Hou took you to your life. ”

Shu Lu, who was whipped, not only did not dare to get angry, but waved his hand and shouted at the soldiers under him: "Get out of the way!" He could see Yang Fang's anger, he really dared not to know what was good or bad, he was afraid that he would suffer a loss in front of him, Hailing dared not to sell Yang Fang's face, but he was a small thousand households but he didn't have the courage.

Yang Fang was anxious, and didn't say much, he urged the horse to enter the city quickly with a whip of his backhand, the small school field was not far from the west gate, the horse galloped, and rushed to the side of the small school field in a blink of an eye, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a team of soldiers escorting a team of bound people to the school parade platform, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, urged the horse to rush straight over, and ordered: "Protect it!" ”

Seeing this formation, Xiao Shunwu, the deputy general of the Jingkou battalion, hurriedly strode up and said, "The last general has seen Hou Ye, I don't know ..... Hou Ye?" ”

"Hailing, what about the bastard?" Yang Fang's anger that she had been holding back these days burst out in an instant, "Let him come to see Ben Hou immediately." ”

Filial piety Wu Yileng, immediately realized that something was wrong, he took people to copy the Yuanqi branch, it was obvious that this was a leak of news, he hurriedly said: "Hou Ye, Haidu has inspected the city defense." ”

Yang Fang squinted at him and said coldly, "Okay, these people have been taken away." ”

As soon as he heard this, Xiaoshun Wu was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Back to the Hou Ye, these people are all spies ..... just arrested." ”

"Traitor?" Yang Fang said in a deep voice: "Is there any evidence?" ”

In the past few days, there has been a large-scale search for traitors in the city, how can there be any evidence, foreign accents, especially those with Guangdong and Fujian accents, see one and catch one, and have killed several batches before and after, hesitated, and said with filial piety and martial arts: "Hou Ye said that he was laughing, Yingyi has already hit the door, where is there still kung fu to collect evidence at this moment, I would rather kill by mistake than let go of a spy, it is a matter of the lives of the people in the city...... Besides, we are also following the edict of Lord Qincha to severely punish traitors. ”

"Presumptuous!" Yang Fang shouted angrily: "Lord Qincha ordered the traitors to be severely punished, but he didn't let you kill innocents indiscriminately!" As he spoke, he turned around and looked at it, and ordered, "Take these people away, and Ben Hou will interrogate them himself." ”

"Master Hou, this is a little inappropriate." Filial piety and martial arts: "These traitors may have been painstakingly searched and arrested by the officers and soldiers of our banner battalion. As he spoke, he gestured with his hands behind him, and a large group of soldiers immediately surrounded him.

"What's the matter, you still want to rebel?" Yang Fang said contemptuously: "Take it away, Ben Hou will see who dares to stop it!" ”

Seeing that Yang Fang was so tough, Xiaoshunwu really didn't dare to make a mistake, after all, Yang Fang's identity was there, the counselor minister, the first-class Guoyong Marquis, the governor of Hunan, and that identity was not comparable to his deputy general, but he didn't dare to let Yang Fang take people away like this, so he was heartbroken and said: "Kill those traitors!" ”

"Who dare!" Yang Fang whipped it with a whip, Xiaoshun Wu was caught off guard, and was whipped all over the face, Yang Fang flicked the horse's head, turned around and drew his sword, swept the flag soldiers, and shouted: "Whoever dares to do it, Ben Hou personally beheaded him!" ”

The deputy general Xiao Shunwu was all smoked with blood on his face, and all the flag soldiers were scared stupid, where did they dare to act rashly, they really wanted to be killed by Yang Fang, but they couldn't find a place to avenge their grievances, Xiao Shunwu was also whipped by a horsewhip, came back to his senses, looked at the sword in Yang Fang's hand, and immediately howled, "Assemble!" ”

Seeing his fierce and inward-looking gathering soldiers, Yang Fang showed a sneer, and simply rode on the horse and did not move, he wanted to see how presumptuous this group of bastards dared to be today?

Without waiting for Xiao Shunwu to gather the soldiers, a muffled thunder like the sound of horses' hooves faintly came, the shaking ground trembled, listening to the sound from the south gate, Yang Fang's expression was a little solemn, needless to say, it was Hai Ling's bastard who came, Xiao Shunwu was also happy in his heart, and glanced at Yang Fang with a hideous face.

But in a moment, a team of cavalry rushed to the school field, and saw a big monk on the flag, Yang Fang couldn't help but smile, it was actually Monk Greenqin who came, as soon as the cavalry entered the school field, there were guards shouting, "Counselor, the king of Zasak County, the white flag of Manzhou, the king of Monk County, the deputy commander of the Jingkou battalion came to see quickly." ”

Filial piety Wu couldn't help but be stunned, Monk Greenqin is no better than Yang Fang, this is the king of the county, and he is also the capital of Manchukuo with a white flag, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered people to hurry up and call Hailing.

As soon as Monk Greenqin entered the school field, he saw Yang Fang holding a sword, and saw the tension between the two sides, it is estimated that the conflict is not small, seeing that Yang Fang did not come up to salute, he urged the mount to meet him slowly, he led more than 10,000 people from Zhejiang to go back to Jiangning directly, and received Lin Zexu's order halfway, so he hurried to Zhenjiang.

Seeing the monk Greenqin coming, Yang Fang put the sword into the sheath and arched his hand: "The old man has seen the prince." ”

Xiao Shunwu also hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The deputy general of the Jingkou battalion, Xiao Shunwu, paid a visit to the monk and the prince." ”

Adjutant general? Monk Lingqin frowned, looked at Yang Fang, pointed at the bound people with a horsewhip, and said, "Who are these?" The value of the Marquis of Guo Yong came forward to maintain? ”

"Go back to the prince." Xiaoshun Wu preemptively said: "These are all traitors in the city. ”

"Smack." Monk Lingqin whipped him over and scolded: "There are no rules, did this king ask you?" ”

The whip knot was firmly drawn on his back, and Xiaoshun Wu trembled, not daring to say anything more, Yang Fang arched his hand and said: "Back to the prince, there are eight shopkeepers from the Yuanqi Zhenjiang branch in this group of people. ”

Monk Greenqin raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "But is it true? ”

Filial piety Wu was excited, and hurriedly said: "Back to the prince, the Yuanqi branch harbors traitor ........" ”

Yang Fang glanced at him and said coldly: "Is it harboring traitors or harboring silver?" ”

Seeing this situation, in the queue that was tied, several shopkeepers of the Yuanqi branch hurriedly nodded and struggled, but unfortunately their mouths were stuffed with hemp walnuts, and they couldn't say a word, Yang Fang pointed to those people and said, "Bring it over, loosen it." ”

As soon as the tie was loosened, Hu Liansheng, the second shopkeeper, hurriedly took out the hemp walnuts in his mouth, knelt down on the spot and kowtowed: "Hu Liansheng, the second shopkeeper of the small Yuanqi Zhenjiang Branch, knock to see the monk Wang Ye and Yang Hou Ye." ”

Monk Lingqin said softly: "This king is the master for you, don't be afraid, tell me the situation in detail." ”

"Go back to the prince." Hu Liansheng, who had just come back from the Ghost Gate Pass, said in a calm tone: "From the twelfth day, Lord Tonghai, the deputy capital of Jingkou, ordered the city gate to be closed and strictly prevented the people in the city from migrating out of the city...... On the 18th, the city was searched for traitors, and the bad name was closed, and this morning, the officers and soldiers of the brigade broke into the door, saying that we harbored the traitors ......... ”

Before he finished speaking, a few horses galloped over, and the current person was a long man, dressed in a second-grade military attache robe, and was still more than a dozen steps away, he dismounted, stepped forward quickly, and knelt down in front of the monk Lingqin horse and said: "Slave Hailing, knock to see the prince." ”

"You're Hailing?" Monk Greenqin glanced at him, shook his head slightly, and said, "Take it." A few Goshha quickly rushed forward, and without saying anything, they controlled Hai Ling, and Hai Ling did not struggle, looked at Seng Lingqin and said, "Lord Wang-." ”

Monk Greenqin pointed at filial piety, looked at Hu Liansheng and said, "The one who led the team to the Yuanqi branch to arrest you, but this person?" ”

"Go back to the prince." Hu Liansheng said in a deep voice: "Exactly." ”

Monk Lingqin didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "Where is the silver?" ”

Xiao Shunwu glanced at Hai Ling in horror and said, "It's sent to the Metropolitan Administration." ”

"Someone." Monk Lingqin said in a deep voice: "The capital office was immediately sealed. ”

As soon as he heard this, Hai Ling's face turned pale, and he kowtowed again and again: "Lord Wang, the slave is also blinded by lard for a while, thinking that the war is imminent, raise some silver to boost morale!" ”

At this time, he even repented of his intestines, closed the city gate, strictly forbade the rich in the city to escape, let out the rumors, Yuanqi branches are all over the two rivers, reputation is supreme, inducing and forcing the rich in the city to deposit all the silver into the Yuanqi branch, and then copied the Yuanqi branch for the crime of harboring traitors.

He never dreamed that Jiang Changfu, the big shopkeeper of Yuanqi Branch, would actually slip through the net, let alone that Jiang Changfu would actually move Yang Fang, in fact, even if Yang Fang came, he was not afraid, could Yang Fang still snatch people from the city? Once the mouth is extinguished, there is no proof of death! Shouldn't you be, shouldn't you send people to the school yard to kill, what should you plug? Killed at the Yuanqi branch, wouldn't it be a hundred?

Monk Greenqin glanced at him and said coldly: "For the battle of Jiangning, Yuan Qi donated three million taels of silver to pay for military expenses, and all the five thousand elites of Yuan Qi's regiment were also driven to Jiangsu, you actually ransacked Yuan Qi's branch in Zhenjiang, this king is saying that you are ignorant?" Or are you a dog? ”

Yang Fang said slowly: "The Yuanqi regiment has trained a regiment, and 1,500 people are now stationed in Changzhou Mansion. ”

Hearing these words, Hai Ling's face was as if he was dead, the conscience of heaven and earth, he really didn't know these things, he would have known these inside stories earlier, and with a thousand guts, he didn't dare to hit Yuan Qi with his idea.

Xiao Shunwu was also stunned when he heard it, and when he came back to his senses, he shook his hand and gave himself a loud slap, what kind of bad idea is this? Who is not good to rob? just provoked Yuan Qi's head, I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to end! (To be continued.) )