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After Liang Huafeng planted his flag, he put Jiang Guozhu's family under house arrest and sent his guards to guard the battalion. Jiang Guozhu's family felt that a catastrophe was coming, and they cried and cried all day long, scolding Liang Huafeng for their wolf hearts and lungs, and at the same time hoping that Jiang Guozhu could call.

Today, Liang Huafeng suddenly personally brought a team of people to the place where Jiang Guozhu's entire clan was imprisoned, and saw a large number of armor soldiers surrounding Liang Huafeng in, and the people of the Jiang family did not dare to scold him, and many people began to tremble with their legs and stomachs.

"Old relatives," for the safety of the whole family, Madame Jiang had to come forward to make friends with Liang Huafeng: "The governor has treated you well these years." ”

"That's what my mother said." Unexpectedly, Liang Huafeng actually admitted it, and nodded heavily: "Mother-in-law doesn't need to panic." Anyway, can I still get along with my relatives? My mother-in-law will pack up my things, and today I will personally send my mother-in-law out of the city to ensure that no one dares to touch my mother's cold hair. ”

Originally, Liang Huafeng arrested Jiang Guozhu's family in order to be hostages, Jiang Guozhu is not young, except for a son who is far away in Sichuan, the rest of the children and grandchildren are in Nanjing. Even if Jiang Guozhu returned to Nanjing City, Liang Huafeng could also use Jiang Guozhu's whole family to blackmail him, making him throw a mouse trap and not dare to attack Nanjing.

However, Jiang Guozhu was not able to perform at a high level, he lost ground in Chizhou, and after the incident, except for the standard battalion of the governor of Liangjiang and a small number of troops around him, the other Liangjiang troops were in chaos. Originally, Liang Huafeng was calculating or unintentional, and with the cooperation of Zhou Peigong, after the Liangjiang troops who formed a long snake formation received Liang Huafeng's notice, they were still far away from Jiang Guozhu, and they couldn't get Jiang Guozhu's order for a while.

If it was outsiders usurping military power, these Jiangnan troops might still try to resist, but Liang Huafeng's prestige in the army for so many years was second only to Jiang Guozhu, and everyone knew the roots. Seeing that it was Liang Huafeng's coup, most of the officers immediately put their minds at ease, and they were not worried that their old boss would swallow up their strength - everyone had followed Liang Huafeng for so many years, and they were originally his people.

There was neither a psychological burden nor a fear of the unknown, and the officers and men of the Jiangnan Army responded to Liang Huafeng's call one after another and led the team back to Nanjing--the anti-Deng corps was also sent by Zhou Peigong to assist Liang Huafeng, and the news on the governor's side was cut off, and as long as the officers were not stupid, they could understand which side had the advantage. What's more, everyone still has to eat, and all the troops have successively announced their support for Liang Huafeng, and if they don't follow Admiral Liang, let alone fight, they will have no food tonight.

In the morning, Liang Huafeng received a report from Zhou Peigong, saying that Jiang Guozhu had recognized the situation and knew that with the army at his disposal, he could not even take a single Chizhou; And even this point the troops have begun to be chaotic, and those troops know that Jiang Guozhu has lost the ability to control most of the army, and they have become a rogue with no base. After Jiang Guozhu saw that the standard camp was shaken, he admitted defeat and surrendered under the persuasion of the envoy sent by Zhou Peigong, disbanded the army outside Chizhou, and himself entered Zhou Peigong's army.

The army disbanded by Chiang Guozhu surrendered to Xie Gao, the governor of Chizhou, after the governor announced his resignation. Of course, Governor Xie will not be difficult for these Jiangnan officers and soldiers to reallocate food and grass to them, and even Jiang Guozhu's standard battalion is led by the original officers, waiting for further instructions from Liang Huafeng.

The Jiang family helped the old and the young out of Nanjing, and Liang Huafeng personally escorted them onto a big boat, and comforted Mrs. Jiang vigorously: "Although my mother is relieved, the governor is safe and sound, and his ferry ticket Zhou Buzheng has already bought it; When the mother arrives in Sichuan, she can reunite with the governor. ”

After the Jiang family's ship set sail, Liang Huafeng waved goodbye on the shore. The boat gradually moved away, Liang Huafeng put away the smile on his face, and a raised officer beside him had the opportunity to question again: "The adults just let them go?" Jiang Wei has been the governor for more than ten years. ”

"If it was the troubled times before, of course I wouldn't let it go." Liang Huafeng looked at the sail from afar and replied coldly. Jiang Guozhu has a very deep foundation in the south of the Yangtze River, and according to the traditional model of fighting for hegemony, not only can Jiang Guozhu's family not let go of any of them, but he also has to go all out to hunt down and kill the fleeing Jiang Guozhu himself. However, Liang Huafeng knew very well that now was not the traditional troubled times, and he seized the governor's throne of Jiang Guozhu in order to be able to sell more money to the Ming army in the future, and had no intention of competing with the heroes. Since this is the case, there is no need for Liang Huafeng to do things desperately, anyway, he will probably surrender to Deng Ming in the future.

"Why did General Zhao declare in advance that as long as Jiang Guozhu surrendered, he would be guaranteed to have no worries about his life?" Liang Huafeng asked again, and the officers and soldiers of the surrounding standard battalion all looked at each other, and no one could say why.

As a result, Liang Huafeng asked and answered: "Sichuan is guarding against me, if I don't obey, Sichuan can send troops to escort Jiang Guozhu back." If you really see the Sichuan soldiers killed, coupled with Jiang Guozhu's handwritten surrender, I don't know how many cities will fall without a fight. Liang Huafeng snorted again: "If I want to run Jiangnan like an iron bucket, Chengdu and Beijing should not worry about me." So I want to give General Zhao face, don't kill anyone, what kind of official is everyone; Although Jiang Guozhu is a threat, I also sent his family to Sichuan, so that Chengdu knows that I have no idea of chasing the deer, and let me sit on this chair so that they can rest assured. In this way, Chengdu will not think about tossing me and driving me out of power again. ”

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Soon, Jiujiang got the news of a mutiny in Jiangnan, and Dong Weiguo hurried to see Zhang Chao: "Great joy, my lord!" Jiang Guozhu was unpopular, and he even betrayed his relatives, and Liang Huafeng, the governor of Jiangnan, had already announced his support for the governor, and asked the governor to go to Nanjing to be the governor of Liangjiang. ”

"Is there such a thing?" After hearing that the fighting on the border had begun, Zhang Chao had been a little nervous, for fear that he would hear about the defeat of the Jiangxi army and the report of the Jiangnan army pouring into Jiujiang.

"Absolutely." Dong Weiguo sent several letters to Zhang Chao, all of which were sent by Liang Huafeng, calling on the Jiangnan troops to refuse to obey Jiang Guozhu's orders.

Zhang Chao was also overjoyed after reading it: "If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, Admiral Liang is really loyal." ”

"However, now that Jiang Yi is still resisting stubbornly in Chizhou, Admiral Liang asked the governor to send troops quickly and encircle and suppress Jiang Yi with him." Dong Weiguo also brought a person who was said to be Liang Huafeng's envoy, and this envoy told the governor of Jiangxi that Jiang Guozhu was too powerful in Jiangnan, so Liang Huafeng was not sure of victory. And if Liang Huafeng is defeated by Jiang Guozhu's return division, then Jiangxi will still suffer from military disasters, so Liang Huafeng wants to ask Zhang Chao to lead 10,000 Jiangxi elite soldiers to Chizhou as soon as possible, and Jiang Guozhu must be completely eliminated; Liang Huafeng was also willing to serve Zhang Chao as the governor of Liangjiang, but hoped that Zhang Chao would guarantee to promote him to the governor of Jiangnan.

"Hmm." After listening to Liang Huafeng's conditions, Zhang Chao was silent.

But Dong Weiguo tried his best to persuade Zhang Chao to accept: "Liang Huafeng is just a martial artist, if he doesn't have the full support of adults, how can he be justified as a governor?" Now that Jiang has committed suicide, in addition to the high morality of the adults in the entire Liangjiang, who else can convince people and sit in the position of the governor of Liangjiang? ”

Zhang Chao was moved when he heard this, but he still had some doubts.

Dong Weiguo further struck while the iron was hot: "Now Jiang Guozhu is stubbornly resisting, and Liang Huafeng is not sure of a complete victory, so the adults are very important; The lord personally went to Chizhou to annihilate Jiang Yi and incorporated his army, even if Liang Huafeng is not sincere now, he will have to serve the lord at that time. ”

Zhang Chao nodded again and again when he heard this, and was about to agree, but he stopped: "But isn't this wronged you?" ”

Jiangnan is richer than Jiangxi, if Zhang Chao becomes the governor of Liangjiang, then of course an old subordinate like Dong Weiguo should be the governor of Jiangnan.

"It's okay, if the adults change the Jiangnan officialdom to Jiangxi people all at once, it may cause panic and suspicion among the Jiangnan officials, and it will be harmful to the great cause of the adults." Dong Weiguo looked brave and loyal: "Your Excellency, you might as well take 10,000 elite soldiers to go first, and temporarily move the officials in Jiangnan to calm people's hearts." And the lower officials are optimistic about Jiangxi for the adults, and they will be the stamina of the adults -- when the adults have been in business for a year and a half, they have taken root in Jiangning, and then they will change the positions of the lower officials and Admiral Liang, and that is not a word from the adults. ”

"Yes, it's really Lao Chengmou country." Zhang Chao made up his mind: "Without further ado, I will set off and go to Chizhou to fight against the rebellion." ”

The excited Zhang Chao immediately swore an oath and set off with soldiers and horses to Jiangnan to reinforce Liang Huafeng.

Dong Weiguo stood at the head of the city and watched Zhang Chao go downstream. When the banner of the Jiangxi Naval Division disappeared from view, he immediately ordered a meeting of all the officers of Jiujiang.

Everyone was excited when they entered the venue, most of them had already heard about the civil strife in Jiangnan, and Zhang Chao was very likely to ascend to the throne of the governor of Liangjiang.

However, Dong Weiguo, who presided over the meeting, did not have a trace of a smile on his face, and seeing Dong Weiguo's expression, the originally lively venue gradually quieted down.

"Someone's coming." Dong Weiguo waved his hand, and immediately a soldier came up with several large boxes and opened them in front of everyone. It was full of bundles of banknotes, and with another wave of Dong Weiguo's hand, the two soldiers buckled a box to the ground.

"It's all money printed by the central bank of the empire, everyone can see it clearly."

Sichuan's IOUs are equivalent to real money, and seeing so much money at once, many people in the house are short of breath.

Zhao Tianba privately confessed to Liang Huafeng, if Jiang Guozhu can restrain himself from the precipice, it does not necessarily have to be bombarded with him stepping down. After hearing this, Liang Huafeng began to compliment Jiang Guozhu vigorously for his strong soldiers; And what Zhao Tianba said to Dong Weiguo is similar, that is, if Zhang Chao sees that it is good, he will accept it, and if he does not take advantage of the civil strife in Jiangnan to counterattack, then his previous disobedience will be forgotten. Dong Weiguo immediately racked his brains to trick Zhang Chao into attacking Jiangnan.

Before coaxing Zhang Chao, Dong Weiguo had already packed up everything at home, if Zhang Chao refused to attack Jiangnan in a hurry, but cautiously continued to wait for news, then Dong Weiguo would flee to Sichuan overnight. Now he's finally getting through it. Although Zhang Chao was provoked by him to fight Jiangnan, Dong Weiguo believed that Zhao Tianba would not oppose his coup d'état, because Zhang Chao's previous disobedience and refusal to give in an inch made Zhao Tianba very annoyed, and he complained to Dong Weiguo privately that Zhang Chao was putting Jiangxi's interests above the interests of the empire.

After hearing this, Dong Weiguo secretly made up his mind that after he became the governor of Jiangxi, he must absorb the lessons of the Zhang Dynasty and put the interests of the empire above the interests of Jiangxi at all times.

By this time, the nimble man had already felt abnormal, and someone had secretly looked into the courtyard and saw a group of heavily armed soldiers driving in. These soldiers are all officers and soldiers stationed in Jiujiang, and they are directly subordinate troops of Dong Weiguo, who is stationed here, and these officers and soldiers of Jiujiang also have the same solemn and unsmiling expressions as their top bosses.

One by one, in the end, all the officers in the audience saw these Jiujiang soldiers, and when they turned their heads and looked at Dong Weiguo again, everyone's faces were obviously pale, and the hall was so quiet that they could hear even a needle landing clearly.

"The Zhang Dynasty has nothing to do, regards his neighbor as the enemy, and wants to involve my Jiangxi in the war for his own selfishness." Dong Weiguo said loudly word by word: "From today on, I will break off with Zhang Chaoen, do you support me or support Zhang Wei?" ”