Chapter 378 Meeting Shi Kefa again

"Shi Kefa?

"Why are you here?"

Zhang Zhun asked in confusion.

Outside Nanjing City, he had obviously let Shi Kefa go. At this time, Shi Kefa was not in Yangzhou, he should have been on the way back to the capital! How could he appear in Haizhou City? And why did he fall into the hands of pirates? It's really strange. I met him in Nanjing City and he met him again in Haizhou City! I really have a fate with him!

Shi Kefa glared coldly and refused to answer.

After leaving Nanjing City last time, Shi Kefa did not accept Zhang Zhun's feelings. Zhang Zhun blasted Nanjing City, which was something like him, and it was absolutely unacceptable. The bombardment of Nanjing City was even more abominable than rebellion. Especially since Zhang Zhun was a military family and a typical warrior, Shi Kefa had a greater opinion of Zhang Zhun. With his personality, he would rather Zhang Zhun cut him with one knife than beg for mercy from Zhang Zhun.

An extremely old civil servant inside looked at Zhang Zhun up and down, thinking that Zhang Zhun was too young, not like the commander who led the troops, but like the little personal leader of the commander. So he said in confusion: "Where are you from reinforcements? Who is the commander?"

Zhang Zhun said: "I am Zhang Zhun, Zhang Yulin, and I am from Aoshanwei."

The extremely old civil servant said in shock: "What? Are you Zhang Zhun?"

As soon as Zhang Zhun came out, all other civil servants except Shi Kefa changed their color. Some even became paralyzed on the deck because of excessive tension. Everyone's face was pale and pale, without any blood.

God, Zhang Zhun actually appeared!

The pirates who entered the city were the subordinates who claimed to be Zhang Zhun... Now, Zhang Zhun actually appeared here in person... Huh? It seems that something was wrong, Zhang Zhun's subordinates... Well, it was these people in front of him who killed another group of Zhang Zhun's subordinates... What's going on?

Mo Yu, who was following Zhang Zhun, said: "Don't panic, everyone, this is the real governor Zhang Zhun. The one who raided Haizhou City and arrested everyone was not the subordinates of the governor. They tried to frame the governor, so the governor personally led the army to arrest all these impostors and clarify the truth."

All the officials, including Shi Kefa, were greatly surprised.

What's going on? Those bandits were not Zhang Zhun's troops? When those people came in, they shouted that they were Zhang Zhun's troops. After bombarding Nanjing City, they wanted to come to Haizhou City for fun and celebrate the New Year in Haizhou City. So, no one doubted at that time, and they thought they were Zhang Zhun's troops. Zhang Zhun dared to provoke Nanjing City, what was the point of a bloody Haizhou City?

The incident of Zhang Zhun's bombardment of Nanjing City has long been a hot topic. It is impossible for Nanjing to suppress such a big thing in person, and the intelligence network of Jinyiwei and Dongchang has long been reported. Due to time reasons, Beijing has not had time to deal with it. However, Zhang Zhun's reputation has spread like wildfire in the Jiangnan region.

The extremely old official frowned and said, "Is there such a thing in the world?"

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "I just received the news and immediately rushed from Aoshanwei. I have also ruined them this year."

Shi Kefa said fiercely: "Who is the monster who is causing trouble here?"

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "I don't know this either. I'll just leave it to you for interrogation when I catch them."

Shi Kefa said fiercely: "Okay! You must check it out!"

He could basically conclude that the slaughtered soldiers in Haizhou City were definitely not Zhang Zhun's subordinates. Otherwise, Zhang Zhun would not have started a massacre here. Judging from the situation around the port, none of the slaughtered soldiers in Haizhou City were killed by Zhang Zhun's subordinates. Judging from the situation at the battle scene, Zhang Zhun could not have been a hard-working trick.

As a civil servant, Shi Kefa admired Zhang Zhun's troops very much. When the bandits came yesterday, Haizhou City had no ability to resist, and the city gate was suddenly broken. These civil servants did not even have the chance to commit suicide, and were arrested by the bandits at lightning speed. At that time, they felt that these bandits had very strong combat power, and even if the Ming army from Huai'an Prefecture came, they might not be able to resolve the battle in a short time. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhun came and eliminated these bandits in a few seconds.

Although Zhang Zhun did bombard Nanjing City, causing a very bad impact, causing Shi Kefa to have a deep prejudice against Zhang Zhun. However, in Shi Kefa's heart, he did not regard Zhang Zhun as Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, and Li Zicheng. No matter how big the Zhang Zhun made trouble, he would make trouble within the scope of the garrison and had no direct conflict with the civil servant system. The civil servants were used to rebelling and causing trouble in the garrison system, so they naturally didn't think it was strange. If any garrison was safe and stable and never made trouble, then the sun came out from the west.

Therefore, Shi Kefa subconsciously felt that it was because of the poor internal system of the garrison system that people like Zhang Zhun emerged. Judging from the situation of the war just now, if Zhang Zhun used it well, he might not be a good general. Now the world is in chaos, internal and external troubles, the building is about to fall, and the news of defeat is constantly coming from the front. He really needs military officers who can fight. But how to use Zhang Zhun well, it is not his turn to take charge.

Zhang Zhun said loudly: "Who is the governor of Haizhou?"

The extremely old official bent down and saluted, and replied slowly: "The lower-ranking official Zhang Shenyan, the governor of Haizhou, has met the deputy governor."

Zhang Zhun said in surprise: "Are you Miaoshan Gong?"

Zhang Shenyan said solemnly: "The official is called Miaoshan."

At the same time, his face was a little strange. Why did Zhang Zhun call him that?

Zhang Zhun, the title of Duke Miaoshan, seems to respect him very much, but he is obviously a thief! He is still a rebel! He is still a rebel? However, Nanjing gave him the title of deputy governor of the Later Army Governor's Office. If Beijing does not object, it seems that Zhang Zhun cannot be called a rebel... Alas, what's the matter! Even he himself is confused. Is Zhang Zhun a rebel? Should he accept his title of Duke Miaoshan?

Zhang Shenyan himself is a master of scholars. In addition to his great achievements in his career, he is also very successful in his studies. He is a great thinker and poet, and has many disciples under his disciples. His greatest achievement is that he clearly opposes the "preserving the laws of nature and eliminating human desires" that Taoists have always advocated and advocated. He believes that what people want is the laws of nature. Using feudal ethics stipulates that people's behavior is to kill people's desires and favors, and boldly criticize traditional morality. For this reason, Zhang Shenyan was respected by his disciples.

However, Zhang Shenyan's disciples were all literati. He never called himself Miaoshan Duke. However, Zhang Zhun was born in a military household and called himself Miaoshan Duke seriously. Zhou and Zhang Shenyan couldn't help but feel a little strange. Usually, Zhang Shenyan did not look down on military households very much. Even all the garrisons looked down on him. The reason was that the garrisons were not good at their strength and could not be used as military troops. They also consumed a lot of money and food in vain. If they weren't worried that the garrison soldiers would rebel and cause trouble, Zhang Shenyan would have made suggestions and simply cancel the garrisons' system.

However, as soon as Zhang Zhun took action, he dealt with these fierce bandit soldiers, which seemed to subvert Zhang Shenyan's impression. The guard soldiers did not seem to be useless. Since Zhang Zhun was the commander of Aoshan Guard, he brought the guard soldiers of Aoshan Guard. He really didn't expect that the guard soldiers of Aoshan Guard would have such combat effectiveness. If the guard soldiers of the world were like this, the world would have been peaceful and the world would be peaceful. For this reason, Zhang Shenyan felt a little intimate towards Zhang Zhun, and temporarily forgot about Zhang Zhun's identity as a "rebel".

Zhang Zhun naturally didn't know what Zhang Shenyan was thinking, and said to himself: "It turns out that Duke Miaoshan was demoted to the governor of Haizhou."

There is a reason why he always called Zhang Shenyan Miaoshan Gong. However, it was different from Zhang Shenyan's speculation. Zhang Shenyan thought it was his own academic achievement and asked Zhang Zhun to respect him. In fact, Zhang Zhun respected him purely because of his strong and uprightness.

Zhang Shenyan, like Yang Yipeng, is a very bone-like official. He is even more bone-like than Yang Yipeng. It is not an exaggeration to describe him as a Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli. He is a Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli, and is considered a veteran official. If he were a singular official, he would have become a Grand Secretary and entered the cabinet. Unfortunately, due to his strong will, he would have written a letter to the letter and impeached, and even the emperor's face was not given. As a result, he was promoted many times and demoted, and his official career has always been ups and downs.

In the palace movement case, which is known as the three major cases in the late Ming Dynasty, and in the Hongwan case, Zhang Shenyan insisted on his own initiative and a firm attitude, which made Emperor Tianqi very unhappy. He eventually drove him out of the capital and deducted his two-year salary. In the fifth year of Tianqi, he offended the Grand Secretary Feng Quan again. Wei Zhongxian took the opportunity to take the opportunity to take the blame and directly sent him to Jiuquan, Gansu. If he hadn't had his life, he would have been killed under the walls of Jiayuguan.

After Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, Zhang Shenyan was promoted to the Minister of Justice. In the second year of Chongzhen, the Tartars invaded. Shanxi Geng Ruqi and General Zhang Honggong led troops to the capital, but due to the random arrangements of the Ministry of War, the soldiers had no food to eat. In desperation, the soldiers had to loot everywhere and fill their stomachs before talking. Chongzhen did not ask about the reasons for the Ministry of War, but ordered the arrest of the two people and asked the Ministry of Justice to discuss the crime. Zhang Shenyan believed that the Ministry of War was wrong first, and the two were not guilty and did not die, so he directly wrote a letter to impeach the Minister of War Wang Qia. As a result, Emperor Chongzhen was very unhappy and demoted him and drove him out of the capital again. In the end, Geng Ruqi and Zhang Honggong were still killed. Of course, Wang Qia was also killed later.

After Zhang Zhun came to this world, he basically had no good feelings for the officials of the Ming Dynasty. There were only a few exceptions. For example, Zhang Shenyan was one of them. No matter which dynasty, such upright officials with iron bones and ability to do things were always admirable. If they could hold power, it would be a blessing for the country and the people. The rituals and officials in the late Ming Dynasty had become generally decayed, as if officials like Zhang Shenyan and Yang Yipeng were simply rare. Unfortunately, Emperor Chongzhen did not like such officials.

Zhang Shenyan said anxiously: "Governor, the bandits are still doing evil in the city. I would like to ask your army to quell the traitors in the city as soon as possible and protect the country and the people."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "I know. You all come with me."

The group quickly arrived at the east gate of Haizhou City.

The pirates outside the city had been cleaned up, and only pirate corpses were left on the ground. Zhang Zhun dispatched the Hu Ben Army, which had three times the strength of the pirates, and suddenly attacked and had powerful firearms. The pirates were naturally no match for them. The pirates who tried to leave the city to seize the port met the Hu Ben Army head-on, but were beaten to pieces and abandoned their armor and defeated. After they left more than 100 corpses outside the city, they fled into the city in a hurry.

The soldiers of the Seventh Association are already preparing to attack the city.

Yin Fengyi is commanding the troops to transport explosive packs to the city gate.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Scattered gunfires kept coming.

The pirates on the city wall were suppressed by the firepower of the Hu Ben Army outside the city and did not dare to show up at all. The snipers of the Hu Ben Army gathered outside the east gate and closely observed the movements of the pirates on the city. As long as the pirates on the city dared to show up, they would be killed on the city on the spot. The sporadic gunshots just now were snipers from all directions firing. Basically, every time the gunshots were fired, pirates were lying on the city. Therefore, the pirates never dared to show up again.

In a vague way, you can hear the chaotic sounds from the city, most of which are the screams of women, and the cry of children. Muskets of various sounds sounded in the city in a mess. If there was no inference error, it should be the pirates in the city who found that they had no way out and had no way to survive, and were burying with them in a crazy way.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

I heard that Zhang Zhun came to Haizhou City with a large army, and had already controlled all the pirate ships and surrounded Haizhou City. The pirates could not rush out at all. Sun Ronglu, the pirate leader, almost fainted on the spot. Suddenly, he found that he had made a fatal mistake. When he was calculating Zhang Zhun and trying to frame Zhang Zhun, he actually handed over his life to Zhang Zhun. He shouldn't have gone ashore at all. On the shore, he was not Zhang Zhun's opponent at all!

It's a pity that it's all too late.

Since Zhang Zhun has come, he must have no chance to escape.

He had not arrived innocence yet, and hoped that Zhang Zhun, who would lead troops to come, would forgive his life. When Zhang Zhun's troops set foot on the land of Huai'an Prefecture, he had no way to survive. Even if Zhang Zhun did not kill him with his own hands, the people of Haizhou City would have slapped him. Sun Ronglu knew clearly what the pirates did in Haizhou City in the past two days.

"set fire!"

"Give me a fierce fire!"

"Burn all the Haizhou City!"

Sun Ronglu, who was desperate, roared hysterically.

As a result, all the pirates in Haizhou City went crazy. They killed everyone when they saw it and completely lost their minds. They set fires desperately and burned all the houses in the city. They also scattered the stolen gold, silver and jewelry on the road. The women they were humiliated were stabbed to death by a knife. For a moment, the entire Haizhou City seemed to be hell on earth. The surviving people fled in all directions, and screams resounded throughout the sky.

Shi Kefa also heard the screams from the city, his face was dull, and he said anxiously: "Zhang Zhun, what are your troops going to do?"

Zhang Zhun said quietly: "Breaking open the city gate."

Shi Kefa wants to speak but stops.

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "If you use a ladder or a squash, it will take time and effort and directly explode with explosives, which will be convenient and quick."

Shi Kefa subconsciously said: "Wasn't that city wall damaged?"

Zhang Zhun hummed and said without any concealment: "Does Shi Langzhong think that the city wall is more important than the people in the city?"

Shi Kefa's face turned red and he said with difficulty: "I'm wrong."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said nothing.

If you make mistakes, correct them, but it is true.

Zhang Shenyan was equally anxious and said bitterly: "Governor Zhang, the people in the city are being ravaged by bandits. When will your troops enter the city?"

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "Soon, don't have a cup of tea..."

While speaking, Yin Fengyi had already made gestures to them to find cover. Although Zhang Zhun and his team were far away from the city wall and the power of the explosive pack should not threaten them, for safety reasons, Yin Fengyi still reminded Zhang Zhun and the others to be careful. On the real battlefield, no one dared to take it lightly!

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice: "The city gate is about to be blown open! Everyone squat down! Prevent the gravel from flying!"

All the civil servants squatted down.

Zhang Zhun also squatted down.

"Boom!"

A moment later, a loud sound of the sky and the earth cracked, and the entire east of Haizhou City seemed to be shaking violently. Even the sea water on the shore was stirred up, and white waves surged. Several small boats anchored in the port shook violently for a while.

In order to ensure the successful explosion of the city gate, the explosions of the Hu Ben Army set the amount of explosives very high every time. As a result, the power of the explosion was greater and more shocking. Zhang Zhun estimated that Yin Fengyi, a lunatic, was very likely to have stacked more than 300 kilograms of black gunpowder at the city gate, so it was so powerful.

This prodigal son!

Explosives are worth it!
Chapter completed!