Chapter 91 Recruitment
In the governor's mansion of Mingzhou.
The governor Cheng Mingzhen looked at Qin Lang, but Qin Lang was also looking at the governor.
Cheng Dudu was wondering what the origin of this young man was, he was able to have Princess Nanyang of the former Sui Dynasty, Princess Yong'an of Dou Jiande, and Hebei pioneer Su Lie as companions. He looked so young, but he was dressed in a simple white robe. It's really hard to guess the identity.
Qin Lang looked at Cheng Mingzhen with great interest. In just a few years, he was able to go from a seventh-rank county magistrate to a third-rank governor, which is not easy.
Looking at Cheng Mingzhen, who is only in his early forties, he is considered to be of Qin Qiong's generation. He is tall and burly, but he is obviously different from those generals. He has a bit of elegance.
Qin Lang was the first to break the silence.
"Cheng Dudu, I have to wrong you."
Cheng Mingzhen was taken aback, not knowing what he meant.
Qin Lang continued to smile and said, "Chang'an is in civil turmoil. The king of Lujiang has called on the heroes of Yanzhao, Hebei to rise up and fight for righteousness. He wants to send troops to Chang'an, on the side of the Qing emperor, and serve the royal family! From now on, General Su will take over the post of governor and governor of Mingzhou. Governor Cheng please cooperate."
Cheng Mingzhen's complexion changed drastically, and his eyes suddenly became resolute.
Looking at Qin Lang, his gaze was no longer curious, but turned into hostility.
"Come···"
Just as he yelled a word, Lin San had already put a dagger on Cheng Mingzhen's throat.
Qin Lang persuaded with a smile on his face, "Cheng Dudu, please cooperate, otherwise the knife in my subordinate's hand is very sharp."
"Who are you? Dou Jiande's remnants? Could it be Dou Jiande's adopted son?"
Cheng Mingzhen glanced at Dou Hongxian and Su Lie. After Dou was defeated and captured, Dou's wife Cao and Zuopushe led the army back to Hebei. At that time, some generals proposed to support Dou's adopted son to succeed him and continue to resist. But servant Qi Shanxing firmly opposed it, thinking that Dou Jiande led an army of more than 100,000 to go south, but he was still captured in a battle at Hulao Pass.
Finally, the Cao family, Qi Shanxing and others sacrificed to Hebei and surrendered.
Qin Lang continued to smile, "Cheng Dudu is also a capable person, if he can join us to conspire for great things, then when Chang'an is captured, Cheng Dudu will not lose his position as prince."
Cheng Mingzhen snorted coldly, "Li Yuan's rebellion and rebellion, is that a self-defeating end? If you break into Chang'an, I'm afraid that within a month, Li Yuan's head will be on Chang'an Street. It’s best to be able to turn to the light and make atonement.”
"General Cheng, don't you want to toast and not eat or drink fine wine?"
"Do you think you can take Mingzhou by kidnapping the governor? Wishful thinking, you can't even get out of this hall, I advise you to let the governor go!" Cheng Mingzhen was not forced by Qin Lang's threat at all.
Outside the hall, there were voices of officials and servants walking and talking in the governor's mansion, and Cheng Mingzhen was not afraid at all.
Qin Lang stepped forward and stared into Cheng Mingzhen's eyes, "The governor is really not afraid of death?"
"It's you who should be afraid!"
"Captain, your life is your own. If you die, you will lose everything. Is it worth being so loyal to the court? Besides, from what I have experienced before, the governor is not the one who is absolutely loyal to the master."
"Let me advise you, Li Yuan can't accomplish anything."
Qin Lang took out his dagger and walked up to Cheng Mingzhen, but he still didn't move at all.
"Then we can only send the governor on his way." Qin Lang looked into his eyes while speaking, and stabbed fiercely with the dagger in his hand.
Cheng Mingzhen felt a pain in his abdomen.
Qin Lang turned the dagger a few times.
"The governor is really good." Qin Lang retracted the dagger and patted Cheng Mingzhen's arm. Cheng Mingzhen lowered his head in surprise and found that his abdomen had not been punctured.
It turned out that Qin Lang stabbed him with the handle of a dagger just now.
"If you want to kill, you can kill, there is no need to humiliate and play!" Cheng Mingzhen was annoyed.
Qin Lang signaled Lin San to put away the dagger, then took a few steps back and bowed deeply to Cheng Mingzhen.
"Let me introduce myself, my name is Huailiang, and I am the governor of the Tang Dynasty. I just tried to test the governor, please forgive me!"
"Qin Lang? Qin Shubao's son?"
Of course Cheng Mingzhen knew who Qin Lang was, and the imperial court would regularly send copies of mansion newspapers to all governors, governors, governors, etc., and pass them on through post stations. Transcribed reference message.
It is convenient for local officials to keep abreast of the dynamics of the DPRK and China.
After the change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin won the crown prince, and issued imperial edicts to various places in the first time. Of course, a letter of residence newspaper was also spread to the prefectures and counties. Although the specific events of Xuanwu Gate were reviewed that day, and the external rhetoric has been slightly modified, the official characterization is that the abolished prince was built and Yuanji rebelled and caused chaos. King Qin led his troops to fight against Wang Jing, repelled the palace soldiers of the abolished prince, and defended the Taiji Palace .
After the incident, the emperor issued an edict to abolish Jiancheng Yuanji as a commoner, make King Qin the prince, and hand over Jiancheng Yuanji to the new prince for disposal...
In these mansion newspapers, Qin Lang's name appeared several times, and after the Jing Rebellion, this kid's promotion to the rank was extremely prominent. Therefore, Cheng Mingzhen also knew that in Chang'an City, Qin Qiong and Qin Lang's father and son were the most trusted by the new crown prince.
"How is this going?"
The commander-in-chief of the third grade, who was dignified and upright, was wounded by the sword just now, and no one felt comfortable.
Qin Lang showed his Zhenfusi Qilin Seal!
"Li Yuan and Wang Junkuo conspired to rebel in Youzhou."
"It's also true that I just said that General Su was the governor of Mingzhou, but it was faked by Li Yuan and others."
After some introduction, Cheng Mingzhen cleverly understood the reason of the matter.
Obviously, Qin Lang was ordered by the crown prince to deal with Li Yuan Wang Junkuo, and he came in secret. He must have come to Mingzhou to seek his own support, but he didn't fully trust himself, that's why he had the temptation just now.
"Qin Sicheng doesn't have to be like this, I, Cheng Mingzhen, am loyal to the imperial court!"
Qin Lang chuckled, noncommittal.
"Qin Sicheng, since you have discovered the rebellion of the two thieves, King Li, you should immediately dispatch troops to quell the chaos. I will issue an order to recruit soldiers from the seven prefectures of Mingzhou to cope with the chaos."
Qin Lang stopped Cheng Mingzhen.
"Wait a minute, Dudu Cheng. Li Yuan and Wang Junkuo are still plotting in secret for the time being, and we are afraid that it will be too late for us to deploy troops. Besides, it is not the best strategy to gather troops and horses to fight in battle."
"Then Sicheng Qin's intention?"
Qin Lang then explained his plan.
"That's why I have to wrong the Governor of Cheng."
Cheng Mingzhen thought for a while, "It's okay to be your 'captive', but Li Yuan and the others can trust them? Li Yuan has no skills, but Wang Junkuo has to beware, this person is very cunning! And Wang Shen, he is a local snake in Youzhou. "
Qin Lang pointed at Su Lie, "That's why I invited General Su and Mrs. Dou. If their letters are sent to Youzhou first, I will definitely gain the trust of the thieves."
Qin Lang's plan is very simple, ask Su Dingfang and Dou Xianniang to write back to Li Yuan, expressing their willingness to respond to major events. Then let Cheng Mingzhen cooperate, pretending that Su Dingfang had summoned the old troops to control the Mingzhou Governor's Mansion, and then took the troops to Youzhou to join forces.
Of course, in fact, it was Qin Lang who brought Cheng Mingzhen, Su Dingfang and others to garrison Ming and other troops to Youzhou to attack the tiger's den.
"We go straight to the thief's den, and when the time comes to capture the thief and the king, the war in Hebei will also be avoided. At this time, there must be no chaos in Hebei, otherwise the Turks will take the opportunity to attack again."
The plan was very bold. Cheng Mingzhen was amazed at the boldness of Qin Lang, a young man, but seeing that he insisted on the plan, he didn't care about cooperating with the acting for the time being.
"I will mobilize troops and assemble."
"What I mean is just the opposite. At present, the soldiers and horses from the seven states of Ming Xiang can't gather in Ming, on the contrary, they must stick to their places and strengthen their vigilance, lest those villains really respond to make trouble."
"Then go to Youzhou?"
"There are not many soldiers and elites, just borrow two or three thousand people from the Governor's Mansion."
In order to be more realistic, Qin Lang asked Su Lie if he could recruit some old troops.
"With the prestige of General Su, if you raise your arms and call out, there will definitely be a crowd of people who respond. After the chaos is over, I will definitely show your merits to the imperial court and ask for rewards."
Su Lie thought for a while, then nodded in response.
So he immediately went to write letters to his old brothers, asking them to come to Mingzhou.
Over there, Cheng Mingzhen also began to summon military officers near Mingzhou to discuss matters.
Su Lie only wrote letters to a dozen of his subordinates, but everyone who received the letter rushed to Mingzhou immediately. Before they set off, they each wrote letters to their subordinate brothers who they believed in.
So, in the next few days, heroes from all walks of life in Hebei gathered in Mingzhou. In just a few days, Su Dingfang attracted thousands of people.
And Dou Hongxian did not wait, she also wrote letters to some old ministries, relatives and friends, and thousands of people also came a few days later.
Cheng Mingzhen also dispatched a thousand soldiers from the vicinity of Mingzhou in a few days.
In the camp outside Mingzhou City, Qin Lang showed the Qilin Order to the three thousand volunteers.
"I, Qin Lang, have always taken care of my brothers and subordinates. On that day when there was chaos in Chang'an, the thousands of brothers who followed me were awarded seven knights, nineteen officials, three hundred honors, and the rest were rewarded with money, grain and land. Everyone has share."
"Today, you come to help Kanchao. After the matter is completed, I will also show your merits to the crown prince and ask for rewards. Even if a brother dies unfortunately, I promise that his children will also be awarded the government soldiers or choose three guards. Pension allowances will not be reduced."
"Three thousand people, whether they are government soldiers or righteous people at this moment, I will give each of them twenty mu of land, five thousand dollars, ten stones of rice, and twenty bolts of silk! For the time being, put them in the account and wait Give it back and receive it together.”
It is normal that there are rewards for rebellion and chaos.
Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men, not to mention that these people were carefully selected. There are elite soldiers from Hebei. There are also soldiers from Hebei who retired to the countryside after the defeat, and are now summoned by Dou Hongxian and Su Lie.
There were Cheng Mingzhen, Su Dingfang, and Dou Hongxian standing beside them, and the 3,000 people below all expressed their confidence in the young Qin Sicheng on the stage.
What's more, this Qin Sicheng was the one who led the prisoners, rangers, and villainous youths to make great achievements in the peace and chaos in Chang'an not long ago.
This time, everyone believes that under his leadership, they will be able to make great achievements again.
(end of this chapter)