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Chapter 52 Battle Cloud (2)

He Tengjiao is a second-rank governor, and Huang Shu is only a seventh-rank governor. Although the governor is responsible for supervising the governor and general, an inspector wants to kill the governor, which makes Zuo Liangyu's generals fight a cold war. The scholars are indeed vicious.

"The Grand Commander is not allowed. After all, He Yuncong is the governor of Huguang, the court appointed by the court. If the Grand Commander wants to kill, he must also capture Nanjing and kill him again. Otherwise, he will definitely be considered as a rebel along the way and try his best to stop him. He Yuncong is just a civil servant. If he is worried that he will remain in Wuchang, he will be held in the army." General Jin Shengheng said slowly.

If Zuo Liangyu raised an army to attack Nanjing, it would be no different from plotting against him. However, rebels from all generations had to pull a fig leaf for themselves, often under the banner of clearing the king's side. Zuo Liangyu had no intention of establishing himself as emperor for the time being. Even if he conquered Nanjing, he would still respect Hongguang as the emperor, or replace him with a vassal king of the Ming Dynasty. This fig leaf must not be lost.

"General Jin is right, it's better to be held in the army." Several generals also joined together. Compared with the insidious and cunning Huang Shu, the upright He Tengjiao still gained more favor from the officers.

Zuo Liangyu nodded slightly. He was a rough man who could not read big words. When facing literati, he was both inferior and looked down on him. This is a common problem of military generals. Inferiority is that he could not read, and he looked down on him because they had seen too many literati's dirty words. He spoke benevolence and righteousness, but in fact he was despicable and shameless. Because He Tengjiao was more upright, although he was not in the opposite direction with him, Zuo Liangzhu felt vaguely admired him and was unwilling to kill him.

He Tengjiao is handling official documents in the Governor's yamen. Since he became the governor of Huguang, He Tengjiao has been diligent in his work and has never neglected the official documents he has to deal with every day. Most of the contents of the official documents are related to Zuo Liangyu's subordinates. Zuo Liangyu's subordinates have no military discipline. Almost every day, soldiers commit crimes, ranging from killing the people at will, raping women, from small to bullying the weak, and robbing the people's property.

What made He Tengjiao a headache was that Zuo Liangyu often turned a blind eye to his subordinates and didn't want to care about it at all. Although He Tengjiao was willing to rectify, the soldiers who committed the crime often hid in the military camp, and the governor He Tengjiao was helpless. However, with He Tengjiao's existence, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers were somewhat restrained. At least in the downtown city, it would not be like He Tengjiao's openly robbed property and forced a woman before he came.

"This is the Governor's Office. Without the Governor's permission, you cannot go in."

"Does go, if you don't do it, don't blame us for being polite."

A burst of cheers came from outside the door, and He Tengjiao was very unhappy. He knew that another soldier must have caused trouble. However, he didn't expect that this time he had a trouble at the Governor's Office. He was about to send his personal soldiers out to ask for it clearly. A yamen runner stumbled over and said, "Governor, it's not good. Zuo Liangyu is going to rebel, run away quickly."

"What?" He Tengjiao was shocked when he heard this. From the news that the emperor killed Liu and came to Wuchang, He Tengjiao had bad thoughts in his mind, but he never thought it would come so quickly.

"Sir, go quickly, otherwise it will be too late."

The footsteps outside were getting closer and closer. He Tengjiao did not hesitate. He hurriedly left the back door surrounded by two personal soldiers. He Tengjiao's figure had just disappeared from the back door. Zuo Liangyu's soldiers had already broken into the main hall of the governor's yamen. Seeing that there was no one in the lobby and the back door was opened, he immediately understood where He Tengjiao was going. One shouted, "Chase." The group chased the back door.

In the courtyard of a middle-aged family in Wuchang, He Tengjiao and two personal soldiers sat down. At this time, it had been more than half an hour since He Tengjiao escaped from the governor's yamen. Because He Tengjiao hid in time, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers did not find him. However, the people in Wuchang City began to suffer. They used the excuse to search, and Zuo Liangyu's subordinates broke into the house and searched the house when they saw it.

Of course, they did not only search He Tengjiao when they broke into the residents' homes. Everything valuable was empty. The owner stopped him and punched him and even slashed him with a knife. The woman with a little beauty was even more unlucky. In broad daylight, she was pushed to the ground by Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and raped him. After being plundered, some soldiers released their fierceness and simply ignited the house with a fire after going out.

Even if it is a team with strict military discipline, it will be out of control once it arouses the beast nature of the army. Moreover, Zuo Liangyu's army does not have much military discipline. In an instant, the entire Wuchang City became chaotic, with thick smoke everywhere, the crying of the people, and the crazy laughter of Zuo Liangyu's soldiers filled the entire Wuchang City.

Although the riots had not yet affected the yard where He Tengjiao was, the ashes in the air had already floated over, and the two personal soldiers of He Tengjiao's faces turned pale. If this continues, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers will find this place sooner or later. One of them asked in a trembling voice: "Sir, what should I do?"

"Let's go out."

"Sir, you can't go out. After you go out, you will fall into the hands of these soldiers." The person who spoke was the owner of the yard, a middle-aged man in his forties. This middle-aged man had received great kindness from He Tengjiao, so he hid He Tengjiao in his home.

"Old Ding, you need not say much. I can't see so many people being implicated by me. Let's go out."

Seeing that He Tengjiao's face was firm, the two personal soldiers had to follow behind. Under the shocked gaze of the master, He Tengjiao opened the courtyard gate, stepped onto the street, and shouted, "I am the governor He Tengjiao, who wants to take me?"

A small group of soldiers came towards him. When they heard He Tengjiao's shouting, they almost couldn't believe their ears. When they confirmed that it was He Tengjiao, they couldn't help but shouted ecstaticly: "I got He Tengjiao, I got He Tengjiao."

However, although Zuo Liangyu's army won He Tengjiao, the riots in Wuchang City did not stop, but became more and more intense. Faced with such misconduct from his subordinates, Zuo Liangzhu had no intention of stopping them. Anyway, Wuchang City was no longer in his hands. The soldiers robbed Wuchang City in Wuchang City just in his wishes. Only when they got the sweetness, these soldiers would work harder for him.

Wuchang City was rioted for three days, and it was not until Zuo Liangyu vowed to set out that the riots in Wuchang City subsided. A originally prosperous city had become vast. Nearly half of the houses in the city were burned, and most of the people fled. The streets were dead. The summer days had not passed yet, and the bodies quickly became smelly, and the entire city was filled with corpses.

After Zuo Liangyu's troops set off, Governor He Tengjiao and officials at all levels were also taken away by Zuo Liangyu. There was no official organization, and some gangsters started to move again. The people of Wuchang City had just left the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den. In addition, there was a very likely plague in the city, so the remaining people had to escape, and Wuchang City almost turned into a dead city.

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