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Chapter 101 Deep understanding of righteousness

"Damn it! You're also the fourth-grade Taoist platform, and your handwriting is so ugly!"

Seeing Wu Chaoyue’s handwritten military order on the desk, Sheng Bao sneered in his heart, "But it is a good thing. If you can’t get it out of the city within three days, I just happened to use the arrogance of the little barbarian’s head to establish his authority! If a miracle really happens, the little barbarian will be lucky to get it out of the city. As the commander of the entire army, I have to have a share of the credit. I will not suffer any loss or not, a good thing!"

Thinking happily, Shengbao couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth. However, at this moment, a personal soldier suddenly came to report outside the tent, saying that the Taiping Army sent an envoy who had used the white flag to go out of the city to contact and negotiate with the Qing army of the admiral of Zhili, Baohuan, who was stationed outside the west gate of Tianjin. Shengbao was a little confused and asked, "What did the envoy of Changmao Sect say?"

"It seems that I handed over a letter to the soldiers under Baotitai." The personal soldiers answered truthfully.

"Please surrender? Does Changmao want to surrender?" Shengbao once had such a wonderful fantasy, but soon Shengbao denied that the Tianjin magistrate Xie Zicheng, who might have been sentenced to death, made it clear during his lifetime that the food in Tianjin was not extraordinary, and at the same time, the Taiping Army had quite a lot of food and grass, and there were also a large number of donkeys and mules that could be slaughtered. In less than a year or two, the Taiping Army would never surrender at all.

It doesn't matter if you can't guess the reason for the Taiping Army's envoys. Although Zhili Admiral Baohuan is a first-rank official, he is still guilty because he failed to defend the Hutuo River defense line and is quite obedient to the head coach Shengbao. So Shengbao didn't use his brain to analyze it. He just thought about how to get a few more beautiful concubines to join the camp to serve him, while patiently waiting for Baohuan to take the initiative to send the news.

After waiting around, after a considerable period of time, Baohuan had not sent someone to send letters from the Taiping Army's envoys. Shengbao vaguely felt something was wrong. He began to suspect that Baohuan was like the governor of the capital Qingqin, and did not take him seriously, the commander of the juren, seriously, and instead threw himself into the broad embrace of the county prince Senggelinqin. After arousing this doubt, Shengbao did not hesitate and simply sent someone to contact Baohuan and asked why Baohuan did not submit the envoys and letters from the Taiping Army to the commander of the entire army?

Shengbao soon discovered that he had misunderstood Baohuan because his urging messenger had not yet released the account. News of Baohuan asking for a meeting came from outside the account. Shengbao was relieved and cursed inwardly, and then ordered the summons. However, what surprised Shengbao was that he came with Baohuan to pay homage to him. There was also the new governor of Zhili Guiliang. Seeing this, Shengbao was even more surprised and asked: "Baotetai, Guitaitai, you two were ordered to guard the Xicheng of Tianjin to prevent the Changmao from rushing west. The responsibility was heavy. How could you come here together? Not leaving one person to stay in the camp?"

"The Grand Commander forgives the crime. Because this matter is quite serious, the officials dare not come alone." Baohuan is indeed respectful to Shengbao. He said respectfully: "So after discussing with Guitai, he decided to come here to see you together so that he can witness each other in the future in front of the emperor."

"What kind of big thing? Let you two first-rank officials have to witness each other?" Sheng Bao asked in surprise.

Baohuan did not explain, but showed a letter and said respectfully: "Please look at Marshal Sheng. This is what Changmao sent someone to Xiaguan camp just now. The messenger of Changmao said that this letter was shot into their out of the city last night by someone with an arrow. Their fake prime minister Ji Wenyuan found it interesting and sent someone to deliver it to us."

"Come on!" Sheng Bao quickly ordered.

"Forgive me, Master. I can't hand over this letter to you, I can only ask you to read it in close proximity." Baohuan said carefully.

"Why?" Shengbao was shocked, but Baohuan and Gui Liang did not answer. His face was also very serious, and he just invited Shengbao to leave his seat and look closer. Shengbao felt something was wrong, so he quickly got up and left, walked to Baohuan to look at the letter carefully. What made Shengbao stunned was that the letter was actually written on the letter that Wu Chaoyue would be beheaded by him if he could not break through the important military situation of the Taiping Army leaving the city within three days. At the same time, the informant also suggested that the Taiping Army defend the city for three days to help Shengbao cut off Wu Chaoyue's head. The handwriting was very familiar to Shengbao, and it seemed to be the handwriting of an acquaintance.

Then, Shengbao was of course furious, "Who is so bold that he dared to reveal such an important military event to Changmao? He has a few heads?! Check it out, check the handwriting for me immediately to see who wrote it!"

Baohuan and Gui Liang didn't say anything, but looked at Shengbao's expression and reaction nervously. Shengbao realized that something was wrong and quickly looked at the familiar handwriting and recalled it carefully. Shengbao suddenly realized that the handwriting was his own handwriting!

When his head dizzy, Shengbao subconsciously wanted to snatch the letter and read it carefully, but Baohuan quickly retreated. Gui Liang next to him also quickly reached out to stop him and reminded him: "Master, be cautious, please do not leave any suspicion of destruction evidence or bag drop."

"Gui Taiwan Making, Bao Ti Taiwan, do you also suspect that this is what I did?" Sheng Bao roared, "I am crazy or stupid. Will I take the initiative to reveal such an important military information to Changmao?"

"Refuse the general, we don't doubt you." Gui Liang shook his head and said actively: "Actually, after carefully comparing your handwriting with the Xiaguan and Baofutai, he found that the letter did not have the habit of hiding ink in running scripts. He also suspected that someone had forged and framed you. But this fact is too great. As officials of the court, we must act cautiously!"

"Yes, it's enough to prove that this is forged!" Sheng Bao nodded quickly and took the initiative to say his own private secret. "In order to prevent others from forging my letters, I am used to hiding my ink in the last stroke of the fifth word in the first row to prevent counterfeiting. As long as this letter does not have this secret note, it is enough to prove that it is forged!"

"The Grand Marshal is right." Gui Liang nodded and said, "But this matter is very important, and the officials have to act carefully. The officials and the Guardian must jointly report to the emperor truthfully. Also, the officials have sent someone to contact Prince Zai and Prince Monk, and invite them to come here too. They are coming soon."

Shengbao was indeed wronged. He was not afraid of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being a leader.

The most suspected bastard soon came to Shengbao camp with Zaiyuan. After seeing the letter of informing in Shengbao's handwriting, Zaiyuan was of course surprised. He roared, but the bastard's face had a long-awaited look that the throne of the head coach who had been peeping at him, and he couldn't help but be ecstatic. Then, although the bastard tried hard to suppress the ecstasy in his heart, he still couldn't wait to shout, "Prince Zai, this is a thief! This is a rebellion! One of the things must be found out, find out the person who wrote this letter of informing him, and arrest him and cut him into pieces! Kill him by random knives!"

Hearing this, Sheng Bao's face was of course too ugly and he became more suspicious of the bastard Seng Gelinqin. However, Zaiyuan nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, this matter needs to be investigated to the end. Dear sir, please take a look, can anyone know the handwriting in this letter?"

Gui Liang and Baohuan did not say anything. Senggelinqin, who was gloating, smiled but said nothing. Sheng Bao, who had a gloomy face, took the initiative to confess and said, "Your Majesty, don't need to investigate. It's my handwriting. Someone forged my handwriting and wrote this letter to frame me. So Gui Jiantai and Baotitai asked you to testify."

"Ah?!" Zaiyuan screamed in surprise, his eyes almost popping out of his eyes. Gui Liang and Baohuan nodded silently and whispered that they asked Zaiyuan, the *********, to testify because they found that the handwriting of the letter came from Shengbao.

"Prince, please believe me." Shengbao suddenly knelt down to Zaiyuan and kowtowed and said, "The slave is wronged. The slave does not like Wu Chaoyue's arrogance, but the slave is not as shameless as taking the initiative to report to Changmao! This is someone who deliberately framed the slave, and asked the prince to preside over the slave!"

"Prince, I also think that Marshal Sheng would not do this." Gui Liang also said: "Also, I carefully compared the handwriting of the letter and found that although the handwriting of this letter was almost exactly the same as Marshal Sheng's handwriting, there were still some flaws. Someone deliberately forged the possibility of frame Marshal Sheng's handwriting!"

If this letter of essay was really forged by Senggelinqin, then our monk would definitely remain silent and stay out of the matter in order to avoid suspicion. But everyone knows that this letter of essay that framed Shengbao was not written by our monk. It is also a good person and is not afraid of being in a wrong way. Therefore, our monk would certainly not miss such a good opportunity to rise to power. He immediately reminded Zaiyuan: "Prince Zai, who wrote this letter, of course, must be investigated to the end. But for such a major matter, we must report to the emperor immediately and ask the emperor to issue an order to determine whether another imperial envoy was sent to thoroughly investigate or who was responsible for the investigation."

He glanced at the gloating Senggelinqin, Sheng Bao couldn't bear it anymore and sneered: "Prince Monk, if you want to investigate this case, just say it clearly, why should you hide it? This matter involves me, I have to avoid suspicion, but I am Sheng Bao is standing upright. If you want to use this case to kill me, it is probably not that easy!"

"Bold!" Senggelinqin was furious and roared: "Shengbao, you, as a slave, dare to talk to me like this?"

"Yes, you are indeed the prince, my master!" Sheng Bao, who had been extremely dissatisfied with Senggelinqin, simply jumped up and waved his arms and roared: "But don't forget that I am the imperial envoy appointed by the emperor himself, and I will be ordered to control the front-line troops! Now you are my subordinate, you must obey my command! Don't think that if you forged this letter, you can knock me down and kill me and sit on the throne of the commander! The emperor will not withdraw my mission for a day, and I will have the power to control you one day!"

"Shengbao! You..., you..." Senggelinqin finally woke up and pointed at Shengbao so angry that her whole body trembled, and roared: "Shengbao, how dare you slander me, saying that I forged this letter to frame you?!"

"Senggelinqin, you dare to say it's not you!"

Sheng Bao's eyes were red, and his fingers were almost lit on Senggelinqin's nose and shouted: "Since you led your army to fight, you have not been peeping at my position at that moment? You did not obey the command and were not restricted. You asked you to go south to join forces with me to trap Changmao in Shenzhou. You stayed in Zhuozhou, resulting in Changmao's successful breakthrough. This general failed! Changmao flew eastward, the general's food and grass were cut off, and he led the soldiers of the entire army to pursue him hungry. You still remained in Zhuozhou! Why? It's not because you are the prince, I think that I, the head coach of the juren, is not qualified to restrain you, and want to see my joke. Replace me! The fall of Tianjin, you Senggelinqin is the real culprit!"

As the long-depressed anger erupted, Shengbao's movements were naturally uncontrollable, and his fingers were finally inevitably pointed at Senggelinqin's nose. Senggelinqin, who was also furious, opened Shengbao with a blow. Shengbao was even more angry and even more angry. He actually raised his leg and kicked Senggelinqin's stomach. Senggelinqin was kicked and immediately counterattacked, and rushed forward and fought hard with Shengbao. The generals fists and feet were fists and feet, pulling their braids and hitting the bridge of their noses, and they beat three more fiercely than on the battlefield, which also caused Zaiyuan, Baohuan and others to be fists and kicked a lot during the dissuasion.

Finally, Zaiyuan put on the prince's airs and ordered the guards in the tent to take action. This made it difficult to pull Senggelinqin and Shengbao away. But even so, Shengbao, whose nose was already bleeding, still roared endlessly, "Senggelinqin. Don't think I don't know. You sent people to my camp several times to investigate my every move, and try to capture my handle to replace me! (Historical facts.) Don't daydream, I'm vigilant and not afraid of being in a rude shadow. No matter what kind of tricks you use, don't want to be the head coach!"

"Shengbao, you dog slave!" Senggelinqin, whose teeth were loosened, also roared continuously, "You slander me for forging false letters and deceive the main culprit. I want to participate in you! I will join you! I will never stop with you!"

"Enough! I will shut up!" Zaiyuan finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he raised his hand to slap Senggelinqin and Shengbao each, and roared: "The enemy is coming! You don't want to break the city and suppress the thieves, but instead have an internal strife here. Fighting in the nest, do you still take the imperial court seriously? Shut up to me, and I will immediately write a memorial to report the matter here to the emperor. You two will let me wait and listen to me!"

He also gave Shengbao and Senggelinqin a heavy kick to each of them. Zaiyuan immediately picked up his pen and wrote a book to report what happened here to Emperor Xianfeng. He also sent it to the capital with a fast horse together with the forged letter. Then Zaiyuan forced Senggelinqin to return to the camp immediately, and decided to personally take charge of the central army tent and personally monitor Shengbao's every move to prevent Shengbao from doing stupid things in his rage. Fortunately, Zaiyuan's title was higher than anyone else and his actions were fair, so Senggelinqin and Shengbao didn't say much, but they formed an irreconcilable hatred with each other and completely broke off diplomatic relations from then on.

It was only after Shengbao calmed down that Zaiyuan remembered that Wu Chaoyue should know about this, so he quickly sent someone to call Wu Chaoyue to Beicang Camp and told Wu Chaoyue in person that someone had reported to the Taiping Army. However, Wu Chaoyue was not surprised after hearing this. Instead, he smiled bitterly and said to Zaiyuan: "Thank you, the prince, but it doesn't matter. Xiaguan is used to it. When he was in Jiangning, Xiaguan was pulled up countless times. Before coming to Tianjin to serve the king this time, Xiaguan was mentally prepared to be pulled up by someone."

After hearing Sushun talk about some of Wu Chaoyue's situation in Jiangning, Zaiyuan sighed and said, "Weiting, don't worry, who reported the secret to Changmao? I will definitely ask the emperor and the court to find out the truth and give you justice."

"Thank you, Prince." Wu Chaoyue thanked again, then left his seat and bowed, and said to Zaiyuan in front of Shengbao: "But the prince, the subordinate dares to use the head-level guarantee on his neck. The person who informs Changmao will never be the Grandmaster Sheng! Grandmaster Sheng is innocent!"

Shengbao looked up in surprise, and the several banner generals present also looked at Wu Chaoyue in surprise. Wu Chaoyue looked calm and said to Zaiyuan: "Prince, please think carefully. Xiaguan and Sheng Damao had no grudges the day before yesterday and had no grudges in the near future. Why should he harm Xiaguan so much? Even if Sheng Damao really dislikes the Xiaguan and want to deal with Xiaguan, it is not a matter of one word to put small shoes on the Xiaguan during the marching and fighting? Why should he use his own handwriting to inform Changmao? Therefore, Xiaguan determined that this matter must be done by others and had nothing to do with Sheng Damao!"

Shengbao's lips trembled a little, Zaiyuan nodded and said, "I didn't expect Weiting to have such a stubborn mind. It's good. You're very reasonable. I also believe that Sheng Damao was innocent injustice in this matter."

"And." Wu Chaoyue said respectfully again: "Prince, when the emperor knows these things, he will definitely be furious, and he may even feel like changing the commander. If that is true, please remind the emperor that changing the commander at the time of the battle is a taboo in military strategists. Only by letting the commander win make meritorious contributions and continue to serve as the commander is the best strategy."

Hearing this, tears were rolling in Shengbao's eyes. Zaiyuan nodded repeatedly, agreeing with Wu Chaoyue's words, and also admired Wu Chaoyue's profound understanding of righteousness. He put the country and country of the Wild Boar Skin family first in everything. After sighing again, Zaiyuan turned to Shengbao and said, "Master Sheng, you have heard what Weiting said, and you also know the situation. Changmao already knew that Weiting had issued a military order to capture the city within three days, and would definitely insist on defending the city to force you to execute Weiting. Now that matter is at this point, should you return the military order to Weiting and ask him to find another way to break Changmao out of the city?"

Sheng Bao nodded quickly, then found Wu Chaoyue's military order from the desk in a hurry, and personally held it in front of Wu Chaoyue, and said in a hoarse voice: "Weiting, Changmao already knows our military aircraft, and this commander allows you to invalidate your military order."

Seeing the military order for a moment, Wu Chaoyue said thank you. After receiving the military order, he actually tore it in public. But after tearing the military order, Wu Chaoyue asked the guards in the tent for pen, ink, paper and inkstone. He wrote a military order again as the face of Shengbao and Zaiyuan. He held it in his hands and handed it to Shengbao, and said respectfully: "Master General, Wu Chaoyue, please order the attack on Changmao out of the city tomorrow! Within one day, if the subordinate cannot take Changmao out of the city, beg for beheading!"

"One day?" Zaiyuan, Sheng Bao and all the bannermen and generals present screamed, and then even Sheng Bao shouted: "Weiting, are you crazy? Changmao clearly knows that you have made a military order, so you have to add a burden to yourself. Make a military order and get it out of the city in one day?"

"Master, Prince Zai, please rest assured!" Wu Chaoyue said viciously: "Changmao is so apart from our generals, and our scum in the army informs Changmao, trying to harm my life! When my soldiers under my command know, they will inevitably be filled with righteous indignation and will be unstoppable. The morale of the army will not only not be affected, but will also vent Chongtian's anger on Changmao! Therefore, the officials can guarantee that within tomorrow, the officials will break Changmao's head and leave the city!"

After saying that, Wu Chaoyue sent the military order to Shengbao and said loudly: "Master General, the lower-ranking official Wu Chaoyue asked to go to war! In the future, if you don't break the Changmao and leave the city, please behead your head!"

Staring at Wu Chaoyue's expression for a while, seeing Wu Chaoyue's serious expression and firm will, Sheng Bao hesitated for a long time, and finally took Wu Chaoyue's military order with both hands, then turned to the people in the tent and shouted: "Tell Ming'a, Xilinghe, Shanlu obey the order! Tomorrow you will lead 4,000 elite troops from his troops to assist Lord Wu in attacking Changmao out of the city! Remember this commander, and tell your soldiers that I will personally go to the front line to supervise the battle tomorrow! If you take a step back, you will be killed immediately!"

"Za." The three generals agreed together, but only Tomina's voice was a little firmer. Xilinghe and Shanlu, who had been taken off by Shengbao, were purely perfunctory. They were also a little worried when they thought of the strong Taiping Army leaving the city.

Seeing that Shengbao showed this attitude, Wu Chaoyue of course thanked Shengbao quickly. Shengbao patted Wu Chaoyue on the shoulder and said, "Weiting, you must accept the military order. Don't make me embarrassed. Tomorrow's battle depends on you."

"Please rest assured, the officer will not make you embarrassed." Wu Chaoyue replied calmly. (To be continued.)
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