OBS Chapter 332 I'm Not Going Anywhere
Chapter 332 I'm Not Going Anywhere
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If Sun Gupu were colluding with the gentry of Jiangnan, Yang Shaofeng would have agreed without hesitation, because professional matters should be left to professionals, and he himself should keep his useful life to serve the court and contribute to the people.
But what Sun Gupu colluded with were Japanese pirates, those short and ugly Japanese.
Yang Shaofeng chuckled and said, "I'm not going anywhere."
"Even if there are no spies or agents of theirs in Penglai County, I will still stay in Penglai County."
"Spread the word that I have returned to Penglai County, bringing with me a large quantity of iron tools such as plows, hoes, and iron pots, as well as countless banknotes, gold, silver, and copper coins."
Seeing that Yang Shaofeng was determined not to leave Penglai County, Hu Biao had no choice but to cup his hands and reply, "If that's the case, I request Your Highness to use the tiger tally to transfer some more troops from the nearby garrisons."
The Leopard Guard has more than 5,000 troops, the Dengzhou Guard has more than 5,000 troops, and the naval force has more than 500 men. All together, they only have more than 11,000 troops.
If it were just a simple fight, Hu Biao was confident that he could use his 10,000-plus men to hold off Hu Yuan's 20,000 elite troops, and might even have a chance to turn the tide.
However, when it came to the safety of Prince Consort Yang Shaofeng and Penglai County, Hu Biao was not so confident.
After all, no one knew exactly how many Japanese pirates there were, let alone how many Yellow Turban followers Sun Gupu could recruit.
What if the combined number of Japanese pirates and Yellow Turbans exceeded 20,000 or even 30,000?
In particular, there must have been a large number of fake Japanese pirates among them, and among those fake pirates there might be people who were well-versed in military strategy and tactics.
As the saying goes, it is better to be lenient in your assessment of the enemy. It is better to prepare for 50,000 enemy troops but end up with only 10,000 than to prepare for 10,000 enemy troops but end up with 50,000.
Yang Shaofeng naturally had no objections. Instead, he said directly to Hu Biao, "I'll leave the rest to Commander Hu. Commander Hu, just give the order where troops can be transferred, where they can't be transferred, and how many to transfer."
Hu Biao immediately agreed, and after careful consideration, gave the specific number of troops that needed to be mobilized: "Weihaiwei, Chengshanwei, Jinghaiwei, and Dasongwei in Dengzhou, and Aoshanwei in Laizhou. Each of these five guards should draw one centurion, half of whom should be cavalry and the other half should be infantry mounted on horseback, and have them come to Dengzhou Prefecture in the shortest possible time."
"Notify all garrisons within two days, and the troops of each garrison must arrive in Dengzhou within five days."
"The troops of Renxuzhaiqian, Qishan, Jinshanzuo, Baichiyahou, Xunshanhou, Ningjin, Haiyang, Dashan, and Nanya cannot be mobilized."
"The naval battalion should strengthen patrols in the areas of Daodao Island, Sangdao Island, Changdao Island, Shamen Island, Zhugaoshan Mountain, and Sunkuang Town. If anything is amiss, immediately issue a warning."
"The best course of action would be to lure and force the Japanese pirates and Yellow Turban rebels to launch a strong attack on Penglai County, and then have a decisive battle in the north of Penglai County."
"In addition, those prisoners who were exiled from the capital to Dengzhou should also be kept under strict guard."
"But we can't let them stop work, and we can't just move people from outside the county to the city in a big way. It's best to come up with some other reason."
"Overall, we should remain vigilant internally and relaxed externally, and try our best not to let the Japanese pirates and Yellow Turban rebels notice any changes."
"..."
Otherwise, if Hu Biao had managed to rise to the position of Commander of the Leopard Guard among the Seventeen Guards of the Imperial Guard, his military skills would at least be far superior to Yang Shaofeng's.
Of course, Yang Shaofeng felt that it was due to equipment issues—if they had precision-guided long-range artillery and equipment like the Type 99 and Type 95 missiles, Yang Shaofeng felt that his command skills would be quite impressive.
Basically, the big bombs will first unleash a barrage of firepower, then the 99s will go in and crush them, the 95s will come in to finish them off, and finally, those shorty guys will be dragged to the fertile ground.
If there are enough short, dwarf plants, it might fundamentally improve the soil quality in Dengzhou.
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With Hu Biao's arrangement, the entire Penglai County quickly entered a state of outward relaxation but inward tension.
Outside the city, farming continued as usual, but the people doing the farming were no longer ordinary citizens. Instead, soldiers from the Dengzhou Guard, dressed in the uniforms of yamen runners, were leading a portion of the three thousand prisoners in the farming.
The city was still being demolished and repaired, but the people doing the work had changed to ordinary citizens, and the guards were yamen runners dressed as garrison soldiers.
According to Hu Biao, the real Japanese might not be very smart, but the fake Japanese are definitely not stupid. If Penglai were to adopt a scorched-earth policy now, the fake Japanese might be scared away.
The soldiers from the five centurions transferred from the four guards of Dengzhou and the Aoshan Guard of Laizhou were not directly assigned to Penglai County, but were instead settled near Penglai County. After all, there were mountains in Penglai County, and it would be easy to hide one or two thousand people, let alone just five hundred or so.
Even in the official documents Yang Shaofeng wrote to Jinan Prefecture and Qingzhou Guard, there was no mention of Sun Gupu's plan to join forces with the Japanese pirates to attack Dengzhou Prefecture. He only mentioned that he discovered a cult while passing through Linqi and asked the Shandong Provincial Government to send someone to investigate.
Meanwhile, Wang Guangyang, the Vice Minister of the Shandong Provincial Government, was slowly packing his luggage when he received Yang Shaofeng's official document. He was just waiting for the imperial envoy sent by Emperor Zhu to arrive before heading back to his hometown.
Become an official?
What kind of official am I? I did nothing wrong, yet I was impeached by the censor Liu Bing. And the charge wasn't corruption or cruelty, but "filial imprisonment."
Unfilial! Who the hell can wash away this crime? After all, his elderly mother didn't come to Shandong with him, and he, as her son, couldn't be by her side to take care of her. Isn't that unfilial?
As for whether it was a miscarriage of justice... it was definitely a miscarriage of justice, because Emperor Zhu originally said that he would serve as the Shandong Provincial Councilor for a period of time, but who could have imagined that he would serve as the councilor for a full three years.
Wang Guangyang spat angrily, stared blankly at the almost packed luggage for a while, and then went directly to the main hall of the provincial government office, where he had someone summon the assistant officials of the provincial government office and the prefect of Jinan.
"This official document was sent by Yang, the son-in-law of the prefect of Dengzhou."
Wang Guangyang glanced at the group of assistant officials, waved the official document in his hand, and said with a smile, "When Prince Consort Yang passed through Linqu, he discovered that some kind of Taipingdao cult had sprung up in Qingzhou Prefecture."
"You can send people to investigate. Destroy what needs to be destroyed and arrest what needs to be arrested."
"As for Jinan Prefecture, we should also send people to investigate in various prefectures and counties. If there is any Taiping Dao, destroy what should be destroyed and arrest what should be arrested."
"Don't even think about trying to fool me—I don't really care, but whether you can get away with it with Prince Consort Yang depends on your skills."
As Wang Guangyang finished speaking, the assembled officials and the prefect of Jinan were nearly driven mad with anger.
If you're in a hurry, then hurry on your way. Why are you bothering with this whole thing about lewd worship?