第二十五章 为王前驱
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“不急!”于何笑道:“你先在这里休息几日,把身子骨养好了再说吧!”
环县,三边总督行辕。
刘国能坐在行辕大门内侧的厢房内,等候着三边总督洪承畴的传见。这个绰号“闯塌天”的流贼领是李自成的老乡,也是延安人。崇祯初年,陕西大旱,他迫于饥寒揭竿而起,凭借自己的武勇很快在群贼中脱颖而出,三年神一魁、不沾泥受抚后,他也随之受抚,其后贺人龙使计杀了神一魁、不沾泥二人,群贼复起,他也跟着举兵起事,不久前刘成领兵杀革里眼、生俘老回回,洪承畴放出告示,招抚除去曹操罗汝才与一只虎李过之外的其他流贼,他也就随之求抚。不难看出,此人虽然不乏勇力。但却没有什么远大的目标,远不如李自成、曹操、甚至老回回之流,一旦形势不利,官府开出不错的条件。刘国能就想着招安做官。此时的他坐在板凳上,心情矛盾复杂,即害怕洪承畴故技重施,使计要自己的脑袋;又对招安的未来满是憧憬。
“传闯塌天刘国能进来!”
从门外传来高亢的传令声,刘国能浑身一颤。从板凳上跳了起来,走到门口又停下脚步,小心的又整理了一遍自己的衣冠,唯恐有什么不妥当的地方,待会失仪。然后刘国能才踉跄的朝二门去了,二门前当值的亲卫拦住他,一个校尉将其上下打量了一会,问道:“你便是闯塌天了?”
“正是小人!”刘国能低声答道,不知道为什么,他平日里的勇气此时都消失了。连说话的声音都有几分颤抖。
“身上可有兵器?”
刘国能赶忙将腰间的佩刀取下,又将靴筒里的匕也交了出来。那校尉收下兵器又让人将其全身上下摸索了一番,方才放其进去。二门里边是一道朱红色的油漆屏风,打开来便是一道门,这就是所谓的仪门,又称恒门,汉代府县治所两旁各筑一桓,后二桓之间加木为门,曰桓门。宋避钦宗名讳,改为仪门。即礼仪之门。明清衙署第二重门通称仪门,是主事官员迎送宾客的地方。《明会典.官员礼》记载:除却新官到任,或者喜庆大典、皇帝临幸,上司前来、宣读诏旨或举行重大祭祀典礼活动时。仪门都是不开的,人员出入都是东侧的便门。这仪门平日里都是不开的,但现在这里成了洪承畴的行辕,须得迎送巡抚和几个重要将领,这仪门方才打开了。刘国能本是一介流贼,哪里知道这么多规矩。眼看着门开着便直冲着走了过去。后面的校尉见了赶忙追了上去,一把将其拉到旁边,喝道:“过来!你是什么东西,也敢走这里!”说罢将其用力一推,指着东侧的便门喝道:“从哪里走!”
刘国能哪里敢出言争辩,低下头踉踉跄跄的进了门,穿过阶下的两行侍卫,来到堂前,由中军将其带进大堂,赶忙在洪承畴面前跪下,头也不敢抬,赶忙磕了几下狠得:“罪人刘国能参见制军大人!”
堂上的洪承畴冷冷的看着跪在地上的刘国能,过了好一会儿方才沉声问道:“你便是闯塌天刘国能吗?”
“回大人,正是小人!”刘国能跪在地上,心跳的与擂鼓一般,他不敢抬起头来,只敢用眼角的余光四处乱看,当他现总督大人身后的屏风镂空底部后面并没有像戏文里面说的“隐藏五百刀斧手”,不由得松了口气,看来自己这条姓名算是保住了。
“本官听说你与那曹操乃是结义兄弟,不知是真是假?”
“回大人,小人的确曾与那曹操结为兄弟。”
“哦?”洪承畴点了点头:“那曹操现在何处?”
听到洪承畴问道这里,刘国能心知已经问道要紧处了,自己的性命与前程皆维系于此,赶忙小心答道:“回大人,那曹操与李过得知大人出招抚的告示后,本拔营往西北去了,可走了没几日这二贼又领兵回来了,放话出来说鞑子大举进犯,攻破了边墙,有七八万骑,官军在这里长不了,要大伙合兵一处,往东去山西!”
“哼!”洪承畴冷哼了一声,脸色如铁。曹操的行动正好戳中他的心病,正如曹操所说的,林丹汗的入侵极大的分散了洪承畴的注意力,迫使他把手下最得力的将领调走,更要紧的是,就连洪承畴本人在也不可能在这里长时间耽搁下去了。
“那你为何不随你义兄弟去山西?”洪承畴冷笑道。
刘国能赶忙又磕了个头,小心的答道:“愚民陷不义数载,罪孽甚多,岂敢再造杀孽?今日赖大人宽宏方能湔洗更生。愿悉众入军籍,身隶麾下尽死力。“
洪承畴打量着地上的刘国能,没有立刻做出回答,对方先前的回答给出了为何只有少数几股流贼就抚的原因——林丹汗不恰当的入侵改变了官军与流贼间的实力对比,只有在官军占据绝对优势的情况下招抚政策才是可行的。在就抚的几股流贼中、声名最盛、带来的兵马最多的就是这个刘国能了,无论是为了“千金买马骨“还是为了让其更加卖力,给予其相当的好处都是必须的。想到这里,洪承畴温声道:”刘国能,你起身来!“
“多谢大人!”刘国能听到这里,心中不由得暗喜,他又磕了个头,站起身来,微微躬着身体。
“本官看你本来也是好人家的子弟,一时让坏人迷了心肠方才从贼。”洪承畴捻了下颔下的胡须微微一笑:“朝廷一向对尔等有宽宥之心,只要你今后洗心革面,着实为朝廷效力,朝廷自然就会重用你。你那些跟随曹贼的同伴以为插汗入寇便会改变什么,当真是可笑得很。要知道顺逆之势,乃天地之道,又岂是些许套虏便能改变的吗?他或许能逃得一时,但早晚会落入罗网,插翅难飞,悬东市之时,悔之晚矣呀!“
对于洪承畴说的那些话,刘国能只能听得个“朝廷会重用你”,其余不过是四五成,他赶忙跪下磕了个头道:“多谢大人栽培!”
“刘国能,你麾下有多少兵马?”
刘国能听到这里,心知戏肉到了,赶忙禀告道:“禀告大人,小人手下有骑队两百余人,精壮歩队三百人!”
“嗯,那本官就以你为守备,隶属本督标营,率领所部为前锋,追击曹、李二贼。”
“多谢大人!”
曹操与李过回到环县后,就将林丹汗入侵宁夏的消息放了出去,借机拉拢了几股流贼,加起来也有万余人,便合并一处向东,越过太白山脉,进入了榆林镇的地界,这里堡寨林立、边墙连亘,自古便是中原王朝抵御北方游牧民族入侵的前沿阵地。曹操不敢骚扰当地,过了太白山后不久就折转向东南,沿着洛水进入了延安府的地界,准备按照李过的建议到了甘泉后向东,在孟门处渡过黄河进入山西。为了避免与沿途的边军生冲突,曹操选择了一条很少有人走的小路,一路都是荒坡野岭,十分艰险,常常一天下来也看不到一处人烟,是以他们的行动也不容易被官军现。(未完待续。)
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