第十四节 肉票
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“战书?城墙都垮了,他们还下什么战书?还要约我们出去野战吗?”标营游击听到这个消息后,感到自己的思维更加混乱了,他回头看了一眼城墙豁口,突然一个机灵,回头焦急地喊道:“不许放箭!”
虽然不知道明军到底在想什么,但眼下这种情况显然是能拖一刻是一刻,标营游击生怕城楼上的军官鲁莽从事,把明军的使者she死了,导致邓名大怒回师。虽然明军已经走远,但他们走回来之前,清军肯定是无法把城墙修起来的,就是他们回营睡一觉再来,清军都未必能把缺口堵上。
“大人放心,”传令兵急忙答道,城楼的守将也已经看到城墙这边的情况,知道若是明军冲进城就是一锅端,哪里还敢挑起事端:“我们只是搭箭戒备,绝不会放箭。”
“搭什么箭?”游击闻言大怒,他手臂向身后一指,指向城墙豁口方向:“这么大一个口子,邓名还会去冲城门吗?快回去,把弓收起来,万一手滑把箭she出去怎么办?”
“本官这就过去。”周培公脸seyin沉地说道,听到传令兵送来的口信后,他倒没有像标营游击那么激动,而是强迫自己冷静下来思考了一下,现在他已经大概猜到了邓名回送来时什么样的战书。
走到城楼上,周培公下令she手们都把弓放下,从城垛上探出身去,冲城前那几个明军骑士喊道:“我就是周培公,你们是有战书要给我吗?”
确认对方就是周培公后,一个骑士弯弓搭箭,把一封书信she上城头,同时大叫一声:“邓提督不愿伤害汉阳百姓,邀周知府出城决一雌雄。”
完成任务后,这几个明军骑兵就拨转马头,疾驰追赶大部队而去。
“什么?邀我们出城决战?”跟着一起赶回的标营游击听到后,大叫道:“邓名手下足有七、八千披甲,汉阳城内只有不到三千,我们怎么会出去送死?巷战还能多抵抗一会儿。”
“恐怕也多抵抗不了多久吧。”周培公冷冷地说道,此时已经有士兵把战书拾起,双手捧着呈给周知府,伸手将书信取过,周培公扫了面se惨白的标营游击,凑在他耳边小声安慰了一句:“放心,本官敢拿xing命担保,这书信里肯定不是约我们出去决战。”
“多半又是要赎城费。”周培公一边拆信,一边小声嘀咕了一声。
说话的声音非常小,其他士兵都没有听见,但紧挨着周培公的标营游击确实听了个分明,他脸颊声的肌肉一抖,飞快地环顾周围一圈,看到清军士兵都离得比较远,马上向周培公身边凑近了一步,低声说道:“知府大人,若是如此,最好还是答应。”
周培公闻言苦笑了一声,却没有应声只是继续拆信。
“我有点选吗?”周培公心中反问了一句,作为武昌府的知府,兼汉阳的守臣,若是汉阳失守,被朝廷知晓,那他丢的可不只是官职,连xing命也保不住:“不过邓名实在欺人太甚,他言而无信,上次骗我说给我回扣,一旦事成就让李来亨抄了我的家。”
想到这里,周培公已经是怒不可遏:“这次又要逼着我赎城?是不是又想说给我什么回扣?邓名一再戏耍,真是奇耻大辱。哼,士可杀不可辱,我大不了就死在汉阳,又有什么了不起?对,我就是死也不再受辱!”
周培公猛地把书信展开,用力之大差点就把它撕成两半,见状标营游击也是一惊,生怕周培公倔脾气上来,要全军与汉阳共存亡——才半天城墙就垮了那么大一段,明军要是决心进攻这绝对是有死无生,就算拼死补上也没用,明军大不了再花半天工夫再拆一段城墙。
“若是知府大人宁为玉碎的话,”标营游击心思转得飞快,在来之前张长庚已经交代过,无论如何汉阳都不能有失,若是发觉明军有意图并有能力攻破武昌的话,那就是城下之盟也要先答应了再说——湖广总督若是把驻地丢了,朝廷绝不会饶他一命:“总督大人可是说过,汉阳有失倒霉可不止知府大人一个,就是总督大人也无法向朝廷交代。现在武昌也就几千披甲,邓名这拆城墙速度实在太快了,武昌也危险了,要是武昌丢了,总督大人就xing命难保了。嗯,若是知府大人发怒,我无路如何都要拖住他,然后派人急忙报告总督大人。”
游击打定了主意,又偷眼去看周培公的表情,发现后者满脸的怒容已经散去了大半,正在把那份战书看第二遍。
仔仔细细地又把战书看了一遍后,周培公把书信轻轻地卷起来,然后把标营游击拉到了一边,小声和他商议起来:“邓名果然是来要赎城费,还指名道姓要本官出城与他谈判。”
“这……”作为张长庚的亲兵统领,和谋杀胡全才的同谋,标营游击当然知道周培公多次与邓名私下谈判,但那时周培公只是张长庚的一个幕僚,一个年轻举子罢了,但现在周培公已经是堂堂的武昌知府、朝廷命官,如果邓名翻脸把他扣下怎么办?
“你看着城墙,一炷香都不到就垮了,本官看汉阳是没法坚守了,若是这汉阳不保,邓名挟大胜之威,再攻武昌的话,恐怕武昌也要遇险。”周培公长叹一声,脸上一片凄然,刚才的怒se都消失得无影无踪,接着周培公脸se又是一变,显出一副决绝之se,慨然对游击说道:“总督大人待我不薄,值此危急之时,我不挺身而出为总督大人分忧,更有何人呢?”
不等感动的标营游击插话,周培公就把手一挥,毅然说道:“本官今夜就乔装潜出城,与邓名商谈停战罢兵之事,你可速速报与总督大人,要他另派干吏前来,若是本官遇到什么不测,也有人可以接替本官的职责。”
和游击商议完毕,周培公又提笔写了一封信给张长庚,详细叙述了当前的危机局面,明确告诉湖广总督已经无法靠军事手段保住汉阳了,同时周培公也向张长庚保证,他一定会在邓名面前据理力争,尽可能为湖广总督争取利益,并全力缩小朝廷将受到的损失。
和标营游击分手后,周培公回到衙门,坐定后把藏在袖子里的战书又掏了出来,轻轻展开第三次看起来。
在这封信里,邓名开门见山地向周培公表示了歉意,称他对李来亨的胡作非为事先毫不知情;道歉过后,邓名说他已经要求李来亨把周家的家产统统交还;至于李来亨的附带要求,也就是要求周培公全额纳税一事,邓名也直言不讳;不过紧随其后,邓名又称他已经想了一个补偿方案,以弥补李来亨这个不合理要求带给周培公的损失。具体内容这封信写不下,邓名约周培公面谈,并表示若是周培公知道有其他湖广缙绅和他情况相同,邓名愿意一视同仁给予补偿。
“邓提督啊邓提督,这李来亨到底是不是你的部下啊?”周培公看完信后,把它放到火上点燃,亲眼看着信被烧成灰烬:“到底会是什么样的补偿?我当然知道很多人都被你的这些‘部下’抄家、征税了,若是你能给补偿的话,这对我来说可是一大堆人情啊。”</p>
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