Chapter Ninety-Eight: Hitting the Rabbit with Grass
This involves the course of the battle, the number of casualties on both sides, and the list of meritorious soldiers.
In particular, the list of meritorious personnel must be reported in person, and it is impossible to fake the staff documents.
"Your Majesty, the ministers passed through the canal, and the first Tatars arrived in Texas for two days to set up an ambush, and launched an attack at night.
The first person to enter the enemy camp was Cao Bianjiao, the chief military officer of Lintao......"
Writing about Cao Bianjiao, Chen Qiyu gestured, this fierce general may not be the chief military officer after this battle, he should be the new earl.
Shaking his head with a smile, Chen Qiyu continued to write.
"Tell your lordship, there is an envoy in brocade clothes outside the door asking to see you?"
Just as Chen Qiyu was busy with copywriting, the guards came in to report.
"Hurry up, please!"
Chen Qiyu was stunned at first, and didn't understand what was going on with Jinyiwei coming to the door at this time.
However, since His Majesty decided to drive the expedition in person, Chen Qiyu knows the key role played by Jinyiwei in it.
In particular, the scout battalion where the factory guards eliminated the Tatars on the front line made it even more powerful and prestigious.
It was not until this time that people of insight understood the special role of brocade clothes in guarding the country and the people.
Because of this, although Chen Qiyu felt strange, he didn't dare to slack off.
Soon, the guards brought in a man wearing a flying fish suit, who could not hide his tiredness although he was very high.
"I don't know if Wu Qianhu is here, what are you doing?"
Chen Qiyu put down the wolf hair in his hand and got up to greet him with a smile.
The person who came was none other than one of the three masters of the factory and the health who has recently become famous - Wu Chengfeng, a thousand households in brocade.
"Congratulations to Chen Shilang for his victory in the first battle, for the court to relieve difficulties, for His Majesty to share worries, good is great!"
Wu Chengfeng, who entered the room, answered the question, and congratulated Chen Qiyu with his fists in both hands.
Chen Qiyu smiled slightly, understanding that he had asked bluntly just now, but he was a little hasty.
can make a popular brocade family ask for a meeting from thousands of miles away, and it must involve confidentiality and cannot be told at will.
waved his hand to remove the left and right staff documents in the lobby, and took Wu Chengfeng to the secret room in the backyard of the government to sit down, and the other party explained his intentions.
"Chen Shilang, Your Majesty has issued an edict to ask the army to stay in the Dezhou Mansion for one night, assist Jinyi Wei in arresting the remnants of the traitorous Jin merchants, and confiscate the goods for national use."
When Chen Qiyu heard this, he immediately noticed the bloody wind and rain, and his head was rolling.
It's really a joke, to arrest the Jin merchants in Texas, you need the help of the most elite field troops in the imperial court who have important battles?
The hundreds of city officials in the Dezhou Mansion and the thousands of trough officials in the Caoyun Governor's Mansion are eating dry rice?
Especially Liu Zeqing, the current governor of Caoyun in Dezhou, has a strong authority, a family under his own jurisdiction, and a sailor camp of the imperial court.
No matter how capable the Jin merchants were, they couldn't compete with them.
This can only show that the Texas Mansion is rotten up and down.
His Majesty clearly wants to take the opportunity of the army stationed in the Texas capital to uproot these tumors.
Thinking of this, Chen Qiyu's face was straight and murderous, and the long eyebrows at the corners of his eyes twitched slightly.
"Pick up the grass and hit the rabbit! Please Wu Qianhu despite the order, the army will cooperate absolutely and unconditionally. ”
"Thank you Chen Shilang!"
Wu Chengfeng leaned over slightly to show respect!
"Wherever you speak, it's all a matter of state! How can this official not be conscientious! ”
Chen Qiyu waved his hand and spoke righteously.
Since this is the case, Lord Chen used the excuse of celebrating the merit to entertain the officials and subordinates of the Texas Mansion. In particular, the Caoyun Governor's Mansion must be in place and indispensable.
Then I beg the lord to order it to be taken down in one fell swoop, pressed into the prison, and wait for the judgment of the Holy Judge.
As for the Jin merchants, it was up to the lower officials to clean up with the soldiers. ”
Having said that, Wu Chengfeng did not fabricate anything, and commanded the dignified military squire as a subordinate, without any timidity, showing the demeanor of a soldier.
Crisp, neat!
"Good, good, very good, that's it!"
Regarding Wu Chengfeng's arrangement, Chen Qiyu couldn't find any fault, and praised it!
"Thank you for your help, then the official will arrange it."
Thinking clearly, Wu Chengfeng leaned over to thank him, but left the table.
is neither humble nor arrogant, with a degree of advance and retreat, and is a very good young man.
Looking at Wu Chengfeng's departing figure, Chen Qiyu's eyes were slightly closed, thoughtful.
Suddenly, his heart suddenly moved, seeing that this son did things neatly, thought clearly, and was born in the line of His Majesty, Jinyiwei, was not the best candidate for the director of the Military Intelligence Department under the Ministry of War?
Speaking of which, His Majesty asked the Ministry of War to set up a military intelligence department, with the strong support of his old man, everything else is easy to say, and the most difficult thing is the leader.
The role of the leader is obviously beyond doubt!
For this reason, Chen Qiyu, Li Banghua, and Yang Sichang, the three military bosses, were also dazzled.
It's just that a thousand households in brocade clothes seem to have some insufficient qualifications.
Frowning slightly, Chen Qiyu thought of this.
But after a while, he shook his head and smiled dumbly, salty and don't worry about eating turnips!
Needless to say, he is just responsible for recommending talents.
The director of the Military Intelligence Department, what a crucial position, how can he decide with a word?
……
On the streets of Texas, Wu Chengfeng and two colleagues dressed up as ordinary people and were doing pre-action reconnaissance work.
With the Grand Canal of Beijing to communicate the north and south, Dezhou Mansion has become the only government in Shandong that can compete with Jinan.
Merchants from the south to the north spoke official dialects with different accents, and walked in Goolan Washe, which made the Texas Mansion show a deformed prosperity in the war.
There are rows of shops and restaurants inside and outside the city, and the city is not at night, and it is very prosperous.
Dozens of miles along both sides of the canal, except for the Changying warehouse, Changping and reserve warehouse set up by the Ming Dynasty, the others are all warehouses set up by merchants from all over the world.
The water depth is water transportation, and the shallow water is storage, and the granary is set up along the canal. In this way, the cao ship does not stagnate, and there is no loss of grain, which greatly increases the volume of cao transportation.
Among them, the warehouse established by the Jin merchants is the most eye-catching.
Covering a vast area and being heavily defended, it seems to be their signature piece.
It's just that the focus of Wu Chengfeng and the three is not here.
It covers a vast area, indicating that there are many grain goods, and it is just a net to solve the dilemma of the imperial court.
The defense was tight, and it was not worth mentioning in front of the imperial army.
The difficulty lies in how to identify the merchants in the Texas capital?
Through the recent interrogation of Jin merchants detained in the capital to extract confessions, Wu Chengfeng knew that the Ming Dynasty was not the only Jin merchant slave?
It can be said that any merchant who does border trade business has more or less fornication and slavery.
It's just that Jin Shang Tongnu was targeted by His Majesty's knowledge, and there was no escape.
And other businesses have to rely on Jinyiwei to investigate.
Walking along the canal, Wu Chengfeng stared at the dense warehouses on both sides and fell into deep thought.
The wealth of Texas is undoubted.
Otherwise, Jiannu would not have chosen Texas for plundering.
So the question is, if Jiannu breaks through Texas, it will inevitably loot on a large scale, and how to distinguish the "friendly army" among the many merchants?