Chapter 19: Banditry

Hearing Xiao Pengcheng's voice, Shen Chongming couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, to be honest, he really couldn't wait to explain?

"Brother Shen, can you hurry up!" In the latrine, Xiao Pengcheng stood behind Shen Chongming with a black cloth on his face and said with a sad face.

"You can be anxious about this, you have to help me, brother, I am a hero now, and I can't be hurt easily!" Shen Chongming sat on the toilet with a comfortable face, if it weren't for Xiao Pengcheng behind his back, he would not have been able to sit on the toilet steadily.

"Brother, then the younger brother will go and hire a servant to take care of you later! The business of our shop is busy, although the little brother has the heart to take care of you, but he has no skills! Xiao Pengcheng looked remorseful, why did he have to run to the small courtyard! You'll have to have a long memory in the future, otherwise such errands are indispensable.

"Well, then you have to pay attention to it, people have three urgency, and I don't know when it will ...... Urgent...... Finish! Shen Chongming gritted his teeth and said, regardless of the pain of the wound, he exerted all his strength, and then there was a loud noise, and the filth that had been stored for a few days was finally discharged, and Shen Chongming breathed a sigh of relief: "Pengcheng, the straw paper is waiting!" ”

"Brother Shen, I hate you!" Xiao Pengcheng cried and grabbed a piece of straw paper with a sad face.

In the middle summer of the second year of Longqing, Haikou once plundered Guangdong, first under Gao Ming and then Kou Shunde, killed Zhi County and robbed the silver treasury, and was invincible for a while, and the soldiers of the Guangdong Guard could not avoid it.

"Rice bucket, there are nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in Guangdong, and they can't even beat a single pirate, what's the use!" Emperor Longqing was furious, threw the battle report in his hand and pointed at the ministers in front of him and shouted angrily.

"The emperor is angry, the whereabouts of the thieves are uncertain, and the traces are difficult to find, even if there is a large army in my court, there is no way to do all the work in one battle!" Xu Jie hurriedly bowed his head and said, and at the same time glanced slightly sideways at the military department Shangshu who was standing behind him on the right side.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is a bandit, although the imperial court has 80,000 soldiers and horses in Guangdong, but in addition to the men and horses needed to garrison in various places, the troops that can be mobilized are less than 20,000, and even if you want to gather these 20,000 people, it will take a lot of time, so it is impossible to exterminate the bandits in a short time!" The military department Shangshu was also the general who led the troops, and in a few words, he analyzed the current situation clearly and clearly in the latest chapter of the Qianmo farmhouse.

Emperor Longqing frowned, but he didn't believe this: "Then last year, Annan committed a border, and Cheng Guogong led the men and horses to calm down in less than a month from the battle to the capture of Liangshan, why is this, is this bandit more difficult than the Annan people!" ”

"This ...... Don't hide it from the emperor, Jiangnan has not been at war for many years, the military affairs are sluggish, the generals are incompetent, and if you want to rely on them to exterminate the bandits, it is really ...... "There is no way, and Lord Shangshu can only tell the truth, otherwise this question cannot be answered at all."

"Hmph, since this is the case, immediately select and send Xian Neng to Guangdong to suppress the bandits, and by the way, remove all these incompetent generals, so as not to waste the money and food of the imperial court, I don't believe it, they are all soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and the soldiers of Jiangnan are not as good as the soldiers of the border soldiers!" The more Emperor Longqing thought about it, the more angry he became, and the imperial court tried its best to support an army of nearly two million, but most of them were fools who wasted food.

"Yes, when Weichen goes back, he will bring someone to discuss this matter in detail!" Lord Shangshu agreed, but he didn't think so, a radish and a pit, so many generals can be changed, if the emperor really said it was so simple, the world would have been chaotic.

"Your Majesty, Weichen wants the Admiral of the Shenji Battalion and Qi Jiguang to be the most suitable to lead the troops!" After pondering it, Lord Shangshu immediately thought of an excellent candidate, Qi Jiguang had been fighting with the pirates for many years and had rich experience, so let him lead the troops to supervise the battle, and he would definitely be able to capture it.

"What? Qi Jiguang is still the commander of the Shenji Battalion! "If it weren't for this matter, Emperor Longqing would really have forgotten Qi Jiguang, this person personally ordered to be summoned to the capital to prepare to be the deputy chief soldier of Jizhou to preside over the training, but the courtiers were opposed at that time, so he could only be temporarily appointed as the commander of the Shenji Battalion to observe whether it was really suitable to preside over the training.

Hearing Emperor Longqing's words, Lord Shangshu knew that he had touched his old man's brows, and hurriedly added: "Back to the emperor, Weichen is already ready to let Qi Jiguang serve as the deputy commander of Jizhou, but there are many affairs these days, and it was accidentally delayed, but now it is just right, it is perfect for him to preside over the suppression of bandits!" "Speaking of this, I can't help but be complacent, telling lies as prescient, and I am definitely a rare talent.

"Busy with official business, hum, if you are busy with official business, where are there so many bandits and thieves in this world!" Emperor Longqing was still unhappy: "The Mongolian Tartars in the north are the big trouble, you immediately arrange for Qi Jiguang to rush to Jizhou, as for the matter of Guangdong, let Shen Chongming go!" "It's better to rely on others than on yourself, Emperor Longqing decided two things in one go.

The current Shen Chongming is different from the past, and with the matter of sacrificing his life to save the driver, he is deeply loved by Emperor Longqing. Although it is only a small matter of the Admiral of the Fourth Rank Divine Machine Battalion now, everyone can predict that this kid has an unlimited future.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Jie has been thinking about how to suppress and suppress Shen Chongming these days, and finally came to the conclusion that he will not be allowed to do practical things, so that there is no reason for promotion.

"Your Majesty, Shen Chongming is a civil official who is not trained in military affairs, but I am afraid that he will not be able to take on such an errand!" Xu Jie said worriedly, with an expression of loyalty to state affairs, it is Shen Chongming Everyone understands, last year with Chengguo Gong against Annan, he made great efforts, both wise and brave, rare generals, and the reason why Xu Jie said this is to say that Emperor Longqing is more forgetful, after all, the court has a lot of major events every day, and after a year, the emperor really doesn't necessarily remember that Shen Chongming also participated in that war.

"If you don't practice military affairs, Xu Aiqing, you are confused! Shen Chongming had fought with the Annan people, and even Chengguo Gong praised him for his proficiency in military affairs in front of me, and he was a rare handsome talent! Emperor Longqing glared at Xu Jie fiercely and said, since Shen Chongming saved his life in front of the fierce tiger, Emperor Longqing has reviewed Shen Chongming's past exploits, just thinking about promoting and reusing it one day.

Xu Jie choked, and hurriedly changed his words: "Your Majesty, this rogue is different from the Annan people, Shen Chongming is still too young and inexperienced after all, according to Wei Chen's opinion, in order to defeat the enemy in a war, and exterminate the rogue as soon as possible to avoid disaster, it is best to send a military general to cross the Shuangsu and Shuangfei!" ”

"The veteran generals in the army are also trained in large and small wars, and if they don't give young people a chance, they will never be able to become veteran generals in the army!" Emperor Longqing was a little annoyed, and he felt more and more confused about Xu Jie's old age these days.

Seeing that Xu Jie was about to say more, Emperor Longqing waved his hand directly: "This matter is so decided, let's make a decision!" ”

It's a foregone conclusion, Xu Jie can only bow down, but he is worried in his heart, these days he has become more and more aware of Shen Chongming's horror, especially the incident in prison back then, originally he just thought that he had escaped his life, but now it seems that it is very likely that this kid noticed something at that time? Having this mind at a young age is really a big problem.

Outside the city, a few fast horses entered the camp and went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army: "The emperor has a decree, declare Qi Jiguang and Shen Chongming to listen to the decree!" ”

Cui Yong, who was enjoying lunch in the tent, ran out in a panic, and there was still a grain of rice stuck to the corner of his mouth: "Quick, beckon Lord Qi and Lord Shen to come and receive the order!" ”

Watching the guards in front of the door take the order, Cui Yong asked the indifferent eunuch in front of him: "This father-in-law, I don't know what the emperor will give to the two of them!" This also complains that Cui Yong is inquiring, to say that he is the number one, but this holy decree has no share of his own, and he really can't figure it out.

"Admiral Cui, I'll find out soon, what are you anxious about?" The eunuch pouted and smiled, these military men just don't understand the rules, and the emperor's holy decree is also casually inquired?

What are you talking about? The two people who lived nearby hurried over, knelt down respectfully in front of the eunuch and said, "Ministers Jiguang, Shen Chongming obeys the order!" ”

"Fengtian carried the emperor's edict and said: The commander of the Shenji battalion and Qi Jiguang can be of great use in training, and he will be promoted from the second rank of Jizhou deputy commander on the same day, presiding over the training of Jizhou, Changping, Liaodong, and Baoding, and Shen Chongming, the commander of the Shenji battalion, will serve as the chief military officer of the Qincha Guangdong bandits, and immediately lead 500 troops south to the Guangdong governor's guards to exterminate the bandit leader, and there will be no delay, so I will do this!" The eunuch's voice was high-pitched, coupled with the indifference on his face, Shen Chongming could guess that this guy was also a master, what a pity, such a martial arts is not mixed with the rivers and lakes, what kind of eunuch is he in the palace!

"Minister's decree, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Qi Jiguang stretched out his hand to take the holy decree, but the two of them were dumbfounded, who should a holy decree belong to?

In the end, Qi Jiguang still carried forward the spirit of Big Brother and handed over the holy decree to Shen Chongming, after all, he was a temporary errand, and he had no holy decree in his hand, so it was not easy to bluff people in the face of local soldiers!

"Oh, congratulations to the two of you, congratulations to the two, the official really envy you?" Cui Yong is the same on the outside, with a look of envy on his face, these two guys are luckier than himself, one is about to rush to the border army to train soldiers and horses, and the other is to lead the troops to battle, but he is the only one who faces the same face all day long in the Shenji Battalion, and he feels annoyed when he thinks about it.

"My lord, what is there to envy, what Xiaguan and Lord Qi are going to do now, you have done it in the past few years!" Shen Chongming said with a smile, he was also extremely excited to lead the troops into battle alone.

"Hehe, that's reasonable, I went to do a good errand, try not to come back if I can, this Shenji Camp is really not a place for people to stay!" Cui Yong said with emotion, how many years have passed, and his skills on the battlefield are almost worn out by idle days.

Without further ado, Shen Chongming took the holy decree and ran to the left post, this is his old team, and he chose them to accompany him, and he was also handy in commanding.

"My lord, you took away five hundred people in one breath, and you can't live the days of the next official!" Wei Daqing, who replaced Shen Chongming as the commander of Zuo Sentinel, said with a wry smile.

"Hehe, don't worry, I'll give it back to you in a few days, and besides, don't you have a quiet life without this person!" Shen Chongming said shamelessly, if it weren't for the emperor's limit of 500 people, he could take all the 1,000 people away.