Zhang Shen and He Yuan were halfway back to the Yamen of the Political Envoy Division, He Yuan asked Zhang Shen with some puzzlement: "Brother Zhang, when you usually defend the city, don't you always lead troops to desperately ask for the hesitation of recruiting young and strong people to defend the city and be civil officials?" Why isn't Xie Cheng in a hurry to recruit young and strong? ”

Zhang Shen said: "If my expectations are good, I'm afraid it's for credit." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIf a large number of young men are recruited, then the magistrate will also have a share of the merit when calculating the merits, such as you and I will have merit: but if you don't use the young men to defend the city much, then the credit will all go to the person who led the troops. Therefore, when you are sure to defend the city, you are naturally reluctant to use more people, and the households are young and strong. ”

"What is recorded in the history books is that the defending side is extremely panicked for fear of a small number of soldiers, so it vigorously recruits young and strong. And Xie Cheng is a meritorious general, and he is extremely confident in himself, so he naturally does not want to recruit more young people. ”

He Yuan sighed softly: "Xie Cheng is like this, but don't be careless." ”

Zhang Shen said: "Xie Cheng has fought for half his life, so he will not be careless. ”

As he spoke, they had returned to the Yamen of the Political Envoy. Zhang Shen immediately mobilized money and grain, and He Yuan returned to the government to start recruiting young people. At this time, it was still the early years of the Ming Dynasty, and the various rules and regulations were still strict, and Zhu Yuanzhang had a detailed explanation of the process of how to deal with someone who rebelled, so although both of them were very nervous, the recruitment was still very smooth.

Xie Cheng's process of recruiting Jinan Wei's soldiers into the city was also very smooth. All morning, I saw only a few dozen rebel cavalry coming outside the city of Jinan, and the large army did not come at all. It wasn't until late afternoon, after all the soldiers outside the city entered the city of Jinan, that the rebels arrived late, which surprised Xie Cheng and the other generals.

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Outside Jinan City, Deng Enming looked at the city wall of Jinan City and said to Chief Su: "Don't you attack it immediately?" ”

Chief Su glanced at him contemptuously and said, "Take a look for yourself, with the current morale, can you attack the city?" Do you think Jinan City is made of tofu dregs? ”

Deng Enming didn't have to look to know that their morale was not high now, and although many people didn't have anything to do when they fought last night, their faces were still blue and swollen.

It turned out that after eliminating the hundred households stationed in Yantou Town last night, Chief Su and Luo Ren thought that they would officially attack Jinan City tomorrow, and let the soldiers rest and rest tonight, so they did not set up camp, but entered the town to drive the people out and sleep in the house.

The common people are naturally unwilling, and pushing and shoving is inevitable. And what's worse is that although these soldiers haven't read any books, they are not stupid, they know that they are rebelling now, so their morale is not high, and many people feel that since there is not much tomorrow, it is better to be refreshed before dying.

It just so happened that today they were sleeping not in the camp but in the town, so many soldiers took the opportunity to rape the people's girls. By the time Chief Su and Luo Ren noticed it, the matter was already very big.

Chief Su and Luo Ren hurriedly began to rectify, but many low-ranking officers and soldiers had similar ideas, so the action dragged on, and the rectification was not completed until it was almost dawn. But although the rectification was completed, the morale of the troops was lower.

Chief Su had no choice but to let the soldiers rest for a while before setting off for Jinan City, so he arrived at Jinan City in the afternoon.

Chief Su said: "If I wasn't afraid that there would be guards from other places entering Jinan City at this time, I wouldn't have brought them over today, and I would have rested in Yantou Town for another day." ”

Chief Su then ordered the soldiers to set up camp, and at the same time ordered three men to take 2,000 men each to the north, east and south gates of Jinan City to camp.

When it was almost dark, they finished settling down, and then they began to cook.

He Yuan looked at the telescope in his hand for a while, and then said to Xie Cheng: "Commander Xie Du, I see that there are many records of camp robbery in the history books, why didn't Xie Du command envoy arrange camp robbery?" ”

Xie Cheng also put down the binoculars and said, "Only if the other party is careless can there be room to rob the camp." But I just used the telescope to see that their commanders were Chief Su and Luo Ren, both of whom I know, and they are quite capable of using soldiers, so I am afraid that they will not forget to guard against the robbery of the camp. ”

He Yuan said: "I see. Also, there is a specialization in the art industry, I shouldn't ask, and I ask some commanders to forgive sins. ”

Xie Cheng said: "It's okay. ”

At this time, Ma Wenyu, the commander of Jinan Wei, said: "Speaking of which, this clairvoyance is really easy to use, you can see people's faces clearly from miles away, it is really an artifact." "Yun Xi sent the telescope in the thirty-first year of Hongwu.

Xie Cheng said: "Indeed, with this clairvoyance, you can know what you can see at a glance, and you don't have to get close to the investigation anymore, it's really convenient." It's a pity that the other party also has clairvoyance. ”

Zhang Shen said: "How many clairvoyants do they have? ”

Xie Cheng said: "There should be only one of the three guards of King Qi. There are not many clairers sent down by the capital, and each of them commands only two envoys, and many guards don't have it yet! But whether King Qi has it or not, I don't know how many there are. ”

"But it's strange to say, I took a closer look with a telescope just now, and I didn't find King Qi's figure. The King of Qi has always taken the lead in wars, could it be that he changed his personality as soon as he rebelled? ”

When the other generals present heard this, they also became strange about this matter. Quite a few people have put forward their own ideas. But they can't guess the real reason now.

After guessing for a while, Xie Cheng said: "Don't guess, you'll know when the rebellion is quelled." Now it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that they are guarding against them in the middle of the night. Although they seem to be not very morale-friendly, they must not be negligent. If the person on duty tonight is found to have left his post without permission, he will not be spared! ”

The generals agreed with a bang, and then dispersed. Those who should be on duty went to watch, and the rest went to eat.

Xie Cheng and Zhang Shen went down the city wall, talked about some things together at the dinner table, and then went to sleep too.

Outside the city, Chief Su and Luo Ren looked at the person in front of them in surprise and said, "Why did you come to Jinan?" ”

The man chuckled and said, "Why can't I come to Jinan?" ”

Chief Su said: "Aren't you afraid that our family members will be out of your control, and then you will die without a place to bury?" ”

The man smiled and said, "Don't worry, because it is impossible for your family to get out of my control." ”

"However, I am not on the front line, I am afraid that you will not be able to work hard or even be ruthless, and the children will not surrender to the court, so I can only go to the front line to supervise the battle in person."

This man is a long way away. After he arranged the affairs of Qingzhou City, he was worried that his cronie Deng Enming would not be able to suppress them, and he was afraid that they would really not even care about the children and surrender to the imperial court, so he left his eldest son Lu Kang to guard Qingzhou, and he came over with the military rations he sent.

Both sides know that the other does not trust themselves, so they speak quite bluntly. However, in this way, they communicate very efficiently, and there is no possibility of misunderstanding the other party's meaning.