The regiment continued southward and reached Ru 0 on 15 September, where it found the official and military camp where the large army had gathered. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are dense sentry posts near the official and military camps, and the rangers shuttle, and the precautions are very tight. Li Zhi was interrogated by the rangers several times, and finally led his troops to approach the official army camp, and saw that the envoy he sent came with a military attache on horseback.

"My lord, the prime minister has an order to let our army camp in the southwest of the camp with this Yuan Qianzong."

Li Zhi hugged his fists and said to the military attaché: "Defending Li Zhi in Xiatian 0 Jinfanjiazhuang, I have seen Master Qianzong." ”

The Qian general nodded arrogantly, stopped talking, and led Li Zhi's troops through the camp to the southwest corner.

Different from the guard's military attache's command, defense, and conduct positions, Qianyi is always a battalion of soldiers, ranking under the garrison, and can bring hundreds of soldiers. Compared with the 120 soldiers under Li Zhi's defensive position, there are many more soldiers in Qianzong. So this Yuan Qian didn't think much of Li Zhi and was too lazy to say.

This time, the Son of Heaven was determined to exterminate the thieves, and the towns gathered heavy troops, and those who came to help him were either adjutant generals or staff generals, and even the general soldiers themselves came. Therefore, Prime Minister Lu Xiangsheng sent a thousand generals to lead the way for the military horses of various ministries. But Li Zhi sent by Tian0jin is just a defensive officer, and it would be overkill to use President Qian to lead the way.

Li Zhi guessed in his heart that there was a doorway here, and followed the Qian general manager to the southwest of the camp and stopped in a clearing. That Qian always dropped a sentence and left.

"Set up camp here, and be careful when you are stationed, especially at night, so as not to disturb the other armies."

This sentence is naked discrimination, as if Li Zhi's soldiers are vulnerable to bombing the camp at any time. Li Zhi was a little speechless in his heart and looked at the situation around him.

This camp is the southwesternmost corner of the entire barracks, and it is very safe. The thieves are in the north of the official army, and if there are thieves attacking the camp, the first troops stationed in the north will bear the brunt, and the southwest is the safest. Obviously, the Prime Minister regarded his troops as a weak army, and did not dare to place his troops and horses in the front, for fear that the Xuanfeng Regiment would collapse and attack the other armies at the slightest touch.

Li Zhi asked the heavy men to take out their tents and set up camp, while he went to report to the Chinese army's tent.

Walking outside the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Zhi found that the generals of all kinds of military horses were discussing there. Prime Minister Lu Xiangsheng sat in the middle of the big tent in the uniform of a three-rank civilian official, while other generals stood on both sides according to their ranks. Standing far away and seeing clearly, Li Zhi only felt that although Lu Xiangsheng was sitting, he could see that he was very tall, but he was more burly than the generals on both sides.

Li Zhi showed his waist card and the letter seal to the soldier standing guard at the door, and the soldier ran in and half-knelt in front of Lu Xiangsheng: "Tian 0 Jin to help suppress the military horses and defend Li Zhi!" ”

Hearing the soldier's words, the military attaches standing in two rows had a stir on their faces, and they all looked at Li Zhi who was standing at the door. Everyone's faces were full of surprise and disdain.

This time, all kinds of armies gathered to suppress thieves, and Tian 0 Jin sent a small guard officer to help suppress it? Are you kidding?

Although Lu Xiangsheng had known about Tian 0jin's arrangement for a long time, he couldn't help but have a look of impatience on his face at this time, and said coldly: "Let him come in!" ”

The herald came back to deliver the message, and Li Zhi got the order and entered the big tent of the Chinese army.

The big tent is full of bigwigs from all walks of life, either deputy generals or staff generals, and even general soldiers. Li Zhi walked in the middle of the crowd with a small defensive officer, a little abrupt under the disdainful gaze of the bigwigs.

However, Li Zhi knew his own strength, walked with his head held high, and did not take the contempt of these bigwigs to heart at all.

Seeing Li Zhi's confident appearance, some generals were a little unhappy, and some people sneered a few times from time to time, as if they were laughing at Li Zhi's ignorance.

Li Zhi walked up to the prime minister and glanced at Lu Xiangsheng, but saw that although this civil official was old, he was still full of energy. His two eyebrows were slanted and one of his noses was very straight.

Li Zhi was about to kneel, but heard Lu Xiangsheng say: "The etiquette in the army is simple, you stand and talk!" ”

Li Zhi got this, stood up straight and said: "Tian 0 Jin Fan Jiazhuang defends Li Zhi has seen the Prime Minister!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Li Zhi and said slowly: "Why did He Shishou send you a defense, didn't he see the holy decree of the Son of Heaven ordering all parts of the country to vigorously aid and suppress?" ”

Li Zhi arched his hand and said: "The governor said that he will help Tian0jin on behalf of the next generation, and he will not embarrass Tianjin." ”

Hearing this, the generals on both sides suddenly exploded, and they couldn't help but discuss:

"Tian 0 Jin is really interesting, it's not a shame to send a guard to defend it!"

"A defense can not be ashamed!"

"Hey, that means you're going to be beaten down!"

Hearing Li Zhi's words, Lu Xiangsheng's face darkened, as if he was reproaching Li Zhi's self-righteousness, and said: "Do you know how many generals and lieutenant generals I have under my account this time when the soldiers gather in Ruzhou?" ”

Seeing that these bigwigs looked down on him so much, Li Zhi thought about it and said, "Your Excellency, although it is only a defense, it has also brought 1,300 soldiers and horses!" ”

Hearing this, the generals still had cold faces, and they all snorted coldly.

"A defense recruits a thousand soldiers, presumably all of them are old, weak, sick and disabled."

"Don't blow up the camp as soon as you go up and impact other troops!"

"A defense raises a thousand soldiers? Can this soldier be used? I don't think even the hungry soldiers of the thieves are as good as them! ”

The military towns in all parts of the Ming Dynasty relied on the military salaries issued by the imperial court to raise soldiers, and there were as many soldiers as there were officials. If a general soldier only raises 3,000 soldiers, then these 3,000 soldiers must be paid a lot of money, and naturally the soldiers are trained carefully and the soldiers are strong. If a small guard only has more than 100 soldiers, but it relies on the military salaries that have been deducted at various levels to support more than 1,000 soldiers, then it is a problem for these 1,000 soldiers to be fed, how can they go into battle to kill the enemy?

This is to come to Ru 0 to cheat and eat and drink?

So even though they knew that Li Zhi had 1,300 soldiers and horses, the bigwigs in each town still looked down on them and didn't take Li Zhi in their eyes at all.

A veteran jumped out and said loudly: "At the end of this battle, the old man will join him Tian0jin Governor He Shishou, and he will only send a guard to help!" ”

Another veteran stood up and said: "The old man also wants to participate in He Shishou, because he is derelict in his duties and has no country!" ”

Hearing the words of these two veterans, the other generals joined in, and the crowd was boiling for a while, and they were all scolding He Shishou, the governor of Tian0jin.

It's no joke to go into battle to kill the enemy, if the friendly army has no combat effectiveness, the battle situation will be unfavorable, and when the time comes, the head will be gone if you are defeated by the thief soldiers. Tian 0 Jin was not effective in aiding and suppressing, and sent the old and weak to suppress the thieves, which endangered the lives of the officers and soldiers of other towns who went all out to help them, no wonder the generals were excited.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard the discussion of the generals, he stroked his beard with his hand and was silent, obviously dissatisfied with He Shishou's arrangement.