Chen Di's Northern Expeditionary Army finally reached Datongwei. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Zhang Ke, the chief soldier of the Datong Guard, led the army of the Datong Guard to greet Chen Di, the governor of the capital.

Chen Di looked at this weak Datong Guard's army, and he could simply use these words to describe it: old and young, fat and thin, tall and short。。。。。

There are as many as 50,000 people on the roster of the Datong Guard's army, but in fact there are only a few thousand old and weak! Even at the height of the Tatars last year, before their entry into the Kor, there were only 20,000.

Eating the state money of 50,000 people in the imperial court, it is like paper paste in front of the Tatars. How many firearms is enough to equip the Flying Tiger Army with the silver of the Tongwei Army? How many Furlong fast guns?

Chen Di secretly decided that after the success of the Northern Expedition, he would not return to Beijing first, and the first thing he would do was to dismantle the Weisho army in Datong. At that time, there will be more than 10,000 Flying Tiger troops to deter, and I am not afraid that the people of Datongwei will not give in.

Zhang Ke, the chief soldier of the Datong Guard, was Yan Song's protégé. Although he was a doorman, he didn't know that there was an indescribable contradiction between Chen Di and Yan Song. Yu Gong, Chen Di is the governor of the capital, and he is Zhang Ke's top boss. In private, Chen Di is the righteous son of his lord. Therefore, Zhang Ke treated Chen Di quite respectfully.

Zhang Ke specially vacated the barracks of the Datong Guard Army and gave it to the Flying Tiger Army.

In the barracks of Datongwei, Chen Di set up a capital governor. Within the line, Chen Di, Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, and Li Chengliang carefully studied the route of the Northern Expedition.

Zhang Ke came to pay a visit.

Zhang Ke bowed to Chen Di: "The last general, Zhang Ke, meet the Metropolitan Governor!" ”

Yu Dayou snorted coldly.

To say that this Zhang Ke and Yu Dayou still have a relationship.

At the beginning, Yu Dayou was the commander of Datongwei, and Zhang Ke was just a pacifier under Yu Dayou. If you want to talk about bravery, this Zhang Ke is greedy for life and afraid of death. When it comes to strategy, this Ke is stupid. Such a brave and unscrupulous subordinate, Yu Dayou is extremely disdainful.

Later, Yu Dayou simply dismissed Zhang Ke from military power and asked him to be the caretaker and guard the grain depot of Datongwei. Who would have thought that this Zhang Ke is not only a mediocre general, but also a corrupt official. He even secretly resold military rations.

After Yu Dayou discovered Zhang Ke's corruption, he immediately gave the court a discount. The imperial court ordered that the locks be brought into Beijing. Who would have thought that after Zhang Ke was locked and taken into Beijing, he not only exonerated himself from charge, but also climbed the big tree of Yan Song.

Since then, Zhang Ke has risen to the top. In just two years, he was promoted from a Zhengwupin town to a senior position in the Governor of the Five Armies.

The Tatars entered the Kou, Datongwei fell, and the chief soldier Zhang Da and the deputy chief soldier Lin Chun were killed in battle. Zhao Kun, the governor of the left capital of the five armies, led the three battalions of the Beijing division out of Beijing to meet the Tatars. Zhang Ke was afraid of death and didn't want to go west with the army, so he took Yan Song's path again and was ordered to stay in the capital.

Zhao Kun was defeated, Chen Di returned to the helm of the army, repelled the Tatars, and mutiny forced the palace. Yan Song made the first assistant, and this Zhang Ke is naturally a chicken dog ascending to heaven. He was promoted to the rank of chief soldier of the Datong Guard.

Originally, Datongwei was a border town with many wars, and Zhang Ke was reluctant to come here to serve. Yan Song persuaded him that going to Datongwei was just a piece of gold. He was the first general in the border town, and he will be transferred to the military department as a court officer in the future. So Zhang Ke obeyed his orders. When he left Datongwei, he was just a Zhengwupin calmer who was waiting for sin, and returned to Datongwei again, but he became the highest military general of Datongwei.

Yu Dayou's cold snort frightened Zhang Ke. He has many eyes and ears in officialdom, and knows that Yu Dayou is a popular person next to Chen Di, the governor of the capital, and he is also the marshal of the elite army of the Flying Tiger Army. Yu Dayou looks down on himself, and his official fortune is very bad.

But fortunately, Yan Song is his own lord, and even if the current Governor Chen Dadu doesn't give himself face, he must always give his father-in-law a little thin face, right?

Zhang Ke finished saluting Chen Di, and said: "Tell the Metropolitan Governor, the brothers of the Flying Tiger Army have worked very hard to come from afar, and the last general has made some cattle and sheep, and I will treat the brothers of the Flying Tiger Army well tonight." ”

Chen Di said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang is very thoughtful. ”

Zhang Ke said: "The Flying Tiger Army is the first elite of the Ming Dynasty, and when it comes to our Datongwei, our Datongwei will definitely be entertained wholeheartedly." ”

Chen Di suddenly restrained his smile: "General Zhang, let me ask you, there are always 50,000 horses on the roster of the Datong Guard's army in the military department. Tell me the truth, how many real numbers are there? ”

Beads of sweat appeared on Zhang Ke's head: "Don't dare to deceive the Metropolitan Governor, the Datong Guard Army is only 3,000 people now." ”

Chen Di asked, "Why is the difference so big?" ”

Although Zhang Ke panicked in his heart, he was in a hurry, and poured all the dirty water on his predecessor who died in defeat: "Most of the governors don't know. At the beginning, the chief soldier of the Datong Guard Army was Zhang Da, and the deputy chief soldier was Lin Chun. These two people were extremely greedy, and with a mere 20,000 people, they received 50,000 soldiers from the imperial court. Later, the Tatars entered the army, and the Datongwei army was almost completely annihilated. When the last general first came to Datongwei, he was simply a veritable bare-bones commander. Since the imperial court has entrusted the last general with the important task, the last general can not live up to the expectations of the imperial court, Yan Shoufu and Chen Dadudu. It took a patchwork to recruit the current team. Now Datongwei is receiving 50,000 soldiers' salaries, but the last general will not fill his pockets with a tael of silver. The surplus salaries will be used as all the money for recruitment。。。。。。 ”

Zhang Ke opened his clever mouth and pushed the empty amount of money away.

Chen Di nodded: "Oh, I see." ”

Yu Dayou didn't give Zhang Ke any affection, he said coldly: "Clever words!" ”

Zhang Ke said: "Yu Dashuai, the last general knows that you have a prejudice against the last general when you were in Datongwei. But the last general has always been dedicated to the court and the Datong Guard! ”

Chen Di waved his hand: "That's it." This time the Flying Tiger Army is in the northern expedition to Tatar, and your Datong Guard Army is responsible for protecting the grain route of the Flying Tiger Army. Hu Zongxian, the logistics chief of the Flying Tiger Army, is now in Taiyuan to discuss with the governor of Shanxi about the transfer of grain. When he arrives at Datongwei, you have to consult with him. ”

Zhang Ke arched his hand and said: "The last general will definitely do his best to ensure the supply of grain and grass for the Northern Expeditionary Army." ”

Chen Di nodded: "Okay, you go down." ”

Zhang Ke obeyed the order and retired.

As soon as Zhang Ke left, Yu Dayou immediately said: "Governor, the matter of grain and grass is related to the success or failure of the Northern Expedition. No matter how brave the brothers of the Flying Tigers were, they could not win the battle even if they were hungry. You can't entrust such a big thing to an incompetent general like Zhang Ke! ”

Chen Di smiled: "How can I not know that Zhang Ke is a mediocre general? How can you not know that handing over the task of protecting our grain routes to the Datong Guard Army is tantamount to digging your own grave. The art of war says, the real is false, and the virtual is real。。。。。。。 ”

Qi Jiguang, who was standing beside Yu Dayou, seemed to hear the door: "Governor Dadu, do you mean to disguise a false grain road to deceive the Tatars?" ”

Chen Di said: "Yes! The Tatar cavalry is good at long-distance raids, and a steppe hero like Altan Khan naturally understands that cutting off our grain route is equivalent to cutting off the way of life of the Flying Tiger Army. He will definitely send troops to attack our grain routes. I intend to confuse Altan Khan with the non-existent military rations escorted by the Datong Guard. In addition, 1,000 brothers of the Flying Tiger Army were ordered to form a logistics detachment, commanded by Hu Zongxian, to escort military rations and supplies for the Flying Tiger Army. ”