Actually, to put it bluntly, I miss home too...... It's a joke.

To put it in my heart, Zhu Houzhao is really not very kind, now it is November of the sixth year of Zhengde, and there is still a month to go before the New Year, what is the big thing that can't be said after the New Year? Do you have to take advantage of this time to rush to the Hebei army?

This is much more difficult to fight in the army than in the court, at least I don't want to come back for the New Year, so Chen Dafu and others don't know what to scold Zhu Houzhao for.

On the tenth day of November, the sun was shining in the south of the Yangtze River, but the snow had all begun to fall in Beizhili, and it was the same in Hebei, and Chen Yu and Shen Fei had arrived at the Sangyu Central Army on November 30.

It is said that it is the Chinese army, but in fact, it is to set up a marching tent in the vast wilderness, and the surrounding area is white, and the sergeants are all shrunk into a ball.

That's right, these shrunken, staggered, and listless officers and soldiers who were in front of Chen Yu's eyes were the main force attacking the Liu brothers this time.

It's no wonder that the six brothers who attacked Liu Liu didn't have a bit of a look at the thieves for nearly a year, if they really had a look, it would be a hell.

Entering the Zhengde Dynasty, due to the serious land annexation, the corruption and exploitation of local officials, and the poverty of the northern Zhili land, this led to a large number of displaced people, and the displaced people gathered more, and began to make trouble, so far, the largest is the uprising of the six Liu brothers.

At first, Chen Yu didn't care too much, he came to Bazhou once, and the number of brothers in the Liu family was not so large at that time, and in just one year, the growth rate has reached this terrifying level.

Originally, Chen Yu thought that with his own whip and the reform of the examination method and the Junyao law, there would be much less greedy ink annexation near Beizhili, and the rebel army in the Liu family brothers was mostly composed of peasants, as long as the imperial court was Zhao'an, the Liu family brothers would automatically collapse without attacking.

I really didn't expect Yang Tinghe to do such a song, which would lead to the rapid growth of the rebel army in the sixth year of Zhengde to the current scale.

After a year of growth, it is almost impossible to continue to recruit an now, even if the Liu brothers are willing to agree, those ambitious people under them will not agree.

The addition of Yang Hu's army has further fostered the ambitions of these people, and Chen Yu still doesn't know what kind of situation the battle has become, although he occasionally has a bit of hearsay, but he can't do it accurately, so he plans to enter the Chinese army and ask first.

I heard that the town guard had arrived, so I just sent a general to receive him, not to mention the chief soldier Sang Yu and the squire Lu.

This is also understandable, the emperor is not worried about these commanders with heavy troops, every time the army is sent out by the ministry to nominate a commander, after the court to determine the commander, and then by the military department to give the right to troops, in the mobilization of troops near the theater to supply its dispatch.

The commander can be the imperial history, such as Yang Yiqing, or the commander of the envoy or the military department or the imperial history and other officials, once they are elected as the commander, they will change their positions and become the chief military officer.

And at this moment, Sang Yu is the chief soldier, and Lu Wan is the general.

The person who came to receive him was always an acquaintance, Chen Yu and Shen Fei never thought that the person who came turned out to be Ma Ang, and Ma Ang really didn't expect that the town guard would be Chen Yu.

The mutton wine in the white tooth tent entertained Chen Yu, and Ma Ang said excitedly: "I thought that the emperor had slapped another eunuch who pointed fingers, but I never thought that it would be Lord Chen, you wait, I will go to General Lu, he admires you very much." ”

After Maang finished speaking, he ran out in a hurry.

Within a moment, an old man in his fifties and a rickety figure appeared, he was wearing combat armor, his expression was dignified, he looked very energetic, with a smile on his face, and said enthusiastically after seeing Chen Yu: "This is Chen Tingyu Chen Zhuangyuan." ”

"It's Xia Guan, Xia Guan has seen General Lu." Chen Yu became polite, now he didn't know how low this old guy was, and Chen Yu didn't dare to talk nonsense.

"Where, where." Lu Wan asked Chen Yu to sit down, and then began to talk about the situation in Hebei.

He is a very talkative person, and he rarely talks with superfluous nonsense, and he is straightforward about the pros and cons.

Chen Yu knew from him that the current group of anti-thieves in Bazhou is mainly composed of three armies, the Liu brothers are the Chinese army, mainly attacking Hebei and other northern direct subordinate areas, Yang Hu is the right army, mainly attacking Shandong, and Qi Yanming is the left army, mainly attacking Henan.

The slogans of the three armies to overthrow the rule of corrupt officials won the support of many people along the way, and they specialized in robbing the landlords and gentry and some rich and noble people.

Damn, these people are not stupid, they can't even grab a single hair from the poor, and they don't end up with a good mouth, how can they rob the county government and the landlords and gentry to get more income?

Chen Yu observed the scale of the Chinese army, and asked Lu Wan curiously: "I see that the army here is no less than 30,000, according to General Lu, the Hebei army is only more than 10,000 people, so why not take the initiative to attack?" ”

Speaking of this, Lu Wan's face flushed slightly, revealing a touch of anger, "These troops, said to be the army, are actually some ordinary people, Niangzhi, said that they were borrowing troops from the southeast, I thought there would be some good goods, but except for the one hundred and ten people brought by the horse commander, the rest were all in a fancy posture, and when I saw that the enemy's legs were weak, I also fought a fart battle!" ”

Chen Yu also expected it a long time ago, but he didn't expect the Southeast Army to be so unbearable.

"Can the army's salaries be paid?" Chen Yu asked a digression.

"The household department of the imperial court is short of money, and every time I go to the Chinese army, I don't have enough money, some can get it, and some can't." Lu Wan said helplessly, "So there are many soldiers who complain." ”

No wonder so, no wonder the combat effectiveness is so unbearable, those who have not received military salaries, you let them fight for you with their lives, why? They still have to save a life to unload their armor and return to the field, and sleep on the kang with their daughter-in-law!

And those who get military salaries, seeing that those who don't get military salaries are not desperate, why should they sell their lives? It's an endless cycle, and that's why the army is weak.

It's not that the army can't do it, it's the general!

No, it's still a little wrong, Chen Yu suddenly remembered some of these key points, but he didn't dare to say anything in front of Lu Wan.

"Where is Mr. Sang?" Chen Yu asked.

"Oh, I'm not afraid of Lord Chen's jokes, Chief Soldier Sang has a hot temper, and he has always been at odds with the eunuchs of the Central Army, which is also known to everyone, knowing that the imperial court has sent another ......" Lu Wan turned to say, "But he knows that it is not the eunuch but Lord Chen, he will definitely not have this attitude, I will go to General Soldier Sang later." ”

Chen Yu nodded, "This time the official came, but also with the emperor and Yang Ge Lao's life, at the latest next year's spring, the thieves need to be all assessed, a few bandit leaders want to see the corpse alive to see people, if there is a bad pool, I may spend the spring next year in the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate." ”

Lu Wan's face also showed embarrassment, "It's difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, I can only try my best, I hope that Lord Chen can improve after he comes, these soldiers ...... Ay! ”

Lu Wan sighed and continued: "Every time there is a large-scale siege of the city by thieves, we must ask Liaodong and Yansui and other border troops to borrow troops, but this is not a way, the border army has a heavy responsibility, and it can't borrow much, and near the end of the year, there are often Mongolian invasions in the north, and they are not happy, this soldier must not be able to borrow, and they must rely on these people...... Hey, I don't know how the food in the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is? ”

This old man Lu Wan is also an open-minded person, and he is still in the mood to joke at this time.

After he finished speaking, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and said to Chen Yu to discuss it with Sang Yu.

After he left, Shen Fei asked puzzledly, "My lord, why did you suddenly ask about the chief soldier Sang Yu?" ”

Shen Fei followed Chen Yu for a long time, and he knew that Chen Yu would never talk about Sang Yu for no reason.

"I figured out one thing and realized that something was wrong." Chen Yu looked at Lu Wan's departing back, with a playful smile in his eyes.

"What? Mulberry has a problem? ”

"Think about it, did Yang Tinghe promise the emperor that he must break the enemy within three months?"

"There is such a thing, but now I don't know what method he used, but he actually extended the deadline by two months, until February next spring."

"Yang Tinghe wants to break the enemy and make meritorious contributions, this is an indisputable fact, the words are given to the world to the court and the emperor, he must attach great importance to this group of rogues in Hebei, how can the military salary not be enough?"

Shen Fei didn't expect this layer at first, but after Chen Yu's reminder, he suddenly understood that it was boring, and he said, "Yes! It is impossible that the military salary is not enough, no wonder the adult wants to ask General Lu about the military salary, at first I was still strange, I don't know how the adult would suddenly ask this, now I think about it, the adult is really far-sighted! ”

"You kid, don't be a sycophant, ask about military salaries, I just ask casually, such a huge army, which has been systematically trained in the southeast, will not be as unbearable as Lu Wan said. After asking, I suddenly figured out the key point of this. ”

The north wind outside the tooth tent is cold, and the snowflakes drift into the tooth tent from time to time, blowing the charcoal fire like a graceful dancing girl.

Chen Yu tightened the mink cloak embroidered by Fang Xiaomei, and at this moment, Lu Wan ran back again, with an apologetic smile on his face, and said to Chen Yu embarrassedly: "Lord Chen, Lord Sang, please come over." ”

He was afraid that Chen Yu would have a problem in his heart, so he added, "Lord Lu may have worked hard for a long time these days and it is inconvenient to come, so ...... Forgive me. ”

In fact, in terms of power, Chen Yu and Sang Yu are equal, but Chen Yu is a civilian official, according to the unwritten rules of the Ming Dynasty, how can Sang Yu be compared with him Chen Yu, it stands to reason that Chen Yu came to the Chinese army, and Sang Yu should take the initiative to meet and explain the battle situation in the army.

After all, Chen Yu represents Zhu Houzhao!

But now Sang Yu actually let Chen Yu move to his Chinese army tent, this arrogant and domineering attitude, hehe, it's a bit interesting!