It's an ugly battle. ”

Li Meng looked at the battle report from Nan Zhili, and couldn't help but sigh with such emotion, Chen Liu and Gao Ke of the Huaiyang Army had nothing to hide in such a military report, and they had something to say.

Moreover, when this kind of army goes out into battle, all generals must write diaries in the battle according to the routine, and later take them back to compile the war history as a reference.

This battle was too clumsy, from the pre-arrangement of the army to the subsequent reaction of the misattack, clumsy and chaotic, if this kind of response was seen by the veteran, he might have to laugh off his big teeth, but even if it was so clumsy, it still successfully completed the scheduled arrangement, and blocked all the five battalions of the left in Nanzhili.

In the final analysis, it is the strength of the army on the battlefield that determines everything, even if the fifth battalion of the left side has 50,000 veterans and the equipment is not bad, but Li Meng knows that if the two sides fight, even in such a terrain that is not suitable for the battle of the army, the Huaiyang army can easily penetrate the heart of the other party and achieve victory.

The purpose of the battle between Keshouzhou and Yingshang was not to defeat and defeat the 5th Battalion of Gezuo, but to lock up the 5th Battalion of Gezuo and the main army of Nanzhili together, let them fight by themselves, and defeat the 5th Battalion of Gezuo, Shandong would not get any benefit.

Sighing and sighing, thinking about it, Li Meng thought to himself that if he changed positions with Chen Liu, I am afraid that he would not be much more dexterous in his fight.

Li Menghe and his officer corps are not the traditional military generals of this era, they are an army established by Li Meng relying on the non-commissioned officer education he received in the ranks of the People's Liberation Army before the time, as well as the knowledge he has been exposed to and the weapons and realities of this era.

His training and discipline are not much different from the modern Chinese army, but his weapons and organizational structure are not beyond this era, from the outside, Li Meng's Jiaozhou battalion is no different from other Ming troops, even the weapons are firearms and spears, which are also found in other armies.

However, Li Meng did everything he could, improved the details he noticed, and greatly improved the soldiers' mental outlook and physical combat skills through adequate food and daily preaching and training, and paid close attention to the quality requirements of weapon manufacturing, so that the weapons could give full play to their original power as much as possible. As far as the quality of the army is concerned, it is forbidden to enforce orders and prohibitions, and it is also a strong army that can be counted.

After making these details, the overall strength will naturally be upgraded to a higher level, although he does not understand a lot of common sense of the army and martial artists in this era, his subordinates are all ordinary soldiers and junior officers, and they also don't understand, and everyone's grasp of the battle situation, the innate sense of smell of the fighter is also very insufficient. However, on today's battlefield, with the strength of the Jiaozhou battalion, victory can still be achieved. This is an army that is more like a worker than a general, and is far more diligent and rigorous than talented and brave.

Hearing Li Meng's low mutter, Sun Chuanting smiled silently on the side, but just opened his mouth to remind:

"Marshal, the generals are waiting outside."

Li Meng glanced at the military newspaper in his hand a few more times, handed it to Sun Chuanting on the side, and said with a smile:

"Although the game was ugly, the intended goal was finally achieved, and the game was finally completed, and the next thing to do was to wrap it up."

After finishing speaking, he strode towards the main hall, and the soldiers behind him hurriedly followed, and Li Meng rarely put on the battle armor of his whole body. On weekdays, when supervising the training of various battalions around Jinan City, Li Meng was just wearing the civilian clothes of the general soldiers, and seeing that the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty were not from Shandong, they also had a set of red dresses embroidered with beasts similar to civilian official robes.

Wearing battle armor and fully armed, there are two situations, one is to go to the battlefield, and the other is the one in front of you......

The main hall of the general soldier's yamen is extremely spacious, before Li Meng came out, there were more than 30 people sitting or standing there in the main hall, and Wang Hai and Tang Er were sitting in the top position, and the lowest of these people was also the uniform of the battalion commander, and a personal soldier reported loudly when he entered the house:

"Handsome! ～～～”

Everyone in the room stood up in unison, the armor and ornaments clanged together, Wang Hai and Tang Er stood in the front, and the rest of the people lined up in the back ten, waiting solemnly, Li Meng strode into the house, Wang Hai and Tang Er led the way, snapped their legs together, the spurs bumped together, the big guy seemed to want to roar out of his lungs for the last time, and roared:

"The last general will see the big handsome!"

After Li Meng glanced around, he bowed his head slightly, and said loudly:

"Generals, today the army is about to go south to level the thieves, all the battalions will cancel all vacations, all go out, the whole battalion will be prepared, and the south will be marched at any time!!"

For Li Meng's order, the generals who have the heart to observe or collect news can guess it, but when they heard the commander's confirmation, everyone had excitement on their faces, and the fame should be taken immediately.

Although this is the Shura Field, where the dead and wounded have no eyes, everyone is still excited, their blood is boiling, they bow down and clench their fists in unison, and almost roar and reply:

"Obey the military orders of the marshal, and I am willing to die for the marshal!!"

At the beginning of August, martial law was imposed around the garrison barracks in various prefectures and counties in Shandong, and the armed Yanding patrolled everywhere every day to check on them, but the atmosphere gradually became tense, and to the outside world it was declared that the situation in Henan was chaotic and Shandong was in danger, so he made this gesture.

The soldiers and horses of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution and the Huaiyang Army of the Jiaozhou Battalion shrank back and suffered losses again and again, but they still had contacts with the officers and soldiers of Nanzhili led by Lu Jiude.

The general soldier Huang Degong's fierce attack at the beginning did have an effect, but he was immediately stopped by Wei Xiaobei and his troops, and suffered a small loss, Liu Liangzuo on the flank originally wanted to see Huang Degong's liveliness, but was urged by Lu Jiude several times, and had to attack from the flank, but was stopped by He Yilong and Liu Xiyao, and he was disgraced.

Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing, led the army in the center and moved forward steadily, and in front of him was the army cultivated by the reincarnated king Lin, and the two sides confronted each other, and no one dared to make the first move.

This time, the head of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution had no opinion on what was going on in the back of the strongest Lao Hui, because everyone knew that this Ma Shouying was the inexplicable Huaiyang Army who was on alert.

"Marshal, there's another letter from the governor's yamen."

At this moment, it is already dinner time, only at this time, those letters sent during the day can be handed over to Li Meng, since that day to the generals of the Jinan battalion, Li Meng has been soaked in the battalions every day, observing and supervising the training of the soldiers, or personally participating in it.

In the evening, he returned to the mansion in the city to reunite with his family and rest for a while, and the next day it was the same, and he could not live in peace when he returned home, and before dinner, these subordinates had to bring a pile of paperwork for him to read.

Seeing the letter handed over by Yuan Wenhong, Li Meng took it and said with a smile:

"What is this tossing, so close, there is something to say in person."

Unfolding the letterhead, looking at it, Li Meng frowned, and said coldly:

"Is it a rough person to bully me! What kind of beggar bones, these words were said to His Majesty when he was playing, and when he told me, didn't he want to trap me in disloyalty, he was a civil servant of the prison army, and I was a military general, and he wrote this to accuse me of being unruly and not wanting to be inferior to the upper and lower bodies? ”

After saying that, he directly threw the letter on the table and said to Yuan Wenhong:

"Send him back tomorrow, saying that it is a civil and military journey, this important minister grinds and investigates Quanxu, it is the Son of Heaven who does it, where can a military general like me say anything. If you want to say goodbye to the old man and return to his hometown, His Majesty, who has his own Jingshi, and all the bigwigs have come here to ask me what is the use. ”

Yuan Wenhong had a smile on his face, nodded in agreement, but understood in his heart what was going on, although Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, ate and drank well in Shandong, but he accompanied Li Meng to do things, not to mention the upside down, and he was terrified every day, for fear that Li Meng's side would be defeated, or if he offended Li Meng, he would be a dead person.

From the high-spirited spirit of the officials to the experience of going out of Beijing, the current governor of Shandong, Yan Jizu, is disheartened, only thinking that his wife will live the rest of his life peacefully, and he is no longer willing to mix in anything in the Ming officialdom, let alone the career of Li Meng in Shandong.

But he wanted to resign, Li Meng's side didn't agree at all, there is such a familiar governor in Shandong, after all, there is a lot less trouble, if this person leaves, and then sends a new one, it will be coerced and lured, now there are so many things, who wants to spend more thoughts.

Yuan Wenhong understood in his heart, Li Meng's next words over there were indeed as he expected, Li Meng finished dropping the letter, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile:

"Master Yuan, tomorrow you go to the governor's office once, and persuade the governor, this Shandong wife is peaceful, and the rest of the army is in chaos, how good it is to stay here, good days are still ahead!"

Yuan Wenhong hurriedly bowed down and agreed, but he smiled secretly in his heart, of course what Li Meng said was not Shandong Taiping, but if you Yan Jizu were not in office, it would not be peaceful.

This Shandong governor Yan Jizu is really pitiful, beggar bones, that is the word used by the courtiers to say to the emperor that they want to retire, but now they have been used in letters to generals like Li Meng, it can be seen how low his posture is, and he is already a little panicked.

But as long as Li Meng did not agree, Yan Jizu did not dare to resign, although according to the name and actual personnel procedures, the governor of a place must be approved by the emperor, and only the emperor can decide. But Yan Jizu didn't pay any attention to the court, and just kept asking Li Meng to agree.

This incident looks ridiculous and pitiful in the eyes of outsiders, and among the civil officials of the Jiaozhou battalion system, everyone is gloating and watching the excitement.

However, Li Meng did not tell Yuan Wenhong about some things, according to Sun Chuanting's analysis, in the current situation in the world, the military department is a furnace with a fire below, no matter who sits in the position of the military department, no matter which party he is, no matter how famous he was before, no matter how many imperial historians he has encircled, he will not sit for too long, and he will definitely step down in disgrace, or even lose his life.

Whoever goes up in this position is roasted by the fire below, but this position is also one of the most important dignitaries among the cardinals, and the power is great.

From the time of the emergence of the Jiaozhou camp, except for Liu Fulai, who served as the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi and the eunuch of the Nanjing town guard, the central government's attitude towards Shandong was cold and hostile. If you can change to a minister who is close to Shandong, or knows the roots of Shandong, and knows the prestige of Li Erlang, it will definitely be a lot less trouble, after all, the imperial court is already helpless about Shandong, and those who are really familiar with Shandong will definitely be afraid and consider the specific situation to act, which is much more convenient.

Looking at the high-ranking officials and ministers in the world who are qualified to sit in the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, there are not a few of them, and there are even fewer suitable ages, and Yan Jizu, who has made a lot of achievements in the past few years, is a powerful candidate, and he is still one of the most powerful candidates.

After all, Li Meng has been invincible in the past few years in the east and west, and has made great achievements, this Yan Jizu, as the governor in charge of the military and political affairs of a province, naturally has the merit of being a commander in strategy, and in the system, the merit of strategizing is the first merit. With this kind of martial arts, and he is a big man who has done things in the center and has a wide range of people, no matter how you look at it, he is also a suitable candidate for the book of the military department, plus Jiaozhou is rich and rivals the country, and he pays for communication, so it is naturally a bigger chance.

Li Meng's side has already completed the plan, as long as the imperial court decides to promote Yan Jizu to the secretary of the military department, then Yan Jizu will definitely be alone, and all the family servants are "good-intentioned" arrangements from the Jiaozhou camp.

At that time, the military department in Beijing must be a pro-Shandong position, or rather, it must be a pro-Shandong position.

Over there, Yuan Wenhong confessed his guilt, bowed down and retreated, and went to arrange the affairs of the governor's office, but the family outside spread the word:

"Jinan Mansion is the same as Zhou Yang, and Lord Zhou has arrived."

Li Meng shook his head, and instructed a servant on the side, let him go to the inner house, just leave food for himself, no need to wait, since he was stationed in Jinan, breakfast and dinner, the whole family always had to wait for him to eat together, many times Li Meng was entangled in official business at night, and his wife, children and elders were hungry and waiting.

This move certainly made Li Meng feel warm, but he also felt that he couldn't go, after a long time, every time he encountered such a thing, he arranged for his subordinates to go back and inform him, but a few female relatives still had to wait, and he was helpless.

The current Zhou Yang is not the high-spirited scholar who pointed out the country that day, he is the top three Wenchen in Shandong, don't look at him as a fellow intellectual, but Shandong people don't know who the patrol is, Jinan people don't know who the Jinan prefect is, but I don't know that he knows almost nothing, a few people below, above 10,000 people, authoritarian and self-respecting, and his identity and bearing are not comparable to before.

However, in front of Li Meng, he was still the one who lifted the day that day, respectful and polite, and his speech was also very direct.

"Dashuai, the officials and tents of the Yanzhou gentry who were arranged yesterday have already set off this morning."

Compared with other high-level leaders of the Jiaozhou battalion, Zhou Yang is the one who has the least contact with Li Meng in recent times, Zhou Yang's heart is always very uneasy about this situation, in a group, the closer he is to the core, the higher his status, Zhou Yang has been in charge of the local affairs of Tuntian, this aspect of work is almost self-contained, and Li Meng's contact opportunities are not too much, the two sides are a little busy with their own feelings, Zhou Yang feels that he is becoming more and more estranged.

Especially after Yuan Wenhong became the master of the Zhendong general's curtain, Zhou Yang regretted it even more in his heart, according to the system and concept of the Ming Dynasty, although Yuan Wenhong's grade was low, he was a counselor. In the eyes of Shandong scholars, Yuan Wenhong's status is already on par with Zhou Yang, and vaguely higher, after all, this is closer to the core.

All of the above, Zhou Yang is naturally uneasy, Li Meng is resident in Jinan during this time, he is naturally more diligent, but looking at his words, Li Meng's attitude towards him is kind, is a gesture of socializing with friends, and for Yuan Wenhong, it is the attitude of superiors to subordinates, and many things are still let him do it, which is peace of mind.

The atmosphere in Shandong gradually became tense, but the big families in Yanzhou Mansion who were still outside the system did not know who this tense atmosphere was aimed at.

What's more, they are suffering from the higher and higher salt prices, on the one hand, they are mentally frightened, on the other hand, they are financially nervous, and more and more people are directly joining the Jiaozhou camp system.

It's just that those who came in later no longer have the qualifications of horse bones, and honestly plan the acres of land according to the system of the Jiaozhou battalion, count the population, send their children to serve as soldiers, etc., all of which are indispensable, the land occupied by these big households is huge, and the population dependent on them is also numerous, and the work of receiving them is really troublesome.

Whenever there is a new wealthy family stooping to take refuge, Zhou Yang's staff team sends people to take the lead, and Master Ning and Lingshan Commercial Bank send people to receive it, and they are very busy during this time.

However, he was busy, but Zhou Yang was happy in his heart, Li Meng's undiminished credit to him was on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Tuntian Grange he proposed was gradually implemented throughout Shandong Province, and this sense of achievement was really satisfying and proud.

Zhou Yang's anxiety and uneasiness some time ago were naturally groundless, and his Tuntian policy was the source of the strength of the entire Jiaozhou battalion, the source of soldiers, grain and grass, and it could even be said that it was the foundation of the Jiaozhou battalion, a local political power with a somewhat separatist nature.

You must know that the existence of Tuntian Grange is equivalent to reconstructing a system outside the local administrative system of provinces, prefectures, prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty, in which it provides a position for all kinds of Ludi scholars who cannot get ahead, and brings hope for the children of those powerful clans to enter the ruling class.

Tuntian is in one day, his Zhou Yang's position is stable for one day, Li Meng saw Tuntian Grange, and thought of Zhou Yang's merits, how could he be estranged.

So every time Zhou Yang comes, Li Meng's attitude is always quite solemn, for Li Meng, Ning Qiangui and Hou Shan are his domestic servants, that is, they can be scolded and shouted at will, but they will feel that they are characters who are close to grace; Sun Chuanting is his adviser, and he is to be courteous and respectful, and not ashamed to ask; Liu Fulai is his elder and half-teacher, and that is someone to be respected; And the generals are his subordinates, and they want to use both grace and power, only this Zhou Yang is both an assistant and a friend.

Hearing Zhou Yang's report, Li Meng nodded, these things are also reported in the papers, Li Meng got up and checked on the bookshelf in the back, took out an account book, looked at it with the light, and said:

"In this way, now the Confucian Mansion and King Lu are not under my control."

Zhou Yang nodded, he had already had a problem with Li Meng's question, and replied:

"Dashuai, the grange fields over there of the Confucian Mansion and the Lu Domain have been too old, and the boundaries between the surrounding folk fields are blurred, and there are many disputes, and now the people who go to Yanzhou Mansion are checking the population of the acres over there, do you see if you take this opportunity to clean up the boundaries of these two families."

Li Meng was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed out loud, this clear territory, the official eunuchs and magnates of the Ming Dynasty are commonly used, but every time the boundary is cleared, the Zhuangzi of the eunuchs and magnates is always a little bigger, but the drama person will change, in this Shandong boundary, the boundary of the Confucian Mansion and the Grange of King Lu, whether it will be big or small, the result is obvious.

"This is a good idea, immediately arrange someone to do it, I will write a letter to the prefect of Yanzhou, and then go to Caoyun Lijin to ask Kong Sande, he must be clear about the Tao here, check the title deeds of Kong Mansion and Lu Fan's grange, and whether they have been taken advantage of, and they can't be sloppy."

Li Meng said with a smile, Zhou Yang here also agreed with a smile, this investigation, Confucius and Lu Fan are probably going to break their muscles and bones, no way, since they will never be able to stand on the side of the Jiaozhou camp, they must often think of knocking and knocking.

"Drink tea!"

Li Meng smiled and poured a cup of tea for Zhou Yang, and the handsome poured tea, which is already an important symbol of the level of status among the civil and military officials in Shandong.

During these days, every time Zhou Yang came to the General Soldier's Yamen to ask for a meeting, he had some ideas and plans, and he also had to talk about his achievements, which was also a common trick in officialdom.

After all, you have to show your ability on the upper side and show what you have done, so that you can be valued, Li Meng has no opinion on this, after all, it is what the other party really does.

After Zhou Yang finished drinking tea, he hesitated, and said to Li Meng with a solemn expression:

"Dashuai, there is a way to humble your position, it is about this tuntianhu, please dismiss Dashuai."

Seeing Zhou Yang's solemn expression, Li Meng was a little curious, and said with a smile:

"To put it bluntly, what is the way to increase the population of the acre, this is a good thing, what are you afraid of?"

When Li Meng said this, Zhou Yanggang's relaxed expression became a little embarrassed, which made Li Meng even more strange, sat up straight in the chair, waved his hand around, and drove everyone out.

Zhou Yang gritted his teeth and said:

"Great Shuai, the way to humble duty is not to increase the population, but to reduce the ...... of this tuntian household"

After speaking slowly, Zhou Yang looked at Li Meng's expression, but he didn't expect Li Meng to be a little surprised, but he asked with great interest:

"Oh? Mr. Zhou, please speak. ”

Seeing Li Meng's reaction, Zhou Yang suddenly became calm, cleared his throat, and said:

"Marshal, my Jiaozhou battalion army is more than 100,000, and the soldiers who are paid and paid are only 40,000, and the rest are all Tuntian soldiers from Tuntian households, and they don't get paid for food.

Having said this, Li Meng reacted, he leaned forward, at this time Zhou Yang faintly had the demeanor of the scholar who said "the base should be in Huguang", but his knowledge was not the same, seeing Li Meng's attention, Zhou Yang even talked eloquently:

"The Jiaozhou battalion is going to do great things, although it is smooth sailing at the moment, but if it is, of course, the humble position is just an analogy, if there is a big war, although my Jiaozhou battalion soldiers are strong, but this heart is inevitably a little worse, the officers and soldiers who take the salary know that they are working hard for their own wealth, but these Tuntian soldiers, this life and death are for other families, but their own family is a cattle and horses, what is the future, why bother?"

Zhou Yang rarely speaks like this, but the two sentences of "what is the future" and "why bother" are very vivid and vivid.

Li Meng was shocked and ......

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