The military system of the Ming Dynasty, there is a deputy general soldier under the general army, under the jurisdiction of the generals, guerrilla and other generals, the level of the deputy general soldier is only one level lower than the general army, and the official position of the governor is generally granted to the governor of the same level, usually and the general army is located in a different region in a province, and the jurisdiction of one aspect, the soldiers under its jurisdiction are called strange soldiers, and the general soldiers are different, but the same status is transcendent, the general soldiers have no right to appoint and dismiss the deputy general soldiers, although the name is subordinate and superior, but it is the relationship between the main post and the deputy, polite to each other, get along well.

And in the Southern Ming Dynasty, the situation is different, the general soldiers are equivalent to a separatist warlords, in their own territory is the emperor of the soil, the imperial court can not interfere with the appointment and dismissal of the generals under its command at all, the general army wants to let whoever is the deputy chief soldier can let whom, the court not only dare not reprimand, but to the warlords with strong troops, but also have to rush to send the procedural appointment will according to the list prepared by the general soldiers, and send a few grumpy general soldiers late will also smoke the big ears of the eunuchs, Zuo Liangyu has done such a thing.

Zeng Ying, the chief soldier of Sichuan, is a typical example, all the generals and adjutants in his army are designated by themselves, from the deputy chief soldier to the flag officer, after he drew up the list, the imperial court took the medicine according to the prescription, so Zeng Ying has a very strong control over the people under him, because who is up and who is down, he alone has the final say.

The name of the general and guerrilla is loud, in fact, it is Zeng Ying's general, Yang Zhangui is the deputy commander-in-chief, and he is considered a high-level general, but with such a status, Zeng Ying was angry, and he also said that he would fight without hesitation.

Yang Zhan was defeated and went back and knelt in the lobby by himself, Zeng Ying listened to him finish the situation, didn't say anything, and directly ordered to draw a thousand leather whips first.

The leather whip of the execution, not an ordinary horse whip, that thing is a circle of wire wrapped in the leather, comparable to a modern wire rope, a whip can take away a piece of meat, has always been a military torture instrument, no matter how strong a soldier is, can resist three hundred lashes without dying, there has never been.

Yang Zhan was dejected, he knew that no matter how good the reasons for the failure were, it could not be worth the fact that 10,000 soldiers failed to fight a thousand barbarians, and also lost a thousand bird commanders, that was the firearms unit that Zeng Ying had worked so hard to set up, not to mention the large amount of silver, just the gunpowder and lead needed for the annual training and combat of the bird commanders was a huge expense, and the bird commanders who were piled up with silver actually lost a thousand people in such a nest, how could Zeng Ying not be angry?

Of course, just beating Yang Zhan to death like this, it wouldn't be, Zeng Ying was just angry, killing a chicken to see, and when the generals knelt down and kowtowed after hard persuasion, the opportunity to go down the steps came.

Zeng Ying turned around slowly with a black face, a horse face stretched longer, almost falling onto the long case, his slender eyes flashed with coldness, and he looked at Yang Zhan, who was crumbling in the hall, like a cannibal.

"Since the generals will intercede for you, spare you from death, drag it down, and after you have recovered from your injuries, you will be judged for your crimes!" Zeng said coldly, with annoyance and hatred in his words.

When the generals heard this, they were overjoyed, and then they were happy, listening to this, Yang Zhan's level has finally passed, since he let him recuperate from his injuries, he will no longer think about killing him, and this life can be regarded as saved.

Yang Zhan was dazed, and was dragged down by two guards, and when he left, he didn't forget to moan: "Thank you Junmen." ”

Zeng Ying waved his hand, and sent Yang Zhan, who had half his life left, sat on the tiger skin chair behind the long case with residual anger, his hands were based on the case, and he gritted his teeth and said: "This Yang Zhan, who regarded this general's order as child's play, and let him lead the bird commander of the barracks to go out on the expedition, is worried that the stone pillar barbarians will be difficult to deal with, and he can't gnaw hard bones in the barracks, but he is careless, and actually appoints his brother-in-law as a pioneer officer, is Niu Sicheng that piece of material?" It's almost the same as going to the kiln to sleep in the girl's skin, and she killed a thousand sons in vain! If you don't wait for intercession, you will have to deal with it by military law! ”

The generals in the hall hurriedly persuaded again, and they all said: "The military gate is angry." ”

Zeng Ying closed his eyes and sighed: "It's good now, the Shizhu silver mine has not arrived, the CD thief is ready to move, the front is frequently urgent, our army's military strength is insufficient, the expansion of the army is just around the corner, and the expenditure of the army has not yet been settled, how is it good?" ”

The left and right sides of the seat looked at each other, and after a long silence, one person looked at Zeng Ying's face cautiously and said: "Junmen, our army's military strength is known as 100,000, and the flag is 100 miles, forgive the thief for just bluffing, and he definitely doesn't dare to cross the border to commit crimes, right?" ”

Zeng Ying sneered: "One hundred thousand? That's a lie to outsiders, you are all my humerus, don't you know the truth? ”

He pointed to his nose, and pointed to the noses of the generals one by one and said: "The general is in the barracks of 8,000 people, and the two deputy generals are in the camp of 5,000 people each, a total of 13,000 people, and the rest of you, the guerrillas and reinforcements under the generals and guerrillas add up, less than 20,000 people, and the total strength is only in the early 30,000s, we rely on this little force in our hands, but it is so difficult! ”

The general sitting on the left side of the hall heard this, but stood up and said loudly: "The military gate is in a panic!" Our army can be conscripted immediately, Chongqing Mansion and Kuizhou Mansion are densely populated, as soon as the decree is issued, there will be a large number of responders, 100,000 people are at your fingertips, although there are many thieves and thieves, but they have lost the hearts of the people, 100,000 against 100,000, our army will definitely be able to win the battle! ”

When everyone heard the voice, they saw that the speaker was more than six feet tall, with a broad waist and a healthy body, a big head like a bucket, a face full of meat, a dense beard, and a voice like thunder when he spoke.

This person is a rough man, but what he said at this moment caused all the generals to nod their heads, and they all said that they were reasonable and could be adopted.

Jiang Li, who was standing quietly, secretly glanced at Wang Xiang, and said in his heart that a martial artist is a martial artist, without a brain, didn't the military gate say it just now? The expansion of the army is just around the corner, recruiting soldiers is natural, the difficulty is that there is no money, who will be a soldier for you if you have no money? Even if you arrest the people and forcibly recruit them, you can't afford to pay the army salaries and pay the grain and grass, you can't go to war on an empty stomach, right? The core of the problem is a lack of money and food, not a shortage of people.

Zeng Ying obviously sighed secretly, and even his squinted eyes widened slightly, and said unhappily: "Conscription is inevitable, but this soldier is coming, he has to be paid, he has to give food, the money and food in the army are tight, and I will summon you here to ask what everyone means." ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals present were silent again, Wang Xiang looked left and right, and saw that everyone was looking at the stone slab under their feet in a daze, and couldn't bear it, and said in a rough voice: "Junmen, isn't that easy?" If you are short of money, ask those rich people to take it, these profiteers are the most cunning, and if you don't hurt them, you won't spit out the money. ”

Wang Xiang has a rude personality and does things simply, he does the most things to blackmail rich people, and he is happy to do it.

Zeng Ying shook his head and said, "How can we wait for the officials and soldiers to loot the people's wealth?" Don't mention such evil things again! ”

Wang Xiang was stunned, thinking to himself if the military gate was stupid? You took the lead in doing this, huh? Why are you not doing it again? Can this still wash your hands?

He looked sluggish, opened his mouth wide and wanted to say more, but a person next to him secretly pulled the corner of his clothes and made him sit down.

Wang Xiang was furious, who the dared to pull Lao Tzu's clothes? When he turned his head, his anger disappeared, but it was Tan Wen, the number one thinker under Zeng Ying's account.

Tan Wen is a native of Sichuan, both civil and military, originally the governor Chen Shiqi's subordinate generals, Chen Shiqi was beaten by Zhang Xianzhong and took refuge in Zeng Ying, this person is in his thirties, his face is white, resourceful, good at using tactics, and he has given Zeng Ying advice many times, and he is very appreciated, but because he is not Zeng Ying's old department, he is somewhat estranged.

Tan Wen knew very well that Zeng Ying had rebelled in Chongqing and Kuizhou, and the people were angry, and in the past six months, the rich households in the territory had almost been looted, and there were countless escapees, and many prefectures and counties had ten rooms and nine emptiness, forcing Zeng Ying to restrain himself, and the rich households had run out, and it was not much fun to persecute those poor people who did not have much oil and water, so he simply stopped doing this business without capital and found another shortcut.