"That's good, that's good." Seeing Sun Yuan's happy promise, Ruan Dacheng was overjoyed in his heart. The heart said, the general soldiers of the Ming Dynasty really only had one word "benefit" in their eyes, as long as they saw the benefits, there was basically no nonsense, as for the righteousness or the people of the country, they were like playing the piano to the cow. In this way, it is really easy to deal with them.

Sun Yuan: "Lord Ruan, the military situation is like fire, and Liu Thief is powerful, but I'm afraid that Governor Ma's side won't be able to support it for long." ”

"There is indeed such a problem, but it will take two or three days for Ma Yaocao's military order to transfer the Ningxiang Army to the north. The Ningxiang army was assembling to go to Suzhou at that time, afraid that the military situation would change. Ruan Dacheng also had some troubles in his heart.

Sun Yuan said with a smile: "Lord Ruan, you don't have to worry, I have ordered the entire Ningxiang Army to go north a few days ago." It's not that Sun is boasting, it won't take a few days to get to Suqian. ”

"Ah, your sergeant from Yangzhou Town has already set off." Ruan Dacheng was greatly surprised, and took Sun Yuan's hand affectionately: "I have a heart at the beginning." ”

Sun Yuan said solemnly: "Liu Chao's rebellion was 'chaotic', Nanjing was in danger, and Sun, as the chief soldier of Yangzhou, was responsible for the important task of garrisoning Nanjing, so he naturally prepared in advance to defend the enemy abroad. All things are foreseen, and those who are not prepared are wasted. It's impossible to watch from the sidelines, and wait until the Liu thief hits Fengyang, or even kills under the city wall of Nanjing, before sending troops in a hurry, right? ”

"A good plan is established, and if it is not prepared, it will be wasted. Taichu rest assured that if Yangzhou Town was dispatched without authorization, Ma Yaocao would give an explanation to the Ministry of War. ”

Sun Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Lord Ruan, my Yangzhou Town is leaving. But now is the season of green and yellow, although Governor Ma will add a certain amount of grain to our army, but now that the army is dispatched, the food, clothing, chewing and wrapping of the team must be collected from the local government first, I am afraid that it will be delayed. ”

Indeed, on Ma Shiying's side, Ruan Dacheng promised to give 300,000 taels of silver military salary. But it had to wait until the army drove to Suzhou to get it, and more than 10,000 troops still had war horses and large livestock, but the consumption along the way was very huge. The point is that the food and grass needed by the team need to be purchased locally, which will inadvertently take a lot of time.

Ruan Dacheng 'touched' his chin and suddenly asked, "How many soldiers and horses did you dispatch from Yangzhou Town this time?" ”

Sun Yuan: "Two battalions, with a cavalry unit, a total of 11,000 men and horses, are the main soldiers. ”

"What, two battalions of eleven thousand main soldiers?" Ruan Dacheng took a breath of cold air, then danced with his hands, and whispered excitedly: "Great, great, I didn't expect that the foundation of the Yangzhou Town family in the beginning was so strong, for Ma Yaocao, it was really a charcoal in the snow!" ”

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Ruan Dacheng is very proficient in military affairs, and he once served as a Guanglu Siqing from the third grade. The main part of this official position can only be responsible for holding court banquets, and to put it bluntly, it is the big canteen of the imperial court. But this institution also has another function, which is to be in charge of the palace guards and attendants, of course, the officials and palace guards of Guangfeng Temple do not take this seriously. However, the person who is an official also knows a little about military affairs.

He naturally knew what it meant to have 11,000 main soldiers. You must know that the military towns in the northwest and northwest of the nine border towns are now the main force of one battalion. Yangzhou Town can dispatch 11,000 main troops at once, and it is already a medium-sized military town.

11,000 people, if you add auxiliary soldiers, civilian husbands, and military households, you can easily dispatch 50,000 or 60,000 horses. In wartime, it can be called 100,000.

Even Ma Shiying, the number of families that can be used now is only a few hundred.

He was greatly surprised in his heart, and said secretly: Brother Yaocao now has such an arm, and the war should be worry-free.

At that moment, he shouted: "Okay, good, good, then this time the troops will be sent to rescue Suzhou, and the Kanhe and military talismans of the military department will be counted as two battalions." ”

He stood up and took a few steps in the cabin: "When Ma Yaocao's military order arrives in Nanjing, I will count the two battalions of men and horses, and let the military department and the household department temporarily borrow some grain and weapons, and when the war is over, you will return it in cash, can you?" ”

As far as Sun Yuan knew, Nanjing was the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and there were several large official warehouses in the city, and the grain and clothing in them were piled up. After all, it is a rich Jiangnan region, and materials are extremely abundant. For example, the food and clothing in the warehouse, because they have been left for many years, have been bitten by insects and rats, and the materials wasted every year are a massive number. It was precisely because of the mountainous materials of the old capital of the Ming Dynasty that the Hongguang Dynasty was able to gain a foothold in Nanjing, and it would not collapse due to financial bankruptcy like the Beijing government.

"That's good, that's good." Sun Yuan was happy in his heart: "In this way, our army can save a lot of work." "At this time, if Ruan Dacheng directly throws 300,000 taels of silver to himself and asks him to go to the market to buy supplies, I don't know how many days it will take to get enough military supplies.

In the feudal era, because of backward transportation and communications, a large amount of time was spent on preparing materials and requisitioning people. Because of this, it is common for a big battle to be fought for a year and a half.

Ruan Dacheng: "At the beginning, you will write a list of the grain you need to a certain person." ”

"Okay." Sun Yuan didn't talk nonsense, and immediately picked up the pen and wrote a long list on the paper.

Seeing Sun Yuan's good handwriting, Ruan Dacheng was a little surprised, and said in his heart: It's not polite for this martial artist to ask for something, but this handwriting is more beautiful than many Jinshi, but he is a character, and he didn't see the wrong person.

After writing it, Sun Yuan's heart suddenly moved, he had patronized and asked for money. But most of this money was to be consumed in the war, but not much actually fell into the hands, so it was too cheap Ruan Dacheng and Ma Shiying.

He put down his pen and said with a smile: "Lord Ruan, it is inevitable that there will be deaths in this battle, and after the soldiers are killed, they also need to be compensated." ”

"But don't you think the military salary of 300,000 taels of silver is enough?" Ruan Dacheng was unhappy in his heart.

"No, that's enough." Sun Yuan said: "What Sun means is that the pension of the fallen soldiers is just money. In addition, meritorious soldiers also need to be promoted. Can you let the Ministry of War give Sun dozens of farewells, and also promote the soldiers who contribute to the country. ”

Ruan Dacheng was a little annoyed, and said in his heart: "This Sun Taichu is simply a 'traitor' businessman, as long as you ask him, he will not let go if he bites it." ”

However, now that I have a request for him, I have to nod.

At the moment, he snorted in an unknown way, and said: "As for the matter of suing himself, Ruan has no official or position now, and I am afraid that he will not be able to agree to Taichu." In this case, I may send another letter to Governor Ma mentioning the matter. ”

"Thank you so much, Lord Ruan." Sun Yuan was overjoyed, and hurriedly picked up the pen and wrote a list and handed it to Ruan Dacheng. The scale of the Ningxiang Army is now getting bigger and bigger, but according to the regulations of the imperial court, the establishment of a small military town is always limited. A large number of officers were not able to get official appointments from the imperial court, which was indeed a bit of a blow to the positive "sex". Now, it is time to take the opportunity to ask the Nanjing Military Department to give some establishment.

The two said a few more words, and Sun Yuan left satisfied.

When Sun Yuan walked out of the cabin with his front foot, a man who looked like a scribe walked out of the cabin with his back foot. This person is about in his early forties, he looks elegant, and he has a lot of courage, and he looks like a person of status.

Ruan Dacheng: "Long You, you have already seen this Sun Taichu just now, how is it?" With that, he handed the two-point list in hand to the middle-aged scribe.

The middle-aged man named Long You took the two lists and only glanced at them, then his face was full of anger, and he spat and scolded: "Soldier! ”

Ruan Dacheng only smiled faintly: "Sun Taichu's request for military salaries and grain straw, Brother Mou and Yaocao had already expected it, so I agreed to make the decision for him." However, he had to leave the blank for his death, and this matter was very important. You are Yaocao's brother-in-law, and now you are the counselor of military affairs in the army of Governor Ma, and it is up to you to decide. ”

That's right, this person named Long Wen is Ma Shiying's brother-in-law, Yang Wencong, the former Yongjiazhi County, whose name is Longwen.

He is a native of Guizhou, and Ma Shiying is a fellow countryman. It is a famous man in Qianzhong, and he was raised in the forty-seventh year of Wanli. It's a pity that he was extremely unlucky in the imperial examination field, and he took the examination six times with a face, and spent more than ten years in vain, but he still failed to pass the Jinshi examination.

There is really no way, so I can only rely on the relationship of my brother-in-law Ma Shiying to enter the officialdom as a lifter. Because he is not from a serious background, he is quite despised in the officialdom, he was impeached by the official a while ago, and he just lost the post of Yongjiazhi County, and he is in a bad mood.

Hearing Ruan Dacheng's question, he immediately angrily slapped the two lists on the table: "He wants money, let's give it to him." But this bastard wants to be an official. Ruan Jizhi, look at it, he has opened his mouth widely. The guerrilla generals were given two parts, six garrisons, ten "conduct" guards, and thirty defenders. If they all agreed, he Shi Xianzhi would not be like a cat that had been stepped on by his tail and jumped up. Governor Ma's side is not easy to explain to the Ministry of War, and if he can't get it right, he will have to clash with Shi Xianzhi, and the Shangshu of the Ministry of War and the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War are not in harmony, and they will spread out, so what will the world think? Such an impertinent request cannot be agreed to in any categorical way. ”

Ruan Dacheng suddenly looked at Yang Wencong and asked rhetorically: "Long Wen, even if we don't agree to Sun Yuan's conditions, Shi Butang will be reconciled with Brother Yaocao?" Do you think that in this Nanzhili area, who else has the ability to save the crisis in Yongcheng and Suzhou except for Yangzhou Town? Okay, I'll ask you again. Long Wen, even if Shi Kefa and Yaocao cooperate well in the Ministry of War. But so what, once Suzhou is defeated and Fengyang falls, do you think Yaocao can still be the governor of Lufeng? Now, you and I are both idlers who have been dismissed from office, and Donglin can't wait to put you and me to death as soon as possible, but there is Yao Cao in front of him. Relying on his military exploits, this can barely survive. As far as I know, the group of scholars of the Restoration Society gathered all day long to discuss state affairs, picking bones in eggs, and thinking about finding fault with Governor Ma. This time Liu Chao rebelled, and they were all waiting to see Yaocao's jokes. ”

Ruan Dacheng's voice became more and more severe: "What can Sun Yuan do if he wants an official for his subordinates, and he can do anything!" Nowadays, there are wars going on everywhere, not to mention the guerrilla generals and garrisons, even the general soldiers and general officers are everywhere, not as good as dogs. Then Liu Chao just gathered a group of homeless people and said some big things, didn't the court let him be the chief military officer? Even if we make Sun Taichu, at most, when the time comes, Shi Xianzhi will be unhappy, and Ma Yaocao will argue with him. As long as you can defend the state, defeat Liu Chao, and keep your brother-in-law. Now, Ma Yaocao is the one who carries the girder on our side, but it can't be. ”

In the end, he finally added: "Sun Yuan is a bastard, a ruffian." But this is also our bastard, and this is also our ruffian. ”

Yang Wencong was said by Ruan Dacheng with a hot face, and he took a deep look: "It's still a collection of things to say thoroughly, ashamed, ashamed!" ”

Ruan Dacheng helped him up and said, "Long Wen, why do you need to be like this between you and me." By the way, this dispatch of troops is extremely important. Yaocao can't hold on anymore, Yangzhou Town must send troops as soon as possible, you have been tired these days, and you are in the middle of the plan, it matters, it matters! (Guoshi.) /2/2080/)--(Guoshi/)