When Gao Yingxiang and Zhu Youzhen separated, they had been talking for nearly two hours, and his subordinates were already restless, and then looked back at Zhu Youzhen's army, whether it was cavalry or infantry, they were all motionless, like tall poplar trees. He secretly exclaimed: fortunately, he chose to surrender......

Zhu Youzhen is very satisfied with his subordinates, if the army of the Ming Dynasty is like these standing pines and cypresses, why worry about the immortality of Jiannu?

"Your Highness, how are the talks going?" Yuan Chonghuan and a group of officers came up, and just now Gao Yingxiang drew his sword, they were all startled, but fortunately, there was no danger.

"Let's all go back to eat, and in the afternoon, we will prepare to accept the surrender of Gao Yingxiang's troops outside the South City Gate." Zhu Youzhen's mouth was almost as good as Man Gui's.

Man Gui was not happy, he had already prepared to charge, in front of the cavalry of the Four Martial Arts Battalion, he believed that Gao Yingxiang's mud-legged army would not need two charges at all to completely disperse them and become the meal on the plate of the Four Martial Battalions, "Your Highness, how can you allow them to surrender?" This battle hasn't been fought yet......"

Zhu Youzhen glared at him fiercely, and Man Guicai lowered his head and retreated into the crowd.

Gao Yingxiang's subordinates didn't have many objections, they were originally peasants, and they fought just to be able to eat their stomachs, and now Zhu Youzhen drew them a cake that was so big that they had never seen it before, what kind of war did they fight?

Moreover, Zhu Youzhen quickly pacified the army of the "Four Kings" with 40,000 horses, and this combat effectiveness was far beyond their imagination. Even if they can defeat Zhu Youzhen, the imperial court will still expel Wang Youzhen, Zhang Youzhen, and Li Youzhen.

They are just relatives, friends, and neighbors gathered around Gao Yingxiang, and they have always been the first to look forward to Gao Yingxiang. The lord has surrendered Gao Yingxiang, and they are still fighting?

In the afternoon, outside the south gate of Yansui City, Gao Yingxiang's 63,000 soldiers surrendered all their weapons and lined up to wait for Zhu Youzhen to surrender. This time, they stood exceptionally tall, like soldiers of the Fourth Martial Arts Battalion.

Zhu Youzhen did not speak, he believed that Gao Yingxiang had already told them his plan. Now that they have surrendered, they must have some self-esteem and don't rub salt in their wounds.

Yuan Chonghuan led the soldiers to bring these surrendered bandits down, while Zhu Youzhen was busy writing two letters.

One is a military newspaper, "The bandits in Shaanxi have all been quelled, and more than 170,000 bandits have been captured......"

The other is a private letter, entrusting Li Chunye to forward it to the emperor, suggesting that Zu Dashou should serve as the governor of the three sides, control the soldiers and horses of the four towns of Gansu, Ningxia, Guyuan, and Yansui, and rectify the military affairs of Shaanxi; It is recommended that Gao Yingxiang be appointed as the prefect of Yansui, responsible for the resettlement of the people and displaced people in northern Shaanxi, and prevent the displaced people from leaving Shaanxi and living in the capital; In the end, Zhu Youzhen believed that now that Shaanxi had been initially decided, major military and political affairs had not been fully launched, and the Mongolian Tatar troops in the north had no choice but to take precautions, so he and the Siwu Battalion could not leave Shaanxi for the time being.

It took Yuan Chonghuan an afternoon to settle more than 63,000 surrendered troops, and there were not so many prisons in Yansui at all, and these disarmed peasant soldiers temporarily lived in the barracks and were under the control of the four military battalions.

After dinner, Zhu Youzhen gave a long burp, "Herald soldiers, inform the battalions, the guard commanders and General Mangui to come to the meeting." ”

The meeting was mainly a summary of the counterinsurgency war. Summing up after every war is a habit that Zhu Youzhen has developed since the beginning of the Fourth Martial Arts Battalion. Although the officers are not very literate, over time, everyone will improve, will be more disciplined, and more strategic.

Everyone in the meeting has to speak, no matter whether your conclusions are good or bad, no one will laugh at you, others will just revise your ideas.

The officers spoke enthusiastically, especially in the First Battle of Tongzhou, which began with an artillery siege and ended with a mine blockade. Everyone was full of praise for Daming's firearms, and even the three generals of Liaodong felt that the firearms of the Siwu Battalion were more powerful than those in Liaodong.

"Firearms are important, but the battlefield is mainly dependent on people." Zhu Youzhen is not a weaponist, "If we meet Jiannu, we will definitely not win so easily." ”

The Liaodong trio also kept nodding, they had the most say in Jiannu.

"In addition, General Yang Du may have a lot of complaints in this battle," Zhu Youzhen looked at Yang Du, "In addition to being a Chinese army, it is difficult to have the opportunity to charge into battle, and the reserve is also a very important reason." ”

Yang Du looked at Zhu Youzhen blankly, and his confirmation was that Zhu Youzhen trusted the Liaodong trio, especially Man Gui, and even Zhu Youzhen's generals dared to disobey, but they were not punished in any way.

"You can't throw all your forces at once in a war, and the generals certainly know better than I do. In a close battle, a small force can boost morale and even overwhelm the opponent. "Zhu Youzhen gathered for this war," under the city of Yansui, Gao Yingxiang had more than 60,000 soldiers, but only 50,000 went out of the city, indicating that Gao Yingxiang attached great importance to the role of reserves. ”

The summary of the battlefield was finally over, several generals picked up their teacups and drank fiercely, and the anxious Man Gui got up and prepared to leave.

Zhu Youzhen stretched out his hand and pressed it, motioning for him to sit down, "Shaanxi is plagued by bandits, wherever the soldiers go, many border troops have defected, the emperor is furious, and the governor of the three sides, the governor of Shaanxi, and the political envoy will be severely punished." Zhu Youzhen's eyes swept in front of everyone and found that they were all drinking tea by themselves, as if Zhu Youzhen was talking about something that had nothing to do with them.

"We are soldiers, and we can't control civilian officials. Yesterday, I had already sent a letter to the emperor, suggesting that the emperor and the military department appoint Zu Dashou as the governor of the three sides and have full authority to train the soldiers and horses of Shaanxi. ”

Everyone seemed to have suddenly beaten duck blood, especially the Liaodong trio.

The teacup in Zu Dashou's right hand fell, he hurriedly stretched out his left hand and barely grabbed the teacup, but the tea in the cup had been completely poured on the ground, and there were still a few tea leaves hanging on the mouth of the cup; Yuan Chonghuan's tea had just been drunk in his mouth, and he forgot to swallow it, he stared and looked at Zhu Youzhen, the tea slowly flowed out from his lower lip, as if it was a trickle; Man Gui's big mouth opened widely, and his eyeballs turned straight in the sockets, as if Zhu Youzhen had pointed out the acupoints in the air, except for the eyeballs, where he lost the ability to move.

"What do you have to say, generals?" Zhu Youzhen pretended not to see anything, just smiled and watched the tea leaves in his cup slowly float up and fall again.

"Your Highness...... I ...... "Zu Dashou hesitated, not knowing what to say."

"Your Highness...... This ......" Yuan Chonghuan's face turned red, and he didn't know what to say to express his dissatisfaction for the time being.

"General Zu doesn't have to shirk. From the commander of the Yaowu battalion to the governor of the three sides, you can't rise so fast in terms of merit. However, Shaanxi's military armament is lax and urgently needs to be rectified, I know that General Zu has this ability, so be prepared to guard the northwest for a long time! However, it is uncertain whether the emperor agrees. Zhu Youzhen snickered in his heart, if Yuan Chonghuan didn't react, then he wouldn't be Yuan Chonghuan who was always ready to make contributions.

"The last general obeys the order, and the last general must rectify the soldiers and horses in Shaanxi and serve as the western barrier of the Ming Dynasty." Zu Dashou put down the teacup in his hand, wiped the traces of water on his clothes, stood up and saluted Zhu Youzhen.

"General Yuan, what do you think about this?" After Zhu Youzhen waited for Zu Dashou to sit down, his eyes turned to Yuan Chonghuan.

"I ...... I ...... "Yuan Chonghuan is stumbling."

"I know General Yuan is not convinced. However, in terms of military merit, you will not be able to rise to the rank of trilateral governor. You just don't think you're worse than General Zu, don't you? Zhu Youzhen's gaze was much gentler when he looked at Yuan Chonghuan this time.

"......" Yuan Chonghuan's eyes were scattered, and he just nodded mechanically.

"General Yuan, do you know the difference between you and General Zu?"

"I don't know, please make it clear to Your Highness." Yuan Chonghuan let out a "tom", got up from his seat, and lowered his head to face Zhu Youzhen, even the kindergarten children knew that he was very angry now.

"General Zu commanded the troops, was good at stability, and was good at defense; Your General Yuan is also an excellent general, brave in battle, resourceful, and good at attacking. Zhu Youzhen paused for a moment, "The task of the trilateral governors is to defend the Yarkand Khanate west of Jiayuguan and the Tatar Mongols north of the Great Wall. In a short period of time, the imperial court will not use troops on a large scale here, do you understand now? ”

Yuan Chonghuan seemed to have beaten the duck blood again: "Liaodong? Could it be that the imperial court intends to use troops in Liaodong? ”

"Yes, Liaodong." Zhu Youzhen showed an appreciative gaze, and really had a brain, "Jiannu has already eaten away at the entire Liaodong, if nothing else, the next national war of the Ming Dynasty will be Liaodong." I wonder if General Yuan is willing to make contributions to the country? ”

"The last general is willing to command the army, expel Jiannu, and restore Liaodong." Yuan Chonghuan's enthusiasm finally found a breakthrough, and this time, he saluted Zhu Youzhen from the bottom of his heart.

"General Yuan, it is the duty of a soldier to obey, whether it is a soldier or an officer, it is the same. Jealousy of comrades-in-arms will lead to the formation of bad habits in the army, which will eventually disintegrate the combat effectiveness of the army. It is okay to strive to go to the front line to make meritorious contributions, and to strive for promotion and fortune is the beginning of corruption in an army. Zhu Youzhen became grim again, the ancestor guarded Yuan's attack, his heart was still proud, but only when they united, can they exert the greatest positive energy, if they are jealous of each other and tear each other down, the army will become independent scattered sand.

"The last will know his mistakes, and the last will be willing to be punished." Yuan Chonghuan let out a "poof" and knelt in front of Zhu Youzhen, his forehead knocked heavily on the ground.

Just now, the water in Zu Dashou's cup was sprinkled on the ground, and the tea flowed to Yuan Chonghuan's seat, and now Yuan Chonghuan knocked on the ground with his head, which happened to be in a damp place, and even his hair was stained with mud.

Zhu Youzhen lost another white handkerchief and helped Yuan Chonghuan wipe the mud on his forehead, "General Yuan, it's good to understand, why do you need to do this?" ”

"Your Highness, what about me? They all have a home, only I ......" Man Gui waited for Zhu Youzhen to wipe the mud on Yuan Chonghuan's forehead, and also saluted Zhu Youzhen.

"You?" Zhu Youzhen's eyes widened, "Where are you going, last time you asked you to assist the two generals Zu and Yuan, you violated the military order without authorization and snatched the first credit, I haven't settled accounts with you yet......"

"...... "Will there be punishment for meritorious service in war?" Man Gui cried with a sad face, and he sat down slowly, full of unwillingness.