Chapter 606 Snow White Blood Red

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"Shi Kefa, we meet again."

Zhang Zhun said slowly and quietly.

The Tiger Ben barracks around Dongjiabao were all built temporarily, and most of the materials used were freshly cut wood. Because it didn't get enough time to process, the air was filled with a strong directional smell of fresh wood. Between the wood and the wood, there are many cracks, some of which can even reach a finger. But such a house is enough to block the snowflakes from the outside.

Shi Kefa came in by slapping the snowflakes off his body. In fact, there is not much temperature difference between inside and outside the house. The wooden house is leaking everywhere, and the north wind is constantly blowing in through the cracks between the woods. There is no charcoal stove inside the house, and there is no heating equipment. It's just that Shi Kefa didn't feel this. What he felt was the casual irony in Zhang Zhun's words.

Since meeting Zhang Zhun for the second time in Haizhou City, Shi Kefa feels that he has become a special errand runner for the imperial court. As long as the imperial court has something to discuss with Zhang Zhun as soon as possible, he will immediately think of him Shi Kefa. For example, this time, Wen Tiren captured him back from Tongzhou. At that time, he was dealing with some accounts of the household department in Tongzhou. Wen Tiren asked him to put down everything he was doing and return to Jingshi as soon as possible.

Vaguely, Shi Kefa could still hear someone mocking himself behind his back that he was a Shenxing Taibao, and that he was running on the road most of the time. Carefully calculated, he has negotiated with Zhang Zhun four or five times. Every time, he took the initiative to find Zhang Zhun. With the increase of Zhang Zhun's strength and his status, his mood in front of Zhang Zhun became more and more depressed. Especially this time, it was particularly depressing.

Zhang Zhun is just a thief. It is ridiculous that the imperial court should treat a thief like this. But if you don't treat this thief with courtesy, so what? Send troops to clear it? That's simply not possible. The previous few clearances proved to be complete failures, but instead increased Zhang Zhun's strength and allowed him to take the opportunity to expand his territory. Since you can't suppress it, you can only caress it.

Now that the Tartars are going south, the imperial court is at a loss, and it is the time when Zhang Zhun needs to make a big move. Listening to Wen Tiren's meaning, the imperial court was willing to pay a certain price in order to let Zhang Zhun send troops. As long as the conditions proposed by Zhang Zhun are not very excessive. For the sake of the court, for the sake of the emperor, even if he has great grievances, he must endure it.

Shi Kefa collected his mood and said as calmly as possible: "On the order of Lord Shoufu, the lower official made a special trip to send greetings from the imperial court to Lord Dudu. ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said casually, "Please speak." ”

Shi Kefa said expressionlessly: "The imperial court invites the Governor to take charge of the military affairs of Qingzhou Mansion,"

Zhang Zhun looked at him with a smile and said indifferently: "Also in charge of the military affairs of Qingzhou Mansion? ”

Shi Kefa said with difficulty: "Exactly. ”

Zhang Zhun sneered slightly, and said meaningfully: "Since this is the case, I will reluctantly make it difficult and defend Qingzhou City."

He replied so briskly that Shi Kefa had nothing to say for a while. He originally thought that Zhang Zhun might argue why he was not allowed to take charge of the military affairs of the whole of Shandong, and he was also prepared with enough rhetoric. Unfortunately, all these rhetoric has been wasted now. Regarding the concurrent management of Qingzhou Mansion's military affairs, Zhang Zhun didn't seem to have any reaction at all. Well, it's as if it had nothing to do with him at all.

However, the more indifferent Zhang Zhun's response was, the more intense and uneasy Shi Kefa's heart became. Obviously, the difference between being in charge of Shandong military affairs and Qingzhou Mansion is something that even children can feel. But Zhang Zhun didn't feel it? This is clearly not normal. After a while, Shi Kefa said with difficulty: "The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and the imperial court hopes that the governor will provide some assistance......

Zhang Zhun looked at him with shining eyes and said meaningfully: "For example, what?" ”

Shi Kefa said slowly: "For example, send troops north to directly fight against the Tartars." For example, to ensure the safety of water transportation. For example, to support the imperial court with some money and food. As long as the Governor has a heart, there are many things that can be done, but don't be quick to hurt the enemy. ”

Zhang Zhun said eagerly: "Do you want me to enter the king of Jingqin?" ”

Shi Kefa's eyebrows jumped, and he hurriedly said, "This is not necessary. ”

Zhang Zhun let out a long sigh, his expression was obviously a little lonely, and said regretfully: "I thought I could bring troops into Beijing, it turned out that it was not necessary, in fact, I was completely ready to enter the king of Beijing Qin, but it's a pity, it's a pity, my troops haven't entered Beijing yet." ”

Shi Kefa felt very uncomfortable in his heart, as if he was being sneered at by Zhang Zhun, and all his previous words seemed to be laughing at him. He felt like a clown, constantly exposing his cowardice and incompetence in front of others. At the same time, Shi Kefa felt very annoyed.

Enter the king of Beijing? Entering Beijing with troops? Beijing, is it you can go as you want? When did the troops of King Qinqin enter Beijing directly? Even Qin Liangyu's white-pole soldiers from Sichuan had to be stationed outside the city, and only he himself could enter the city. If you Zhang Zhun want to enter Beijing City with a large army, it can only be a dream

The more Shi Kefa thought about it, the more angry he became, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Zhang Zhun was domineering and had no sense of statehood, at this time, he was still only thinking about taking advantage of the imperial court, and couldn't help but say sharply: "Lord Dudu, the lower officials dare to say a word, the Tartars are going south, raging in all directions, the lives are miserable, and the people are not happy, can you sit idly by?" Isn't it a little shameful that you only think about your own selfish interests? ”

Zhang Zhun said solemnly: "So, I propose that I take over the military affairs of Shandong, and with Zhu Dadian's ability, I can't hold Shandong at all." Since he is not competent, then replace him with someone who can do it. Isn't my request normal? Why didn't the imperial court support it? It seems that the court still has prejudices against me, I take the initiative to share the worries of the court, you say I'm ashamed, then I won't do such a thing in the future. ”

Shi Kefa suddenly became angry, and his face suddenly turned pale.

This Zhang Zhun has a belly of crooked reasoning, but he has no strong evidence to refute it. Indeed, Zhu Dadian's ability is limited, and it is unrealistic to expect him to be able to hold Shandong. However, is it too arrogant for you Zhang Zhun to want to annex the entire territory of Shandong in one go? Are all the officials of the imperial court all idiots? Ken watched Shandong being controlled by you?

However, Shi Kefa couldn't say these words clearly. There are some things that can only be done but not said, and similarly, there are some things that can only be said but not done. At this joint, the imperial court will definitely not be able to help Zhang Zhun this bastard. Zhang Zhun took a fancy to this point and was so arrogant.

Zhang Zhun completely ignored Shi Kefa's annoyance and helplessness, and continued to say slowly: "If I were to command, I would dare to let the tartars walk around without eating." It's a pity, only let me be in charge of the military affairs of Qingzhou Mansion, even if I have the ability, I can't give full play to it, since the imperial court has such an arrangement, what does it have to do with me for the lives outside Qingzhou Mansion? That's the matter of your court, those creatures who have been poisoned by the Tartars, after they become ghosts, if they want to find someone to settle accounts, they should also go to you."

Shi Kefa couldn't help but ask directly: "Zhang Zhun, why are you bent on fighting against the imperial court?" You've gotten enough, and you're now a military attache of the first grade, at the top of the list. You govern Dongjiang Town, govern the land of Sanfu, and command tens of thousands of troops, what are you not satisfied with? ”

Zhang Zhun slowly restrained his smile and said coldly: "You asked this question well, we need to open the skylight and say something bright, Shi Kefa, let me ask you, what do you think of today's imperial court?" Don't you feel shy to be in the company of such a court? ”

Shi Kefa was slightly suffocated, and he stopped talking.

What do you think of today's imperial court? Shi Kefa doesn't need to go through his brain to come up with a large list of derogatory terms: traitorous ministers are in charge, people are superficial, corrupt **, and rotten...... The official only thinks about making money, only thinking about getting drunk and dreaming of death, and spending all day drinking. Corruption is rampant in the army, and officers are only busy eating empty salaries and drinking soldiers' blood, and their minds are not at all about fighting. As soon as the Tartars came, they turned around and ran, not willing to engage the Tartars at all.

The controversy in Xinuan Pavilion, Shi Kefa knew the general situation from the Hou Sui of the Hubu Shangshu. This made Shi Kefa feel even more painful. Taicang silver is the treasury capital of the Ming Kingdom, and now it is less than 800,000 taels. However, the great Shoufu Wen Ti Renwen has a family property of no less than 500,000 taels. Even if it is Liu Zongzhou and others, the family property will not be less than 300,000 taels. One by one, the big officials are all full of money, and only the treasury is unusually empty.

Is this a normal country?

Of course not

Idiots can feel that the current Ming Kingdom has embarked on a wrong path. It is not that the Ming Kingdom is without wealth, but the Ming Kingdom has wealth. It's just that these riches are not concentrated in the hands of the state, but in the hands of the emperor's relatives and relatives, and in the hands of big bureaucrats and big landlords. Not to mention anything else, just after the liquidation of the family property of the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou, there are tens of millions of taels of silver.

What can you do with thousands of taels of silver?

At least 100,000 elite Liaodong cavalry can be formed

If it weren't for that, how could the little Jianyu be so rampant? If this were not the case, how could the civil unrest in Shaanxi recur? As long as the wealth in the hands of the emperor's relatives, big bureaucrats and big landlords leaks out to the national treasury, the imperial court can arm at least 100,000 troops and provide relief to millions of disaster victims.

100,000 cavalry against the Tartars, and the Tartars will certainly not be arrogant. The victims of the disaster received effective relief, and naturally they would not follow Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others to rebel. From now on, the world will not dare to say that it will not be as painful as it is now. Everything, it's going to be fine.

Unfortunately, this is just a beautiful idea, and it is simply impossible to achieve. It's easy for these people to desperately embezzle the country's property. However, it is difficult to dig up the silver from them. Even if it was only a tael of silver, I didn't want them to hand it over happily.

In such a court, sometimes even Shi Kefa feels hopeless. He has been working in the household department for so many years, and he knows the financial situation of the imperial court best. If Emperor Chongzhen does not make up his mind to change this status quo and continue to let the country's wealth flow into private pockets in large quantities, the end of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner. However, does Emperor Chongzhen have the courage? Shi Kefa didn't know.

Shi Kefa is a student of Confucianism, and he only knows how to be loyal to the emperor and the Son of Heaven. Any attempt to overthrow the emperor is unforgivable. Even though the Ming Dynasty was in difficulty now, he never gave up. He felt that there was still hope for Emperor Chongzhen. After being silent for a long time, he said slowly: "These can be changed." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded, and said with a solemn expression: "Yes, these can be changed." Now, I'm helping the country to make amends. ”

Shi Kefa said sharply: "You are overthrowing the imperial court and overthrowing today." ”

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "Shi Kefa, you have to make it clear that the country and the imperial court are two concepts. Our country has existed for thousands of years. However, this court only existed for more than two hundred years. Before the Ming Dynasty, there were countless dynasties that existed, and there were countless dynasties that fell. ”

Shi Kefa's expression changed, and he said in shock: "Zhang Zhun, what do you mean?" ”

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "I mean, it's time to change the dynasty." ”

Shi Kefa shouted angrily: "You actually said such a rebellious language"

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "Shi Kefa, recognize the reality, the current imperial court is hopeless." Emperor Chongzhen is indeed working hard, and he is indeed exhausted, but his efforts, his exhaustion, have no effect. Because, he has been surrounded by bad people, and he can't break free from this encirclement. All he did was in vain. ”

Shi Kefa's face was pale, and he stammered: "You, you, you dare to accuse the emperor of not being the current saint, at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he eradicated the eunuchs, but he is a first-class Ming monarch, and I will never allow you to say that the emperor is not."

Zhang Zhun smiled slightly and said lightly: "That's right, when he came to power, he did eradicate the eunuchs. But you see, what are the eunuchs of the imperial court doing now? Gao Qiqian is the supervisor of Liaodong and is in charge of the largest military force of the imperial court. Wang Kun is the supervisor of Xuanda, and he is in charge of an equally large military force. Cao Huachun commanded the Beijing battalion, and the three major battalions of the Beijing division were under his control. Zhang Yixian was the commander of the East Factory. It can be said that the greatest power of the imperial court is in the hands of eunuchs. To put it mildly, what is the difference between this and Wei Zhongxian? Is it because they don't have the surname Wei? ”

Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Shi Kefa's forehead.

He felt that the most painful and unwilling side of himself to admit was being ruthlessly shattered by Zhang Zhun. All along, he has consciously or unconsciously avoided the issue of eunuch dictatorship, deliberately ignoring Gao Qiqian, Wang Kun, Cao Huachun, Zhang Yixian and others. Because, when Emperor Chongzhen came to power, he completely eradicated the eunuchs. He is Mingjun, he is Mingjun, he is Mingjun, he is Mingjun, he appointed eunuchs to lead the army, it is just a temporary expedient measure, and in the future, he will definitely correct it

Zhang Zhun looked cold, and said word by word: "If you deny this, I'm sorry, I don't welcome you here, please go back"

Shi Kefa was suddenly furious, Huo Ran stood up and walked away.

Zhang Zhun watched Shi Kefa leave coldly and didn't say a word.

"Mo Yu."

Zhang Zhun suddenly shouted.

"What do you command?"

Mo Yu hurried in.

"You don't want to go back to the capital, there is no need for us to continue to deal with the imperial court."

Zhang Zhun said casually.

"My subordinates understand."

Mo Yu said awe-inspiringly.

He understood that from now on, Zhang Zhun and the imperial court broke again. And, from now on, there will never be any more possibilities for cooperation. With the gradual fullness of the wings of the Tiger Army, Zhang Zhun expanded his territory, and there was no need to go through the imperial court at all.

After Mo Yu left, someone came in a hurry, and it was the team of the Leopard Cavalry.

Yu Yingyu said bluntly: "My lord, we have found the scout of the Tartars"

Zhang Zhun nodded calmly and asked calmly, "What's the situation?" ”

Yu Yingyou gave a detailed introduction to the situation at that time.

Zhang Zhun nodded and said in a deep voice, "Where is the corpse of the Tartar?" ”

Yu Yingyou hurriedly said, "It's outside." ”

Zhang Zhun stood up and walked outside. A moment later, he came to the corpses of the five Tartars. In order to preserve more information, the corpses of the five Tartars were basically not moved. Even the gold, silver, and jewels they had looted were still in deerskin pockets, and the blood stains on them had not been wiped off.

"It's the one who is the red flag."

After careful inspection, Zhang Zhun said slowly.

The owner of the red flag is Azig. According to the intelligence, Azig broke through the Xifeng Pass only after Hauge and Abatai entered the customs from the Gubei Pass. Judging by this, Azig is not a striker for the Tartars. However, this kid's march speed is obviously faster than Hauge's. When Haoge was still in Huairou, Azig had already killed all the way from Zunhua to Xianghe and Tongzhou.

Such a crazy marching speed, even for the Tartars, is very strong. Zhang Zhun had to guess whether Azig was stimulated by something. If the other slave chiefs marched as fast as Azig, the Ming troops around the Jingshi might not even have time to deploy defense.

In fact, Azig was stimulated. Azig and the trapped Dorgon and Dordor were half-brothers. Ever since Dorgon and Dorgon were trapped, Azig has been planning day and night how to get his two younger brothers out as quickly as possible. This time, Dajin Guonanluo, Azig's Zhenghongqi is indeed not a striker. However, under the shouting of Azig, Zhenghongqi was stunned to rush in front of Haoge's yellow flag, and was the first to approach Jingshi.

Yang Zhiyuan groaned and said, "My lord, Azig ran so fast, he should have come to Dengzhou City." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said slowly: "Yes, Azig may not besiege Jingshi and go south directly." ”

Generally speaking, after the Tatars entered the customs, the first action was to besiege the Beijing Division, cut off the nerve center of the Ming Kingdom and the connection between various places, and paralyzed the Ming army everywhere. Hauge and Abatai undertook such a task. However, Azig was not the vanguard of the Tartars, therefore, it is very likely that he did not participate in the encirclement of the Jingshi and went directly south and launched a surprise attack directly on Shandong. The so-called soldier is fast, and Azig may have taken a fancy to this.

Yang Zhiyuan said tentatively: "Maybe we only need two or three days to encounter Azig." ”

Zhang Zhun said affirmatively: "This is inevitable. ”

He waved his hand vigorously and said awe-inspiringly: "Gather all the officers above the rank of the team and convene a military meeting." ”

……

After half a cup of tea, all the officers of the Tiger Ben Army arrived.

At this moment, Dongjiabao has concentrated a considerable amount of military strength of the Tiger Army, including the Biaozi Battalion, the Dingzi Battalion, the Jiezi Battalion, the Kengzi Battalion, the Ningzi Battalion, the Tiger Cavalry Battalion, and the Leopard Cavalry Battalion. Yang Zhiyuan, Yang Zixuan, Huang Liang, Wei Ran, Zhao Yuchen, Yang Hongwen, Zhou Yanyu, Lei Shenzhou, Yang Qianqiang, Zou Mingjia, Zhong Wuying, Chen Xingguo, Liu Jixiang, Li Zhaohui, Feng Wei, Ma Long, Yu Yingyou, and other officers were all present.

"Brothers, here comes the Tartars"

"The forward scout of the Tartars has arrived in Bazhou"

"According to all the circumstances, the troops of the slave chief Azig are only two days away from us, and perhaps the day after tomorrow, we will engage the large army of the Tartars."

Zhang Zhun said straight to the point, stretching out his hand and pointing to the location of Bazhou on the map.

The officers below immediately became excited.

Damn the Tartars, it's finally here. They waited for this moment, but they waited a little too long. Seriously, in the past period of time, they have been immersed in war preparations, but they are really tired. Zhang Zhun has high requirements for combat readiness, and they all have to go all out to complete it. As the saying goes, one is not afraid of hardship, and the other is not afraid of death. It can be seen that suffering is even more torturous if it is death. Now, the exhaustion has finally come to an end.

"Behind Azig, there is a large army of the Tartars, including a large number of Tartar cavalry and Mongol cavalry, as well as the servant army of the Tartars, among whom the Emperor Taiji and Zilharang are among them."

"Once we and Azig are in a state of battle, the rest of the Tartar troops will definitely pounce on us like locusts. A steady stream of forwards and successions. ”

"I estimate that in the next two months, we will have to fight the Tartars. Chinese New Year, that's don't count on it. Lantern Festival, don't count on it. Let's not think easy until the Tartars have completely retreated. ”

Zhang Zhun's expression was serious, but his tone was still relatively active, so the atmosphere in the venue was relatively relaxed. Zhong Wuying and several other officers smiled slightly. In war, who is afraid of whom? It's not that he hasn't killed the Tartars

"I'll make some temporary arrangements below"

"The first one, the entire Tiger Riding Battalion, is stationed in Renqiu, Wenwen, Dacheng, and Qingxian. The second, the entire leopard cavalry battalion, was stationed in Mancheng, Baodingfu, and Gaoyang. Your main purpose is not to block the advance of the Tartars, but to consciously attract the forces of the Tartars to Dongjiabao. Note that your main purpose is to yin* the arrival of the enemy, not to fight the enemy. Therefore, the troops should not suffer large casualties. ”

"Second, the Dingzi battalion is stationed in Dongjiabao, and we must pay attention to the rhythm of firepower. It is necessary to block the attack of the Tartar striker, but it is not possible to scare the Tartar all at once. If the Tartars are afraid to come, our plan will fail. Remember, the more Tartars you kill, the more they hate Dongjiabao and the more likely they are to take the bait. ”

"Thirdly, the artillery battalion is not allowed to open fire without my orders."

Zhang Zhun gave a few orders simply and quickly.

All the officers suddenly became excited, and some of them rubbed their palms excitedly.

"Do you have any questions?"

After Zhang Zhun finished speaking, his eyes swept and asked loudly.

Zhong Wuying raised his hand to signal, and after receiving approval, he stood up and asked loudly, "My lord, do you want to drag back the corpse of the Tartar who was killed?" ”

Zhang Zhun said solemnly: "No. However, you can leave a handwriting next to the corpse, just say that they were killed by my Zhang Zhun's troops, and that I, Zhang Zhun, are in Dongjiabao, and the Tartars will come here if they have the ability. ”

Zhong Wuying replied solemnly: "Then I will ask Mo Yu to write hundreds of more notices, kill a Tartar, and stuff one on him." By the way, does Mo Yu understand Mongolian? Chinese Tatars may not be able to understand it."

The other officers burst into laughter.

Liu Jixiang stood up and asked, "My lord, where is the war horse of the Tartars?" Do you want to drag it back? ”

Zhang Zhun glared at him fiercely.

Liu Jixiang hurriedly said: "My lord, I know, I have to drag it back." ”

With that, he hurriedly sat down.

Zhong Wuying said in a low voice: "Lao Liu, you are an idiot, you don't want a war horse, give it to me." ”

Liu Jixiang said in a low voice: "You know a fart, I was going to fight an ambush, but I was recognized." ”

Zhong Wuying reacted at this time, and then gave a thumbs up, indicating that the kid had a kind of kid, and he actually dared to set up an ambush under the nose of Lord Dudu, and he really didn't want to get mixed up. It's just that Lord Governor is also sharp-eyed, where will you get your wish? No matter how many Tartar horses are captured, they all turn in honestly, do you want to ambush? dream

Zhang Zhun waved his hand to silence everyone and continued: "In addition, there are some things I want to remind you. Everyone understands it in their hearts. This time, it was the imperial court's army that cooperated with us in the battle. To the south of us, there are the officers and troops of Shandong. To the north of us, there are Wu Sangui and Xu Dingguo. ”

"I would like to remind you that. First, don't expect too much from the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers, and don't think that the officers and troops can block the Tartars. Everything has to be conceived according to the worst-case scenario. The combat effectiveness of the officers and troops was too frustrated, and as soon as they were rushed by the Tatar cavalry in the field, they would all be scattered. Ordinary towns can't last long. ”

"Second, don't think that the officers and soldiers are really our allies. We are opposed to the imperial court. We must always be vigilant about this. If you don't watch out, the officers and soldiers will stab you in the back. For this, care must be taken. ”

All the officers listened carefully with awe-inspiring expressions.

Zhang Zhun waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "The meeting is dismissed." ”

After the officers dispersed, Zhang Zhun stood at the door of the council chamber and looked at the somewhat gray sky in the north. It looks like it's going to snow again, and it's still snowing heavily. Perhaps, after the heavy snowfall, the fierce battle will begin. Snow white and blood red, what a magnificent scene

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