Chapter 876: Praise Painting in Front of the Army
readx; "General Xie was born in the army, and his ministers are all civilian officials. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info" The young jinshi said eloquently with Zhu Youzhen's encouragement, "Even so, the minister thinks that civil and military are not mutually exclusive. The ancient literati had a sword, courage and heart, and a combination of rigidity and softness, so that they could assist the holy monarch to determine the world. I have been in peace for a long time, and the people of the world have emphasized literature and neglected military force, so it is a big mistake to compare the words "literature" and "weak" with each other. Fang Jinhai is not quiet, and the soldiers are everywhere, which is the time to be excited. If you are not a military general, you should know how to practice martial arts. The meaning of the saint must be to relieve generals and ministers of martial arts. There must be my teacher in the threesome, and the ministers will definitely live up to the grace of the saint and ask General Xie for advice! ”
"Well said!" Zhu Youzhen praised the authentic, "Now there are Jianyu in the north, Japanese in the east, Yangyi in the south, thieves in it, and bandits of all sizes, and it is no longer a peaceful and prosperous era." You will soon be in charge of various places, and you may face a murderous enemy. If you don't know martial arts, let alone protect the territory and the people, you can't even save your own life! Although Xie Sheng is not very old and has not studied seriously, he is familiar with the art of war, has commanded several major battles, and has achieved remarkable results. I asked him to teach you some simple martial arts, as well as how to use firearms and organize the defense of the city. In front of my dynasty, there was Yu Qian, and there was Wang Shouren, that is, there were also Hong Chengchou, Yuan Chonghuan, Sun Chuanting and other all-round ministers of civil and military affairs. I hope you will follow their example, or even surpass them, and go down in history! ”
The Jinshi were so excited by Zhu Youzhen's words that they no longer had any mustard, and they seriously followed Xie Sheng to practice martial arts. There are indeed many people in this who are powerless, and their actions are ridiculous, but Zhu Youzhen didn't laugh, he thought to himself, wasn't he also this virtuous in the past? As long as the attitude is correct, over time, Wen Tian's martial arts atmosphere will definitely be improved!
During the break, Zhu Youzhen called the Jinshi who was speaking over and asked, "You said it well just now, what's your name?" ”
Na Jinshi hurriedly replied: "Weichen Chen Tiangong, Ningbo people's family, this time Enke ranked 10037th in the top three. ”
"It turns out that you are Chen Tiangong." Zhu Youzhen said with a smile, "I have read your test papers, and your analysis of Sichuan and the thieves is very insightful." By the way, if you had to choose, what kind of official would you want to be? ”
"I heard that Your Majesty sent Dingnan General Li Dingguo and Pingnan General Li Laiheng to lead 5,000 light cavalry each, and divide troops to suppress the rebellion in Sichuan and Guizhou." Chen Tiangong did not directly answer Zhu Youzhen's question, but said worriedly, "The courage of the two generals goes without saying, otherwise the Holy Lord would not have sent them on an expedition." Cheng Ji was ordered to supervise the army, but the land of southern Sichuan and Guixi was all lofty mountains, and the two generals pursued the rebels and the soldiers were fast, so Cheng Daren was afraid that there was no army to supervise. ”
Zhu Youzhen didn't expect that his trick of fooling into a base life would be easily seen through by this Chen Tiangong, and he even looked up at him, and asked with a smile: "I see that you seem to be a little worried?" ”
"Exactly." Chen Tiangong analyzed seriously, "It is not difficult for the second general to conquer Chongqing, and then he will go all the way to Yongning and Shuixi, and the other way to the west to save Chengdu." But in this way, Chongqing is empty again. The minister always felt that Governor Hong and the thieves had been confronting each other in Hubei for too long, and the thieves would inevitably flow in all directions when the thieves had no food. If it goes up the river and seizes Chongqing, not only will there be no way back, but Sichuan will also be in chaos! ”
Zhu Youzhen was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked with a smile: "You haven't answered my question yet!" ”
Chen Tiangong hurriedly said solemnly: "Although the minister is not talented, he is willing to go to the second general's army to praise the painting!" ”
"Hmm..."Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said, "Xie Sheng, you continue to class." Chen Tiangong, follow me back to the Heart Cultivation Palace! ”
really let Chen Tiangong guess right, don't look at Zhu Youjian's recent construction of hospitals, construction of cities, and opening Enke and election of cabinets, but he has always been thinking about Li Dingguo and Li Laiheng. It's no wonder that he is worried, Sichuan and Guizhou are too far away, and the two generals don't have many troops, so Zhu Youzhen can't afford to win this battle!
Almost every three days, Zhu Youzhen would receive a message from the second general and learned that the speed of the march of 10,000 light cavalry was not to be said, it was nearly 500 miles in one day, and it took only six days to rush to Yiling, Hubei, and Cheng Jiming had just arrived in Baoding at this time.
But because he was moving lightly, the second general did not bring much grain and grass, and relied on the support of local governments. But except for the strong support of the prefect Lu Xiangsheng in the Daimyo's Mansion, other places have prevaricated for various reasons, not giving if they can, and giving less if they can. Especially when he arrived in Xiangyang, the military rations were exhausted, but Hong Chengchou closed the door to the second general on the grounds that he was planning to launch an attack on the thieves, and the second general did not ask for a grain of military rations.
Although the second general was angry, considering the speed of the soldiers, he did not entangle with Hong Chengchou too much, and ran to Yiling hungry. Fortunately, Yiling is not too far from Xiangyang, and it will arrive in one day, otherwise the battle has not yet been fought, and this expeditionary force will be in big trouble.
But after arriving at Yiling, the pace of the march slowed down suddenly. On the one hand, it is because the road to Shu is really difficult, and on the other hand, it is still difficult to continue with grain and grass. Yiling was under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou Prefecture, and all prefectures and counties in Jingzhou refused to pay for military rations on the grounds that "there was a great drought last year, and there was no grain in the warehouse", resulting in 10,000 light horsemen still trapped in Yiling three days later.
Zhu Youzhen was worried about the food and grass of the army, and Chen Tiangong raised the question of thieves, which made him wake up. Yes, now several bands of thieves have joined forces, and no less than hundreds of thousands of people are entrenched in the mountains of northwestern Hubei, which is too close to eastern Sichuan. Li Dingguo and Li Laiheng can enter Shu, and they can naturally enter Shu; Thinking of Hong Chengchou's intention to indulge in the enemy in order to preserve his strength, and in history, Zhang Xianzhong went on a killing spree after entering Sichuan, Zhu Youzhen shuddered, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore.
He brought Chen Tiangong back to the Heart Cultivation Palace, just because he wanted to discuss this issue that made him sleep.
Chen Tiangong listened to Zhu Youzhen's introduction, frowned and pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan to solve the problem of military rations." But for fear of violating the laws of the imperial court, he did not dare to export. ”
Zhu Youzhen hurriedly said: "I forgive you for your innocence, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it!" ”
"Isn't Yiling under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou?" Chen Tiangong said cautiously, "King Jing lives in Jingzhou and has a rich family. If you can let King Jing work for the army, this bit of grain and grass will not be a problem. ”
Yes! Zhu Youzhen's eyes lit up, he only thought about asking the second general to ask the government along the way for food, but he didn't expect that there would be these vassal kings! The government may really run out of food, but these vassal kings will definitely not have it!
However, Li Dingguo and Li Laiheng are only military generals, they are young and have no prestige, so if they go directly to the vassal king to ask for food, I am afraid that they will be discouraged. Zhu Youzhen's gaze suddenly fell on Chen Tiangong, and he said eagerly: "Don't you want to go to the army to praise paintings?" How about I give you a holy decree to help the second general borrow military rations from the vassal king? However, I said that those vassal kings are not easy to mess with, and even if they have my holy decree, they may not be willing to pay the food obediently. Can you handle them? ”
Chen Tiangong immediately knelt down and said: "Weichen will never give up!" If the minister can't solve the military rations, he will be willing to accept the axe! ”
"Good!" Zhu Youzhen stood up excitedly and said, "I have appointed you as the head of the Driving Division of the Sixth Rank Military Department, and I will give you a secret decree. You don't need to train anymore, and immediately set off to the Yiling Army to assist the second general in solving the problem of military rations, and to recover Chongqing as soon as possible. I await your good news! ”
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