readx; Yang Lian heard that Wang Zaijin and Yuan Kelifu inspected the city defense overnight as soon as they arrived, and he was both surprised and admired, and he had to see the two of them, so he simply stopped in front of the garrison mansion and did not leave. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After more than half an hour, Wang Zaijin and Yuan Keli came on horseback, behind them were Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew, leading dozens of Guanning iron horsemen to support them tightly. Yang Lian saw that although the two of them had white beards, they were heroic on the horse; Looking at himself again, although he was also ambitious, but now he is a wasted person, his heart is inevitably a little gloomy.

At this time, Wang Yuan and the others also saw Yang Lian, and said with surprise and joy: "Yang Gong is here, why don't you go into the mansion to rest for a while?" ”

After all, Yang Lian was an open-minded person, so he quickly regained his strength, and said with a smile: "How can the idle people of the garrison mansion trespass? However, the students have been missing the two adults for a long time, and when they heard that they had just entered the city yesterday, they couldn't bear it this morning and came to visit them early. I didn't expect the two of them to be earlier, but the students were sleepy. This is not the place to speak, let's go in and talk about it in detail. ”

Wang Zaijin and Yuan Keli were and others, and when they heard it, they understood that Yang Lian was here to have something, not an ordinary reminiscence, and they were busy asking Yang Lian's entourage to carry him into the house. After the guests and hosts in the council hall sat down, Yang Lian didn't say what he meant, and asked the two with a smile: "I heard that the two adults hosted a banquet for the civil and military officials of Nanjing last night, why didn't they rest for a night, and they were in such a hurry to inspect the city defense?" ”

Wang Zaijin made a "please" gesture to Yuan Keli, which means that you are the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, the counselor of the aircraft, or it is more appropriate for you to introduce you. Yuan Keli was not polite, nodded and said: "Don't hide it from Yang Gong, the two of us came to Nanjing by order, one is to ensure the absolute safety of Nanjing, and the other is to prepare money, food, and military supplies to support the officers and soldiers in various places; The third is to see whether the officers and troops of the Nanjing Garrison can fight, and if they can, they should draw elite troops and directly plunge them into counterinsurgency operations. ”

"What did you two think last night?" Yang Lian asked.

Yuan Keli sighed and said, "It's not optimistic. Last night I inspected four or five guard battalions, and in actual observation, the real strength of the garrison was only about half of the quota. Moreover, the military discipline was lax, the security was lax, and some guards were not even equipped with night sentries, and Lord Wang and I had brought people into the camp, and the other party still knew nothing. If such a soldier arrives on the battlefield, he must not let his family kill the? ”

Yang Lian said angrily after hearing this: "After the students came to Nanjing, they also heard that the guards were lax and unusable, but I didn't expect to be lazy to such an extent!" Who is leading the troops, and did the two adults punish them? ”

"It's not time to punish." Wang Zaijin smiled bitterly, "We have just arrived, and we haven't gotten acquainted with each other, and we haven't finished inspecting all the guards. Besides, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and the weakness of the officers and soldiers is like this, and it is not something that can be immediately changed by punishing one or two officers. Brother Jiehuan also meant this, not only did he not reprimand any soldiers, but also opposed them to encourage them, and the relatively good military discipline also issued rewards on the spot, which was very popular among the grassroots soldiers. It's just those generals, hum..."

"How?" Yang Lian immediately asked with concern, "Could it be that there are generals who disobey the two orders?" ”

Yuan Keli snorted heavily: "Exactly! Just now, when I was inspecting the left guard of the government army, I saw that the camp of the five guards of the government army was too close, resulting in a gap in the city defense. I tentatively asked Zhao Fengchun, the commander of the left guard of the government army, and Yang Gong guessed what he said? He said that his camp had never been touched here for more than a hundred years, and that Chang Yinxu, the garrison of Nanjing and the Marquis of Huaiyuan, had just inspected it a few months ago, and he did not say a word, indicating that there was no need to worry about the city defense. If you want to move, there are all kinds of difficulties, in short, you can't move. ”

Cao Wenzhao, who was sitting under Yang Lian, couldn't help it at the moment, and interjected angrily: "Lord Yang, are you angry about what they said? At that time, the general didn't suppress the fire, and grabbed a sentence surnamed Zhao: "This hasn't let you out of the city yet, if you want to be transferred out of the city to kill thieves, what about it?" As a result, the surnamed Zhao rolled his eyes and said: "The last general and other ancestors are the subordinates of the old Kaiping King Chang Lao Wangye, and they all get the favor of the Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion on weekdays, and the descendants of the Chang family command during the battle, so that the battle can be fought steadily, and the soldiers are willing to use their lives." I heard that the Duke of Shunguo was going to enter Beijing under the order, and during the time that the grandfather was away, the soldiers were afraid that they would have worries, so they might not be willing to go out of the city to fight. When he heard this, he was eager to beat him..."

"General Cao, don't be impatient!" Wang Zaijin interrupted Cao Wenzhao in a deep voice, and Cao Wenzhao was so frightened that he immediately dared not speak.

Only then did Wang Zaijin turn to Yang Lian and said: "Brother Jiehuan and I are entrusted by the Holy Lord, so we should act cautiously and must not add fuel to the fire. Although Zhao Fengchun was disrespectful, it was also a fact that the sergeants and soldiers were in arrears. I checked the account books of the household department last night, although Nanjing is in charge of the financial endowment of the south of the Yangtze River, but there are holes over the years, the old holes have not been filled, and the new holes are bigger than the old ones, so there is almost no money and food available. Next year's summer expedition is still early, as the saying goes, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, even if the guards are willing to listen to the order, there is no food in their hands, what can they do! ”

When Yang Lian heard this, he felt like a big pimple in his heart, and his eyebrows were tightly locked: "What do the two adults have to worry about?" ”

"I have to pull out the general." Yuan Keli smiled bitterly, "I plan to seize the time to inspect all the guards in Nanjing, and select those who have a little combat effectiveness and are willing to obey orders, and first transfer a part of the troops to Chuzhou, at least 5,000 to 10,000 people." Now Chuzhou is only garrisoned by Huang Degong's 500 infantry army, Huang Degong is a fierce general, but the thieves really want to overwhelm the border, and his little strength can't last long. ”

"In addition, we have to try to get Chang Yinxu and Hu Yingtai to leave as soon as possible." Wang Zaijin said, "The matter is clear, the two are no longer in their positions, and they still have to seek their own politics, especially Chang Yinxu, who is quite prestigious in the guard's army." With him in the background, how can the guards obediently obey orders. By the way, Yang Gong is here, he must have a lesson, I don't know what you think of the situation in Nanjing? ”

"Students are coming for this." Yang Lian was extremely excited, and repeated what Deng Shaoyu, the Marquis of Dingyuan, said to him, and finally said firmly, "The student thinks that the Marquis of Dingyuan has no intention of deceiving him. If every lord is like him, how can Nanjing be in the current situation! ”

Wang Zaijin and Yuan Keli were overjoyed when they heard this, and Wang Zaijin pondered for a moment and said: "As long as you can control the four guards of Jinwu, there will be a lot to be done in Nanjing." Deng Shaoyu doesn't want to come out, it's understandable, we don't need him to come out in person. Not... Yang Gong, Brother Jiehuan, I have an idea, you can listen to it and see if it is feasible..."

"It's a miracle move." Yuan Keli listened and said slowly, "But I think as long as they are interlocking, this trick is thrilling and dangerous, and it can be done." However, I always feel that there is something wrong in the city of Nanjing, and we must be more careful..."