"He doesn't have any soldiers in his hands, what to take to cut off his head? Although Liu Cheng is a guerrilla, he has always done the errand of cleaning up the military cantonment and relocating the homeless, and there are only a hundred people on hand, and there are more than 1,000 elite soldiers under He Renlong, who are fighting old battles, how can he eat? “

"Tell my lord, there were indeed more than 100 people when Liu Cheng went, but now there are more than that!" Speaking of this, Zhao Wende took out a stack of paperwork from his sleeve and handed it over, and said with a smile: "My lord, please take a look!" “

Yang He took the stack of documents with some doubts and looked at it carefully. It turned out that the stack of documents turned out to be a letter of complaint and anonymous posts against Liu Cheng, at first accusing him of disregarding people's lives and robbing people's land for thinking that they were a military tun; Later, it was he who oppressed the good, coerced the locality, built a large number of buildings, and consumed people's labor; Later, it simply said that Liu Cheng accepted bribes, embezzled acres of land, privately made firearms, built military weapons, sheltered warriors, and compiled and trained teachers outside the economic system, and had a heart of disobedience. There were seventy or eighty sheets of rough flipped through, all of which were full of Liu Cheng's crimes, and if one-tenth of them were true, Liu Cheng's ten lives would not be saved. The more Yang He looked at it, the more frightened he became, and in the end, he couldn't look at it anymore, threw the stack of documents on several cases, and asked tremblingly, "Jiansheng, where did these come from?" Is it true? ”

"Most of them were sent to the governor's palace to sign the detention room, and some of them were interrogation excerpts issued by the Ministry of War. As for whether it is true? Xia Guan thought it didn't matter! ”

"How could it not matter?" Yang He couldn't help but be angry and anxious when he heard this, pointing to the stack of books and shouting: "These are all charges of killing the head!" “

"My lord, you have been an official for many years, and you should also know what kind of people can embezzle the military tun. Liu Guerrilla went to clean up the military camp, which was a tiger's mouth, and if he didn't kill the head, who would spit out the fat in his mouth? Besides, in the eyes of the government, this is a military tun, but in the eyes of those who occupy the military tun, isn't it a private land? As for the latter charges, you also said that when he went down, there were only thirty or fifty people around him. didn't give him much money, which of the wealthy families in those states didn't have three or five hundred strong men in their families? If he doesn't make weapons, contain warriors, sharpen his knives, I'm afraid he won't even be able to save his head, where can he get the errand done? When Liu Guerrilla cleaned up the military cantonments and resettled the displaced people, you said that he was able to do things well and promoted him, but when others complained to him, he turned his face and said that he had committed the crime of killing his head. That's a bit unreasonable, right? “

"This-" Yang He couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he heard this, he was not an editor who had just entered the Hanlin Academy and had not experienced the world, so he naturally knew that what Zhao Wende said was the truth at that time, if Liu Cheng had been driven out of Dunzhou long ago if he had followed the rules, where could he still punch and kick a piece of the world there? Thinking of this, he asked weakly, "Then what do you do with these things?" “

"Those who go to the governor's palace are all left in the middle and are waiting to be sent, and those sent by the imperial court will reply that there is no evidence."

"Hmm!" Yang He nodded, and Zhao Wende's answer was also expected by him. The trick of the ancient and modern Chinese and foreign bureaucracy is nothing else, but a delaying tactic of not expressing a position, and in any case, the people below should do it quickly, and wait until everything is already a fait accompli. It doesn't matter what the reply is.

"My lord, there is another reason why I chose Liu Guerrilla." Zhao Wende picked up the stack of documents that were thrown on several cases: "That's because of this." ”

"This?" Yang He asked: "Isn't it because he has the ability and the soldiers can calm the scene?" ”

"There's a reason, but not all!" Zhao Wende smiled: "My lord." The reason why there is such a thing as He Renlong is not because you have a shallow foundation here, and there are not many generals in the army that you can trust, can fight, and are loyal enough? Think about it. If Liu Cheng sees this stack of things, he will not be grateful to Ling, and serve you as a dog and horse? It's better to do it than to do it! ”

"Not bad!" Yang He's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard this, and let Liu Cheng see that this stack has two effects: 1. Let Liu Cheng know his kindness, don't think that these are your credits, without a leader to shelter you from the wind and rain, you would have gone to the cell to gnaw on the nest and nest; Let Liu Cheng be afraid, don't think that if you make great contributions, the leader won't be able to clean you up, these things are in the hands of the leader, and you haven't come to a conclusion yet, like you, the leader can let you sit through the prison with a backhand. With such a gracious and fearful subordinate, the leader can use it effectively and with peace of mind!

"Jiansheng, you are really my ovary!" Yang He laughed: "That matter doesn't bother the two masters, you have to go to Dunzhou this time." ”

"Yes!"

Yanzhou, a school field outside the city of thousands of households

"A, B, C, D—"

Liu Cheng stood by the school yard and watched as the officers were teaching the newly recruited soldiers how to use spears, and just a few days earlier, Liu Cheng had recruited 400 young men from the displaced people who were digging the river, bringing the number of soldiers under his command to 1,000. It should be said that the conditions for recruiting soldiers are very good, and each selected person can get five pieces of cloth, nine buckets of rice, and one or two pieces of silver for settling-in allowance, and after being selected, in addition to food and clothing, he can also receive a military salary ranging from eight to one or two or five yuan every month according to his seniority and position.

But the elation of the recruits did not last long, and Liu Cheng's training methods can be said to be boring to the point of cruelty, according to his plan, all the recruits will be all spearmen, so that he can turn some of the veterans who were originally spearmen into bird guns and swingers. Unlike the short guns and flower guns that most recruits were familiar with in the past, Liu Cheng prepared a four-meter-long spear for his soldiers, and he divided all the actions from preparation to various assassinations into thirteen kinds, and then marked them in the order of "A, B, C, D, pentehexengxin", and the first step for recruits was to learn to make correct movements in the formation according to the password under the demonstration of the veterans. This is not an easy task, especially since the training lasts for a long time and the spears used for training are heavy. For those who have done wrong, the officers on patrol will quickly pull them out of the ranks and impress them with their canes.

"One, two, three!"

Not far away, a recruit who had misheard the password was dragged out of the ranks, his pants pulled off, and the executing officer waved his cane fiercely and counted in his mouth. Liu Cheng's gaze swept over without stopping, as if he didn't see anything, in fact, he was counting the money and food consumed every day. The harsh military discipline was not unconditional, and although the lobster soldiers of the British Empire were known for their harsh military discipline, they also had enough beer, brown bread and corned beef, and they did not owe their salaries. It's too hard to press it, and it doesn't hurt others to hurt your own stupidity. Liu Cheng didn't want to do it.

"My lord, let the soldiers rest for a while!" Du Ruhu on the side said in a low voice.

"Rest?" Liu Cheng looked at the sky, and it was about four o'clock in the afternoon at this time: "Rest so early?" ”

"My lord, in the past, when I was Taizu, I practiced twice a day, and each practice was only more than an hour. It's been almost four hours since you started this morning. ”

"Okay!" Liu Cheng nodded helplessly, according to his past military training experience, the best way for recruits to integrate into the army is to not let his brain and body have free time, turn discipline and skill into muscle reactions, it seems that this set cannot be copied in Daming, after all, no matter how much he can scrape the ground, he can't let his subordinates have enough rice and white noodles. You can still eat braised pork once a week, but if you go too far, I'm afraid it will backfire.

"Thank you, sir!" Du Ruhu breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly gave an order to the Chinese army on the side. Liu Cheng looked at Du Ruhu and found that the other party looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, so he asked: "Ruhu, you are an old soldier, if you have any opinions on my military training methods, just speak up." “

"Your Excellency." Du Ruhu sighed: "Your way of training soldiers is not bad, and you practice real kung fu to kill the enemy." There are no fancy shelves. It's only been ten days, and these recruits already have the appearance of soldiers, dragged up to fight two battles, and they are good soldiers who have seen bloody killings. It's just that this soldier is good. But—" Speaking of this, Du Ruhu's words stopped.

"Lao Du, if you have something to say, just say it, I, Liu Cheng, am not the kind of person who can't listen to others!"

Du Ruhu gritted his teeth. Said: "My lord, you are a soldier who has trained hard, and you can also fight." Salary is indispensable. It's like a housekeeper, a dog can't beat a tiger, but if the tiger doesn't have enough meat, it will eat people! “

"So you're worried about this." Liu Cheng laughed: "Don't worry, the next few decades will be a battle that you and I can't finish!" “

At this time, a personal soldier ran over quickly, saluted Liu Cheng, and said, "My lord, there is a person at the city gate who claims to be your old friend, and says that he wants to see you immediately. “

"My deceased?" Liu Cheng was stunned when he heard this, he is a traveler in this world who has no relatives and no reason, how can there be any old people? Du Ruhu next to him saw that Liu Cheng's face was wrong, so he asked the pro-soldier, "Did he say anything?" ”

"Oh, the man said he was solid." The soldier replied.

"Guyuan? Isn't it someone from Yang He? What is he sending someone to me for at this juncture? Why not just identify yourself? Isn't there something unsightly about it? In an instant, Liu Cheng had already turned several thoughts in his heart, he thought for a while and said to Wang Xingguo beside him: "You go and bring that person to the Zhuangzi where I live, don't let outsiders see it, I'll be there later!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

Liu Cheng's residence.

"What a 'Liu Yingchun test horse, tiger general night talk!' Zhao Wende looked at a couplet hanging in the hall and said with a smile: "I can't see it on weekdays, but there is a bit of weather in Liu Cheng's chest!" He just wanted to get closer to see the inscription on the couplet, but he heard a sound of footsteps outside, and knew that it was Liu Cheng who was back, so he hurriedly turned around and tidied up the clothes on his body.

"It turned out to be Lord Zhao?" Liu Cheng saw Zhao Wende, and a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Why are you here, why don't you let people spread the word in advance and let the last general prepare." “

"It's okay, it's okay!" Zhao Wende smiled and waved his hand: "It's already quiet here, just talking." He looked left and right and said with a smile: "Lord Liu, if you have wine, bring some, you and I will sit down and talk." “

"Dugu, go get some wine!" Liu Cheng hurriedly ordered, but in his heart he was speculating about Zhao Wende's intentions, he put a lot of effort into the people around Yang He, knowing that since the betrayal of Yanyin, Zhao Wende has been in the position of the first person among the staff around Yang He, and many confidential things were simply decided by Yang He and Zhao Wende secretly, and those sour colleagues also nicknamed him "Little Room". At the critical moment when He Renlong is good at killing gods and not getting muddy, and the overall situation of Shaanxi's appeasement is about to be shattered, if an important person like Zhao Wende does not have extremely important things, how can he come to his own guerrilla here?

"Lord Liu!" Zhao Wende took a sip of wine, and the high-grade Fenjiu made his brows stretch unconsciously: "Yang Zhijun already knows what you are doing in Dunzhou, Lord Yang really didn't misunderstand you, you are a rare talent." ”

"Lord Zhao praised it falsely, although the lower officials are dull, but they also know that if they want to repay Yang Zhijun's great kindness, the best way is to run a good messenger, and there is no other way." Liu Cheng glanced at Du Gu while perfunctory, Du Gu knowingly withdrew from the house, took the door from behind, and stood at the door with a knife. Zhao Wende saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but move in his heart, obviously Liu Cheng had already understood that he had something to say to him that he couldn't let outsiders hear, so he made this kind of preparation, and couldn't help but have a higher opinion of Liu Cheng.

"Lord Liu, I came today on the orders of Yang Zhijun to ask you to help me run an errand." Speaking of this, Zhao Wende's voice lowered: "He Renlong is arrogant and arrogant, and he does not follow the military order to kill and surrender the army, and Yang Zhijun wants to take him down and punish him!" “

"Take down He Renlong? Punish it? “

"Not bad! Lord Liu, you should know that He Renlong is good at killing gods and not getting muddy! Yang Zhijun was extremely angry with him, and had already ordered him to be punished severely, but he was afraid that the army under his command would mutiny, so he asked me to act secretly, as long as I could take He Renlong, I would let you temporarily take his position and lead his troops! When Zhao Wende said this, he took out a document from his arms, and Liu Cheng took a rough look at what was written on it, which was roughly the same as what Zhao Wende said, and the end was covered with the big seal of the Governor's Palace. Liu Cheng couldn't help but be surprised and happy in his heart, although he is now a guerrilla like He Renlong, he is an empty official, there is no army under his command, the existing thousands of people are Liu Cheng's own recruited private soldiers, whether it is military salaries or equipment, they are all obtained from other crooked ways, if he can replace He Renlong's position, he can use the excuse of eliminating the old and weak to dismiss him, and then merge the rest of the troops into his own side, that is the army of the imperial court, and he is justifiably the head of the army.

"Lord Zhao, the last general dares to ask, how do you plan to deal with that He Renlong?"

Zhao Wende didn't answer Liu Cheng's question immediately, and said with a smile: "I see that you are in a hurry to train on the school field today, and there are always three or five hundred people, right?" (To be continued.) )