Jingshi, in the Wenfu study......

The two were silent for a moment, and Wen Tiren suddenly asked again: "If the Tatar slave is really Nanluo this time, what can you do about it?" ”

Yan Kunzhi knew that Wen Tiren was testing him, so he thought about it carefully before replying: "Since Zhixian has predicted that Jiannu Koubian has been prepared, then Zhixian must have a plan, Jiannu has a guerrilla battalion behind him, and he does not dare to come out, is it estimated that the following officials will have more than 10,000 Jiannu this time, plus more than 30,000 or 50,000 Beiyu, as for the response, it depends on whether the boss is fighting or defending?" ”

Wen Tiren sneered: "Ming Ting, you have too many good news in Dengzhou, and the thirty or fifty thousand Jiannu will not be in your eyes?" Do you think that relying on Xuanda, Jizhen, and soldiers and horses from all over western Liaoning can stop the construction of slaves? ”

Yan Kunzhi's face was flushed, and he only said: "What the boss taught me is that the lower official has lost his words."

Wen Tiren nodded: "Don't seek merit but no fault, no matter how you are arranged as the Jiliao Governor, as long as you keep one thing in mind, which way to defeat the governor, governor, general soldier, and soldier to go back to the crime of losing the division and losing the land, but the matter of the change of Ji Si must not appear again, and a single soldier of Jiannu is absolutely not allowed to appear near Gyeonggi, otherwise the old man will not be able to keep your head!" ”

Yan Kunzhi's face turned a little pale, and he hurriedly nodded and said: "Xia Guan understands, as long as he can block Jiannu, it is a great achievement, in this case, Xia Guan thinks that Liao Zhen should be strictly ordered, and all military horses of Xuanda should be guarded tightly in the city, and they will never go out of the city to fight with it, and second, strengthen the defense of various places in Gyeonggi, Juyong Pass, Bauhinia Pass, Shanhaiguan and other passes, and third. As long as it is confirmed where Jiannu broke through the pass and plundered, he urgently ordered the guerrilla battalion to leave Jinzhou and contain the main force of Jiannu. Fourth, it is strictly ordered to Tongzhou, Jinmen, Baoding, Changping, Zunhua, and Yongping. Liaozhen and other soldiers and horses are on alert and galloping to help......"

Wen Tiren nodded again and again: "Ming Ting is worthy of knowing the soldiers, but these points alone are not enough, and the soldiers and horses of the Qin King from all walks of life have flocked to him. But he was defeated by Jiannu one by one, His Majesty sat in the Beijing Division, and watched King Qin's soldiers and horses being slaughtered outside the city and scattered, why? Guy I Ming all the border armies are not the opponents of the Jiannu Iron Cavalry. In this arrangement, you need to put down a strong army near Gyeonggi to be at ease. ”

Yan Kunzhi raised his head and looked at Wen Tiren in some surprise. gradually understood: "Xiaguan will let Yang Bo choose an elite team to stand by." It's just that the guerrilla battalion still needs to attack the southern four guards in southern Liaoning to clamp down on Jiannu, and the lower officials are only afraid of ......"

Wen Tiren said expressionlessly: "This is why the old man asked you to fully support the guerrilla battalion, if you don't have a strong army as the pillar in your hand, your position is also unstable, the fiasco of the Da Ling River has never been seen in the past, and the Manchu Dynasty Yanguan Yushi fiercely impeached Sun Chengzong, who single-handedly supported the Guanning faction, and the chapter on His Majesty's desk is piled up as high as one person." But as long as Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang and others are still swaying in Jinzhou, what can the imperial court do in the end? Do you understand now? ”

Seeing Yan Kunzhi's thoughtful appearance. Wen Tiren said again: "The above arrangement is not safe, and it is still necessary to transfer all the soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress the Liukou to be used, among which Xuanda, the soldiers and horses from all over Shanxi must not be mobilized." ”

Yan Kunzhi was shocked: "Boss? Chen Qiyu's five-sided plan to form a network has reached a critical juncture, if the elite border troops of these three places are transferred, how can the rest of the officers and soldiers in Sichuan, Henan, Hubei and other places be the opponents of the Liukou? The lower officials thought that Xuanda could not move, but Shanshan ......"

Seeing Wen Tiren's slightly mocking expression, Yan Kunzhi sighed and said helplessly: "Xiaguan understands." ”

Wen Tiren nodded with satisfaction, and said: "This time I summoned you to the palace to play the right game, first, to ask you about the military affairs, second, it is nothing more than the current situation in southern Liaoning, and the third is the key, that is, the suspicion of the Lushun guerrilla battalion, Your Majesty will definitely ask you on the side, how will Ming Ting deal with it at that time?" ”

Yan Kunzhi thought about it for a long time, and suddenly said in a heartfelt manner: "Please also ask the boss for guidance"

Wen Tiren looked at a painting called Eight Horses hanging in the study with his hands behind his back, and looked at it for a while before he slowly spoke, but asked about another matter

"Why does Ming Ting think that the old man can fight across Zhou Yanru, enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, and take the position of first assistant?"

Yan Kunzhi cautiously returned: "The boss is a talent who has helped the country and the world, and His Majesty has always respected and believed in it, not to mention that the boss is lonely and stern, self-controlled, and the name of honesty is far away in southern Liaoning, and there are many praises."

Wen Tiren laughed: "Ming Ting, there are no outsiders here, there is no need to say those words again, Your Majesty wants to take power and seize power from the Donglin Party, so you must reuse the old man, in fact, it's as simple as that." ”

Wen Tiren looked at Yan Kunzhi and said, "...... His Majesty is mean and unkind, and he doesn't know how to use power, but the old man is quite disappointed that His Majesty doesn't even know the basic art of checks and balances, and wants the old man to balance the Donglin Party so that it can't be bigger, and he is always suspicious of the old man, for fear that the old man will form a party himself, this absurdity lies in the fact that the old man is alone, how can he fight against Donglin, who has many henchmen? ”

Yan Kunzhi recalled some of the past battles in the court, and couldn't help but nod silently.

"After the criminal governor killed Mao Wenlong, His Majesty was forced to acquiesce to it, and even said that I paid the governor Yuan Chonghuan to the side affairs, and the military aircraft outside the customs were cheap to engage in, as soon as the holy decree came out, the Dongjiang River was eroded, and the world's martial artists and the court were separated from morality, this is one of them, after the change of his own ancestry, Zu Dashou ran back to Jinzhou, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that this fang has the heart of the Tartar, His Majesty not only did not condemn the Ming court, but added its prince Taibao, as soon as this example opened, it planted the heart of the world's military generals to despise the court, and then how did Zu Dashou act? He Kegang killed He Kegang without permission, let tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Daling River be slaughtered by the slave chiefs, and took his clansmen to tartar, and so on, leaving endless harm, and when His Majesty repented, the Guanning army was no longer controllable. His Majesty curses in private every day, but Guan Ning's army and horses spend countless amounts of food and salary but dare not miss a point, why bother? ”

"The guerrilla battalion has risen strongly, the old man is planning for the country, so he pushed the boat down the river to set a policy of balancing Liaoxi with southern Liaoning, this move is not out of the old man's selfishness, now there are Tartar slaves outside the border robbery, there are rogue soldiers in rebellion, I have a Ming knife in all directions, everywhere gunsmoke, coupled with the corruption of the Beijing camp, the court outside the heavy and light inside the trend has become, Zu Dashou and others swayed in Jinzhou to sit on the ground and raise prices, the old man only to support a strong army to balance Liao Town. Wait for the internal and external troubles to disappear, and then try to slowly plot the two parties, or reduce their authority. Or exert great efforts to make the country prosperous, raise troops to drive the wolf and the tiger, may not be unable to turn the tide of the tide, only sigh that His Majesty is narrow-minded, rigid and vacillating, and sees the frequent successes of the guerrilla battalion but is uncertain, and the will is like child's play. has no court bearing, meritorious service is not rewarded, and food and salary are deducted. The generals who are separated from each other are reprimanded in every possible way, and there is nothing to do, and the human rights who contribute to this plan are more than enough. But he doesn't understand the general trend of the world. The old man can guess with his eyes closed, all kinds of countermeasures must be from Cao Huachun's mouth, the court can only be gentle to Yang Bo's department now, if His Majesty insists on going his own way again, then Liaonan has another ancestor Dashou, then he suddenly woke up and cursed in private, but Liaonan's food and salary did not dare to miss a minute. But it's too late......"

Yan Kun's heart bowed and said: "The old man is so proud of the heart of the country, and the students admire it in their hearts."

Wen Tiren sighed and picked up Yan Kunzhi: "Ming Ting." There are two things that the old man is proud of in his life, one is to suppress Donglin and protect my Ming from eroding, and the other is that there are a few protégés who hate Donglin, but Xue Guoguan is more than loyal to this person, but he has little power and strategy, and he doesn't know how to be flexible.

Yan Kunzhi was shocked, and said again and again: "Why did the boss say this? The boss is in a high position, and it is the time to show his strength and forge ahead, why is there a sense of retreat in his words? ”

Wen Tiren shook his head and said: "The high place is not cold, the old man was in a hurry, so that he tied his hands and feet, and now the slightest action will attract suspicion, the old man once asserted, Chongzhen once, can start and finish well with His Majesty, the monarch and the minister get along very little, if you don't plan early, I am afraid that the old man will die in the future without a place to be buried."

Yan Kunzhi bowed his head and was silent, a little excited and a little scared, Wen Tiren's words faintly meant designating himself as the political successor, but thinking that even the scheming Wen Tiren had an idea of facing Emperor Chongzhen, would he be able to get along happily with that capricious majesty in the future?

"This time you play right, not only do you want to protect Yang Bo, but also to get back the guerrilla battalion food and salary owed over the years, Your Majesty may not like it, but you have to argue with Your Majesty, and ask Your Majesty to weigh the pros and cons, behead thousands of levels, stabilize southern Liaonan, and don't use the guerrilla battalion with an annual salary of less than 50,000 silver, do you have to rely on the Guan Ning army that costs millions of silver, loses soldiers and generals in every battle, and loses its division and land?"

Yan Kunzhi suddenly raised his head and said, "Isn't the boss worried that Yang Bo will sit on the ground in southern Liaoning and swing between Houjin and my Daming?" ”

Wen Tiren was stunned, shook his head and said: "The old man knows this Yang Bo better than you, unlike the Donglin Party who has milk and is mother, although Yang Bo acts unscrupulously, he at least knows what it means not to co-dominate Huaxia with Yidi, otherwise why do you think the old man dares to support him with confidence?" As for whether the tail will not fall off in the future, Mingting doesn't have to worry, the old man can help him up, and he can also beat him down, in order to avoid gossip, you will go back to Dengzhou directly after playing right this time, and you don't need to see the old man again."

Yan Kunzhi nodded, knowing that Wen Tiren was also warning himself, seeing that everything that should be talked about was over, he respectfully bowed to Wen Tiren, Wen Tiren sent him to the door of the study, and seemed to think of something again: "After I go back, I will beat that Yang Bo for the old man, and tell him, what kind of slave self-respect, private peace talks, and small tricks such as blackmailing the court don't need to be put out in the world, it is all left over from other people's play, Jiannu is strong, don't take it lightly, let him concentrate on training, what is the court to criticize the old man for him, But when he is used in the future, if there is a matter of the annihilation of the elite family, then it is no wonder that the old man turned his face and did not recognize people! ”

………………

On the same day, in the Lushun General's Mansion, Yang Bo held a feast, in order to rescue the soldiers of the criminal barracks, received the order of the adults, all the cadres above the platoon of the Thunder Division were present, all the students of the private schools in the three places were present, the heads of the various tunbao on the Isthmus of Jinzhou, the representatives of the people of Liaodong, the heads of various departments, and even Father Bi Francis were invited to attend with the representatives of the church.

First of all, Zhang Dabao of the Propaganda Department made a speech, setting the tone for Yang Bo for the wine feast, and Zhang Dabao said hoarsely: "...... Soldiers of the Iron Army, you are surrounded by several times the Tatar cavalry and do not retreat, you would rather die than surrender, sacrifice your life for righteousness, you are the model of my Lushun soldiers, you are the barrier of my Liaodong people, without you, the Jinzhou Isthmus will become a ruin, those unarmed Liaodong people will suffer from the slaughter of the Tartars, it is precisely because you have avoided all these tragic events, you have been ordered not to be humiliated, in the face of difficulties, you have not retreated from the wounded, you have not yielded when captured, although you have been besieged by the fierce enemy, you still fought to the last moment, the lord said, you did your bestHe is proud of you! Now, please toast the soldiers! ”

As soon as Zhang Dabao finished speaking, the hall and courtyard resounded with warm applause, those captured soldiers had some relieved expressions, and a few couldn't help but cry, Bi Fangji took the lead in standing up and clapping vigorously, Yang Bo's actions coincided with his thoughts for the first time, but Zhang Shixiong of the Military Discipline Department had a black face, snorted, and raised his hand a few times reluctantly.

Yang Bo held the wine glass, slowly stood up, in the eyes of everyone, he took the wine glass to a captured soldier sitting in the corner, this soldier is a Dongjiang soldier, very young, seeing the adults coming, he just stood up at a loss, and wanted to kneel and salute, but knocked over the plates and plates on the table......

Seeing this situation, Yang Bo sighed in his heart, he knew that it was actually inappropriate for him to do this, in the Ming Dynasty, and even in his time, there were only two ways for soldiers to go, either they returned triumphantly, or they died on the battlefield, there was no middle choice. The commendation of the captured soldier is a blasphemy against the soldier who fought bravely to kill the enemy, and his behavior is not understood by many people, including those who pretend to applaud, and even these captured soldiers, these soldiers when they fight to the last moment of capture, for whom the battle is over, but the suffering has just begun, and they will suffer both mental and physical humiliation, which is the most tragic aspect in the history of human warfare. He, as a man with a modern soul, must not see the blood and tears of these soldiers happen.

"Soldier, what's your name?" Yang Bo helped the Dongjiang soldier and asked softly.

"Back to the adult, the adult, the villain's name is Liu Desong, the villain was hit by two arrows at the time, and when he woke up, he knew that he was captured by the Tartars......"

The soldier tore off his clothes violently, revealing two large wounds in his lower abdomen that were still being closed, and he said in a hurry: "The villain didn't throw the Tartar, the villain didn't embarrass the adult, the villain kept scolding when the Tartar persuaded him to surrender, at that time the cage next door was locked up with Zhang Liu, if the adult doesn't believe it, you can ask him, Zhang Liu can make empirical evidence for the villain, the villain really didn't cast the Tartar, the villain dares to swear, the villain didn't give the adult ......"

Yang Bo interrupted him, picked up his wine glass and motioned to him: "This glass of wine, I thank you for the people of Liaodong, I am proud of you!" ”

After speaking, Yang Bo raised his neck and drank the wine glass, and the soldier, with the assistance of others, finished drinking the wine with some trembling, but he didn't know what to say, just looked at Yang Bo in disbelief.

"Soldier, return to the team!" Yang Bo suddenly shouted

"Whew!" The Dongjiang soldier subconsciously grabbed his fist with his right hand, hit it the chest, and only reacted when the wound pulled the pain, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and looked at Yang Bo with some expectation, several soldiers on the field suddenly cried loudly, no matter how others persuaded him, the old cannon secretly lifted the corner of his clothes and wiped the corner of his eye, and sat up straight as if nothing happened.

"Welcome back, soldier Liu Desong, we are all waiting for you to return to the team......" (To be continued......