Chapter 198: Happiness Came Too Suddenly

Wang Chengen took the fold, and after Zhu Youzhen took it, he looked at it slowly. The number of words is not much, only about 200 words, and Zhu Youzhen read it several times before putting it down. It is very clear in the fold that Chen Xie took the initiative to invite Ying and led his troops to the expedition. Sun Yuanhua was grateful for his loyalty and granted his request. In addition, Zhang and Geng led the troops to assist Laizhou as a countermeasure.

"Let's take a look!" Zhu Youzhen gave the music to Wang Chengen, and then passed it over one by one. Sun Yuanhua had also played before, but he advocated appeasement. This time, troops were actually sent, how can it be inconsistent? They don't know that Sun Yuanhua can't move Chen Xie's soldiers and horses at all, you don't have money and food for others, how can you transfer them? This time it was Chen Xie who took the initiative, so it was different. It was also considered Sun Yuanhua's luck, Chen Xie was worried that letting the rebels in would ruin Denglai's economy. They are making trouble in Shandong, Chen Xie doesn't care, but in Denglai, it's different. This realm is Chen Xie's lair.

After reading this excerpt, everyone stopped talking. Especially these elders, everyone knows in their hearts that this Chen Xie is not ordinary. This guy came out at this time, and everyone remembered that this product was in Dengzhou. His general was personally sealed by the emperor, and in order to save silver, he didn't give a reward for silver. It seems that this product was not invited at that time, so I went back. It's really a trouble-free and easy-to-use general.

"Ladies and gentlemen. What do you think is next? "What does Zhu Youzhen mean, people have already attacked, you have to do something? Like sending some reinforcements or something.

Xiong Mingyu said in a timely manner: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks." When he strictly ordered the Shandong soldiers and horses to cooperate with Chen Xie, he urged the soldiers and horses of Ding and Tianjin to go south as much as possible, and assisted the soldiers and horses of Dengzhou to exterminate Kong Youde's department. ”

It sounds very reasonable, but in fact, it can fool Chongzhen, the emperor who doesn't know how to do it. If you are a knowledgeable emperor, you should think of money and food and the speed of the march at this time, and you can't fight without money and food. , no speed don't mention when to arrive. What Zhu Youzhen is most afraid of hearing now is the word "money and grain", and the household department is already poor and almost needs food.

The more afraid he was to hear it, the more someone stood up to speak, and the Hou of the Hubu Shangshu came out and said, "Your Majesty." Shandong Governor Yu Dacheng should also be instructed. Try your best to provide money and food for Chen Xie's subordinates to ensure that the war goes smoothly. ”

Chongzhen has no opinion when he hears this, and it is not a problem to let Shandong pay for grain. As for how this money and food will come out. He didn't care. "Good. Do it one by one. Zhu Youzhen hurriedly made a decision. Then the dispersion of the dynasty was announced.

Back in the Wenhua Palace, Chongzhen's face slowly showed a hint of relief, and said to Wang Chengen beside him: "Chen Sihua asked Cao Huachun to bring me words." I remember it vividly. May it be a minion of His Majesty. ”

Wang Chengen was quite pleased and said: "Long live Lord, this Chen Sihua is naturally a great loyal minister. However, the slave maid thought that if it wasn't for the Long Live Lord to cross the cabinet and be directly promoted to a general, he was just a white body now. ”

Zhu Youzhen felt very comfortable listening to it, Wang Chengen's sycophant shot well, saying that he had vision.

"You minion, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. Chen Sihua's merits, even if they are merits, will not be less than a guerrilla general. And this is the factor that Wenchen deliberately suppressed. ”

Wen Tiren went home directly after going to court, and after entering the study, he asked the official's family: "In August, I remember you said that there was a person named Mo Tai, who sent a festival gift on behalf of Chen Shen, who was in Dengzhou, and was he still in Beijing?" ”

The official said: "This person has been in Beijing, and the old slave went out a few days ago, and I saw him chatting with some literati drinking tea. He also took the initiative to say hello, and the old slave coped with it. ”

"Then go to him and bring him to me." Wen Tiren explained, waved his hand and signaled to go down.

The same thing, Zhou Yanru is also doing it, and Liang Tingdong is also doing it.

Mo Tai, who is alone in Beijing, can't say that his recent life is bad, but it can't be considered good. said that it was good, because he was not short of silver, and every day he had nothing to do, he would call a group of lower-grade Beijing officials brothers, invite them to dinner, and invite them to play. Because of his status as a literati, it is not difficult to do this.

But there are also things that do not go well with him, when he celebrates the New Year's holidays, he goes to give gifts, and the main targets are the Shangshu and waiters of various departments, under the banner of Chen Xie. I didn't expect him to give gifts, but he was not very popular. took the gift, and didn't say which official saw him in the face. A lot of things were delivered, but the door was not let in. These bastards, none of them are good.

Fortunately, after he sent a letter to Chen Xie to report, Chen Xie did not mean to blame him. On the contrary, he said that he did a good job, don't rush, take your time. The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty had a glorious tradition, and if they received money, they would definitely do a good job, and they would work hard to do it for you.

Chen Xie's meaning is very clear, don't be in a hurry to hug your thighs in the capital, and first get the relationship network up. This thing is not done quickly, usually do not burn incense, and you can't find the temple door with a pig's head when it comes to the end!

This afternoon, Mo Tai just went out and was blocked. Tsing Yi and a small hat, hiding his head and tail, took a closer look and found that it was Xiong Shangshu's official family who came, and asked him to meet tonight. Mo Tai was overjoyed and quickly agreed. Finally waited for this day.

As soon as he saw off Liang Guan's house, when he turned around, he saw a not very familiar acquaintance standing in the corner waving at him, and hurriedly ran over: "Master Wen, how can I tell you to wait here?" "The prime minister's concierge is a seven-grade official, this is an official family, why do you have to mix a six-grade official? Wen Tiren, this guy, is really difficult to contact, at least Motai has never had a chance to meet.

"The master asked me to bring a message and go to the house to see him at night."

Mo Tai was happy, and was about to agree, but remembering what happened to Fang Cai, he hurriedly said: "Not today, the others I just promised." The smiling face of the Wen official family was gone, and he looked at him coldly and said, "What, who else is worthy of you pushing my master's appointment?" ”

Mo Tai quickly explained: "Don't get me wrong, that's not what I meant. In the next is a small person, no one can afford to offend. Just before you came, the official family of Liang Shangshu of the Ministry of War that I had just sent away. ”

Wen Guanjia didn't have a cold face now, glanced meaningfully at the alley in front of him, nodded and said, "Then tomorrow afternoon." No problem, right? At this time, Mo Tai said again and again: "No problem, I promise to arrive on time." ”

Wiping the cold sweat on his head, Mo Tai sent this master away, and just after breathing a sigh of relief, a person dressed as a person from a large family came, and said when he entered the door: "Where is Mo Tai?" Mo Tai saw that he didn't know this person, but he still stepped forward very carefully and said, "It's down there." ”

The person who came looked at him coldly and said, "Listen, go to Zhou Ge's old man's house tonight, my lord wants to see you." "This person is really a dick, drop a sentence and leave. Motai couldn't explain, he couldn't catch up, and the person got into a small sedan chair, and the sedan driver ran fast.

"Is Shousuke amazing?" Muttering angrily, Mo Tai was a little bit of a wax, turned around and went back to think about it, and decided to go to see Liang Tingdong first, and then go to Zhou's mansion when he had time. What bullshit is to go and wait early, Lao Tzu is very busy.

The sudden happiness smashed Motel, a guy who had been running into walls in Beijing for a while, a little dizzy. Isn't this just pondering, there is another man dressed as a subordinate. At a glance, I have seen it, the official family of the Hubu Shangshu Mansion, at this time, Mo Tai could no longer imagine that Chen Xie would be a fool. Happiness came too suddenly, and Motai was dizzy and excited, but also a little panic and confusion.

What is Chen Xie doing at this time?

It was half past three in the afternoon, and the rebels' forward cavalry was about 200 people, and Chen Xie's scout team was about 50 people.

As soon as the team leader saw this formation, he immediately ordered to turn around and run. The distance between the two sides was three miles, and the captain who was looking forward to the telescope saw the opponent first, turned his head and ran, only to find the opponent who was running away. To chase or not to chase? In the end, they followed from a distance, and did not hurry until they saw the smoke and dust billowing in front of them, and the cavalry hurriedly climbed to a high place, and when they saw the soldiers and horses on the avenue, they had to run away after watching for less than five minutes, and the cavalry with equal strength came on the opposite side.

"What? Just seven or eight miles away? Is this Chen Sihua marching so fast? Kong Youde exclaimed, the original plan was to block the only stone bridge over the Jilai River before dark, but now the Nima family is about to hit Changyi.

"That's right, when I saw their brigade, there was a long dragon of men, and I couldn't see the end at all. It is estimated that there are no less than 5,000 people, if not more. "They are all veterans who are very experienced, and their observations are basically not too bad, saying that five thousand is the least, that is, between five thousand and six thousand.

Kong Youde looked at Li Jiucheng, and then looked at the time, what does that mean, what should I do? Li Jiucheng pondered for a while and said, "It's dark early this season, so it's better to camp on the spot." I think, no matter how brave Chen Sihua is, he won't call at this time, right? Even if he calls, our army can be garrisoned with a camp, and it will not suffer too much. ”

Kong Youde shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It should be too late, the scouts who fled back yesterday have all crossed the Jilai River according to him." If you think about it, Chen Xie's marching speed can hit him in half an hour at most. When the camp is not set up? ”

Li Jiucheng thought about it, the location of this meeting was a little awkward, less than twenty miles away from the Jilai River, if you retreat, if you don't retreat, it will become a collapse. Everyone is an experienced person, and they will not make this stupidity.

"Then let's prepare for the battle, set up the formation, remove half an hour, we can at least hold out until dark, right?"

Kong Youde's judgment was really accurate, except for the time, everything else was guessed. When Chen Xie's troops appeared three miles away, only a quarter of an hour had passed. At this time, Kong Youde was a little numb, and the marching speed of this army was too fast, and he walked four miles in a quarter of an hour? As everyone knows, Chen Xie was worried about the enemy's retreat, so he ordered the troops to march quickly.

"Spot the enemy! Three miles away! When the scout returned, Chen Xie raised his hand and made a gesture. A sharp whistle sounded, and the troops immediately turned into battle formation. At this time, Chen Xie found a place on higher ground, raised his telescope, and about 1.5 kilometers in front of him, the rebels had already set up a formation. (To be continued......)