Chapter 330: Cao Wenzhao

When Chen Xie arrived in Baofeng, he sent a letter to Hong Chengchou, saying that he would go to the meeting in the near future. Hong Chengchou's dissatisfaction with the Dengzhou camp is something that every civilian official will have, and this is a matter of position. A military general who does not listen to the dispatch is not a good general.

After reading Chen Xie's letter, Hong Chengchou hummed angrily. Su Haochen refused to obey the command under the pretext of lack of money and food, and Hong Chengchou remembered it in his heart. If you really lack money and food, forget it, so many troops, if you want to say that the food is good and the clothes are good, the Dengzhou battalion is the first one. When I first set up camp in Ruzhou, the Dengzhou camp ate three meals a day, and that's it. What is annoying is that the Dengzhou battalion eats canned meat every day, and when the meal is served, the Qin army, which is less than 500 meters away, is hungry. They are all soldiers, why?

Forget about the good food, everyone in the Dengzhou camp wears armor, and it is not cotton armor or anything like that. The Qin army can also be regarded as a capable division, and the equipment is okay, compared with the Dengzhou battalion, Nima is called Huazi. Just like you, you are qualified to shout that there is not enough money and food?

Hong Chengchou was on fire in his heart, and the name of Dengzhou Ying, the domain town, was settled in his place. This guy is bad enough, he thought of an idea, and gave it to the Jingshi, and praised Chen Xie's hard work, but he didn't mention his military exploits, and Emperor Jian Yiyi recruited Chen Xie into Beijing to set the record straight. Don't they all say that Chen Xie is a feudal town? Then let Chen Xie enter the Beijing to face the saint and wash away Chen Xie's stigma.

However, after arriving in Jingshi, what the emperor thinks, he still doesn't know.

In order to deal with Hong Chengchou, Chen Xie looked at all the relevant historical materials. I found out that this thing is really a ruthless guy with no discipline. Forty-three years of Wanli. 23-year-old Hong Chengchou went to the province to participate in the township test and was the nineteenth person in the Chinese style of Yimaoke. The following year, he went to Beijing to take the examination, and even Jiedengke, ranked 14th in the second class of the Bingchen Branch Palace, and was given the background of Jinshi. 11 years later, he served as a senator of Shaanxi Province. This promotion is not too fast. In the second year of Chongzhen, he led a group of rabble to rescue Han Cheng, which became famous. Followed by Yang He's appeasement strategy. He played the role of a staunch oppositionist. It is believed that only by killing all the thieves can the problem of civil revolt be solved. After Yang He's appeasement strategy failed, Hong Chengchou stepped onto the stage of the trilateral governor and began his career of killing and killing thieves.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were a number of fierce people who surrounded and suppressed the Liukou. He's number one. Now Hong Chengchou is the governor of the five provinces. In principle, Chen Xie still has to listen to him. However, Hong Chengchou and Chen Xie both understood it in their hearts. Don't take things in your face too seriously. Especially after Chen Xie led a cavalry of 6,000 people to chase and kill Liukou for thousands of miles, Chen Xie's status in Chongzhen's eyes was completely different. No military general can hunt down and kill two or three hundred thousand thieves on his own. And win again and again.

Hong Chengchou's later history as a traitor left him alone. After Chen Xie had a general understanding of this person, after determining that he was the type of unscrupulous means to achieve his goals, he decided to keep his distance from him. Reasonable orders are carried out, and unreasonable orders are ignored.

On March 12, Zhang Xianzhong captured Qiangzhou and drove westward. Zhang Xianzhong entered Shaanxi through Shangzhou (now Shang County) from Yunyang, and met with Gao Yingxiang in Fengxiang, and the peasant army in Shaanxi was restored. There is no old return, no skystar, Zhang Xianzhong is still on the road of history.

On the same day, Chen Xie, who had rested in Baofeng for five days, took 500 cavalry and guards to Ruzhou to meet Hong Chengchou.

The sound of horses' hooves in Tata Tower came from far and near, and it was Cao Wenzhao who was waiting in line five miles outside the city, a famous general in the Qin army. There is no doubt about Cao Wenzhao's loyalty to Daming, which Chen Xie definitely can't compare. Chen Xie's obedience to civil officials can't be compared. Military generals such as Cao Wenzhao, He Renlong, and Hu Dawei are the favorite generals of civil officials.

The sound of horses' hooves in the distance was near, Cao Wenzhao looked at the smoke and dust rolling up on the road, and his curiosity about Chen Xie was also extreme. If you want to talk about war, Cao Wenzhao really hasn't convinced anyone, but he is really convinced of Chen Xie. Not for anything else, Cao Wenzhao has done it with Jin Zhendao and real guns, and he didn't take advantage of it at all. But what about Chen Xie? Fight once and win once, it's incomparable. Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, that's what it means. It is completely impossible for literati to quarrel and convince each other with their mouths. When a military general fights, if he wins, he wins, and if he loses, he loses, and he can't fake it at all.

Seeing hundreds of cavalry neatly stopping five hundred paces away, Chen Xie at the front just raised his hand slightly, and the cavalry behind him was able to achieve uniformity, which shows the elite Cheng of this cavalry. Cao Wenzhao stepped forward, Chen Xie in front of him also turned over and dismounted, and the five hundred cavalry behind him also dismounted neatly. The soldier standing beside the horse didn't make a sound, and this army really didn't know how it was trained.

When he was still in Shanxi, Cao Wenzhao fought dozens of battles, but Hong Chengchou didn't give him credit. This guy didn't rebel, Chen Xie was really convinced of him. If you change to another general, you may be the opposite. Now Hong Chengchou asked Cao Wenzhao to greet Chen Xie, but he didn't have any good intentions. The two most capable soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have come together, and it may not be possible to spark them.

Chen Xie strode forward, and behind him was a 24-person personal guard, all of whom held waist knives, and the pace and rhythm completely followed Chen Xie, and they were all one. Cao Wenzhao also brought fifty family members, but although he had many people, the momentum that came out could not be compared with Chen Xie's side. Why? Quite simply, shoes don't work. Chen Xie's side is a big scalp boot, walking on the road boasting loudly, and the audio-visual effect is definitely in lockstep. Cao Wenzhao can't do it here, don't look at the armor, if you want to walk in line, the Dengzhou battalion will throw off the Qin army a few streets. When it comes to today's Ming army, no army will take the queue seriously.

When the two sides met, Chen Xie's pace stopped, followed by neat and upright footsteps, which was really shocking. Cao Wenzhao, who was on the one side of the crowd, felt that his heart shook up and down a few times. It's so rare!

"Chen Xie, the chief soldier of Dengzhou Town!" Chen Xie introduced himself and took the initiative to give up. Cao Wenzhao was not rude and said: "Cao Wenzhao, Shanxi aided the general army, and those who were guilty of the crime did not dare to accept the courtesy of the general soldier Chen." ”

Chen Xie smiled slightly when he heard this, and said lightly: "Today's Ming Dynasty, if you want to say that you can fight and win battles, I am the first, and Cao Zongbing is second." Treat sin, treat a fart. Without General Cao coming here with reinforcements, Governor Hong would have to be blind. To put it mildly, the military generals are working desperately in front, why should they let a bunch of civilian officials point fingers? ”

Cao Wenzhao said this, but he didn't dare to admit it. He is not Chen Xie, he is Cao Wenzhao. With a look of shame on his face, Cao Wenzhao smiled and said, "Be cautious, be cautious." I am ordered to greet you, please! ”

The two walked in front, and when Cao Wenzhao's family and Chen Xie's personal guards walked side by side, they looked at each other. The feeling of the family members is that this Dengzhou camp is indeed spiritual, but they can't see anything particularly powerful, how can they win the battle? They were all born in cavalry, I really don't understand this.

Cao Wenzhao, who was walking in front, couldn't help but ask: "Chief Chen, I see that your cavalry has no armor, is there anything to pay attention to?" ”

Chen Xie smiled: "There must be armor, but it is a built-in chain mail. The Dengzhou cavalry took the road of light cavalry, and paid attention to fighting quickly and walking quickly. Once intercepted by a large group of enemy troops, shoot with a crossbow first, and kill the enemy with a short gun within fifteen paces. Under normal circumstances, the opponent who has been hit by these two rounds will find it difficult to support and lose. ”

"Is it the same against Houjin?" Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but ask, Chen Xie laughed dumbly when he heard it, and said in a few words: "How is it possible?" The number of ways to fight in Houjin, Cao Zongbing did not know. If it were you, you would not have used cavalry to storm the infantry phalanx. For Hou Jin, I used the vitality of the infantry to destroy the living forces, and the cavalry swam on the flanks. A small number of scouts fought between each other, but there were often cavalry-to-cavalry battles. ”

Cao Wenzhao was a little puzzled when he heard it, and said to himself: "Infantry firepower? How to explain it? ”

Chen Xie said with a smile: "Cannons, platoon guns, rockets, and rigorous formations are directly pushed horizontally, focusing on the amount and speed of firepower, and technical crushing." You don't understand this, we don't play the same way. ”

Just now, Chen Xie also praised people for being the second most powerful in the Ming Dynasty, and turned around and said that people would not fight, Cao Wenzhao was embarrassed when he said this, and the family members were not angry. Cao Wenzhao has a good temper, thinking about the battle record, he feels that what people said is right, and there are indeed a lot of things that he can't understand. What a rigorous formation pushes, what firepower is delivered. I really don't understand!

"General Chen, the thieves have gathered in Shaanxi, and the governor's interception strategy has failed, I'm afraid that I will take people to blame." Cao Wenzhao is kind, remind Chen Xie. The Dengzhou battalion did not listen to the dispatch, and the strategy of blocking and intercepting failed, and it was definitely going to be planted on Chen Xie's head.

"Nonsense, Chen chased and killed thousands of miles, but any county seat that can hold on for more than a day will not be breached. How many troops does Governor Hong have? Isn't it a joke to expect this amount of troops to block the thieves from returning to Shaanxi? Not to mention, none of these troops can fight and win the war if they are sincere in fighting. The one who can still win the war if you are sincere in fighting is you and me. What Chen Xie said was not polite at all, and Cao Wenzhao suddenly felt like a confidant.

"There are too many thieves, and they never fight head-on, they fight when they fight, and they run away if they can't. If you want to say that you can fight, Zuo Liangyu is one. Cao Wenzhao mentioned Zuo Liangyu, Chen Xie showed a smile and said: "I know where his ability is, robbing the people, killing good and risking merit, he is an expert." The so-called soldier is like a grate, and he is talking about people like him. ”

When others say this, Cao Wenzhao can spray him in the face. The officers and soldiers in the world are one family, and the common people have nothing to eat, and the soldiers have nothing to eat. What if you don't grab it? Cao Wenzhao also plundered his troops. Only in the Dengzhou camp, everywhere he goes, Qiu is innocent, and no one can find fault with Chen Xie's words. Cao Wenzhao, a strong man who is about the same height as Chen Xie, was blushing when he said this, shameful! (To be continued......)