Chapter 290: How to Use the Prison Army Correctly

As soon as Chongzhen came to power, the status of the eunuch was influenced by Wei Zhongxian. Subsequently, due to the clumsy performance of the military generals of Wenchen, Zhu Youzhen began to send supervisors everywhere. This matter was strongly opposed by Wenchen, but Zhu Youzhen persisted. Since then, the status of eunuchs has been different, especially these eunuchs, it is really difficult to offend.

On the first day of December, the thief army took advantage of the victory to capture Yiyang, and Jin Huijia, the county governor of Yiyang, abandoned the city and fled. Li Zhongzheng, the director of the car driving department of the former military department of the township official, gathered his family and the strong men in the middle of the army to fight, and they were outnumbered and all of them were killed. Lu's soldiers often saved their lives, occupied dangerous places and fought with the rebels for two days and nights, and their strength was overwhelmed, so that his wife hanged herself, and she drew her sword and killed herself.

Yuan Mo intercepted it with heavy troops, and the thieves turned south and ravaged Nanyang Mansion. But this thief's actions are irregular, and Yuan Mo doesn't know that the thief has passed the Han River. I'm still worried about the thieves in Ruzhou going north to Kaifeng. Let's put it this way, the thieves were able to sneak into Huguang along the way, and a big Cheng dù was disadvantageous because of the officers and soldiers. In June, Baoding was in an emergency, and in December, Kaifeng was in an emergency. Cities around the city are closed doors, and news is closed.

"Supervisor Wu Zhi, Lord Zhongcheng is polite. The Dengzhou battalion is not allowed to enter the city, which is military discipline. Please forgive me. Our army came from afar, and all the food they ate was dry food, and Yuan Zhongcheng was able to provide some meat and rice noodles, and our family thanked the brothers. Even if it doesn't, it doesn't matter, tomorrow our army will send troops to Ruzhou and go to Nanyang Mansion. ”

Wu Zhi was pushed out to deal with local officials as a predetermined policy, and Wu Zhi was not at all dissatisfied with this. Instead, I feel valued. Everywhere the army went, officials from all over the country were the ones who dealt with it, and this face was very big. The feeling of being valued in the Dengzhou camp is very real, and there is no intention of discriminating against him from top to bottom. Therefore, Wu Zhi works very hard, and he has a share of the benefits of various places.

Yuan Mo's heart tightened, it is said that this reinforcement from Dengzhou should also be commanded by him. Listening to the tone of this dead eunuch, it seems that he doesn't plan to buy it. Replaced by a military general, he can still be arrogant. You can't compare it with the eunuchs. People are not afraid of you. Yuan Mo was curious. Didn't they all say that the Dengzhou camp was acting arrogantly? How do you push out a eunuch to speak?

In any case, if you have fire, you have to put it away, and you can't care about the eunuchs. With a eunuch trusted by the emperor, you can't even care. Yuan Mo quickly made a decision. stepped forward and arched his hand: "The city has prepared a reception banquet." I also invite Gonggong Wu to appreciate the light. ”

Wu Zhi didn't immediately agree to him. Instead, he looked at Chang Shiren and said, "General Chang, what do you mean?" ”

Chang Shiren was very face-saving, and stood up and saluted: "Before the humble departure." The chief soldier has an order, and he listens to the supervisor of the army. ”

Wu Zhixiao's eyes were left with a slit, and he thought that Mr. Chen was exquisite. Well, these civil officials hate it the most, since they handed over this job to our family, if they don't deal with it well, they just can't live with Mr. Chen, as well as his silver. It doesn't matter if you can't live with Chen Xie, if you can't live with your own money, it's a big mistake.

Wu Zhi took Chang Shiren into the city, followed by a cavalry team of fifty. Yuan Mo saw that the army was really camped outside the city, and he felt a little indescribable in his heart. The Ming army from all walks of life has seen a lot, Zuo Liangyu, Wang Pu, and Deng Xi are all foreign Ming troops, how can there be a saying that the city cannot be entered. All parts of Henan are complaining that the military discipline of the Ming army is corrupt and harms the locality.

Bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, this is really not nonsense.

And when he entered the city, he entered the yamen, and the wine feast that had been prepared was put on the table. Chang Shiren has always been very low-key and doesn't talk much. It's all Wu Zhiding in front, and Yuan Mo is very awkward. Going around in circles didn't work, so he simply said directly: "Gonggong Wu, the thieves are in trouble in Ruzhou, and Kaifeng is in an emergency." Benxian thinks that it is better for your army to stay in Kaifeng. ”

Wu Zhi pretended to be forced to arch his hand in the direction of Beijing and said: "The Dengzhou battalion was ordered to suppress the thieves, and the military order of the military department was to go to Nanyang Mansion to block the thieves from going south." Yuan Zhongcheng, do you want our army to disobey the military orders of the imperial court? ”

Yuan Mo thought about it, but decided to fight for it and said: "When your army first arrived in Henan, I don't know much about the situation. It's better to be more steady. General Chang, what do you say? Yuan Mo is also very bad, seeing that Chang Shiren is very low-key, he has to pull him into the water. In his opinion, the relationship between the supervising army and the general who led the troops was definitely not good. These eunuchs like to point fingers the most. Many wars in the Ming Dynasty were bad in the hands of eunuchs. The Dengzhou battalion is good at fighting, and it will definitely not let Wu Zhi be left around.

Chang Shiren smiled slightly, stood up and said: "Back to Yuan Zhongcheng, I have a law for the march of the Dengzhou camp. Fighting in a different place, if you don't collect it at night, you must let it out for fifty miles. At the marching speed of our army, fifty miles is half a day. With this half a day, even if there is an ambush for the thieves, they can easily get rid of it. For other armies, the unfamiliarity with the situation is very fatal, but for our army, it is not a big problem. Chang Shiren said with great confidence, Yuan Mo stayed in Henan for half a year, and he also fought with the Ming army, and he really never saw that army traveling hundreds of miles a day.

Yuan Mo was blocked by Chang Shiren's answer to what he wanted to say, and when he didn't know what to say, Wu Zhi said: "Since it is Yuan Zhongcheng's kindness, General Chang, you might as well rest under Kaifeng City for a while." Is it just this provision? ”

"Father-in-law Wu rest assured, this constitution will try its best to satisfy." Yuan Mo immediately took over these words, but Chang Shiren smiled and said: "Yuan Zhongcheng, the Dengzhou battalion is sending troops outside, and it will never take advantage of the local advantage. No one who should pay the money will be missing. But if someone bullies us as outsiders, hehe, the soldiers of my Dengzhou battalion can win battles, and their tempers are not very good. ”

When Yuan Moqi's beard was raised, Wu Zhi had already said first: "General Chang, why do you talk like this?" You're welcome. This is even more annoying, but Yuan Mo can't say it yet, and they really didn't say anything against him.

The banquet lasted for more than an hour, and Wu Zhi did not stay in the city, and took Chang Shiren back to the barracks to live. Wu Zhi, who had drunk a lot of wine, fell asleep when he went back, and Chang Shiren still had to have a meeting.

"The meaning of Yuan Mo, the governor of Henan, is obvious, he wants to leave us behind. The old man was wise, and he knew that this was the case for a long time, so letting Wu Jianjun come forward to deal with these officials saved us a lot of things. The next thing we have to do is to put out the signboard of the Dengzhou camp. The logistics department went to the city to buy, don't violate military discipline. Whoever loses the face of the master, I will pick his skin. ”

I was going to take a day off, but something unexpected happened. Yuan Mo sent someone to deliver the news overnight, saying that the thieves had crossed the Han River, and asked the Dengzhou battalion to immediately go to Nanyang Mansion to block the way for the thieves to return. Yuan Mo's abacus is very shrewd, as long as the thieves don't return to Henan.

After receiving this military order in the middle of the night, Chang Shiren immediately sued Wu Zhi. Wu, who was sleeping well, scolded Yuan Mo angrily: "The civil official of the dog day, there is not a single good thing." General Chang, leave him alone, we will stay in Kaifeng and not leave. ”

Chang Shiren smiled and persuaded: "My father-in-law is angry, the military order of the military department is to go to Nanyang, so it's good to go." Turning around, His Majesty asked, it's not good for my father-in-law. Left and right to the opposite side of Nanyang, I am not afraid that they will dare to snub our army. ”

Wu Zhi smiled when he heard it: "That's the truth, then go to Nanyang and regain the lost territory." ”

Yuan Mo was really worried that Dengzhou Ying wouldn't buy it, or the Ming Dynasty scholars wouldn't have good things. I was injured by thieves before, and I wanted to stay in the Dengzhou camp to guard Kaifeng, but now I see that the thieves have run away, and I am afraid that the Dengzhou camp will not leave. As soon as the morning dawned, Yuan Mo took the local gentry out of the labor army, which means that you should leave quickly.

After crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, there was still a face to urge him to go on the road, and he put on the face of Shangguan, talking about Yuan Mo. prepared a bunch of good words, ready to fool people, but came to the outside of the city with the slaughtered pigs and rice noodles, and found that the Dengzhou camp had almost been cleaned up. This stunned Yuan Mo, and while he was surprised, he secretly regretted it.

Why do you regret it, it's very simple, the order that the Dengzhou battalion received last night, before dawn this day, began to be loaded. What kind of efficiency is this? The army of the Ming Dynasty can't compare to any of them. At this time, we can see the scale of the Dengzhou battalion, saying that there are 6,000 soldiers, plus people, chariots and horses, how can there be 10,000 people. Not to mention anything else, there are thousands of big cars alone.

This time, no one came out to greet him, so he could only come in with his nose pinched, and when he approached the army, he saw Chang Shiren and Wu Zhi standing in front of a big car, and a group of officers surrounded by them. Yuan Mo, who was far away, coughed, and Wu Zhi greeted him with a smile: "Yuan Zhongcheng came early, our army is discussing how to march, let's discuss it together." ”

Hearing this, he was blocked in his chest again, and Yuan Mo was uncomfortable. What do you mean, isn't it just that your military orders may not be effective? Otherwise, you should say, "By the order of Lord Zhongcheng!" "This dead eunuch is specifically against Lao Tzu.

"Everyone, please see, our army will go south from Kaifeng, through Weishi to Weichuan, which will take about a day's journey." When Chang Shiren said this, one of Yuan Mo's staff members sneered and said, "Zhiwei's is ninety miles, why go to Weichuan again?" ”

Chang Shiren said lightly: "This is also in Henan, if it is in Dengzhou, it is normal for our army to travel 150 miles a day." ”

The staff wanted to refute, but was interrupted by Yuan Mo's eyes, and bowed his head stupidly. Wu Zhi sneered on the side: "Our family came out this time and saw it with our own eyes." Usually travel 100 miles a day, if necessary, I don't want to miss the accommodation, and I can walk 150 miles. Now that the military situation is like fire, and he travels 120 miles a day, what is it? If you are not convinced, you will go to Dengzhou to see, what road is being built, and Henan is also called a road? We know that you are not convinced, don't hold back, in terms of knowledge, you are really not far behind. ”

Wu Zhi's words were scathing and mean, and the faces of the staff members turned white. But on this occasion, I can only hold back and endure. Whoever asked Yuan Mo to do things was not authentic, and he didn't carry the black cauldron. (To be continued......)