After such a fuss, the next military discussion was boring. The only bright spot was that Governor Chen Qiyu forbade Wu Shigong from going on the expedition under the pretext that local defense was also quite important.

Later, Zhao Ming also asked to return to Germany on the grounds that he was old and seriously injured, and Chen Qiyu agreed. As a result, Wu Shigong and Zhao Ming could only return to the garrison with their own soldiers, while the "famous general" Li Lu commanded all the soldiers of the three divisions to accompany the encirclement and suppression.

Chen Qiyu made the move of transferring troops without transferring generals. He has begun to divide and win over Wu Shigong's three. Zhao Ming's department is a military household with low combat effectiveness, and Zhao Ming is old and frail, so there is no value in wooing. Wu Shigong's thorn in the army was also an unstable factor, so he was also eliminated as a black sheep.

Chen Qiyu believed that the "famous general" Li Lu was able to command the Ruzhou victory alone when Wu Shigong had not yet returned to Henan, and this kind of talent and his troops still had the need to win over. Of course, Chen Qiyu didn't know, no matter how he divided and co-opted, these three troops were all in the Runing Army.

After the end of the military discussion, all the civil officials in the Chinese military tent who were qualified to write the recital began to write the impeachment chapter overnight, that is, to impeach Wu Shigong for his disrespectful behavior towards the Shang Fang sword given by Emperor Chongzhen.

It's not that those civil officials really think that Wu Shigong has any great disrespect, the main reason is that it is a matter of attitude. It is not Wu Shigong's attitude, but the attitude of the civil officials themselves to the maintenance of imperial power. In the end, it is a kind of self-preservation.

Of course, Wu Shigong did not know that a new round of impeachment against himself had already set off.

Li Lu also returned to the camp of the Runing Army with Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong knew Li Lu's concerns, so he called Zhou Xun over.

Then Wu Shigong began to arrange: "I won't be able to go on the expedition this time, so let Xunzi be your lieutenant." You have a big deal in hand, and the specific errands make the patrol hard. ”

"Don't be afraid, the 1,500 people we went there are all four-legged. If something is wrong, can't you still run on two legs? I can see it. They all thought that the Shaanxi bandit was a big fat meat, but were the Shaanxi bandits so easy to fight? Why is it that so many armies have been suppressed for four or five years, but they are getting bigger and bigger? ”

"Let's shrink back, don't blush! Don't grab any good, just follow behind and do something to wave the flag. It is also necessary to have more contact with Chen Guerrilla and Jiang Garrison, and together they will be less bullied. If there is anything to suffer, we will endure it first. ”

"Be careful! In case the Shaanxi bandits surrender, there is a chance that it will be a fraudulent surrender. If you can persuade you, you can persuade them, and if you can't persuade them, you will hide in a safe place. Don't be dizzy and paralyzed! To tell you my opinion, the affairs of the Shaanxi bandits will not be finished, and there will be battles to be fought in the future, so it is necessary to preserve strength. But I'm also relieved of Brother Li. If you talk about running away in this Ming army, no one will dare to call you the second. ”

Wu Shigong's words provoked Li Lu and Zhou Xun for a while.

Wu Shigong continued: "Of course, it's not that you don't want anything, there are some things that other officials and soldiers don't look down on, such as young men and women, iron tools and farm tools, etc., if you can bring them back, you can bring them back." Our Runing Army is still poor! Be careful, though: in case something goes wrong. Don't care so much about running away, as long as you save your strength. I'm in charge of everything. One more reminder: beware of fraud! Surrender! ”

After all arrangements are made. Wu Shigong was alone in his big tent and reflected on his behavior in the Chinese military tent today, and couldn't help but feel afraid for a while. Now Wu Shigong does not have many places that can bring him danger, but it is precisely to go to other officials' yamen to discuss matters and to go to the Chinese military tent to discuss these two dangerous places.

The Ming Dynasty's noble and martial arts are not for fun! Mao Wenlong is such a big military attaché, didn't Governor Yuan Chonghuan say that he would kill him? Wu Shigong made up his mind if he had the opportunity to go to the Chinese military tent in the future. I must do Xu Shu enter Cao Ying - without saying a word. That way, there will be no contradictions and danger to yourself.

But Wu Shigong didn't know that the so-called country is easy to change, and its nature is difficult to change. His temper as a boss is not so easy to change. When he heals the scar and forgets the pain, he will still relapse.

Li Lu and Zhou Xun took a cavalry regiment of the Runing Army and Li Lu's 500 personal soldiers to follow Chen Qiyu's encirclement and suppression army. And Wu Shigong also returned to Runing Mansion.

And Emperor Chongzhen was already a little numb to the impeachment of Wu Shigong. However, when I saw the content of the impeachment this time, I was immediately overjoyed. And Wu Shigong's wonderful theory about "Shang Fang's sword is big or the emperor is big" quickly became an interesting story. It spread throughout the Jingshi.

Except for his father-in-law Xue Lian, he cursed Wu Shigong, the troublemaker, with a frown. There's nothing to say, let's prepare a generous gift to entrust Wang Chengen.

In fact, judging from the whole incident this time, Wu Shigong did not have any disrespect for Emperor Chongzhen. However, the authority of the governor Chen Qiyu was bound to be maintained by the imperial court, so in March of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the reward for the victory of the Runing army in Ruzhou and the punishment of Wu Shigong himself also came down.

The number of soldiers in the Runing battalion was still 2,200. But this time, the Runing battalion is no longer half soldiers and half military households, but is composed entirely of soldiers.

Qianzong Xue Yongli and Qianhu Qiao Song were promoted to garrisons, each leading a thousand troops. The following military attachés also have their own promotion rewards. As for Zhao Ming, the commander of Dewei, because he was indeed old and injured, he was not promoted, and the reward was also concentrated on his family. What is the posthumous gift of the ancestors for three generations, the fate of his wife, and the cuteness of his son, anyway, some honors are greater than benefits.

And Wu Shigong was severely punished for his great disrespect for Shang Fang's sword and his roar during the military discussion in the Chinese army's tent. Removed from all official positions and thrown to the end. Our Wu Shigong has become Wu Baiding.

But Wu Shigong doesn't want to have that kind of dream of going back to the capital to enjoy happiness. In the punishment order, Wu Shigong was still ordered to serve in the Runing camp and make meritorious contributions. According to the order's arrangement, Wu Shigong could only take the 200 guards in the Runing camp.

And after receiving the punishment order from the imperial court, Wu Shigong completely scoffed at this. What impact does this punishment of changing soup but not medicine have on Wu Shigong's status in the Runing Army? After a long wait, the Henan political envoy Yamen finally allocated 8,000 taels of military salaries to the Runing army. Although the amount allocated this time is still very different from the amount owed to the Runing Army, it is better than nothing.

After Chen Qiyu's encirclement and suppression army set out, he won all three battles in just a dozen days. The area controlled by the Runing Army was completely eliminated from the threat of the peasant rebels.

And the army led by Li Lu and Zhou Xun also shared some credit. And the brutality of the encirclement army was far greater than that of the peasant rebel army. Even the rags picked up by Li Lu and Zhou Xun were sent back to Runing more than 2,000 young men and women and a large number of iron materials in a short period of time. There was no gold, silver and livestock, and those were all divided among the generals Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Liangyu.

And the news reported by the Shanchuan Division that Zuo Liangyu had entrusted someone to send dozens of boxes of gold, silver and jewelry back to his house in Henan. However, when Xue Zhinong told Wu Shigong that the news was passed on by Tang Mei, who was transferred to Zuo Liangyu by Xiao Gonggong, Wu Shigong finally remembered this ace female spy carefully built by the Shanchuan Division.

However, although the peasant rebels left Henan, the border of Henan also brutalized them. A large number of refugees, led by their own intricate leaders, gathered into a chaotic crowd ranging from a few hundred to tens of thousands, and rampaged through the countryside.

The cities connected by waterways in Henan are better, but the land transportation between the inland cities has basically stopped, and they do not dare to go on the road without gathering a large number of pedestrians and caravans. And spending the night in the wilderness is a matter of life. Even the Guide Prefecture, which had not implemented the three decrees, was hit several times by the rioters.

The area under the control of the Runing Army is like a safe island in the ocean, and under the control and organization of the iron fist, the displaced people who have been collected have embodied the spirit of the working people of the Chinese nation to endure hardships and stand hard work, and the entire area under the control of the Runing Army has also burst out with vigor.

Heaven is also beautiful. Since the beginning of the year, there has been a rare wind and rain in the whole territory of Henan in recent years. And the gratifying green seedlings growing on the abandoned land in the whole territory of Runing Mansion also let the Runing army see the future of beauty.

With the tranquility in the territory, the work of attracting investment has finally begun to bear fruit. Although most of them were invested by some local gentry, and the amount of investment was not large, it was finally a haode to start.

The horses that Wu Shigong purchased from the Wu Mansion in the capital also arrived, plus the captured cavalry, and finally the cavalry of the entire Runing Army was complete.

The business of the Four Seas Trading Bank, the Four Seas Money Farm, and the salt goods also went well. Taking advantage of the east wind of Ruzhou's victory, Sihai Commercial Bank and Sihai Qianzhuang opened their branches to the cities of Henan. They quickly became an armed trading house under the escort of the raider, taking advantage of the insecurity of land transportation throughout Henan to make a lot of huge profits, and the business also swelled rapidly.

And with the efforts of Yang Goudan, the equipment of the Runing Army this expansion and reorganization has also been basically completed. The Workshop Division has begun to work in the direction of arming the militia and stockpiling weapons.

The civil affairs system of the Runing Army was also basically laid down, and the grassroots political power was quickly grasped. And with the high school scholars sponsored by Wu Shigong in Guide Mansion, Wu Shigong also won a good reputation in Guide and Runing Mansion. Coupled with the propaganda of Ru Ningjun in the textbooks of academic politics, he vigorously declared that Wu Shigong was a student of Yan Shenggong, and Wu Shigong, a talent who did not live up to his name, was boasted of becoming a great grandmaster-level figure.

The situation of the Runing Army is thriving. But what Wu Shigong didn't know was that on the bustling surface, a dark cloud was rapidly approaching. (To be continued......)