"Could it be that Chang Jing is leaving Runing again?" Deng Qifan asked.

"Definitely! I was so badly stabbed that I couldn't get my own hands on it. Let me be more lazy at home! After finishing speaking, Wu Shigong and Deng Qifan looked at each other. In this situation, it is best for Wu Shigong not to leave Runing Mansion, Deng Qifan is worried about this.

"That's Director Xue!?" Deng Qifan guessed.

Wu Shigong still shook his head. said: "He won't go either, even the patrol can't leave Nanyang, and a new coach will be appointed this time." ”

On military affairs, Wu Shigong didn't want to talk too thoroughly to Deng Qifan. This time, the commander in Wu Shigong's mind was Xue Qiang, and asked him to take his Rubei Legion, plus Qian Qi's Runan Legion, and the newly established Huguang Legion, to form a Jiaozheng Town. Then reinforce the Gonzaray Division's marine regiment and a part of the artillery, and jointly go to Huguang to encircle and suppress the peasant army.

Xue Qiang, as Wu Shigong's oldest guard captain, is old enough, stable, and has worked with Qian Qi for many years, so Wu Shigong is more at ease. And now Wu Shigong has begun to cultivate a general who is in charge of himself, and he is ready to fully devote himself to the battle for hegemony in the world.

And the two remaining army commanders also have candidates, that is, Tao Xin and Quan Dashan, the current chief and deputy commanders of Wu Shigong's personal army. Of course, Tao Xin's appointment will not be until he is newly married, and before that, he can only let Xue Qiang temporarily take on the role.

To be honest, Wu Shigong is a little partial to Tao Xin, because there is still Liu Guoneng in Huguang. As long as the time is ripe, Wu Shigong will recruit Liu Guoneng. At that time, Wu Shigong would expand Jiaozheng Town into two towns, and the commander of the other town would already be designated as Tao Xin.

The only thing I hate is how Wu Shigong will pass this level between Zhao Ruya and Xiaojie.

"Long respect! Only 10,000 troops are too much? Deng Qifan was still a little worried.

Wu Shigong smiled slightly, this detailed inside story Wu Shigong still has to keep it secret from Deng Qifan. In fact, with the unremitting efforts of the Yamakawa Division and the Military Intelligence Agency. In addition to Liu Guoneng's troops, Li Lu's troops, Deng Qifan's troops, and the Chen and Jiang coalition armies were all infiltrated very badly by the Runing army. As long as the conditions were ripe, Wu Shigong would have absolute confidence to recruit at least half of their troops to his side.

However, Wu Shigong still had to say something reassuring: "Biaozi's Tuanlian Town has been reorganized, and there are nearly 5,000 more commercial house guards. I'm going to ask Chang Meng to bring them all to Huguang, the reclamation firm is already on the right track in Nanyang and Ruzhou, and they also need to find new territory. ”

"Also, this time the Runing Army is fighting in the far away hometown, and we need to bother more to introduce more of the same year to our Runing Army. The Tuntian Zhuangzi there still needs someone to take care of it. ”

"That's for sure." Deng Qifan hurriedly agreed with a smile, "Actually, the students have already sent letters, and they are all enthusiastic, just waiting for us to go." "Deng Qifan's hometown is in Tongcheng, and his literary style is at its peak. Of course, it was also a tragic battlefield for the imperial examination, so many literati fell in the examination room. Now there is such an opportunity to make a difference. Of course they will.

"Long respect! Is 80,000 soldiers too much. At the end of the day, we don't have many places to use our troops. And to maintain so many soldiers, with our current financial resources, we have to pour out nearly 100,000 taels every year! Deng Qifan still thinks about the problem from a financial point of view.

When Wen Tiren stepped down, Qian Yiqian was of course released from prison and returned to his hometown. Unlike history, Hou Xun was also released from prison by Emperor Chongzhen. This is also an act to appease Wu Shigong.

But unlike Qian Yiqian, Hou Xun was not released back to his hometown. The imperial court gave Hou Xun an idle position and raised him. This can be seen that Hou Xun unearthed the importance of Wu Shigong and Zuo Liangyu, and the imperial court really took great pains to arrange Hou Xun!

Although Yang Sichang has shallow qualifications and is not able to enter the cabinet, he is in the mind of Emperor Chongzhen. has become the first assistant who is not the first assistant. As a result, Yang Sichang's "ten-sided net" jihua began to be implemented.

But at the beginning, Jihua was resisted by the governors of various places, but others were at most yang and yin, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, openly resisted.

Sun Chuanting believes that because the army has fought many battles, suffered from fatigue and frustration, and has been fighting for many years and the people's strength is exhausted, this move may not be able to achieve the expected results.

Of course, Sun Chuanting also knew Yang Sichang's status in Emperor Chongzhen's mind, so he expected that his jihua would not be adopted. So Sun Chuanting began to count his private property, obtained 248,000 taels of silver, and recruited troops and horses to manage the manpower and assets needed for encirclement and suppression.

This behavior is completely a private small treasury, but Sun Chuanting also has a hard time, he originally agreed with Emperor Chongzhen to privately raise military salaries, but now it has become a transfer by the imperial court, how can this reassure Sun Chuanting, who knows that the imperial court is in arrears of military salaries? In the final analysis, the credibility of the Ming Dynasty court was completely lost in the eyes of its own feudal officials.

When the Ming court collected the amount of recruits and horses reported from various places, only Sun Chuanting's recital did not arrive. Yang Sichang, who had a gap with Sun Chuanting, took the opportunity to complain that the military law of the imperial court did not work in Shaanxi. Sun Chuanting pleaded his case.

I don't judge who is right and who is wrong, anyway, Sun Chuanting doesn't give Yang Sichang face. There are still three fires in this new official's office, so Yang Sichang wants to make trouble. However, Sun Chuanting responded to the past with a series of brilliant victories.

In the battle between Shang and Luo, Sun Chuanting compromised the agreement of the military department to "block the front and stick to Shangluo", and sent heavy troops to defend the strategic points around Shangluo. When the peasant army led by the Great Heavenly King attacked Qingyang and Baoji, Sun Chuanting quickly returned to his division and defeated them in Heshui. Then there was the victory over the peasant armies of the other battalions, and for a while the limelight actually surpassed Hong Chengchou. However, this also buried the reason for the discord between Yang Sichang and Sun Chuanting.

These victories greatly reduced the strength of the peasant army in Shaanxi, and they could no longer afford to invade Henan in large numbers. So in these days, Wu Shigong's Runing and Guide are quite calm. That's why Deng Qifan thinks there is no need to maintain so many soldiers.

"And how many soldiers do you think you can sustain?" Wu Shigong asked.

"At least 30,000 cuts! That's barely enough. Deng Qifan replied.

Wu Shigong thought for a while and said: "It's too hasty, these soldiers finally have the opportunity to enter the army, and they can get a share of the land after retiring, once they are cut, they will complain!" So be it! Maintain 60,000 soldiers, and let the major trading houses hire a group of guards and raise some of them; Arrange 10,000 in Guide Mansion, settle some, and transfer the rest to the Department of Internal Affairs! ”

"That's not a lot of savings." Deng Qifan reminded. Wu Shigong's method is completely to change the soup without changing the medicine.

"It's just a hard life!" Wu Shigong is very optimistic, "Anyway, so many ups and downs have come." ”

Seeing that Wu Shigong had made up his mind, Deng Qifan could only nod. But when he arrived at Zuihou, Deng Qifan still couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, he leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Changjing, you give the students a thorough explanation, how long will it take to pour the bottom?" Deng Qifan was about to ask the exact time when the Runing Army would raise troops.

"Two years! Not even two years. Wu Shigong replied affirmatively.

"Then the student is guaranteed a five-year turnover! It will definitely be guaranteed. Deng Qifan said through gritted teeth. Still, a smile appeared on his face.

After talking to Deng Qifan, Wu Shigong sent him out of the gate. When I came back, I happened to see Chi Ming giving Wu Chengying military training. As the son of a military attaché, it is impossible for Wu Chengying to only learn the Four Books and Five Classics, he has to exercise his body every morning and evening, and practice his fists, feet, swords, guns, and kung fu.

Wu Shigong has already transferred Chi Ming to the pro-soldier team, just waiting for Tao Xin to take over as the commander of the corps, and Chi Ming will take over as the commander of the pro-soldier team.

And there is another companion who trains with Wu Chengying today, who is Wei Changlin's son Wei Feng. Now Wei Feng has lived with Wu Shigong, because he is about the same age as Wu Chengying, so he has become Wu Chengying's accompanying classmate.

Wu Shigong was a little strange to see that Chi Ming had brought a partner from the pro-soldier team to explain something to Wu Chengying. Wu Shigong walked over quietly, and saw the man squatting on the ground and gesturing with stones.

While gesturing, the man also said: "If the angle of this artillery is like this, the shell will go like this, so as long as you aim the aiming hole here, the shell will hit there......

It turned out to be an introduction to artillery shooting! Wu Shigong smiled and touched Wu Chengying and Wei Feng's heads, and the little brothers realized that Wu Shigong was already behind them. So Wu Chengying immediately jumped up and shouted, "Father! The kid wants to see the cannon! ”

"Good! Good! Wu Shigong said with a smile, "As long as you study well these days, I will take you to see the cannon when you are resting!" ”

After Chi Ming and the man saw Wu Shigong, they stood upright in front of Wu Shigong together. Wu Shigong smiled and asked the man, "What's your name?" ”

"Hu Meng!" The man replied loudly.

"Then what troops do you think of in the future?" Wu Shigong asked again.

"Artillery regiment!" Hu Meng's answer was unbelievable.

Wu Shigong immediately hahadaxiao.

After returning to the inner house, Wu Shigong went into Zhao Ruya's house, only to see that her house was in a mess, and Zhao Ruya was preparing a dowry for her daughter Xiaojie.

Wu Shigong stayed in the house for a while, but Zhao Ruya didn't have time to answer him, but was driven around by Zhao Ruya.

Wu Shigong was a little annoyed, and he puffed up his bags and said: "I have married my daughter, I am from the Tao family, should I be busy with Xiao Xinzi?" What are you doing with your mother-in-law? ”

Zhao Ruya looked at Wu Shigong's face, smiled, and saw that the maid in the room didn't notice her, so she immediately secretly kissed Wu Shigong's face.

Wu Shigong's mood was immediately bright, he secretly attached himself to Zhao Ruya's ear, and asked in a low voice: "Marry one, how about we have another one?" ”

"Virtue!" Zhao Ruya immediately smiled and drove Wu Shigong out of the house.

Walking outside the house, looking at the burning clouds in the sky constantly rolling, Wu Shigong's heart was full of mixed feelings: unconsciously, his children are also older, and his own road does not know where to lead?

(End of Volume 6) (To be continued......)