"Poor Dao doesn't know much about military affairs, but after staying in General Xu's camp for a long time, I know a little," Qingzhi Taoist heard that Xu Ping planned to take only one wing to reinforce Li Zicheng, and said unhurriedly: "As far as Poor Dao knows, Zhendong Hou is a person, and he can also take the head of the general among the ten thousand troops, and this time most of them are not alone." ”

"All other armies need to rest, and a wing is better than nothing."

After Xu Ping finished speaking, Qingzhi gently swung down the dust and did not respond.

"Alas," Xu Ping sighed when he saw this, the army was essentially an alliance of the major mountains, which had made Xu Ping a lot, but now the drawbacks are slowly emerging, and any benefits must be shared with the alliance, such as the establishment of a new field camp; If you intervene in the territory of other generals, you need to exchange interests, such as forming a cavalry battalion, Xu Ping must think of a plan that can satisfy all parties in advance, and everyone else will keep an eye on his every move: "There is no need to hide it from the master, someone once told me that as long as thorough Confucianism is used to govern the country, China can be ruled for a long time and avoid war." ”

"What did the waves say again? It is also to control the cycle of chaos. ”

"Yes, I'm very confused now......" Xu Ping told Sun Kewang about the conversation with Qingzhi, and just now he mentioned this idea to his henchmen, and they became very excited: "If King Chuang learns about this, he will definitely be very dissatisfied, and Niu Junshi will be extremely angry, but everyone wants to protect themselves, doesn't they?" General Sun, it is reasonable for them to have such an idea, but it just doesn't work. ”

"General Xu thinks this will not work?"

"Since the Qin Dynasty, China has been unified, I just thought about it carefully, I am afraid that it is the truth that General Sun said, pure Confucianism, that the ruler can do nothing to say to others, but everyone has their own calculations, the Son of Heaven and the princes are afraid of each other, as long as the princes still hold the military power, the Son of Heaven will not be able to sleep and eat, hoping to monopolize the power; And the princes are worried that the Son of Heaven is not good for them all day long, and they have to desperately seize the military power, and the solution is to *** the Son of Heaven, and become the Son of Heaven who monopolizes the power. Xu Ping felt that the feudal system may just postpone the infighting or make it public: "Look at this troubled world, there may be millions of living beings starving to death in the world, and countless people have died in wars, although I have got ahead because of the troubled times, but I will not be happy because of this, let alone think that this is a kind of luck, and even being able to die in bed is like a luxury." ”

"General Xu thinks too much, and his children and grandchildren have their own blessings." Qingzhi said with relief, and at the same time reminded: "Besides, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it, Poor Dao remembers that General Xu once said and swore not to repeat the mistakes of the past, have you forgotten General Xu?" ”

After escaping to the camp, Xu Ping summed up the lessons and learned that his being nosy was a big weakness, and he had said cruel things to Qingzhi in private, saying that he would never try to take on responsibilities that did not belong to him. But that is also an angry sentence, Xu Ping still encourages officers to be proactive in his own army, instead of hanging up on his own business.

"As far as I know, the Immortal Army formed by Hou Ye is not the current new army, and the officers and soldiers of the Immortal Army have a kind of enthusiasm for victory, a kind of enthusiasm that makes me admire and excited, and Hou Ye himself is even more so. As far as I understand, Hou Ye and his Immortal Army will always ask themselves: What can I do for victory, but I don't ask, what can I not do. Since the day I joined the New Army, this has been what I have expected of myself, and my colleagues are not used to me, and my most respected commander has always instructed me to get along well with my colleagues and not to embarrass others. But I don't think that's right. As long as Xu Ping felt that a certain situation might be insufficient, he would unceremoniously report it to the higher commanders: "If you don't do it when you see something, you are not responsible for the lives of your colleagues and soldiers, and the soldiers are in danger, this is not a place to save face, and Shandong changed the results of the deduction," Xu Ping has always been worried about this matter: "If I don't do it right." , Lord Zhang can dismiss it, and Jin Qiude can also dismiss it, but if I feel that it is inappropriate and I am afraid that I will be called arrogant and keep silent, it is a dereliction of duty. ”

"But General Xu was excluded and blackened because of this, and now General Xu wants to take the things that are not in his charge on himself, just like that time, if he succeeds, he will cut the face of his colleagues, and if he fails, he will become a scapegoat, does General Xu still have to do it?" Qingzhi sighed: "Poor Dao has heard of the prestige of the Immortal Army for a long time, and I didn't expect it to fall like this. ”

"The new army is not an immortal army, not at all, my army is, the immortal army is invincible." The various undercurrents in the camp made Xu Ping very uneasy, and the more he thought about it today, the more he couldn't let go: "Since ancient times, how many rebels have had no beginnings and no ends, maybe not because of how powerful they are, but the original dynasty has been too declining, infighting, and people are floating, but with the continuous victory of the rebels, this problem will also appear, and then it will not be a new army fighting with a declining army, but two declining armies are more unbearable than whom, and the old dynasty at this time, I can often rely on the advantages of territory and people's hearts to turn the tables, and I am worried that the camp is about to reach this turning point. I learned from Hou Ye's method and rebuilt the invincible Immortal Army, and it is true that I can win the battle with the new army in Hou Ye's tiger skin, but if I lose this vitality, if my army becomes the same as the new army, it is more money, who has more muskets, and whose artillery is more and more powerful, how can I compare with the new army? ”

Hearing Xu Ping say this impassionedly, Qingzhi knew that he had made up his mind: "When does General Xu plan to send troops?" ”

"I'll leave tomorrow, the new army is a lesson for me, and I can't make the same mistakes as them."

……

After hearing that the Marquis of Zhendong came to Shandong, Li Zicheng hurriedly sent people to find out how many troops accompanied him, and now the camp is becoming a tiger, although the prestige of the Marquis of Zhendong is far and wide, but he can't run away as soon as he hears that he is coming, which will not only be extremely harmful to the prestige of the camp, but also the battle will not be able to fight in the future.

Fortunately for Niu Jinxing and others, they heard that the Marquis of Zhendong only brought a few personal guards to come, and the new army had just returned to Beijing, and it could not reach Shandong in ten days and a half, and the court did not agree to send this army to Shandong - the threat from Xu Ping made the Ming monarch and ministers like a thorn in the back, and Kaifeng could fall at any time, that is, there were still 10,000 new army Jingshi was still in crisis, and some people were worried that Zhendonghou would flee south like other generals when he saw that the situation was not good, so the new army could not be sent to Shandong.

In addition, the imperial court thought that it was not a big deal to lose Shandong, and Ji Huisi had made a big fuss in Shandong for many years, at most turning Cao Yun into sea transportation. Jingshi is the head, Caoyun is the artery that supplies blood to the head, the artery is important, but you can't throw the head away for the artery, and besides, there is no sea.

However, Shandong obviously insisted that the imperial court could not make a definite decision, and Li Zicheng advanced his troops quickly and had already arrived around Qufu. Unlike the 5th Battalion of the Revolution and Ji Huisi, Li Zicheng did not have any plans to attack Qufu, and he also repaired a letter and sent it to the city, saying that he would strictly control the army and would never tolerate and tolerate anyone who harmed Confucius.

After breaking into the camp and learning that the Zhendong Hou came to Shandong alone, Niu Jinxing tried his best to continue to march to seize Shandong, and unlike Ji Huisi before, Niu Jinxing had already formulated a plan to establish a comprehensive rule in Shandong.

"Brother Sun relied on constantly harassing the Jiangbei Army, and in just half a year, he greatly expanded his strength, established two field battalions and tens of thousands of militia groups, which he could never do with a small guide to the German government." Sun Kewang was reluctant to share resources with the camp headquarters, Niu Jinxing was not surprised by this at all, he secretly sent a lot of detailed work to the Guide Mansion, and a few of them were transferred back from the Ming Court to carry out careful reconnaissance of Sun Kewang's various policies, and now Niu Jinxing intends to use them for his own use. Further, the current strategic situation is completely different from the period when Ji Huisi made a rebellion in Shandong, breaking into the camp and winning great victories in a row, and having the strategic initiative in the whole country, Niu Jinxing will not be satisfied with only seizing the territory before Ji Huisi, but is also ready to expand the territory to the Huai River Basin after seizing Shandong: "Shandong has the benefits of salt and iron, and the two Huai people are fierce, and they have been rich in elite soldiers since ancient times, not to mention grain, and Yangzhou merchants gather, which is also very beneficial to the hegemony of the king." ”

"Huang Hou, is he here to send him to death?" Liu Zongmin interjected, the Lu army has been scattered, after returning to his hometown, such as Zhu Yuanhong and others, they went on a rampage, looted the place under the pretext of suppressing bandits, and the army was much stronger than before, and they did not take the holy decree of the imperial court in their eyes. Zhu Yuanhong, who was in the north of Li Zicheng, was afraid of being blocked by the intruding army and did not dare to flee south, so he played the slogan of responding to Sun Chuanting's March thief, and led the army from the Daimyo's Mansion across Zhili and went straight to Shanxi. Along the way, in the face of a *** Ming field troops, the magistrate dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, so he could only report to the Son of Heaven to ask for countermeasures, and the Son of Heaven Chongzhen has always been kind to the courtiers who hold the military power, so that the magistrates can be righteous to the Lu army from all walks of life, and move them to continue to serve the country.

"Huang Hou is certainly unparalleled in the world of martial arts, but he is also half a hundred people now, I don't know if there are still forty percent left of his ability back then? We just need to be careful not to be attacked by him. There are tens of thousands of troops on our side, even if we stretch our necks and don't move to let Huang Hou cut them, he can't cut them down, and besides, we still have muskets. "Although it is not as large as Xu Ping's, Niu Jinxing has also formed a musket unit, and the main problem that restricts Niu Jinxing at present is money, followed by the Jiangbei Army without Sun Kewang's side - the Chu army is not under the control of Nanjing, and the equipment is still a little worse after all.

"You don't need a musket," Luo Rucai listened to Niu Jinxing's cautious words, and laughed: "Does Huang Hou have three heads and six arms, I have dozens of sons and daughters, all of whom can catch tigers on the mountain and Jiao on the river." King Chuang, don't worry, they are all gearing up, just waiting to cut off Huang Hou's head and dedicate it to you. ”

Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai cooperated quite happily before, but the relationship between the two has been a little tense recently, Luo Rucai always complains that Xu Ping is proud that Henan's income is not distributed to him according to the regulations, and Niu Jinxing always argues that Xu Ping did not hand over his income to Li Zicheng - this is certainly not completely true. After Luo Rucai's subordinates in Henan saw the good condition of Xu Ping's troops, the complaints became more and more, and the arguments between Niu Jinxing and Luo Rucai became more frequent.

After Xu Ping allocated a few counties to Niu Jinxing last time, Luo Rucai, who got the news, came and wanted to take a base for his troops, which was once again categorically rejected by Niu Jinxing, he claimed that Xu Ping did not allocate the county to him, but only King Chuang was temporarily stationed here, and Xu Ping still had to take away the grain and taxes.

Luo Rucai, who was furious, asked Niu Jinxing what Xu Ping was: since Niu Jinxing insisted that Xu Ping never paid a penny, Xu Ping obviously could not be regarded as Li Zicheng's general; If Xu Ping is Li Zicheng's ally, then Xu Ping is also obliged to provide supplies for other camps, and at this time, Niu Jinxing always jumped out and said that these leaders had already taken things from Li Zicheng, so there was no need for Xu Ping to give them again.

"What exactly is Xu Ping? If he is nothing, I will slaughter him in partnership with King Chuang, and divide his soldiers, horses, grain and grass! At that time, Luo Rucai, who was angry and corrupt, roared in front of Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing had to reluctantly agree to allocate some grain and gold and silver to Luo Rucai, and this time to send troops to Shandong, Luo Rucai agreed in advance about the conditions: after obtaining Shandong, Lunan will be returned to him as a base area, and if he goes south to two Huai, he will also score half of Huaibei to him.

Ji Huisi is the head snake of Shandong, and many mountain kings want him to thread the needle, although Ji Huisi is very familiar and does not want Jinan, but Jiaodong Niu Venus is estimated to be his bottom line.

Shandong - Looking at a large piece of cake, a small half of it was divided out before he got his hands, and Niu Jinxing also felt helpless.

"Let's make sure that King Chuang can get the fattest piece of meat," Niu Jinxing thought in his heart, and at the same time chatted with ***: "It's good to have a few more mountains, and it is also a deterrent to Xu Ping and Sun Kewang." He secretly made up his mind in his heart: "In the future, if the Jingshi is seized and the Jin army and the Liao army surrender, Xu Ping, Sun Kewang, Cao Cao and Ji Leg will all be left in the northern Xinjiang, and Jiang Ji and Wu Sangui will be sent to the south, so that they can control each other, and then ponder the feudal domain after the world is calm." ”

"Isn't Huang Hou not here yet, what are you panicking about?" Whether it is Liu Zongmin or Niu Jinxing, including Luo Rucai, who is talking about the hot words, Li Zicheng can feel the tension hidden in their words, and Li Zicheng also has this emotion: "The soldiers are fast, let's seize the central capital first, and wipe out the last officers and soldiers in Shandong. ”

……

The governor of Fengyang knew from the newspaper that the Marquis of Zhendong would come, but he didn't expect the Marquis of Zhendong to arrive so quickly, and after learning that the man in front of him was the famous Huang Hou, the governor jumped up and bowed.

The Marquis of Zhendong smiled and stopped the governor's action, under the system of the Daming General Company, of course, the Zhu family is not the largest shareholder, the emperor is the chairman, and the title is equivalent to owning the equity of the Daming Company, which is the shareholder. And whether it is the cabinet elders or local officials, they all work for these shareholders, and these civil officials are not qualified to sit down and speak in front of the Zhendong Marquis, unless the Zhendong Marquis gives them a seat: "Feudal kingship, slave owners, high-ranking slaves and slaves, I am very happy Although after so many years, I always know that if this China does not have a future, no matter who is the emperor, it is the same." ”

"Master Hou, the lower official will go out to announce your arrival," the governor bent his waist like a big prawn, but his excitement was overflowing: "Shandong gentlemen, fathers, I hope that Lord Hou is like a filial son and a loving mother." ”

"I don't think it's necessary," Zhendonghou didn't have time to bring people this time, in his latest plan, Shandong must not fall into the hands of King Chuang, otherwise his new army will lose its way out: "I didn't bring a few soldiers here, or don't make a big fanfare, I plan to reappear when I encounter the thieves." Zhendonghou showed a young man's smile: "This is Benhou's style." ”

"Master Hou, it's because your old man didn't bring troops here, so you have to do it." The governor of Fengyang hurriedly persuaded that the left-behind troops in the central capital had fled half of Thailand, and after hearing that the Dadu Governor's Mansion was reopened, some people hesitated to wait and see, and the news that Zhendonghou came to Shandong was indeed like a stimulant, so that the morale of the left-behind troops in the central capital did not continue to flee, but stayed and waited for further news.

When the governor complained about the difficulties, Zhendonghou kept smiling, but he was irritable in his heart, because the situation was worse than he imagined, but in this case, Zhendonghou could not show up immediately - today, when the new army was almost wiped out, the undefeated record is the most important bargaining chip for Zhendonghou at present, and the remnants of the two battalions of Taishan and Xiliu are moving closer to the center, but even if they are added, Zhendonghou is not completely sure of defeating Li Zicheng's army.

Let Li Zicheng think that he has not yet arrived, so that he will be impatient when marching and the morale of the army will fluctuate. Appearing too early will only make the enemy more cautious, if Li Zicheng does not come out, the status and prestige of Zhendonghou will not allow him to sit idly by and take the initiative to attack. If there are any more surprises, once the myth of Zhendonghou's undefeated fades, he will encounter even greater problems.

When the governor chattered and persuaded the Marquis of Zhendong to come forward to appease the people, someone outside the door reported that the envoy of the Jiangbei Army had come to Zhongdu and asked if the Marquis of Zhendong had arrived, and if not, the envoy would go north to look for it.

After hearing that it was the confidant envoy of the new commander of the Jiangbei Military Chief, the Marquis of Zhendong immediately asked the governor to bring people to the secret room, and after confirming the identity of the other party, the Marquis of Zhendong confessed his identity to the envoy and planned to explain to him to keep it a secret.

I didn't want Zhendong Hou to have time to explain this sentence, so the envoy pounced, lying on all fours in front of Huangshi's feet, and his face almost touched the top of Zhendong Hou's boots: "Hou Ye is above, the villain Jiangbei Governor Yu Dong, and 200,000 Jiangbei athletes will come to serve Hou Ye." ”

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