"Today is the second time that our army has exchanged grain for the people on a large scale," Xu Ping, standing at the rear of the army, took the trouble to explain to Li Zicheng the various regulations he had set, and there were many troubles and misunderstandings with the people during the last large-scale exchange, so there were these regulations. Today, Xu Ping came to the scene in person to observe the implementation of the new regulations. Li Zicheng stood by Xu Ping's side and saw that everything was going in an orderly manner, and Li Zicheng was also very satisfied.

"This is the common practice of Zhendonghou in the new army, any action must have a plan, and there will be regulations when it is implemented. The experience in the new army really benefited the general a lot. ”

These words made Li Zicheng interested: "Brother Xu, I heard that you are Huang Hou's eldest disciple," Xu Ping had never said this in the camp before, so Li Zicheng and they all thought that Xu Ping and Zhendonghou did not have such a deep friendship, but now the rumors are getting wider and wider, and even everyone in the army knows it: "Brother Xu is still keeping it a secret from us, it really deserves to be punished." ”

"Where is this king, I am not a disciple of Hou Ye, as far as the last general knows, Hou Ye has never received any younger brother." Generally, Ming generals will have family members and righteous sons, with the reputation of Zhendong Hou, needless to say that the generals in the army, even the children of scholars may come up to worship a teacher in name, but Zhendong Hou has no one, which made Xu Ping a little strange before: "Hou Ye absolutely does not accept any disciples, and everyone knows this in the new army." ”

"Isn't that Chen Zhe under Brother Xu a disciple of Huang Hou?" Niu Jinxing interjected: "Didn't Huang Hou personally teach him the art of war and martial arts?" ”

"Hou Ye did teach him things, but Hou Ye didn't let him do the apprenticeship ceremony, and he definitely didn't have the name of a disciple," when he first joined the new army, many people were puzzled by this, but gradually everyone got used to it, and regarded this as a quirk of Zhendong Hou, or the rules of Zhendong Hou: "The last general guessed that Hou Ye attached great importance to the distinction between public and private, especially in the new army he created, so he didn't want to be called a master, a disciple, a godfather, and a righteous son." ”

Xu Ping added in his stomach: "At least on the surface." Of course, he didn't say anything about this complaint.

However, these words made Liu Zongmin, who came together, a little dissatisfied, when he first came out of Luoshan, Liu Zongmin led Li Zicheng to the largest of the five battalions, and now it has more than 10,000 soldiers, which is about 30% of the strength of Li Zicheng's own troops: "What does it matter to godfather and Yizi, I have a bunch of Yizi." ”

Xu Ping smiled slightly: "The righteous army is indeed very different from the officers and soldiers. ”

"You learn more and talk less." Li Zicheng interrupted Liu Zongmin's complaints, after Xu Ping defeated the new army in Henan, the camp headquarters was also very excited, this time when he came to Henan, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin had already called Li Guo to inquire carefully, and also moved the idea of transforming the prince according to Xu Ping's model. However, Li Guo said that this kind of transformation not only requires a lot of money and materials, but also must have a solid base to ensure a steady supply to the army, and Li Guo also said that if the army is hungry and full all day long, eating when there is a war, and drinking porridge when there is no war, it will absolutely not be able to build an army that meets Xu Ping's requirements.

This statement made Li Zicheng a little frustrated, at present, he personally led the troops is still almost the same situation as Li Guo said "before", although the successive victories have improved the equipment of the camp a lot, and the number of people has also increased a lot, but it has not established a solid base, at least compared with Xu Ping, it is too much worse than here. Niu Jinxing and Liu Zongmin have different views on this, of course, Niu Jinxing wants to build a base area according to the model of Xu Ping and Sun Kewang, and it is best to simply take some territory from Xu Ping; Liu Zongmin believes that as long as you are willing to learn, you may not be able to do it without these conditions.

"I heard that many of Brother Xu's methods, such as what military rank and military station, are all Huang Hou's methods." Li Zicheng pulled the topic back again, he remembered that Xu Ping had said to himself that he had never seen Zhendonghou: "And it's a secret way." ”

"That's right," when he persuaded his subordinates to adopt it before, Xu Ping had mentioned the name of Zhendong Marquis to them, since this was the case, of course, it was impossible to hide it, Xu Ping honestly admitted: "It is indeed the method of the Hou Ye." ”

"And these methods Huang Hou has not had time to promote in the new army," Niu Jinxing also talked about some rumors he heard, these rumors are half-truths and half-truths, Niu Jinxing knows that he can't believe them all, but some of them may be true: "Some people say that this is something that Huang Hou and Brother Xu jointly came up with...... Of course, Huang Hou is of course the leader, and Huang Hou is the master, but when Huang Hou and Brother Xu discussed with each other, Brother Xu also contributed, so he understood better than the generals under Huang Hou. ”

Other military generals around Li Zicheng, such as Liu Zongmin and others, also said similar rumors, Xu Ping didn't have time to interject for a while, so he waited for everyone to finish speaking, and after everyone stopped asking, Xu Ping took a deep breath and said: "All these ideas were thought up by Huang Hou alone, and they have nothing to do with me; Huang Hou didn't have any disciples, and neither did I; As for why I know, it was a coincidence. ”

"It's Huang Hou's disciple, and there's nothing to ......," Niu Jinxing said again.

However, Li Zicheng interrupted him: "Although Huang Hou has not accepted a disciple, Brother Xu is the only one who has received the true inheritance, isn't that a disciple?" Other people don't have this opportunity yet, obviously although Huang Hou is unwilling to break his rules of distinguishing between public and private in the army, he still values Brother Xu the most in his heart. Li Zicheng estimated that Xu Ping and himself had never met Zhendonghou before, he thought that he and Xu Ping had just known each other for a long time, and the other party would inevitably have reservations, and if Xu Ping claimed to be the eldest disciple of Zhendonghou, Li Zicheng would inevitably have more doubts about him at that time. Since it had been so long, Li Zicheng planned not to mention it again, and he pondered that Xu Ping might have forgotten to say these words to him.

Xu Ping had mentioned the book "The Source of Battle" before, so he estimated that as long as the leaders of the camp had a heart, they would probably have heard of it, and he wanted to say: "Actually, that book is not what the Hou Ye wants to give me at all." However, Xu Ping estimates that many people don't believe it, or think that they stole it, but if you add: "Actually, I didn't steal it." ", then probably others will be even more strange, Huang Zijun's matter Xu Ping will not say anything no matter what, and several people under him who know about this matter will also be buried deep in their hearts, and their knowledge is limited after all." Actually, I also stole it, indeed stolen books, and I was the culprit. Xu Ping thought about this, and said to himself secretly: "It is better to make people think that I am a disciple of Hou Ye than to make people think that I am a thief, I can be called a disciple of Hou Ye, but ordinary people can't cling to it if they want to." ”

Seeing that Xu Ping didn't say a word, the people around him thought that he had acquiesced to Li Zicheng's words, and after seeing the expressions of the people around him, Xu Ping knew that the rumors of his disciple were confirmed. "There's nothing wrong with that," a voice in Xu Ping's heart said, "Isn't it something you've dreamed of being called a disciple of Hou Ye?" Although this is not a fact, it always satisfies Xu Ping's vanity: "And it's not that I deliberately lie, but that I have unspeakable bitterness." It's just that Xu Ping is still very uneasy in his heart, and the last time they met, Jia Minghe said: "You have lost all the face of the Hou Ye." "It also comes to mind.

A legendary figure like Zhendonghou, especially his godlike trip to Liaoyang, people who have never seen him have too many things to ask in their hearts. As a person who had never met Zhendonghou, of course Xu Ping didn't know anything about the answers to these questions and also wanted to know, just when he muttered and didn't know how to answer. Sun Kewang seemed to see his difficulty, so he pointed to Kaifeng City and the army around the city and said: "I suddenly found that it was very good for us to let the soldiers wear black clothes, I think when this Kaifeng was broken for the first time, it was surrounded by the black-clothed army." ”

"Oh," Liu Zongmin heard the interest, and he asked Niu Jinxing, who was standing next to Li Zicheng, "When was Kaifeng broken last time?" ”

Because of Liu Zongmin's problem, the Shaanxi people in the surrounding camp looked at Niu Jinxing one after another, completely forgetting that Sun Kewang was also a Shaanxi man.

"Last time......" Niu Jinxing frowned, the last time the city was broken, I am afraid that the Yuan army attacked the Red Turban Army, Niu Jinxing did not remember that the Yuan army was wearing black, as for the Ming Taizu counterattack when Kaifeng surrendered without a fight or resisted, Niu Jinxing was not too sure.

"It's the first time I've said it, not the last time." Sun Kewang stared at Niu Jinxing tightly and asked, "Remember, it should be the black-clothed army." ”

At this time, Xu Ping said: "I'm afraid not, haven't the beams never been lost?" ”

"Does the general remember who broke the girder?" Sun Kewang said with a smile: "The last general doesn't remember, and I ask the general to give advice." ”

Xu Ping shook his head: "I don't remember." ”

"What girder?" Liu Zongmin was confused when he heard this, and looked at Niu Jinxing again.

Niu Jinxing didn't know why, but Li Dingguo said: "Kaifeng's real name is Daliang, and it was the capital of Wei during the Warring States Period, which was broken by the Qin army. ”

Xu Ping looked at Li Dingguo a little strangely, he knew that Sun Kewang was good at reading, but Li Dingguo had always attached the most importance to military affairs, and he was not very interested in history, Li Dingguo paid attention to Xu Ping's gaze, and said proudly: "Since we are besieging Kaifeng, how can we not think about the method of breaking the city in history, general, you say yes or no?" ”

"Oh, yes." Only then did Niu Jinxing speak up: "Kaifeng was indeed originally called Daliang, and it was renamed Kaifeng after the Qin army broke the city. And Qin belongs to water virtue, water virtue is still black, and the Qin army is indeed a black-clothed army. ”

"Then how did the Qin army break the city?" Liu Zongmin asked, "Changwei?" ”

"It's not." Xu Ping shook his head and said, "Qin Jun doesn't have such patience. ”

"Qin Jun, the soldiers of the tiger and wolf." Li Dingguo snorted: "The violent Qin broke the embankment and irrigated the city, and the Daliang City was broken with the water of the Yellow River." ”

"Ah," Liu Zongmin sighed, "We can't help this." He immediately said to Li Zicheng: "Great King, we are the army of benevolence and righteousness, different from the tiger and wolf soldiers of the tyrannical Qin. ”

"Of course we won't," Li Zicheng said immediately.

Niu Jinxing glanced at Sun Kewang: "The tyrannical Qin is only powerful, cruel and unreasonable, and looks down on the heroes of the world, how can Brother Sun think so?" ”

"I don't have the heart to persuade the king to break the embankment and irrigate the city," Sun Kewang laughed: "I just think the omen is good, this time we will break the seal." ”

Niu Jinxing is still dissatisfied, if these words are spread, it will inevitably be harmful to the image of Chuang Ying and Li Zicheng: "Then we shouldn't use Tyranny Qin as an example, even when Jin Juwei Kaifeng was encircled, there was no embankment." ”

"So it is true that the tyrannical Qin is cruel, but this is only one of them, what the tyrannical Qin wanted was just to destroy Wei, and he didn't want to win the girder, and the Jin Yu was different, they wanted the gold and silver children of Kaifeng, so they absolutely refused to break the embankment and irrigate the city. Even if the city is broken, it will be empty. Sun Kewang said with a smile: "Don't you think that we are very similar to Jin Yu now, and we urgently need the money in Kaifeng City for our own use." ”

"Of course we are not," Niu Jinxing categorically retorted: "We raise righteous soldiers to crusade against the unscrupulous faint king, in order to relieve the suffering of the people of Li, how can we be compared with Jin Yu?" ”

……

Gao Mingheng was discussing things with the officials of the Zhou Palace, as well as the hundreds of subordinate officials, when suddenly the guards reported: "Lord Governor, Jia Shuai asks to see you." ”

Gao Mingheng scratched his head, with a helpless look on his face, he arched his hand to the long history of the Zhou Palace: "Let's discuss it another day." ”

The Zhou Wangfu also knew very well that Jia Minghe's army was the pillar guarding Kaifeng, and immediately bid farewell to Gao Mingheng, and the officials of the Henan Governor Yamen also retreated together. Before they could all withdraw from the flower hall, Jia Minghe rushed in. After seeing the room full of civil officials, Jia Minghe hurriedly slowed down and greeted the officials one by one with a smile on his face.

Finally waited until everyone left, Jia Minghe stepped forward to greet Gao Mingheng, and then mentioned the meaning: "The governor sent many women to the last general, and the last general thinks it's inappropriate." ”

Gao Mingheng saw that Jia Minghe not only didn't appreciate the affection but also came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, and his face was full of wry smiles: "Jia Shuai's military work hard, don't be too harsh on yourself, those women are all from white families, if Jia Shuai is interested, he will accept them." ”

"The last general will never dare, and the last general's subordinates will not dare to accept it." Jia Minghe was bent on returning the women who had sent Gao Mingheng to the New Army. Among these women, several of the most outstanding ones were given to Jia Minghe, and in addition, the governor of Henan, Yamen, also prepared many women for them according to the rank of the officers of the new army. These girls are all from good families, and according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, their parents have no intention of selling them, and it is already a felony to take them as concubines, let alone treat them as lowly women.

"Jia Shuai rest assured." After hearing Jia Minghe's objections, Gao Mingheng comforted disappreciatively: "Since their parents sent them out of the house, they have nothing to say about them as vegetable people, how can they say what kind of good family women they are?" Besides, if the soldiers sacrifice their lives for the country, these women can also donate their lives to the country. Yushi is not an unreasonable person, how can he be impeached? Besides, even if there are one or two imperial historians who are confused, will the cabinet princes still not be as knowledgeable as them? ”

Seeing that Jia Minghe was about to open his mouth to protest again, Gao Mingheng waved his hand impatiently: "Although Jia Shuai can rest assured, if there is something, this official will bear it and will never embarrass Jia Shuai." ”

"The governor sees it clearly," Jia Minghe knew that Gao Mingheng was impatient, but the words in his heart were not unhappy: "The last general was ordered to rush to Kaifeng, in order to report to the emperor and protect Li Shu, and the last general is already ashamed that he can't relieve the siege of Kaifeng's fathers and elders, so how can he harm their daughters?" ”

Gao Mingheng looked at Jia Minghe with a smile and a smile, and the latter bowed down again: "The last general dares to ask the governor to take back his order and place these women in another place." ”

"No!" Gao Mingheng categorically refused: "How to settle them is Jia Shuai's own business, but they must not come back, if Jia Shuai sets up a separate camp for them in the camp, the official has no objection." ”

"But that will damage their reputation, and it will be difficult to marry a good family in the future." Jia Minghe hurriedly said: "The last general thinks it's better to let their families bring them back." ”

"This must not happen!" Gao Mingheng sighed, sat up straight and said to Jia Minghe: "All the general soldiers and generals from all walks of life have abandoned their wives and children to come to Kaifeng, and they will go to danger with this official, and this official can't wait to rip meat to feed the soldiers......"

The generals of the guest army in the city often complained that living in Kaifeng City, far away from their wives and concubines, was like being a monk, and they always shouted that Gao Mingheng would provide them with some women from good families to be war ladies. In the past, Gao Mingheng was worried that this move would trigger protests from the city's scholars, which would be greatly detrimental to his future career. But now that these girls were pushed out of the house by their parents, no one can question how Gao Mingheng dealt with them.

Since you want to appease the guest generals, you must also treat the generals of the city equally. The group of girls selected by Gao Mingheng had a share in the Ming soldiers, and none of them were left behind. When he saw that Jia Minghe was about to return to the new army, he hurriedly stopped: "If you don't want Jia Shuai, the other generals will be embarrassed to ask for it when they hear about it." Even if they ask for it, they will be talked about and blamed for not being as good as Jia Shuai. Alas, this official knows that Jia Shuai was born under the command of the Marquis of Zhendong, and he is indeed ambitious, but Jia Shuai, you can't force others to learn from your new army. ”

Jia Minghe was still not convinced, and he argued: "We, the officers and soldiers, are trying to protect the territory and the people." ”

"Of course, it is to protect the territory and the people, but the current situation is that you can't have both. We must not only defend the land for the Son of Heaven, but also reassure the people, if we can only get one of the two, then we have to choose the one that is less harmful and follow it. Although Gao Mingheng was already very impatient in his heart, Jia Minghe's military strength made him unable to explain patiently: "The morale of the army is a top priority, and if the people's hearts are scattered, it will be a big deal." If Kaifeng is not guaranteed, how can Jia Shuai, your thousands of children survive alone? Jia Shuai must not be vain and deal with real trouble. ”

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