Chapter 205: Dark Tide (I)

More than 20 days later, Yongningwei (now Xuyong County, Sichuan).

Five days ago, Sun Jie had met with his sister-in-law Qin Liangyu in Luzhou. Although there are still a lot of remnants of the Extravagant Ming Department, Longquan was driven into the mountains after the first battle, and they relied on wild vegetables, snakes and rats every day, and they were hungry for more than half a month and half a ghost, so the counterattack along the way was like a bamboo, invincible. Even its old nest Yongning, the day before yesterday, was climbed up by Qin Liangyu's white-pole soldiers, and the two battalions of Tiger Wing and Tiger Ben that followed closely behind could easily take it down with one charge. The luxury army has no fighting spirit, and the battle losses of the Sun and Qin coalition forces are negligible, and there are only more than 40 people killed and wounded in this battle. Luo Ganxiang's native soldiers were deployed on the periphery to chase and block, and more than 300 levels were also beheaded. According to the captive's confession, Hao Chongming had fled to Chishui, while Hao Yin stayed behind the world's severance - saying that it was after the break, it was just to buy another day or two for Hao Chongming to escape for his life......

Sun Jie and General Luo (Master Zhu has actually given Luo Gan the official military position of a general of the Ming Army*) have just cleared the mountains around Yongning, cutting off the worries of the main force raiding the world tomorrow. At this moment, the two of them were walking side by side to the Yamen of Yongning Xuanfu Division, and the two of them were talking and laughing along the way, and they were very happy. Before he reached the door, Master Shang Wenchang, who had been waiting here for a long time, hurriedly greeted him with the hem of his robe, and shouted, "Young marshal." ”

Sun Jie saw it and hurriedly asked, "Sir." Is there anything urgent? ”

Master Shang said: "Young Marshal, Master Zhu has arrived." I'm waiting for you inside. ”

Sun Jie was stunned when he heard this: Victory is in sight, Lord Zhu should sit and wait for Song Kai in Chengdu Mansion with peace of mind, why did he come all the way to Yongning in person?

glanced at Luo Ganxiang, and both walked quickly towards the yali.

In the second hall of the Xuanfu Division, Qin Liangyu was chatting with Zhu Xieyuan. After Sun and Luo came over to meet Zhu Xieyuan one after another, Qin Liangyu said: "Brother Luo, I haven't seen you for a long time, you can go out for a walk with me." Of course, she couldn't be more familiar with Luo Ganxiang, and she didn't talk about the Confucian etiquette of Lao Shizi, who was not kissed by men and women, so she dragged Luo Ganxiang out without saying anything.

Only Zhu and Sun were left in the hall, and Sun Jie asked suspiciously, "My lord, why did you come here in person?" ”

Zhu Xieyuan sighed and said slowly: "Guodong, the old man is leaving Sichuan." Someone from the hometown sent a letter, the old lady passed away, and the old man had returned to his hometown to guard the system. ”

Sun Jie was shocked: "Adult's Day mourns." ”

Zhu Xieyuan waved his hand: "It's okay." People who are almost ninety years old are happy and mournful. The saint also gave the funeral and posthumously sealed the edict. The old man can't rest assured of you, so he came here to say a few words to you. ”

Sun Jie was moved: "My lord...... Rest assured, now that the luxury thieves have fled to Chishuiwei, the thieves are discouraged, and within two days, the world can take it. The remaining thieves have become frightened birds, the kid takes advantage of the victory to pursue, between the ten months, he will be able to capture the luxury thief, and the kid will definitely live up to the trust of adults! ”

Zhu Xieyuan looked at Sun Jie in a daze, shook his head for a while, and sighed: "Alas, it's a pity! Sun Jie was surprised to see that two cloudy old tears fell from Lord Zhu's eyes, and said hurriedly: "My lord......"

Zhu Xieyuan shook his head: "I'm fine." The old man is sighing for the court! After a pause, he continued, "Chengdu was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of thieves and was in danger, you didn't wait for the court's fate, and brought so many people to rush over to rescue, and were surrounded in the city for more than a month, and all kinds of thieves' attacks were resisted by you, water attacks, fire attacks, ambushes, use rooms, and combined attacks, all the tricks were made by you to be superb, and the tigers and wolves under your command all regarded death as home, and the old man was of course your backer, but at this moment you didn't ask who would replace the old man, but still bent on breaking the thief...... Guodong, you are really worthy of the words that the old man chose for you, a good general is like you, you are really the pillar of the country! ”

Sun Jie's face flushed, and he lowered his head and whispered: "The adult praised it falsely, but the kid didn't dare." ”

Zhu Xieyuan said: "Guodong, these days and nights, the old man treats you as a son and nephew." So I came here before I went back to my hometown, and I want to ask you a few words. ”

"The boy is all at the behest of the adults."

"Hmm. Do you know who took over the task of Chuanfu? It is Zhang Yuanping (张鹤明字元平). Zhu Xieyuan said softly.

"Huh? Is it Zhang Jingluo? Sun Jie was a little surprised.

"Looks like you've heard of him." Zhu Xieyuan nodded, "You have to be careful." ”

Sun Jie was a little puzzled: "Lord Zhang once had a little Liaodong, he should know a lot about military affairs, my lord, what do you mean ......?"

"He knows a lot about soldiers! If it weren't for him, how could Liaodong be so erosive? Zhu Xieyuan was a little moved, "That Xiong Heizi (Xiong Tingbi's words fly hundreds, and occasionally the writing is not white.) This old Xiong's emotional intelligence and temper are not ordinarily bad, it can be said that there are almost no people who don't hate him, so he was called a sunspot by some colleagues) The mouth is really stinky, and the old man has quarreled with him many times. But his insight is by no means bad, if it were according to his opinion, those Jiannu should have starved to death in the ice and snow! Wang Xiaoqian (Wang Huazhen) will come to work, and he is very happy, but his skills are not good. Zhang Yuanping also has a suspicion of Xiong Heizi, so he blindly favors Wang Xiaoqian, which causes Liaodong to be out of control! After passing through Liaodong, he has high hopes for the saints, and the burden on his shoulders is the net worth and life of millions of soldiers and civilians, how can state affairs be like this! Zhu Xieyuan said, getting more and more angry.

"The kid has heard a little about this, but he doesn't know much, and he is angry every time he thinks about it. The kid has also written many times to ask him to go to Liaodong and swear to exterminate this fang for the imperial court. But no one paid attention to him...... Alas. Sun Jie sighed.

"Just ignore it." Zhu Xieyuan intercepted.

"Huh? My lord, what do you mean by that? ”

"Do you think no one thinks of you in the court? Wrong! As far as the old man knows, if not ten times, I will teach you to go to Liaodong, but at least seven or eight times! It's just that all the concerts have been left in the middle by the saints. Even that Zhang Yuanping once wrote to protect you as the 'General Pingliao', and said that as long as you can lead the army out of the customs, he will personally supervise the expedition. Hum! ”

"Huh? That...... The lord ...... "Sun Jie was completely confused, he didn't know anything about the turbulent undercurrents under the calm surface of these court centers, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhu Xieyuan looked at the general with kindness: "Don't worry, listen to the old man tell you slowly, I came here from Chengdu Mansion to find you, and the old man came here for this matter." ”

Sun Jie was so moved that he wanted to say something, but Zhu Xieyuan waved his hand: "Just listen." It is the most clever way for the saint to leave all the pieces that ask you to transfer you out of Liaodong. Don't you think that any of the guarantees you have are all out of good intentions, and the saint is clear about this, so he stays in the middle and does not send it. If you lead the army out of the customs and you win, of course the people who protect you have the merit of making suggestions, and if you lose, do they have any losses? From Salhu to today, the courtiers have promoted so many people, defeated many times, and died so many generals, do you see anyone who has been recommended by a non-person? No, not a single one! On the contrary, if the person you recommend loses the battle, those people will always be the first to jump out and blame, shirk all the responsibilities, and then come to the sentence "The minister is dedicated to the country, but mistakenly believes the words of others, causing this great mistake, and respectfully asks the saint to punish him." And then, hmph, it's all right! Yes, people were originally for Da Ming, how can you punish him? punished him, who will give advice to the court in the future? The truth in this is all clear! You remember: which one recommends you doesn't necessarily mean that you really know you, trust you, or even ...... Alas, the old man returned to his hometown for three years this time, and he really couldn't rest assured of you, so he just told you clearly - not even necessarily for the sake of Daming! ”

"Huh?" The words made Sun Jie so cold that the hairs on his spine rose suddenly, and cold sweat trickled.

"The old man hasn't finished yet!" Zhu Xieyuan continued, "Let's talk about Zhang Yuanping first. He hung up the Liaodong Economic Strategy, but did he ever go out of the customs? Everything was handed over to Wang Xiaoqian with his eyes closed, and when the Liao affair was defeated and could no longer be cleaned up, what did he do? Put all the blame on Wang Xiaoqian and Xiong Heizi! His group of protégés and friends echoed each other from afar, and finally the unanimous conclusion was: Xiong Heizi has the ability but doesn't do anything, so he went to prison, Wang Xiaoqian is kind but incorrigibly stupid, so he lost his position. Then Zhang Yuanping played again, saying that he asked you to go to Liaodong, and he personally supervised the teacher! Hmph, is this trusting you? What have you dealt with him? ”

"The kid has never seen Master Zhang." Sun Jie answered honestly.

"You don't need to tell me, of course the old man knows!" Zhu Xieyuan interrupted Sun Jie, "He wants you to go to Liaodong, not because he believes that you can defeat Jiannu, but because he is bargaining with the Son of Heaven!" He knew what the Holy One was thinking! In the past, so many people sponsored you, why didn't the Holy One agree? Your grandson's family is a dog raised by the saint! Don't be upset when the old man says this, court eagle dog, don't everyone say that? The eagle is the factory guard, this dog, it is the military towns, and the most powerful is of course your Sun family! When did Han Gaozu seal Xiao, many generals who had been on the front line for many years were dissatisfied, what did Gaozu say? 'The prime minister is a meritorious person, and you are a meritorious dog'. The old man didn't mean to belittle you. ”

Sun Jie hurriedly said: "My lord's words are serious. ”

"Hmm. Where did you just go? Older, alas. Oh yes, Gong Dog. Zhang Yuanping knows that the saint will not let you go to Liaodong. No matter how much trouble those wild boar skins make, it will be a problem of ringworm scabies after all - as long as the Shanhaiguan Pass is guarded, no matter how much they toss outside the customs, there will be no substantial threat to the Ming Dynasty, and the same is true for Xiyu. Whether it is Yexian or Naiqian Khan, they have all committed crimes against the Jingshi, and then they have not been driven out! Our real threat is in the Guannei, in the heart of the Empire! The Holy One wants to keep you to deal with such a big trouble, how can he throw you into the ice and snow and leave you to fend for yourself? So don't say them, you ask for it yourself, and the saint will only say good words to motivate him, and then give some imperial rewards. That Zhang Yuanping completely guessed the mind of the saint, so he brought it up - the saint is naturally not allowed, he, naturally, it will be fine! ”

"Oh my God! There are so many twists and turns in this, if it weren't for the adult's click, I wouldn't have thought of killing the kid. Sun Jie was a little stupid when he heard it.

"Of course you can't think of it. Then again, where is that? This puddle of water is so deep and muddy that you can't fully understand it for a while. The old man is here, you don't have to worry about it, the old man is naturally measured; Now that the old man is leaving, it will be up to you for the next few years, so I have to explain it to you. You don't care about the things on the side, remember that you are okay with two bags: first, you only think about the Holy in your heart, and only look at the Holy in your eyes! Although the saint is the imperial court, sometimes, there are some small differences. At this time, you don't have to think about anything for the sake of the court, you must stand firmly on the side of the saints! The old man may have a different choice, but you are not an old man, you can only choose the saint. Second, there must be soldiers in your hands! If there are soldiers, the Holy One can protect you, and you can protect the Holy One. If you run out of soldiers, you will be a dog without claws, even if the Holy Lord wants to protect you, sometimes he may not be able to do it, not to mention those children who have followed the Sun family for two hundred years, you must also think about their children and grandchildren. ”

Sun Jie knelt down and kowtowed heavily: "Adults love and care, and the kid will never forget." ”

"You get up, let's continue to talk about military affairs, this is the right thing. What do you think of the current war? ”

"The luxury thief is gone. The kid asked Luo Shen to sit in Yongning to clean up the mess, and the headquarters and sister-in-law pursued the victory, not giving him a chance to recover from his injuries, and biting all the way - the luxury thief rose in a hurry, and the previous attack on the state and the government was rampant, and there would be no very stable rear, as evidenced by the fact that the Yongning nest was hit by the sister-in-law and the boy. As long as the kid bites and doesn't let go, the rebellion in Sichuan Province can be determined at the latest, and the kid and his sister-in-law will directly enter Guizhou. This month when the kid suppressed the extravagant thief, Yongning should also recover here, Brother Luo freed his hands and led the backup to join our army, and the other officers and soldiers in Guizhou Province cooperated with the strategy, and guarded a few places Mo Jiao The thieves escaped, and by the way, protected our army's food route. Shuixi will not be more difficult to fight than the extravagant thief......" Sun Jie said while thinking in his heart, "Almost half a year, no more than eight or nine months at the latest, the kid will definitely be able to capture the thief and sacrifice the prisoner!" ”

Zhu Xieyuan shook his head after hearing this: "Guodong, you think too simply. ”

Sun Jie was unconvinced: "My lord, ......"

* Zhu Xieyuan awarded Luo Ganxiang's general the official military position of the Ming army, although the Ming Dynasty emphasized literature and light military force, but the formal military position is very precious to the soldiers of ethnic minorities - different from the "Tartar officials", some Tartar official titles sound not small, what is the general adjutant general, but similar to the militia rank, does not belong to the national regular official order, does not count. The conferment of this formal military position represented the recognition of the imperial court.