stubborn thief

Chapter 140 Daming Goes Back 30 Years

Soon, all the matters before leaving have been completed.

On February [-]th of the third year of Chongzhen, Liu Chengzong beat Ma Xingzi River, looked back at the land where long-term management had been produced for the first time, and led his army eastward.

Yang Yao of the outpost also led his troops back from Ningzhou, Qingyang Prefecture. His team's harvest was disappointing, only a dozen or so Guyuan deserters joined.

It seems that the Guyuan camp escaped too much before, and the remaining soldiers were full. They went to the king with the general officer Yang Qi, and there were not many left behind.

And the other big fish in their imagination, Qin Wangjun from Gansu Town, seemed to be walking slower than Wu Zimian.

Yang Yao also only received the news before returning to the team. They overestimated the endurance of the frontier army.

Six thousand miles away from Qinwang Road, the leading troops of the frontier army in Gansu Town traveled [-] miles, and the follow-up troops traveled [-] miles. They mutinied in Anding County, Gongchang Prefecture. Yin Liang led his troops back to the Lanzhou camp in the west.

The governor Mei Zhihuan walked in the front, and when he heard of the mutiny, he had to lead the troops back to Lanzhou to suppress the mutiny.

After receiving this news, Yang Yao didn't want to wait any longer.

They thought very well and planned very carefully, and they calculated that King Qin's army would definitely mutiny after traveling six thousand miles.

Indeed mutiny.

But he mutinied after walking two hundred miles, and he couldn't reach it at all.

This is no chance. A unit goes on the road, mutinies, is suppressed, and goes on the road again. The chance of continuing to mutiny the second time is very low.

Liu Chengzong's troops marched towards Shanxi in Yan'an Prefecture, thousands of miles away in the important place of Gyeonggi, and the commander of Yan'an Guard made Yang Yanchang shivering from the cold.

Yang Yanchang has been in Jizhen for some time, and he has witnessed the chaotic situation of the imperial court with his own eyes.

According to his understanding, the commanding ability shown by the imperial court in this war was no less than that of the northern Shaanxi group of thieves who fought against Li Bei in the Yanhe Hequ.

Simply put, it is better than no command.

Yuan Chonghuan, Man Gui, Zhao Liaojiao, Sun Zushou and others were imprisoned, killed in battle, and Man Gui, who was the prime minister of military affairs, was killed in battle, which directly led to the loss of coordination and command of the various armies.

But even if Man Gui is alive, it's useless, because Ma Shilong, a veteran of the Western Army who was later dispatched as the prime minister, was also unable to unify the various kings' armies.

For a moment, the land of Gyeonggi formed a weird balance, as if there was a line running across the ground.

On one side is Ji Town, where Qin Wang's army gathered from all walks of life. Basically, everyone was transferred here and there, and some people brought soldiers to Qin Wang and found that there was no food, and turned back to eat and then came back.

On the other side is the Houjin army who invaded and robbed the population and property. They occupied the four cities of Fucheng, Luanzhou, Qian'an, and Zunhua in Yongping Prefecture. They tried their best to cut off the connection between the imperial court and Shanhaiguan, but failed.

After attacking Funing, they did not go down for four days; when they turned their heads and attacked Changli, they were blocked outside the city by the county magistrate Zuo Yingxuan and the defensive stone pillars.

During this period, there was only one battle where the imperial army took the initiative to attack.

Yang Yanchang was next to Wu Zimian that day, and they were discussing what to do if the imperial court did not provide food and grass.

A man named Liu Zhilun entered the camp and said that he was going to recover Zunhua.

It's not that he wants to lead eight revenues to Zunhua.

He just told the imperial court to transfer the Beijing camp to help, but the imperial court refused to allow it; he also wrote a letter to transfer Deng Qi, the fierce general of the Sichuan Army who killed An Bangyan, to help, but the imperial court refused.

When Liu Zhilun entered Wu Zimian's camp in Jizhou, he looked really embarrassed.

It snowed the night before yesterday, and he led his troops through Tongzhou, but Tongzhou refused to let him in, so he had to lead his troops to sleep in a ruined temple in the snow, and then came to Jizhou to see Wu Zimian.

Liu Zhilun explained the situation and said to Wu Zimian: "If all goes well, I can recover Zunhua. I also hope that Wu Shuai will help me to move to the bank of the Luan River to stop the reinforcements from the east."

Wu Zimian pondered for a moment, then got up and bowed and bowed: "Young Sima, don't worry, as long as the imperial court pays enough, the lowly position will move troops to Luanhe, even if the food is not paid, if the siege fails, Young Sima will retreat, and we will wait for the West." Jun, I will help you stop him."

Liu Zhilun understood, he sighed and didn't say any more, he walked out of the tent of the Chinese army for two steps, and then turned his head and bowed in the snow outside, then turned and left.

Yang Yanchang was terrified when he heard it, thinking that with so many troops stationed here, it would be his turn to send troops?This luck is not so bad!

However, seeing Liu Zhilun's heroic back leaving the camp, Yang Yanchang was very excited, and said to Wu Zimian: "Wu Shuai, are we going to send troops to fight against the Eastern captives?"

Wu Zimian sat back slowly, turned his head to look at a fool: "Which ear did you hear that the old man is going to send troops?"

"He, just now..."

Yang Yanchang was at a loss for words for a moment: "Isn't that person the Minister of the Ministry of War? Didn't Shuai Wu also say to block him?"

"Fuck you, look at the old man bowing to him, that's worshiping the dead, not to mention the Minister of the Ministry of War, even the Minister of the Ministry of War, the old man has to listen to Ma Shilong."

Wu Zimian still had a good impression of Yang Yanchang, and told him: "You have also heard what he said, everything went well to recover Zunhua, he recruited more than ten thousand new troops to set up the eighth battalion, all of them were ordinary people in the capital, and the training was less than one month old. Can it go well?"

"Edit, the editor has been training for less than one month?"

Yang Yanchang thought, that is not as good as my soldiers.

"Young offspring, the emperor gives an official position to repay the kindness of knowing you. Zhu Luqin and the king's army stationed here will be seen as watching each other and fearing the enemy."

The expression on Wu Zimian's face was complicated, with contempt and admiration at the same time. He shook his head and said, "People like this go forward knowing that there is a dead end. I admire you, but who wants me to do this? I will first Kill him."

As he said that, he turned his head to look at Yang Yanchang and said, "Aren't you trying to persuade me to send troops?"

Yang Yanchang shook his head like a rattle.

"It's fine if it's not." Wu Zimian chuckled: "Your life is still long, don't rush to die, take your time, there will be more weird things in the future."

Wu Zimian didn't want to come to Qin Wang, but he couldn't avoid the transfer order in his hand.

Originally, I wanted to dawdle hard on the road, delay some time, and wait until March to come to Gyeonggi, and then just lead the troops back after the battle, but I never expected that Zhang Mengjing would make himself mad.

As long as Zhang Mengjing can live a few more days, he will not arrive so early.

Strange things?
Yang Yanchang thought to himself, coming to King Qin by himself is already very strange.

Unexpectedly, Wu Zimian followed closely and said, "I don't care what you are here for, old man, don't make trouble for me."

These words made Yang Yanchang's heart skip a beat, and his face turned pale: "Shuai Wu, what do you mean by this? I don't understand the lowly position."

In fact, Wu Zimian had already discovered that there was something wrong with the commander.

On the first day he met Yang Yanchang, he realized that the commander had a big problem.

From the flag officer to the flag army, the weapons were polished to a bright spot, the nail armor was not rusted, the mandarin duck battle jackets were not patched, and everyone even wore shoes.

The spirit of the Banner Army is excellent, lean and powerful, with high morale and hard work.

After passing through the fields and houses, Qiu did not commit any crimes.

This Yan'an guard unit, from head to toe, is a fairly high-standard guard banner army.

Suddenly, Wu Zimian felt like he had just returned to the army.

Daming went back 30 years in an all-round way.

In particular, Yang Yanchang was not greedy for money. Wu Zimian asked him to restrain the deserters and sent people to escape to bribe him with money, but he refused to accept it.

Is this normal?

Is this reasonable?

The imperial court paid less than [-]% of the military salary to Yansui Town in three years. As a leader of the army, there is no one who is not greedy for money.

The self-seeking man is greedy for money;

Those who are full of service to the country are even more greedy for money!

Why are you, Yang Yanchang, not greedy for money?Why don't your soldiers loot?

This is not something that integrity and discipline can decide.

Because you have it, because you look down on this little money, because your soldiers look down on the little food of the people.

Wu Zimian was holding Zhizhu, leaning back slightly, with a relaxed expression: "What do you mean? Liu Chengzong is your raised thief, or you are a thief yourself."

Yang Yanchang froze all over, he tried to calm down and said, "Heh, why did Shuai Wu make such a joke?"

"The old man won't sue you, what are you afraid of?"

Wu Zimian glanced at Yang Yanchang contemptuously. This man was much less courageous than he imagined. He was afraid that he would not be able to do such a thing as raising a bandit's self-respect, so he waved his hand and said, "What do you want to do when you come here, King Qin?"

Hearing that Wu Zimian said that he would not sue the officials, Yang Yanchang felt a little relieved, and then he was afraid that Wu Zimian was deceiving him, so he said: "The humble post is assigned by Governor Yang to serve as the king."

"Nonsense, the old man invited me, don't you know?"

Wu Zimian said: "I called you Yan'an Guard because I wanted to have more people, and I could ask the court for food. I originally wanted to send you back when I got the food. I didn't expect Yan'an Guard to have such a flag army...you tell me first , is Liu Chengzong your raised thief?"

Yang Yanchang shook his head honestly.

"Then you are a thief yourself?"

Thinking about it, Yang Yanchang was still very honest, and shook his head again.

Anyway, it was seen out, and he didn't intend to lie to Wu Zimian.

It's just that he saved himself three times, and the closest he came to being a thief was when he stole a pearl cannon from Yan'an Guard.

I'm afraid it's not even a thief.

After thinking about it again and again, Liu Chengzong is indeed not his raised thief.

At most, it can be said that he is Liu Chengzong's commander.

But it's really hard to say that.

So Yang Yanchang added: "Wu Shuai, the humble job really didn't lie to you."

Mr. Wu laughed lightly: "Then what do you use to raise your soldiers?"

Yang Yanchang was at a loss for words, and he almost couldn't hold back his laughter. He raised his hand and wiped his mouth to cover up his smile. He said, "All subordinates in humble positions are capable people."

His soldiers don't need him to support them!

He didn't even know who the registered soldiers of Yan'an Guard were.

Today this one came to heal his wounds, tomorrow that one came to repair weapons, and later Liujiazhuang came to help people deliver food and grass, and the whole guard house operated automatically without his intervention.

When something happened, someone came to him and called him: It's time for General Yang to go to war.

There was no need for him to speak, someone put the armor on his body, stuffed the spear into his hand, put him on the horseback, and led him to the battlefield.

The enemy would stand in front of him, the troops would line up behind him, and he would ride forward, invincible.

Rows of heads will be arranged on the ground.

The entire Yan'an Guard runs automatically.

You can't talk about these things with Wu Zimian, and you can't understand Wu's boss.

People only know the principle of self-respect in raising bandits, how can they understand the subtlety of self-despise in raising officials.

This situation was not easy for Yang Yanchang to accept at first, but later he figured it out.

Gradually accept the reality that he is a regional fierce general, as long as he is in Yan'an Mansion, no one can defeat him.

The government wants to defeat Liu Chengzong, there is him;
Whoever wants to defeat him has Liu Chengzong.

It's just that Wu Zimian didn't believe a word he said. Seeing that his tone was tight, he simply stopped asking: "It's still the same sentence, we came early, and meeting Donglu is inevitable. What are you doing here? If Rob, I'll let you rob, don't trouble me."

"I don't know the place well, so I came here to grab something. Everyone speaks Shaanxi mandarin, and it's not like pretending to be an Eastern prisoner."

Yang Yanchang said with a smile: "Wu Shuai don't need to worry too much, the lowly position really means that King Qin is here, if you really want to say what you want to do, just like Wu Shuai, you just want to bring the soldiers back."

He really wanted to take Bing back.

"This is the best way. Forty thousand troops from the imperial court are newly mourned. People in the court and the public are in panic. Liu Zhilun went east to recover Zunhua. I think he probably won't come back. I feel sorry for the ten thousand new troops."

Wu Zimian exhorted: "The old man climbed up from the bottom, relying on knowing what the soldiers think in their hearts. Don't imitate him. Once the emperor gives you an official position, you must repay the kindness of knowing you. The kindness of knowing you is given to him by the emperor." Yes, but it has nothing to do with the soldiers below."

Wu Zimian never thought that he was a good general after his official position was high.

He is not good, I know very well in my heart.

But he also believed that no one would do a better job than him if he was thrown into Yansui Town.

Then Du Wenhuan defended Yansui, so he let the northern captives break the side wall and ran to Yan'an Mansion to burn, kill and loot.

He Wu Zimian was guarding Yansui, how could the northern captives break through the gate and not all be sent back?

Yang Yanchang couldn't bear it: "Then, let's stand still and watch the Minister of the Ministry of War die in Zunhua?"

"Just hold on, the old man has been a guerrilla in Ningxia, a general in Datong, a Chinese army guard in Shanhaiguan, and a deputy commander in Jizhen. He knows more about this than you."

Wu Zimian slowly recounted his previous official positions, and said: "Zhangjiawan in Tongzhou is a big town for hoarding grain. Donglu was forced to break up during the New Year. Now Donglu has food and we have no food. The imperial court cannot organize the towns. Don't dare to cross the Luan River, we only have 4 soldiers along the way, but the Eastern Prisoners can gather [-] to [-]."

"You are a heavenly soldier and a general. What can you do if you don't have enough food and salary? Who do you expect to save you when you send troops? Wait until the imperial court straightens out the food and salary."

A few days later, battle reports came from the front line. Liu Zhilun led his troops to Niangniangmiao Mountain in Bali, Zunhua City, where they were discovered by the Houjin troops, and the two armies immediately began to confront each other.

Liu Zhilun formed the Eighth Battalion under the city, and sent Wu Yinglong to take Luo Wenyu Pass as a suspicious soldier.

Then the Eighth Battalion was defeated by the Hou Jin Army and two Battalions were defeated. Liu Zhilun personally supervised the battle, and the remaining six Battalions survived.

Liu Zhilun retreated to Niangniangmiao Mountain, yelled at Huang Taiji for surrendering, and then fought again, firing artillery to bombard the Houjin army, until the artillery exploded, the army was in chaos.

The general begged for orders to retreat slowly. The young minister of the military department who had a relationship with Yang Yanchang was determined to stick to it and entrusted someone else to bring the seal to the court, but was finally shot and killed by Hou Jin.

The troops staying in Jizhou did not receive front-line intelligence until March [-]. Huang Taiji had led the Jin army to withdraw from Gyeonggi and return to Shenyang, leaving the troops to occupy the four cities of Yongping.

In the camp, Wu Zimian patted Yang Yanchang on the shoulder: "Huang Taiji is gone, the court should dare to fight, just wait and see, we should also send troops."

　Good evening!Sorry to keep everyone waiting!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)