stubborn thief

Chapter 551

"and then?"

Guanlong Ancient Road, in the Garrison Department of Mapaoquanbao, east of Qinzhou.

Zuo Liangyu had a short beard and was wearing a scarlet gown with dark patterns. After drinking a glass of wine, he asked, "Zhang Yichuan entered the Marshal's office, and then what?"

Opposite him was He Renlong, one of the three Ming court generals stationed in Shaanxi. He Renlong shook his head when he heard this question: "My people can't enter the Marshal's Mansion. If Zhang Yichuan didn't run over, my People can't enter Lanzhou, so naturally they don't know what was discussed in the government office, but Zhang Yichuan has taken the post of Chief Military Officer of the Marshal's Mansion."

"Ridiculous." Zuo Liangyu's hand holding the wine glass stopped when he heard the words, and said disdainfully: "Just rely on him, commander in chief? Liu Chengzong has no sense of people."

Zuo Liangyu fought against the Chuangjun Fifth Battalion a long time ago, and later also fought against Zhang Yichuan alone. If Zhang Yichuan hadn't been lucky, he would have died in his hands long ago.

This luck is not because someone saved Zhang Yichuan, but because Zhang Yichuan met Zuo Liangyu at a good time.

Zuo Liangyu is a very simple person, with only eight words, he treats people sincerely and repays kindness.

He was born as an orphan, his parents died, he was brought up by his uncle, he learned martial arts and was full of loyalty to serve the country. He joined the army in Liaodong, fought fiercely, and made great achievements in battle. He was promoted to a school officer in his 20s and served as the capital of Liaodong. talent.

The mutiny in Ningyuan, the soldiers formed an alliance with blood, wanted to get back the four months' salary they owed, and invaded the shogunate. Zuo Dacong did not take the usual path, and took his good brother Qiu Lei to rob military supplies. He took the blame for the crime and was about to be executed, so he managed to find a way to go to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

For Zuo Liangyu, there is still a turning point, Qiu Lei is still alive, he has to struggle, get money outside, and sooner or later he will buy his good brother.

In order to make money, he joined Hou Xun, the servant of the Ministry of war, as a dog-legged retainer.

Hou Xun was a nobleman of Zuo Liangyu, and he was able to be appointed as a deputy general and lead the army again as a banished school during the Jisi change.

One is to repay Hou Xun's kindness, and the other is to repay Qiu Lei's life-saving grace. Zuo Liangyu sacrificed his life on the battlefield, and Songshan Xingshan won the first place in the battle against Houjin. Fei Kuai: Rescuing Qiu Lei is just around the corner!

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, Zuo Liangyu has become the commander-in-chief of Changping. He and Deng Qi and others fought against the bandits in Wu'an and other places. First, Deng Qi would have died in the encirclement, but it was Zuo Liangyu who broke into the encirclement and pulled Deng Qi out, like a god of war.

He believes that as long as he takes the credit for annihilating the peasant army, he will be able to rescue Qiu Lei from prison, and then ask Hou Xun to recommend Qiu Lei as a general officer, and his good brothers will join the battle. Good talk!

It was also during this period of time that Zuo Liangyu discovered that she...was particularly good at fighting.

How to put it this way, before falling into the grass, he was the capital of Cheying in Liaodong. At that time, the imperial court dispatched elite soldiers from the nine sides to form the Guanning Army. Zuo Liangyu belonged to a very young junior at that time, not yet 30 years old. Whether it is military training, tactics or strategy, he has learned a lot.

Later, it was reactivated by Hou Xun, and when he met Hou Jin, he also charged into battle under the command of the older generation of generals.

This kind of experience determined that Zuo Liangyu led two thousand Changping troops into the Central Plains to fight against the peasant army. Although he was still very young, in his early thirties, his fighting skills were much better than those forty or fifty old generals. .

The peasant army couldn't beat him at all. If it wasn't for the fact that he only had 2000 people, any peasant army standing in front of him would have been wiped out.

Zuo Liangyu was all gone at the time, and with the strength of 2000 soldiers in the Changping military area, tens of thousands of thieves were fighting all over the ground looking for teeth to call him Grandpa Zuo. , Even if there are only three or five cavalry under the flag, the bandits dare not step forward.

Annihilating the bandits, who is he?A hundred years from now, he will be like Grandpa Yue, children will have to listen to his stories to grow up, he is a great hero who will help the building to collapse and stand upright!
However, when the Ming army finally besieged more than [-] peasant troops in Shanxi, and was about to reap all their efforts, the emperor sent eunuchs to supervise the army, and the Beijing camp troops such as Ni Chong and Wang Pu came to pick peaches.

If the battle situation is in decline, the suspected generals are timid, and the court is weak in intelligence about the army, it is fine to send a supervising army.

The situation has just stabilized, and the generals tied their heads to their belts, trying their best to suppress the thieves. In a few months, more than a dozen generals were killed. It seems that the victory is about to be won. What's the point of sending a supervising army?

The job was done well, the supervising army took bribes from the peasant army, and when the situation was better, they were prohibited from attacking, and the peasant army was asked to tear down the door panels to spread the river, jump out of the encirclement and escape.

More than [-] peasant troops entered the Central Plains, passed through Shaanxi, and finally stationed in the Qinling area, leaving Zuo Liangyu and others with dilapidated cities and countryside.

Those who died died in vain, and the battles fought were fought in vain.

Zuo Liangyu seemed to have been slapped, just when he felt that he was getting closer to Grandpa Yue, a loud slap knocked him to the ground.

Zuo Liangyu got up and wanted to cry - I may not be the reincarnation of Grandpa Yue, but Qin Hui'er is definitely the goddamn dog emperor!
God has really good eyes, Qin Hui'er sat in the Golden Luan Hall, it's wonderful! !
His teeth were broken, he couldn't be angry, Qiu Lei was still squatting in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

If he wanted to save Qiu Lei, he had to climb up to save Qiu Lei, and he couldn't be angry when he climbed up.

After that, Zuo Liangyu was upset when he saw the eunuch, and even worse when he heard the edict, and he couldn't stand the eunuch reading the edict.

As for the annihilation of the bandits, the peace of the world, etc., Zuo Liangyu thought about it seriously later. He felt that he should not meddle in other people's family affairs. The world, the old Zhu family still has to worry about it. up.

From now on, when thieves come, they will be chased away, if they can be won, they will be fought, if they cannot be won, they will not be fought at all, if they are held back, they will retreat, even if they kill me, I will not move my butt, but if I win, I will ask for a reward , you must reward me!

After finishing the battle, they cleaned up the battlefield, surrendered, beheaded, and reported meritorious deeds in one go. They absolutely did not do anything else. After finishing the work, they found a place to garrison troops and let the brothers eat, drink and have fun.

Leading the troops suddenly loosened up, but it was quite easy on the contrary. Even if soldiers robbed the people, as long as they didn't kill people, Zuo Liangyu would criticize and criticize him, but he couldn't buy things without giving money, because it was related to his survival plan.

Zuo Liangyu has fought many victories, but he has no money. It's not that he doesn't love money, but that personal wealth is useless to him. On the contrary, as long as he invests more in this army, the army will be more dependent on him. , the more the army cannot do without him, the more he will not be moved to another position by the court.

Therefore, in addition to sending money to the Ministry of Punishment, all his money was used to reward soldiers. The same is true for soldiers not being allowed to buy things without giving money. It's always a good day, if one more person votes for him, and one less person votes for a thief, it is considered a good deed every day.

Anyway, the emperor is not dead, the world is out of order, and the little soldiers are still working hard for themselves, what's wrong with robbing, I, Commander Zuo, can't do things like dogging the court to toss the people below.

I didn't rob before, but the dog emperor... Qin Huier sent a bunch of supervisors, 10,000+ rogues escaped, and robbed all dozens of cities in several provinces. My soldiers don't rob, just keep them Let thieves rob?
If it is not limited by status, Zuo Liangyu even wants to grab it himself. On the surface, this is to grab the landlord, but in fact it is to grab the luck of the thieves. This is also a way to save the country and add bricks and tiles to the construction of a beautiful Ming Dynasty.

Besides, the calligraphy and painting antiques that were stolen were of no use to those landlords and wealthy households, nor to the soldiers. Taking them away and sending them to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and letting Qiu Lei eat something good in them, wouldn't it be better than being snatched by thieves?

The time Zuo Liangyu met Zhang Yichuan, it was the eunuch who read the imperial edict and asked him to fight. Zhang Yichuan's team caught up with him. Zuo Liangyu could have surrounded him, but he didn't. He took it easy for a few days and went to grab the luggage , do not continue to pursue.

In fact, if Zhang Yichuan's team hadn't been carrying a lot of money, food and goods at that time, he wouldn't have planned to go up and fight, just drive them out of the defense zone.

Now he feels that there is a reason for the rebellion. Qin Hui'er, who is behind the scenes, is sitting on the Golden Luan Hall, who will not rebel?

Right now Zuo Liangyu heard that Zhang Yichuan has become the commander-in-chief of the Marshal's Mansion, he felt very disdainful, and smiled at He Renlong, "Only Li Zicheng, the general of the fifth battalion, is capable, and the rest of the battalions are all incompetent Rats, it's not as good as that Zhang Xianzhong who is called the Eighth King of Xiying."

After all, he smiled at He Renlong and said, "Instead of letting Zhang Xianzhong be the minister of the Ministry of Rites, that old drafter of yours, you might as well let him be the commander-in-chief and Zhang Yichuan the minister of the Ministry of Rites."

"Zuo Zhen is a master at predicting things like a god!"

He Renlong applauded and laughed, and finally looked at Zuo Liangyu's puzzled eyes, and explained: "The fellow who reported to me said that Zhang Yichuan was very depressed when he came out of the Marshal's office. It seems that he originally wanted to replace Zhang Xianzhong as Minister of Rites. , but was rejected by Liu Chengzong, and then he was appointed the Henan General Military Officer of the Marshal's Mansion."

Zuo Liangyu was originally the commander-in-chief of Changping. This position is the same as the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, Guizhou, Sichuan, Water Transport, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Baoding, Zhejiang, Shanhai, Lintao, and Denglai. The little general who hangs the seal.

The only generals with seals are Generals Conquering the South in Yunnan, Generals Conquering the West in Datong, Generals Pingman in Huguang, Generals Conquering Man in Guangdong and Guangxi, Generals Conquering Captives in Liaodong, General Xuanfu Zhenshuo, General Pingqiang in Gansu, General Ningxia Conquering the West, Deputy General Jiaozhi and General Yansui Zhenxi.

The difference between big and small generals lies in power.

Later, as Zuo Liangyu led [-] Changping troops to Huaiqing, he was ordered to transfer to Henan, and his official position was changed to the general of the aid and suppression army.

As a result, as the peasant army went west, the court did not let Zuo Liangyu be idle, so he, the general who was transferred to Henan, went to Shaanxi again and became a guest army of the guest army.

In fact, this official position sounds very powerful, but its power is not as good as that of the general officer in Changping, because as a guest army, he has no control over the local battalion and guards, and he can't even transfer troops if he wants to. He can control one person and assist in the suppression The commander-in-chief Tang Kyushu.

They are old partners. When Zuo Liangyu was the commander-in-chief of Changping, Tang Jiuzhou was the deputy commander-in-chief. Unexpectedly, Xie Zhu Xie Zhu came to Shaanxi from Changping to assist.

Because of this, Zuo Liangyu needed the help of the local generals. It happened that He Renlong was annoyed by Yang Yanchang and needed foreign help urgently. The two of them were not particularly decent people, so they got mixed up.

"Henan military officer, is he crazy?"

Zuo Liangyu had an extremely complicated smile on his face. The court in Henan did not have a commander-in-chief. The first Henan commander-in-chief was actually a traitor?You might as well say that the first Henan General Soldier was a civil servant.

The most important thing is that the Marshal's Mansion can barely get Hexi right now, and they haven't even won Guanzhong and Northern Shaanxi. Where did they have the guts to set up Henan Chief Military Officer?
"Zuo Zhen doesn't know something, I have found out the system of rewarding officials in the Marshal's Mansion."

"Oh?" Zuo Liangyu waved his hand seriously: "I would like to ask General He to explain in detail."

He Renlong also said sternly: "The Marshal's Mansion started out as grassroots bandits, so it follows the old customs, using the commander-in-chief as a certificate of vote, and conferring the newcomer as the commander-in-chief, taking the land outside the territory as the trust, giving the soldiers horses and armors, and asking for money." If it does not work, it will be dismissed."

"This is the case for Li Yangchun, the commander in chief of Xihe, and Zhang Qi, the commander in chief of Ning and Qiang."

He spoke so convincingly that it was true, but even Liu Chengzong didn't know that he had such a system, let alone Xi He and Ning Qiang, they were completely outsiders.

But Zuo Liangyu couldn't hold back the letter. He knew that Liu Chengzong had sent three generals to Monan, and there were a lot of soldiers. Now he heard about the origins of the three generals, Zhang Yichuan, Li Yangchun, and Zhang Qiqi. It was a string of news. .

Zuo Liangyu nodded one after another, then suddenly thought of something, and asked He Renlong: "Earlier, I wanted to beg Li Yangchun, the Four Heavenly King of Xihe, but suddenly changed my title and called him Chief Military Officer, so I joined the Marshal's Mansion...they How many soldiers and armors can you get if you vote in the Marshal's Mansion?"

"I don't know about this. I have no one there, but when Zhang Yichuan came back from Lanzhou, he split camp with General Chuang and others, and moved to Ningyuan County in Gongchang Mansion. Armors from the Marshal's Mansion arrived every day. , I dribbled more than 1000 strokes with a single birdie, practiced every day, and I have the posture to do a big game."

"Where did Liu Chengzong get so many armors?"

Zuo Liangyu knew that the Marshal's Mansion had the ability to manufacture its own armor, but as far as he knew, the number of soldiers and civilians in the Marshal's Mansion was not proportional. There were not many people involved in the production, and now it was expanding aggressively. Normally, such things as armor and guns should be stretched. That's right, how can you be so generous?

"These armors are all in the name of Gansu Five Guards, and they are not brand new."

"Oh."

Zuo Liangyu understood that Liu Chengzong gave Zhang Yichuan and others the captured equipment from the Gansu frontier army. He calculated the sum according to this number and quickly came to a conclusion.

More than 1000 blunderbusses are proportionally equipped to arm at least one battalion. That is to say, the Marshal’s Mansion provided Zhang Yichuan with equipment for one battalion, so there is a high probability that Liu Chengzong will not favor one battalion over another. After counting the equipment, the seizures in Gansu are gone.

Coupled with the current situation, Zhang Yichuan and others are going to attack Guanzhong with their whole army and martial arts. Gansu is the rear of the Marshal's Mansion. Zuo Liangyu is very keen to grasp the opportunity: Gansu is empty.

But this fighter is useless to Zuo Liangyu. Liu Chengzong will fight Shaanxi if he wants to fight Shaanxi, and Henan if he wants to fight Henan. What does it have to do with him?At most, he stationed his troops in Guide Mansion to protect the home of Hou Xun, the Minister of the Household Department, from being harmed by the rebels.

But this matter is very useful to some people, maybe it can be exchanged for someone to help him release Qiu Lei from the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Zuo Liangyu rolled his eyes, clasped his fists at He Renlong, went into the study of the Garrison Department, asked the military master to write a book for him, and sent someone to send it to Hong Chengchou in Ningxia.

The news of the emptiness in Gansu is too important to Hong Chengchou!
　good evening!

　　
　
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