Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 195 The three brothers of the Tan family, whoever dies without soldiers and horses?

Tan Jiajun, this is the name of the soldiers under the command of the three brothers of the Tan family to their own army.

Because this army has been completely controlled by the three brothers of the Tan family.

Of course, the emergence of this situation is not all due to the "ambition" of the three brothers, but also due to the current situation.

In the early years, the three brothers were Fang Guoan's subordinates.

As for Fang Guoan, at that time he was Zuo Liangyu's deputy general - not a direct descendant, but a subordinate deputy general.

From the 13th to the [-]th year of Chongzhen, Governor Yang Sichang mobilized a large army to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other bandits in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan and Hubei. Zuo Liangyu was among the troops mobilized.

At that time, whether it was Li Zicheng, or Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other bandits, they were all driven to a dead end.

Li Zicheng was forced to ride eighteen horses into Shangluo Mountain. When Zhang Xianzhong was at his worst, there were only a thousand people left to hide in the mountains and forests of Kuizhou Mansion.

It's a pity that at the critical moment, the eastern captives invaded the bandits. Not only Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were transferred away, but also other officers and soldiers from all walks of life were unable to cooperate to suppress the bandits due to insufficient military pay and distribution of military merits, so they could do their best...

The three brothers of the Tan family made contributions in that battle. Later, Tan Wen was appointed as a guerrilla, and Tan Hong and Tan Yi were appointed as guards, stationed in Badong.

In the next few years, they were often mobilized to participate in the siege and suppression of yellow bandits, and each was promoted to a higher level of official.

In addition, they came from the Tan family, a local tyrant in Wan County, and now they have become the largest official army in Kuizhou Prefecture.

Now the three of them have more than [-] servants (elite soldiers) and over [-] soldiers under their command.

As for the auxiliary soldiers, it depends on how many strong men they can catch.

There is no shortage of money and food for the support of the clan, and they secretly communicate with the yellow bandits, turning the war into a show. The three brothers have lived a comfortable life in the past few years.

It's a pity that Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan again, causing the world to turn upside down, and their good days were gone.

There is no way to dominate the inherent territory, but to avoid the mountains.

This is the reason why all the officers and soldiers in Kuizhou and the Thirteen Schools of Shaking Huang didn't like Zhang Xianzhong.

Fortunately, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated under the city of Chengdu, and Zhang Kewang shrank his troops to Chongqing.

Let them not only gain some military exploits in recovering the city for nothing, but also return to the wonderful little days before.

With these benefits, and considering that Chengdu defeated Zhang Xianzhong and surrendered a lot of Daxi troops, and now the army is quite strong, the three brothers of the Tan family, like the other leaders of the Kuizhou government, are still willing to listen to the orders of the Chengdu court.

In addition, Ma Gan had treated them well before, so the three brothers brought the team to Dazhou to obey their orders.

But listen to the order, these years have seen many annexations between the bandit army and the official army, the three brothers still have basic precautions.

No, as soon as the camp was set up, the three brothers gathered in the big tent and speculated about the intention of the Chengdu court to summon them.

"Do you even need to think about it? Isn't everything about Ma Qian mentioned in the text, and we are called together to wipe out the Huang Shisan family."

The third child, Tan Yi, was the tallest, the tallest and the strongest, with the simplest mind and the cruelest.

Regarding the deployment of the Chengdu court this time, he didn't think there was any deep meaning, that is, to fight.

The second child, Tan Hongsheng, is the most handsome and has a scholarly temperament, but in reality he is the most vicious and selfish.

Hearing this, he sneered and said, "You are so stupid, old man. If the people from Chengdu are really just to wipe out the yellow bandits, wouldn't it be more convenient for us to cooperate at the station?"

The boss, Tan Wen, was the most ordinary-looking. He heard the words, "Perhaps the people from Chengdu have other plans to suppress thieves. After all, they are all officers and soldiers. Since the orders have been handed down from above, we just need to cooperate."

Tan Hong looked at Tan Wen and said, "The one in Chengdu may not be a real dragon—I heard that the one in Chengdu Jianguo is a princess, but King Fu proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing in May.

Although the official army in Chengdu defeated Zhang Xianzhong, it is hard to say what will happen in the future. "

Tan Wen frowned and said, "It's not for us to talk about real dragons and fake dragons—and besides, Nanjing is so far away from Kuizhou, even if we want to seek refuge, is it enough?"

Tan Hong stopped talking, but his expression was gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Not long after, a messenger came and asked the generals of the army to listen to orders in Li Dingguo's big tent.

After the people left, Tan Hong immediately said: "Brother, I'm afraid this is not a Hongmen Banquet, why don't we go?"

Tan Wen was speechless, "This is for us to obey orders, are you going to blatantly resist orders?"

After finishing speaking, walk out of the big tent first.

Tan Hong followed behind, but deliberately pulled Tan Yi a few steps behind, and whispered in his ear: "Third brother, I don't know what will happen when we go, remember to follow the eyes of second brother."

Although Tan Hong always called Tan Yi stupid, it was nothing compared to Tan Wen's father's strict discipline.

So Tan Yi is still closer to his second elder brother Tan Hong.

He nodded when he heard the words, and said: "Second brother, don't worry, I will kill whoever you ask me to kill."

After hearing this, Tan Hong smiled happily and said, "Good brother, I will send you some fresh young women later on."

Tan Yi licked his lips, and said: "That's great, just a few days ago I caught some careless people, all of them died, and now I'm suffering from suffocation."

"What are you two doing haggling? Still not following?"

When Tan Wen's shout came, the two stopped muttering and quickened their pace to follow.

When they came to Li Dingguo's camp, they saw patrolling soldiers passing by and the military formation not far away, and the three brothers couldn't help exchanging glances—the army from Chengdu looked very elite.

After entering the big tent, seeing Wang Xueshi, Hu Yunfeng, Yao Yulin, and the nine inspectors from Kuizhou all arrived, Tan Hong was secretly relieved.

Since everyone has come, it means that it is unlikely that this meeting will be a Hongmen Banquet.

Not long after the three brothers entered the tent, three more people came, namely Li Dingguo, Yang Zhan and Ma Gan.

Li Dingguo took the coach seat without hesitation, while Ma Gan and Yang Zhan sat on the left and right hands respectively.

Then it was Ma Gan who spoke first.

"This is Li Zongbing, the Fourth Township of the Frontier Defense Army under the Supervisory Mansion, who was appointed to be the commander in charge of the extermination of the yellow bandits.

Surrounding the left side is Deputy General Yang, the third town of the Border Defense Army, who is the deputy commander of the bandit suppression. "

After Ma Gan's introduction, more than a dozen military leaders of Kuizhou Prefecture immediately saluted and greeted the two of them.

Li Dingguo and Yang Zhan also took the opportunity to introduce themselves and said a few polite words.

Immediately, Li Dingguo went straight to the topic of the meeting.

"According to the instructions of the Military Affairs Department of the Jian Guofu, the local battalion soldiers need to follow the previous example in Chengdu to carry out training by the Military Training Department, weed out the old, weak and those who do not obey military discipline, and discard the chaff and keep the chaff.

You also need to enter the general camp of the military training department to study for a period of time, and those who pass can continue to lead the army.

Some of Nian Er and others arrived in the state today, and this order will be implemented early tomorrow morning.

At that time, anyone who dares to delay or disobey will be dealt with by military law! "

Hearing these words, the three brothers of the Tan family, Wang Xueshi and others couldn't help being taken aback.

Not only because of the training, but also because of the way Li Dingguo spoke.

It should be noted that the generals were developing into warlords as the court repeatedly owed wages and suffered defeats.

Later, even if civil servants came to lead the army, few dared to order them so directly, and most of them negotiated with good words.

Therefore, when faced with such a tough order from Li Dingguo suddenly, the army leaders couldn't react for a while.

At this time, Ma Gan coughed beside him, which woke up the army leaders.

Realizing that they are all in other people's camp at this time, life and death are involuntary, so they bite the bullet and respond together: "Your order!"

After leaving Li Dingguo's camp, on the way back, Tan Hong couldn't help but said: "Brother, the Chengdu court is going to take our soldiers! If there are no more soldiers, don't we let ourselves be slaughtered?!"

Tan Wen frowned - he thought so too.

In the past many years, Emperor Chongzhen's rewards and punishments for generals depended on how many soldiers and horses they had.

Even if the soldiers under his command are strong and strong, even if they make mistakes, are impeached by civil officials in various ways, and are even defeated repeatedly, they will be relied on by Chongzhen and continue to increase their ranks.

But if you have no soldiers under your command, many people will blame you immediately, and you will be blamed for a lot of crimes. Chongzhen will not miss your hard work and sacrifice, and directly send someone to arrest and behead you. "To serve as an example to others".

Therefore, only those who have soldiers can save their lives and have wealth. This has become the consensus of the officers and generals in the late Ming Dynasty.

With this kind of awareness, even though Tan Wen wanted to be a follower, he was unwilling to hand over his soldiers and horses and become a fish on the chopping board.

Even Tan Yi hummed: "If you can't hand over soldiers, you will die if you do!"

Tan Wen didn't speak all the way, until he got back to his tent, he asked: "Then what do you think should be done?"

Tan Hong narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Since Li Dingguo has given time, we might as well discuss it with Wang Zongbing and the others to see what they mean."

"Okay." Tan Wen agreed.

Although the camps of the army chiefs in the Kuizhou Mansion are not adjacent to each other, they are far away from the camps of Li Dingguo, Yang Zhan and others. Overall, they are considered one piece, so it is very convenient to send news.

Half an hour later, thirteen military leaders, large and small, gathered in a newly erected tent.

"Tell me, can we hand over the soldiers and horses?"

Wang Xueshi was in her early fifties, with gray hair, but a stern look on Fengshuang's face.

It's just that compared to a few years ago, he has gained a lot of weight, his figure is out of shape, and his face is round. At this time, he is not like a general, but more like a rich landlord.

"Of course not." Hu Yunfeng opened his mouth to support first, and then looked at the three brothers of the Tan family, "You three don't want to hand over your troops, do you?"

Hu Yunfeng has always been at odds with San Tan, and this remark is to force them to become the opposite of everyone, and San Tan will naturally not be fooled.

Tan Hong jumped ahead of Tan Wen and said, "Since everyone is here to participate in the discussion, no one wants to hand over troops. Wang Zongbing, you are the oldest and the highest general here. If you have any resolutions, you may as well speak up."

Seeing that no one else raised any objections, Wang Xueshi said, "Okay, I'll just say it straight - when we entered Li Dingguo's barracks, everyone saw that the troops from Chengdu were quite elite, and we would definitely not be able to resist the military order.

In my opinion, it would be better to follow the common method of more than ten years ago and release the news that the Chengdu court will dismiss most of the soldiers, and they are not going to pay severance pay, so that the soldiers below will make trouble.

In this way, we can not only put pressure on Li Dingguo, Ma Gan and others, but also test their bottom line.

Maybe if there is a commotion, the matter will spread to Chengdu, let them know that there is nothing to do, and the matter of training will not be mentioned anymore. "

All the army leaders' eyes lit up when they heard this, and they thought to themselves: As expected of a veteran, there are so many evil ideas.

Immediately, all the army leaders went back to the camp to make arrangements.

In the afternoon, when the sun was in the west, some soldiers with less armor and disheveled clothes, like bandits and bandits, gathered more than a hundred steps away from the gate of the official camp in Chengdu.

In the eyes of these soldiers, this distance, except for cannons, cannot be hit by ordinary bows, crossbows and firecrackers, so it is considered a relatively safe distance.

Then some of the daring prostitutes and Bingliuzi yelled loudly——

"We don't agree!"

"Why dismiss us?!"

"I must give you an explanation today!"

"Let us decide the matter of the horse!"

"Lee Dingguo come out!"

(End of this chapter)