The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 20

The sun is setting in the western mountains, and the red clouds are all over the sky.

In Qiutou Town, the stench of blood has faded a lot, replaced by the aroma of rice porridge.

After the bandits retreated, Cao Wenzhao ordered the withdrawal of troops, and they withdrew all the way to Qiutou Town before stopping.

After dispatching some people to clean up the corpses inside and outside the town, the whole army entered Qiutou Town and set up camp.

The fire in Qiutou Town has dissipated, and many houses were burned down, but there are still many houses that can be used.

The low wall outside the town and the repelling horses left by some thieves also saved the time for building fortifications.

The great battle during the day made all the Ming soldiers feel exhausted. Except for the soldiers responsible for patrolling and guarding, there were no idlers walking around in the camp.

There is a compound with three entrances in Qiutou Town. Because it is located in the center and there is an attic that has not been destroyed, it has become the place where the Chinese army is stationed.

The mansion is luxuriously decorated. Although it has been looted several times, it can still be seen that it is extraordinary.

The owner of this house seems to be a scholar with a reputation. Chen Wang saw a study room when he led someone to clean it. Most of the valuable utensils in the study room were taken away, and the books were basically kept, but they were scattered. All over the place, some were trampled and crushed.

No corpses were seen in the mansion, but many bloodstains or torn clothes were seen. The owner was probably killed.

Qiutou Town has been occupied for some time, and the rotting corpses beside the dry river outside the town are the original residents of this town.

The person responsible for cleaning up the corpses outside the town filled it with soil and set up a memorial tablet for it with a wooden sign.

Those dead thieves were thrown to the other side and dealt with hastily. The result of the final treatment was just a big fire, and there was no saying that they could be buried in the ground.

As for whether there will be any resentful ghosts claiming their lives after the fire, or ghosts chasing their souls, to be honest, no one is worried.

Ordinary people basically believe in the existence of ghosts and monsters, but most of the old soldiers basically don't believe in them. They walked down from the mountains of corpses alive, and they believed that only the swords in their hands were there.

In the lobby, Cao Wenzhao had already removed his armor, and had changed into a crimson round-neck uniform and a black gauze hat. He was sitting on the right-hand side with a sullen expression on his face.

Chen Wang stood at the right rear of Cao Wenzhao's side with the Yanling knife on his waist. Apart from him, there were more than ten soldiers guarding other places in the hall. These people were all Cao Wenzhao's personal guards, including Chen Wang is inside.

There are a large number of family members, so naturally there are certain differences between closeness and distance.

There are hundreds of personal guards under Cao Wenzhao's direct leadership, and these hundred people are responsible for his daily life, travel and safety.

Chen Wang used to be a personal guard, and he followed Cao Wenzhao in and out of the Chinese army all the year round, but this was the first time he stood beside Cao Wenzhao, usually he would stand far away.

However, Chen Wang is not delighted by the improvement of his status now, because the atmosphere in the hall is quite depressing now, and there is a person kneeling on the ground in the hall.

The person kneeling in the hall is Cao Bianjiao.

As soon as he entered the lobby, before Cao Wenzhao could speak, Cao Bianjiao knelt down first, pleading guilty.

Cao Bianjiao knew that if he hadn't been greedy for meritorious deeds, he wouldn't have been subdued at all.

When he was leading the troops in pursuit, he knew that something was wrong when he heard the sound of the cannon from behind. When he returned and reunited with the troops, he knew that he had made a big mistake when he saw the corpses all over the ground.

In the end, I learned of the danger of this battle from the troops in the army, and I broke out in a cold sweat.

Cao Wenzhao looked at Cao Bianjiao who was kneeling on the ground and shook his head in disappointment.

"My repeated orders, you just ignore them."

Cao Wenzhao was furious in his heart, hating that iron cannot be made into steel.

"Do you know how many soldiers were lost in this battle?!"

All the soldiers in the three rounds in the front were trapped in the enemy's line. The Qianzong Sun Anshan in the front was wounded in several places. One person was killed and one was injured in the battle. Nearly 19 people were lost.

There were nearly 600 casualties, and the army under his command only had a total of more than [-] people.

One-fifth of casualties means that one out of every five people is killed in action.

Huge casualties have caused the morale of the army to be extremely low, and they have already lost the ability to attack again. It may take a long time to rest.

Cao Wenzhao closed his eyes and tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart. He even had the idea of ​​asking the left and right to push Cao Bianjiao out and behead him in order to show the public justice.

However, this idea was eventually suppressed by him.

"Since my military order can't control you, don't follow me anymore. You are a general, so you can lead a battalion alone."

"At the meeting, I asked Marshal Hong to transfer you to another department and let you lead the army alone."

"uncle……"

Cao Bianjiao was startled and raised his head suddenly.

"Don't call me uncle, how dare I be your uncle?"

Cao Wenzhao stood up and sneered.

"It is better to be robbed by the bandits than to be stopped by the Cao soldiers. The bandits can only rob, but the Cao soldiers can do endless harm. The bandits rob the people's wealth, and the Cao soldiers kill the people."

"What you did in the south, you were stabbed to the court, burned houses, raped women, extorted property, what are you afraid to do?"

Cao Bianjiao's face changed, and he argued hastily.

"Uncle Mingjian, all the things that harmed the people were the actions of Jiang Ding, who was surrendered by my nephew. After hearing the news, my nephew has ordered all the soldiers who killed good soldiers to be ruled by military law."

After he placed those surrendered soldiers, he was ordered to continue to suppress the bandits without stopping, but he never thought that those surrendered soldiers would be so bold that they dared to cholera the village after surrendering.

After knowing this, he immediately returned to the division, hanged them all, and ruled them all, but some things were irreversible.

Cao Bianjiao's words eased Cao Wenzhao's expression a little, and he also calmed down, realizing his gaffe.

"But once and never again, this is the last chance, go and get fifty army sticks by yourself, don't get in my eyes anymore here"

Cao Wenzhao sat down again, waved his hand, sighed, and repelled Cao Bianjiao.

Standing behind Cao Wenzhao, Chen Wang watched Cao Wenzhao teach Cao Bianjiao a lesson.

Although Cao Wenzhao is known as the number one general of the Ming Dynasty, in fact Cao Bianjiao in history is far more famous than Cao Wenzhao.

In the later stage of the Songjin battle, the last decisive battle in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Ming army suffered a disastrous defeat, and Jinzhou and Songshan were besieged by the Qing army.

Turge took the lead in shooting at the enemy, Irden and the Minister of Internal Affairs, the imperial clan Xihan organized their troops to resist the battle, Cao Bianjiao was defeated and fled.

Cao Bianjiao led his soldiers and sneaked out of the city after nightfall, and went straight to the Qing army's Zhenghuangqi camp, beheading the Qing army's assistant leader Zhang Guli, and all the Qing troops guarding the outer camp were defeated.

That night Huang Taiji was planning to attack Songshan here, and he did not expect the Ming army's surprise attack at all.

The son-in-law Dorji, the Minister of Internal Affairs Buyan, and Ta Zhan who were near the Chinese army led troops to help one after another, but they were all defeated by Cao Bianjiao.

The guards of the Zhenghuang Banner guarding the Chinese army were almost killed, and the situation was in jeopardy.

Cao Bianjiao was only a little short of being able to break into the Chinese army and behead Huang Taiji, making an incomparable feat.

It's a pity that in the end the Qing soldiers occupied the camp and shot arrows desperately. Cao Bianjiao was shot, and he was injured many times in the previous fight.

The Qing army also reacted in the chaos, and rushed to help the Chinese army from all directions, and the Qing army gathered more and more.

Cao Bianjiao was seriously injured, seeing that there was no hope of breaking into the inner camp, he could only choose to retreat helplessly.

In the end, after the Qing soldiers attacked Songshan by relying on internal forces, Cao Bianjiao also died in Songshan.

Chen Wang stared at Cao Bianjiao's leaving back, he could clearly notice the changes in Cao Bianjiao's body.

In the past, whether Cao Bianjiao was sitting or standing, he felt like an unsheathed sharp knife, showing his sharpness and domineering, but he also had such capital.

Since the army, Cao Bianjiao has been almost invincible and invincible.

But now Cao Bianjiao put away all these sharpness.

"Chen Wang."

Cao Wenzhao's voice suddenly sounded.

Although Chen Wang's eyes were on the back of Cao Bianjiao who was going away, he kept his mind on Cao Wenzhao's body, and when he heard the voice calling his name, he bowed his head slightly in response.

"exist."

"sit."

Cao Wenzhao pointed to the seat beside him with a concise tone.

Chen Wang was not pretentious, walked steadily to the seat, then turned around and sat down.

Cao Wenzhao looked Chen Wang up and down.

Chen Wang felt a little uncomfortable. Being stared at by Cao Wenzhao was like being stared at by a tiger in the forest.

Cao Wenzhao's aura is too strong, even worse than that of a tiger.

Tigers can't kill dozens of people on the battlefield and fight for miles.

Cao Wenzhao seemed to want to see him thoroughly.

After a while, Cao Wenzhao spoke the second sentence.

"You've been following me for years."

Chen Wang was slightly taken aback, he had a lot of drafts in his mind about the questions he might ask when talking to Cao Wenzhao.

From the place of Yufu all the way to Qiutou Town for more than ten miles, Chen Wang had already thought of most of the problems on the road.

But Cao Bianzhao first asked how many years he had been with him.

Chen Wang didn't answer immediately, but recalled it first, the memory was indeed too long.

"It's been almost eight years since I returned to the general."

After thinking for a while, Chen Wang replied.

"Eight years..."

Cao Wenzhao frowned slightly, and then relaxed it again.

"Has it been eight years..."

Cao Wenzhao was a little disappointed, but he quickly adjusted his mood.

"I wanted to release you to be the head of the banner a long time ago, but you were always acting alone at that time, so I didn't release you in the end."

Cao Wenzhao looked at Chen Wang, he felt very strange now, feeling that Chen Wang was both familiar and unfamiliar.

"During the day today, you finally led the front team as the army, and you did a good job."

"At the front, there are two divisions and eight bureaus. The hundred bosses of the four bureaus are gone, and the general manager of one division is gone."

Chen Wang's heart skipped a beat, but he still had to put on a calm look and maintain his previous image.

"When the time comes to recruit troops again, we must set up a new hundred and general."

Cao Wenzhao paused for a moment, then continued.

"Accidentally, I let you go to be the president of the first game, are you willing?"

Cao Wenzhao's tone eased a lot, and the depressing aura dissipated a lot.

Chen Wang's eyes brightened slightly. His original psychological expectation was that he would be the head of a banner, and he would be in charge of more than 30 people.

Now Cao Wenzhao directly mentioned Bai Zong to him, and he was in charge of more than 100 people in a bureau, directly promoted to a level.

It's not that the promotion to an official position in the military is more difficult the higher you go, but it's the hardest when you're in the middle and lower ranks, because that's when the restrictions are the most.

Although Chen Wang also wanted to be reserved, he finally nodded at the first moment.

"I would like to share my worries for the general."

Cao Wenzhao didn't have too many twists and turns, and he always went straight, otherwise he wouldn't be unhappy with a person like Hong Chengchou, making Hong Chengchou unwilling to show credit for him.

"Okay, I'll fill you up with an army pawn in a while, and ask someone to take you to familiarize yourself with military affairs."

Chen Wang was afraid that he would be reserved, so Cao Wenzhao took back the position of Baizong.

The generals Qian Zong, Ba Zong, and Bai Zong in the army were all from the family of generals, because they are easy to control and their loyalty is guaranteed.

However, this kind of promotion is not based on any military exploits, but the direct selection of generals.

Appoint a hundred generals or generals, and you can lose your position with just some military exploits. After all, you are a soldier of the camp.

Generally, as a servant, it is extremely simple to obtain military exploits on the battlefield.

"Replenishment from above, it will take some time, I will save the general position for you."

"After you manage the affairs of the bureau well, and after a few battles, I will recommend you to be the general manager."

Before Chen Wang could react, Cao Wenzhao's words raised him to another level.

Chen Wang's eyelids twitched slightly. This is no longer a three-level promotion. Captain, Banner, Bai Zong, and Ba Zong are four levels in a row. Counting deputy positions, it is directly eighth level. It's like riding a rocket. .

"Thank you, General, for your attention. I must have worked hard for my humble position."

Chen Wang stood up, bowed his hands and acted as if he was willing to do his best.

"By the way, did you come up with the method of shooting at the rear of the palace yourself, or did you see it from other places?"

Cao Wenzhao raised his hand and pressed down, signaling Chen Wang to sit down.

"The method of burst shooting was accidentally heard while chatting with people from the Southern Army."

Chen Wang sat down again, still acting cautiously, and explained.

Now he had to behave similarly to Chen Wang, so that no one would feel strange about him.

"It is said that it is a group of three. After No. 1 has finished firing the firecracker, the second person will fire the firecracker, and the third person will fire the gun at the end. Charge."

"When I saw the bandit cavalry, I also came up with a solution out of desperation."

When I was in Henan before, I did cooperate with many southern troops.

The Southern Army had a lot of firearms, most of which were bird guns, and then there were large and small Francois machine guns.

Cao Wenzhao has also read Ji Xiao's new book, and he knows a lot about firearms. The Shenji Camp has a method of shooting in bursts, which is not new.

What's new is that Chen Wang was able to immediately come up with this method under that situation, and improved the tactics according to local conditions.

Observing the subtleties, not being afraid in times of danger, not chaotic in the face of battle, well-organized, he can serve as a vanguard or as a central army.

　Two chapters in one, the number of words is not short, the update is late today, I am really sorry, there are a lot of accidents these days, people are already numb

　　
　
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