A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 238 Victory Reunion
Yang Tinglin was nearly fifty years old, and he had the aloofness of a literati in his demeanor, with a big beard hanging down to his chest.

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng saw him, he said expectantly: "Boxiang, what's the matter, is the magistrate of Qingyuan willing to give food?"

Yang Tinglin's face was full of resentment, he shook his head and said, "Zuo Huaibi, magistrate of Qingyuan County, refused to supply food and grass on the grounds that there was no food in the city. Brother Yu took your handwritten order to reprimand him sternly, but he ignored him at all, and brother Yu had no choice."

Lu Xiangsheng stood blankly for a long time, knowing that Zhang Qiping, the governor of Baoding, and Zuo Huaibi, the county magistrate of Qingyuan, figured out what the scholar Yang Sichang meant, and they wanted to cut off the food and pay for his army.Since he served as the Queen, he was not afraid of fighting the Qing soldiers, but the internal constraints from the courtiers exhausted him physically and mentally.

Yang Tinglin resented for a long time, stroked his beard and murmured: "Duke Ming, for the present plan, we had to move our troops to the three prefectures in the south of Jinan. Duke Ming has been a famous man for a long time, and the local people are quite loyal. In addition, the territory is not very dilapidated, so it is convenient to raise food and grass. After our army recharges its batteries, we will fight Dongnu to the death."

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head, he finally made up his mind, and said to Yang Tinglin: "Bo Xiang, you and I will go to Zhending and beg for food with the local people, and I will serve the country with the death of my soldiers!"

Yang Tinglin said anxiously: "My lord, absolutely not. Our teacher is hungry and tired. It is inevitable that there will be more dangers than good luck against the powerful enemy. It is better to move to Jinan."

Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng's expression remained still, he waited to persuade him again. At this moment, the two of them suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing from the north of the camp, and some horsemen galloped towards them.
The sentry cavalry in the camp also went up to meet them, and soon, Chen An, Lu Xiangsheng's relative, excitedly led several Wang Doujun Zhongyebu to come in a hurry.

The leader of the team was Li Youde who was not accepted at night in Wang Dou's army. He rolled off his horse and led several subordinates to pay respects to Lu Xiangsheng. Baoshui, we will arrive in Baoding soon!"

"The general said that he brought a large amount of food and grass with the army. Please don't run around and wait for the general's horses and chariots to arrive!"

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned: "Wang Dou is here, and he brought a large amount of food and grass?"

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Soon, the news that Wang Dou came and brought a large amount of food and grass with the army spread, which immediately caused a sensation among the officers and soldiers of the three towns of Xuanda.

Wang Dou was brave and good at fighting, and he had beheaded more than 220 people in the eastern suburbs of the capital. Everyone knows this.I also know that when the troops were divided, Wang Dou was assigned to the new Xuanda Governor Chen Xinjia. How could he come to Baoding?The crowd didn't care about it for the time being, they only knew that Wang Dou had brought a large amount of food and grass, and the more than 1 officers and soldiers would be saved.

As the explosive news spread, immediately dense crowds of Xuanda officers and soldiers flocked to the north of the tent to look over there.Yang Guozhu, the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, and Hu Dawei, the chief military officer of Shanxi Town, all rushed to Lu Xiangsheng's side with their own generals after hearing the news. Excited.

From Changping to the eastern suburbs of the capital, and then thousands of miles to Baoding, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town Wang Pu, the gorgeous armor on his body has dimmed a lot, and his handsome face in the past is also quite haggard. Obviously, he has eaten a lot with Lu Xiangsheng these days bitter.

He even found a chance to politely say to Li Youde: "This general."

Li Youde had met Wang Pu from afar, and knew that he was the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, but now he was so polite to him, and he was proud in his heart, but he didn't dare to neglect him, so he hurriedly saluted: "Don't dare to work, Wang Junmen is called so, Dare to ask what is the important matter of the army?"

Wang Pu said cordially: "General Wang came with the car, how much food and grass did you bring?"

The surrounding people also raised their ears to listen.

Li Youde made a quick calculation in his heart. Since he had seized a lot of chariots and horses from Gaolizhuang, and hauled them with four hundred captured Tartar war horses, the grain and grass he carried was already close to four thousand shi, plus the processed horse meat, etc. .It is estimated that it can supply more than 1 horses in the three towns of Xuanda, as well as its own army of more than 3000 for half a month.

But what Wang Pu and others didn't know was that Wang Dou had hoarded more than 3000 stone grains and rice in a camp not far from Baoding City. In this way, the 3000-strong army could eat for a month. .

He proudly replied: "Our security army carries a lot of food and grass with them. Even after the general joins the army gates, the food and grass carried by the army can still feed the army for a month."

There were exclamations everywhere, and everyone didn't know how Wang Dou got this batch of grain and grass, but it didn't matter, the important thing was that the grain came.

Wang Pu immediately said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Minister, the last general is willing to lead the army to meet General Wang immediately, in case of accidents."

Yang Guozhu glanced at Wang Pu, and said: "Minister, General Wang is the army of Xuanzhen, and the last general is the general of Xuanzhen. I would like to send my own generals to meet him immediately."

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help nodding, he was also very excited, Wang Dou...how did he get this batch of grain?How to come to Baoding?He asked Li Youde, but Li Youde only said that he would know the matter after General Wang arrived.

He laughed loudly: "There is no need for you generals to argue, the governor will send General Chen to go immediately."

He ordered a few times, and immediately his own general, Chen An, led hundreds of troops from the superintendent battalion, and followed Li Youde and others, heading north.

Lu Xiangsheng and the others waited eagerly in front of the camp. About an hour later, accompanied by Chen An's soldiers and horses, Wang Dou's army came in order. .

To the delight of Lu Xiangsheng and the others, Wang Dou's army was filled with hundreds of vehicles, all of which must have been carrying grain and baggage.

Wang Dou had never received such a welcome before. Lu Xiangsheng, the commander-in-chief of the three towns, and their relatives all came out to greet him densely, and there were also Xuanda officers and soldiers who were lying on the edge of the tent and pointing excitedly.

When Wang Dou came in front of the crowd, he saw Lu Xiangsheng in sackcloth and straw shoes at first sight, and the generals in armor behind him.

Wang Dou jumped off his horse to pay homage, Lu Xiangsheng's expression was a little excited, suddenly his face sank, and he shouted: "Wang Dou, did you escape from Chen Gong's command privately?"

Wang Dou lay on the ground without saying a word, Lu Xiangsheng's tone was quite severe, and he just remained motionless.

The soldiers of the three towns next to him also guessed that Wang Dou came here privately, and they all comforted him: "General Wang is full of loyalty to the governor, he has transported food for thousands of miles, and the pommel horse is tired, so why not go to the camp to talk?"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Wang Dou, the whole army was in a desperate situation, only Wang Dou Qianli led the army to help, and he also brought the food and grass that the army urgently needed. His thoughts are extremely rare.Lu Xiangsheng was moved and pleased, and couldn't bear to reprimand him. He made Wang Dou stand up, and sighed softly: "Wang Dou, you are too reckless. Mr. Chen is now the governor of Xuanda, and you will return to Xuanzhen in the future..."

He pondered for a while, and said: "Forget it, in the future, I will at least come to Mr. Chen's tent to explain a thing or two."

Hearing the deep concerns and worries in his tone, Wang Dou was even more willing to show his face to Chen Xinjia to explain, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about the governor. When he was about to leave, he left a 650 seven-level He must have been too happy to capture the head of a slave thief, so how could he blame the last general?"

"Beheaded level 650 again?"

Everyone looked at Wang Dou in horror, and Lu Xiangsheng couldn't believe it either. He stared at Wang Dou and said, "Wang Dou, you mean, when the governor led the army to go south, there were a large number of slaves who invaded your place, so you captured so much money." many?"

Wang Dou smiled and said: "No, the army was short of food and grass, so the last general led the army to Zhangjiawan to plunder the slaves. Encountered enemies on the way, and after the bloody battle, these heads were captured. After the slaves fled, our army continued to Zhangjiawan. Jiawan, after grabbing the food and grass, and giving the head to Chen Duchen, the last general led the army south."

Lu Xiangsheng and the others looked at each other. Yang Tinglin, who was beside Lu Xiangsheng, had been stroking his beard all the time, but now he almost tore off some of his long beards. He looked at the young general in front of him with incredible eyes, and said Muttering and sighing softly: "Peerless fierce general, the fortune of Ming Dynasty..."

Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, asked in a deep voice: "General Wang, how many slaves and horses did you meet on the road?"

Wang Dou made a calculation and said, "There are about [-] slaves in armor, including the unarmored slaves."

Everyone in the field was silent. After a long time, Yang Guozhu said: "The bravery of General Wang..."

He shook his head, but couldn't continue. If he didn't believe what Wang Dou said, where did the food come from?Yang Guozhu also saw that some of the soldiers in Wang Dou's army were wearing the captured Tartar armor in a mixed manner, which further proved that what he said was true.

Both Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, and Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, exchanged glances with the relatives beside them, and then stared at Wang Dou.

In order to prepare food and grass, Wang Dou dared to take the initiative to attack a large group of slaves with [-] soldiers, and even won the field battle. He gained so much, this kind of military achievement cannot be concealed!A brilliant general star of Ming Dynasty has risen. After this battle, Wang Dou will definitely cause a sensation in the government and the public, and his light cannot be blocked.Perhaps when Wang Dou led the army to the south, the imperial court was not sure how to publicize the great victory. Even if Wang Dou led the army to the south privately, he would be ignored by everyone intentionally or unintentionally, and he would find various reasons to explain it.

Hu Dawei glanced at Yang Guozhu with a smile, Wang Dou has made great contributions, and his old friend will naturally rise with the tide, and Hu Dawei is happy for Yang Guozhu in his heart.Wang Pu glanced at Yang Guozhu with some jealousy. There is such a strong general in Xuanfu Town, so Yang Guozhu will get all the money.

Lu Xiangsheng faced the north, saluted respectfully, muttered something in his mouth, turned to Wang Dou, looked at him and said softly: "Okay, Wang Dou, you have had a hard journey, so let's go to the camp to rest. Bar."

He personally took Wang Dou's hand and let him walk by his side, and several generals and generals followed behind.

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Wang Dou's army entered the camp mighty and mighty. They were all well-nourished and full of energy. Everyone was wearing fine armor and bright red wool overcoats.Keep warm and energetic in this cold winter weather.It was in stark contrast with the Xuanda officers and soldiers in the battalion who had tattered armor, disheveled faces, and exhausted spirits.

But seeing Wang Dou's army rolling in, there was only excitement and gratitude on everyone's face, but there was no trace of jealousy.Many people even pointed at the hundreds of vehicles that came with the army, talking excitedly with each other.

The news that Wang Doujun had beheaded 650 Level [-] was spreading rapidly all over the camp at this time, and a voice came out from nowhere: "General Wang is mighty."

This voice immediately elicited a response, and the chaotic voices finally merged into one: "Mighty! Mighty! Mighty!"

More than 1 soldiers in the three towns of Xuanda cheered for Wangdou's army.

(End of this chapter)