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

Chapter 239 The decree arrives

Wang Dou shouted: "The Ming Dynasty is mighty, the governors are mighty, and all the soldiers are mighty."

Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin behind him both looked at Wang Dou and nodded, and Yang Guozhu's weathered face was also shining.

Wang Dou is brave and capable of fighting, but he is not arrogant or impetuous. It is really rare to know how to put himself, a superior, in front.What's even more rare is his loyalty. Knowing that he might offend Duchen Chen, he still led the army to follow Duchen Lu without hesitation.

It is Duchen Lu's blessing to have such subordinates, his own blessing.He was even more determined to win over Wang Dou as his confidant.Guo Yingxian, his own general in the Chinese army, also grinned openly, looking at Wang Dou who kept shouting with joy.Zhang Yan, a general of Xuanfu, also secretly sighed that Wang Dou's rise to fame was definitely not a fluke. Although he was a general of Xuanfu, he couldn't underestimate Wang Dou, a guerrilla general.

Hu Dawei nodded frequently, only Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, looked at Yang Guozhu with envy and jealousy, why didn't he have such subordinates?
After a long time, the thunderous "mighty" sound gradually weakened.

Lu Xiangsheng looked around, all the soldiers under Wang Dou's command looked proud, he smiled at Wang Dou and said: "The soldiers are available, Wang Dou, you lead the tiger and wolf division, and you have such a great victory. The timidity of the thieves has been greatly reduced. Now that the army has sufficient food and grass, the governor will soon be able to find slaves for a decisive battle to dampen his arrogance."

Soon, all Wang Dou's horses and vehicles entered the camp. Lu Xiangsheng personally checked the grain and grass of each vehicle. His face was full of joy and amazement, especially when he saw the horse meat.Suddenly he felt that the food and grass were a little short, and it seemed that it was not enough to feed ten thousand people for a month.Yang Guozhu and others also saw this problem.

He asked Wang Dou, and Wang Dou said: "You don't have to worry about it. In the end, there is a batch of grain and grass stored in a certain place in Baoding Mansion. It is about thousands of shi. In total, the army can eat it for a month. There is absolutely no problem at all."

Lu Xiangsheng was startled, but then he understood, he shook his head, and gave Wang Dou a look: "You go out of the country casually, and you have traveled so far."

Wang Dou looked around and said to him, "Minister, the soldiers have been hungry and cold for a long time, so let's distribute the food and grass."

Just now, Lu Xiangsheng and Wang Dou's words, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, Wang Pu and others all heard their ears. The words of these two people are a bit... that Wang Dou... Ignore this matter for the time being, and after everyone heard Wang Dou's words, But they all became nervous, Lu Xiangsheng murmured: "Wang Dou, these grains..."

Wang Dou clasped his fists and saluted, "Please follow the instructions of Duchen Lu and Yang Junmen."

Yang Guozhu said in a deep voice: "Minister, General Wang has transported food for thousands of miles. Naturally, the officers and troops in his headquarters need to save a month's worth of food and grass. Most of the meat should also belong to him."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded slowly. Yang Guozhu's proposal was reasonable. Wang Pu opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't say it in the end.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "It should be like this. The governor will distribute the food and grass, and the distribution will be fair, so that the food and rations of the soldiers in the towns will not be short."

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"The food is distributed, the food is distributed."

There are more than 1 soldiers in the three towns of Xuanda, and the camp set up can be said to be huge, and it feels like it can't see the edge.But at this time, the huge camp was full of laughter and laughter. The generals in charge of food and grass in each town led the generals in their own camps, happily carrying bags of grain and rice back.

After being hungry for so long, today is finally the day when I can have a hearty meal.There is also a large amount of horse meat, which can be eaten happily today.

"Come, come, brother, you can handle it well."

Zhong Tiaoyang was in charge of the grain and grass supplies in the army. He commanded the soldiers under his command to unceasingly pull the grain and grass in the chariots and horses.Although the food and grass in the army continued to decrease, the soldiers in command were still full of spirits. Looking at the grateful allies, they felt a sense of superiority in their hearts.

The lieutenant generals of Wang Doujun knew that the adults had hoarded a large amount of food and grass in Baoding Mansion, Zhending Mansion and other places. When they arrived in these places, everyone would definitely not go hungry.On the one hand, everyone lamented that the general's vision was far and wide, and he had hoarded so much food early on, so that the army would not have to worry about hunger or cold.

Looking at the endless stream of food-moving soldiers from various towns, and the joyful expressions on their faces, Lu Xiangsheng sighed: "I am ashamed, I have been with the governor for so long, and the soldiers can only have a full meal today."

At this time, it was almost noon, and after the officers and soldiers of the towns brought back the food, they couldn't wait to start a fire to cook food. There was a curl of cooking smoke from all over the camp, and the smell of food and meat wafted in the wind.There were bursts of laughter from time to time, and when the soldiers ate hot meals, delicious broth, and even large pieces of horse meat, many of them shed tears in a daze.

In Lu Xiangsheng's big tent of the Chinese army, the generals of the three towns and their relatives sat around the tent, they didn't care to talk, they all gobbled it up, and there was a strange chewing sound in the tent.

Wang Dou sat on the upper side of Yang Guozhu's lower head. He slowly ate the rice in his mouth, chewed the horse meat slowly, and occasionally drank the broth.From time to time, he raised his head and quietly looked at the pictures of everyone in the tent.Yang Guozhu in front of him didn't raise his head after he buried it.Looking at Guo Yingxian next to him, holding a fat and huge piece of meat with both hands, he hated himself for eating too slowly.There is also Zhang Yan, the general of the Xuanfu, who no longer looks calm, gnashing his teeth, red-eyed, just fighting with a huge piece of meat, and wiping his runny nose with his sleeve from time to time.

On the opposite side, Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, held a piece of meat with wet hands, took a bite from the left and another from the right, and ate with great enjoyment.His helmet has been taken off, and a few strands of hair flutter to his face from time to time. Wang Dou has watched him flip his hair back dozens of times.

No one has cared about pretending to be gentle in front of Lu Xiangsheng, including Lu Xiangsheng himself, who is also a voracious eater. He is a filial piety for his father and does not eat meat. However, he can eat four or five bowls of sweet sorghum rice in the blink of an eye. I also quickly changed a pot of tea.

Yang Tinglin, who was sitting next to him, gnawed a piece of fatty horse meat, his mouth was full of oil, and he said to himself: "It's strange, how could this old man not think that this horse meat is so delicious in the past."

The munching and chewing monsters rang out in the tent for a long time, and everyone finally regained their composure, showing the appearance of a senior general of the Ming Dynasty.

Lu Xiangsheng laughed loudly, raised the pot and poured a cup of tea, stood up and said: "Today, General Wang came to help from a thousand miles away, bringing food and grass that the army urgently needed, and a recent victory, beheading more than 670 ranks, greatly boosted the morale of our army. Come, everyone General, let's raise our glasses to General Wang."

Everyone in the tent hurriedly poured a cup of tea, then burst into loud voices, "Congratulations to the governor, congratulations to the general Wang."

Everyone drank it.

Lu Xiangsheng laughed loudly and sat down. He looked around the crowd with piercing eyes: "Now our army has enough food and grass. After the soldiers rest for a few days, more than [-] soldiers of our army will donate blood and pledge to fight as the main force to find slaves and beat the enemy."

Everyone shouted in unison: "Kill the enemy and serve the country, beat the enemy bandits hard."

Wang Dou also roared a few times along with the crowd, and then sat down.

However, when he looked behind everyone's shouts, he had hidden thoughts. Of course, he was afraid. After all, the Qing army was powerful and prestigious. The tens of thousands of soldiers were going head-to-head with the Qing soldiers. have opinions.

Moreover, at this time, the generalization of the generals is becoming more and more obvious. In the face of a strong enemy, many people have the desire to preserve their strength.Even if Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu, a character with both loyalty and righteousness in history, inevitably has such thoughts.For these generals, the control of the leading civilian officials has been declining, and Lu Xiangsheng's prestige in Xuanda actually has this problem.More importantly, Chen Xinjia took away more than half of his standard supervision battalion, leaving hundreds of Tianwei troops, but they were the weakest of the 1 people.

Sure enough, Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, got up quickly and said: "Minister, the slaves are powerful. Compared with the slaves, our more than ten thousand soldiers are still too weak. Is it too early for a decisive battle with the slaves?"

Lu Xiangsheng frowned. It is true that he can only encourage the generals of the towns with loyalty, but he dare not punish them too severely for fear of triggering accidents.

He said softly: "Mr. Wang, slaves and thieves are raging all over the Ming Dynasty. The people have long hoped that the king's master will be upside down, defeat the fierce front of the captives, and end the suffering of captives and burning disasters. As the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, we should not hesitate to die to repay the country's kindness. How can you be afraid of the power of the captive cavalry and dare not speak up?"

He glanced at Wang Dou: "General Wang's great victory has proved that our soldiers can also deal heavy setbacks with captive cavalry as long as they have the heart to serve the country. There is nothing to fear from them."

Wang Pu gave a dry laugh, and sat down with a somewhat embarrassing expression.

Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei groaned for a while, Lu Xiangsheng looked forward to calling Wang Dou: "General Wang, what do you think?"

All the generals in the tent, except for the three commanders, were named Wang Dou, which shows that Lu Xiangsheng attaches great importance to and expects Wang Dou.

Hearing Lu Xiangsheng's voice, all eyes were cast on Wang Dou.

Wang Dou stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Duchen, the general has something to say at the end, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "General Wang, please tell me."

Wang Dou said: "As Wang Junmen said, the captive cavalry are powerful, and I declare that the officers and soldiers have been hungry and tired for a long time. It is indeed too early to say a decisive battle with the slaves at this time. Why don't you send more sentry cavalry to find out where there are small cavalry? To share the enemy's army, I declared that more than ten thousand soldiers will attack with thunder, one side can get rid of the suffering of harassment, and the other side can also train the army. After the soldiers are recuperated, they will no longer have the heart of fear, so they can find a large army of slave cavalry to fight."

As soon as Wang Dou finished his words, Wang Pu praised: "Wonderful, what General Wang said is very reasonable. At a young age, he has the demeanor of a famous general. It's rare, rare."

He gave Wang Dou a thumbs up, with a look of admiration on his face.

Yang Guozhu glanced at him, got up and said solemnly: "The governor, the last general also thinks that General Wang's words are serious. I declare that there are only more than ten thousand officers and soldiers, and they are hungry and tired. At this time, the decisive battle of the slave-seeking army is indeed true. Not in time."

Everyone in the tent said so, and Wang Dou, who had won two great victories, also agreed that it is better to be prudent. Lu Xiangsheng frowned. He pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Forget it, let the soldiers rest for a whole day. There is a group of slaves in Du County, the number of which is no more than a few thousand, three days later, our army will move to Qingdu to wipe out all these slaves."

Having said that, he slapped his palm on the desk with a loud bang.

Hearing that there were only a few thousand Qing soldiers there, Wang Pu felt relieved, and he announced that there were more than 1 officers and soldiers, and there was a strong general like Wang Dou, so what was there to be afraid of?He first shouted: "You should follow the governor and get off the saddle, kill thieves and make meritorious service, and serve the court."

Everyone in the tent roared loudly, Lu Xiangsheng was very happy to see that the military spirit was available, he was about to say something, suddenly a personal guard rushed into the tent and reported a few words to him.

Lu Xiangsheng stood up in surprise: "The capital is here to envoy, did you bring the imperial decree?"

Everyone in the tent was alarmed, Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly adjusted his clothes, and led the generals out of the tent to welcome them.Before everyone stepped out of the tent, they heard a shrill voice from outside: "The imperial decree has arrived, Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu, Wang Dou accept the decree!"

(End of this chapter)