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

Chapter 422 Everyone is rude!

Wang Dou turned around and saw that there were soldiers like tigers in command, Sun Yingyuan, Huang Degong, and Zhang Yingyuan, Zhou Yuji and others. They were followed by a large group of generals.
The speaker was Sun Yingyuan, the chief soldier of the Beijing camp. He was in his 40s, with a majestic expression. He wore a cloud-wing helmet and a long body armor.From the shoulders to the arms, there is also a pair of arms with fine nails and shiny.
There is also a girdle around his waist, on which are hung bows and arrows, swords and other things. When he walks around, his arms and feet show the bright red big red python clothes from time to time.
Not only Sun Yingyuan dressed up like this, but also Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji, and all the generals of the Beijing camp behind them.
However, the personal guards behind them, apart from cloud-wing helmets and arms, wore long body armor in the style of dark armor, which was lined with armor leaves and not exposed outside.Everyone's armor is dark red, and they look like red clouds in the distance. This is the reason why the Ming army is known as the "Red Army".
The officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp were dressed in the most orthodox armor style of the Ming Dynasty, and they looked mighty and extraordinary.In particular, Sun Yingyuan, Huang Degong, and Zhou Yuji were the famous generals of the Beijing camp. The army under their command can be said to be the last military force in the Beijing camp. They were highly praised by Emperor Chongzhen.
Seeing Sun Yingyuan speak, Wang Dou cupped his hands and said with a smile: "So it's Zongbing Sun, I will meet the general at the end."
He also gave Huang Degong, who was as fierce as a tiger, Zhou Yuji and others made a circle bow.
Sun Yingyuan smiled and said: "It's all robes, why bother to be polite."
He looked at Wang Dou carefully, and sighed: "As early as a few years ago, I heard about the general's name, but it's a pity that I can't see him."
Looking at the generals behind Wang Dou, as well as the guards, they showed admiration, and then sighed: "There are all brave soldiers, no wonder they can kill the thief!"
He said, "I'll introduce you."
Pointing to the burly and bearded Huang Degong beside him, he said, "Just call him Huang Chuangzi."
Huang Degong opened his mouth wide and laughed: "I like that, brothers in the army, they all call me that."
He spoke with a slight Anhui accent. Wang Dou knew that although he was from Kaiyuan, Liaodong, his ancestors were from Hefei, so it was not surprising to have such an accent.
Sun Yingyuan pointed at Zhou Yuji, who was serious in speech and seemed rather honest, and said: "This one is more rigid, you can just see him with military etiquette."
In the end, he pointed to the vicissitudes-faced fierce tiger wearing a bright helmet and a heavy old cloak, and said, "This is the thief-suppressing president. Shuai took revenge."
Meng Ruhu's complexion was complex, chasing and suppressing Zhang Xianzhong, he suffered the most, his son Meng Xianjie and nephew Meng Zhong died in battle, all the Dazhu army amulets were lost, and it cannot be said that Wang Dou's victory in Xiangyang was wrong, he just sighed.
Ma Zhi, the Chinese army officer behind him, felt aggrieved, and muttered, "Isn't it a coincidence that you happened to meet a thief?"
Although his voice was low, Wang Dou and others heard it. Behind him, Xie Yike and Gao Shiyin were all furious. They were about to scold back when they were as fierce as a tiger. Is there any luck? If you meet a thief in Xiangyang, maybe take his head? Maybe destroy his two thousand fine horses?"
Ma Zhi was scolded so much that he had no choice but to bow his head and remain silent. He also knew that although Wang Dou is now a general like himself, but he has made great contributions to both, and he will be promoted in a blink of an eye, and will be on an equal footing with Meng Ruhu and others. But I can't compare it.
Besides, when they entered Xiangyang City, they also saw the extremely elite Shunxiang Army on the city.Hearing that such an army, Wang Dou actually has [-] troops inside and outside Xiangyang City, who can not be disappointed and dare to make mistakes?
Sun Yingyuan also frowned, and introduced the generals to Wang Dou himself, but Ma Zhi suddenly muttered, his words were unreasonable and inappropriate.
Wang Dou smiled and said, "General Ma also said something unintentionally, that's all."
Meng Ruhu took the opportunity to end, and shouted at Ma Zhi: "I'll deal with you when I return to the camp."
Huang Degong came out and rounded up the field and said: "Okay, the most important thing now is to drink! I heard that the Zuixian Tower in the north of the city is good, and you can also see the scenery of the Han River. I will book this restaurant. Everyone, celebrate it .”
He said to Wang Dou: "It's set at Chen's hour. General Wang must come. I'll have a good drink, and I won't return until I'm drunk."
Wang Dou knew that they wanted to make friends with him, why didn't he do so?He smiled at the moment: "Everyone is so kind, I will fight."
At this time, everyone was wearing armor, so naturally they had to go back to the camp and change into casual clothes before going to the banquet.
Wang Dou was about to leave when he suddenly heard a thin voice: "Hey, everyone is here."
When everyone saw it, it was the eunuchs Liu Yuanbin and Lu Jiude who came out from the gate, followed by a few confidant eunuchs, and a large group of servants gathered beside the sedan chair outside the gate. Hastily stepped forward to wait.
It was the great eunuch Liu Yuanbin who spoke, and no one dared to neglect the ministers in the army, not to mention that Liu Yuanbin was born as a eunuch who had lived in various armies for a long time.
A little eunuch carefully tied Liu Yuanbin's brocade and gold silk cloak. Liu Yuanbin enjoyed it slowly and didn't care about everyone's greetings. Suddenly his eyes lit up, and he saw Wang Dou in the crowd.
He adjusted his cloak and coat a little, walked towards Wang Dou, said with a smile: "Just now, the Baihutang is an important place, so it's not easy to greet the general, see you now, you are really mighty and extraordinary, no wonder you can achieve great victories in Luoyang and Xiangyang, and make extraordinary achievements. "
He originally had a gloomy expression, but now he smiled, showing a kind of kindness.
Behind him was the eunuch Lu Jiude, who was smiling and glistening.
Wang Dou didn't know what the eunuch meant, so he smiled and said, "Your father-in-law is being too polite, and Dou dare not be the eunuch."
Liu Yuanbin said: "It's good to meet you. By the way, our family happens to have something to discuss with the general."
Wang Dou's thoughts turned, and he said, "Please tell me, father-in-law."
Liu Yuanbin said: "Our family knows that the general has won a great victory in Xiangyang. He beheaded and donated [-] fine horses to the thieves, and he got a lot of mules and horses. I wonder if we can discuss and give our family [-] good horses?"
As soon as this remark came out, the atmosphere in the field became subtle.Ma Wenzhi, Ma Zhi and other guerrillas and participating generals were gleeful, while Meng Ruhu, Sun Yingyuan, and Huang Degong all frowned, especially Sun Yingyuan, whose face was a bit ugly. This dead eunuch is greedy by nature and doesn't care about the situation .
At this time, Liu Yuanbin was Sun Yingyuan's supervisor of the army. This person relied on himself to supervise the various armies for a long time, and he was also a eunuch in charge of ceremonies. The standard battalion also falsely claimed a lot of credit. He thought that he was an internal minister and supervised the army, and he didn't want to offend easily.
But who is Wang Dou?Although Sun Yingyuan met Wang Dou for the first time, he also knew that Wang Dou was not a good friend, so he was careful not to cause trouble.
He coughed, stepped forward and said in a low voice: "The supervisor..."
Liu Yuanbin stopped, stopped Sun Yingyuan from speaking, looked at Wang Dou with displeasure, and said, "Whether it's okay or not, General Wang, tell me, our family will not short your money."
Wang Dou's face darkened, he knew a little about Liu Yuanbin and Lu Jiude Wang Dou.Lu Jiude's greed is greed, and at the critical moment, only bribery is favoritism. He recruited a group of monks to recite the Buddha's name to pray for avoiding death. He did no other evil deeds. Who is this Liu Yuanbin?In the seventh year of Chongframe, he accepted Li Zicheng's bribe to make his troops rush out of Chexiang Gorge and survived from desperation.
Don't talk about greed, but also have a cold heart. It is common for soldiers to plunder and play with bandits to harm the people. In the 14th year of Chongjian in history, Li Zicheng captured Nanyang, and Liu Yuanbin robbed women and fled north. Later, he saw that he was unhappy with the women and fled, so he plundered them. All the women drowned in the river.
Now it is even more blackmailing on his own head, others dare not easily offend his ministers, Wang Dou has no such worries.
Moreover, although there are many horses and mules on the East Road, there are few war horses. Liu Yuanbin asked for three hundred good horses. What is a good horse, at least a war horse?As for money, whether Liu Yuanbin will give it or not, if he gives it, will he be short of that little money?
Thinking of this, he said calmly: "There is also a shortage of good horses, but I am sorry, and I will leave!"
He flicked the cloak and walked away.
All the generals of the Shun Township Army strode away behind Wang Dou, Xie Yike and Gao Shiyin turned their heads and glared at Liu Yuanbin.
Wen Daxing's eyes flickered coldly, and his eyes flicked across Liu Yuanbin's neck. In the 11th year of Chongzhen, he followed the general and killed the eunuch Gao Qiqian.
No matter how daring this Liu Yuanbin is to be wordy and rude, let him go with Gao Qianqian!
Liu Yuanbin didn't expect Wang Dou to be so ignorant of flattery, he didn't know what to do, and he swept his face in public. After a while, he finally came to his senses, screaming in surprise and anger: "I'm rude!"
Meng Ruhu, Sun Yingyuan, Huang Degong and others did not expect that Wang Dou would dare to face Liu Yuanbin in public, they were all dumbfounded on the spot.
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That evening, Wang Dou led Xie Yike and two teams of guards to Zuixianlou, he always did this, even on the East Road, he also accompanied at least one or two teams of guards.
Meng Ruhu, Sun Yingyuan, Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji and others greeted him downstairs, followed by a large group of generals, all of them dressed in brocade robes and casual clothes.Those generals looked at Wang Dou with weird eyes, there was admiration in it, but there was also joy in others' misfortune, etc. This Wang Dou offended Liu Jianchen terribly.
Huang Degong laughed and walked out, patted Wang Dou on the shoulder boldly: "General Wang, you are here."
Then he said in a low voice: "It's not a good thing for you to offend Supervisor Liu. Be careful that he sues the emperor."
Wang Dou smiled and said, "No problem."
Both Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji sympathized with Wang Dou and Sun Yingyuan, and they were supervised by Lu Jiude. Fortunately, although Lu Jiude was greedy, he knew the occasion and knew when to stop.But Sun Yingyuan was under Liu Yuanbin's command, and he usually suffered a lot, and now Wang Dou offended Liu Yuanbin again, this is really...
But looking at Wang Dou's calm appearance, Huang Degong also admired it. Thinking about it, too, although his own people dare not easily offend his ministers, Wang Dou is different. He is famous all over the world and has a strong military force. Head up.
Even if he makes a small report to the emperor, if he thinks about a country's important minister or a domestic slave, he will know which one the emperor prefers.
Meng Ruhu and Sun Yingyuan also came out and whispered to Wang Dou, it could be seen that the two veterans were very concerned about Wang Dou.
Wang Dou felt warm in his heart, thanked everyone for their kindness, and he didn't take Liu Yuanbin's matter to heart.
After exchanging pleasantries, everyone rushed upstairs.
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(Note: The belt is the belt at that time. There are two kinds of piercing holes and springs. Arm hands, also known as arm binding, are a kind of arm armor. They were commonly used in the Ming army, but they did not exist before the Ming Dynasty.)
(Another note: The armor of the Ming Dynasty is very powerful, not the sluggish look shown on TV. If you are interested, you can look up the pictures of "dispatching the police and entering the camp" and "pictures of victory in Pingfan" to know the style of the armor of the Ming Dynasty at that time.)
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