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

Chapter 424 You Slave!

Meng Ruhu, Sun Yingyuan, Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji and others inquired about Wang Dou's tone, asking if they could buy blunderbuss, artillery and other weapons from Donglu.
After discussing with the generals of the Shunxiang Army, Wang Dou agreed.Donglu should also have its own foreign fist trade, and arms is one of them, and it will only start trading after its return.Of course, the trade object must be carefully reviewed.
He also presented the general soldiers, as well as Song Yihe and Wanji with ten bird guns each, and some corresponding ammunition in custom-packed paper tubes. Everyone was happy.
In the 14th year of Chongzhen, on the evening of February 22, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong finally arrived from Xing'an, Shaanxi. They combined tens of thousands of troops and went down the Han River. When they arrived in Xiangyang, the boats and oars were full of Han people. The banks of the water.
The arrival of the Second Army made the atmosphere inside and outside Xiangyang a lot tense. After all, the Second Army could not be called good, especially Zuo Liangyu, the general who suppressed the bandits, whose notoriety spread far and wide.
Many people were also discussing whether Zuo Liangyu would clash with General Dingguo Wang Dou?
After all, Wang Dou killed many of his subordinates, among them was his concubine's elder brother, and even said that if Zuo Liangyu dared to protect the rebels, he would be punished, which can be said to be very shameless.How could Zuo Liangyu be of the easy-going generation, would he let it go?
Huguang Governor Song Yihe and Superintendent Wanji were quite worried about this matter. Not long after they arrived in Xiangyang, they found Wang Dou and asked if they could mediate. Uneasy, they are still civil servants, so it can be seen that Zuo Liangyu's fierce status in Huguang is not just talk.
Of course, there were also people who took pleasure in other people's misfortune, such as the eunuch Liu Yuanbin and others, just waiting to see a good show.
Although Zuo Liangyu didn't enter the city that day, there was already an undercurrent surging inside and outside Xiangyang, everyone kept their eyes wide open, just watching the development of the matter.
Due to the arrival of Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong, on the morning of the 23rd, the supervisor Yang Sichang called everyone to discuss military affairs.
When Wang Dou arrived, Wanji, Song Yihe, Meng Ruhu and others had already arrived. Yang Sichang leaned on the sandalwood bed at the top, covered with a thick brocade mattress, coughing a few times from time to time.
His son Yang Shansong and some aides were waiting on the side, looking at the expressions of Wan Ji and others, they were obviously very worried, the cabinet is so seriously ill, can they continue to supervise the teachers?If the governor is changed, will the situation change?After all, looking at the Ming Dynasty, there are very few ministers who can have the prestige of Yang Ge's department.
Seeing Wang Dou, Yang Sichang forced a smile: "Guoqin is here? Sit down."
After Wang Dou thanked him, he sat down, and the attendant also served tea and placed it on the small table beside him. It can be seen from this that the atmosphere of this discussion is very relaxed.
Soon after, Zhang Yingyuan, Sun Yingyuan, Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji and others arrived one after another, as well as eunuchs Liu Yuanbin, Lu Jiude and others.Everyone sat down one by one, only the eunuch Liu Yuanbin, who looked extremely gloomy when he saw Wang Dou, snorted coldly.
With the arrival of these big officials one by one, only Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong were left at last, but they waited for a long time, but Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong did not arrive.
Both Yang Sichang and Wanji's faces were very ugly. These two were too domineering. When they entered Sichuan to suppress them, He Renlong returned to Shaanxi, but Zuo Liangyu never came. Dou Zheng came to help, and things were unimaginable.
Now that he heard that Wang Dou killed the thief, he rushed to Xiangyang in a hurry, but he was so rude.
Finally, everyone heard a commotion coming from outside the second gate, and someone faintly shouted: "...We are also participating generals, why can Wang Dou get in, but we can't?"
It was the voice of Zuo Liangyu's general Wang Yuncheng and his son Zuo Menggeng.
Everyone in the hall frowned, this subordinate of General Ping Zei was too arrogant, it was too much to make a fuss in the hall, only Liu Yuanbin smiled.
After a while, I heard footsteps and two generals walked in.
One of them was He Renlong, the general soldier of Shaanxi that Wang Dou had seen, and the other was a burly man with a reddish complexion, about forty years old, wearing a luxurious raccoon fur thick velvet cape, and the sword hanging on his belt was the same. It is decorated with gold wire, and the shiny nail leaves make it even more majestic.
His expression is majestic and unruly, and he also carries an unspeakable hostility. He is obviously a murderous person with a ruthless heart. He is the Huguang General Soldier, General Zuo Liangyu.
Seeing the two people come in, there was a little commotion in the hall, Yang Sichang looked gloomy, and only coughed softly a few times.
Wanji's face was sullen, fierce as a tiger, and he looked at Zuo Liangyu bitterly. If it weren't for this person, he would not have been defeated in Huangling City, and his nephew would not have died.It's just that he doesn't dare to say anything now, his soldiers have suffered serious losses, and his strength is less than [-]% of what he used to be, far from being on the same level as Zuo Liangyu.
He Renlong's eyes were sharp, and he saw Wang Dou at a glance. He laughed and shouted, "Brother Wang, I see you again."
Sitting on the seat, Wang Dou cupped his hands with a smile.
Zuo Liangyu glanced at Wang Dou, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
Yang Sichang said slowly: "General Zuo and General He, take your seats."
He Renlong smiled and said: "Thank you, Yang Ge Department."
Zuo Liangyu sat down without saying a word, her eyes just stared fiercely at Wang Dou.
Yang Sichang sat up with difficulty, glanced at the crowd, raised his spirits, bowed his hands to the north, and said: "Since the governor was appointed by the emperor, I have tried my best to organize the army and swear to destroy the bandits. God bless the emperor now, and I will sacrifice myself to the bandits." Annihilation, the remaining thieves panicked, it was the courage of the remaining..."
Suddenly Zuo Liangyu said: "Cabinet, there is one last thing I want to ask Wang Can."
Yang Sichang had no expression on his face, he just asked, "What do you want to ask?"
Everyone in the hall was refreshed and came.
Zuo Liangyu looked at Wang Dou and said in a deep voice, "General Wang Shen, I have more than 100 subordinates, were you killed?"
Wang Dou took a sip of tea slowly and said, "That's right, they plundered the people and violated the military law. Isn't it right to kill them?"
Zuo Liangyu was furious, he arched his body slightly, stared at Wang Dou for a moment, and said solemnly: "They are my soldiers, when is it your turn to speak?"
Wang Dou sneered: "Soldiers? They are also called soldiers? They are greedy for life and afraid of death for the high-ranking thieves, a bunch of waste! They are like wolves and tigers, a bunch of animals! They are glad they are not my subordinates, otherwise I would have killed them all. ! Your Zuo Liangyu soldiers are no exception!"
Zuo Liangyu laughed angrily: "It seems that General Wang Shen didn't pay attention to me as a general who suppressed thieves, and didn't pay attention to my tens of thousands of troops. Good, very good."
He supported his body with his arms, and his expression was like a man-loving tiger. If it were someone else, he would have been frightened out of his wits by Zuo Liangyu's power.
But Wang Dou just sneered: "General Ping Thief? I heard that General Zuo's soldiers like to blackmail people's homes. Whenever they encounter fat people, they will clamp people with wooden boards and burn them with a small fire. Dare I ask, are you Zuo Liangyu leading soldiers or thieves?" , Is it a human or a beast? You general who suppresses bandits, why don’t you just use one word and call him general bandits!”
He looked at Zuo Liangyu with a smile, with a disdainful expression and sharp eyes: "As for your so-called tens of thousands of troops, I really don't pay attention to them. In my opinion, they are all rats. My Shun Township has seven thousand troops. Within that time, you can kill them all!"
He said: "When I executed the rebellious army that day, I once said, if you, Zuo Liangyu, dare to condone the rebellious army and cover up the rebellious army, I will punish him! General Zuo, do you want to avenge these rebellious soldiers?"
The hall was as cold as ice, and Wang Dou still had a smile on his face, but the murderous aura emanating from his body, the mountain-like pressure spread rapidly, pressing heavily on everyone.
This kind of murderous intent and pressure comes from Wang Dou's victorious army. Since the seventh year of Chongzhen, it has fought against Dingzhou, Julu, and Pinggu. A sea of ​​mountains and blood, they brought Wang Dou a mountain-like aura, and gave everyone a heavy oppression.
Under Wang Dou's momentum, the whole hall was silent, Zuo Liangyu's face was ashen, but he dared not speak up.He had seen Wang Dou's army secretly, and he really didn't dare to turn his back on him, but at this moment, he couldn't get off the tiger, but he didn't know how to end it.
All the staff in the hall, Song Yihe, Mengruhu, Sun Yingyuan, Huang Degong and others also looked at Wang Dou in surprise. During these days of getting along, Wang Dou has always been gentle, like a gentleman, but he did not expect to be so murderous. In this way, Zuo Liangyu is not looked down upon, without the slightest sympathy.
The eunuch Lu Jiude opened his mouth even more, staring blankly at Wang Dou, as if he knew Wang Dou again.
Yang Sichang and the superintendent Wanji sneered, they seemed to see Zuo Liangyu holding back, and they were happy in their hearts. One thing is one thing, and you, Zuo Liangyu, have today!
He Renlong, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, knew that Wang Dou was powerful. He was really afraid that Wang Dou and Zuo Liangyu would fight each other. Peace is the most precious."
Suddenly there was a cough in the hall, but it was the eunuch Liu Yuanbin who spoke: "Tsk tsk, General Wang is so majestic, with one mouthful, he will kill tens of thousands of loyal and brave soldiers of General Pingze... Tsk tsk, it is so cruel and easy to kill, you have to check it out carefully , the thousands of heads of thieves who were beheaded in Xiangyang City a few days ago, is it true?
Song Yihe, the governor of Huguang, Zhang Kejian, the deputy envoy of military preparations, and others changed their expressions. Didn't Liu Yuanbin also question them when he said this?After all, they also agreed to the Czech text.
Liu Yuanbin talked happily to himself, and didn't see the expressions on other people's faces, nor the winks that Lu Jiude desperately gave him.
The more Wang Dou heard it, the more ugly his face became. In the end, he was furious. He slapped the coffee table next to him. There was a loud bang, and the teacup rattled non-stop. He stood up, pointed at Liu Yuanbin and yelled: " You bastard, you slave! How dare you insult my bloody soldiers like this?"
The loud noise startled everyone, everyone looked at Wang Dou in disbelief, even Zuo Liangyu looked at Wang Dou with an expression of disbelief.
Just offending himself, this Wang Dou offended his ministers again?He didn't even dare to easily offend the ministers and supervisors, but this Wang Dou was unscrupulous.
Liu Yuanbin stood there dumbfounded, at first he couldn't believe it, then he trembled all over his body, his face turned blue and white for a while, pointed at Wang Dou and said tremblingly, "Zhu Zi dares you, Zhu Zi is rude, Zhu Zi'an dares to do this..."

(End of this chapter)