I want to be emperor

Chapter 124 Military Advisor
Chen Yongfu ordered to surrender!

This situation was within Luo Zhixue's expectations, but also beyond his expectations.

According to Luo Zhixue's understanding of the officers and soldiers of the Ming army, he naturally knew that it was common for many Ming troops to surrender when there was no hope of breaking through.

He has accepted the surrender of officers and soldiers twice.

But, the current situation is that although the Ming army's disastrous defeat is a foregone conclusion, Chen Yongfu himself can still lead hundreds of cavalry to withdraw from the battlefield and flee for his life.

This is completely different from the situation when Huang Guangmao himself was completely surrounded and had no hope of breaking out.

But Chen Yongfu did not!
Instead, he voluntarily ordered to surrender.

In this regard, Luo Zhixue quickly ordered the troops to continue to maintain vigilance, and asked the cavalry to continue to block their possible retreat, in case the officers and soldiers counterattacked or broke through by falsely surrendering.

And sent people to let the Ming army put down their weapons, disarm, dismount, and then go out empty-handed, waiting for reorganization.

He, Luo Zhixue, promised that as long as the surrendered soldiers did not resist and respected the command of the Township Protection Army, their lives would be guaranteed.

If the Ming army does not agree, then there is nothing to say, just continue to attack.

If you agree, then the follow-up will be simple, and a group of surrendered soldiers who have lost their weapons will not be able to make waves. The follow-up rural protection army can even recruit a group of veterans from these surrendered soldiers to expand their army.

After Chen Yongfu learned of the request conveyed by Luo Zhixue, he did not hesitate, and quickly ordered the remnants to follow the instructions of the Township Protection Army.

Although he was also worried that the Township Protection Army would not keep their promise and would kill a prisoner afterwards.

However, the possibility of his personal judgment is still very small. He has a relatively good understanding of the rural protection army, and also knows some things that the rural protection army did in the rural areas of Nanzhao County.

Judging from the behavior of the Township Protection Army, these bandits of the Township Protection Army are different from ordinary thieves.

They know the rules.

They will not be like ordinary thieves who dare not just loot the countryside.

Of course, more importantly, Chen Yongfu has no other options.

Continuing to resist is irresistible. Since they are all determined to surrender to the thieves, then naturally they need to show sincerity.

After Chen Yongfu gave the order, a large number of remnants of the Ming army began to put down their weapons and go out in accordance with the order.

Wang Dazhuang, Huang Dingquan and the others on the front line followed the order, while keeping a high level of vigilance, while arranging manpower to guard the surrendered soldiers who came out after putting down their weapons.

We must be vigilant.

It was relatively early when Chen Yongfu ordered to surrender. Although his headquarters soldiers collapsed, there were still hundreds of them, and there were also about a hundred cavalry and personal soldiers around him.

At the same time, Chen De's troops have been fighting stubbornly before, and there are still more than 800 people.

Adding up, that's more than a thousand surrendered soldiers. These surrendered soldiers are all recruited soldiers, and they are not comparable to ordinary guard soldiers.

The Township Protection Army was also afraid that they would make an uproar in the name of surrender.

So you can't be too careful.

Seeing that the soldiers of the Ming army on the opposite side really surrendered and did not resist, the senior generals of the rural protection army were a little relieved. While continuing to accept the prisoners, they also began to chase the guards of the various ministries that had fled before. soldier.

With Wang Xiazi's cavalry, it doesn't take much effort to chase these fleeing guard soldiers.

By this time, the Battle of Zhaozhuang was considered to be over. No matter how many follow-up victories of Wang Xiazi's cavalry and other chasing troops were left, it could not change the result of the victory of the Township Protection Army in the Battle of Zhaozhuang.

Luo Zhixue also began to arrange manpower to treat the wounded, bury the corpses of the dead, collect weapons left by the enemy and us, and accept the large amount of food and supplies brought by the Ming army to clean up the battlefield.

Around twelve o'clock, Luo Zhixue, who had been busy for a long time, also had time to meet Chen Yongfu.

At this time, Chen Yongfu naturally didn't have any armor or weapons on him.

At the same time, there were more than a dozen armed Luo Zhixue soldiers escorting him.

Luo Zhixue is also a person who is afraid of death, he doesn't want to be stabbed by the general after winning a battle...

How embarrassing that is!

Therefore, it is necessary to see people, but there are also necessary protective measures.

But after Chen Yongfu entered Luo Zhixue's headquarters, a hint of surprise appeared on his face!
Because he saw a familiar face among a group of unfamiliar faces: Huang Guangmao!

After noticing Chen Yongfu's gaze and surprise, Huang Guangmao nodded towards him with a smile on his face...

Chen Yongfu had met Huang Guangmao several times. After all, Huang Guangmao used to be under Chen Zhibang's command, and he was stationed in Lushan County last year. He and Chen Yongfu happened to be neighbors.

In the past few years, I have seen it several times before and after.

And Chen Yongfu also heard the news last year, saying that Huang Guangmao missed when he was suppressing the bandits, and was defeated and died in the Funiu Mountain area.

However, what he didn't expect was that Huang Guangmao did not die, but instead appeared in the rural protection army.

And seeing that this person is now in the camp of the Central Army of the Township Protection Army, his status should not be too bad.

Looking at Huang Guangmao, Chen Yongfu also raised a glimmer of hope for his future path.

He chose to surrender, not just because he was afraid of death, and not just to save his son's life.

More importantly, I felt that after I was defeated, there was a high probability that the imperial court would not be able to tolerate me, and my enemies would probably take the opportunity to make trouble.

That's why he chose to vote for a thief.

Note that it is not as simple as surrendering, but surrendering to thieves!

He, Chen Yongfu, still wanted to hang out in this township protection army after he surrendered to the bandits. Even if he couldn't lead the army to fight as before in a short period of time, he still hoped to stay for a while and continue to lead the army after gaining Luo Zhixue's trust.

He still has certain ambitions for the future.

And seeing that Huang Guangmao seems to have a high status in the Rural Protection Army, then his future is also very hopeful.

Chen Yongfu, who regained some confidence, went up and down, and looked up again, and saw a young man sitting on the front.

He didn't need to ask anyone else to know that this person must be Luo Zhixue, the leader of the Township Protection Army.

He also knew some basic information about the Rural Protection Army. He knew that the leader of the Rural Protection Army was named Luo Mingzhixue, he was young, and he was a refugee.

But, he used to think that even though he was young, Luo Zhixue should be in his twenties, but looking at it now, he was only seventeen or eighteen years old at most.

That young and immature face, without even a beard, looked relatively delicate, and at a glance, it was obvious that it was seventeen or eighteen years old.

To be honest, he couldn't understand how such a young man pulled out a bandit army of thousands of people, and this bandit army fought like officers and soldiers even more than them...

However, if you can't understand it, you can't understand it. As a person with rich life experience, Chen Yongfu knows very well that he can't show the slightest contempt at this time.

After being led to stop two steps forward, Chen Yongfu did not hesitate, and went forward to salute directly: "Surrender Chen Yongfu pays homage to the general!"

Luo Zhixue looked at Chen Yongfu with a slight smile on his face, and after they finished saluting, he raised his hand: "General Chen, you don't need to salute too much, get up quickly."

"Although you and I met each other in battle before, but now that you have decided to join our Home Guard Army, we will be brothers in the future, so you don't have to be polite."

But even though he said it politely and said that they were all brothers, Chen Yongfu could see clearly that this Luo Zhixue didn't even leave his buttocks from the chair, he just stretched out his hands and lifted them up.

If he dared to match Luo Zhixue's brother at this time, he would not be far away from being killed.

So Chen Yongfu was still very polite, and he was very gentle when he got up.

Next came Luo Zhixue's questions, and he answered all of them in one go, expressing repeatedly in words that he would go through life and death for the rural protection army and die for Luo Zhixue.

If Luo Zhixue said things like dying to Chen Yongfu, Luo Zhixue would be fine.

Luo Zhixue valued this surrendered army quite a lot, but what he valued was the soldiers with rich combat experience, not the surrendered generals represented by Chen Yongfu.

According to Luo Zhixue's plan, and also in accordance with the usual practice of the Rural Protection Army in the past, ordinary soldiers and low-level officers in the surrendered army will be selected in the follow-up. ministries.

The mid-level and high-level demoted officials are selected one by one, and those who are willing to vote for thieves and meet the requirements are awarded some false titles, and then let them do some chores that are dispensable and have little impact.

During the period, a comprehensive inspection will be conducted on them. After they pass the final inspection, they will really be allowed to deal with practical matters.

Previously, Huang Guangmao, Fei Bingqing and others all went through such a process.

Chen Yongfu and the dozen or so middle and senior generals under him are no exception!

Of course, it is impossible to accept reuse in the early stage, but Luo Zhixue will not treat them harshly, and will receive the treatment they should have on the surface.

Therefore, after some interviews, when Chen Yongfu repeatedly expressed his desire to contribute to the great cause of the Rural Protection Army's rebellion, Luo Zhixue finally appointed him as a special military adviser to the "Staff Office". '

And Chen Yongfu was stunned by the position of the special military adviser of the General Staff Office. After asking Huang Guangmao, he found out that it was an idle position. Made some achievements.

For example, provide more information about the Ming Dynasty, especially the Ming army, to the Township Protection Army.

For example, put forward some opinions on some training and tactics of the rural protection army.

Even after writing some suggestions, they could submit them to Luo Zhixue.

Even if it's just a false job, if you really want to do something, you can still make achievements.

Huang Guangmao himself is the best example. He also did these practical things at that time to gradually gain trust and finally be reused.

This, in fact, is also the idle position that Luo Zhixue gave to Chen Yongfu and other surrendered generals as military advisers, not Yungu with any other name.

Luo Zhixue still hoped that Chen Yongfu and other surrendered generals would provide suggestions for the development of the Township Protection Army, so it would be good to learn more about the Ming Army through them.

(End of this chapter)