Daming kill

Chapter 38
Because Shi Ming was coming, Li Ping decided to avoid it first.

Communication in advance is of course one-on-one. If Li Ping continued to join in the fun when Shi Ming came, it would not be communication, but coercion.

But after Li Ping left, Zhao Jin was distracted for a long time, and he didn't get into the preparations for the communication with Shi Ming for a long time.

Li Ping lingered in his mind for a long time.

Li Ping used to be his subordinate and his good brother. This is a very thoughtful person. Zhao Jin has always admired Li Ping.

Although the two had many differences when they worked together in the army, Li Ping was always Zhao Jin's most assured subordinate.

Li Ping is not a very enthusiastic person, but he has a strong affinity. He can make good friends with many different types of people, and everyone generally trusts him.

In addition, Li Ping's work ability is very outstanding, he is open-minded, determined, and cruel enough to do things. Although he doesn't get angry often, he has a high prestige among the officers and soldiers, especially his direct subordinates are more obedient. he.

If Zhao Jin's subordinates were mainly afraid of Zhao Jin when they were in the army, then Li Ping's subordinates were more respectful of Li Ping.Zhao Jin is more advocating the leadership model of selecting strong people and using capable people, while Li Ping pays more attention to the construction of institutional systems. The styles of the two are completely different.

Zhao Jin is very clear that at present he cannot make Li Ping his deputy or direct subordinate like Li Ping took in Song Baolai. Sometimes experience will not only affect people's mentality, but also change many things.

Before Zhao Jin left the army, Li Ping had already taken up the same position as him, and later developed even better.

Both of them are not young anymore, their past experience determines that they will cooperate more in the future than subordinate, just like Zhao Jin can be ashamed to withhold supplies for Li Ping, but he is ashamed to manage Li Ping's dignitaries to strengthen himself Same.

The current situation may be more suitable for them. Both of them have enough space and also meet the needs of joint checks and balances.

Of course, Li Ping is still his most trusted person.

Li Ping didn't know that Zhao Jin was thinking about him, so he took advantage of this time to go to watch the training of Zhao Jin's soldiers.

Zhao Jin also leveled out a piece of ground, although the area is not big, but it can be used if crowded.

When Li Ping went to visit, some of Zhao Jin’s personal soldiers were training. They should be organized in turn, because only a hundred or so people gathered in the small field, and more people hid in various simple houses around. Doing all kinds of idle things in the middle or in the shade.

Then as expected, the sound of constant yelling and wicker whips ran through the entire training ground, and a few menacing guys in cloth shoes were walking back and forth among the training soldiers with great effort.

The soldiers who were training looked very imposing, everyone was wearing straw sandals, standing upright one by one.

Slogans such as "Kill, kill, kill", "Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng", "Serve the country with loyalty" are always very loud, even a little hoarse. They seem to pay attention to slogans.

Such bursts of incessant and orderly shouts are very eye-catching, and they are even more abrupt in the slightly calm Xiangyang City. At least Li Ping noticed it soon after entering the city, and he became curious to see it quickly.

Zhao Jin is as good at building momentum as ever.

The hundred or so people who are training should also be organized according to the whistle, and there are only two trainings done so far. The continuous queuing and walking in a row and the practice of assassination with wooden sticks have been switched for one round while Li Ping is watching.

However, this also made Li Ping notice that their queues were abnormally uneven. Except for one team with a very high level, most of the others could hardly be seen directly. That team seemed to have concentrated all the talents in the queue people.

In addition, among the soldiers being trained, there were as many as a dozen holding pennant flags of different sizes.

Li Ping knew these flags, including team flags, sentry flags, Qingdao flags, battalion flags, and even a few flags that Li Ping was not familiar with. Flag recognition was obviously an important part of their training.

After looking thoughtfully for a long time, Li Ping reckoned that the time should be long enough before returning to Zhao Jin's residence.

But just outside the gate of Zhao Jin's small courtyard, Li Ping ran into Wang Chengwu, who obviously just came.

After the affectionate greeting, when Li Ping was thinking about where to go for a while, the soldier named Zhao Liang who was guarding the door smiled and clasped his fists to invite the two to go in together.

Somewhat surprised, Li Ping just wanted to confirm again, but he heard the hearty laughter of Shi Ming and Zhao Jin from the yard. The two seemed to have a good conversation.

But Shi Ming hasn't left yet?

Have you stopped communicating in private?
With doubts, Li Ping followed Wang Chengwu into the yard, and then saw Shi Ming with a happy face and Zhao Jin with a calm face.

Just the four of them, and then they got together, are they going to directly and publicly set the tone?

Sure enough, as soon as Li Ping and Wang Chengwu sat down firmly, Zhao Jin directly threw out the matter of military supplies and his idea of ​​distribution.

Immediately afterwards, Shi Ming was the first to express his support loudly, and took away the work of Li Ping, who was going to be the first to cheer and support.

Wang Chengwu was immediately at a loss. He probably didn't even have time to digest and absorb the content, and hesitation and puzzlement flickered in his eyes.But under Shi Ming's staring gaze, he still readily agreed.

What is even more surprising is that Shi Ming even further suggested that the distribution of materials in the future will become a routine like this time, and no further discussions will be made.

Of course, the few people here will not have any opinions.

Li Ping immediately felt very interesting, but what he was more curious about now was Shi Ming's calculation.

It seems that he really didn't think too much, people's hearts are always the most complicated.

The major event has been decided, and Zhao Jin is obviously much more relaxed.

But Zhao Jin immediately announced that he would visit Zuo Menggeng's house together tonight to show his gratitude.

This was something Zhao Jin hadn't told Li Ping before, and it didn't conform to Zhao Jin's style of monopolizing contact with Shangfeng. It should have just been decided.

Communication is always accompanied by compromise, which is normal.

This may also be the reason why Shi Ming was able to support Zhao Jin so much, but Shi Ming's ambition is also clearly revealed, it just depends on what Zhao Jin thinks.

To flatter Zuo Menggeng, to show his gratitude, Li Ping would naturally have no objection.When people give you a peach, you have to reply to let them know that they are not in vain. This kind of official activities are very common and necessary.

He also understands why it must be at night.

However, Li Ping didn't want to go with him. He felt that it didn't matter if he was alone in this matter. He still thought about going back to his camp today.

But Zhao Jin did not agree, because he had other important matters, and Li Ping had to stay here for another day anyway.

Li Ping couldn't just train his own troops, he himself had to learn the rules of the Ming army.Daming's battle formation has many requirements, Zuo Liangyu no longer cares about his subordinates, but he must also ensure that his generals, who are good and bad, can understand his orders, especially since most of his current troops have just joined the army.

Zhao Jin, who has already studied in Zuo Menggeng's camp, also needs to organize Li Ping, Shi Ming, Wang Chengwu, Liu Shixiong and Li Shengcai to study together to ensure that the rules of Zuo Liangyu's army will be passed on.

And this study plan that was originally planned for this afternoon was temporarily changed to tomorrow morning, because before the joint visit to Zuo Menggeng, no one wanted Liu Shixiong and Li Shengcai to get the news.

Since he couldn't go back, Li Ping could have a good conversation with Zhao Jin in the afternoon, which was Li Ping's original intention of coming here.

Sure enough, Zhao Jin provided Li Ping with a lot of important information.

Of course, the highest priority must be Zuo Menggeng and the others who are directly in charge of Shangfeng, because he is the one they face the most and the first. .

Judging from Zhao Jin's understanding during this period, Zuo Menggeng is generally a big-time master, more greedy and lustful, and also likes flattery from others, and he is not very calm.

But this guy is physically strong, has some courage, and his IQ is basically online.

The key point is that Zuo Menggeng is more sharp-edged in his life and actions, impulsive, and narrow-minded. He is a competitive young man with a strong heart, so he must be extremely careful.

Zhao Jin emphasized that Zuo Menggeng's small-mindedness and aggressiveness are double-edged swords, and now they can have such peace and care, thanks to Zuo Menggeng's face-saving son.But on the other hand, once you hate him, it will be a very big trouble.

But when talking about Zuo Menggeng, Zhao Jin actually talked about Zuo Menggeng's daughter-in-law, a person who seemed like she shouldn't be talked about but had to.

This is a very simple woman.

Zuo Menggeng's daughter-in-law is not an ordinary woman who lives in the house, but often appears in everyone's sight and in Zuo Menggeng's speech, she is a woman who rides a horse very well, a Jurchens.

It is not surprising that the Jurchens (that is, the Manchus) appeared in Daming, they are not monolithic, and not all of them are against Daming.

Just as many Mongols lived in the Ming Dynasty, many Mongols even served directly in the army and were very loyal.

The family of Zuo Menggeng's daughter-in-law belonged to the family who lived in Daming, and her father was an official, a former party member with considerable power.

But what is more surprising is that the family of Zuo Menggeng's daughter-in-law did not try to abandon the previous language habits and living habits like many Jurchens or Mongols living in the Ming Dynasty, but showed it around proudly. , and even the servants of Zuo Menggeng's daughter-in-law can speak Manchu very fluently and use it frequently.

They seem to have never considered taboo.

It is really surprising that Zuo Liangyu has such an in-law.

Since Zhao Jin has not had any contact with Zuo Liangyu yet, and Zuo Liangyu, as the general of the whole army, many others dare not discuss lightly, so Zhao Jin can't provide much information about Zuo Liangyu's personal situation. The situation has become the focus of the next communication.

Xiangfan is very chaotic now, very chaotic.

With 20 troops and only 2.5 supplies, the vacancies are naturally very scary.

Then so many people went to the local area to plunder food, even if they dug the ground three feet, it might not be able to solve the big problem. A considerable part of the army may be starved and confused.

And Zuo Liangyu has never restrained his subordinates very much, so the damage caused to the place can be imagined, it may be devastating and long-lasting.

Fortunately, they are basically counted as Zuo Menggeng's people now, and they can get some supplies. Although they are still a lot worse than the newly built troops of Zuo Liangyu's old subordinates, they are not bad, at least they don't have to worry about being caught. starve.

And Xiangyang's magical geographical location can also help.

Xiangfan is located at the crossroads of water and land transportation. It is the key point connecting east to west and north to south. It cannot be bypassed. The location is extremely important, especially the water transportation is very developed. It is a natural material distribution center. This is why the handicraft industry in this place is relatively developed and skilled craftsmen The main reason for the massive pooling.

Therefore, despite frequent wars, many large merchants still come here to transfer trade by water. As long as you can afford it, you can buy many things.This put silver in great use, as well as their newly minted soap.

As for the security issue and the threat of war, it is not a big problem for the time being.

Although Zuo Liangyu failed to rescue Kaifeng, and heard that the emperor came to ask Zuo Liangyu to send troops to rescue again, Zhao Jin judged that the possibility that Zuo Liangyu would obey the order was not high, unless Zuo Liangyu was really stupid.

Zuo Liangyu recruited another 20 people to save their lives, not to kill them.

And his 20 people are just a bunch of mobs, how can they fight now.Zuo Liangyu has fought all his life, so it is impossible not to understand.But it doesn't rule out that he will send thousands to 2 people to the north to tentatively act in plays and deal with errands.

After all, the local government of Huguang finally thoughtfully sent them a lot of supplements of weapons and equipment. If Zuo Liangyu didn't express something, it would be easy to not follow up to supplement them.

Then the imperial court also appointed a new supervisor named Hou Xun, a person who made Zuo Liangyu a little excited, and Zuo Liangyu seemed to have to give some face.

Zhao Jin also couldn't figure out why Zuo Liangyu was so excited when he heard Hou Xun's name. He was not there, he just heard about it, and the person who passed it on couldn't explain it either.However, the news that Zuo Liangyu asked the deputy general Jin Shengheng to move north with 5000 people to meet the new supervisor was accurate.

The friendship between Hou Xun and Zuo Liangyu should be very unusual.

But that's about it. Comparing friendship with life, it should be easy to draw conclusions, especially in battles that are impossible to win.

The emperor who was 1000 kilometers away might not know the actual situation of the battle in Zhuxian Town, and he certainly didn’t know Zuo Liangyu’s current situation. Weird order.

Zuo Liangyu has already lost everything, so what's the point of going again in a hurry?Is it purely for giving away heads?

Now on the river outside the city, Zuo Liangyu is recruiting a large amount of manpower to build a ship there, completely in a defensive posture.

For large-scale shipbuilding, Zhao Jin still did not understand Zuo Liangyu's intentions.It stands to reason that if Jiang Shoujiang is the only one, the ships being built now far exceed the actual needs. It is impossible for him to put all the troops on the ships for defense!
So what does Zuo Liangyu want to do?
Zuo Liangyu's intentions really need to be carefully considered.

(End of this chapter)