Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 152 The New Tea Has Arrived
Suzhou.

The servant of the Criminal Ministry and Mei Lezhangjing Li led Tai to send an order to gather all the ministries and prepare to chase Huang Fei's main force along the river. The Ming army's rebellious soldiers scattered outside Suzhou City were all handed over to the governor Tu Guobao Fubiao to be responsible for the suppression.

The order was passed down, and the ministries returned to assemble one after another.

"Why are there still more than 300 people not here?"

After counting the troops, Li Suitai was very dissatisfied. The Eight Banners have always ordered and prohibited them, but now he ordered all the ministries to return to assemble, but there are still more than 300 people who have not returned.

"These dog minions!"

After waiting for a while, Li Sutai became impatient, "Write down those wild dog slaves, and settle the score after I triumph, no more waiting."

Li led Taixie to the town of Suzhou and commanded [-] cavalry and Eight Banners soldiers. This was because Suzhou was the key point of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River at this time, and it was the station of the governor and admiral.However, it is said that there are [-] banners, but not all of them are real Eight Banners armored soldiers. When the Eight Banners entered the customs, there were only more than [-] soldiers in total.

Therefore, in addition to enlisting Mongolian Eight Banners, Korean soldiers, Han Army Eight Banners, and surrendering to the Ming Army to fight, the Eight Banners also encouraged banner soldiers to bring Yuding and coated clothes to fight.

When those Eight Banners soldiers are selected to go out, they will also bring their younger brothers and their own slaves. They are not officially sent out as soldiers, but they will move with the army and do some tasks such as robbing food, guarding prisoners, and keeping spoils of war.Because of the smooth military operations in these years, the Eight Banners are very willing to bring more Yu Ding and slaves, so that when the time comes, they can have more shares of spoils, and they can also grab more on the battlefield.

So Li Shutai's [-] riders actually have only [-] real Eight Banners soldiers, and the other [-] are Yu Ding and the coated slaves. However, when they are on the battlefield, they all have to obey military orders, only age, equipment, etc. Ask for less.

Li Shuitai was in a hurry to capture Huang Fei and kill Wu Zhikui, so he didn't care about punishing the soldiers who didn't obey the military orders at this time.

There were more than [-] men and horses left, and all of them had two horses. Whether it was soldiers, Yu Ding, or Bao Yi, they all wore armor and rode eastward along the river.

After they left, Tu Guobao also immediately dispatched Cao Hu, deputy general of the Chinese army, Zou Xixiang, guerrilla Yang Guohai and others to lead the battalions out to kill as many traitors as possible and capture as many prisoners as possible.

"Uncle, don't worry, once Li Suitai leaves, we'll have the final say in this city of Suzhou. We won't decide how many will be killed and how many will be captured at that time. We will also decide who the big and wealthy businessmen in and out of the city will be." Whoever is collaborating with the enemy will do it, unless they are given enough money."

Tu Guobao has always been cruel and greedy, and he patted his nephew on the shoulder in satisfaction, "Hurry up, it won't be so convenient when Li Sutai comes back."

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Yuan Zongdi led thousands of troops and hid not far from Jiangsu City. He carefully hid the troops and sent Yebu Shou to keep an eye on Gusu City's every move.

After defeating Wu Zhikui and frightening Huang Fei, the Tartars are now arrogant and arrogant.

"Could this be a trap for the Tartars? Deliberately luring us over?"

Fan Chuan felt that something was not quite right, the Tartars in Jiangsu City were acting too arrogantly, the thousand or so Tartar cavalry left the city and chased eastward along the river, and the thousands of Tartar cavalrymen in the city Biaoying also went out of the city to chase and capture prisoners, and the city turned into an empty city.

Ma Jixiang, the censor of the guard, Ma Jun, and supervisor, stepped forward, "Junmen, there are people in the editorial department in the city, should I send someone to contact you?"

Yuan Zongdi has been fighting for more than ten years. He has been fighting for a long time. In fact, he has his own judgment on the situation in front of him. He is sure that the Qing army is arrogant after victory. The city must be empty. At this time, they just need to press The plan is to hold the green flag and escort Wu Zhikui to the city, with a high degree of confidence to swindle into the city, capture the national treasure in one fell swoop, take down Suzhou City, and then defend the enemy as the main force, and then send troops to sweep the Fubiao camp outside the city, and then wait for the supervisor to arrive Afterwards, they encircled the captive cavalry that sent out the city.

However, he is a guest general after all, acting as Admiral Zhang Mingyang to supervise the horse army in the imperial camp, and he brought a team of servants with him, so he was very polite to Ma Jixiang, who was born in Jinyiwei and Yongwei Battalion.

The military supervision system of Lu Jianguo now spreads throughout the entire army at all levels. Shen Wenzhong is the capital supervisor, and the three armies below each have their own military supervisors and censors. Responsible for monitoring and law enforcement, although these people don't care about commanding operations, the monitoring part can greatly restrict the general.

Yuan Zong was very disgusted with this system of supervising the army at first, and felt that it was difficult for Lu Jianguo to get rid of the old style of the imperial court, eunuchs supervising the army, and civil servants supervising the army. It's not the same as I imagined. These military supervisors are in charge of surveillance, law enforcement, and even military affairs. Regardless of commanding operations or not leading troops, they will not interfere too much with the command of the generals. This is a very important point.

Even now, the three armies and eight towns of the imperial camp are beginning to add deputy posts. For example, in addition to the supervising army, the chief generals at all levels also add a deputy post, which belongs to assistance.There is also an additional consultation to join the army, which is similar to the long history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Specifically, it is to make plans, draw up combat plans based on intelligence, assist in the management of the army, and train soldiers. It is a very labor-intensive job.

For example, Ma Jun, the guard of the army, four officers at the military level, and Yuan Zongdi, the admiral, are responsible for commanding and commanding the army, and are mainly responsible for decision-making and command.

There is also a deputy admiral, who didn't have this position at first, and was newly established by Lu Jianguo. Anyway, there was no chief soldier at first, but later there was a chief soldier, and then there was a deputy chief soldier.Then there was an admiral, so it is normal to have a new deputy admiral now.

The deputy admiral is to assist in command and even divide troops into battle.

The military supervisor and censor is responsible for supervision, law enforcement, and intelligence.

Counseling to join the army is responsible for formulating combat plans for the general to make decisions, assisting in the training of troops, and even in charge of logistics and intelligence.

The four chief officials are not completely related to the relationship between superiors and subordinates, but each has a division of labor. From the army to the town, from the association to the standard, and then to the battalion post, the four chief officials will basically implement the system of four chief officials, each with a division of labor, and cooperate with each other.

Yuan Zongdi has the Wangming flag, and Ma Jixiang also has the Wangming flag, but the number of flags is different.

"Okay, I'll send Ye Buxuan to grab some tongues, and Ma Gong also quickly sent someone to sneak into the city to make contact. Before dark, I will enter Suzhou City as planned."

Ma Jixiang hurriedly arranged to go.

In the city of Suzhou.

When the Huang Wu army arrived at the foot of Suzhou City, many gentry and common people in Suzhou City who cherished their homeland secretly rejoiced and were full of expectations, but last night they shouted for killing and turmoil, and then Tianming Tartar puppet officials sent troops to beat drums and drums to announce the victory, but let them Like a pot of cold water being poured over your head.

A famous family in Suzhou, the mansion of the Wen family.

Wen Cheng held a volume of military books in his hand, but couldn't read it. His wife Zhou was sharpening his sword.

"The army has been defeated, the army has been defeated, and it has been defeated!" Wen Cheng couldn't figure out how such a large army was defeated.Originally, he was full of joy and prepared to welcome the officers and soldiers into the city, but who knew that this was the result.

The Zhou family is still sharpening the sword, "If things were successful yesterday, my concubine sharpened the sword for my husband and helped him kill the false governor Tu Guobao and Li Shuitai, the captive servant. Now that things have failed, I have to sharpen this sword even more. If the matter of your husband's contact with the outside world is revealed, and the thieves come to search the door, I will use this sword to kill the enemy together, and I will never be humiliated."

The Zhou family also came from a well-known family in Suzhou. His father, Zhou Shunchang, once served as a member of the Wenxuan Department of the Ministry of Officials, Wailang. His father, Zhenmeng, once joined the cabinet as a scholar of Dongge University. Although Wen Cheng was the second son and adopted to his uncle very early, he and his elder brother Wen Bing were both well-known talents in the south of the Yangtze River.

Although he was only 27 years old at this time, he secretly contacted the righteous men from all over the world, aiming to resist the captives and recover.

Wen Cheng couldn't help being ashamed of his wife's understanding of righteousness.

"I regret that I was worried about my wife and children last night, so I didn't dare to raise my sword and go out to kill the captives."

"Why did my husband say that, as long as you have loyalty in your heart, there will always be a chance."

Just as I was talking, my old family came to report, and my son's friend Wang Boshi came to visit.

"The soldiers are in a panic outside, why is Brother Wang here?" Uncle Wang was a scholar in Suzhou and a classmate of Wen Cheng. The two had the same interests and secretly planned big things together.

"The buddy at the tea shop outside the west gate has brought new tea."

Hearing this, Wen Cheng immediately felt excited, "Where's the new tea?"

"West Lake Longjing." Wang Boshi was also excited.

"Dragon well tea has been shipped so quickly?"

"Well, the first batch of tea has arrived in the outskirts of the city, and more tea will arrive in Wujiang."

"How much did the first batch of tea come?"

Wang Boshi raised three fingers, "Three thousand, all brought by fast horses."

"Ah, really?" Fang Cheng could hardly believe it.

"That's right, the tea shop asked, is it convenient to send tea to the city now, how many tea customers are there in the city?"

Fang Cheng was so excited that he was almost speechless. He thought he was defeated, but he didn't expect a turnaround.

"There are no tea customers in the city now, all of them have left the city."

"Well, that's what I told the guy who delivered the tea as well, but the guy said he hoped someone from our side would go back with him to meet him, and he also said that he hoped we could also arrange some people to pick up the goods at the gate of the city."

"No problem, no problem, I'll go out of town with you now."

Wang Boshi said, "Brother Fang, don't worry, this is my plan. I will go out of the city with my buddy to see the goods. Brother Fang, you should contact the people immediately and prepare to pick up the goods at the gate of the city."

"Okay, okay," Fang Cheng got up excitedly and turned around. Zhou put away the sword and handed the sharpened sword to her husband, "Husband, put away the sword."

When Wang Boshi followed Ye Bushou and carefully came to Yuan Zongdi, he felt like he was dreaming, but when he saw these elite three thousand cavalry, and even Wu Zhikui next to Yuan Zongdi, he confirmed that these were real of.

"In Suzhou City, there are only some fast and strong men helping to defend the city. The thief Futu and the national treasure are unprepared. Fubiao and Zhenying have all left the city to chase the defeated soldiers."

"Fang Cheng, the son of the former Dongge University scholar, will lead people to respond."

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After Yuan Zongdi listened carefully, he asked Ma Jixiang, deputy admiral Zhang Mingbin, Chen Bangding, who had consulted with the army, and Zhang Quan, the commander-in-chief of Jinwu Town, "How is it?"

"The Tartars are rampant, God help our army." Ma Jixiang laughed.

"Then carry out according to the original plan," Yuan Zongdi said to Wu Zhikui, who had been shrunk to one side and was very ashamed, "I'm going to wrong General Wu again, come here and tie up General Wu."

Wu Zhikui stood up helplessly, and let Yuan Zongdi's personal soldiers tie him up. He cooperated very well, and even hoped that this cavalry would enter Suzhou City immediately, and capture and kill the national treasure to avenge him.

(End of this chapter)