Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 78 Friends and Foes
"Junmen, this Xu Papi deserves to die."

Under a camphor tree, several subordinate officers including Zhang Mingyang and Yang Boxing were sitting in the cool air while chatting about military affairs.

"I don't agree with Mr. Yang's words. Xu Min is an official of the imperial court, and the Xu family is a local rich family. Moreover, he has a Xu family camp with thousands of people at hand. As long as he does not surrender to the Qing, we should win him over. "The one who spoke was Ruan Qi of the Chinese Army of the Banner Bearer Battalion, with the title of Dusi.

Ruan Qi is the brother of Ruan Jin, the commander of the navy in the original Shipu guerrilla camp of Zhang Mingzhen. The Ruan family brothers are from Fujian. Fighting skills, became the head of the sailors under Zhang Mingzhen's command.

After Zhang Mingyang became the deputy general of the Banner Bearer Battalion, Ruan Qi became Zhang Mingyang's Chinese army.

The position of the Central Army is equivalent to the officers of the troops directly under the generals at all levels. For example, the governor has a supervisor directly under him, the governor of the river channel has the river mark, and the governor of the water transport has the water mark.The governor's bid, the Chinese army is a general, the general's Chinese army is generally a guerrilla, the deputy general's Chinese army is generally a capital, and the general's Chinese army is a garrison.

The Banner Bearer Battalion is quite special. This is a pro-national army. The general battalion commanders are only garrison ranks. However, Zhu Yihai built each battalion with higher ranks. For example, the commander of the Yongwei Battalion is a guerrilla, while The banner-bearer battalion he personally led, he also served concurrently, and got himself the rank of admiral and commander-in-chief.

So Zhang Mingyang is actually equivalent to Zhu Yihai's promotion to the Chinese Army, and he was given the rank of lieutenant general.

Zhang Mingyang brought his old subordinate Ruan Qi into the banner-bearer battalion, and asked him to be his own central army, with a garrison rank as the commander of the capital.

Although the Ruan Qi brothers were born in poverty in Fujian, they went from boatmen to sailors to pirates, and then recruited them as soldiers, and then became officers, but there is a kind of official-based thinking in their bones.

Between Xu Min and the common people, he thought that Xu Min should be drawn over.

"It should be played to the supervisor, and adapted for Xu Min's Xujiaying, just like the recovery camp of Qian Sule in Ningbo, and the Shizhong camp of Huang Zongxi in Meishan. Xu Min is now the king of Yiyang, but I believe His Highness only needs to give With a higher official title than Chongming, he is definitely willing to support His Highness, so that we can add a new force for nothing, and also get the support of the ground snake, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Yang Boxing also came from a poor background, but he completely opposed what he said.

"Then how can Xu Papi compare with Qian Gong in Yincheng and Huang Gong in Meishan? They are all loyal and righteous men. When the country is in danger, they don't care about themselves, destroy their families and revolt, but listen to what the people say about Xu Papi. ?Although he was born as a Jinshi, he also entered the court and achieved such an important position as a servant, but the Xu family in Gapu has never had a good reputation, and this Xu is even worse. ?"

"Nowadays when the country is in crisis, they are still recruiting rogues. In Yurou Township, such people are the national thieves, traitors, evil gentry and local tyrants that His Highness said. They must be eliminated, and the local people must be wiped out."

"If we can't tell the good from the bad and bring this kind of person into our camp, how will the people here treat us? In their eyes, wouldn't we be the same as Xu Papi?"

Ruan Qize said, "If you want to establish a foothold and develop here, and build the base that His Highness said, can you do it without the support of local wealthy and powerful gentry? What's the use of relying on the support of a few poor farmers? Human beings are like grass, insensitive and insensitive, so they don't care about your country's righteousness."

"What happened to the poor people? Don't the poor people know loyalty? Yes, some people are insensitive, but that's because they can't even care about survival. That's why Jianguo said that our great cause is to save these poor people. Let’s start. In my opinion, it’s right for the gentry of powerful and powerful clans to unite, but people like Xu Papi are not worthy. This kind of people must be liquidated and fought, otherwise we will not get the real support of the people here. Everything is empty!"

Zhang Mingyang listened to the quarrel between the two, and was not in a hurry to express his opinion.

Breaking it up into pieces or even pretending to enter the coastal villages of Haiyan, doing something to penetrate into the people, mobilizing the masses to establish bases, these are the meanings of the prison.

Zhang Mingyang doesn't quite understand, and he still has this attitude now.

Fighting a war should be a matter for the soldiers, what does it have to do with the common people?
And fighting for the world is naturally fighting for the city gates, robbing taxes, money and food, going to the countryside, and even talking about going into the mountains and seas to fight guerrillas. What is this?
Do you want to learn from thieves?
He couldn't understand.

At this moment, we should go to siege cities and seize land, attack the Tartars, and we should think about a decisive battle in Hangzhou to recover Nanjing. Why did we go to the countryside to fight local tyrants and landlords instead?Wouldn't that be the same as trespassers and thieves, they are majestic masters and the imperial guards.

"If we can bring Xu Min over, we will add a battalion of thousands of people at once. The Xu family is a local family with hundreds of years of history, and there are many in-laws. When the time comes, we will be able to take back Ganpu immediately. And if you beat up the Xu family as you said, how can the Xu family sit back and watch? Will his in-laws, friends, and disciples be sad? If they vote for the Tartars, or follow Chongming against us, then we can still talk about it. What is building a base here?"

"We don't distinguish between priority and secondary. Instead of wooing local powerful families with money and food and prestige, we want to woo a group of bitter people. What can we get?"

"Okay, stop arguing." Zhang Mingyang stopped the excited Ruan Qi.

"I think Captain Yang is right. Your Highness's explanation this time is very clear. Xu Min is the second Xie Sanbin. To expect such a person to recruit and obey is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger."

"We have a hundred people on hand, and this Xu Min has more than a thousand scoundrels. Do you think he can accept our offer? What's more, he paid homage to Chongming."

Yang Boxing was extremely excited when he heard this, "Junmen, this subordinate is willing to lead our team to raid Xu Yuan and capture this Xu Papi."

"I'm just a lieutenant general. The military gate is the title of governor and governor. Don't yell." Zhang Mingyang said to Yang Boxing. He was actually a little dissatisfied with Yang Boxing. Yang was just the team leader and his subordinate, but he Because he is the captain of the guard country, he obviously doesn't obey him as a lieutenant general.

But Zhang Mingyang has to worry that he is His Highness's confidant, so he can't do anything to him. He is obviously only the team leader, but his lieutenant general is almost equal to him. It is impossible to say that he doesn't feel a little uncomfortable.

"We are new here, so we have to be cautious, collect information first, and then act. We have to get rid of this Xu family, and his Xu family camp. Get rid of the Xu family camp, so that the money and food of the Xu family can be used as military expenses to develop Strengthen our battalion of standard bearers."

The Bannerman Battalion and the Yongwei are the two Imperial Guards directly under the Supervisory State. There are only four battalion heads in total, but Wang Xiang is already a lieutenant general, and he is also a lieutenant general, so he is higher than the general army. Preparations to continue the expansion later.

Normally, the general battalion officers are just on the defensive, and there are capital divisions, guerrillas, and generals at the top. The middle battalion and the small battalion are commanded by generals and guerrillas.

Zhang Mingyang's future is bright, as long as he works hard, he will not be worse than his elder brother, but the prerequisite is to do well.

"This is the first time our Banner Bearer Battalion has left His Highness on business. Everyone has to be careful. Don't give me a loose belt. Seventh, you bring a few brothers to keep an eye on this village secretly, and don't let anyone go out to report the news secretly. , sold us, and now we are alone in the enemy's rear, so we must be very careful."

When it was over, he said to Yang Boxing again, "Captain Yang has always been His Royal Highness's confidant guard, and has a bright future. Now he is temporarily under Zhang, and I feel wronged. I hope we can handle this job well together and live up to His Highness's trust."

"The general's words are serious, and his subordinates dare not bear them."

"Okay, let's all go to rest. If you come, you will be at ease. There are some things that can't be rushed."

"General, I request that you take Brother Yishi to Xuyuan for reconnaissance tonight." Yang Boxing requested.

"Find two trustworthy villagers to lead the way. Don't startle the enemy. Let's try to find out the details of each other. If necessary, I will send someone to call other brothers from our banner camp to help."

Yang Boxing was very confident, "Although there are only about a hundred of us here, we are well-equipped, with many veterans and recruits who have fought a few battles. They are not born soldiers. As long as we are unprepared, the so-called Xu Family Camp by Xu Papi will I don't think there's anything to worry about."

"It's always good to be careful. If the ship capsizes, we are unlucky, but if we delay His Highness's arrangement, it will be a serious crime." Zhang Mingyang reminded.

"The subordinate was reckless. What the general taught is that the subordinate must keep it in mind."

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"This woodcutter is so arrogant that he doesn't pay attention to the general town." Ruan Qi looked at Yang Boxing's back and said coldly.

But Zhang Mingyang glared at him, "I just taught Captain Yang not to call me indiscriminately, you fucking treat me as a fart? Also, we are in the same team now, we are brothers in the same robe, we must unite. Captain Yang Although he used to be a woodcutter, he won the trust of His Highness. He not only commanded His Highness's personal guards, but also often received orders from His Highness. How can he be an ordinary person? Don't think he is just a team leader now. He will be promoted to a guerrilla general in the future. It will be a matter of time before he is even awarded the title of commander-in-chief."

"If your kid is smart, don't get along with him all the time, but make good friends with him. You are not as good as your brother Ruan Jin in this respect. Your brother is not only good at sailing, but also accurate at sea cannonballs. The ability to rudder is also very strong, you should study hard."

"Although my brother and I came out of a mother's belly, our personalities are completely different. I can't do it if I want to be as smooth and sophisticated as him. I just have a straight temper and say whatever I want. But anyway, I I've been with you, General, for so long, but I've done it wholeheartedly, and I'm angry because I think this woodcutter doesn't respect the General."

"What's there to be angry about? We are all on the same boat. Tonight, you will also take a few old brothers to visit Xu Yuan, and take care of Captain Yang. If he misses, you have to give me Bring him back, this is His Highness's confidant, if we just leave it outside like this, we won't be able to do business."

"This subordinate understands, General, do we really want to hit Xu Min?"

"It's just a local tyrant and evil gentry running rampant in the countryside. Even if you recruit a group of scoundrels, it's nothing more than a chicken and a dog. You, I will learn more about your Highness's thoughts in the future. We warriors are after all just swords, not those who hold swords." People, do you understand?" Zhang Mingyang patted Ruan Qi on the shoulder, "Let's go to rest first, recharge your batteries, find out tonight, find out the details, we have to move first, this is our Beidu In the first battle after the battle, you must do a good job, and you can't let the other battalion posts compare!"

Ruan Qi patted his chest and said, "I, Ruan Xiaoqi, am also a hero who travels all over the world. This little thing won't bother me."

(End of this chapter)