Win the Ding 1617

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In early spring and March, the willow buds spit out green and the vegetation turns green in all parts of Gyeonggi.Several swallows flew in and out under the eaves, holding spring mud in their mouths to repair their houses destroyed by the war.

Standing on the edge of the canal, looking at the distant army and the forest of flags, Li Peiting didn't know what it was like.After more than ten years of hard work and more than ten years of running around, today the lord has finally re-entered the court again and became a knighted person.

According to his proposal, Shou Han brought the brigade of guards into the capital, and everyone, regardless of which court chiefs came to greet them, would all follow the marching posture before the battle, with forwards, scouts, central troops, and guards. Zhong Daxie was placed next to Shou Han, and moved forward at the position of the Chinese army.

"In this way, if there is a change, this generation will be the lord's amulet!"

Just in case, Li Huabao, who had been marching with his father all the time, temporarily stationed in the barracks outside the Chaoyang Gate because he was unwell, commanded the remaining two brigades to prepare for battle, and put all the artillery fire.Once something happened, even if all the artillery was fired, the city gate must be taken down within an hour.

Li Peiting specifically told Lu Yunsheng and other officers of the Guards Brigade, "Even if the emperor kneels down and kowtows to you, he must not leave the lord five steps away!"

These officers knew very well that this trip was very dangerous, so they all accepted the order awe-inspiringly and sang in unison.

The officers were each wearing newly made brocade robes and breastplates inside. Fortunately, the weather was warm and there was no need to wear cotton padded clothes.

"If there are changes in the city, Warburg. You must remember two things."

Li Peiting pulled Hua Bao aside and instructed him in a low voice.

"Uncle, please enlighten me."

"Don't think it's a good thing to be entrusted to Beijing. Chongzhen is used to using such methods to paralyze his opponents. It was the same when he dealt with Wei Zhongxian and Yuan Chonghuan back then. Remember, once there is a change, you must swing your troops to pounce on the city, so that Chongzhen and the people in the court did not dare to kill the lord. This is one thing."

"Remember, Hua Bao, if news comes out of the city, attack the city right away! The young master will definitely throw the cannonball on Chongzhen's head. It will make even his concubine Lin Xing fearful!"

"Good! Good! Children can be taught!"

Seeing that Hua Bao didn't regard Chongzhen as his monarch at all, Li Peiting couldn't help twisting his beard and laughing.

"For the second matter, you must send someone to Nigu to tell your eldest sister Huamei. First, the food hoarded there will be reduced. Second, immediately go south to the mouth of the Yangtze River. Cut off the canal water transportation. Shelling left All in Nanjing!"

"Uncle, don't worry! When the time comes, I will burn the grain and grass of Lianzhou to Chongzhen, and half of the people in Beijing will starve to death this spring!"

If the bigwigs in the DPRK and China heard the conversation between the uncle and nephew, they would definitely be scared to death. "You use such vicious means to defend against the imperial court, even if the imperial court has the courage to take such a risk, it would not dare to take such a risk to attack Uncle Ning Yuan!"

"Big shopkeeper, shouldn't it be time for us to set off?"

Beside the convoy, Lin Wenbing reminded Li Peiting.

"All those things are loaded into the car? Where are the people?"

"Back to the big shopkeeper, I have handed over to several quartermasters from the old battalion last night. Three thousand pieces of armor, seven thousand pieces of weapons, one thousand bows, and nearly thirty thousand pieces were selected from the seized Jiannu armor sticks. The arrows have been wiped and oiled, and packed tightly. Of the 300 heavy-armored dead soldiers captured before, except for the [-] who were picked up by the lord to offer prisoners, the remaining [-] were handed over to us and accompanied them to the north."

"What about the twenty?"

Li Peiting was very concerned about the whereabouts of the twenty missing heavy armor soldiers.

"After being captured, they made a lot of noise and were ordered to be beheaded in public. Now these guys can't be more honest."

"Okay! Let's go!"

"The shopkeeper has an order, let's set off!"

Dozens of mighty carts meander all the way to Nigu.

On the day when Shou Han was ordered to enter Beijing, the Di Bao with the same content was delivered to Xuzhou.

In front of the state government office where hundreds of people had just been killed, dozens of corpses were still bleeding from their necks, and a dozen wild dogs greedily looked at the corpses rolled up with reed mats. They will be thrown into mass graves outside the city and become a delicacy for them.

In the yamen, Zuo Liangyu, who had just beheaded hundreds of bosses big and small from Yilong Ganzi and Rolling Mine, sat in a relaxed mood and listened to the accompanying master read to him the mansion newspaper received in the state yamen.

"What, that fellow Li Shouhan was made an earl? Uncle Ning Yuan, who is a mother-in-law?"

When the master read this passage, all the generals in Zuo Town were in an uproar.

Ma Jinzhong, the gangster who surrendered Zuo Liangyu in the Guangshan area last year, roared and cursed with Wang Yuncheng, Zuo Menggeng, Liu Guoneng and others to vent their anger.

In the Wuqiao Incident, Liu Guoneng suffered the greatest loss. Nearly 300 of his old battalion soldiers died, and many were injured. Although there were more than a hundred people who escaped after the incident, the inspection team still lost 500 people.Followed by Zuo Liangyu, his servants were killed more than 200 people by bayonets and firearms of the South China Army, and more than [-] people were injured.A staff, mules and horses lost even more.

In order to make up for this loss, Zuo Liangyu quickly led his troops south to Henan, gritted his teeth and ruthlessly wiped out the gangsters and rogues everywhere after receiving the documents from the Ministry of War with [-] boards each. Bribing with thieves, there is only one word for poles and thieves everywhere, hit!They seized jewels, gold, silver, money, food, mules and horses, and selected strong and strong soldiers from the captured bandits to supplement their own troops.

In the Zuozhen camp, there are old-fashioned thieves like Chuangtatian Liu Guoneng and Hunshiwan Ma Jinzhong, who have registered famous trademarks. How can those local bandits from Henan and other places be the opponents of Zuozhen?In less than half a month since arriving in Henan, he has reported three consecutive victories, destroyed seven or eight poles, and beheaded thousands of people.

The generals of the left battalion have reaped countless treasures from their children, and the soldiers, horses, swords and guns in the battalion have gradually recovered.

Unexpectedly, at this time, he heard such a ruinous news.

The enemy has actually conferred a title!

"Donkey ball! It's so fucking unreasonable! We ran thousands of miles to Beijing to serve the king, didn't we just rob some things? Burned a few houses and killed a few people? That's what Li Shouhan did to us. Ruthless hands, the imperial court of this dog day even conferred a title on him!" Hunshiwan Ma Jinzhong scolded, while secretly rejoicing that he went to Botou on that day and did not go to Wuqiao, "If that day is Let's go to Wuqiao, and the one who lost the soldiers and horses is my old horse!" He mentioned this to his confidantes more than once after drinking.

"That's right! Why is he Li Shouhan!" Zuo Menggeng, who was called the young marshal by the generals and commanded Zuo Zhen's servants, blushed.He kept cursing in his mouth.

Zuo Liangyu's face was slightly purple.Turn around from behind Shuai's case, and walk to Zuo Menggeng.Looking at the adopted son with a smile on his face.

"My son, would you like to know why the imperial court favors Li Shouhan so much and favors him so much?"

"Father, please tell me."

Zuo Menggeng's alcoholic voice has not yet landed.Zuo Liangyu had already slapped him across the face and greeted him left and right.

"Why? Just because he has tens of thousands of tigers and wolves in his hands. Who would dare to be unfavorable to him who can behead tens of thousands of troops against Jiannu?! Then don't curry favor with him?!"

A series of big slaps made Zuo Menggeng dizzy, and stars appeared in front of his eyes.The corners of the mouth and nose were bleeding profusely.

Seeing this, all the generals in Zuo Town got up in fright, but they didn't dare to go forward to dissuade them, so they could only listen to Zuo Liangyu beating and scolding there.

"Even if he doesn't have that bullshit title of President of the Eastern Army, when you hear that his team is coming, you still don't know how to hide for a while, but you want to go down at the muzzle of his gun to stroke the tiger's beard? Before and after the march Don't send scouts to the left and right, don't let the rangers go, if they open the city gates, you'll rush in excitedly, won't you be afraid that others will set up an ambush in the city and make your dumplings?!"

Tired from beating with his hands, Zuo Liangyu simply raised his foot and kicked Zuo Menggeng to the ground, yelling and cursing incessantly.

"Biaoxia is guilty, please forgive the young commander!"

Ma Jinzhong, Liu Guoneng, Wang Yuncheng and others kowtowed and pleaded for Zuo Menggeng.If the fight continued like this, Zuo Menggeng would definitely be beaten to death by the enraged Zuo Liangyu.Chewing on Zuo Liangyu's words of scolding his son, all the generals were ashamed, scolding Zuo Menggeng here and there, this undoubtedly scolded all the generals in Zuo Town once.

Generals don't read military books, don't know formations, don't know banners, don't know golden drums, and rely on a few soldiers in battle to go up with a bang when they win, and to be defeated by thousands of miles when they are defeated.This is a common problem of Ming generals at present.With a total of 2000 soldiers, there are only [-] soldiers that can be relied on.

Seeing that everyone came out to intercede for his son, and knowing that the purpose of the performance had been achieved, Zuo Liangyu stepped down from the donkey and held back his fists. "For the sake of the generals, let me forgive you now. If similar things happen in the future, I will definitely not forgive you!"

"Thank you, Commander! Thank you, Commander!"

Zuo Menggeng was also helped up by two of his own soldiers. He didn't care about the oil and wine all over his body, and knelt in front of Zuo Liangyu with a vague mouth, "Thank you for the beating! Thank you for your teaching."

"My son, get up and talk."

Zuo Liangyu changed his face.

"It's not that the commander-in-chief is demanding on you. We are currently in troubled times. If we want to protect the leader of the whole family, there must be one thing that must be firmly grasped in our own hands!"

"Please show me, Commander!"

All the generals sang in unison with great energy.

"That is an army. There are tens of thousands of elite soldiers who can win and fight evil battles. No matter whether he is the emperor, the elder, the prince, or the marquis, he will rely on our noses and act according to our faces! "

Hearing that the marshal pointed out a way to get promoted and get rich, to run rampant and lawless, but to make the court helpless to him, the generals couldn't help but immediately became elated.

"Willing to serve the Marshal!"

Lu Guangzu, Li Guoying, Zhang Yingxiang, Xu Ensheng, Hao Xiaozhong, Jin Shenghuan, Chang Deng, Xu Yong, Wu Xueli, Zhang Yingyuan, Xu Yuxian, and Hun Shiwan Ma Jinzhong and Chuang Tatian Liu Guoneng all stepped in to salute.

"The commander-in-chief looked through the accounts. These days, the officers and soldiers of our town have suppressed thieves in Gyeonggi, Henan and other places. The seizures are quite rich. There are hundreds of millions of taels of gold and silver, and some jewelry, jade, antiques, calligraphy, paintings and rare books. I have one thing, I wish Discuss one or two with your lords."

Zuo Liangyu's complexion changed again, and he became much more relaxed, as if he wasn't the one who swung Zuo Menggeng's mouth to bleed with a big slap just now.

"A few days ago, I was in conflict with the Southern Central Army, now called the Southern Guangdong Army. Although I was caught off guard by him. However, the armor is not as good as it is an important juncture. Didn't the sage say that if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your weapon? This commander intends to take the things captured in our town to Nanjing to buy the armors and armors sold by Nanzhong merchants, what do you think?"

These words were like breaking the sky, making the dozen or so people present unable to react for a moment.

After a while, Liu Guoneng and Li Guoying asked Zuo Liangyu: "Commander, what I heard is that you sent people to Liudu to buy armor from Nanman merchants?"

"Of course!"

"But Commander, we just had a big fight with the Southern Cantonese Army, how can this group of merchants sell us such important items as military armor?"

"That's right! They are not afraid that we will use the high-quality ordnance produced by him in Nanzhong to avenge Wu Qiao for killing my soldiers?" Liu Guoneng added.

"I don't know, Nanman is greedy for profit. As long as real gold and silver are given enough, even the gallbladder of a living person is willing to sell! We just transport the gold and silver to Nanjing. To their shop. The best swords and armors, firecrackers, Buddhas, etc. Lang Ji, you can have as many as you want!"

Zuo Liangyu was sitting behind the desk, fiddling with the sword at his waist very firmly.

"But. Marshal. Our current military salary...?"

Lu Guangzu hesitated.

He wasn't worried that the Nanzhong merchants wouldn't sell weapons and armor to Zuo Zhen.Instead, worry about whether there will be enough money to pay.These days, Zuo Zhen made a large-scale attack to wipe out many bandits and poles, in addition to reporting his decapitation achievements.Also incorporate the strong forces of these armed forces into their own battalions to expand their strength.

Right now, compared with other Ming armies, Zuo Zhen is very unique in that not only does he have no vacancies, but on the contrary, he has a lot more troops.These troops did not have names in the establishment issued to Zuo Liangyu by the Ministry of War.In other words, a group of black households.

How to feed this group of guys who are used to big bowls of wine, big pieces of meat, big scales to divide gold and silver, and change clothes has always been a problem that has plagued the generals of Zuozhen.

Now that he has just saved up some savings due to the extermination of a few bandits, in addition to paying the arrears and managing the big bosses in the court, Zuo Liangyu also has to buy a large number of armaments. Where does the money come from?

"You guys are so honest!"

After listening to the statements of his subordinates, Zuo Liangyu couldn't help laughing up to the sky, laughing so much that everyone felt absurd.To say that these murders are done without blinking an eye, is it because the guy who slaughtered the village for money is honest?Isn't that the same as hitting them in the face?When and where did they have any dealings with the word honesty?

"Although this commander is illiterate, he often hears about mansion newspapers from gentlemen on weekdays. I asked you, what is Li Shouhan's background? It's just a hereditary guard with a thousand households! But he has supported tens of thousands of people. What did the imperial court say about him? It’s still what I said just now, as long as we have soldiers in our hands and an army that is invincible, everything will be fine!”

"But, Marshal, what about the military salary?"

Lu Guangzu still didn't turn the corner.

"It's very simple!" Zuo Liangyu sneered coldly, "Someone in the capital wrote to me, saying that various items can be used to offset the payment to the Nanban merchants. Except for gold, silver and jewelry, those books that you think are useless, Paper, antique calligraphy and paintings, and even people, regardless of gender, old or young, ugly or handsome, black or white, as long as there is no physical defect, they can all be traded."

"Donkey ball!" Hearing this, Ma Jinzhong immediately jumped up, turned around and ran, but was stopped by Zuo Menggeng who had just applied ointment on his head and face.

"Old horse, why are you doing this?"

"Marshal, you don't know. A group of idiots in my camp were burning books and cooking when I went out. These prodigal sons!"

Amidst the laughter of the generals, Zuo Liangyu signaled Ma Jinzhong to return to his seat and sit down, "Old Ma, I'm afraid that if you go back, their food will be finished too. Forget it, I will issue a military order from the commander later. Except for those who resisted my left town, you must not kill a single person in vain. You must not destroy all kinds of utensils that you don't know. My son, you lead the servants to supervise the handling of this matter, find out all kinds of utensils, and promulgate the various camps Afterwards, you will lead your servants to supervise all matters such as suppressing bandits, sieges, marching, camping, etc., and anyone who destroys objects that can be used for exchange or kills people who can be used for trading at will will be punished by the officer forty Army sticks, marching in the camp to show the public, soldiers beheaded on the spot to rectify the law, and command the whole army!"

As a result, Zuo Liangyu's department, which was known for slaughtering cities and looting civilians and government wealth, gradually evolved in history, and deviated slightly on its own road to warlordization.Although the plundering and plundering of folk wealth is still the same, it has become more refined. It is no longer just robbing those soft things of gold and silver, but has a longer-term vision.

Rare books, lonely books, calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, antiques, and even all kinds of fine wood furniture are on Zuozhen's looting list.Wherever they passed, the kind civilians who were originally confronted by them with swords and guns were tied up with long ropes, escorted to nearby docks, and handed over to Nanzhong merchants to transport them to Guangdong and Guangxi by boat. transport.

"Father, the mansion newspaper didn't say that the emperor killed dozens of censors in order to clear Li's name, and my son planned to order someone to bring some money to visit these people's homes to comfort them." After the banquet was over , Zuo Menggeng sat opposite Zuo Liangyu and his son, and the young marshal made a suggestion to his father.

"Why?" Zuo Liangyu's red face was not happy.

"Father, my Zuo family and the Li family are already on fire, and conflicts are bound to continue in the future. This person has the emperor and the eunuchs in the palace as his Austrian aid, so he is naturally confident. I plan to use the power of the court and Chinese officials to form alliances with military forces from all over the country. Okay, let’s fight against Li. Besides, the commander-in-chief himself was born in Liaodong, and Lu Guangzu, Li Guoying, Jin Shengheng and others in my left town are from Liaodong themselves, and it is beneficial and harmless to form a good relationship with the Guanning Army."

"Furthermore, Father Marshal and Guide Hou's family have the grace to know each other and support each other. Hou Fangyu, the son of the Hou family, is now even more famous in Fushe. If you make friends with Fushe and contact Donglin, the ruling and opposition parties will all agree What can Zhu Youjian do if he praises his father-in-law?"

A few days later, Zuo Menggeng went to Nanjing with a lot of money, and then went to Wujiang to sponsor the spring meeting of the restoration society.

All of a sudden, the ruling and opposition parties praised Zuo Liangyu one after another.

Some Fushe scholars hailed Zuo Liangyu as Guo Ziyi of Zhongxing Tang Dynasty. (To be continued..)