Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 194
When we got outside the camp, we could only hear the silence in the barracks, except for a few sentries patrolling the camp, no one moved around.

The sentry patrolling the battalion knew Zhang Chu, saw him from a distance, and hurried to greet him.

Zhang Chu waved his hand to stop the sentinel, then turned to Li Jing and said, "Brother, brothers are guarding at the top of the city at night. The rogues began to attack the city in the early morning, and the battle lasted until dawn. The brothers are exhausted. I will let them go back." Rest at camp, probably already asleep by now."

Li Jingjing nodded, waved to Zhang Chu, then walked into a tent lightly, and saw that the charcoal fire in the brazier was very hot. Li Jing nodded slightly, and went to the soldiers' beds to look, and saw that the soldiers were all in harmony with each other. Lying down in their clothes, some of them still held long guns in their hands.

Li Jing watched silently for a while, then gestured to Zhang Chu to go out, and when he walked to the brazier, he leaned over and grabbed a few pieces of charcoal and threw them into the brazier.

After leaving the camp, Li Jing said to Zhang Chu: "Forget it, let the brothers sleep well, and when the brothers wake up, I will cook a delicious meal for everyone."

Zhang Chu nodded.

Li Jing patted Zhang Chu on the shoulder and said, "You're tired too, go back to the camp and have a rest. I'll let Hutou take care of you here."

Zhang Chu smiled and said, "I'm fine. The elder brother is really tired after he brought his brothers all the way. Go back and have a rest."

Li Jing shook his head, sighed and said, "Where is the mood to rest? If I hadn't been careless, how could this situation have happened? You go and rest, I'll think about something."

Li Jing didn't go into the wounded barracks to visit the wounded soldiers. He was a soldier himself and had been wounded before. He knew that if he went to visit the wounded soldiers, he would only cause trouble for the wounded soldiers.

What he has to do is to give rewards and pensions to these wounded soldiers, and arrange their aftermath. If these things are done well, it will be more useful than him visiting the wounded soldiers with empty hands.

After thinking about it, Li Jing arranged for a soldier to go to Jiang County to invite Yang Liufeng.

A few days ago, Mrs. Shen wrote to say that Mrs. Shen's health seemed to be failing, so Shen Zheng took a leave of absence before Li Jing's expedition, and went back to Lin County to accompany Mrs. Shen to spend the New Year.

As soon as Shen Zheng left, the whole matter fell on Yang Liufeng. During this time, Fang Fang began to tinker with the smelter, and Yang Liufeng stayed in Jiang County to help Fang Fang.

The reason why the smelter was built in Jiangxian County was mainly due to the relatively good geographical location of Jiangxian County.

Jiang County is located in the center of Yicheng County, Quwo County, Wenxi County and Yuanqu County, and the water system resources here are relatively developed.

Through Shen Zheng, Fang Fang learned that Hongshanling used water power to make firearms, and Fang Fang was also moved.

During this period of time, regardless of the cold weather, Fang Fang asked Yang Liufeng to mobilize the peasants to start building a reservoir, and at the same time build a smelter next to the reservoir.

Li Jing was naturally clear about the movements of the equation. Seeing that the idea of ​​the equation was quite in line with his own ideas, Li Jing asked Yang Liufeng to fully cooperate.

Li Jing asked Yang Liufeng to go to Yicheng County, mainly to ask Yang Liufeng to take care of the aftermath of the dead and injured soldiers.

Although there are people who do these things, Li Jing can feel more at ease with Yang Liufeng watching.

Back at the residence, Li Jing waved his hand to signal the soldiers to retreat, then leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes to meditate.

After carefully sorting out what he had done during this period of time, Li Jing sighed, spread rice paper on the table, researched the ink, and then took up a pen and wrote the words "Careful Judgment and Proceeding".

Yicheng fought a battle that shouldn't be fought, which made Li Jing realize that he had been a little carried away during this period, writing these four words is to remind himself to think twice in the future.

Putting down the pen, Li Jing blew on the wet ink on the paper, then lightly picked up the paper and looked at the words he wrote carefully, then smiled wryly, he really couldn't handle the stinky handwriting.

At this moment, Yuan Keli walked into the room, saw Li Jing's handwriting, and immediately laughed softly: "Hehe, not bad, the handwriting has improved."

Li Jing hadn't blushed for many years, and after hearing Yuan Keli's words, he suddenly felt a little hot on his face.

Seeing Yuan Keli's staggering steps, Li Jing hurriedly put the paper back on the table, and then helped Yuan Keli to sit on the side of the bed: "Sir, have you rested?"

Yuan Keli nodded, pointed at the paper on the table and sighed: "Careful in judgment and action! Jimin, you have developed so smoothly in the past few years. What I am most worried about is that you will not be able to control yourself. It seems that I am overwhelmed." , You can realize these four words from today's incident, I am very pleased for the teacher!"

Li Jing said respectfully: "Sir, compared to your old student, you are still far behind as a student!"

Yuan Keli waved his hand and said: "Jimin, you don't need to belittle yourself. I am far inferior to you at your age! In fact, you have always done a good job. Even this time, you have been very successful in encircling and suppressing the bandits. The biggest reason for the omissions in the Second Wing City is that you have overlooked a fundamental problem."

Li Jing hastily cupped his hands and said, "Please give me your advice, sir."

Yuan Keli patted Li Jing's hand lightly and said, "Jimin, you have overlooked the simplest problem that rogues have no roots."

Sighing, Yuan Keli continued: "The biggest reason why rogues are called rogues is that they have no roots, and they count where they go. They are like a group of people without a home. You say that people who have no home are forced to go How will you react in the future?"

Li Jing thought for a while and said, "Either surrender, or desperately."

Yuan Keli nodded and said: "That's right, you can either surrender or go all out. But there are skills in going all out. The rogues in Xiangling were surrounded by you on three sides. If they fight you head-on, they will know the end, so they can only find another way out." , to fight you desperately in other places. Do you think the leaders of the rogues know that Yicheng County is your territory?"

Li Jing thought for a while and said, "Wang Ziyong has fought against the government army for many years. If he did not inquire about the real situation in the city before attacking the city, he would have died a long time ago."

Yuan Keli said: "Yes, and he probably didn't attack Yicheng County on the spur of the moment. I'm afraid this decision was made before capturing Xiangling."

Speaking of which, Yuan Keli took the map and spread it out on the table, clicked on the location of Huozhou on the map, then swiped south, stopped at the location of Xiangling, and then continued: "Look, on this road, You chased and intercepted everywhere, fought countless small battles, but you didn't launch an attack on the large army of the rogues, and pressed the rogues all the way southward. Do you think the rogues should have doubts about your actions?"

Li Jing smiled wryly and said, "My intention to expel them is too obvious. Wang Ziyong and those people are not fools, they can guess my intention after a little analysis."

Yuan Keli nodded and said: "That's right, our intentions have been seen through, and they naturally don't want to follow our line. So after they captured Xiangling, they sent elites to surprise Yicheng County overnight."

Li Jing suddenly patted his forehead: "I see. I said, why is Wang Ziyong so courageous to talk to me before the battle? He may have seen that before our goal is not achieved, we will not do anything to him Yes. Well... I'm afraid he has already planned to negotiate with me if Yicheng County cannot be defeated."

Yuan Keli shook his head and said, "I'm afraid he will negotiate with you if he wins Yicheng County. If Wang Ziyong is not a fool, he would never want to provoke an enemy like you. If he wins Yicheng County, he will have the confidence to negotiate with you."

Li Jingwen listened silently.

Yuan Keli sighed and said, "Sun Tzu said, 'Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles', but how difficult is it to know your enemy?"

Li Jingjing nodded. This is not the first time Yuan Keli told him about knowing himself and his enemy.

I think that when Yuan Keli was the governor of Denglai, he successively recovered Jinzhou, Lushun and other places. He fought dozens of battles against Jin soldiers, but he was not defeated. In the end, Yuan Keli took office. The rematch shows how powerful Yuan Keli was back then.

Yuan Keli knew Hou Jin's various actions like the palm of his hand, and he truly knew himself and the enemy.

Knowing the enemy, Yuan Keli not only knows the number of enemy troops and how powerful they are, but also understands the character, preferences and living habits of the opponent's leading generals, and these are exactly the keys to Yuan Keli's victory.

If Li Jing really understood the rogues, then the battle of Yicheng could have been avoided.

Seeing that Li Jing was quite ashamed, Yuan Keli patted Li Jing lightly and said with a smile: "Jimin, it's nothing to suffer a small loss. After such a small loss, you can understand the principle of being cautious and cautious. You have made a lot of money. You suffered a loss as a teacher back then and stayed at home for 26 years. Compared with being a teacher, your loss is nothing!"

Li Jingjing nodded, and respectfully saluted Yuan Keli: "Thank you sir, the students have been taught."

Yuan Keli waved his hands and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore, Wang Ziyong and others will help us take down Puzhou and Jiezhou soon, what are your plans for the next step?"

Li Jing hurriedly said: "Through today's battle, I found that we still don't have enough soldiers to fight. The students thought that we should base ourselves on Jiezhou, Puzhou, and Jiangzhou to develop the economy quietly, and then try our best to build an elite army." Teacher. I initially plan to train 5 people for three years, and I think three years should be enough."

Yuan Keli shook his head and said: "The courage should be stronger. 5 people may not be enough. I suggest you train 15 people. With 15 people, with our weapons, it may be barely enough."

Li Jing's heart trembled. What Yuan Keli said was barely enough, which naturally meant to pacify the world.

But relying on Puzhou, Jiangzhou and Jiezhou, these three places can't recruit so many soldiers anyway.

Seeing that Li Jing was a little puzzled, Yuan Keli smiled and said, "Don't think I'm talking nonsense. It's obviously impossible to recruit more than [-] soldiers from Puzhou, Jiangzhou and Jiezhou alone, but don't forget , there are still Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang and those rogues around here. In two years at most, these people should be of no use. Are they still left to make trouble? Recruit them and train them a little bit, that's okay Soldiers of War."

Seeing Yuan Keli's proud face, Li Jing felt the blood rushing up in his heart, and he slapped the table and said loudly: "Just according to Mr.'s words, train 15 people."

Yuan Keli nodded and said: "Three years later, with these 15 elite soldiers, you will have the strength to win the world, and then you will be able to show your ambitions."

(End of this chapter)