Chapter 034
Huang Zuxin took Cheng Shijie's victory document and glanced at it in a hurry. He subconsciously looked at the sky outside the window and murmured: "The sun hasn't set yet!"
Jin Yousheng also suspected that Cheng Shijie was too brave, right?
Can this kind of joke be made?
"Cheng Qianhu is really..."
Another commander, Shi Wenli, read the official document and said solemnly: "Master Commander, I am afraid that Cheng Qianhu suffered a huge defeat!"
Hearing this, Jin Yousheng's heart sank.
Yes, Shi Wenli's words are not unreasonable. After all, only when you have suffered a huge defeat will you ask for supplies and support from the commander's office, and then you will describe a huge defeat as a huge victory, and then you will make up the story. Such a nonsense.
As long as you have the supplies you want, as for killing the bandits, it's too easy.
Now that there are so many refugees, if you send out an army at random, surround a group of refugees, and insist that they are bandits from the Fifth Division of Qin, what can those refugees do?
No matter how you say the two words "official", they are all Cheng Shijie's principles.
Thinking of this, Jin Yousheng said: "Forget about this official document, the army has been assembled and we will set off tomorrow morning!"
After issuing this order, Jin Yousheng realized that this official document did not seem to be a false report of military exploits or confusing right and wrong, because the numbers of prisoners and beheadings were all mixed.
More importantly, Cheng Shijie has stated in the official document that he captured the ruthless bandit Qin Wu. You must know that Qin Wu is not an unknown person. Whether it is Dengzhou Guard or Dengzhou Prefecture, there are too many people who know Qin Wu. , it is easy to tell whether it is true or false.
"Could it be said that Cheng Shijie really won the battle?"
This thought paused in Jin Yousheng's mind for a few breaths before he threw it out of his mind.
Zuo Qianhu Institute should be the most corrupt among the eight Qianhu Institutes of Dengzhou Guard. His predecessor, Zuo Qianhu Gaowang, was only thinking about making money and sold almost all the weapons and equipment in Zuo Qianhu Institute. Of course, Jin Yousheng also benefited from it, otherwise, he would not have tolerated Gao Wang's arrogance.
What's more important is that the other thousands of households raise some or more servants, and at the end they will have hundreds of servants, but Gao Wang only has twenty-three servants. His servants are just better fed and equipped than ordinary military households. There is nothing surprising, which means that Zuo Qianhusuo has almost no combat effectiveness.
Without real information, Jin Yousheng was also a little irritated, so he took some random food, fell asleep, and recharged his energy to quickly reach Zuo Qianhu's place.
Dengzhou City, Shiqiao Lane, Cheng Shijie's mansion.
Since Cheng Shijie left Dengzhou, he never came back, leaving only Yang Yuniang and the seriously injured Chen Guodong. After more than a month of treatment, the severely injured Chen Guodong came back to life.
Of course, over a hundred of his brothers died as a result of his actions, which demoralized him a bit. After Chen Guodong gradually recovered, he took on the usual work of grocery shopping.
"Chen Da, morning!"
"Morning, Aunt Hu"
"You go buy groceries!"
"Well, buy groceries!"
At the intersection of Gulou Street in Chen Guodong, before she had time to buy groceries, she saw Yang Yunniang walking quickly from a distance. Her face turned pale and her walking was a little unsteady.
Chen Guodong was a little surprised: "Yun Niang, what's wrong with you?"
"go home!"
Yang Yunniang hugged Xiao Jiaxin and walked quickly towards the house in Shiqiao Lane.
Chen Guodong placed the vegetable basket on the stone table, and then placed a handful of copper coins on the table: "What happened?"
"My boss is in danger!"
Yang Yuniang suddenly took out a handful of copper coins, including a few broken pieces of silver: "The fierce bandit Qin Wu led four to five thousand bandits to attack Zuo Qianhu's house. I'm afraid the boss will be in trouble. Chen Guodong, help me look after the child." , if I can’t come back, you will raise Jiaxin as your daughter!”
Chen Guodong glanced at Yang Yunniang indifferently: "Okay, don't use provocation. I'll go. My boss, Chen Guodong, gave me this life. I know how to do it!"
"No, you can't!"
Yang Yunniang said anxiously: "No, I can see that you are very skilled. I am afraid that ten or eight people will not be your opponent..."
"Okay, don't say any more, I will definitely bring my boss back safely!"
Chen Guodong walked to the back room. Here were two long knives left behind by Cheng Shijie before he took office. One was a Tang straight sword and the other was a Qijia sword. The shape of the Qijia sword was very similar to the Japanese sword. It was Qi Jiguang's basic Japanese sword and the Japanese sword. The comprehensive advantages of Yanling knife and Miao knife are the invented knives.
The biggest advantage of the Qi sword is that it is cheaper than the Japanese sword, can be equipped in large quantities, and is easy to manufacture. Japanese knives have a steel-clad structure that is hard on the outside and soft on the inside, while Qijia knives have a steel-inlaid structure with a soft body and a hard edge.
Of course, this Qi family knife has an imitation shape, which is made from later generations of high-carbon steel using a quenching process. In the later generations of high-tech production tools, they were almost never tempered. Instead, they were directly formed from steel billets and processed with lathes, and the surfaces were polished by digital machine tools.
Chen Guodong pinned the Tang straight knife and the imitation Qijia knife to his waist, wrapped a bag of flour pancakes in a cloth from the kitchen, took a gourd of wine, and left Shiqiao Lane.
When Cheng Shijie returned with the prisoners, everyone cheered like thunder. When they saw the bandits attacking in large numbers, the military households in Zuoqianhu Station were frightened to death. If it were in the past, everyone would die, and they wouldn't be afraid.
But the problem is that since Cheng Shijie took charge of Qianhu, he has used the work-for-relief method to ask all military households to repair city walls, warehouses, and military camps. He even leveled the roads in Qianhu's residence and dredged the culverts in the city. Military households Through his own hands, in less than two months, he had accumulated two or three stones of food.
Thanks to Cheng Shijie's foresight, he repaired the city wall in advance. Although it was protected by a thick wall, he was still scared and didn't know if he could hold it. When the military households faced the bandits' attack on the city, they resisted desperately, not only for Cheng Shijie's heavy reward, but also for themselves.
Well now, Cheng Shijie rode on horseback and wiped out all the bandits in one battle. The big stone in everyone's heart was finally put down!
Cheng Shijie returned to Qianhuzhai. Although he did not fight this time, he walked back and forth for more than five hundred miles. Although he was riding in a carriage, he was still very tired.
Cheng Shijie had just drank a cup of hot tea when Song Kangnian came over.
"Master Qianhu, what are your plans!"
"What's the plan?"
"Master Qianhu wiped out more than 4,000 men from the fifth division of Qin in one battle. This kind of achievement is nothing compared to the frontier army, but it is very dazzling to the Dengzhou Guards!"
Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "Cheng also knows these things. Last year, the Dengzhou Guards encircled and suppressed Qin Wu and suffered a disastrous defeat. More than a thousand people were killed, and almost the entire Dengzhou Guards was defeated. Now that they have achieved this feat, they must want to Share the merits of the war!"
"If Mr. Qianhu agrees and they get a share of the war effort, then everyone will be happy; if Mr. Qianhu doesn't agree, you will be their enemy, and they will do their best to hold you back from now on."
Cheng Shijie smiled bitterly and said: "The trees are beautiful in the forest, but the wind will destroy them!"
"Master Qianhu is now the towering tree of Dengzhou Guard. If you can't let them get close to you, they will definitely uproot you by any means possible!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Then share your share of the battle merits. However, this battle merits cannot be given away in vain. This thousand households need horses, equipment, and money!"
"These things are not a problem, I'm afraid Master Qianhu doesn't want them!"
Cheng Shijie knows one thing very well: a thousand birds in the forest is worse than a bird in the hand.
The Wuqiao Mutiny that is about to break out will tear apart the veil of false prosperity in Shandong and also reveal the disguise of Ming Dynasty's weakness. In this case, Cheng Shijie actually does not want to be promoted.
How high can he be promoted?
Just like when he was promoted to Zhou Yandong and became the deputy Qianhu of Zuo Qianhu, he would go a step further and serve at most as the commanding officer of Dengzhou Guard, which is a fourth-level military position.
Although the official position of the commander-in-chief is higher than that of the Qianhu official, the real power he manages in terms of the actual power of the basic guards, such as farming, training, patrols, and weapons, is not even as good as that of a Qianhu official.
Especially when there are three mothers-in-law above me, doing things under their eyes is actually not a pleasant feeling.
Giving up part of the military power in exchange for some benefits will maximize benefits.
Cheng Shijie's current wealth is really too small. In total, he only has more than 200 high-quality military knives, 600 horizontal knives, six bowl-mouth blunderbuss, three old-fashioned artillery, forty-seven fire blunderbuss, and 22 guns. There are also quite a few captured swords and weapons among them. These things are all in pieces and cannot be used directly.
Cheng Shijie had no choice but to recruit craftsmen from Qianhu Institute to take the captured weapons, recast them, and repair them. In addition to the weapons, Cheng Shijie set up a complete quilt factory in Qianhu Institute, specializing in the production of cotton-padded clothes, military uniforms, and shoes. and socks, mainly to meet domestic demand.
The number of servants increased to more than 500, with two divisions, plus a military law team, a guard team, and a medical team.
So far, the medical team only has two doctors with average medical skills.
Cheng Shijie even sent out two of his surnames, letting Cheng Shi serve as the captain of the military law team, while Cheng Hu served as the captain of his own bodyguard.
It took three days to distribute the rewards to the servants and military households. Cheng Shijie's one-time expenditure was more than 6,700 shi of grain, plus more than 4,900 taels of silver.
The military households and servants who received the rewards were very happy.
On the fourth day, August 21st of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Cheng Hu reported to Cheng Shijie: "Father, someone from the Dengzhou Guard is here!"
"How many people came?"
"There are four to five thousand people, and the team stretches for more than ten miles!"
Cheng Shijie asked: "How far is it from our Qianhu City? It's less than thirty miles. According to their marching speed, they should be able to reach Qianhu City before sunset in the afternoon!"
"Very good, let's start preparing!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Put the heads into the car and escort the prisoners. Let's go to Dengzhou City!"
