Entering the Zhongjun tent, only Cao Wenzhao, Cao Dingjiao and Chen Wang were there, and the rest did not follow.
After Cao Wenzhao conveyed the military order, he paused for a moment to give Chen Wang some time to relax, and then asked directly.
"During this period, you seem to be very close to Governor Sun?"
Chen Wang's heart sank slightly, Cao Wenzhao could not be without aim, there must be other reasons in it.
During this period, he was indeed relatively close to Sun Chuanting, who had left. As the governor, Sun Chuanting was determined to rectify various health stations, and now he has achieved initial results.
However, in more than a year, Xi'an's four guards were almost fully replenished, and the number of troops stationed in Xi'an exceeded 20,000.
Not only that, Sun Chuanting also trained his troops extensively, and now the four guards in Xi'an are capable of fighting against rogue bandits.
After the Battle of Heishuiyu, Sun Chuanting went south to suppress Shangluo Mountain again. He wiped out all the bandits in Shangluo Mountain.
Then Sun Chuanting led his army to fight in Weinan with several battalions of old bandits sneaking over from Henan such as Jinzhong with 100,000 horses and Gao Jian, the Great Heavenly King. The winner was naturally Sun Chuanting. Among them, the guards also made many military exploits.
Sun Chuanting was also commended by Emperor Chongzhen for his outstanding military exploits. He became famous all over the world and attracted everyone's attention. His prestige even surpassed that of Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng and others.
Chen Wang's mind was slightly shaken, and he heard the reminder in Cao Wenzhao's words.
Sun Chuanting was an upright person, and it was not a good thing that he was too popular at this time.
If you get too close to Sun Chuanting, you may be implicated by him in the future.
Sun Chuanting's position as governor of Shaanxi did not last long, and his official career was not smooth, and he was even imprisoned for a time.
"This is a humble position. I will definitely be more careful in the future."
Chen Wang lowered his head and answered sincerely.
Cao Wenzhao showed a slight look of relief on his face, and his eyes softened a lot when he looked at Chen Wang.
Chen Wang is similar in age to Cao Bianjiao, but he is not as impatient as Cao Bianjiao, and is relatively calm.
If you see a wise person who is not worthy enough, he will follow advice as if he were following the current, be broad-minded but able to be firm, be brave and have many plans, this is called a great general.
Knowing propriety, knowing how to advance and retreat, and listening to advice are really rare things at Chen Wang's age. Chen Wang listened to his several suggestions.
However, since the battle in Qiutou Town, Cao Bianjiao has changed a lot and become much calmer.
"The current situation is turbulent and the situation in the court is changing. As generals, we have to stay as far away from that vortex as possible."
Cao Wenzhao closed his eyes and sighed softly.
What is divided in the court is never about right or wrong. The adults are only fighting for power and interests.
Sometimes Cao Wenzhao wonders, can those adults really not see that the situation is getting worse and worse, and the world is becoming more and more turbulent?
But no matter how many ideas he had, he couldn't change the current situation. He was just the general soldier of a town.
As a military attache, he was destined to have no way to influence the country's decision-making by being above the temple. All he could do was to follow orders and kill thieves everywhere.
"You are already the deputy guard general, so you don't need to be so humble when you meet me."
Cao Wenzhao opened his tired eyes and looked at Chen Wang who was sitting down and respectfully.
Chen Wang did not disappoint him, and even went further and did better than he expected.
"Hanzhong Town is now your commander. As a town general, you should have the majesty of a town general. You should not be too humble in front of others, otherwise it will be difficult to gain authority in the army."
Chen Wang's thoughts moved slightly. Cao Wenzhao was talking about the time he helped him hold the horse before.
"The person with military power is the commanding officer of the three armies and the power of the general."
"The general is able to hold the power of the army and use the force of the army to attack the crowd. He is like a tiger that soars across the sea with wings and responds wherever he encounters..."
Cao Wenzhao looked at Chen Wang and shook his head helplessly, and then opened his mouth to teach.
Chen Wang sat quietly on the seat, memorizing what Cao Wenzhao said word for word.
Cao Wenzhao talked for a long time, from afternoon to dusk, for nearly an hour.
From things that need to be paid attention to in the officialdom, to the details that determine success or failure in military campaigns, to the rules that generals should abide by when using troops, etc.
Chen Wang was not impatient at all. All Cao Wenzhao said were good words, and if he didn't really look at him as his back, how could he have said so many words.
If it weren't for the fact that it was already dusk outside the tent and the sky had darkened, and the sergeant outside the tent came in with a fire fold to light the lamp, Cao Wenzhao would have continued talking.
"Tomorrow you gather all your troops and horses, and the day after tomorrow we break camp and go south."
Cao Wenzhao gave his final instructions and left the camp without staying any longer.
He did not stay in the camp at Dingjun Mountain. He simply said a few final goodbyes to Chen Wang, then left the military tent and returned to the headquarters camp.
Chen Wang saw Cao Wenzhao all the way to the gate of the camp, and still bowed respectfully when leaving.
"Congratulations, General."
For Chen Wang, Cao Wenzhao was not only a former general, but also a mentor who led him and helped him.
Cao Wenzhao received the salute calmly, raised his riding whip and said his final farewell.
Then he drove the war horse all the way north, and did not stop until halfway.
Cao Wenzhao looked back at the Dingjunshan Camp behind him. He saw a figure still standing at the gate of the Dingjunshan Camp.
"uncle……"
Cao Dingjiao also saw the same scene, and he subconsciously called out Cao Wenzhao.
But Cao Wenzhao turned a deaf ear to his shouts.
The sun sets in the west, the twilight is like ink, the mountains are as black as iron, and they are like the undulating sea.
The north wind howled, passing over the rolling mountains and the boundless wilderness.
The howling wind echoed through the mountain roads and woods, and also reached Cao Wenzhao's ears.
Cao Wenzhao's thoughts were involuntarily drawn back to ten years ago.
At that time, he was still serving as an official in Liaodong. It was also October, and that was the last time he recruited troops from the Chen and Hu clans.
It was at that time that Chen Wang joined the army and became his servant.
Ten years passed, but Cao Wenzhao could still remember everything at that time.
…
Among the selection team, there are all young faces.
"Name?"
"Chen Wang."
"How old?"
"Seventeen."
"How many people are there in the family? Where are the parents?"
"We are four people. My father is dead. He died in Guangning in the second year of Tianqi. He was guarding Xiping Fort. Xiping Fort was destroyed and he was also killed by the Tatars."
"My mother is still here, and I have a younger brother named Chen Gong. We want to be soldiers together."
Chen Wang stepped aside half of his body, pulled Chen Gong behind him who looked somewhat similar to him, and answered.
"Since the elders are still here, only one of you brothers can serve as a soldier. This is the rule."
The recruiting officer shook his head and objected.
Cao Wenzhao had rules for recruiting troops. All brothers were not allowed to join the army while the elders were still alive. One person must be left to provide for him in his old age and to pass on the incense.
On the battlefield, no one knows whether he can survive without a sword or an eye.
This rule was finally broken by Cao Wenzhao himself. The reason for everything was Chen Wang's last four words - "We will never live together."
How can we coexist with our enemies in the same world under the deep hatred and hatred?
From that day on, Cao Wenzhao remembered Chen Wang...
…
Cao Wenzhao shook his head, it was too long ago.
Nearly ten years have passed...
Cao Wenzhao is no longer the ambitious guerrilla he once was, thinking he could change everything.
Cao Wenzhao was very aware of his abilities. He knew that what he could influence was only a very small part.
Chen Wang now, just like him before, has the same ambitions and the same feeling that he can change the trend of the world.
It's just that Chen Wang now seems a little different from the person he was back then...
The spirit of these soldiers trained by Chen Wang is different from other troops, which can be seen at a glance.
"Qi Jun..."
Cao Wenzhao lowered his eyes. The sky was dark and no one could see his expression clearly.
The country is in a difficult situation, with bandits from the north and south, and the situation is even more severe than during the Jiajing period.
The adults in the temple still thought that everything was just a scabies disease, and they held a contemptuous attitude towards both the bandits and the slaves.
It is obvious that the front line has been losing, and the situation is obviously getting worse year by year.
But Ming Dynasty still hasn't seen the slightest change. Who among the adults in the temple doesn't understand the problem?
However, not many of those people are willing to solve the problem. Even when some people are willing to shoulder the responsibility and want to eliminate the ills and solve the problem, they will be besieged by the group.
Jingying has talked about rectification countless times, but there has been no improvement at all.
The caves in Liaodong have existed for decades, getting bigger and bigger and more dangerous, but the adults thought they were just another Adan Khan.
Perhaps some people have discovered that the situation in Liaodong is out of control and want to stop it.
But who dares to say it bluntly, there are so many mouths in the whole court, all counting on the nearly ten million taels of salary...
Cao Wenzhao raised his head and took one last look at the gate of Dingjun Mountain Camp in the distance.
Chen Wang has won consecutive battles along the way, and he even defeated Gao Yingxiang in the Heishui Valley formation last year, so he became famous.
And the most important thing is that Chen Wang is not only outstanding in military ability, but also has unique insights in civil affairs, farming, and even ordnance.
The two thousand-household offices of Hanzhongwei are now developing in an orderly manner under his rectification, and are gradually becoming capable of fighting.
Ordnance, marching, fighting, and farming seem to be all...
It really seems like the Qi Jiguang of the past...
only……
With the current situation of the country, even if there is another famous general like Qi Jiguang.
But there is no one like Zhang Juzheng in the temple...
The setting sun in the distance has completely set, and darkness has completely fallen, covering Cao Wenzhao's figure and the soldiers around him.
Cao Wenzhao also turned around. In the darkness, no one noticed that Cao Wenzhao's head was lower than before, and his back was more stooped than before.
"well……"
Thousands of thoughts and sorrows finally turned into a sigh, and were blown to the horizon by the cold wind.
…
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
It was just getting colder, and the rumbling drums of gathering troops slowly sounded in the camp of Dingjun Mountain. The Ming army camp, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly became full of people.
A stream of red streams surged out from various places under the call of the drums, moving towards the central school field.
Chen Wangqiao rode his bay-red horse and stood outside the camp.
Still wearing a moon helmet and fish scale armor, dozens of armored knights followed closely behind him.
The drum gathering in the north sounded earlier, and Li Zicheng led his troops to approach Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province.
Sichuan Province is very empty, and the governor Wang Weizhang seems to be as timid as a mouse, a scholar who knows nothing about military affairs.
I heard that the letter asking for help he wrote to Hong Chengchou even made Hong Chengchou furious and shocked.
No one knows the information in the letter, but it is enough to show that Kawauchi's situation is extremely serious.
Yang Sichang is now the Minister of the Ministry of War. He has just formulated the strategy of spreading nets on four sides, six corners and ten sides, and issued an order to quell the thieves within a time limit.
Trouble immediately broke out here. Isn't this a slap in Yang Sichang's face?
Li Zicheng fled from Shaanxi to Sichuan. Although Sichuan Province was not under Hong Chengchou's jurisdiction, it was still involved.
If Chengdu falls, then Hong Chengchou's official career may really come to an end, and the governors of the three sides will probably be more difficult to deal with.
All the troops had already had their meals and had been waiting for a long time. They quickly completed their assembly after the drums sounded, and then left the camp in an orderly manner under the leadership of their respective commanders in accordance with military orders.
Mian County still needs to divide its troops for defense. This time Chen Wang sent out troops with a total of three troops, one cavalry unit and two infantry units.
They are the First Cavalry Department under Chen Gong, the Third Infantry Department under Chen Ming, and the Fourth Infantry Department under Zhao Huailiang.
The three divisions were not originally full strength, but for this expedition, some troops were naturally transferred from the other divisions to join the army.
Nowadays, the three full volumes are even slightly exceeded, with a total of more than 2,700 people.
Cao Wenzhao brought a total of more than 3,000 troops to the south this time, which was much larger than before.
If Chen Wang and Cao Wenzhao combined their forces, their strength would be close to the six thousand mark.
Hou Liangzhu and Cao Bianjiao, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan in Sichuan, totaled more than 4,000 men. They had previously replied that Zitong had arrived at Baoning Prefecture and was on his way to Mianzhou.
Cao Wenzhao was under the control of Hong Chengchou. Although Hong Chengchou's troops and horses were strengthened several times.
But in fact, since the eighth year of Chongzhen's reign, the total number of infantry and cavalry under Hong Chengchou has rarely exceeded 20,000.
At present, the main force under Hong Chengchou is mainly composed of Guyuan Commander Zuo Guangxian, Ningxia Commander Zu Dabi, Yansui Commander Wang Pu, deputy commander He Renlong, staff generals Sun Xianzu, Ma Ke, Chinese Army Gao Jie, guerrilla Sun There are nearly eight battalions of soldiers and horses such as Shufa, but there are only 18,000 people in total.
Moreover, these fifteen thousand people still need to defend various places and guard key points, which naturally leaves a lot of soldiers, horses and manpower.
The only field forces that can really be mobilized are the headquarters Supervisory Battalion, Zuo Guangxian, He Renlong, Gao Jie and other battalions, totaling more than 7,000 people.
Not long after Cao Wenzhao left, Hong Chengchou also led his troops south, preparing to go south from Wen County, that is, along the road Li Zicheng entered Sichuan, and to encircle him from the west, blocking Li Zicheng's other way of survival...
…
Volume 5 of "Sui Kou Chronicles":
"After Chuan Ting's victory over the Heishui Valley, he defeated the thieves in Weinan. The Yu thieves would not dare to go west."
"The thieves were also defeated in the northern plains of Xianyang. The Qin thieves did not dare to peek into the Jingchuan River to loot Xi'an. Their reputation was almost lost in Chengchou."
(End of chapter)
