That night, when the lights were on, Zhang Cheng and Wang Yuanjing sat across from each other in a small room in the backyard of the Chaoguan Yamen Office in Miuhe, drinking tea. After Wang Yuanjing filled Zhang Cheng's cup, he said: "The commander-in-chief means that money, food, and military matters should be handled separately. ?"
Zhang Cheng looked at Wang Yuanjing with great interest and said: "This place is indeed far away from Xuanzhen, and many things are difficult to control. Chen Zhongyuan was the commander-in-chief of my personal army, and I trust him, but there are some things that should be done. To do it, not only do it, but also sit in your head.”
He looked at Wang Yuanjing and continued: "We have resettled more than 10,000 hungry people here in Hebei, and we can take in more hungry people in the future. As for settling the people's reclamation and farming, Yang Shili will assist Chen Zhong in handling it.
You will be specifically responsible for Chaoguan. After everything is on track, I will consider arranging someone to replace you. Furthermore, after the money and grain collected are recorded in the account and stored in the treasury, additional personnel are assigned to guard it. There must be two lines of income and expenditure, each performing its own responsibilities and not disturbing each other. Only in this way can it be done. "
"Here. Don't worry, Commander. Yuan Jing will take care of the checkpoints."
After Wang Yuanjing finished speaking, he filled Zhang Cheng's tea cup and said with a little worry: "Commander, after you return to Xuan Town, you will make preparations to join Liaodong. Is this time urgent?"
Zhang Cheng turned to look at the swaying branches outside the window and sighed: "It's only the beginning of March, so time is in a hurry. I just don't know what this battle will look like in the end!"
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The next day, Zhang Cheng visited the bustling town of Miuhe Town for the second time. He and Yang Liying had breakfast and wandered around Miuhe Town. Although Zhang Cheng didn't care, Yang Liying really enjoyed the company of this handsome guy. The scene of shopping.
Arriving at noon, after everyone had lunch together, Zhang Cheng and Yang Liying rode their horses and drove eastward along the official road. Zhang Guangda led the cavalry battalion to open the road in front, while Lin Fangping led the tiger guards to guard the rear. Yu's cavalry headed towards Yangwu in a mighty manner.
At dusk, the army set up camp at the intersection of Qinshui River and the Yellow River in Wushenan. Liu Jinhai had been waiting here for a long time. After the army set up camp, he quietly slipped into the camp under the cover of Zhang Guangda.
In the Chinese military tent, Zhang Chengwen sat steadily on the chair behind the case table. He and Liu Jinhai were the only two people in the military tent at the moment. Liu Jinhai had already reported the resettlement matters for Li Jiyu and the more than 100,000 hungry people.
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It turned out that Liu Jinhai accompanied Li Jiyu to escort more than 100,000 hungry people to the north. On the way, they attracted hungry people from Weihui and Zhangde Prefectures to respond, and the team grew bigger and bigger.
Although more than 10,000 hungry people were resettled when passing through Huya Village and Langwopo on the way, most of the hungry people still entered Xuanzhen East Road, and a small number of them entered the North Road.
These hungry people are like a new force. They not only enrich the entrances of the East and North Roads, but also because of their survival nature, they are more diligent. The entire East Road shows a prosperous scene because of their arrival. .
Wu Zhizhong originally focused on training the left and right troops of the Yongning Battalion, but with the arrival of more than 3,500 new soldiers from Liu Jinhai and Li Jiyu, and the sudden appearance of more than 100,000 hungry people, it was really difficult for him to adapt for a while.
But as time went by, most of the more than 100,000 hungry people were resettled on the East Road. Wu Zhizhong became more and more handy. Following Zhang Cheng's instructions, he dispersed Song Shanquan's troops and mixed them into Li Jiyu's 3,500 Among the new recruits.
After Gu Huang was reorganized, Li Jiyu led a battalion, with infantry organized into two groups. In addition to the Chinese army, there were almost more than 2,200 troops. The remaining more than 1,000 new troops were mixed into Wu Zhizhong's Yongning army. The camp became the central part of the camp.
At this point, Wu Zhizhong's Yongning Battalion was equipped with three units, Song Shanquan's left unit, Lei Kejun's right unit, plus the newly formed central unit. Chief Qian was the former deputy chief Qian Mushi of the right unit.
The reason why Zhang Cheng secretly ordered Wu Zhizhong to do this was, firstly, to divide Li Jiyu's strength; secondly, to completely regain the hearts of the generals on the east route. He handed over the newly built team to Qian Mushi, which shows his justice and love for the east. The trust of the generals.
This is a signal. Zhang Cheng believes that generals who can climb to a certain position in the army are not stupid, and they will naturally understand what he is thinking.
But Li Jiyu was indeed very satisfied with this, because he had never thought that Zhang Cheng would ask him to lead an army alone. In fact, in his heart, he thought that being a deputy to a certain general under Zhang Cheng would be enough. Understand.
Now, Zhang Cheng has actually fulfilled his preface and truly led the army alone. Although the number of people is smaller than before, the equipment is really much better.
Although Li Jiyu rose to power not long ago and had only a short time leading troops, he was not an ordinary person. He saw all this very clearly. He was grateful to Zhang Cheng for trusting him and secretly vowed to make a difference. , living up to Zhang Cheng's trust in him.
Zhang Cheng is still very satisfied with Li Jiyu's performance. Zhang Cheng believes that many people in this era have loyal hearts, but as a man of two generations, he believes more in interests. People are always driven by profit. Unless they are true sages, the rest will not Nothing more than that.
Therefore, he did not really trust Li Jiyu, but just used his reputation in Dengfeng and Mi County, and now he has used this to divert hungry people to Xuanzhen East Road.
However, he still wanted to make Li Jiyu truly focus on him. At present, it was just a trial. Although he gave Li Jiyu a force of more than 2,000 troops, he had not yet added any sand to it.
But everything from the battalion to the drills was under his tight control, especially the issue of pay. As the battalion officer, Li Jiyu had no way to do anything. Wu Zhizhong came to the camp in person and issued pay to the sergeants in the name of Zhang Cheng. rates.
This is Zhang Cheng's skill. He can give you military power and political power, but Zhang Cheng will never let others control his core, and he will never let others have the opportunity to control his core.
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On March 9th, Yanjin County on the north bank of the Yellow River was still under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture. The flags of the army outside the city were fluttering in the spring breeze. The armies of Zhang Cheng and Chen Jiugao gathered here.
According to the Imperial Ministry of War's instructions, Zhang Cheng should immediately lead his troops to rescue Liaodong. However, he has already led his troops into Henan to suppress bandits for more than half a year. The soldiers have been away from home for a long time and have become fond of their hometown. If they enter Liaodong directly from Henan, there may be trouble. .
After Zhang Cheng's repeated requests for instructions, the imperial court allowed him to lead the army back to Xuanzang, take a short rest, and then lead the army to aid Liaodong after the army's morale stabilized. However, the opportunity to fight was not to be missed!
Zhang Cheng and the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, Chen Jiugao, bid farewell to Chen De here and led the army to the north in a mighty way. Returning home was as fast as an arrow. Not to mention that the soldiers did not feel tired during the journey. Even Zhang Cheng felt the joy of returning home. The journey is getting smoother and smoother!
