Next to the road, behind a big tree.
Xue Xia spat out the willow branches in her mouth, looked at Suo Jing who jumped down from another tree, and said, "Is he the Yang Fenghuo you mentioned, the little flag soldier?"
Suo Jing flicked the lapel of his clothes and said with a smile: "How's it going? Not bad, right? If the Security Bureau doesn't want him, we do want him."
Xue Xia stood up, walked to the road, looked at the backs of Yang Fenghuo, Zheng Jun, and Zhou Qian, and couldn't help but praise: "This is a talent. What the emperor is looking for is someone who can explain reasons and inspire people." Guy, he said he wanted to hire a high-quality political commissar, and I think he is very good."
"Political commissar? What is that?"
Suo Jing was a little confused.
Xue Xia shrugged: "I don't know. According to the emperor, they are a group of people who manage morale, will and military spirit. Although this Yang Fenghuo is a bit rude, his words are still very powerful. Just these two deserters, I guess they can do it when they get to the front line." Killing like crazy."
Suo Jing agreed with Xue Xia's analysis. After Yang Fenghuo's remarks, not to mention two strong-blooded men, even women and children would fight without hesitation.
Troops with and without faith are completely different troops.
Xue Xia whistled, and two horses came running from the depths of the woods.
"Let's go and tell the general about this."
Xue Xia got on his horse.
Suo Jing smiled, mounted his horse and followed, urging the horse to gallop. When passing by Yang Fenghuo and the others, he took a deep look at them and rushed over without saying anything.
Yang Fenghuo and the others didn't know the identity of the people in the past or why there were still people left behind, but they didn't have the time to think about it.
Marching in a hurry is very tiring. The army has been marching for twelve days, marching seventy or eighty miles every day. For the cavalry, this distance is nothing, but for the infantry, it is a bit of a hardship, even in Beijing. The military's daily training is not so intense.
The only good thing is that the marching army does not need to carry too much rations, nor does it need to be followed by a huge logistics army, otherwise the team will be even slower.
More than a year of preparation was enough for the imperial court to set up sufficient granaries in southern Zhili, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places. Especially after the opening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it provided great help for the establishment of granaries along the way. Before leaving Shaanxi , the pressure on army logistics is not great.
Outside Kaifeng.
Henan chief envoy Shi Weizhong, inspector general Zhang Ming, Dusi Tang Bi, Kaifeng prefect Qitai, Tongzhi Jingqing and other officials welcomed the army.
Zhu Di, Xu Huizu, Liu Jun and others led a mighty army.
"Set up camp."
Zhu Di raised his hand holding the whip and issued the military order.
The herald conveyed the order, and the army began to look for a place to camp.
Zhu Di, Xu Huizu and others dismounted, faced the Henan officials who were saluting, and chatted with each other, making everyone laugh.
"Prefect Qi, Zhi Jing Tongzhi, how are you doing lately?"
Liu Jun came forward to greet him.
Qi Tai and Jing Qing responded with a smile, Liu Jun was the minister of the Ministry of War, and the three of them had a good personal relationship.
Liu Jun saw other people talking around Zhu Di, so he pulled Qi Tai and Jing Qing aside and whispered: "The Hajj, which was originally scheduled for five years, was canceled due to the cold disaster and was rescheduled for the end of this year. It just so happened. When the top ten prefectures and top 100 counties are selected again, this will be the last year for the two of them to stay in Kaifeng."
"oh?"
Qitai and Jingqing looked at each other. Liu Jun's words were affirmative.
Liu Jun smiled and said: "Don't worry, this is not just the result of the official selection, but also the result of the cabinet's repeated requests and the emperor's nod. Before departure, the emperor had summoned me to talk to you two in detail when he arrived at Kaifeng Mansion. .”
"The emperor personally ordered it?"
Qitai and Jingqing were a little moved. Not long after Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, the two of them were implicated in the collapse of the officialdom of Kaifeng Mansion and were directly kicked to Kaifeng. This lasted for more than five years.
In the past five years, the atmosphere of Kaifeng Prefecture has changed greatly. The people are busy farming and businessmen are coming in an endless stream. Kaifeng Prefecture has completely transformed from a prefecture that relies on the support of the imperial household department to a prefecture that provides support to the imperial court. Coupled with the effective immigration, Kaifeng Prefecture has grown year by year. Taxes have increased, and it has become a major tax center in the north.
And this is inseparable from Qitai and Jingqing's honest administration and diligent service to the people!
All this was seen by the court, and even Zhu Yunwen had a great change in his opinion of these two people.
Facts have proved that Qitai is not a clumsy and incompetent person, he just lacks experience and polish. Historically, he was directly promoted from an official in the East Palace to an important minister of the imperial court. As an inexperienced scholar, he could only sit and discuss swords without seeing any light and shadow, and finally suffered a backlash.
But after five years of local career, Qitai proved himself with his talents and political achievements.
Liu Jun knew very well that Zhu Yunwen needed these two people to return to the capital and entrust them with important tasks, but some things still had to be handled.
"The Emperor's Oral Order."
Liu Jun said softly.
Qi Tai and Jing Qing just wanted to kneel down, but Liu Jun quickly stopped them and said quickly: "The Emperor wants you to choose a successor, so that the Kaifeng government can continue the overall situation of clean governance and protect the people of Kaifeng from being poisoned by corrupt officials!"
Qitai nodded solemnly, and Jingqing also scratched his beard and laughed.
If you say you don't want to go back to Beijing, you are really deceiving yourself.
Qi Tai discussed with Liu Jun and looked at the Beijing army camping in the field. He frowned and asked: "The army can only stay here for one night, why bother to camp?"
Liu Jun said solemnly: "The King of Yan governs the army with orders and prohibitions. The army stays and sets up camp. This is military law. Although we have not left the country at the moment, we still act in accordance with the orders."
"The King of Yan is the commander-in-chief, so he is really powerful."
Qitai said quietly.
The memory is a little blurry. Before Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he had thought of cutting off the vassal vassal and getting rid of King Yan. After he ascended the throne, he repeatedly expressed the hope that Zhu Yunwen would kill the vassal and cut off the vassal King Yan.
But in the past five years, the situation has changed. King Yan surrendered, King Zhou died, King Qi died, King Ning also surrendered, and other vassal kings entered the capital all at once, either becoming businessmen, or guarding the mines as gold mountains. Live life at home.
The Hongwu vassal king was in his twenties and thirties, and was completely wiped out by Zhu Yunwen in the blink of an eye.
What makes Qitai puzzled and incomprehensible is that Zhu Yunwen was most afraid of King Zhu Di of Yan when he wanted to reduce the vassal state, but at this critical moment, he actually activated Zhu Di and handed over 100,000 Beijing troops to him!
This kind of trust, this kind of entrustment, is really not like the Prince Zhu Yunwen of the East Palace whom he knows, but more like a different person. Perhaps, after ascending the throne and becoming emperor, holding the world in his hands, his demeanor, thoughts and methods have changed.
Kaifeng Mansion has a large amount of food and grass stored in it, which is enough for the army.
In the dead of night, Zhu Di was sitting in the big tent. After hearing about Yang Fenghuo, he immediately summoned Yang Fenghuo. After questioning, and after discussing with Xu Huizu, Liu Jun, Xue Xia and others, he promoted Yang Fenghuo to serve as the supervisor of the 3,000 sergeants of the Fifth Army Camp. , dedicated to inspiring military morale, cultivating the will of sergeants, and stimulating their morale.
Influenced by Zhu Yunwen's new army strategy, although the Ming army did not implement the "double-head-chief system" of political commissar + military commander, in order to strengthen the sergeants' loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and cultivate the sergeants' belief in fighting for the country and shrouding corpses in horse leather, There are many governors who are mainly Confucian scholars in the army. Most of these governors are of mixed quality, but the three leading governors are well-known throughout the Beijing Army and are the chief governors of the three major battalions of the Beijing Army.
The Grand Governor of the Three Thousand Battalions——Chen Ji!
The Grand Governor of the Fifth Military Camp——Chen Qia!
The Grand Governor of the Shenji Camp—Chen Jun!
The most amazing thing is that these three people are brothers and are called the "Three Governors of Chen" by the Beijing army.
Chen Ji was erudite and memorized, could read and recite, and was well versed in hundreds of classics and history. He was known as a "two-legged bookcase". He was originally a commoner, but was later recommended by Yang Shiqi to the Hanlin Academy to compile the "Records of Taizu".
In order to cultivate the political thinking of the Beijing army, Zhu Yunwen selected talents from the Hanlin Academy to join the army, and read out the stories of loyalty to the emperor, serving the country, and meritorious service by killing the enemy. , promoted to Grand Governor.
Later, Ru Yu recommended Chen Qia, and Xu Huizu recommended Chen Jun. They entered the Beijing Army successively and gradually became prominent and became the highest governor of the Beijing Army. They were responsible for Zhu Yunwen's important task of cultivating the army's ideology, will, and morale.
During this expedition, Chen Ji did not accompany him due to physical discomfort. Wang Jingzhang, Chen Qia, and Chen Jun served as the chief governors of the three camps.
According to the normal establishment, the Beijing army needs one governor for every thousand people. But because there are too few outstanding governors, and Zhu Di, Xu Huizu, Tie Xuan and others do not like generals and are unqualified and rotten, they cannot mobilize sergeants.
The inspectors who improved morale and cultivated the will of the sergeants were all reported to Zhu Yunwen and were transferred from the Beijing army. As a result, there were only three chief governors and forty governors among the 100,000 Beijing troops during this expedition.
There are so few supervisors and so many sergeants. When divided equally, one supervisor has to supervise more than 2,000 people, which is impossible to take care of. This also leads to the fact that some sergeants are not taken care of and their will is not strong enough, so that they have not yet left the quarantine. There were individual deserters.
This is a dereliction of duty by the governor, and he needs to take responsibility, but Zhu Di cannot handle it too much at this time, because the number of governors who are not afraid of death is really not enough. Although there are military generals on the side to control, when it comes to speaking and boosting morale, rough people You may not be able to compete with a scholar. You know, when a scholar gets hard, his body is broken and his bones are broken.
Military intelligence documents in the northwest no longer go straight to the capital, but first to Zhu Di's military camp and then to the capital.
Song Sheng and Yang Rong sent out urgent reports again, begging the court to mobilize troops quickly and to go on an expedition without delay.
Zhu Di looked at this military information document and said to Xu Huizu, He Fu, Liu Jun, Xue Xia and others: "It can be seen from Song Sheng's emergency document that the situation in the northwest is not optimistic."
Xu Huizu looked at the document, frowned and said, "Timur sent envoys from various countries?"
Zhu Di smiled calmly: "This is just Timur wanting to keep military secrets, cover up the attack target, and want to surprise him and advance eastward."
Xu Huizu nodded solemnly.
Timur prepared for the war to the extreme. He even drove away the envoys. It can be seen that he really wanted to fight a big war and was eager to win a complete victory.
He Fu was a little worried and asked: "Will Timur send troops to march eastward in advance?"
Zhu Di said sadly: "Now that we have sent out troops and have arrived in Kaifeng, we are not worried that Timur will advance eastward in advance, but we are worried that he will delay his eastward advance."
"Delay? If he delays, wouldn't he wait until winter? If he walks on dangerous roads in high mountains in winter, he won't be afraid of accidents. If there is a cold disaster, it is not impossible that all the cattle, sheep, horses and sergeants will freeze to death in the mountains."
Xu Huizu said quickly.
Zhu Di certainly knew this truth. There were reports of livestock and people freezing to death in Liaodong every year, especially the cold disaster at the end of the fifth year of Jianwen. I heard that half of the Jurchen tribes in Liaodong were directly frozen to death, which was horrific.
But the problem is, the cold in winter is life-threatening, and the heat in summer is equally life-threatening.
The climate in the Western Region is very strange.
I heard that in summer, the temperature during the day can almost roast people. Except for camels, cattle, sheep, and horses dare not walk in the desert during the day.
If Timur went out in early summer and reached the vicinity of Hami, summer would probably not be over yet. It would be too difficult for them to cross the vast sea and reach Dunhuang and Guazhou. If the expedition was delayed until autumn, it would be a good opportunity for Timur, but it would be too much pressure for Ming Dynasty.
It seems that Song Sheng has to take a small wooden stick and poke Timur...
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