After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei nodded and said, "You just have to look at the arrangements for the specific details in the army!"
"Yes!" After hearing this, Zhou Yuji accepted the order with his hands clasped in his fists. Then he turned to the general beside him and conveyed the military order to find a camp to camp for the night.
And he himself was still by Zhang Mingwei's side.
Not long after, there was a place near a water source and an open area for camping. The soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion immediately started busy moving tents and other things from the side vans accompanying the army.
Zhang Mingwei and others naturally don't have to work. After riding for a long time, they already felt a little uncomfortable. When he dismounted at this time, even if he had practiced riding for several days beforehand, his movements were stiff and he had difficulty dismounting.
Then, when he turned around and saw that Zhu Yuluo beside him had already dismounted with a smile on his face, he stood next to him without any trouble at all.
Behind her, Mrs. Zhou Liu led the female soldiers to protect Zhu Yuyao. They also arrived first and were already on the ground when Zhang Mingwei started to dismount.
Zhang Mingwei couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw it. It seemed that this horse still needed to be ridden more. This is not a matter of face, but a matter of life and death!
Zhou Yuji pretended not to notice this embarrassment, and then found a topic and said to Zhang Mingwei: "It has been several days, and I don't know if those thieves are still in Fangshan County. It will probably take a few days to search."
At this point, he thought that Zhang Mingwei had just learned to ride a horse and probably didn't understand military matters, so he quickly added: "Don't worry, sir, as long as we can find that group of thieves, with that small number of people, even if they are old thieves, , that is, just let the cavalry charge."
Hearing this, Zhang Mingwei smiled and said: "When I got the news, I had already sent some local guards to investigate first. I believe there will be news about the thief tomorrow or so."
When Zhou Yuji heard this, he was immediately surprised. Just now I was thinking that you don't understand military matters, but it turns out that you have already prepared for a rainy day and sent someone to inquire about the news before the army set off.
Knowing this and knowing the importance Zhang Mingwei attached to the news, he really didn't dare to underestimate Zhang Mingwei's military capabilities anymore.
You must know that what he is good at is actually the way of general, which belongs to the tactical level. But what Zhang Mingwei showed was the way of being a commander, and it was at the strategic level. It's a bit exaggerated, but that's what it means.
Thinking this, he immediately smiled and said sincerely: "If you prepare for a rainy day, my lord, then this battle will be easier!"
In fact, Zhou Yuji didn't know that according to his understanding, the keyboard warriors of later generations should all be at the strategic level. Everyone can talk about the general direction. On the contrary, when it comes to the details before the battle, I can't explain why.
At this time, Zhu Ainao listened and nodded and said: "Sir, you taught me a few days ago that intelligence warfare cannot be overemphasized. We also plan to set up a military intelligence department in the Jinyiwei Yamen to collect information about the enemies of the Ming Dynasty. !”
The current Jinyiwei only has the Northern and Southern Town Fusi. Among them, the South Town Fusi is in charge of the Jinyiwei, while the North Town Fusi is the Jinyiwei in the impression of later generations, mainly for civil and military officials.
What Zhang Mingwei meant was to set up a separate military intelligence department to collect information on bandits and rebels everywhere. In the future, all information on the enemies that Ming Dynasty wants to deal with will be spied on.
When Zhou Yuji heard this, he said with admiration: "I will never stop admiring you for your foresight!"
"Yeah, it costs money to do all these things!" Zhang Mingwei sighed after hearing this, "Now the court has no money. If it had money, it would first have to pay for the military pay of each army, as well as military merit rewards. Only when we have the money can we do it. !”
As he said this, he was thinking that after returning to Beijing, he would step up his spying on Shanxi merchants and seize the evidence so that the emperor would be convinced and the rich in the world would not be in panic.
Those eight are definitely fat sheep!
Well, relatively speaking, there are still many little sheep in the capital!
At this time, Zhou Yuji was even more happy when he heard what he said, and quickly echoed: "Sir, you are wise, our Ming army, if we really want to guarantee military pay and get rewards for military exploits, the generals will dare to pat their chests and promise to destroy the Jianlu It’s not difficult…”
Before he finished speaking, he heard a cough: "Cough cough cough..."
Zhou Yuji didn't even need to turn around to look, he knew it was his wife who was up to something, and his face couldn't help but turn red.
But when he saw Zhang Mingwei looking at him with a smile, he immediately stopped caring. He looked at Zhang Mingwei seriously and said, "Sir, the general is really not bragging! We have millions of soldiers on the Ming frontier, and we have military households for generations. If you can’t fight, you’ve reached the point where you’re selling your sons and daughters, and you can’t fight!”
He is a guard from Jinzhou, Liaodong, and has been a soldier for generations. He rose from the rank of soldier with his military exploits. After fighting in the north and south, I gained more knowledge. What he said just now was what he said from the bottom of his heart.
Even his daughter-in-law Zhou Liu stopped coughing and reminded him.
After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei became serious, nodded and said seriously: "Don't worry, just keep fighting. You will get what you deserve, and you will never lose a cent."
The reason why the Yongwei Battalion was invincible was because of the dignity of the Royal Horse Supervisor, who basically guaranteed the logistics of the Yongwei Battalion and did not dare to stretch too far. Emperor Chongzhen didn't know it. Seeing that the effect was good, he built another battalion according to the Yongwei Battalion's method. The result was that it couldn't compare with the Yongwei Battalion at all. The reason was that only the Yongwei Battalion could guarantee the logistics.
Zhou Yuji was pleasantly surprised again after hearing this, and felt that he had followed the right person! Even though he was such an honest person, he couldn't help but flatter Zhang Mingwei. Of course, when he talked about it with his wife alone, he would never admit it, saying that this was what he said from the bottom of his heart.
Zhang Mingwei just smiled at his compliments and ignored them. Then the questions started, and Zhou Yuji answered.
"If the enemy in front of you is a large army of rebels, which is as strong as our army, how will you deal with it?"
"If the enemy in front of you is an army of Li thieves, many times larger than mine, how will you deal with it?"
"..."
Regarding these questions, Zhou Yuji thought they were testing him, so he quickly answered them seriously. I was afraid that if the answer dissatisfied Zhang Mingwei, the guarantee just given would be of no use to Yongweiying.
In fact, this is not a test at all, but Zhang Mingwei really asks these questions to see what he, a famous general, will do!
Just like that, the day passed.
The next morning, it was just dawn. Zhang Mingwei had slept relatively lightly. When he heard some movement in the army, he got up.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he showed up, Zhou Yuji came over to report and said: "Sir, the night we let out yesterday was not closed. Although we did not find the whereabouts of the thieves, we captured some suspicious people. The general asked first, and there were two people. He should be the brother of Jin Yiwei, and there are a few others who belong to the houses of powerful people in the capital."
The Jin Yiwei who are sent out as spies will not carry their waistbands with them, otherwise their identity will be easily discovered.
Zhang Mingwei knew this, so he was basically sure that the person claiming to be Jin Yiwei had bumped into him, and that was basically it. However, he was a little curious about what was going on with the other suspicious people.
