Min Hongxue nodded solemnly and said: "Leading troops to fight is not difficult, but it is not easy either!"
Seeing that Zhang Mingwei seemed to lack confidence, he began to say in detail: "It's hard to say it's hard, but it's just about knowing yourself and the enemy and winning every battle! And it's not easy to say it's easy, it's about being able to command the army like an arm, that is, the army has its heart and is willing to obey. The coach gives the order!”
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Little Yuanying admires the Duke of Qi far more than his subordinates. But the Duke of Guo, riding alone in front of the two armies, surrendered, which made the soldiers of both armies return to their hearts and obey the Duke of Qi. Yes! Now this army, commanded by the Duke, is the best candidate!"
At this point, seeing Zhang Mingwei's thoughtful look, he continued to give the Duke confidence: "Before I became the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, had I ever led troops to fight? Duke Yangming is famous for uniting the army in war. , the rebel soldiers were frightened after hearing the news, but before the rebellion was settled in southern Jiangxi, how had they ever led troops to fight?"
After a pause, Min Hongxue sighed again and said: "The court can no longer afford to wait for the current situation, and I think the Duke must know it well. And with the reputation of the Duke and the authority of the imperial envoy, going south to break the siege is actually more It’s appropriate.”
Zhang Mingwei is certainly not a person who dares not take responsibility. He only has doubts because he has never commanded a large-scale war before. When he heard Min Hongxue persuading him like this, he suddenly felt heroic and thought to himself: "Who is born to command war? At least I have more than 400 years of experience, and I am also a keyboard warrior. I am not writing too much history. This is Naturally, I write a lot about fighting, so be careful, are you still afraid?"
Thinking of this, he felt a little regretful. Why didn't he have a system when he traveled through time? For example, there was some eavesdropping system, a chat group, etc. It would be much easier to fight with the map open!
After thinking this for a while, Zhang Mingwei became serious, nodded and said, "Okay, you can rest in peace and recuperate, I will lead the troops south!"
"My lord, I believe you can do it!" Min Hongxue encouraged him again after hearing this.
When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he thought to himself, I am a man, of course it will work, why do I need to say this?
So, the matter was settled.
It was commonplace in the late Ming Dynasty to lead the army with supervisors. For example, in the 11th year of Chongzhen's reign, when the rebels invaded the capital, Lu Xiangsheng led the Qinwang army in the world, and Gao Qiqian was the supervisor. In the end, they both led the army separately.
The Yongwei camp sent out troops, also led by supervisors Lu Jiude and Liu Yuanbin.
Of course, if the coach is strong, there will be nothing to supervise the army. For example, he killed all the supervisors in Zuo Liangyu's army. In Sun Chuanting's army, it was Sun Chuanting who had the final say.
At this time, a military meeting was held, and Zhang Mingwei announced that Min Hongxue was going north with the resettled people and would return to Beijing for treatment. When he led the army south, what he did not expect was that the officers and soldiers such as Zhou Yuji, Zhang Luofu, and Jin Zhensun under his account , whether they were Yuan Shizhong, Yuan Zhuangfei or other recently recruited generals, they all happily clasped their fists and accepted their orders.
Although Zhang Mingwei seemed calm on the surface about the reactions of these military generals, in fact they did give him great confidence. So, he immediately ordered to send Ye BuZhou to take the first step for the army to set out.
Zuo Liangyu, on his side, was always thief-minded and always wanted to peep at opportunities. After waiting for a few days, I received a report from the scouting horse, saying that Duke Xingguo had left the capital and rode alone in front of the two armies to persuade the bandit leader to surrender. Xiao Yuanying finally surrendered to the court.
After hearing the news, for Hou Xun, enemies would be extremely jealous when they meet. If it weren't for Duke Xingguo, Hou Xun would still be the governor of the imperial court. How could he be reduced to a traitor, let alone a warrior! And we still don’t know the safety of the other son in Jiangnan! All of these were caused by Duke Xingguo.
However, hatred returned to hatred. Once Xiaoyuan Camp surrendered, the imperial court's strength greatly increased. Hou Xun said to Zuo Liangyu: "Commander, Xiaoyuan Camp has surrendered and its troops are strong. And Min Hongxue is a veteran in leading troops in war. Our army must not compete with them, we must take the lead!”
Zuo Liangyu listened and nodded in agreement: "I know all this, but Xiaoyuan Camp has just surrendered and cannot be used immediately. It is only right to let Tanma watch and gather more supplies before leaving!"
The richest area in the Ming Dynasty was Jiangnan, but Zuo Liangyu was far away and couldn't get it. The Central Plains, Henan, Hubei and other places have been moved around for years by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and have long since lost their prosperity. If Zuo Liangyu wants to lead his troops and run away, he still has to take into account the issue of food and drink. As for the Hebei side, the Jianlu people had not been here since they left the customs in the twelfth year of Chongzhen. At any rate, they were wealthier than other places.
Of course Hou Xun understood this truth, so he nodded and said: "If you have food, you can have soldiers, which is good!"
So Zuo Liangyu continued to let Tan Ma keep an eye on Baoding, while he himself began to divide his troops and plunder everywhere, even a small village, digging three feet into the ground to search for money and food.
After a few days, Tan Ma reported that there seemed to be signs of troops being sent to Baoding. Zuo Liangyu did not dare to divide his troops to plunder any more, so he immediately sent a military order and summoned the dispersed troops to prepare to run away.
But at this time, Tan Ma came back to report again, which surprised him and said: "What did you say? Then Min Hongxue went north and stopped leading the army?"
Hou Xun heard it from the side, and said with a bit of schadenfreude: "It must be that Duke Xingguo who is so powerful, dictating things, and discord between generals and ministers, that he has squeezed out that old thief Min Hongxue!"
"It makes sense!" Zuo Liangyu became excited after hearing this, "That chick is leading the army, haha, God is helping me!"
"Commander, no one must be used to the arrogance of Duke Xingguo!" Hou Xun also said with a sneer, "He is not a scholar who has read poetry and books, nor is he a nobleman with passed down achievements. He just has money to buy an official position. Let him do it. If you lead the army, God must kill him!"
Zhang Mingwei is now extremely powerful in the DPRK. Anyone who talks about him will inevitably talk about his origins. They definitely don't know the true origin, but whether Zhang Mingwei has ever been selected as a scholar, a scholar, or a Jinshi, or whether Zhang Mingwei has a hereditary military position, it is registered with the court and can be checked. But none of these could be found, which made everyone puzzled.
It wasn't until the imperial court announced that the prince had fired crystal-like glass in the south that everyone suddenly realized it. When the court was so short of money, Duke Xingguo presented a treasure tray to win the emperor's attention. Then he turned around and offered the cement firing method, which proved that their guess was correct.
The rise of Duke Xingguo stems from his wealth. For this reason, many people even secretly speculated that the prince might have been a craftsman, and he happened to have discovered the method of firing glass and cement, thus rising to the position of prince.
As long as you are a wealthy person, although your status has been greatly different in the late Ming Dynasty. But one thing will not change, that is, it is easy to be hated by the rich and easy to be looked down upon.
Hou Xun and Zuo Liangyu are no exception. Not only did they have hatred towards Duke Xingguo, but they also looked down upon him. After listening to this, their minds became active again.
"Commander, the imperial court raided the eight major Shanxi merchants last month and seized countless amounts of money and food." Hou Xun said sinisterly, "The horse exploration report also confirms this. If this official army can be defeated, not only the north No matter how invincible we are, we can let our army run wild, and we can also seize their money and food, which will greatly replenish our army's military resources."
Zuo Liangyu kept nodding his head as he heard this, and he thought so too.
After fighting for so many years, he knows better than anyone that human life is worthless these days. He has been wiped out several times, but as long as he has money and food in hand, he can make a comeback. Of course, there is another reason why he was able to make a comeback so quickly in the past. He has the skin of a court official. But now that there is none, we can only rely on money and food.
Therefore, money and food are more important to him than ever before.
Zuo Liangyu's eyes were full of greed, and he asked Hou Xun: "What good strategy does the military counselor have to deal with this chick?"
He himself is a veteran in the military, and he has fought in countless battles. He will put Xing Guogong, a young man who has never fought in a war, in his eyes.
However, Hou Xun was the governor of the Ming Dynasty. It was difficult to say how he would lead the troops in the war, but there was absolutely no telling what his clever ideas were. Therefore, he planned to ask Hou Xun what he thought first. This was also in line with Hou Xun's status as a military advisor.
Duke Xingguo was Hou Xun's enemy, so he naturally had long thought about how to defeat him and take revenge. When he heard the question, he said sarcastically: "I have a plan to defeat this beast!"
When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he suddenly became excited and asked quickly. I started discussing with Hou Xun. They forgot all about building high walls and hoarding food, and escaping from this place where four battles took place.
Naturally, reports on the situation in the capital and Baoding will be reported every day.
At first, when Emperor Chongzhen and others heard that Duke Xingguo was riding alone to recruit the leader of the bandits in front of the formation, they all let go of their worries. As a result, the strength of the imperial court increased greatly, and the situation became favorable to the imperial court.
Therefore, not only people from Zhang Mingwei's group but also others in the court were full of praise for Duke Xingguo's courage. Some of the storytellers in restaurants and teahouses who knew how to make trouble had even begun to talk about Duke Xingguo's story of riding down a bandit alone. .
However, it didn't take long for them to be happy. The new fast horse news made them a little dumbfounded.
Min Hongxue, Minister of War, fell ill and could not lead the army to fight. Duke Xingguo had to take over the command and lead the army in the war!
It has to be said that Duke Xingguo is too young, only in his twenties, and he has to lead an army to fight, so many people are starting to worry.
It can even be said that Emperor Chongzhen was a little worried. Because he knew that Zhang Mingwei was in the Taiping Period in later generations, and the war at that time was completely different from the current one. Moreover, Zhang Mingwei had been worried before, saying that he was not familiar with the situation of this era, so that when he went to Fangshan to suppress bandits, he felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy. .
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