Let's not talk about Li Zicheng's nagging, let's talk about Song Xiance. He received the errand of arranging the internal response, and after returning to his place, he began to think about it.
This thing is simple to say, but it is not so easy to do it!
First of all, we must ensure that those people sent out as internal responders must not be like meat buns and beat dogs, the kind who will never come back!
It cannot be said that the internal agents sent out actually became the internal agents of the imperial army. If they bite back, it will be a huge loss!
In the final analysis, the internal response must be reliable!
Thinking about this matter, Song Xiance decided first that the person he wanted to send as an internal response must be someone who could ensure that he would not rebel.
This cannot be counted based on past situations. After all, if someone had said before that Li Laiheng and Tian Jianxiu would betray the general, no one would believe it.
Having a small family is a prerequisite! It’s best not just to be a couple, but also to have children, parents, or brothers.
If they are just a couple, the saying that women are like clothes is an ancient saying, which is too unreliable.
Maybe some people are still wishing that there is no yellow-faced woman in the family, so they can find a new love. There are already examples of this among those who have defected before.
Song Xiance was thinking about this matter alone. Suddenly, a man walked in from outside. He looked at him and asked: "The maids don't dare to disturb you. You are so arrogant. Do you want me to invite you to dinner in person?" ?”
Song Xiance looked up, his face moved, he quickly stood up and said with a smile, "Madam, what are you talking about? It's just that the general has something to explain, and my husband is really thinking about it!"
"We're not in a hurry. We're waiting for you to have dinner together!" After hearing this, Song Xiance's wife looked a little better. After saying that, she turned around and left.
After hearing this, Song Xiance quickly agreed, temporarily put aside his thoughts, and followed.
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A few days later, Song Xiance rushed to Yuan Zongdi's camp on the front line.
"Hey, the military advisor is here?" Yuan Zongdi was patrolling the camp. When he heard Song Xiance's arrival, he immediately went over to greet him and asked, "But what are the general's orders?"
"No!" After hearing this, Song Xiance looked around and just shook his head and said: "It's just a routine inspection!"
After hearing this, Yuan Zongdi knew what was going on and quickly assured him: "Don't worry, military advisor, I have stepped up patrols. Under strict precautions, deserters have been reduced a lot!"
"Haha, the general must be at ease when you do things." After hearing this, Song Xiance chuckled and expressed his stance again, "Routine inspection, just a routine inspection!"
After finishing speaking, he and Yuan Zong walked towards the central military tent together and asked: "What is the situation of the thieves in the opposite field now?"
"It's still the same as before, the same nougat!" Yuan Zong heard it for the first time and said angrily, "If I hit him, he will retreat. If I stop, he will stop. What's the matter?"
After Song Xiance heard this, he asked again: "Is there no ambush or anything?"
"Don't mention it, I have discovered that this old Tian...the old thief's temperament has not changed at all. He does not seek merit but seeks no fault! There is no way to ambush him!"
Perhaps because he was used to it, he accidentally used the previous title again, but immediately changed it. When Yuan Zongdi was still a little worried, he took a careful peek at Song Xiance and found that there was nothing unusual about him, so he was relieved.
"This field thief is a general and must deal with it quickly. You must work harder here!"
Song Xiance walked while talking to him, and soon arrived at the Zhongjun tent.
Song Xiance was the first to enter the Chinese military tent, but stood inside the door. Suddenly he turned around and said to his guards: "You guys watch here, don't let anyone in!"
As soon as he heard this, Yuan Zongdi knew that the military advisor must have come here for something, and it was definitely not a routine inspection.
So, after entering the Chinese military tent, Yuan Zongdi turned serious and asked immediately: "What are the general's orders?"
Song Xiance also had a serious face, and handed a piece of paper from his sleeve to Yuan Zongdi. At the same time, he said to him: "You quietly bring these people here one by one. I have something to tell them to do!"
"Okay!" Yuan Zongdi immediately nodded in agreement while taking the piece of paper. However, when he lowered his head to look, a wry smile appeared on his face and said, "I only recognize the general and myself. Whose names are written on this?”
When Song Xiance heard this, he took back the piece of paper he handed out and read it to him.
Yuan Zongdi's brows suddenly furrowed as he listened. In the end, he couldn't stand listening anymore. He immediately interrupted Song Xiance and said: "Military advisor, I can guarantee that these people are loyal to the general! Most of their sons Among the Chongqing Boy Scouts!"
"That's right, they are the ones I'm looking for!" Song Xiance smiled slightly after hearing this, "The general told them to fake a surrender so that they could cooperate internally and externally, defeat Tian Jianxiu, and capture him alive. The best. It can also make the imperial court dare not accept our deserters in the future!"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Zongdi was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "This is a wonderful plan! This... must be the idea that the military advisor came up with, right?"
Song Xiance smiled slightly after hearing this, but did not accept the words. This method of using hostages to do things is somewhat disgraceful.
When Yuan Zongdi saw it, he already had the answer in his heart, so he kindly reminded: "Military advisor, those of us who escaped, according to the instructions of the captured people, must first pass the level of the Jinyi Guards in the army. .”
"I know!" Yuan Zongdi said nonchalantly after hearing this, "That's why I want you to find these people secretly, then relax your patrol and let them go there with the real deserters!"
After a pause, he said with a smug smile on his face: "If those Jin Yiwei feel something is wrong and deal with them indiscriminately, here we can also let those who still want to escape, please think more carefully and see How many people in the army dare to flee to the other side without any scruples!"
After hearing this, Yuan Zongdi thought that this plan was really cruel.
So, without saying anything else, he followed Song Xiance's instructions and found someone for him.
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Tian Jianxiu's men were not his original men.
His original subordinates have all been dispersed and reorganized. It can be said that the original number of his current subordinates is actually a very small part.
There were the original officers and soldiers, Luo Rucai's men, and Zhang Xianzhong's men.
For his army, Zhang Mingwei asked him to lead the army to fight Li Zicheng directly. This was equivalent to fighting with his original companions. Therefore, Zhang Mingwei gave him the supervisors in the army, that is, the Jin Yiwei were all elites and leaders. It is Lan Tianbao who is highly regarded by Zhang Mingwei.
In the past few days, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
The number of people escaping from the other side had been slowly decreasing before, but during this time, it suddenly increased again.
Normally, he doesn't specifically check the people who escape from the other side. If he had to do all this kind of thing, he would be too busy. However, relevant news and reports will eventually be summarized to him.
At the beginning, he didn't pay much attention to what was reported in the newspaper.
But now that he felt something was wrong, he immediately took out the summary of previous reports.
At the beginning, the statistical method Lan Tianbao learned from Zhang Mingwei was based on detailed tables and summary tables. Just at a glance, he felt that something was abnormal.
But just from the information after the review, he couldn't tell anything. Everything was normal.
However, the lesson he learned from the tragedy he suffered at the hands of Sun Kewang was there.
Without saying a word, Lan Tianbao made a decision and gathered all the soldiers who had escaped in the past few days, whether they were receiving education from the Jin Yiwei or not, together. There were about a hundred people, and he directly announced that all of them would be killed. Send it to Chengdu.
As soon as they heard this, some people were reluctant and immediately put forward their opinions.
"Sir, we escaped here just to make meritorious service. How can we make meritorious service if we leave the front line?"
"Yes, sir, give us a chance?"
"Sir, we took a huge risk to escape. Are you doubting us?"
"..."
Hearing this, Lan Tianbao kept smiling and said to them: "Of course the court welcomes your surrender. I can understand your desire to make meritorious deeds."
After a pause, seeing everyone looking at him, he continued to say what he had thought of: "But there are a lot of people who have surrendered now. If you just listen to what our Jin Yiwei says, I'm afraid that some of you will Some people don’t quite believe it, and it’s hard to get more people on the other side to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side. Therefore, I’m going to ask you to go to the rear and see if what our Jin Yiwei said is true!”
Upon hearing this, those who were a little scared at first felt at ease.
And those who have evil intentions in their hearts will be willing to go to the rear if they come with a mission. Then they all started talking again.
"Sir, we don't need to see what we believe."
"Yes, sir, if everyone didn't believe it, they wouldn't take the risk of escaping here!"
"Sir, give us a chance to make meritorious deeds!"
"..."
Tian Jianxiu on the side looked at this scene and felt a little puzzled.
Don't these people know that the people in front of them are Jin Yiwei? How dare you be so bold as to start bargaining? Are you so eager to achieve meritorious service that you would not hesitate to argue with Jin Yiwei? If this is really the case, what were you doing before and why did you come here now?
It is true that thick eyebrows and big eyes mean deep thoughts. Tian Jianxiu is a person who loves to think, and he has already noticed something a little abnormal.
At this time, he finally understood why Lan Tianbao had called these people together. It turned out that he had discovered something first.
While he was thinking about it, Lan Tianbao stopped smiling and finally showed his official authority: "There are many people who want to make meritorious deeds! When the Duke leads the army, that's when everyone will really make meritorious deeds. Right now, You all must obey the arrangement, go see it with your own eyes and then come back and tell your brothers, has the court broken its promise?"
