Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 136

Chongzhen 17th year, July 28th.

Zhang Xianzhong's central army broke through Ziyang, and the forward went to Yang'an Pass in Jianzhou.

Chengdu.

Shu Palace, Chengyun Palace.

"Li Zhenwu (Gao Shengqi) see Jian Guo!"

The two who had just arrived in Chengdu today knelt down to Aimee Zhu who was sitting on the throne to pay homage to Jishou.

Both of them knew that Aimee Zhu had formally assumed the post of Supervisor of the State, so they naturally changed their titles.

"Pingshen." With a satisfied smile on the corner of Zhu Yu's mouth, after the two got up, she said, "I heard that Zeng Ying, Liu Linchang, Yang Zhan, and Cao Xun were all brought here by you?"

The two looked at each other, and then Li Zhenwu said: "Originally, I only found the first three people, but when I was resting in Jiadingzhou City, I met Commander Cao who brought troops to Chengdu to support, so we hurried on the road together."

"I heard that they brought a lot of soldiers and horses?"

Gao Shengqi said: "Back to the supervisor, Zeng Ying and Liu Linchang brought nearly 1000 elite soldiers, Yang Zhan brought [-] elite soldiers, and Cao Xun brought more than [-] local and Han soldiers."

"That's nearly ten thousand soldiers, very good." Auntie Zhu nodded approvingly, "Since you've been with them all the way, you must know a lot about them, so let's talk about these four."

"Yes."

Then, Li Zhenwu and Gao Shengqi talked about their contact and getting along with Zeng Ying and the other four, as well as their views on the four.

Aunt Zhu, Hao Guangming on the other side, Li Yan and Hong Niangzi who were also in the Chengyun Hall were all listening attentively.

After all, they only had a rough understanding of the four from later historical records, far less than Li Zhenwu and Gao Shengqi knew much about them after actual contact.

These four people are all useful talents to Aimee Zhu, and they will even reuse them. Of course, we must try our best to understand the four people's personalities, abilities and other information.

After Li Zhenwu and Gao Shengqi finished speaking, Auntie Zhu nodded in satisfaction and said, "You two have done a good job in this task, and you will each be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver."

"Thank you Jianguo!"

The two were quite surprised by Aimee Zhu's reward.

It's not that they feel that they are missing, in fact, Zhu Yuxi promoted the two of them directly to Jinyiwei Qianhu before, which was regarded as a reward in advance - they didn't make any contribution at that time.

But this time, the two were just looking for someone based on the information provided by Hao Guangming.

To say that there is definitely danger, but to say how difficult it is, the two of them really didn't feel it.

After all, the four people they were looking for were all well-known people in Sichuan at the moment, and they had big goals, so it was not difficult to find them.

After the two got up, Auntie Zhu said again: "You must be tired after traveling all the way, the mansion has arranged a temporary residence for you, you go and rest."

"Yes."

After the two left, Auntie Zhu asked Hong Niangzi, "Has the camp for Zeng Ying and the others been arranged?"

"arranged."

Aunt Zhu said: "Well, let them come to Chengyun Hall in the afternoon, let Ma Ke and Liu Zhenfan come too.

Now that Zhang Xianzhong's striker has arrived in Jianzhou, we should discuss how to deal with it. "

Because of the limited number of soldiers and horses at his disposal, there was a huge gap compared with Zhang Xianzhong's so-called million-strong army.

So before that, Auntie Zhu ordered the prefectures and counties in Chengdu to strengthen their walls and clean up the wilderness, and guard the city.

As for whether these prefectures and counties can be defended and whether they will surrender, Zhu Yuxi and others have no control.

In fact, it is not completely out of control.

Although Aimee Zhu has few soldiers and horses now, they are all elite, and there are some "weapons" available for future generations.

In battles involving thousands or even tens of thousands of people, there is still a good chance of victory.

But in terms of strategy, Zhu Yuxi and others wanted to attract Zhang Xianzhong's troops as far as possible outside of Chengdu, and cooperate with the "drone beheading plan" to eliminate his so-called million-dollar army in one fell swoop.

If one disregards the grand strategy and relies on elite troops and the "weapons" of later generations, even if he can defeat Zhang Xianzhong's forwards and branch troops in succession, it will still make Zhang Xianzhong vigilant.

In this way, it is not good for the follow-up implementation of the "drone beheading plan" or the strategy of solving Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates in one fell swoop.

What's more, the Flying Eagles are not well trained now, if they encounter Zhang Xianzhong's army in other prefectures and counties, they may not be able to win.

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Zeng Ying and others arrived in Chengdu in the morning.

After the camp was arranged, Zeng Ying asked his generals to set up the camp, but he washed up and walked around Chengdu with Dong Qiongying and a group of barbarian female soldiers.

When his father came to Chengdu to work, he settled his family in Chengdu. He grew up in Chengdu, and he knows all the squares and streets in the city like the back of his hand.

Originally, he should have gone home.

But his parents passed away one after another a few years ago, and he sold the house together at the beginning of the year in order to prepare for the sale of assets.

Walking in the city of Chengdu, he found that the city was more prosperous than last year.

The streets are crowded with pedestrians, shops are lined up, and hawkers are also selling along the street. If there are not teams of officers, soldiers and policemen patrolling the streets, the tense atmosphere of thieves and soldiers can hardly be felt.

Zeng Ying also noticed carefully that the street was much cleaner than when he left at the beginning of the year, obviously someone specially cleaned it.

The local hooligans that were common in the streets before were completely gone, and even the faces of ordinary people seemed to be a little ruddy.

"Just now I inquired, and it is said that he is now assisting Jian Guo in governing Chengdu, except for Long Futai and Liu Xunyong, who are old officials in Sichuan, the main one is Li Yan.

It is said that this person was originally Li Chuang's military adviser, and he contributed a lot to the rapid growth of the thief in the past few years.

Looking at the current situation of people's livelihood in Chengdu, I am afraid that this person is really a great political talent. "

Walking around, Zeng Ying couldn't help sighing.

Dong Qiongying laughed and said: "I heard that Li Yan was called Mr. Li when he was a thief, and Mr. Zeng was nicknamed Mr. Zeng.

If Mr. Lang can be reused by the princess, he will stand side by side with Li Yan as the supervisor of the state. The two sons have one literary and one martial arts. It will be a good story to spread. "

"Hahaha." Zeng Ying smiled and said confidently: "I dare not say anything else. In terms of military talent, I think that Hong Niangzi, Ma Ke, Liu Zhenfan, etc. may not be as good as me."

Zeng Ying herself is quite good at arching horses and is very young. After experiencing a series of battles in eastern Sichuan to verify her talent, she became more confident.

It's just that his self-confidence is not as ostentatious as Yang Zhan's.

Of course, Yang Zhan and Zeng Ying have been getting along all the way, and now they can no longer see the slightest arrogance.

Walking and walking, the two came to a crossroad, and saw a group of people gathered around the place where the government posted a list, so they also moved over curiously.

I saw that many of the onlookers were elderly women, but after listening to the people inside read the content of the announcement, they all left with disappointment.

"Aren't you going to recruit nurses again? Why are you only recruiting men this time?"

"That's right, I haven't heard what happened to those who were nurses in the wounded barracks before. Why didn't they recruit girls this time?"

"Didn't you hear? This time I'm looking for a field nurse. If you want to go to the battlefield to carry and save people, of course you have to recruit a man. Do you dare to go to the battlefield?"

"Why don't you dare? At the beginning of the year, I went out of the city to visit relatives at my mother's house. A thief tried to steal my eggs, and I was knocked out with a slap. That thief is also a thief, why didn't I dare to go to the battlefield?"

Hearing what these women said was interesting, Zeng Ying became interested in the announcements inside.

When the crowd dispersed, he went in and took a look, only to realize that it was a nurse battalion that wanted to recruit field nurses, and only careful and bold men were recruited.

So Zeng Ying asked someone to inquire, and found out that the nurses in the nurse camp were recruited by the princess to take care of the wounded soldiers.

The 300 people recruited for the first time were all elderly healthy women. Because of the generous salary, only so many women came to see the second time when the list of nurses came out.

It's just that I didn't expect to recruit field nurses this time, and only men.

Hearing this, Zeng Ying couldn't help feeling, "The princess seems to be someone who loves soldiers, no wonder Hong Niangzi, Ma Ke, Liu Zhenfan and others all support her."

Dong Qiongying said: "Isn't this a good thing? I want to see Her Royal Highness even more."

"It's really a good thing." Zeng Ying nodded.

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Afternoon, early in the future.

Zeng Ying and the other four were taken to the Chengyun Hall of the Shu Palace.

"See Jian Guo!" The four of them knelt down and bowed together.

"Flat body."

The four got up upon hearing the words, looked up towards the throne, and finally saw Aimee Zhu.

(End of this chapter)