The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 116
Candles were already lit in the big tent, and the candles were reflected in Cao Wenzhao's eyes.

Cao Wenzhao's eyes were as bright as lamps, as if they could penetrate people's hearts.

Chen Wang's heart trembled slightly, he had already prepared a set of reasonable arguments.

This set of rhetoric has been conceived since he received Cao Wenzhao's letter, which is a very reasonable explanation.

But after seeing Cao Wenzhao's eyes, Chen Wang changed his mind, maybe he should tell some real inside story.

Whether it is Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu, Gao Yingxiang, or Li Zicheng, they all have their own thoughts and wills.

They are not cold names in history books, but real and real people.

Chen Wang had a feeling in his heart that if he said the set of rhetoric he had prepared, Cao Wenzhao would definitely start to alienate him and no longer regard him as a cronies.

Chen Wang looked solemn, his eyes were fixed, and he said in a deep voice.

"I was born in Liaodong, and I have a deep blood feud with Jiannu. I want to train my soldiers well, and return to Liaodong to avenge my revenge!"

The last sentence is what Cao Wenzhao said to him outside the city of Binzhou, and now he returns it to Cao Wenzhao.

"Training troops is not easy, and military affairs are even more difficult. The general knows better than me."

"In the battle of Liaodong, our army has always lost more and won less. Liaodong is like a bottomless hole. No matter how many generals and soldiers have filled it, it can't be filled, and it can't be filled..."

Cao Wenzhao's expression was slightly moved, but he didn't know the truth of what Chen Wang said.

Today's Liaodong is a mess, a bottomless pit, and millions of Liao's salaries affect not only Liaodong's generals, but also the adults in the court.

Which of the high-ranking officials in the three provinces and six ministries is really clean? Hundreds or even thousands of people have to distribute money from Liaodong every year.

The current situation in Liaodong can be said to be caused by the imperial court.

It's not that I can't be leveled, but I don't want to be leveled.

In the past, Qi Jiguang wrote a letter asking for 30 taels of silver to supervise the construction of warships. As a result, the memorial was submitted, but 300 million taels was approved.

Of course, this batch is 300 million taels, and it is another matter to actually implement it...

Corruption has become a common thing in the Ming court at this time, and it would be abnormal if there were honest and strict officials.

Even if they are in a high position, those who cherish feathers are not willing to join forces, but they dare not and will not tell the inside story.

Everyone knows where the ills are, and everyone knows how to change, but everyone is pretending to be deaf and dumb, pretending that everything does not exist.

"I can't control the internal affairs of the imperial court, but I know that if the situation in Liaodong is not to be intervened in the imperial court, if it is to be alleviated, there must be an elite and brave soldier who can take care of the overall situation."

"Going to Hanzhong is for training soldiers."

Chen Wang raised his head and looked at Cao Wenzhao. This time, he did not avoid Cao Wenzhao's gaze, because everything he said was the truth, not a single lie.

There is an art of speaking in this world, that is, even if a sentence is true, it is actually a lie, because there are many words in it, and Chen Wang didn't finish it.

Military training is only one of the purposes. Chen Wang's real purpose is to complete the actual separatist regime in Hanzhong.

"I don't want to... end up in the same fate as Zongbing Ai, Deputy General Liu, and Zongbing Yu..."

Chen Wang clenched his fists and tried his best to choose his words carefully.

"Running back and forth, constantly going back and forth, the soldiers will be exhausted when they are tired, no one will judge meritorious service in victory, and all the blame will be assigned to him in defeat."

"The humble position is in Chunhua. When I saw General Liu Shen, it was almost difficult to recognize him."

"The humble staff has been under the general's tent since the seventh year of the apocalypse, and has experienced hundreds of battles in the past eight years."

Chen Wang looked solemn, and talked about the past of the boss.

Cao Wenzhao's expression eased slightly, and Chen Wang talked about the old affairs of his family, and also drew closer the relationship with Cao Wenzhao, who was already a little unfamiliar.

"What I remember most clearly is the past seven years of Chongzhen. In July, the slaves entered the pass and plundered all the way. When they turned back, they first attacked Desheng Fort. Li Shen committed suicide and died for the country."

"Then Jiannu entangled the soldiers to attack Huairen County, Jingpingbao, Yingzhou and other places, and I, along with the general and Governor Zhang, stationed in Huairen to stand firm."

"In August, Huairen broke the siege, and we moved our troops with the general to garrison the town, and then confronted the Jiannu army outside the town."

"The soldiers of the battalions were afraid to move forward. Only the general led us out of the city to fight. We fought alone and finally lost."

"In November, the imperial court decreed that those battalion generals who were afraid to move forward will be fine, but the general and the governor were both convicted and sentenced to be exiled to the border guards..."

Chen Wang stepped back a little distance, bent down, and said in a low voice.

Cao Wenzhao's eyes flickered, his brows were low, and his expression was gloomy.

At the beginning, Ai Wannian had sent a letter to him saying that the soldiers in each battalion were exhausted and timid, and more than half of the soldiers under his command had suffered casualties during successive years of raids, and their morale was hard to boost.

Ai Wannian, Liu Chenggong and others merged to form a total of 3000 people, but Hong Chengchou ordered them to go north to suppress them.

Ai Wannian had also made a distinction at the beginning, thinking that it should not be attacked at this time, but his opinion was rejected.

As a result, Xiangle was defeated and died on the battlefield.

And his defeat in Datong allowed him to see the officialdom and the battlefield clearly.

Doing more is more wrong, doing less is less wrong, not doing well.

As long as there is more money, even a defeat can be written as a victory, and even a retreat in a city can be written as meritorious service against the enemy and achievement in defending the city.

"The reason why we chased Li Guo and failed to kill him in time was for training."

"I was afraid that once I defeated Li Guo, I would be immediately transferred to Xi'an Mansion, and then sent to Yan'an and other places to suppress."

"The recruits recruited in Chunhua are now only able to line up and change their formations. It is a blessing to not be chaotic when they are in battle. They can't withstand the impact of the elite cavalry of the rogues. Forcibly pulling them into the battlefield will only become a weakness and weakness."

"Sanyuan Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong are said to have hundreds of thousands of troops. I don't want to be treated as cannon fodder..."

Cao Wenzhao sat down slowly, and sighed inwardly.

Everything Chen Wang said and the choices he made were undoubtedly correct and reasonable.

Cao Wenzhao is very clear about Chen Wang's military training skills, but Cao Wenzhao also knows that no matter how powerful the military training method is, there is no way to train a group of hungry soldiers with low morale into an elite and brave soldier within a month .

The recruits Chen Wang recruited under the city of Binzhou back then were able to shine because of the glory of other troops and firearms.

In that battle, only Zuo Liangyu and Cao Bianjiao's cavalry were able to face the enemy head-to-head. At that time, all the infantry were only firing guns and cannons from a distance.

It was not until the enemy army collapsed that they carried their knives and guns to pursue them, but at that time the ones chasing them were the enemies with their backs turned.

It is true that Chen Wang wants to rely on actual combat training.

Moreover, if Chen Wang had eliminated Li Guo early on, Hong Chengchou's urgent orders would most likely be transferred to Xi'an Mansion, and the thousands of troops under Chen Wang's command would definitely be the vanguard of the next battle.

Of the 2000 men under Gao Jie's command after the Sanyuan War, only nearly half of them were left, and the rest of them had died because of the Sanyuan War.

Even Gao Jie himself was seriously injured. His body was wounded in three places by swords and guns, he was hit by five arrows, and his armor was stained with blood.

If Chen Wang was in Sanyuan, like Gao Jie, his followers suffered heavy losses, and he himself might also be seriously injured.

"go on."

Cao Wenzhao spoke slowly, his voice was a little hoarse for some reason.

"I didn't have the idea of ​​going to Hanzhong Mansion at first."

Chen Wang clasped his fists, he didn't tell the whole truth in this place.

"I just want to force it to Gongchang Mansion where there are no bandits, and then wipe it out in one fell swoop, stay in Gongchang Mansion temporarily, and then go east to suppress Fengxiang Mansion."

"Use the thieves from Fengxiang Mansion as materials for promotion and training."

"But I didn't expect that two groups of bandits in Fengxiang Mansion just broke into Gongchang Mansion."

"By the time I realized it, it was too late. I still couldn't keep Li Guo under the city of Qinzhou. In the end, Li Guo joined forces with Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan. It was completely unexpected."

Chen Wang wasn't lying here. The appearance of Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan was completely accidental, which almost disrupted all his plans.

Fortunately, Li Zicheng not only sent him a large amount of armor, gold and silver, but also the crucial four cannons, so he was able to win the Battle of the Three Mountains so easily.

"It was at that time that I came up with the idea of ​​chasing them to Hanzhong Mansion together."

"The situation in Yan'an Mansion and Xi'an Mansion is complicated. Maybe the rogues will go to Shanxi again. Once they go there, they will be exhausted from running back and forth. It's better to go to Hanzhong Mansion."

Li Zicheng in history did indeed run to Shanxi, and then to Henan.

"Hanzhong Mansion is located in the middle and is relatively isolated from other prefectures. The situation in the mansion began to collapse a few years ago, and the banditry in the mansion has not been resolved for a long time."

"After entering Hanzhong Mansion, most of them will be able to stay in Hanzhong Mansion for a long time to attack and suppress. There is no need to travel to and from several provinces and prefectures, and you can concentrate on training troops."

"I want to train an elite soldier, and I will rush to Liaodong in the future to expel..."

What Chen Wang said earlier was all the truth, and he didn't say anything in the last paragraph.

His last sentence is completely nonsense, but he still has to say it like this.

Unless there are tens of thousands of elite troops under his command and he can be independent, he absolutely does not want to go to Liaodong.

Liaodong is now in a dead end, and anyone who goes will die.

After going to Liaodong, the biggest enemy is actually not Hou Jin, but the Liao pay interest group whose main body is Liaodong generals.

Cao Wenzhao's expression eased a lot, and he also remembered a lot of things.

Chen Wang has been paying attention to Cao Wenzhao's expression. All his previous remarks were just foreshadowing. Seeing that Cao Wenzhao's complexion slowed down and his eyes became colder, he knew that now is the opportunity.

Next is the time to really see each other.

With the passage of time and the progress of the war, Cao Wenzhao's thinking had already begun to change.

Nothing happens overnight, the transformation of Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong has a process.

And now Cao Wenzhao is no longer just the passionate general he used to be, his water chestnut has been smoothed by the officialdom, and his heart is not as sharp as before.

Ai Wannian's death, what happened to Liu Chenggong, and Yu Chongxiao's deeds are all changing Cao Wenzhao.

"When Zuo Zongbing was in Chunhua, he taught me a truth."

"Military pay, food, military status, to me and other warriors, everything is false."

"Only the soldiers and horses under your command and the swords in your hands are the real power."

"As long as the soldiers and horses are not lost and the strength is not damaged, the imperial court will not punish and reprimand easily..."

……

It was an hour after nightfall when Chen Wang left the Chinese military tent.

After leaving the tent of the Chinese army, Chen Wang didn't stay, but went straight ahead and led a group of guards to leave Baoji.

He came to Baoji to meet Cao Wenzhao. All of this was done in secret, and he traveled lightly all the way, not a formal summons.

Therefore, Chen Wang had to rush back to Gongchang Mansion immediately. The soldiers under his command were still chasing Li Yangchun and others. Chen Wang was a little worried that there would be chaos in Gongchang Mansion.

After Chen Wang finished his last sentence, Cao Wenzhao was silent for a long time, and finally let him out of the camp.

Chen Wang didn't know how much influence his words would have on Cao Wenzhao.

But Chen Wang knew that the relationship between him and Cao Wenzhao would not change much.

After this summoning, Cao Wenzhao would still regard him as a confidant, and the slightly estranged relationship between them has now been drawn closer again.

Zuo Liangyu could see some things clearly, and He Renlong could also see clearly. Cao Wenzhao naturally had a clearer mind than the two of them.

In troubled times, winds and clouds rise everywhere, and there are soldiers who are the grass head king.

It's just that Cao Wenzhao still has a stick in his heart, and he still has loyalty to the Ming Empire.

Even after experiencing injustice, suffering and suppression, the blood in Cao Wenzhao's heart has not been completely extinguished.

However, passion and loyalty will eventually be worn away under constant blows. The reality is cruel and desperate.

When Chen Wang hurried all the way to Qishan, only three days had passed.

Li Yangchun, Lin Shengquan, and Li Guo's three tribes had already crossed Li County, even Xihe and Cheng County.

The three ministries gathered troops again, and although there had been warnings before, some civilians who could not escape were still coerced into it.

The troops under the command of the three bandits once again expanded to nearly 3 people, and they will attack Yuguan soon.

And just when he arrived at the camp with his front feet, there was a messenger with news from the east on his back feet.

Gao Yingxiang led Li Zicheng and other troops to attack Zhuyang Pass eastward, joined Zhang Xianzhong in Lingbao, joined forces, and fought against Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuan in Yan Township.

Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuan couldn't resist, and the troops were defeated and fled, and Shanzhou fell.

Gao Yingxiang officially raised the banner, divided into thirteen families, raised 72 battalions, and had an army of one million.

According to the investigation report, there are about 20 members of Tuo Xianling and Zhang Xianzhong, 17 members of Gao Yingdeng, 12 members of Gao Yingxiang, and a total of 49 members of the three major groups.

There are more than 70 bandits in the eight provinces now...

　Lu Xiangsheng: Volume [-] of "Lu Zhongsu Gongji", "Eight Poems of Cheng Wukuian Shu with Shaosi":
　　In the past two months, I have been running between Ru, Wan, He and Luo, and I have been very busy.There are many thieves and they are tyrannical. Although there are thousands of thieves captured and cut, they are not yet a win.In the first, second, and third months of the ninth year (nine years), the king of Chuang must be wiped out first, and the remaining thieves can be wiped out in turn.There are about [-] thieves, [-] to [-] women, [-] to [-] young men, and [-] to [-] elite riders.This thief does not let An, Shi, the temple or Weizhi know it well.Since Qinzhong, Hong Heng Lao (referring to Hong Hengjiu, that is, Hong Chengchou) has fought against him three times.Nearly entering the land of Henan, a certain man fought with him twice.Ji Qin killed and wounded [-] people and escaped, and now there are still [-], still a strong enemy.He also had five or six thieves. Seeing that the suppressing soldiers were gradually gathering, they all joined forces with the intruders, so they became more and more powerful.Today, in the southeast area of ​​the United States, Chu, Huang, Feng, Si, Huai, and Yang are all very worrying.A certain star gallops south
　　
　
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