The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 305 Another Talented Commander

At this time, the city of Bianjing was no longer the most prosperous city in the world as it once was.

Because they were worried about completely angering Wang Shouren and various forces and causing them to pursue them relentlessly, the Jin army did not set fire to the city of Bianjing before leaving.

But after several months, the Jin army had plundered most of the wealth in the city.

And killed countless people.

Lonely and poor, that was the appearance of the city of Bianjing at that time.

It was not until three days after Wang Shouren took over the city of Bianjing that the city was able to restore initial stability.

Afterwards, he did not rush to chase the Jin army.

The Jin army still had nearly 160,000 cavalry. If they had not just suffered a great defeat and their morale was low, no one, from Emperor Shi Tian to the ordinary soldiers, would have had the confidence to defeat him.

In addition, they brought with them Zhao Ji, Zhao Heng, many Song nobles and officials, as well as a huge amount of wealth, and were not willing to fight the Ming army at all.

He might not be able to take over the city of Bianjing so smoothly.

After all, he only had 50,000 cavalry at that time.

The most important thing now is not to pursue the Jin army, but to reorganize the local area and guard against the Liao Kingdom.

Under Zhao Ji's governance, the people in the Eastern Six Routes were already poor, and the attack by the Jin army made life even more difficult, with heavy casualties.

Now, there are still defeated troops of the original army to defend the king, imperial guards who escaped from the city of Bianliang, etc., who have become mob soldiers and are entrenched in various places.

All these situations need to be dealt with as soon as possible.

The Ming Dynasty came to occupy this place and turn all the Song people here into Ming people, rather than just fighting a few battles and leaving.

Therefore, people’s hearts are the most important.

Guarding against the Liao Kingdom is also the top priority at the moment. After taking Bian Jing and the subsequent northwest road of Beijing, the Ming army will meet the Liao Kingdom.

If he went after the Jin army, what if the Liao army took the opportunity to attack Bianliang?
By then, the Ming army's strength will be dispersed, and its main force will be caught in a pincer attack from the Jin and Liao armies, and it will undoubtedly be defeated.

Faced with this possibility, Wang Shouren naturally chose to be safe and temporarily ignored the people in the places where the Jin army passed, especially those in the Hedong Road.

At the same time, only by governing all places well and making the power in hands stronger can we face the subsequent alliance between Jin and Liao.

Wang Shouren was certain that Jin and Liao would join forces.

There was no other reason. The Jin and Liao countries, which had conflicts with each other, were even more afraid of the Ming Dynasty.

On October 12, Wang Shouren ordered Li Jing to speed up the occupation of Jingdong Road and Hebei East Road.

At the same time, 100,000 troops were dispatched, 50,000 of which were rushed to Bian Jing, and 50,000 occupied the northwest road of Beijing.

The second order was to recruit soldiers.

Recruit soldiers from the five regions according to the standards of the Ming army.

In fact, Wang Shouren had previously ordered the recruitment of soldiers in Jingdong East Road and Huainan East Road.

Needless to say, the Ming army was well treated and quickly recruited 20,000 men. Together with the qualified soldiers and defeated soldiers from the two local areas, the total number was 30,000.

These people are still undergoing three months of recruit training, which will take more than half a month to complete.

This time, Wang Shouren ordered the direct recruitment of 90,000 new soldiers from the five routes.

Apart from these two orders, he was busy with various military and political affairs.

This is also the reason why Zhu Houzhao broke the separation of military and political affairs and allowed Wang Shouren to handle all affairs with full authority.

Under the current circumstances, all military and political affairs could only be managed by Wang Shouren.

Following Wang Shouren's two orders, among the six eastern routes, except for the Hebei West Route where the Jin army was at this time, the other five routes all became active.

The Ming army defeated the Jin army in one battle and drove the Jin army out of Bianliang. Its power, prestige and reputation reached an extremely high level in one fell swoop.

Coupled with the formal cession by the Southern Song court, the Ming army almost conquered the people of this land in terms of legal principles, justice, identity, and people's hearts.

Therefore, the Ming army's subsequent actions were still very smooth.

Occupy and take over the towns in the remaining three routes, and clean up and reorganize the defeated troops.

Recruit 90,000 new soldiers.

Under the power, prestige, and generous treatment of the Ming army, people from the five routes, who originally did not like to be soldiers, rushed to sign up for the army.

Among them, in addition to people from ordinary families, there are also many people with real abilities.

"The Ming army is recruiting! The Ming drove away the Jin army and protected our fellow countrymen. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be another major battle with the Jin and Liao dynasties. It is reasonable for me to go.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty was not like the Song Dynasty. Now the civil and military officials were on equal footing, and the military officials were no longer inferior to others and were no longer suppressed.

Now is the time for men of our generation to achieve great things.

Mother, wife, I want to join the Ming army."

"Go ahead, my dear. I have heard that the Ming Dynasty treats its people very well. This country is worthy of my son's service."

"My dear, my mother and I are waiting for you at home."

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Xiangzhou
"Zaixing and Daming are recruiting soldiers, are you going?"

"Ming Dynasty is recruiting soldiers! Let's go, be a good man, and make achievements now."

"Aren't you going to the south to seek refuge with your relative, the Yang family general?"

"I won't go. Who would want the cowardly Song Dynasty when we have the Ming Dynasty?"

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They are both in Xiangzhou.

"My son wants to join the Ming camp as a soldier?" An old mother said calmly, looking at her heroic and extraordinary son.

The son, who was in his twenties, was silent for a moment and nodded heavily.

"But you have some concerns. Are you originally from the Song Dynasty? And I just carved the words 'Serve the country with loyalty' on your back." The old mother seemed to see through everything. The son nodded again.

“You are so pedantic.” The old mother cursed with a sullen face, and then said solemnly: “You were originally from Song, but the government of Song gave the East Six Roads to Ming, so you are now a Ming person.

Besides, the Ming army drove away the Jin army and saved many lives.

Isn't such a country worthy of your loyalty and service?"

"The mother was right to scold her son, he is being pedantic.

My son will join the Ming army right now and will never let the Jin and Liao countries harm my country and the people again." The handsome and righteous son said firmly, kneeling down and kowtowed several times.

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There were many similar incidents that happened in the East Five Route and even in the Hebei West Route. After hearing the news, many people went to the other five routes to join the army.

In mid-to-late October, even though Wang Shouren was in a state of ecstasy where he could go without food, drink or sleep and could focus on many things, he was still so busy that he had almost no free time at all.

There are so many things to do.

Fortunately, he is not conquering the world, but has the support of the most powerful empire in the world behind him.

Support from the Ming Dynasty is coming as quickly as possible.

Money, food, military equipment, officials, military instructors, military civilian staff, etc., all arrived in a steady stream.

As long as they can survive this most troublesome and chaotic period, the Ming court will be able to take over and liberate Wang Shouren.

However, no matter how busy he was, when he heard that three young masters in the innate realm were joining the army, he was still very happy and went to meet them in person.

No matter where one is, he is a rare talent.

Especially those who are young and willing to join the army are extremely rare talents and are no easier to find than ordinary grand masters.

Just like during this period of time, innate masters have continued to join the Ming Dynasty from the East Six Routes and even the West Routes and the South.

But they joined the Ming Dynasty, not the Ming army.

Therefore, the Martial Arts Hall represented by Wuming and the Jinyiwei represented by Ye Gucheng came forward to receive these masters.

There were only three of them who were as young as their twenties and joined the Ming army.

"Your humble servants pay their respects to the Grand Commander." Three young figures came in front of Wang Shouren, their expressions showing a trace of reverence, and were about to kneel down to salute.

Wang Shouren raised his hand and lifted the knees of the three people who had not yet kneeled. He looked at the three people with a bigger smile and said, "My Ming Dynasty has long abolished the kneeling ceremony. No matter who you are facing, you don't have to kneel."

The three young figures felt warmed in their hearts and were more respectful. At the same time, they felt that they had made the right decision.

"Yue Fei, Gao Chong, and Yang Zaixing, you are willing to join the army to defend our country. On behalf of the Ming Dynasty, this governor welcomes you." Wang Shouren said with a sincere smile.

"Grand Commander, your words are too heavy to be accepted." The three said in unison with tacit understanding.

"I'm very busy these days and don't have the free time to chat with you in detail. I wonder if you would be willing to be a clerk beside me for three days?" Wang Shouren said frankly.

"We are willing." The three of them were willing and responded immediately, feeling quite excited.

They knew that Wang Shouren wanted to spend three days to test their talents.

This is a great opportunity for them.

If the news gets out that I can work as a minor official beside Wang Shouren for three days, I'm afraid even the most powerful people at the grandmaster level will fight for it.

This is Wang Shouren's current reputation and status, which far exceeds the realm of most gods and men in the world.

In the following three days, Yue Fei, Gao Chong and Yang Zaixing worked as errand boys for Wang Shouren.

The three of them saw how busy Wang Shouren was and how he seemed to be in charge of the world, and they admired him even more.

On the first day, when dealing with important military and political affairs, Wang Shouren would devote some of his attention to asking the three people some questions.

The next day, Wang Shouren's attention became more focused. He asked Yue Fei more questions, with surprise flashing in his eyes.

At the end of the third day, Wang Shouren looked at the three young men with undisguised admiration in his eyes.

“Pengju, Gao Chong, Zaixing, the three of you are rare talents.

Next, I want to send you to a place to go through the most unique three months of recruit training.

I wonder if you are willing to do so?" Wang Shouren chuckled.

"We will obey the orders of the Grand Commander in chief." Yue Fei and the other two said without hesitation.

"Okay." Wang Shouren nodded with satisfaction and started to make arrangements.

Soon, the three of them rode at full speed, heading towards the Ming Dynasty with great confusion.

Wang Shouren watched the three people leave, with anticipation in his eyes.

Gao Chong and Yang Zaixing are both rare and powerful generals, better than Wu Yunzhao, Xiong Kuohai and Wu Tianxi.

Perhaps he can be compared with Yuwen Chengdu of the Sui Dynasty.

What Wang Shouren was looking forward to even more was Yue Fei.

This was a person who gave him endless surprises.

The second Li Jing.

No, Yue Fei is not Li Jing, but his potential is no less than Li Jing.

As long as he can grow through hardships, he will become another true commander of the Ming Dynasty.

A commander who can lead troops to destroy a big country.

Only such a person can be considered a commander-in-chief or a general in the eyes of Your Majesty.

And of course, only Your Majesty can control such a person.

(Chapter two.)
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(End of this chapter)