Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 184 Domineering
However, when the army led by Li Rusong arrived at the city of Ningxia, they set up their own camps and refused to accept the orders of Wei Xuezeng, the governor of the three sides.

Although there are nearly 12 Ming Dynasty counter-insurgency troops under the city, they are divided into several parts.Wei Xue once led several towns in the northwest, Li Rusong led the reinforcements from the three sides, and Ye Mengxiong led the reinforcements from Gansu alone.Although there are many imperial court troops assembled under the city, except for the four towns in the northwest, the soldiers from all walks of life are not dispatched uniformly, and Wei Xuezeng can't command Li Rusong.

In addition, after the reinforcements from the three sides arrived, Wei Xuezeng invited Mei Guozhen, the superintendent, to plan his affairs, but Mei Guozhen looked down on Wei Xuezeng, thinking that Wei Xuezeng could not handle the rebellion in Ningxia, and refused to meet him.Although both of them are under the city, they both use letters when they communicate.In this way, the governor and the supervising army cannot be of the same mind, and their initial cooperation will be difficult to coordinate.

After the army led by Li Rusong and Mei Guozhen arrived in Ningxia City on the evening of the [-]th, they set up their camp in the northeast, next to the tents of Li Rubai, Li Ruzhang and others.

In this army, including Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang's Xuanfu army forwards, including Li Rusong's 1 family members, plus the rest of the Xuanfu army, Xuanfu Town sent more than [-] reinforcements.The rest are reinforcements from Datong, Liaodong and other towns.It is said that there are more than [-] people, and there are no boundaries. The barracks where the reinforcements are stationed can't be seen at a glance.

After arriving at the place, because the weather was still hot at this time, the reinforcements came all the way. They were already exhausted, hungry and thirsty. After setting up the barracks, the soldiers hurriedly fetched water for cooking.Li Rusong, on the other hand, didn't stop on horseback, and led a group of generals from the middle and third sides to inspect the city on horseback.Huang Laifu naturally followed along.

The barracks of the Wuzhai Fort army is not far from Li Rusong's Chinese army camp. When he saw the fortified camp of the Wuzhai Fort army and the lively and elite soldiers in the barracks, Li Rusong's eyes were even brighter. The color of surprise.

The various generals around him also had different expressions. When they saw Huang Laifu's servants by the Yellow River earlier, they didn't say anything. The elite servants are not surprising.However, thousands of elite soldiers appeared, all of them were better than those personal servants under the command of the admiral, which made people very strange.

With Li Rusong's power, he only raised [-] servants. What is the origin of Huang Laifu, the deputy commander of Shanxi Town, who has so much money and food to support the army?Many people started whispering.

There was also a caravan stationed next to the military barracks in Wuzhai Fort. The noisy scene inside also made everyone very curious.Li Rusong frowned, Li Rubai rode beside him and whispered for a while, Li Rusong nodded, glanced at Huang Laifu, and said nothing more.

Huang Laifu followed behind everyone, but cursed inwardly: "Grandma's bear, this Li Rusong is so moody and angry, it's really not easy to get along with. It's unlucky for me to be assigned such a boss."

Everyone walked around the city. In the past, when the town was bustling and busy, it was devastated at this time.Months of war have turned the area below the city into a desolate place.

After going around the city for a week, Li Rusong reined in his horse and stopped, just looking at the city in front of him, thoughtful.All the generals didn't dare to disturb him, they all just stood aside blankly.

Suddenly, Li Rusong's whip twitched in the air, turned his horse back, and everyone rushed to follow.

After returning to the camp, people called Masi, the smoke from the cooking continued, and the smell of various meals came from time to time.Especially when passing by the Wuzhaibao army camp, a smell of food mixed with a strong meaty smell wafted over, making all the generals salivate, and even Li Rusong had a strange look on his face.The long-distance march is not easy, and the food and drink along the way are very simple. The generals have not eaten meat for a long time.

Take a closer look, beside the fence next to the Wuzhaibao military camp, many sergeants are looking in through the fence, all of them look envious. Most of them are new reinforcements from various towns. They are drinking their own gruel and eating When drying vegetables, they are involuntarily attracted by the aroma.Seeing all the Wuzhaibao sergeants inside with red faces, well-fed and well-dressed, many people felt general envy and jealousy in their hearts.

Looking at the Wuzhaibao caravan camp next to it, there are also various generals coming in and out. It seems that there are people from all the military camps under the city, and some of them are the soldiers of Wei Xuezeng, the governor of the three sides.The businessmen and fellows kept yelling, and all kinds of business were booming.

Huang Laifu coughed, which attracted everyone's attention, and then he smiled and said: "Master Admiral, brothers, everyone has worked hard all the way here. Brother, today I will be cheeky and be the host, and invite everyone to join the camp night banquet. Also, The caravan camp next to it is the caravan that came from Wuzhaibao, Shanxi Town. It has a lot of goods, not only sufficient grain and rice, but also various foods, such as canned luncheon meat, ham sausage, dried fish, Dried tofu, sauerkraut shreds, salted eggs, etc. If you want to buy, you can discuss with the caravan, it is definitely high quality and low price.”

Including Li Rusong, all the generals stared at Huang Laifu, as if they couldn't believe what Huang Laifu said. Is this the deputy general or a businessman?At the same time, he was moved by Huang Laifu's words.

Li Rubai stepped forward and said with a smile: "General Huang is right. Brother, I can't get enough of the canned luncheon meat in his Wuzhaibao caravan for a long time. I have to eat every meal. It's a pity that the quantity is small and the goods are expensive. It's not enjoyable."

Li Ruzhang also recalled the taste: "Yes, the canned luncheon meat is delicious."

Li Rusong's face calmed down, and he said: "Alright, then thanks to Lieutenant General Huang's kindness, let's all enter the camp."

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The next day, Wei Xuezeng, the governor of the three sides, sent people to invite the admiral Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of the Shaanxi Rebellion Army, Zhu Zhengse, the governor of Ningxia, Mei Guozhen, the governor of the army, and Ye Mengxiong, the governor of Gansu, to his camp to discuss military affairs.Wei Xuezeng also planned to give Li Rusong and Mei Guozhen the disadvantage tonight, and everyone strengthened their feelings.

But Mei Guozhen didn't go, Li Rusong, Zhu Zhengse, and Ye Mengxiong went.When Li Rusong swaggered to Wei Xuezeng's camp of the Chinese army, he saw Wei Xuezeng, Ye Mengxiong, and Zhu Zhengse, several civil servants were sitting at the top and speaking, and everyone was talking happily.

Seeing Li Rusong coming in, several pairs of eyes were on his face.But Li Rusong just said indifferently: "Governor Wei recruited XX to discuss some military affairs?" After speaking, he sat down on the guest seat unceremoniously.

Everyone was stunned, and Wei Xuezeng was also speechless. In his impression, Li Rusong should salute him first, and then kneel down, and then Wei Xuezeng asked him to stand up gracefully, and then everyone spoke in a friendly manner.

Who knew that Li Rusong could not be alone, so he just sat down beside him?What, what's going on here?You must know that although the admiral and the governor are at the same level, in theory, the two sides meet, but only in a normal way.Then in Daming at this time, the military is noble and the military is cheap, and the generals usually kowtow when they meet the governors of the same level, let alone the governor.To take a step back, if you don’t kowtow, you have to perform a ritual.

He had heard that Li Rusong was domineering and arrogant, but seeing him today, he was indeed so.Wei Xuezeng felt that he had been insulted, and his face darkened.Zhu Zhengse, the governor of Ningxia who was next to him, was very upset when he saw it.

Li Rusong served as the admiral as a military general, commanding reinforcements from Liaodong Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Shanxi Town and other places, with great power.Originally similar positions have always been held by civil servants.It has been dissatisfied with many civil servants to be held by a general.In addition, not to mention Li Rusong's broken precepts, he is still so domineering, he doesn't know how to advance or retreat, if all the generals follow his example, what are the civil servants doing?
It is really tolerable, what is unbearable.

Ye Mengxiong remained calm, but Zhu Zhengse stood up all of a sudden, and scolded Li Rusong, "General Li, why are you so rude to the governor? Do you still have dignity in your eyes?"

Li Rusong snorted disdainfully, looked up at Zhu Zhengse without speaking.

Zhu Zhengse was so angry that his whole body trembled, pointing at Li Rusong, he just said: "You, you...you are so arrogant."

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When Li Rusong went out, Wei Xuezeng, Zhu Zhengse, and Ye Mengxiong were still sitting in the tent in a daze. Just now Li Rusong talked to Wei Xuezeng about his plan, because he discovered a wonderful way to attack the city when he went around the city yesterday.

But because Wei Xuezeng is still in a daze, it's hard to say whether he listened.

Only Zhu Zheng was outraged, and decided to write a letter to impeach Li Rusong, but after he wrote the memorial, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, without any splash.It was not until a long time later that Emperor Wanli responded. He only briefly criticized Li Rusong, but his official position remained unchanged.At this time, the Battle of Ningxia was drawing to a close.

Li Rusong said his magic method for attacking the city is to ask tens of thousands of reinforcements to prepare tens of thousands of cloth bags filled with soil, and he will be useful at that time.None of the generals in the city understood what Li Rusong meant, except for Huang Laifu who came from later generations.

But when Li Rusong gave an order, countless officers and soldiers in the city got busy, and they picked up soil and filled it up, in a hurry.Three days later, tens of thousands of cloth bags filled with soil were ready.

On August 1592, 8 AD, on July 10, the 20th year of Wanli, Li Rusong ordered to attack the city.

(End of this chapter)