Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 197 To Huaian

Huai'an City also did not allow Yang Chao's army to enter, and still had to camp outside the city, but when Yang Chao's army arrived, someone led troops to stop him.

It was Shi Kefa's battalion supervisor, and the officer was a general. After greeting Yang Chao, he ordered Yang Chao's soldiers to camp in the north of the city, and he took Yang Chao to see Shi Kefa immediately.

Yang Chao met Shi Kefa in the Water Transport Governor's Mansion.

This is a middle-aged man who is not tall, thin, and has a good face. To be honest, he can be regarded as an old handsome guy.

To be honest, Yang Chao has never seen an ugly man as an official. This is because in the Ming Dynasty, an official must have a certain appearance. If he is ugly and does not meet the requirements, he will be eliminated in the palace examination. If you are struggling to become a Jinshi, and at most you can get a county magistrate, there is no hope of becoming a Beijing official.

To be an official in the Ming Dynasty, if you want to do well, you have to look good.

"Your Majesty, Yang Chao, Chief Qian of Xinjiangkou Water Battalion, please refer to Mr. Shi!"

Shi Kefa was sitting in the hall, and Yang Chao bowed upon seeing him.

"General Yang, please rise!"

Yang Chao has the title of guerrilla and has the right to be called a general. Shi Kefa can naturally know it through the writing, but calling Yang Chao general is still an expression of goodwill.

Yang Chao stood up: "Thank you sir!"

"Give me a seat!"

Yang Chao bowed again, and then sat down in the lower seat.

Shi Kefa stroked his beard, looked at Yang Chao and nodded.

"General Yang is really young."

Shi Kefa sighed.

Yang Chao smiled: "Master Shi just laughed."

Yang Chao is already seventeen this year, but he still looks too young, especially with the title of General Officer Qian and Guerrilla, he looks even younger.

Shi Kefa said: "General Yang doesn't have to be overly modest about the so-called heroes. You got promoted by relying on your military merits, not by hiding yourself. Why laugh at it?"

Yang Chao said: "Thank you for your compliment, sir."

Shi Kefa waved his hand and sighed: "I heard that the eastern captives invaded and the capital was captured. This governor cannot sleep at night. He thinks about the danger of the capital and the danger of the sage every day. The governor intends to go north to serve the king, but there is no one in the south of the Yangtze River." Soldiers are available. The governor tried his best to raise funds, but he could only mobilize [-] soldiers. Jiangnan soldiers, either on the excuse of insufficient food and wages, or on the excuse of lack of training, regard King Qin as hard work and expelling captives as death. Actively asking for a fight, I can't help but impress this old man, and should make all the Jiangnan generals ashamed."

Yang Chao couldn't help being delighted, it turned out that it was the first time that he offered to come to King Qin, and it seemed that he had left an impression on Shi Kefa's heart.

Yang Chao had asked Ruan Dacheng to write a letter before, just to establish a relationship with Shi Kefa, so that he would not restrain himself in the process of serving as king, would not withhold his logistics supplies, and would not delay his military achievements. Now it seems that he has given Shi Kefa made a good impression and got twice the result with half the effort.

Immediately stated his position: "The so-called rise and fall of the world is everyone's responsibility. Although Yang Chao is a martial artist, he should think of being loyal to the country and serving the court."

Shi Kefa nodded again and again: "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Yue Wumu said: civil servants don't love money, and military commanders don't fear death. General Yang has the ambition to serve the court loyally at a young age, which is commendable."

The rise and fall of the world is everyone’s responsibility. Gu Yanwu actually said it, but at this time Gu Yanwu’s name was still Gu Jiang. The famous saying that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world.

Yang Chao said: "Thank you for your compliment!"

After several discussions, Shi Kefa was quite satisfied with Yang Chao, and couldn't help praising him: "No thanks to Ruan Jizhi, Xiong Sima strongly recommends it to me. General Yang, don't worry, you only need to kill the enemy, and I will take care of everything else!"

Yang Chao couldn't help being suspicious. Ruan Dacheng wrote a letter of recommendation to him at his own request. He didn't expect Xiong Mingyu to write a letter to him and said good things to him, which Yang Chao didn't expect.

But now Shi Kefa's attitude is very clear, that is to tell Yang Chao, let Yang Chao rest assured that he will not hold back Yang Chao, Yang Chao just kills the enemy, and other things such as logistics and supplies are all handed over to Shi Kefa.

This is exactly what Yang Chao wanted, he didn't ask for more, he just asked Daming's civil servants not to make trouble for him.

Yang Chao then immediately said: "Thank you sir!"

Shi Kefa stroked his beard and smiled and said: "No need to thank you. Go back to the camp. After a few days, when the officers and soldiers arrive and the food and fodder are sufficient, set off immediately and go north to serve the king!"

Yang Chao immediately stood up and paid his respects.

During the meeting between Yang Chao and Shi Kefa, Wang Pu had already set up a camp in the north with his soldiers.

Huai'an is different from other cities. This city was not built at one time, but expanded over and over again.

The current Huai'an City was first built in the Song Dynasty, but it was just an earthen city. The Mongolians in the Yuan Dynasty didn't care much about building the city, so it was very dilapidated in the Ming Dynasty. .

In addition to the old city part, Huai'an City also includes two parts: the new city and the Liancheng.

It is also because the old city of Huai'an was dilapidated and dilapidated because the city was not built in the Yuan Dynasty. When Zhang Shicheng occupied it at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, in order to resist the attack of Yuan soldiers, the general Shi Wenbing built a new city one mile north of the old city.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the old and new cities stood side by side for a time, and there was a road of luck between the two cities.

During the Japanese Rebellion, in order to strengthen the resistance, the two cities were connected by two walls, and the area between the two walls was called Liancheng. Therefore, Huai'an City is composed of three parts, the old city, the new city and the Liancheng.

In addition to the three cities, some fortresses were built, communicating with each other through tunnels and supporting each other, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Yang Chao's military camp is between the north of the city and a fort called Hexia Town.

Although Hexia Town is just a fortress, it is surrounded by the canal and has a bustling wharf. Many salt merchants have settled here and built gardens to live in. Moreover, the management here is not as strict as in the city, so the business is extremely prosperous.

小小一个镇子竟然形成了100多条街巷、100多处园林、60多座牌坊、50多座寺庙、40多座桥梁。

Moreover, because of its wealth, it has a high level of education. There have been dozens of Jinshi, more than 100 Juren, and even a champion, and a champion building.

In addition, Wu Chengen, the father of Sun Wukong, is also from Hexia.

Yang Chao's camp is backed by Huai'an City and facing Hexia Town, not only occupying an area of ​​the boss, there is also a large open space in front of Yang Chao's barracks, which happens to be used as a playground.

On the second day, Yang Chao began to lead the troops to practice.

The battle is about to begin. If the soldiers are not skilled, they are going to die.

But the training is hard, and the food is good.

Every day, Yang Chao would send people to the city and town to buy meat. When he came out this time, Yang Chao brought 3 taels of cash and nearly 10 taels of meeting tickets. However, the cash is used for emergencies, so it can be used Yang Chao will take out the money wherever the meeting ticket is taken and spend it, and try not to use the cash as much as possible.

It's a pity that although the Wang family is very powerful along the canal, they can only exchange large sums of money in big cities like Yangzhou and Huai'an, and the amount can't exceed [-] taels at most, otherwise the local shops will run the risk of running out of money.

(End of this chapter)