Chen Qiyu has never considered whether he can really bribe Ren Quan'er.
He had met Ren Quan'er several times when he was governor of Yansui. Although the Yan'an Guard commander was very young, he fully recognized his talents in both civil and military affairs.
Yan'an Guard's affairs are not generally difficult to deal with. Ever since Liu Chengzong made a big fuss, there has been a shortage of soldiers, weapons and weapons. There is also a severe drought. Bandits from the southeast and northwest are running around, no matter who is left there.
Dead end.
However, after Yang Yanchang and Ren Quan'er served as commanders for two times, the Yan'an guards could defend thousands of miles from the enemy while retreating could not support the military households, thus reviving this dead situation.
Chen Qiyu is not a person who cannot tolerate sand in his eyes. After all, if there is sand in his eyes, just rub it. There is no need to be serious with the sand. Yang Yanchang and Ren Quan'er are both insignificant sand in Chen Qiyu's eyes.
What he really cared about was the Yan'an Battalion. It was the battalion with the most outstanding military appearance and military discipline among the local battalions he could mobilize, and its weapons and equipment were outstanding.
Looking at the world, there are troops who can march without staying in people's homes; there are also troops with three to four thousand horses and mules in the entire battalion; the whole battalion is fully equipped with soldiers and armor, more than 360 chariots, and as many as eight light and heavy artillery pieces.
There are also camps with eleven gates.
But except for the Yan'an Battalion, no battalion can meet the above conditions at the same time. It is often the case that good equipment and military discipline are not good, and good military discipline and equipment are not good.
They sent troops from Yan'an Prefecture and even brought their own dry food.
The biggest problem with this Yan'an camp, which has excellent work style, equipment and military appearance, is not Yang Yanchang or Ren Quan'er, but that from top to bottom, there is simply no one who can be trusted by the court.
In the past, the Yan'an Battalion could not be transferred out, so no one had ever looked into it. Last year, Chen Qiyu had the intention of keeping this army by his side, so he made a lot of hard work. After looking into it deeply, his spine and bones went cold.<
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Although Yan'an Camp's personnel appointments are all official positions given by the imperial court, Chen Qiyu is very sure that if someone else becomes a general or commander, let alone commanding this group of proud soldiers, surviving for three months will be regarded as complicity. p>
Because this is not a question of Yang Yanchang or Ren Quan'er, but that officers at all levels followed Yang Yanchang and started from the ranks, and most of them have unknown origins.
There are six people who are really in charge of Yan'an Camp and Yan'an Guard.
One is the general Yang Yanchang, the second is the commander Ren Quan'er, the third is Lu Bin, the chief of Qianhu of Saimen, and the three generals of Yan'an camp.
There is nothing wrong with Lu Bin. He was a native of Fushi County. His entire family was massacred by bandits, and only two brothers left and joined the army. There are traces of this.
But the three Qianzongs are different. One is named Shi Wanzhong, who was born as a refugee in Suide; the other is named Chen Ruji, whose registered residence is in Fushi County in northern Shaanxi but speaks with a Guanzhong accent. Both of them have unknown origins and no roots. They suddenly appeared in the city four years ago.
The Yan'an Guards continued to be promoted based on their military exploits.
There was only one Qian who was left, whom he knew very well. His name was Liu Xiangshan. According to his military registration, he was from Yanchuan. However, the county, township, and Baojia household registration registers in Yanchuan were all lost due to the riots in the early years, so he could not be found.
Resume before joining the army.
This man's military history was very strange. He was awarded the general banner right after he came up. His resume was that of a hero. He brought his three sons with Yang Yanchang to the capital to serve the king. Two of his sons died at the gate of Luanzhou City, and he brought back two Donglu Tatars and three
The head of the surrendered soldier.
The name is also very problematic. Liu is not a common surname in Yan'an. Now Liu Xiangshan is the commander-in-chief of Yan'an Camp. His only surviving son is the commander-in-chief of Yan'an Camp. The commander-in-chief's name is Liu Chengguang.
Chen Qiyu also sent people to look for the list of Shaanxi soldiers who died under Luanzhou City. There was one person with the surname Liu Xiang and three people with the surname Cheng. Two of them were sons of Liu Xiangshan, one named Chengjia and the other Chengshun. In the west, there was a man named Liu Xiangyu who was named Xiang Shan. Xiang Yu gave birth to two sons named Chengzu Chengzong and a nephew named Chengyun. Here there are Chengshun and Chengguang of the Cheng family.
Chen Qiyu had a cerebral hemorrhage when he saw these names. His luck, family, prosperity, ancestors and ancestors are all coming together. How can there be no connection?
There just is no contact.
The place in Yanchuan was too dangerous. Chen Qiyu drove sheep into northern Shaanxi last year and did not dare to go anywhere. Instead, he sent his cronies to Yanchuan villages to inquire about Liu Xiangshan and Liu Chengguang. p>
This confidant was also a fierce man. He broke through the mine array twice in a row. His aggressiveness was enough to make Li Zicheng bow to him and Gao Yingxiang abdicated in favor of someone else.
But he couldn't bring back any useful information. Although the people of Yan'an Mansion hated Hong Chengchou, they were extremely enthusiastic about Chen Qiyu's people.
Often when the confidants opened their mouths after entering the village, there would be an old man with a physical disability rushing to tell them where Mr. Xiang Shan fell and where Master Chengguang peed on the kang when he was a child. They all told them vividly.
The confidant risked his own life and went to the mine array. When he came back, he turned all his doubts into extreme helplessness and reported truthfully: "General Chengguang has been active since he was a child, and his footprints have spread all over the nine villages and eighteen villages of Yanchuan."
Chen Qiyu said in her heart that she was very agitated, but she finally felt relieved.
But this was all because the cronies didn't want to cause trouble and didn't explain it in detail. After the initial drought and military disaster, Yanchuan County now only has nine villages and eighteen villages, and they are all in dangerous mountainous areas.<
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There are two villages that are so deserted that they don't even have earth temples, but Young Master Chengguang has peed on the kang there. The people in Yanchuan City Emperor Temple are not Liu Xiangshan and Liu Chengguang. Chen Qiyu's cronies are unconvinced from the bottom of their hearts.<
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It was precisely because the power of the Yan'an Camp was highly concentrated and it relied on the support of the Yan'an Guards that the source of the generals in power was simple and difficult to control, so Chen Qiyu set his sights on Ren Quan'er.
This is not only a back-up to guard against Yang Yanchang, but also a back-up for Chen Qiyu to split up the Yan'an camp.
Chen Qiyu doesn't care who Ren Quan'er belongs to, or whether he has served as a flag soldier for Yang Yanchang since he was a child. His status as governor of the five provinces is enough for him to ignore any affiliation in the world.
In front of practicing state affairs, he gave Ren Quan'er his own conditions.
The requirement is to recapture Lanzhou and hold it, and the promise is to be promoted to the capital to command the military affairs, lead an army alone, and serve as the deputy general of the governor.
The governor is the Biao battalion directly under the governor of the five provinces Chen Qiyu; the deputy general is the chief general of the governor's Biao battalion, with the rank of deputy commander-in-chief; the general commander is the lowest official position for the deputy commander-in-chief.
Chen Qiyu, as the world's number one governor in charge of the military power of five provinces, offered Ren Quan'er, who had been a poor soldier for seven generations and raised a sword and gun for Yang Yanchang at the age of five, the title of the world's number one deputy general soldier. It was impossible to refuse.
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In addition to this extremely tempting offer, before leaving, Chen Qiyu also let Ren Quan'er read the recent battle reports submitted from various places, which were extremely tragic.
In the two months since the generals followed the Liu bandits into Henan, every unit has been reporting their successes non-stop. In two months, more than 100,000 Liu bandits were killed and more than 8,000 were killed in the battle, and countless more were defeated. But no one can be happy with these battle reports, because in contrast, cities are being destroyed one after another, and officials are rushing to die.
First, the counties of Xunyang were defeated, and then Xingshan County of Jingzhou Prefecture, which was established in the mountains, and the county magistrate Liu Dingguo was killed.
Then a group of thieves broke through Xunxi, Pofang County, Baokang, surrounded Nanzhang, fell into Dangyang, went straight up the river, and entered Guizhou, where thousands of mountains are thick and dense, and the Badong area was shaken by the government and the public.
The imperial court agreed to mobilize 5,000 soldiers from the Zhenyun Camp in western Hunan to suppress the rebellion, but there were only 2,000 soldiers at the Zhenyun Camp. Yang Zhengfang, the Huguang deputy general who was born in Zhenyun Miaozi, took the lead and returned to Dangyang. Xu Chengming, the Huguang general, raised another 3,600 soldiers.
Bai as a backup.
Liu Chengying, the official of Jingzhou, felt deeply that the disaster was coming and lacked troops. He rode alone to the leader of the three chieftains of Shi Nan. Expressing his urgency, he led 5,000 native soldiers of Shizhou out of the mountain. They fought in Xiangxi Dam and Pingyang Dam and beheaded more than a thousand people.<
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However, in front, the Kuizhou Prefecture was completely unprepared for the thieves. It was suddenly faced with a powerful enemy. All the general judges and officials fled. Only Tongzhi, who knew He Chengguang, took charge of the affairs of the house. He led the officials and people to stick to the city. The city fell with all their strength. He Chengguang staggered back to the Yamen to sort out the affairs.
Sitting in the hall in his clothes, the thieves came to kill him and threw his corpse into the river.
Then Daning was besieged, and the county magistrate Gao Rilin's call for help was unanswered. He could only lead the militiamen to defend the north gate. After defeat, he was captured, cursed and unyielding, and was dismembered and burned.
Also going to death with him were the Confucian instructor Gao Xi and the inspector Chen Guojun. Their wives and daughters died together. Following him in Wushan, the commander Wang Yongnian and the inspector Guo Zuanhua led their troops into battle, and the entire army was wiped out.
Chen Qiyu handed these battle reports to Ren Quan'er and said: "General Ren has seen it. The Yan'an camp must recapture Lanzhou City to stop Liu Chengzong. The hope of annihilating the bandits lies with you."
Ren Quan'er straightened his spine and bones: "Please rest assured, sir, I will definitely live up to your expectations in this humble position!"
Chen Qiyu was completely relieved. The young man in front of him was a very traditional feudal general. Unlike the camp generals, the guard generals under the hereditary system were real feudal generals.
One hand is the interests of promotion and promotion, and the other hand is the ideal of protecting the homeland and the country. No matter how many generals have sacrificed their lives and shed blood, they cannot get such an opportunity. There is no general who will not fall into this trap.
"Take the battle report back and show it to General Yang. The safety of the country depends on the two of you. You can take command." Chen Qiyu looked at Ren Quan'er's face, which had just grown a little beard, and patted his shoulder and said:
"Your time has come."
Looking at Ren Quan'er's retreating figure, Lian Guoshi asked: "Does the military really want Yan'an Camp to be the Supervisory Base Camp?"
He seemed to see an elite battalion of soldiers who might have been taken under his command walking away from him.
"Are they not worthy of the governor's standard camp?"
Chen Qiyu was in a good mood, smiled playfully, and finally restrained his smile and said: "It's half of the Yan'an camp. I also promised General Yang Yanchang that as long as Lanzhou City is recaptured, I will recommend him to be the Lintao General Soldier."
It was only then that Lian Guoshi was surprised and said: "Is the military gate going to dismantle the Yan'an Camp?"
"Otherwise, what if we see that they are all monolithic and will return to the uncontrolled Yan'an Prefecture after the war, fighting with themselves at every turn, obeying the instructions but not the propaganda?"
Chen Qiyu's face was cold and his tone was low: "Brother Jun Yu, please don't forget that there was a locust outbreak last year, and various places were busy fighting and did not exterminate the locusts. The locust eggs in the ground turned into insects this summer and could fly from Taiyuan.
When we get to Jiayuguan, people in the north are going to eat each other this year."
Lian Guoshi really wants to say that he had people exterminate locusts last year, but it doesn't mean much whether he says it or not. Last year, armies from all over the country gathered in Shanxi and beat them to pieces. No single plot of land could do anything to exterminate locusts.
decisive role.
What's more, after years of fighting, there are too many uninhabited places.
This situation made Lian Guoshi, the governor, sigh like the most ignorant farmer in the field: "God is going to take someone away."
He no longer believes that this war can be ended with their strength. In the end, enough people must die before the disaster will subside.
"Man can conquer heaven."
Chen Qiyu made a categorical statement, and then returned to the subject, saying: "When the Yan'an camp returns, it will inevitably turn into thieves. It is better to demolish it on the spot, while these soldiers can still fight, and do something for the court and the people."
He looked at Lian Guoshi and said: "Therefore, in the battle to regain Lanzhou, we still have to rely on brother Jun Yu's two battalions of troops as support. Use your skills to let Yang Yanchang, who was pushed to the front line, know that Luo Cao defected to the bandit Liu. He will
What are you going to face!"
"Liu Chengzong couldn't give him Lintao General Soldier, so he used both threats and inducements to make him serve the court wholeheartedly."
Chen Qiyu stopped talking to Lian Guoshi, turned around and left the tent, looked up at the low-hanging fire clouds in the sky and remained silent for a long time.
God clearly has the virtue of good life, but everything that people need will deteriorate.
Ren Quan'er returned to the Yan'an Army's camp in Anding County. All the generals in the camp gathered in the general's tent. People just learned from Yang Yanchang that if you defend Lanzhou City, you will be recommended by the governors of the five provinces to be the general of Lintao.
, the excitement is beyond words.
Whether it was Shi Wanzhong, Chen Ruji or Liu Xiangshan, they never thought that Yang Yanchang could be the chief military officer. If this automatic general can be the chief military officer, does that mean that they will also serve as the chief military officer one day? People were eagerly discussing the future, but it came to an abrupt end due to the arrival of the commander Ren Quan'er. People's smiles froze in embarrassment, and they looked at Ren Quan'er and did not dare to speak.
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Liu Xiangshan, the most senior and prestigious President Qian, asked: "What happened when I was summoned by the commander-in-chief?"
"Sir, the battle report was given to General Yang by the governor. The strong thieves were running rampant in the front, while the weak were filling the trenches behind. Nearly ten thousand people have died."
Ren Quan'er put down the battle report, looked around at the crowd and said: "Recapture Lanzhou, he wants me to be the deputy general of the Supervisory Biao Battalion."
Everyone immediately applauded, and the cheers of congratulations echoed throughout the camp.
However, Quan'er gave up and said: "In this battle, I have found three scapegoats to practice state affairs. He Renlong and Zhang Yingchang will lead troops to help us attack the city. If the Yan'an camp turns against them, we can kill them all."
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As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and the atmosphere in the camp visibly solidified.
Times have changed, and the poor men in northern Shaanxi now all have wives and children, and they have become big shots who will shake the entire Yan'an Prefecture if they step on them. It is easy for them to attack thieves, and it is also easy for them to cooperate with thieves, but to surrender to thieves...
Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents.
Liu Xiangshan looked at Yang Yanchang. They had cultivated a deep friendship with each other on Qinwang Road, and they were the backbone of the Liu clan in the army. At this time, his hand had already touched the handle of the knife, and he was just waiting for Yang Yanchang to say a word.
Shi Wanzhong didn't want to draw his sword, but there was a sullen look on his face. Lintao Town was almost emptied. There was a shortage of chief soldiers, deputy chief soldiers, and even more generals. They all had no turn at all.
You can get one in turn.
"Do you dare to kill me?"
Facing the tense situation, Ren Quan'er smiled easily, slipped out a short knife from his sleeve, raised his hand and gently pointed at Liu Xiangshan: "Grandpa Shan, please loosen your grip. Not to mention that it's not that easy to kill me. If you kill me, your future will be ruined."
At the end of the road, I took refuge in the superior's path."
"What's more, the governors of the five provinces believe in me because they don't believe in you."
Yang Yanchang had never seen this kind of situation happen in the camp, and he quickly jumped out to smooth things over: "Oh, no, Brother Liu, we haven't come this far yet. Listen to me, why do we have to defect to the other side when we don't want a good official position?"
In my opinion, it is better to discuss with the commander-in-chief and give Lanzhou to us."
"The imperial court treats us well, and it treats you equally as a commander." Yang Yanchang first comforted Liu Xiangshan, and then turned back to Ren Quan'er and said, "Both the Marshal and I are brothers, what can't we discuss?" "There is no way to discuss it." Ren Quan'er looked at Yang Yanchang and said with a smile: "There can only be one chief military officer between you and me. If there are two, I won't be able to keep an eye on you."
"If you defect to the commander-in-chief, I will send you the family papers. I think Grandpa Shan can also be the commander-in-chief of Lintao. If you want to be a loyal minister of the court, I will kill you today."
Yang Yanchang was confused: "Why, Ren Quan'er, why can't you get along with me?"
"In this world, Zhang Nian is a good person for a hundred households, Yang He is a good person for a gate, and Chen Qiyu is a commander. Only you owe me something. You have served me for fourteen years, and I can't do it."
After four years of house arrest, Yang Yanchang, you still owe me ten years!"
Yang Yanchang had never found Ren Quan'er to be so vindictive. He spread his hands and said, "No, I haven't harmed you either. Let's all serve as generals. Brothers will all have a way out, isn't it good?"
Ren Quan'er suddenly chuckled, his eyes first glanced at Yang Yanchang, then at Liu Xiangshan, Shi Wanzhong, and Chen Ruji in the tent, and said: "It is good to treat a hundred households, it is good to treat a thousand households, and it is better to be a commander, but it is better to be a commander."
Where is Ren Quan'er?"
"Only Chief Liu treats Ren Quan'er well. He treats Ren Quan'er's injuries and gives Ren Quan'er food to eat. He only asked me to keep an eye on Yang Yanchang. If he doesn't, I will kill you."
After finishing speaking, there was a clang, and the short knife was thrown on the table. Ren Quan'er suddenly jumped forward and pressed Yang Yanchang's head to the blade: "I only ask you one thing, will you switch sides or not?"