The tiger was slapped hard on the grass by Liu Chengzong.
This is their third wrestling match.
Liu Shizi was tired of having translators to communicate on his behalf. When words could not help him understand, neither did his actions.
So he took the tiger to the soft grassy yard of Huayan Temple, put up a big wrestling stance like Baoding Prefecture, and started wrestling with the tiger.
The king of beasts who came out of White Mountain and Black Water was not polite to him at all, and almost knocked him to the ground, leaving him disgraced.
With such a general structure and strength, it would be unbearable for another person.
But Liu Chengzong had learned the serious Baoding wrestling from Cao Yao. Wrestling a tiger he had never practiced was like a joke. The stronger he got, the harder he fell.
However, after only three falls, Liu Shizi didn't want to play with the tiger anymore. He turned around and called Bai Wen to pick out some strong bows, and several people shot haystacks at the side.
For no other reason, Hou Jin asked fish-skin soldiers like tigers to fight in armor. He just wanted to test the skills of tigers.
Tiger obviously has never learned wrestling. He relies on brute force to play with him, and there is no point in falling again.
It is an objective fact that a person is strong and heavy. If you fail to throw him, you will only suffer a loss in technique. If you throw him again, he will learn it, and he will definitely be thrown into disgrace by then.
After all, Cao Yao attended a firearms camp in Baoding Prefecture and learned wrestling just for fun, which was a hobby in itself.
As for Liu Chengzong, he has never been good at boxing or kicking.
Mr. Liu of his family hired a martial arts master for him, so that he could be selected as a Jinshi in the future, and he would be powerful in both civil and military positions and be able to overwhelm the local military officers.
It's not just for him to be a martial artist.
What's more, he was born in the Ming Dynasty, not in the Yuan Dynasty. The court could not help but use swords, guns, swords and halberds. It's not like we can't afford weapons. Why should we learn boxing and kicking?
So I never had any contact with boxing or kicking, and all I learned was flails, copper hammers, bows, sabers, and spears.
When he met Cao Yao and came into contact with wrestling, it was already time for him to change his status to a forward selection for the frontier army.
At that time, the purpose of learning martial arts was different. The purpose was not to fight, but to use.
If you encounter an unarmed opponent on the battlefield, or a stalemate in combat, you can use a move to surprise your opponent, knock him to the ground, grab the knife and stab him to death.
So wrestling is different from using various weapons. He is not an expert in this aspect.
Archery is a serious skill of tigers.
Moreover, Liu Shizi could clearly see that Tiger's approach was different from his.
He treasures exquisitely crafted war bows and forged steel arrows.
I drew the bow slowly, lightly, and cautiously, even fearing the sound of the bow arm, but I drew it fully, held it firmly, and shot extremely accurately.
He was obviously treating the haystack as some kind of large prey, and he was pierced with arrows.
Liu Chengzong asked several Yulin riders to test Tiger's sword and gun skills. To be honest, the skills were average, but the physical fitness was still very strong.
As long as the tiger is not just drafted and sent to the Monan battlefield, but can be trained a little in the army, it will be comparable to veterans who have been in the army for many years.
He has also seen the three Liaodong hounds. They look similar to thin dogs, but they look stronger and have longer hair. Apparently, they have evolved such traits in order to withstand the cold climate in the Northeast.
Liu Chengzong asked people to take the tiger down, and temporarily stayed in the Huben camp to tame military dogs and learn to speak.
Afterwards, he asked Bai Wenxuan to come over and walk with him on the Shaoling Plain with his guards.
The group of people walked on the plateau. When the field of vision became wider and the city of Xi'an could be seen in the distance, Liu Chengzong asked: "It's just to escort a few sets of armor and a few people. Yang Qi asked you to make this trip. It's overkill."
Bai Wenxuan was a little behind. Hearing this, he quickly clasped his fists and said, "The commander-in-chief is serious in his words. Since the commander-in-chief has given me a humble position to serve in Monan, he will not hesitate to work hard in official duties."
Liu Chengzong did not smile, his face was still very serious. He just shook his head and said: "It's just you and me. You don't need to call me a handsome man. I'm tired of hearing that. How many years am I older than you? Just call me brother."
Liu Chengzong was not familiar with Bai Wenxuan. At that time, he surrounded Zhang Xianzhong in Zhuanglang. Liu Tichun gave him a list of powerful generals in Xiying, and Bai Wenxuan was named among the participating generals.
But in fact, Bai Wenxuan was younger than Liu Chengzong.
He joined Xiying only four years after Chongzhen's reign, and he had a certain status from the beginning. Zhang Xianzhong had just promoted him to general when he arrived at Hezhou Guard, but he turned around and asked Liu Chengzong to be promoted to staff general.
It can be said that this is a lucky man.
But Bai Wenxuan's family was more unlucky. He came from a good family, and he was said to be a good family member who passed down farming and education.
Their family is all scholars, and my grandfather is not only a scholar in Wubao, but also a junior student who is given one stone of rice per month by the imperial court.
His father was also studying, but he failed to obtain a meritorious title. In fact, when Liu Chengzong had already started his army, Bai Wen chose his father to eat his grandfather's rice and prepare for the scholar examination in Wubao.
As for Bai Wenxuan, because he only loved to dance with swords and guns and did not study hard, his father sent him to a friend's house to herd sheep and experience a life without studying.
This family belongs to the kind of honest scholars who firmly believe that there is a golden house in books. Anyway, if the sky falls, there will be no hungry scholars.
I have neither property nor business acumen. There are only a few people in my family, and the fields are cultivated according to the quota of concessions and exemptions from the court. It doesn't matter whether a drought comes or not. There is little land anyway, so I don't have to pay taxes or do corvee.
Twenty acres of land can be used to grow a variety of crops, and enough to eat.
Spend your days concentrating on reading.
As a result, in the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, the emperor exempted all students from the imperial examination.
The old man in the family had been receiving rice all his life and had never been involved in corvee work. Suddenly he learned that his children and grandchildren were going to do corvee work, and he was so angry that he kicked his legs.
His father had always been careless, and something unexpected happened to him, which soon frightened him and made him sick.
Then the home collapsed.
Later, Bai Wenxuan chose Zhang Xianzhong. At first, he used a pseudonym and called himself Yu Gong.
The reason why he has a high status in Xiying is also very simple. He is big and eats a lot, and has extraordinary physical strength. More importantly, he is educated. In Xiying where rough people gather, he is one of the few intellectuals, so he is
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But even so, Bai Wenxuan seems too young among the generals in the commander's office.
Even Ren Quan'er is older than him.
After hearing Liu Chengzong ask him to call him brother, Bai Wenxuan stammered and froze: "This, Marshal..."
"Don't worry about this or this."
Liu Chengzong waved his hands indifferently, and then said: "In the Monan Governor's Mansion, is there any shortage that needs to be transported by the Commander's Mansion?"
"Captain Yang didn't say anything about this."
Bai Wenxuan was very smart and knew what Liu Chengzong meant when he asked him to call him brother. He was trying to win over him, so after saying that, he added: "Monan lacks everything, but it is possible to live without it. If it is really in short supply... from the Governor's Mansion.
There’s not enough paper.”
Liu Chengzong thought about it for a moment and then said: "I understand. Then when you go back and pass through Yan'an Prefecture, send a letter to General Zhang on my behalf. He can solve this problem and let him supply the gunpowder from there."
Unexpectedly, Bai Wenxuan said: "Commander, Governor Yang had previously thought about buying things from northern Shaanxi and selling things to northern Shaanxi, but Yulin Town is in the middle..."
"Originally, it only takes four hundred miles to walk from Guihua City, and we have to go around more than a thousand miles. There is also the Maowusu Sea in the middle. It is even better to traffic them into Shanxi, but Shanxi is not our own."
"Be patient." When Liu Chengzong heard about Yulin Town, he shook his head: "The Second Town of Yulin and Ningxia cannot be beaten this year."
Of course he knew that the existence of Yulin Town would bring great trouble to the trade routes between Shaanxi and Monan.
The marshal's army was running all over Shaanxi, and the Yulin frontier army, which lacked mobile forces, did not dare to fight.
And if the escort team of the Marshal's Mansion dares to pass through Yulin, then let alone the army in the camp, I am afraid that even the army in the fort flag will dare to enter the entrepreneurial mode.
Liu Shizi was also afraid of the Yulin border troops. Thinking of them, he had a grimace on his face: "It is easy to attack Yulin Town, but I guess it is only harder to attack Yulin City. If you sweep through the surrounding forts, one battalion can bring back 20,000 surrendered troops."
"It's just that the commander-in-chief has 140,000 to 50,000 soldiers to feed him right now, and if tens of thousands more surrender, how will we keep the troops?"
When Bai Wenxuan heard this, he understood that the Monan Mongolian Army was not included in the food-graining army.
He thought for a while, wanting to share Liu Chengzong's worries, and said, "What about attacking Shanxi? With General Fu here, it will be easy for Monan to break through Shanxi."
"I don't think so."
Liu Chengzong shook his head decisively: "Don't underestimate Fu Renxi. The best person to deal with in this world is an upright person. His heart may be as hard as iron, or he may be hopeless. In short, expect him to be lenient and attack him openly as an enemy."
"As for Fu Renxi, who is flexible and has an unpredictable mind, he will scold you for not being a friend when you attack a city; he will open the door to let you in, and then close the door to beat the dog."
As Liu Shishi said, he couldn't help but smile when he thought of the loyal general of Yanshui Pass a few years ago and said: "That guy is just a fool. He only does business with us to make a living. He has long since alienated himself from the imperial court."
, he might send people to rob all the gentry and wealthy families in the area."
"But if we really regard him as a traitor and ask him to turn the switch and let the troops in? He will let us know that there are heroes in Lao Fu's family."
Liu Chengzong understood Fu Renxi's stubborn mentality very well.
He didn't understand him that well when they got along before, but later he got to know many dead officials, and he gradually understood this mentality.
The environment is poor, the abilities are limited, and there are still vague ideals in my heart. I am unable to realize my personal value due to the objective environment. I have no other choice but to go about my life actively, do the things at hand, and I can't take care of the unnecessary things.
If all of Shanxi is defeated and only one defense zone is left for Renxi, Liu Chengzong is confident that he can be captured with just one letter.
Anyway, he is still guarding the border as usual. Who is guarding the border for whom is it not guarding the border?
But if the first one hit is his defensive zone, it will really give him a chance to realize his dream of being a hero.
"What's more... when they invade Shanxi, there are still Ming troops in Shanxi."
Liu Chengzong smiled. One person's intelligence is definitely not as good as the intelligence of the entire Huben camp.
Whether it is attacking Shanxi or Henan, the best time is at the turn of summer and autumn this year. Rush in, occupy it, and try to get as much grain as possible from the fields to supplement military needs.
But that opportunity was ruined by the plague, and they had no chance to enter Shanxi and Henan this year.
After all, no matter how large the land is, it will take time for food to grow.
Of course, you can also bet that Shanxi and Henan have enough rations to feed an army of 200,000, but this is completely unnecessary for Liu Chengzong at this stage.
Liu Chengzong looked at Bai Wenxuan and comforted him: "But you don't have to worry in Monan. I have a way to deal with Yulin Town. By next summer at most, Yulin Town won't be a problem."
Liu Shizi was born in the Yulin Frontier Army, and he had already made arrangements for the Yulin Frontier Army in his heart.
He would never dare to gobble up military towns like Yulin and Ningxia, but he could cannibalize them.
His plan was for Zhang Zhen to send people to Yan'an Prefecture to contact the border troops, and to exchange fields and pastures in Pingliang, Yan'an, Qingyang and other places, turning the Ming Dynasty's border troops into his small landlords.
It’s hard to swallow in one mouthful, but a few dozen households today, a dozen households tomorrow, and Yulin Town can be hollowed out in a few months.
By next year, all the empty frontier forts will be left, and at most there will be one Yulin City left, and the veteran soldiers inside will not be able to change the world.
As for the future, we will consider it in the future.
Anyway, in the short term, the border wall means nothing to him.
However, even if Yulin Town is captured, Yulin will still have to set up a guard army. The environment there has determined that after the border troops are withdrawn, there is still a need to suppress bandits.
"Winter is coming soon. Shaanxi will transport a batch of cashmere coats to Ordos. You go back and tell Yang Qi to contact Shuolei for trade."
Liu Chengzong thought for a while and said to Bai Wenxuan: "That tiger from the Black Truth Department will stay with me. He will learn to speak, and the officers in the Huben Camp will also learn their language. Monan is very important. We will meet Hou Jin sooner or later.
In battle, the tribesmen of the barbarians are very good."
To be honest, when Liu Chengzong saw the tiger and knew what happened to the Heizhen tribes who were captured, he wanted to provide soldiers, armor, and weapons to the Shilu and Shigu tribes, and even sent instructors to help them form an army.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It turns out that not only is our Generalissimo's Mansion a big alliance of various forces, but Hou Jin's retreat is even more scattered than ours. Isn't this a sabotage?
Not to mention anything else, with the iron armor of the Shilubu and the Dogbu, it is nonsense to say that they can be on par with Hou Jin, but these things can significantly increase the intensity of the war, making it impossible for Hou Jin to easily replenish his troops.
It is also a very beneficial deployment.
It's a pity that it's too far.
Even the Shilu tribe, which is relatively close to the tribes in Mobei, is not bordering Monan.
What's more, the relationship between the three Mobei tribes, especially the Chechen Khan tribe, which is closer to Hou Jin, and the Marshal's Mansion is not very close.
Let alone transporting the armor to Xing'anling, I'm afraid even Shuolei's Chechen tribe wouldn't be able to get out without being robbed.
Even if he was robbed, Liu Shizi didn't have the energy to raise troops and run to the Kullen River to regain the situation.
His current idea is to prepare this casual move first. If there is an opportunity in the future, even if he can send 10,000 forged steel arrowheads to Tiger's hometown, it will be of great use.
Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will come.
As soon as Liu Chengzong mentioned Zhang Zhen to Bai Wenxuan, he received a report from Yu Linqi: "Commander, Zhang Zhen, the commander-in-chief of Yanqing Road, sent someone here to say that Zhou Qing is here."
"Zhou Qing..." Liu Shizi narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment, but his mind was still blank: "Who is it?"
Mr. Yu Lin next to him held a small book and traced it with his finger: "Commander Hui, Zhou Qing, and Hun Tianxing Hui Deng led their troops to station in Hengshan, nicknamed Mantianxing."
"The commander-in-chief once ordered General Zhang to contact him and send his best men into Baodezhou to find the family members of Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces."
"good!"
Liu Chengzong clapped his hands and said with great joy, "Now that the guests are here, the city of Xi'an is settled. Let's go! Let's go see the leader of Zhou."