Shi Dayong didn't want to enter the city, not because he thought Xianghe County was dilapidated, but because he didn't want to go into the city to disturb the people. Looking at the appearance of Xianghe County, it seemed that it couldn't accommodate 700 soldiers to garrison at once. He thought that since he would set off south again tomorrow morning, he simply wouldn't
After entering the city, just find a place to settle down for the night outside the city.
When you are fighting outside, you should not disturb the local area if you can. But now that you have arrived in Xianghe County, you still have to deal with the local officials as a rule. In addition, you need to provide three days of food and grass from the local area, otherwise Jinzhou will have to travel on an empty stomach.
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This man can starve for a day or two, but the horses cannot. There are only 200 horses in the army, and they are all treated as treasures. How can we starve them? The key to fighting south is also relying on these 200 horses.
If the war horses are overwhelmed due to hunger, the Iron Pagoda will not be able to play its role. In this case, Shi Dayong's expected heavy cavalry to break the formation and the infantry cover-up tactics will be difficult to work.
According to Wang Chengen, although Kong Youde's bandits were also from Liao Town, Dongjiang, they only had seven or eight hundred elite men, and the rest were mostly coercive people who could only wave flags and shout, but had little fighting power. Therefore, when he was stationed at Shenji Camp, Shi Dayong
Then I thought of using the method of re-riding the hole.
A few hundred elites holding tens of thousands of civilians hostage were no different from a mob. In addition, the Kong tribe had no cavalry, so it would be difficult to counterattack and contain the Iron Buddha. In this way, the heavy armor of the Iron Buddha would crush the Iron Buddha in one round, and the battle would be over.
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Therefore, these two hundred war horses occupy an extremely important position in Shi Dayong's entire tactical arrangement, and there must be no mistakes.
When setting off from the capital, the Ministry of War only allocated two days of food and grass. For the rest of the journey, Shi Dayong could only use the official documents issued by the Ministry of War to recruit places. Otherwise, his 700 people would be in danger of having insufficient food.
In addition, in addition to asking for food, Wang Chengen also said that the thousand Beijing troops allocated by the emperor to Shi's command were also stationed in Xianghe. Therefore, regardless of whether the Jinzhou army entered the city or not, Shi Dayong would always meet with local officials and ask them to provide three
Daily food and grass. Also, meet the commander of the Qianjing Camp again and discuss with him the matter of going south.
It was discussed that the commander of the Jingying soldiers was a hereditary commander of the fourth rank. In terms of rank, he was one rank lower than Shi Dayong, a third-rank Jinzhou military general. But the other party was the commander of the Jingying camp of the Emperor's Imperial Guard, and he was the commander of the Jingying camp.
A general of the frontier army.
One is in Beijing and the other is in the local area. According to the usual practice, Shi Dayong, a third-rank frontier army general, cannot command the fourth-rank Beijing camp. But since the emperor has allocated these thousand Beijing camps to his command, Shi Dayong can
He did his best to overpower the commander, but on the surface, Shi Dayong could not suppress the other party in the name of Shangguan. He could only discuss the Southern Expedition with the other party on an equal footing.
After stopping at the gate of the city, Dayong asked Guo Yi to go into the city to inform the local area. Then he dismounted and met Jiang Wanli, Cao Bianjiao and the others to find a big stone and sit down to wait.
It was just past Shenshi (more than three o'clock in the afternoon in later generations). Although there were not many people entering and leaving the county, there were still some. Judging from the clothes and items they carried, most of them were villagers near the county who went to the city to sell goods, or who were returning from selling goods.
They were villagers who went to the city to purchase salt and iron. It was rare to see business travelers passing by, and even if they were, they were in a hurry. When they saw the Jinzhou Army at the city gate, they also looked wary and did not dare to approach.
Because what they saw along the way were tragic scenes of families being broken up and people killed, especially the graves, which deeply affected Jinzhou, the seven hundred soldiers were all heavy-hearted and sat silently on the roadside for a while, talking loudly to others.
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When he saw the common people, he didn't ask any questions, and he didn't even come forward to question the merchants. This made the common people and merchants very strange.
After waiting for a while, I saw some people in the city running towards the city gate in a panic. When I saw there were officers and soldiers outside the city, I was immediately panicked. The regiment could not enter or retreat at the city gate. Every one of them looked into the city from time to time.
Look, and then look outside the city, it's weird.
When Shi Dayong and other generals saw this, they were all surprised. They even looked at their own soldiers for a while, thinking that their own soldiers had scared the people. But when they saw that their own soldiers were not strange, the people who came out of the city were even more frightened and confused.
Stand up.
Could it be that something happened in the city?
Shi Dayong and Jiang Wanli looked at each other, and the latter nodded slightly, turned around and called two soldiers, whispered to them, and the two hurriedly ran towards the city.
At the gate of the city, there were already more than a hundred people who were about to leave the city. When they saw the officers and soldiers on the opposite side suddenly running toward the gate, they were frightened and fled away. In the faint, they seemed to hear the cry of "soldiers, thieves, thieves, thieves!"
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This situation could not help but make Shi Dayong more suspicious. He frowned slightly and ordered in a low voice to put the entire army on alert.
After waiting for a while, a group of people hurriedly came from the city. After the group of people rushed out of the city gate, they saw clearly that the people who came were officials and servants of Xianghe County. The person in the front was the one wearing a embroidered robe.
All green Qipin County Zun.
As soon as the magistrate of Xianghe County arrived, Shi Dayong led his generals to greet him. The two parties met more than ten feet away from the city gate.
"May I ask if these are the soldiers of the Liao army who severely damaged the Donglu in Jinzhou a few months ago?" Zhao Wenqi was not sure that the soldiers in front of him were the Liao army from Jinzhou, so he asked specifically in case they were not. [
Shi Dayong looked at the other party and nodded: "Exactly! I am Jinzhou General Shi Dayong. I have been ordered to go south to Shandong to quell the chaos. May I ask what your county name is?"
When Zhao Wenqi heard that the other party called him the county magistrate, Zhao Wenqi was so anxious that he threw his hands up and bowed: "I don't dare, I don't dare, my subordinate Zhao Wenqi has seen the general!" (Author's note: According to the Ming Dynasty, all the generals and above can be called generals.
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"Master Zhao, please get up quickly!" Shi Dayong stepped forward to help Zhao Wen up. He has been in this era for some time, and he is quite self-aware. He knows that no matter how low the opponent's rank is, as a military commander himself, unless
It's a last resort, otherwise it's better to be polite and respectful.
Zhao Wenqi gave a little humility and then got up. After getting up, he looked at the other person with some excitement. Then he noticed that the other person was wearing a mask on his face. He couldn't help being a little surprised. But he soon returned to normal and turned to greet him respectfully.
He said: "The general has come a long way. I think it has been a hard journey. I have prepared a small amount of wine at the Yamen. I would also like to ask the general to show your favor and have a few drinks."
"Oh, that's no need. I have the emperor's orders, and the military situation is urgent, so it's really not convenient for me to drink."
Shi Dayong rejected Zhao Wenqi's kindness and said: "I didn't want to disturb your county, but when I left the capital, I didn't have enough food and grass, so I wanted to ask the county magistrate for some food and grass." After saying this, General Jiang Wanli
The handed over document from the Ministry of War was passed into Zhao Wenqi's hand, "This is the document from the Ministry of War. Please verify it with your Majesty the County Lord."
After Zhao Wenqi took it and took a look at it, he nodded and said: "Yes, it is indeed an official document from the Ministry of War." Then he politely returned the document to Shi Dayong and asked cautiously: "I wonder how much food and grass the general needs? This county can raise it.
They must be gathered together for the general."
Shi Dayong said: "Not many, just seven hundred soldiers and two hundred horses for three days."
Seven hundred men and two hundred horses for three days?
Hearing this number, Zhao Wenqi was stunned. The master Deng Tai and others behind him also thought they had heard it wrong, and they all looked disbelieving.
The other party's behavior made Shi Dayong a little embarrassed. He thought that he wanted more, and the county didn't have so much food in stock, so he hurriedly said: "If your county is in trouble, you can only need it for two days."
At this time, Zhao Wenqi was convinced that he had heard correctly. What the other party wanted was three days of food and grass. He said without thinking: "Not much, not much, three days of food and grass is not much. Although this county is not rich, we still have this little food and grass. General
Please wait a moment, I will ask my subordinates to make arrangements, and they will be ready for the general in the evening." After saying that, he turned around and ordered Deng Tai to immediately take people to the county government warehouse to allocate food and grass for the Jinzhou Army. Deng Tai and others had already been there by this time.
I was so happy that I never expected that the Liao army in front of me was so considerate of the local area. It only took three days to levy food supplies. If other soldiers and horses passed by, I am afraid they would not leave without a month's supply.
Deng Tai was afraid that the Liao army would repent, so his legs felt windy, so he led the officials and ran to the warehouse.
After Deng Tai took his people there, Zhao Wenqi saw that the army in Jinzhou was strictly disciplined and could not hear any noise. Thinking about the soldiers from the Beijing camp in the city, he couldn't help but respect the Jinzhou army even more. He thought to himself: Only officers and soldiers with such strict military discipline can win.
After passing through the Donglu Jiannu, only such officers and soldiers could compete with the Jiannu. If it were those soldiers from the Beijing camp, they would be defeated in just a few blows.
With respect, the invitation became even more intense, and he couldn't help but ask again: "We still need to prepare food and grass. Why don't we ask the general to move to my office and eat some food. After the county's food and grass are prepared, we can ask the general to check."
"Master Zhao's kindness, I appreciate it. But it is not necessary. I and my subordinates will wait outside the city. They will not enter the city at night. They will camp outside the city so as not to disturb the people of your county."
As soon as he said this, Zhao Wenqi was even more shocked. He looked at the masked Liao Army general in front of him with admiration. He thought that the so-called famous general refers to the general in front of him! I am afraid that the Yue Family Army was like this in the past!
Seeing the expression on the other person's face, Shi Dayong was a little funny. He thought that the other person had other ideas, so he pointed at the dilapidated Xianghe city wall and said: "Master Zhao, seeing how you are in Xianghe County, I'm afraid that you, the county magistrate, deserve
It’s not easy. Let’s just give up the banquet. If you are serious, you can provide more conveniences to the people. The so-called people are happy, only those who are officials are happy. I am also a soldier of the court. I have provided food and clothing for the people, so I will do my best.
Reduce the local burden, and do not disturb the local area if it can be avoided. Let me ask you, if 700 of my soldiers live in your county at once, how can you not be disturbed? If something happens, I will not be at ease. "
Hearing this, Zhao Wenqi was stunned again and sighed secretly, General Shi Shen of Jinzhou is really a good general for the country and the people. If we have more General Shi in the Ming Dynasty, why worry about the world not being at peace soon!
"The general is honorable and considerate of the people. I am deeply grateful and respectful to you. I would like to pay homage to the general on behalf of the people of the city!" After saying that, Zhao Wenqi bowed and bowed deeply. Shi Dayong stopped him.
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"Master Zhao, there is no need to be like this. This is a trivial matter and not worthy of such courtesy."
As Shi Dayong spoke, he caught a glimpse of many people behind the city gate nervously looking around. Thinking of the panicked people he had just seen, he couldn't help but ask Zhao Wenqi: "Mr. Zhao, please forgive me for talking too much. I don't know that you are like this."
What happened in the county town, why are the people so panicked, and why are the general’s men and horses frightened when they see them?”[