Wu Shigong arranged the date of the expedition on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. Anyway, he asked his soldiers to go home for a reunion and finish the Laba porridge before talking about it.
Because Wu Shigong had to keep it secret in the past, although Wu Shigong had been training the troops to go out for a period of time, Wu Shigong did not reveal any information to the training military attaches and soldiers. So when Wu Shigong announced the news of the expedition, those military attaches and soldiers
The soldiers were quite surprised. Fortunately, because the soldiers of the Runing camp were also in a state of combat readiness for a long time, there was no big confusion after hearing the news.
However, a sudden expedition always brings some turmoil to the morale of the military. Therefore, in order to appease the morale of the military, Wu Shigong gave these soldiers some leave so that they could reunite with their families before going off to the expedition.
However, his military attaches and soldiers could take a vacation, but Wu Shigong himself could not take a vacation. On the contrary, because of his departure, it was necessary to arrange the aftermath in the two prefectures and counties, so Wu Shigong's affairs became busy.
After this expedition, it was still Xue Yongli who stayed behind to guard the local area. Of course, Xue Yongli also had several assistants such as Deng Qifan. What made Xue Yongli a little depressed was that Xue Lian arranged for him to assist Wu Shigong at that time, just for the sake of Wan.
When the war broke out, Xue Yongli took action to protect Wu Shigong's safety.
However, for such a long time, Wu Shigong went on many expeditions, but Xue Yongli became the stay-at-home commander and training commander of Wu Shigong's army. This situation made Xue Yongli feel a little miserable.
However, Wu Shigong's several expeditions were directly named by his superiors. Only when Xue Yongli, the second-in-command in Wu Shigong's army, stayed behind could Wu Shigong be reassured.
Besides, only Xue Yongli's qualifications could overwhelm Wu Shigong's military attachés who were scattered everywhere. Therefore, Xue Yongli would not do any useless work this time and no longer asked to accompany Wu Shigong on the expedition.
However, as a man who aspires to make great achievements, Xue Yongli still feels uncomfortable with the feeling of not having to fight.
There is no need to list Wu Shigong’s other aftermath arrangements in detail. Anyway, they are just things that each performs its duties. The most important arrangement is nothing more than the establishment of Nanyang Camp and the construction of two mines and iron workshops in Nanyang.
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Since the situation was urgent, Wu Shigong asked Chuge, who had not yet finished his honeymoon, to go to Nanyang Mansion as soon as possible. Fortunately, honeymoon rules were not popular at this time in the Ming Dynasty, so Wu Shigong's move was not too unreasonable.
As for the construction of two mines and iron materials workshops, Yang Goudan, the head of the workshop department, must also rush to Nanyang Mansion. However, in order to make up for Yang Goudan's shortcomings, Zhang Xuebin, Yuan Xingshan and several gentlemen in the accounting office next to Wu Shigong
They will all go with him. They will not return to Runing Mansion until all matters are sorted out.
Originally, such a big matter always had to be decided by Wu Shigong himself. However, due to Wu Shigong's expedition, Wu Shigong had no choice but to hand over this power to his own staff, headed by Deng Qifan.
Wu Shigong was very busy, but at this time someone came to cause trouble. A Qianhu named Qiao Song, who claimed to be Wu Shigong's subordinate, came to visit him with gifts.
As soon as Wu Shigong got Qiao Song's greeting card, he didn't expect that he had such a number one person under his command. It was Deng Qifan who reminded Wu Shigong: Is Qiao Song from the Thousand Household Office assigned to Wu Shigong's Runing Camp?
After being reminded like this, Wu Shigong suddenly realized that there should be such a person. However, Wu Shigong had been in Runing Mansion for such a long time, and he had always ignored that Qianhu. By now, Wu Shigong had long forgotten his own
Runing Camp should also be in charge of the Qianhu Station.
When he called Qiao Song in and asked, he was indeed the Qianhu from the Qianhu Office. At this time, Wu Shigong was a little puzzled: He had never had any interaction with this Qiao Song, but he was about to go on an expedition, and this Qiao Song
Why did Song Gui come to look for him in such a hurry?
Of course Wu Shigong would not hide his doubts. After meeting Qiao Song, he asked straight to the point: "Why did Qiao Qianhu come to see me today?"
Unexpectedly, he heard Wu Shigong's question, but Qiao Song hesitated for a while. It was not until Wu Shigong became impatient that Qiao Song revealed his purpose.
It turned out that the news that Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion was about to go on an expedition had now reached Qiao Song's Qianhu Station. After learning the details of the transfer order, Qiao Song and the military attachés at the Qianhu Station immediately became panicked.
Because the transfer order only asked Wu Shigong to lead a thousand soldiers from the Runing Battalion to Liaodong for rescue, and did not specify which army from the Runing Battalion.
But we all know that the rated number of soldiers in Runing Camp is 2,200, of which Wu Shigong is in charge of 1,200 soldiers, and the other 1,000 soldiers are the military households of Qiao Song's Qianhu Station.
If it were a time of peace, although Wu Shigong was the nominal boss, he would not be in charge of Qiao Song's house of thousands of households. This was also the rule of the Ming Dynasty's system of large and small ministers, so now, in order to avoid suspicion, Wu Shigong did not talk to Qiao Song.
This is why Wu Shigong had just received the invitation and could not remember who Qiao Song was.
But as long as it is wartime, Wu Shigong can justifiably command and mobilize the military attachés of Qiao Song's Qianhu Station. Therefore, Wu Shigong's expedition can completely command and mobilize the military attaches and soldiers of Qiao Song's Qianhu Station.
household.
But in this case, in accordance with the habit of the Ming Dynasty military generals to preserve their direct lineage and let the miscellaneous people under their command serve as cannon fodder, Qiao Song and other military attachés from the Qianhu Institute believed that Wu Shigong would definitely mobilize their Qianhu Institute this time
military attachés and soldiers.
But no one is willing to die! In order to prevent the military attaches and military households from his Qianhu Station from going to war, at least to prevent military attachés like Qiao Song from going to war, Qiao Song and the military attachés from his Qianhu Station pooled some money and went to Wu Shigong's place
I came to visit and give gifts, hoping that Wu Shigong would be kind enough to spare Qiao Song and the others the suffering of this expedition.
After Wu Shigong heard this, he laughed secretly in his heart. How could there be such a fool who scares himself and scares himself in front of Wu Shigong? Hasn't he heard the idiom that a sheep falls into the tiger's mouth?
To be honest, during this expedition, Wu Shigong never touched the minds of Qiao Song, the military attaché and military household officer of the Thousand Household Division. Even if Wu Shigong knew about this situation now, he would not use Qiao Song, the military officer of the Thousand Household Division, during this expedition.
.Wu Shigong will definitely use the soldiers he trained, because those soldiers will also protect Wu Shigong's escape.
As for the idea of dedicating himself to fight the Tatars for the sake of national justice, Wu Shigong would not consider it at all. The most ugly thing to say is that if Wu Shigong didn't know, he and his family would have been tied to the Ming Dynasty for the same life.
If the two were destroyed, Wu Shigong might have already thought of a way to seek refuge with Li Zicheng or the Tatars outside the customs.
As for whether the Han people rule China or the Manchus who drag their pig tails rule China, Wu Shigong definitely has an indifferent attitude now. The angry youth who criticize the Manchu rule should let them vent their energy on modern forums.
(Note: The thoughts of the protagonist in this article do not represent the author’s thoughts. The same goes for the thoughts of other characters. Moreover, the thoughts of the protagonist will also change with different circumstances. It is a gradual process.)
However, Qiao Song just showed up. How could Wu Shigong live up to Wu Shigong's reputation as a senior civil servant in the Ming Dynasty if he didn't take advantage of it?
Therefore, Wu Shigong immediately straightened his face, slapped the table, and yelled loudly and righteously: "The country is in crisis, but you still have selfish motives. Qiao Qianhu, aren't you afraid that I will kill you now?"