"Is Chang Jing leaving Runing again?" Deng Qifan asked.
"No! I was seriously injured in an assassination and it is difficult to fight in person. Let me be more lazy at home!" After saying that, Wu Shigong and Deng Qifan looked at each other and laughed. In this situation, Wu Shigong had better not leave.
In Runing Mansion, Deng Qifan was worried about this.
"That's Director Xue!?" Deng Qifan guessed.
Wu Shigong still shook his head and said: "He won't go either. Even the patrolman can't leave Nanyang. A new coach will be appointed this time."
Wu Shigong didn't want to tell Deng Qifan too much about military matters. This time, Wu Shigong's head coach was Xue Qiang, and he asked him to lead his Rubei Army, plus Qian Qi's Runan Army, as well as the newly established
The Huguang regiment formed a Jiao attack town together. We then strengthened Gonzalez's marine regiment and part of the artillery, and jointly went to Huguang to encircle and suppress the peasant army.
As Wu Shigong's oldest guard captain, Xue Qiang is old enough, stable, and has worked with Qian Qi for many years, so Wu Shigong is more comfortable with it. And now Wu Shigong has begun to cultivate independent generals, and he is ready to fully devote himself to it.
The battle for world hegemony has begun.
The two vacant army commanders have also been selected, namely Tao Xin and Quan Dashan, the current deputy commanders of Wu Shigong's personal army. Of course, Tao Xin's appointment will have to wait until after his wedding. Before that, Xue Qiang can only be temporarily
Part-time.
To be honest, Wu Shigong is a little partial to Tao Xin, because there is still Liu Guoneng's department in Huguang. As soon as the time comes, Wu Shigong will recruit Liu Guoneng's department. At that time, Wu Shigong will expand Jiaoshi Town into two towns, and
The leader of another town has been designated as Tao Xin.
The only annoying thing is how Wu Shigong will pass the test between Zhao Ruya and Xiaojie.
"Chang Jing! Only sending 10,000 troops, isn't it too much?" Deng Qifan was still a little worried.
Wu Shigong smiled slightly. Wu Shigong still had to keep this detailed inside story secret from Deng Qifan. In fact, with the unremitting efforts of the Shanchuan Division and the Military Intelligence Bureau, in addition to Liu Guoneng's Ministry, Li Lu's Ministry, Deng Qifan's Ministry and Chen and Jiang's Allied Forces were all infiltrated by the Runing Army.
Very powerful. As long as the conditions are ripe, Wu Shigong has absolute confidence and can recruit at least half of their troops to his side.
However, Wu Shigong still wanted to say some reassuring words: "Biaozi's Tuanlian Town has been reorganized, and there are nearly five thousand extra merchant guards. I am going to let Chang Meng take them all to Huguang. The reclamation merchant house is in Nanyang, and Ruzhou has already embarked on the road.
We are on the right track, but we also need to find new territory.”
"Also, this time the Runing Army is fighting in their hometown as far away as possible. Even though it's far away, we need to take more trouble to introduce more friends from the same era to our Runing Army. The farming village there still needs someone to take care of it."
"That's for sure." Deng Qifan quickly agreed with a smile, "Actually, the students have also written. They are very enthusiastic and are waiting for us to go." Deng Qifan's hometown is in Tongcheng, where the literary style is at its peak. Of course, it is also a tragic place for the imperial examination.
The battlefield, so many literati fell in the examination room. Now that they have such an opportunity to become an official, they will of course be enthusiastic.
"Chang Jing! Is 80,000 soldiers too many? After all, we don't have many places to use troops now. And to maintain so many soldiers, with our current financial resources, we have to pour out nearly 100,000 taels every year!" Deng Qifan still said from
Think about the problem from a financial perspective.
When Wen Tiren stepped down, Qian Yiqian was of course released from prison and returned to his hometown. Unlike history, Hou Xun was also released from prison by Emperor Chongzhen. This was also an act to appease Wu Shigong.
But unlike Qian Yiqian, Hou Xun was not sent back to his hometown. The imperial court gave Hou Xun a sinecure and raised him. This shows the importance of Hou Xun's discovery of Wu Shigong and Zuo Liangyu.
The imperial court took great pains when arranging Hou Xun!
Although Yang Sichang was relatively junior and could not join the cabinet, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, he had become the first assistant rather than the first assistant. Therefore, Yang Sichang's "ten-faced net" plan began to be implemented
.
However, as soon as the plan started, it was resisted by governors from various places. However, others were at best obedient and secretive. Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi Province, openly resisted.
Sun Chuanting believed that because the army had suffered many defeats and setbacks in repeated battles, and the people had been exhausted by successive battles, this move might not achieve the expected results.
Of course, Sun Chuanting also knew Yang Sichang's status in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, so he knew that his plan would not be adopted. So Sun Chuanting began to count his private properties, obtained two to forty-eight thousand taels of silver, and recruited troops and horses to set up his own encirclement and suppression station.
Required manpower and resources.
This behavior is completely like setting up a small treasury privately, but Sun Chuanting also has difficulties. He originally agreed with Emperor Chongzhen to raise military pay privately, but now it has become an allocation from the court. How can this reassure Sun Chuanting, who knows that the court is in arrears with military pay? In the final analysis,
The credibility of the Ming Dynasty court was completely lost in the eyes of its own feudal officials.
When the Ming court collected the amounts of troops and horses reported from various places, only Sun Chuanting's memorial was not delivered. Yang Sichang, who had always had a rift with Sun Chuanting, took the opportunity to attack, complaining that the court's military law was unworkable in Shaanxi. Sun Chuanting submitted the memorial.
Defend.
There was no need to judge who was right and who was wrong. Anyway, Sun Chuanting did not want to give Yang Sichang face. The new official still had three fires before he took office, so Yang Sichang wanted to attack. But Sun Chuanting responded with a series of brilliant victories.
past.
During the Battle of Shangluo, Sun Chuanting compromised the Ministry of War's decision to "cut off the front and defend Shangluo" and sent heavy troops to guard the strategic areas around Shangluo. When the peasant army led by the Great Heavenly King invaded Qingyang and Baoji, Sun Chuanting quickly
He returned to the army and defeated them in Heshui. Then he won the victory over other battalions of peasant armies. For a while, he even surpassed Hong Chengchou in the limelight. However, this also laid the reason for the discord between Yang Sichang and Sun Chuanting.
These victories greatly reduced the strength of Shaanxi's peasant army, and they were no longer able to invade Henan in large numbers. Therefore, Wu Shigong's Runing and Guide were quite calm these days. That's why Deng Qifan believed that there was no need to maintain so many troops.
"Then how many troops do you think we can maintain?" Wu Shigong asked.
"At least 30,000 cuts! Just barely enough is enough," Deng Qifan replied.
Wu Shigong thought about it for a while and said: "It's too hasty. These soldiers finally have the opportunity to join the army, and they can be allocated fields after retirement. Once they are reduced, they will feel resentful! Let's do this! Maintain 60,000 soldiers, and let the rest go to each other.
The big trading company hires a group of guards and keeps some of them; arranges 10,000 guards in Guide Mansion, places some of them, and transfers the rest to the Department of Internal Affairs!"
"That won't save much money." Deng Qifan reminded. Wu Shigong's method was completely to change the soup without changing the medicine.
"It's just a hard life!" Wu Shigong was very optimistic, "Anyway, so many ups and downs have passed."
Seeing that Wu Shigong had made up his mind, Deng Qifan could only nod. But in the end, Deng Qifan still couldn't contain his curiosity. He leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Chang Jing, please tell the students everything.
How long will it take for the fall?" Deng Qifan wanted to ask the exact time for the Runing Army to raise troops.
"Two years! Not even two years." Wu Shigong replied affirmatively.
"Then the student will guarantee five years of turnover! It will be guaranteed." Deng Qifan said through gritted teeth. However, a smile still appeared on his face.
After talking to Deng Qifan, Wu Shigong sent him out of the door. When he came back, he happened to see Chi Ming giving Wu Chengying military training. As the son of a military attache, Wu Chengying could not only learn the Four Books and Five Classics. He had to exercise every morning and evening.
Kung fu with fists, kicks, swords and guns.
Wu Shigong has already transferred Chi Ming to the Guards Corps, and just waiting for Tao Xin to take over as the commander of the regiment, Chi Ming will take over as the commander of the Guards Corps.
There is another companion training with Wu Chengying today, Wei Changlin's son Wei Feng. Wei Feng is now living with Wu Shigong. Because he is about the same age as Wu Chengying, he has become Wu Chengying's classmate.
Wu Shigong was a little surprised to see that Chi Ming had brought a comrade from the Guards Corps and was explaining something to Wu Chengying and the others. Wu Shigong walked over quietly and saw the man squatting on the ground making gestures with stones.
.
While gesticulating, the man also said: "If the angle of the artillery is like this, the shells will go like this, so as long as you aim the sight hole here, the shells will hit there..."
It turned out that they were introducing artillery shooting! Wu Shigong smiled and touched the heads of Wu Chengying and Wei Feng, and then the two brothers realized that Wu Shigong was already behind them. So Wu Chengying immediately jumped up and shouted: "Father!
The kid wants to see sex!”
"Okay! Okay!" Wu Shigong said with a smile, "As long as you study well these days, I will take you to watch sex during the ten-day break!"
After Chi Ming and the man saw Wu Shigong, they stood at attention in front of Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong smiled and asked the man, "What's your name?"
"Hu Meng!" the man replied loudly.
"Then what troops do you want to have in the future?" Wu Shigong asked again.
"Artillery regiment!" Hu Meng's answer was as expected.
Wu Shigong immediately burst into laughter.
After returning to the inner house, Wu Shigong went into Zhao Ruya's house and saw that her room was in a mess. Zhao Ruya was preparing a dowry for his daughter Xiaojie.
Wu Shigong stayed in the room for a long time, and Zhao Ruya didn't have time to answer him. Instead, Zhao Ruya drove him around.
Wu Shigong was a little annoyed. He said boldly: "My daughter has been married off and she is a member of the Tao family. It should be Xiao Xinzi who should be busy? Why are you, mother-in-law, working so hard?"
Zhao Ruya looked at Wu Shigong's face and smiled sweetly. Seeing that the maid in the room didn't notice her, she immediately kissed Wu Shigong secretly on the face.
Wu Shigong's mood immediately lit up with the sun shining brightly. He secretly whispered in Zhao Ruya's ear and asked in a low voice: "If one of you is married, how about we have another one?"
"De Xing!" Zhao Ruya immediately smiled coquettishly and drove Wu Shigong out of the house.
Walking outside the house, watching the fiery clouds rolling in the sky, Wu Shigong had mixed feelings in his heart: Unknowingly, his children have grown up, and he doesn't know where his path should lead.
