"Lin Deqin, the magistrate of Jining Prefecture, led the officials of this prefecture to greet Da Sima." A group of officials from Jining Prefecture, led by the magistrate, came to the dock to pay homage to Yu Zilian.
"Thank you for your hard work!" Yu Zilian nodded and showed his official authority.
"The lower official has prepared a small amount of wine in the city to wash away the dust of the Grand Sima and the generals. I hope the Grand Sima will condescend to his party." Na Lin Zhizhou said politely.
"No need. I'm just passing by and the military situation is urgent, so I won't bother you all." Yu Zilian said unhurriedly.
Then, Lin Zhizhou sincerely invited him several times, but seeing that Yu Zilian's attitude was really firm, he no longer persisted.
Yu Zilian's current position in the officialdom is actually quite embarrassing. His position as Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing is a leader, which is a false title. And the only real job he can barely say is to recruit troops by himself.
In other words, the imperial court gave Yu Zilian an imperial edict and asked him to find a way to raise 20,000 troops on his own. With no policy and no food and salary, Yu Zilian was definitely regarded as Sun Wukong. Therefore, Yu Zilian, a man of ten thousand
The substitute's performance was indeed quite frustrating.
If Yu Zilian had not risked his life, if the Ming Dynasty was indeed in danger, and without the neutrality of the Nanjing officialdom, Yu Zilian would not have been able to recruit more than 200 people, let alone 20,000. Therefore, even if the official title is empty, no one can recruit more than 200.
Gao, as long as he has no real power, he is just a character who can't even fart.
Of course, Lin Zhizhou also knew the true situation of Yu Zilian, so today's greeting at the dock was just a routine official greeting, and Lin Zhizhou did not need to be overly flattering.
But Lin Zhizhou didn't fawn over, he still had to ask for what Yu Zilian wanted: "I was in a hurry when I set off from Jinling, and I didn't carry much military equipment. I still need Lin Zhizhou's help."
"This...!" Lin Zhizhou showed a look of embarrassment, "This year there is also a drought in the state. After the disaster relief, there is not much food in the warehouse. However, the military affairs of the Grand Sima are also very important. This state is willing to provide five hundred shi of food."
According to Yu Zilian's official appointment, there is no task for him to lead the army. Of course, if Yu Zilian completes the recruitment of troops like crazy, and then stupidly takes the initiative to lead troops to the front line, the court will definitely not object.
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Therefore, the imperial court was somewhat surprised that Yu Zilian had accomplished such an extremely unlikely event, and therefore, it was impossible to send out any official documents asking the state governments along the way to raise food and wages.
Without official documents, of course Lin Zhizhou would give as little as he could. If Yu Zilian was not really young and there might be a future, Lin Zhizhou might not even be willing to give these grains. Instead, he would give Yu Zilian a private gift. Lin Zhizhou
He would not hesitate to give one or two thousand taels (the value of which is far more than five hundred shi of food), and this is also the unique "clear distinction between public and private" in officialdom.
Yu Zilian had been involved in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty for so many years, and of course he understood what Lin Zhizhou was thinking. However, he just smiled slightly and was not angry at all.
The soldiers on the ship had all disembarked. Now the generals of each team were organizing manpower to carry the heavy weapons. Suddenly, there was a noise at the dock, and after a while, Yu Zilian's personal team came over escorting three soldiers.
"Sir! These three people were found when we searched the cabin. They wanted to hide and escape!" the leading soldier reported.
"Oh? Then gather the generals from each battalion and deal with this matter first." Yu Zilian said unhurriedly.
Seeing this situation, Lin Zhizhou and other Jining officials could not leave immediately. They had to wait until Yu Zilian had finished his case before they could say goodbye. After a while, the generals from all the battalions gathered in front of Yu Zilian.
"Which camp are they from?" Yu Zilian asked.
The two battalion commanders came out with ugly expressions on their faces.
"The people in the team hid and refused to report, and the leaders in the camp were unaware. They are all guilty." Yu Zilian said tepidly, "Forget it. It's your first offense, so you should be dealt with lightly! The leaders and people in the team are all guilty.
It was a case of meritorious service. These three people also kept their whole bodies. Instead of beheading them for public display, they were hanged. We will not do this next time."
After hearing what Yu Zilian said, Lin Zhizhou thought to himself: "This Yu Benbing seems to be a tolerant person."
Unexpectedly, Yu Zilian then said: "If this happens again in the future, all ten members of our team will be beheaded, and the battalion officer who led the team will also be deprived of his official position. Then we will summon them back to Jinling, and the families of these three people will be of the Yi tribe."
Lin Zhizhou trembled all over and looked at Yu Zilian in surprise. He did not expect that this senior official of the Sixth Ministry, who was less than forty years old, could be so ruthless.
Then Yu Zilian looked at Lin Zhizhou with a smile on his face, and Lin Zhizhou said without any doubt: "Sir Lin, I have written a submission for what I need. You can prepare it for me within three days."
Zuo Yin at the side immediately handed a piece of paper to Lin Zhizhou. Lin Zhizhou opened it and saw that there were more than a dozen lines neatly written on the paper. The first line was: Food - five thousand shi.
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After Lin Zhizhou and the others left, Zuo Yin smiled at Yu Zilian and said, "Dong Weng! This method is so wonderful that Lin Zhizhou was speechless. But today the student will know why Dong Weng didn't choose the one with a strong physique and a clean family background first."
, but choose those who have families and families.”
Yu Zilian also smiled bitterly and said: "There is no other way, the time is too tight. This army can only be trained to be rough. If it really goes into battle, the only thing that can be relied on is 'brave'. And the southerners are so strong.
In fact, they are no less than the Northerners. They don’t need to be treated at all. Their weakness is that they have no courage. It’s better to tie up their family members than to run away with nothing to worry about!”
In the Ming Dynasty, because the nutrition in the Jiangnan area was better, their physical fitness was no worse than that of the northerners. Therefore, the Yiwu soldiers used by Qi Jiguang and Qi Jiajun were also from the south. Of course, southerners had better fighting will and bravery than northerners.
The difference was much worse, so Yu Zilian used the method of involving family members and the whole team to inspire the courage of these new soldiers, and asked the soldiers to monitor and help each other.
"Dong Weng! Please give this new army a good name!" Zuo Yin said.
"Let's call it... let's call it the Black Cloud Army!" Yu Zilian blurted out while looking at the black clouds on the horizon.
"Okay..." As soon as Zuo Yin uttered half a sound, he felt that the name was not very auspicious. He saw Yu Zilian looking at the horizon again, and thought of the word "black clouds rolling", and Zuo Yin felt heavy.
stand up.
"If you continue to pass on the order and successfully set out, each person will be rewarded with one tael of silver. They will be handed over to the families of the soldiers." Yu Zilian ordered.
"yes!"
This was the time for Yu Zilian to hit him with a stick and feed him some candied dates. After all, the psychology of those new recruits was still very fragile. If he blindly adopted a coercive policy, Yu Zilian was afraid that these new soldiers would be crushed by his own psychological pressure.
Regarding Yu Zilian's dispatch of troops, those who praised him said he was loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and lamented that he overestimated his capabilities. With only 20,000 newly established troops, he actually wanted to break the siege of Kaifeng City and fight against a million peasant troops.
But no one knows that Yu Zilian actually has his own ideas.
During the few years of idleness in Nanjing, Yu Zilian actually reflected on it. He felt that the main reason why the imperial court idled him was that he no longer had the Ruzhou Army he created.
But Yu Zilian didn't want to sink like this. If he wanted to join the Ming Dynasty officialdom, Yu Zilian could be said to have no foundation. But if he wanted to show his talents, he must have an army under his control.
So as soon as he received the imperial decree to recruit troops, Yu Zilian dared to risk his life and fortune to form an army; as soon as he heard that Kaifeng City was in danger, he would bring this new army to the battlefield. He just wanted to break away from Nanjing's officialdom and seize this imprisoned army.
Take firm control in your own hands.
And Yu Zilian also has a lot of experience in how to train this new army. After all, the Ruzhou Army he trained back then was also a new army. Yu Zilian just wanted to sharpen his army in battle and build it into an elite army.
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Moreover, the quality of the soldiers of this new army is also very good. At least they are well-nourished and have physical strength, so they can immediately go to the battlefield. When the Ruzhou Army was formed, in order to take care of the new soldiers who lacked nutrition, Yu Zilian
It took a full month to feed them with plenty of food, and then they could train and fight. As for the courage of the new recruits in the Black Cloud Army, they were involved and connected anyway.
As for the equipment of the Black Cloud Army, it is even better. In this matter, the Nanjing garrison eunuch Lu Jiude did not hinder Yu Zilian in the slightest and gave him the best equipment. If there is any regret, it is only
The supply of war horses may be a little short!
In fact, there was no shortage of war horses in the Nanjing capital camp, and there were also many civilian mules and horses. However, those wealthy merchants from the south of the Yangtze River who had huge investments in Runing purchased war horses, mules and horses in large quantities on the market and in the army to provide support.
, make good friends with the Runing Army. After learning this situation, Yu Zilian could only smile bitterly.
Of course, Yu Zilian would definitely not confront the peasant army head-on. He just wanted to keep fighting on the outside of the peasant army's encirclement, and through constant harassment, reduce the pressure on Kaifeng City's defense.
At this time, Yu Zilian has actually understood that now is the situation where various forces are competing for the world. And as long as Yu Zilian has this elite force, no matter which force finally takes the stage, there will always be Yu Zilian's side in the end.
Earthly.
After all, Yu Zilian is an ambitious, capable, intelligent and gambling person.
After obtaining supplies from Jining Prefecture, Yu Zilian's Black Cloud Army passed through Xuzhou. Later in Xuzhou, Yu Zilian repeated his old trick and obtained another batch of food, wages and supplies, and forcibly requisitioned more than a thousand people from the Xuzhou Guards and three civilians in Xuzhou.
There were more than a thousand people. As for the complaints from the officials along the way, Yu Zilian had already ignored them.
When the Heiyun Army marched to the border of Xuzhou, they happened to encounter 7,000 troops led by Yang Wenyue, Governor of Zhili, who were surrounding the coalition forces of Li and Luo. At this time, Yang Wenyue neither dared to return north nor attack Li
, Luo Lianjun, so they can only draw circles and curse Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!