Then Emperor Chongzhen asked again: "Master Zhong, is there anything else?" After solving Zhong Jinwei's problem, he also had something to explain to him.
"Your Majesty, I have one more thing." Zhong Jinwei said to Emperor Chongzhen.
"Master Zhong, tell me."
"Six of my followers have returned from training in Dongchang, so I would like to ask if the Dongchang soldiers who originally escorted me will be withdrawn?"
After Emperor Chongzhen listened, he looked at Zhong Jinwei's face and found nothing unnatural. He was just discussing the matter.[
He then asked: "Why does Master Zhong want to remove the guards? Wouldn't it be safer to have more guards?"
"Your Majesty, it's not that I want to withdraw. The main reason is that the Ming Dynasty minister was escorted by a man from Dongchang. He seems to be independent. I'm afraid someone will say it after a long time." Zhong Jinwei explained.
He was not afraid that Emperor Chongzhen would send these spies to monitor him, because firstly, he acted openly and for the sake of the truth, and had nothing to hide from Emperor Chongzhen; secondly, if Emperor Chongzhen wanted to spy on him, there was no need to be so obvious, there were many other ways.
The thing is, you can be an undercover agent at will.
"Master Zhong, don't be afraid of what others say. I just want everyone to know that I treat you differently, and anyone who dares to take your ideas must consider my monstrous anger! Your six followers are still a little short, I
Not only are these Dongchang fanmen easy to use, but you don’t have to pay to keep them, so why not do it!”
Emperor Chongzhen started laughing after he said this, "I'm giving you a free advantage, but you still don't want it!"
Zhong Jinwei also laughed when he heard this. He took the Dongchang guards with him, which was very useful in some cases. He really couldn't bear to let them go.
Thinking of this, he bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and said, "In that case, I would like to thank your Majesty."
"Master Zhong, you don't have to be polite. You are unique to me and to the Ming Dynasty. If something happens to you, I will be ashamed of God for giving me this opportunity to revive the Ming Dynasty!" Emperor Chongzhen said seriously.
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he immediately felt that he was more important than himself. He felt that all the hard work he had done for the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Chongzhen was worth it. No wonder the old saying goes, a scholar will die for his confidant! Although it is a bit exaggerated, that feeling is indeed very true.
Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Master Zhong, you are the one I trust most. Now there is something I need you to do so that I can rest assured."
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he immediately replied: "Okay, no problem."
"The decisive battle with Jianlu is about to begin. You should put aside what you are doing and go to the military camp first to keep an eye on them for me." Emperor Chongzhen ordered.
He has not forgotten what he did in detail before, and he has no confidence in the integrity of most of the generals in King Qin's army.
It's not that they would join the Jianlu at this time. Emperor Chongzhen didn't have much worries about this. What he was worried about was that these generals would take the opportunity to cause harm to the countryside, and even kill good people and take credit.
Zhong Jinwei did not think as carefully as Emperor Chongzhen did, thinking that he could just be the supervisor.
Emperor Chongzhen did not tell Zhong Jinwei clearly, because he knew that according to Zhong Jinwei's character, he would definitely take care of this matter.
Zhong Jinwei then briefly mentioned to Emperor Chongzhen that An Guiyi was working on incentive measures. If there were major innovations, he hoped to have better rewards, even official rewards.
Emperor Chongzhen understood this reward mechanism, and it was no problem for him to give some casual official positions.
After receiving Emperor Chongzhen's reply, Zhong Jinwei rushed to the cement factory and told An Guiyi about Emperor Chongzhen's reply. Then he emphasized that An Guiyi should keep an eye on the progress of various matters while he was away from the capital.
.Everything here is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty and ZTE, so we must not be careless.[
After everything was explained, Zhong Jinwei returned home. Considering that this time he was supervising the army, he would not be able to return to the capital until at least the battle was over, so he asked his family members who were serving in the capital to go home and reunite, and they would go to the military camp together tomorrow morning.
Gu Baichuan was one of the people with a young family. He was very grateful to Zhong Jinwei for his thoughtful consideration and did not trust him. After saying goodbye to Zhong Jinwei, he left the Zhongxing Hou Mansion with other servants and went back to their respective homes to reunite.
Early the next morning, the bandits who had gone home for reunion rushed back to the Zhongxing Hou Mansion early. Zhong Jinwei took six sword-wielding followers and eight Dongchang bandits and headed for the Qinwang Army camp outside the city.
When Zhong Jinwei entered Sun Chengzong's military tent and found that he was alone, he smiled and said to him: "Master Sun, you are about to kill everyone. I specially came to the military camp to learn from you."
Sun Chengzong was startled after hearing this. What were he saying? It was true that the supervisor often spoke with the proverbs from his hometown.
However, he understood what Zhong Jinwei meant, which was that he would always accompany the army during the war with Jianlu.
Sun Chengzong was also very thick-skinned. Seeing Zhong Jinwei's smiling face, he said without hesitation: "It's good for young people to make progress. I will give you all my money. The world will be yours from now on."
Zhong Jinwei saw that Sun Chengzong relied on his old age to show off his skills, as if the students he taught must be awesome, he couldn't help but say something, secretly admiring Sun Chengzong's thick skin.
But if you really want to talk about it, Sun Chengzong really has this qualification. Zhong Jinwei stopped joking and bowed seriously: "Thank you, Mr. Sun."
Sun Chengzong saw that Zhong Jinwei suddenly became serious, and he did not dare to rely on him because Zhong Jinwei was a supervisor sent by the emperor.
While he asked Zhong Jinwei to sit down, he asked his soldiers to make tea for him.
Zhong Jinwei was talking to Sun Chengzong in the Zhongjun tent. He did not need an escort, so he asked Gu Baichuan to take the escort down to rest.
Gu Baichuan asked others to rest and asked Li Laosi to stay with him and accompany Zhongxing Hou.
Zhong Jinwei did not insist and went to talk to Sun Chengzong himself. He asked: "Master Sun, how are you doing recently?"
"I have sent out a large number of troops at night since a few days ago. Judging from the military situation that has returned so far, it is quite abnormal." Sun Chengzong stroked his long beard under his forehead, shook his head slightly, and said with some doubts.
"Oh, why is it abnormal?" Zhong Jinwei was a little curious when he heard this.
"In the past, when fighting against Jianlu, as long as our army sent Ye Busu, Jianlu would definitely fight against each other. They also sent a large number of scout horses to hinder Ye Busu from investigating the military situation, and even specially sniped and suppressed Ye Busu. But the current situation
But it is rare to see traces of Jianlu probing horses." Sun Chengzong explained.
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he also felt a little strange. The current leader of the Tatars in the pass is Erbeile Amin of Jianlu. He is a veteran who is used to fighting. It is impossible for him not to know the importance of detecting the enemy's situation.
Zhong Jinwei turned to look at Gu Baichuan, wondering if he, a wise man, had any opinions.
Gu Baichuan shook his head. He didn't understand these things. As for Li Laosi next to him, he was ignored by Zhong Jinwei. He definitely didn't understand.
At this time, Sun Chengzong suddenly asked Zhong Jinwei: "Marquis Zhongxing, have you not received the stone-throwing message again?"
After asking this question, Zhong Jinwei also remembered that the mysterious person who provided information about Jianlu had not heard from him these days. He didn't know whether something happened or it was inconvenient to report again.[
Zhong Jinwei shook his head and said: "I haven't received any more stone-throwing letters. I don't know who this person is or what he does, and I can't contact him."
When he said this, he turned around and asked Gu Baichuan: "Does Dongchang have any information about this person?"
Gu Baichuan was not at the scene when the two stone-throwing reports were made. Judging from the subsequent investigation, there were no useful clues at all, so Gu Baichuan still shook his head and answered Zhong Jinwei.
Sun Chengzong saw that none of these people knew about it, so he stopped worrying about it. He continued: "Whether Jianlu was stupid or for some other reason why he didn't send out the scouting horse, I am happy to see this situation. According to Ye
Without accepting any reward, the Jianlu are now huddled in the cities of Luanzhou, Yongping, Qian'an and Zunhua. There are many rolling logs and stones looming on the city walls. It seems that they are preparing to rely on the city walls for defense."
"Then what should we do?" Zhong Jinwei asked.
When Sun Chengzong heard Zhong Jinwei's words, he laughed and said: "It's okay. It's best to abandon the strong points and use the weak ones. Our Ming army is not good at attacking cities."
"In a siege, we have to use several times the number of troops defending the city to defeat it. I remember saying this. Even if the captives are not good at defending the city, many soldiers will still die after attacking the city!" Zhong Jinwei was a little worried.
"Marquis Zhongxing, don't forget that artillery is used to attack cities now. Li Fengjie and Wang Zunde of the Guangdong and Guangdong armies were ordered to go to Macau to purchase artillery divisions and large muskets. They will be delivered to the capital in a few days. It is reported that there are a total of
There are seven large iron cannons, three large copper cannons and thirty eagle-billed cannons. With these, it will be easy to attack the city and capture the ground." Sun Chengzong smiled and reassured Zhong Jin, Wei Dao.
Zhong Jinwei had already understood when Sun Chengzong mentioned artillery. He just forgot about artillery siege. In this world, who else knows the power of artillery better than Zhong Jinwei! Zhong Jinwei has always remembered a saying, artillery is war.
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However, Zhong Jinwei did not remember what Sun Chengzong said about purchasing artillery, and asked what was going on.