() Zhong Jinwei looked at Sun Chengzong and saw that he seemed to be waiting and showed no sign of starting a military discussion. He moved his body towards Sun Chengzong and then asked in a low voice: "Master Sun, are everyone here?
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Sun Chengzong raised his head and saw that it was Zhong Jinwei. He couldn't help but smile a little bitterly, and lowered his loud voice and said: "These are generals!"
Zhong Jinwei still didn't understand very well. Shouldn't military discipline be strict, all generals should gather together after the three calls and drums are completed, and then start the discussion, and those who are late will be beaten with military sticks. Judging from Sun Chengzong's intention, it seems that he can't do anything to them.
Sure enough, people started to come again, and Sun Chengzong didn't say he wanted to make a move. His attitude was similar to those who came before.
Estimating that another two quarters of an hour had passed, Sun Chengzong finally straightened his body, cleared his throat and said, "The military meeting has begun."
Only those who were chatting quietly to each other below shut up and stood presentable.
"Generals, the emperor has sent a supervisor, who is next to me." Sun Chengzong introduced him while pointing to Zhong Jinwei.
When Zhong Jinwei saw Sun Chengzong introducing himself, he imitated the etiquette shown on TV, stood up, and cupped his fists to the generals below.
Sun Chengzong's words continued: "The supervisor is the newly appointed Zhongxing Bo and Zhong Jinwei."
At this time, the number of dukes and princes was not yet high, and these military leaders had not yet been rewarded with titles, so Zhong Jinwei's status was high.
Some military generals met with Sun Chengzong and introduced that Zhong Jinwei was the supervisor of the army or the uncle of Zhongxing, so they all came out to see him politely.
What Zhong Jinwei is most concerned about is who is that good-looking civil servant.
Immediately, the civil servant came out of the procession and clasped his fists at Zhong Jinwei and said: "Your Majesty, Lu Xiangsheng, the prefect of Daming Prefecture and the deputy envoy to the inspection envoy, has seen the inspection army."
What, Lu Xiangsheng, he is Lu Xiangsheng! When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he stood up from his chair excitedly. But he immediately realized that he had lost his temper, so he cupped his hands in return.
Others didn't think there was anything special about this, because Lu Xiangsheng was a civil servant, so there was nothing wrong with treating him so seriously.
After everyone had finished the ceremony, Sun Chengzong's loud voice rang out again: "Generals, how is the disarmament operation of eliminating the weak and retaining the strong going?"
"The soldiers who reported to me have all been laid off."
"I have reported to my soldiers that I have obeyed the order and will be finished in the afternoon."
"Report to my troops, before I take charge of my troops, I already have strong troops."
"..."
These leading generals came out one after another to express their opinions, basically meaning to complete the mission.
Zhong Jinwei listened a little strangely. Didn't the emperor say that the army reorganization plan of eliminating the weak and retaining the strong was not going smoothly? And when he asked Sun Chengzong, he seemed to have a wry smile on his face. Why is it all completed now? Isn't this great?
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Zhong Jinwei thought of this and turned to look at Sun Chengzong with doubtful eyes.
Sun Chengzong understood the look Zhong Jinwei was looking at and did not explain. He just said to the tent: "Now that it is completed, each ministry will report the results of the disarmament."
No one down there is a standout.
Sun Chengzong added: "Please ask Magistrate Lu to start reporting in order."
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he stepped out of the queue and clasped his fists, and replied: "I have 12,323 troops and people. After being screened by my government, there are 812 people left. The rest will be released tomorrow.
The Deputy Military Envoy of Daming Prefecture brought him back to Daming Prefecture."
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he thought there were so many cuts. Isn't this a great success?
The generals below also became buzzing, but they didn't dare to discuss it loudly.
When Sun Chengzong heard this, he was also very happy. He said: "Prefect Lu, how did you select?"
"We don't need old people over fifty and young people under fifteen. We don't need the only son in the family. We don't need the father and son. We don't need the brothers. We don't need the sole supporter of the family. But there are still more than 3,400 people left. Then I lifted a hundred kilograms of stone locks.
After walking a hundred steps without panting, there are only 812 people left."
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Sun Chengzong was very satisfied when he heard this, and he did it three times in a row. He didn't expect that as soon as Zhong Jinwei came, there would be good news.
"Thank you for your hard work, Prefect Lu. Next one." Sun Chengzong said with a smile.
Zhong Jinwei listened on the side and thought to himself, an idol is an idol, his actions are fast, and his disarmament is reasonable. Some people in later generations will say that Lu Xiangsheng is Yue Fei in the late Ming Dynasty.
The next one was Liaodong Commander-in-Chief Zu Dashou. He came out and said: "The last general had more than 20,300 cavalry, which was reduced to 18,200 after several bloody battles. There are no weak troops to reduce this time.
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Sun Chengzong nodded, the cavalry of Guan Ning's army, and the cavalry brought out this time are all elite cavalry, so it is justified without weak soldiers.
This Zu Dashou is also famous. Historically, he has eaten human flesh. Zhong Jinwei has also written down his appearance, so he will definitely deal with him again.
"Next one." Sun Chengzong continued over there.
The person who came out this time was Cao Minglei, the commander-in-chief of Baoding. He reported: "The last general has more than 15,800 people under his command. This time, 100 weak soldiers have been eliminated."
Now the problem came. Sun Chengzong looked at Zhong Jinwei. As if he didn't notice the problem, Sun Chengzong asked Cao Leiming again: "How many cavalry troops do you have?"
"Reporting to my troops, the general has a total of 232 cavalry."
"Then the remaining fifteen thousand people are all Reebok soldiers?"
"Exactly!" Baoding General Soldier did not blush at all.
Sun Chengzong glanced at Zhong Jinwei and started to show a thoughtful expression, and said expressionlessly: "The next one."
Hou Shilu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, came out and said: "The last general has more than 34,600 people under his command. After this round of elimination, there are only 34,000 people left."
"So, you have eliminated more than 600 troops?" asked the loud voice.
"Exactly!"
"How many cavalry?"
"One thousand eight hundred and ninety people."
"Well, next one." Sun Chengzong said numbly.
You Shiwei, the commander-in-chief of Changping, came out and said: "The last general has more than 29,700 people under his command. This time, we will weaken more than 420 people."
Then, without waiting for Sun Chengzong to ask, he answered directly: "There are a total of 1,570 cavalrymen in our headquarters."
Zhong Jinwei's brows furrowed. Even if they were not from later generations, just looking at what Jianlu had done after entering the Pass, he knew that what these people said was untrue.
If there were so many strong soldiers and they were defeated like this, then could it be that Jianlu came through time and everyone was shooting with machine guns? With cold weapons, if the two sides were of similar strength, the casualty ratio would not be much different. How could Jianlu be possible?
How can you still show off your power in the Gyeonggi region despite the losses?
Zhong Jinwei was thinking as the generals below continued to report, and they were almost the same as the previous ones. The proportion of weak soldiers eliminated was pitifully small, almost negligible.
Zhong Jinwei no longer wanted to hear the lies of the generals below. This was definitely not true.
Thinking about the soldiers he saw on the way to the Central Military Tent, Zhong Jinwei felt that the words of the generals below were a bit harsh. So, he interrupted the generals' report and said directly: "Generals, what are you doing?
A standard that eliminates weak soldiers?"
No one answered Zhong Jinwei, and the big tent was quiet. It's not that he looked down on Zhong Jinwei, because his status was there, but the point was that it was difficult to answer this question.
Sun Chengzong spoke: "Baoding Commander-in-Chief Cao Minglei."
"Here." Cao Minglei walked out of the queue with an expressionless face, secretly thinking that he was unlucky.
"You come and answer the supervisor's words."
"The general has his own way of distinguishing the strong and the weak. The military supervisor has never been in the army. Even if the general says it, he can't understand it."
"Speak!" Sun Chengzong gave him a thunderbolt.
"Yes." The generals still have a sense of respect for Sun Chengzong, after all, he is a senior person.
"At the end of the day, the general will observe his words and his color, so he can tell whether he is strong or weak."
Zhong Jinwei still listened to the black line at one end.
Sun Chengzong named a few more generals. In the end, there was basically no difference between whether he said it or not. It all depended on the general's own judgment.
Finally, Sun Chengzong was tired of hearing this, so he took a picture of the commander and said directly: "The emperor has decreed that the imperial court is short of military supplies and cannot support the use of the army. If you continue to use this elimination method, everyone will be hungry by the end of the period."
None of the generals below spoke.
"It's over, it's over, let's go back and eliminate them again." Sun Chengzong didn't want to see this group of old fritters again.
The sound of the armor's iron pieces clashing sounded immediately, and then slowly faded away.
When there was no movement, Sun Chengzong said to Zhong Jinwei: "Uncle Zhongxing, I saw it."
"Yeah." Zhong Jinwei nodded.
"There is good news today. At least Magistrate Lu has finished phasing out his troops. I also know that although the troops he left behind may not necessarily be strong soldiers, they are at least able-bodied men."
Zhong Jinwei thought about a question and asked: "Why doesn't Mr. Sun directly set a standard to eliminate soldiers?"
"What kind of rule?"
"Just like Magistrate Lu."
Sun Chengzong shook his head and said: "Uncle Zhongxing doesn't know that the Taoism here is different. The one like Magistrate Lu should be unique among the Ming Dynasty's army."
Then Sun Chengzong came to a conclusion: "This method of eliminating the army proposed by Magistrate Lu cannot be realized in the current Ming Dynasty's army."