When Li Zhi faced Hong Chengchou, he did not kneel down. Hong Chengchou didn't know if he had heard the news about Li Zhi's defeat of Yang Sichang, but he didn't care about Li Zhi's "rudeness" at all, and talked and laughed with Li Zhi as if it should be like this.
After Hong Chengchou exchanged a few words with Li Zhi, he pointed to the middle-aged man next to him wearing the uniform of a third-grade civil servant and said: "This is Sun Chuanting, the right minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of the right capital, and the governor of Shaanxi."
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "Li Zhi has met Sun Junmen."
Sun Chuanting was a middle-aged man with a sharp face and a long beard. Although he was already middle-aged, he was still a talented person, and he looked a little arrogant. He looked at Li Zhi up and down, but he didn't care about Li Zhi not being able to kneel down, and just praised him.
: "The commander-in-chief is so young! Why is he so powerful in fighting? The Battle of Fanjiazhuang was really amazing!"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Sun Junmen has received the award!"
Sun Chuanting stroked his beard and said: "Why should the general be polite to Sun Chuanting? Sun Chuanting likes the frontier generals who are good at fighting. I am straightforward with the few generals under my command who can fight, and I never talk to them. For example, this kneeling ceremony, my subordinates
The commander-in-chief He Renlong, the guerrilla officer Gao Jie will never do it when he sees me!"
Sun Chuanting's words were full of vigor both inside and outside. Li Zhi secretly thought that these sharp and free-spirited words did not seem to be spoken by a governor. This person was different from the sullen civil servants of the Ming Dynasty.
Li Zhi had heard that just a few months ago, Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou laid a heavy ambush in Tongguan Nanyuan, almost wiping out all the troops of Chuang King Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng broke out with only eighteen cavalry. After this battle, Li Zicheng lay dormant in Shangluo.
I dare not leave the mountain again.
In this way, Sun Chuanting was a wise and capable civil servant.
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "You two are tired from your work! Let's go to the general's camp and take a rest. Li Zhi has prepared a banquet for you two!"
Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "I don't want to bother the commander-in-chief. I will set up camp right now. When my camp is set up, will I call the commander-in-chief to discuss matters?"
Hong Chengchou seemed to be a little afraid of Li Zhi. He even summoned Li Zhi to discuss matters and asked if he was willing.
Li Zhi said: "This is the right principle. The governor will call me when the time comes!"
Hong Chengchou then said "Okay" and left with Sun Chuanting, leading his troops to camp by the river three miles away.
At dinner time in the evening, Hong Chengchou sent a counselor to invite Li Zhi to his camp and invited Li Zhi to have dinner in Hong Chengchou's military camp.
When they arrived at Hong Chengchou's military camp, Li Zhi found that in addition to Hong and Sun, several generals, generals and guerrillas of the Qin Army were already sitting in front of their respective tables. They just waited for Li Zhi to come and started eating together. Li Zhi saw
He raised his hands and said, "Li Zhi is late!"
Hong Chengchou pointed to a desk on his left and said: "The general has arrived just in time, please take a seat!"
Li Zhi looked at the desk and found that the desk was placed second only to Hong Chengchou, and was placed opposite Sun Chuanting's desk. Judging from Hong Chengchou's posture, he was putting himself above all the generals, and in the same position as Sun Chuanting.
The location of the court protest.
Li Zhi now has 10,000 strong soldiers outside and the emperor's favor inside. Even a governor like Sun Chuanting is on an equal footing with Li Zhi.
Li Zhi gave in faintly and said: "How can the last general sit in front of Sun Jun's gate?"
Sun Chuanting laughed loudly and said: "The general killed Yang Guli first, and then Yue Tuo. He is famous all over the world. What does it mean to be on an equal footing with me? Chief soldier, please take a seat!"
Li Zhi then walked to the opposite side of Sun Chuanting and sat down cross-legged.
After a while, the food and wine were served by the soldiers.
The wine and food that were served were so simple that Li Zhi was surprised.
Normally, the governor, the governor and the commander-in-chief would eat together. Although it could not always be bird's nest, shark's fin, donkey meat and abalone, there should always be mutton, pork and shochu. But what Hong Chengchou's soldiers served was only a big bowl of white rice.
, a plate of green vegetables, and a few slices of dried fish. Next to these shabby meals was a bowl of turbid wine. The turbid wine was sour and weak, and probably not as good as the rice wine brewed by people in the capital at home.
Li Zhi frowned slightly when he saw the simple food and wine.
The general soldiers of the Qin Army under Li Zhi were very excited when they saw such food and drinks. From time to time, they took a sip of the sour wine, grinned and breathed, and looked like they were enjoying themselves. Obviously, their daily diet was much better than this.
Not as good as anything.
It is said that the Qin army suffered a lot, but today Li Zhi saw it for himself and knew how hard it was.
It is said that the military pay of the Ming Dynasty was very tight. Today, when I saw the suffering of the Qin army, I realized how short of money the Ming Dynasty was.
Hong Chengchou looked at Li Zhi's eyes and said with a wry smile: "This shabby food and wine makes the general laugh. However, our Qin army's sergeants and soldiers don't have enough to eat, nor can they wear warm winter clothes. They have to go into battle to kill thieves in the cold and hunger. I and other officers are
As a commander-in-chief, I don’t dare to eat too much and break the trust of my soldiers!”
Hong Chengchou raised his wine bowl and said loudly: "This is the first time I meet General Li, all officers of the Qin Army, let's toast him together!"
The generals suddenly raised their wine glasses and toasted to Li Zhi together.
Li Zhi secretly thought that Hong Chengchou was also a hard-working general, and he didn’t know why he would surrender to the Qing Dynasty in the future. Li Zhi picked up his wine glass and drank a bowl of sour wine with the officers of the Qin army, and then asked: "The governor is ready
How to fight against Tonu?"
Hong Chengchou took a breath of alcohol and said loudly: "Now the Dong Nu has abandoned the siege of Jinan and is driving the plundered people and animals back to Qingshan Pass. The Dong Nu must pass through Tianjin from Jinan to Qingshan Pass. Chen Xinjia's soldiers
Ma has gone to Tianjin a few days ago and is preparing to stay in Tianjin!"
"There are many fortresses near Tianjin that can be defended. If Dong Nu's troops loosen up in Tianjin, we can rush out of the fortress to intercept and kill for a while. It is a place that can be attacked and defended. Our Qin army has 50,000 people and General Li has 9,000 soldiers.
There are a total of 60,000 people, why not go to Tianjin to join Chen Xinjia and defend together?"
When Li Zhi heard Hong Chengchou's words, he realized that he had no intention of fighting the Qing army, but only planned to stay in the fortress in Tianjin and harass the passing Qing army.
Isn’t this sending the Qing troops out of the customs?
Hong Chengchou was too timid to fight against the Qing army.
Li Zhi thought for a while and said: "The general will have a plan in the end!"
"how?"
Li Zhi said: "Since Dong Nu is going to Qingshan Pass, I want to join the governor's army to dig trenches and set up traps at Qingshan Pass and guard the place where Dong Nu must pass. When Dong Nu gets there, he will go out with all his heart.
If you don't pass, you can only fight a bloody battle with us. Relying on those trenches and traps, our army will definitely win a great victory!"
After hearing Li Zhi's words, the generals of the Qin army fell into silence for a while, and no one spoke.
Fighting with Dongnu in the wild?
The Jiannu were all barbarians from Jianzhou. They were born fishing and hunting in the white mountains and black waters. They fought with wild beasts every day with swords, bows and horses. A twenty-year-old Tatar was a warrior who had practiced swords, bows and horses for twenty years. These
The combat effectiveness of human beings cannot be compared to that of the Ming army, which only practiced once every few days. When the Ming army encountered the Qing army in the wilderness, it would take four or five times as many people to dare to fight.
However, Dorgon's Qing troops now number 70,000.
This is really not a good plan for the Qing army's field battle.
