Chapter 129: Stalemate

These strong generals use their youth and strength to fight against thieves, and they often defeat many with less. The famous generals of ancient times are no more than this. Although he is just a temporary official of Qianhu at the moment, what the Ming Dynasty needs now is such a strong general, and the Qingyun will go straight to the iron plate.

Thinking of Chen Yongfu himself, he fought hard and fought hard, but he could only be promoted from deputy commander to commander. Although with such strong generals, it seems that defeating the bandits and liberating Kaifeng is within sight, but if this man Dapeng rises with the wind, he, the commander-in-chief of Henan Province, may not be able to hold back the limelight.

It is inevitable that Chen Yongfu will have mixed feelings.

After leaving the Zhou Palace, Chen Yongfu got on his horse and Gao Mingheng sat in a sedan. They were silent all the way to the governor's office. Gao Mingheng got down from the sedan. Chen Yongfu was about to say goodbye when he heard Gao Mingheng say: "General Chen comes in to talk."

Chen Yongfu couldn't refuse, so he dismounted and entered the governor's office with Gao Mingheng. An attendant served him tea. Gao Mingheng retired and then said, "You are the commander-in-chief of Henan, and I am the governor of Henan. Both of them have the responsibility of guarding the territory. The current situation is The day was hard, and the intruders had besieged Kaifeng for a long time, and reinforcements did not arrive. The Tatar chieftains in the north became increasingly arrogant. At the beginning of the year, both Songshan and Tashan were lost, and Ningjin was completely lost. Now that a strong general has emerged, as the King of Zhou said, the reward is It's a must. This kind of person must be wined over, and he must not be found guilty at this time. Otherwise, if he raised the mountain in a rage, wouldn't he be more powerful than the intruder?"

Gao Mingheng, as a high-ranking official in a feudal territory, had many ups and downs in officialdom. What didn't he understand? Since the Ming Dynasty, civil servants have been at the top of the civil service. However, today is different from the past. The world is in chaos, so we have to rely on warriors. Although he hates the vulgar and bad warriors, such as Zuo Liangyu and others. But even Zuo Liangyu and his ilk are no worse than thieves. Wouldn’t the emperor tolerate them?

When the wolves on the left and right are up, they use eagles and dogs, and when the wolves are gone, they just cook the dogs.

Let him be arrogant for the time being, and when the situation stabilizes, there will be plenty of means to deal with it later!

"The words of the King of Zhou are good words of gold and jade." Gao Mingheng added: "I would like to write a joint letter with you to protect him some benefits. It is not a bad thing to have some favors under your fingers. Isn't this person temporarily acting as the official of Qianhu? Then? You and I will implement it for him first. Not only will he be given a real job, but we will also promote him. Hasn’t he won every battle? The Qianhu official is too young, so what if we give him a guard commander? In this way, you and I can also promote him. It's not in vain. If the emperor knows about it, it will be a benefit. Otherwise, if we don't do anything, wouldn't you and I be blind and derelict in our duties?"

Chen Yongfu couldn't help but be convinced after hearing this.

If that's the case, I'm afraid there may indeed be some benefits to be gained. After all, he has the power to be promoted. This person is a member of the Henan General Army System. Ying Yi has made meritorious service. As his superior officers, Chen Yongfu and Gao Mingheng naturally also have meritorious service.

It's just that everyone is carrying the sedan chair, he gets the benefits, and he has a strong general, isn't he killing two birds with one stone?

However, Chen Yongfu hesitated for a moment and said: "If the commander of the guards is to join the army at this time, when the imperial decree comes down, will he be the commander-in-chief of the town again?"

Gao Mingheng didn't know that Chen Yongfu was worried, but he laughed: "There are not many people in the world who can fight. Now that there is a person who can fight, the emperor must be worried. He must lead his troops to attack the intruders. The intruders are powerful, so promote It's natural to be the commander-in-chief. What's more... as the young general said before, he already has over 10,000 troops. If he doesn't serve as the commander-in-chief, how should he arrange them? Besides, his merits are sufficient. Didn't Zuo Liangyu die in the battle? There is no general soldier in Huguang, and there is just a vacant position."

Chen Yongfu couldn't help but reveal a hint of joy after hearing this.

He only thought that Ying Yi was a general in his area. If he was promoted again, where would he, the commander-in-chief, go? Gao Mingheng's words dispelled his worries.

Gao Mingheng twisted his beard and said leisurely: "The stray thieves are like cancer, and there are hundreds of thousands and millions of them. They can defeat the intruders, but they may not be able to capture them. What's more, there are still surrender thieves and return thieves in Huainan? He was promoted to the commander-in-chief of Huguang. It’s just the benefits.”

So the two of them jointly reported, saying that they had known that Ying Yi was good at fighting, and because of his merits, he was promoted to the commander of the guards. Now he is restraining the intruders, but he is short of soldiers and food, so he asked Emperor Zhubi to deal with this.

He asked people to hurry up for eight hundred miles, get out of Kaifeng City, and go to the capital.

...

Zhang Shi left Kaifeng, avoided many bandits, rode lightly and obeyed, and finally rushed back to Xiangcheng in the middle of the night. Zhu Bingkun and other three generals were waiting in the tent.

After listening to Zhang Shi's narration, Zhu Bingkun and others all began to ponder.

After a while, Zheng Wu said: "It seems a little difficult to send them away."

Zhu Bingkun said: "I thought it was wrong. The king of Zhou's fiefdom is Kaifeng. How could he leave the fiefdom unless he had to? Governor Gao Mingheng said he had the responsibility to protect the land. I think he saw hope and was unwilling to leave."

"Then what should we do?" Zheng Jiu glared and said, "It's better to kill him!"

Zheng Wu glared at him: "Don't talk nonsense."

Then he said: "Lao Zhu, you and I are not good at strategies. It is better to ask the Lord to make a decision on such matters."

Zhu Bingkun sighed: "Forget it. Then don't worry, just practice with the bandits. It's only been a few days, and the soldiers under his command are eager to try again. Isn't Liu Fangliang in Zhuxian Town? Let's go meet him."

Zheng Wu also wanted to make a move, but he said: "My lord Qian Dingzhu Wan told me to focus on military training and defense..."

Zhu Bingkun laughed: "Isn't fighting against thieves also training soldiers? It only doesn't require a big battle. You and I can take turns to practice. It's also good to practice. After all, elite soldiers are not made by training, but by fighting. Isn't that what my lord said too? Well."

Zheng Wu suddenly felt excited: "That's okay. A small battle instead of a big one. As long as it doesn't touch the bottom line of the thieves, it's okay to treat it as military training. There are four troops here, one will be sent out every two days, and they can go to Zhuxian Town for training. "

Ying Yi did not have too many restrictions on his generals, and often proposed a strategic policy. As for specific matters, he would not accept the orders of the emperor.

As long as it doesn't violate his strategic intentions, anything else is fine.

It can be regarded as a means to mobilize the enthusiasm of the generals - Ying Yi is not afraid that the generals under his command will lose control. Before the humanitarian plan was formed, he might have been a little worried, but that is not the case now.

In the following days, Zhu Bingkun and others successfully implemented their military training methods. Every two days, a group of 2,500 people were sent to attack Zhuxian Town, harassing and attacking, making Liu Fangliang restless.

Zhang Shi's night-time department was operating at full capacity, monitoring all changes around it. Once Li Chuang makes any movement, Zhu Bingkun will react immediately.

Liu Fangliang stationed troops in Zhuxian Town, with a population of nearly 100,000. But the vast majority are cannon fodder. The intruders have been besieging Kaifeng for a long time. Kaifeng has run out of food and supplies, and the intruders are no better. Except for the old camp managers who had enough to eat, ordinary bandits also only ate chaff and drank water. For people like cannon fodder and homeless people, just having a bowl of clear rice porridge every day is a big deal.

No matter how many such people there are, what's the use?

There are only 2,500 soldiers and horses in Xiangcheng, but they are all strong and brave. No matter how many thieves there were in the periphery, they would all collapse immediately. This situation lasted for several days, causing Liu Fangliang's main force, the old thieves, to panic.

Liu Fangliang wanted to pursue him many times, but by the time he led the main force of old thieves to fight out, he had often already run away.

It was only put on once, but it was beaten back by artillery fire, with no success.

Liu Fangliang had no choice but to ask Li Chuang for help. After all, it was just harassment, not a war. The casualties were mostly subordinates and ordinary thieves, so no injuries to bones or muscles.

It's just too disgusting and makes people angry.

Liu Fangliang felt that being so passive was not the answer, so after much thought he actually took the initiative. Three thousand old thieves were organized into a battalion of cavalry, and on the ground from Xiangcheng County, Xuzhou to Zhuxian Town, they came and went with the soldiers and horses under Ying Yi's command, making it very lively.

But within seven or eight days, Liu Fangliang stopped this stupid behavior - in just a few days, half of his old camp was eaten away!

Liu Fangliang's heart ached.

Ying Yi's men were not without losses, especially the troops established by Zheng Jiuxin, which lost three to four hundred men in three turns. Far inferior to the other three.

After all, the other three divisions have trained longer, fought more battles, and had more soldiers whose military merits have been reflected in true spiritual numbers, so their combat power is much stronger.