Hearing Fu Cheng talk about how Pingzhou survived the famine in previous years, Mr. Quan Ge felt that whether he should laugh or cry was really a difficult choice.He can only hope that his memorial from the previous days has been delivered to the emperor, and the emperor understands the priorities and approves it as soon as possible.Even if there is no approval, it would be good to let Jiangnan adjust the grain as soon as possible to solve the urgent need.
I don't want to not only have not received the news of the grain adjustment, but the provincial government has passed down the decree of increasing taxes to strengthen the Northwest Defense Line.The production in the Northwest is less than that in the south of the Yangtze River.This tax was levied last year, and all localities need to make up for it as soon as possible.
Fu Cheng received such an order, and he wanted to resign in front of Quan Ge's elder: "Ge Lao Mingjian, the lower officials are really dull, so they can only obey orders and do small things. I also ask Ge Lao to play the Ming Dynasty court as soon as possible, so as to take over Pingzhou. Heavy duty."
Pingzhou is already on the border of the northwest. If you want to strengthen the defense line in the northwest, do you have to ensure the stability of the people's hearts?Raising taxes now, in addition to making people feel uneasy, is to make local officials scolded, so let whoever likes to do it.
Chen Ming also stayed in Pingzhou City.He does not participate in the affairs of Pingzhou City, and he does not even go to Pingzhou Army.It was Xu Jin who heard that he had arrived in Pingzhou, and ordered people to ask and call him three times and drag him to the Pingzhou camp.
"Brother, to tell you the truth, the last time we fought against Bei Rong, my brother really admired the Northwest Army." Xu Jin said to Chen Ming with a sincere face: "I just want to know that Uncle Ning Yuan is the way for the Northwest Army to train troops now. Self-creation still has the true biography of Ning Guogong, can you..."
At this point, he couldn't go on.Regardless of whether Jia Daihua's method of military training was created by Jia Daihua or taught by Ning Guogong himself, it is all Jia's property. Now he wants to learn it as soon as his upper lip touches his lower lip. He really doesn't have such a thick skin.
Chen Ming also looked puzzled: "I really haven't seen the training method of the Northwest Army that General Xu said."
Seeing Xu Jin's expression of disbelief, he had to smile wryly: "My brother should have heard about how I went to camp in the northwest. After Uncle Ning Yuan went back to camp in the northwest, it's not that I didn't find trouble. In the end, I was demoted by one rank. Being sent to the middle of the capital is nothing. Now I am sent to Pingzhou City to dawdle, so the time to actually camp in the northwest is not long."
Xu Jin didn't want Chen Ming to be so frank, so he also told him bluntly: "Speaking of which, I am ashamed of the Northwest Army. Now that the Northwest Army has such a good way of training troops, I don't have the face to speak to Uncle Ning Yuan."
After being relatively speechless for a while, Xu Jincai said: "Even if it is to learn that song, it sounds really refreshing."
Chen Ming then asked what song it was.Seeing that he didn't even know this, Xu Jin also believed in his heart that Chen Ming and Jia Daihua really didn't get along.In the last battle against Ruan Gai, the Northwest Army sang a big knife and chopped off the heads of the Beirong people, while chopping melons and vegetables and killing the Beirong people, with yearning and awe on their faces: "The whole army Just like one person, with one heart and one heart, I really gained insight that time."
Who doesn't know a lot?Chen Ming had actually heard this song sung by the Northwest Army before dinner. He said he didn't know it just now, but he wanted to win Xu Jin's trust.Now seeing his longing face, he said softly: "If General Xu believes in me, why don't I recommend a few people to General Xu, those few entered the northwest camp later than me, and I helped Zhang Jia talk a little bit to them when Zhang Jia was in trouble. Sentence."
Xu Jin was moved, and bowed to Chen Ming, begging him to write a letter, saying that in order to enhance the ability of the Pingzhou Army to fight against the enemy, he specially asked the Northwest Army to send someone to guide the daily drills.In the letter, Chen Ming also wrote down the names of several people, saying that these people have outstanding abilities and will definitely be able to guide the daily drills of the Pingzhou Army well.
After Jia Daihua received the letter, he lost his temper in front of the soldiers of the Pingzhou Army who delivered the letter, and said to Zhang Jia: "This Chen Ming went to the capital, and he didn't know how much he weighed, so he responded without authorization. Let me ask you to advance."
Zhang Jia was also furious: "Who is he, when will it be his turn to make decisions about the Northwest Army?"
Li Sen pretended to be a good guy: "General, please calm down, Vice General Zhang, calm down. Chen Ming is a celebrity in front of saints, maybe he still has the right to tell the truth, and the general should not refute his face too much." After finishing speaking, he rolled his eyes. He glanced at the messenger.
Jia Daihua held back his breath, patted the table, and then asked the school outside his tent to call people according to the list written by Chen Ming.When all the people arrived, they didn't show any good face to them. They just said: "Go to the Pingzhou Army, and obey the orders of General Chen. Don't weaken the prestige of the Northwest Army." Check out together.
When the people walked away, Zhang Jia was still a little worried: "General, can this method really subdue the Pingzhou army?"
Jia Daihua sneered: "Soldiers believe that they have big fists and thick arms, and those who can survive on the battlefield are good men. They quietly sent someone to tell them that the history of the Northwest Army and the achievements of the Northwest Army must be told. We will preach once every five days. We need to communicate more with the Pingzhou Army, and we must teach their soldiers how to read.”
Soldiers in Pingzhou who are well-read and literate can more easily distinguish right from wrong by themselves.Tai/Zu once taught us that the branch should be built on the company, and the ideological work should be in place.This Chen Ming is good at pushing hands. In the future, Xu Jin will find out that something is wrong, and he will beg him to go. What does it have to do with the Northwest Army?
Now Jia Daihua entrusted Chen Ming with all his heart to collect the Pingzhou camp, and he himself had to inspect and accept the trenches that had been dug for several months.The saying that there is great strength in numbers is really a wise saying. In such a dynasty with extremely low productivity and such bad weather, trenches have been dug for more than 200 miles.There is a suspension bridge every ten miles, and the Northwest Army can enter and exit through these suspension bridges if they want to enter Beirong.On weekdays, when the suspension bridge is closed, Beirong people have to make a detour if they want to come over.
Looking at the bamboo sticks that were more than a foot long buried under the trench, Jia Daihua nodded in satisfaction: "We should call all the guards of the three states to take a look. If we dig together, the progress can be made faster."
Zhang Jia is not as optimistic as he is: "Perhaps those three people will accuse the general after seeing it, saying that the general's action drove the Beirong people to their three-state defense line."
But no, the 200-odd miles of land was almost beyond the defense line of the Northwest Camp. The Beirong people just wanted to retaliate against the Northwest Army.
"Forget it." Jia Daihua felt that the three states would know the benefits of trenches sooner or later, and he was not in a hurry - to rescue others by oneself and wait for others to rescue, is the difference between active and passive, and it is better to take the initiative.
At this time, the farming season has come, and Jiao Da has quietly taken back the seeds collected by Yi Zi from Gui Yi, and Jia Daihua has also written the methods of planting the three crops into a booklet and handed it over to the villages for spring plowing.His booklet is very detailed, so that the planting can be done successfully once.
In Beijing, Mr. Occasionally sits in the town, conveying the safety of the mansion from time to time. Jia Fu got the news of the prince's care in the palace, so that Jia Daihua can have the energy to personally guide the Northwest Army to plant three new crops on the fields.
The soldiers spent more than a day in the northwest, but they had never seen three kinds of crops such as corn.It's just that it has become a habit for them to trust the general, and they will do whatever Jia Daihua tells them to do.Anyway, the military rations for the first quarter have already entered the granaries of the Northwest Army, so there is still a guarantee that they will not go hungry for a quarter.
The Pingzhou Army did not have this confidence: this year in the Northwest is a year with little rain, and the dry land is puffing up a puff of smoke, which makes people reluctant to plant the seeds.There are ordinary people nearby who are looking at the grain seeds in their hands eagerly, as if they want to come up and grab them back.
Xu Jin had no choice but to send a team of soldiers to patrol around the farmland to drive away the gathered people.The [-] instructors invited from the Northwest Army planted the land with the Pingzhou soldiers without putting on airs at all. When they saw the patrolling soldiers holding up their knives as if they were about to cut down on the people, they hurried forward to stop them: "Three major Forget all the eight points of discipline, speak kindly, you can hold up a knife to ordinary people, how can you be cowardly when you are dealing with Beirong people?"
The soldier who was asked put down his knife blushing, but the general was sincerely grateful by the people: "This military master is still reasonable, as if he was carved out of the same mold as the military master who was camping in the northwest."
The general nodded, "I'm from the Northwest Camp, and I came to the Pingzhou Army to help the soldiers drill."
Hearing that he came from the northwest camp, the common people became bolder: "Master, can you tell those military masters to return my family's seed food to me? My father gave birth half a month ago. He was starving to death, and he didn't let me make seed food to cook him a mouthful of porridge. Who knows, but let those military masters give him..."
The general's face darkened when he heard this, and he called to the soldiers who were still sowing seeds in the field to assemble, and asked, "Who has gone to the people's homes to grab the seeds and grain?"
The faces of several soldiers were not good-looking. From their point of view, this was just a trivial matter. How could it become heinous in the eyes of the Northwest Army?The bold ones muttered: "General, don't count on this year's harvest if you are too late. We are counting on our grain and grass for half a year."
"We are counting on half a year's grain and grass, and the common people are counting on their year's rations." The general who was named by Chen Ming said what he said: "You took the knife and said it was to protect the people, but you didn't wait for the Beirong people to kill you. You took the lives of the people first. What is the difference between you and the Beirong people?"
After finishing speaking, without waiting for the soldiers to refute, he went to Xu Jin angrily: "Soldiers usually don't obey orders, and no matter how long the training time is, they will only act on their own when they hear the orders on the battlefield. What is the difference between drill and non-drill. The last general is incompetent, so I will go back to the northwest camp. For drills, I should ask General Xu to ask another master."
More than one person resigned in this way, and almost all the generals from the Northwest Army felt that robbing the people of seed food was a big deal, and Xu Jin had to take it seriously—he was also a general, and he was no match for Jia Dai on the battlefield. Can it be said that he can't compare with him in popularity?
It happens that the generals of the Northwest Army are here, so why not let them clean up the military discipline on their behalf.Because of adopting the opinions of the generals of the Northwest Army, the soldiers who robbed the people's seed food were rewarded with ten army sticks, and they were ordered to return the seed food to the people.
I don't want those people to be grateful to the generals of the Northwest Army who stood up for them, but they didn't say it in front of Xu Jin, he didn't know that's all.The most important thing is that the reputation of the generals of the Northwest Army has soared in the Pingzhou Army because of Xu Jin's support for them this time, and the weight of his words is a bit heavier. Even if he punishes the Pingzhou soldiers, everyone takes it for granted , this is not mentioned later.
The spring seeds in Jia Daihua's place were interrupted by the Beirong people after all.
After Ruan Gai was defeated and returned to Beirong, he was punished by the ancient capital, and even ridiculed by his brothers so that he couldn't hold his head up. He vowed to avenge this defeat to the Northwest Army.His biological mother came from the second largest tribe in Beirong, which made Ruan Gai's status among the princes increasingly prominent.
The patriarch of the tribe heard that his nephew was defeated, and he was afraid that the ancient capital would no longer pay attention to Ruan Gai from now on, so that the throne would be lost.
The two hit it off, and Ruan Gai didn't even report to the ancient capital, so he took the [-] troops lent by his grandfather and went south to seek revenge from the Northwest Army.Unexpectedly, when they came to the border, they found that their team could not cross the ditch that did not know when it appeared, and angrily jumped at the other end of the ditch, scolding the Northwest Army for being a coward.
The patrolling Northwest Army immediately reported the news that the Beirong Ruan Gai had invaded again, but was blocked by trenches outside the border. Before Jia Daihua could choose someone, the commanders of the Fourth Battalion and the Central Army all ran to the Central Army tent In the middle of the day, everyone is vying to play.
The last battalion, Wu Wei, took the lead, and happily led 5000 people to meet Ruan Gai.Jia Daihua personally led 1000 soldiers from the Chinese army, and plundered the formation for Wu Wei from a distance, so as to welcome him.When Ruan Gai saw the Northwest Army coming out, he pointed at the ditches and said harshly, "The Nanman only know how to dig ditches to protect themselves, and they want to rely on this small ditches to block the iron hooves of our Northern soldiers. It's really ridiculous."
Wu Wei was a listless person, with an expression of fear on his face: "This ditch can't stop the Beirong people, too bad, go and report to the general, the Beirong people are about to cross the ditch."
Ruan Gai thought that he was really weak, so he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Your son actually relies on this, don't be afraid."
Wu Wei retorted very meanly: "I am indeed afraid of you, if you can pass the ditch, so what if I will surrender you?"
It was only then that Ruan Gai realized that he seemed to be trapped by Wu Wei. If his soldiers and horses could get through the ditch, why waste time here?Speechless for a moment, they waved their hands behind them, and a group of northern soldiers raised their horses and retreated, then accelerated and ran to the front of the ditch, urging their horses to leap, hoping to use this to cross the ditch.
It's a pity that the ditch was built at an extremely steep angle and wide, and the horseshoes fell into the ditch without even touching the edge of the ditch on the opposite side.With such a fast speed and gravity, the falling people and horses were directly pierced by the bamboo sticks at the bottom of the ditch. For a moment, the only sound on both sides of the ditch was the mournful cry of the horses, mixed with the cries of pain and cries for help from the northern soldiers.
Ruan Gai's face was purple with anger, and when he ordered people to rescue him, Wu Wei had already ordered people to set up their positions, and just shot arrows at the people who came, and a large number of Beirong people fell down again.Many war horses lost their riders, and they were running around. Wu Wei was distressed to see: Zhang Jia captured the Beirong horses in the previous battle, and the fourth battalion took half of them, and the remaining half was shared equally by the other four battalions. Bring back those running horses, at least half of them belong to his first battalion.
Wu Wei, who was really greedy, immediately turned to the side and ordered: "Take 1000 people to the left suspension bridge." He also ordered Pi to take 1000 people to the right suspension bridge, and he only led 3000 people to stand behind the middle suspension bridge.
After the two generals, Pi and Pi, arrived at the designated position, Wu Wei ordered the trumpeter to blow the horn, and the three suspension bridges were lowered at the same time, and the three teams charged towards the Beirong people.Jia Daihua watched in horror from the slope, and found that there were three to four hundred people guarding each suspension bridge. He was relieved a little, but he stepped forward, gradually approached the trench, and went up to a small slope to watch the battle.
Jiao Da and the others didn't know that Jia Daihua's biggest reliance was the laser weapon in his own space. In an emergency, they could give Ruan Gai a chance to capture the thief first and capture the king first. They all surrounded Jia Daihua, looking around vigilantly. Case.
Ruan Gai over there wanted to take advantage of Wu Wei's rush to the suspension bridge and shoot him in the head. He didn't want the Northwest Army to cross the bridge first with guards holding shields. The other end of the suspension bridge kept shooting arrows, so that the Beirong people could not concentrate on shooting at Wu Wei and others.
The other two suspension bridges are not obstructed by the Beirong people, so they can be crossed easily.Within ten miles, a quick horse can be reached in less than half an hour. After the generals and generals ran over with their people, they directly attacked the Beirong soldiers. Wu Wei had already led 2000 people to easily cross the suspension bridge and joined the attack on the Beirong people. killing.
The Northwest Army, which is not superior in numbers and strength, has already taken the initiative after a burst of shock by virtue of the change in formation, and Wu Wei is only staring at Ruan Gai.Ruan Gai commanded the battle, but also dealt with Wu Wei, which was very difficult.
Beirong people have always talked about quick battles, and stalemates are not good for them.Ruan Gaifa yelled at his soldiers: "If you kill the Nanman, each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."
For such a heavy reward, Yasai, a Beirong native, lost his blood.Not to be outdone, Wu Wei yelled at his soldiers: "Now we are in the territory of Beirong. If you fight, you will live or die. My sons, do you want to live or die?"
"Live! Live! Live!" He was answered by the roar of the soldiers soaring to the sky.
Wu Wei grinned and yelled loudly: "Big Sword Xiang, on the head of the Beirong people—"
"Cut it off!" The sound of echo resounded through the sky.Ruan Gai is so angry, he used this trick again, and I don't know who in the Northwest Army is so wicked to make up such words.When he was distracted, Wu Wei's long knife slashed his left arm, and he swayed on the horse, almost falling under the horse.
Wu Wei immediately shouted: "Ruan Gai has fallen from the horse, and whoever kills Ruan Gai will be promoted to a higher rank, and the soldier will be promoted to a centurion."
On the battlefield of nearly [-] people, there were not many people who heard Wu Wei's shout, but Ruan Gai himself was not included. Ruan Gai, who just managed to regain his seat on the horse, was so angry that he almost fell off the horse.
Is it really okay for you to talk nonsense with your eyes open in broad daylight?
Of course it's fine, it's fine.The people around Wu Wei have already followed him and shouted: "Ruan Gai fell from the horse, whoever killed Ruan Gai will be promoted to a higher rank, and the soldier will be promoted to a centurion."
After a while, the Northwest Army's cry of "Ruan Gai fell from the horse, kill Ruan Gai" resounded all over the battlefield.Part of the Beirong people also understood, and the morale of the army was suddenly confused. They wanted to make sure what the Northwest Army said was true or not.
In the chaotic battlefield, how can it be so easy to distinguish the authenticity?For a while, the Northern Rong army was unstable, and the Northwest Army took advantage of the situation to hide and kill for a while.There were also generals from Bei Rong who stood up and gathered the soldiers of Bei Rong in an attempt to counterattack the Northwest Army.But when Wu Wei, that bitch, gave them a chance, he told the trumpeter that the Northwest Army had changed its formation again.
Originally, groups of three or five fought against the enemy, but now they are assembled into small teams of fifty or a hundred people, and the targets are the gathered Beirong soldiers.One side is fighting more and more bravely and keeps changing the formation as if it is endless. The life and death of one side's main general is unknown and he is surrounded and killed as soon as he gathers. The victory or defeat is now a foregone conclusion.
In the evening of the First World War, Ruan Gai led more than a thousand remnants of the Northwest Army's battle group and fled towards the hinterland of Beirong.Jia Daihua's war horse also stood on the side of the trench for a day. Seeing that Wu Wei wanted to chase, he ordered the trumpeters around him to sound the bugle back to the camp.
Wu Wei had no choice but to stop his pursuit and ordered people to start cleaning the battlefield. He led most of the soldiers back to the opposite side of the trench.The suspension bridges on both sides were pulled up again, and the suspension bridge in the middle was also guarded. With a rippling face, Wu Wei rode his horse in front of Jia Daihua's horse: "General, do you want to relieve your anger from this battle?"
Why don't you feel relieved.This time the two sides seemed to be equally matched, but Wu Wei had at least 500 soldiers guarding the three suspension bridges. With [-] troops against the enemy's [-] troops, it was still a big victory.
After this battle, the Beirong people no longer dared to violate the frontier, so Jia Daihua continued his farming career in the northwest.All three kinds of crops were planted, and the soldiers who went to help the people in farming also returned to the camp, and brought back a lot of gratitude from the people, which made Jia Daihua feel that he was one step closer to his goal.
What made him even more gratified was that Mr. Shi, who stayed in Beijing, was very proactive, and he threw out two more scripts, one was "The Story of Breaking Grain", which talked about the story of the Northwest Army's rations being deducted and Bei Rong's victory over Bei Rong. deeds.There is also a "Resisting the Enemy Record", which is a beautified version of the history of the Northwest Army. It starts with Ning Guogong as the general of the Northwest Camp, and the battles of the Northwest Army's victory over the Beibei Army. It is a fascinating story. .
The names of the Northwest Army and Jia Daihua, which had become popular years ago, spread from Gyeonggi to all parts of the country.Especially when the Northwest Army is about to run out of food, it still insists on supplying and helping the people digging ditches with two meals a day. , is also a person like the Northwest Army.
There are also voices of doubt. The reason is that the emperor ordered the Ministry of Households to increase taxes in various places in order to strengthen the northwest defense line.Questioning voices feel that the Northwest Army's achievements are due to the sufficient supply of food and grass, which is the result of the whole country's efforts to support the army.
So another storybook came into being. That storybook took Qiao Nan as the protagonist, amplified his conspiracy, and ended with the discovery of a large amount of silver ingots from the secret room of the Pingzhou prefect's yamen and the fact that the Northwest Army had run out of food. Huge room for imagination.
They are all out of food, and it is a joke to say that the whole country is used to support an army.The voice of doubt was suppressed at once, and turned into a war of words against Qiao Nan.Because the writer of the story book was very immoral, he didn’t mention Qiao Nan’s delay in fear of crime and the emperor’s handling of Qiao Nan’s nine clans. The people thought that Qiao Nan was just taken to the capital, and his family used him to embezzle the northwest With the money from the military rations, they live a life of rich people who stink of wine and meat.
Those satirical poems about Qiao Nan written by scholars in the Northwest had spread into Beijing at some point, making the scholars in the capital feel that they could not remain indifferent.Since ancient times, there is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts. Who would not know how to write quatrains in seven characters and five directions?
As a result, the Beijing Chinese Club prevailed, and Qiao Nan was criticized with a clear theme.The poems of the Wenhui were collected by interested people, and they were compiled into a book in a few days, named "Singing Chen Poems".
The state-owned faint king came out of the minister, and the emperor took the "Poems of the Minister" presented by Jin Yiwei, and asked why Qiao Nan's death was not reported in the mansion.The Minister of the Ministry of Officials who was in charge of the residence newspaper told the emperor helplessly that Qiao Nan was only a fourth-rank magistrate, and his death was not enough to be published in the residence newspaper.
This is embarrassing.If Qiao Nan had just died, it could still show that the court was wise in dealing with them and that they would not be greedy. Now even if it is reported to the residence, at most it can be regarded as a remedy for the common people and the Northwest Army.
The court finally came to an end.
Jia Daihua, who has gained the upper hand, is now being elected as an instructor in Liangzhou and Ningzhou. The Northwest Army lobbied Jia Daihua, only asking for instructors to be sent like Pingzhou.
Several times to evade but failed, Jia Daihua had no choice but to reluctantly start selecting generals.Unexpectedly, the gang of soldiers under his command felt comfortable staying in their own camp, and they were unwilling to open up wasteland in other people's camps.Jia Daihua had no choice but to select forty veteran generals and confess in private that under Jia Daihua's promise, those talents would go to the Liangzhou and Ningzhou armies to carry out the important task of building branches on the company.
Now is the time to present the memorial to the emperor again.
In the memorial, Jia Daihua asked the emperor that after two battles against Beirong, the Northwest Army had a [-]-strong vacancy, and asked the court to send troops to the Northwest camp from various places, or the Northwest camp to deploy troops in the three Northwest camps on their own. State recruitment, in order to fill the Northwest Army personnel as soon as possible, to prevent the Northern Army from invading due to lack of troops and loss of territory.
This made the emperor very embarrassed-he wanted to clean up Jia Daihua several times, but he achieved his prestige in the army and a good reputation among the people, and he also made himself a hated emperor. The emperor wanted to kill Jia Daihua directly .
Now is not a good time to kill Jia Daihua - his reputation is too good, once the reputation of killing heroes spreads, the emperor's reputation will be even worse.But the emperor was unwilling to watch Jia Daihua grow stronger day by day, which made him even more restless.
Would it be a mistake to order Jia Daihua to return to the northwest?
The emperor reflected on his decision more than once.How do you think, ordering Jia Daihua to go back to the northwest was also a correct choice at that time - at that time, during the northwest camp, he had already arranged no less than ten generals to collect evidence that Jia Daihua colluded with the Beirong people or that he might drink the blood of soldiers , and stuck Jia Daihua's neck with grain and grass delivered once every ten days, so that he had to lie down and be a minor to himself, the emperor.
It's all because that bastard Qiao Nan was so greedy that he dared to directly withhold the ten-day army rations for the Northwest Camp.And that guy Feng Tang is not a good person, why did he send someone to confront Qiao Nan, and even signed a deal with Jia Daihua?
Doesn't Feng Tang know why he transported the military rations to him for a turnaround?
The emperor didn't know that from the moment he wanted Jia Daihua to be humble to him, he had already put Jia Daihua on an equal footing with himself.The Son of Heaven should dominate the universe.If an opponent appeared, the throne would be in danger of being unstable.
The emperor, who was unaware of this, called the cabinet elders and the Minister of the Ministry of War to discuss the matter Jia Daihua had requested.Elder Quan Ge has not returned to Beijing so far, without him and Si Ni, Shoufu insisted that troops should be transferred from other camps to go to the northwest camp, while Zhang and Liu elders thought that they should conscript troops on the spot in the northwest.
The meaning of Shoufu is almost the same as that of the emperor. This time, we will send troops to the northwest to camp, and we can put a few more capable people to monitor Jia Daihua.The elders Zhang and Liu felt that it was only a thousand soldiers, and they had to adapt to the bitter cold climate in the northwest and the training methods of the Northwest Army if they were transferred from other places.
Ever since the first assistant suggested that the cabinet should go to the northwest, the second assistant has practiced closed-mouth meditation and stopped expressing his opinions easily. The emperor turned his attention to the minister of the Ministry of War who had not spoken all this time: "What does the Ministry of War mean?"
Minister of the Ministry of War recalled that Zuo Shilang, who had already returned to Beijing, talked about the peculiarities of the Northwest Army's drills, and smiled wryly: "Returning to the Holy Lord, I think that no matter whether troops are transferred from other places or recruited from the Northwest, it will have little impact on the Northwest camp. Therefore, it is better to go from the Northwest Conscription can also slightly reduce the burden of the spring famine for the people in the Northwest."
You are a minister of the Ministry of war, it is not suitable for you to control the heart of the Ministry of household, right?The emperor and several Ge elders remembered the memorial that Quan Ge elders had sent back some time ago, and made preparations for the damage caused by the spring famine in the Northwest this year.If we don't transfer grain from the south of the Yangtze River, I'm afraid that the people in the northwest will reach the point where they have to change their sons to eat.
With one thousand adult man's mouths missing, two thousand or even three thousand more people can live, which is a good deal for the sparsely populated Northwest.The Minister of the Ministry of War also listened to Zuo Shilang's experience in the northwest, so he made such remarks.
Zhang Shangshu took the opportunity to say to the emperor: "The spring famine in the Northwest is serious, and please ask the sage to issue an order to transfer grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the Northwest as soon as possible, and take back the sacred order to increase taxes in the Northwest." The people are starving to death, who are you going to ask for money?
The emperor was very insistent on the collection of tax money. He even asked the Northwest to halve the tax money, okay?Even the chief assistant feels that the emperor has gone too far, isn't it because the internal treasury lost more than one million silver, and didn't you already make up for last year's tax money?
They didn't know that because of the loss of the inner treasury once, the emperor suddenly realized the importance of silver, because during that time, no matter what he wanted to do more or which concubine he wanted to reward, he had to ask for silver from the household department.The Hubu Shangshu will indeed take out the money in the end, but he always has to grind several times in the middle, which makes the dignified emperor feel that he is controlled by others because of his lack of money.
So this money has to be asked for, and more has been asked for.Shoufu originally thought that the tax would only be increased for one year, but suddenly it became a fixed item, and the emperor did not intend to cut it.
The result of the cabinet meeting was nothing more than a decision to directly recruit troops from the Northwest, and the matter of food adjustments and tax cuts was left unsettled.For the time being, Jia Daihua was unable to learn about one of his memorials, which led to disagreements between the emperor and the chief minister, and he was also worrying about the spring famine in the northwest.
In Jia Daihua's mind, the Northwest should be built as his base.Now that the people in the base area couldn't live longer, he was also very anxious.Fortunately, the method was thought up by people, and the old Quan Ge was still in the northwest, so there was room for things to be maneuvered.
Jia Daihua no longer clashed with Pingzhou City, and made a special trip to Pingzhou City, saying that Dong Quange's old man came forward to call the Sanzhou defenders to Pingzhou, and then went to the northwest line camp to visit. The trench, Wu Wei, who went to battle that day, described the role of the trench in blocking the enemy in the second battle against Ruan Gai.
The guards of the three states listened with bright eyes. Even if the trench is not as magical as Wu Wei said, the Beirong people will not be able to cross on flying horses. Even the Beirong people were caught off guard by directly approaching the city.
Repairing trenches, building as many trenches as possible and as quickly as possible, has become the unified understanding of the guards of the three states.Now is the time for Mr. Quan Ge to come forward. He told the guards of the three states that the people in the city are better off in the spring famine in the northwest, and the people in the countryside are almost out of food.Why don't Sanzhou and the Northwest Camp save some military rations, let the people use their work for relief, and help the Sanzhou and the Northwest Camp to build trenches together.
Seeing the hesitation on the faces of the guards of the three states, Quan Ge always smiled: "Though you three weigh it yourself, there are not many people in the Northwest. The trenches in your defense zone have not been completed, so I don’t need to say where the Beirong people will attack the frontier first.”
Xu Jin had known early on that there would be people helping the Northwest Army build trenches in winter, and now he was also infected by those twenty instructors, and he was able to think about the common people because he nodded first: "I am closest to the Northwest Army, so I should be with the Northwest Army." advance and retreat."
What can the defenders of the other two states do?If the trenches of Pingzhou and the Northwest Army are connected together, the next time the Beirong invades, they will definitely choose their line of defense.They nodded together and agreed to Jia Daihua's method of enlisting the common people to repair trenches.
Jia Daihua's method is very simple, that is to save eight taels of food from each soldier's daily ration as wages for the common people. You can eat whatever you want when you take it home—with these [-] taels of grain, cooking gruel can support a family.
As far as the defenders are concerned, it is said that each soldier saves half of the rations. In fact, the common people who help build the trenches must not reach the number of soldiers. Calculated on average for the whole battalion, one soldier will lose less than three or two taels of food. .
These grains can last until Jiangnan grain is transported to the northwest.
Yes, Jia Daihua didn't believe that the emperor could transfer grain from Jiangnan at all, and he had already told Yi Zi to speed up the purchase of grain from Jiangnan, even if the price was higher.In this way, even if the court does not transfer grain to the northwest, the grain of the word B will be transported to the northwest, and the crisis of lack of grain in the northwest will be solved at once.
As for whether there will be a famine in the south of the Yangtze River like in the northwest, Jia Daihua thinks it is not a big problem - the south of the Yangtze River is ripe twice a year, the climate is much better than that in the northwest, and even the wild vegetables in the field grow faster than the northwest. Can resist for a while.
What Jia Daihua didn't expect was that the people in the northwest didn't recognize the account of the three-state defenders. After learning that the defenders continued to repair trenches and could exchange food for work, they rushed to the ground of the Northwest Army to dig. Ditch, no matter what, he would not go to the three-state defense line.
It really only has something to do with trust - the Northwest Army is about to run out of food in winter, and the deeds of feeding the people twice a day have spread throughout the Northwest, so the people believe that the Northwest Army will not withhold their food .
The three armies are not necessarily the case. People who can even snatch other people's seeds and food are not so likely to make people do free work.
In fact, Sanzhou has also learned from the Northwest Army, sending half of its troops to dig trenches every day, and the other half of its troops to practice patrols and defend against the Beirong.But their soldiers are different from the Northwest Army, they don't work so hard, and the trenches dug in a day are not even one tenth of that of the Northwest Army.How long does it take to dig at this speed before you can dig out your defense line?
I hoped that the people would do more, but now that the people don't come, the guards of the three states can only stare blankly.This matter was brought up by Jia Daihua, and they could only put pressure on Jia Daihua through Mr. Quan Ge, asking him to divide some of the people who ran to the northwest camp to their respective defense areas.
Jia Daihua also had a headache.If the people were dispersed to four barracks, the pressure to distribute food would not be too great.Now tens of thousands of people are flocking to the northwest to camp, and the food and grass of the Northwest Army are somewhat overwhelmed.
This is the first season of food and grass that has been transported to the northwest camp, otherwise his Northwest Army will have to run out of food.Now that the three states have asked him to separate people, he happily agrees.
But the common people don’t leave, even if they don’t earn the food—don’t think that the common people don’t know how to settle accounts: if they don’t work, they will starve at most, and if they work for the defenders of the three states, they will be even more hungry if they work hard.
Elder Quan Ge had no choice but to propose to the three states, asking them to calculate how many people they wanted to use, and then send the food to the Northwest camp, and the Northwest camp would distribute it to the people on their behalf every day.
Not without embarrassment.
The guards of the three states finally agreed to Elder Quan Ge's proposal. After all, the earlier the trench was dug, the earlier the attack of the Beirong people could be delayed.The grain and grass were transported into the northwest camp in this way.
Jia Daihua will not be greedy for these life-saving food.He personally explained the situation to the people who came to help the workers, and even let several representatives of the people see the other stored grain with their own eyes, and then divided the people into four places to dig and build trenches separately.
Distance has now become the biggest obstacle to food distribution, and Jia Daihua has also figured out a way, that is, divide half of the troops from each of the four battalions of the Northwest Army, and rush to the defense lines of the states together with the people.
In order to prevent unnecessary friction between the various armies, Jia Daihua thoughtfully asked the Northwest Army and the people to start digging from the junction of the defense areas, but the three state guards were very angry:
I want you to help the soldiers work, what do you mean by starting separately?But they can only accept this loss. In their eyes, these people have already been snatched from Jia Daihua.now
I don't want to not only have not received the news of the grain adjustment, but the provincial government has passed down the decree of increasing taxes to strengthen the Northwest Defense Line.The production in the Northwest is less than that in the south of the Yangtze River.This tax was levied last year, and all localities need to make up for it as soon as possible.
Fu Cheng received such an order, and he wanted to resign in front of Quan Ge's elder: "Ge Lao Mingjian, the lower officials are really dull, so they can only obey orders and do small things. I also ask Ge Lao to play the Ming Dynasty court as soon as possible, so as to take over Pingzhou. Heavy duty."
Pingzhou is already on the border of the northwest. If you want to strengthen the defense line in the northwest, do you have to ensure the stability of the people's hearts?Raising taxes now, in addition to making people feel uneasy, is to make local officials scolded, so let whoever likes to do it.
Chen Ming also stayed in Pingzhou City.He does not participate in the affairs of Pingzhou City, and he does not even go to Pingzhou Army.It was Xu Jin who heard that he had arrived in Pingzhou, and ordered people to ask and call him three times and drag him to the Pingzhou camp.
"Brother, to tell you the truth, the last time we fought against Bei Rong, my brother really admired the Northwest Army." Xu Jin said to Chen Ming with a sincere face: "I just want to know that Uncle Ning Yuan is the way for the Northwest Army to train troops now. Self-creation still has the true biography of Ning Guogong, can you..."
At this point, he couldn't go on.Regardless of whether Jia Daihua's method of military training was created by Jia Daihua or taught by Ning Guogong himself, it is all Jia's property. Now he wants to learn it as soon as his upper lip touches his lower lip. He really doesn't have such a thick skin.
Chen Ming also looked puzzled: "I really haven't seen the training method of the Northwest Army that General Xu said."
Seeing Xu Jin's expression of disbelief, he had to smile wryly: "My brother should have heard about how I went to camp in the northwest. After Uncle Ning Yuan went back to camp in the northwest, it's not that I didn't find trouble. In the end, I was demoted by one rank. Being sent to the middle of the capital is nothing. Now I am sent to Pingzhou City to dawdle, so the time to actually camp in the northwest is not long."
Xu Jin didn't want Chen Ming to be so frank, so he also told him bluntly: "Speaking of which, I am ashamed of the Northwest Army. Now that the Northwest Army has such a good way of training troops, I don't have the face to speak to Uncle Ning Yuan."
After being relatively speechless for a while, Xu Jincai said: "Even if it is to learn that song, it sounds really refreshing."
Chen Ming then asked what song it was.Seeing that he didn't even know this, Xu Jin also believed in his heart that Chen Ming and Jia Daihua really didn't get along.In the last battle against Ruan Gai, the Northwest Army sang a big knife and chopped off the heads of the Beirong people, while chopping melons and vegetables and killing the Beirong people, with yearning and awe on their faces: "The whole army Just like one person, with one heart and one heart, I really gained insight that time."
Who doesn't know a lot?Chen Ming had actually heard this song sung by the Northwest Army before dinner. He said he didn't know it just now, but he wanted to win Xu Jin's trust.Now seeing his longing face, he said softly: "If General Xu believes in me, why don't I recommend a few people to General Xu, those few entered the northwest camp later than me, and I helped Zhang Jia talk a little bit to them when Zhang Jia was in trouble. Sentence."
Xu Jin was moved, and bowed to Chen Ming, begging him to write a letter, saying that in order to enhance the ability of the Pingzhou Army to fight against the enemy, he specially asked the Northwest Army to send someone to guide the daily drills.In the letter, Chen Ming also wrote down the names of several people, saying that these people have outstanding abilities and will definitely be able to guide the daily drills of the Pingzhou Army well.
After Jia Daihua received the letter, he lost his temper in front of the soldiers of the Pingzhou Army who delivered the letter, and said to Zhang Jia: "This Chen Ming went to the capital, and he didn't know how much he weighed, so he responded without authorization. Let me ask you to advance."
Zhang Jia was also furious: "Who is he, when will it be his turn to make decisions about the Northwest Army?"
Li Sen pretended to be a good guy: "General, please calm down, Vice General Zhang, calm down. Chen Ming is a celebrity in front of saints, maybe he still has the right to tell the truth, and the general should not refute his face too much." After finishing speaking, he rolled his eyes. He glanced at the messenger.
Jia Daihua held back his breath, patted the table, and then asked the school outside his tent to call people according to the list written by Chen Ming.When all the people arrived, they didn't show any good face to them. They just said: "Go to the Pingzhou Army, and obey the orders of General Chen. Don't weaken the prestige of the Northwest Army." Check out together.
When the people walked away, Zhang Jia was still a little worried: "General, can this method really subdue the Pingzhou army?"
Jia Daihua sneered: "Soldiers believe that they have big fists and thick arms, and those who can survive on the battlefield are good men. They quietly sent someone to tell them that the history of the Northwest Army and the achievements of the Northwest Army must be told. We will preach once every five days. We need to communicate more with the Pingzhou Army, and we must teach their soldiers how to read.”
Soldiers in Pingzhou who are well-read and literate can more easily distinguish right from wrong by themselves.Tai/Zu once taught us that the branch should be built on the company, and the ideological work should be in place.This Chen Ming is good at pushing hands. In the future, Xu Jin will find out that something is wrong, and he will beg him to go. What does it have to do with the Northwest Army?
Now Jia Daihua entrusted Chen Ming with all his heart to collect the Pingzhou camp, and he himself had to inspect and accept the trenches that had been dug for several months.The saying that there is great strength in numbers is really a wise saying. In such a dynasty with extremely low productivity and such bad weather, trenches have been dug for more than 200 miles.There is a suspension bridge every ten miles, and the Northwest Army can enter and exit through these suspension bridges if they want to enter Beirong.On weekdays, when the suspension bridge is closed, Beirong people have to make a detour if they want to come over.
Looking at the bamboo sticks that were more than a foot long buried under the trench, Jia Daihua nodded in satisfaction: "We should call all the guards of the three states to take a look. If we dig together, the progress can be made faster."
Zhang Jia is not as optimistic as he is: "Perhaps those three people will accuse the general after seeing it, saying that the general's action drove the Beirong people to their three-state defense line."
But no, the 200-odd miles of land was almost beyond the defense line of the Northwest Camp. The Beirong people just wanted to retaliate against the Northwest Army.
"Forget it." Jia Daihua felt that the three states would know the benefits of trenches sooner or later, and he was not in a hurry - to rescue others by oneself and wait for others to rescue, is the difference between active and passive, and it is better to take the initiative.
At this time, the farming season has come, and Jiao Da has quietly taken back the seeds collected by Yi Zi from Gui Yi, and Jia Daihua has also written the methods of planting the three crops into a booklet and handed it over to the villages for spring plowing.His booklet is very detailed, so that the planting can be done successfully once.
In Beijing, Mr. Occasionally sits in the town, conveying the safety of the mansion from time to time. Jia Fu got the news of the prince's care in the palace, so that Jia Daihua can have the energy to personally guide the Northwest Army to plant three new crops on the fields.
The soldiers spent more than a day in the northwest, but they had never seen three kinds of crops such as corn.It's just that it has become a habit for them to trust the general, and they will do whatever Jia Daihua tells them to do.Anyway, the military rations for the first quarter have already entered the granaries of the Northwest Army, so there is still a guarantee that they will not go hungry for a quarter.
The Pingzhou Army did not have this confidence: this year in the Northwest is a year with little rain, and the dry land is puffing up a puff of smoke, which makes people reluctant to plant the seeds.There are ordinary people nearby who are looking at the grain seeds in their hands eagerly, as if they want to come up and grab them back.
Xu Jin had no choice but to send a team of soldiers to patrol around the farmland to drive away the gathered people.The [-] instructors invited from the Northwest Army planted the land with the Pingzhou soldiers without putting on airs at all. When they saw the patrolling soldiers holding up their knives as if they were about to cut down on the people, they hurried forward to stop them: "Three major Forget all the eight points of discipline, speak kindly, you can hold up a knife to ordinary people, how can you be cowardly when you are dealing with Beirong people?"
The soldier who was asked put down his knife blushing, but the general was sincerely grateful by the people: "This military master is still reasonable, as if he was carved out of the same mold as the military master who was camping in the northwest."
The general nodded, "I'm from the Northwest Camp, and I came to the Pingzhou Army to help the soldiers drill."
Hearing that he came from the northwest camp, the common people became bolder: "Master, can you tell those military masters to return my family's seed food to me? My father gave birth half a month ago. He was starving to death, and he didn't let me make seed food to cook him a mouthful of porridge. Who knows, but let those military masters give him..."
The general's face darkened when he heard this, and he called to the soldiers who were still sowing seeds in the field to assemble, and asked, "Who has gone to the people's homes to grab the seeds and grain?"
The faces of several soldiers were not good-looking. From their point of view, this was just a trivial matter. How could it become heinous in the eyes of the Northwest Army?The bold ones muttered: "General, don't count on this year's harvest if you are too late. We are counting on our grain and grass for half a year."
"We are counting on half a year's grain and grass, and the common people are counting on their year's rations." The general who was named by Chen Ming said what he said: "You took the knife and said it was to protect the people, but you didn't wait for the Beirong people to kill you. You took the lives of the people first. What is the difference between you and the Beirong people?"
After finishing speaking, without waiting for the soldiers to refute, he went to Xu Jin angrily: "Soldiers usually don't obey orders, and no matter how long the training time is, they will only act on their own when they hear the orders on the battlefield. What is the difference between drill and non-drill. The last general is incompetent, so I will go back to the northwest camp. For drills, I should ask General Xu to ask another master."
More than one person resigned in this way, and almost all the generals from the Northwest Army felt that robbing the people of seed food was a big deal, and Xu Jin had to take it seriously—he was also a general, and he was no match for Jia Dai on the battlefield. Can it be said that he can't compare with him in popularity?
It happens that the generals of the Northwest Army are here, so why not let them clean up the military discipline on their behalf.Because of adopting the opinions of the generals of the Northwest Army, the soldiers who robbed the people's seed food were rewarded with ten army sticks, and they were ordered to return the seed food to the people.
I don't want those people to be grateful to the generals of the Northwest Army who stood up for them, but they didn't say it in front of Xu Jin, he didn't know that's all.The most important thing is that the reputation of the generals of the Northwest Army has soared in the Pingzhou Army because of Xu Jin's support for them this time, and the weight of his words is a bit heavier. Even if he punishes the Pingzhou soldiers, everyone takes it for granted , this is not mentioned later.
The spring seeds in Jia Daihua's place were interrupted by the Beirong people after all.
After Ruan Gai was defeated and returned to Beirong, he was punished by the ancient capital, and even ridiculed by his brothers so that he couldn't hold his head up. He vowed to avenge this defeat to the Northwest Army.His biological mother came from the second largest tribe in Beirong, which made Ruan Gai's status among the princes increasingly prominent.
The patriarch of the tribe heard that his nephew was defeated, and he was afraid that the ancient capital would no longer pay attention to Ruan Gai from now on, so that the throne would be lost.
The two hit it off, and Ruan Gai didn't even report to the ancient capital, so he took the [-] troops lent by his grandfather and went south to seek revenge from the Northwest Army.Unexpectedly, when they came to the border, they found that their team could not cross the ditch that did not know when it appeared, and angrily jumped at the other end of the ditch, scolding the Northwest Army for being a coward.
The patrolling Northwest Army immediately reported the news that the Beirong Ruan Gai had invaded again, but was blocked by trenches outside the border. Before Jia Daihua could choose someone, the commanders of the Fourth Battalion and the Central Army all ran to the Central Army tent In the middle of the day, everyone is vying to play.
The last battalion, Wu Wei, took the lead, and happily led 5000 people to meet Ruan Gai.Jia Daihua personally led 1000 soldiers from the Chinese army, and plundered the formation for Wu Wei from a distance, so as to welcome him.When Ruan Gai saw the Northwest Army coming out, he pointed at the ditches and said harshly, "The Nanman only know how to dig ditches to protect themselves, and they want to rely on this small ditches to block the iron hooves of our Northern soldiers. It's really ridiculous."
Wu Wei was a listless person, with an expression of fear on his face: "This ditch can't stop the Beirong people, too bad, go and report to the general, the Beirong people are about to cross the ditch."
Ruan Gai thought that he was really weak, so he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Your son actually relies on this, don't be afraid."
Wu Wei retorted very meanly: "I am indeed afraid of you, if you can pass the ditch, so what if I will surrender you?"
It was only then that Ruan Gai realized that he seemed to be trapped by Wu Wei. If his soldiers and horses could get through the ditch, why waste time here?Speechless for a moment, they waved their hands behind them, and a group of northern soldiers raised their horses and retreated, then accelerated and ran to the front of the ditch, urging their horses to leap, hoping to use this to cross the ditch.
It's a pity that the ditch was built at an extremely steep angle and wide, and the horseshoes fell into the ditch without even touching the edge of the ditch on the opposite side.With such a fast speed and gravity, the falling people and horses were directly pierced by the bamboo sticks at the bottom of the ditch. For a moment, the only sound on both sides of the ditch was the mournful cry of the horses, mixed with the cries of pain and cries for help from the northern soldiers.
Ruan Gai's face was purple with anger, and when he ordered people to rescue him, Wu Wei had already ordered people to set up their positions, and just shot arrows at the people who came, and a large number of Beirong people fell down again.Many war horses lost their riders, and they were running around. Wu Wei was distressed to see: Zhang Jia captured the Beirong horses in the previous battle, and the fourth battalion took half of them, and the remaining half was shared equally by the other four battalions. Bring back those running horses, at least half of them belong to his first battalion.
Wu Wei, who was really greedy, immediately turned to the side and ordered: "Take 1000 people to the left suspension bridge." He also ordered Pi to take 1000 people to the right suspension bridge, and he only led 3000 people to stand behind the middle suspension bridge.
After the two generals, Pi and Pi, arrived at the designated position, Wu Wei ordered the trumpeter to blow the horn, and the three suspension bridges were lowered at the same time, and the three teams charged towards the Beirong people.Jia Daihua watched in horror from the slope, and found that there were three to four hundred people guarding each suspension bridge. He was relieved a little, but he stepped forward, gradually approached the trench, and went up to a small slope to watch the battle.
Jiao Da and the others didn't know that Jia Daihua's biggest reliance was the laser weapon in his own space. In an emergency, they could give Ruan Gai a chance to capture the thief first and capture the king first. They all surrounded Jia Daihua, looking around vigilantly. Case.
Ruan Gai over there wanted to take advantage of Wu Wei's rush to the suspension bridge and shoot him in the head. He didn't want the Northwest Army to cross the bridge first with guards holding shields. The other end of the suspension bridge kept shooting arrows, so that the Beirong people could not concentrate on shooting at Wu Wei and others.
The other two suspension bridges are not obstructed by the Beirong people, so they can be crossed easily.Within ten miles, a quick horse can be reached in less than half an hour. After the generals and generals ran over with their people, they directly attacked the Beirong soldiers. Wu Wei had already led 2000 people to easily cross the suspension bridge and joined the attack on the Beirong people. killing.
The Northwest Army, which is not superior in numbers and strength, has already taken the initiative after a burst of shock by virtue of the change in formation, and Wu Wei is only staring at Ruan Gai.Ruan Gai commanded the battle, but also dealt with Wu Wei, which was very difficult.
Beirong people have always talked about quick battles, and stalemates are not good for them.Ruan Gaifa yelled at his soldiers: "If you kill the Nanman, each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."
For such a heavy reward, Yasai, a Beirong native, lost his blood.Not to be outdone, Wu Wei yelled at his soldiers: "Now we are in the territory of Beirong. If you fight, you will live or die. My sons, do you want to live or die?"
"Live! Live! Live!" He was answered by the roar of the soldiers soaring to the sky.
Wu Wei grinned and yelled loudly: "Big Sword Xiang, on the head of the Beirong people—"
"Cut it off!" The sound of echo resounded through the sky.Ruan Gai is so angry, he used this trick again, and I don't know who in the Northwest Army is so wicked to make up such words.When he was distracted, Wu Wei's long knife slashed his left arm, and he swayed on the horse, almost falling under the horse.
Wu Wei immediately shouted: "Ruan Gai has fallen from the horse, and whoever kills Ruan Gai will be promoted to a higher rank, and the soldier will be promoted to a centurion."
On the battlefield of nearly [-] people, there were not many people who heard Wu Wei's shout, but Ruan Gai himself was not included. Ruan Gai, who just managed to regain his seat on the horse, was so angry that he almost fell off the horse.
Is it really okay for you to talk nonsense with your eyes open in broad daylight?
Of course it's fine, it's fine.The people around Wu Wei have already followed him and shouted: "Ruan Gai fell from the horse, whoever killed Ruan Gai will be promoted to a higher rank, and the soldier will be promoted to a centurion."
After a while, the Northwest Army's cry of "Ruan Gai fell from the horse, kill Ruan Gai" resounded all over the battlefield.Part of the Beirong people also understood, and the morale of the army was suddenly confused. They wanted to make sure what the Northwest Army said was true or not.
In the chaotic battlefield, how can it be so easy to distinguish the authenticity?For a while, the Northern Rong army was unstable, and the Northwest Army took advantage of the situation to hide and kill for a while.There were also generals from Bei Rong who stood up and gathered the soldiers of Bei Rong in an attempt to counterattack the Northwest Army.But when Wu Wei, that bitch, gave them a chance, he told the trumpeter that the Northwest Army had changed its formation again.
Originally, groups of three or five fought against the enemy, but now they are assembled into small teams of fifty or a hundred people, and the targets are the gathered Beirong soldiers.One side is fighting more and more bravely and keeps changing the formation as if it is endless. The life and death of one side's main general is unknown and he is surrounded and killed as soon as he gathers. The victory or defeat is now a foregone conclusion.
In the evening of the First World War, Ruan Gai led more than a thousand remnants of the Northwest Army's battle group and fled towards the hinterland of Beirong.Jia Daihua's war horse also stood on the side of the trench for a day. Seeing that Wu Wei wanted to chase, he ordered the trumpeters around him to sound the bugle back to the camp.
Wu Wei had no choice but to stop his pursuit and ordered people to start cleaning the battlefield. He led most of the soldiers back to the opposite side of the trench.The suspension bridges on both sides were pulled up again, and the suspension bridge in the middle was also guarded. With a rippling face, Wu Wei rode his horse in front of Jia Daihua's horse: "General, do you want to relieve your anger from this battle?"
Why don't you feel relieved.This time the two sides seemed to be equally matched, but Wu Wei had at least 500 soldiers guarding the three suspension bridges. With [-] troops against the enemy's [-] troops, it was still a big victory.
After this battle, the Beirong people no longer dared to violate the frontier, so Jia Daihua continued his farming career in the northwest.All three kinds of crops were planted, and the soldiers who went to help the people in farming also returned to the camp, and brought back a lot of gratitude from the people, which made Jia Daihua feel that he was one step closer to his goal.
What made him even more gratified was that Mr. Shi, who stayed in Beijing, was very proactive, and he threw out two more scripts, one was "The Story of Breaking Grain", which talked about the story of the Northwest Army's rations being deducted and Bei Rong's victory over Bei Rong. deeds.There is also a "Resisting the Enemy Record", which is a beautified version of the history of the Northwest Army. It starts with Ning Guogong as the general of the Northwest Camp, and the battles of the Northwest Army's victory over the Beibei Army. It is a fascinating story. .
The names of the Northwest Army and Jia Daihua, which had become popular years ago, spread from Gyeonggi to all parts of the country.Especially when the Northwest Army is about to run out of food, it still insists on supplying and helping the people digging ditches with two meals a day. , is also a person like the Northwest Army.
There are also voices of doubt. The reason is that the emperor ordered the Ministry of Households to increase taxes in various places in order to strengthen the northwest defense line.Questioning voices feel that the Northwest Army's achievements are due to the sufficient supply of food and grass, which is the result of the whole country's efforts to support the army.
So another storybook came into being. That storybook took Qiao Nan as the protagonist, amplified his conspiracy, and ended with the discovery of a large amount of silver ingots from the secret room of the Pingzhou prefect's yamen and the fact that the Northwest Army had run out of food. Huge room for imagination.
They are all out of food, and it is a joke to say that the whole country is used to support an army.The voice of doubt was suppressed at once, and turned into a war of words against Qiao Nan.Because the writer of the story book was very immoral, he didn’t mention Qiao Nan’s delay in fear of crime and the emperor’s handling of Qiao Nan’s nine clans. The people thought that Qiao Nan was just taken to the capital, and his family used him to embezzle the northwest With the money from the military rations, they live a life of rich people who stink of wine and meat.
Those satirical poems about Qiao Nan written by scholars in the Northwest had spread into Beijing at some point, making the scholars in the capital feel that they could not remain indifferent.Since ancient times, there is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts. Who would not know how to write quatrains in seven characters and five directions?
As a result, the Beijing Chinese Club prevailed, and Qiao Nan was criticized with a clear theme.The poems of the Wenhui were collected by interested people, and they were compiled into a book in a few days, named "Singing Chen Poems".
The state-owned faint king came out of the minister, and the emperor took the "Poems of the Minister" presented by Jin Yiwei, and asked why Qiao Nan's death was not reported in the mansion.The Minister of the Ministry of Officials who was in charge of the residence newspaper told the emperor helplessly that Qiao Nan was only a fourth-rank magistrate, and his death was not enough to be published in the residence newspaper.
This is embarrassing.If Qiao Nan had just died, it could still show that the court was wise in dealing with them and that they would not be greedy. Now even if it is reported to the residence, at most it can be regarded as a remedy for the common people and the Northwest Army.
The court finally came to an end.
Jia Daihua, who has gained the upper hand, is now being elected as an instructor in Liangzhou and Ningzhou. The Northwest Army lobbied Jia Daihua, only asking for instructors to be sent like Pingzhou.
Several times to evade but failed, Jia Daihua had no choice but to reluctantly start selecting generals.Unexpectedly, the gang of soldiers under his command felt comfortable staying in their own camp, and they were unwilling to open up wasteland in other people's camps.Jia Daihua had no choice but to select forty veteran generals and confess in private that under Jia Daihua's promise, those talents would go to the Liangzhou and Ningzhou armies to carry out the important task of building branches on the company.
Now is the time to present the memorial to the emperor again.
In the memorial, Jia Daihua asked the emperor that after two battles against Beirong, the Northwest Army had a [-]-strong vacancy, and asked the court to send troops to the Northwest camp from various places, or the Northwest camp to deploy troops in the three Northwest camps on their own. State recruitment, in order to fill the Northwest Army personnel as soon as possible, to prevent the Northern Army from invading due to lack of troops and loss of territory.
This made the emperor very embarrassed-he wanted to clean up Jia Daihua several times, but he achieved his prestige in the army and a good reputation among the people, and he also made himself a hated emperor. The emperor wanted to kill Jia Daihua directly .
Now is not a good time to kill Jia Daihua - his reputation is too good, once the reputation of killing heroes spreads, the emperor's reputation will be even worse.But the emperor was unwilling to watch Jia Daihua grow stronger day by day, which made him even more restless.
Would it be a mistake to order Jia Daihua to return to the northwest?
The emperor reflected on his decision more than once.How do you think, ordering Jia Daihua to go back to the northwest was also a correct choice at that time - at that time, during the northwest camp, he had already arranged no less than ten generals to collect evidence that Jia Daihua colluded with the Beirong people or that he might drink the blood of soldiers , and stuck Jia Daihua's neck with grain and grass delivered once every ten days, so that he had to lie down and be a minor to himself, the emperor.
It's all because that bastard Qiao Nan was so greedy that he dared to directly withhold the ten-day army rations for the Northwest Camp.And that guy Feng Tang is not a good person, why did he send someone to confront Qiao Nan, and even signed a deal with Jia Daihua?
Doesn't Feng Tang know why he transported the military rations to him for a turnaround?
The emperor didn't know that from the moment he wanted Jia Daihua to be humble to him, he had already put Jia Daihua on an equal footing with himself.The Son of Heaven should dominate the universe.If an opponent appeared, the throne would be in danger of being unstable.
The emperor, who was unaware of this, called the cabinet elders and the Minister of the Ministry of War to discuss the matter Jia Daihua had requested.Elder Quan Ge has not returned to Beijing so far, without him and Si Ni, Shoufu insisted that troops should be transferred from other camps to go to the northwest camp, while Zhang and Liu elders thought that they should conscript troops on the spot in the northwest.
The meaning of Shoufu is almost the same as that of the emperor. This time, we will send troops to the northwest to camp, and we can put a few more capable people to monitor Jia Daihua.The elders Zhang and Liu felt that it was only a thousand soldiers, and they had to adapt to the bitter cold climate in the northwest and the training methods of the Northwest Army if they were transferred from other places.
Ever since the first assistant suggested that the cabinet should go to the northwest, the second assistant has practiced closed-mouth meditation and stopped expressing his opinions easily. The emperor turned his attention to the minister of the Ministry of War who had not spoken all this time: "What does the Ministry of War mean?"
Minister of the Ministry of War recalled that Zuo Shilang, who had already returned to Beijing, talked about the peculiarities of the Northwest Army's drills, and smiled wryly: "Returning to the Holy Lord, I think that no matter whether troops are transferred from other places or recruited from the Northwest, it will have little impact on the Northwest camp. Therefore, it is better to go from the Northwest Conscription can also slightly reduce the burden of the spring famine for the people in the Northwest."
You are a minister of the Ministry of war, it is not suitable for you to control the heart of the Ministry of household, right?The emperor and several Ge elders remembered the memorial that Quan Ge elders had sent back some time ago, and made preparations for the damage caused by the spring famine in the Northwest this year.If we don't transfer grain from the south of the Yangtze River, I'm afraid that the people in the northwest will reach the point where they have to change their sons to eat.
With one thousand adult man's mouths missing, two thousand or even three thousand more people can live, which is a good deal for the sparsely populated Northwest.The Minister of the Ministry of War also listened to Zuo Shilang's experience in the northwest, so he made such remarks.
Zhang Shangshu took the opportunity to say to the emperor: "The spring famine in the Northwest is serious, and please ask the sage to issue an order to transfer grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the Northwest as soon as possible, and take back the sacred order to increase taxes in the Northwest." The people are starving to death, who are you going to ask for money?
The emperor was very insistent on the collection of tax money. He even asked the Northwest to halve the tax money, okay?Even the chief assistant feels that the emperor has gone too far, isn't it because the internal treasury lost more than one million silver, and didn't you already make up for last year's tax money?
They didn't know that because of the loss of the inner treasury once, the emperor suddenly realized the importance of silver, because during that time, no matter what he wanted to do more or which concubine he wanted to reward, he had to ask for silver from the household department.The Hubu Shangshu will indeed take out the money in the end, but he always has to grind several times in the middle, which makes the dignified emperor feel that he is controlled by others because of his lack of money.
So this money has to be asked for, and more has been asked for.Shoufu originally thought that the tax would only be increased for one year, but suddenly it became a fixed item, and the emperor did not intend to cut it.
The result of the cabinet meeting was nothing more than a decision to directly recruit troops from the Northwest, and the matter of food adjustments and tax cuts was left unsettled.For the time being, Jia Daihua was unable to learn about one of his memorials, which led to disagreements between the emperor and the chief minister, and he was also worrying about the spring famine in the northwest.
In Jia Daihua's mind, the Northwest should be built as his base.Now that the people in the base area couldn't live longer, he was also very anxious.Fortunately, the method was thought up by people, and the old Quan Ge was still in the northwest, so there was room for things to be maneuvered.
Jia Daihua no longer clashed with Pingzhou City, and made a special trip to Pingzhou City, saying that Dong Quange's old man came forward to call the Sanzhou defenders to Pingzhou, and then went to the northwest line camp to visit. The trench, Wu Wei, who went to battle that day, described the role of the trench in blocking the enemy in the second battle against Ruan Gai.
The guards of the three states listened with bright eyes. Even if the trench is not as magical as Wu Wei said, the Beirong people will not be able to cross on flying horses. Even the Beirong people were caught off guard by directly approaching the city.
Repairing trenches, building as many trenches as possible and as quickly as possible, has become the unified understanding of the guards of the three states.Now is the time for Mr. Quan Ge to come forward. He told the guards of the three states that the people in the city are better off in the spring famine in the northwest, and the people in the countryside are almost out of food.Why don't Sanzhou and the Northwest Camp save some military rations, let the people use their work for relief, and help the Sanzhou and the Northwest Camp to build trenches together.
Seeing the hesitation on the faces of the guards of the three states, Quan Ge always smiled: "Though you three weigh it yourself, there are not many people in the Northwest. The trenches in your defense zone have not been completed, so I don’t need to say where the Beirong people will attack the frontier first.”
Xu Jin had known early on that there would be people helping the Northwest Army build trenches in winter, and now he was also infected by those twenty instructors, and he was able to think about the common people because he nodded first: "I am closest to the Northwest Army, so I should be with the Northwest Army." advance and retreat."
What can the defenders of the other two states do?If the trenches of Pingzhou and the Northwest Army are connected together, the next time the Beirong invades, they will definitely choose their line of defense.They nodded together and agreed to Jia Daihua's method of enlisting the common people to repair trenches.
Jia Daihua's method is very simple, that is to save eight taels of food from each soldier's daily ration as wages for the common people. You can eat whatever you want when you take it home—with these [-] taels of grain, cooking gruel can support a family.
As far as the defenders are concerned, it is said that each soldier saves half of the rations. In fact, the common people who help build the trenches must not reach the number of soldiers. Calculated on average for the whole battalion, one soldier will lose less than three or two taels of food. .
These grains can last until Jiangnan grain is transported to the northwest.
Yes, Jia Daihua didn't believe that the emperor could transfer grain from Jiangnan at all, and he had already told Yi Zi to speed up the purchase of grain from Jiangnan, even if the price was higher.In this way, even if the court does not transfer grain to the northwest, the grain of the word B will be transported to the northwest, and the crisis of lack of grain in the northwest will be solved at once.
As for whether there will be a famine in the south of the Yangtze River like in the northwest, Jia Daihua thinks it is not a big problem - the south of the Yangtze River is ripe twice a year, the climate is much better than that in the northwest, and even the wild vegetables in the field grow faster than the northwest. Can resist for a while.
What Jia Daihua didn't expect was that the people in the northwest didn't recognize the account of the three-state defenders. After learning that the defenders continued to repair trenches and could exchange food for work, they rushed to the ground of the Northwest Army to dig. Ditch, no matter what, he would not go to the three-state defense line.
It really only has something to do with trust - the Northwest Army is about to run out of food in winter, and the deeds of feeding the people twice a day have spread throughout the Northwest, so the people believe that the Northwest Army will not withhold their food .
The three armies are not necessarily the case. People who can even snatch other people's seeds and food are not so likely to make people do free work.
In fact, Sanzhou has also learned from the Northwest Army, sending half of its troops to dig trenches every day, and the other half of its troops to practice patrols and defend against the Beirong.But their soldiers are different from the Northwest Army, they don't work so hard, and the trenches dug in a day are not even one tenth of that of the Northwest Army.How long does it take to dig at this speed before you can dig out your defense line?
I hoped that the people would do more, but now that the people don't come, the guards of the three states can only stare blankly.This matter was brought up by Jia Daihua, and they could only put pressure on Jia Daihua through Mr. Quan Ge, asking him to divide some of the people who ran to the northwest camp to their respective defense areas.
Jia Daihua also had a headache.If the people were dispersed to four barracks, the pressure to distribute food would not be too great.Now tens of thousands of people are flocking to the northwest to camp, and the food and grass of the Northwest Army are somewhat overwhelmed.
This is the first season of food and grass that has been transported to the northwest camp, otherwise his Northwest Army will have to run out of food.Now that the three states have asked him to separate people, he happily agrees.
But the common people don’t leave, even if they don’t earn the food—don’t think that the common people don’t know how to settle accounts: if they don’t work, they will starve at most, and if they work for the defenders of the three states, they will be even more hungry if they work hard.
Elder Quan Ge had no choice but to propose to the three states, asking them to calculate how many people they wanted to use, and then send the food to the Northwest camp, and the Northwest camp would distribute it to the people on their behalf every day.
Not without embarrassment.
The guards of the three states finally agreed to Elder Quan Ge's proposal. After all, the earlier the trench was dug, the earlier the attack of the Beirong people could be delayed.The grain and grass were transported into the northwest camp in this way.
Jia Daihua will not be greedy for these life-saving food.He personally explained the situation to the people who came to help the workers, and even let several representatives of the people see the other stored grain with their own eyes, and then divided the people into four places to dig and build trenches separately.
Distance has now become the biggest obstacle to food distribution, and Jia Daihua has also figured out a way, that is, divide half of the troops from each of the four battalions of the Northwest Army, and rush to the defense lines of the states together with the people.
In order to prevent unnecessary friction between the various armies, Jia Daihua thoughtfully asked the Northwest Army and the people to start digging from the junction of the defense areas, but the three state guards were very angry:
I want you to help the soldiers work, what do you mean by starting separately?But they can only accept this loss. In their eyes, these people have already been snatched from Jia Daihua.now
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