Inside Huamachi Tucheng.
Liu Jin was sitting on the Taishi chair, and kneeling in front of him was Xu Shen, and beside him stood Cao Wei, Zheng Sui and other generals.
This time Xu Shen is here to apologize to Liu Jin. As long as Liu Jin wants to argue with Xu Shen, Xu Shen will be executed for committing crimes before the battle. At the same time, he will harm his family and those around him. subordinate.
"Eunuch Liu, you have a lot of money. I am willing to serve you for the rest of my life." Xu Shen was almost crying, but he still spoke clearly.
Liu Jin held a tea bowl in his hand and asked nonchalantly: "Our family has hands and feet. Why do we need you to serve? Do you want to be our son?"
Xu Shendao: "This villain is willing to accept his father-in-law as his adoptive father in his life."
Zheng Sui sat next to him and ridiculed: "General Xu, you have made a mistake, and I still ask you to recognize me as an adopted father? How can you do that? So many good things? Do you know how to write the word ugly?"
Liu Jin waved his hand and said: "Okay, General Xu, this battle can be regarded as courageous. The Tatars cannot find Bei. They have made meritorious deeds in this battle. Let’s consider it as making up for the fault. We will record your affairs first. If you do not remember the emperor’s favor again in the future and commit the following crimes, don’t tell us. The whole family will settle the score together and take your life."
"Yes, yes. The villain's life depends on my father-in-law."
Xu Shen continued to cry. .
The generals on the side had headaches when they looked at it. Is this still the so-called fierce general Xu Shen on the battlefield? Why are you acting like a child? Even if he is a naughty child, he doesn't cry as loudly as he does.
At this moment, an announcement came from outside: "Marquis Pinglu wants to see you."
When Liu Jin heard that Ma Yi was coming, he ignored Xu Shen and got up to go. Welcome.
Others also followed Liu Jin.
Only Xu Shen continued to kneel there, not standing up. It seemed a bit embarrassing to continue kneeling. Just when he didn't know what choice to make, Ma Yi had already stepped into the meeting hall.
"Eunuch Liu, what are you..."
Ma Yi was also a little puzzled when she saw the scene in front of her.
He has met Xu Shen before. Previously, Xu Shen was under Cui Yuan and followed Cui Yuan in the battle of Ningxia and the Yellow River. It can be said that Xu Shen showed his prestige.
But when Xu Shen works under Zhang Mao, he will look very useless.
This time he thought Xu Shen had made progress, but when he came up, he saw Xu Shen kneeling there as if admitting his mistake.
Liu Jin said with a smile: "Pingluhou, you are ridiculous. General Xu did something wrong in this matter of not marching. After the war, we always need to review it and find out that he did something wrong." Not only is it wrong, it’s just out of character!”
“Really?” Ma Yi frowned, thinking, where is this?
Liu Jin said: "General Xu, get up. I will give you a detailed account later."
"Thank you, father-in-law. Thank you, father-in-law." Xu Shen quickly got up. Then he straightened his back and stood there.
Ma Yi said: "XuThe general fought bravely and made great achievements. Previously, I was curious about why Eunuch Liu and his men were lingering outside the pass, neither advancing nor retreating. Now I realized that it turned out that Eunuch Liu had a clever plan and had long known that Wang Zhitai would send troops to attack from behind. This was to contain the main Tatar force. He also coordinated the timing accurately and launched a fierce attack. Only in this way did the Tatars get into chaos. The father-in-law's ability to strategize is admirable. ”
After hearing this, all the generals present could not help but admire Liu Jin.
It turns out that this is the truth of the matter.
The only blame is that We are all a group of short-sighted and timid people, but we didn’t know that Eunuch Liu had played such a big game. Unfortunately, we were all kept in the dark and almost missed his grand plan.
It’s all our fault. The man named Xu deserved death. Fortunately, Zheng Qianhu knew how to turn around when he was in danger. Otherwise, the crime would have been huge.
Liu Jin said with a smile: "Marquis Pinglu is really flattering. Our family is here, our family is just doing its duty and waiting for reinforcements to arrive. ”
The people present saw Liu Jin and Ma Yi chatting happily. They also thought that Ma Yi was also from Yanwu Hall. Although he did not work directly under Liu Jin’s name, it was like the chief examiner of the imperial examination and Ma Yi. The relationship between candidates is the same, Liu Jin can be called Ma Yi's "teacher"
What they don't know is that Ma Yi is also a person who likes to flatter and flatter the powerful, and is not a gentleman.
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In addition to being a good fighter on the battlefield, Ma Yi is not a good person. Ma Zhongxi knew what kind of person he was. He repeatedly impeached him and knew that this person would bring trouble to the Ming Dynasty border.
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Liu Jin and Ma Yi sat down respectively.
Ma Yi said: “This is the end. The general came with General Zhang Ruizhang, the British prince and now the deputy chief guerrilla general. He is now maintaining the situation in the army. We don't have many soldiers and horses, only three thousand soldiers and horses. "
"Only three thousand soldiers and horses? Zheng Sui on the side said with emotion, "The momentum created last night is only 30,000, but that's too little." ”
“Yes, yes, yes. ”
All the generals present agreed.
Now that Ma Yi has led his troops to break their siege, not only is he not at fault, but he has become a meritorious official. Now even Ma Yi No matter what, they will say it makes sense.
Liu Jin said: "It means that chasing the Tatars is not easy, right? ”
“That’s not the case. Ma Yi said, "The intention of the final general is to ask Mr. Liu to immediately recruit elite men and horses, and then cooperate with two thousand cavalry to bring all the firecrackers he can carry. This time, King Xuan's tactics for setting up the stage are to use light weapons." The cavalry dealt with the Tatars and did not need artillery to confront them head-on. Only in this way can we ensure that we can catch up with them and give them a severe blow. ”
Liu Jin seemed a little embarrassed.
In this incident, he was able to “escape from death” and get out of the catastrophe amidst the dangers.
< p>If you let him go through it again, he will never do it, and besides, heThere are indeed not many elite soldiers under his command. In this battle, more than half of his 4,000 elite soldiers were lost. Just how to report the battle losses is still a problem.In terms of the overall strategy, we won, but the losses were too great and it was easy for others to take advantage of us.
Liu Jin looked at Xu Shen aside and said: "General Xu, it is not difficult to mobilize two thousand cavalry now, right?"
Xu Shen did not expect Liu Jin to ask his opinion. , after hesitating, he hurriedly said: "Of course it's not difficult, but the loss of our fire bombs is too serious."
Liu Jin said: "Is there no way to replenish it?"
Xu Shen Said: "That's right. In order to prevent the Tatars from stealing our technology for making fire bombs, there are no ordnance workshops in Ningxia. Even if there are places to cast artillery, the fire bombs are transferred from Xuanfu and Datong. Many of them were even transferred from the suburbs of Beijing."
"Alas!" Liu Jin sighed, "Marquis Pinglu, you see, we have suffered too much in this battle. Do you have enough fire bombs? You can share it with the soldiers here."
Ma Yi was also confused.
Good guy, I asked you for arms and troops, but you actually asked us for them?
Zheng Sui added: "Eunuch Liu, there is one more thing that must be mentioned. The amount of food and grass here is greatly insufficient. Originally, we were alone outside the pass, and the food and grass were basically exhausted. However, after entering the city, we found that the situation was not much better. Now the food routes throughout Ningxia have been cut off by the Tatars. Now we can only retreat to the Ningxia rear guard in order to prevent the soldiers from being damaged by cold and hunger. "
Liu Jin said: "The losses in this battle were too great, and our family was under pressure and used almost all available resources!"
This is I complained to Ma Yi.
Ma Yi nodded and said: "My father-in-law's difficulties can be understood by the general. But at the moment...it seems that the general should...take charge of the military affairs here."
"Really? "Liu Jin realized this.
Ma Yi is not here to discuss things with him.
Originally, the imperial court sent Ma Yi to bring 3,000 elite cavalry, so that Ma Yi would be the chief military officer here and responsible for everything. However, strictly speaking, Liu Jin was not the general in charge of the troops. He was only supervising Ma Yi. of.
Just because Ma Yi did not arrive in time and Xu Shen was a loser, he stole the position of coach and has been there until now.
Xu Shen on the side was strictly on Liu Jin's side. He said: "Pingluhou, when you first arrived, do you want to discuss military power with Eunuch Liu? Eunuch Liu just led the army to achieve a great victory. Our group has suffered very heavy losses. Your arrival so late has caused great harm to all the soldiers in the army."
"Yes." The people next to me felt that what Xu Shen said again. It makes sense.
If they had to choose between Liu Jin and Ma Yi now, they would immediately turn around and return to Liu Jin's arms.
No way, who made Ma Yi an "outsider"? Most generals have never fought against Ma Yi. Who knows?What's this thing for?
We followed Liu Jin to achieve victory, and of course we cannot let outsiders take away the credit.
Ma Yi was also speechless.
Everyone of them regarded me as a god just now, why are they all acting so dead now?
Liu Jin said: "In this case, our family can't do nothing. The errand of Marquis Pinglu is not to garrison this earth city. Our family will knock down teeth and blood swallows for you." What do you think of the deployment of a thousand cavalry and all the usable muskets and fire bombs?"
"So..." Ma Yi saw that he couldn't make the decision. People only listen to Liu Jin.
In the end, he could only compromise and nodded: "In that case, please ask Eunuch Liu to dispatch manpower immediately to pursue and intercept the Tatars without delay. I also ask Eunuch Liu to lead troops to coordinate and attack from all places. Gather in the direction of the Tatars' escape and try to cut off their retreat." Liu Jin smiled and said, "That's natural, but we also need to replenish our supplies."
Xu. Shen said: "Wherever you go, just ask the city for it."
Soldiers are not accustomed to bad habits. The Tatars came to rob. Who said we can't rob the people of the Ming Dynasty?
We don’t have anything to eat, so what do we still care about?
Liu Jin was not a decent person to begin with, but now he was a little hesitant, because although the matter of grabbing grain was frequently banned in the northwest, he wanted to make a difference, especially because of his Xie Qian's matter was being watched by civil servants, and he didn't want to be the target of public criticism.
Liu Jin said: "Our family has sent people to Yansui to collect food before, and this time we will send people to various places to collect food. Everything must be done in accordance with the rules. If it doesn't work, let the soldiers They kill animals to satisfy their hunger, but they cannot disturb the people. Their lives are also miserable.”
The generals present did not agree with this.
We can’t even eat and are almost starving to death. Why don’t you let us rob the people?
Zheng Sui asked: "If we meet the Tatars and take back the goods they have obtained, is it possible..."
"That's no problem." Liu Jin said, "In urgent matters, these can be temporarily used as military rations. After all, some things are difficult to return. That's it. We have a day off today, and early tomorrow morning, our family will lead the troops to go to various places. The men and horses must also be prepared to deal with the Tatar attack at any time."
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Liu Jinzhi was very proud.
In his opinion, this war has already reached its end, and there is no need to fight it with all your heart.
In just a few days, the order of commendation from the court may be coming.
You can have a good sleep with peace of mind.
The news of Huamachi's victory soon reached the Yulin Guards where Yansui was stationed. At the same time, it reached Wang Qiong's hand, as well as Liu Jin's official document requesting food adjustments.
As the chief military officer, Shenying personally sent a letter to Wang Qiong. He also saw the anger on Wang Qiong's face.
"Wang Bo'an is very capable, but he doesn't like to discuss with others before doing anything. He mobilized troops from Datong but went to the grassland. Although he could kill the Tatars by surprise, he didn't give us any news, which led to The soldiers and horses cannot cooperate. He won the battle in this battle, but we will bear the blame."
Wang Qiong did not resent Wang Shouren's clever plan.
What he hates is that Wang Shouren does not respect martial ethics.
I sent troops here, encountered a blockage and was forced to retreat, and you went around and attacked. This is equivalent to saying that I diverted the attention of the Tatars and made the Tatars feel The Ming Dynasty's main attack direction was to mobilize troops from Yansui to the west.
In the end, you just grabbed food from the tiger’s mouth?
But you didn’t even say hello. As long as you tell me about this, I can still cooperate with you. Even if we encounter obstacles in our progress, we will not retreat immediately. This is tantamount to giving This gave me the chance to be impeached by the imperial censor.
Shenying said: "Liu Jin will ask us to transfer food now, but how can we have enough food to transfer to him? First of all, it is the spring famine, and there is a shortage of soldiers and food everywhere. If We have enough food and supplies for our troops, so we won’t encounter any obstacles if we advance to Ningxia.”
Wang Qiong said, “Give him the food.”
“Ah?” Ying seemed incomprehensible.
We don’t have much food and grass ourselves, so we actually feed Liu Jin?
Although Liu Jinna now has less than 10,000 troops, eating, drinking and having sex with so many people is still a huge expense.
Why should we, Yansui, bear this expense?
Wang Qiong said: "Liu Jin was lucky this time. I thought he would definitely die. Who would have thought that he could get out of trouble and make military exploits. Now, he can no longer bear the burden. In the future progress of the war, Ma Yi will definitely take the lead."
Shenying said: "Since he has withdrawn from the front line, why should we give him food while others are in Ningxia? Wouldn't it be better to transfer him locally?"
Wang Qiong shook his head and said: "After this battle, I will most likely be transferred back to Beijing, and the same will happen to Liu Jin. Now I'm just asking you if I want to stay. In the northwest, should we go to Jingying?"
"This..." Shenying said, "I just want to do some peace work in Jingying."
Wang Qiong said: "This. After the war, I will recommend you. Although Liu Jin doesn’t have much practical experience, he is better because of his wide network. If we help him, he will reciprocate. "The recent heavy transcoding has given us more motivation and faster updates. , please move your little hand to exit the reading mode. Thank you