Chapter 82 After the martial arts war
Xiuwu City is full of ruins and smoke and fire. The pillars that have been burning for many days are still experiencing fireworks that are unwilling to be extinguished, as if telling the inhumane of the bandits! The bodies are scattered on the streets, and even the female corpses can be seen everywhere, which makes Lin Chunhong and his friends hold a fire in their hearts and have nowhere to vent!
Finally, they came to the county government and saw a spear wearing three babies. Lin Chunyi, who could not suppress his anger, stabbed the spear hard on the already burnt tree, and roared in his mouth: "Ah...ah..."
Lin Chunhong gritted his teeth, gasped, desperately suppressing his anger, and ordered: "Let all brothers go to the city to see who these bandits are! Damn, beast!"
Anger did not rush Lin Chunhong's mind, and he experienced more and more things. He knew how to control his emotions. He wanted every warrior to know that it was the most just act of strangling bandits, and to make every warrior full of anger towards bandits and enhance their courage in the next battle.
After the war, all officers above the generals participated.
Lin Chunhong hopes that in this way, the officers under his command will grow up quickly, not only can command battles, but also have a certain strategic vision. As expected, the officers cannot give any valuable suggestions, but the words of the Hurooth Camp general Di Wei made Lin Chunhong's eyes lit up.
Di Wei said: "It is more troublesome to become a battalion alone. The gunners, crossbowmen, swords and gunmen are difficult to cooperate and understand each other. It is better to divide the shield chariot into each sentry, and the gunners are also divided into each sentry. This way, the sentry can command each weapon more smoothly!"
Lin Chunhong felt a little moved when he heard this. At that time, he was influenced by the concept of artillery and turned the chariot into a battalion. Later, in actual combat, the shield chariot was transferred to each post for use, which was indeed a bit inconvenient in command. Did Di Wei's viewpoint mean to build the chariot camp?
Just as Lin Chunhong was pondering, Ling Su, the commander of the Che Camp, stopped working. He retorted: "Is there something wrong with the Che Camp this time? Didn't the tiger squat cannon kill many bandits, greatly slowing down the speed of the bandits' attack?"
Di Wei's words meant splitting the chariot camp, which made the commander Ling Su of course dissatisfied.
Di Wei's face turned red and quickly explained: "I'm not saying that the chariot camp did not play a role. The chariot camp did play a key role. I mean it's inconvenient to command."
Lin Chunhong looked at Ling Su and wanted to refute, and hurriedly said, "Commander Ling, don't worry, the chariot camp is indeed indispensable, but we have not yet sorted out the command. We need to make a good plan for this issue. Cheng Shu, remember this carefully!"
The plan to build all the camps into Chebu Battalions is very attractive. At present, the camp does not need to be a battalion alone. Otherwise, the camp will become a cannon battalion and specialize in serving up the upcoming red-clothed cannons? As for the tiger squat cannon, it may not even be a whistle-level support weapon. Lin Chunhong pondered, with a hint of joy on his face. He had already made a secret decision in his heart, but the details still need to be discussed with the generals.
Lin Chunhong looked at Di Wei and felt that Di Wei was really good and had a certain tactical vision. Di Wei came from the Qianhu Institute in Datian. It seems that there are many talents among the serfs in Qianhu Institute.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Chunyi proposed that more than 300 troops were lost in this battle and the troops should be replenished as soon as possible.
Lin Chunhong waved his hand and said, "Chang Shudan just led 700 new recruits to Zezhou. Replenishment is not a problem. As for the remaining more than 300 new recruits..."
Lin Chunhong pondered: "Just set up a reserve camp to be responsible for food, grass and supplies..." Then, he pointed at Cheng Shu and said: "You go and manage the reserve camp and get a charter as soon as possible."
Cheng Shu was overjoyed and bowed to accept the order. He was transferred from a commander to a commander who led the army, and anyone would be ecstatic.
Finally, Lin Chunhong asked: "How to deal with more than two thousand prisoners?"
When the generals heard this, they gritted their teeth and said, "Kill them all, kill them all! These bandits are full of evil, and they cannot be redeemed for a hundred deaths!"
After each soldier saw the tragic situation in Xiuwu City, he hated the bandits to the core, especially the scene of torture and killing babies, which stimulated everyone, wishing to tear these bandits apart!
Lin Chunhong followed the words of the soldiers and said in a grudge: "It's a bargain for them to kill. We should throw these bandits into the mines that burned the ping brigades, so that they can pay their debts for life with their blood and sweat!"
Lin Chunhong adhered to the principle of obtaining war dividends and would never let these strong prisoners go. He had long thought of a way out for these prisoners, allowing these prisoners to serve five years of hard labor, so as to remove the violent aura of these bandits, and eventually transform them into good people.
When the soldiers heard this, they thought this method was good. Anyway, the mining industry is extremely lacking in labor, so it is just right for these bandits to mine.
In the end, Lin Chunhong handed over the task of escorting the prisoners to the reserve camp and ordered him to escort to Jining within ten days and handed over to Dai Zhe.
The escort mission of more than 2,000 prisoners gave Cheng Shu a headache. Seeing Cheng Shu’s grief, Chang Shudan smiled and said, “You only need to escort the prisoners to Jining, but I have to escort them from Jining to Qingjiang from thousands of miles away. I am not worried yet, why are you worried?”
Cheng Shu and Chang Shudan are fellow villagers. They have always had a good relationship and have an extraordinary relationship.
"Can you not worry? More than three thousand stubborn and arrogant rioters, if you are not careful, you will never be able to get rid of them, and you may cause endless trouble to the adults!" Cheng Shu sighed.
Chang Shudan laughed and said, "When I was a child, I led a donkey to pull the mill. The donkey was stubborn and refused to leave no matter how it whipped it. Later, I thought of a way, and the donkey would obediently pull the mill."
Cheng Shu said dissatisfiedly: "I am so worried here, but you come to joke with me!"
Chang Shudan said: "This is not a joke. At that time, I tied green grass on the donkey's head. The donkey kept walking forward in order to eat the grass. Most of these more than 3,000 prisoners were farmers. As long as you put green grass on their heads, you still worry that they would not leave? If you don't need to escort, they would run to Jingzhou by themselves!"
Only then did Cheng Shu understand what Chang Shudan meant and was very happy and discussed the plan in detail with Chang Shudan.
In the end, Cheng Shu selected more than 100 brave men from more than 2,000 prisoners, mixed into the more than 300 soldiers of the reserve camp escorted to take charge of and escort other prisoners. He also vigorously promoted Lin Chunhong's policy. As long as he worked in Jingzhou for five years, he could obtain a zi temptation status, and even get land and join the Jingzhou archers.
After doing all this, more than 2,000 prisoners marched to Jining in a mighty manner, causing a sensation of the people along the way, and they came to watch the prisoners who were struck by ropes. Haha, our nation likes to watch. Often, a donkey dies on the road and a large group of people will be surrounded, let alone a team of prisoners that have been stretched for several miles.
"Haha, Li Zicheng is rampant. He will be in trouble when he meets General Lin. These people are all captives captured by General Lin! Look, that guy's eyes are upturned, and he looks like a fierce person. Hehe, he is also subdued by General Lin!"
"What do you think General Lin did to Jingzhou? There are many people and few land everywhere. Could it be that he brought the prisoners back and killed them and eaten meat?"
"What? Nonsense. General Lin has hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Jingzhou. It is said that he lacks enough manpower and plunders everywhere!"
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After hearing these rumors, Cheng Shu and Chang Shudan laughed without saying anything. The villagers were ignorant and all kinds of strange rumors could be spread.
As soon as he sent the prisoners away, Lin Chunhong received an order from Henan Governor Shang Jing. The order was not without a clear message and ordered him to follow the bandits into Zezhou, guard the throat of Jin and Yu, and serve as reinforcements from all sides.
Lin Chunhong took Shang Jing's instructions seriously. Since there were no bandits in Henan, he obeyed Shang Jing's orders and drove to Zezhou.
After arriving in Zezhou, Lin Chunhong immediately went to Shexian to pay homage to his immediate superior: Deputy General Zuo Liangyu.
Shexian is located on the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, crossing the throat from southern Shanxi to Zhili, and Zuo Liangyu stationed troops here.
After obtaining more than 2,000 elite troops in Changping, Zuo Liangyu's troops reached 5,000, not to mention that the more than 5,000 Jingzhou troops who had just won the battle were also controlled by him. For a moment, Zuo Liangyu looked at the gods and flew secretly and was proud.
"Report... General You Shilu besieged Liaozhou, was shot in the shoulder and was seriously injured. His son, deputy general Yourenlong, was shot in the leg and could not fight..."
"Haha, General You is responsible for defending the territory, how can you not do your best?" Zuo Liangyu said with a little gloating.
Although Zuo Liangyu was in Shexian, he opened his eyes wide and stared at Liaozhou. After hearing the battle report, Zuo Liangyu was puzzled and thought: The general of the enemy has always been coming and going like the wind, and he rarely guards the whole place. This time it was the string that was wrong and he was actually trapped in Liaozhou?
"Report... After Zijinliang got rid of You Shilu, he crossed the Taihang Mountains, entered Shunde Prefecture, and fought with General Deng Qi, and suffered damage to each other!"
This battle report relieved Zuo Liangyu's doubts. It turned out that Li Zicheng wanted to hold You Shilu and cooperate with the Zijinliang operation. Zuo Liangyu, who figured out this section, said to his general Zhang Yingyuan: "In the past, all the thieves fought each other, but now they know how to cooperate with each other, and it may be difficult to deal with!"
Zhang Yingyuan laughed and said, "No matter how the thieves cooperate, we will kill him, so what are you afraid of?"
When Zuo Liangyu saw that he was talking to him, he glanced at Luo Dai without saying anything. He stared at the map and stared at the map in a daze, and felt a little lonely in his heart.
It is said that Zuo Liangyu's soldiers are good and have enough food, so he should go to Liaozhou to assist You Shilu in destroying Li Zicheng. However, considering that Liaozhou is the defense zone of Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, and General You Shilu, he has no obligation to help the two clear the bandits in the defense zone, so he made up his mind to guard Shexian and prevent the bandits from entering the capital.
In fact, Zuo Liangyu looked up to Zijinliang and Li Zicheng. Although Zijinliang was elected as the leader of the alliance, there were many conflicts between the civilian army and never cooperated with each other. Li Zicheng stayed in Liaozhou for many days, and the reason was very simple: his subordinates could not bear the city they could not bear, and they were burning and killing Yin in Liaozhou for fun. Later, You Shilu gave up Zijinliang and quickly surrounded Liaozhou. He had no time to leave, so he had to trap Liaozhou.
Although Zuo Liangyu planned to sit on the mountain to watch the fight, it did not mean that he did not want to pick ripe peaches. Seeing Li Zicheng trapped in the lonely city, he felt that the opportunity to make contributions had come. He was about to beat the drum and gather the generals, but his subordinates reported: "Guerrilla Lin Chunhong asked for a visit!"
Zuo Liangyu laughed: "I was still practicing martial arts two days ago, but today is here. It's so fast! Let him come in."
Zuo Liangyu had been with the border army of Guanliao for many years, and then followed Hou Xun to recover the four cities of Yongping and fought countless bloody battles with the Tartars. According to his experience, the northerners were tall and brave in combat, while the southerners were short and skilled in calculating, so they were not suitable for combat at all. But a few days ago, the Jingzhou Army defeated Li Zicheng's general Gao Jie with 5,000 troops, forcing Li Zicheng to give up attacking Huaiqing, which surprised Zuo Liangyu and couldn't help but be curious about Lin Chunhong.
"The last general Lin Chunhong met with General!" Lin Chunhong fell to the ground with one knee, half kneeling on the ground, and shouted like a bell, and bowed.
Seeing Lin Chunhong's tall figure, Zuo Liangyu felt clear and straightforward when he saw that Guan Zhili was secretly happy and said with a smile: "Lin Guerrilla quickly, please get up, come from afar, thank you for your hard work!"
"Mr. Xie." Lin Chunhong got up and shouted: "It is not hard to serve the court!"
"Haha, okay, okay... how about it? Are your brothers okay? In the cold winter, how come to the north? Can you afford it?"
"If you have time, the adults are concerned, and the brothers can still bear it!"
"Haha, the battle for martial arts should not have suffered much loss, right?"
"Sir, Xiuwu lost 361 troops in the battle." Lin Chunhong replied loudly.
Zuo Liangyu Daqi participated in a battle of tens of thousands with newly recruited soldiers, but only lost more than 300 people. Is this Lin Chunhong bragging or has extraordinary skills?
Zuo Liangyu was shocked and confused, but his face was full of admiration. He stood up, patted Lin Chunhong on the shoulder, and praised: "Good example, bandits are everywhere, and we need to work together to eliminate them!"
After saying that, he turned around and returned to his seat and asked, "Can the food, grass and military funds keep up?"
Lin Chunhong nodded and replied: "There is currently a month's reserve in the camp, and the subsequent supplies are still on the way!"
Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but nodded and thought to himself: "This Lin Chunhong seems to be a young man. He neither exaggerates his losses nor asks the court for food and supplies. It should not be difficult to control."
The reason why Zuo Liangyu believed that Lin Chunhong was a new official in the officialdom was due to a bad habit of the generals of the Ming Dynasty: after a fierce battle, when the generals drafted the war report, they almost had to talk about two things, with heavy losses and no food and grass. The purpose was to ask the court to replenish their troops and supplies and expand their troops with the trend. At the same time, if they were defeated in the future, there would be an excuse to shirke.
In fact, Lin Chunhong has been in charge of Dianshi for many years, so how could he not know these little things? The reason why he did not act according to his habits was mainly because he was worried that Zuo Liangyu and even the court would take the opportunity to mix sand into his team.
Zuo Liangyu stopped asking about the details of the Jingzhou army. He had already regarded the Jingzhou army as cannon fodder in his heart and said, "The general Li Zicheng stole Liaozhou and defended his troops to resist our army. I was about to go to encircle and suppress it. Please ask Lin Guerrilla to wait!"
After saying that, he turned to the messenger and shouted: "Beat the drum and gather the generals!"
The sound of drums sounded like a storm. Soon, the generals entered one after another, standing in the central army's tent, not daring to make any sound, but just looked at the newcomer Lin Chunhong with curious eyes.
Lin Chunhong straightened his chest and abdomen, and was full of energy, but he kept lamenting in his heart: "Damn, I'm going to be with Li Zichengmao, and he's always fighting!"
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Chapter completed!