By the Qingshui River outside the west gate of Yongning City on Xuanzhen East Road.
Zhang Cheng stepped forward to help Liu Minshen, the magistrate of Yongning County, and said, "The county magistrate comes out of the city to greet you, how dare you Zhang?"
Even though Zhang Cheng has been demoted from the third-rank officer to the commander-in-chief of the guards, he is still the fourth-rank official, which is much higher than Liu Minshen's seventh-rank officer.
But at this moment, the Ming Dynasty was aristocratic and military, not to mention that Zhang Cheng was just a general with the rank of fourth-rank guard commander, Zhang Guowei, the former deputy commander-in-chief with the rank of second-rank officer, and the county magistrate Liu Minshen also refused to worship him!
This person was originally a Jinshi. He was quite talented and had some knowledge, but he was aloof and arrogant because he was dissatisfied with the people in Donglin who controlled the government, but they were mediocre. He did not want to invigorate the government, and he focused on excluding dissidents and doing things for personal gain.
, he wrote a letter to impeach him and others. As a result, he was retaliated and suppressed, and was sent to Yongning as the county magistrate.
This Yongning is different from other places. Most of the city is occupied by military households, and it is also in the same city as the garrison, the garrison general, and the deputy general. Its military affairs are more important than government affairs. Not only is the county government constrained and it is difficult to achieve political achievements, but also
Often ignored by the generals on the east route.
But Liu Minshen relied on his courage to single-handedly challenge the princes of Donglin in the court, coupled with his aloofness and his own talent and knowledge, to fight for a place in Yongning City.
At this time, seeing Zhang Cheng treating him with courtesy, he hurriedly said: "I have heard about the reputation of General Zhang for a long time. He shot Dorgon with an arrow and killed Ma Zhan and Yue Tuo in formation. Although our Ming Dynasty has many brave generals who charge into battle, but those who are like generals are afraid
It is also unmatched by anyone, and I am truly impressed by it!"
Zhang Cheng smiled and replied: "The courage of an ordinary man is nothing to care about!"
He went on to say: "Zhixian Liu has used his own efforts to speak out and make the crux of our Ming Dynasty public to the public. Zhang Mou admires him for his courage!"
"Ha ha……"
When Zhang Cheng mentioned Liu Minshen's glorious deeds, he was also very proud and couldn't help laughing loudly.
Liu Minshen laughed and then said to Zhang Cheng: "General Zhang's song 'Clean the dust and swear to sweep away the Tartars without caring about your own safety!' made me feel so heroic and heroic!"
"Hahaha……"
Zhang Cheng also laughed wildly when he heard this. The two of them complimented each other back and forth for a while and had a great time talking.
But the army cannot always be waiting in formation by the Qingshui River here. I saw Zhang Cheng shouting to the left and right: "Send the order, Wu Zhizhong will lead Cui Shijie's troops in the infantry camp, Gao Jingong's troops stationed in Longmen Station will be stationed in the east camp of the city, and Wei Zhice will lead the car camp in the south of the city.
In the camp, Lin Fangping led the escort troops to follow me into the city and stationed themselves in the small teaching ground next to the general's office."
"Here!"
Several soldiers received the order loudly and then galloped forward. After a while, the military formations on both sides began to roll forward. Although thousands of people entered the formation, they did not show the slightest panic. It was still the Tathagata.
So neat and tight.
“Taiwan Mountain can be shaken by all people with one heart, but only loyalty and righteousness can lead to a bullfight.
The general will kiss me like a parent. If I violate the military law, I will not be free.
The orders are clear and the rewards and punishments are given, but if you go through fire and water, you dare not stay for a long time.
Report to the Emperor and come down to rescue the head of Guizhou, kill all the Tartars and find a marquis."
There was another burst of loud military songs, shaking the heaven and the earth, as if the earth was trembling. The officers and generals who came out to meet in Yongning City had never seen such a formation before, and all of them had panic expressions on their faces.
Even the crowd watching in the distance was a little panicked. Although they were far away from the army, the people in the front row were still frightened. They were actually forced to retreat by the sense of oppression, which even caused a burst of chaos in the crowd.
…………
In the official hall in front of the general's office in Yongning City, Zhang Cheng hurriedly summoned the generals to come over without taking a break.
After everyone sat down, Lin Fangping stood up and reported: "Commander Commander, Zhang Guangda's cavalry camp sent back information that Chen Zhong's cavalry has quietly stationed in the mountains outside Taigou Fort, twenty miles southeast of Yongning, and is expected to launch a suppression campaign tomorrow.
The Dongshan bandit 'Tianbawang' is in the bandit camp in Dayangou;
Wang Tieren's light cavalry has advanced to the Beishanliang area, twenty miles northeast of Yongning, and is lurking. Tomorrow they can wipe out the "Tianbawang" Beizhai den of thieves in Daniujiayu in one fell swoop;
General Zhang Guangda led the infantry of Chen Dakuan, the cavalry of Li Changsheng's cavalry, and the 300 cavalry led by Xu Jinyong from Dishuiya Thousand Households have entered the valley of Weiziyu 20 miles east of Yongning. Tomorrow they can capture the "Tianbawang" located in Fenghuang Tuo
The main camp is Dazhai."
Zhang Cheng listened to Lin Fangping's military report and kept nodding his head to express satisfaction.
He knew that it was not unreasonable for this group of thieves to be entrenched on the East Road for many years. If they were to attack with open swords and guns, they would definitely have a way to deal with it, or they could sneak into the mountains with gold and silver grains in advance, and then they would not be able to do anything.
After all, the pursuit cannot make the army deal with it in the mountains for months and months.
Therefore, Zhang Cheng came up with a secret plan to seize Chencang. He led his army to break out of camp on a certain day and march to Yongning City on the East Road. However, he secretly sent three elite soldiers to covert day and night and sneak around the bandits' stronghold to catch them by surprise.
One wave wiped out the bandits.
Now that all the special forces are in place, but the bandits have not noticed it yet, everything is going very smoothly. Zhang Cheng is very relieved. He said loudly: "My army has just arrived in Yongning. All the soldiers have worked hard all the way. Please pass on my command."
, Tonight we will kill pigs and sheep to reward the officers and men. We will suspend camp drills for the next two days tomorrow. Three days later, we will break camp and send troops to attack the 'Tianbawang' thief's lair in Dongshan!"
"Here!" All the generals sang loudly in response. Everyone's face was full of smiles. We can eat and drink again tonight.
Zhang Cheng looked at the generals and said: "Tonight, the magistrate of Yongning County hosted a banquet for me on behalf of the officials in the city. At Youshi, Wu Zhizhong, Wei Zhice, Gao Jinggong and Gao Jinggong went with me, and Lin Fangping accompanied me to protect him."
When he said this, he actually stood up and said in a solemn voice: "When our army first arrived in Yongning, although it was inconvenient for us to immediately take over the city's defense affairs, we must learn from the past and take precautions.
Cui Shijie is in charge of guarding the city of Yongning. He has to arrange for four teams of soldiers to patrol the city. Each gate in Yongning must also pay attention to it, so as not to let the gatekeepers slack off and neglect to take precautions. In particular, the general office is the top priority, and it cannot be called history.
Repeat."
"Here!" Cui Shijie answered the order loudly.
He scanned the people in the hall and called out names: "Qiying Town Fuguan Fang Zhihai, you go to the barracks in the east of the city and don't let the sergeants drink and mess up the camp; Cheying Town Fuguan Qin Dazhong, you are responsible for the affairs of the south camp, you
The two of them must keep in mind that they must keep the soldiers well fed and at the same time prevent them from causing drunkenness and causing chaos in the camp.
"Here!" The two governors, Fang Zhihai and Qin Dazhong, also stood up and shouted in unison to receive the order.
Zhang Cheng stood up and left his seat and walked forward, stopping at the door of the official hall. The guard immediately stepped forward and opened the door. Zhang Cheng did not continue to move forward. He stood at the door and said in a deep voice: "Everyone,
From today on, we have set foot on the North Road and are about to start a new journey on the East Road. I have observed the situation in the world. Bandits are raging and have lasted for more than ten years. The situation is unstoppable. In the near future, we and we will
Maybe there will be a battle with them on the battlefield.
Therefore, we must not be negligent about camp operations. Considering that the bandits have been fighting for many years, and the old thieves among them are all crawling out of the dead, on the contrary, we must not be careless!"