"Listen to my advice, brother, Lao Geng, come to our Huwei camp and pull up all the brothers you can. Isn't it that we are soldiers just to eat food? I heard you and the brothers over there, follow Liu
It's like being hungry for nine meals in three days. Brother, I really can't stand it!"
"Is there a place for me to stay in Huwei Camp?"
Geng Zhongming chuckled and said: "Old Kong, you are lucky. First you followed Yao Chunyong, the calf protector, and then you came to Marshal Jiang to enjoy the hot food and drink. I, old Geng, lost the opportunity. I couldn't have come here. What's the matter?
Let’s do things under you!”
"What do you mean by this? Who among us two brothers should divide who?" Kong Youde chuckled and said, "Whoever works under whom is working for the imperial court, isn't it?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Geng Zhongming also laughed: "I'm going to see Marshal Jiang later to ask if there is anything I want to remind my brother. When my brother came, he was worried that you were short of food and drink, even though he didn't bring much.
You don’t care about me either, but my affection for you, brother, is no more than that of ordinary people!”
Kong Youde pondered for a moment: "Tell the truth..."
"Um?"
"I'm serious, Lao Geng, you tell the truth better than anything else. If you had really done well with General Liu Shen, you wouldn't have been sent here. If Marshal Jiang was ruthless, your head
It’s just a good gift given by Marshal Jiang to Liu Shen and General Liu to establish their authority, General Liu Shen is not as kind as An!”
The smile on Geng Zhongming's face faded: "Hey, even if you don't tell me this, I know it too!"
"So, it's best to tell the truth. Right now, Marshal Jiang is hiring people. Whoever comes first will benefit more in the future. I don't need to remind you, brother. Wait until Marshal Jiang has strong troops.
, let alone a garrison, you are a guerrilla, a general, I am afraid that you will not be popular with General Jiang. He has brought hundreds of people, and there is no place for some people!"
Kong Youde patted Geng Zhongming on the shoulder: "That's all. You can talk better than me, so I won't say more. After you meet Marshal Jiang, we brothers will have a good drink!"
Geng Zhongming nodded with a wry smile, whether to have a drink or to be taken down, that is the question. Kong Youde's mind is rough, it is not as simple as he thought.
When someone called from a distance, Geng Zhongming followed Kong Youde to Jiang Wan's door with some uneasiness. He straightened up his appearance a little and walked in bravely.
Jiang Wan sat on the chair and looked at the general in front of him expressionlessly. When he finished the interview and waited aside with hands tied, he still had no reaction.
He knew that the news of his arrival in Pidao could not be concealed. Liu Xingzhi would know about him sooner or later, and Liu Xingzhi sent people to his account to listen to this matter. He still did not understand what the other party meant.
Is this person sent by Liu Xingzhi his abandoned son, just to show his superficial surrender, or is this person a confidant of Liu Xingzhi, who is here just to find out his true identity?
As for those who defected, Jiang Wan had no doubt that if he kept this person and this person wanted to pass on the news, he would definitely not be able to prevent it.
"Liu Xingzhi sent you to see me and brought you all these food and drinks. Doesn't he dare to come to see me himself?"
After a long while, Jiang Wan slowly said: "Moreover, your identity is as a dispatch of the General Military Mansion. He Liu Xingzhi is just a staff general. When will you be able to become the leader of the General Military Mansion?"
"Commander-in-Chief, Liu Shen-General is the General Military Mansion, and the General Military Mansion is Liu Shen-General!" Geng Zhongming replied solemnly: "Although General Liu Shen respects Marshal Mao's father-in-law, Mr. Shen, as the Chief Military Officer, everyone knows that Shen
The old man has never been in charge, and everyone appreciates Mao Shuai's kindness. If Liu Shenjiang didn't go too far, no one would be angry with Mr. Shen!"
Jiang Wan glanced at the other party in surprise. It wouldn't be strange for Kong Youde or Yao Chunyong to say this. However, where did Geng Zhongming come from? This shouldn't come from him.
Speak it out.
"What else do you know? Tell me!"
He said calmly that he expected to get too much information that he didn't know from the other party's mouth. Unexpectedly, after he gave such an order, Geng Zhongming seemed to have opened up his chat box and started pouring things out.
It turned out that Geng Zhongming was not from Liu Xingzhi's Zhongyong Camp, but took the initiative to surrender after Liu Xingzhi killed the generals of their Fenyong Camp. However, even if he surrendered to Liu Xingzhi, his defense was still a defense and he did not receive any reward.
Reuse.
On the contrary, he was still in charge of hundreds of people in the Fenyong camp, and he was considered a powerful officer. However, after he brought his people to surrender, Liu Xingzhi sent someone to take over his manpower and sent him to the General Military Mansion instead.
It sounds like the status is more noble, but it has become a short-term defense.
But this time, Liu Xingzhi didn't even send anyone else from his military headquarters. Geng Zhongming was followed by only a dozen of his brothers who had followed him for many years.
Jiang Wan did not care about his personal experience, but asked about Liu Xingzhi's actions after killing Chen Jisheng.
On major matters, although people like Kong Youde provided some information to Jiang Wan, the perspective of these information was just that provided by the general. How true it was, and how much it deviated from the facts, was obviously not as good as this one from the General Military Mansion.
The information about Geng Zhongming that came out is more accurate.
"Right now, Zhongyong Camp is the largest camp on the island. The other three battalions all have people defecting to it. Even those who don't have the banner of Ming Dynasty defect to Zhongyong Camp, they are just for self-protection. As long as General Liu Shen doesn't forcefully reorganize them, they won't
Too rebellious!"
Geng Zhongming said: "We have four camps in Pidao. Before the incident, each battalion had seven or eight thousand people. No one was much better than the other. Now Zhongyong Camp is considered a single one, with almost twice the number of people before!"
"One family is the only one!" Jiang Wan nodded: "Even though the Zhongyong Battalion's strength increased greatly, he did not take action against the other battalions, and just allowed the people of the other battalions to wander out of his sight. This is unreasonable.
ah!"
"It makes sense, Commander!" Geng Zhongming explained: "At least half of the Zhongyong Battalion are brothers who surrendered to other battalions. If you attack your former brothers, this island will immediately be in chaos. After many years in the army, no one has many
A good friend and brother, a subordinate to a boss, breaking bones and connecting tendons is a mutiny!"
Jiang Wan nodded. This is indeed the truth. Pi Dao is different from the army in the Ming Dynasty. They are isolated overseas. What they value most is the unity within the army. Liu Xingzhi did not dare to declare himself king when he rebelled, but launched Mao Wenlong's
The father-in-law is in charge, so it can be seen that he still has some ideas in his mind.
"Secondly, General Liu is a person we don't like as a subordinate. However, he is also a fierce general under Mao Shuai. His family members all died at the hands of the Tatars. He is incompatible with the Tatars!
"Geng Zhongming said: "Although the number of people in the Zhongyong camp has increased, he used to be in charge of the areas defended by the first battalion. Now, all the areas that need to be defended in the entire Pi Island are under his control. Although the Tatars have no navy,
This season is hard to come by, but if we really wait until the sea surface freezes before we take this preventive measure, it will be too late!"
He said sternly: "Whether it was Commander Mao in the past or General Liu today, they have never slackened in their preparations for war against the Tatars!"
Jiang Wan felt as if he had seen another Liu Xingzhi. If the Geng Zhongming in front of him hadn't said anything, maybe it would have taken him a long time to realize this. Maybe, he would never realize this. After all, in the eyes of the court, this
Liu Xingzhi was a rebel leader who committed rebellion and incited his soldiers to mutiny. Of course, the imperial court wanted to kill this person quickly.
Of course, it is also possible that Geng Zhongming is Liu Xingzhi's confidant, and few of the words he said can be believed. He even said these words to pave the way for Liu Xingzhi to absolve himself of guilt in the future.
All this is possible.
"...I will slowly verify what you said!" Jiang Wan nodded: "Now it's time to talk about your own affairs. The General Military Mansion sent you to come to my account to listen. This means that from now on you
There’s no need to go back!”
"The Marshal is the official of the imperial court. Now that I have met the Marshal, how can I return it?" Geng Zhongming said with a serious face: "Marshal, you don't know. You know that the Imperial Court sent a Marshal to the island. I was there all night."
I didn't sleep well, so I came to the commander's tent to listen to him. It took a lot of effort from my subordinates to make it happen. Even if the commander asked me to be an ordinary soldier in the commander's tent, my subordinates would not be willing to go there again.
Let’s do this defense!”
Jiang Wan laughed, and he had no intention of letting the other person go back. Seeing how well-behaved this guy was, it seemed that he was letting go of his loyalty and bravery by not using him.
"Kong Youde!"
He called out to the outside, and Kong Youde from outside responded and said, "Please take care of this man and the people he brought. If he communicates with outsiders without your permission, do you know what to do?"
"It's not the best, but even if you can, I don't care!" Jiang Wan waved her hand: "Get off!"
Kong Youde took Geng Zhongming out, and the two walked away for a while. Geng Zhongming looked at Kong Youde with some depression: "What does Marshal Jiang mean when he said that you should watch and settle him?"
"Between us brothers, we can talk about anything!" Kong Youde chuckled: "It just means that we all eat from the same pot!"
"That means I still have to obey your orders in the future!" Geng Zhongming sighed.
"Brother, listen to what happened to me. It doesn't mean I have wronged you!" Kong Youde lowered his voice and said: "Admiral Jiang said that in a few days, I will become a guerrilla general. You can only follow the orders of me, a guerrilla general."
,Isn’t this just and natural?”
"Hiss..." Geng Zhongming took a breath: "This is three levels in a row!"
"It's a fluke, it's just a fluke!" Kong Youde smiled triumphantly: "It's all the brothers who support me, Marshal Jiang praises me!"
He looked at Geng Zhongming with dripping eyes: "I said, Lao Geng, you don't really plan to communicate with the other side secretly, do you? Don't make it difficult for me, brother, when the time comes you really do it.
I, Kong Youde, recognize you for such a thing, but Kong Guoqi’s sword doesn’t recognize you, Geng Shoubei!”
"Do you think I'm a fool?" Geng Zhongming rolled his eyes: "Let Liu Xingzhi wait, he really asked me to check Marshal Jiang's attitude and details, but has he treated me well? Why should I do it for him?
He works hard!"
"That's right!" Kong Youde patted him on the shoulder: "Work hard here with us. From now on, our brothers will join forces. After Marshal Jiang takes control of the overall situation, maybe we can also join a battalion and become a general!"
"I hope so!" Geng Zhongming looked back at Jiang Wan: "I'm afraid this won't be an easy task..."
…
The days passed day by day. Compared with the days at the General Military Mansion, the days at Marshal Jiang were still boring, especially since Geng Zhongming had just arrived. Kong Youde would not let him interfere in military affairs.
.
Whether it was defense deployment, patrolling, or routine drills, Geng Zhongming had no chance to participate. Yes, Pidao's drills never stopped. It was just that the number of drills became sparse. From the previous drills once every ten days, to later
It becomes only once every half a month or once a month.
After Jiang went to the island in the evening, this exercise came back again, and compared with the previous exercise every ten days, Marshal Jiang was more ruthless, and the rule was one exercise every three days.
This is still true for the people in Huwei camp. As for Marshal Jiang's personal guards, they are practicing every day.
Geng Zhongming was not very interested in the training at Huwei Camp, but the training of Marshal Jiang's personal guards was a bit interesting.
He observed that almost all of Marshal Jiang's princes were equipped with blunderbuss. However, in addition to blunderbuss, they were also equipped with many long swords and shields. Although they were also seen firing blunderbuss when they were practicing blunderbuss.
, but it is quite interesting to see dozens or even hundreds of people standing neatly on the ground, listening to the officials shouting orders to lift them up and put them down, and line up.
Sometimes, these guards would sit cross-legged on the ground in large groups, practicing actions such as loading and firing muskets. Geng Zhongming came closer to take a look. They did not chase them away, but just watched these guards practice repeatedly.
After watching the same movements for an afternoon, he felt a little bored.
This Marshal Jiang is not from the Shenji Camp, right? I heard that all the people in the Shenji Camp are also equipped with firearms. However, it seems that the people in the Shenji Camp are not just firecrackers. They should also have other weapons.
What kind of firearm is that!
Geng Zhongming was a little confused, but he was not familiar with these personal guards, so he didn't care to inquire about these things. Otherwise, he would have no way to explain if he was really treated as a spy.
I heard that there was a governor in Dengzhou, Shandong Province, who also liked to use firearms. I heard last time that Dengzhou was full of firearms soldiers. He was secretly envious. Although the operation of firearms was cumbersome, but this
It's really useful when it comes to fighting cavalry, especially on the Pidao side. It seems that they would rather install dozens of cannons there and raise thousands of musketeers.
When the Tatars really dare to come over on the frozen sea, it will be very spectacular if they fight over them!
Even if you can't kill them, you can break the ice, but you still have to drown those bastards...