Chapter 511: Handsome Account Talk

"Everything in Shandong is well, please don't worry about it!"

From Jinan to here, the letter was sent directly to the expedited letter. After reading the letter in the commander's tent, Li Meng directly handed it to the personal military academy and rode a horse to promote it in various armies.

Most of the soldiers in the Jiaozhou camp did not know about the rebellion of the cult in Linqingzhou, but the news of all the security in Shandong would at least make the soldiers feel at ease.

"I'm afraid the matter has passed ten days, so why are these words just here?"

Li Meng asked calmly, and the messenger spoke respectfully:

"When the general says, Mr. Gongsun said that it would not be too late to send someone to tell the details when the general arrives in Shandong, so as not to disturb the morale of the army. Mr. Gongsun also said that it is indeed a trivial matter to the prefect of the king."

Calculate the time, and probably the messenger who came to report the detailed news was on the way, because the news of his great victory over the thief was already sent to Shandong on the day of the war, which was similar to his expectations, and it was indeed a trivial matter. Although the prefect Wang sent someone to report it urgently, who could make trouble in such a situation in Shandong?

When they went out to fight, the soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp were relatively young and their homesickness was inevitable. The news of everything in their hometown suddenly made the soldiers' morale suddenly excited.

After hearing the news, Yuan Wenhong, the chief clerk of Jiaozhou camp, still felt relieved, although his expression had not changed. It was already spread over there, saying that the commander of the Ma Army, Tang Er and the general of the Yansui of Ming, Gao Jie, had already read the military camp. Li Meng would not invite a banquet for surrendered generals like Gao Jie.

Shandong has as much archives as possible for military generals like the Ming Dynasty and above who hold military power. Especially for places like Shaanxi where troops are sent, Gao Jie, the general of Yansui, is also a local powerful figure, so there will naturally be investigations and information on him.

Although Gao Jie was also the general of a town, from the time he started his business to the time he was recruited, such actions could only be called vulgar, and were completely the style of bandits.

Such a person can even get into the position of general, which shows how the Ming Dynasty became. Such generals have been plundering soldiers and horses into tens of thousands because they have thousands of old foundations brought by the Shun Army. The Ming Dynasty court can only use high officials to win over such powerful generals, but Gao Jie's strength is not worth mentioning in front of Jiaozhou Camp. He thought of catching more soldiers from the local area and adding more chips when he surrendered. Such actions were self-deprecated, but in Li Meng's eyes, they only increased their disgust.

Among the Ming army, the cavalry and horse teams were also elite. In addition to being well-equipped and prohibited, the horse teams of Jiaozhou Camp showed no special features in equestrians and horse battles. If Gao Jie, the general of Yansui, saw this, he could not realize how powerful the Jiaozhou Camp was. It was just a lot of people and horses.

When he arrived at the base camp, at the instruction of Li Meng, Tang Er was arranged to lead him around. What was the infantry of the Ming Dynasty like? It was nothing more than a rogue and poor man holding weapons. What was the infantry of the Jiaozhou Camp like, which was well-equipped, high morale, sufficient training, and murderous aura.

No matter how confused Gao Jie was, after reading the tens of thousands of infantrymen and hundreds of cannons and huge amounts of supplies in the base camp, he finally understood what the strength gap between the two sides reached.

There is such a gap, any unrealistic delusions and clever tricks are beaten away, and I honestly think about what I should do in the future.

After a simple lunch, Tang Er and the soldiers from the Shuai Chan passed it down. After a moment, the soldiers from the Shuai Chan sent a reply, saying that the soldiers from the Shuai Chan passed it back and forth, saying that the soldiers from the Da Shang Chan passed it on.

At this time, Gao Jie was not as relaxed as before, but was a little nervous and restrained. In the Ming Dynasty officialdom, Gao Jie naturally had some understanding of this Qi Duke.

Ten years ago, he was just a child of an unemployed military householder who sold salt. There were rumors that Li Meng was a fool back then, but since then, this military householder who was in charge of the low-cost salt industry began to rise. In just a few years, he went from guard, Dushi, guerrilla, and general to the current position of Dushi.

Judging from the promotion alone, Li Meng was not the fastest. After Gao Jie was recruited, he became the general officer of the Ming Dynasty in about five years. It is said that some people did it in three years.

Li Meng is different. Every step he takes is based on brilliant victory. These victories, from local bandit suppression to large wars with refugee troops, and also battles with Tartar soldiers. Relying on these unquestionable military achievements, they were promoted step by step.

These victories are not the kind of Ming army that killed good people in the officialdom, but the real enemy's head, which can withstand anyone's inspection and inspection. Moreover, Gao Jie has also heard rumors that in several wars, the Jiaozhou camp made false decapitations on beheadings, not to do too much, but to do too little. It is said that the Jiaozhou camp of Woshui beheaded nearly 100,000, but only a few thousand reported to the court. As for the Tartars heads outside the capital, this was spread throughout the world.

After seeing such a scale and strength in Jiaozhou Camp today, the original rumors made Gao Jie convinced him. He had seen people on the market, but he was extremely nervous.

When he came to the Jiaozhou Camp Commander's Office, Gao Jie had all kinds of plans, but now he was replaced by nervousness. He followed the commander of the Ma Jun Tang Er into the commander's office. Tang Er in front of him knelt down respectfully. Gao Jie couldn't help but kneel down. After kneeling down, he didn't hear what Li Meng said, and he couldn't help but feel even more nervous.

The commander of the Ma Army, Tang Er, kowtowed according to the rules, and Li Meng asked with a smile:

"Tang Er, the first time I asked you to take charge of one direction independently. I played well, and I am very satisfied!"

Hearing his generals praise, Tang Er was inexplicably excited and kowtowed and thanked him again. Seeing that Li Meng had not seen him, Gao Jie was even more nervous. Li Meng asked a few simple questions, turned around and spoke:

"Gao Jie, right?"

According to the rules, both sides were still officials under the Ming Dynasty. Li Meng should also call him politely. When he heard this title, Gao Jie felt a little scared. Under the control of the other party, his life and safety were not in his hands. The other party was so hostile. Gao Jie hurriedly walked a few steps forward and kowtowed and said:

"Reporting to the Duke of Qi, it is the villain Gao Jie."

"In the past few days, the gentry in Jia County has written to me, saying that you, Gao Jie, have been instigating Latinos from all over the past few days to join the army and plunder money. Is this true?"

Li Meng said it was plain, but Gao Jie seemed to have a thunder blew in his ears, and his whole body was shaking, and he knelt down and kowtowed and said:

"Duke, Duke, Duke, these are all those who falsely accuse me. The villain is determined to surrender to the Duke, but how dare you have any unpleasant intentions? He also goes to Duke to investigate clearly. Duke to investigate clearly. General Tang, you are not adjacent to the villain, but I hope you will testify to the villain and explain a few words. The villain is grateful..."

Tang Er had already stood up, standing beside Li Meng like his daily behavior. He and Li Meng both looked at Gao Jie with disgust. Li Meng listened to the crying below, and gradually felt a little impatient and said directly:

"Gao Jie, you have more than 40,000 soldiers in your hands now. I have 6,000 people here to kill all your troops. Do you believe it?"

Hearing this, Gao Jie's body trembled even harder. But when he thought about what he had seen and heard outside just now, he knew that what Li Meng said was not a lie. He knew how his own soldiers were fooling around. Gao Jie even felt that Li Meng underestimated the combat effectiveness of his army. The 4,000 infantrymen in the Jiaozhou camp were enough to completely destroy his troops.

"Duke, the villain sincerely surrenders. If the Duke exerted thunderous anger on the villain, it would be a colder thought of the later generations."

Li Meng and Tang Er looked at each other, but instead smiled and said disdainfully:

"If you are a latecomer like you, I would rather not be afraid. Gao Jie, don't be afraid. I will not kill you. I will take two ways for you. If you want to join the army, you will have your position in the army. With your subordinates, you will be given a maximum of 1,000 generals. If you don't want to join the army, I will give you 60,000 taels of silver. Your original property will not move, as long as your troops are dismissed and reorganized, can you agree?"

Every time he said, Gao Jie, who was kneeling on the ground, his face turned pale, and his trembling body aggravated. However, when Li Meng finished speaking, Gao Jie made a decision very short, and he kowtowed to the ground and said respectfully:

"The Duke is merciful. The villain has been in war for many years and wants to enjoy family at home. The villain is willing to get money. The villain's soldiers and horses can be controlled by the villain, and there will never be any trouble."

Li Meng finally laughed haha ​​this time, nodded and praised:

"Gao Jie, you are really a smart person who knows the current affairs. Let go of your heart and be a rich man in Shandong. It is a hundred times more comfortable to be a local emperor in Yansui. As long as you serve the people with peace of mind, I guarantee the safety and safety of you and your family. If you come, take Lord Gao down to rest first and wait and return with Commander Tang later!"

Several fully armed personal soldiers walked in and stood behind Gao Jie. Gao Jie was a bachelor. Knowing that he was no longer able to do anything at the moment, he did not dare to lose his manners, so he kowtowed respectfully to Li Meng. Then he followed the personal soldiers. When Gao Jie left the tent, Tang Er bowed anxiously and asked:

"Master, although this Gao Jie is a little bit despicable, if we deprive him of military power in this way, will the rest of the Ming court generals?"

Li Meng waved his hand and said in a stern voice:

"Gao Jie's soldiers are mostly old and weak, they are all gangsters who do evil. They have no effect on the battlefield, but they are very good at harming the people. If they surrender, the military discipline will sooner or later become uncontrollable. At that time, the army will definitely not be stationed in Henan. It will take some effort to deal with his tens of thousands of people. Do you think he can feel at ease after surrendering his character like Gao Jie?"

After hearing Li Meng say it, Tang Er had nothing to say, but he had no worries. Gao Jie's troops were real local chickens and tiles for the horse team in Jiaozhou Camp. If there were any fluctuations, it would be easy to kill them all. It was very simple. Li Meng added:

"This time, the generals, He Renlong and Bai Guangen, can be used. If they can surrender voluntarily and prepare to go to the grassland outside the border, I don't want to use the rest of the people. Tang Er, don't worry. When you return later, our army will allocate three regiments to you. Gao Jie's army may either train farms or choose their strong strength to supplement the baggage. If there is chaos, then kill them without any worries!"

Tang Er understood Li Meng's intention and hurriedly bowed to receive the general order. Li Meng said with a smile:

"This time I asked you to come, of course, not for Gao Jie. Although the battle in Xiangcheng was to eliminate most of the bandits, there were also western and southern Henan. The majority of Huguang had not been cleared. It was originally arranged for Chen Liu to be the full-time responsibilities of Henan Huguang. Later, I thought that most of him were infantrymen, so I would not be able to avoid maneuvers. I decided to divide your horse army into two parts."

When the Grand Marshal talked about his future plans, Tang Er quickly stood in front of Li Meng, bowed and listened carefully, and Li Meng talked:

"Now there are two thousand iron cavalry and more than five thousand light cavalry. If we include the Shun Army captives on the battlefield, there will be almost more than 13,000 cavalry. The light cavalry of the horse army will be divided into three thousand, and the prisoners of the Shun Army will be divided into four thousand. You will be trained on the spot. You will also stay here. Cooperate with Chen Liuyi to clear the remnants of the Shun Army. I will keep the rest of the iron cavalry and light cavalry for you to keep for you and take them back to Shandong first. What about it? Do you have any opinions?"

Tang Er was in a state of great excitement and bowed deeply. What else would he have to do? The current Jiaozhou camp system lacks the most is the opportunity to make achievements. The Xuzhou army led by Chen Liu, the general of the Western Expedition, was set up for the Shun Army in Henan. This time, Chen Liu led his army into Henan to eliminate the remaining enemies of the Shun Army and determine the rule of the Jiaozhou camp over Henan. This is an jealous job for everyone. First, the battle was fought by Li Meng and the army was led by him, and there were no dangers. Second, Henan was the heart of the Central Plains, and there were still remaining enemies of the Shun Army. How great would this achievement be?

Although the two teams were strong in combat, their command positions were not high. Tang Er and Huang Ping were both the ranks of generals.

Originally, the personal soldiers led Wang Hai to the North Korean garrison army as a general, but now they are in the position of general, which made Tang Er really envious, but he is the chief general of the horse army, belongs to a specialized army, and is a unit directly commanded by the commander. If he wants such opportunities to be responsible for the aspects of independence, there are very few.

Who would have thought that the head coach would give him such an opportunity this time? Henan is vast and there will be many places to use his horse army. Chen Liu is already the general of the Western Expedition, and his room for promotion is really quite large.

"This is the great kindness of the general to the villain. The villain is willing to lead the iron cavalry to clear the Central Plains and build a pure world for the general."

Li Meng nodded with a smile and said:

"You must train these prisoners of the Shun Army and Horse Team to make them truly a force in your hands. Li Chuang from Henan and Huguang has been operating for a long time, so don't cause trouble to these prisoners."

"When the villain knows, he will definitely handle it with caution. Please rest assured by the coach."

After chatting for a few more words, Tang Er had so many things to do, that is, he bowed to say goodbye. Yuan Wenhong was waiting quietly for the order. Tang Eryi left the military tent, Li Meng pondered for a moment, and said:

"It is said that I will order the Fifth Regiment of the Fourth Regiment of our army to garrison the area of ​​Ye County, and ordered Chen Liu to lead his troops into Nanyang Prefecture immediately. It is secondary to pursuing Li Chuang. Giving him two targets is secondary to the victory. If he can conquer Xinye before the first month of next year, it will be the first success!"

Xinye is the key to Henan and Huguang. Xiangyang is the hub of north and south, and the world is a mighty city. If you want to go north from Xiangyang to enter Henan, Xinye is a must-pass place. With the strength of Chen Liu's troops, as long as you can defend Xinye, it is equivalent to blocking the Shun army in Huguang.

"The troops and horses of the Central Army, Shishi, were left in Kaifeng for training, and led the Third Regiment, the Fourth Regiment, and the Fifth Regiment to Henan Prefecture to clear the remnants of the Shun Army. Jia Dashan led his troops to Runing Prefecture to clear the remnants of the remnants of the remnants of the Runing Prefecture."

Yuan Wenhong's pen was flying and recorded one by one, but he still reminded Li Meng:

"Master, since our Jiaozhou Camp entered Henan, the gentry and righteous people from several prefectures in Henan have responded one after another. In the past few days, news from all over the world said that the three places of Henan Prefecture, Nanyang Prefecture, and Runing Prefecture are almost all the righteous people, rising up everywhere to welcome the king's army, these forces..."

Yuan Wenhong was not excited or excited at all when he said this. Li Meng's face was also indifferent, and even a little angry, and he spoke coldly:

"These people are better than bandits on the mountain, they are already ruined. Li Chuang is traitors, and now they are going to slap them again... Forget it, this matter is asked to be handled by the people from the Inspectorate Department. It's a big deal, so Chen Liuyi will be suppressed together!"

Henan is the province with the worst disasters throughout the day. If you don’t mention natural disasters, the major forces of the thieves are almost all soldiers from all over Henan.

The refugees were making a big fuss, and the gentry and landlords also wanted to arm themselves and set up camps. They all went up the mountain to fight against the Shun Army. After being on the mountain for a long time, they also annexed and revenged each other, and they also had some rash habits, which were almost the same as those bandits in the green forest.

In their eyes, the people of the prefectures and counties at the foot of the mountain were all rebels and rebels led by the thief Li Chuang. They didn't have to be polite to them and killed them directly.

These people are good at changing their responsibilities. Although they have deep hatred with the Shun Army, they do not provoke them when the Shun Army is strong. Although they claim to be the adopted son of the Ming Dynasty, the small-scale Ming army is often robbed by them.

Now that the main force of the army led by the King of Chuang has been annihilated, Shandong is a strong army, they naturally know that they will rely on surrender, but it will also have a negative effect, that is, they think they are turning over and looking forward to it, and the Shun army, who has always dared not provoke, is also collapsed and weak, and their actions have begun to become unscrupulous.

Gao Jie's actions at that time were very in line with these people. They also wanted to take advantage of the Jiaozhou camp army to gain more territory and gain more strength. When the army comes, it would be a good place in the new forces and be valued by the Duke of Qi.

As a result, the various villages began to invade each other, and the brave ones began to attack prefectures and counties, and the brave ones also went to nearby villages to plunder.

The ground in Henan is already ruined, and the soldiers of the Shun Army still have some rules and are subject to military discipline. Although they are defeated soldiers, harassment to the local area is nothing, but these powerful landlords who set up camps on the mountain are extremely fierce and cruel when doing things.

Because of these people's abduct and fighting, the poor people who had been in peace for a few days in the local area combined with the Shun Army scattered among the people and launched a fierce battle with the militia armed forces of these powerful landlords.

For a time, except for the territory clearly controlled by Shandong, the rest of the things in Henan were filled with smoke and chaos. Speaking of which, Shandong's great victory took only three days, but the north of Runing and Nanyang prefectures had already begun to be in chaos.

Jiaozhou Camp wanted a broken but quiet Henan. If you want to recover, you will spend a lot of manpower and material resources to transform it. But at the moment, even if the Xuzhou army and the Ma army were dispatched together, it would definitely take more energy and more time than usual.

The landlords and powerful people thought they were self-righteous and did not fear life and death, causing trouble to the Shunjun and helped Jiaozhou camp very much, but in fact they flattered the horse's legs.

Li Meng's irritability is because of this. Now the overall situation is unfolding. Shandong has 100,000 elite soldiers, but there are many places that need to use troops. In addition to pursuing the disabled enemies, regular troops also need to maintain local public security. This involves so many people and how much energy it takes, which is really annoying.

"When I write an urgent letter to Zhou Yang, who is Tian Zhengshi, asks him to send additional personnel to Henan. There is so much wasteland, and we must speed up the construction of farmland and farmland establishment to say that it is stable. There is also Chen Liu's side, let him set off immediately after I take over the troops and horses on my side, and use heavy dictates in troubled times. People along the way, who do not obey orders, will kill them all without mercy."

Yuan Wenhong agreed and then started writing, and hesitated:

"Master, the military farming in Kaifeng Prefecture and Ruzhou is quite expensive. In Henan Province, we in Shandong still have many places to spend money. The finances for the coming year are probably... "

Speaking of this, Li Meng also understood and patted his forehead with some annoyance. A penny stumped the hero. The silver he used now costs tens of thousands of dollars.

The personal soldiers in the commander's tent stood in a row with concern, only Li Meng and Yuan Wenhong racked their brains to think. After a while, Yuan Wenhong hesitated and said:

"Master, there is a way to be a humble position. I don't know if it is feasible?"

"But say that, I'm sure I won't blame you?"

"Master, we are in Shandong and the two Huaihe Rivers. How many merchants have become rich because of private salt and foreign business. Even in Jiangnan and northern Zhili, there are many people who make a fortune by making a fortune. These people always want to buy land for their own land. But there are so many peaceful places in the world, and there are not so many good land for them. Now, it is better to open such a large territory..."

In the territory controlled by Jiaozhou Camp, the land is a very sensitive issue. Yuan Wenhong was very brave when he thought about this, but he was still waiting for Li Meng's reaction tremblingly.

Li Meng's solemn face gradually thawed, and finally turned into a smile. Li Meng gave Yuan Wenhong a thumbs up and said with a smile:
Chapter completed!