Chapter 7: Bloody Battle on Ning Yuan (2)
"Uncle!" Wu Sangui shouted excitedly when he saw Zu Dashou.
"Erwa, is it you?" Zu Dashou was very excited when he saw his nephew. If Wu Xiang could not save him this time, he would have left a root for the old Wu family. Zu Dashou would be happy and sad.
"Yes, uncle, Erwazi is no longer studying. The emperor allows us to serve in front of the army. Erwazi wants to rescue his father, mother, eldest brother, third brother and others!" Wu Sangui excitedly grabbed Zu Dashou's arms and said.
"Okay, good boy, your father, my mother doesn't love you in vain, and my uncle doesn't love you in vain!" Zu Dashou said with tears of joy in his eyes.
"Uncle, the emperor said..." Wu Sangui whispered quietly in Zu Dashou's ear.
"Is there such a thing?" Zu Dashou said hatefully after hearing this, "I didn't expect that the rumors had spread so quickly, and they had already reached the emperor's ears!"
"Huang Taiji is too sinister and cunning. Fortunately, the emperor is wise and wise, and he allows us to serve in front of the army. The general is the important task of entrusting the Forward Battalion." Wu Sangui also gritted his teeth and said.
"Have you met the emperor?" Zu Dashou asked with his eyes lit up.
"See." Wu Sangui was a young man after all, with a strong spirit and a straightforward voice, and was not pretentious, saying, "The emperor is only one year older than Erwazi, but Erwazi stood in front of him as if he had seen his father."
"You said the emperor is like your father?" Zu Dashou reminded in surprise and amused, "You can't say this outside, it doesn't matter if you say it in front of your uncle.
"Erwazi understands, thank you uncle for your reminder." Wu Sangui quickly received the teachings.
"Tell me to my uncle, why do you think the emperor is like your father?"
Wu Sangui lowered his head and thought for a moment, and replied, "Erwazi doesn't know either. But the emperor cares about standing in front of you, which makes people feel uncomfortable and trembling. He also talks in front of the emperor. Erwazi doesn't even have the courage to lie, just like in front of his father."
"What do you know? This is the majesty of the emperor. In the world, is it the king's land and the shore of the land? Is it the king's minister? Although the late emperor was not a good emperor, he chose a good emperor for later generations. Our Ming Dynasty has hoped to revival." Zu Dashou had already seen from his nephew's eyes that he had awe for the newly ascended the throne and became the emperor.
"Erwazi, do you think the emperor is a good emperor today?" Zu Dashou asked.
Wu Sangui nodded and said, "Since he ascended the throne, he first abolished the Dongchang, strictly ordered the harem to not interfere in politics, and abolished the privileges of the Jinyiwei. Now the public security in the capital is subject to the Tianfu, and the imperial court is not concerned about it. He also reduces the cost of the imperial palace and returns to the internal coins into the national treasury..."
Wu Sangui said a lot, and Zu Dashou listened carefully, and finally shed tears when he heard it. These were all seen by his nephew with his own eyes, and there would be no falsehood. He had some concerns about him and the border guards, and he also heard gossip. However, now the border is fighting, and he still doesn't consider those. On the surface, he still follows the leadership of the Beijing court, but in fact he still has some ideas. The rumors of King Xin seizing the throne spread among the border troops, and the morale of the army was more or less fluctuating. Hearing Wu Sangui's description, Zu Dashou's heart was settled.
Soldiers are different from literati. They have always liked straight people. Although they are also scheming, they will also be honest with them. This is the same as ordinary people. If this is not the case, there would not be so many dynasties in China.
The nephew and uncle were not able to say much as soon as they got together, but they heard the sound of Man Gui's ordering people to beat drums and gathering generals. Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui hurriedly sorted out their clothes and armor, picked up their weapons, and brought their helmets to the lobby of the General's Mansion.
Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui arrived at the lobby. Most of the generals had already arrived. Man Gui sat upright in front of the case of decline, and the person sitting next to Xiong Tingbi was the one sitting next to him.
After the three-way drum sounds, the generals must be present. If the 3-way drum is less than three times, they can immediately push the gate and behead them.
All the generals and schoolmen in Shanhaiguan were silent, without looking sideways, and the military discipline was strict. In comparison, the generals and schoolmen of the 30,000 troops led by Xiong Tingbi whispered and whispered, and looked around. There were still a few three times when the Maowei arrived. Xiong Tingbi's face turned pale. He led such an army to support Ningyuan. If there was no defeat, there would be ghosts!
Several generals who had not arrived arrived were late and looked careless and arrogant. Man Gui also frowned slightly. These people were not his subordinates, so he could not handle them beyond his authority. He looked at Xiong Tingbi and saw Xiong Tingbi quietly nodding to him.
Man Gui naturally understood, and stood up after a slap in the handsome man, shouted to the generals who had arrived three times, "You should wait three times, do you not know how to explain the reason to me?"
One of the gang generals who was almost unable to walk walked forward and said disdainfully: "This gang general is General Li of Changping sent to Ningqiandao Censor Xiong under the command of General Xiong. You are the general of Liaodong. Do you need to explain something like you?"
"Oh?" Man Gui smiled instead of anger, "Okay, since you said that, then you are nearly a quarter of an hour late. Should you explain the reason to Xiong?"
"Hehe, then you have to ask what Marshal Xiong means?"
This general named Li Kui, who is a arrogant and domineering person and has long been famous in the court. I wonder why General Changping sent him to lead his troops?
"No need, I will order the reinforcements from the four towns including you to General Man!" Xiong Tingbi announced calmly.
"What?" The generals from the four towns who came to rush to Ningyuan suddenly exploded.
Tianjin deputy general Qian Zhongxian came out on behalf of the reinforcements in the four towns and asked: "The court has an order to let us go out of the pass and rush to Ningyuan. What is the intention of the general Man? Does the general want to disobey the imperial edict?"
"How could Mr. Xiong disobey the emperor's imperial edict?" Xiong Tingbi paused for a moment and then said, "When I left the capital, I asked for an imperial edict. The emperor promised me the right to act cheaply and to make arbitrary decisions at the right time."
In the following days, the officers and soldiers who rushed to the rescue of the four towns, in addition to the 5,000 soldiers from Ji Town, and the generals of Wu Sangui's vanguard battalion remained silent. The remaining three towns were all uproaring and suddenly started to make noise in the lobby. Since some said they wanted to pull the army back, the general Li Kui was even more active and actually started to rush and connect at this time.
Xiong Tingbi shook his head and smiled bitterly. With such a general, what kind of soldiers would there be? No wonder the emperor intended to reform the military system, and it had reached the point where he could not change it.
"Silent!" This was the first time Man Gui encountered such a thing. He was so angry that he was extremely annoyed. He roared in the court and immediately calmed down the noisy generals.
"Since General Xiong has handed you over to me, I have to abide by my rules when I am in my place!" Man Gui said with murderous intent. Others are not very good and have a strong face. When they are angry, they are even more terrifying. Seeing that the general who was noisy just now felt cold in his heart, they all lowered their heads in fear.
"Come!" Man Gui asked outside the court.
A pair of soldiers ran in outside the hall quickly and knelt down and said in unison: "Please give orders to the general!"
"Take off the armor of the few people who had not arrived three times just now, and behead them at the gate!" Man Gui had already had murderous intentions. He had already discussed these with Xiong Tingbi. He transferred the war soldiers in Shanhaiguan to Xiong Tingbi to help Ningyuan. Xiong Tingbi's subordinates who were drawn from the four towns were handed over to him to guard Shanhaiguan and trained strictly. If Xiong Tingbi had no time to do, Man Gui would do it for him.
"yes!"
A pair of soldiers surrounded the generals and schools in the four towns and prepared to arrest Li Kui and others, which immediately caused the rebound of other generals and schools. They thought to themselves that it was Li Kui and others now, and it might be their turn later. When will they not resist at this time? They immediately fought with Man Gui's personal soldiers in the lobby.
As a huge military camp mutiny was about to occur, Man Gui suddenly pulled out his treasure sword, slashed a corner of the Shuai Case with one knife, and shouted sternly: "The generals of Shanhaiguan obey the orders. If anyone resisted the military orders just now, kill them without any hesitation!"
"Yes, please accept the order!"
The generals at Shanhai Pass were all rolling out of blood and fire. If they were afraid that these soft generals who would only embezzle military pay and play with women would swarm up, pull out the blades from their waists, and chopped the generals and schoolmen in the four towns who were preventing the execution of military orders. In a short while, no one was left.
The bloody scene in the hall made the lucky survival. The generals and schools in the four towns who were not involved were frightened and vomited. Several of them fainted on the spot. This is really ridiculous. Can such generals still go to the battlefield? They either were captured or became deserters when they went there!
Xiong Tingbi looked at the bloody scene in the hall with a calm look on his face. In his eyes, such a scene was nothing but a big witch. There were many generals who were killed by him without obeying the general order. What are these people?
Xiong Tingbi became more and more calm, and Man Gui and Zu Dashou became more and more sure of the true identity of the person in front of him, but no one has the courage to ask this question now.
The young Wu Sangui not only wasn't frightened by the bloody scene, but felt a little excited and longing, his handsome face flushed and his eyes flashed with a longing. Of course, his eyes swept over the position where Mangui was sitting just now, and a hot light shone in his eyes.
Next, Man Gui ordered the remaining generals and schools in the four towns to be temporarily taken into custody, which was equivalent to house arrest, and ordered Zu Dashou to lead people to take over the troops of the four towns, and at the same time, he transferred 25,000 elite soldiers from Shanhaiguan to go north with Xiong Tingbi, the general of Ji Town, and the 5,000 soldiers and horses under Xiong Tingbi, as well as the 3,000 vanguard battalion specially selected from the Beijing camp. A total of 33,000 soldiers and horses came out of Shanhaiguan overnight and rushed north to Ningyuan.
Zhu Yinglong was soon reported on what Xiong Tingbi did at Shanhaiguan. He was extremely impressed by Xiong Tingbi's practice of replacing the soldiers of Shanhaiguan and then using the soldiers of Shanhaiguan to support Ningyuan. If it were himself or others, he would never think of such a way. Sun Chengzong even smiled happily. He recommended him. It seems that Xiong Tingbi is still a sword that is still getting old and is getting more and more experienced.
There are also those who keep the soldiers of these four towns in Shanhaiguan. In time, they will be another powerful force under the training of Zu Dashou. It is not bad to kill two birds with one stone. As for killing so many generals and schools in the four towns, Zhu Yinglong will not blame him, but is happy. The four towns are closest to Beijing, and there are so many positions that are vacant at once. The people trained by Sun Chengzong Kaifeng can be inserted and slowly grasp the military power firmly into his own hands. At that time, the military system reform will not be easy to cause chaos.
Chapter completed!