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Chapter 12: Those who do not know are fearless

Chen Xi was worried about whether to leave Fuzhou early and avoid the official documents of the imperial court recruiting him back to Beijing.

After thinking about it, Chen Xi felt that instead of hiding and looking "sincere" as a thief, it would be better to face it calmly... I don't have to go to the northwest when I go to the northwest, and I don't have to be a vanguard and die if I go to the northwest.

The boat will naturally straighten when it reaches the bridgehead!

Chen Xi was relatively optimistic: "I went to the northwest to send cannons and accidentally encountered the Tatars. I thought that at that time, there were only 200 shrimp soldiers and crab generals, but in the end I could turn the tide?"

"Now, I am no longer a pawn. Maybe I can still take the second-rank official position such as Governor Yansui, which is enviable by others. With one point of power, I can exert ten of my strength."

Such thoughts are more about self-comfort.

It is expected that there are only two years left before Emperor Hongzhi's death. Due to the butterfly effect, it is a question whether Zhu Youzhang can survive until the 18th year of Hongzhi. Chen Xi must prepare for his future. As a foresighted person, even though he knew that the Ming Dynasty would usher in a change in the early years of Zhengde, he would be foolish and he would become a fool. Perhaps leading troops on the three sides is also a good choice.

On May 15th, the day after Chenxi arrived in Fuzhou City, the imperial court documents were passed to him through the yamen of the magistrate.

Just as Yu Niang and former Fujian Censor Tao Yan informed him, the Ministry of Personnel recruited him back to Beijing, and his official position remained unchanged. The third-rank right deputy censor still "adjusted the military affairs of the three southeastern provinces", but the yamen changed from Wuzhou to Beijing.

What is the use of the imperial court after returning to the capital? Chen Xi guessed that he should go to the northwest to perform his duties as Tao Yan described. Perhaps before others arrived in the capital, he would receive official documents and ask him to go to the three sides.

"...Sir, why are you going back to Shuntian Mansion? The battle is only halfway through, and the soldiers are still waiting to make achievements with you. The wives and children at home are still waiting to reward them. The new recruits are waiting to get rewards after they have made military achievements, and they will take the rewards to marry their wives and have children!"

Chen Xi took his entourage out of the city and came to the military camp in the south of Fuzhou to discuss matters. After telling the news that he was going back to Beijing, a quarrel suddenly became a quarrel in the central army's tent.

After the victory of the Battle of Nan'ao Mountain, with the award from Chenxi, the soldiers of the three armies were full of morale, waiting to go north to fight the bandits to expand their results. As a result, Chenxi, the most important commander, had to leave halfway. Not to mention that the generals present at the meeting were not in trouble, the soldiers below would definitely be noisy, and the coastal people would be even more disappointed.

We look forward to the moon and look forward to the bandit suppression army led by Chen Xi. This is an ever-victorious army. We have never lost the battle until now. Everyone has high hopes for Chen Xi and his 4,000-defense bandits. The local government recruited a large amount of money, grain and materials to accompany us. Even Chen Xi himself invested a huge amount!

This means withdrawing troops is quite meaningless.

Chen Xidao: "Do you think I am willing to leave? But this is the order of the court and the emperor's will. Now my emperor's order is hard to violate, so do you want to stop me?"

The generals present used to be disdainful of the Shangguans sent by the court, because those people were either corrupt officials who sucked blood or foolish and incompetent officials. As the saying goes, a general was incompetent and exhausted the three armies. Who would be willing to go to war with such a superior?

Only Chen Xi is obviously a young boy who doesn't seem to be very capable, but after spending less than a year with Chen Xi, everyone is impressed by Chen Xi at this moment.

Now Chen Xi has a very high prestige in the three provinces. The officers and soldiers followed Chen Xi, enjoying delicious food and drinking, without any worries in the war, and they also fought for the first place for the sake of their interests on the battlefield...

Jing Yue scolded angrily: "What's the matter? I didn't want to fight before, but Lord Shen came. At that time, I was worried about eating braised vegetables, fearing that no one would care about the wife and the baby on the battlefield. Now, I followed Lord Shen and had just passed a good life. I thought I should kill all directions and earn military merits. However, the court transferred Lord Shen away. The emperor clearly couldn't stand us!"

“Yes, yes!”

Jing Yue clearly said something disrespectful, but the generals present expressed their congratulations.

The emperor is so busy that he is worried about his worries. Originally, the soldiers of the three armies should be loyal to the emperor, but the distance between the emperor is too far away to bring real benefits to the officers and soldiers. Therefore, Chen Xi became the emperor's special envoy. The soldiers felt that loyal to Chen Xi was loyal to the emperor and the court, and they were justified in doing things.

But when Chen Xi was recruited and transferred, it involved the vital interests of the soldiers of the three armies, even the King of Heaven became the sinner in their eyes.

Who is the emperor? If we were not Lord Shen, we would not only inherit this ready-made profession for our whole life, but also our descendants would have to serve the court for the rest of our lives. However, the money allocated by the court was deducted by Shangguan, and it would be difficult for us to support our family.

Chen Xi could not tolerate a group of generals here scolding the emperor and scolded him: "You are the Ming Dynasty official army, and you serve the country, how can you disrespect Your Majesty?"

Chen Xi's words work at any time. Even if Jing Yue and others are dissatisfied, they can only bow their heads and obey orders. In the past six months, a group of soldiers have become accustomed to obeying orders. Who said that listening to Chen Xi's words can make a living and spicy food? If you don't listen to Chen Xi's achievements, you will not be able to do anything, and you will even have no place to die?

Jing Yue said: "Sir, what should we do next? Should you go back to the capital or not? If you go back, what should we do? Will we disband on the spot and go back to our house and find our own concubines?"

"Yes, sir, you want to give us an explanation. The soldiers are waiting to have a meal with you. The bandits in the north have heard that your name is all fleeing. If someone else comes to lead the army, I am afraid that people will be dissatisfied." Sun Xinian and other military generals were also helping each other.

Chenxidao: "As far as I know, the court has recruited Pan Fan, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice in Nanjing, as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, to control military affairs in Guangdong and Guangxi... After that, all the matters to combat bandits will be handed over to the responsibility of Mr. Pan!"

Jing Yue almost yelled: "What about Pan Fan and what about the right assistant minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Justice. I have never heard of it. I just recognized the governor of Shen. If someone else did not want to dispatch me! Sir, please tell me, brothers, follow you, why don't you..."

"Or what, are you going to rebel?"

Chen Xi asked with a gloomy face, but no one here dared to speak.

Since ancient times, the rebellious generals have been basically forced to be put on by the people below. However, in history, less than one percent of the rebellion has succeeded. One person becomes an emperor after success. Another ninety-nine are submerged in the wave of history. No matter how prestige or capable they are, they will be defined as "discrete ministers" by historical books recorded by Confucianism, and their original achievements are completely denied.

This is an era in which the winners become kings and the losers become enemies!

Chen Xi asked himself that he did not have the appeal to be an emperor. Even if he had the foresight to be an emperor, he would bow his head to reality and be a "loyal minister and good general" advocated by Confucianism.

Chen Xidao: "No matter what Mr. Pan will explain in the future, in my opinion, the fight against the bandits should come to an end. I will not hide it from you. I will go north to Beijing and will likely fight the Tatars in the northwest. The northwest will be dangerous. As for whether I will have the opportunity to drink and chat with you in the future, it is still unknown."

When Chen Xi said this, the generals below were excited and basically stood on Shen Xi's side to criticize the court's style of changing orders every day. They all regarded Chen Xi as a big tree. They originally thought that it would be good to enjoy the cool under the big tree, but the court regretted sending Chen Xi to Guangdong and moved to the northwest. They lost the big tree of Chen Xi and could only watch the soldiers in the northwest follow Chen Xi to "eat delicious food and drink spicy food".

Jing Yue said: "Sir, why don't you ask the court for instructions and ask your brothers to follow you to the northwest and let us continue to confront you with the Tatars, what do you think?"

After getting some achievements, I thought I was capable, but I didn’t even understand the mere bandits. I didn’t understand the defense and attack formations on the battlefield. I dared to say that I would fight the Tatars?

Chen Xi thought to himself: "Don't look at the slutty border army, you would rather be a turtle than fight head-on with the Tatars, but the border army at least has the experience of fighting with the Tatars for a long time and knows how to avoid their sharpness. If you, a group of people who are ignorant of the world, will never know how to die if you die."

Of course, Chen Xi cannot speak these words to these rough people. It is a trivial matter to attack their self-confidence. If this group of people refuse to accept it and then acts indiscriminately, causing a mutiny in the army, then it will become a big matter.

"The Tatars are not easy to fight!"

Chen Xi sighed, "I have had a brief confrontation with the Tatars in the northwest. I know that the Tatars are no better than bandits in combat. Even if you are brave enough to kill the enemy, the soldiers of the border may not be able to understand it. The long-standing habit of the nine-sided areas is to guard the city and not fight against the bandits. If you go there, you will have no use of your skills!"

These words were quite reasonable. They not only expressed the fierceness of the Tatars, but also did not hurt the self-confidence of these people, but also explained the long-term situation of the border army.

Jing Yue and others were indeed a little dissatisfied. Jing Yue said, "Then the lord gave the order. If these four thousand brothers rushed to the grassland, they might be able to do the great thing of sealing the wolf's house and leaving their name for the eternal period. Wouldn't that be happy?"

Hurry up your mother!

As expected, the ignorant is fearless. Chen Xi thought to himself that the court is worried about which troops to be the vanguard, who dares to take the hot potato? Who will take the person to die.

If Chen Xi really reports this to the court, it is very likely that the court will approve it. After all, every time there is a major military trend on the frontier, the court will recruit troops from all over the country. Since your three southeastern provinces are so "brave", I will assign you the opportunity to "seal the wolf's servants" and don't come back if you don't achieve your goal!

Chen Xi said coldly: "I went north to the three sides to follow the order. You are the generals of the garrison and are divided into local areas. How can you transgress? Even if the bandits are put to this end, I will still reward the three armies and ask for merit from the court. You will have the opportunity to go to the three sides to serve the country in the future, and maybe you will serve under my official account at that time!"

Although Chen Xi knew that he could no longer command the bandit suppression army at this moment, he still had to give these people an almost illusory hope that they could fight for this goal so that they would not lead these people astray.

These people may not be of great use to go to the northwest, but they are trained by him all the way, so they are quite combat-effective. When they are put together, they are a force that cannot be underestimated. (To be continued.)
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