Chen Xi did not ask too much for Jing Yue. As long as he could think about the problem independently in a targeted manner and come up with solutions, he would basically respond to all requests.

That night, the entire army was mobilized and was regarded as a large-scale military training by Chen Xi.

The troops under Chen Xi are mostly from Fujian and Guangdong, and there are not many other foods on the beach, but there is a lot of seafood. Seafood is an important source of vitamin A. Therefore, in the case of severe night blindness among inland and northerners, the officers and soldiers led by Chen Xi have basically no problem in sighting at night.

This time the main force of the Central Army will not participate in the war, but it is necessary to create a momentum of encirclement on all sides, which is also an important part of military training.

Chen Xi had a total force of about 4,000 troops. After half of Hu Lian's troops were distributed, the number of musketeers under the central army was about 2,000. Two hundred troops were allocated to Jing Yue, and only 1,800 troops were left in the central army of Chen Xi.

Chen Xi’s request is to create a momentum of four or five thousand with less than two thousand people.

It is not just about soldiers building momentum, such as holding two torches and moving quickly, supplemented by war drums and whistles, forming a powerful and overwhelming sound. It also makes full use of livestock and carriages to allow war horses to drag branches to run quickly, making a huge sound. The carriage suddenly formed a dark shadow and attacked from all directions, creating the illusion that there was nowhere to escape from the sky and earth nets.

In order to prevent the bandits from counterattacking, the soldiers and horses remain in line with each other, and when they encounter an attack, the soldiers and horses in the adjacent parts can be integrated into one place at any time to form a distinct battle formation, which has a very high requirement for the quality of officers and soldiers.

After the Central Army set out, Hu Lian, who received the news, immediately sent someone to Chen Xi for advice. Because this time it was an unexpected dispatch, Hu Lian did not receive any military orders in advance, so he took the initiative to ask how to cooperate with the Central Army.

Chen Xi said to the messenger: "You go back and tell Hu Butang that I will not give any instructions and let him make a decision at the moment!"

Chen Xi's request for Hu Lian is different from that for Jing Yue. Hu Lian chose to stay with Emperor Zhengde to listen to it. It seems that he doesn't have to take risks and has a barrier with Chen Xi, but in fact, he can play much more role than going to the battlefield. He is in charge of the center and leads the overall situation. As long as he can influence Zhu Houzhao with the correct vision and strategy, so that the center will not give orders randomly, then Chen Xi will have no worries when he attacks the grassland.

Therefore, what Hu Lian needs is strategic vision, forward-looking layout, and a reasonable understanding of the war, and how to deal with the aftermath. Now is the time to test Hu Lian.

After the messenger went to Hu Lian's camp to convey the message, Chen Xi turned over and moved forward slowly under the guards, and was extremely relaxed.

Chen Xi did not have much psychological burden when attacking the thieves in this camp. After all, there were no female relatives in the camp except Yunliu and Xier. Lin Dai and Xie Hengnu were left in Tongzhou County by him, so there was no need to worry about safety issues at all.

"…Sir, General Jing has led his troops to fight with the bandits..."

"...Sir, General Jing's troops have the upper hand. After three consecutive rounds of gunfire, the bandits are in chaos..."

"...Sir, the last time the bandit army formed a formation to resist was defeated by General Jing's army..."

"...Sir, the bandit army was defeated and fled in scattered places. General Jing led his troops to pursue..."

Chen Xi was in charge of the central army formation in the rear, and there were more than 100 guards carrying guns and live ammunition around him, and there were officers and soldiers in front of him. It was impossible for the bandit army to break through the front, although it was only responsible for shaking flags and shouting, but in a blink of an eye, the troops could gather into battle formations and approach him, and there was no need to worry about safety.

Therefore, from beginning to end, Chen Xi smiled and learned from Tanma every subtle change that took place in the battlefield ahead.

Feeling that it was almost done, Chen Xi waved his hand: "Don't chase the enemy, let General Jing withdraw. Each unit quickly moves closer to the central army, and then station on the spot, waiting for subsequent orders!"

It is a test for soldiers to gather together first and then camp on the spot, or at the darkest time before dawn, when people are trapped and horses are exhausted.

Although most of the soldiers had fought with Chen Xi, and they basically fought in the wild continuously and suffered a lot, they were still not very adapted to the high-intensity training in front of them.

After the camp was set up, the soldiers began to clean the weeds, buried the pot and burned hot water, and the camp was bright, and the installation of the checkpoints and fortifications were completed in a very short time. Chen Xi was generally satisfied after seeing it.

Before entering the camp, Chen Xi gave Ma Jiu a message: "Brother Jiu, you have to remember that we will go to the grassland battlefield in the future, and there will be such an unfamiliar environment everywhere. There will be no quiet day for a day. Being attacked by people in the middle of the night is probably commonplace. It is difficult to have the opportunity to put on a good posture and wait for the Tatars to fall into the trap... People will also grow up and know how to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. This requires us to do our precautions without any leakage."

Ma Jiu nodded heavily, but he didn't understand why Chen Xi said this to him. In his understanding, Chen Xi should value talents such as Jing Yue and Hu Songyue, but now it seems that Chen Xi seems to be more inclined to use him.

This is also a little selfish in Chen Xi. Although he treats all military generals on the surface, Chen Xi is well aware of human nature. If he really encounters danger, he will never betray him and will never betray him.

As for Hu Songyue, Jing Yue and others, these people are not strong in their will. They are dominated by blind confidence because they have won many battles with him. Now it seems that everything is listened to him, but when they are facing a critical moment of life and death, they are asked to leave one person's life between themselves and Shen Xi, most of them will choose to protect themselves.

Chen Xi taught Ma Jiu the skills of camping. The news came over that Jing Yue returned to the camp. Chen Xi hurried to the central army tent. When he entered the tent, there were only a few generals. The rest were either accepting prisoners of war or arranging specific military affairs.

Soon, Jing Yue and Wang Lingzhi came over together. This time, Jing Yue finally had a smile of joy on his face. It was obvious that he had gained a lot in the previous war.

"Sir, I will fulfill my mission and defeat the bandits. If you did not order the withdrawal of troops, I will prepare to arrest them all and serve as a gift to me."

Jing Yue seemed very proud. This war made him show his face in front of the generals under Shen Xi. If it were replaced by the army led by others, the contribution he made this time would be almost blown out of the sky, but now he has only gained a little face.

It is mainly because it is too easy for Chen Xi’s army to get credit, and Chen Xi’s men seem mediocre, but they all can fight tough battles.

Chen Xi waved his hand: "Call all the non-commissioned generals and schoolmen here."

As the military order was issued, the generals gradually moved closer to the central army tent, and more than a dozen generals came at once. However, most of them were middle-level people. Many people just called Chen Xi. Even the generals who followed Chen Xi to fight in the south had changed a lot after several years. Many people left the army, some people encountered changes, or they did not come to the capital due to local affairs.

It seems to be with a group of old acquaintances, but in fact it still needs to be familiar with it slowly. Not only do these people need to understand Chen Xi's style, but Chen Xi also needs to be familiar with the personalities and characteristics of his subordinates, and only use them.

After everyone arrived, Chen Xi said, "General Jing, come on your battle."

Jing Yue said: "The last general has not counted in detail yet, but the number of thieves who were cut back is definitely no less than 200, and there are still three or four hundred prisoners of war. Unfortunately, many of them escaped to the west under the cover of night..."

Chen Xi was very dissatisfied: "The war has ended. As the commander of the first army, you have not even calculated the credit you have earned?"

Jing Yue looked a little embarrassed. He originally felt that he had completed the task successfully. As for the calculation of credit, he was not good at it. He was not good at arithmetic himself. In addition, it was not easy to lead two hundred men to disarm twice his prisoners of war and escort back. Where can I still have time to think about more?

Chen Xi coughed and said, "If you lead the army independently in the future and declare your military achievements in victory, even the number of enemies will be annihilated. How can I ask you for me? But this time, you can still win and return when facing an enemy that is several times more than you. You did a good job! By the way, how are your casualties in your army?"

Jing Yue thought about it carefully, and this time he seemed very confident, saying: "Only four people in the army were injured, two of them were seriously injured, but were injured by the trippers set by those bastards... Who knew that the dark enemy would set up an ambush in the dense forest?"

Chen Xi nodded and continued to ask, "Have all the injured been diagnosed?"

The military medical officer next to him came out to report: "Sir, it has been bandaged almost and is not in danger of life. However, it is damaged and may take some time to recuperate."

Jing Yue couldn't wait to explain to himself: "Sir, the young ones follow your instructions and did not lose their troops."

In desperation, Jing Yue forced himself to defend himself... There was no way. The word "care and death" was very broad, and in addition to death, there were injuries. If Chen Xi insisted on counting the crimes of these four wounded people with him, then the credit would be ruined this time.

Chen Xi nodded: "It's okay, no one died at last. The situation of weak defeating the strong and not dying in battle has occurred. This is the best improvement of the morale of the soldiers in the army... You must know that the firearms, tactics and tactics used in our army are far ahead of this era. If this cannot guarantee the safety of soldiers, then what reason do we have to steal the high position?"

When Shen Xi was speaking, no one dared to come out and say anything. The generals lowered their heads and listened carefully. Chen Xi finally sighed softly: "Can the prisoners of war find out their origin?"

Jing Yue couldn't answer any more, and he blushed for a moment and said nonchalantly.

Wang Lingzhi stood up and rescued: "If you say that, you will have many prisoners of war, all of them are mobs... If you think it's troublesome, you will cut off your head with an order."

Chen Xi waved his hand: "No, even if they have done something unfavorable to the court, they are always my people in the Ming Dynasty. How can they have a murderous idea of ​​their own people without war? On the battlefield, it is for the sake of victory in the battle. They can abandon all distracting thoughts to kill the enemy, but once they become prisoners, even Tatars cannot kill them at will! This is the first iron rule among our official army!"

The first rule of military rules set by the leaders of this era is either to be a deserter or to obey superiors and obey unconditionally. In short, it is impossible to not kill prisoners.

In the Ming army, killing prisoners is a common thing, and many people even kill good people. As long as the court cannot find it out, it is credit. Even if it is exposed, there will be no big problems. The court usually does not give too much punishment... The Ming army has little status, and no one will argue with a group of military leaders. Besides, if the court makes it public, it may cause public resentment and force the people who fight against Liangyi, it is best to endure it after weighing the pros and cons.

But now Shen Xi has instilled the idea of ​​"people-oriented" in the army, which ordinary people cannot understand at all. Chen Xi was able to implement it with his super high prestige and gradually formed a habit.

"Bring the rebel leader up!" Chen Xi shouted.

"Get orders!"

Wang Lingzhi took the order and came back for a long time. There were not one or two prisoners of war escorted by the officers and soldiers behind him, but more than a dozen... The main reason was that the rebels were complex, and they were basically a mob that was temporarily pieced together. There was no unified command and dispatch. Everyone fought on their own, and some rebels were dispersed and fled into the mountains.

The "leaders" who were escorted in were all young and old. The young ones were only in their teens, and the old ones were in their forties or fifties, and their hair was white.

Wang Lingzhi shouted: "Sir, you have already captured all the leaders of the bandits. You can start a lawsuit at any time!"

At any time, Wang Lingzhi only wanted to kill the thief. In his mind, there was only the difference between black and white. As long as it was a thief, he should die. This was related to Wang Lingzhi's experience. He came from a merchant family. When he was young, he often heard that his caravan was robbed by the thief and would be killed by the thief from time to time. At that time, the family would have to pay a lot of money to compensate. Every time, his father would grit his teeth and curse the thief. Over time, Wang Lingzhi believed that all robbers should be cut into pieces.

When they heard that they were going to be beheaded, none of these thieves had to hold on. They knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted, "Master, please spare me!"

They didn't know who they were trapped in, they only knew that it was the official army to clean up. When they met officials, whether they were civil officials or generals, they could call them masters.

Chen Xi asked, "Where are you from? Why do you rebel? Let me explain the matter clearly, and I may be able to open the door so that you will not be beheaded!"

Chen Xi did not deliberately remove the book bag and spoke easily. One of these men in his twenties stepped forward and kowtowed, "The villain is a merchant from Hejian Prefecture. He was robbed of wealth and goods before, and he had to become a bandit."

Chen Xi frowned: "You said you were forced into the thief camp when doing business?"

"Yes, sir, you must be very careful." This man had some knowledge and exonerated himself as soon as he came up.

Chen Xi smiled coldly and said, "Okay, I ask you, how much is the official price of corn in the past few years? How much is the tax on a pound of tea?"

The man who claimed to be a merchant was dumbfounded and didn't know how to answer. Chen Xi continued to ask: "What government office did the road guide be approved by the road guide? How many levels are set up in the Hejianfu official road?"

The man was stunned. He couldn't answer any of these questions. He soon realized that Chen Xi had exposed his disguise and could only kowtow to death and dared not speak again.

"I'm so brave. I dare to deceive my elders, and it's obviously a search for death."

Ma Ang jumped out and asked indignantly, "Sir, such a despicable and shameless villain actually lies in front of you in order to survive. It is not enough to calm the public's anger if he doesn't kill him... Please allow the young man to kill him directly!"

"Grandman is willing to spare my life. The villain used to raise horses for the court, but later he was forced to do so and followed the enemy... Please spare my life." The man who claimed to be a merchant knew that the matter was exposed, so he could only exonerate himself again.

Chen Xi said: "There is no one else to tell lies in front of me... You are really brave. You may not be able to kill you. If you drag it out, you will beat twenty military sticks first!"

The unlucky ghost was pulled out by the soldiers, and then a crackling sound came, accompanied by a scream, the remaining prisoners in the tent were all frightened, drooping their heads, and silent.
Chapter completed!