Chapter 297: Unintentional words may come true

Let’s not talk about how worried the city is. In the military tent directly in front of the city gate, all the senior officers who followed Li Meng to fight this time were in the tent.

The battle was very relaxed, and his side suffered very little damage, but it brought out the might of the Jiaozhou Camp. Li Meng was in a very comfortable mood. There were many people in the military tent, not only the Yanzhou Army, but also the generals of the horse army, as well as civilians and civil affairs personnel who went out with the army.

Eliminating the remaining enemies and inspecting the surrounding areas is not a complicated job. The officers in the tent are quite leisurely.

Everyone talked about Chen Liu's brave deeds yesterday. After seeing Li Meng's attitude, Chen Liu knew that his performance had won the favor of the commander, and the achievements of the bloody battle of crossing the river were passed back to Shandong. Compared to those who were talking about it, Chen Liu's heart was like a big rock. His position in Jiaozhou Camp finally didn't have to worry about being left behind.

In fact, Li Meng was extremely satisfied with Chen Liu's performance in Yanzhou Army. This battle was to let the new recruits see the blood of the battlefield, and there was no quantitative requirement. But he underestimated the bandits under the city in advance, and the bandits swarmed by the river were indeed very troublesome.

Li Meng thought that if he was facing such obstacles himself, he would usually choose to change the login point, set up a formation, and slowly push it over.

However, if Jiaozhou Camp takes it slowly, it will be exactly what Song Dagang wants, and the bandits did not expect victory. Then Song Dagang just wanted to let the refugees and rioters on the shore stop the officers and soldiers and give himself time to escape.

Now the various troops of Jiaozhou Camp are training more and more hard, and practice more and more complete. There are also exercises and assessments to supervise normal training. However, Li Meng also feels that there is some shortcomings. Under complete training, these soldiers are arranged in formations and have excellent weapons to fight against the opponent, especially those who may appear around Shandong, which are difficult to fail.

It is not bad for the soldiers to continue practicing like this, but it is a bit furious. Li Meng himself has always had such concerns, but Chen Liu's performance has wiped out his worries. This kind of blood and courage to fight desperately is one of the most needed traits of Jiaozhou Camp.

Yesterday, he laughed at Chen Liu as a madman, but today the generals gathered here, Li Meng wanted to praise him solemnly. There were several staff members from the house who were from literati, all of whom recorded the war reports and other texts needed to organize and write. Li Meng smiled and said:

"Liuzi, your performance yesterday is worthy of the word "courage". Such a fight is the true nature of a man. It's not bad, it's not bad!"

After Li Meng praised this, Wang Hai, who returned to the military tent and Tang Er of the Horse Team, were all in a row. Chen Liu was also happy that he could perform like this. As for the Qian Zongs of the Yanzhou Army, there were naturally no other objections. Li Meng said a few simple words, feeling that his praise was a bit poor and the effect was not enough.

At this time, Li Meng remembered that there were similar examples in the past, which was also the actions of the brave generals. He could be used as an analogy. He now praised with a smile:

"I remember that there was a tiger general in the past. The enemy was on the other side of the river. He waded across the river, waved his spear, rushed directly into the enemy's formation, and defeated the enemy. You are not inferior to this kind of bravery, Liuzi."

After saying this, the generals laughed. Li Meng just remembered such an example, but he didn't remember who he was. Naturally, the generals under his command didn't know it. He only felt that the guerrilla Chen Liu was not inferior to the ancient tiger generals. This was a great honor in itself, and loud praise was consistent.

The literati on the side who were listening to each other looked a little strange. After looking at each other for a few glances, the person with the highest status stood up, trotted to Li Meng, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Originally, he was talking happily, but suddenly someone came to whisper. Li Meng was a little unhappy, but after hearing the literati, Li Meng's own expression became strange. He coughed a few times and said loudly:

"Yanzhou Army fought well this time, and I will have a lot of praise after I go back. Kaifeng City is strange. Our Shandong soldiers came to rescue the siege successfully. I see that this guard is a bit more stringent than when I came. Could it be that we should be more attentive than the bandits?"

After a few words, the officers didn't care about the topic without a trace. As soon as he finished speaking, the officers didn't care, because Li Meng had no intention of entering the city, so this matter was just unhappy. He helped others but was not grateful. Although it was his duty, he would always be a little angry.

The whispering scholar heard Li Meng say this just now, and quickly clasped his fists and said, "After reading this, I'm not going to say anything."

"The villain followed the fleet all the way and chatted with the boatman, saying that it was in Henan. If the city was attacked by bandits, the force of defending the city was only eight points. If the officers and soldiers came to rescue the siege, the force of defending the city was ten. Even if the siege was lifted, the city gate would never be opened. The military's items were thrown down to the city and let the officers and soldiers take it themselves."

These words attracted everyone's attention, and Wang Hai asked with wide eyes:

"Why is it so ridiculous? Don't the people of Henan know at least?"

One of the other scholars who had been sitting behind stood up and said with a smile:

"Dear sir, there is a folk saying in Henan that 'Thief is like a comb, soldiers are like combs, and officials are like shaved' is not the soldiers stationed in the local area all year round, and they dare not put them in easily, otherwise they will be harmed very badly. In this world, Shandong is a place with rules, and it depends on the wisdom of the commander!"

Someone was starting to look at it, but there was no reason why he didn't follow the fun. The generals and literati in the military tent stood up with their fists and said in unison:

"Shandong Taiping is full of generals and wise men."

Li Meng waved his hand and said with a smile:

"Suddenly why did you talk about me again? Sit down, sit down!"

Everyone loves to listen to good words, and Li Meng's heart was naturally relieved when everyone flattered. Li Meng looked at the scholar who had just stood up and whispered, and nodded with a smile, full of praise.

The topic was turned to another direction by these scribes without any trace. The scribe who was whispering was indeed a clever and transparent character, which could be of great use.

Moreover, this scholar Li Meng also knew him, and was considered the chief aide by Zhou Yang. It is said that he was a famous talent in Shandong Province in the past. His surname was Yuan, his name was Yuan Wenhong, and his courtesy name was Yunyi.

As for the topic that just now, the brave general who crossed the river and rushed into the enemy's formation and achieved great victory, there is indeed this example in history, and this brave general is also well-known.

The key to the problem is that this general is not suitable for analogy, because he was Chang Yuchun, the founding father of the Ming Dynasty. When the Yuan and Ming dynasties were alternated, Chang Yuchun led his army to attack Caishiji. The shore was full of nervous and alert Yuan soldiers. Chang Yuchun crossed the river and attacked. When he arrived at the shore, he didn't know what the Yuan army thought, so he pulled the spear and pulled Chang Yuchun to the shore. As a result, the tiger entered the flock of sheep, chopped and killed, and won a great victory.

Chang Yuchun was one of the most outstanding generals among the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty. He once boasted that he would be the world with 100,000 soldiers.

Using Chang Yuchun to compare Chen Liu is a great praise for Chen Liu, but if Chen Liu was Chang Yuchun, who should Li Meng, who should be compared with Chen Liu's boss?

As the general of the Ming Dynasty, he dared to compare himself with Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. This is a real usurpation. At least one charge of ill-behavior cannot escape.

Although the camp was full of trusted generals from Jiaozhou Camp, and what Li Meng did now was not too seriously regarding the king's law, it was inappropriate to tell this matter unintentionally, and it would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

It is a very safe statement that open reminders will attract attention.

Yuan Wenhong stood aside and saw Li Meng's praise expression, he was also happy. The Jiaozhou Camp system was not long, but it was very complete. In the so-called early stage of creation, there were many opportunities to stand out. This statement is not suitable for the literati system of Jiaozhou Camp. It is rare for ordinary people to show their chances in front of Li Meng. If you seize it yourself, you will definitely benefit from it in the future.

The generals of the Ming Dynasty did not know the allusion of Chang Yuchun, which was a strange thing. The scholars in the tent were all a little strange, but it was just a strange thing. For some reason, these scholars didn't think this was a big deal, and they felt it was a bit natural.

The scribes who followed the army to observe everything along the way from the perspective of civil affairs. Although Lingshan Trading Company and Huang Ping's intelligence agencies can also provide a lot of information, they are still better than to watch it on the spot in person. The things they collect and observe are more intuitive and convincing.

Li Meng's Jiaozhou Camp has always been based on Shandong and has not had a deep understanding of the outside world. Henan Province is next to Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong Province, and the cities along the Yellow River have a relationship with Jiaozhou Camp. For future possibilities, it is naturally necessary to have an in-depth understanding.

This time, more than 30 civilian personnel followed. The highest-ranking deputy was Zhou Yang, who was a scholar who showed some performance in the military tent. Yuan Wenhong, a famous talent in Yanzhou Prefecture, originally had an industry that could afford to spend money and food in Jiningzhou. He was free to study and write articles, and his life was very comfortable. He never expected that he would serve under the tent of a military general.

Yuan Wenhong's family has fertile land, but the land is unlucky. The land in his family happened to be next to the Kongfu farm. The landlords in Shandong were imitating Li Meng to expand desperately, but Shandong General Li Meng had a method and principle to acquire bankrupt land, specifically to acquire bankrupt land and retain landless refugees.

But the Confucius Mansion has never paid so much attention. As long as the good fields near the Confucius Mansion are less powerful than Yan Shenggong, they will be swallowed up. Originally, Yuan Wenhong's fields could be maintained in the disaster year, but unfortunately, this good land was targeted by several people from the eldest house of the Confucius Mansion.

Even if Yuan Wenhong is a talented man and even if he has the identity of a juren, a giant like Yan Shenggong cannot be able to compete with just a talented man.

Yan Sheng Gong entrusted a local official to randomly fabricate a crime and confiscate his property. Seeing that Yuan Wenhong was about to be destroyed, he was also lucky. Kong Sande, the head of Wenru Business, admired Yuan Wenhong very much. Although Kong Sande liked extravagance, he was also a descendant of a saint and read articles from scholars in his spare time.

Kong Sande was just a son who was good at making money in the Kong family, and the land mergers were purchased by the eldest son. He helped Yuan Wenhong just to keep his family safe and it was difficult to talk about other things. Kong Sande simply supported Yuan Wenhong to make some money and let him leave Shandong far away.

Poor Yuan Wenhong often says he is indifferent to fame and fortune. Who would have thought that in this case, he himself was like an ant in the eyes of the children of the Confucius family, and his life, death, honor and disgrace were manipulated by others.

This incident touched him a lot. I believe he was not so indifferent to his thoughts on fame and wealth. But nowadays, if you are not from Jiangnan, you have nothing to do with the so-called Donglin scholars. It would be very difficult for a scholar from Shandong to develop in your career.

Fortunately, Yuan Wenhong is a talented man after all, and his brain is very useful. He understands a lot more than others when he sees the situation. He doesn't know what he has made of his determination. Anyway, he has taken his family and directly joined Li Meng's Jiaozhou Camp.

Li Meng was naturally happy that such a literati was willing to serve him. Yuan Wenhong was very talented and did these economic and practical government affairs completely. In addition, when Yuan Wenhong joined Jiaozhou Camp, there were not many literati in this military group, so Yuan Wenhong was also precious because rare things were precious.

However, at that time, many people were suspicious, sarcastic, and ridiculed Yuan Wenhong's decision. Even Kong Sande proposed regretfully that it would be better to be a Qingke scholar here than to be a Qingke scholar here, and he would have no worries about it.

At that time, Li Meng was still a general who was in charge of Laizhou Prefecture, and it was indeed not so optimistic.

When Li Meng became the general of Shandong, he showed that Yuan Wenhong had a brilliant vision and his identity naturally rose with the flow. He was now also holding the title of a sixth-rank official. Yuan Wenhong was just a scholar's fame. If he had a normal career and official career, how could he have such an official level?

Although many things are not stated clearly in the Jiaozhou Camp civil and military system, there is still a consensus among the top and bottom. On weekdays, both military and literati work towards this consensus.

For example, these scholars under Zhou Yang and Ning Qiangui may not be able to work as local officials in all places in Shandong, but they must have been to these places and have a certain understanding of the situation everywhere.

The caravans of Lingshan Trading Company going to Shandong Province's provinces were accompanied by several scholars in the system in the name of accounting, observing the customs and customs everywhere. Similar people also existed in the Huaibei Army stationed in Haizhou.

When Li Meng was urgently summoning the Yanzhou army in Jining Prefecture to rescue Kaifeng from the waterway, Yuan Wenhong happened to come back from Yuyang, Yanzhou Prefecture City with more than 20 people. Because Li Meng was in a hurry, the army also lacked records and documents to accompany them, so he directly brought them with him and marched with the Yanzhou army's documents.

The fleet was not moving quickly, and Yuan Wenhong and other literati were always carefully observing the various situations along the way and recording the observed things.

In theory, these Jinan Prefecture Tongzhi or the staff, accountants, and men of the Salt Administration Department stationed in Jiaozhou Inspection Office have nothing to do with the customs and customs of Henan Province. However, if you do these tasks, you may be able to use them one day in the future, but it is not clear what day it will be.

Although the city gate was not opened, there were still a lot of wine, pigs and sheep placed below the Kaifeng city, which was considered as a reward. The Kaifeng prefect and the officials in the yamen of the governor and the governors were all waiting on the wall in fear, thinking about many reasons to shirk their rulings.

But after the army under the city set up camp, except for guarding the prisoners and cutting off their heads and forming Jingguan, they did not mention anything about entering the city. This was really strange.

The boss who stayed in Kaifeng City kept looking at the soldiers and horses under the city. The more he looked, the more he felt confused. He thought several times whether the soldiers under the city were pretending to be bandits or soldiers from foreign tribes were confused. Of course, these two ideas were too incredible. The key is that these Shandong soldiers and horses did not look like officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Meng's Jiaozhou Camp has always been in Shandong, and there was no experience in other provinces in the Ming Dynasty. It was really shocking that such purged soldiers suddenly appeared in front of others.

After Song Dagang's head was sent to the top of the city, the number of militia guarding the walls of Kaifeng increased a lot, and they were fully alert to the Shandong soldiers and horses under the city. However, two days later, the people in Kaifeng found that the Shandong soldiers and horses under the city seemed to have no idea of ​​entering the city.

The enemy had already left. Seeing that these Shandong soldiers had no intention of entering the city, the people on the city quickly relaxed. The people in the city were just mobilized to defend the city and had to work hard at home for their livelihood. Since there was nothing to do, they would slowly disperse.

Tens of thousands of prisoners were allowed by the Yanzhou Army in Jiaozhou, and began to disperse in groups. Although the Yanzhou Army did not abuse the prisoners, they did not care about food. These refugees and soldiers who became prisoners could not stay by the Yellow River to starve to death. Since these officers and soldiers did not intend to guard them, the prisoners took the courage to go by themselves.

These refugees and soldiers had no place to go, and were particularly blindly following and used to being guided by others. Although the people in Kaifeng City watched the prisoners gradually disperse, few people noticed that the refugees and soldiers had become teams, almost heading in one direction.

On the night when the refugees and the soldiers were captured, they met many enthusiastic "members" and "decisive companions". Under the instigation of these people, the prisoners who regained their freedom went in a certain direction. Yes, these refugees were all heading in one direction.

On the fourth day after Kaifeng City was lifted, the prisoners almost dispersed. Kaifeng City faced the city wall in the direction of Shandong military camp, that is, the left-behind officers and soldiers were looking around, looking down at each other.

At noon, there were suddenly more people on the city wall. A middle-aged man in a yellow robe walked to the front of the cliff surrounded by a group of officials.

An official wearing the governor's uniform said politely to the middle-aged man:

"Prince, please say more. The vassal kings are not allowed to make friends with foreign ministers and generals. This is the iron rule of the court. They are just a general in Shandong. The vassal official will find an envoy to hang it down and reward and comfort it. Why should the prince come in person!"

Although he was kind to his words, the one with a gun and a stick inside was quite unkind. The middle-aged man, who was called the prince, frowned and said in a deep voice:

"Governor Li, I am standing by your side, just looking at the troops rescued under the city. What are you worried about? Are you worried about this king's rebellion?"

When the Henan Governor Li Xianfeng heard the King of Zhou say this, he bowed with a slight smile and said with a smile:

"It's just a reminder to the prince that the official made a mistake for a moment. I hope the prince will not be surprised!"

In addition to governing people's livelihood, the local governors and governors also had to monitor the relatives and nobles in their local areas to prevent them from making bad plans. Although the king of Zhou was still taking out the gold and silver from the guards of Kaifeng City to recruit people and strong gold and silver, after the city was rescued, the governor Li Xianfeng immediately became careful.

King Zhou had a gloomy face and nodded to a guard beside him. The servants from the royal palace had already transported some equipment from the arrow tower on the city, including thick ropes and large bamboo baskets. They put two thick wooden sticks across the marches, tied the ropes and bamboo baskets, and the guard squatted in the basket.

The people on the top of the city shouted and exerted force, slowly putting the big bamboo basket down from the top of the city.

Henan Governor Li Xianfeng also had to deal with military soldiers frequently. He watched the Shandong soldiers under the city on the top of the city, and the camp was running in an extraordinary place. Li Xianfeng couldn't help but have some activities, thinking:

"There are chaos everywhere in Henan. If we can use the power of Shandong troops to calm down, it would be a solution!"
Chapter completed!