It turns out that gold shines everywhere. Shi Wanshan suppressed the hatred in his heart, and began to help the bandits expand their power with his heart, and at the same time learned to integrate into it and learn some of the advantages of these people. Slowly, he followed the bandits to learn martial arts, hard work, but had a good ability, and then he used his own knowledge, with the bandits to clear some bandits in the vicinity one by one, bulldozing, and finally took more than ten years to develop himself to a very strong level, he himself also has a high reputation in the bandits' den.

It was at this time that Shi Wanshan was no longer suppressing himself, and the seeds of hatred over the years finally broke out, he took some cronies to kill the leader of the bandits' den, that is, the villains who killed his family and villagers at that time, and then he took the head down the mountain, took the initiative to ask the nearby yamen for guilt, and told his life experience and what he had to do in order to take revenge over the years.

The bandits who gave the local government a headache were so wiped out by the old nest, and the official at that time accepted a lot of gold and silver sent by Shi Wanshan, and reported the matter to the emperor at that time, Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, under the joy of Long Yan, Shi Wanshan changed from a bandit to an official, and then developed step by step in the army. In the end, he relied on the gold and silver he accumulated when he was a bandit to open the way, and his good ability was to rise step by step.

As soon as the Tumubao incident came out, Shi Wanshan keenly seized this opportunity, not only vigorously supported Zhu Qiyu of Daizong in action, but also used gold and silver to open the way and finally contacted Jin Ying, the chief eunuch of the ceremony, and expressed his admiration. In the end, he became the commander of the Wanquan Division step by step, a dignified second-rank military attaché.

Shi Wanshan's family history is a bit bizarre and complicated, but he can be civil and martial, and he is generous, and he quickly gained a firm foothold, not only has a high status in the army, but also enjoys a lot of fame in the civilian official group. After all, he was born in Xiucai, and his father was also Xiucai, in a way, he can be regarded as a scholarly disciple, and he has endured for many years for revenge, which is in line with the way of Confucianism, and such a person is more trusted by civilian officials than some other martial arts generals.

It is precisely because Shi Wanshan has strong means that during his more than a year as the commander of Wanquan, the Mongolian cavalry was rarely found in the places around the Xuanfu he guarded. The only time Amu Wangulang led his troops to attack, he was easily beaten back, and it established his prestige.

At the age of only thirty-five, to achieve such brilliant achievements, Shi Wanshan was naturally overjoyed in his heart, and he usually smiled on his face, and was called amiable by his subordinates. But in the past few days, the smile on his face has been noticeably less, replaced by a sense of worry.

The news of the capture of the city of Aru has arrived. This means that the next thing he will face next is not the Tatar cavalry, but the mercenary army, which is a headache.

Shi Wanshan had naturally heard of the mercenary. It was precisely because of the emergence of this army that the Beiming regime was saved from collapse and brought its vitality back into play. Although Shi Wanshan did not participate in the defense of Beijing, he still understood the matter clearly from the mouths of many people, and he has always been very optimistic about the firearms used by the mercenaries and the extremely strong locust military quality of the mercenary soldiers.

The mercenaries had been tossing around in Nanming before, and I heard that they had also recovered two small countries. Although Shi Wanshan also paid attention to these things, he didn't feel any pressure because of the distance. But now, the mercenary is in front of him, and he can't avoid it without thinking about it.

In the mansion of the commander of Xuanfu City, Shi Wanshan sent two deputies, both commanding Tongzhi Guhe (from the second rank military general) and both commanding the servant Ning Wenfeng (the third rank military general), and the three of them sat opposite each other in a side hall.

With Shi Wanshan's methods, it didn't take long for these two deputies to surrender to him, and they could be said to be obedient to his words, so when the three of them got together, they didn't care about etiquette, which is why they met in the side hall, not the main hall.

"You all know the situation, tell me what you think." Stretching out his right hand and gently tapping the jade tabletop, Shi Wanshan's gaze swept over the faces of Guhe and Ning Wenfeng respectively.

"What else? After all, the loyal and courageous dukes were canonized by the emperor, and they defeated the city of Talu, which is equivalent to helping us to lay down the city of Dalu, and send someone to take the management of the city over. The conductor Tongzhi Furukawa had a loud voice and said very casually.

"No." When his words fell, Ning Wenfeng, the commander on the side, immediately waved his hand.

As his name suggests, Ning Wenfeng is not like an ordinary military general, but has the elegant face of a literati, and even without knowing his position, few people will associate him with a military general, but in fact, his kung fu is very good.

This is also a person who can write and martial arts, in order to subdue this person for his own use, Shi Wanshan spent a lot of effort for the sake of it, at least more than when he received the report Guhe.

It is precisely because of the great effort that it is enough to prove the strength of this person's ability. Now when he heard him say no, Shi Wanshan's eyebrows raised slightly, and an appreciative smile flashed in his eyes, obviously he already knew what the other party meant.

It was Furukawa, who asked with a grin, "Can't?" Why not? Could it be that the loyal and courageous prince still dares to disobey the will of the imperial court? He is powerful, do you dare to confront us in the north? ”

A sentence of clear confrontation has proved that Furukawa has seen through the mystery, and this is not a stupid person. Come to think of it, if you are a stupid person, how can you become a military attache from the second grade, and how can you let Shi Wanshan spend energy to subdue it?

"Huh." Facing Guhe's questioning, Ning Wenfeng grinned. He knew the temperament of the other party, and knew that people were not targeting him, but on the matter, so he continued to say: "The geographical location of Alu City is very important, just like our Xuanfu, it can be regarded as one of the gateways for the Mongolian cavalry to enter my Northern Ming Dynasty. With them there, we only need to keep an eye on the movement to stabilize the overall situation, which is why for so long, we have not answered Lu City, otherwise, a city with only 10,000 people to defend it, should I think it is a difficult bone to gnaw? When he said this, Ning Wenfeng was arrogant, and it could be seen that he was also a conceited person. Before, I didn't move Dalu City, because I considered the importance of the opponent's position, once I got through there, I would have to face more Mongolian cavalry attacks and harassment, no matter how I looked at it, it was not worth it. Instead of taking down a useless city, it would be better to put it under your nose, and it would be more secure.

Ning Wenfeng's words were nodded by Shi Wanshan and Guhe, obviously on such a matter, the opinions of the three of them were the same. Then Ning Wenfeng continued: "Now it's okay, the mercenaries have taken down Talu City, then give it to them, with them in the way, we can sit back and do what we want to do without worry." Didn't the previous commander make a statement to the imperial court, saying that he wanted to form and train a new army? Although the excerpt did not get an answer, but it is also our strength, just a trial, I think now we can increase this intensity and consider the actual operation. ”

Ning Wenfeng's words can be said to have broken the current situation at once, and what he said and thought was very consistent with Shi Wanshan, which also caused the commander to laugh for a while, "Yes, what Wenfeng said is extreme, if someone guards the gate for us, we can free up our hands and do more things." Well, so be it, I'll be writing a memo right away, and then I'll say hello to some of the important officials in the court, and the time should come for the new army to train. ”

In the Xuanfu, they discussed a countermeasure, and they adopted a strategy of responding to all changes with the same and watching the development of the situation with a smile. I want to use the mercenary department to defend the gate of Taru City for them, and at the same time, vigorously develop and strengthen myself. But what they never imagined was that in their eyes, the mercenaries who should stabilize the city of Dalu and digest the fruits would brave the heavy snow to come to the city of Xuanfu.

Of course, there are not many mercenaries coming, and there are only a few hundred people when they are full. But among these hundreds of people, there are Ming loyal and courageous people, and this is not a trivial matter. When he heard that his subordinates reported that the loyal and courageous father-in-law came to the city to call the door, Shi Wanshan, who was reading in the study, was startled, he hurriedly put on his armor, called his own soldiers, and went out of the house to the city tower.

When he rushed all the way to the city tower, Shi Wanshan was still puzzled, he couldn't understand, the loyal and courageous duke who captured Talu City couldn't digest the fruits of victory there and strengthen the city defense there, why did he run to Xuanfu, what did he want to do?

Shi Wanshan didn't know that the so-called digestion of the fruit might be a long process in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of Yang Chendong, who had been prepared, it was just a matter of a few words. All he had to do was send all the people who wanted to leave the city, as well as the captured Tatar soldiers, to the rear of the city.

The road from Talu City to Shicheng has been cleared by Lu Zhuo's headquarters of the Second Cavalry Reinforced Regiment, as well as three new regiments, which can ensure the transportation of personnel and materials. With this big premise, a distance of seven or eight hundred miles is nothing. As for the city of Taru, it is enough to leave two battalions of soldiers to maintain normal operation. You must know that this is winter, and it is not a good time to fight, and it is easy for no one to answer the idea of Lu City.