As soon as Emperor Chongzhen appeared on the cloud platform, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, who were originally standing solemnly under the stage, immediately knelt down on one knee and shouted: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Subsequently, Wang Chengyin, who was very worried, also took the Juyongguan generals and soldiers to kneel on the mountain and shout long live. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On the cloud platform, after Emperor Chongzhen motioned to the attendants around him to get up, he looked at the soldiers of Juyong Pass under the stage, and said to Sun Chengzong: "Sun Aiqing, you have also led troops for many years, in your opinion, there are now two thousand soldiers in Juyong Pass?" ”

Sun Chengzong shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I'm afraid it's less than two thousand!" ”

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen took a few steps forward, leaned against the low wall above the cloud platform, and said loudly to Wang Chengyin, who was kneeling below: "Wang Chengyin, now all the soldiers in Juyong Guanzhong are here?" ”

As soon as Wang Chengyin saw that the emperor was personally questioning, he who was originally kneeling on one knee immediately changed to kneeling on both knees, and replied in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, except for a few soldiers in the dungeon fort outside Beiguan City, everyone else is already here. The soldiers of the dungeon fort outside the city of Beiguan were closed because they had just closed......"

Emperor Chongzhen didn't wait for him to finish, and immediately asked, "How many soldiers are there in those forts?" ”

Wang Chengyin replied hesitantly: "About 100 people, about 100 people......"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled coldly, and didn't care how many people there were with him, but just asked: "How many people are there in those forts, I will send someone to investigate." Now, I only ask you, how many soldiers do you have in this Yongguan City? ”

Wang Chengyin became more and more frightened when he heard this, and he didn't dare to talk, but it was absolutely impossible not to answer, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "There are 1,400 Weichen guards now, plus the soldiers of the dun fort in the north of the city, a total of 1,500 people." ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the soldiers of the Juyong Pass who were standing under the cloud platform, turned his head to Sun Chengzong and said: "Sun Aiqing is a person who knows the soldiers, you look at these soldiers in the Yongguan under the stage, but they can go to the battle array?" ”

Sun Chengzong shook his head with a wry smile again, and said: "From the minister's point of view, I am afraid that what this Wang Chengyin said may not be true, and there are many soldiers in the stage who are not neatly dressed and armoured, and those people are not trained soldiers for a long time. Your Majesty can you know if you try it? ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and his right hand stretched forward, signaling Sun Chengzong to step forward to arrange a temptation.

Sun Chengzong bowed and clenched his fists, took two steps forward, then stood up straight, and said to Wang Chengyin under the cloud platform: "Wang Chengyin, this official is the Minister of Military Aircraft, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, and the Governor of Zhili, Sun Chengzong, you are a general in Yongguan, and it is your duty to train soldiers on weekdays, and the Sancai Formation is the formation that the sergeants of my Ming Army must practice." Today, the Holy One is here, and you will command the left and right, and put these 1,400 people into three three-talent formations. This officer will give you a quarter of an hour, and you will swing quickly! ”

The weather in November was already chilly everywhere, but after listening to Sun Chengzong's words, Wang Chengyin instantly sweated, of course this sweat is cold sweat!

If it was originally under his own command, there were only a few three-talent formations, and it would not have taken a quarter of an hour at all, but now the team behind him is stuffed with himself and a few henchmen and generals' domestic slaves, as well as Liu Zhen, Wang Pei and others from the shops and liquor shops and the streets of a group of scoundrels, idlers, shopkeepers or something, although the three-talent array is simple, but how do these people understand?

In order to confuse the real with the false, hundreds of ordinary people, young and old, have been scattered and temporarily incorporated into the battalion soldiers, and now it has become a big loophole!

But no matter how big your head is, you have to do it! You can only use a dead horse as a live horse doctor!

Wang Chengyin was stunned for a moment, quickly came back to his senses, and immediately ordered Liu Zhen and Wang Pei to command his subordinates to set up a three-talent array.

All of a sudden, there was chaos under the gimbal, some under the command of Shangguan, they quickly found their position, and some were scurrying around like headless flies, not only could not find their own position, but also led the whole team again and again.

Seeing this scene, Sun Chengzong turned back to Emperor Chongzhen and smiled bitterly and said, "Based on this alone, it is not too much for Your Majesty to kill this Wang Chengyin today!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the soldiers who were still in chaos under the cloud platform with an expressionless face, nodded, and did not speak.

After a while, the chaos in the audience ended, for the hour had come.

Emperor Chongzhen looked coldly at the so-called three-talent array in the audience and said, "Wang Chengyin, this is the three-talent array you put for me to see!?" ”

Wang Chengyin turned around and looked at the team behind him, in addition to his own Chinese army is quite decent, the three talent formations on the two wings are completely different, there is no sense of hierarchy for a year, the non-commissioned officers in his original army are in front, and they are still arranged in a team, and the people who are temporarily brought in are crowded behind the soldiers, and the two queues are not placed.

Seeing this, Wang Chengyin's heart was like ashes, and he immediately turned around and knelt down and said: "The ministers are not effective in supervising the soldiers, and the ministers are guilty, please long live the lord to punish the crime!" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he nodded and said, "Wang Chengyin, at this time, are you still unwilling to tell the truth?" ”

At this time, I saw Wang Chengyin, who was kneeling in the audience, gritted his teeth and said: "Weichen's crime deserves death, please forgive Weichen's sin, and Weichen will dare to report it according to the truth!" ”

At this time, Wang Guoxing, who was standing beside the emperor, suddenly said: "Wang Chengyin, you are so bold!" Your Majesty personally asked, do you dare not answer truthfully?! ”

Wang Chengyin lowered his head and never waited for the emperor's approval, but now after listening to Wang Guoxing's reprimand, he had to say: "Weichen is dead." There are a total of 3,200 registered soldiers in Juyongguan, but there are only more than 860 old and weak soldiers. Today, the emperor suddenly drove to the point inspection, Weichen was confused for a while, listened to the nonsense left and right, and pulled hundreds from the people of Juyongguan, merchants and people, plus Weichen and other family slaves, and made up more than 1,400 people. Wechen is guilty, Wechen deserves death, but Wechen also has a hard time, and Wechen also did it as a last resort, please forgive Your Majesty! ”

Listening to Wang Chengyin finally say the answer he wanted to hear, although Emperor Chongzhen's heart was already like a mirror, he still asked in public: "Wang Chengyin, what are you doing as a last resort?" That's it, so why not tell them all? If there is anything forgivable, I will consider it at my discretion! ”

Wang Chengyin heard the emperor say this, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart: "Liu Dashuai, Li Dudu, if I, Wang Chengyin, don't tell the truth today, I'm afraid that more than 100 catties will be confessed here, so I have to be sorry for you!" ”

I only heard Wang Chengyin take a deep breath and said: "When Weichen came here from Jizhou, Juyongguan was like this, although there were a total of 3,200 soldiers in the registered battalion guards, but in fact there were less than 500 battalion soldiers, and the guards in Yanqing who should return to the guards in Yongguan were only more than 400 old and weak, and the rest of the young and strong military households, Weichen had never seen them with his own eyes for more than a year.

Weichen also reported this situation to Jizhou Liu Dashuai and the former military governor's office Li Dudu, hoping that Liu Shuai and Li Dudu could be insufficient for Juyongguan, but Jizhou and Li Dudu's office both said that the military register of Juyongguan has always been like this, and the quota is full, and neither the battalion nor the guard can be replenished. Although Weichen is a general, if he is judged by the soldiers he leads, he is not as good as a border town. This is the bitterness of Wechen. Juyongguan's situation is really not the fault of Weichen alone! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen appreciated Wang Chengyin's frankness a little, and heard him say that it was not his fault alone, so he asked: "You said that the situation in Juyongguan is not your fault alone, so in your opinion, whose sin is this?!" ”

Wang Chengyin saw that the emperor's face softened, and his heart was also relieved, seeing the emperor ask like this, he continued: "Since the emperor asked, Weichen has the courage to speak out. From the perspective of Weichen, the shortage of battalion soldiers, and even the slack of drills, is the responsibility of the general soldiers of the border towns. As for the existence of the guard in name only, it is the responsibility of the governor's office of the five armies. Weichen is also from a military family, and he knows a little about the situation in the guard.

"Just look at the left and left of Juyong Pass, which was originally the field of the military tun of the guard, and now there is still the shadow of the military tun. This place should be under the jurisdiction of the former military governor's office, and the place of the guard has now become the grange of the former military governor's house for generations, and the military households of the original guard house have now become tenant farmers of the family of the former military governor's house, and even more so have become slaves.

"Juyongguan has a quota of 3,200 soldiers, of which more than 2,000 have been requisitioned by the major generals' families in the Governor's Mansion. Such a situation, how can it be the fault of Weichen alone?! ”