"The generals here in Liaoxi are hateful, but they still have to be used......" Sun Chengzong whispered in a slight voice, and even Mao Yuanyi, who was close at hand, did not hear clearly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"What did Tsuchibe-sama say?"

"In a few days, I will go to patrol Ningyuan, Jinzhou, and the Great and Small Ling River." Sun Chengzong made a decision in an instant, and he said with blazing eyes: "In the near future, we want to see if there is a battle to fight, the soldiers in front, those who are not qualified, should be based on guest soldiers and guest generals, and stop their lives, do you understand?" ”

"I understand." Mao Yuanyi understood that Sun Chengzong should be to use the existence of guest generals and guest troops to make a deal with the generals on the Liaoxi side, so that they could find an opportunity to take the initiative, and it was best to win several battles in a row to defuse the attack on him by the eunuchs in the DPRK.

In fact, many of the people who attacked Sun Chengzong were real non-partisan Qingliu, they were sincerely dissatisfied with Sun Chengzong's spending tens of millions of dollars for several years without any measures, if there is no comparison, a group of businessmen in the north swept through the desert, Dongjiang Town continued to harass and attack Jianyu for many years, a group of defeated soldiers and civilians in the Thirteen Mountains were able to resist the siege of Jianzhu for many years, and were able to counterattack, in contrast, Sun Gebu took more than 10 million silver in the past three years, what did he do? Therefore, Sun Chengzong's impeachment is not only a party dispute, but also a considerable number of people who do doubt Sun Chengzong's ability.

To put it simply, quite a number of officials had doubts about Sun Chengzong's grand strategy of raising troops without fighting and only training troops and repairing forts.

If you just do these internal affairs work, how can Sun Gebu talk about knowing soldiers? Any civil servant with the integrity and ability to do it can do it, and it may even do better.

Now Sun Chengzong has no way out, either the generals of Liaoxi will fight a few battles to revive his prestige, so that people cannot question the importance of his defense of Liaodong, and stay in Liaoxi as a cabinet minister and supervisor to wait for an opportunity, or he may be impeached at any time, and he will not even be able to return to Beijing to take office.

The emperor trusts Sun Chengzong, but the emperor's trust is limited, Sun Chengzong cannot always rely on the emperor's unconditional trust, even if the emperor supports him in his heart, as an emperor, he also has to be a bowl of water, and it is impossible to put such an important position on an incompetent person.

At this time, Sun Chengzong must make all the generals under his command fight.

"Mr. Ma is also waiting for an opportunity." Mao Yuanyi comforted Sun Chengzong and said: "No matter what, the Lord of the Pavilion brought General Ma from Ningxia, and he is really grateful in his heart. ”

Said that Ma Zongbing is Sun Chengzong's recommended Liaozhen General Soldier Ma Shilong, originally Ningxia's Jiangmen family from the background, Sun Chengzong thinks that this person is really capable, and from the outside Jiangmen can also balance the power of Liaoxi, plus Ma Shilong does have some strength, so he was able to take over the post of Liaozhen General Soldier.

However, Sun Chengzong is facing quite a lot of pressure now, and this pressure has also been directly transferred to Ma Shilong, unlike You Shilu and Ma Chengen and other guest generals, Ma Shilong's own job is the general army of Liao Town, Liao Zhen wins or loses, it is directly related to him, Sun Chengzong is under great pressure, and Ma Shilong's pressure is not small.

"Tell him not to be in a hurry." Sun Chengzong still maintained quite calm at this juncture, and said quite magnificently: "The more anxious it is, the easier it is to get into trouble, and as long as the cabinet department is there, he will take care of it." ”

"Yes, I know." Mao Yuanyi agreed respectfully.

"That's right." Mao Yuanyi said: "How should the people of the Thirteen Mountains sneak out?" ”

"Ignore it." Sun Chengzong said exhaustedly: "Whether they want to ambush Jianyu or sneak into the mainland, don't pay attention to it." ”

Mao Yuanyi first marched, and then understood, now Sun Chengzong has no energy to take care of these things, the pressure of Liaozhen stems from the need for a victory in a war, no matter how much other things are managed, it is useless, no matter what small actions the Thirteen Mountains do, it is impossible to target Liaozhen, and Sun Chengzong is too lazy to pay attention to it.

"Alas......"

After walking out of the signing room, I felt the good weather in late spring, the sun was shining on my body, I felt warm and very comfortable, and there was no summer heat, the surrounding greenery was like, people were doing their own things, some walked calmly, some were in a hurry, but no one knew that maybe in the near future, this place will undergo profound changes.

And the most worried and helpless thing for Mao Yuanyi is the Thirteen Mountains, this place is completely uncontrolled by the superintendent, the number of soldiers and civilians on the mountain is tens of thousands, although it is said to be divided into dozens of shares, large and small forces are staggered, the situation is very complicated, but who knows whether the situation on the mountain is as claimed, or is there another pattern?

Mao Yuanyi has always been worried that Hutchison's hand is reaching out to Liaodong, the Thirteen Mountains are obviously a nail, and I heard that Phi Dao is also cooperating with Hutchison, so Hutchison's hand is really long enough, who knows what Zhang Han is going to do?

The rise of Heyusheng has a "credit" of Mao Yuanyi, and now the Hutchison ironware that is marketed in the north and south of the river is strongly recommended by Mao Yuanyi when he first entered the Ministry of Industry.

When the time comes, I'm really yellow mud and fall on my ass, it's not shit but shit.

At this time, a small official trotted over, bowed down and said, "Mr. Mao, someone brought a book over, and the person was at the door." ”

Mao Yuanyi is one of Sun Chengzong's most trusted aides, and people still respect him very much.

"Okay, I'll take a look."

Mao Yuanyi walked all the way to the side door of the yamen, there is a team of soldiers wearing cotton armor guarding, not far away are the yamen and the barracks, the people are not officials or generals, there is a whole battalion of iron cavalry stationed here, a team of cavalry just passed on the road not far in front of the yamen, the red banner is open, the banner covers the sky and the sun, the swords and guns in the hands of the cavalry emit dazzling light, most of the cavalry are wearing placket bubble nail cotton armor, there are also a few cavalry wearing serious iron scale armor, the armor light is quite dazzling.

The cavalry are all very strong Liaodong men, although they have not been included in the command of the generals in Liaoxi, but in the few iron cavalry battalions in Liaoxi, the treatment and equipment are also quite good, Sun Chengzong himself is here, the generals can get money from elsewhere, but the equipment and training of the iron cavalry battalion and the car artillery battalion are still quite good.

The so-called Guanning Iron Cavalry in later generations, the predecessor of which was the Iron Cavalry Battalion established by Sun Chengzong when he supervised Liaodong, is now called the Iron Cavalry Battalion, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry is a convenient name for later generations.

Hundreds of cavalry with swords and guns in heavy armor, it is difficult not to attract attention, the whole battalion of iron cavalry is often seen near the gate, and it also has a great comforting effect on the psychology of the people in the nearby cantonment, since Sun Ge supervised Liaodong, from tens of thousands of remnants to more than 100,000 soldiers and horses now, and there are such strong battalions as the car artillery battalion and the iron cavalry, and the number of generals has also increased greatly...... Because the Sun Pavilion Department is not strict with the restraint of the generals, a large number of Liaoxi generals have benefited from the huge military salary, the generals have money, and the number of inner dings has increased greatly, which seems to be a kind of thing that makes people laugh and cry, but it is quite effective, at least under the current system, the generals' money is equal to the increase in the number of internal ding, and the increase in the number of internal dings is equal to the growth of combat effectiveness. If it weren't for the torrent of iron horses in front of you, it would be difficult for people to settle down here.

Mao Yuanyi quickly retracted his eyes from the iron cavalry team in front of him, and at the side door there was a person wearing a round hat and a cyan bikini who looked like a servant, Mao Yuanyi beckoned to this person, and the other party immediately ran over.

"The villain has seen Master Mao." The visitor knelt down in front of the door, and then presented a wrapped red envelope with both hands.

"No courtesy." Mao Yuanyi said a word, took the letter and read the cover, his face moved, he tore it directly on the spot, and looked directly at the door.

"Mr. Li said you could answer my question?" Mao Yuanyi looked at this servant, and saw that the other party had an extraordinary temperament. The eyes are very smart, and the figure is not burly, but he is obviously a good hand who has practiced martial arts, Mao Yuanyi has been in the army for a long time, and he still has this vision.

"Yes." The young man who looked like a servant smiled: "Down there is Xu Xiaoqi, who has been running under Mr. Li's door. ”

Mao Yuanyi smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's under Mr. Wang in the Hutchison shop." ”

Mao Yuanyi and the three bigwigs of Hutchison in Beijing are all familiar, after all, these three people have established friendships with him back then, and they still know a little about Hutchison's layout in Beijing Mao Yuanyi, otherwise he would not have written to Li Guobin to inquire about the abnormal transfer of the Thirteen Mountains.

Sun Chengzong hasn't been thinking about these things recently, and Mao Yuanyi can do some things by himself with his status.

Li Guobin's reply was very polite, of course, not because of his old friendship with Mao Yuanyi, but because of Mao Yuanyi's current status.

In any case, Mao Yuanyi is Sun Chengzong's most trusted staff, and most of the time he can represent the meaning of the superintendent, although Mao Yuanyi's previous letter Sun Chengzong did not know, but judging from Hutchison's response, it should still be quite important.

Xu Xiaoqi smiled and didn't answer, this kind of question didn't need to be answered.

"Then tell me in detail, what is the purpose of the Thirteen Mountains' frequent movements recently?" Mao Yuanyi was also not polite, and asked bluntly: "At least about five hundred elites sneaked out from Jinzhou to Ningyuan, and then disappeared without a trace. What exactly are you going to do? ”

Mao Yuanyi said in a warning tone: "The Jinzhou guard is the former chief soldier of Datong Town, Ma Zongbing, and he has been a general for generations, and the imperial court will always save dignity for him, but if you threaten the defense line of Liaoxi, the cabinet will never allow it, and I am afraid that it will also be a big obstacle to the general army of Ma." ”

From the thirteen mountains after the Jin defense line protruded, followed by the Ming army Jinzhou defense line, now Ma Chengen is guarding Jinzhou, You Shilu was originally guarding Jinzhou, and now he has run to the side of the Daling River.

Mao Yuanyi's warning is simple and effective, if Hutchison's soldiers and horses run out to make trouble with the wind and rain, the board will fall on Ma Chengen first. The Ma family has been tied to Hutchison and is a serious ally, if Hutchison makes a leak, it is tantamount to betraying the ally, this black pot is not easy to carry.