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"Yes, the students have no relatives here, they can only live in the inn, and the adults of the town can find the students when they send someone to find them."

After Liu Boqiao retreated, Ma Shilong ordered: "Come on, take my name and ask Mao Zan to paint." ”

Mao Yuanyi is one of the most powerful praise paintings around Sun Chengzong, especially military advice, Sun Chengzong can generally adopt it, and the information that Ma Shilong got is not known to the Jingluo Mansion, so he wants to talk to Mao Yuanyi first.

Mao Yuanyi has no fame, he can only be born in the martial arts, Sun Chengzong has been promoted to the fourth rank of praise for him, and once he changes his military position, he will be at least a general, if Mao Yuanyi is a civilian, Ma Shilong can only deign to see him, but because he is a martial artist, Ma Shilong can wait for Mao Yuanyi to meet in his own general army's mansion.

Originally, he was supposed to be summoned, but unexpectedly, the person sent came back and said: "Mr. Mao said that he should not be free for the time being, and also said that if the lord of the town is free, he might as well go to Jingluo's side." ”

Ma Shilong and Mao Yuanyi are very familiar with each other, and they know that this praise painting is not the kind of sour literati who takes a big picture, it must be really important, and he didn't dare to delay the military affairs here, so he simply took a team of followers and rode to the direction of Jinglue Mansion.

Along the way, I learned that there was really an abnormality, there were many soldiers inside and outside the gate, and most of them wore placket iron armor, most of the officers wore scale armor, and some wore short armor and cotton armor, most of them wore iron helmets, a few people wore folded scarves, and most of the weapons were elite weapons, all of which passed by on horseback or leading horses, and a large number of elite soldiers passed by in the direction of the gate, and there were always more than 1,000 people.

Such an elite army of soldiers and horses, Ma Shilong didn't know, he felt a sense of unease in his heart, and immediately asked to see him when he arrived at Jingluo's mansion, but fortunately, Sun Chengzong immediately received him, which made Ma Shilong feel a lot more relieved.

Mao Yuanyi was really with Sun Chengzong in the side hall, it was not an excuse not to meet, and Ma Shilong understood this occasion at a glance, and he regretted Meng Lang a little when he came.

The two generals who were sitting upright with their swords smiled together, and they both stood up, and one of them, who was less than forty, smiled and said, "General Ma is really polite, he actually rushed over to see us off." ”

Ma Shilong had a smile on his face that was more ugly than crying, and he said, "I'm sorry for the two generals, it's too late to come down." ”

The two people standing are from the Western Army, and they are the same as Ma Shilong, they are the Northwest Generals, this time they left together, it is really not good news for Ma Shilong, the Northwest Generals, in Liaozhen, originally had quite a strong strength, and their friendship with Ma Shilong was not bad, and now these two generals have to be transferred away, not to mention, they have taken away at least more than 2,000 elite families, this loss is not big, it is simply a nerve-wracking.

"General Ma, General Hou, don't be in a hurry to leave." Ma Shilong said very sincerely: "I want to put a table of water and wine to see off the two generals." ”

Ma Chengen and Hou Shilu are also general soldiers, one is the chief military officer guarding Jinzhou, and the other is guarding Songshan, and later Hou Shilu was transferred to Daling River, which is also at the forefront.

In addition to these two people, as well as Li Bingcheng and others are all transferred from the Xuandayan Yulin area of the Western Army, in addition to their own appointments, most of them will take their own family accumulated family members and the elite of the general army in the regular barracks, the general number is between 1,500 and 2,000, it is precisely because of the existence of these Western Army generals and elite Ming Army that the most effective deterrent to the border areas Houjin soldiers sneak attack, the two sides come and go, no one can take much advantage.

In the past two years, these generals of the Western Army have effectively helped the Ming army in western Liaoning to gain a firm foothold, but unfortunately after Guo Xingzhi attacked in the matter, Sun Chengzong decided to further reduce expenses in order to avoid suspicion, this time it was to withdraw Ma Chengen and Hou Shilu and others all the way back, and evacuate the Wanke army at once, about a year can save 680,000 taels of silver, and reduce the annual expenses of Liaozhen to less than 4 million, compared with the horror of more than 5 million in the previous two years, although more than 3 million is still considerable, but at least it is also given to the imperial court.

"Ugh." Ma Shilong patted his knees and sighed: "This generation knows about the party struggle, which is really misleading." ”

This is very much to Sun Chengzong's appetite, although there were many officials who attacked him before, and the traces of party struggle at that time were not obvious, because two years ago was when the Donglin Party was in full swing, and most of the imperial history and things that attacked him were out of public intentions, and now, it is indeed a party dispute, which makes Sun Chengzong have a sense of moral superiority.

And now this move is indeed quite harmful, most of the guest troops are elite and veterans, and they are also stationed in the peripheral fortresses, such as Jinzhou and Daling River to Songshan Xingshan Tashan and other fortresses along the river, opposite is the Jurchen control area, the main general of these guest soldiers is also a famous general, such as Ma Chengen is born in the northwest Ma family, and the Li family in Liaodong side by side with the Jiangmen family, under the command of more than 1,000 Ding, the strength can not be underestimated.

The Hou family is the general of Yulin Guard, and also has extraordinary strength, and the rest of the total soldiers also have a few hundred to a thousand or so families, these total soldiers and the family and the main barracks add up to more than 10,000 people, it is really a Dinghai Shenzhu to stabilize the situation in western Liao, and now Sun Chengzong has transferred several battalions of the Guanning army to the top of the defense line, but whether it is the old Sun Tou or Ma Shilong, they all feel that these new battalions are not very reliable, but it is also the established policy of the old Sun Tou to defend the Liao land with the Liao people, and the only way to cut the guest soldiers is to cut them. Even if you lift a stone and shoot yourself in the foot, you can't tell if you have suffering.

"I'm ashamed." Ma Chengen said with a smile: "This time I was transferred to Shandong Town as a general soldier, and the military department orders were issued, so I didn't dare to delay, it was one thing to walk slowly on the road. ”

Hou Shilu is picking up the legacies with military and political affairs, and here you can see the trick, the Hou family's power is not as good as the Ma family, and the military department is not afraid of offending, so he simply asked him to be idle.

And Ma Chengen is not only from the Ma family, plus there is a relationship with Zhang Han, the military department is not afraid to put it back, it is not okay to put it away, it is not good to put it close, it is not good to put it in the nine sides, it is even more difficult to put it in the Central Plains and Jingxiang in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is impossible for the general army of the Northern Army to serve in the south, so it is simply put in Shandong Town, not far away, and there is no battle, and the military equipment of Shandong Town is quite wasted, and Ma Chengen is put in Shandong Town, which is equivalent to looking at it in disguise, everyone is tired of each other, but it cannot be left to its own devices, which is considered a way to no way.

"As soon as you leave," Ma Shilong smiled bitterly: "It's even more difficult for me, the chief soldier of Liaozhen, to work with the generals before, and I am very sure in my heart, but now I ......?"

In front of Sun Chengzong, Ma Shilong is not easy to say too much, there are also a few generals in Liaoxi who serve him, but most of them will come to him if they are not willing to be suppressed in the Liaozhen system, and most of them have no strength in their hands, if they have the strength to be pulled by the ancestors or Mangui and others, the Liaozhen army is full of mountains, the biggest must be the western Liaoning, Jizhen Xuanfu Datong has its own territory, the worst is Ma Shilong, which is equivalent to being naked to take office, there are Ma Chengen and Hou Shilu, who are also the northwest generals, Ma Shilong's confidence is harderIt's a lot worse now.

"What is the matter with General Cangyuan?" Sun Chengzong didn't want these generals to pour bitter water in front of him, so he changed the topic and asked about Ma Shilong's intentions.

"Lord Hui, Lord Hui, Ma Shilong's spirit perked up, and he arched his hand: "Recently, a student who escaped from Yaozhou found the humble general, saying that Yaozhou only has a bull Lu garrison from the Zhenglan Banner, and most of them are old and weak, and there are almost no prime-aged bannermen, if our army sneaks attack, we can recover Yaozhou, and there will definitely be a lot of beheadings, the humble general thinks, recently Guo Xingzhi and other officials have attacked my Liao Town and have no actual military achievements, if this battle is won, there is the merit of recovering the soil and beheading, and it should be able to block the mouths of these stinky crows." ”

Sun Chengzong listened with a smile, and motioned to Ma Shilong to talk about the details, although he is also a civil official, but there is no psychological resistance to Ma Shilong's insult to the official, the Ming official has gone on the wrong road, either to invite the name to sell directly, even the emperor scolded, or he is trapped in the party dispute, just for the sake of the party, justice does not matter. During the Warring States Period, there were also people who debated their tongues, the so-called Zonghengjia, that is, selling their mouths to make things happen, the so-called Su Qin Zhangyi, but at the same time, they also had the practical ability to solve problems, and they also knew the way of military and political economyAs for Chongzhen, he invited the Donglin Party back, and later restricted it, but he still had a bad face to the Yanguan too much, and finally when Li Chuang besieged the city, Chongzhen was still afraid of his own image, for fear of being pushed out by the civil officials, including the Yanguan, to carry the black pot, and would rather die than dare to go out of Beijing.

The Qing Dynasty was too restricted, and the Ming Dynasty was too laissez-faire, in short, in terms of Sun Chengzong's feelings now, he also felt a little unbearable for Yanguan.

"The humble general plans to dispatch four battalions......" Ma Shilong received Sun Chengzong's encouragement and acquiescence, and was much more sure in his heart, and began to talk eloquently: "The first car artillery battalion, the first iron cavalry battalion, and the second water battalion, because they want to cross the river, so the water battalion needs to build a pontoon bridge with boats and boats first, the car and artillery battalion is the stamina, and the iron cavalry battalion is the forward to rush and kill, with the deputy general Lu Zhijia as the main commander, and the guerrilla Li Chengxian is the vanguard leading the iron cavalry battalion in front, raiding Yaozhou, killing the captive Tun Bru Niulu, beheading and returning. ”

Mao Yuanyi interjected at this time: "Is the four battalions enough?" ”

There are dozens of battalions in western Liaoning, the most of which are the car battalion and the water battalion, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry Battalion is later known as the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which is still a recruit who lacks combat experience, and the general's family members have relatively little actual combat experience.

Ma Shilong said: "Mr. Mao, the four battalions are almost there, the four battalions have more than 7,000 soldiers, the car artillery battalion has more than 1,000 firearms such as cannons and rockets, and the iron cavalry battalion is the elite daring cavalry wearing iron armor, the water battalion responds, the car battalion and the cavalry battalion add up to more than 3,000 people, and there are only two or three hundred people guarding Yaozhou, the old, weak, sick and disabled. ”