Chapter 383 The Tiger and Wolf Master

Looking at the late reinforcements, Zhang Shenyan and Shi Kefa both sighed secretly. What is the difference? This is the difference? From Huai'an Prefecture to Haizhou City, I don't know how much closer it is to come from Aoshanwei in Shandong. As a result, Zhang arrived on the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, but Yang Yipeng waited until the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. It was a total of three days apart.

If Zhang Zhun hadn't arrived quickly, the current Haizhou City would have turned into a dead city. In three days, enough thieves would have killed all the surviving people in Haizhou City. They would not have survived. All the valuable things in the entire Haizhou City would have been looted. At that time, the pirates would be gone and even the Ming army would not be able to catch them.

The surviving people in Haizhou City were even more mixed with feelings about the officers and soldiers who were late. Most of them were angry. Why is the gap between people and the army so big? Others have arrived here from Shandong, and you have set out from Huai'an City and are only here now! When you come, I don't know how many times have I died.

I usually spend money to support you and invite you to eat delicious food and drink spicy food, but at critical moments, you have no use at all. Instead of using money to support you, it is better to use money to raise pigs! Many people are praying secretly, so please ask Governor Zhang Zhun to be responsible for the defense of Haizhou City. Only his troops can trust you. They can fight and do not disturb the people's army. Where can they find it?

Even some wealthy families were full of complaints about the late arrival of officers and soldiers. This time the bandits slaughtered Haizhou City, and they suffered the most heavy losses. Fortunately, Zhang Zhun's troops were quick and ruthless, and quickly came to kill the bandits to eliminate them. Otherwise, their property and family would be ruined. Even their lives were not guaranteed, so what else would they say?

"What's going on?"

Yang Yipeng led his army to come and found that everything was normal in Haizhou City, and he was full of doubts.

Didn’t the bandits plunder Haizhou City? Why can’t we see the bandits? Why are the eyes of these people so strange? We came to rescue you from thousands of miles away. You should be grateful. How do we look at our eyes? They all seem to look at enemies?

"Governor-Governor..."

Zhang Shenyan told Zhang Zhun about the matter.

Shi Kefa then made more detailed additions.

Yang Yipeng learned from Zhang Shenyan and Shi Kefa that the attack on Haizhou City was not Zhang Zhun's troops, but Zheng Zhilong's subordinate. The governor of the canal transport couldn't help but take a breath. Then, his face became very ugly, and he was worried and said nothing, and went directly into Haizhou City.

Obviously, Yang Yipeng's worries were actually the same as Zhang Shenyan. The current court has no ability to control Zheng Zhilong at all. Zheng Zhilong probably saw this point and was unscrupulous to let his subordinates wash away, kill people, set fire, and rob property. Anyway, even if the court knew, he could not do anything to him. Zheng Zhilong had these thousands of ships and tens of thousands of armed sailors in his hands, what was he afraid of? On the contrary, Yang Yipeng, the governor of the canal transportation, really didn't know what to do.

The memorial must be written, but how to write it, but it is worrying about killing people. If it is written lightly, he is unwilling to accept it and is still guilty of being ineffective. Zheng Zhilong is so unscrupulous and plundering, if he does not impeach him severely, he will not be Yang Yipeng. However, if it is written heavily, the court will inevitably deal with it. Otherwise, what is the face of the court?

However, the court wants to deal with Zheng Zhilong, how should it be handled? A few words of reprimanding the matter without any pain? If that is the case, how can we be worthy of the people of Haizhou who died? If it is true, who is Zheng Zhilong's opponent? Who can bring Zheng Zhilong to justice? Don't tell me about the Ming Dynasty's Navy... Is there a real Navy in the Ming Dynasty now?

Whether it is light or heavy, the consequences are difficult to predict. If it is light, the court itself is unwilling to accept it. If it is heavy, it cannot do anything to the other party. After thinking about it, Yang Yipeng still had no good idea. Yang Ze, the eunuch who came with him, was also frowning and didn't know what to do.

Yang Yipeng originally thought that Zhang Zhun had made trouble in Nanjing City and made trouble in Haizhou City, so he came this time and was determined to teach Zhang Zhun a lesson. It would be even better if he could arrest him and hand him over to the department for investigation. Huai'an Prefecture is not Nanjing City, and it's not your turn to Zhang Zhun to act wildly! Yang Yipeng didn't think Zhang Zhun was anything scared at that time. It was all the officials in Nanjing City who only knew how to live a life of drunkenness and dreams, so they were scared by Zhang Zhun.

Unexpectedly, he was Zheng Zhilong's subordinates who entered Haizhou City. He didn't expect that Zheng Zhilong's people were cleaned up by Zhang Zhun in a few seconds. Doesn't this mean that Zhang Zhun's troops are still more combat-effective than Zheng Zhilong's pirate group? If so, it would be really troublesome. The court now has two huge enemies, Jianlu and Shaanxi Rebellion Army. Should we add Zheng Zhilong and Zhang Zhun who is more powerful than Zheng Zhilong?

Stop doing it, the court can't stand such troubles.

In the end, Yang Yipeng decided to deal with Zhang Zhun first.

This traitor dared to bombard Nanjing City, which is a very serious crime. Even if he made great contributions to the rescue of Haizhou City, he must be rectified so that he should not be so arrogant and domineering. Even if he is punished, he will not die. If he does not obey his teachings, he will directly deprive him of his military power and detain him!

Like other civil officials, Yang Yipeng also had an inertial mindset, believing that military generals dare not be too presumptuous in front of them. Yang Yipeng didn't know much about Zhang Zhun's affairs in Shandong, and believed that relying on his own strength, Zhang Zhun could be detained. No matter what, he, the governor of the grain transportation and the governor of Fengyang, still had some military strength.

"Hongmen Banquet?"

However, Zhang Zhun's thoughts about Yang Yipeng were clear. Zhang Zhun never did anything to go to the enemy camp alone. He was not a fool. Now is not a year of heroes, and it is difficult to do so, and there is no need to do so. Therefore, when Zhang Zhun arrived in Haizhou City, he was fully armed and had four soldiers accompanying him.

Each association of the Hu Ben Army had about 300 people, four associations, that was 1,200 people. With 1,200 people around, Zhang Zhun dared to go to Beijing City, let alone the small Haizhou City? Therefore, he arrived in Haizhou City with a swagger. All the troops lined up in four columns, advancing in a mighty and magnificent manner.

Zhang Zhun rode on the horse with a stern face and looked at him without looking sideways. Dugu Lie and others around him were looking around and were extremely alert. Because the route from Yuzhou Mountain to Mawan has been opened, there is a large amount of material exchanges every day, so Zhun Zhang general's own war horses and the war horses of the sniper team were transported to Yuzhou Mountain by boat. Now, they are all riding on horseback.

Yang Yipeng transferred the Central Army camp under his jurisdiction, with about 4,000 people. Under the command of the Governor of the Grain Transport, there are three battalions on the left, middle and right, and there is also a city guard camp. The Central Army is also called the Central Army, also called Biaoying, and is generally the most powerful force. Only the Governor or Governor can command it. It seems that Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and others, the Biaoying under his command are the most capable.

Cao Wenzhao, He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu and other generals also had their own battalions. Some even had more than one. For example, because Zuo Liangyu had too many troops under his command, he had at least three battalions. The original Shandong general Liu Zeqing also had his own battalions. After Song Degang served as the general of Denglai, he also formed his own battalions.

According to Yang Yipeng's instructions, all the Ming troops in the Biao camp were eyeing each other and staring at Zhang Zhun who was coming. On the top of the city of Haizhou City, there were dense Ming troops with various muskets, condescending and ready to go. Because it was the Biao camp of the Governor of the Cao Transportation, these Ming troops were equipped with quite a lot of muskets, and basically all kinds were three-eyed guns, thunder guns, flying bird guns, etc. The armor was clear and the military flags were lined up, and they looked a bit like a strong army.

"It seems that I want to show off my might!"

Zhang Zhun said to himself.

"Wu Qingliang, order the troops to take bayonets!"

Zhang Zhun raised his voice and shouted.

"clear!"

Wu Qingliang answered hurriedly.

“There are all!”

"Get the bayonet!"

Then, Wu Qingliang's voice screamed.

"Swish!"

"Click!"

All the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army neatly inserted the bayonets!

The flash of sword lights and neat movements immediately attracted the attention of everyone around. The Ming army in front suddenly changed slightly and hurriedly set up a formation, as if facing a great enemy, and the atmosphere between the two sides suddenly became tense.

On the top of the city, Yang Yipeng, who was secretly observing Zhang Zhun's movements, was also full of anger. As long as everyone could see, Zhang Zhun was provoking the governor of the canal transport! Challenging the governor of the canal transport is to challenge him, the governor of the canal transport and the governor of Fengyang! What's even more annoying is that the neat movement of the Hu Ben Army made Yang Yipeng feel slightly shocked.

After all, he is a leader and knows some military knowledge. It is not easy to train such uniform movements. Even his standard camp may not be able to do it. In other words, Zhang Zhun's troops have undergone the most rigorous training. No wonder they can break up Zheng Zhilong's subordinates in a ruthless way. This traitor is really capable!

Zhang Shenyan said worriedly beside him: "Kuncen, have you seen it? This son is really a tiger and wolf army. If he can serve the court, it will be a great blessing for the country and the people."

Yang Yipeng frowned and said, "The more he is, will we be more reluctant?"

Zhang Shenyan could only smile bitterly.

He has been struggling with this problem these days.

If Zhang Zhun can recover and use it well, he will definitely be a first-class general, and his ability is not inferior to Qi Jiguang. It is definitely no problem to sweep the turmoil in the Central Plains. Even there is great hope of quelling the Jianlu outside the pass. However, if it is not used well, he will definitely be another person like Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao. Even more terrifying than Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao. Because Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao's military discipline are not as strict as Zhang Zhuo.

In this turbulent era, in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army, many generals of the Ming army allowed their soldiers to plunder and rape, but the degree was different. The constraints were better and they were not too excessive. Those who had poor restraint ability on the troops were actually no different from the thief army. Among the Ming army officers and soldiers who suppressed the chaos army, the most unrestrained one was Zuo Liangyu's troops. They robbed wherever they went, which was even more bloody and cold than the chaos army.

Zhang Shenyan wrote a letter to impeach Zuo Liangyu several times, but there was no result. The court needed to rely on people like Zuo Liangyu to continue to wipe out the riot army. He could only let it go and wait until the riot army was quelled before handling it. Zhang Shenyan had been resentful about this, thinking that the military discipline of the officers and soldiers was so bad, and he didn't know when and when to quell the civil unrest.

When Zhang Zhun's army entered Haizhou City, while bravely attacking the bandits, it also maintained extremely strict discipline and did not disturb the people. This shocked Zhang Shenyan. The real official army he was looking forward to suddenly appeared. How could this make Zhang Shenyan not interested in Zhang Zhun?

Perhaps only the legendary Yue Family Army can do such an army. Even the Qi Family Army dare not say that it has never disturbed the people. Qi Jiguang gave Zhang Juzheng a lot of money. If there was nothing wrong with it, relying on Qi Jiguang's personal property alone, Zhang Shenyan would not believe that he could kill him. However, the Qi Family Army was too famous and no one dared to point out the dark side.

Shi Kefa tentatively said: "Mr. Kuncen and Miaoshan, younger generations think that this matter should be mainly about comforting and let him use it as much as possible."

Yang Yipeng shook his head and said, "This guy is so big that he can't get rid of it. I'm afraid he's even harder to deal with than Zheng Yiguan."

Zhang Shenyan nodded in agreement.

Yang Yipeng sighed helplessly, looked at the gray sky in the north, and said obscurely: "When a country is about to die, there will be monsters, Huang Taiji, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng... Now there is more Zheng Zhilong, Zhang Zhun... Is it really going to die in my Ming Dynasty?"

Shi Kefa wants to speak but stops.

Outside the city, the Ming army's battalion was called Yang Zhengwu. He followed Yang Yipeng's instructions to welcome Zhang Zhun's arrival here. Seeing Zhang Zhun coming with his army swagger, Yang Zhengwu came up and asked in a deep voice, "Who is coming?"

Wu Qingliang stepped forward and shouted, "The deputy governor of the Later Army Governor's Office is here! Who are you? Come and register!"

Yang Zhengwu said loudly: "I am the governor of the canal transportation, Xiabiao battalion guarding Yang Zhengwu! Under the orders of the military gate, we are here to welcome Zhang Zhun! Zhang Zhun comes forward!"

Zhang Zhun nodded, waved the whip on his hand, and said casually: "Since that's the case, you let the road open and I will lead my troops into the city."

Yang Zhengwu gritted his teeth gently and said in a stiff voice: "The military gate has an order! Only Zhang Zhun is allowed to enter! Others must be stationed outside the city!"

Zhang Zhun said calmly: "Is that true?"

He rode on the horse and didn't get off the horse, as if he was watching the scenery. He clearly heard Yang Zhengwu's words, but he just didn't go forward, as if everything Yang Zhengwu said had nothing to do with him. When he came to Haizhou City, he was not here to meet Yang Yipeng, but to travel around the mountains and rivers.

Seeing that Zhang Zhun had not taken action for a long time, Yang Zhengwu said shrillly: "Zhang Zhun, the military gate summoned you, why don't you go in?"

Zhang Zhun waved the whip on his hand casually and said coldly: "The military gate is your military gate, not my military gate... Do I need to go in?"

Yang Zhengwu was suddenly angry.

Zhang Zhun is really the first one to dare to talk to Yang Yipeng like this!

Which military officer is not the first to be three points shorter in front of the civil servant? The governor and governor have the money and food of all the troops under their jurisdiction! Do you still want to eat? Do you still want to pay money?

Zhang Zhun smiled coldly and said without any concealment: "You go and tell Yang Yipeng that I came to see him to give him face! He is the second-rank minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the governor of the Cao Transport, and I am the second-rank governor of the second-rank governor! Everyone has the same rank, why should I listen to the call? Don't tell me, he doesn't even understand the most basic rules! I came from Yuzhou Mountain, and he will at least welcome me in the city gate! A second-rank official, he doesn't even understand the most basic etiquette! I am ashamed of him!"

Yang Zhengwu said angrily: "You! Zhang Zhun, Governor, Governor announced your visit! Is it for you to save face! You actually want Governor to greet you in the city gate?"

Zhang Zhun waved his hand coldly and said without hesitation: "Tell him! Don't use a stinky rack to suppress me! I won't take this trick! I'll send an order and withdraw my troops! Next time he wants to see me, come to me on his own initiative! Whether I see you or not depends on whether I'm in a good mood?"

Turn the horse's head and go straight to Yuzhou Mountain.

Dugu Lie and others followed the horse and surrounded Zhang Zhun and left.

"Retreat!"

Wu Qingliang immediately issued an order.

The Hu Ben Army immediately returned to Yuzhou Mountain.

"Sir! So rude!"

On the top of the city, Yang Yipeng said in a dark and verdant color.

This Zhang Zhun is so lawless. He is the dignified Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Governor of the Cao Transportation. Zhang Zhun actually took this attitude to deal with him! It would be fine if he refused to come to see him, but he even had to greet him in the city gate! He was simply... the governor and governor who was knowledgeable in Wuche, could not find any words to describe Zhang Zhun's rudeness!

"Since he even dares to provoke all the adults in Nanjing City, naturally..."

Zhang Shenyan said softly with meaningful but helplessness.

He is looking for a way for Yang Yipeng.

It was too much for Zhang Zhun to turn around and leave like this. This was a slap in front of everyone. Yang Yipeng was a real power figure on the side, not a false position like Nanjing City. It was actually no benefit to offend Yang Yipeng. Of course, it was no wonder that Zhang Zhun was worried about Yang Yipeng. It was absolutely impossible for Zhang Zhun to not bring troops into the city. If Zhang Zhun easily entered the city alone, it would not be Zhang Zhun.
Chapter completed!