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Seeing that Zhang Mingwei seemed to lack confidence, he began to say in detail: "Whether it is difficult to say it is difficult, in fact, it is just to know yourself and your enemy and win every battle! And it is not easy to say it is not easy, it is to use the army like an arm, that is, the army returns to its heart and is willing to obey the commander's order!"

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh: "The little Yuan camp is convinced by the Duke of the Kingdom, which is much more than the lower officials. The Duke of the Kingdom was in front of the two armies and said he was surrendering alone, which made the soldiers of the two armies return to their hearts, and they all obeyed the Duke of the Kingdom! Now, this army, commander of the Duke of the Kingdom, should be the best candidate!"

Speaking of this, seeing Zhang Mingwei's thoughtful look, he continued to give the Duke confidence: "Before I became the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, did I lead troops to fight? Yangming Gong was famous for his military command and the bandits were frightened by the news. However, before the chaos in Nangan was in chaos, did he lead troops to fight?"

After a pause, Min Hongxue sighed again and said, "The court can no longer wait for the current situation. I believe the Duke of the State is aware of it. With the reputation of the Duke of the State and the power of the imperial envoy, it is actually more appropriate to go south to untie the Kaifeng siege."

Of course, Zhang Mingwei was not a person who dared not take responsibility. He was just because he had never commanded a large-scale war before, so he was worried. When he heard Min Hongxue persuade him, he suddenly became bold and thought to himself: "Who was born to command wars? After all, he had more than 400 years of experience and the meaning of a keyboard warrior. He did not write too much history, so naturally he wrote too much war. Be careful, are you still afraid of it?"

Thinking of this, he felt a little regretful. Why didn’t there be a system when he came here by himself? For example, there is a system for eavesdropping, chat groups, etc., which means that it is much easier to open a map to fight!

After thinking about this for a while, Zhang Mingwei became serious and nodded and said, "Okay, you can rest assured and recuperate. I will lead the troops south!"

"Duke, I believe that you can do it!" Min Hongxue encouraged again after hearing this.

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he thought to himself, I am a man, of course I can do it, is that more than anything else?

So, this matter was decided.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the military supervisor was already common. For example, when the Jianlu invaded the capital in the 19th year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng led the world to support the king's army, Gao Qiqian was the military supervisor, and in the end they each led their troops.

The Yongwei camp sent troops, and the same army supervisor Lu Jiude and Liu Yuanbin led the army.

Of course, if the head coach is strong, there will be no military supervisor. For example, in Zuo Liangyu's army, he will kill the military supervisor. Sun Chuanting's army is also the final decision.

At this time, an army discussion was held, and Zhang Mingwei announced that Min Hongxue would go north with the resettlement people and would return to Beijing to treat his illness. When he led the army south, what he did not expect was that Zhou Yuji, Zhang Luofu, Jin Zhensun and other official troops under the tent, as well as Yuan Shizhong, Yuan Zhuangfei and other newly recruited generals, all of them happily clasped their fists and received the order.

Although Zhang Mingwei was silent on the surface, the reactions of these generals in the army did indeed give him great confidence. So he immediately ordered to send Ye Busu to take the lead in the army.

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On Zuo Liangyu's side, the thief was desperate and always wanted to peek at the opportunity. After waiting for a few days, he received a reply from the horse probing, saying that Duke Xingguo left the capital and rode alone in front of the two armies to persuade the thief to surrender. Xiao Yuan's camp eventually surrendered to the court.

When Hou Xun heard this news, it was particularly jealous of the enemy when they met. If it weren't for this Duke Xingguo, Hou Xun would have been the governor of the court. How could he become a traitor, let alone add a warrior! And he didn't know how safe the other son in Jiangnan was! All of this was caused by this Duke Xingguo.

However, after hatred, Xiao Yuanying surrendered and the strength of the court increased greatly. Hou Xun said to Zuo Liangyu: "Master General, Xiao Yuanying surrendered and has strong troops. Min Hongxue is a veteran in leading troops to fight. Our army should not fight with him, and it is best to leave!"

After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu nodded and agreed: "I know all these mentors, but Xiao Yuanying had just surrendered, so it is impossible to use it immediately. Let the Investigator watch and collect more supplies before leaving, which is the right thing to do!"

The richest area in the Ming Dynasty was Jiangnan, but Zuo Liangyu was far away and could not be regained. The Central Plains, Henan, Hubei and other places were fleeing for years by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and it was no longer prosperous. If Zuo Liangyu wanted to lead his troops to run away, the issue of food and drink should be taken into account. In Hebei, Jianlu never came again after leaving the customs of Chongzhen in the 12th year, and at least it was richer than other places.

Of course, Hou Xun understood this truth, so he nodded and said, "If you have food, you can have soldiers, which is good!"

So Zuo Liangyu continued to let the siege stare at Baoding, while he himself began to divide his troops and rob him everywhere, not letting go of a small village, digging three feet of the ground and plundering money and grain.

A few days later, the horse was provoking a report every day, saying that there seemed to be signs of sending troops in Baoding. Zuo Liangyu did not dare to divide his troops to rob him anymore, and immediately passed the military orders and summoned the dispersed troops to prepare to run away.

But at this time, Tanma came back to report, which surprised him and said: "What did you say? Then Min Hongxue went north and wouldn't lead the army?"

Hou Xun also heard it from the side and said a little gloatingly: "It must be that Xingguo Duke is powerful, he is pointing fingers and disagreeing with the generals and ministers, and excluded the old thief Min Hongxue!"

"It makes sense!" Zuo Liangyu was also excited when he heard this, "Just that chick leads the troops, haha, this is God helping me!"

"Master, I believe that Duke Xingguo is used to being arrogant!" Hou Xun also said with a sneer, "He is neither a scholar who is well-read in poetry nor a nobleman who has made great contributions, but just a wealthy person who has the money to buy officials. He should be the gods who will destroy him!"

Zhang Mingwei is now in power in the court. As long as he talks about his people, he will definitely talk about his origin. They definitely don’t know his true origin, but whether Zhang Mingwei has been a scholar, a juren or a Jinshi, or whether Zhang Mingwei has hereditary military position is registered in the court and can be checked. But these cannot be found, which makes everyone wonder.

It was not until the court announced that the prince had fired crystal-like glass in the south that everyone suddenly realized. When the court was so short of money, Duke Xingguo presented a treasure tray to win the emperor's attention. He turned around and offered cement firing method, which proved that their guess was correct.

The rise of Duke Xingguo was due to his wealth. This is also the reason. Many people even secretly speculated that this Duke must be a craftsman, and he happened to have the method of firing glass and cement, and thus became the Duke.

As long as you are rich, although your status in the late Ming Dynasty was very different, there is one thing that will not change, that is, you are easily hated by the rich and looked down upon.

Hou Xun and Zuo Liangyu were no exception. They not only had a grudge against Duke Xingguo, but also looked down on him. After hearing this, their thoughts became active again.

"Master, the court searched for the eight major Shanxi merchants last month and seized countless money and grains." Hou Xun said sinisterly, "and the return of the horse exploration also proves this. If this official army can be defeated, not only will it be invincible in the north, but our army will be allowed to surround us, but they can also seize their money and grains, greatly replenish our army's military funds."

Zuo Liangyu kept nodding when he heard this, and he thought so too.

After fighting for so many years, he knows more than anyone that life is worthless these days. He has been wiped out several times. Then as long as he has money and food in hand, he can make a comeback again. Of course, there is another reason why he can make a comeback so quickly in the past. He has the skin of the imperial army. But now he has nothing to do with money and food.

Therefore, the importance of money and food was much more important to him than ever before.

Zuo Liangyu's eyes were full of greed light, so he heard him ask Hou Xun: "What good plan does the military advisor have to deal with this chick?"

He himself was a member of Lao Yu's army. He had fought many wars, and he would take Duke Xingguo, a young man who had never fought before, seriously.

However, Hou Xun was the governor of the Ming Dynasty and it was hard to say that he led troops to fight, but there was absolutely no way to say anything about the terrible idea, so he planned to ask Hou Xun's thoughts first, which was also in line with Hou Xun's identity as a military advisor.

Duke Xingguo was Hou Xun's enemy, so he had naturally thought about how to defeat him and take revenge. When he heard the question, he said sinisterly: "I have a plan to defeat this guy!"

When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he became excited and asked quickly. He began to discuss with Hou Xun and the others. They had to forget everything about building high walls and storing grain.

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In the capital, the situation in Baoding will naturally be reported every day.

At the beginning, when Emperor Chongzhen and others heard that Duke Xingguo was alone to recruit the thief leader in front of the formation, they all felt relieved. In this way, the strength of the court greatly increased and the situation would be beneficial to the court.

Therefore, not only Zhang Mingwei, the people in the court, but others praised Duke Xingguo's courage. Some of the storytellers in restaurants and teahouses who were good at making trouble have begun to talk about the plot of Duke Xingguo riding alone to subdue the thieves.

However, they were happy for a while, and the new fast horse flying newspaper made them a little stunned.

Minister of War Min Hongxue fell ill and was unable to command the army and fight. Duke Xingguo had to take over the command and lead the troops to fight!

It has to be said that Duke Xingguo was too young, only in his twenties, and he had to lead the army to fight, so many people began to worry.

It can even be said that Emperor Chongzhen was a little worried because he knew that Zhang Mingwei was in the Taiping period in his later generations, and the war at that time was completely different from the present. Zhang Mingwei had also been worried before, saying that he was not familiar with the situation of this era, so when he went to Fangshan to suppress the bandits, he was like facing a great enemy.
Chapter completed!