Chapter 113 The official army is like bandits

Datong, the main hall of the Wang Family Courtyard.

Wang Pu and Zhen Youcai sang together, and were bargaining with Wei Daben, the prefect of Datong.

"Master Wei." Wang Pu said hypocritically, "If I ask my son-in-law to come forward and temporarily lead the border army in Datong Town, I am afraid that this will not be in line with the court's regulations? Besides, will the border soldiers of Datong Town be convinced? After all, my son-in-law is now the admiral of the Jing camp and is no longer the general of Datong Town."

"Oh, my husband." Wei Daben cried, "It's time to get angry. Who can care about any regulations? Besides, this is not a violation of the regulations. It's just that things are urgently followed. Besides, with your great reputation, who dares not accept the border soldiers of Datong Town?"

"Master Wei." Zhen Youcai said in a dark voice, "It is difficult to take the border troops in Datong Town where to take them."

Of course, Wei Daben could hear Zhen Youcai’s implicit meaning, but he pretended to be stupid and said: “What does Mr. Zhen mean?”

Zhen Youcai simply made the words clear and said shamelessly: "Since you are going to fight, the soldiers need to eat? Horses need fodder? There are 18,000 soldiers from more than 10,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of war horses in Datong Town. Do you think you will get how much silver you will get in a day? There is also a firearm battalion that requires silver to purchase ammunition? If you win a battle, the soldiers will have to pay silver? The fallen soldiers will also have to pay pensions? As far as we know, there are only a few thousand stones left in Datong Town, and the salary of the vassal treasury is only tens of thousands of taels of silver. How can you fight this battle with this little grain and silver? Will the prince and the Wang family pay food?"

Wei Daben stopped talking because what Zhen Youcai said was the truth.

The military rations in Datong Town were indeed only a few thousand stones left, and the money in the Datong vassal treasury was only more than 10,000 taels of silver. With this little grain and money, there was no way to fight this battle! The King of Dai and Zhang Zi'an did have the same meaning as Zhen Youcai said, and he brought Wang Pu out to temporarily lead the general of Datong, not only wanted Wang Pu to lead the troops, but also had to borrow the Wang family's grain and money to support the battle to defend Datong.

In other words, the wishful thinking of King Dai and Zhang Zi'an relied on the Wang family's people to use the Wang family's grain and money to fight the battle of defense of Datong for them.

After holding it in for a long time, Wei Daben said coldly: "Mr. Prince Concubine, I don't know whether the official should speak or not?"

Wang Pu said: "Please tell me, Lord Wei."

Wei Daben said: "Defending Datong is not just the matter of my official. It is also the matter of all the people and merchants and gentry in Datong Prefecture. The so-called "no eggs left after the collapse of the nest. If Datong is lost, I will certainly be unable to escape death, but the prince-consort and the Wang family are afraid that it will be difficult for them to survive alone?"

Zhen Youcai retorted: "The prince-in-law and the Wang family cannot say the food or the money, but Lord Wei cannot spread all the land, grain and salary on the Wang family, right? If you said just now, then defending Datong will not be the family business of the Wang family? I would like to ask Lord Wei, is this Datong Mansion belonging to the court or the Wang family?"

Wei Daben frowned and said, "Of course it belongs to the court."

"It's right." Zhen Youcai applauded, "Since Datong is the Datong court, and there is no sufficient food and salary in the Datong vassal treasury, the people of the entire Datong Prefecture and merchants and gentry should share the food and salary in the defense of the Datong War. Lord Wei. Do you think this is the case?"

Wei Daben had no way to refute, and said helplessly: "That's the reason."

Wang Pu stood up suddenly and said in a stiff tone: "Please tell Mr. Wei that King Dai and Eunuch Zhang that I, Wang Pu, can come forward to temporarily lead the general of Datong Town. Our Wang family can also provide food and salary to support the Datong defense battle. However, our Wang family only provides the share of the land that should be distributed, and no excess share will be borne!"

After saying that, Wang Pu ignored Wei Daben and turned to the back of the screen and left.

Wei Daben opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when things were about to come, he didn't know what to say. Zhen Youcai, on the other hand, said sinisterly: "Mr. Wei, the prince-in-law can wait, the soldiers of the border army can wait, and the people of Datong can wait, but the thieves will not wait."

Wei Daben took a breath, said goodbye to Zhen Youcai and left.

When Wei Daben walked away, Zhen Youcai suddenly said to the back of the screen: "General, do you think that the iron rooster of Dai and Zhang Zi'an, the old castrated goods, will pay for food and money?"

Wang Pu's figure turned out from behind the screen again and said in a deep voice: "Unless they don't want their own wealth and life, they will have to pay for food and salary."

Zhen Youcai said again: "What if they refuse to leave?"

Wang Pu sneered: "Then wait for the thieves to come to the city in three days. See if they can't come out then?"

Zhen Youcai whispered: "General. If you really wait until the thief army comes to the city before you take over the military power of Datong, isn't it too late? After all, it would be too late to transfer the border troops scattered in various strongholds back to Datong at that time, and there are more than 100,000 people outside the city, and they will not be able to move into the city."

"Wei Daben and Zhang Zi'an are not fools. They should know the pros and cons of it." Wang Pu thought for a while and said, "But in case, you should find a way to get the news from these two guys, so that Zhang Zi'an immediately gathers the border troops of Datong Town, and then Wei Daben immediately moves the people outside the city into the city."

"Yes." Zhen Youcai responded respectfully, "I will make arrangements for you now."

As Wang Pu said, Zhang Zi'an and Wei Daben were both smart people. They both knew the advantages and disadvantages of it, but the measures they took were far beyond Wang Pu's expectations!

There will be no problem with gathering the border troops of various military strongholds around Datong to Datong. However, the issue of how to treat the people of Datong is completely different from what Wang Pu and others think.

Wang Pu's idea was to move all the people in Datong Prefecture, together with their livestock and stored grain into the city within three days, so that they would not leave any support for the thieves.

However, the countermeasures of Wei Daben and Zhang Zi'an were not like this. They actually ordered the border troops who were going to various strongholds in Datong to rob the people of Datong Prefecture, and at the same time sent troops from the North of the city to plunder the livestock and food of nearby people. Obviously, Wang Pu overestimated the personality of Wei Daben and Zhang Zi'an. They did not regard the people of Datong Prefecture as the people of the Ming Dynasty. In their eyes, the people of Datong Prefecture were just a group of cattle and sheep and a group of slaves!

Of course, from a military perspective alone, Wei Daben and Zhang Zi'an's strategies are more vicious and more effective than Wang Pu's strategies! Sending troops to rob is obviously faster than sending troops to protect the people into Datong. The food obtained from the robbery can be used as military rations. At the same time, the food pressure in Datong City will be much smaller.

More importantly, leaving more than 100,000 hungry people to the thieves will inevitably aggravate the lack of food for the thieves and force them to flee to other prefectures as soon as possible.

This move is vicious, but it is tantamount to suicide by killing a chicken to get an egg!

Wang Pu also pointed out that Datong Prefecture was built into his base, and of course he could not let them do whatever they wanted.

When Wang Pu learned the news, it was already afternoon of that day. The soldiers of the border army in the north camp had received the order from Zhang Zi'an and were about to send forty hundred-man teams to rob. The site of the operation was Zhao Liujin, the deputy general of Datong Town. At this time, Zhao Liujin was standing proudly on the parade platform to teach the 4,000 soldiers who were about to go to the expedition.

It is not new for the government army to rob the people. This happened a few years ago.

Because the court could not provide food and wages, the government army could only rob the people. However, most of these things happened in Shaanxi, Henan and Huguang, but very few in Shanxi, especially in Datong Prefecture. But not happening before does not mean that it will not happen in the future. At least Zhao Liujin thought that robbing the people of Datong was a natural thing.

Zhao Liujin's logic is very simple. The thief is about to kill him. I will hold my head and fight for the people of Datong Prefecture. Isn't it okay to take some food for you and rob you of a few pigs?

"Brothers." Zhao Liujin took a breath and shouted loudly, "You all listen to me. This time we are not robbing, we are on orders. This action must be thorough and we must not leave a grain of food for the thieves. Have you heard clearly that those thieves who have killed thousands of swords have been starved to death?"

"I heard it clearly."

The soldiers of the border soldiers under the parade responded loudly, and each seemed to be unable to wait.

Most of these border soldiers are rough people who don’t know a single word. How can they realize it? Even Wei Daben, who is well-read in poetry and books, abandoned the idea of ​​"the people are the most important, the country is the next, and the king is the least" and raised a bloody butcher knife to the innocent people of Datong Prefecture. Can you still expect these big-headed soldiers to have a Bodhisattva heart?

Zhao Liujin waved his hand and shouted: "Set out!"

"Slow down!"

Zhao Liujin finished speaking. A thunderous shout suddenly sounded not far away. When the soldiers looked back urgently, they saw Wang Pu standing on the side of the school field surrounded by dozens of cavalrymen, looking at Zhao Liujin on the parade stage with a cold look. The soldiers of the three armies were in an uproar.

Zhao Liujin took a breath of air conditioning, ran down from the parade platform, ran to Wang Puma happily, nodded and said, "General, why have you come to the camp?"

Wang Pu said coldly: "If I don't come, you may even lose your life!"

Zhao Liujin said in surprise: "What does the general mean?"

"Do you know what the military order you issued just now mean?" Zhen Youcai beside Wang Pu shouted loudly, "Only leading troops to rob the people of the Ming Dynasty is rebellion! Deputy General Zhao, are you going to lead the border soldiers of Datong Town to rebel the Ming Dynasty and the rebellion of the Long Live King?"

"Ah?" Zhao Liujin said in a lost voice, "Where does Mr. Zhen start? Hu Yi is just acting on orders?"

Wang Pu said: "Since you are doing it on orders, you will have nothing to do now. This general will take over the power of Datong military power from now on!"

"Uh..." Zhao Liujin was stunned for a moment, and quickly straightened his chest and responded with a loud bang, "Yes!"

Zhao Liujin knew about Zhang Zi'an and Wei Daben's request to ask Wang Pu to take over the military power of Datong. He thought Wang Pu had already taken over the military power of Datong Town, so there was no matter here, Zhao Liujin, and everything was decided by Wang Pu.

Wang Pu turned over and walked up to the parade platform quickly. The four thousand border soldiers under the stage gathered on Wang Pu in one go. No matter what, Wang Pu had been the general of Datong for three years. Not long ago, he used troops to Mongolia, which allowed these big-headed soldiers to see Wang Pu's courage and ability. Although they were not under Wang Pu's army, their admiration for Wang Pu had reached the point of worshipping him.

Wang Pu took a breath and asked sternly: "Why should the people of Datong rob?"

"Should!"

The heartless big-headed soldier of No. 4,000 responded with a loud promise.

Wang Pu was furious and pulled out his waist knife and threw it hard on the parade platform. With a sound of Du, the sharp blade pierced deeply into the thick wooden board. Only the handle of the knife inlaid with gold and gems was swaying left and right, shining brightly under the setting sun. The soldiers of the three armed forces in the audience immediately held their breath, and everyone felt the anger that was bursting from Wang Pu!

"Fuck!" Wang Pu cursed angrily, "Do you know who the people are? Among them are your father, your mother, and your brothers and sisters! Today you are robbing the people of Datong here, and tomorrow other government-soldiers will rob your relatives in your hometown! In this world, how can you rob your son of robbing me? If you even rob your own family and kill them, are you still humans? You are beasts, not even beasts!"

The four thousand soldiers of the border soldiers all hung their heads. If Wang Pu showed facts and reasoned for these big-headed soldiers, it might be useless to play the piano with a cow. But after these swear words of cursing and scolding, these big-headed soldiers immediately understood. They quickly understood a truth: the baby is raised by their parents, so how can there be a reason for the baby to steal the father in this world?
Chapter completed!