Lu Xiangsheng was silent, it seems that this war will be dangerous, but the emperor urges and Donglin presses, he still has to be cautious, after all, in this reversal of the Lu trend, the civil and military dispute, he, a person with a deep brand of Lu Hanqiang, has also been criticized and impeached by many people, and the emperor has suddenly become vigilant against this military aircraft department, so the more this is the case, the more careful you must be.
After thinking about it again, he still asked cautiously with reluctance: "After your rectification, is the combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp still so unbearable?"
Cao Huachun sighed: "Combat effectiveness, combat effectiveness, how can there be combat effectiveness at all, I remember that when Lord Lu took office, he also inspected the Beijing camp, and you don't know what it looks like." ” Lu Xiangsheng sighed, but still looked at Cao Huachun hopefully.
"I took the emperor's Shang Fang sword to rectify those ruffians, this is what it looks like, this is how there is an army of 200,000 to do 70,000, and the 50,000 army can have 378,000 personnel, if not, you also know, if 50,000 can have 10,000 on duty, it is a ghost, but it is a pity that countless money and grain are smashed into it every year, in exchange for this result, I will tell Lord Lu the truth, at the beginning, Lu Hanqiang said to let these Beijing camps get out, select some of the rest, ask for tall and handsome, burly to be a royal honor guard, travel in the emperor, When meeting with foreign vassals, it is just a show, and the rest is empty military salaries. ” Lu Hanqiang also said this sentence to himself at that time, what he meant was to take advantage of this military reform to completely abolish the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, and reduce 200,000 to 10,000, which was to make a guard of honor for the royal family, and the scene would be supported.
But when this proposal was handed over, it was directly rejected by the emperor, and the Beijing camp was not under the control of the Military Aircraft Department of the Ministry of War, and he was helpless.
Now it seems that the emperor still kept an eye on it.
"You said that there were only 378,000 of the 50,000 Beijing battalions on the front line" Lu Xiangsheng was more surprised, this is too far from the actual number, how is this possible?"
Cao Huachun sighed again: "I also want to rectify it in a real way, but, it's hard to return to my Lord Lu, there is no money and food to make trouble in the school, but there is no vacancy to make trouble in the school, those bastards are waiting for these empty salaries to spend all their time drinking, just waiting for these empty salaries to raise some pro-soldiers, if I really talk about the implementation of all personnel, then I can't do it in Beijing at all, and I would have let those guys run out a long time ago." ” The reality is very plump, the reality is actually very skinny, and it is very skinny, how can such a reality not make people lament "In this way, Gonggong Cao, do you think this battle can still be fought" Lu Xiangsheng asked tentatively again.
Cao Huachun was unhappy at the time: "I said Master Lu, usually you kill decisively, how can you get up with my old Cao mother-in-law and mother today, didn't I say it, just for the sake of face, I want the 40,000 soldiers to die, I have to give away countless money and food, and I want to ruin the good situation that Lu Banyu has worked so hard to create, those bastards will die when they die, and they can't find their own grievances, but for the sake of the country, can this battle still be fought?"
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng let out a sigh of relief and straightened his back: "In this case, our military aircraft department does not need to ask for the opinions of foreign officials, just strive for the opinions of the members of the Beijing Division, and then do you dare to go to the fold with me to refute this chaotic fate."
Cao Huachun slapped the table and said loudly: "My old Cao came here in such a hurry because of the words of Master Lu, the foreman of your military aircraft department, you go to the book, I am attached, let's resolutely stop this bastard's decision." ” It seems that Cao Huachun is really in a hurry, and even the bastards have come out, you know, this is equivalent to scolding the emperor in disguise.
As a result, Lu Xiangsheng convened a meeting of members of the Military Aircraft Department in Beijing overnight to discuss, and the result was a resolution attended by 10 people and 7 votes against it, which rejected the proposal of the emperor and Shi Kefa.
Seeing this decision, Chongzhen was even more angry, ignoring Cao Huachun's death advice of kowtowing and bleeding, crossed the military aircraft department, and directly issued an order to Shi Kefa, and immediately attacked Manchu Shengjing.
As soon as Chongzhen's decree arrived, Shi Kefa had no intention of rejecting it at all, and immediately ordered an army of 37,000, leaving 2,000 to guard the grain and grass heavy Tai'an, and collected 30,000 people, known as 100,000, and began to sacrifice the flag on the first day of the ninth month.
This time, Wang Dazhuang was specially invited by Shi Kefa to watch the ceremony of the expedition again, which was actually angry with him Wang Dazhuang.
Early in the morning, Shi Kefa began to bathe and change clothes in strict accordance with the ancient etiquette, and then gathered the generals, and waited until the Beijing camp generals with wine bags and rice bags arrived, and began to sacrifice to the gods and pray for the blessing of the gods.
Confucian classics said that in the Western Zhou Dynasty, all armies had to hold large-scale sacrificial ceremonies, and then Shi Kefa began to recite his teacher sacrifice to the sky, dashing and sprinkled ten thousand words, but everyone did not understand a word, and then it was to kill three animals, slaughter cattle and sheep to sacrifice ancestors, Sheji land and grain gods.
All the soldiers marched in line, and the slaughtered cattle and sheep had to turn around the queue left and right, called "martyrdom", and announced that "those who do not need to die will be killed".
The commander in chief personally poured the blood of the animals on the weapons, called "provocations", and symbolically poured a little blood on the flags, war drums, gold duos, and weapons used in the war.
Strangely, the chariot that had been drenched in animal blood had to be put back in the storehouse for preservation.
After the sacrifice, the cattle and sheep were cooked, that is, "gizzard meat", and distributed to the soldiers to enjoy.
That's it, the sky is not dawn and it begins to toss, until noon, it has just ended, and then it is already noon, of course everyone wants to sleep, is the so-called spring sleepy autumn lack of summer nap, winter and March that can't wake up.
Then, in the afternoon, the army began to march in earnest.
Watching the mighty soldiers of the Beijing camp drive out of Tai'an City, the soldiers of the Fuliao Army who were left aside could only bid them farewell with a look of pity.
Wang Dazhuang and the last soldiers of the Beijing camp walked out of Tai'an and shrugged at Xu Jie and the brothers beside him: "There is no need for us to watch here anymore, because this will be the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the near future."
Then he looked at the Tai'an City that his brothers had snatched with blood, looked at the mountains of grain and grass in the city, and sighed: "It's a pity, it's really a pity, so many things, if we give me the Liao Army, then what kind of achievements will we have?"
Xu Jie also sighed regretfully: "Forget it, people don't need us, and we don't need to eat the food of the military here, with the heart of the superintendent, let's hurry back to Panshan to make unforeseen arrangements." ” Wang Dazhuang nodded: "Yes, let's go back to Panshan and immediately transfer my first column over, not only to ensure that Panshan is not lost, but also to ensure that the rice fields we have just cultivated can be sown and harvested normally, and more importantly, "Look at the bright armor of the Beijing camp in the distance: "It is some more to collect some, after all, it is the children of our Han nation." ” Anyone who really has a little military common sense can foresee that this battle will be a battle without suspense, but it is those who do not have this kind of vision, or who have, but still fight for the sake of face, that sent 35,000 soldiers and 30,000 people to the road of death. t1706231537: