They continued south and arrived at Ru Prefecture on September 15th. They found the main camp of the government army..
There were sentries all around the camp of the government troops, and the patrolling cavalry shuttled back and forth, making the defense very tight. Li Zhi had been interrogated by the roaming cavalry several times. When he finally brought his troops close to the official camp, he saw the envoy he had sent come with a military officer on horseback.
"Milord, the Prime Minister has ordered our army to follow this Yuan Qian and set up camp in the southwest of the camp.”
Lin Feng cupped his fists and said to the military official,"I'm on guard at Tianjin Fan Village. Greetings, Sir Qian.”
Chief Qian nodded arrogantly and stopped talking. He led Li Zhi's troops through the camp and headed to the southwest corner.
Different from the military officers of the guard station who were in charge of the troops, defense, and conduct, Director Qian was in charge of the camp soldiers and could bring hundreds of soldiers with him. Compared to the 120 soldiers under the position of Defense Officer, General Qian had many more soldiers. Therefore, President Yuan did not like this person and was too lazy to say anything.
This time, the emperor was determined to exterminate the bandits, and all the towns had gathered a large number of troops. Those who came to help were either deputy generals or participating generals, and there were even commanders who came themselves. Therefore, Prime Minister Lu Xiangsheng sent a Chief Qian to lead the way for the various military horses. However, Tianjin only sent a defense officer. It would be a waste to use President Qian to lead the way.
Lin Feng guessed what was going on. He followed Director Qian to the southwest of the camp and stopped in an empty space. President Qian left after saying that.
"You can set up camp here. Be careful when you set up camp, especially at night. Don't move around and startle the other armies.”
This sentence was blatant discrimination. He looked around.
This camp was located at the most southwest corner of the entire camp and was very safe. The bandits were to the north of the government army. If the bandits attacked the camp, the troops stationed in the north would be the ones to charge. The southwest was the safest. It was obvious that the Prime Minister viewed his own troops as weak and did not dare to deploy his own troops in front of the Eternal Army, fearing that they would collapse and attack the other armies.
He told the civilian laborers to take out their tents and set up camp while he went to report to the main tent.
Outside the main tent, the generals of Li's various armies were discussing. Prime Minister Lu Xiangsheng wore a third-grade official uniform and sat in the middle of the tent. The other generals stood on both sides according to their ranks. Standing far away, one could not see clearly. Although Lu Xiangsheng was sitting, one could see that he was very tall, even more burly than the generals on both sides.
He showed the waist token to the soldier standing guard at the door. The soldier ran in and half-knelt in front of Lu Xiangsheng."Tianjin reinforcements, defend!”
Upon hearing the soldier's words, the faces of the military officials standing in two rows twitched as they looked at Lin Feng, who was standing at the door. Everyone's faces were filled with surprise and disdain.
This time, all the armies had gathered to suppress the bandits, and Tianjin had sent a small guard to help? What kind of joke was this?
Although Lu Xiangsheng had already known about Tian Jin's arrangements, he couldn't help but look impatient. He said coldly,"Let him in!"
The messenger came back to pass the message. Lin Feng received the order and stepped into the main tent.
The big tent was filled with big shots from all walks of life. They were either deputy generals or generals, and there were even chief soldiers. A small guard walked in the middle of the crowd. Under the disdainful gazes of the big shots, it was a little abrupt.
However, Lin Feng knew his own strength. He walked with his chest held high and did not take the contempt of these big shots to heart at all.
Seeing Lin Feng's confident appearance, some of the generals were a little unhappy. From time to time, some of them sneered as if they were mocking him for not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth.
He walked up to the Prime Minister and glanced at Lu Xiangsheng. Although the civil servant was old, he was still full of energy. His eyebrows were slanted and his nose was very straight.
Just as he was about to kneel down, he heard Lu Xiangsheng say,"The military etiquette is simple.”
After saying this, he stood up straight and said,"The defense of the Tianjin Fan Village greets the Prime Minister!"”
Lu Xiangsheng looked at it and said slowly,""Why did Lin Hong send you to defend? Didn't he see the imperial edict that the emperor ordered all the regions to support and suppress them?”
"The governor said that I will represent Tianjin to help and not embarrass Tianjin."”
Hearing this, the generals on both sides immediately exploded. They couldn't help but discuss,
"Tianjin is really interesting. It's not embarrassing to send a guard to defend!”
"It's just a defense. It's not embarrassing!”
"Heh, you mean you want to beat us!”
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng's face darkened as if he was blaming himself. He said,"Do you know how many commanders and deputy generals I have under my command?”
Seeing that these big shots looked down on him, he thought for a moment and cupped his hands."Prime Minister, although I'm only here to defend, I've brought ten thousand soldiers!”
Hearing this, the generals all had cold expressions on their faces and snorted.
"To recruit ten thousand soldiers for a single defense, they must all be old, weak, sick, and disabled.”
"Don't blow up the camp as soon as you go up and attack his army!”
"A single defender raising ten thousand soldiers? Can this weapon be used? I think they are even worse than the raiders 'hungry soldiers!”
The military towns of the Ming Dynasty all relied on the military pay from the imperial court to raise their troops. The number of soldiers and the salary of the soldiers were the same as the number of officials. If a commander only raised 3,000 soldiers, then these 3,000 soldiers would definitely receive a generous salary. Naturally, the soldiers would be trained diligently and the soldiers would be strong. If a small guard only had a hundred soldiers, but relied on the salary of the army to support ten thousand soldiers, then it would be a problem for these ten thousand soldiers to eat, so how could they go into battle to kill the enemy?
Did he come to Ru Zhou to cheat for food and drink?
Therefore, even though they knew that there were ten thousand soldiers, the big shots of the various towns still had looks of disdain on their faces, not taking them seriously at all.
An old general jumped out and said loudly,"After this battle ends, this old man will report to the governor of Tianjin that he has no respect for the emperor and only sent a guard to defend!”
Another old general stood out and said,"This old man also wants to take a look at him. He neglects his duties and has no regard for the country!”
Hearing the words of these two old generals, the other generals all agreed. For a moment, the crowd was boiling, and they all cursed the governor of Tianjin, He Shishou.
Going into battle to kill enemies was no joke. If allies did not have any combat strength, the battle would be unfavorable. If they were defeated by the bandits, they would lose their heads. Tianjin's reinforcements were not effective, sending the old and weak to suppress the bandits would endanger the lives of the soldiers of the other towns. No wonder the generals were so agitated.
Lu Xiangsheng heard the discussion of the generals. He stroked his beard and remained silent. It was obvious that he was dissatisfied with this arrangement.
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