Chapter 30: People Are Like Ants, Horses Are Like Clouds
Zhang Ping'an woke up the next day and was startled; all the men in the tent sat quietly and looked at him with anticipation.
"When is it?" Zhang Ping'an asked in a daze.
"It's just noon! Brother!" Lu Deyin replied happily.
"You have nothing to do, why do you all go to my place?" Zhang Ping'an was still a little unconscious.
"Brother, didn't you let us come to you to discuss matters early in the morning last night?"
Zhang Ping'an came to his senses at this time: "Okay! It's still the same rule. Let's discuss matters while eating! Yin has to go to find the eldest sister of the Wang family and bring the food here! What's the scholar yesterday? Call him over too!"
Lu Deyin replied: "His name is Chen Liang!"
Zhang Ping'an laughed and scolded: "It seems that his family is a landlord, old food! His father is so talented! Long Xiucai should start with you and tell us what we got yesterday!"
Long Xiucai smiled and said, "Boss, the Tartars who came yesterday came to rob. They prepared empty trucks; there were not much food, only more than 200 stones, 178 trucks; 3,100 horses; 530 sabers, 230 bows, 5,000 arrows; 1,300 saddles, and 100 leather armor. Others are small pieces."
As Long Tao was talking, Lu Deyin led Chen Xiucai in. Zhang Ping'an pointed his hand and signaled Chen Xiucai to sit down. He said to Long Xiucai: "You continue talking!"
Long Xiucai continued: "There were 5,763 people in the Ming Dynasty who rescued, including fifty of them who were sick. Doctor Jia said that it was nothing big. Five hundred and three people were captured and alive. The rest of the injured were taken away by Commander Zhang, saying that they were to see blood for their subordinates. Later, the two Commander Huang also came to ask for it. I think they were not injured, so I didn't dare to give it to it. Because the boss said, you are useful!"
The eldest sister of the Wang family led five women to bring lunch and milk tea to everyone. Zhang Ping'an picked up the bowl, and the eldest sister of the Wang family immediately poured milk tea for Zhang Ping'an. Zhang Ping'an asked these women: "Thank you for your hard work, sisters! After a while, we will go to the Ming Dynasty to trade. If you want to leave, I will send you there!"
The eldest sister of the Wang family shook her head: "Chief! We don't want to go back to the Ming Dynasty, we want to go with you!"
Zhang Ping'an said: "You can go with us. Remember whoever dares to bully you in the camp can tell me. You can also tell me, and I will kill their brothers and send them to serve the emperor!"
The eldest sister of the Wang family blushed and nodded and began to pour milk tea for the others.
Lu Deyin was very puzzled: "Brother, why are you so good to the person who made mistakes? If you make a mistake, you can still serve the emperor! But his brother did not make a mistake, why did he even kill him!"
Hearing Lu Deyin's words, several women ran out of the tent with blushing faces. All the men in the tent burst into laughter!
Zhang Ping'an ignored Lu Deyin, grabbed a piece of mutton, and cut it with a knife.
He turned around and asked Chen Pie: "How did you divide people?"
Chen Tao stuffed a bite of noodles into his mouth and poured a mouthful of milk tea: "Last night, I said what you mean, there is no need for us to say more about the new brothers. Even more than 70 craftsmen are going to follow us. I divided the people in advance. Zhang Li and Hu Ming are going to lead the troops separately this time. They each bring the 600 strongest cavalry and each have 100 scouts. Li Chen and I each bring 1,000 horse riding soldiers. Today, we are all practicing horse riding. We are all leading veterans who participated in the war yesterday. Huang Zhi and Huang Wei each bring 1,000 cavalry composed of auxiliary soldiers, and under the leadership of veterans, we practice horse riding. For you, you have left 500 strongest veterans as personal soldiers. For other craftsmen and poor health, please be auxiliary soldiers at home! Brother Wu Tianxing, you said you want to punish him, and you think about it in his tent today!"
Zhang Ping'an said: "Xu Liang! Go and call Wu Tianxing! Chen Xiucai, tell us about the terrain of Duoyan tribe and the terrain near Duoyan tribe. The more detailed the better!"
Chen Xiucai drank a sip of milk tea: "Little boss!"
Zhang Ping'an immediately waved his hand and interrupted him: "You can't call me a little boss now. They are my old brothers. Long Xiucai relies on his ability to prove that he has this qualification! You can only call me the chief! When will you let me recognize your ability? You will call me a little boss again! You continue."
Chen Xiucai respectfully bowed to Zhang Ping'an: "Yes, the leader! The leader of the Duoyan tribe is called Subude. Duoyan is more than 600 miles away from our current camp, about fifty miles northeast of the Duoyan tribe, and there are mountains. The mountain is eastward and is more than 130 miles long. To the west of the Duoyan tribe is the Gushen tribe, which has a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty. In the northern part of Duoyan, there are two thousand males in Duoyan garrison in the north, which is the defense of the Chaharrot tribe. To the southeast of Duoyan is to Guangning, and to the south is Tongdaming border town. In the Duoyan tribe, there are more than 15,000 people arrested by them. Mainly the Ming family members who were rescued by you yesterday; there are more than 1,000 various craftsmen. The Duoyan tribe is estimated to have less than 500 war soldiers, and the others are old and weak, but the old and weak in Mongolian Tartars cannot be underestimated. They are all people who can hold swords and shoot arrows!"
After hearing this, Zhang Ping'an pressed his hands down and began to close his eyes to ponder. The old brothers knew his habit. When Chen Pear saw that Chen Xiucai wanted to talk, he quickly shook his hand at him. Wu Tianxing came in and saw Zhang Ping'an closing his eyes to ponder. He hid in a corner of the tent tactfully.
Zhang Ping'an pondered for more than half an hour, suddenly stood up and asked Chen Liang: "Chen Xiucai, where did you say we will go after saving people?"
Chen Xiucai smiled bitterly: "The Ming Dynasty cannot go! See if he can make a piece of territory in the Tartars!"
"Why can't I go back to the Ming Dynasty?" Zhang Ping'an asked in confusion.
"Chief, you actually understand better than me that Commander Chen is a warrior and auxiliary soldier. There is only a dead end to return to the Ming Dynasty. If the leader conquers the territory, these craftsmen cannot be let go! You will go to save people this time, regardless of whether my son is alive or not, I will definitely follow you! The Ming Dynasty is now rotten from the root. In a few years, Liaodong will be the world of the Jurchens and Tartars!" Chen Xiucai replied in decline.
Zhang Ping'an was surprised that Chen Xiucai had such a strategic vision. So he hurriedly stood up and bowed: "Chen Xiucai is a great talent. Ping'an is wrong! You can call me a young boss in the future! No, you can call me whatever you want!" Everyone in the tent looked at Zhang Ping'an in surprise, wondering why Zhang Ping'an changed so much before and after.
Zhang Ping'an said: "Now we have to change the system and call it. Ten people are corpses, one sergeant, one sergeant, one sergeant, and one sergeant, and one sergeant, and one sergeant, and one sergeant, and one sergeant, and one sergeant, and one sergeant. Now I will be the one who is in charge of the general. As for the names of each battalion, we will first follow the number of one to five. The battalion has a significant contribution, and a battalion number will be set up separately. The commander of the first battalion Zhang Li; the commander of the second battalion Hu Ming; the commander of the third battalion Li Chen; the commander of the fourth battalion Huang Zhi; the commander of the fifth battalion Huang Wei; the commander of the personal battalion Lu Deyin and Chen Peng is the deputy commander of the general!" Zhang Ping'an was promoted directly to himself.
Zhang Ping'an whispered: "To ensure the success of this operation, I order! Chen Pang led the third, fourth and fifth battalions to wipe out the Tartars in the south!"
Seeing everyone standing up, nodded: "I brought Yin's personal military camp, Zhang Li's first battalion, Hu Ming's second battalion; attacked eastward. The Xu brothers led 100 personal military camp brothers, and set out with Chen to make a move, count the results of the battle, and safeguard military discipline! Let's set out the day after tomorrow! Get ready today!"
Zhang Ping'an shouted: "Wu Tianxing! Last battle, he disobeyed the order. He was executed, but I did not emphasize it last time, so, whip ten times, first three whips, pay attention to the back. When I come back, I will talk about your performance. You stayed with Long Xiucai this time and made a good dry food for the army for ten days. Chen Xiucai! Before we come back, you will gather craftsmen and make at least five hundred crossbows! Just do it in the style I give you! And change all the vehicles into sleds! Do you understand?"
"Yes, Chief!"
Long Xiucai said: "It should be changed, answer: Yes! The Grand Marshal!"
Chapter completed!