Chapter 461: General of the defeated army
When we crossed the garrison yamen in Beijing, people came and went, and there were endless streams of people. From time to time, officers hurried in and then rushed out. It was already the second day of the day, and the lights were still on here.
Yuejing City is now in panic. No matter where, at this time, there are always many illegal people or those who are originally ulterior motives who have to take the opportunity to have some things in their lives. Even though Yuejing City has been martial law, under the night sky, illegal and disorderly affairs are still happening one after another. Yuejing City's garrison yamen has become the busiest. The soldiers not only have to guard the city gates and patrol the city, but also have to assist local governments to capture these illegal people.
The commander of the garrison yamen is not an ordinary person, but Zhang Jian, the son of Zhang Ning, the left prime minister who is now overwhelming the world.
Zhang Jian's son joined the army since childhood, but in the era of Luo family's rule, Zhang Jian naturally had no chance to make a comeback. He finally survived until his father helped His Majesty the Emperor win a great victory in the political struggle and wiped out the Luo style family. Naturally, he soared into the sky and suddenly jumped from an ordinary general to the deputy commander of the Hu Ben Army.
However, the Hu Ben Army was the emperor's personal army and the most elite army in Dayue. In it, even Zhang Ning's name might not necessarily make them buy it. Zhang Jian first entered the Hu Ben Army, so he naturally wanted to make achievements and become famous. By the way, the generals of the Hu Ben Army who did not see him and thought he got up with nepotism took a look at his skills.
Therefore, when the Shuntian Army was defeated in Changyang County, Zhang Jian, who was eager to make contributions, ignored the opposition of other generals of the Hu Ben Army, forcibly led the 5,000 Hu Ben Army stationed in Zhengyang County to capture Qingtongxia and attack Changyang County.
Unfortunately, his plan was clearly seen by Wu Xin back then. An ambush was set up in Qingtong Gorge, and all the five thousand Tiger Ben Army were captured in one net, and even Zhang Jian was captured alive.
If the Shuntian Army had not been in a difficult situation at that time, Wu Xin would have arrested him and prepared to contact Zhang Ning through him, so as to get the court's respite and give the Shuntian Army a chance to breathe. He would have been cut off by the Shuntian Army.
Later, when the Shuntian Army was recruited, Zhang Jian was naturally released, and this experience of being captured was naturally hidden, but a discerning person could naturally see the trick here. He could no longer stay in the Hu Ben Army. Under his command, the five thousand Hu Ben Erlang were destroyed, or died in the hands of Shuntian Army, which was beaten in a mess by the Taiping Army in Shayang. How could the Hu Ben Army swallow this tone? This tone naturally had to be scattered on Zhang Jian.
If Zhang Ning had not been favored by the emperor, Zhang Jian would have been secretly killed in Yuejing.
After hiding in the mansion for a while, Zhang Jian quietly transferred to the deputy commander of the garrison yamen. Half a year later, the former old commander retired gloriously, so he justified himself and became the garrison commander of Yuejing City.
But compared to his honor when he was in the Hu Ben Army, the garrison yamen was simply a miscellaneous army. He was escorted to him for food and escorted money to return to Yuejing. It was their duty to catch the little thieves. He had to send people to guard the residences of the ministers. In short, he was a hodgepodge, as if he was in charge of everything, but he was not famous or not.
The combat effectiveness of such an army is naturally conceivable. After officially becoming the commander, Zhang Jian also wanted to purify military discipline and improve the combat effectiveness of this army, but he was immediately opposed by his subordinates. The kind of stumble in the darkness caused Zhang Jian to suffer a few great losses. He was ready to kill the chicken and show the monkey. Before he had time to start, the lobbyists would have already broken the threshold of his commander's yamen. In the end, under the layers of invisible and intangible networks, Zhang Jian was defeated.
The key is that he has no confidence in speaking now. The Battle of Qingtongxia has trampled his last dignity completely. His father Zhang Ning also gave him advice. The garrison troops are the places where the children of the powerful and nobles of Dayue have passed the gold. After a few years, they have the experience of the army and then pulled them out to suppress the bandits. In any case, there are still mountain people who have never surrendered in the depths of the vast mountains not far from Yuejing. The troops dragged them out and fought a few unfounded battles, and brought back some Tou Lushou that they got from some unknown place, and they also achieved military achievements. It is natural to advance.
From the beginning of the dream of ambition to do something, it has been famous in history, and has woken up from the dream of becoming a famous general, Zhang Jian has now become a real bureaucrat. Whenever there is something, you can push it and delay it. Even if you can do it easily, you will turn three turns and do not get enough benefits, and you will never be willing to do it for you.
His spirit disappeared and his whole body became a corrupt official. However, in his father's opinion, Zhang Jian has become mature. Zhang Jian is now more satisfied.
After sending away another group of officers, Zhang Jian stretched his waist tiredly, picked up the hot tea that the guards had just sent, took a sip, placed his legs on the big case in front of him, and he collapsed.
Of course, they can come or not, but now it is different. Luo Yishui, who escaped his life, rebelled, and tens of thousands of troops on the border fought back. What frightened the court the most was that Chen Ci, who had always been famous for the Luo family opposition, actually joined Luo Yishui's rebels. Now nearly 100,000 troops were unstoppable and were about to arrive at Zhongping County City. More than ten emergency calls for help from Zhongping County City were reported a day, and the imperial officials there and the garrisoned troops were almost scared.
The first 20,000-strong Tiger Army had already rushed to Zhongping County as fast as possible. The court must not allow Luo Yishui to break through Zhongping County. Once the rebels occupy Zhongping County, the Yuejing City would be like a naked beautiful girl, naked in front of Luo Yishui, a burly man. Whether it is military or political, it would be unacceptable to the emperor.
Zhang Jian naturally knew that the Zhang family had become an mortal enemy with Luo Yishui. The demise of the Luo family was achieved under Zhang Ning's planning. On the banks of Luoshui, the Luo family was killed, and Zhang Ning was even more accused of the prison. If Luo Yishui succeeded, the Zhang family would be afraid that no one would survive within the nine clans. This battle was a matter of life and death for the emperor and their Zhang family.
Zhang Jian, who has always been decadent, also felt very energetic. During this period, he spent almost all of his time in the yamen and was almost becoming a model of diligence.
Although it was just doing trivial things, as long as you remember them, you could do a lot of things, and you could even find some clues from these miscellaneous things. During this period, Zhang Jian found clues from a thief and pulled out a supporter of Luo's family hidden in the city. The family of dozens of people of all sizes are now locked up in prison.
With such a successful case, Zhang Jian became excited as if he was injected with chicken blood. Now, unlike in the past, he used heavy sanctions in troubled times and had a successful precedent, so the emperor naturally did not hesitate to reward and power. Of course, the emperor also understood that among the civil and military affairs of the court, in this battle between the royal family and Luo Yishui, the only one who could truly live and die with him was probably the only one in the Zhang family.
Zhang Jian, who had authority in his hands, naturally wanted to have the power in his hands, so he took the orders and dealt with the guys who had stumbling on him, so that the entire garrison army would be honest. In extraordinary times, unlike the past, they all settled down, running around the city all day long, looking for all suspicious traces.
"Commander, someone outside wants to see you." The trusted guard trotted in and said to Zhang Jian.
"Who? Didn't you see I'm busy? It's not business, so let him leave quickly." Zhang Jian put away his legs on the desk, picked up a document, and looked at the guards.
The trusted guards showed an ambiguous smile, "The commander is the fragrant girl in heaven and earth. I think the commander has been exhausted these days, but at this time, he cannot be in heaven and earth. Since the fragrant girl has come to the door, he can let the commander get tired, vent his fire, and feel refreshed. Isn't he more energetic to do things for His Majesty?"
"You can speak, but it makes sense." Zhang Jian couldn't help laughing when he heard the guards say this: "I don't know if this is an extraordinary time now, how dare I find my yamen? I've always spoiled her and was a little lawless. Today I have to clean up her and let her understand something."
"Then I'll take her in. Miss Xiang has dressed up in disguise and is wearing men's clothes!" The guard said with a smile: "If anyone else comes, I will say that the commander is talking about things and ask them to wait first."
"Okay, okay!" Zhang Jian smiled and stood up: "I haven't gone out for several days in this yamen. It's time to relax and relax. Sharpening a knife will not stop chopping wood! Go quickly and go quickly."
In a moment, a young scholar-like man walked in with a folding fan in his hand and swayed in. As soon as the person entered the door, Zhang Jian's eyes lit up. When he saw this woman, he was dressed in all kinds of charm. Today, he was wearing men's clothes, but he was wearing a different kind of charm. When he stood there, he tilted his head and covered half of his face. His big eyes that could speak were smiling at Zhang Jian, which immediately made him feel half of his body.
"Oh my baby, this outfit is really unique. What's wrong? But I haven't seen me for a month, so I can't help but dare to come to my yamen. How do you know I'm here?" Zhang Jian walked over, hugged the soft waist of the visitor with one hand, and put his face against the broken pink face. He rubbed it hard for a few times, took a deep breath of the unique daughter's fragrance, and felt his whole body suddenly become hot.
"I have been here a long time ago, and I'm waiting for you to come out. I haven't come to see me for a month. I'm so cruel! I didn't know that I won't see you go out until this time. Fortunately, your guard recognizes me, otherwise he will know how to come in!" The woman twisted her waist and waved her head, and said in a sweet voice.
"Hehe, since you are here, don't beg for mercy later!" Zhang Jian smiled, picked up the woman, threw it on the big case, and pounced on her body. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!