Chapter 109 Do you want to sacrifice yourself? No, I'm going to Qing Jun's side!
Chen Hongfan got off his horse hurriedly, knelt on the ground and said: "The ministers calm down, and the lowly position didn't eat much, it's all because the lower officials eat too much!"
Wang Zhichen had nothing to do with Chen Hongfan for a while.
Since the imperial treasury has been filled and corruption has been strictly investigated, the Ministry of War has transported him a total of more than 500,000 taels of military pay to Jizhou.
Wang Zhichen was worried that one day he would collude with nobles to resell gunpowder, so Chen Hongfan had already let Chen Hongfan swallow the military salary alone, and used it as capital for secretly expanding soldiers and horses, and let him control it.
But Wang Zhichen didn't expect Chen Hongfan to eat so **** empty pay. He told himself that he had recruited 100,000 soldiers and horses, and he wanted to pay more soldiers. A few days ago, he asked him how many soldiers and horses he actually had, and he said 80,000. Now when it was the day of the expedition, he saw that there was not even 80,000.
Wang Zhichen had to ask again: "Tell this hall truthfully, how many soldiers and horses are there?"
Chen Hongfan replied: "Thirty thousand!"
"Answer truthfully!"
The minister of the king roared angrily.
"Ten thousand, please calm down!"
Chen Hongfan replied with some embarrassment.
"This can be 10,000? If you don't tell the truth, the hall will ask the king to order the flag to kill you!"
The minister of the king.
"Butang, we are now going to the side of the Qing emperor, to rebel, why do you still take the emperor's order to cut down your humble position?"
Chen Hongfan said rather aggrieved.
The minister of the king shouted: "This hall says that if you can cut it again, you can cut it!"
Wang Zhichen ordered: "Come on, take Chen Hongfan down!"
"yes!"
Wang Zhichen's own servants responded.
Seeing this, Chen Hongfan hurriedly said: "The ministry is kind! To be honest, there are only 3,000 people in humble positions, but they are all elites! Each of them is good at fighting, and one can be worth ten. Besides, we are paid for nothing. Could it be that the tyrant Officials and generals don’t pay empty salaries? They certainly don’t have 20,000 yuan! The advantage is still on our side.”
The minister of the king: "..."
But he has no other way now, who made him and Chen Hongfan become people on the same boat.
Thus, Wang Zhichen asked his servants to release Chen Hongfan.
…
However, the Guards that Zhang Gui trained for Apocalypse did not have enough money, at least not obviously.
Because the salary is issued by a special logistics officer, not the chief officer.
In addition, military officers have a high amount of money to support their integrity, and there are also special military judges internally, and there is a system for regularly verifying the status of soldiers.
So, in the Guards, not to mention that the officers have received strict ideological education and assessment, it is not a very cost-effective thing to pay for nothing.
In addition, because Zhang Gui knows that wars require logistics, and in order to solve the problem of the survival of a large number of refugees, he also trained a large number of logistics battalions to be responsible for logistics supplies when he was training the Guards for Tianqi.
Therefore, the soldiers and horses led by Tianqi at this time are said to be more than 20,000 horses and infantry, but in fact, including the auxiliary soldiers of the logistics battalion and the temporarily organized civilian husbands, there are no fewer than 50,000 soldiers and horses.
The minister of the king didn't know this.
He is still only leading Chen Hongfan's 3,000 soldiers and horses to continue to the capital.
But even if Wang Zhichen didn't know how much Tianqi's 20,000 soldiers and horses were eaten up, he was still a little worried because he actually only had more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, so he asked Chen Hongfan: "These 3,000 soldiers and horses Can you really clear your side?"
Chen Hongfan said: "Please don't worry! The three thousand soldiers and horses in the humble position are all elites, all of them are armored and powerful. How can the soldiers and horses of the imperial court compare?"
Wang Zhichen looked at it and said: "Well, this hall does seem to have a sense of vitality!"
At this time, Chen Hongfan's sentry cavalry came to report.
Wang Zhichen saw this and ordered: "Hurry up and build rice, and prepare to wipe out the enemy!"
The guards on Apocalypse's side also discovered the rebels, and they also began to build up a rebellion, preparing for the next battle.
Soon, in the afternoon, the main forces of the two armies officially met and formed a formation.
"Hey, why are there so many?!"
Wang Zhichen looked at the setting sun and appeared pressing against the horizon. His armor was gleaming, like the imperial army pouring down like an iron stream, and he said something in amazement.
"Hey, why are there so few?!"
At this time, Tianqi on the opposite side saw the rebels standing in twos and threes under the setting sun. He also said something in astonishment, and said to Xiong Tingbi, who had been promoted to Minister of War: "Didn't the minister of the king say that he would come to the Qing Dynasty with an army of one hundred thousand?"
Xiong Tingbi said: "Return to Your Majesty! It may be that they are eating too much."
"Then what are you waiting for, Xiong Qing, you lead the infantry to quickly move forward to wipe out the enemy, and I personally lead the cavalry to outflank them!"
Tianqi rode away in person after speaking.
Xiong Tingbi had no choice but to obey the order here, and decisively let the spear charge forward first with the spear in hand.
"this…"
Chen Hongfan already has the idea of fleeing the battle.
But because Wang Zhichen, the governor of Jiliao, was still by his side, he hadn't made up his mind yet.
Wang Zhichen is actually a civil servant who doesn't know much about soldiers. He is better at making money, so now he just asks Chen Hongfan: "Chen Zongbing, what do you do now?"
Chen Hongfan glanced at the infantry on the opposite side, all of them were spearmen, he gained confidence for a moment, and said: "Don't worry, the Ministry! How dare their infantry charge to my cavalry, wait for the humble to defeat them."
As he spoke, Chen Hongfan rushed over with his cavalry.
But none of the spearmen of the Guards showed any intention of backing down. Like rows of fangs, they bit the cavalrymen without hesitation, and completely took out a life-for-life posture.
These spearmen are all well-trained Guards spearmen. The combat method is very simple, that is, holding a spear and rushing desperately.
Seeing this, Chen Hongfan decisively chose to run away, instead of risking his life to fight, and then quickly ran to Jizhou City before the encirclement of the Guards cavalry led by Tian Qi was completed.
Chen Hongfan and his servants are very good at riding, especially when escaping, because they have rich experience in escaping.
Chen Hongfan was able to be promoted to the chief soldier, in addition to being good at spending money, he was also good at running away from battle. He ran directly from a small general banner to the chief soldier.
So, he just ran out with hundreds of cavalry before the cavalry of the Guards encircled them.
Wang Zhichen was too late here, because he was sitting in a sedan chair.
That’s right, like most civil servants, he can’t even ride a horse. He can become the governor of Jiliao.
When Wang Zhichen saw Chen Hongfan fleeing, he was also anxious, wishing he could gallop his horse.
But now he can only shout: "Hurry up and take the church away!"
But Wang Zhichen's bearer had already run away.
For a moment, he could only watch the cavalry of the Guards surround him.
For a while, Wang Zhichen had no choice but to draw out his scribe sword, thinking: "Do you want to die for a festival? To earn the reputation of a loyal family for your family?"
No!
Soon, Wang Zhichen realized that he was rebelling now, and he was going to the side of the Qing emperor, not to kill the enemy for the court.
Killing oneself is not considered martyrdom, at most it is considered suicide in fear of crime.
At this time, Tian Qi had already rode his horse towards him.
While Wang Zhichen was debating whether to commit suicide in fear of crime, he saw Tian Qi and the emperor's big banner behind Tian Qi, and because of this, he had an idea, knelt on the ground on the spot, and cried: "Your Majesty!"
(end of this chapter)