Without money, what is the point of being a traitor?

Chapter 384: Planning and strategizing to win a battle thousands of miles away

Jiao Yan'er pursed her lips, and waited until Pei Yuan's careless hand stopped, then she murmured with a somewhat scattered look in her eyes, "Thinking about how to persuade you."

Jiao Yan'er finished speaking, and seemed to be waiting for Pei Yuan's reaction.

She rested her head on Pei Yuan's shoulder and looked at his face.

Pei Yuan's face remained normal, and he began to caress again with his paused hand.

Jiao Yan'er was probably the woman who grew up in the most pampered environment among all the women Pei Yuan had ever met. Her delicate and soft body was very relaxing just to hold it softly.

Pei Yuan did not continue asking, but the smart Jiao Yan'er had already understood.

——Her man doesn’t care what she thinks or what she says, her man is more interested in her body.

Jiao Yan'er, like an obedient cat, put her head on Pei Yuan's shoulder.

She leaned against Pei Yuan softly, with her eyes closed, and slowly became happy.

There was just a voice in my head that seemed to be chuckling.

Oh, isn’t such cold-heartedness and selfishness the weakness of this bastard?

Pei Yuan played with her for a while, and then leaned against Jiao Yan'er's arms for a while. When he heard the maid knocking on the door, he asked Jiao Yan'er with lingering feelings, "Did you eat dinner?"

Jiao Yaner said “hmm”.

The timid and charming voice had a lingering sound.

Pei Yuan felt itchy and shouted to the outside, "I don't want to eat it anymore. Take it away."

After saying that, he picked up the beautiful Jiao and put her on the bed.

At dawn the next day, when Pei Yuan was still in a daze, a maidservant was knocking gently on the window outside.

Pei Yuan opened his eyes and saw the little hand on his chest, which he inexplicably found cute.

He sat up and replied while playing with it in his hand.

Jiao Yan'er was tired and sleepy, and was also awakened by Pei Yuan's voice. She asked vaguely, "What's wrong?"

Pei Yuan had understood what he heard, and answered casually, "Chen Xinjian sent a message saying that Huguang had won a great victory, and Lu Ting and Lu Wan's proclamation announced the victory, and they entered the city at daybreak."

Pei Yuan's words were somewhat sad, "The Bazhou Army is gone."

The most massive rebellion during the Zhengde reign was thus put down.

The oppressed people's unwillingness to surrender and their heads banged in disarray have come to an end.

Jiao Yan'er had no empathy for Pei Yuan's feelings. She was abducted by the Bazhou army, and the life she was supposed to have was completely ruined.

After hearing Pei Yuan's words, he just asked, "Then the world will be at peace, right?"

"Peace?" Pei Yuan laughed. "Sichuan is in chaos, Jiangxi is in chaos, and even in Shanxi, where the imperial court has heavily stationed troops, people are looting. The rioters from Guangdong invaded Jiangxi and broke into Yongfeng. The rioters from Sichuan have also spread to Guizhou. The little prince also invaded Shandan and Ganzhou, and showed up in Xuanfu with a swagger."

Pei Yuan didn't want to say more.

He patted Jiao Yan'er's shoulder, grabbed her slender hand and bit it twice, then stood up and said, "I have to go take care of some things, and I may have to go to Shandong in a while. I will let General Song take care of the family affairs. She is now the chief of the Western Factory, and I gave her a good self-defense item, which is enough to protect you. If there is any trouble that cannot be solved, she also knows what to do."

Jiao Yan'er hummed, straightened her clothes, and stood up to help Pei Yuan get dressed.

Pei Yuan left the backyard and went to the front hall, where he saw Chen Xinjian waiting there.

Not long after Pei Yuan sat down, a sensible servant hurriedly brought him the breakfast that had been prepared long ago.

Pei Yuan ate while listening to Chen Xinjian talking about the rumors in the city.

After listening to this, Pei Yuan said, "Also send someone to Wang Qiong's house to keep an eye on him. As soon as Wang Qiong leaves the court, send someone to report back."

Chen Xinjian took note of this.

Pei Yuan asked again, "How are the preparations for the trip south going?"

Chen Xinjian replied, "We have already prepared all the manpower, and we have arranged for fine spies to go to various prefectures and counties to gather intelligence in advance. The Minister of Works said that we can set out at any time."

Pei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and said directly, "We'll leave tomorrow. Let Sikong Sui send a few people to the front this afternoon to arrange accommodation and food for the rest of the trip."

Chen Xinjian took note of this matter again.

After Pei Yuan finished his breakfast, he packed up his things.

In the past, Song Chunniang was the one who did this job. Now that Pei Yuan is leaving Beijing, all the disturbances in the city have to be kept under the watchful eye of General Song.

As the chief of the Western Factory, she had great power. She could openly place people all over the capital and search for intelligence unscrupulously.

Although he was not as arrogant as "imperial authorization, execute first and report later", just based on the ecological chain of the West Factory suppressing the East Factory, and the East Factory suppressing the Embroidered Uniform Guard, General Song was already considered the number one figure in the capital.

In addition, with her unscrupulous funding from the Huaxi Factory, she recruited many gangsters as her escorts and even knew a lot of secrets of the market.

General Song also puts most of his energy into this.

No other reason, I just love listening to it.

Pei Yuan couldn't help but sigh after learning about this. The time when Song was in charge of the general flag was probably the most relaxing and comfortable time for officials in the court.

Pei Yuan didn't have to bring much with him, but each of them was important.

The first thing was the big armor and golden hammer given by Han Qianhu.

Although this time's suppression of the Luo Cult was not as dangerous as last time, and I believe that the cult leader would not dare to disrespect me, there is always a chance of something going wrong.

Pei Yuan's goal of going south to Shandong this time is to deal with the Shandong Regional Military Commission and the Beiwo Regional Military Commission. If any conflict occurs, he might end up doing something desperate.

Safety issues should not be taken lightly.

Then there is the Bazhou Sword, the Heart Demon Robe and the Rat Pocket. These three items each have their own uses and if used well, they can produce miraculous effects.

Moreover, Pei Yuan remembered what Han Qianhu said last time, and he didn't think it was aimless.

Maybe some trouble will really come to me.

Pei Yuan selected a few more sets of clothes and asked the maids to help pack them all.

When the court was dismissed in the afternoon, a spy from the Imperial Guard came to report that Wang Qiong had returned home. Soon another Imperial Guard came to report that Gu Dayong had also returned to his residence outside the palace.

Pei Yuan thought about it and went to see Wang Qiong first.

If you want to do a favor, of course you have to do it while the opportunity is high.

Pei Yuan brought a few personal soldiers and went straight to Wang Qiong's mansion.

After several communications, Pei Yuan and Wang Qiong became familiar with each other. Although it was a fake character, Pei Yuan's name had begun to work.

Soon after the doorman went in to report, the steward of the mansion came out to greet them.

When he saw Wang Qiong in the hall, before Pei Yuan opened his mouth, Wang Qiong said meaningfully, "I read the victory report from Lu Ting and Lu Wan. They said that after careful planning, they launched a general attack on the Bazhou army on the first day of April."

Wang Qiong deliberately added emphasis to the four words "April 1st".

Pei Yuan had previously instigated him to write a letter, and his only advice to Wang Qiong was to wait until the second day of April.

There was such a coincidence between the two things that how could Wang Qiong not think too much.

What did Pei Yuan say? Should he put his hands on his hips and say, "This was all arranged by me?"
Pei Yuan could only explain it in a reasonable way. "I was born into a military family. My family inherited the title of a hundred households. Therefore, I have been familiar with military books since I was a child and have some military strategies. Later, the capital held a military examination, and I was lucky enough to get the first place."

Pei Yuan said shamelessly, "I arrived at the front of the army on the tenth day of March. After gaining a thorough understanding of the situation of both sides, I determined that there would be a battle between the two sides in twenty days at the shortest and twenty-two days at the longest."

Wang Qiong counted with his fingers and was shocked.

Is the range so accurate?

He couldn't help but look surprised and blurted out, "I didn't expect Captain Pei to have such a talent?"

Then he sighed and said, "It's a pity that your talent as a general cannot be used by the court. Instead, they can only appoint some incompetent officials and mediocre generals. Otherwise, how could the Bazhou thieves develop to the current situation?"

It's a good idea not to pretend to be such a pushover.

Pei Yuan was modest for a moment, "I am an honest official, I am not interested in these things. Besides, maybe I am just lucky, it's just a coincidence."

The more Pei Yuan said this, the more Wang Qiong felt that Pei Yuan was indeed different from others.

After all, other people don’t believe this, but Wang Qiong does!
Pei Yuan had just gone to the Huguang frontline more than half a month ago to deal with the rebellion by Buddhist monks.

As a result, just a few days ago, Pei Yuan was in the capital, but he calculated with his fingers and knew when the battle would break out on a battlefield thousands of miles away.

He also instructed Wang Qiong to wait a day before writing the letter.

In this way, even if the emperor agreed with Wang Qiong's opinion and no longer used beheaded heads to reward merit for quelling civil unrest in the future, it would not have any restraint on the wars that had already occurred and the heads that had already been beheaded.

It's impossible that the court didn't explain it in advance and then went back on its word after the soldiers had finished fighting and the heads had been chopped off, right?
If those 200,000 government troops mutinied, the Ming Dynasty would have collapsed.

What about Wang Qiong personally?

The shock and accusations he will receive as a result of this will gradually decrease.

After all, those soldiers and generals have already made great contributions, so who cares what will happen to the future? If the court says no, then it won't be granted. It's none of my business. The most important thing is to quickly issue this reward.

Perhaps in order to quickly complete this military achievement and avoid being implicated, those military leaders would respond insincerely.

This is equivalent to protecting Wang Qiong in disguise.

Wang Qiong made a suggestion that could benefit the world and gain him enough fame, but he did not bear the consequences.

Wang Qiong exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, "Planning strategies from within the tent and winning battles thousands of miles away, this is what Pei Qianhu is like!"

How dare Pei Yuan take this responsibility?

He quickly lowered his tone and said seriously, "There is also Zhang Liang, and there is also Zhang Liang."

Wang Qiong was stunned for a moment, and her emotions became incoherent.

This humble person is really not humble at all.

However, although this matter was of great benefit to Wang Qiong, Wang Qiong could not show it too badly, and could not help but sigh, "My friend may be doing this for me, but if I can be sacrificed, those bandits and rioters on the river bank can save their lives. Even if I am in danger of death, why not?"

Pei Yuan knew that Wang Qiong was just talking nonsense, but he could only advise him, "Those who are blatantly burning, killing and looting in various counties, are they princes? Since those guys have done something wrong, they should pay the price."

"If I don't know right from wrong, how can I stick to the righteousness in my heart?"

"In the final analysis, the fault for concealing this matter lies with Pei, not with the prince."

Wang Qiong couldn't help but stroke his beard after hearing this.

Pei Yuan took the opportunity to ask, "I just heard that those bandits and rioters died on the bank of the river. Could it be that those Bazhou bandits still want to seize the boats and go downstream?"

Pei Yuan had few intelligence channels in the military, but he was still very concerned about the specific situation on the front line.

Don’t think that the task of pacifying the Bazhou Army has come to an end.

But there is still a lot of lingering emotion.

Did Prince Ning take action? What were the movements of Liu Liu, Liu Qi and others? Did Lu Ting suppress the matter of reporting his achievements?

These will affect all aspects of things.

Wang Qiong praised Pei Yuan after hearing his question, "You are indeed Captain Pei. Those Bazhou bandits did want to seize the boats and head south, but Eunuch Lu had already predicted this. Not only did he arrange for Jiujiang to send ships upstream to block the front, he also had people prepare large crossbows and slingshots to fire at the narrow part of the river."

"The Bazhou bandits were not good at sailing and did not know how to steer boats. Their boats could not float on the water for long before they had to lean against the shore. Many of them capsized or were hit by large rocks or crossbows."

"Those of the Bazhou army who fled suffered heavy casualties, and the rest were all wiped out."

"The heads of the bandit leaders that the court has demanded will all be surrendered and will be sent to the capital by express horses soon."

What the hell!

When Pei Yuan heard this, he suddenly became a little uneasy.

Could it be that these guys didn't follow my orders?

Damn it, are Liu Liu and Liu Qi ignorant? Or is Lu Ting acting on his own?
Don't let things get out of control!
Pei Yuan quickly confirmed with Wang Qiong, "Prince Wang just said that several bandit leaders have surrendered?"

Wang Qiong smiled and said, "Not bad."

Then he also said, "I hope the world will be at peace from now on."

However, Wang Qiong also knew that this was a little unrealistic, and there was a hint of sigh in his words.

Pei Yuan was in a panic for a while, then suddenly remembered something, patted his head, and quickly checked the creditor map.

When Pei Yuan saw that Liu Qi's name was still there, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

After carefully distinguishing the location, we have already reached the south of the river.

So, King Ning finally took action?

Prince Ning's action means that things are still on the track he set.

After all, if any major accident happened, Prince Ning, who had the least right to know, would definitely be exposed to Lu Ting.

But looking at Wang Qiong's appearance, it is obvious that the court has not received any relevant information.

Otherwise, Wang Qiong would not have said that he hoped the world would be at peace.

At least from Wang Qiong's perspective, the chaos related to the Bazhou Army has been settled.

Pei Yuan calmed his mind and slowly guessed forward. He roughly figured out what was going on and couldn't help but curse inwardly.

This must be a conspiracy on the part of Liu Liu and Liu Qi. While they were escaping successfully, they also wanted to save as many old brothers as possible, so they encouraged the rest of the people to seize the boat and flee south.

Lu Ting had obviously made preparations for both situations. When he saw that the Bazhou army was not doing well, he just went straight into action.

Fortunately, apart from a small number of people who seized the ship and ran away, the others did not affect the overall situation.

Lu Ting also followed Pei Yuan's script and directly asked someone to claim credit for the achievement.

The affairs of the Bazhou Army came to an end here. Zhu Houzhao’s “adopted sons” would soon be at the gates of the city, ushering in a new era of “the army first in the Ming Dynasty”.

Pei Yuan should also go to Shandong and train a group of Jinshi who would obey his orders.

Everyone has a bright future.

(End of this chapter)