Chapter 100
The main reason why Gao Qiqian, the chamberlain, was trusted in front of Emperor Chongzhen was that he was extremely courageous. Dare to use other junior eunuchs to build momentum for him in front of Emperor Chongzhen, allowing him to successfully become the most knowledgeable eunuch. Although he claims to know soldiers, he has never fought in a single battle, and has never even seen the tragic environment on the battlefield.
However, he was able to accurately identify Emperor Chongzhen's pulse, deceive Emperor Chongzhen again and again, and receive heavy rewards again and again. Gao Qiqian did not take away Cheng Shijie's credit, mainly because Cheng Shijie gave too much.
The citrine Maitreya Buddha that Cheng Shijie gave to Gao Qiqian is a glass product from later generations, but the manufacturing process is mature and the entire Maitreya Buddha is round and free of impurities. Gao Qiqian judged that this was a rare golden jade.
Golden jade is another name for natural high-quality yellow jade, which is orange or honey in color. At a glance, you can see that it is very bright and transparent, which is very rare. One of the characteristics of Huang Fei is that it is extremely green and has a translucent gloss. When you tap it lightly, you can hear a crisp and translucent sound, which is also a major feature of Huang Fei.
In fact, Gao Qiqian is not particularly proficient in identifying treasures. If he were an old appraiser in a pawn shop, he would definitely be able to find that this is not purely natural yellow jade, nor is it artificially carved.
But the problem is that Gao Qiqian was of low origin. He was not a eunuch from the inner study hall, but a chore eunuch. To put it simply, he was a little eunuch who worked around King Xin. There were not eight hundred such eunuchs in the palace. , there are also a thousand. Emperor Apocalypse died unexpectedly, Emperor Chongzhen unexpectedly became emperor, and Gao Qiqian was promoted to Gao Qiqian because Chongzhen was repeatedly deceived by civil servants, and finally got the idea, and there was no one around him to help him.
The rise and fall is like the poor suddenly becoming rich, suddenly gaining a high position and starting to expand. He found out a lot of inside information about his son Cheng Shijie, such as Cheng Shijie selling swords and knives worth 10,000 taels of silver to Geng Zhongming, and spending 8,000 taels of silver from Sun Yuanhua to buy an official from Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhu...
Cheng Shijie, the "son" of Cheng Yongxing, a Qianhu household in Fenghuang Mountain Defense Station, for revenge, dispersed his family property, sold what he could, and bought a large amount of grain to feed the army. In Gao Qiqian's eyes, Cheng Shijie was a wealthy man.
Things in the hands of such a rich man must be real and cannot be fake. This is primarily a prejudice. Just like the richest man in later generations, wearing a piece of clothing without a brand logo, even if it only costs a few hundred yuan, people will subconsciously think that this piece of clothing must be worth tens of thousands of yuan.
This is the impact value that identity brings. In particular, Maitreya Buddha was a relatively hot item in the Ming Dynasty, because the "White Lotus Sect" was the mortal enemy of the Ming Dynasty. This kind of thing could not be seen in the light. Cheng Shijie led Ning Haijun to wipe out dozens of bandits in Ning Haijun. This thing It should be a trophy.
More importantly, several eunuchs around Gao Qiqian repeatedly told Gao Qiqian how valuable this treasure was, saying that it was priceless but hard to find, which made Gao Qiqian think that this Maitreya was even more valuable. The Buddha ornament is a treasure.
This was Cheng Shijie's generous gift to him when they first met him. Since Cheng Shijie was so smart, if he helped Cheng Shijie, wouldn't Cheng Shijie still be grateful?
Of course, this is just wishful thinking.
If Cheng Shijie knew that Gao Qiqian had such thoughts, he would only give Gao Qiqian a knife or a few shots to blast Gao Qiqian until nothing was left.
In any case, Gao Qiqian and Cheng Shijie are still in the honeymoon period. Gao Qiqian keeps saying good things to Cheng Shijie. Of course, these good words have nothing to do with the real situation.
It's a completely improvised script by Gao Qiqian.
"... Ning Haijun was so powerful that he killed Jiannu and retreated steadily. Ning Haijun's soldiers were like dragons with spears and their offensive was like a tide. They rushed all the way and successfully attacked the Jinzhou Acropolis."
Emperor Chongzhen asked hurriedly: "What happened next?"
"Jiannu was forced to retreat by Ning Haijun. The slave chief governed the army very strictly. If he retreated without being defeated, his whole family would be sent as slaves to armored men, so Jiannu had no choice but to fight at his back. Cheng Shijie watched Jiannu When fighting a trapped beast, he raised his arms and shouted: "Today, if my commander takes half a step back, Ning Haijun and his subordinates can kill me. If you take a half step back, I will kill you without mercy. I will fight to the death without retreating or defeating you." Jinzhou vows not to return the army! "
Ning Haijun's eight thousand officers and soldiers shouted in unison: "Fight to the death, and we will not return the army until Jinzhou is broken!" Cheng Shijie led his general Shen Mingyu on the left, general Chang Yu on the right, Cheng Shijie served as the forward of the Chinese army, and the entire army attacked. The pikemen were in front, and the crossbowmen were second. Cheng Shijie's white horse and silver spear came out like the wind. They were dead when touched, and died when they touched each other. The slaves did not dare to be cold, and the slave chiefs did not dare to use their sharp edges, so they retreated in panic. The morale of Ning Haijun was greatly boosted, and the offensive became more fierce. At this time, Ning Haijun's artillery also followed up. More than ten artillery guns fired in unison, and a shell hit Jinzhou Weinan City Gate. The city gate was shattered by one cannon. The city gates were wide open, and Jiannu was in chaos. Ning Haijun rushed into the Jinzhou Acropolis with all his strength..."
In fact, Emperor Chongzhen still had too little experience. There were actually many loopholes in Gao Qiqian's words, and many of his logic could not withstand scrutiny. In his words, Ning Haijun had encountered the Jiannu slaves who were waiting for work since they landed, and Ning Haijun's offensive was frustrated. , before Cheng Shijie killed dozens of Ning Haijun soldiers to stop the collapse...
The routine of Gao Qiqian is like most networks in later generations. First, the attack was frustrated. Cheng Shijie remained calm in the face of danger and made the most correct decision at the critical moment. Ning Haijun was inspired to turn defeat into victory. Jiannu was defeated and retreated from Jinzhou Bay. Shoal, and then to Jinzhou Jiannu divided his troops into four groups and surrounded Ning Haijun. Ning Haijun was frustrated at first, and then turned defeat into victory. He pursued them all the way to the gate of Jinzhou City, then encountered obstruction, and turned defeat into victory again...
According to Gao Qiqian, the battle for Jinzhou City became three battles in succession. Ning Haijun was frustrated three times, but actually under Jinzhou City, there were still 8,000 troops, and not a single person died...
But the problem was that Emperor Chongzhen listened with great interest, and when he got excited about it, he actually took pictures of the imperial case and jumped up with joy.
Seeing that Gao Qiqian's mouth was dry as he spoke, Emperor Chongzhen quickly stood up, picked up the teapot on the imperial desk, and poured tea for Gao Qiqian himself...
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Jinzhou City, the forward general's mansion.
Because of Sun Chengzong's promotion, Zu Dashou took many years of detours, and also allowed Zu Dashou, the hereditary commander of Ningyuan Guards, to jump out of the guard system and join the Guanning army system. And gradually became the leader of the generals in western Liaoning. Especially in the first year of Chongzhen, Zu Dashou was promoted to the commander-in-chief of Liaodong forward, and he was assigned the seal of general of Liao forward and was stationed in Jinzhou.
As Zu Dashou's status improved, Zu Dashou's brothers also ascended to heaven. Zu Dashou's brothers were Zu Dalue, Zu Dacheng, Zu Dabi, nephews Zu Zeyuan, Zu Zepei, Zu Zesheng, Zu Zefa, Zu Zerun, Zu Kefa and others are all officers at all levels, from the commander-in-chief to the deputy general, staff general, and guerrilla, and are stationed in Ningyuan, Dalinghe, and Jinzhou cities.
However, all of this caused Zu Dashou to fall into the mortal world after the Battle of Daling River. Qiu Hejia, the governor of Liaodong, reported to the imperial court that Zu Dashou led his troops to surrender. The main reason was Sun Chengzong's poor command, and Sun Chengzong took the blame. However, Zu Dashou was promoted to the left governor (this was the military rank of the Ming Dynasty, and Mao Wenlong, Man Gui, etc. had successively held the position, which was equivalent to the rank of lieutenant general in the army).
But the problem is that in the Battle of Daling River, Zu Dashou and his generals Liu Tianlu, Zhang Cunren, Zu Zerun, Zu Zehong, Cao Gongcheng, Han Daxun, Zhang Dingliao, Pei Guozhen, Chen Bangxuan, Zheng Changchun, Liu Yuying, Dou Mingde, More than 13,000 people including Wu Liangfu, Gao Guanghui, Liu Shiying, Sheng Zhong, Zu Zeyuan, Hu Hongxian, Zu Keyong, Zu Bangwu, Shi Dayong, Xia Desheng, Li Yizhong, Liu Liangchen, Zhang Kefan, Xiao Yongzuo and Han Dong surrendered. slave.
Now Zu Dashou has lost these team members. Although he successfully escaped back to Jinzhou City, the problem is that he has become an empty shelf and no longer has the power to control Guan Ning's army. Even if he knew that Song Wei and Wu Xiang had tricked him, he He had to promote Wu Sangui because there was no other way. No matter how helpful Wu Sangui was, he was still his nephew.
Zu Dashou is now very troubled because Huang Taiji has written to him repeatedly, asking Zu Dashou to fulfill his previous agreement and surrender Jinzhou to the Kingdom of Jin. It's not that Zu Dashou was loyal to the Ming Dynasty. In fact, he was hollowed out just like Sun Yuanhua, the current governor of Denglai.
If he dared to surrender, Wu Sangui, a close nephew, would kidnap Zu Dashou and present it to the court. If Emperor Chongzhen was happy, he might let Wu Sangui replace Zu Dashou and become the leader of the generals in western Liaoning. Spokesperson of Liaoxi Jiangmen interest group.
"Report to Master Zu!"
Zu Dashou's younger brother Zu Dabi bowed and saluted Zu Dashou.
"Great achievement, there are no outsiders here!"
"Commander Zu, someone from Liaonan is coming!"
"Liaonan?"
Zu Dashou's subconscious reaction was that Dongjiang Army Huanglong's life could no longer survive, and he wanted to ask for help through the old love. Although Zu Dashou was also a landlord in western Liaoning, the landlord's family now had no surplus food.
He does have money and food, but no soldiers. Even if he wants to support Huanglong, he still needs to look at the face of Wu Sangui, his close nephew. There are less than 20,000 soldiers in Jinzhou, and the Wu family has more than 3,600 elite servants. , these are not the old, weak, sick and disabled who just make up the numbers, but the elites who really dare to go into battle with Jiannu and wield knives to death. Regardless of the more than 3,600 troops, as long as Wu Sangui is willing, Jinzhou City can be named Wu at any time.
"You should discuss this with your eldest uncle. After all, it's just a matter of colleagues, so long as you can live up to your reputation!"
Zu Dashou winked at Zu Dabi: "We must let the brothers in Liaonan eat and drink well!"
Of course, this was Zu Dashou's sarcastic comment. Instead, he asked Zu Dashou to perform a play and tell Liaonan that they, Wang Xiaoer, also celebrated the New Year in Jinzhou, and each year was not as good as the other.
Zu Dabi coughed and said, "Zu Shuai, the person coming is not Huang Shuai's!"
"Not Huang Shuai's person? Whose person is that? Mao Chenglu? Let him go!"
Zu Dashou said angrily: "If you want me to support him as the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, there is no way!"
"Commander Zu, the person here is someone sent by Commander-in-Chief Cheng of the Ning Navy!"
"Cheng Shuai?"
Zu Dashou became confused: "When did there be another Cheng Shuai?"
If a military attache has the opportunity, he will indeed be promoted faster than a civilian official. For example, Mao Wenlong was promoted from the fourth-rank commander to the commander-in-chief and left commander of Dongjiang Town. Mangui Zeping took advantage of Ningyuan's victory and was promoted from a general to the chief military officer of Datong Town. Zhao led the army and Zu Dashou also achieved success in one step.
But the problem is that no matter how fast you are promoted, you still need to have corresponding merits. During the Ningyuan victory that year, three generals and four deputy generals were promoted, but Ningyuan's victory was well known to the world.
It doesn't matter that Cheng Shijie was unknown before. He must have a good record when he is promoted to chief military officer, right?
"Commander Zu doesn't know. Cheng Shijie, the former guard of Ning Haijun, put down the rebellion of Kong Youde in Shandong more than a month ago. Commander Zu didn't pay attention to it at that time. It has been announced in the Di newspaper!"
"Then he sends someone..."
Zu Dashou said: "Let him see you in the front hall!"
"yes!"
Zu Dashou hurriedly asked people to find Cheng Shijie, the commander-in-chief of the Ning Navy, in the Di newspaper. However, the problem was that only Cheng Shijie's name appeared in the Di newspaper twice. The first time was when he put down Kong Youde's rebellion, and the second time It was Emperor Chongzhen who appointed Cheng Shijie as the Commander-in-Chief of the Ning Navy and the Commander-in-Chief of the Left, holding the Fang Sword, acting expediently, and controlling Dongjiang Town.
The Sword of Chi Shangshu in the Ming Dynasty, just like the Chi Jie from the Jin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, was divided into four levels: envoy Chi Jie, Chi Jie, Ji Jie, and Ji Jie Envoy, with varying powers.
But the problem is that the Ming Dynasty's Shangfang Sword was the patent of civil servants, and military generals did not have this power. Once they held Shangfang Sword, they were like the Jiedushi in the late Tang Dynasty and became a local vassal.
In fact, the general group of the Ming Dynasty has always been controlled, and there are only two towns. The first is Mao Wenlong and his Dongjiang Town. These people are vassal towns established based on the surviving people of Liaodong. Since Wang Huazhen and Yuan Keli stepped down, they have There is no backstage in the DPRK.
The Liaoxi Jiangmen military group enjoys exclusive Liao pay in the DPRK, with six to seven million taels of silver every year. These silvers have become a small treasury for the civil servants and bureaucracies and can be withdrawn at any time. With this benefit transfer relationship, Guan Ning's army is in the DPRK. Guan Ning's backing was so strong that it almost became an unspoken rule. Everyone from the Minister of War to the Ministry of War endorsed Guan Ning's army.
Because money, a huge amount of three to four million taels of silver, is the most stable alliance of interests. Any cabinet or minister of the Ministry of War can take money from it. If you don't take it, you will end up like Lu Xiangsheng and become the enemy of the civil servants and bureaucracy.
Cheng Shijie's rise is so fast that people can't see it. The purpose of Cheng Shijie's coming is worth pondering. Zu Dashou is also thinking about this question. Is Cheng Shijie the candidate for the next superintendent?
It's impossible. Civil servants will never allow a warrior to rise. It's absolutely impossible for him to become the governor of Jiliao. So what's the point of sending someone here?
After thinking for a long time, Zu Dashou still couldn't figure it out. In desperation, he had no choice but to put on his armor and meet Ning Haijun's envoy.
Speaking of Ning Haijun's envoy, he was Zhou An, the former hot spring town guard of Ning Haijun and one of the three major guards of Ning Haijun. He was the person with the most backing, and his father was Ning Haijun's deputy general Zhou Yandong.
According to Zhou Yandong's wishes, his eldest son Zhou An should wait more than ten years until he is old, and then take over his position.
But Zhou An didn't think so. He thought Zhou Yandong's idea was too naive. Ning Haijun had changed from the original Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhu to the frontier army system, and the hereditary system would not work.
Especially his younger brother Zhou Ning, in less than half a year, he had been promoted from a small soldier to a full-ranked fifth-grade general of military virtue, with the actual post of Ning Haijun Right Commander Zuo Qianqian.
The guard of Ning Haijun is a private officer. In fact, Zhou An's job is still an official of hundreds of households. Although the Qianzong in the imperial court belongs to the sixth rank, the Qianzong of Ning Haijun is equivalent to a general at the level of general. The general of Dongjiang Army The generals can lead between 800 and 1,200 people, but a thousand commanders in the navy can oversee more than 1,500 people.
What's more important is that Zhou Ning, the right-hand boss and the left-front Qianqian, has many opportunities and is easy to get promoted. How does a military town in Tuntian, which relies solely on farming, have any chance of getting promoted? The weather is strange and abnormal at the moment. Drought is a drought, and waterlogging is a flood. Let alone promotion, it is a question whether we can guarantee the official status of hundreds of households.
When Cheng Shijie proposed to send someone to Jinzhou, Zhou An volunteered.
In fact, this is a fatal job. Cheng Shijie has already made up his mind to cut off a piece of flesh from Guan Ningjun. You must know that more than 8,000 prisoners are digging coal in the coal mine and do not get a penny of wages. Instead, they want to pay tribute to Zu Dashou. I want a meal for one tael per person.
One tael of silver is equivalent to more than 700 taels of purchasing power in later generations. For more than 8,000 people, it is more than 8,000 taels of silver in one day, and more than 80,000 taels in ten days. However, Zhou Ning deliberately spent 700 or 800 miles on the road and just left. Half a month was equivalent to walking fifty miles a day. In this half month, he created hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for Cheng Shijie.
Of course, the risk of blackmailing Zu Dashou is extremely high. If you don't do it well, your head will fall off.
But Zhou An is smarter. He knows that Zu Dashou's son is in the hands of Cheng Shijie. If Zu Dashou dares to chop off his head, Cheng Shijie might chop off Zu Zerun's head.
It doesn't seem like a bad idea to exchange one's own head for the head of Master Zuze Runzu. Once this is done, Zhou An can also enter Cheng Shijie's field of vision.
"Commander Zu is here!"
Just when Zhou An was thinking about it, there was a chorus of singing coming from outside the door.
Zhou An quickly stood up and bowed: "Ning Haijun, Zhou An pays homage to Commander-in-Chief Zu!"
"No gift!"
Zu Dashou was also sizing up Zhou An secretly. Zhou An's military uniform was black, with a cotton-padded coat on top and black cotton-padded shoes on his feet, but they had a strange smell.
Of course, if you don’t take a shower for more than half a month, your body will definitely not smell better.
Zu Dashou said: "I wonder why your commander-in-chief asked you to come to Jinzhou?"
"Zu Shuai, do you have money?"
"Be bold!"
Zu Dabi glared at Zhou An and said, "You dare to be so arrogant in front of Commander Zu, you are tired of living!"
Zhou An, however, was not afraid at all of Madman Zu Er, who had the courage to defeat tens of thousands of people. He smiled lightly and said, "Zhou came to Jinzhou with the intention of making a deal with Commander Zu!"
"Buy or sell?"
Zu Dashou shook his head and said: "I am not interested in doing business!"
"That's such a shame!"
Zhou An stood up, cupped his fists towards Zu Dashou and said, "Farewell Zhou!"
"Wait!"
Although Zu Dashou was a little confused, he didn't want to miss anything. He didn't guess what kind of medicine Zhou An was selling in the gourd, but the problem was that as Cheng Shijie's subordinate, he couldn't offend him too much. This is Zu Dashou's way of doing things. As long as there is no conflict of interests, he is willing to smile at any beggar. If there is a conflict of interests, he will fight until death.
"Commander Zu has changed his mind again?"
"Since it's a business, you always have to tell me what you want to sell, or what are you going to buy?"
"That's right. Zhou sold a group of people to Marshal Zu on behalf of his family's commander-in-chief!"
"Selling people?"
Zu Dashou shook his head and said: "Not interested!"
"Really not interested?"
Zhou An stared at Zu Dashou and smiled playfully.
Looking at Zhou An's face that needed a beating, Zu Dabi wanted to punch his face open.
"If I say that these people are all Marshal Zu's old subordinates, I wonder if Marshal Zu is willing to buy them back?"
"What did you say?"
Zu Dashou suddenly stood up, grabbed Zhou An and said, "What did you say?"
Zhou Andao said: "Commander Zu's old army in Daling River has more than 8,000 people. It may be dead. If Commander Zu is unwilling to buy it, they will all die in the end!"
Zu Dashou's eyes met Zu Dabi's in the air, and the two brothers became nervous instantly.
"Come here, serve tea, serve good tea!"
Zu Dashou asked in confusion: "How come they are in the hands of Marshal Cheng?"
"Zu Shuai's old tribe surrendered to Jiannu, and Jiannu rewarded these people to Azig with a white flag. My marshal fought with Azig, and Azig was defeated. Zu Shuai's old tribe became Our Marshal Cheng’s prisoner.”
Zhou An said with a serious face: "Although it is said that Guan Ningjun and Ning Haijun have a great friendship, and Marshal Zu and our Marshal Cheng are also ministers in the same palace, the problem is that our Ning Haijun wants to get back these Guan Ning Army's Brothers, there are heavy casualties. These brothers have been tortured by the slaves. They are weak and some people will die every day because they can't hold on. We Marshal Cheng is kind-hearted and can't bear to see Guan Ningjun's brothers die miserably, so we will give them to them. Buying medicine to treat injuries, medicinal materials, and their food is a huge sum of money. We, Ning Haijun, are not as rich as Guan Ningjun, we, Ning Haijun, are poor..."
Zu Dashou believed Zhou An's words. He didn't know the strength of Ning Haijun, but he knew that with the strength of Guan Ning's army, if he wanted to defeat Azige with a white flag, he would have to mobilize at least 30,000 to 50,000 troops. , with an advantage of at least six or seven times, and with tens of thousands of casualties, we could barely do it.
Ning Haijun defeated Jiannu's white flag and rescued more than 8,000 prisoners of Guan Ning's army from Jiannu. They would definitely suffer heavy casualties, and it was not too much to charge them for treatment and food.
The most difficult thing for Zu Dashou is that he has no one in his hands now. If he still has eight thousand old troops, Wu Sangui will never dare to get angry in front of him. He will be as obedient as he is.
The military is always a place that values strength, and strength is everything.
"How much do you want?"
"It's so embarrassing to ask for money!"
Zhou An smiled proudly and said: "According to our commander's wishes, each person will receive five taels of silver per day, or food of the same price..."
Zhou An's original intention was to ask Zu Dashou to pay the price all over the sky.
But the problem is that Zu Dashou is really short of these elites from the old army. Let alone five taels of silver per day, even if it is ten taels of silver per person per day, Zu Dashou will redeem these people even if they sell the iron!
"Okay, how much silver is needed? Please give me a detailed figure!"
"A person has five taels of silver per day. Calculated based on eight thousand people, one day is 40,000 taels of silver, and ten days is 400,000 taels of silver. Counting from the time when these Guan Ningjun brothers were rescued, there are a total of sixteen days. If calculated according to the distance , Zhou needs sixteen days to return, so it will be thirty-two days, eight thousand people thirty-two days, then it will take... 1.28 million taels of silver, rounded up, calculate to 1.3 million taels of silver , no problem?"
"no problem!"
Zu Dashou agreed without hesitation.
Zhou An looked at Zu Dashou's appearance and was secretly surprised.
At the same time, he also regretted that his offer was too low, and he underestimated Zu Dashou's financial resources.
Zu Dashou served as a vanguard general for more than four years and inherited the training from his father Zu. In fact, in 1430, the fifth year of Xuande, as early as 200 years ago, Zu Dashou's ancestors, Zu Qing's family, moved here and multiplied from generation to generation. In the Ming Dynasty, Ningyuan's military positions were continuously promoted and he became a prominent Ningyuan family.
Zu Dashou is the chief soldier. Zu Dashou's father Zu Chengxun and his grandfather Zu Ren are both chief soldiers. They eat the empty quota and drink the soldiers' blood. Not to mention 1.3 million taels of silver, even if it is 3.11 million taels. Zu Dashou can also get the silver.
However, Zhou An's words have been spoken and there is no way to change them. Originally, Cheng Shijie only planned to squeeze hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from Zu Dashou, but he has already exceeded the set task.
Zhou An smiled and said: "Commander Zu, our Ning Navy is particularly short of cavalry right now. I wonder if Commander Zu can support some war horses. Of course, our Ning Navy can buy them, so we can buy them with redemption money..."
Before Zhou An could finish speaking, Zu Dashou asked, "I don't know General Zhou's authority..."
Zu Dashou originally wanted to buy some military exploits from Cheng Shijie. He believed that as long as he had money, there was nothing he couldn't do. If Cheng Shijie was willing to relent, write this battle as a victory document, and personally prove that it was Guan Ningjun and Ning Haijun who fought together, then he He also had some face in front of Emperor Chongzhen.
Of course, he didn't say this because there was no time.
If he had defeated Azige with a white flag and recaptured more than 8,000 Ming army prisoners, he would have written a special book about it and sent the news to the capital as soon as possible.
However, although he did not say this, Zu Dashou was willing to support Cheng Shijie, because with a strong neighbor here, Guan Ning's army would have a much easier life.
With the presence of Ning Haijun, Guan Ningjun can easily use their strengths. The specialty of the Guan Ning Army is actually cheating their teammates. They have cheated the Sichuan Army and the Zhejiang Army. Every one of them in the Ming Dynasty will be cheated. As long as they cooperate with the Guan Ning Army in fighting, they will definitely be cheated.
"What to buy, it's too foreign!"
Zu Dashou smiled and said: "I will make the decision and give Ning Haijun a thousand war horses!"
The normal market price of a thousand war horses is between 200,000 taels or 300,000 taels of silver. Of course, in Guan Ningjun’s internal channels, the prices of these war horses are far lower than the market price, especially those of Huang Taiji. The Mongols were used crazily to improve their records in 2006, and they captured so many war horses that even the slaves could not raise them.
Zhou An was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, Master Zu!"
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