Chapter 114
In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, there was such a ruthless man as Comrade Lao Zhu, and there was corruption in the officialdom. There was still no way to eliminate corruption in officialdom. Overall, the Hongwu Dynasty was pretty good.
Comrade Lao Zhu came from a poor background and knew the suffering of ordinary people. Therefore, when formulating the national policies of the Ming Dynasty, he was indeed considerate of the people's sentiments. For soldiers killed in battle for the country, if an officer is killed in battle, his eldest son can inherit the position. If the son is young, he can be paid full salary until he reaches adulthood and inherits the position. If there is no eldest son, then the eldest grandson and the second eldest grandson.
If a soldier is killed in action and no one succeeds in his position, he will be given full military pay for three years and then reduce it by half. If there is a descendant who inherits the position of a soldier, only funeral expenses will be paid.
If he dies and no one inherits his position, his parents and wife will be given half of their military pay for life. If a soldier is killed in battle, his wife will be given full military pay for three years, which is thirty-six shi of rice, and then three to six dou of food per month for the rest of her life.
It can be said that the soldiers of the Ming Army in the early Ming Dynasty did not have to worry about their aftermath. If they died in battle, the court would take care of their families.
But the problem is, no matter how good the Sutra is, the monk will recite it incorrectly.
The combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty's army plummeted because of the Wanli Korean War. Although this war ended in victory for the Ming Dynasty, in these two battles, the Ming army suffered casualties of about 30,000 horses (some sources say it was 50,000 horses) and lost a large amount of materials, money and food.
After the Korean War, the Wanli Dynasty had already experienced a financial crisis. For this reason, the smart ministers saved the standard for pensions for fallen soldiers. According to the "Jinglue Restoration Essentials", the first stage of the Ming army's entry into the DPRK was when the Japanese army was defeated in Pyongyang. , Kaicheng, and Seoul), a total of 1,241 officers and soldiers of the Ming army were killed.
Details can be seen from the pension amount:
Nine generals were killed in battle, including two commanders (fourth-grade military attachés), each worth ten taels of silver.
The two members of Qian Zong (the sixth grade) each have eight taels of silver (the inner Yang Hu has a long way to go, so add two taels of silver)
There are two members in total, (from the sixth grade) each member is six taels
There are three members of Bai Zong (the seventh rank), five taels each
One thousand, two hundred and thirty-two soldiers, each with thirty taels of silver
The pension for soldiers killed in battle was three taels of silver, and the highest-ranking commanders received only ten taels of silver. Even based on the prices at that time, was this standard considered high?
In fact, it is really not high. It is only equivalent to two to three months of military pay for soldiers. In the Chongzhen Dynasty, the standard of rewards was even lower. Sun Chengzong took command, organized the Ming army to restore the four cities, expelled the slaves, and restored the merits of the four cities. Sun Chengzong added Tai Tai Fu, Yin's son Jin Yiwei commanded the hereditary affairs, and he was given fifty taels of silver and a red python suit.
At that time, Zhang Fengyi was the Minister of the Ministry of War, the governor of Ji, Liao and Baoding's military affairs. He was also the prince Shaobao, and the Yin Yizi Jinyiwei commanded the hereditary Qian affairs. He received forty taels of silver and a strike of Dahong Feiyu.
Xu Rulan, the censor of Qiandu and governor Shuntian, was promoted to one level. Twenty taels of silver and one piece of silk.
Wu Aheng, Zhang Xuezhou, and Dong Yuchen each received an additional level, which was recommended by Jingtang and received fifteen taels of silver.
Qiu Hejia and Liu Kexun have been promoted, but they still receive twenty taels of silver and two pieces of silk each.
Zhang Chun was given the title of Jingqing, and when the governor was in need of promotion, he was given twenty taels of silver. Wang Ji was promoted to the second level and received fifty taels of silver. Zhou Mengyin has been promoted to Qianshi, so he still gets an additional rank and receives fifteen taels of silver.
When Qu Yiyang was promoted, he was given an additional level and received ten taels of silver. Zu Dashou added a young master, acted like an admiral, Yin Yizi Jin Yiwei commanded the hereditary Tongzhi, and paid fifty taels of silver and a flying fish.
The Chongzhen Dynasty was indeed in financial difficulty. The court could not provide any money. The highest silver reward for Sun Chengzong, who was a first-class official, was only fifty taels. Flower wine may cost hundreds of taels of silver, or even thousands of taels of silver.
When an ordinary soldier comes here, he can basically receive a dou of food. It is considered that his immediate superior has a conscience. There is no way, the court cannot provide the money, but soldiers are also human beings, and they also have families and mouths. If they die in battle, they will lose the backbone of their family. A whole family may die as well.
In this case, the Ming army fled and fled, feeling a lot of grievances in their hearts.
"Please, General Shang!"
"Please, General Shang, have mercy!"
"Please, General Shang!"
Looking at the brothers kneeling on the ground, how could Shang Keyi not feel uncomfortable? But the problem is that as a real soldier, even if their Dongjiang Army is nominally under the command of Cheng Shijie and can accept the command, it is two different things than surrendering to Cheng Shijie.
Shang Keyi is willing to follow Huang Long because he admires Huang Long's character, not because Huang Long gives him a big official position or benefits.
Most soldiers are straight-tempered. If you have the right temper, you can get your life. If you don't have the right temper, even a lot of money can't buy it.
Shang Keyi was now in a very difficult situation. Seeing that Shang Keyi was indifferent, Du Hui stood up and said, "General Shang, I'm offended!"
Shang Keyi did not slash at Du Hui with his sword, but put down the Mo Dao in his hand.
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On the other side, Mao Chenglu's camp also launched a mutiny among Dongjiang Army soldiers. In fact, even though Mao Chenglu was Mao Wenlong's adopted son, his prestige was not high. The mutinous Dongjiang Army soldiers took advantage of the night and pulled Mao Chenglu out of bed. , bundled with cowhide rope and tied into rice dumplings.
When Mao Chenglu was tied into a rice dumpling, he knew his plot and wanted to join Cheng Shijie directly.
Mao Chenglu was so angry that he yelled: "You thief, I also want to join Marshal Cheng!"
In the Dongjiang Army, not to mention that the soldiers did not have military pay, even senior generals like Mao Chenglu actually did not have military pay. Without military pay, there would be no military pay. Anyway, Lushun had money but no place to spend it. The key was that he did not have enough to eat.
As the deputy commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, he has to be hungry often throughout the year. Who the hell can bear this?
"I'm sorry, General Mao, brother, let me lend you your head!"
Mao Wenlong's former servant commander, now the general of Pidao, Hu Erqi of the Jurchen clan, beheaded Mao Chenglu with a sword.
Hu Erqi's original surname is Nala, and he belongs to the Huifa Wang surname, one of the four Haixi Jurchen tribes. He is the fourth son of Baiyindali, the last leader of the Huifa tribe. As a Jurchen, he has a tendency to destroy his family and annihilate his family. hatred.
As early as the first year of Tianqi, Mao Wenlong led one hundred and ninety-seven warriors to a surprise attack on Dongjiang Fort and officially fired the first shot against Jiannu. Hu Erqi and Hu Erqi led more than 2,000 people from the Huifa Department to defect to Mao Wenlong. The Dongjiang Army could be in Jiannu. The slave rear repeatedly attacked Jiannu by surprise, but all of them escaped unharmed because of his contribution.
Mao Chenglu's head fell to the ground. Mao Chenglu's eyes were wide open until he died, which is the so-called death with eyes open.
Xiang Zuo suddenly rebelled.
Fan Hualong's department changed.
Zhang Dalu acted quickly and led the mutiny.
Li Weiluan's tribe mutinied.
He Yongsheng and Du Jin mutinied in the Ministry of Finance.
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When the eight generals of the Dongjiang Army and more than 26,000 soldiers mutinied collectively, Cheng Shijie's Ning Haijun General Military Mansion's frontline headquarters had moved forward to Fuzhou City.
Fuzhou City is located in Fuzhou Town, northwest of Wafangdian City in southern Liaoning. Because Fuzhou Acropolis is a city made of bluestone, although the slaves destroyed it twice, they did not destroy Fuzhou Acropolis. Although the city wall Part of it was ripped off, but it was still six to seven feet tall, and the foundation of the city wall was intact.
It is very convenient to build.
In just half a month, the Fuzhou Acropolis has been built to a height of three feet, and a large number of houses in the city have also been renovated.
At this time, Cheng Shijie received a letter from Sun Yuanhua. The letter contained seven or eight hundred words. The first two sentences were all nutritious nonsense, and the last two sentences were the key points.
Sun Yuanhua is preparing to inspect southern Liaoning.
Cheng Shijie looked at Sun Yuanhua's letter, at Song Xiance beside him, and at Lin Xuzong, who was recommended by Chen Guodong. Lin Xuzong was originally the teacher of the Zhang family in Laiyang. When Chen Guodong led Ning Haijun soldiers to surround the Zhang family's old house in Laiyang, he took the initiative to join the new army. owner.
After investigation, Cheng Shijie found out that Lin Xuzong was actually a person who was good at flattery, good at observing people's words, and had a bad character. However, Cheng Shijie had no choice but to use it first and talk about it later.
"Mr. Song, look at this!"
Song Xiance took the letter and read it carefully.
After Song Xiance read the letter, he handed it to Lin Xuzong.
Now Cheng Shijie is surrounded by Lin Xuzong, Ma Shilin, Song Xiance and others. Song Xiance has not shown any dissatisfaction, nor has he started an open or covert fight with Lin Xuzong, Ma Shilin and others.
This made Cheng Shijie a little strange.
"Mr. Song, what do you think?"
Song Xiance smiled bitterly: "The weasel is sending New Year greetings to the rooster, it's not a good intention!"
"I think so, too!"
Cheng Shijie said calmly: "Boqi (Lin Xunzong's name!"
"Students are here!"
"Excuse me, please write a reply to Mr. Sun Futai on my behalf!"
"I don't know what the commander-in-chief means..."
"It's just that there are Jian slaves in Liaonan. I am unable to guarantee the safety of Mr. Sun Futai. I will only invite him to come to Liaonan after I have eliminated the Jian slaves in Liaonan!"
Song Xiance smiled and said: "Lord, is this the reason..."
"The reason is not important, what is important is that he must admit it!"
Cheng Shijie threw Sun Yuanhua's letter into the brazier in front of him. As the flames ignited, the letter turned to ashes.
Cheng Shijie looked at Song Xiance and said: "The weather this year is really abnormal. It has already entered February. According to the weather, it should get warmer. Why is it getting colder!"
Song Xiance: "It's just a cold spring, it won't affect spring plowing!"
"No, more and more people are following me to Fuzhou Haizhou. I am worried about them, as well as our brothers from Ning Haijun, and we must try our best to ensure adequate supplies of food, grass and clothing."
Song Xiance smiled and said: "This matter should not be difficult. Even if the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, we have stored more than 45,000 shi of food in Fuzhou, Haizhou and various towns in the past half month. In the cold spring, it usually only lasts for a few days. Days of time, the impact is limited!”
"It's a good thing to be prepared for any trouble. Even if you can't use them all after transporting them, how much can we consume if we transport them back?"
Cheng Shijie said: "Shen Mingyu, your Zuo Dusi wants to send additional scouts. I feel something is not right. Jiannu's reaction is a bit abnormal!"
"Don't worry, Commander, Zuo Dusi has sent more than 800 scouts, including Zhao Wencai's cavalry, to the north!"
"So much the better!"
Cheng Shijie returned to his carriage house and looked at the thermometer. It showed that the temperature was minus seventeen degrees. It was still two o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day. If this situation prevails, the temperature at night may exceed minus 289 degrees, and may even drop as low as minus 30 degrees.
Turning the damper of the coal stove on the carriage and RV to the maximum, Cheng Shijie used a small coal stove to heat hot water, picked up the radio on the carriage and said, "I'm Dongdong Yao, please speak when you receive it!"
"Dongdong two received!"
"Dongdong San received it!"
"Dongdongsi received it!"
"Dongdongwu received it!"
"Dongdong Lu received it!"
"Dongdongguai received it!"
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Cheng Shijie said: "Now Dongdong Yao ordered that due to the cold weather, all ministries are on alert, and the duty hours of each outpost are halved. The cooking soldiers of each ministry are preparing ginger soup, hot water, medicine, and be prepared to prevent cold and frost!"
"Received, repeat..."
Just when Cheng Shijie was about to put the radio on the intercom, an urgent voice suddenly came: "Dongdong Yao, Dongdong Six reports. In an emergency, our department discovered that the soldiers of the major shareholder Jiang Jun were moving abnormally. Looking at their direction of travel, they should It's Fuzhou City, please stop me!"
"No need for now, go ask them why they are here!"
"yes!"
Not long after, Cheng Shijie received a report. It turned out that the Shangke Yi Department of the Dongjiang Army surrendered to Cheng Shijie and asked Cheng Shijie to accept reorganization.
Cheng Shijie breathed a sigh of relief. Cheng Shijie would definitely not agree to this. After all, they were the Dongjiang Army and subordinates of Huang Long and Huang Shuai. He could not take advantage of others' danger.
But the problem is that these Dongjiang Army soldiers insist on taking refuge with Cheng Shijie.
Cheng Shijie asked the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army who had surrendered to him to be quiet, and ordered the soldiers of Ning Haijun to warm up the food and water and entertain the brothers of the Dongjiang Army.
At the same time, Cheng Shijie hurriedly informed Huang Long, hoping that Huang Long would handle the internal affairs of the Dongjiang Army and avoid misunderstanding between the two armies. Cheng Shijie would only recruit young immigrants from among the newly arrived...
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Tamluo Island, Dajing County, the county seat.
At this time in southern Liaoning, it was still frozen for thousands of miles, and the cold air cut through the world and everything mercilessly like a blade. The world was vast, as if there was no trace of life in sight. However, Tamna Island, which is more than 1,500 miles away to the south, is green and has a warm climate.
Daejeong County is located to the north of Moselpo Central Market in later Jeju Island and to the south of Daejeong County Historical Archives (modern building). It is said to be a county seat, but in fact it is just a slightly larger house.
Not to mention private mansions like the Qiao Family Courtyard or the Wang Family Courtyard, even this county town is not as large as the Xie family's old house of the Xie Zongze family. The Xie family's old house also has an area of more than 100 acres, but this Dajing County has only 89 acres.
At this time, a fleet appeared on the sea of Tamna Island. This fleet was the Dongjiang Navy Navy led by Huang Long. Although the Dongjiang Navy Navy surrendered more than 100 ships to Sun Yuanhua, the remaining troops only had 70 or 80 ships. The old and dilapidated gunboats, of course plus the Ning Haijun navy supported by Cheng Shijie, barely broke through a hundred ships.
Behind the Dongjiang Navy were more than twenty small Japanese pirate warships, which could also be said to be small fishing boats. On Huanglong's flagship, a Japanese samurai with bare feet and two long swords on his waist stood out with his chest raised.
It's just that his height is barely over 1.6 meters tall. Even if he stands on tiptoes, he is still half a head shorter than Huang Long, a big man who is at least 1.75 meters tall. He is even lower than Shang Kexi, who stands over 1.8 meters tall.
These Japanese pirates were actually samurai who had been defeated in the civil war of the Tokugawa shogunate.
The second Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada, was greatly dissatisfied with the Purple Clothes Incident and the Kasuga Bureau Incident, and Emperor Gomizuo abdicated in anger. With the support of Tokugawa Hidetada, Tokugawa Hidetada's granddaughter succeeded to the throne as Emperor Meisho, and Emperor Meisho obeyed the instructions of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Tokugawa Shogunate actually held the power to rule the country. It is no exaggeration to say that the power of the Tokugawa Shogunate reached its limit.
Tokugawa Hidetada suddenly passed away on March 15th in the fourth year of Chongzhen. A struggle for succession started within the Tokugawa family. Tokugawa Hidetada's second son, Tokugawa Iemitsu, dissatisfied with his third son Tokugawa Iemitsu because his elder brother Matsumaru died early. Kawa Tadagawa was banned by the Tokugawa family, while Tokugawa Tadānaga's trusted samurai and daimyo were exiled or killed.
Shigenobu Kamishiro, who was born in the Ueno Kingdom, worked for Tokugawa Tadanagi, but he was forced into exile. Shigenobu Kamishiro planned to imitate his predecessors and act as a Japanese pirate to plunder the Ming Dynasty, but in a hurry, he accidentally robbed Zheng Zhilong's flag ship.
Zheng Zhilong became the largest sea king in Nanyang, collecting protection fees from all merchant ships passing through Nanyang or Japan. Each ship collected dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of taels of silver in protection fees based on the value of the goods. After Zheng collects the protection fee, she will give the ship a dragon and tiger flag of Zheng Zhilong, and all pirates are not allowed to plunder such merchant ships carrying the dragon and tiger flag.
However, Shang Shigenobu was not a professional pirate and had no idea about this. On his first attempt, he successfully hijacked five commercial ships and made a huge fortune. This matter was reported to Zheng Zhilong by a wealthy businessman from Jiangnan. Zheng Zhilong was also very angry. He had to look at the owner to beat the dog. He knew clearly that he was protecting the boat, but he still dared to snatch it. It really didn't give him face.
After some investigation, it was quickly discovered that Shigenobu Uege was responsible. Zheng Zhilong’s brother Zheng Zhihu personally took action and led more than 60 black-tailed boats to attack the pirates where Shigenobu Uege was entrenched. Tokugawa Iemitsu also took the opportunity to clean up the Ueno Kingdom. The Shangshan family has more than 1,200 samurai, and Shangshan Shigenobu, who can be regarded as a daimyo in Japan. Under the joint attack of the Tokugawa shogunate and Zheng Zhilong, more than 1,200 people and more than 800 people were thrown into the The sea fed the sharks.
Fortunately, Shangshang Chongxin was lucky enough to escape. He did not dare to stay in Nanyang or along the coast of Japan. He only wanted to go to the direction of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty and prepare to resume his old business.
As a result, Shangshan Chongxin went out without reading the almanac, and met Huanglong again who was preparing to plunder Tamna Island in the name of Japanese pirates.
In an unexpected encounter, Shangshan Shigenobu was captured alive by the Dongjiang Navy under Shang Kexi.
For Huang Long, this was like being dozed off and someone gave him a pillow. He needed the name of a Japanese pirate. He originally planned to pretend to be a Japanese pirate as a soldier of the Dongjiang Army, but he never thought that the real Japanese pirates were coming.
Huang Long revealed his identity, and Shigenobu immediately knelt down.
The dwarfs of today are not the dwarfs of later generations. Without them, there would still be a natural fear of the Ming Dynasty. After all, in the Wanli Korean War, the Ming Dynasty slapped the young dwarfs back to their original shape, and the Tokugawa shogunate even started to Close the country.
"Shuai Huang, please rest assured. As long as the general's fleet can escort us to land, there is no need to invest in follow-up troops. These two hundred brave warriors under my command are enough to kill them all!"
After being beaten up by Zheng Zhilong, Shang Shang Chong Xin finally realized that he couldn't survive on his own and had to embrace a thick thigh. In Shang Shang Chong Xin's eyes, Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, was already the biggest person he could come into contact with.
For this reason, Shangshan Shigenobu decided to perform well and try to show his face in front of his new master.
Shang Kexi sneered and said: "Shangshan Jun is a man of great skill and courage, and the warriors under his command have experienced hundreds of battles and are very powerful. It is better not to underestimate the enemy."
Shangshan Shigenobu smiled proudly: "General Shang, this is not underestimating the enemy, this is confidence!"
As the legitimate son of the Shangshan family, Shangshan Chongxin speaks very smoothly, but occasionally brings Wu Nong's soft-spoken words from Jiangnan.
Shangshan Shigenobu knew very well that many Japanese samurai who could not survive had taken refuge with Zheng Zhilong. They followed Zheng Zhilong in his wars in the north and south, and became famous. Even the warrior Miyamoto of Mosapan enjoyed a salary of ten thousand stones under Zheng Zhilong, and his status was comparable to that of the leader of a Japanese feudal state.
As the Dongjiang Army navy fleet approached Daejing Port on Tamna Island, it fired up its cannons without saying a word.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."
Although it is said that the Dongjiang Army's naval ships have old guns and most of them are small guns, the problem is that things are afraid of comparison. Compared with the small days, the bombardment of the Dongjiang Army's naval fleet is simply like thunder and lightning.
Why do they have so little knowledge? The matchlock guns eliminated by Europa were sold to the Ming Dynasty, and they were not even interested in taking a look at them. They were actually called "National Collapse" in their childhood (the author did not make this up).
Hundreds of six-pound guns of the Dongjiang Army's navy spewed out large masses of flames at the same time. The black smoke spread like a hurricane. It was like a black storm blew on the sea. The round lead balls flew out of the gun barrels at high speed and formed a burst. The scorching hail slammed into the port fortress of Dajing County.
The solid cannonball exploded into a large ball of fire and exploded, causing stone fragments to fly everywhere. Not to mention the lethality, the scene alone was scary enough.
The samurai spirit of the young days when he was clenching his weapons and preparing for hand-to-hand combat was high. He waved his samurai sword and shouted wildly. The lean and thin face of the Japanese samurai twisted up and let out bursts of laughter.
"Kill me..."
In the early days, the samurai rushed to the port, rushed to the pier, and killed more than a dozen Tamna defenders. When the defenders discovered that it was Japanese pirates attacking, the North Korean defenders turned around and ran away.
If the barefoot young samurai hadn't been injured by stones on the ground or broken armor blades or weapons, more than two hundred men under Shang Shigenobu could have occupied Dajing County with zero casualties.
It's just that although the defenders ran away, the people of Dajing County could not escape. The samurai in the early days were very cruel. They could kill the opponent with one knife, but they had to use dozens or even hundreds of knives.
On February 12, the fifth year of Chongzhen, Japanese pirates attacked Dajeong County. After a "fierce" battle, Dajeong County was completely slaughtered, followed by Jingyi County. Jeju Mu led the surviving 321 people to escape to On the Korean Peninsula, it is widely publicized that thousands of Japanese pirates attacked Jeju Island and that Jeju Island fell...
At this time, North Korea was not like the Korean stick that clung to the lap of American fathers in later generations, but it was very similar. When everything could not be solved, it would shout: "Dad, save me..."
Following this battle report, King Li Zhu of North Korea could only ask for help from the Ming Dynasty. Of course, Huanglong didn't care. He reached out and grabbed a handful of soil and sighed: "It's really a fertile soil given by God. If I had known it would be so easy to capture Tamluo." Island, we won’t starve to death so many people!”
Shang Kexi looked at the young warriors under Shang Shan Zhongxin with a look of deep worry on his face: "Huang Shuai, these young warriors are so cruel, they even spare pregnant women..."
Huang Long waved his hand and said with a smile: "If the dog disobeys, beat him to death with a stick and kill him for meat."
Huang Long looked at Shang Ke and said happily: "You have 1,200 people under your command, but you can't deal with these two hundred dwarfs? If you can't deal with them, tell me and I'll replace you!"
General Shang Ke from Guanglu Island said with great joy: "What Huang Shuai means is..."
"What I mean is that from today on, you will be the general of our Dongjiang Army on Tamluo Island. Tamluo Island now has more than one million acres of farmland and pastures where horses can also be raised. The weather here is warm and people who migrate here can It’s not a problem for over 100,000 people!”
Shang Ke said with a smile: "Don't worry, Commander Huang, the general will definitely guard Tamluo Island for Commander Huang!"
"You are not guarding Tamluo Island for me, but you are guarding this island for our brothers in the Dongjiang Army. This is our livelihood and our escape!"
Huang Long was in a wonderful mood. He really didn't expect that Tamluo Island would be so easy to get, nor did he expect that the environment here would be so good. It was like Jiangnan.
Huang Long thought of this: "Yuanji, it is already early February, and there are not many days left before spring plowing. Hurry, my brothers' families will come over..."
Before Huang Long could finish speaking, a Dongjiang Army messenger from afar ran over quickly.
"Huang Shuai, Huang Shuai..."
"Why are you so alarmed!"
"Liaonan, Liaonan... something happened!"
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Guangning Acropolis, there is Zhendong Hall built in Guangning City, which is the "council hall" where the governor of Liaodong, the eunuchs of Liaodong, and the general military officer of Liaodong discuss and work. It is the highest military and political organization in Liaodong region.
After the fall of Shenyang in the first year of Tianqi, and then the slave army invaded Guangning, the Ming Dynasty voluntarily abandoned Guangning and moved the highest military and political organs in Liaodong to Jinzhou.
As the leader of the Zhengbai Banner, Duduo led his 12,000 cavalry and headed south quickly, preparing to regain the lost face and lost ground for his twelfth brother.
But the problem is that although Duduo's plan is very fast, it has changed too much.
He deliberately waited until the end of January to send out troops. At that time, the weather would get warmer and the ice and snow would melt. All the army's horses, cattle and sheep could find their own grass to eat. After arriving in Guangning, they could use Guangning's supplies to replenish their troops.
But after arriving in Guangning, he discovered that he had been tricked by his twelfth brother Azige. The last time Azige defeated Jinshishan, Azige fled all the way to Guangning, and his horses were destroyed along the way. Nearly two thousand horses, which makes Azig very distressed.
The garrison of Guangning City, Meile Zhangjing (meaning deputy general), was the traitor Bao Chengxian who planned to surrender Zhaijiabao during the Battle of Daling River. He also recommended the traitor Ning Wanwo to Huang Taiji and made suggestions. : "In response to Qi Xinlang (translated, of course, this generally refers to the officials of the Ming Dynasty after the surrender of the Jin Dynasty, most of whom were civilian officials), after examining their suggestions, some people are sincere for the country, and some people are clever in their words. This should be used as the basis to decide who they are. Stay or go!"
Huang Taiji named Bao Jing, the son of Bao Chengxian at that time, as Meile Zhangjing of Guangning City. Azig indulged the defeated soldiers at that time and looted Guangning City, which had just been held in his hands before it was warm. He took away more than 2,400 of the more than 2,600 war horses in Guangning City at that time, and also took away more than 2,400 horses. Some of the food in Guangning City was taken away.
When Duduo arrived in Guangning City, he found that there were only more than 1,800 Han soldiers in Guangning City. Including their families, there were only more than 4,000 people. However, the food in the city was only more than 400 shi. The total number of cattle and sheep is less than a thousand.
These cattle, sheep, and grains were not enough to feed Duduo's 12,000 men.
"Master, please forgive me, it's really an unlucky coincidence!"
Before Bao Jing could finish his explanation, Duduo kicked Bao Jing in the chest: "Ben Beile wants food, horses, sheep, and meat. How to get it is your business. If you can't get it, Ben Beile will do it." I’ll cook you!”
Bao Jing was shocked.
But no matter how he begged for mercy, Duduo would not care about him.
In order to save his own life, Bao Jing had no choice but to search the entire city of Guangning, collecting the grain stored in all Bu Qu's families and the grain stores in the city, but it still could not satisfy Duduo's stomach.
At this time, Bao Jing turned his attention to his concubine. This concubine was built as a slave in the second year of Chongzhen. The people, some of whom are women.
Bao Chengxian wanted to find Bao Jing a daughter-in-law of a Jurchen noble girl, but the problem was that being a slave was also a chain of contempt. In the eyes of the slave women, Han men were too weak to be relied upon.
In order to pass on the incense, Bao Chengxian only asked the Jiannu general who was in charge of escorting at that time to buy two women from official families and decent looks as concubines from Jiannu.
Among them, this concubine was the daughter of Wang Yuanya, the former governor of Zunhua. When Zunhua city was destroyed, Wang Yuanya hanged herself to die for her country. Originally, the Wang family also hanged herself, but she was inexperienced and caught Bai Ling's weight on her chin. At that time Just hold your breath. When she woke up again, she was already a prisoner of Jiannu.
Because of her beauty, she was spotted by Ying Erdai, a warrior of Zhengbai Banner during the establishment of the slaves at that time. She was branded as Ying Erdai, but she did not suffer much injustice. After being bought by Bao Chengxian from Ying'erdai, she accepted her fate and became Bao Chengxian's daughter-in-law.
Wang was delivered to Duduo personally by Bao Jing. Looking at Wang's moist skin, Duduo was very satisfied.
The next day, Duduo summoned Bao Jing and invited Bao Jing to have barbecue.
However, no one sympathized with him, and the surrounding slave-building generals burst into laughter.
After eating and drinking in Guangning City, Duduo did not forget his true purpose of going south. He took his Zhengbai Banner elite and continued southward.
However, when Duduo's troops arrived at the ancient city, a white-haired wind blew in the sky.
As a Jiannu slave, no one doesn't know how powerful Baimaofeng is.
In later generations, meteorologically speaking, it was called "blowing snow" or "snowstorm". When the white-haired wind occurs, the grassland is covered with snow, and the strong wind rolls the snow on the ground and the snow falling from the clouds all over the sky. The ground and sky are completely white, and the visibility is extremely bad, which has a serious impact on animal husbandry and transportation.
The current weather is very embarrassing for Dodo. His embarrassment is that they have already arrived in Haizhou Wei, less than forty kilometers away from Haizhou Wei City, which is eighty miles away.
In normal times, the cavalry can arrive in half a day. If they spare no effort, they can arrive in an hour. But the problem is that now they can't even see the road clearly and there is no way to march.
If they want to retreat to Guangning, they can, but the problem is that if they retreat, they will face the white-haired wind blowing from the northwest. Not only will it be difficult to walk, but they are still more than 200 miles away from Guangning City.
"Master, we can't leave anymore!"
Nahamulu, the warrior of Zhengbai Banner, had bloody cuts on his face due to the wind. He took a deep breath and waited for a long time before saying with difficulty: "We must take shelter from the wind. Our people are not afraid of the cold. But those slaves couldn't bear it, and now dozens of them have frozen to death..."
Of course, although the slaves were more resistant to the cold, they were not invulnerable. They just used the slaves under their command as an excuse.
Nahamulu aroused the unanimous approval of all the white flag generals. Although Duduo fought fiercely and liked to eat human flesh, the problem was that he was not a god after all, and he was also made of flesh and blood.
Not to mention other parts, even he himself couldn't stand it.
"Find a sheltered place and set up camp!"
"Thank you, Master!"
"Master is wise!"
Dodo and his men began to set up camp.
At the same time, Hu Erqi, who was located in Haizhou Acropolis, beheaded Mao Chenglu and controlled more than 4,000 Dongjiang Army officers and 2,000 civilians under Mao Chenglu's command. Show loyalty to Cheng Shijie immediately.
Although Cheng Shijie did not agree to the surrender of the Dongjiang Army, he knew that Cheng Shijie would definitely ask Huang Long to take over the army, and by then, he would be able to become a general under Cheng Shijie. Even if he is not given the official position of Dusi, he will at least be given the rank of Chief Qian.
The key is that although President Qian of Ning Haijun only controls more than 1,500 men and is only of sixth rank, his income is much higher than that of a third-rank general.
There is a rewarded house, fields, and money. The key is that from now on, he no longer has to worry about food. He has joined the Dongjiang Army for eleven years and served four times as the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, but he has never had enough to eat...
As a Haixi Jurchen, Hu Erqi was not used to being afraid of the cold. He wore cotton-padded clothes, cotton-padded jackets and cotton trousers issued by Ning Haijun. Generals of their level also had sheepskin boots. The best thing was that they had gloves, so they no longer had to put their hands in their crotches. Warm up.
"Master, master!"
A Jurchen man from the Huifa Department, who was also Hu Erqi's confidant, said: "Master, I discovered Jian Nu in front!"
Hu Erqi did not dare to be careless and hurriedly reported to Cheng Shijie.
Cheng Shijie also did not dare to be careless and ordered Ning Haijun and Dongjiang Army, with more than 30,000 troops, to enter the first level of combat readiness. But the problem was that Cheng Shijie was waiting for Jiannu to take the initiative to attack.
One day, Jiannu didn't come.
Two days later, Jiannu still hadn't come.
Three days later, Jiannu still didn't come, but the white-haired wind had passed.
Ning Haijun's scouts and scouts were all dispatched to search for traces of Jiannu, and they quickly found Jiannu, but they found corpses that had been frozen into ice sculptures.
PS: Today is the first recommendation day after it was put on the shelves. It can be regarded as an extra update. Two updates and 18,000. I hope everyone likes it! The next chapter may take until night. After all, Lao Cheng is old and unable to do what he wants.
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