Chapter 115
This sudden cold wave came suddenly and ended very quickly. This is actually not the most extreme weather in southern Liaoning, because according to records, the coldest time in the mountainous areas of southern Liaoning is the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, with the lowest temperature being minus 40 degrees Celsius.
However, the problem is that this is mid-February, and the average temperature in southern Liaoning is between minus two degrees and ten degrees. It suddenly plummets to more than minus thirty degrees, which is very fatal.
Beginning at the third intersection northwest of Haizhou Acropolis, the densely packed Jiannu camp continued to the northeast. At this time, the Jiannu camp had become a world of ice and snow. The corpses of Jiannu were covered in ice and snow. Retaining the smile he had before his death.
It's the smile that makes people feel a little chilly.
Looking at the corpses of the slaves in front of him, Cheng Shijie saw that the unexpected late spring cold had also caused certain casualties to Ning Haijun. Because they were hiding in the castle and military camp, and Ning Haijun and the Dongjiang Army were well prepared, although the losses were Yes, but it's not big.
The biggest problem for soldiers in the Ning Navy is that more than a thousand soldiers suffered from varying degrees of frostbite, and dozens of soldiers even had to have their limbs amputated. In a cavalry reconnaissance team of the Ning Navy, twelve soldiers froze to death on their posts. On the night, the number of people who died of serious injuries increased to forty-nine, which made Cheng Shijie full of guilt.
As for the military households in the 209 project 100-household stations, although they did not have enough cotton-padded clothes, they were more able to withstand the cold than the soldiers of the Ning Navy and the Dongjiang Army. However, more than 4,000 military households suffered from varying degrees of colds, and 800 to 900 suffered from frostbite. , one hundred and seventy-one people were frozen.
Of the more than 26,000 Dongjiang Army soldiers, more than 600 suffered frostbite and died of frostbite, and only 13 of them died. At this time, nearly 6,000 people in Ning Haijun, Dongjiang Army and 100 engineering offices suffered from frostbite, and a total of more than 230 people were frozen to death. It can be said that the losses were heavy.
However, after seeing the frozen corpses of Jian Nu in the camp, Cheng Shijie was in a good mood. He laughed happily: "Haha..."
"Congratulations, Marshal, it's your destiny!"
Song Xiance took the opportunity to flatter Cheng Shijie.
"Destiny?"
Cheng Shijie didn't believe in destiny at first, but since he saw the corpses of Man Ying's slaves, he had some doubts.
You must know that most of the Haizhou Guard area is within the Songliao Plain. Unlike the Jinzhou Guard, Gaizhou Guard and Fuzhou Guard, it has a large number of mountains and hills. It is a flat plain, especially suitable for cavalry charges.
If it weren't for this weather, Jiannu only needed to break through any point of the defense lines of Ning Haijun and Dongjiang Army to massacre more than 200 households of Ning Haijun's projects.
But the thing is, God help.
In a cold spring, within only five days, Jiannu turned into a corpse, but Ning Haijun did not waste a single soldier...
"Zhao Wencai!"
"The general is here!"
"You lead the cavalry and pursue us along the way!"
"yes!"
"Shen Mingyu, Changyu!"
"exist!"
"Search around, be careful, and search for war horses!"
"yes!"
The vitality of war horses is stronger than that of humans. Although Jiannu had frozen to death collectively, more than 60 war horses were found in the camp that were dying of cold.
I don't know which of the slave-building nobles came to send warmth, and Cheng Shijie wanted to give him a thumbs up.
Knowing that Cheng Shijie was about to start plowing in spring and lacked large livestock, he sent him many horses.
They also knew that Emperor Chongzhen was very humiliated by the slaves and that Cheng Shijie also needed military exploits, so they traveled thousands of miles to kill him.
In this camp, it was visually estimated that there were at least two to three thousand corpses of Buddhist slaves. Although some people risked their lives to break out, the corpses stretched all the way to Guangning. But the problem is that if you hide in a tent, you will freeze to death. In the wild, you will die. Only faster.
Cheng Shijie gained a military exploit for nothing, and it was the greatest military exploit since the Battle of Salsh. For the great victory of Ningyuan, which was praised by Yuan fans, Yuan Chonghuan handed over 269 heads of slaves.
Of course, it does not mean that Yuan Chonghuan's Ming army killed and injured 269 slaves. This is mainly a problem with the way of counting military achievements, and also with the problem of the slave military system.
Since Nurhachi established Houjin, he stipulated that if one recaptures one's own body on the battlefield, one can obtain half of the other party's property. In this case, Jiannu was very keen to snatch back the bodies of his own people.
Secondly, in order to prevent Ming army officers from falsifying their military merits, the Ming Dynasty strictly stipulated that beheaded heads should be relatively complete, and no more than three-thirds of the missing parts should be lost.
This is to prevent a head from being split into two.
Finally, and a very important point, the late Ming Dynasty was an era of hot weapons. Artillery and muskets were widely used. Artillery bombardments and burned corpses were not recognized.
Ning Haijun soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, but it was not easy to clean the battlefield because all the corpses had been frozen solid.
"Commander, what should we do with Jiannu's body now?"
Cheng Shijie said without hesitation: "Build the Jiannu's corpse into a Jingguan, collect the heads, and pickle them with lime!"
Ning Haijun was overjoyed. Although the ice and snow froze Jiannu's body, it could not stop Ning Haijun, the army best at cleaning the battlefield.
Ning Haijun soldiers collected some firewood. Don't think too much that they were not cremating the corpses of Jiannu, but melting the corpses. Under the baking of the fire, these frozen hard corpses would become softer.
"Pu Chi, Pu Chi..."
Ning's navy soldiers were familiar with the process, cutting off the heads one by one with a knife or an ax, and placing them next to them in a pile. As for the armor, clothes, and even the tattered boots from the corpses of the slaves, they would be stripped off.
Nowadays, Ning Haijun is very poor. Cheng Shijie is not short of money, but because of lack of clothes. The production capacity of textile factories and quilt factories is limited. At this time, Cheng Shijie is not like China in later generations. No matter what things are lacking, production can be done quickly. produced.
The clothes on the corpses of these slaves may have viruses or bacteria on them. They are also the belongings of dead people and are full of bad luck...
But the question is, what are the refugees who come to seek refuge with Cheng Shijie?
They had nothing but their dying lives. What happened to the dead people's things? They are often in the company of the dead and have become accustomed to the company of the dead.
The clothes seized from the battlefield will be collected whole and boiled in an iron pot for an hour. In this way, all viruses, bacteria, and stains will be gone.
The repairs that need to be made and the changes that need to be made can be distributed to the refugees who need it most to solve their urgent needs.
If you want to obtain a larger number of beheadings, you must have a prerequisite: absolute control of the battlefield.
Ning Haijun started a war with Azig's tribe in Jinshi Mountain. Because Ning Haijun absolutely controlled the battlefield, Azige had no chance to collect the corpses. The corpses were within the range of Ning Haijun's thunderbolts. Jian Nu had no chance to collect the corpses, so Cheng Shijie Only then did he have the great victory at Jinshi Mountain.
Now Cheng Shijie has picked up the heads of so many slaves without any effort. Regardless of whether Ning Haijun fought this battle, the heads of these slaves are real.
Although Jiannu was divided into two statuses: bannermen and war slaves, and war slaves were divided into coats, war slaves and armored war slaves, and bannermen were divided into three categories: infantry armor, red armor, and white armor, it can be seen in the Ming Dynasty In the imperial court, whether they were war slaves, armored war slaves, or even coated slaves, they were all regarded as slaves. They had the same status as red-armored soldiers. Only the rewards at the level of Niulu Ezhen, white armored soldiers and Zhalan Ezhen were different.
After two days of intense searching, a total of 4,056 levels of Jian Nu were found and beheaded, and 5,949 levels of Han army corpses were found and beheaded, which together exceeded 10,000 levels.
Among them, there are twenty-nine sides of the Niu Lu's genuine scroll. Jiannu soldiers are not allowed to leave the Niu Lu's scroll. Anyone who disobeys the order will be arrested and interrogated. Niulu Ezhen did not issue the decree to all the soldiers, but punished each one with a horse. If he did not listen to the order, he would be put to death. The Eight Banners military orders formed during the war are easy for those fighting to understand and execute them, which is also reflected in the Eight Banners battle.
Zhalan had five genuine scrolls on his forehead, more than 200 crossbows, more than 7,000 bows, more than 14,000 spears, knives, swords, hammers, halberds and other weapons, and 19 light French cannons. He froze to death. A total of 1,033 horses were killed or killed, more than 16,700 sheep, and 347 cattle were frozen or killed.
After hearing the news, Zhou Yandong began to lead the Military Affairs Bureau to accept the seizures. Zhou Yandong could hardly close his mouth. There were too many seizures this time, with more than 2,700 pieces of cowhide alone.
Since the Ning Navy has a large number of thunder muskets, fire muskets, and artillery, these are not suitable for wearing iron armor. It is not that Cheng Shijie does not have enough iron armor, because the collision between the armor blades and the armor blades can easily cause sparks. For firearms soldiers, this It's like letting them sit on the crater and play with gunpowder.
Of course, Cheng Shijie would not joke about the lives of his soldiers. Ning Haijun's fire support posts were all equipped with cowhide armor. Although cowhide armor was not as defensive as steel armor, cowhide armor could reduce casualties by 70%, especially against knives and arrows. defense.
"Commander, we are rich! With these weapons and equipment, our Ning Navy's combat power has been greatly enhanced!"
Zhou Yandong, like almost all officers of the Ming Dynasty, loved the equipment of the slaves. In terms of cold weapons, the weapons and equipment of the slaves had surpassed those of the Ming Dynasty.
It’s not that the technology of the slaves was more advanced than that of the Ming Dynasty, but that the Ming Dynasty’s general management was chaotic and corrupt. It was like making a fire gun, with only seven pounds of iron on it. No matter how good the technology is, you can’t make a good barrel without materials. . This problem has nothing to do with technology, only attitude and management system.
This problem and phenomenon is like the Mercedes-Benz cars of later generations, which only cheat the rich. Various problems occur, such as abnormal engine noise, oil leakage, oil burning, motherboard stuck, etc. Is this because Benchi has no technology? It’s not just about habitually putting oneself in God’s position and habitually cutting leeks with a knife.
"Yes, they are all good things. Let's not talk about anything else. Let's talk about this cowhide. It can be made into leather armor. It has good protective capabilities and is lightweight. Unfortunately, it is missing a bit..."
Cheng Shijie rolled his eyes and pointed at the cowhide tents: "Ha, I almost forgot, these tents are all made of cowhide! Take them all off and make them into leather armor!"
Zhou Yandong said with a smile: "I'm already picking it up. How can I let such a good thing go?"
Cheng Shijie frowned slightly when he looked at the many horses or cattle that had been disemboweled to death on the roadside. In front of the corpse of a war horse not far away, there was a Dongjiang Army soldier, wearing the white armor of a slave soldier, but it was painted black.
Cheng Shijie pointed to a war horse that was disembowelled alive on the side of the road and said, "What do you see?"
"Reply to the Lord..."
Hu Erqi, who was squatting on the roadside, turned around when he heard Cheng Shijie's voice. When he saw it was Cheng Shijie, he hurriedly changed his words: "Reporting back to the commander-in-chief, I will analyze it based on the dead horses and cattle along the way. Our line should be the one that caught the slaves." In this case, the slaves would only use the remaining heat of the carcasses of war horses or cattle to maintain the body temperature of their masters, and escape all the way, killing cattle and horses along the way!"
Cheng Shijie has no innate prejudice against Hu Erqi, a Jurchen. As long as he is willing and has no objections, Cheng Shijie will reward him with wealth, but don't think about power and influence. It is absolutely impossible.
Now the population of Ming Dynasty has expanded to the limit of the land. Whether it is Liaodong or northwest, Cheng Shijie will not give up an inch of land.
"I agree with your analysis!"
Cheng Shijie took off his cloak from his own body, put it on Hu Erqi's body, patted his shoulder and said: "Hu Erqi, I have given you an order to mobilize all the experts in the Dongjiang Army who are good at tracking and follow the direction in which Jiannu escaped. Keep chasing and see what fish I caught this time!"
"yes!"
At this moment, Lin Xuzong came over and said: "Commander, Mr. Sun Futai has another letter.
When Cheng Shijie opened the letter, he found the same rhetoric again, but with a new reason, which Cheng Shijie had to accept.
After Sun Yuanhua celebrated the New Year, he began to write letters to Cheng Shijie to communicate about his coming to inspect southern Liaoning. Cheng Shijie naturally did not want to have multiple mothers-in-law, so he did not agree.
It was not until the ice and snow melted at the end of February that Chen Zilong, who was in Shanghai, was ready. He brought more than 30 trucks of research materials, as well as more than 100 agricultural experts and their families, a total of more than 800 people.
Eleven sand ships hired by the Jiangnan Shachuan Gang are preparing to set off, striving to arrive in Liaonan in early March.
At this time, Sun Yuanhua had no choice but to confess to Cheng Shijie. He was telling Cheng Shijie that his teacher Xu Guangqi had worked hard over the years to cultivate Ming Dynasty's own improved seeds that could adapt to cold and drought tolerance. To this end, Xu Guangqi planned to ask him to come to Liaonan to inspect the environment in Liaonan.
Cheng Shijie was overjoyed when he heard the news.
Although the seeds of later generations are better than those of the Ming Dynasty, with higher yields and fewer pests and diseases, the problem is that the seeds of later generations have genetic locks in order to prevent farmers from saving seeds privately. It will completely degrade in three seasons at most.
But Cheng Shijie is not short of money to buy grain every year, but the problem is that his transportation capacity is very limited. With a transportation volume of 50 to 60 kilograms, if he transports wheat, he can only plant six or seven acres. Corn is better, because corn seeds only cost four kilograms per acre, and he can transport seeds from thirty to forty acres of land.
Whether it's corn or sweet potatoes, Cheng Shijie kept good seeds for future generations but couldn't use them, so he could only worry.
Now, Xu Guangqi, an agronomist, is willing to cultivate and has an independent and complete technical team.
Cheng Shijie looked at Lin Xuzong and said: "Reply to Governor Sun, Master Sun, as quickly as possible... No, I will reply in person!"
Having said this, Cheng Shijie immediately waved his hand, and the guards around him drove Cheng Shijie's carriage and RV slowly. Don't look at the road conditions in southern Liaoning, which are not very good now, but the problem is that Cheng Shijie only has one carriage and RV. Ning Haijun's command vehicles were only four.
Even if you encounter uneven roads, you can carry them over.
Cheng Shijie's carriage covers an area of about fifteen square meters. Even if Lin Xuzong and Song Xiance got on the carriage, the living room area was not too crowded.
Cheng Shijie handed Sun Yuanhua's letter to Song Xiance.
Song Xiance took a quick glance and said immediately: "Congratulations, lord, double happiness. This is a good thing!"
"It's indeed a good thing!"
Cheng Shijie pointed to the map on the carriage and said: "This matter can not only be done, but also requires vigorous cooperation. I am planning to combine Maqiao Town, Xinqiao Town, Shuangqiao Town, Liuqiao Town and Luoshan Town in Jinzhou Acropolis. Five towns, 50 farms and 100 households, a total of 700,000 acres of wasteland, more than 770,000 acres of pasture, and 910,000 acres of forestland, a total of approximately 2.39 million acres of land, are allocated to Xu Guangqi conducted agricultural experiments."
2.39 million acres, approximately 1.5 square kilometers, was the scope of a medium-sized county in later generations.
Cheng Shijie continued: "I will transfer another fifty people, not less than eighty projects, to build a new city on the basis of Maqiao Town, named Zhenhai City, in order to revitalize Ning Haijun! This Zhenhai City will be built on the basis of Maqiao Town. Haicheng will be used by Mr. Xu Ge’s team of agricultural experts.”
"It's just that it will delay our Ning Haijun's land reclamation plan!"
"It's all trivial!"
Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "When experts like them cultivate new seeds, even if they can harvest an extra five or six bushels per acre, it will benefit the livelihood of hundreds of millions of people. This matter should be taken action sooner rather than later."
"yes!"
"Boqi!"
"Students are here!"
"You should keep an eye on this matter. I want to ensure the quality and the progress of the project, and it must be fast!"
Song Xiance said: "Lord, there is still a victory to report!"
"right!"
Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "Although Emperor Chongzhen is a pauper, even if he reports it, they will not give Ning Haijun a reward. Let's treat it as a gift and give him a face!"
This time, in order to reply to Sun Yuanhua's letter, Cheng Shijie used his privilege as the commander-in-chief of the Ning Navy to directly send the letter and a group of guards from the Guard Bureau, totaling fifty cavalry, to Dengzhou as a messenger to report the victory of Haizhou.
Using Ning Haijun's combat machines, the efficiency is quite high. In just four days, Cheng Shijie's letter arrived in Dengzhou Fucheng. This time Cheng Shijie did not make his own decision, but asked Sun Yuanhua whether this Haizhou victory should be reported to the court.
When Sun Yuanhua received Cheng Shijie's letter, he was a little unbelievable. How did he think Cheng Shijie changed his gender?
In fact, it is not that Cheng Shijie has changed his gender, but that Cheng Shijie's nature is like this. As a person from later generations, he naturally knows the importance of food to a country and the importance of the development of agricultural technology.
If Xu Guangqi really succeeded in producing the Ming Dynasty's hybrid rice or hybrid wheat, even if it could produce one or two hundred kilograms more grain per acre, Cheng Shijie would personally lead his troops to the capital to suppress Xu Guangqi's situation, and use a knife to force Emperor Chongzhen to give Xu Guangqi a The title allows him to enjoy the treatment of a national scholar.
In Cheng Shijie's letter, he expressed to Sun Yuanhua that he would not only provide Xu Guangqi's team of agricultural experts with a county town dedicated to the offices, residences, and research and experimental sites of Liaonan Agricultural College.
By the way, Cheng Shijie also invested 100,000 taels of silver out of his own pocket to build the Liaonan Agricultural Technology Research Institute to build their experimental site and a community where experts live.
Cheng Shijie provided housing for these agricultural experts according to the treatment of General Ning Haijun and General Qian. The housing was a three-entry courtyard covering an area of three acres. It was a red brick and red tile building with a unified main frame. However, the experts were not accepted. DIY.
As long as experts are needed, they can provide construction opinions and environmental planning. As long as they are agricultural experts who come to Liao Lai, Cheng Shijie will give them a subsidy of thirty taels of silver every month, and each will provide two servants and two maids to be responsible for the experts' food and daily life.
Cheng Shijie took care of all the living expenses of the agricultural experts in southern Liaoning, including food, housing, transportation, and clothing. Each expert was provided with a two-wheeled carriage, a groom, and two horses. Crossbow horse...
Faced with Cheng Shijie's treatment, Sun Yuanhua himself was a little moved. This was so good that it was unbelievable. No matter how Sun Yuanhua analyzes Cheng Shijie's true purpose and intention, should he set off for Liaonan or need to go to Liaonan.
Just when Sun Yuanhua was about to put down the letter, he saw Cheng Shijie's last sentence in the letter.
This is a typical example of how a small amount of words means a big deal.
"On February 17, the fifth year of Chongzhen, Beileduoduo, the leader of the Zhengbai Banner and the fifteenth brother of the thief chieftain Taiji, led more than 12,000 Zhengbai Banners to invade Haizhou. The weather suddenly changed and the temperature dropped sharply. The Jian slaves suffered heavy casualties, with numerous people freezing to death. The Ning navy beheaded a total of 4,056 people, the Han army had 5,949 heads, and several were captured..."
"Bangdang..."
The teacup in Sun Yuanhua's hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
"Wow..."
Hearing the movement in the study, the loyal Chinese Army Major Peng Jianhong rushed to the study with a knife, running and shouting: "Someone, protect Lord Futai, someone come and protect Lord Futai!"
Xu Dacheng also rushed into the study disheveled.
Sun Yuanhua looked at Peng Jianhong, who was panicked and angry. Although he was a little unhappy, considering that he had no one to use, he still encouraged Peng Jianhong and promoted him from the general banner to the sixth grade Zhongxian Colonel. Peng Xiaoxia finally got there The real school captain is the trial hundred officer level.
"Thank you, Lord Futai!"
"Get down!"
Xu Dacheng straightened his clothes: "Master Futai, what happened?"
"look by youself!"
Sun Yuanhua was speechless about Cheng Shijie's luck. How difficult would it be for the Ming Dynasty to behead a first-level slave? As a witness to the Ningyuan victory, Sun Yuanhua has a better say.
One of the reasons why the Ming army had tens of thousands of people going into battle but only reported a hundred or dozens of levels was not that there were really only a hundred or dozens of enemies killed, but that it was difficult to capture the heads of those at the highest level.
Once the war goes badly, Jiannu immediately retreats. Before withdrawing, he will try his best to take away the corpses of the dead to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Ming army. Even if all the enemy troops are wiped out, some corpses will be scattered around the battlefield. Some of the heads could not be found, and some of the heads were smashed and broken. It was impossible to tell whether they were true or false, and they could not be counted. Therefore, the heads captured were often only a small part of the number of enemies actually killed.
Just like in the Wanli Korean War, the famous Ming Dynasty general Li Rusong attacked Pingxiang. Pingxiang was defended by 25,000 troops led by Japan's Konishi Yukinaga.
According to statistics, the Ming army only captured 1,647 Japanese heads. However, the total number of casualties of the Japanese army was more than this. Together with those who died from artillery bombing, smoke and other causes, the total losses exceeded more than 10,000 people.
The Ming army lost 796 people killed and 1,492 injured (Song Yingchang's "Essentials for Restoring the Country", "Restoring the Battle of Kaesong in Pyongyang").
Given the personality of the Japanese army, it is impossible to abandon an important city with only more than 1,000 casualties. As for those who were killed by cannons, burned in earthen forts, fell into the river and drowned, and were killed in the battle on the south bank, most of them could not find their heads.
According to Korean historical records, more than 10,000 Japanese troops were wiped out in this battle, countless prisoners were taken, and less than one-tenth of the total number of escapees were made. Let's take a look at the relevant Japanese records: Chapter 4, pages 97-98, and Chapter 7, pages 251-252 of "Japanese War History: The Korean War" point out that after the Battle of Pyongyang, Konishi Yukinaga's department reduced its personnel by more than 11,300 people. When it was transferred to Wangjing, there were only 6,600 people left, a reduction of nearly two-thirds.
These figures are still whitewashed, because the Japanese First Army Corps led by Governor Konishi has 7,000 troops directly under General Konishi Governor, 5,000 troops transferred by Soyoshi, 4,000 troops from the Matsuura Town Information Department, and Juntada Omura. There are two thousand troops, Goto Nobuyasu's 700 troops, total strength: 18,700.
There are also Otomo Yitong troops stationed in Fengshan: more than 6,000 people, totaling more than 24,000 people. Only more than 6,600 people fled back, and more than 18,000 people are still missing.
But the heads reported by the Ming army were only one-tenth of the actual casualties of the Japanese army. Now Cheng Shijie beheaded Jiannu 4056 without any effort. Guan Ning's army has been an army for more than ten years and has wasted tens of millions of taels of silver. Not yet beheaded at level 4,000.
"Master Futai, do you mean to suppress it?"
Sun Yuanhua shook his head and said: "The current national situation is difficult, the Liao Dynasty is not at peace, and the court has few victories and many defeats. We really need this victory. Go and invite Eunuch Gao..."
Sun Yuanhua did not dare to commit fraud, but Gao Qiqian, a dead eunuch, was an expert in counterfeiting. The last time Cheng Shijie beheaded 452 level slaves, he dared to kill tens of thousands of his enemies with Emperor Chongzhen.
Not long after, Gao Qiqian, who lived in Dengzhou and gained a lot of weight, came to the governor's office. He looked at Sun Yuan and said with a smile, "I wonder what Futai University wants to do with our family!"
"Cheng Shijie won the battle!"
Sun Yuanhua looked at Gao Qiqian, the dead eunuch, and had the urge to strangle him to death, but the problem was that he couldn't. The Western French Party had the interests of the Western French Party. Xu Guangqi finally succeeded because of Cheng Shijie's Jinshishan Victory, also known as the Jinzhou Victory. Entered the cabinet and served as deputy cabinet minister.
Because Xu Guangqi recommended his student Sun Yuanhua to serve as the governor of Denglai, and Sun Yuanhua recommended Cheng Shijie to serve as the garrison and general soldier of Ning Haijun, Xu Guangqi now has an aura around him: "Knowing military affairs, knowing talents!"
After reading Cheng Shijie's brief victory report, Gao Qiqian gasped: "Oh, I have a headache. How can our family report this to the Long Live Lord..."
"Why don't you report it truthfully!"
"Report the truth?"
"Yes, let's say that Jiannu Beile Duduo led his army to attack Haizhou, and a sudden blizzard fell, freezing to death ten thousand people. Ning Haijun killed ten thousand people without spending a single soldier..."
Gao Qiqian heard Sun Yuanhua's teasing intention, and the veins on his neck bulged: "You..."
Gao Qiqian had been in Dengzhou for a long time, and he vaguely heard some rumors. This was about Ning Haijun's mutiny. Gao Qiqian naturally thought that Sun Yuanhua and Cheng Shijie had a bad relationship. After all, as a subordinate, he once launched a mutiny. , arrested his immediate boss.
Although Cheng Shijie did not kill Sun Yuanhua, there was no way to resolve this insult.
Gao Qiqian put himself in his shoes. If it were him, he would do whatever it takes to kill Cheng Shijie first. If Sun Yuanhua could endure it until now, he was already in a very deep city.
Gao Qiqian and Sun Yuanhua could not pee in the same pot. Seeing Sun Yuanhua suppressing Cheng Shijie intentionally or unintentionally, his opportunity came.
"It's better for Sun Futai to report the truth on his own!"
Gao Qiqian smiled coldly and said: "Our family will not take away Ning Haijun's military honors. Let's take our leave first!"
Looking at Sun Yuanhua's back, Sun Yuanhua breathed a sigh of relief.
Of course he was acting. Daming was already ill, and he was terminally ill. Civil servants and generals are in opposition, civil servants and eunuchs are in opposition, and the Western French Party and the Donglin Party are in opposition.
The Donglin Party is in opposition to the Qin Party, Chu Party, and Shanxi Merchants. Political opponents on the opposite side, if you agree, I will definitely oppose, regardless of right or wrong, right or wrong, I oppose because I oppose, and I agree because I agree.
In this case, if Sun Yuanhua protects Cheng Shijie for the benefit of the Western French Party, Gao Qiqian will definitely act like a monster inside. Although Gao Qiqian has no ability to accomplish things, he is extremely capable of doing bad things. This guy is born to pull the strings. Legs are born with bad things.
Cheng Shijie seems strong now, but he is still very weak in front of the court.
Gao Qiqian had just left the governor's office. Cheng Hu bowed to Gao Qiqian and said, "I pay my respects to Eunuch Gao!"
"Who are you……"
"Xiaguan is Cheng Hu, Cheng Shuai's subordinate, and Cheng Shuai is Xiaguan's adoptive father!"
"Father!"
Gao Qiqian's expression immediately softened: "Sure enough, Father Tiger has no dogs. I wonder why General Cheng called our family for something important!"
Cheng Hu waved his hand, and a luxurious-looking sandalwood box was carried over by two Ning Navy soldiers. When they opened the box, they found that there were only rows of glass bottles inside.
Cheng Hu smiled and said, "This is a little gift from my father to my father-in-law."
It was naturally impossible for Cheng Shijie to give real money to Gao Qiqian, but he gave Gao Qiqian a set of cosmetics.
Looking at Gao Qiqian, he was a little disapproving. Although these glass bottles were valuable, there was still a certain gap between them and Gao Qiqian's heart.
Cheng Hu smiled slightly and picked up a glass bottle. It was treated and had only a handwritten label on it: "Look, father-in-law, this is Yeyou perfume. Just spray it lightly, and the fragrance will be amazing and last for a long time." Disperse!"
Gao Qiqian's face changed drastically when he heard this.
The castration technology of the Ming Dynasty was just that. The eunuchs all had odors on their bodies and could only be covered up with sachets. But the problem was that Gao Qiqian could use spices and sachets himself, but you couldn't give them away.
This is like some straight men giving beauty products to the women they like. This is to tell them subconsciously that you are too ugly. Generally speaking, girls will accept it and act very happy, but in their hearts But he scolded: "Big idiot!"
Cheng Hu seemed not to notice Gao Qiqian's change of expression, and then introduced: "This Yeyou perfume has aphrodisiac properties. If the nobles in the palace use it, they will..."
Gao Qiqian's expression finally softened. It turned out that he had misunderstood. This was equivalent to Cheng Shijie putting a protective lock on himself in the palace.
"Cheng Shuai is interested!"
Cheng Hu then introduced another one: "This is a soft skin cream, which extracts hundreds of precious medicinal materials and pure natural plant essence. It has the functions of finely repairing wrinkles, soothing the skin, plumping the skin, moisturizing but not greasy, and soft to the touch, just like a virgin. The effect of oily glow!”
Gao Qiqian touched his face: "Can we use it at home?"
"Available!"
As Cheng Hu introduced all the items in the cosmetics set in the big box one by one, Gao Qiqian felt that Cheng Shijie was attentive. All of these items were treasures, some were for men, and some could be used by women. , some are aphrodisiacs, some are calming, some are soothing, some are relaxing, it’s all there.
After Cheng Hu finished the introduction, he lowered his voice and said: "Eunuch, this product comes from the Holy Roman Empire in the West. It is a mysterious formula from the palace. My adoptive father used three thousand pieces of fine silk and two ships of porcelain to get these. These Things are much more expensive than gold. There is a price but no market. The key is, you can’t buy it..."
"Our family can save it!"
Gao Qiqian patted Cheng Hu on the shoulder and said, "What position does Major General Cheng hold now?"
"Xiaoguan Tian is the foster father's subordinate, Mr. Qian!"
"Low!"
Gao Qiqian said: "Our family will guarantee your future. Go back to the capital and beg Long Live Lord to promote you to the rank of general!"
"Thank you, father-in-law!"
Gao Qiqian said: "You come to Beijing with my family now and report victory along the way!"
"As you command!"
Cheng Hu said to the admiral Ning Haijun next to him: "Brothers!"
"arrive!"
"Lu Bu reports victory!"
All the Ning navy officers shouted: "Good news, a great victory in Haizhou. The Ning navy defeated the Jiannu slaves in Haizhou and beheaded four thousand people!"
The sound of Ning Haijun's victory started from Dengzhou City, like a strong wind, from south to north, all the way, rushing through fields, villages, and towns. Everywhere he went, Ning Haijun's knights would roar with loud voices. Same words.
However, the problem is that Ning Haijun's news of success was unexpected and received a cold reception.
The people along the way did not cheer, jump, or react in any way. Those who should eat ate, those who should drink tea drank tea, and those who should beat their babies beat their babies.
The dignitaries continue to spend money like water and have good clothes and food, the traffickers and commoners continue to run around for three meals a day, and the refugees continue to struggle to survive. Everyone lives their lives as they should.
Because there are too many disappointments, I become indifferent.
But the problem is that no matter how indifferent the people in the world are, Emperor Chongzhen is full of enthusiasm in his heart.
"My Zhao Zilong really did not disappoint me!"
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