Chapter 116
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty on the great victory in Haizhou. The Ning navy killed tens of thousands of invading slaves in Haizhou, beheaded more than 4,000 people, and the Han army killed more than 6,000 people..."
When Gao Qiqian's voice sounded in the court hall, the officials below cursed in their hearts.
After Emperor Chongzhen discovered that he had been cheated by his ministers, he began to reuse eunuchs and royal guards. But the problem was that there was only one Wei Zhongxian. Cao Huachun was not Wei Zhongxian. He did not have Wei Zhongxian's ability or Wei Zhongxian's courage, nor did Wei Zhongxian have the respect that Wei Zhongxian had in Emperor Tianqi's heart. status.
Despite this, the ministers strongly opposed the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi and the eunuch Cao Huachun's interference in politics. At the same time, the eunuchs, from the imperial eunuch to the twelve eunuchs, four divisions and eight bureaus, began to use various opportunities to fan the flames of Emperor Chongzhen. And Emperor Chongzhen is like a rebellious child in adolescence.
The minister asked him to go east, but he preferred to go west.
Nowadays, Gao Qiqian and Cao Huachun cannot be offended by most ministers. It is very simple for eunuchs to deal with civil servants. They can find the reason at will and they will be right after checking. In the entire Ming Dynasty, 90% of the officials had dirty butts. Who could withstand the investigation?
Thanks to the efforts of the eunuchs, Emperor Chongzhen's impression of civil servants, especially the Donglin Party, became even worse.
Almost all the ministers did not believe a word Gao Qiqian said.
Although Jiannu rose, the Ming Dynasty fought against it, winning less and losing more. They had been dealing with Guan Ning's army for many years, and they were very familiar with the routines of warriors killing good men and taking credit for their merits, falsely claiming military exploits, and eating empty wages and drinking soldiers' blood. .
They have developed a pair of sharp eyes long ago. No matter how eloquent you are, no matter how colorful your articles are, they can tell at a glance which ones are trustworthy and which ones are not!
Guan Ningjun often said that he had annihilated tens of thousands of slaves, but he only dared to report a few hundred for his rank. If anyone dared to boast that he had beheaded more than a thousand people, he would definitely be outraged.
You think we are idiots, right? Now Cheng Shijie is doing well, he beheaded more than 4,000 people as soon as he opened his mouth. Good guy, they are pouring water on their record, and he is pouring water on his record!
Now it is exciting to see Emperor Chongzhen's face rosy.
The chief minister of the cabinet, Zheng Yiwei, a scholar of Dongji Palace, was the weaker chief minister of the cabinet in the Chongzhen Dynasty. He only served as the chief minister for two months longer than Li Biao.
Zheng Yiwei looked at Xu Guangqi and lowered his voice: "Zixian, (Xu Guangqi's word) passed!"
Xu Guangqi was a little embarrassed. At this time, Sun Yuanhua's letter was suppressed by Gao Qiqian, but the memorial had been sent to the Chief of Ceremonies and would soon be delivered to Emperor Chongzhen.
Because he didn't know the truth of the matter, Xu Guangqi didn't dare to make a conclusion.
Like the last victory at Jinshishan, Ning Haijun beheaded 452 people. The credibility is relatively high, but the problem is, now...
Xu Guangqi didn't know the real situation, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "Chu Yang (named for Sun Yuanhua) is a steady person. He will definitely report the details. Let's wait and see!"
Zheng Yiwei believed in Xu Guangqi's character very much.
To say that the cabinet of the Chongzhen Dynasty was all rubbish is definitely prejudice. At least, the great scholars Sun Chengzong, Li Biao, and Jiang Dejing of Dongji Palace are all capable ministers, but there are too many people holding them back. They are ridiculed as independent ministers, but in fact they are not vicious enough or treacherous enough, so they are impeached. Went down.
Emperor Chongzhen actually did not directly believe what Gao Qiqian said because it was too absurd. The Ming Dynasty's army is like the national football team of later generations. If you say that the national football team has qualified, how many people dare to believe it?
Emperor Chongzhen is also a man who saves face. If he is cheated, he will lose face.
When Gao Qiqian saw Emperor Chongzhen's face turn from rosy to serious, he knew that Emperor Chongzhen didn't believe it. He smiled and said: "Your Majesty, my slave is supervising the army in southern Liaoning. What he says is unfounded. This time I brought him here specially. Cheng Hu, the adopted son of Cheng Shijie, the general who conquered the captives and the commander-in-chief of the Ning Navy, why not let him report it to the emperor!"
"Cheng Hu!"
Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, then immediately said: "Xuan, Cheng Hu has an audience!"
"Xuan Chenghu comes to the audience!"
As the standing general shouted at the top of his lungs.
Cheng Hu, formerly known as Liu Huzi, is only fourteen years old now. Although he has not been with Cheng Shijie for a long time, he eats well and keeps up with nutrition. In just six months, his height has grown by nearly ten centimeters and is now close to one It’s seven.
Wearing Ming-style Mingguang armor, he looked extremely heroic.
As Cheng Hu entered the hall, all eyes in the hall were looking at him. Being surrounded by hundreds of ministers like monkeys, Cheng Hu felt very nervous.
But thinking that his words and deeds were related to Cheng Shijie's future, Cheng Hu secretly thought in his heart: "I can definitely do it. I am not even afraid of the slave-building bandits, but I am also afraid of a group of old men!"
"My lord, Cheng Hu, General of Military Virtue, pays homage to our emperor, long live, long live, long live!"
Emperor Chongzhen saw that Cheng Hu was not very old. Of course, due to his years of wandering around, Cheng Hu was not a white-faced boy. The skin on his face was very rough and he was older than his actual age. He looked eighteen or nineteen years old.
Emperor Chongzhen was very excited when he saw his peers appearing in the hall for the first time. He wanted to step forward and help Cheng Hu up, but he was worried that the ministers would nag him for being disrespectful.
Emperor Chongzhen asked: "What position does Cheng Qing hold now?"
"I am now the Chief Qian of the Right Command of Ning Haijun!"
"Cheng Qing, come forward!"
Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to ask Cheng Hu how long he had been fighting with Cheng Shijie, and then tell him about Zhao Zilong. Now Emperor Chongzhen is a fan of Cheng Shijie.
However, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the minister below had a somewhat unkind look, so he had to say seriously: "Cheng Qing, you personally experienced the Battle of Haizhou and reported the Battle of Haizhou truthfully. You must not hide a word!"
"yes!"
The army is a very training place for people, and Ning Haijun is also a big dyeing vat. No matter how timid you are, you will become eloquent in Ning Haijun. Because usually, as long as Ning Haijun is not fighting, he will hold a half-hour meeting to introduce himself to each other and summarize and share his experience in the battle process.
This is actually a bit like a brainstorming meeting of an MLM organization.
Cheng Hu followed the words given to him by Gao Qiqian and said: "After the victory in the Battle of Jinshishan, my father-in-chief thought that in recent years, Jiannu had more victories than defeats. He probably couldn't swallow this sigh of relief, so he borrowed troops from Dongjiang Army Huanglong." More than 26,000, together with the left and right commanders of the Ning Navy and the cavalry battalion, a total of more than 40,000 infantry and cavalry were prepared to prevent Jiannu from raiding. More than a month ago, Jiannu was defeated by Jinshi Mountain and wanted to deal with the defeated army. General, the leader of the battle was Belazig with a white flag, so I put the responsibility for this battle on the head of Zhalan'er Jinnah's La clan Hu'erqi, and wanted to kill Hu'erqi and more than two thousand of his men..."
Having said this, Minister Manchao took a deep breath. They originally had deep resentment against Emperor Chongzhen, but they heard that Huang Taiji was so indiscriminate and killed innocent people indiscriminately. I felt a little lucky at once. Compared with Huang Taiji, Emperor Chongzhen was a saint.
Cheng Hu continued: "Because Hu Erqi's half-sister was a slave next to the bandit chief Taiji, he got the news in advance and notified Hu Erqi. Hu Erqi then led his troops to flee and was surrounded and killed by the slave army. His troops fled into the mountains. , until they found out that the Jiannu army was dispatched, preparing to go south to attack Liaonan, Hu Erqi led more than a thousand of his remaining troops and fled to Haizhou to join his father's commander!"
At this point, the ministers suddenly realized.
It turned out that Cheng Shijie was so lucky that he knew the movements of the slave-building army in advance.
It has to be said that Gao Qiqian's ability to write stories is actually not a boast. From now on, the victory of Haizhou seems much more reasonable.
"The commander-in-chief learned that Jiannu was coming and attacked Fuzhou, Fenghuang City, Xiuyan City, Shiqiaobao, Songlinbao, Xiamabao, Shimenbao, Xinghai City, Gangu City, Ancient Castle, Wangtai Town, and Haizhou City. Twelve cities in total were deployed with heavy troops to defend them to the death. After Jiannu arrived at the front line on the 19th of the first lunar month, our soldiers from the Ning Navy and the Dongjiang Army occupied the city and fought bloody battles with Jiannu. The fields were filled with corpses, but we The Ning Haijun and Dongjiang Army also suffered heavy losses. Dongjiang Army’s deputy commander-in-chief Mao Chenglu, staff general He Hongkui, guerrilla Liu Dayou and other three generals suffered more than 4,000 casualties!”
This was Cheng Shijie giving face to the Dongjiang Army. In fact, Mao Chenglu, He Hongkui and Liu Dayou were all the generals of the Dongjiang Army who were killed in the Dongjiang Army mutiny.
Without this unexpected victory, their deaths would have been in vain. Because Cheng Shijie had achieved a great achievement, he naturally didn't mind giving the three of them an honor.
Although he clearly saw the good news and knew the result, Emperor Chongzhen still asked seriously: "What happened next?"
"Later, Jiannu saw that his father had already prepared, and I was well-defended. He felt that he could not gain any advantage, so he took the initiative to retreat!"
Cheng Hu said: "Due to the cold weather and freezing ground, Jian Nu accompanied the army's cattle, sheep and war horses. They had no way to get food locally and had to transport it from the rear. The food and grass consumption was quite large. On February 14th, a heavy snowfall suddenly fell in southern Liaoning, and Jian Nu accelerated. With the speed of retreat, Father Shuai took the opportunity to lead Ning Haijun's 8,000 elite troops. The troops were divided into three groups. On the right, Shen Mingyu, the left capital commander, led 2,000 troops. On the right, Changyu, the right capital commander, led 2,000 troops. Father Commander led 4,000 elite troops. , heading north in the snow, under the cover of heavy snow, Jiannu was unprepared. On February 15, the fifth year of Chongzhen, his father took the lead in launching an attack on the Chinese army camp at Beileduduo in Zhengbai Banner. Jiannu responded in a hurry, and there was a Chaos. Commander-in-Chief Father took the lead, and Ning Haijun was also dedicated to serving the country. He marched forward bravely and refused to retreat. The army was overwhelming, and Jiannu retreated in embarrassment. During the battle, Ning Haijun burned Jiannu’s food and grass..."
"Because the snow was very thick at that time, Jiannu's war horses could not run in the snow. I would rather the navy officers were not afraid of hardships and fought bravely to kill the enemy. Jiannu had no food and grass, and could not use 30% of his 100% combat power. Therefore, you Countless people were killed..."
Under the eloquent words of Cheng Hu, who had witnessed the Haizhou victory, the ministers listened to his story and basically understood what was going on.
In this battle, luck plays a huge role.
If Jiannu hadn't made a stupid move and forced Nala's Hu'erqi to rebel, Cheng Shijie might not have been able to know Jiannu's attack in advance, let alone prepare in advance. In a hasty battle, the outcome was unpredictable.
If it hadn't been for a blizzard, which restricted the mobility of the Jiannu cavalry, the outcome would have been equally unpredictable.
If Ning Haijun hadn't been lucky and burned Jiannu's food and grass during the night attack, the outcome would have been equally unpredictable.
If Jiannu hadn't been tired and hungry and couldn't exert 100% of his fighting power, Ninghai would also have been hard-pressed to win.
In any case, there are not so many ifs.
The ministers were a little jealous of Cheng Shijie's good luck, but they also knew that luck was also a kind of strength.
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty..."
"God bless the Ming Dynasty!"
Emperor Chongzhen blushed all the way to his neck. He waved his hand and roared: "Well done, well done! Finally, I took a breath of bad breath on my behalf, hahaha..."
When Chongzhen got excited, the young emperor, who had never had a real smile on his face since he ascended the throne, jumped up and laughed loudly, with a look that was a bit crazy.
"Congratulations to Mr. Xu Ge!"
In the eyes of the courtiers, Cheng Shijie was Sun Yuanhua's person, and Sun Yuanhua was Xu Guangqi's student, so Cheng Shijie was also Xu Guangqi's person.
The current chief minister of the cabinet, Zheng Yiwei, also breathed a sigh of relief. Ning Haijun beheaded four thousand people, plus the Han army beheaded ten thousand people. This is real, unadulterated good news, and it is also the greatest victory achieved by the Ming Dynasty since the Battle of Sarhu. .
Zheng Yiwei also felt a little relieved. This time the slaves were really beaten to the point of breaking their muscles and bones. It should take a few years to stop, right? He, the first assistant, can relax a little more.
However, as soon as this thought passed by, a sense of crisis enveloped him like dark clouds in June. He has not forgotten that Cheng Shijie is Xu Guangqi's man. With this great achievement, Xu Guangqi is qualified to aspire to the throne of first assistant!
Zheng Yiwei felt a great crisis.
The Battle of the Breach has always been a worry for Emperor Chongzhen. He always dreamed that the Ming army outside the Pass could win a great victory and wash away this great shame.
The Battle of Daling River was launched in a hurry under this background.
What Chongzhen was thinking of was that when Jieli Khan of the Eastern Turks led 200,000 cavalry to the city of Chang'an, Li Shimin had to hold his nose and sign an alliance with Jieli Khan. However, three years later, Li Jing had three thousand Tang cavalry. He attacked Yinshan at night and captured Jieli Khan to Chang'an, where he danced for Li Shimin.
Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty is not the Tang Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty does not have Li Jing, let alone the elite Tang army who can defeat ten.
Emperor Chongzhen did not expect the Battle of Daling River to avenge his humiliation. Instead, he slapped him in the face again. Back and forth, the Ming Dynasty lost more than 60,000 cavalry in the Battle of Daling River. Millions of taels of silver were wasted.
It seems that God also felt that he had suffered too much and should give him some compensation. He actually allowed Ning Haijun to achieve a huge victory in Haizhou, in this incredible place!
Whenever he thought of this, Emperor Chongzhen felt happy and his smile could no longer be concealed.
All civil and military officials knelt down in unison, and their voices were loud and loud, as if they had been injected with chicken blood: "Congratulations to the Holy One, congratulations to the Ming Dynasty! Long live my emperor!"
However, after the excitement, Emperor Chongzhen felt a little worried at this time.
How should Ning Haijun's meritorious officers be rewarded?
According to the military regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the reward for each ordinary slave's head is fifty taels of silver, which is two hundred and twenty-two thousand eight hundred taels. The head of a Niu Luzhen is one hundred taels, and that of a white-armored soldier is one. With a thousand taels, an ordinary soldier can be directly promoted to a full fifth-grade Qianhu.
In Ning Haijun's success report, they stated that they had captured a total of sixty-seven pieces of white armor, which meant that this was 67,000 taels of silver. There were more than 20 people in Niu Lu'e, which was another more than 2,000 taels silver.
In total, the reward for Guangning's navy head would cost more than 300,000 taels.
In addition, how can Cheng Shijie be rewarded?
He is now the Commander-in-Chief of the Left, the General of the Conqueror, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Ning Navy. He controls the Dongjiang Army. As a military general, he has actually reached his peak.
Even Zu Dashou is at this level.
…
Not only was Emperor Chongzhen having a headache, but Cheng Shijie was also having a headache.
Ning Haijun has achieved such great military exploits that 4,679 heads of Jiannu have been found, and 5,704 of the Han army have been found, for a total of 10,383 heads.
But the question is, can this be regarded as the military exploits of Ning Haijun?
If counted, it would be unfair to the soldiers who had made meritorious service in the past. If not counted, I am afraid these Ning Navy officers would not be willing to...
"Everyone, tell me, what should we do?"
Zhou Yandong raised his hand and said: "Report!"
"Old Zhou, tell me!"
"Can't count!"
Zhou Yandong pondered: "But, we should give some rewards to the brothers."
"What a reward!"
"Give me some money or land!"
Shen Mingyu said: "We, Ning Haijun, have military career fields. Although our generals all have military career fields, ordinary soldiers do not. It is not as good as the commander-in-chief to be kind and give them..."
Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "Okay, anyway, we now have a large territory, and there is a lot of land. Let's do this. The Military Affairs Bureau will issue an army-wide announcement telling all the soldiers that our Ninghai Navy will win this battle, and the soldiers will be divided into fifty They only have the right to use this military land, but they have no inheritance rights or buying and selling rights. They also have to pay taxes at a rate of five dou per mu. Once they retire, this military land will also be taken back."
"Five liters, isn't it too little?"
"That's quite a lot. Fifty acres of land, that's two stones and five buckets!"
"agree!"
"agree!"
"So good!"
Cheng Shijie continued: "Then I will reward all the officers and men of the army five taels of silver. There is one more thing that needs to be explained to the officers and men. Although our Ning Navy officers are said to have military pay every month, I have never told them Everyone has distributed this military pay, and I am afraid it has become a joke in the hearts of the brothers. But the problem is that distributing military pay is also very troublesome, so I thought of a way!"
With that said, Cheng Shijie waved his hand, and two Ning Haijun attendants came in carrying a large box. Cheng Shijie opened the box and took out a booklet from it. This booklet was very beautifully made. Different from the passbooks of later generations of banks, the outer cover of this passbook was a piece of hardwood, mounted with silk. There are four gilded characters printed on the front: "Liaonan Bank!"
Opening the first page, the name of the person holding the passbook was printed in printed fonts, and it read: "Shen Mingyu!"
Cheng Shijie handed the deposit coupon to Shen Mingyu: "This is your deposit coupon. Your military pay is all in it. You can withdraw it at any time at Liaonan Bank in Jinzhou City!"
"mine!"
Shen Mingyu held the bankbook. This bankbook had a total of twenty pages. The paper on each page was obviously different from ordinary rice paper. It was thicker and had a different feel.
This is a technology brought by Cheng Shijie from later generations. This is tissue paper made of bark fiber. It is white in color, soft and tough, and the fibers are as slender as cotton, so it is called tissue paper.
After Ning Haijun arrived in southern Liaoning, he began hands-on experiments. It took more than two months to successfully produce it. As a separate passbook special paper, it can be printed with an embossed plate.
Shen Mingyu picked up a note stuck on the second page and asked doubtfully: "What is this?"
Cheng Shijie explained: "This is the password. You can only withdraw money when you go to the bank with your passbook. Just having a passbook is useless. You must have a corresponding password. This password has a validity period. Starting today, within fifteen days, you can use it to withdraw money." If this password is used to withdraw or deposit money, if it exceeds fifteen days, a new password will be issued and this password will automatically become invalid!"
Shen Mingyu took the bankbook and seemed to understand: "We Ning Haijun's military pay will not go through the hands of generals at all levels?"
"You still want to get something out of this?"
Zhang Yu immediately said: "Commander, this method is wonderful!"
"How wonderful?"
"Wonderful is wonderful!"
"You're a stick, you don't even know how to flatter me!"
Cheng Shijie then handed out the bankbooks of the generals one by one.
Although Cheng Shijie had been saying that he would deal with the issue of the Dongjiang Army soldiers after Huang Long came to Liaonan, the problem was that despite this, the Dongjiang Army soldiers also got their own bankbooks.
The northwest watchtower town fortress of Haizhou Acropolis and the temporary military camp of the Dongjiang Army.
Hundreds of soldiers gathered around the bulletin board in the camp. Since most of the soldiers were illiterate, they could only listen to the announcements instead of reading them.
"Sun Xiucai, tell me, what is written on it!"
Sun Xiucai was not a real scholar. He was actually the son-in-law of a merchant. Because he knew some words, could write, calculate and draw, he was called a scholar.
Scholar is a nickname, just like many experts in later generations. Expert is just their nickname and does not represent their real level.
Sun Xiucai said: "This is an order from the General Military Mansion. The commander-in-chief said that all our brothers will be given land. Each of us will receive fifty acres of military land!"
"We also have..."
"Yes, they all have it. Ordinary soldiers have 50 acres, captains have 60 acres, sentry commanders have 80 acres, commanders have 100 acres, commanders have 200 acres, officers have 300 acres, and commanders have 500 acres."
"Okay, great, we have land too!"
"Now that we have land, can we take my mother over?"
"Not only my mother, but my wife can also take it over!"
"Don't you want a wife?"
"In no mood!"
These Dongjiang Army soldiers have been in Liaonan for almost three months, and they almost unanimously said that they do not want wives. In fact, many Dongjiang Army soldiers have wives, which is different from Ning Haijun.
Because within the Dongjiang Army, soldiers are the highest paid. Even if they don't have military pay, they can fight and get a share of the materials and property they capture.
Even if you really want your wife, you can't say you want your wife, but you want your children. This habit is actually the same in later generations because of the habits of the Chinese people. No matter how much you think or love, you will never say it lightly.
This is completely opposite to foreigners. They say love is as simple as farting. As a result, countless women have fallen for it.
"Chen Erniu!"
"arrive!"
"This is your bankbook!"
"What is a passbook!"
"It can be used to get money!"
The officers of the Dongjiang Army also explained it very simply and crudely.
Mr. Bai, who was holding a stack of bankbooks, said: "Shuai Cheng said that from now on our military pay will not be paid directly, but we will ask you to take this thing to the bank to get it!"
"So troublesome!"
"I'm worried that if you die with your money, it will be easier for you to become a slave!"
There is never a shortage of smart people in this world.
There were also people who saw through Cheng Shijie's true intentions at a glance.
"It's good for you not to give out money directly. The money is weighed by scales. A little higher, a little lower. It's you who suffer..."
"Where can I get the money?"
"Golden State!"
"so far away!"
"It is said that it will take more than a month to build the banks in Haizhou, Fuzhou and Gaizhou. In the future, you can also receive money directly in Haizhou!"
"This is the password. Remember it. Don't tell others. If others hold your passbook and have your password, they can take away your money. If you don't know the password, they can't take away your money! "
"Now that we have no leave and can't leave the camp, how can we get the money?"
"It's better not to take the truth!"
"Why, there is interest!"
"Will the bank pay us interest back?"
"Of course, if you save one tael of silver for a year, you can get five cents. If you save ten taels of silver for a year, you can get five cents..."
"This is good!"
…
After Huang Long received a letter from Cheng Shijie, he learned that the Dongjiang Army had launched a mutiny in southern Liaoning and that the collective wanted to surrender to Ning Haijun and join Cheng Shijie. At first, Huang Long was very anxious.
However, as the battleship sailed towards Port Arthur, he slowly calmed down.
Because he has understood that from the moment the 26,000 people arrived in Liaonan, their surname was Cheng and they no longer belonged to the Dongjiang Army.
"Shuai Huang, you are still worried about your brothers in Liaonan!"
Shang Kexi is somewhat unsure.
"That's no longer a brother of our Dongjiang Army!"
Huang Long smiled bitterly and said: "Brothers are right, who doesn't want to live a good life? The court doesn't care about our Dongjiang Army, and I'm not as good at making money as Commander Cheng!"
"this……"
Shang Ke said happily: "We have Tamluo Island, and our days will get better and better!"
"Even if I'm marrying my daughter, it's not too much to accept a bride price, right?"
"Not too much!"
Shang Ke said with a smile: "Cheng Shuai wants our Dongjiang Army's 26,000 men and hundreds of thousands of civilians. No matter what, we have to pay some benefits!"
"That handsome lion opens his mouth and kills Cheng Shuai with a knife!"
Huanglong did not dock directly at Lushun Port, but went north along Liaodong Bay and docked at Haizhou Port.
In later generations, there was no coastal area in Haicheng, but in the late Ming Dynasty, Haizhou could be considered a coastal area. Due to the shallow draft of sailing ships, even large warships have a draft of only eight or nine feet. A thousand-ton giant ship like the Guangfu Ship has a draft of only more than one foot and is three to four meters deep.
Therefore, it is very easy to set up ports along the coast.
In current Liaonan, in addition to Lushun Port, there are seven ports in total, including Lushun Nangang, Lushun North, Jinzhou Nangang, Jinzhou North Port, Gaizhou Nangang, Gaizhou North Port, and Haizhou Port, respectively, on the west coast of Liaodong Bay.
At this time, Haizhou in Liaonan was simply a huge construction site, and various fortifications could be seen everywhere. The defenses here were a trench and a parapet. Each trench should be at least two meters wide and one and a half meters deep. The trenches were circuitous. tortuous.
In fact, Cheng Shijie's most ideal defense system is barbed wire and trenches, but the problem is that there is no way to mass-produce barbed wire and can only be replaced by parapets.
When Huang Long fell, Cheng Shijie was inspecting his masterpiece. He was quite satisfied with the defense system composed of trenches, parapets and mines.
After the actual combat test in the Battle of Jinshishan, Jiannu had no good way to use this kind of trench.
"Meet Huang Shuai!"
When Huang Long strode over, the Dongjiang Army soldiers lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly into Huang Long's eyes. In fact, they were thinking too much. Huang Long now only wanted to get something useful from Cheng Shijie, but not to return these soldiers. .
What can be done to get these disaffected soldiers back?
Go back and make them mutiny again?
Huang Long had experienced the mutiny of Dongjiang Army soldiers. His nose was gone, his ears were gone, and two kilograms of flesh were cut off his buttocks. Even now, his buttocks still ache every time it rains.
He didn't want this kind of feeding to unfamiliar soldiers.
Even if Cheng Shijie gave it to him, he wouldn't want it. He would rather ask for some equipment and supplies.
While inspecting, Cheng Shijie praised with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad, I want to see how Jian Nu breaks the formation in the future!"
Huang Long looked at Cheng Shijie with a proud look in disbelief. With his eyes, he could see dozens of flaws! He asked tactfully: "Cheng Shuai, are you like this...?"
"Is that what it is? Stop whining and say what you have to say!"
Huang Long looked at Cheng Shijie's impatient expression and said straight to the point: "Shuai Cheng, you have laid a lot of trenches, but if the slaves are willing to pay a certain price, they can still break through this formation. Once they break through this formation, , that weak earth wall cannot withstand their cavalry at all!"
Then, Huang Long pointed at the criss-crossing trenches: "You dug too many trenches and destroyed the entire position. Once the Jiannu broke through the parapet and rushed in, our army would have no way to line up to meet the enemy. Being able to be trapped in a trench and let the enemy slaughter you!"
Cheng Shijie wanted to explain this trench warfare to Huang Long, but what he thought was that the equipment of the Dongjiang Army was too poor, and the only well-equipped unit was named Cheng.
The Dongjiang Army was poorly equipped and poorly trained, and was unable to open up a battle array with Jiannu and engage in a head-on battle. The best thing they can do is to use their strengths and be flexible to fight guerrilla warfare against the Jiannu.
"Shuai Huang came just in time. We are so lucky this time!"
Cheng Shijie pointed to a huge Beijing temple in the distance, and Huang Long discovered that this huge gray-white mound was actually made of corpses.
Because Cheng Shijie used lime to drain the blood and water from the corpses first, these corpses became mummies, which would not emit a foul odor and could not breed bacteria.
What's even more shocking is that the corpses of these slaves were all found naked, and their heads were naturally missing. Now Ning Haijun sent the heads of the captured slaves to the capital for inspection by the Ministry of War.
Naturally, Cheng Shijie did not tell Huang Long that these slaves froze to death. Ning Haijun did not waste a single soldier or a shot or a sword. Instead, he followed Cheng Hu's words. Now Cheng Shijie has received an oral order from Emperor Chongzhen, letting him choose I went to the capital to meet the saint that day.
The purpose of speaking up is also to avoid cheating.
When Cheng Shijie mentioned Hu Erqi, Huang Long felt vaguely familiar. He subconsciously said: "I remember that there was a general in the Dongjiang Army named Hu Erqi, and he actually... has the same name."
Cheng Shijie suppressed a smile: "Yes, the same name. I tell you, I led the army to charge repeatedly, and the slaves were defeated. It was a pity that more than 10,000 horses were all dead. I have told the brothers Come on, fight steadily. Unexpectedly, Ning Haijun opened fire and Jiannu peed on the spot... Huang Shuai, you came just in time. I have given you 20,000 kilograms of horse meat for you to take to the brothers of the Dongjiang Army. Dada Ya Festival!”
"How can this be so embarrassing..."
"Don't be embarrassed!"
Cheng Shijie continued: "The Dongjiang Army lacks equipment, and I know it, so let me give you a thousand pairs of iron armor, a thousand pairs of leather armor, eight hundred sabers, and two thousand spears..."
"this……"
Huang Long immediately changed his words and said: "So... thank you Cheng Shuai!"
But now, Huang Long is also in a very difficult situation. Cheng Shijie is so generous, and he still wants to blackmail Cheng Shijie. He is a villain in vain.
Cheng Shijie gave the Dongjiang Army more than 2,000 sets of armor, but they were all rags, especially iron armor, which Cheng Shijie lacked the most.
Due to the improvement of metallurgical technology, Ning Haijun is equipped with steel armor. At the same weight, the defensive capability of iron armor is less than half that of steel armor.
Just like a two millimeter thick iron sheet, let alone using it, even if you sharpen a chopstick, you can poke a hole in it. If you try to poke a two millimeter thick steel plate with chopsticks, the chopsticks will definitely break.
If it is recast, the quality of the armor can naturally be improved, but the problem is, is it purely a waste? Even ordinary iron armor's defense capability is not weak.
As for spears, sabers, and cowhide armor, Cheng Shijie didn't like them either.
If Ning Haijun's factories in southern Liaoning are completed and productivity increases, there won't be much in Jiannu's hands worth Cheng Shijie's fancy.
Huang Long came in a hurry and left quickly. He did not return empty-handed, but brought a thousand pairs of iron armors, a thousand and two hundred pairs of cowhide armors, forty pairs of white armor soldiers' heavy armors, three thousand bows and arrows, and nine sharp arrows. There were more than 10,000 weapons, 2,000 spears, more than 20,000 kilograms of horse meat, and 600 shi of salt.
Huang Long again mentioned the matter of the 26,000 Dongjiang Army soldiers in southern Liaoning, but Cheng Shijie did not mention it. In fact, Cheng Shijie had already begun to formally reorganize these Dongjiang Army soldiers.
He took the lead in selecting 2,500 soldiers from the 26,000 Dongjiang Army soldiers and added them to the left and right command divisions of Ning Haijun, making the left and right command divisions fully equipped with a total of 6,800 troops.
More than 800 soldiers who were good at reconnaissance were selected from the Dongjiang Army to form a reconnaissance bureau directly under the Ning Haijun Army, responsible for reconnaissance and infiltration of slave-building movements in the direction of Shenyang.
Of course, they also need to undergo rigorous training.
More than 500 soldiers who could ride horses were drawn from the Dongjiang Army to expand the Ning Navy Cavalry Battalion. At this time, the Ning Navy Cavalry officially exceeded 2,500 troops.
Finally, there is Ning Haijun's garrison. The Haizhou Fuzhou Defense Line has five more castles than the original planned twelve, for a total of seventeen castles, and seventeen garrison bureaus, totaling 12,750. people.
At this time, there are still more than 9,400 Dongjiang Army soldiers left. These people are all young and strong, although their physical fitness is poor. They have established a supply force of more than 6,000 people. The remaining 3,000 Dongjiang Army soldiers have been reorganized into a hundred engineering units. household.
At this point, Ning Haijun's assault work was officially completed.
As for Ning Haijun's troop quota, Cheng Shijie had not considered it, and Ning Haijun did not care.
PS: I wrote this chapter around ten o'clock yesterday, but Lao Cheng couldn't hold on and fell asleep. Get up in the morning and type, 9,000 words, everyone will look at it first. I'll continue.
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