Chapter 142
"real?"
When Huang Taiji heard this, he stood up and breathed quickly: "There are really 300,000 shi of food?"
Fan Wencheng presented the note in his hand with both hands: "Fan Yongdou, the head of the Fan family, used the Haidong Qingfei letter to report the letter. There will be no mistake!"
Huang Taiji grabbed the note and read it quickly first, then turned back and read it carefully several times, with an extremely excited expression.
Huang Taiji let out a long breath and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, okay! That's great! Mrs. Fan has done a great service for me, Daijin!"
Fan Wencheng was also very happy. With these 300,000 shi of food, Daikin could survive this most difficult time.
During this period, more and more people complained about the Seven Hatreds' revolt, especially the issue of 40 million taels of silver for disaster relief, which simply put Huang Taiji on the fire.
The truth about the Dichao Incident in the 17th year of Wanli is actually quite simple. It was just a misunderstanding. In fact, the court's disaster relief incident in the 17th year of Wanli was true, and it was exactly what it was. The amount of money for the disaster relief was 400,000 taels, not 400,000 taels. Ten million taels, because in the Ming Dynasty, the words "qian" and "shi" were written as "qian" or "shi" in accounting, and in the record form, they were written as "qian" or "ten".
Since the Di notes were transcribed manually, there was a one-word error. Searching for the Di notes from the same year of Wanli, you can find the same incident. But the problem is, it says 400,000 taels of silver.
Four hundred thousand taels of silver and forty million taels of silver are completely different. Millions of people were affected by the disaster, and 400,000 taels of silver were spent on disaster relief. On average, each victim had less than three taels of silver on his head. This is a completely different concept from 40 million taels of silver for disaster relief, which means an average of 30 taels of silver per person.
But the problem is, they don't believe it at all when they present evidence and give reasonable explanations.
Because language is pale, every household lost its cattle and sheep, and suffered heavy losses. The food purchased only gave the people of the Jin Kingdom a mouthful of food, but could not fill the big hole caused by the snow disaster.
Huang Taiji would definitely be lying if he said he was not worried about rumors shaking the foundation of the Kingdom of Jin. The people are generally ignorant. Once he is worried that the ordinary people will be bewitched by rumors and take risks, he can only send troops to suppress the rebellion. However, the population of the Great Jin Kingdom is not large. If one more person dies, the strength of the Great Jin Kingdom will be weakened.
Ordinary people are illiterate, and those who can get Wanli Di banknotes must be powerful people in the Kingdom of Jin. Is this someone who is dissatisfied with him?
Who is this person?
The three Dorgon brothers?
Amin?
Mang Gurtai?
or it could be……
Regardless of whether there is evidence or not, Huang Taiji does not dare to be careless in this regard.
Huang Taiji finally saw the essence of the problem. These 300,000 shi of grain could not be bought with just money. They also needed to build five forts in Shuangcheng Guards and near Meituo Lake.
Cheng Shijie actually guessed wrong. Ordinary Jian slaves did not have territorial awareness. As for Shuangchengwei, the hometown of Jian Zhen Jurchen, many people had already left there. It was too bitter and cold there.
But the problem is that no matter how bad Huang Taiji is, he is still the king of a country. The position he sits in is destined to have a different structure, a different vision, and a different way of thinking about problems.
Cheng Shijie could see the importance of the strategic position of the Shuangcheng Guards, and Huang Taiji also saw it.
Huang Taiji looked at the note and sneered: "This Cheng Shijie has some bad intentions, he is quite capable of finding opportunities to find opportunities!
Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "The people Cheng Shijie relies on are nothing but the navy of Ning Haijun. He thinks that our Kingdom of Jin is not good at water warfare. With the navy, we can defend Meituo Lake. In fact, he is short-sighted!"
"Short-sighted? These words..."
Huang Taiji quickly realized that Meituo Lake is different from Jinzhou and Lushun Port. It is a natural ice-free port. It does not mean that the temperature in Lushun cannot reach below zero, but because the salinity of the seawater will affect the freezing of the seawater.
The higher the salinity, the lower the temperature required for freezing.
But Meituo Lake is different. It is a freshwater lake. The temperature drops rapidly in September every year. It usually freezes in early or late October. Starting from November, horse racing can be done on the ice of Meituo Lake. That is, It is said that from November to the end of February of the following year, the entire ice surface is frozen for more than three months, nearly four months.
Just like Dajin took advantage of the ice to cross the Yalu River and kill North Korea.
Freezing in winter is a natural boost for Jiannu.
The battle of Juehua Island,
In the Battle of Pi Island, as long as it involved an attack on the sea, Jiannu could only rely on the thousands of miles of winter ice to attack along the ice.
Huang Taiji nodded and said: "What Grand Scholar Fan said is absolutely true! Through this transaction, Ben Khan has clearly seen his quality. He is nothing more than a warrior, brave and intrepid, greedy for money and lust. Such a character is certainly worth mentioning. It’s a headache, but in the end it won’t be a big deal!”
Fan Wencheng said: "They are just people like Ying Bu and Peng Yue!"
Huang Taiji laughed loudly: "That's right, that's right! Let the Fan family continue to trade with Cheng Shijie, and the king agrees to give the land of Shuangcheng Guards to Cheng Shijie for farming!"
"The more fields he farms, the better the income will be, and the more beneficial it will be to King Khan!"
Fan Wencheng laughed and said: "The pigs need to be fattened before they are killed!"
"Let the Fan family try to bribe him."
Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "King Khan, don't worry, it is not difficult to deal with such a guy who is inexperienced and greedy for money and lust. With the strength of the Fan family, it is too easy to win him over!"
Huang Taiji laughed heartily.
It turns out that he underestimated Cheng Shijie.
This is a very terrible mistake. He underestimates Cheng Shijie and no one can underestimate him.
…
"There are sixty out of three hundred feather insects, and the most handsome one is Hai Dongqing. His nature is golden and his spirit is filled with fire virtues, and his extraordinary materials reflect the star of Yaoguang." The author of this poem is Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, and the content is to praise a majestic sea turtle.
Haidongqing has a rare flight speed among birds. It can fly at high altitudes at a speed of more than 140 kilometers per hour, dive at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour, and fly at a height of more than 5,000 meters. Most birds and some small mammals are included in its attack range.
Using Hai Dongqing to communicate is a very effective method. Even if the journey from Shenyang to Jinzhou is more than 800 miles, for Hai Dongqing, it only takes two to three hours.
Fan Yongdou had two slave-building eagle slaves beside him, who were responsible for training and feeding the pair of Haidongqing. It took only one night after his news came out. At dawn, Fan Yongdou received a secret order from Huang Taiji. In principle, That is, he agreed to Ning Haijun's request and used Bao Chengxian as the plenipotentiary representative to negotiate with Ning Haijun.
Huang Taiji agreed to give the land of Shuangchengwei and more than 200 miles from the south of Meituo Lake to the seaside, 320 miles from east to west, approximately 16,000 square kilometers, to Ning Haijun for farming.
However, Huang Taiji made another request, that is, Ning Haijun must sell them 400,000 shi of grain instead of 300,000 shi. In addition, for the grain farmed in the Shuangchengwei area, Jiannu will pay them ten shi of silver. Acquired from Ning Haijun.
When Xie Jinglin reported the latest negotiation results to Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie did not hesitate, taking advantage of the fact that Admiral Ning was around him.
Cheng Shijie held a small meeting and got straight to the point: "Now I need to make temporary adjustments. I need a task to establish a military control committee. The level... is temporarily set at the executive committee level."
The Executive Committee, in Liaodong's system, is lower than the Management Committee, but it is a subordinate level of the Management Committee. In fact, it is equivalent to the level of a health institute. Jinzhou, Haizhou, Fuzhou, and Gaizhou are all executive committee members. At the meeting level, although Zhenhai and Lushun are also at the executive committee level, at this level, they are deputy presiding over the work, which is equivalent to a lower level.
But it is higher than the grassroots organization working committee of the management committee.
To set the tone of the working committee, there are actually not many choices within Ning Haijun. Except for Shen Mingyu, Zhang Yu, Li Zhixiang, Zhao Wencai, etc., only generals of Liu Qingsong and Zhou Ning's level are qualified. .
At this moment, Chen Dayong raised his hand and said, "How about I do it?"
Chen Dayong's rank is supposed to be on the same level as Shen Mingyu, Chang Yu, and Li Zhixiang, and one level higher than Li Fang, Liu Qingsong, and others. Being the director of the Military Control Commission is considered a humiliation.
In fact, Chen Dayong had no choice. Since his official script was in the naval system, he usually had no combat missions. He was just like a worker in a factory who went to work. He completed his job and did not need to live in a military camp. He could return home.
But the question is, how dare he, Chen Dayong, go home?
His old father gave him fifty-three concubines. The Chen family is now prosperous and owns more than 860 acres of land. Every concubine wants to give him a son and a half. It is good to have children. Get close.
In this case, as long as he goes home, the concubines will swarm him, eager to squeeze him dry. It is naturally very satisfying at first, but as time goes by, his waist can no longer bear it.
My steps are weak and my limbs are weak...
In the past, Chen Dayong was a pacesetter in training. With his superhuman endurance, he often ranked among the top five in the Quaning Navy's armed cross-country competition. But now, let alone the top five, it would be good to be able to keep up with the team.
Now, he's simply afraid to go home.
But what if you don’t go home?
Whenever he was off duty, his adopted sons and daughters would wait outside the military camp, waiting for his father to come home?
In this case, Chen Dayong decided to carry out the mission. He would rather face the vicious slaves than face the fifty-three concubines at home.
Cheng Shijie nodded when he heard Chen Dayong sign up: "This military control meeting is very suitable for you to do!"
Having said this, Cheng Shijie pointed to the huge map. This was a high-definition map that Cheng Shijie enlarged and printed from later generations. He specially hired a Russian translator and spent more than three thousand yuan to draw it again. The excuse was that it was a film and television prop.
"This is Meituo Lake. Along the lake, I plan to build five cities, namely East Lake City, West Lake City, North Lake City, Shuangcheng and Xiaodong City."
Cheng Shijie pointed to the Meituo Lake with an area of 4,600 square kilometers and said: "To defend these five cities, we need the cooperation of the navy. I plan to have the navy mobilize forty 400-ton gunboats." , plus fifteen transport ships, to form the Meituo Lake Naval Force. Over there, Chen You will be transferred there, and Chen You will be transferred to the deputy director of the Shuangcheng Military Management Committee!"
"What about the soldiers?"
Chen Dayong said with some urgency: "The five cities, especially the three cities north of Meituo Lake, are under great defense pressure!"
"As our troops move north, the defensive pressure on the fifteenth castle in Fuzhou City is not great. Four sentries are allocated from the seventeenth garrison bureau, for a total of sixty-eight sentries. These sixty-eight sentries, in total, The total strength of the troops is 3,400 men and horses. Based on these 3,400 men and horses, I will recruit another 3,000 men and horses as the basic guard force."
Cheng Shijie estimated that he had recruited 3,000 troops, and estimated that the number of people joining the army might exceed 6,000 or even 8,000. In this era, as long as you have money and people, it is really easy to train the army. For a soldier who has not received training, it only takes two or three months from the beginning of training to the completion of all training subjects.
Ning Haijun's field troops are all drawn from the garrison. This is also to give the garrison a space to rise and perform meritorious service. First, 3,400 people are drawn from 17 second-line garrison areas, and then new recruits are added to the garrison bureau. , more than 3,000 troops were redeployed from the Defense Bureau. In this way, the 17th Defense Bureau will complete a major replacement of nearly half of the personnel.
In this way, new recruits join the army and enter the garrison department as the first step to perform basic garrison tasks. Of course, while performing garrison tasks, they also need to strengthen training.
Troop training is a never-ending process.
Cheng Shijie said: "Although Jiannu promised not to attack this place, we don't have much time. There are still more than two months before the ice is frozen. It will take at least half a month from us to reach the Shuangcheng Guard territory, which is also That is to say, you will have less time, only about fifty days. You have to build five cities in more than fifty days. The time is very tight, the pressure is high, and the task is heavy. Do you have the confidence to complete the task? "
"It's just a city-building task. It depends on how many men the commander gives to the general!"
"Three hundred project 100-household stations, each city has 60 100-household stations, at least 30,000 people!"
"If you have sufficient supplies, you will have the confidence to complete the mission!"
"That's good!"
Cheng Shijie continued: "If you want to survive in Liaodong, it is completely different from outside the customs. You need to reserve a lot of food and coal. Every newly built house needs to build a fire pit, a room for a fire pit, and a fire wall. The food reserve needs to be at least five liters per person per day. The ice-free period of Meituo Lake is about 120 days. We need to reserve enough food for everyone in the cities of Shuangcheng Guard for at least 150 days. , need to reserve coal for half a year. We must not repeat the mistakes of Daling River City."
"Yes, I promise to complete the mission!"
Cheng Shijie's order was made in four copies, each signed with Cheng Shijie's name and a big seal, and began to be sent directly to the commander of the Ning Haijun Military Garrison Division, the Management Committee and the Ning Haijun Navy.
After receiving Cheng Shijie's order, various garrison departments immediately began to mobilize elites, and 3,400 men and horses began to board ships at Haizhou Port. The management committee began to prepare and distribute the hundreds of engineering offices that were ready to be allocated to the ship. Towards Meituo Lake.
After this major change occurred, Song Xiance also came to the Ning Haijun Camp on the banks of the Taizi River. He saw Cheng Shijie and asked with some worry: "My lord, there are only more than 3,400 troops going to the Shuangcheng Guards, is it... …”
"Is it something?"
"It's a little adventurous!"
Song Xiance smiled bitterly and said: "That is the hinterland of Jiannu after all. I'm afraid that Jiannu will break his word and betray his promise!"
Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "I have never believed in Huang Taiji. I will not believe a word of his words. There are only more than fifty days until the Meituo Lake freezes. Do you think Huang Taiji will believe that I will now?" Just send troops there?"
"probably not!"
Song Xiance said: "Then if Chen Dayong arrives with his troops, won't Jian Nu find out immediately?"
"It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go from luxury to frugality!"
Cheng Shijie smiled faintly and said: "After the Jiannu slaves rebelled, a large number of Jianzhou slaves left the left and right guards of Jianzhou, including Shuangchengwei where they had lived for generations. The winter there was very difficult. Huang Taiji should not have noticed, even if They found that it might not be easy to mobilize the army again!"
The source of Cheng Shijie's confidence was that Huang Taiji needed food. Even if he turned against him immediately, he would wait until the food was obtained before taking action.
But what Cheng Shijie and Huang Taiji were actually playing was a conspiracy, and food was the bait.
For the sake of food, Jiannu will definitely not move lightly. Even if Jiannu wants to send troops, the focus will be on the southern Liaoning area, not the Shuangcheng Guard.
The Twins will have a buffer of up to a year or more.
When Jiannu frees his hands, the five cities of Meituo Lake will be fully constructed. With Jiannu's ability, it is almost impossible to attack the five cities of Meituo Lake. Even decades later, it will be difficult for them. Break through well-defended cities with powerful firepower.
Cheng Shijie's troops sent to Shuangcheng Guards in advance have been strengthened with 136 Thunder Guns. In other words, Chen Dayong's troops of more than 3,400 people have the ability to fire 4,080 lead bullets at one time. Ability.
Cheng Shijie also had a serious phobia of insufficient firepower. In addition to one hundred and thirty-six thunder cannons, he also strengthened thirty flying thunder cannons.
On the basis of Ning Haijun's trip mines, the small Thunder Mine was developed, which can also be said to be the hand grenade of later generations. This tactical defensive hand grenade whose shell is made of pig iron has a total weight of 550 grams, of which The charge is 300 grams of granular black powder, which is equivalent to 60 grams of TNT.
Why did Ning Haijun manage that the grenade was not too heavy but had a larger charge? This is actually a simple trick.
Hand grenades manufactured in later generations have complex safety devices, but Ning Haijun's grenade does not have it. It is not even a finished product, just a cast iron shell, a wooden handle, and prepackaged granular black powder.
When arriving at the battlefield, the soldiers assemble it themselves, and then during the battle, they can light the fuse to detonate it directly. The trip mine equipment is too heavy. Although it is made as small as possible, it weighs about 160 grams. Adding this pull-string fuse device, the total weight of the entire grenade will be as high as 710 grams, almost one and a half kilograms. Even a pretender with amazing arm strength will have a hard time throwing it fifty meters away.
Under such circumstances, Jiannu still wanted to attack the five cities of Meituo Lake, but he had no choice but to pay with his life. Unless tens of thousands of people died, Jiannu could not even think of touching the five cities of Metuo Lake.
Just when Cheng Shijie and Song Xiance were discussing the five cities of Meituo Lake, Hu Erqi's troops of Ning Haijun, who had already inspected the foot of Qianshan Mountain, discovered a Jiannu cavalry in front.
I don’t know which department this belongs to, but as long as it’s a Jiannu, you’re welcome.
Hu Erqi said excitedly: "We men deserve it for our great achievements. Su Wanyan is here to rush forward!"
Although Hu Erqi speaks Chinese very fluently, it would be difficult to hear Hu Erqi's accent without considering his appearance.
Su Wannayan was born in the Guarjia family, which was one of the eight major Jurchen surnames and the first family in the founding of the country. Its prestige and real power were slightly inferior to those of the Aixinjueluo family. Su Wanguar has the following: the first hero of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the third-class trustworthy and brave public-financed Ying Dong E's son-in-law, the 16th minister Yang Shan, the 16th minister Yisun, the minister and minister Lang Ge, the 16th minister Wei Qi, and Gu Mingfu Aobai, the first-class minister of government, Che Ke, the bachelor of the National Academy of History, Bashike Ganglin, the bachelor of the Academy of National History, Shi Guozhu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Shi Tianzhu, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, Shi Tingzhu, the minister of the Ministry of War, Hua Shan, the minister of the interior, and the third-class uncle Shi Wenbing , Xifu, director of the Ministry of Industry, Santai, the third-ranking minister, Governor of Liangjiang, Magile, and General Zaobao of Xi'an.
In terms of blood relationship, Su Wannayan is relatively related to the famous name Fei Yingdong. His father is Huerhaqibayan, the third son of Solguo, the leader of Su Wan tribe. Fei Yingdong is his uncle, and Ao Bai is his cousin. Because Su Wannayan's mother was from the Ming Dynasty, with the successive victories of Jiannu against the Ming Dynasty, Su Wannayan was not only ignored in the family, but was ostracized by everyone.
In particular, Su Wanayan did not have the opportunity to marry a slave slave widow until she was thirty-five years old. After the marriage, the couple did not get along well.
It's strange that a small horse pulls a big cart and they can live in harmony.
In the fifth year of Tianqi, during the Battle of Liuhe, he went with the army. Although he did not have the military merit of beheading, he snatched two horses and sent the two good horses to his superiors, and then he became a red-armored soldier.
However, when he returned home, he found his wife and his cousin Tu Lai at home...
This matter is actually very common among Jiannu, but because of the education he received since childhood, he can't stand it. However, the problem is that Tu Lai's father is Fei Yingdong, and his own father is Hu'er Haqiba Yan...
Although both of them have become ghosts, the disparity in status is too great. He punched Tu Lai, but was surrounded by a group of Tu Lai's minions... He was beaten to death and was accused of being a stingy man.
Until more than half a year ago, Su Wannayan followed Azig to attack southern Liaoning. Azige was defeated. Su Wannayan, who had suffered from cowardice and unfair treatment all his life, took the opportunity to desert.
Later, Su Wannayan hid in Zhulong Mountain.
In February of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Hu Erqi achieved great success in the victory of Haizhou. He led his troops to pursue Duduo's troops and found Su Wanayan who was almost freezing to death in Zhulong Mountain. Hu Erqi originally wanted to behead Su Wan Dayan as a military achievement, but Su Wan Dayan hugged Hu Erqi's thigh and cried...
Su Wan Nayan, who was originally hiding from himself, finally managed to catch some prey. However, he encountered Jiannu's defeated troops, who not only robbed Su Wan Nayan of his dried meat, but also took away his only horse. horse.
Su Wannayan was proficient in hunting methods and led Hu Erqi to catch up with the dozens of defeated soldiers... Just like that, with Hu Erqi's guarantee, Su Wannayan became a member of Hu Erqi's unit in Ning Haijun.
The hunting and riding battalion under Hu Erqi was a unique formation of Ning Haijun. All the men and horses were Jurchens, and there were twelve people in each team, with a captain. Four teams form one sentry, with a sentry captain. The third post is a sitting division, with a hundred generals. The two departments form one bureau, with a general manager. Two rounds constitute one total, and a thousand totals are set.
Now Su Wannayan is one of the four Qianzong under Hu Erqi. In a short period of time, Su Wannayan is proficient in hunting, setting traps, and skilled with bow and horse. Su Wannayan quickly becomes one of the four Qianzong under Hu Erqi.
When Hu Erqi sent out troops, there were only more than 800 people, but the more troops he attacked, the more troops he attacked, and the original two unsatisfied bureaus were expanded to four.
Regardless of the reason why these Jurchens took refuge with Hu Erqi, it was actually because of dissatisfaction.
Especially those Haixi Jurchens who were captured by Jianzhou Jurchens. Their status and treatment were poor. Although they were better than the Han army, they were still dissatisfied.
One thing about being a Ning Haijun is better than building a slave army, and that is that you can have enough to eat.
After a period of killing, the Jiannu cavalry found that they had been surrounded and had no chance to escape. There were more than 2,000 Ning Haijun cavalry and more than 100 slaves raised their hands consciously.
"Surrender, Touthen Niang, now that you have surrendered, what have you been doing?"
Hu Erqi pointed at Su Wannayan and said, "Let them trust their bows, arrows and weapons, and dismount them all!"
The more than 100 slaves did not dare to resist, so they took the initiative to put down their weapons and bows and arrows, and jumped off their horses.
Hu Erqi took a tin trumpet that he snatched from his subordinates and shouted: "Take off your pants!"
These surrounded Jiannu cavalry looked at each other with some hesitation.
Could it be that this noble man has a special hobby?
Now they have no choice but to unbuckle their belts.
Hu Erqi and the other hunting cavalry laughed loudly: "Haha..."
The surrounded Jiannu realized that they had been tricked.
Hu Erqi took the tin trumpet and shouted: "Because you don't know, I won't kill you today. You must remember that from now on, south of Qianshan is our Ning Haijun territory. If you want to come over, Apply to this defense in advance. If you don't ask for permission, you are good at provoking. You... will receive a heavy blow from this defense. Get out, I won't kill you!"
Hu Erqi waved his hand, and the hunting cavalry dispersed, leaving a large opening. The more than a hundred Jiannu cavalry who were surrounded hurriedly ran towards the distance as if they had been granted amnesty.
After half a day, these more than a hundred slave cavalry returned to their camp after their legs were almost broken.
If these slaves had read books, they would not have returned directly to their camps.
Just when they wanted to report the situation to their leader, the sound of rapid horse hooves sounded in the valley.
The more than one hundred Jiannu cavalry looked back and their expressions changed drastically.
Hu Erqi, with his hunting cavalry, had surrounded the valley. These hunting cavalry killed Jian Nu more ruthlessly than the soldiers of the Ming army. They could kill with one knife, but they insisted on cutting them with more than a dozen knives. The blood was flowing and it was too horrible to look at.
Hu Erqi laughed and said: "You can't be too greedy. You have to play a long game to catch big fish. There are more than a thousand horses, five or six hundred cattle, and more than 20,000 sheep. We are rich!"
(End of chapter)
