"Long live my Lord, Zhang Heming, Minister of the Ministry of War and Supervisor of the Military Affairs of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, Zhang Lun, Governor of Sichuan, and Li Weixin, Chief Military Officer of Sichuan, have led the gentry and elders of Baoning Prefecture to the outside of Yangping Pass, waiting for your Majesty's call!"
Zhu Youjian was sitting in the lobby of Yangping Pass, reading important memorials that had been rushed 600 miles from the distant city of Beijing. Oh, for Zhu Youjian, there are two types of important memorials, one is military affairs in the northeast; the other is the situation of disasters and civil unrest in various places.
The military reports in the northeast were all good news. Imperial Concubine Wu Liangha and King Xin Zhu Cixuan jointly reported victory, reporting that they had led 10,000 troops across Dashawozi and used 1,000 camel artillery to lure the enemy on the west bank of the Xilin River. In one fell swoop, they defeated at least 1,000 Mongolian cavalry who were attached to the slave thieves. In this battle, the Shinshu Army (referring to the Ulangha Wanhu Ordo Army) beheaded 300 people, captured more than 600 people, and took advantage of the victory to occupy Xilin City... but its own casualties were only 55 people.
As for the two yellow banner Mongolian slaves who were stationed on the banks of the Xilin River before, they have long since disappeared and must have fled to the east of the Qianli Pine Forest!
Although they only defeated the partial division left by Hauge in the Xilin River area, the victory was indeed beautiful. In a field battle of 1,000 vs. 1,000, such a disparity in exchange ratio could be achieved, which shows that the camel artillery of Princess Wuliangha is indeed elite. Not only can it shoot, but it can also It can also fight hand-to-hand, which is a perfect combination of projection and melee combat.
The camel artillery was really capable of fighting, so Zhu Youjian didn't worry about the concubine Wu Liangha who was reckless in using troops and would suffer a big loss in the hands of Huang Taiji.
However, Zhu Youjian still wrote a hand-written edict, ordering Gao Hongtu to send 600 miles to the Xilin River to deliver it to the Concubine Wuliangha. In the hand-written edict, Zhu Youjian ordered Concubine Wuliangha not to do anything under any circumstances. Across thousands of miles of pine forest!
Hong Chengchou's Yanning army also progressed relatively smoothly. Hong Chengchou was very careful. After the army left the Daning fortress area, it marched step by step along the Old Hamulin River, building small "triangular forts" every 10 miles. ——In fact, it is also a kind of bastion, but because it occupies a small area, it cannot be built in a star shape, so it can only be built in a triangle shape. Although this type of triangular bastion is small, it is still easy to defend and difficult to attack. Unless you have learned the siege method of Marshal Vauban (not yet born), otherwise you will definitely suffer a lot of losses.
As for Liaodong and Western Liaoning, they also reported victory... Yuan Chonghuan pulled out 60,000 elite troops in Western Liaoning, which directly frightened the slave thieves who attacked Ningyuan and hid back to Jinzhou to defend the city. Yuan Chonghuan led his troops to Jinzhou City, harvested more than 100,000 acres of wheat outside Jinzhou City, and demolished more than a dozen Manchurian villages, before arrogantly withdrawing to Ningyuan.
Oh, by the way, Yuan Chonghuan also falsely reported 518 beheadings...Zhu Youjian felt that most of them should be the heads of slaves or ordinary people who were treated as consumables for gold!
Mao Wenlong on the Liaodong Peninsula also reported victory, and the soldiers and horses of the slave bandits were also coming fiercely, but after the "raging", they lost any stamina. After Mao Wenlong gathered his army to prepare for the decisive battle, the Jin army retreated on its own initiative. Even the forward stronghold Yongning City on the ground of Fuzhou Guard, which had been occupied by the Hou Jin Army, was directly abandoned, and the entire army retreated to Gaizhou. And Mao Wenlong conveniently made up a victory of defeating 15,000 enemies and beheading 800 people to fool the court... Of course, Zhu Youjian would not believe it. Although he spent 600,000 taels of silver a year to raise Mao Wenlong, he did not expect Mao Wenlong to make much contribution.
As long as Mao Wenlong can firmly hold the Jinzhou Peninsula, don't embezzle all the military salaries, and can raise 20,000 soldiers, and then send people from time to time to kill people, set fire to the territory of the slaves and thieves, and steal things.
If there are 20,000 soldiers who stick to the Jinzhou Peninsula and take boats from time to time to the Liaodong coast and even the Liao River to kill people and set fires, they are worthy of a yearly salary of 600,000 yuan and 120,000 shi of food.
Of course, although Zhu Youjian didn't believe Mao Wenlong's reported military exploits, he still deserved a reward. After all, he recovered a city! So Zhu Youjian wrote another edict to reward him, and he was also going to have it sent to Beijing. This time Mao Wenlong reported 800 beheadings, each with a reward of 50 taels of silver, and Yongning City rewarded 20,000 taels of silver, giving Mao Wenlong a total of 60,000 taels...
He had just finished writing the imperial edict to reward Mao Wenlong when Hei Wentao, the general of the bodyguard regiment, came to report that Zhang Heming, Li Weixin and other Sichuan bureaucrats had come to greet him with the gentry from Baoning Prefecture.
Zhu Youjian put down his brush and laughed: "Okay... I know that the Sichuan gentry is kind-hearted. They must have seen the pity of the Shaanxi people and took the initiative to send food! Let's go, I want to see these virtuous people in Sichuan." Cheese!"
Listening to Zhu Youjian's words, Hei Wentao just smiled bitterly and said nothing. He turned around and went out to greet the guards to protect Zhu Youjian as he walked out of the courtyard.
Yangpingguan City is not that big. Once you leave the yamen that originally belonged to the general guarding the gate, you can see the open city gate.
Several high-ranking officials wearing python robes and black gauze, or wearing red official robes and black gauze hats, a group of green-robed minor officials, and... a large group of men in civilian clothes had passed through the city gate and appeared in front of Zhu Youjian. .
The smile on Zhu Youjian's face disappeared without a trace after seeing those commoners.
Because the gentry of Boryeong Prefecture who appeared with two high-ranking officials and a group of minor officials were all wearing coarse clothes, and some of them had patches on their clothes...
What hasn’t Zhu Youjian seen now?
Don’t these guys have the same virtues as the faint-hearted officials who refused to donate money to defend the city of Beijing all their lives? Who are you fooling? I have studied with Nizi for more than 50 years, how can I still be fooled by you?
...
"Don't worry, Lord Banzai. Although our Baonyeong Prefecture is poor, the gentry in Boryeong are still loyal to the emperor and patriotic. They will never let the soldiers and civilians led by Lord Banzai lack food... We have already raised 18,000 kilograms of rice. They’ve all been shipped to Yangping Pass!”
"Yes, even if we Baoning Jinsheng don't eat or drink, we can't let the people of Long Live Lord go hungry... If 18,000 shi of rice is not enough, let's go get it right away!"
"I'm just trying to sell iron, but I can still get it for Long Live Lord, cough, cough, cough..."
At Yangpingguan, several of the top landowners in Baoning Prefecture were pretending to be poor... If Zhu Youjian didn't have a soul over a hundred years old, he would definitely believe it!
Not even eating or drinking...
And they are trying to sell iron...
He also coughed and pretended to be sick to gain sympathy... Zhu Youjian looked at the big landowner with a red face but kept coughing and didn't know what the disease was, and felt a sneer in his heart.
The gentleman also noticed that Zhu Youjian's eyes were quite unkind, so he laughed a few times and stopped coughing. "Long live the Lord, I don't know. This Land of Abundance actually does not refer to the entire province of Sichuan, but only the land around Chengdu." . There is a lot of flat land, a lot of paddy fields, and there are few floods and droughts. It is indeed a good place. But outside the boundaries of the city, there are not many good places... If it were not for the war, maybe It could be better, but..."
Someone immediately echoed: "Yes, originally Chongqing Prefecture, Xuzhou Prefecture and Luzhou Prefecture were not bad, but since the two thieves She Chongming and An Bangyan started fighting, these two prefectures and one state are no longer good! Even around Chengdu Prefecture, there are also We were harmed by these extravagant and Ming-minded rebels!"
"Yes, even here in Boryeong has been affected... In the past ten years, we have to supply the troops that come and go in Baonye... It's really difficult!"
"Yeah, it's all She Chongming's fault and An Bangyan's fault. It's been really difficult for us these past few years... wu wu..."
Zhu Youjian turned his attention to Zhang Heming, who was in charge of military affairs in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, Zhang Lun, governor of Sichuan, and Li Weixin, the chief military officer, and could only smile awkwardly.
Zhang Heming said: "Long live my lord, this She'an Rebellion started in the first year of Tianqi and has continued until now. Hundreds of thousands of people have died...many places in Sichuan and Guizhou have been reduced to ashes!"
Li Weixin also said: "Your Majesty, although Sichuan is a little more stable now, Guizhou is still in chaos, and bandits invade the territory from time to time. The situation is difficult."
Zhang Lun also said with a sad face: "These two thieves are really cruel and unstoppable. In the past ten years, the people of Sichuan and Guizhou have suffered greatly from them. Even two governors were killed, and one of the generals in charge of the military affairs of Sichuan, Guizhou and Huguang was killed." He was defeated and committed suicide... The two provinces of Sichuan and Guizhou have already been beaten to the point where the people have been completely impoverished! The Kingdom of Abundance is gone... And for the two thieves Pingshe and An, the imperial court used ten soldiers. It’s tens of thousands, and most of them rely on Sichuan for supply, which is really difficult!”
