Now Xiaoying also knows that Lin Yi actually sent three small officials with sesame grains to let them command thousands of horses and thousands of troops to block the unstoppable Zheng family army that swept through the south of the Yangtze River.

Xiao Ying came to Lin Yi again with great confusion and doubts.

Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun were the official officials of Jiangyin County, saying that their officials were only the size of sesame grains, and they did not wronged them.

They are mainly responsible for handling cases in the county or township, and convicting people of crimes, and in terms of the more detailed division of labor in later generations, they are equivalent to the official police, deputy director, director and the like of the police station, at most a criminal police squad leader.

Such a position may be a rather dignified job in the peaceful years of the 21st century, but in the last years of the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, the official establishment was very different from now, and an ordinary civil servant is very popular now, not to mention whether he is an official or not.

But at that time, a county magistrate was a seven-grade sesame official, and there were only a few people in the county under his command, in addition to the county order, there were any county officials, masters, and even people like the master and the head catcher were not compiled, let alone a classic history, it was equivalent to an ordinary county government's squad leader catching fast, if you had to give him a level, at most a deputy unit-level cadre.

Such an official is not in the stream at all in terms of the official establishment of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that Lin Yi actually wants them to take charge of thousands of horses and thousands of armies to defend Nanjing and the Jiangnan area, is such a burden too heavy for them? Or is it that the three princes of Jiangyin have something to do with their eldest brother Lin, so what gifts did they give him?

Otherwise, it would be rocket speed!

After Lin Yi's order was issued, not only Xiaoying, but many people had doubts, but no one dared to speak, including Song Xiance, a think tank trusted by Lin Yi, who only dared to draw an arc in his heart.

Only Xiaoying is different!

"Brother Lin, who is this third duke, can he take on this great responsibility? If it doesn't work out, wouldn't it be a big mistake? ”

In front of the generals, Xiaoying said the voices of many people.

"Hehe," Lin Yi smiled softly, looked at Xiao Ying's more serious face, as well as Zhezhe, He Renlong, Hao Shaoqi, Song Xiance, Gan Bao, Jiang Xingyuan and other bewildered faces, and said, "Don't look at these three people, they are all handsome talents, and if they pull any of them, they can be compared to any of them." ”

When Lin Yi said this, his eyes widened even more, obviously dissatisfied, even though Lin Yi was a prisoner, even if he was the emperor, he couldn't talk like this, why? Can a petty official who is not in the stream have such great ability and political achievements? Do you have qualifications?

This kind of thing can't be tried casually, because war has always been a game of chess that cannot be regretted, and the cost is too heavy, even life and death, and it is often a careless move, and the whole game is lost.

Can these three nobodies be compared to any of us? The civil and military generals who are qualified to stand here, whether they are men or women, which one is not a great military achievement? Why are these three small officials in Jiangyin County qualified to be compared with them?

Although they didn't dare to say this, they all thought so in their hearts, and their expressions were brought out, because they tacitly understood it one by one, and the expressions on their faces became colorful.

Lin Yi smiled and didn't raise the bar with them, but said slowly: "Let's talk about Yan Yingyuan in the Three Dukes of Jiangyin first, it is about the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, and Yan Yingyuan went to serve as the history of Jiangyin." At the beginning of his tenure, Haikou Gu San Mazi led hundreds of warships to invade Huangtian Port, and no one dared to fight at that time, it was this Yan Yingyuan who stepped forward and volunteered to lead the troops to defend it, and fired three arrows in a row, all of which fell in response. Haikou was terrified and did not dare to commit it again. During his tenure, he pacified the salt thieves, pacified the civil unrest, and the political discipline was prominent, and the people of Jiangyin were grateful for his kindness and painted a portrait of him in social studies. Based on this alone, do you say that you are enough to be a general? ”

Lin Yi was speechless when he said this, but Xiaoying spoke.

"How can there be such a thing? How did Brother Lin know in such detail? ”

In the eyes of Xiaoying, Zhezhe and the generals, Lin Yi has experienced a hundred battles over the years, but most of them are outside the customs or in Jiangbei, and he has basically never been to the Jiangnan area, even his good comrades-in-arms Zhang Hua, Wang Jian, Wang Qi, etc., who were born and died with him in the early days, have never been to Jiangyin County at all, and they have not even heard of this name, why can he know so much detail, when did he turn over his files?

Lin Yi smiled and patted Xiao Ying's little head, "Ying'er, have you forgotten that your eldest brother Lin will watch the sky at night, yesterday I watched the sky at night and found that there were three stars in Jiangyin, a total of three, I don't know what the signs are, such a thing happened today, and I remembered these three talents." ”

Lin Yi's explanation made Xiaoying and the others even more stunned, this is too far-fetched, right?

Lin Yi ignored them and continued: "These people have been buried there for so many years, and the day has finally come when they will get ahead. God is still very fair sometimes, learn the art of literature and martial arts, sell the emperor's family, gold will always shine, the opportunity that belongs to them is coming, and soon they will prove their worth, let's wait and see! ”

The men and women of the military generals below were a little skeptical, and some were even more puzzled.

Song Xiance was the only one who admired it, how could Yan Yingyuan's political achievements be made up by adults? You know that adults are not such unbounded people.

Song Xiance secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately he didn't raise doubts, otherwise wouldn't he be too superficial in the eyes of adults?

Therefore, Song Xiance couldn't help but praise: "The adults know people well, appoint people on the basis of merit, do not stick to one pattern, and love them so much, the three princes of Jiangyin must be grateful for the kindness of the adults' exceptional promotion, and spare no effort to fight against the rebels...... I have such a god in the Ming Dynasty, which is really a blessing for all the people! ”

This compliment made Lin Yi laugh.

Lin Yi said in his heart, it's okay to fool you people, you have hundreds of years of knowledge more than you.

However, the political achievements of the three dukes of Jiangyin are not so much, the most famous is of course the feat of the three dukes to resist the Qing Dynasty for 81 days, leading 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city, and composing a heroic song with blood and life, who can compare?

If there is no their own crossing, according to the original historical development, after Emperor Chongzhen hanged, the Ming Dynasty existed in name only, after Dolgon surrendered Wu Sangui, knocked on the door of Shanhaiguan with iron hooves, and then hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers and horses stepped on the Central Plains, Li Zicheng's men and horses could deal with the Ming army, but could not deal with the Manchu Eight Banners, since the battle of Shanhaiguan, the Dashun army became a tofu scum army, defeated all the way back to Yanjing from Shanhaiguan, and then defeated to Tongguan, Shanxi, after escaping from Yanjing, and then defeated from Tongguan to Jiugongshan, Hubei, Until Li Zicheng mysteriously disappeared.

Dolgon's Manchu iron hooves were invincible all the way, and they not only destroyed the Dashun army, but also the remnants of the Ming Dynasty could not resist, and they reached the banks of the Yangtze River in only one year.

At this time, the three dukes of Jiangyin stepped forward and led less than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city to resist, stick to the city, and fight bloodily. The Qing army mobilized more than 200,000 troops and more than 200 red-coated cannons, including the elite of the Eight Banners and the surrender of the Ming army, to storm the small city of Jiangyin.

After attacking for 81 days in a row, and finally paying the price of more than 70,000 casualties and three princes, Jiangyin City was finally broken, and then a bloody massacre was carried out, and none of the 100,000 people in the city, including the three dukes of Jiangyin, surrendered, and all were slaughtered.

The main commanders of the Qing army participating in the siege of the city were Boluo, Nikan, and Kong Youde, and this war left a page in the history of the Chinese nation's anti-aggression war, and the three dukes of Jiangyin have since left their names in history and become famous national heroes.

As a traverser, Lin Yi certainly knows this period of history.

Now because of his own crossing, this historical trend has been changed, Jiangyin Sangong, including the fathers and villagers of Jiangyin City, 100,000 people do not have to die generously, what Yangzhou ten days, Jiading three massacres, these tragedies will not be repeated, Li Chengdong These executioners, don't expect to use the blood and lives of countless compatriots to dye their own top flowers.

But heroes like the three dukes of Jiangyin must not be buried, and it is necessary to be promoted and entrusted with important tasks.

History has proved that the three dukes of Jiangyin led 100,000 cloth soldiers, can resist 240,000 wolf-like Manchu elite divisions, and now give them three soldiers, horses, guns and cannons, theoretically speaking, they should be able to stop these tens of thousands of Zheng family troops from pirates.

Even if you can't defeat them completely, you can stop them, go back and wait until you finish dealing with the affairs of the Qing Dynasty, and then personally lead the army to clean up this group of Zheng pirates!

But if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. Lin Yi actually wanted to reuse the three dukes of Jiangyin, so he had to give them troops, weapons and silver, and he couldn't sacrifice the flesh and blood of the common people in vain, and he couldn't cause a tragedy like in history, let them fight alone, trap themselves in the lonely city, and finally live and die with Jiangyin City. In addition, they must be given enough money and food to prevent the heroes from shedding blood and tears!

Therefore, Lin Yi issued a second decree, which was given to Gao Hongtu, a senior cabinet official in Yanjing, to give them full support for the military operations in Nanjing, and the newly produced muskets were all transported to the Jiangyin front line first, and the food and salaries from all over the country were mobilized to fully support the military operations of the three dukes of Jiangyin.

After this will was written, he used Lin Yi's seal of the Prison Lord, and then ordered someone to ride a fast horse to send Wang Daming's Jingshi Yanjing.

At this time, Song Xiance raised a question, there must be no problem with the Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty and Yanjing, these officials are either civil or military, whether they are eunuchs or the former Donglin Party, they are now vigorous and resolute, and only Lin Yi's horse is the first to look forward.

Lin Yi has tried this point repeatedly, and now the officials retained by Yanjing, no matter what happened when Chongzhen was in the past, are still reasonable.

But it is not necessarily the case in Nanjing, mainly because Nanjing is far away from Yanjing, and the old officials in Nanjing are all retired from the old bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty, Lin Yi's influence has been mainly in the north over the years, and his will to supervise the country can be used in Nanjing?

To put it bluntly, the key lies in a person, that is, Shi Kefa in Nanjing, he is now the secretary of Nanjing's military department, in case this person receives the order, he gets in the way from it, and does not follow or does not fully implement Lin Yi's will, then the consequences will be unimaginable.

Lin Yi laughed at Song Xiance's worries, "It's okay, it's okay, Shi Kefa is a good comrade!" ”