The "Red Banner Army" was guarded by musketeers and gunners, with a steady stream of support from the sea.

With Jiannu's ability to attack fortifications, he broke through the criss-crossing trench positions built fifty miles east of Ning Yuan relying on the South Fort of Tashan, which was abandoned by the ancestral army, and he didn't know how many men and horses would be lost.

Jiannu will also suffer from the cavalry assault of the "Red Banner Army" when breaking through the trench network, and will lose a large number of Eight Banner Army, which has lost its combat effectiveness due to dismounted foot fighting.

Therefore, Huang Han made a bold statement, even if the Houjin army poured out, it would not be able to break through Ningyuan, a living land that could not be surrounded.

In the third year of Chongzhen, when Zheng Guochang participated in the front-line meeting held by Sun Chengzong in the south of Luanzhou City, he saw with his own eyes how domineering the ancestral army was, and saw that Zu Dale was actually preparing to raid himself, who was a civil official from the second rank at that time, including hundreds of people.

Fortunately, Huang Han was brave and brave, and the "Red Banner Army" was able to fight, not only did not let the Zujia Army succeed, but also killed Zu Dale, the deputy general of the Guanning Army.

Seeing Zu Dashou, who had fled, Zu Dashou, who had betrayed the general He Kegang to surrender to Jiannu in Dalinghe City, and lost nearly 10,000 Guan Ning troops to Jiannu, and Zu Dashou, who had inexplicably returned to Jinzhou, was alarmist and coerced the imperial court, Zheng Guochang was simply furious.

He immediately went out to admonish: "Young Master Zu thinks that the shortage of food and salary is understandable, and His Majesty can summon him to Beijing to meet him, and then the cabinet, the military department, and the household department will have a good discussion with him, and there will definitely be a plan to get the best of both worlds." ”

As soon as Zheng Guochang's words came out, the ministers all secretly called Gao Ming, didn't Zu Dashou ask for money and food? You can give it! Let's talk to Jingshi in person!

The question is, does Zu Dashou dare to come? Since he is unwilling to talk, it means that the ancestral army has not yet reached the level of a hungry mutiny, and the salary will have to be reduced next.

Because Zu Dashou did not enter Beijing under the edict, his heart could be punished, and the officials who had originally received a lot of benefits from the ancestral family did not dare to speak up at this time.

Xu Guangqi really hated the ancestor who had abandoned the emperor and fled with the Jingshi who needed to be defended by the army, and he also got the promise of Huang Han that he knew that the Ningyuan defense line was impregnable.

He came out of the class and said righteously: "Young Master Zu is the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty, and no matter what, it cannot be a reason for him to refuse the prince's summons.

His Majesty may again issue an order to summon him to go to Beijing immediately to discuss his salary, and if he dares to resist the decree again, it will not matter for three times, and the minister will ask His Majesty to make a decision and stop the supply of this army that does not listen to the dispatch of men. ”

The scheming Wen Tiren felt that it was inappropriate, and said: "Although Elder Xu Ge is reasonable, he can't be in a hurry, and the persecution is too great, I'm afraid that Young Master Zu may really take people and horses to sacrifice Jinzhou to surrender to Dongnu." ”

With his son-in-law's strong army, Zheng Guochang is full of confidence, he doesn't mind the ancestral army at all, he thinks that instead of spending millions of taels of silver to support the ancestral army, it is better to simply let him rebel, so that the princes of the imperial court will never be lucky.

With an extra 12 million liao salaries to be distributed to the "Red Banner Army" and other border towns, why not give tens of thousands of border troops who obey the dispatch in the Ming Dynasty?

He said: "Lord Shoufu don't want to throw a mouse taboo, what should come will always come, Zu Dashou is really a loyal and good general, he will not betray the court, if he supports the army and respects himself and even ignores the summons of the Son of Heaven, such a general will still be a scourge sooner or later, and the long pain is better than the short pain." ”

Xu Guangqi echoed: "However, Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much, he ordered to summon the ancestor young master into Beijing, and he must not break the discipline of the court because he is worried about his rebellion. ”

Huang Daozhou, who is nearly fifty years old, has benefited from the improvement of the medical level of the Tai Hospital, and has not returned to his hometown on sick leave.

He once commented, "Yuan Chonghuan only killed one Mao Wenlong with the spirit of reading the moon for seven years, and wanted to sit on the throne for five years, win a complete victory, die of a pawn, and laugh for the world." ”

He once complained about Qian Longxi, the second assistant who was in cahoots with Yuan Chonghuan, and openly accused Chongzhen of being grossly negligent in Yuan Chonghuan's use, and he should not blame all the auxiliary ministers.

This shows how lovely and innocent this high-spirited person is! It is enough to show that he has a free and pure land in his chest, and he is not right about things or people.

He came out of the class and said: "The king has a life, the founder inherits the family, and the villain should not use it." His Majesty wants to rectify the discipline and reprimand, and the order should be forbidden, Zu Dashou is nothing more than relying on tens of thousands of strong soldiers to blackmail the Son of Heaven, how can my great tomorrow be afraid of such a rat. ”

Chongzhen was aroused by the correct answers of several ministers, and said with a hammer: "You Aiqing is reasonable, I will not bend, I will never be coerced by anyone, it is the pus and pus that will be squeezed sooner or later, the long pain is better than the short pain, and the cabinet intends to immediately pass on the ancestor and young master to Beijing to discuss the salary." ”

Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that at this time, he should also issue an order to Lord Liaodong Jingluo Gao and Lord Yang, the governor of Shanyong, to remind them to strengthen the defense of Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan. ”

Chongzhen said: "I'm ready! Immediately ordered. ”

With Huang Han, he seized the dirty things done by Zu Dashou and deliberately poured dirty water everywhere, widely publicized in officialdom and among the people.

Today's Zu Dashou stinks in the court, and it is not far from the rats crossing the street, this time it is the third time Chongzhen has ordered to summon him, and he will be even more sad in the future if he does not come.

The "Red Banner Army" is trustworthy, promising to only earn the freight it deserves, and has never withheld the grain and salary belonging to Zu Dashou in the process of transportation, and every time it is the governor of Liaodong and the eunuchs of the supervising army who sign the receipt after acceptance with the civil officials and officials.

In the spring of this year, Gao Qiqian was nominated by Fang Zhenghua and was promoted by the emperor to become the chief eunuch of the Jinzhou Supervision Army.

Gao Qiqian accepted a lot of bribes from Liaozhen before, had a good relationship with the generals of the ancestral army, and was still Wu Sangui's godfather, so he naturally spared no effort to benefit Liaozhen when he came to Jinzhou.

But now the reputation of Liaozhen has been made by Huang Han, Gao Qiqian is destined to have no good end for the ancestral army, and whether the ancestral army can still get the food and salary as he wishes in the future depends on Huang Han's mood.

In the past few months, the emperor has carried out a series of personnel changes, and the change of ministers, governors, and prefects in the imperial court has nothing to do with the "Red Banner Army", and Huang Han can't control it.

Related to Huang Han is the military preparation road, Zheng Xiaowen was promoted to a level and assigned to Luoyang to become the prefect of Zhengsipin, it may be that the emperor considered that Zheng Xiaowen had been trained in the army for many years, and he should be able to give full play to the expertise of knowing soldiers when he went to Henan, where the people were scattered.

Gao Youmou was also promoted, he was appointed as the prefect of Dengzhou, and he was also a civil official of the fourth grade, and the emperor's intention was naturally to hope that he could give full play to his strengths in Denglai and restore the place that was broken by the rebels as soon as possible.

Zheng Xiaowen, who went to the interior of Henan to be a magistrate, looked bitter, but fortunately, two Zheng Xuewu and Zheng Xuewei, who had already gained experience in the "Red Flag Army", brought a hundred fierce men to accompany them as ironclad soldiers.