Ningyuan City

At the swearing-in meeting, stimulated by Yuan Chonghuan, Ning Yuan's chief soldier and deputy general Man Gui also impassionedly issued a declaration of coexistence with Ning Yuan.

In the end, Man Gui also slashed his arm with a knife and swore an oath in blood.

"It's over, it's over." Zu Dashou stared at the field with blank eyes, and his heart was cold.

Only one Yuan Chonghuan can still think of fooling around, plus a man Gui, now his ancestor Dashou can't live and die with Ning Yuan.

Man Gui, Han, 31 years old, is currently the deputy chief soldier of Ningyuan, with the rank of deputy general. He was the highest military commander in Ningyuan.

Man Gui is not from a general's background, he is a rare general from the Ming Dynasty, from the bottom. His promotion process is a rare history of grassroots inspirational growth.

Man Gui, originally from Yi County, Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong, also belongs to the Ming military household. Due to the transfer of the army, the ancestor was transferred to the vanguard of Xuanfu. Man Gui grew up in Xuanfu since he was a child.

Since he was a child, Man Gui has developed a very strong martial arts, and his riding and archery even surpasses that of most Mongols.

When he was in his teens, Man Gui, who had no other skills, joined the Ming Border Army, and supported his family by beheading the enemy in exchange for the army's silver reward.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, you can be promoted to a grassroots officer by beheading level 5.

But Man Gui's background is lower than Zhang Yunyi, and he didn't even get this basic promotion in the border army. No matter how much he wins, Man Gui will only get a few rewards.

For the unequal treatment of the border services, Man Gui was very happy, and Man Gui's interest in promotion was far less than that of taking the silver reward of white flowers.

Because of his character, he came and went, but Man Gui became a good fan in the border army.

The good man Man Gui has been mixed in the Xuanfu border army for nearly 10 years, and the Xuanfu border generals really can't help it, so Man Gui has become the general flag of the Ming army.

In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the general flag was finally in operation. He won Yang Hao's appreciation in the Battle of Salhu, which decided the fate of the Ming Dynasty, and became Yang Hao's Chinese army officer.

Man Gui's position was also promoted from the general banner to the garrison through hundreds of households, and he became a middle-level officer of the Ming Dynasty.

After the defeat of Salhu, the Ming Dynasty lost a large number of middle and high-level officers, and Man Gui was arranged to lead troops to move to the Loess Ridge as a cutting-edge middle-level officer.

When he was stationed in the Loess Ridge, Mangui was appreciated by Wang Xiangqian, the governor of Xuanda, and within a few years, he was promoted to the general of Xifengkou through the Shitang guerrillas.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, Sun Chengzong supervised Liaodong, and Mangui was also placed under Sun Chengzong's command.

Perhaps it was Man Gui's rough and hearty, Mongolian-like temper and appetite for the military ministers, and Man Gui was loved by Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong first used Man Gui to lead the Chinese army for him. Later, when the Ningyuan defense line was built, Sun Chengzong put Man Gui in the strategic core of his heart - Ningyuan.

Sun Chengzong let Man Gui take charge of Ningyuan's military power as the acting commander-in-chief. In this way, Man Gui became a senior general of the Ming army.

Man Gui has a rough personality, no scheming, and is very sincere to others, and is very popular with soldiers. Man Gui has always believed that soldiers should fight and should be honored with dying on the battlefield.

Because of this, Man Gui was very unaccustomed to the practices of Guan Ningjun such as Zu Dashou, and the two sides did not get along happily.

However, it may be because they are both promoted by Sun Chengzong, or they are both bold and eager to fight, and the relationship between Man Gui and Yuan Chonghuan is not bad.

Now that Yuan Chonghuan swore an oath, Man Gui followed suit.

This Ning Yuan's military and political chief has expressed a posture of co-existence and death with Ning Yuan, so how can Zu Dashou and his deputies have other thoughts?

Sure enough, after Man Gui, the deputy general Zuo Fu, the deputy general Zhu Mei, the general Jin Qizong, the Tongzhi Cheng Weiyu and other officials of Ningyuan all swore in public.

In this scene, Zu Dashou, as a general, also had to accompany the generals and make an oath to live and die with Ning Yuan.

"I, Ningyuan, the army and the people, are united, and I swear that Ningyuan will not be lost. If the old slave comes, he will die. ”

Yuan Chonghuan shouted loudly.

After the oath of the officials of Ningyuan was completed, Yuan Chonghuan collected all the oaths of the officials of Ningyuan, wrote them in public, and sent a fast horse to the capital in public.

"In order to cut off the dirty thoughts of some villains, this official has already informed Qiantun, Zhongqiansuo, and Shanhaiguan on the front line.

The soldiers and civilians of Ning Yuan who retreated to them in the battle of Fan Ningyuan, no matter who they were! Even if it is the official himself, he will be beheaded according to the battlefield escape. ”

Looking at the back of the post rider in the distance, Yuan Chonghuan shouted loudly.

Hearing this, Ning Yuan's soldiers and civilians no longer had any idea of retreating.

Yuan Chonghuan had completely cut off the retreat of Ningyuan's military and civilians.

Yuan Chonghuan on the high platform waved his hand, and the attendant lifted a large wooden box beside him. The bright white light in the box instantly illuminated the eyes of all the soldiers and civilians present.

"This is the reward that the official has prepared for the warriors.

No matter who it is, kill one enemy and reward one or two pieces of silver.

The official is prepared to have tens of thousands of silver, as long as you have the ability to kill the enemy, the official will be rewarded at the head of the city, and he will never be in arrears. ”

Seeing the silver with white flowers and hearing Yuan Chonghuan's clear reward, the morale of Ningyuan's army and civilians immediately soared into the sky.

Seeing Yuan Chonghuan's performance, Zu Dashou had to admire it from the bottom of his heart.

The morale of the army and the people have been stimulated by Yuan Chonghuan, and Ning Yuan should have the ability to fight.

Thinking about Ning Yuan's fortified heavy artillery, Zu Dashou suddenly had a little more confidence in defending Ning Yuan.

Capital

Receiving the news that Nurhachi attacked Youtun, the Ming court was shocked.

Although the Ming court had been prepared for this war for a long time, the war started so early, and it started in the way that Nurhachi personally led the army to attack Youtun, which still made the Ming court a little surprised.

Although he doesn't admit it, the Ming court now has a deep fear of Houjin Nurhachi.

Of course, this fear of most people is only one: the fear that the savages of Liaodong are not easy to provoke.

No one in the Ming Dynasty would think that Hou Jin could destroy the Ming Dynasty, not even a madman.

But in Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty can't beat the old slave, this is already the consensus of most people.

Since the battle of Salhu in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, in Liaodong, in the face of Nurhachi, the Ming Dynasty has not won a single victory.

In fact, let alone a victory, under the attack of Nurhachi, Daming did not even defend a city.

From Fushun, Liaoshen to Guangning, how many fortified cities and cities were easily captured by Nurhachi. The Ming Dynasty reaped only one failure after another in Liaodong.

Except for Mao Wenlong of Dongjiang and Shen Yourong of Guangludao with the support of the Denglai Naval Division, who had a slight victory in the harassment battle, the Ming Dynasty did not win a single victory in the frontal battlefield against Houjin.

These past achievements made the Ming court have a deep fear of Nurhachi and Houjin.

Although Ning Yuan has been run by Sun Chengzong for several years, compared to Liao Shen, Ning Yuan is really not a real strong city.

Now, Ning Yuan is about to accept the test of Nurhachi, and the Ming Imperial Court really doesn't have much confidence in whether it can hold Ning Yuan.