After the beginning of the spring of the twenty-fourth year of Chongzhen, the actions of the Liaodong Theater began to become frequent.

Speaking of which, in the past year, the Ming Dynasty and the major forces of Daxi and Dashun in the Guannai have fought vigorously and impressively, but outside the Liaodong Pass, with the mutual help of Wu Jie and Zhang Yuyan, the two major political figures, Liaodong has ushered in a bumper year.

Don't look at the sparsely populated side of Liaodong, and most of it is newly cultivated, but under the hard work of the hard-working people, it only took two years for Liaodong to complete the task of self-sufficiency.

Although there are also the merits of Hongmen's various new crops, it cannot be denied that the fertility of this piece of land in Liaodong is indeed worthy of the name of the granary of Northeast China in later generations.

The only pity is that the climate here is too cold, and when it is still cold in other places, it is already icy and snowy, and the snow is three feet thick.

For farmers, this climate means that it is almost impossible to do much in winter, and there are too many free days.

Of course, this is a good thing for the military and the civil affairs system, which means that they can organize more people to either train the militia or reclaim the basic livelihood construction during the slack time.

"Commander, how long are we going to stay in this place, the soldiers below, all of them are idle!"

Although the snow began to melt and the weather gradually became warmer, it was really boring enough for the tens of thousands of Hongtang troops stationed in Liaodong.

"Then go out and practice for Lao Tzu, I will be in the camp all winter, and I will give you something to do!"

As soon as Wu Jie glared, Shi Lang, who came to complain, was blocked back, touched his head and began to pretend to be innocent.

Shi Lang had already shown excellent military talent when he was the director of the Aircraft Division by Shang Kexi's side, and now he was also sent to the army by Shang Kexi and began to exercise his ability to lead troops.

This has become a habit of cultivating the backbone of the Hongtang army, including the members of Wu Jie's side of the Aircraft Department, as long as they have outstanding talents, they will be sent to the army, become the first and second leaders of the company and battalion, see their ability to lead the troops, and then arrange their future destination.

"After a winter, I guess you monkey cubs are afraid that they have grown darts, why don't you go to the north and see what they are doing in the Qing Dynasty?"

Wu Jie seemed to just mention it casually, but it made Shi Lang excited all of a sudden: "Okay, okay, army commander, this task will be handed over to our battalion!" ”

"It's no problem to hand it over to your battalion, Danshuikeng, you need to take a detour to see the Yehe Yin Tong Department in the east, and let their patriarch also bring some people and horses over, let's go to fight the autumn breeze together, and say hello to the Qing people!"

is just a light sentence, but behind it is a cold calculation.

"Yes!"

Shi Lang came out of the participating office, his mind was naturally more sober, of course he knew the intention behind Wu Jie's words, and he made a guarantee with a pat on his chest.

Since the civil war of the Jurchen clan started with the support of the Hongmen, the entire Jurchen tribe began to split, and it was not easy for Nurhachi to establish my Jurchen Eight Banners system, which also collapsed.

Although the Jurchen Yehenala clan also benefited from this, getting rid of the domination and suppression of the old enemy of Aixin Jueluo, they only went from being suppressed by Aixin Jueluo to the fate of being led by the nose by the Hongmen.

The difference is just that the suppression methods of the Aixinjue Luo clan are more crude and direct, which makes the Ye He clan feel indignant from top to bottom, while the rule and influence of the Hongmen are like boiling frogs in warm water, making the people of the Yehe clan become the puppets of the Hongmen in happiness and gratitude.

The location of the Itong Department on the banks of the Itong River has changed dramatically, and it is no longer the jagged earthen houses and wooden buildings of the past, but the appearance of neatly arranged and well-planned towns.

For the first time, the Yehe people and other Jurchen tribesmen who existed as vassals of the Yehe tribe were able to feed a large family with their own hands, and at the same time have a certain amount of savings.

Behind all this, it comes from the various factories and workshops built by Qixintang and Nanyang Chamber of Commerce around the Itsubu.

The cattle and sheep all over the grassland were developed by the Han merchants, and countless commodities were developed by the Han merchants, so that the grassland peoples, who originally only regarded them as important food, knew for the first time that these cattle, horses, and livestock still had so many uses.

Milk is made into milk powder, which is far easier to store than fresh milk, and it is also easy to transport to the customs, and the price can be sold countless times higher than the value of fresh milk.

The whole piece of leather cut from cattle, sheep, horses and livestock has been turned into leather clothes and leather pants that exude luster and are worn on the body as warm and close to the body after the ingenious polishing and polishing techniques of the Han workers.

There are also high-end ingredients such as cheese and cheese that do not conform to the food eaten by the Han people, or beef jerky, canned food, etc., which are high-end ingredients in the eyes of the Han people, can always be sold at a good price in the hands of Han merchants, in exchange for all kinds of materials that the grassland people could not think of.

The current Yitong tribe can be said to be among the ethnic minorities in the entire Northeast, there are few people who can support themselves, and the tribesmen no longer have to worry about insufficient food, the winter weather is too cold and other factors, so that the tribe starves to death and freezes to death.

Changes in living habits followed, although everyone will still live on grass, but in their current eyes, these grazing cattle and sheep are not only their basic source of livelihood, but also the capital of their future rich life.

The defeat of the Aixinjue Luo clan broke the balance of power on the northeast grassland, but it was soon rebuilt.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

As the call fell, the door opened, and Zhang Song, who was dressed in a neat military uniform and walked with a wind, walked into the office of the commander of the First Armored Division of the 38th Group Army.

After the standard salute posture, Ran Maoxue looked up at Zhang Song, the ace lieutenant colonel of their division, in front of him, and waited for a long time before he began to speak.

"This time, I urgently summoned you back from the Inner Mongolia grassland training, and I have a difficult task entrusted to you."

As the trump card of the division, Ran Maoxue believes in the ability of the person in front of him, but this matter is very important, and the risk is not small, and at the same time, there are more tragic things that they need to face.

It's just that as a soldier, from the moment the order reached the hands of Ran Maoxue, he and his soldiers had no choice.

(End of chapter)