Liaodong, Ningyuan

On the official road outside the city, the wheels are rolling, and smoke and dust are everywhere. A group of Ming troops escorted dozens of very heavy baggage carts and slowly walked into the distance.

At the head of the city, Yuan Chonghuan looked at the distant convoy and was silent for a long time.

After a long time, Yuan Chonghuan suddenly turned his head and ordered his lieutenant officer: "He Kegang, pass the order, from now on, Ning Yuan will enter a state of alert." ”

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Hearing Yuan Chonghuan's sudden order to put Ning Yuan on alert, Zu Dashou was anxious in his heart.

Once Ning Yuan enters a state of alert, then his grain trade with Houjin will be greatly affected. Houjin can now come out at a sky-high price of 13 taels of silver and one stone, which is a large amount of real money!

Instinctively wanted to make a sound to stop him, but before he could speak, Zu Dashou saw Yuan Chonghuan's stern eyes, and he stabbed directly like a knife.

Under the coercion of Yuan Chonghuan's knife-like eyes, the voice in Zu Dashou's mouth gradually became smaller and quieter.

"General Zu, Ben Fu hopes you can remember that the duty of this soldier is to fight. At all times, please don't forget that it is. ”

Hearing Yuan Chonghuan's cold words, and then looking at Yuan Chonghuan's emaciated black face, Zu Dashou's heart was shocked and he didn't dare to speak again.

"Obey."

There was a very simple response from the side, and the Chinese officer He Kegang ignored what Zu Dashou wanted to say, and turned around and left directly after receiving Yuan Chonghuan's order.

Looking at He Kegang's back as he left quickly, Yuan Chonghuan nodded with satisfaction in his heart.

Among the generals of the Ming Army in Liaodong, Man Gui is brave and brave.

It's just that after the war in Ningyuan, Man Gui was brave and arrogant, but he didn't know how to strategize, and he didn't know the importance of the overall situation. The contradiction with Yuan Chonghuan expanded rapidly, and in the end Yuan Chonghuan could only petition the imperial court to transfer Man Gui away from Ningyuan and let him go to Shanhaiguan to take up the post of chief soldier.

In addition to Man Gui, Zu Dashou is an old man in the Guanning Army, with a high reputation in the army, and he is also quite brave.

It's just that Zu Dashou is too selfish and a little too slippery in doing things for others, which makes Yuan Chonghuan quite uneasy. Yuan Chonghuan always has to knock Zu Dashou from time to time.

The remaining Zhu Mei, Zuo Fu and Zhao Shujiao, who were newly transferred to Ningyuan, were quite inferior to Man Gui and Zu Dashou in terms of martial arts and prestige. Yuan Chonghuan always felt less than he liked.

Like Zhao Shujiao and Zhu Mei, they were now sent by Yuan Chonghuan to rush to build Jinzhou.

Now Yuan Chonghuan is most optimistic, in fact, this He Kegang.

He Kegang, who is currently the secretary of the capital, was the guard who rushed into Qiantun overnight with Yuan Chonghuan, and was a Chinese officer who was picked up by Yuan Chonghuan.

He Kegang's means of training troops are good. Under He Kegang's training, Yuan Chonghuan's pro-army guards were well-disciplined and quite combat-effective.

In last year's Battle of Ningyuan, He Kegang led his guards to face the fierce Houjin soldiers and the dense arrow rain of Houjin, they stood in front of Yuan Chonghuan and never retreated.

After the war, when Yuan Chonghuan asked the court for credit, He Kegang repeatedly excused himself on the grounds that it was unfavorable to protect Yuan Chonghuan (Yuan Chonghuan was injured by an arrow).

This is fearless when he sees a strong enemy, he is not greedy when he sees merit, such a character and humanity, and he obeys Yuan Chonghuan's words, how can He Kegang make Yuan Chonghuan dislike and distrust.

It's just that He Kegang has no background after all, he is just a pawn, even if Yuan Chonghuan is strongly promoted, he can't provide too much help for Yuan Chonghuan now.

Seeing that He Kegang's back was gone, Yuan Chonghuan looked at the startled Zu Dashou, and explained in a slow tone: "Dashou, Ben Fu knows that you are thinking about Ben Fu. However, Da Shou, do you know that the edict to prepare for war passed by the Ministry of War this time is the first edict personally issued by His Majesty Chongzhen after he first ascended to the Great Treasure? ”

"His Majesty Chongzhen's first edict?"

Hearing what Yuan Chonghuan said, Zu Dashou's original fake look of panic turned into real horror.

The news channel is not clear, this is the biggest difference between Zu Dashou as a border general and Yuan Chonghuan as a civil official.

As a border general, Zu Dashou only received an order from the imperial court, and only knew that the imperial court needed them to do so. How could he know the reason behind the imperial court's decree?

As a civil official, Yuan Chonghuan is different. As a civil official, Yuan Chonghuan will always have a few people of the same year, fellow villagers, and classmates in the court, who will send him some news behind the imperial court decree. Let Yuan Chonghuan know how to treat the imperial court's orders correctly.

If it weren't for this, how could Yuan Chonghuan repeatedly step on the pulse of the imperial court and be promoted by leapfrogging repeatedly?

What impressed Zu Dashou the most was Yuan Chonghuan's outstanding grasp of the general trend of the imperial court?

But if there is no news from within the imperial court, how can Yuan Chonghuan grasp the general trend of the imperial court.

Now the inside story of what Yuan Chonghuan said, this is the first time Zu Dashou has heard of it, how can he not be shocked?

His Majesty Chongzhen's first edict, what does this mean?

The ancestor who has gone through the sea of eunuchs, how can he not know the meaning.

His Majesty Chongzhen's first edict, if they don't do it decently, then do they want to be promoted and make a fortune in the future?

Seeing the shocked look on Zu Dashou's face, Yuan Chonghuan's tone was even calmer: "Dashou, do you still know that in order to prepare for this war, the imperial court specially transferred Huang Liji and other three scholars from the cabinet, and formed the 'Ningjin War Preparedness Group' with the three Shangshu of the household and military industry to promote the preparation for this war."

With such a resolute attitude of the imperial court, how can we be allowed to obey the yang and the yin? ”

Glancing at Zu Dashou, who was even more frightened on his face, the corners of Yuan Chonghuan's mouth raised slightly.

Since the Battle of Ningyuan last year, Yuan Chonghuan and Man Gui had too great strategic differences with the enemy, and the contradictions between the two completely broke out. Yuan Chonghuan had no choice but to apply for the transfer of Man Gui.

After Man Gui was transferred, Yuan Chonghuan's control of the army could only rely more and more on Zu Dashou.

This year, Houjin attacked Dongjiang Mao Wenlong and North Korea, and Ning Yuanming's army should have attacked Houjin as a countermeasure. But Yuan Chonghuan helplessly found that he had no power to attack Houjin.

The Guanning Army, led by Zu Dashou, heard that they were going to travel a long distance to take the initiative to attack Houjin, and the whole army had a sad face.

Such a military morale made Yuan Chonghuan immediately think of the Battle of Liuhe that led to Sun Chengzong's resignation. How dare he force his troops?

Yuan Chonghuan, who knew the inside story of Guan Ningjun, had no choice but to agree to Zu Dashou's proposal and send someone to negotiate peace with Houjin.

Of course, the so-called peace between Yuan Chonghuan and Houjin is just a pretense. What Yuan Chonghuan really wanted was to take advantage of the time when Houjin had no time to look west, rush to repair Jinzhou City, and add a strategic depth to the Ningyuan defense line. Yuan Chonghuan really didn't want to face the direct impact of Houjin.

Yuan Chonghuan knew that Zu Dashou took the opportunity of his peace talks with Houjin to do business with Houjin in private. But for his strategy of rushing to build Jinzhou City, Yuan Chonghuan still acquiesced to Zu Dashou's private deal.

But today, Zu Dashou actually wanted to question his order to prepare for war, which Yuan Chonghuan could not bear.

Yuan Chonghuan could allow Zu Dashou to take the opportunity to make a fortune, but he would never allow Zu Dashou to question his orders.

Staring at Zu Dashou's eyes, Yuan Chonghuan's tone was unusually stern: "Zu Dashou, this time the Golden Tartars gather in Shenyang, it would be best if there was internal strife as we wished." If the Tartars are fine, then we have to be careful of the Tartars' attacks.

What's more, the eyes of His Majesty and the Cabinet are now looking at us. If Guan Ningjun shows obvious fear of war and doesn't listen to greetings, you should know what will happen to us! ”

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