Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VIII Troubled Times

Chapter 1 The military is shaking the sky and raising the prestige of the Han

Section 16 The Hidden Dragon in the Abyss (1)

In the fourth year of the Apocalypse (the eighth year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), in March, twenty miles north of Tongzhou City.

Under the scorching sun, 3,000 dragon and iron cavalry soldiers rode their horses with helmets and armor, and the neat team was like a giant dragon winding north, slowly marching on the official road, and a battle flag of the bright sun and moon swayed in the wind. In the ranks of the Iron Cavalry, there were also a hundred carriages full of heavy goods, and five hundred men from the general were driving the carriages with the Iron Cavalry Soldiers.

Guo Yi wiped his sweat and said to Sun Yuanhua, who was riding a horse next to him: "Governor Sun, I will lead the army to transport this batch of troops away, why are you going to go on a trip in person?" You see how hot it is, why do you have to come to this hard work! ”

Sun Yuanhua said with a smile: "Now Jiannu is ready to move again, the situation in Liaodong is making waves again, at the beginning of the year, the superintendent has already ordered a full preparation for war, and I will be the division has been in full production for several months, so the old man wants to go to Shanhaiguan in person to report to the superintendent about the situation of the division." ”

Guo Yi nodded and said indignantly: "Hmph! Jiannu Tartar has just been honest for two days, and now he is looking for death again! When I return to Shanhaiguan this time, I will definitely ask the superintendent to fight, and I must destroy the prestige of Jiannu! ”

"I think it's better to discuss the expedition." Sun Yuanhua sighed and said: "Over the past year or so, although our three towns of Jiliao have been growing and have accumulated a lot of family resources, Jiannu is not idle. In August last year, the slave chief Nurhachi led the army to fight with the Mongolian Lin Dan Khan in the Horqin grassland, which was broken, and the foundation accumulated by Lin Dan Khan for many years was ruined, and he fled back alone. Lin Dan Khan's defeat, my Ming is missing a big help; At the same time, Jiannu is still expanding the traitor army, and looting the wild girls in the mountains and forests of Liaodong to expand the strength of Jiannu Eight Banners, according to the information of the Investigation Division, now Jiannu has more than 200,000 troops. ”

Guo Yi frowned and said: "Yes, although after more than a year of recuperation, the main army of 200,000 of my Hanwei Army has been formed and can go to Liaodong at any time, but compared with the military strength of Jiannu, it is only on par, and the 100,000 Tuntian soldiers guarding each town can only defend the city for the time being, and they can't be counted on to go out to fight." In addition, it is also an eventful time in the court now, and we can't go to Liaodong if the rear is unstable! ”

"That's true!" Sun Yuanhua said with a stern expression: "At the beginning of this year, Wei Zhongxian sent troops to destroy Donglin Academy, and hundreds of students died tragically. I heard that there is also a "Tombstone of Five" in Jiangnan? Said that he wanted to pass on Wei Zhongxian's atrocities to future generations? ”

"Humph! Wei Zhongxian is certainly hateful, but those useless corrupt Confucians are not a good thing either! Guo Yi frowned and said: "Then Wei Zhongxian at least allocated a lot of money and grain to our three towns of Jiliao to resist the attack of Jiannu and repair the city's military equipment, but what did those rotten Confucians do?" The party fights against differences, shouts empty slogans, blames others and has no achievements and reputations, one by one for their own selfish interests, they do not care about the safety of the country at all, and a group of people who have not achieved enough things and have more than enough failures! Even some literati and scholars are not as good as Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch! ”

Sun Yuanhua frowned slightly, and then said: "General Guo, just say this between us, don't go outside to say it, otherwise it is very easy to cause unnecessary trouble for the superintendent." You know, those Imperial Historians of the Imperial Observatory are worried that they have nothing to do, and they are a bunch of mad dogs! ”

As he was talking, Guo Yi and Sun Yuanhua led their troops to the boundary of Pinggu County, only to see that the villages and towns on both sides of the official road were full of vitality, and everywhere they could see the farmland that had begun to be sown, and the farmers were working happily, not caring about the hot sun overhead, and only a few acres of land in their eyes. After walking for a while, the army came to Pinggu County, only to see the Tuntian soldiers guarding the city energetically inspecting the passers-by, and their every move was full of heroism, which formed a sharp contrast with the guards outside the three towns of Jiliao, as if they were soldiers of two worlds; If these Tuntian soldiers in Jizhou Town were placed elsewhere, they would all be first-class soldiers, but in the three towns of Jiliao, they could only be second-class Tuntian soldiers, and they could not enter the main combat camps of the Hanwei Army at all, which shows that the strength of the Hanwei Army has completely surpassed the rest of the battalions of the Ming Dynasty.

After going through the customs clearance procedures, Guo Yi and Sun Yuanhua saw that it was still early, so they were not ready to stay too much in Pinggu County, and directly led the army through the city and continued to go north to Jizhou City.

In the evening of that day, after a day's trekking, the army set up a large camp on the bank of the Xun River, which was more than 20 miles away from Jizhou City, and prepared to spend the night here.

After setting up camp, Guo Yi invited Sun Yuanhua to the big tent to have dinner together, and after eating and drinking, he said: "Governor Sun, today we walked more than 60 miles, and the scene we saw along the way can be described as inspiring. The people everywhere can be described as having enough food and clothing! ”

Sun Yuanhua smiled and said: "It is actually a bit too much to say that there is enough food and clothing, after all, the time of the superintendent is too short, and it is only a year to be full, but compared to before, it has also undergone earth-shaking changes." At least the people of the three towns have their own land, and it is expected that the grain handed over by the military tuns and mintuns in each town this year can ensure the consumption of our 200,000 main army! Moreover, there are more than 100,000 military households in the three towns of Jiliao out of thin air, and in the future, there will be more than 100,000 guards! ”

"Yes! Lord Sun, you have also seen how happy the people who are busy sowing seeds are, my Han family descendants are so hardworking, as long as there is a piece of land, as long as there is a mouthful of food to eat, my Han family descendants can live endlessly, and they can create one prosperous era after another! ”

Sun Yuanhua laughed out loud and said: "What General Guo said is extremely true, but there is a premise for this, that is, we must have the strength to guard the frontier for the people, and we must have the ability to repel the invasion of the Tartar captives!" ”

Speaking of this, Guo Yi's elated face just now was instantly filled with anger, and said: "Lord Sun, I don't understand: how excellent my Han family descendants are, there are countless ethnic groups in the world, but there is no ethnic group like the descendants of my Han family, who can be inherited for thousands of years and survive, can go through countless disasters and never give up, and can use their own hands to make Huaxia move from one prosperous era to another!" But why does God want my Han family descendants to suffer countless tribulations! And lowly Tartars like Jiannu and Mongolia, after slaughtering the descendants of the Han family and looting the Han city, they can go back to live an extremely nourishing life with swagger, why don't they see God punish them? Is God blind? ”

Sun Yuanhua was also speechless for a while, and after a while, he said: "Maybe this is like what the superintendent said, how difficult it is to prosper the country!" No matter how big the disaster is, as long as our Han family can hold on, then we will definitely create the next glory! On the other hand, those Tartar captives, even if they can be rampant for a while, they will eventually be defeated by my Han family's iron cavalry Mo sword, just like the Huns and Xianbei, completely wiped out! ”

Early the next morning, Guo Yi and Sun Yuanhua led the army to continue north, and arrived at Jizhou City at noon. At this time, Wen Poyu had already led Zhao Kaishan and Wang Dangdang to be two generals, as well as a total of 18 garrisons of the three major war barracks, Zhonghua Tulong, Qin Zhen, Wu Hang, Shi Ke, Wenlong, Shi Ke, Li Meng, Zhao Chuanwu, Wei Huang, Kong Xuan, Jin Zhao, Jinzhan, Tao Jiakuo, Cao Yuan, Lu Mingda, Wang Tianyi, Xu Hong, and Zhao Yunian, who had been waiting outside the south gate for a long time.

Seeing this, Guo Yi hurriedly waved his hand to stop the army, and then rode forward with Sun Yuanhua, and the two turned over and dismounted a hundred steps away from Wen Poyu, and walked forward to salute quickly.

"I've seen Mr. Wen on my humble side!"

As early as the beginning of this year, Liu Yunwei had already gone to the military department and promoted Wen Poyu from the deputy chief soldier to the chief military officer of Jizhou Town.

Wen Poyu laughed and said, "General Guo and Governor Sun, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I think about it badly!" We must have a good drink tonight, and we must get drunk! ”

Guo Yi and Sun Yuanhua both laughed when they heard this, and after saying a few more words, everyone entered the city together, and three thousand Longxiang iron cavalry soldiers and five hundred generals also carried a hundred carriages into the city. This time, before Sun Yuanhua left Jizhou Town, he would leave thirty carriages of troops for Wen Poyu.

That night, Wen Poyu led Zhao Kaishan, Wang Gandang and eighteen garrisons to set up a banquet in the General Soldier's Mansion to wash the dust for Guo Yi and Sun Yuanhua.

After three rounds of drinking, Guo Yi said: "General Wen, at the beginning of the year, the superintendent had already issued an order to prepare for war, I don't know how Jizhou Town is preparing now?" ”

Wen Poyu said with a smile: "General Guo, don't worry, after you go back, even if you tell the superintendent, the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion, the Huben Battalion, and the Zhichong Battalion under the jurisdiction of Jizhou Town, as well as the 30,000 Tuntian soldiers, are already waiting for the Dan, as long as the superintendent gives an order, I can at least mobilize 80,000 troops to the north to listen to the announcement!" In addition, more than 50,000 military households in Jizhou Town have also carried out two months of training before spring ploughing, and will continue to carry out training after the autumn harvest, and when it comes to next year, Jizhou Town will add another 50,000 troops! ”

Guo Yi and Sun Yuanhua were overjoyed when they heard this.

At this time, Zhao Kaishan and Wang Dangdang on the side were obviously already depressed, and they came over and grabbed Guo Yi left and right and asked, "When is the eldest brother going north to Liaodong?" You kid give us a thorough idea! Until now, the eldest brother has not ordered the Northern Expedition, but he can really bear it! ”

Guo Yi said with a smile: "The two generals can rest assured, I guess the superintendent is about to take it anymore!" ”