"Brother Han," Chang Wei's sense was very keen, he looked at Zhang Han and said, "Can we still do business with the Jurchens?" ”

The core interests of Shangdao are not in Mongolia but in Jurchen, which is the tone that Zhang Han has long set.

Grain, pig iron, cloth, of course, the Mongols also want it, but the purchasing power of the Mongols is limited, there is no other production on the grassland except cattle, sheep and horses, Zhang Han still needs silver for a long time, this thing Jurchens have, they fought with the Ming Dynasty, broke a city and plundered all the gold and silver, Liaodong's production is also better than the Mongols to sell, ginseng, Dongzhu, all kinds of precious leather goods, and all kinds of dried fruits, this thing is no different from cash silver when it is transported to Guannai, the role of ginseng has been more and more exaggerated in recent years, The rich gentry in the south of the Yangtze River tried their best to hide a few ginseng at home, people participated in the gold equivalent, and even with the equivalent value of gold, they may not be able to buy it, this thing can not be hidden for a long time, after a few years of volatilization of the medicinal effect is useless, and they have to be re-bought, the supply is limited, it is really how much to sell, until a few hundred years later, the ginseng pickers in the eastern part of the country are still profiteering, but the danger is also great, there are fierce beasts in the mountains and forests, lost and trapped alive in the mountains, and bearded robbers all over the northeast land, even so, there is an endless stream of visitors into the mountainsAs long as you dig up a hundred-year-old ginseng, people in the world don't have to worry about having no money, and under the huge profits, of course, they are eager to use it.

Because of the war, the Jurchens' demand for food was not comparable to that of the Mongols, and Zhang Han also knew that in a few years, it was a great famine that became more and more severe than one another, and a stone of grain was sold for twenty taels of silver, and at least four or five taels of silver, counting the losses, there were more than ten times the windfall profits, and the Fan family and other Jin merchants made a fortune in such a profiteering business.

Zhang Han said: "Of course the business will continue, there is no reason not to do it." ”

Chang Wei and Liang Xing were puzzled in their eyes, and Zhang Han didn't explain too much, and some things couldn't be explained too clearly to these people.

……

Time passed in a flash, and the heavy snow continued to fall, and Zhang Han spent the last time of the forty-sixth year of Wanli in a snowy white.

Finally, in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, that is, in the fourth year of the Later Jin Mandate, in 1619 AD, the war that occurred at the beginning of this year changed the direction of Chinese history, and finally affected the fortune of China in the next three hundred years.

It can be said that the history of the next three hundred years was decided in two or three months.

Before the start of the sarhu, Nurhachi and his sons had ambitions and wanted to occupy Liaodong, but they still did not know how far they could go.

They conquered Fushun Pass and Dongzhou Fort, Magendan Fort, and also laid Qinghe Fort, when attacking Fushun, Ming Liaodong General Zhang Chengyin led more than 10,000 Ming troops to pursue, Nuerhachi still has some timidity, he said to the ministers: "The Ming army came just to make a show, and explain to the emperor that they attacked and drove us away, don't pay attention to them." ”

It means to withdraw the troops directly, he has more than 60,000 Eight Banners and more than 20,000 armor, but Nurhachi does not have the confidence to directly face the main force of the Ming army.

In his youth, which was also the period when the Ming army in Liaodong was at its strongest, Nurhachi lay in the shadow of Li Chengliang for thirty years, until after the Jurchens were basically unified, Li Chengliang felt the threat of the Later Jin and took the initiative to withdraw from the six forts of Kuandian, the weakness of the Ming army in Liaodong and Li Chengliang himself was perceived by Nurhachi, and fueled his ambitions.

Now Houjin has to face Yang Ho, the squire of the military department, and his 100,000 soldiers, and no one will expect a certain victory before the battle.

After the war, Erdeni, who was in charge of the record, said something in his heart, he believed that the Mandate of Heaven was in Houjin, because the strength was not as good as the Ming army, and the strength was also under the Ming army.

……

Today is the second day of the first lunar month, but the Jurchens do not attach importance to these, and have been preparing to send troops since the beginning of the year, and set a date for today's troops.

Zhang Han and Li Yongfang were on the first team, and he was allowed to bring a team of his subordinates to watch the battle.

"I've seen the forehead."

Zhang Han and Li Yongfang were already able to salute immediately, and when Zhang Han gave up, Li Yongfang also raised his hand immediately to return the salute.

Zhang Han and Li Yongfang get along very well.

They are all Han Chinese, and Zhang Han is now also very good at dealing with high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and the things he tempered in Datong and Taiyuan are just right for Li Yongfang.

Some of the remaining fine silk satin, the high-quality Songjiang cloth of more than a dozen taels and one horses, and some exquisite gold and silver utensils were all given to Li Yongfang by Zhang Han.

Zhang Han did not give gifts to Huang Taiji, he felt that Huang Taiji was not a person who could be impressed with gold and silverware.

Li Yongfang pointed to a general wearing luxurious fur beside him and introduced: "This is the Xiwuli forehead attached to the Prime Minister's Han Army affairs. ”

Zhang Han dismounted and bowed: "I've seen Tong's forehead." ”

Tong Yangxing returned the salute immediately, his mouth was polite, and the look of arrogance on his face was undiminished.

This person is obviously from a Han family, but now he pretends to be the name of a Manchurian family, and does everything possible to squeeze into the real Manchurian team, and his family is also a generation of Liaodong generals, but as a result, the Jurchen Yixing soldiers and the Tong family all surrendered.

Behind Tong Yangxing is an endless stream of people, mostly to the Han army, the Han army is called the black battalion soldiers here in the Eight Banners, and now the Eight Banners can mobilize a lot of troops, the main reason is also the use of a large number of Han generals and Han soldiers, from last year to the first month, the direction of the Ming army alone ran to surrender thousands of military attachés There are five or six, they also brought their families and relatives to run over, Nuer Hachi ordered to give them houses and utensils, to help these surrendered Han officials settle down, The Han soldiers who were captured or surrendered voluntarily were also organized into Han troops under each banner alone, and Zhang Han recently walked between the banners, and he estimated that each Niulu had at least 60 Han troops with more than 60 people.

There were less than 300 Niulu in the entire Eight Banners, and the Han army exceeded 10,000 people, which was also the reason why the Jurchen troops in the Nurhaci era could mobilize more.

In the later period of the Mandate of Heaven, Nuerhachi had a frenzied attack, and the hidden hatred and hostility towards the Han people were exposed, the Han officials were excluded, and all the Han troops were turned into coats, until Huang Taiji was organized into the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and the Han army was canceled in the Jurchen army sequence.

Most of the Han soldiers did not have horses, and most of them did not have cotton armor, only a small number of Han troops wearing armor and riding horses, and most of them were also directly subordinate subordinates or relatives of generals at all levels, and here they still retained the habits of the Ming army.

Many people are in shabby clothes, even unclothed, and the weapons in their hands are also old goods that have been eliminated, mainly worn weapons captured on the battlefield, and there are also old weapons eliminated by the Eight Banners.

In the old Manchu files, you can often see records of worn-out weapons and obsolete cotton armor to the Han army, and here, the gray Han soldiers in front of them are a group of standard slave soldiers.

Of course, the morale of these soldiers is not low, the weather on the second day of the lunar calendar is already the beginning of spring in Guannei, but it takes at least a month to draw out the buds from the wicker, it is even more cold here in Liaodong, the Suzi River is still frozen, the fishing activities are also over early, and it is still early to release the sea to hunt in Dongqing, the migratory birds that spend the winter have not passed here, the whole cold winter comes, the wild things are tired, people are frozen for a winter, many people are thin, and there is almost no burly person in the Han army in front of them.

Zhang Han has seen all kinds of people, in the past life, in the present life, and has seen a lot of suffering written on people's faces. When he was in Xinpingbao, he saw some beggars and homeless, these years are not good, they can only abandon the desert and flee, and they also have misery on their faces, but on the whole there is hope, they just hope to survive the worst years by wandering and begging, and then they can go home and continue to serve their land, and still be able to support themselves and their families.

In these Han troops in front of him, Zhang Han saw almost no hope.

They are all very short, their faces are yellow, their bodies are thin, their faces are a mixture of woodenness and numbness, and their spirits are quite sluggish.

Most of these Han soldiers are bareheaded, and the situation in front of them is not filming a film and television drama, there are no red cherry hats for them to wear, most of the Jurchens have warm hats to wear on their heads, and a few nobles are also decorated with ornaments such as Dongzhu on their hats, while the Han soldiers are almost all bald, their scalps are scraped and pitted, their heads are bare, and only a small handful of braided hair hangs down at the back of their heads.

At this time, a Han soldier fell into the mud, and he tried to get up with the spear in his hand, but the spear in his hand was broken in half.

The Jurchens in charge of the team ran over and hit them with the leather whip in their hands.

Zhang Han said to Li Yongfang: "This Han military spear is too bad. ”

Li Yongfang said: "These people are useless, even if they have good weapons to use, they are wasted." ”

At this time, the leather whip was still ringing, and the Han army was still begging for mercy just now, but now it was silent.

Li Yongfang said to Zhang Han: "Don't blame Zhang Dongzhu for not interceding, our identity is embarrassing, and we can't talk about these things at will." He sighed and said, "I also beat the soldiers when I was in Fushun Pass, but I didn't do it that way. ”

Zhang Han didn't expect this hardcore traitor to have such a heart, and he was speechless for a while.

At this time, Tan Tai and Chang Wei rushed over together, and seeing the situation in front of them, Tan Tai rode forward and kicked the Jurchen to the ground.

"Shu Mu, you go crazy and find another place." Tan Tai scolded: "Didn't you see the blockage? ”

The Han army team was really blocked, and some people breathed a sigh of relief and helped the beaten Han army over, and the Jurchen who was kicked over did not dare to make a sound, and glanced at Zhang Han and the others hatefully before leaving.

"When this guy attacked Fushun Pass, someone in this Niu Lu disappeared and didn't know where to go, and Niu Lu was dismissed by the Great Khan from a really errand," Tan Taice rode over and explained: "Shu Mu is not in good spirits, and he will vent out when something happens." ”

Zhang Han's attention was no longer on this matter, and his eyes returned to the scene in front of him.

Han Army, two yellow flags, two red flags, two blue flags, two white flags.

Countless flags fluttered in the air, people and horses marched together, Zhang Han saw such a march for the first time, his mind was complicated, and his heart was surging.