On the third day of the attack on Yehecheng, that is, in August of the 52nd year of Zhengde, the 24th army set out, but this time it was not in the same direction

The 20,000 Jurchens captured in Yehe City were added to the Tenth Guard, so the strength of the Tenth Guard increased dramatically, and it had swelled to 90,000, which was almost more than the other twelve guards of the Wu Yi Army combined, holding such a huge force, Lian Zining was very relieved about Xia Zikai

The basis of Xia Zikai's control of the Tenth Guard was the middle and lower-level Han officers and Jurchen officers who had surrendered to the army at all levels, but these officers' recognition of Wu Yijun and Lian Zining far exceeded that of Xia Zikai, they were all drawn from the guards, but they were not Xia Zikai's henchmen

In fact, the confidants who followed Xia Zikai to raise troops in Suli River Guard have all been transferred by Lian Zining to other guards, although the power remains the same, but it is already a plate of scattered sand

As a superior person, this is also a necessary means of defense

In fact, the biggest problem at present is not Xia Zikai's loyalty, but how to control the increasingly large tenth guard to kill all of them, which is naturally unrealistic, and the battle of Yehe City that has just ended has fully proved the value of these cannon fodder, you must know that in the entire battle of Yehe City, except for a careless artillery soldier who was smashed by Zi Gong and his toe, Wu Yi's army did not have a single casualty

And the damage of the Jurchen slave soldiers reached three thousand

It couldn't be better to siege them with them

In order to strengthen the rule of the Jurchen slave soldiers, in addition to enriching the Tenth Guard with a large number of middle and lower-ranking officers, Lian Zining officially introduced the lord system among the Jurchen slave soldiers

On the 24th of August, in front of tens of thousands of Jurchen slave soldiers in the camp of the 10th Guard, Lian Zining personally canonized the titles of 136 Jurchen slave soldiers, the highest of whom was the Xuanjie Captain of the 25th rank of the Wuyi Army, and the largest number of them was 56 people, all of whom were the lowest level, that is, the 32nd rank, and returned to Germany as the chief of the halberd

However, although the titles of the feudal lords were not high, almost all the Jurchen slave soldiers were boiling

Because they see hope

These 136 people are all examples of fighting bravely in the past and taking the initiative to join the Wu Yi Army, and the role of Lian Zining is endless, and the 136 examples set by Lian Zining have made all the Jurchen slave soldiers realize that as long as they are honest and obedient and brave in battle, they can also become human beings by virtue of their current status as slaves

It is not only the title that the title can bring, but the real one hundred and thirty-six Jurchen slave soldiers who were knighted were not only freed from slavery, but each of them was rewarded with a different amount of silver, up to two hundred taels, and they were even allowed to choose a different number of women in the military prostitute camp according to different ranks as their private property

You must know that this is a benefit that even Han officers do not have, and many beautiful women from Jurchen powerful and wealthy families in the military brothel camp with grace and elegance instantly made these Jurchen slave soldiers green-eyed

The disobedient die, the obedient have status, wealth, and women

The scales twist instantly

After this public knighthood, the cohesion of the entire Tenth Guard was significantly improved, and the slightest sign of instability among the Jurchen slave soldiers disappeared without a trace

The ferocious killing before had already let them know the fate of disobeying Wu Yijun, and now Lian Zining gave them the sweetness again, giving them hope, and beating a stick to give a sweet date is always the simplest but also the most effective way

In order to be more safe, Lian Zining left the fourth guard behind, and the fourth guard can be regarded as Lian Zining's descendant team, not only are all Han Chinese, but also the proportion of veterans is very high, among which the officers are all following Lian Zining in the Jingnan battalion, and it can be said that loyalty is the first in the Wuyi army

There are them who stay to help and actually overseer the tenth guard is the solidity of the country...,

The fourth and tenth guards, a total of 100,000 people, set off early in the morning of August 25, and went north, summoning Yang Husheng and Xia Zi to have a deep talk all night, and after Lian Zining handed over the command to Yang Husheng, and it was Yang Kai who led the way

After arriving at the White Eagle Gorge, the fourth and tenth guards will leave the White Eagle Gorge extremely steep, and the two mountains are sandwiched on one side of the rolling river, if you don't want to cross the river that is several miles wide, you must cross the White Eagle Gorge, and the 100,000 troops will be stationed here, and then the Jurchen slave soldiers of the tenth guard will mine stones to build a war fortress

Lian Zining's plan is that the scale of this battle fort is very huge, and it will block the entrance to the White Eagle Gorge entirely, as long as the Jianzhou Jurchen army wants to go south, the battle fort must be taken, otherwise it will have to detour hundreds of miles, and it will also have to solve a series of problems such as how to cross the river and how to cross the wide swamp

So it has to be hit

But this is obviously extremely difficult

The art of war is cloudy, ten rules of siege, aside from other factors, the siege of the soldiers, at least three times more than the defender of the city to capture the city, this is a proportion recognized by many all-night military people, that is, once the battle fort is successfully built, under the garrison of the tenth guard and the fourth guard, at least 200,000 troops must be completed

And obviously, the Jianzhou Jurchens can't muster up so many troops, don't forget that Russia is still attacking like crazy in the north, and they have also contained a large number of Jurchen troops

At present, the biggest problem is how to build the castle in a short period of time, with the destruction of Yehe City, the news of the Haixi Jurchens of the Wuyi Army is no longer a secret, and there is no way to keep it secret, so according to Lian Zining's speculation, it will take a maximum of ten days for the Jianzhou Jurchens to receive the news, and because of the Songhua River, the Fortitude Department that is fighting outside will receive it later

No matter how slow and dull the bureaucratic decision-making system of the Jianzhou Jurchen is, twenty days is enough time for them to react, not to mention that as a new regime is booming, the bureaucratic system will certainly not degenerate to that extent

That is to say, leaving aside the factor of marching, there will only be twenty days at most for the northward headquarters

So Lian Zining equipped them with a lot of gunpowder, and there was no other way, he had already explained the power one by one, Yang Husheng and Xia Zikai just saw how the two executed, after all, there were many people and great strength, as long as it was the overseer, the leather whip wielded in the hands of the Han officer was diligent and killed a few more Jurchen slave soldiers, and the project must have progressed faster, anyway, how many Jurchen slave soldiers died, Lian Zining didn't care, but could use this to consume one or two

Even a simple construction of a rudimentary wall can play an immeasurable role in defensive warfare

In addition to supervising, the role of the Fourth Guard will also conquer the surrounding tribes, solve the problem of logistics and food, and serve as a sentry to find out the movements of the Jianzhou Jurchens

And after Yang Kai arrived at the White Eagle Gorge with a large army, he would continue to travel north with his caravan men until Tuluting Mountain, where the Jurchen Khan's court was located, and live there, on the surface, Yang Kai was still the Han giant, but in fact he had become Lian Zining's eyes and ears, and he would have no idea about the battle of Yehe City, after all, it was normal for such a large caravan to be delayed on the road for a day or two

Yang Kai will continue to send the information of the Jianzhou Jurchen and the Russian war to Lian Zining, and in order to ensure his loyalty, not only Yang Kai's family members have been detained, but also seventy percent of the guards in his caravan have been replaced by the elite of the Wu Yi Army overnight

It is Shulhachi who leads the elite of these Wuyi Army, and as Nurhachi's younger brother, his loyalty is not a problem, and he is also very fine, very suitable

This is the North Road

Compared with the Northern Route Army, the Southern Route Army is much simpler, only the Sixth Guard, the Seventh Guard and the Dragoon will have 10,000 people, but these are mainly the elite cavalry with the wild Jurchens as the main force, but the combat effectiveness is absolutely strong, and even in the field, it can match more than five times the Ming Army...,

In addition to the army and logistics battalion, there were some special guests who followed Lian Zining to the south

This is about a thousand or so Jurchen magnates captured and attacked Yehe City, which directly led to the fact that none of the magnates in Yehe City could escape, all of them were captured by the whole family, except for a very few who died in battle, and more than eighty percent of them chose to surrender, and the slaves and subordinates in these families, and even the branches with low status, etc., were thrown into the tenth guard by Lian Zining, and the group of people with the highest status was taken by Lian Zining with the army, although they tried their best to reduce it, but dozens of families, among which the important people added up to close to a thousand

Among them included all the high-ranking Haixi Jurchens, except for those who led the troops to fight, none of them missed the net, including resolute uncles and brothers, his teachers, and his sons and nephews, in short, these people were inextricably linked with the senior officers in the resolute army

Lian Zining was treated relatively favorably to them, but it was only relative, these people were stuffed into the cart and left Yehe City with the army

All the way to the south and all the way to the north are separated

Soon, both huge teams disappeared into the vast wilderness of the Great Northeast

Only the city of Yehe, which had been reduced to ruins, still stood in the wind

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Capital

The innermost mansion in Xiangye Hutong

This mansion is not considered the top in the capital, but it is also in the middle of the high, and the two huge stone lions in front of the gate are five steps in front of the door, and the door is nailed with copper nails the size of a bowl

Originally, the plaque hanging above this mansion was 'Shilang Mansion', but now the plaque has been replaced, and the two most unpretentious words are written on it: 'Sun Mansion'

Since the original owner of this mansion, Sun Yanzhi, the servant of the Criminal Department, was demoted to Anfu, this mansion has inevitably fallen like his master

The gate built is quite spectacular and extravagant, but it is a little dilapidated, and the stone lions at the door do not know how long no one has wiped it, and even the cobwebs have formed on it; The brass nails on the gate were also dimly lit, and some of the paint on the door and the threshold had been mottled and fell one by one, like the face of a patient with measles, it was very ugly, it was already autumn, and the row of poplars in front of the door had fallen leaves, and no one had cleaned them

It looks like a dead ghost, and I don't know how many years it has been uninhabited

In fact, this gate has not been opened since Sun Yanzhi left the capital

In the distance, there was the sound of wheels crushing the road, and in a few moments five cars came from a distance, led by a carriage, an old and thin bad horse, slowly walking, swaying, and finally to the door

The groom who was driving the car hurriedly jumped down, and Sun Fu's chief steward Sun Fu took his arm and walked down with difficulty

Sun Fu got out of the carriage and moved for a while, and the tired muscles and bones of the carriage were bumped before walking to the back

The carriage was followed by four ox carts, which were slowly filled with meat, vegetables, rice and the like, and the first ox cart was currently sitting on a man in his thirties, the autumn sky was already a little cold, Sun Fu was wearing a gown, but he was still wearing a short placket, exposing his chest full of black hair, the man greeted impatiently: Sun Da Steward, your broken horse is too bad, how can you go so slowly, brother, delay this many hours, and later, the butcher shop on the side of the road will be closed, I still want to buy ten catties of dumplings and go back to make buns

A trace of anger flashed in the eyes of Steward Sun, and he said in his heart, "You men who can only make coolies dare to look down on people, when the old man was in power, he saw me one by one, and the pug also seemed to dare to talk to me like this now."

It's just that the situation is stronger than people, and he can only hold back a bad breath and snort coldly: Why is such nonsense not short, if you don't want to pull it, I will find another house next time

The man sneered: What your old man said reluctantly is just a complaint...,

Sun Fu looked at him and didn't speak, just knocked on the side door, and after a while, a lazy voice came from inside: Who is urging death?

A trace of anger flashed on Sun Fu's face, and he said angrily: It's me

Who are you, there was an exclamation in the door, and the door was opened, and a man was disheveled, sleepy-eyed, standing there looking at Sun Fu with an embarrassed face

Sun Fu didn't say anything, just shook his head and let the man transport a few truckloads of meat and vegetables into the mansion

After the meat and vegetables were moved, Sun Fu threw a small bag of silver to the man, and the man counted it carefully, and smiled: One or two or five dollars more, thank you for the reward

Rewarding a fart, the steward Sun sneered, stepped forward, and snatched back a tael and a half silver from the man's hand, and cherished it in his arms, and waved his hand in disgust: Get out

The men were dumbfounded, and only came to their senses after the side door was closed, and the man pointed at Sun Fu and scolded: You old thing, so stingy...... Deserved to be a loser......

The scolding from outside kept coming, but Sun Fu didn't care so much, just commanded a few family members to move these things to the kitchen, there were not many family members, only a dozen or so, and all of them were all in old clothes, and they were lazy to work

Looking at these people, Sun Fu couldn't help but feel a sadness in his heart

Since the old man left, this family has been getting worse day by day

I didn't expect it to be so dilapidated

Originally, there was no need for such a master to be an official for many years, how could an official in this year not make money, although he was demoted, but he left a very rich family foundation for the family, more than 8,000 acres of good fields outside Beijing, not to mention, even in Beijing, there are five or six shops, and there is an income of 8,000 taels every year

Relying on this money alone is enough for the family's expenses

What I never expected was that the Sun Mansion would have a loser like the young master

The young master didn't know what was crazy, and suddenly said that he would use a huge sum of silver, and despite Sun Fu's strong opposition, he sold all the fields outside Beijing, and later Sun Fu knew where the money went, and it turned out that the young master actually used this money to bribe the two officials of the DPRK and China and let them impeach Wu Yibo

God, that's Wu Yibo's god of war in the folk, Wu Yibo's family is uncle, it is the Holy Grace Enlong, when you are a small dilapidated Jingguan'er family, why can you fight with others

Death

And the next thing made the Sun Mansion completely fall into a crisis, all the shops of the Sun family have opened a store selling the same thing next to it, the difference is that there are more varieties of people, more complete, and the price is half and half lower, so of course, the door of the Sun family's shop can be crowded, no one cares, this kind of bad competition, if it was placed in the past, Sun Shilang handed a note to Shuntianfu, you can let those shops get out, but now everything has changed, Shuntianfu doesn't care at all, Sun Fu originally wanted to rely on the old face to talk and say peace, but the result was that the official was beaten out with a big stick, and he went home and lay down for half a month before he could walk on the ground

Or a servant who had a good relationship with him quietly told him that those shops were all bought and sold by Wu Yibo's Mansion, and the boss had already spoken, so he could only help Wu Yibo's Mansion in this matter

The final outcome was already doomed, and in less than half a month, several stores had to close down and resell them

The buyer is Wu Yibo's house

The prices were so low that they sold for a total of 500 taels in five shops -- less than half of the market price

But this loss, Sun Fu can only pinch his nose and admit it, he is afraid of the power of Wu Yibo's Mansion, no one dares to buy these shops except them, there was a merchant in the south who showed a little bit of wanting to buy it, but on the second day, he made people cover his head in the alley, and he was beaten violently, and his legs were broken in two days, and the case was reported to Shuntian Mansion and he didn't care at all

Since then, no one has come to ask about these shops in excellent locations, and the wealthy families in Beijing obviously don't want to offend Wu Yibo because of this little thing, although Lian Zining, who was fighting in the northeast at that time, didn't know about this at all, this was completely Cheng Yu's own opinion

Women are more fierce than men (to be continued, if you like this work, you are welcome to (.) Vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation)