Under the guidance of Zhu Daolin and several henchmen and generals under his command, the Dongjiang New Army's campaign summary meeting achieved its expected goal, and the hot-headed generals and colonels of various departments quickly calmed down, and while summing up their achievements, they were able to humbly face their own mistakes and deficiencies and draw up rectification measures.

On the afternoon of the third day, all 97 officers at and above the battalion level attending the meeting submitted the review report to the Military Affairs Department of the Military Department, which filed it for the record, compiled the Liaodong Campaign into a book, and distributed it to each officer attending the meeting.

On the evening of the end of the summary meeting, Zhu Daolin held a banquet to celebrate his achievements, and before the banquet began, he personally announced the commendation order for the battle, and each battalion participating in the battle was rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver, nearly half of the officers above the battalion level were rewarded with promotions to the rank of first, and the two artillery battalions of the Jiuliancheng Battlefield and the Gushan Battlefield were awarded collective second-class merit and an additional 5,000 taels of silver.

Due to its effective organization and appropriate measures, the Quartermaster Department of the Dongjiang New Army recruited tens of thousands of people to evacuate all the materials of several villages and towns, shipyards and the camp at the mouth of the river upstream, and brought back a large amount of masonry and wood for the construction of a castle 15 kilometers downstream of Uiju City on the east bank of the Yalu River, and was awarded a collective third-class merit and 8,000 taels of silver.

When the reward was announced, the wide courtyard was filled with thunderous cheers, and in less than an hour, more than thirty officers were drunk on the banquet in excitement.

Zhu Daolin's strategy of "suppressing first and then promoting" and "slapping and sweetening dates" has finally yielded initial results, and the Dongjiang New Army, on which he pinned high hopes, has established a perfect command system, displayed a gratifying new look, and gradually formed a good tradition of pooling wisdom and making concerted efforts to participate in discussions before the war and summing up without arrogance or rashness after the war.

At noon the next day, Zhu Daolin, accompanied by Wu Jicheng, Li Yuming, his brother-in-law Zhang Deyi, and other generals, came to the castle construction site on the east bank of the Yalu River.

The 12,000 Liaodong refugees recruited by the Quartermaster Department began yesterday in the construction of two large hexagonal fortresses.

A large number of stones, bricks and trees were piled up from Jiuliancheng on the opposite bank and the camp at the mouth of the river upstream, and more than a dozen powerful Korean merchants used ox carts and horse-drawn carts. A steady stream of supplies was brought in, and the Dongjiang New Army's own five small warships and 1,200 soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Musket Battalions served as guards.

As far as the eye can see, the battle flags are lined up, the crowds are surging, and everywhere is full of vitality.

Zhu Daolin walked around with the generals under his command. Returning to rest under the big tree far away from the river bank, Sun Lide, the quartermaster of the Dongjiang New Army, who was in charge of building the city, seized the opportunity to report to him:

"In the morning, General Chung Kim Il, the defense envoy of Uiju, sent someone over to ask us whether we had obtained permission from the king of Joseon and the minister of war to build a city here, and he was sent away by his subordinates."

"Oh? What do you say? ”

Zhu Daolin put down the big bowl of dry tea and asked with interest.

Sun Lide, who had a dark face and a full beard, smiled: "The subordinates only say two words, get out!" ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Zhu Daolin shook his head again and again after laughing.

Sun Lide, who had followed Zhu Daolin since the formation of the Jiangnan New Army, was not good at fighting, but he had outstanding abilities in military logistics management and city construction and craftsmanship, and the comprehensive reconstruction and expansion of Phi Dao was completed quickly and easily under his leadership.

Sun Lide shook his head when he saw Zhu Daolin. Worried that his reckless response would cause Zhu Daolin's displeasure, he immediately explained: "Since noon the day before yesterday, the Tartar reinforcements have been continuously driving to Jiulian City on the other side of Yizhou City, shouting and scolding at us. ”

"As of yesterday afternoon, no less than 6,000 Tartar reinforcements had gathered on the other side. If it weren't for the coastal patrol battalion and the navy brothers of our army, they would have blown up the two major wharves of Jiulian City and the upper estuary, and burned down the Tartar shipyard on the opposite bank. After snatching back all the Tartar ships and a large amount of shipbuilding timber, perhaps the 6,000 Tartars who lost the red eye had already crossed the river to kill people and set fires. ”

"The Korean army in Uiju City actually sent someone to question us at such a time, instead of asking our army to assist them, I really don't know what was going on in the mind of the defense envoy of Uiju."

The generals nodded frequently, and Li Yuming, who was quite familiar with the factions of the North Korean army, told everyone: "The Anju defense envoy Chung Kim Il is the son of Chung Juyan, the minister of the surrender faction of the DPRK and China. He is not a person from us at all, and our army has never had any contact with this person until now. ”

Zhu Daolin did not blame the hard-working Sun Lide: "Old Sun, don't think about it, I don't mean to blame you at all, but I am deeply disappointed in the current North Korean army." ”

Pause for a moment. Zhu Daolin expressed his attitude to the generals: "Before I ordered this to be built, I have formally submitted a request to the envoys sent by the Korean monarch to recover Tieshan City and the surrounding more than 100,000 acres of land......

"Tieshan City and the surrounding more than 100,000 acres of land were built and reclaimed by Mao Dashuai who led me to build and reclaim more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the Ming Dynasty, and the thousands of tenants who were forced to farm and burn bricks and tiles by several major families in North Korea in the past few years are also my Liaodong people, if you don't take it back, how can you face the nearly 200,000 Liaodong people who are displaced in North Korea? How does my Dongjiang New Army show the majesty of the **** kingdom? ”

"That's right! Don't even think of taking it from anyone who should be ours! After this battle, Wu Jicheng, who was a little reborn, had a very majestic voice, and all the generals immediately echoed it.

Zhu Daolin nodded with satisfaction: "Secondly, the losses of Liaodong Tatars in this battle are extremely heavy, our army slaughtered as many as 10,000 Tartar soldiers and civilians in various battlefields, the cattle and horses killed by burned houses cannot be calculated, the three major towns on the west bank of the Yalu River that the Tartars are proud of were razed to the ground, the two major horse farms and more than 100,000 acres of wheat that are about to be harvested were burned by our army, and nearly 80,000 Liaodong people who were used as livestock were robbed back by our army, and the coastal radius of 300 miles almost became a no-man's land, so hateful, so heavy losses, How can the Liaodong Tartars rest? ”

"If my guess is correct, Huang Taiji, who is campaigning against the four major rebel tribes of Mongolia in the Narit River and Duolun region of Mongolia, will soon receive news that within a month, 50,000 iron horsemen will take revenge on my Ming and North Korea."

"In such a grim situation, even if the North Korean people want to avoid the war, they can only rely on our army, work side by side to resist the enemy, and keep the Tartar iron cavalry on the west bank of the Yalu River, in order to keep North Korea stable."

"If the Korean monarch Yi Ju and his ministers had a little wisdom, they would have made up their minds and quickly made the decision to unite our army for common defense."

"So, you don't have to worry, let alone recovering Tieshan City and more than 100,000 acres of land, maybe the upper reaches of Yiju City will soon be handed over to our army for garrison, and even the 30,000 Korean troops stationed in northern Korea will obey and accept the training of our army and obey the command of our army."

After a brief moment of consternation, the generals were excited, and there was no longer the slightest concern in their hearts. (To be continued.) )