Outside Liaoyang City, Wei Zheng, dressed in military uniform, was standing at the gate of the city with a stern face, waiting for the triumphant return of Chief of Staff Sun Chengzong.

Soon, on the official road within Wei Zheng's field of vision, there was a mighty and endless flow of people in sight

Just when Wei Zheng was looking forward to it, the officers above the regimental level of the Western Expeditionary Corps led by Sun Chengzong rode directly on their war horses and galloped towards Liaoyang City one step in advance.

When Sun Chengzong and the others were still fifty steps away from Wei Zheng, the cavalry that rushed to the ground stopped directly. Several middle and senior officers of the Tiger and Leopard Army, under the leadership of Sun Chengzong, walked quickly towards the location of Wei Zheng.

Of course, Wei Zheng, who was standing at the gate of the city, did not stop in place, and directly greeted Sun Chengzong and the others.

"The last general has seen the handsome"

Dozens of officers led by Sun Chengzong, as if they had been discussed, gave Wei Zheng a military salute and said loudly.

Wei Zheng, who was smiling with a smile on his face, gave everyone a military salute back, and said with a satisfied face: "Chief of Staff, Division Commander Luo, and all the soldiers, you have all worked hard."

"The results you have achieved in Houjin, Ben Shuai has seen them. Here, this commander can tell everyone for sure, you are all the heroes of our tiger and leopard army's successful occupation of Liaodong, and after this commander returns to the Shanxi Governor's Palace, this commander will personally ask the staff department and all the soldiers for credit."

"The marshal has prepared a celebration banquet for everyone in the lobby of the General Soldier's Mansion tonight, and all the soldiers who attacked Houjin, regardless of their rank. The marshal allows you to eat and drink as much as you like."

"It's tomorrow. Ben Shuai is listening to your report on the specific battle process of Jin after this sortie."

After a celebration banquet that moved all the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army in Liaodong. Chief of Staff Sun Chengzong did not go to rest like other soldiers. Instead, he followed Wei Zheng. Walk into the study room of the former Liaodong General Soldier's Mansion.

Sun Chengzong, who had just walked into the study and was flushed because of drinking, said with excitement on his face.

"Dashuai, before reporting, the last general will first thank Dashuai If it weren't for you, Dashuai, the last general would not have had the opportunity to fight such a hearty battle in his lifetime."

"All along, it was the Tartars who invaded the Ming Dynasty. The indiscriminate killing of innocents in the territory of the Ming Dynasty displaced countless Ming people, and even became slaves of the Tartars. Today, the last general can finally use the weapons in his hands to tell the Tartars, you can kill the Han people, and we Han people can also kill them, let them know what it means to return a tooth for a tooth, and blood for blood."

"Sue the Han people who died at the hands of the Tartars, from now on. We, the Han Chinese, will use the weapons in our hands to avenge them. Recapture from the Tartars the Han Chinese who were enslaved in Houjin. ”

Wei Zheng waved his hand and said: "Don't say these words, this commander told you a few months ago, the reason why I, Wei Zheng, formed the Tiger and Leopard Army is to rule the people and kill the Tartars."

"In addition, Ben Shuai can also tell you that this attack is only our first attack on Houjin. From now on, there will be a second, or even a third, sortie. Not only that, but the scale of these sorties will also become larger and larger. Ben Shuai wants to attack one after another through guò, just like bloodletting, and wipe out Houjin's limited national strength and war potential."

"Okay, Chief of Staff, if there are more, we won't say much, this commander wants to know whether the various war horses obtained by Jin after this sortie can make up for our losses in Liaodong and Jin's after this sortie, and provide sufficient financial resources for the future development of Liaodong."

Speaking of the results, Sun Chengzong's facial expression, which was still full of emotion just now, was instantly replaced by excitement.

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he said excitedly: "Dashuai, when it comes to the results of this attack, I have to say another sentence: I finally know now why so many people are willing to be bandits in the troubled times, why Houjin Tartars, why do they like to invade the territory of Daming so much, burn, kill and loot"

Wei Zheng asked with a smile on his face: "The reason in the chief of staff's heart is"

"The priceless business of burning, killing and looting is too fast to come to the silver"

"In this attack on Houjin, although we only robbed five tribes of Houjin. However, the wealth gathered by these five Houjin tribes was far beyond my expectations, and I was simply amazed and couldn't believe my eyes. ”

"In my eyes, the customs outside the customs where Houjin is located are all barren land, and the entire Houjin must not have much wealth. However, after really eliminating these Houjin tribes, I realized that my original conjecture was wrong. ”

"And it's a big mistake, these post-gold tartars, not only rich, but also very rich."

"Any ordinary tartar can be regarded as a small landlord if you put it in the pass."

"Now it seems that not only me, but the entire Ming Dynasty has far underestimated the national strength of Houjin."

Under Sun Chengzong's gaze, Wei Zheng said with a noncommittal affirmation: "This is certain, otherwise, the results of my Tiger and Leopard Army's two sorties to attack Mongolia will bring tens of millions of taels of silver to the Tiger and Leopard Army, and give the Tiger and Leopard Army the capital to vigorously develop the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, and even confront the imperial court."

After Wei Zheng reminded, Sun Chengzong immediately thought of the mountains of silver and gold in the treasury of the governor of Shanxi.

Compared with this huge wealth, the results achieved by Kim after this attack are really nothing.

Thinking of this, Sun Chengzong's excited facial expression slowly calmed down.

After taking a deep breath, he replied to Wei Zheng: "Among all the results of Jin's battle after this sortie, the most intuitive is the preliminary statistics of gold and silver, with a total of more than 250,000 taels of gold and more than 6.5 million taels of silver. ”

"In terms of war horses, cattle and sheep, a total of more than 39,000 war horses of various kinds were seized, more than 15,000 cattle, and as for the number of sheep, because there are too many, no statistics have been made."

"In addition to these, the biggest seizure is the most famous and most abundant animal skins and wild ginseng outside the Guan, it is very rare to find a wild ginseng, but in Houjin is the opposite, all kinds of wild ginseng are so many that they are packed in sacks."

"After statistics, we brought back a total of 28,000 catties of various animal skins, more than 12,000 catties of various wild ginseng, as for the specific value, we will only know until we sell it. However, it is absolutely not an exaggeration to describe it in the four words priceless"

"The last Warring States is the Han slaves and Tartar captives rescued from the five tribes"

"After the final count, we brought back a total of more than 85,000 Han Chinese from Houjin. I have captured more than 19,000 Tartar women and children for the future development of Liaodong, and I have brought them back."

Seeing the satisfied smile slowly showing on Wei Zheng's face, Sun Chengzong's words changed and continued: "After this sortie, although the results of the battle were great, it also eliminated one or two hundred thousand Tartar Qingzhuang. However, our losses were also very large, especially the two garrison divisions, which lost almost half of them."

Under Wei Zheng's incomprehensible gaze, Sun Chengzong hurriedly told him his thoughts and process of training in Houjin and Tongguò in actual combat.

After listening, the incomprehension on Wei Zheng's face immediately disappeared and was replaced by a hint of excitement.

Under Sun Chengzong's gaze, he shouted excitedly: "That is to say, the remaining soldiers of the two garrison divisions have completely reached the standard of field troops."

"Yes, handsome," Sun Chengzong affirmed loudly.

"In this actual combat training, in addition to the artillery, the other musketeers and bombardiers who returned to Liaodong alive, without exception, have all been on the battlefield, not only that, each of these soldiers has killed more than two Tartars."

"In terms of military merit, they also have the qualifications to be promoted to corporal"

"What's more, some ordinary soldiers who are good in appearance can be directly promoted from private to sergeant, and even sergeant, so as long as the commander is willing, the Second Infantry Division of the Haw Par Army can be formed immediately."

With Sun Chengzong's affirmation, the smile on Wei Zheng's face became even stronger.

He immediately replied: "Chief of Staff, the truth is too much beyond the expectation of this commander, and this commander can definitely tell you that your decision is very correct." ”

Therefore, the commander decided that starting tomorrow, all the officers and men of the Tiger and Leopard Army in Liaodong will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds. After the completion of the battle, the Second Infantry Division of the Haw Par Army will be formed directly on the basis of the two garrison divisions, so as to form the First Field Army of the Haw Par Army."

"As for the Liaodong garrison division with empty troops, if the number of recruits directly in Liaodong is insufficient, you can also recruit troops from among the Han people you brought back, chief of staff."

"Compared with the people in Guannai, these people are more suitable for the climate of Liaodong. As long as you train into an army, you can fight the Tartars"

Sun Chengzong affirmed loudly: "What the marshal said is that the reason why the imperial court formed a border army in Liaodong is to hold the same idea as the marshal, and only by using Liao people can the army form combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time." There was enough courage to fight with the Tartars. ”

Wei Zheng nodded and replied: "In this case, this matter is so decided, starting tomorrow, all the tiger and leopard troops in Liaodong will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and those who should be promoted will be rewarded with silver, and those who should be promoted will be promoted to military ranks." ”

"After that, immediately form the Second Infantry Division of the Haw Par Army"

"Ben Shuai has a hunch that the Houjin Emperor Taiji will definitely not swallow his anger for the robbery we just ended. Of course, a generation of male lords, Huang Taiji, will not watch us gain a foothold in Liaodong" (to be continued......