After a fierce battle, the 'revolutionary army' suffered considerable losses. There were only seven main infantry companies, and one was disabled. There were only five cavalry companies, but they were constantly consumed in repeated reconnaissance and masking operations with Huang Taiji's Zhengbai Banner. In the end, Zhou Qingfeng simply engaged in a round battle. When the losses reach a certain level, they will take a break and recuperate, and then bring in new troops to hone them.

If you want to transfer a city in Liaoyang, you can't do it in a month or two. However, the 'revolutionary army' was stunned to rely on its strong organizational and logistical supply capabilities to stabilize its stronghold in Hupiyi. The Guards cavalry, which was constantly departing from the Tiger Skin Station, carried out effective battlefield monitoring and prevented Jiannu from probing their own side in front of the wide Liaohe Plain.

Huang Taiji was so angry that he was half dead, but he also had to succumb to the power of the cold winter, and had to return to his previous posture of defending the city. Anyway, in his opinion, the 'revolutionary army' belongs to slapping a swollen face to call a fat man, which is thankless.

Zhou Qingfeng didn't think about attacking the city, so he stayed at the Tiger Skin Station and evacuated after moving Liaoyang. It wasn't until Wang Kai arrived that he remembered that he still had a windfall left in the field and didn't care about it - more than 300 Jiannu heads, which were all real Tartars.

The 'revolutionary army' doesn't want this thing, the Ming army wants it.

Wang Kai followed the guards cavalry to Shahepu, where the battle took place, and saw the pile of corpses in Jingguan on the side of the road, which was covered with snow and looked like an ordinary dirt slope. Pushing the snow away, it revealed a terrifyingly twisted frozen corpse. He was shocked when he saw the corpse, but he also understood why Huang Taiji didn't collect the corpses of his subordinates.

More than 300 corpses were frozen into a large lump that was difficult to carry. If it weren't for some benefits, Wang Kai wouldn't have come to fight these corpses. For these hard corpses, he could only call some militiamen to roast them slowly with fire, and then pull them off and chop off their heads when they were soft.

This process takes a lot of time, Wang Kai is a businessman, and it is impossible to wait slowly. So he turned around and went to Jinzhou, southwest of Liaoyang, where the Ming army was stationed. He originally wanted to contact Liu Wei or Juniper, but who thought that it would be easy to hook up with Li Weihan and Governor Li who returned from the 'defeat'.

Governor Li will be the general of the defeated army, and in order to survive, he gave Liaoyang to Zhou Qingfeng. When he ran to Jinzhou, he didn't dare to go to Shanhaiguan again, for fear that Yang Hao, who was in Liaodong Jingluo in Shanhaiguan, would use his head to boost morale. In fact, when the news of his defeat reached the capital, the impeachment of him came out like snow, and the imperial historians said that he had lost the fortified city and should be killed.

In such a situation, Li Weihan learned that Zhou Qingfeng was going to sell more than 300 Jiannu heads. I also asked him ......, do you want it?

More than 300? What a victory!

You must know that later Yuan Chonghuan and Yuan Da fooled the 'Ningyuan Great Victory', claiming to have killed and injured nearly 20,000 Jiannu, eroded dozens of miles with one shot, and killed Nurhachi. There are only more than two hundred heads that can be cut. This is already a sensation in the government and the opposition, and the emperor is extremely excited. Of course, if you want to say that there are nearly 20,000 kills and injuries, and there are only more than 200 for Mao's head, you must be blamed for talking too much.

Although Da Ming has not suffered enough to build slaves now, Zhou Qingfeng has taken out more than 300 heads at one time, which is still a shocking thing. Li Weihan inquired carefully and learned that this was not obtained from defending the city, but from the field battle on a snowy night, which was even more terrifying.

"According to the rules of the imperial court, behead the thief slave, fifty-two or one." Wang Kai, who Li Weihan received in Jinzhou, was so excited when he heard this that he wanted to slap the table. This could not have come at a better time.

As long as these heads are taken out, Li Weihan is sure that he will be safe and sound, and there will be no one to blame the government and the opposition. At most, it's a good excuse to explain where these heads come from. At that time, he will not be defeated in Liaoyang, but even if he is defeated, he will still be glorious, and he can even return victorious-anyway, the literati have one mouth, and the story is all made up.

"As long as the young marshal's heads are true, the official is all covered." Li Weihan thought to himself: "Lao Tzu has to take down this batch of heads even if he borrows debts." He was not at ease, gritted his teeth and said: "The official requires that he personally inspect it, and none of them can be adulterated." ”

Key points? No problem!

The corpses were all in Shahepu, north of Liaoyang, and it only took two or three days to make a trip to make a sled.

Wang Kai said bluntly that those Jiannu corpses were frozen in the wilderness. In order to keep his official position, Li Weihan was anxious. He didn't even feel at ease about letting his subordinates go, so he simply said: "This official is willing to go in person." ”

Boom......

Li Weihan and Master Li really took Tan Feng as a guard, plus a few capable domestic servants followed Wang Kai to the front line of the Guards again. Along the way, I not only saw the ferocity and domineering of the 'revolutionary army' in Liaoyang, but also saw the hidden potential of the guards, as well as a large number of Jingguan corpses.

In the winter, it is not easy for Wang Kai to run back and forth. He was full of hope that the Guards had already cut down all the corpses and were waiting to receive them himself. But when I got to the ground, I found that there were only a few militiamen burning wood to roast corpses and cutting off people's heads. He had been gone for almost a week, and there were only about fifty heads that had been cut.

"How can it be so slow?" Wang Kai was about to jump up and scold, "What the young marshal explained, you dare to be lazy?" ”

The militia was helpless, saying that it was too cold and it was too difficult to collect firewood around. In addition, the guards of the Tiger Skin Station were not interested in this matter, and the young marshal personally led the team to the north yesterday and did not know what to do. In a word, it's that slow, or you have to do it yourself.

Wang Kai couldn't help it, the militia was not under his control, it was Li Shuwei's men. He could only turn around and say to Li Weihan, who came all the way over, "Master Li, I'm really embarrassed. The corpse is real, but it's really too cold. Why don't you take these fifty heads back first, and I'll settle the payment with you later." ”

Go back first? How is it possible to go back first?

Li Weihan took Tan Feng and his servants to stand in front of the pile of corpses in Jingguan, as if he had seen a peerless treasure. On the way here, he actually had suspicions, feeling that the 'revolutionary army', which had only been in the army for a year at most, could have cut off more than 300 skulls of Jiannu? It's incredible.

It wasn't until he personally stood in the Jingguan where more than 300 people were piled up that Li Weihan knew that there was really such a magical thing in this world. Hearing Wang Kai say, 'Take fifty heads first', Lord Li flatly refused, "This official came to the front line in person this time, how can he only bring fifty heads back?" Isn't it just cremation and freezing? You leave it alone, I'll come personally, I'll come personally. ”

Li Weihan was stunned, standing in front of the pile of corpses and dancing, relying on a few servants to pull desperately before he pounced on the hideous corpse and made love. When he finally regained his senses, he found that this corpse decapitation was really a water mill kung fu - when Zhou Qingfeng piled up the Jingguan, he didn't think about cutting off the head again. The corpses were piled up in a mess.

Li Weihan immediately ordered Tan Feng and the servants who followed: "Master, I will see how many heads I can get now, why don't you hurry up and help?" ”

Tan Feng followed Li Weihan for a trip, which would also be stunned. But as long as he thought that Master Li would eat meat, he should be able to drink soup with him, and he suddenly felt that his heart was hot. He borrowed a few axes from the guards and began to chop with all his might.

It's just that this frozen corpse is as hard as iron, Lord Li and Tan Feng live in the tiger skin post at night, and they come to burn the fire and cut the corpse during the day. As a result, within two days, another group of people came - "Lord Li, the Jinyi Guard from the imperial court is looking for you everywhere, I didn't expect you to be here?" You can't take these heads alone! ”

Li Weihan looked back and immediately complained in his heart, the person who came was Yan Mingtai, the senator of the Liaodong Division, and Yang Hao, the person who was the commander of the Liaodong Economic Strategy. The appearance of this guy means, for example, that the matter of this head has been leaked. No wonder I haven't seen Wang Kai in the past few days, presumably this fat man is too anxious to see himself, and he feels that he has found a few more to raise the price.

"Lord Yan, please raise your noble hand and let this official go." Li Weihan's face was bitter, and he still wanted to intercede. Yan Mingtai was already paying attention to the big pile of corpses. With a grunt in his mouth, he circled the pile three times, and even despite the horror of the corpses, he climbed on top of the pile to remove the thick layer of snow and examine it carefully.

After the inspection, Yan Mingtai had to sigh: "My Ming official army has tens of thousands of troops in Liaodong, but they can only shrink into the fortified city. In other words, this thief dared to fight in the field, and he could behead so much. It's amazing! ”

Li Weihan couldn't help but panic and asked Yan Mingtai, "Lord Yan, are you here this time for these heads?" You are Yang Jingluo's person, what is the use of having a head? Don't rob me. ”

Yan Mingtai scolded: "Master Li, your appetite is too big. There are more than 300 heads here, can you swallow them? If you want to monopolize this merit alone, aren't you afraid that your colleagues in Liaodong will work together to impeach you for bullying the king? ”

He said angrily and sternly, and then shouted in a low voice: "You think you want the head? Yang Jingluo's life was not easy, and the court scolded him for being a good teacher, and he needed some Jiannu heads to make good friends. The first level here gives you ten. ”

"Only ten?"

Li Weihan was really angry, and he was about to fight hard, "The surname Yan, you are too greedy, if I hadn't given Liaoyang out to the young marshal of the 'Revolutionary Army', how could there have been such a great victory?" Now that you have the first level, you are here to grab the credit, how can there be such a reason? No, no, I'll take at least a hundred. ”

"Fifteen at most, and no more." Yan Mingtai is like an old lady bargaining in the vegetable market, biting the bottom limit and not letting go, "Now my colleagues in Liaodong are all lacking in heads, and there are countless people who want to share the profits. You can take fifteen to protect yourself, just laugh. The rest of Yang Jingluo have already been arranged. ”

Li Weihan was not so easy to deal with, he shouted loudly: "Lord Yan, you make it clear, what the hell is going on? Who else wants this batch of heads? If I don't make it clear, I'd rather go to the 'revolutionary army'. Tell them that Yang Jingluo had already planned to call after the beginning of spring. Let's see if they're going to sell you heads? ”

Li Yan and the others tore apart for a long time, and finally figured out the distribution of this batch of heads.

Wang Kai naturally couldn't just find Li Weihan, the matter of the head had spread throughout Liaodong. When Yang Hao, the governor of Liaodong, learned that this 'revolutionary army' was going to sell the head of Jiannu to the Ming army, his first thought was to make a big joke in the world. But after thinking about it, he couldn't stop it, so it was better to plan this matter well and save himself some trouble.

Yang Hao strictly ordered all the subordinates not to contact Wang Kai alone, and he must come forward to talk. He talked about it and then came back to share the profits. Anyway, he is the strategy of Liaodong, no matter how many heads he cuts, it is the credit of his good command. He even rushed to Jinzhou in person for this reason, and sent someone to call Wang Kai to negotiate again.

In the end, the two parties agreed that a head would be exchanged for 10,000 catties of iron. More than 300 heads are estimated to be exchanged for 1,500 to 2,000 tons of pig iron. The 'revolutionary army' felt that the deal was quite cost-effective, and the useless head was exchanged for the iron material that was urgently needed. And the officialdom of Liaodong felt that they had made a big deal. Isn't it good to let those coolies dig more and refine more? The first level is not available!

So happy for all!

Only Li Weihan and Master Li are very disappointed, he was the one who made a lot of money, but now he has just saved his head. When he left the Tiger Skin Station, he secretly asked Wang Kai: "Do you want iron very much?" If you want iron, you said it earlier! ”