Name ......

"Zhou Zong"

"Origin ......"

"Shanxi Zhenwuwei ......"

"I'll check...... Well, last year's owe four and a half months, this year's owe four months, counting this month, a total of nine taels and five cents, plus five taels of silver, a total of fourteen taels and five cents, take it. ”

On May 14, the first year of the Apocalypse, with the start of the Yanshan battalion, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the three towns of Shanxi who spoke official dialect began to raise their salaries.

They came out of the barracks, and the inside and outside were supervised by the Tiance Guard, who was armed with a horseman, and no one dared to make trouble.

At the south gate, Zhu Youzhen sat on a chair next to the city gate, and in front of him were three restrained generals.

Yang Zhaoji, the general soldier of Datong who is over forty years old, Zhang Jixian, the general soldier of Xuanfu who is over forty years old, and Lu Qin, the general soldier of Taiyuan who is over forty years old......

These three people are also wrong, except for Zhang Jixian, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, the other two are not bad.

Yang Zhaoji suppressed the White Lotus Sect, resisted the banner Taiji of the Hetao Mongols, recovered Lanzhou, and led the 3,000 well-trained Jiading and Minyong to Jinghua in his own changes.

This army, although there is no name of the Qi army, but do not lose the courage of the Qi army, the local people also praised its troops as the Yang army, and then day and night, without taking off the armor, highlighting the encirclement, straight to the capital.

In general, Yang Zhaoji is a Confucian general, and Lu Qin in Taiyuan Town is also good.

Originally, he was supposed to come to the capital as the deputy general of the Shenshu battalion as the deputy commander of Taiyuan Town, but because of Zhu Youzhen's troubles, Lu Qin on Xungui's side did not go through the door, so he took refuge in the Qi party.

With the assistance of Qi Shijiao, he was promoted to the chief soldier of Taiyuan Town by Sun Ruyou and others.

If Zhu Youzhen is not mistaken, he mainly pacified the Lu'an Rebellion in the southwest in history, although he was not a general who led more than 10,000 troops, but a pioneer who led 3,000 troops could still do it.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen thought about it carefully, and it seemed that the three towns of Shanxi did not have much to do with these three generals.

They didn't serve long as the chief military officer, and before they could cultivate their own lineage, they were transferred away by the imperial court's order to aid Liao.

Therefore, the operability is very large, and the key depends on how Zhu Youjian does it.

"Now I talk about how much there is empty, just like Liaodong He Shixian and others, I don't blame ...... past."

Zhu Youzhen picked up a cup of tea and explained.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhang Jixian couldn't resist the pressure and said first: "Xuanfu's aid to Liao this time is four battalions, 12,000 people, and the empty amount is 3,000 ......."

Zhang Jixian has some pioneers and generals, but he has no backers, and he can pick up the position of the general army of Xuanfu, mainly because the battle of Salhu broke the fault line on the nine sides.

Therefore, after he spoke, there was a breakthrough in the matter, and Zhu Youzhen also set his sights on Yang Zhaoji and Lu Qin.

The two of them were looked at by Zhu Youzhen, and they were really a little uncomfortable.

After all, Zhu Youzhen's fame is too great at the moment, one guard drank back 30,000 iron cavalry from Karaqin, and the other guard defeated the Tuban Bayo department, and he still has thirteen such guards.

In this way, it is not difficult to understand why they are a little uncomfortable.

The merits of a poor life are not as good as an eleven-year-old boy, which is somewhat a slap in the face.

"Of the three battalions in Taiyuan, only two battalions came, and one battalion was empty."

Suddenly, Lu Qin spoke, and as soon as he spoke, Yang Zhaoji could only say everything:

"Of the four battalions in Datong, only three battalions came, and one battalion was empty."

"In other words, the twelve battalions that were supposed to come have only nine battalions, 27,000 people, and 10,000 empty places?" Zhu Youzhen sneered, and then said:

"That's it, it's all over, and I don't bother to pursue it."

Zhu Youzhen did not take advantage of the situation to ask them about the strength of the three towns in Shanxi, but raised his teacup and said:

"On this trip, Lone will be paid according to the person's hair, and the silver will be issued, do the three general soldiers have any opinions?"

"Don't dare...... I didn't dare to ......" The three people who heard the words were embarrassed, but they didn't expect Zhu Youzhen to really cover up the three of them.

"Okay, since it's all talked, let's call the person who has finished receiving the salary to get the military rations." Zhu Youzhen got up, and Yang Zhaoji and the three also got up.

"After the salary, I went to Liaodong, but I have to do my best and listen to Xiong Jingluo's words." Zhu Youzhen explained again.

"The last general ordered ......" and the three of them returned the salute.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen didn't pursue anything anymore, and under the guard of Lu Wenzhao and Jinyiwei, he rode his horse and prepared to go hunting.

Spring safari, this thing is Zhu Youzhen's hobby to pass the time during this time, and in addition, in the quiet environment in the wild, you can also talk about some things.

Therefore, after staying away from Yanshan Institute, Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth and asked:

"How's Cheng'en doing? What about Man Gui? ”

Hearing this, Lu Wenzhao responded on horseback: "The salt farm has begun to finish, and it will take some time to make salt." ”

"On the side of the general soldier, after resting for a while, he received the men and horses sent by Xiong Jingluo."

"Supporting the Manchu General Army are Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi, deputy commanders of Guangning, who brought 3,000 families to support, and are now resting in Daning Sanwei."

"At the moment, General Man is waiting for the nine thousand new soldiers of Yongping Mansion and the people of the Sanatorium of Shuntian and Yongping Mansion to go."

"Hmm......" Hearing Man Gui's movements, Zhu Youzhen bowed slightly, and then explained:

"Tell Mangui not to worry, first expand the Tucheng of the Bayo Department as Daning Zhongwei, and then establish the Tucheng and take over the people of the almshouses in Shuntian and Yongping."

The number of nursing homes in Shuntianfu and Yongping is tens of thousands.

It just so happened that Zhu Youzhen could take this opportunity to connect the able-bodied children into the Yanshan Institute, and send the able-bodied guys to Daning Sanwei.

At that time, they were still sprinkled there, thinking that it would be difficult to eat the rice of the almshouse, and that if they did not work, they would starve to death.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen said: "You wait a minute, take my handwritten letter, go to the granary to transfer 200,000 stone grains to Daning Sanwei." ”

"This grain is estimated to allow the people of the nursing home to reclaim more 10,000 acres of cultivated land, but I don't know if there is any place that can be cultivated in Daning Sanwei in addition to the Tucheng of Bayobu, as well as the camp of Zaisai."

Zhu Youzhen is still very worried, after all, this is the world 400 years ago, the Northeast 400 years ago, even in the face of the Liaohe Plain, which is the easiest to develop among the three major plains in the Northeast, he still lacks confidence.

But in the face of his worries, Lu Wenzhao smiled and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, Man Gui has already brought good news." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Youzhen stopped his horse, and Lu Wenzhao also explained:

"The people under the command of Man Gui went to the south of Daning to take a look, and the vast hills and plains near the left side of the Liao River can be cultivated."

"The only problem is that because there are rivers such as the Liao River, the Daling River, the Xiaoling River, the Liuhe River, and the Shahe River in Daning Sanwei, and the water flow is slow, there are many meanders and sandbanks in Daning Sanwei."

"These Shazhou and Hequ ports are criss-crossed, with strong accumulation, and the riverbed is constantly rising, which often leads to poor drainage or river embankment bursting during the flood season, resulting in flooding."

"There are many sandbanks in the river, the riverbed is constantly silted, and the river water is not vented, these are the words of dislike of the Manchu general soldiers for Daning Sanwei."

But speaking of this, Lu Wenzhao shook his head with a smile and said:

"But then he said that as long as the water conservancy is properly built, and some of the river meanders and Shazhou are repaired, perhaps with the reclamation of tens of thousands of people, it will not be difficult to reclaim some of the river meanders into fertile land."

"This guy is really ......" Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen also laughed, and asked: "Did he say how much land he could cultivate?" ”

"Got it!" Lu Wenzhao said: "He said that if there are enough manpower and cattle, after the war is over this year, 100,000 acres of river meanders can be preliminarily sorted out." ”

"In one year next year, about 100,000 acres of river meanders can be turned into cultivated land, and then the land will be burned for a year, and about 100,000 acres of fertile land will be obtained the year after next."

"He asked which Han people had taken refuge in Bayo, and they said that in the third year of reclamation, one mu of land could harvest 890 catties of millet (sorghum), in the fourth year 112 catties, and in the fifth year there would be more than 140 catties."

"So, it will take five years?" When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he immediately frowned.

If you follow the speed that Mangui and the local Han people say, then it will take about the same time to come to Hetao and other places in the northeast, and even longer to the north.

Five years, how many more five years does he have?

Thinking that in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the Xiaoice River drought would begin to break out, and Zhu Youjian also felt that time was beginning to be a little insufficient.

"This year, the matter of the three towns in Shanxi must be resolved......

Thinking of the Xiaoice River drought for more than ten consecutive years, Zhu Youjian was also a lot more anxious in his heart.

"Sun Yingyuan, you should arrive in Zhenjiang, right?" Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth suddenly, and when Lu Wenzhao heard this, he replied:

"It's been three days since I arrived in Zhenjiang......"

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"Kill! Kill! Kill ......"

When Lu Wenzhao replied to Zhu Youzhen, 16,700 miles away, outside Zhenjiang Fort, tens of thousands of soldiers shouted and drilled, shaking the North Korean border generals on the other side of the Yalu River.

At the head of Sinuiju City, a Korean minister looked at the Ming army in the north of the Yalu River, and said to the official next to him with a smile:

"Judge Choi, see it, the last dynasty is going to clean up the prisoners, we, as North Koreans who have received the favor of the last dynasty, should do our part now!"

"Fu Yin, if Yizhou pays for the grain, I'm afraid it will cause the king's discomfort......" Hearing the minister's words, Judge Cui hurriedly dissuaded.

It's just that after his dissuasion was heard by this official, he frowned and said: "Our North Korea is deeply favored by the Emperor Ming Dynasty, and the Imjin Rebellion, the Shang Dynasty sent money, food, soldiers and horses to drive the Japanese to Busan, now do we want to be thieves?" ”

"It's just this ......" Judge Choi didn't know what to say, after all, the current attitude of the Joseon king towards the Later Jin and Ming Dynasty had already caused dissatisfaction among many North Korean officials.

If he says the wrong thing, I am afraid that the person in front of him will also tell other dissatisfied ministers, and then there is no hope of promotion in the future.

"Li Fuyin, it's not that the lower officials don't want to be transferred, it's just that the situation in Yizhou is really not optimistic, and there are only more than 6,000 stones of grain and less than 3,000 taels of copper and silver in the treasury......"

"Then take three hundred taels, buy some cattle and sheep, and I will cross the river and send them over." Hearing this, Li Fuyin frowned and spoke, and the judge had no choice but to transfer money to buy some cattle and sheep.

So early the next morning, Li Fuyin took ten cows and more than 600 sheep and crossed the river by boat to the other side.

When they were about to reach the shore, the regular soldiers who were running the morning exercise spotted them: "Who are you?!" ”

"I am Yin Li Guan of Yiju Mansion, the nephew of Yi Sunsin, the commander of the command, and I came here today to do my best for the next dynasty!" Li Wan stood at the bow of the ship and shouted loudly, while the regular soldiers of the Seven Guards looked at me and I looked at you.

"Yi Sunsin? Who is it? ”

"I don't know, it seems to be a North Korean general in the Korean War, and the official position should not be big."

"Anyway, it's an official of the feudal state, receive him first, and then notify the general army."

"Okay."

Several of the commanders talked to each other, and then nodded their heads in response.

Soon, under their command, Li Guan and his entourage of more than 100 people, as well as cattle and sheep, were received and disembarked.

Not long after, Sun Yingyuan also rode a horse and led people from Zhenjiang Fort to the river beach, and Li Wan saw Sun Yingyuan, who was dressed in a general soldier's armor, so he said:

"Yin Liguan, the capital of Yizhou in Xiaguo, see the general of the previous dynasty."

"You're Yi Sunsin's nephew? Your uncle played well at that time, I heard from Qi Jin's general soldiers. Sun Yingyuan turned over and dismounted, and helped Li Guan, who was in trouble.

But what he said was just a polite remark.

After all, in the Battle of Korea, the performance of the Koreans can be said to be humiliating and thrown home, except for the Liaodong soldiers of North Korea, only Yi Sunsin and a few others can barely get into the eye.

Before the Ming army entered the DPRK, the Korean soldiers and horses were "like wolves and tigers", exchanging tens of thousands of casualties and hundreds of thousands of civilians for 4,000 casualties of the Japanese army, which can be described as powerful.

This appearance made Li Rusong and Song Yingchang unbearable, so they asked Qi Jin, Wu Weizhong and others to train the North Korean soldiers and horses with Qi Jiguang's "Ji Xiao Xinshu", and finally let the North Korean soldiers and horses have a little effect......

"The Sword Comes"

Be a man.

Therefore, although Sun Yingyuan looks down on North Korean soldiers and horses from the bottom of his heart, after all, people are here to give gifts, and it is not good if he does not come to receive them.

"It's the lower official, may I ask if the general of the upper dynasty wants to go on a northern expedition to build a captive? Do you need to go abroad to help? ”

Li Wan looked expectant, but Sun Yingyuan remembered Liu Ling's fate, and immediately shook his head and coughed:

"Our dynasty has abundant troops, and the captives are just the plague of skin moss, so why do we need to let the subject country send people?"

"That's ......" Li Wan was a little disappointed, but quickly said:

"In this case, after the lower official returns to North Korea, he can send money and food to my king and allocate money and food to support the upper court."

"If you could, it would be great." Hearing this, Sun Yingyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then the subordinate will not stay, I wish the generals of the court success!" Li Guan didn't dare to stay too long, otherwise he would be easily impeached.

Sun Yingyuan didn't want to make a show, so he returned the favor, and then watched Li Guan take people across the river and return to North Korea.

When the people disappeared, he turned his head to look at the cow and sheep and said, "The cow stays, and the sheep will be dealt with by the big cook, and then make some silver, buy a few hundred, and have a good meal, and be rewarded." ”

"Yes!

！ ”

Hearing that there was mutton to eat, the Seven Guards and the Seven Battalion auxiliaries shouted excitedly.

Soon, after the drill was over, the Seven Guards and Seven Battalions had a rare harvest.

After a short rest for half a month, Sun Yingyuan almost understood the situation in eastern Liaoning, and then began to divide his troops.

Yingyang, Wu Xiang, and Teng Xiang Sanwei went to Phoenix City with three battalions of auxiliaries to wait, while the other four guards and three battalions were led by Sun Yingyuan and prepared to go to Kuandian, and the last battalion of auxiliaries stayed behind and guarded Zhenjiang Fort with a thousand Liao soldiers.

At the same time, Sun Yingyuan also wrote a letter to Liaoyang City.

In accordance with the meaning of his own King Qi, he asked Qi Jin for Qi Yuangong and Qi Yuanfu.

This time, the Seven Guards and Seven Battalions went to Liaodong, mainly to deter North Korea, and in addition, they built stone forts and passes in Phoenix City, Kuandian, and Zhenjiang Fort, and trained their troops by the way, and finally left the Seven Battalions of auxiliary troops to guard Liaodong.

After the matter was completed, Sun Yingyuan had to take the Seven Guards back to Beizhili, and Phoenix, Kuandian, and Zhenjiangbao needed someone to lead the seven battalions of auxiliaries.

What Zhu Youzhen told Sun Yingyuan was to let Qi Yuangong, Qi Yuanfu, and Qin Banghan or Qin Bangping command the auxiliaries of the three places.

However, at present, Qin Banghan and Qin Bangping are still under siege in Shenyang, and it is estimated that they will not be able to get out of trouble in a short time.

Therefore, the only way to come to Qi Yuangong and Qi Yuanfu to lead the troops first, while training, threaten Hetuala in the north, and he took all the auxiliary soldiers to drill first, and set up a pass in the Kuandian area by the way.

Five days passed, and Sun Yingyuan successfully arrived in Kuandian, but at the same time, the Jurchens in the six forts of Kuandian also knew the news of the arrival of tens of thousands of Ming troops in Kuandian.

Like Shenyang City, someone soon sent the news to Hetuara and Shenyang.

In this regard, Beizhen Fusi Jinyiwei, who had long been ambushed in Kuandian and Phoenix City, informed Sun Yingyuan, but he didn't care about this group of Jurchens.

To put it bluntly, he was originally luring the enemy, creating the illusion of encircling Wei to save Zhao, so it was naturally impossible to put an end to the news.

Right now, he wished everyone knew that he was going to attack Hetuala.

But......

"This place is too barren, and it is estimated that there are not many people and horses......"

On the slope of a mountain forest in Kuandian, Sun Yingyuan frowned and looked at the terrain of Kuandian, only to find that the dam of Kuandian was less than eight miles from east to west and less than six miles from north to south.

At present, the cultivated land of the plains here has been reclaimed, and so have the rest of the forts, which means that this place does not need to be cultivated at all.

But the problem is the population of this place.

There are thirty percent of the Jurchens in the city, sixty percent of the Han people, and one percent of the Korean refugees.

Thinking of this, Sun Yingyuan said to the commander next to him:

"Order all guards and auxiliary battalions to be stationed in the six forts of Kuandian, and inform tonight that the Korean and Jurchen people will move south to Zhenjiang in ten days, and move 1,000 Han households in Zhenjiang to Kuandian, and then count all the acres of land, and then send them to the Han people in Kuandian equally."

"General, I'm afraid that this will be impeached by the imperial history." The commander of the Xiao Cavalry Guard spoke, but Sun Yingyuan said:

"The imperial history doesn't know about the military, don't you know either? With King Qi and Long Live here, what are you afraid of?! ”

"The last general commands!" Hearing Sun Yingyuan say this, the commanders of the four guards responded one after another.

Seeing this, Sun Yingyuan returned to Kuandianbao after beating his horse.

It was also on the same night that the Seventh Guard Army gave an order to all the Jurchens and Koreans to move in ten days.

Due to the large number of troops, the Jurchens and Koreans of two or three thousand people did not dare to make a rebellion, and honestly packed up their things, and followed the auxiliary battalion south ten days later.

On their way south, they also met Hermes-Epitek, who had been relocated north.

During the break, both parties were worried about asking each other whether the fields were fertile, how much grain per acre, local living habits, and so on.

Under the war, there were also some Jurchens who were reluctant to fight, and only wanted to cultivate honestly, and the same was true for the Han people.

The war was only waged by the upper classes, but the lower classes were sent to their deaths......

Many people cried and walked all the way, and then, after arriving at their destination, they obtained the local title deeds and fields from the local auxiliary barracks.

Some people were dissatisfied with the grain grown by their predecessors and scolded them, while others laughed happily when they saw the good grain grown by their predecessors.

After nearly half a month of migration, the number of Han people in Kuandian reached 10%, while the local Jurchens and Koreans in Zhenjiang eventually became a minority.

Things stabilized, and at the same time, Qi Yuangong and Qi Yuanfu also arrived in Phoenix City and Kuandian respectively.

On 29 May, Zhu Youzhen, who had returned to the capital, successfully obtained the yellow books and information of Kuandian, Zhenjiang, and Phoenix, as well as Sun Yingyuan's handwriting.

[Kuandian Six Forts, a total of 3,932 Han people, 20,402 mouths, 64,323 acres and 6 points of Pingtian, 7,423 acres of slope fields. 】

[Zhenjiang Fort, there are 2,463 Han households with 12,462 mouths, 552 Korean households with 2,530 people, and 689 Jurchen households with 3,203 people. 】

[Phoenix City is not counted, Hata ......]

Zhu Youzhen in the Qinqin Palace frowned and read Sun Yingyuan's handwriting, in which Zhenjiang only counted the people, but did not count the cultivated land, thinking that Sun Yingyuan did not want to touch the nerves of the Liao people at this time.

That's fine, the current war is imminent, and it is really not a good thing to move Weishotian in Liaodong, but it is just ......

Zhu Youzhen looked at the military department next to him and sent a military report.

[May 23, Amin led 6,000 troops to besiege the wicker village, at three o'clock, the wicker village was breached, the garrison Cao Wenzhao led the rout, led more than ten people to flee to Wang Datun, did not arrive, Wang Datun was broken, and had no choice but to turn south and throw himself to Liaoyang. 】

"Luckily, he survived."

Zhu Youzhen was glad, he didn't expect Amin to bring 6,000 soldiers and horses to besiege the wicker village of more than 500 people.

Fortunately, Cao Wenzhao successfully broke through, otherwise he would have lost a pioneer general.

It's just that the wicker village and Wang Dadatun were breached, which means that north of the Taizi River, except for Shenyang, there is no Ming city.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen put his eyes on Sun Yingyuan's letter again, then closed the letter, and said to Cao Huachun, who had just returned from Nanchang:

"You go and tell the imperial brother that Man Gui can move!"

"Your Highness, what do you mean......" Cao Huachun's eyes lit up, he didn't expect to see such a good show as soon as he came back.

In the face of his question, Zhu Youzhen stood up and turned to look at the Liaodong map hanging behind him:

"Order the Tianjin General Soldiers Sun Yingyuan, Qi Yuangong, and Qi Yuanfu to each lead a guard north to Hetuala, and the remaining four guards and seven battalions continue to clarify the fields and acres of the three cities of Phoenix."

"Order Liaodong Jingluo Xiong Tingbi to command 20,000 troops to support Shenyang!"

"Order Qi Jinti, the chief soldier of Liaoyang, to lead four battalions of soldiers and horses to support Shenyang!"

"Order Daning's general army to be full of Gui, lead Yu Linwei, and command the Liao soldiers to attack Qinghe Pass!"

Zhu Youzhen was no longer restrained, his eyes were as sharp as a sword out of the sheath:

"This battle will hurt them!"