The disabled are supported, and the dead are compensated. It also makes your family members free from freezing and starvation, and can live without worry because of your loyalty and courage to the country.

For the state, whether rich or poor, it is wise to tilt limited resources towards soldiers. It is a solid pillar to ensure resistance to foreign aggression, domestic stability, and rule.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't understand why the treatment of the Ming army in history was so poor, even ordinary people were inferior, and they were not much better than being called Huazi.

The soldiers of the Ming army couldn't even eat, let alone feed their families, so how could they be asked to fight bravely? How can they be forced to be shrouded in horse leather and loyal to the country?

For several emperors in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao can only be described with a "stupid" word. This "stupid" does not mean that it is really stupid, but that it is short-sighted, and there is no long-term vision for the country and the people.

If you want to talk about power schemes, even Chongzhen, the king of the dead country, also has a few brushes. But it was this power that murdered the Ming Dynasty, pulled this and pressed that, provoked officials to fight, and the emperor balanced it, is it very clever?

His eyes were only fixed on the court, content to maintain the emperor's power. But the army is finished, and the emperor still has the power of a fart?

To say that Zhu Youxiao is engaged in the politics of the First Army is not very accurate. But he at least knows that the military is the foundation of a strong and stable country. Neiping rebellion, well, it is still necessary to internalize the rebellion, and the Jiannu rebellion is civil strife.

Zhu Youxiao is not all about "under the heavy reward, there must be brave men", but if you want the horses to run fast, you have to give the horses grass, is this truth difficult to understand?

Wu Yougui is just an ordinary member of the many Ming soldiers who were disabled by injuries, but it is the treatment that these many ordinary soldiers have received that has been looked down upon by thousands of Ming soldiers.

The imperial court is true to its word, and the original standard of preferential care is not only resolutely adhered to, but even continuously improved.

To put it mildly, these preferential policies are to give the soldiers peace of mind.

But now that he has become a soldier, disability and death are inevitable. The usual military salary has never lacked you, right?

If you are greedy for life and afraid of death on the battlefield, you deserve to be cut down on the spot by the military judge. If you are lucky enough to survive, there will be military law to punish you, as for what preferential care, what family members, all of them are in the soup, which one do you think is appropriate?

To use the soldiers' lives, it is actually very simple, the word "reward and punishment" is only.

Regarding military merit rewards, Zhu Youxiao has never been treated badly, and there is no arrears. The emperor's actions are not only to make the soldiers grateful for the pictures, but also to deter.

Don't think about fooling the emperor, long live it, and the means are ruthless. Of course, it is ruthless in punishing lawless officials. The emperor was very generous to good officials who obeyed the law and served the country and the people.

Officials, both civil and military, can feel the emperor's grace, in fact, most of them are military generals, who makes the country's focus now on war!

Kong Youde touched the small pipe, withdrew his hand, took out a small iron box that could be opened and closed from his pocket, opened it, took out a cigarette roll from it, and handed it to Yang Jie.

Yang Jie still looked like he was smiling, waved his hand, and said, "General Kong, please, a certain family is not fond of this thing." ”

This tin box cigarette rolls have been on sale at Luda for less than 10 days, and the price is quite expensive. A high-ranking officer like Kong Youde can afford it, but he doesn't dare to build all the money, and he usually smokes more pipes.

Seeing that Yang Jie refused, Kong Youde couldn't take back the pipe, so he put on the cigarette holder, lit it and took a puff, and asked politely: "Yang Qianhu, you suddenly suggested that I wait for the troops to be collected and rectified, is there any big action?" ”

Yang Jie groaned for a while, didn't speak, just nodded vigorously.

Kong Youde smoked a cigarette and looked at Zhang Pan and Zhang Bang, the general of Dengzhen who was in charge of guarding Lushun.

In his opinion, Yang Jie's this is just a suggestion, not an order, and it depends on whether the opinions of the three of them are unified.

And his tendency is to follow advice, Yang Jie must have a big secret that he can't tell, and the big action is very tempting to him.

Zhang Pan pondered for a moment and said, "At present, it is only a small-scale attack, and it doesn't hurt to stop." ”

Zhang Bang is responsible for supporting the operation in southern Liaoning, and has always been a left-behind brigade, and he is considered a guest general. Therefore, he felt that it was not his turn to express his position on this matter, so he looked at Kong Youde.

Kong Youde nodded and said, "I agree with General Zhang and listen to Yang Qianhu." ”

Zhang Bang said: "A certain guest general, naturally a guest is a host." ”

Yang Jie smiled, got up and arched his hand, and said, "Then ask a few generals to prepare, it is possible on both land and water." I'll take my leave first. ”

The three of them got up to see each other off, and after a short time, they returned to sit down together to discuss.

"Yang Jie's suggestion is a bit abnormal." Zhang Pan first expressed his doubts, "According to his authority, he should not interfere with military command. ”

Kong Youde took out a small pipe, made up another pot, and said slowly: "Because of this, I feel that this operation is not trivial. He did not say it because he had the bitterness of not being able to interfere with military command. ”

Zhang Bang didn't know much about Yang Jie, and said: "Anyway, it's not interesting to make a small fuss, stop for a while, come to a big one, I think it's good." ”

Kong Youde laughed and said: "What you said to my heart, you have to do a big job to enjoy it!" ”

Zhang Pan smiled, touching his chin and falling into deep thought.

If it is a big operation, it is likely that the Ming Army involved in the brigade is the three guards of southern Liaoning. If that's the case, Zhang Pan is also very excited.

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At this time, Yang Jie's secret performance had been urgently sent to Jingshi and submitted to Zhu Youxiao's imperial case.

Seeing that Yang Jie's name was on the secret recital, Zhu Youxiao had a hunch. After reading it, Principal Zhu You breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, it is still here, the best time to recover the three guards in southern Liaoning. In history, because Liu Aita was suspected of betraying Jin, Nurhachi slaughtered more than 100,000 Liao people of Sanwei and abandoned Sanwei.

Although this has a similar result to the recovery of the three guards, Zhu Youxiao has already grasped the opportunity, how can he be satisfied with this?

Even if you are not very familiar with history, after reading Liu Aita's letters, people with brains will feel that it is too risky.

From Liu Aita's point of view, he naturally hopes that the greater the credit will be made anyway, the better. Because, only great achievements can be valued by the Ming Court, and only then can they be more secure for themselves and their families.

It is precisely because Liu Aita has such an appetite that he wants to descend to Sanwei, and Zhu Youxiao knew that it was not feasible when he was established.

If it is only to be surrendered to Fuzhou with Liu Aita in charge, this is of course the minimum requirement. Because there are fewer people involved, the possibility of leaks is also small, and the hope of success is great.

But if you want to connect the three guards, how many people will be involved, and who dares to guarantee that there will be no traitors and scum whistleblowers?

It is no wonder that the failure in history anyway has cost hundreds of thousands of Liao people their lives in vain.

Zhu Youxiao tapped his fingers lightly, although he understood Liu Aita's worries, he was not greedy. Fuzhou Wei is good, the other two guards will be recovered by the Ming army!

Perhaps, if the military towns coordinate their actions, they can also deal a heavy blow to Jiannu and speed up its defeat.

And now the key is how to make Liu Aita feel at ease, this has to be mastered to a degree, it is not good to be cold, but too enthusiasm will scare people.

And, anyway, the sooner the better. Zhu Youxiao agrees with the idiom that there are many dreams at night.

The proof that Liu Aita wanted was not excessive, and the direct contact was also Yuan Keli, the governor of Dengzhen, but he was just exempt from death and the title ticket.

But Liu Aita never dreamed that his letters would be submitted directly to the emperor anyway, and the decision would be made directly by the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao thought about it for a long time and wrote a reply to Yang Jie. Of course, it was also for Liu Aita's envoy Jin Shengkui to see.

“…… If you can die and return to the Ming Dynasty anyway, you will not lose the style of Song Li Xianzhong. Today's trend is from obedience to obedience, and good and bad judgments. Liu Aita is not a scheming person, I hope that he should be carefully examined, so that the blood will not stain the head of the knife......"

After writing the reply, Zhu Youxiao read it again and again, and felt that it was not too much to expect, and it was appropriate to threaten it, so he handwrote a piece of paper for exemption from death, but did not give a title ticket.

The ticket for exemption from death was written by the emperor himself, and it was paid by Yuan Keli himself, and the weight was very different, and of course it was more credible.

As for the title ticket, Zhu Youxiao did not let Liu Aita get his wish. To be precise, he left an introduction in his reply, and he will make a decision based on Liu Aita's merits and skills.

In Zhu Youxiao's view, this has been able to reassure Liu Aita. If the grace is too great, it is easy for people to have doubts, and such a generous grace is not deceiving people?

If it is Yuan Keli, the governor of Dengzhou, both the death free ticket and the title card ticket can be given, and the weight that can be added together is not as good as the emperor's words.

If a major event is accomplished, it also needs a person who can coordinate the overall situation and make decisions on the spot.

Zhu Youxiao pondered for a long time, and then wrote a letter to Teacher Yuan.

Yuan Keli sits in Dengzhou, controls Dengzhen and Dongjiang Town, and his authority is not only to directly command the two towns, but also to have a long-term vision and great strategy, so it is most suitable to complete this task.

Zhu Youxiao explained the truth of the matter, and was afraid that Yuan Keli would not believe Liu Aita anyway, so he made up a senior undercover agent in Houjin, knowing that Liu Aita was very strong anyway, and he could believe it.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao also informed all his plans and asked Mr. Yuan to act as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night and miss the opportunity.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao introduced Yang Jie to Yuan Keli and recommended Yang Jie to be responsible for directly contacting Liu Aita and establishing a one-line contact with Yuan Keli.

After such an arrangement, Zhu Youxiao felt that something big could be done. As he put down his pen, he let out a long breath.

The restoration of the three guards in southern Liaoning, or two guards, returned the richest places in eastern Liaodong to the control of the Ming Dynasty, and cut off most of the food supply of Houjin.

Hmph, the famine in Houjin is coming forward. On the Ming side, it has not yet reached the worst period.

Compared with the two, Zhu Youxiao has firmly believed that five years of Pingliao is not a dream.

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Dalinghe City.

Liaodong Jingluo Xiong Tingbi stands on the high slope outside the city, looking at the city defense. After a long time, he put down the binoculars and bowed his head slightly, indicating his approval.

Although Jiannu adopted forbearance and did not send troops to sabotage the Ming army's plan to advance through the city, this also disappointed Xiong Tingbi and his generals.

The new artillery has arrived, and the criss-crossing trenches have been completed in a hurry, just waiting for Jiannu to collide with him, and then beat him to the head and bleed!

If Jiannu was defeated again, Xiong Tingbi was ready to take advantage of the victory to advance again, set up a foothold in Youtunwei and even Guangning, and advance the battle line to the Liao River.

Now, Lao Xiong thinks that he can't rush it yet.

Jiannu's strength is still there, and the wait-and-see mind is also obvious, stretching the supply line of the Ming army, creating more opportunities for counterattack.

"Right Guard—" Xiong Tingbi groaned for a moment, glanced at the generals, and said, "Only send cavalry forward, not infantry for the time being." ”

He Kegang, Jin Guofeng and the others were a little surprised, Dalinghe City and Jinzhou were already stable, could it be like Ning Yuan, passively waiting for Jiannu to attack?

The cavalry went forward, which of course could cause some pressure on Jiannu. But Jiannu is proud of himself and shoots, I'm afraid he won't care too much. In fact, the cavalry of the Ming army now does not have the strength to fight Jiannu head-on.

Zhu Mei thought for a moment and arched her hand: "My lord, but are you worried about supplies?" The last general thought that the right guard was near the sea, and the transportation of materials was more convenient. If it is based on the speed of the deployment of the Daling River, three or five thousand men and horses can be completed in ten days at most, and Jiannu may not have time to launch it. ”

Xiong Tingbi saw the look in the eyes of the generals and knew that they almost agreed with Zhu Mei's statement, so he couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Advancing requires not only food and grass supplies, but also weapons and artillery. In the secret performance, Xiong Tingbi already knew that at least in two months, the weapons and equipment would be tilted towards Dongjiang Town, and there were not many people who could pull out Liao Town.

In this regard, Xiong Tingbi did not have much complaint. If you want to say that a bowl of water is flat, what about the emperor's priority supply to Liaozhen?

The supply of weapons and artillery was determined according to the actions to be taken by the military towns, and the Liao towns had to advance to Jinzhou and Daling River to get the largest supply.

Now, it is time for Dongjiang Town to launch a military operation and attack Jiannu, so more and more powerful weapons and equipment are naturally needed.

Waving his hand, Xiong Tingbi didn't dare to tell all the things in the secret recital, and said slowly: "The supply of materials is not the main problem, and the details are inconvenient to tell for the time being, you just need to implement it." ”

The generals bowed down and received the command, knowing that there were things that should not be asked or known.

"It's just not going to move forward for the time being." Xiong Tingbi didn't want to dampen the enthusiasm of the generals, and added with a smile: "Fierce soldiers, step up training, maybe in three or five months, Liaozhen will directly recover Guangning!" ”

The recovery of Quang Ninh meant that the retreat strategy of more than a year had come to an end, and the state of direct confrontation with Jiannu had resumed.

Only across the Liao River, the enemy and us can come into contact at any time, and that situation is the real test.

"It's a pity that the city of Guangning was demolished by Jiannu and was in tatters." He Kegang knew the information sent back by the sentinels, and said with some regret: "And the city is very large, and it may not be possible to complete the construction of fortifications in a short time." ”

Zhu Mei smiled and said, "Could it be that our army can only rely on cities or fortifications, and dare not confront Jiannu head-on?" ”

Jin Guofeng hurriedly explained for He Kegang: "I am not afraid of Jiannu in a head-to-head confrontation, but the casualties will be very large. The construction of fortifications can ensure the safety of materials. ”

Xiong Tingbi pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, and endured that the emperor was going to dispatch the Beijing Battalion Flying Cavalry in a few months to aid Liaodong, and he was going to fight Jiannu head-on!