Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 143 The Great Counterattack

"Name……"

"Zhou Zong"

"Native place..."

"Shanxi Zhenwuwei..."

"Let me check... Well, last year's debt was four and a half months, and this year's debt was four months. Counting this month, the total is nine taels of money, plus the opening silver five taels, the total is fourteen taels of five." Money, take it."

On May [-]th of the first year of the Apocalypse, with the start of payment of salaries at the Yanshan Camp, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the three towns in Shanxi who spoke Mandarin began to raise their salaries.

They came out of the barracks, and were supervised by Tiance guards holding guns inside and out, no one dared to make trouble.

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

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

These three people, it seems that there are many mistakes, except for Zhang Jixian, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, the other two are not bad.

Yang Zhaoji suppressed the White Lotus Sect, fought against Taiji, the flag of Hetao Mongolia, and regained Lanzhou. Even in the Jisi Incident, he led the [-] well-trained Ding and Minyong to go straight to Beijing.

Although this army did not have the name of the Qi family army, it did not lose the courage of the Qi family army. The local people also praised its army as the Yang family army.

Generally speaking, Yang Zhaoji is a Confucian general, and Lu Qin from Taiyuan Town is also good.

Originally, he was supposed to come to the capital as the deputy general of the Shenshu Camp as the deputy general of Taiyuan Town, but because of Zhu Youjian's troubles, Lu Qin from Xungui's side didn't get through the door, so he took refuge in the Qi Party.

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

If Zhu Youjian's memory serves me right, he mainly quelled the She'an Rebellion in the southwest in history. Although he was not a general who led more than [-] troops, a vanguard who led [-] troops could still do it.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian thought about it carefully, and it seemed that the three towns in Shanxi did not have much interest in these three generals.

It wasn't long before they served as chief military officers, and they were transferred away by the imperial court's decree to aid the Liao Dynasty before cultivating their own direct descendants.

Therefore, it is highly operable, and the key depends on how Zhu Youjian does it.

"Now when it comes to the amount of vacancy, just like Liaodong He Shixian and others, forget the past..."

Zhu Youjian held up a cup of tea and confessed.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhang Jixian couldn't bear the pressure and opened his mouth first: "Xuanfu's aid to Liao is divided into four battalions, [-] soldiers, and [-] vacancies..."

Zhang Jixian is a vanguard and general, but he has no backing, and he was able to get the position of Xuanfu's chief soldier, mainly because the battle of Sarhu broke the nine sides.

Therefore, after he opened his mouth, things had a breakthrough, and Zhu Youjian also set his sights on Yang Zhaoji and Lu Qin.

The two were really uncomfortable when Zhu Youjian saw them.

After all, Zhu Youjian's reputation is too great right now. One guard retreated [-] cavalry from Karaqin, and the other defeated the Tuman Bayo tribe. He still has thirteen such guards.

From this point of view, it is not difficult to understand why they feel a little uncomfortable.

The achievements of a poor life are not as good as an eleven-year-old boy, which is somewhat embarrassing.

"There are three battalions in Taiyuan, only two battalions have come, and one battalion is empty."

Suddenly, Lu Qin spoke, and once he opened his mouth, Yang Zhaoji could only say the whole thing:
"Out of the four battalions in Datong, only three battalions have come, and one battalion is empty."

"That is to say, the twelve battalions that were supposed to come, but now there are only nine battalions, [-] people, and [-] people empty?" Zhu Youjian snickered, and then said:
"Forget it, it's all over, and I don't bother to pursue it."

Zhu Youjian did not take advantage of the momentum to ask them about the strength of the three towns in Shanxi, but raised his teacup and said:
"For this trip, the salary will be paid according to the person's hair, and the money will be paid out. Do the three general soldiers have any opinions?"

"Don't dare... dare not..." The three of them were ashamed when they heard the words, but they didn't expect Zhu Youjian to really cover up the three of them.

"Okay, now that we've reached an agreement, let's ask those who have received their salaries to collect the rations." Zhu Youjian got up, and Yang Zhaoji and the others also got up.

"After paying the salary, I went to Liaodong. I have to do my best and listen to Xiong Jinglue's words." Zhu Youjian explained again.

"The last general takes orders..." The three bowed in return.

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

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

Therefore, after staying away from Yanshan Institute, Zhu Youjian asked:

"What's going on with Cheng En? Where's Man Gui?"

Hearing this, Lu Wenzhao responded on horseback: "The saltworks have begun to finish, and it will take some time to produce salt."

"Man Zongbing, after resting for a while, received the troops sent by Xiong Jinglue."

"Supporting the Manchu soldiers are Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi, the deputy generals of Guangning. They brought [-] family members to support them. They are currently resting in the three guards of Daning."

"Right now, Zongbing Man is waiting for the [-] new recruits from Yongping Prefecture and the people from the Nursing Home in Shuntian and Yongping Prefectures to go."

"Hmm..." Hearing Man Gui's movements, Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, and then explained:
"Tell Mangui not to worry, first expand the Tucheng of the Bayue tribe to Daning Zhongwei, and then build the Tucheng to take over the people of the Nursing House in Shuntian and Yongping."

The nursing homes in Shuntianfu and Yongping have tens of thousands of people.

It just so happened that Zhu Youjian could take this opportunity to put the able-bodied children into the Yanshan Institute, and send those with able-bodied hands and feet to the Sanwei of Daning.

At that time, they were still messing around, thinking that it would be difficult to eat Mi Ke from the nursing home, and they would starve to death if they didn't work.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian said: "Wait a minute, hold my handwriting, and go to the granary to transfer [-] shi of grain to Daning Sanwei."

"It is estimated that these grains will allow the people in the nursing home to reclaim tens of thousands of acres of arable land. I just don't know if there is any place that can be reclaimed besides the Tucheng of Bayuebu and Zaisai's camp, and the Sanwei of Daning."

Zhu Youjian was still very worried. After all, this was the world four hundred years ago, and the Northeast four hundred years ago. Even facing the Liaohe Plain, which was the easiest to develop among the three major plains in the Northeast, he still lacked confidence.

But facing his worry, Lu Wenzhao smiled and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, Man Gui has brought good news."

"Huh?" Zhu Youjian reined in his horse and stopped, and Lu Wenzhao also explained:

"People under Mangui's command went to the south of Daning to see that the vast hills and plains on the left side of the Liao River can be reclaimed."

"The only problem is that because there are Liaohe, Daling, Xiaoling, Liu, and Shahe rivers in the three guards of Daning, and the water flows slowly, there are many meanders and sandbars in the three guards of Daning."

"These Shazhou and Hequ Ports are criss-crossed, the accumulation is strong, and the riverbed is constantly rising. During the flood season, the drainage is often poor or the embankment bursts, causing flood disasters."

"There are many sandbars in the river, the river bed is constantly silting up, and the river water is not flowing smoothly. These are the words that the Man Zongbing dislikes the three guards of Daning."

But at this point, Lu Wenzhao shook his head with a smile and said:
"But this guy then said that as long as the water conservancy is properly built, and some river bends and sand states are repaired, perhaps with the reclamation of tens of thousands of people, it is not difficult to reclaim part of the river bends into good fields."

"This guy is really..." Hearing this, Zhu Youjian also laughed, and asked, "Did he say how many fields he can reclaim?"

"I said it!" Lu Wenzhao said: "He said that if there are enough manpower and cattle, after the end of the war this year, the [-] mu of river bends can be preliminarily sorted out."

"One year next year, about [-] mu of river meanders will be turned into arable land, and then the land will be burned for a year, and about [-] mu of fertile land will be obtained in the year after next."

"He asked which Han people who had defected to the Bayo tribe. They said that in three years of reclamation, one mu of land can harvest eighty or ninety catties of sorghum (sorghum), in the fourth year it can harvest one hundred and twenty catties, and in the fifth year It weighs more than one hundred and forty catties a year."

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

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

Five years, how many five years can he have?

Thinking that in the seventh year of the apocalypse, the severe drought in the Little Ice River will begin to break out, and Zhu Youjian also feels that there is a little shortage of time.

"This year we must resolve the matters in the three towns of Shanxi..."

Thinking of the severe drought in the Little Ice River for more than ten years, Zhu Youjian was also very anxious.

"Sun Yingyuan, should you have arrived in Zhenjiang?" Zhu Youjian said suddenly, and when Lu Wenzhao heard the words, he replied:

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

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"Kill! Kill! Kill..."

When Lu Wenzhao answered Zhu Youjian, outside Zhenjiang Fort, [-] to [-] miles away, tens of thousands of soldiers shouted and performed the drill, which shocked the North Korean frontier generals on the other side of the Yalu River.

On the head of Sinuiju City, a North Korean minister looked at the Ming army in the north of the Yalu River, smiled and said to the officials next to him:
"Judge Cui, have you seen it? The upper court is about to clean up the Jian captives. As Koreans who have been favored by the upper court, we should do our part now!"

"Fu Yin, if Yizhou pays the money and food, I'm afraid it will cause discomfort to the king..." Hearing the minister's words, Judge Cui hurriedly dissuaded him.

It's just that after the official heard his dissuasion, he frowned and said: "Our North Korea is deeply favored by the Emperor Ming Dynasty. During the Imchen Rebellion, the Shang Dynasty sent money, food, soldiers and horses to drive the Japanese pirates to Busan. Now, are we going to get rid of the bandits? ?"

"It's just this..." Judge Cui didn't know what to say. After all, the current attitude of the King of Joseon towards Hou Jin and the Ming Dynasty had caused dissatisfaction among many North Korean officials.

If he said something wrong, he might be told by the people in front of him to other dissatisfied ministers, and there would be no hope of promotion in the future.

"Master Li, 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. There are only more than six thousand stones of grain in the treasury, and less than three thousand taels of copper and silver..."

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

So early the next morning, Fu Yin Li took ten cows and more than [-] sheep and crossed the river by boat to the other side.

When they were about to reach the shore, the soldiers who were doing morning exercises found them: "Who are you?!"

"I am Li Wan, Governor of Uiju, the nephew of Li Shun-sin, the commander-in-chief. I am here today as a gift to the kingdom and to do my best for the court!" Li Wan stood on the bow of the boat and shouted loudly. But you look at me, I look at you.

"Lee Sun-shin? Who is it?"

"I don't know him. It seems to be a North Korean general in the Korean War. His official position should not be great."

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

"also."

Several commanders chatted with each other, and then nodded in response to this idea.

Soon, under their command, Li Wan and a group of hundreds of people, as well as cattle and sheep, were all received and disembarked.

Not long after, Sun Yingyuan also rode his horse and led his people to the river beach from Zhenjiang Fort. When Li Wan saw Sun Yingyuan who was wearing the armor of a general soldier, he bowed to him and said:
"Li Wan, governor of Yizhou in the lower country, see the general of the upper dynasty."

"You are Li Shunchen's nephew? Your uncle played well at that time. I heard from Qi Jin's commander." Sun Yingyuan got off his horse and helped Li Wan who was bowing.

But what he said was just polite words.

After all, in the Korean War, the performance of the Koreans can be said to be embarrassing. Except for the Liaodong soldiers of North Korea, only a few films such as Yi Sunshin can barely catch the eye.

Before the Ming army entered the dynasty, the Korean soldiers and horses were "like wolves and tigers". They exchanged tens of thousands of casualties and hundreds of thousands of civilians for [-] casualties of the Japanese army, which is amazing.

Li Rusong and Song Yingchang couldn't bear to see this appearance, so Qi Jin, Wu Weizhong and others used Qi Jiguang's "Ji Xiao New Book" to practice Korean soldiers and horses, and finally let the Korean soldiers and horses have a little effect...

Be a husband.

Therefore, although Sun Yingyuan looked down on North Korean soldiers and horses in his heart, after all, they came to give gifts, and it would not be good if he did not come to receive them.

"It's the next official. May I ask if the general of the previous dynasty wants to conquer the north and build captives? Do you need to go to the country to contribute?"

Li Wan looked expectant, but Sun Yingyuan remembered Liu Ting's end, immediately shook his head and coughed:
"Our dynasty has sufficient military strength, and Jianlu is only suffering from skin moss. Why do we need to let the vassal state send people?"

"That's it..." Li Wan was a little disappointed, but quickly said:
"In this case, after returning to North Korea, the lower officials can report to my king and allocate money and food to support the upper court."

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

"Then I won't stay any longer, I wish the generals of the court will succeed in no time!" Li Wan didn't dare to stay for too long, otherwise he would be impeached easily.

Sun Yingyuan didn't want to act either, so he bowed in return, and then watched Li Wan lead people across the river back to North Korea.

When the people disappeared, he turned his head to look at the cows and sheep and said: "The cows stay, and the sheep will be treated by the big chef, and then some money will be used to buy a few hundred more. They will have a good meal and reward them."

"Yes!!!"

Hearing that there was mutton to eat, the Seventh Guards and the Seventh Battalion auxiliary soldiers shouted excitedly.

Soon, after the drill was over, the Seven Guards and Seven Battalions rarely had meat.

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

The three guards of Yingyang, Wuxiang, and Tengxiang took three battalions of auxiliary soldiers to Phoenix City to wait. The other three battalions of four guards were led by Sun Yingyuan, preparing to go to Kuandian, and the last battalion of auxiliary soldiers stayed behind. , Guarding Zhenjiang Fort with a thousand Liao soldiers.

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

According to the intention of his own King Qi, this letter asked Qi Jin for Qi Yuangong and Qi Yuanfu.

This time the Seven Guards and the Seven Battalions went to Liaodong, mainly to deter North Korea. In addition, they built stone forts and passes in Phoenix City, Kuandian, and Zhenjiang Fort, and trained troops along the way.

After the matter is completed, Sun Yingyuan will take the Seven Guards back to Beizhili, and Fenghuangcheng, Kuandian, and Zhenjiangbao need someone to command the seven battalions of auxiliary troops.

What Zhu Youjian told Sun Yingyuan was to let Qi Yuangong, Qi Yuanfu, and Qin Banghan or Qin Bangping command the auxiliary soldiers in the three places.

However, Qin Banghan and Qin Bangping are still under siege in Shenyang right now, and it is estimated that they will not be able to escape in a short time.

Therefore, only Qi Yuangong and Qi Yuanfu had to come to lead the troops first, while training troops, while threatening Hetuala in the north, while he first led all the auxiliary troops to practice, and by the way, set up passes in the Kuandian area.

Five days later, Sun Yingyuan successfully arrived in Kuandian, but at the same time, the Jurchens in the Six Forts of Kuandian also learned the news that tens of thousands of Ming troops had arrived in Kuandian.

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

Regarding this, Jin Yiwei of Beizhen Fusi, who had been ambushing in Kuandian and Phoenix City for a long time, notified Sun Yingyuan, but he didn't care about the group of Jurchens.

To put it bluntly, he was originally trying to lure the enemy, creating the illusion of besieging Wei and saving Zhao, so it is naturally impossible to stop the news.

Right now, he wished that everyone would know that he was going to sneak attack on Hetuala.

but……

"This place is too barren, I guess it can't support many people..."

On a forest slope in Kuandian, Sun Yingyuan frowned and looked at the terrain of Kuandian, only then did he realize that the dam in Kuandian is less than eight miles from east to west and less than six miles from north to south.

Right now, the plain cultivated land here has been reclaimed, as have the other forts, which means that there is no need to reclaim this place at all.

But the problem is, the population of this place.

There are [-]% of the Jurchens in the city, [-]% of the Han people, and [-]% of the Korean refugees. With such a population, if Jin goes south after the incident, it is estimated that the Jurchens in the city will immediately counterattack.

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

"Order all the guards and auxiliary battalions to station at the Six Forts of Kuandian, and inform them tonight that they will move to North Korea in ten days, and the Jurchens will go south to Zhenjiang, and move [-] Han households from Zhenjiang to Kuandian, and then count all the fields and distribute them equally to the people in Kuandian. Han people."

"General, I'm afraid this will be impeached by the censor." The commander of Xiaoqiwei said, but Sun Yingyuan said:
"The censor doesn't know about military affairs, don't you know? With King Qi and Long Live here, what are you afraid of?!"

"The last general takes orders!" Hearing what Sun Yingyuan said, the commanders of the four guards all bowed in response.

Seeing this, Sun Yingyuan beat his horse and returned to Kuandian Fort.

That same night, the Seventh Guards issued an order to all the Jurchens and Koreans to move in ten days.

Due to the large army gathered, the Jurchen and Koreans, who were only two or three thousand strong, did not dare to make a disturbance, so they honestly packed up their things and went south with the auxiliary barracks ten days later.

On the way to the south, they also met the Han people who had been relocated to the north.

During the break, both parties worriedly asked each other whether the fields were fertile, how much grain was produced per mu, local living habits and so on.

Under the war, there are also some Jurchens who are unwilling to fight, and only want to farm honestly, and the Han people are the same.

The war was launched by the upper class, but let the lower class go to die...

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

Some people were dissatisfied with the food planted by the predecessors and cursed, while some laughed happily when they saw the good food planted by the predecessors.

After nearly half a month of relocation, the number of Han Chinese in Kuandian has reached [-]%, while the local Jurchen and Koreans in Zhenjiang have become a minority after all.

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

On May [-], Zhu Youjian, who returned to the capital, successfully obtained the yellow books and information of Kuandian, Zhenjiang, and Phoenix City, as well as Sun Yingyuan's handwriting.

[Six Forts in Kuandian, with a total of [-] Han households and a population of [-], [-] acres of plain fields and [-] acres of slope fields . 】

[Zhenjiang Fort has a total of [-] Han households with a population of [-], [-] Korean households with a population of [-], and [-] Jurchen households. The household has a population of [-] people. 】

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

Zhu Youjian in Xuqin Palace frowned and read Sun Yingyuan's handwriting. Among them, Zhenjiang only counted the people, but not the cultivated land. Presumably Sun Yingyuan didn't want to touch the nerves of the Liao people at this time.

That's fine, now that the war is imminent, it's really not a good thing to move Wei Suotian in Liaodong, but...

Zhu Youjian looked to the side and sent the military newspaper from the Ministry of War.

[On May [-]rd, Amin led [-] troops to besiege Liutiaozhai. At [-]:[-] o'clock in the morning, Liutiaozhai was breached, and Cao Wenzhao's defense was defeated. He led more than ten people to flee to Wang Daren's village. Before he arrived, Wang Daren was arrested. Broken, he had no choice but to turn south and vote for Liaoyang. 】

"Fortunately, he survived."

Zhu Youjian rejoiced, he didn't expect that Amin would lead six thousand soldiers and horses to besiege the wicker village with more than five hundred people.

Fortunately, Cao Wenzhao succeeded in breaking through, otherwise he would lose a vanguard general.

It's just that Liutiaozhai and Wang Daren's village were breached, which meant that there was no Ming city in the north of Taizi River except Shenyang.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian turned his attention to Sun Yingyuan's letter again, then closed the letter, and said to Cao Huachun who had just returned from the South Field:
"Go ahead and tell Brother Huang that Man Gui can move now!"

"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.

Facing his question, Zhu Youjian stood up, turned around and looked at the Liaodong map hanging behind him and said:

"Order Sun Yingyuan, Qi Yuangong, and Qi Yuanfu, the general soldiers of Tianjin, each to lead one guard north to Hetuala, and the remaining four guards and seven battalions continue to clear the land in the three cities of Phoenix."

"Order Liaodong Economic Strategy Xiong Tingbi to command [-] troops to support Shenyang!"

"Order Liaoyang Commander Qi Jin to lead the Fourth Battalion to support Shenyang!"

"Order Daning's general army to fill Guizhou, lead the Habayashi guards, and command the Liao soldiers to surprise Qinghe Pass!"

Zhu Youjian no longer restrained himself, his gaze was as sharp as an unsheathed sword:

"This battle will hurt them!"

(End of this chapter)