Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 228 The deadline is up, the fourth natal paper figurine!
"The ministers will live up to His Majesty's expectations!"

Hearing Su Hao's words, Tang Xiangjin and the others hurriedly bowed in response.

After encouraging a few more people, Su Hao waved them back.

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Seeing the figure of Tang Xiangjin and others leaving, Su Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, and his mind turned slightly. Next, it's time to give He Liu and Liang Ping a chance to stand out.

Tang Xiangjin, He Liu, Liang Ping, and Luo Yi all followed him along the way. Although Tang Xiangjin's ability is better than that of He Liu, Liang Ping, and Luo Yi, balance is his consistent style.

In the past two years, Tang Xiangjin's performance in Liaodong was much more dazzling than that of He Liusan. That's why he transferred Tang Xiangjin and Luo Yi back in the name of meritorious deeds.

It's not that he's jealous of the virtuous, it's just that he doesn't want the army to be dominated by one family, except for He Liu and the others, Guo Hong, Jiang Shizhong, Gan Yang, Yang Bao, Tian Ming, Hao Yi, Wu Feng, Peng Guan and others. Also prepare to promote them.

After thinking about it for a while, Su Hao closed his eyes again and began to practice. For him now, the precious medicine doesn't have much effect. On the contrary, the poison left by the precious medicine will also affect his body cultivation. The progress of the five stages of muscle strengthening, bone strengthening, visceral training, marrow washing, and blood exchange.

Right now, the only things that are useful to him are elixir or pills refined from the demon pills of the strong monsters. Unfortunately, these things are hard to come by. In the depths of the Taihang Mountains and Changbai Mountains, there are strong monsters. Not a place he can relate to now.

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Time passed day by day, winter went to autumn, and in the blink of an eye, a year passed by. As a large number of people migrated to Liaodong, a large area of ​​fertile land was developed, and Su Hao also started a big conscription again.

"Master, there are already about [-] war horses purchased from the various tribes in Monan. Do you want to form a formal cavalry unit?"

Ding Zimo came to Su Hao and said.

"can."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao nodded and said, "Let Guo Hong, Jiang Shizhong and Gan Yang be in charge. Jiang Shizhong is in charge, and Guo Hong and Gan Yang are in charge."

In the past year, he sent more than a dozen large caravans to buy war horses from various tribes in Monan, but the Mongols were very wary of selling war horses and refused to sell them in large quantities, even if the price of one of his war horses The price has reached 40 taels of silver, and those Mongolians are still unwilling to sell more, and can only buy a dozen or twenty horses at a time.

It took a full year to acquire more than [-] war horses, but the number was too scarce before, so he assigned the war horses to the scout cavalry of each army for training. Now that the number is enough, it is time to form a cavalry unit.

After a pause, Su Hao continued: "Before you were asked to expand the racecourse in Liaodong, how is the situation now?"

There were also two or three horse farms when he raided Prince De's Mansion and Prince Heng's Mansion, and he harvested more than 2000 horses. Most of the horses were distributed to various armies as scouts, and the rest were used as stallions and mares for breeding. , and now it has been more than five years, although the number is not much, but there are some effects.

"Returning to Master, there are now more than 400 horses, and more than [-] of them have grown up and can be ridden."

Ding Zimo cupped his hands and replied.

At this time, Liao Qing came up with a piece of information led by the servant.

"See Your Majesty."

Liao Qing bowed and saluted.

"What's the matter?"

After reading the information in Liao Qing's hands, Su Hao signaled his servant to bring it over.

"Your Majesty, news came from the grassland that Huang Taiji led the Monan tribes to defeat Lin Danhan outside Xuanfu, and Lin Danhan led the remnant soldiers to flee to Qinghai Lake in Duo Gandusi. Now Huang Taiji has gathered Chahar The remnants of the Ministry also occupied the Tumed and Ordos areas."

Liao Qing cupped his hands.

So fast?
Hearing Liao Qing's words, Su Hao couldn't help wrinkling his eyebrows. Although he also knew that Lin Danhan was definitely not the Jurchen's opponent, it was beyond his expectation to lose so quickly.

You must know that the Jurchens had just been driven to the grassland by him, and at most they had just gained a firm foothold. Lin Danhan didn't say that he took the opportunity to defeat the Jurchens, but it should be no problem to hold his own territory. I didn't expect Lin Danhan to be so useless. Also let the Jurchens defeat.

However, if Lin Dan Khan is defeated, I am afraid that the Jurchens may really become a serious problem. With Huang Taiji's ambition, I am afraid that he will follow the path of Genghis Khan.

"Let people watch more."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao said, now that the Jurchen is far away on the grassland, he is beyond reach, not to mention his main enemy is Daming.

"The minister will arrange the manpower to go."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Liao Qing answered with cupped hands.

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After Liao Qing and Ding Zimo left, Su Hao got up and went to the side room.

In the room, a skeleton made of bamboo is extremely conspicuous, surrounded by a large pile of paper skins, this is his harvest in the past few years, the fourth natal paper figurine.

Since the rise of the army, there was no Jinyiwei's huge material library, and Daming knew that he was practicing paper figurines, so he blocked all relevant training materials.

He asked the Black Ice Platform to collect the materials of this natal paper figurine secretly from all over the world. It took nearly four years to collect all the materials. The reason why it took so long was not only Daming's obstruction, but more importantly, Because his current strength is too strong, the materials he needs are even more difficult to find, even if he poured down a lot of money, he didn't collect many materials.

Walking in front of the skeleton, Su Hao used his internal force to force a drop of heart blood onto the skeleton. The next moment, the skeleton glowed with blood, and the blood was absorbed by the skeleton.

Sensing that the connection between the skeleton and himself has become closer, Su Hao nodded in satisfaction. According to this progress, with another four or five drops of effort, this natal paper figurine is almost refined.

Although he can now refine this natal paper figurine by relying on his own human immortal martial arts mana, he still prefers to use blood refining method, because the natal paper figurine refined by blood refining method will be more handy.

With his current magic power, he can already control five natal paper figurines to fight for an hour at the same time. Although the fighting power of the natal paper figurines is far inferior to his body, the natal paper figurines are extremely strong and fearless of death. A strong person can also be entangled, and combined with his own strength, he can completely exert a strength that is several times greater than his own.

This was the case when he faced Jiang Lan back then. At that time, his own strength was far inferior to Jiang Lan, but with the natal paper figurine, Jiang Lan could only retreat in front of him.

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Time flies, time flies, and in the blink of an eye, another year flies by.

Zichen Palace.

"Your Majesty, according to the news from the spies in the capital, Daming is currently gathering troops and intends to go south."

Holding a piece of information, Liao Qing bowed and said.

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Su Hao looked calm. He was not surprised by Da Ming's actions. He had prepared for this battle for a long time.

"How's the situation on the grassland?"

After thinking for a while, Su Hao asked, he didn't care much about Da Ming's gathering of soldiers and horses. In the past two years, Da Ming's situation was not good. Ever since Lin Dan Khan was driven away, the Jurchen rushed back and forth every day Enter Datong Mansion to plunder.

Originally, Daming withdrew [-] elite recruits from the Acropolis of Haizhou to the customs to save food and store food so that they could attack Shandong after the time limit expired. To Datong Mansion.

What's more important is that the rebellion in Shaanxi has become bigger and bigger, and now it has spread across the borders of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan, Huguang and other places. In addition, these places have also been hit by drought in the past two years, resulting in no rebellion at all. No sign of calming down.

It can be said that the current Da Ming is exhausted, even if he wants to mobilize troops to deal with Da Qi, he will not be able to spare much.

"Returning to Your Majesty, according to the reports from the spies on the grassland, the Jurchens are now confronting the Chechen Khan, Tushetu Khan, and Zasaktu Khan in Waikalkha, but there is no war yet."

Hearing this, Liao Qing cupped his hands and said.

"How many soldiers and horses have assembled in the capital? How many elite recruits?"

Hearing that the Jurchens don't have time to enter the disturbance pass, Su Hao narrowed his eyes slightly. Now that there are no Jurchens to restrain him, it means that Da Ming might withdraw all the troops from the Datong Mansion back.

"Returning to Your Majesty, according to the spies, now Daming has gathered 10,000+ troops in the capital, [-] troops from Datong Mansion have been transferred back, and only [-] are still stationed in Datong Mansion."

"Get someone to keep an eye on you."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao said.

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After Liao Qing retreated, Su Hao sent someone to find Tang Xiangjin, Luo Yi and others who were retreating in Fucheng.

"The Ming army is ready to attack."

Looking at Tang Xiangjin and the others, Su Hao said calmly, after these two years of retreat, except for Tang Xiangjin, a martial arts master who has not made much progress, Luo Yi and the others have gained a lot.

Especially Luo Yi, after two years of hard work in closed doors, Luo Yi also broke through to a martial arts master. Although he didn't comprehend the artistic conception, he could barely be called a strong man.

Now there are four martial arts masters in Daqi. Besides Fang Haichuan, Tang Xiangjin, and Luo Yi, He Liu, who is in Liaodong at this time, is also sudden. Among the four he values, only Liang Ping has not made a breakthrough.

But Liang Ping is coming soon, seven of the eight extraordinary meridians have been opened up, and only the last one is left. Martial arts masters are no better than Xiantian masters. Xiantian masters need to comprehend the artistic conception. As long as you are willing to spend resources, breakthrough is only a matter of time. After all, those who can cultivate to the first-class level have the same talent.

Not only Luo Yi and the others, but also Guo Hong, Jiang Shizhong, Gan Yang, Yang Bao, Tian Ming, Hao Yi, Wu Feng, Peng Guan, and the first-class fighters who followed him in the uprising also entered the country rapidly. After all, they were in Daqi Among them are also pivotal figures, and their resources are naturally indispensable.

But Tang Xiangjin and the others were not too surprised when they heard Su Hao's words. Now that the five-year deadline is almost up, Daming must have prepared his troops and horses, and he just waited for the time to come.

"Tang Xiangjin, you take [-] soldiers and horses to garrison Dezhou City, and you must stop the Ming army."

After a pause, Su Hao went on to say, whether Daming wants to attack Jinan Prefecture or Dongchang Prefecture, he can't avoid Dezhou City, so in the past few years, he has also strengthened Dezhou City.

Now Daqi has 40 soldiers and horses. This year, he has expanded his army by 14. In addition to the 12 soldiers and horses in Liaodong, there are 28 soldiers and horses in Shandong. The 14 new recruits were randomly distributed among the various armies, and the mode of veterans leading new recruits can ensure the combat effectiveness of the army to the greatest extent.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Tang Xiangjin clasped his hands and said, "With the high walls of Dezhou City, it is not difficult to block the Ming army. Although the Ming army can also attack from the side of Leling, but before they take down Dezhou City and Linqingzhou City, Daming will definitely not dare." Easy access to Jinan Prefecture.

After all, they could go north along the Grand Canal at any time to cut off the logistics of the Ming army. Once the logistics were cut off, the Ming army would collapse even if it had three heads and six arms.

"Luo Yi, you take [-] troops to garrison Yanzhou Prefecture."

Su Hao went on to say, although the city of Yanzhou is not a dangerous place, it is not difficult to block the soldiers and horses from the south of the Yangtze River. Now Daming is like an old machine, the original guards are no longer reliable, what's the matter Everything can only rely on those recruits, but the food and salaries of the recruits are not what Daming can support today.

Regardless of the fact that the Ming Dynasty had twelve chief envoys in the Central Plains, nearly [-]% of the land was not subject to taxation or corvee, of which [-]% were vassal princes and noble families, and [-]% were rich gentry from all over the country.

This situation is actually the same on his side. Those wealthy gentry in Shandong are also unwilling to pay taxes, but he has one difference. Ten thousand mu of land, plus a few tax-paying land, and tens of millions of mu of land in Liaodong, he can feed the 400 troops under his command.

And with only 200% of the land tax, how could it be possible to support the more than [-] million guard soldiers in the Ming Dynasty. Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, who are currently rebelling in Shaanxi and other places, are the main backbone of the guards in Shaanxi.

The soldiers and horses that can be sent from the south of the Yangtze River are those guards in Nanzhili. However, Yuan Chonghuan mobilized tens of thousands of guards from Nanzhili when he conquered Daqi before. Can Nanzhili dispatch troops now? Ma both said that 3 people are enough.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Luo Yi also bowed his hands in agreement.

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After Tang Xiangjin and Luo Yi retreated, Su Hao came to the corridor and looked to the south. Now that Da Ming is already stretched, there are a lot of internal and external troubles. For him, as long as he blocks Da Ming's attack this time, he should also start The most suitable place is Nanzhili.

Nanzhili is not only the closest to Shandong, but also the most quintessential place in the entire Central Plains, with a large population and bustling commerce. As long as it is captured here, it is comparable to occupying half of the Central Plains, and Zhejiang, Huguang, Jiangxi and other places will be at your fingertips.

Because as long as Nanzhili is taken down, the whole south will be without a leader, and at the same time the prestige of Beizhili will be dissipated. Maybe countless ambitious people will emerge in the whole south.

And with Da Qi's strength, those ambitious people don't have three to five years to develop, and it is impossible to be Da Qi's opponent, and he will not give those people this time.

(End of this chapter)