The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 437

Only Wu Xiang was very persistent. He only stayed in the camp with dozens of servants. No matter when Mr. Huang went to the capital, he would follow him. Huang Sheng thought it would be better to keep Wu Xiang behind, so that he would not run away again in the face of a fierce battle. military spirit.

Huang Sheng suggested that Mao Yuanyi personally guard Ningyuan and promote He Kegang to guard Jinzhou.This time, He Kegang's military exploits are outstanding, and he has been promoted to at least three ranks in a row. He is now a guerrilla general, and there is no problem in being temporarily appointed as a general to be stationed in Jinzhou.

Huang Sheng is the governor of Liaodong, and Yuan Dudu, the governor of Liaodong Economic Strategy, has been arrested and imprisoned by the emperor. In theory, Huang Sheng's military order is the highest order. Although he speaks politely to the generals, his reputation and position are doomed No one in Liaodong dared to defy.

Seeing that the governor valued him so much, He Kegang made him the chief general stationed in Jinzhou, and the guarantor was in Jinzhou. If Jiannu wanted to take Jinzhou, he had to step on his own corpse to do so.

Huang Sheng is relieved to arrange this way, the most important thing is to use the right people, Mao Yuanyi can defend the city unambiguously, and He Kegang's ability to defend the city is even more prominent.

When he and Zu Dashou defended Dalinghe City together, he was already a lieutenant general. He stayed there for several months, and even when the defenders ran out of food and began to eat people, Dalinghe City was not captured by the Hou Jin army. In the end, Zu Dashou wanted to surrender to save his life. Killed He Kegang who was going to die for jade rather than for tile.

Huang Sheng knows this historical story, and with He Kegang, who is loyal and courageous, he will not end up in that tragic ending. No matter who in Liaodong sticks to the isolated city for a year or so, the Huang family will definitely go to rescue with all their strength.

With Huang Sheng's strength, Jiannu can't be destroyed for the time being, but the whole army can attack a little bit, advancing from one direction into the besieged city, although the casualties will not be small, but the success is very sure.

The Huang family can concentrate all the army to attack one point with powerful firepower, but Jiannu can't send all the soldiers and horses to stop it.Besides, it's impossible for the Huaxia Navy to be an audience. Don't you want the cities along the coast of Jiannu?

Huang Sheng specially summoned He Kegang to give him an opportunity to tell him that no matter which city he guards in the future, he must ensure that the hoarded food is enough to feed the soldiers and civilians for more than a year. The hoarded wood and coal should also have so much, and the water source is equally important.

He Kegang accepted the teaching humbly, but he was a little embarrassed. He asked for advice: "Master Huang, I want to have enough supplies for my humble position, but I am afraid that the imperial court's true rice and grain may not be guaranteed!"

"General He, remember that if the imperial court doesn't have enough rice, you have to find a way yourself. You can build a barrel-type granary like the Huang's to store grain. The annual price of grain in Liaodong is high. You call on your subordinates to save the money. Why not replace it with grain reserves, not only to maintain value but also to appreciate?”

He Kegang suddenly realized that two years ago, the price of grain in Liaodong had more than doubled compared to today. If all the empty money for food had been exchanged for grain, it would have doubled now.

He said sincerely, "Thank you for your advice, my lord. You can rest assured that I will know what to do in the future."

It is an indisputable fact that Liaodong generals smuggled food, and blocking it is worse than sparse. Huang Sheng reminded He Kegang:

"But you have to pay attention, you can only sell food to the Mongols if you ensure that the city you are stationing has a year's reserve. If you defend the city in the future, as long as you can withstand the attack of Jiannu for a year, even if the private soldiers under your command are destroyed We will do our best to help."

"Xiaozhi understands. With a year's supply of food, charcoal, and water, I can completely hold on to the city until the adults come to help."

"Today, even if I made an agreement with the general, no matter which city you guard, as long as you stick to it for one year, I will ensure that you will be rescued."

He Kegang was a real person. He didn't know how to express his gratitude, so he knelt silently and kowtowed nine times.

Huang Sheng convened a meeting of the left-behind generals in Liaodong, and made it clear that as long as all the generals have the ability to hold on to the isolated city for a year, no matter how difficult it is, he will rescue him in time.

Liaodong generals were afraid of building slaves in field battles, but guarding the city was not afraid of them at all. Hearing Master Huang Sheng's request, he knew the importance of storing food and firewood for a year, and got Huang Sheng's promise, one by one, and resolutely fulfilled it.

This is Huang Sheng's accumulated prestige in repeated battles that led to the generals of Liaodong being convinced. Master Huang's promise was based on the fact that he could do it. The generals guarding the city in Liaodong believed that Master Huang's rescue would be successful with all his strength.

Of course, they have to stick to it for a year. Not only can they save their lives, but they will also be rewarded and promoted by the court for sticking to the isolated city.

The war has come to an end, and the Ming armies in Ningyuan and Jinzhou are still losing in battle. All the military officers let it go, because if one more soldier is killed in battle, they will get one more soldier's salary and pension. Why not do it.

It doesn't matter if the victory report is sent out. There are still many Jiannu cities in Liaodong that have not been destroyed. When the Ming army was preparing to expand their victories, they fought Jiannu many times and suffered casualties. Why not?

Huang Sheng was always expanding his strength, and his subordinates also knew that the Patriarch wanted as many soldiers as possible. Because he had fought side by side with these Ming troops, they had a certain understanding of each other.

The military officer of the Huang family kept chatting with the soldiers he liked, and then these soldiers happily died in battle. They couldn't even find their bodies, because they all went to Huangjiawan Island by boat, and their families would soon follow. Coming to the reunion, the Huang family's selection of soldiers naturally focused on the cavalry of the Ming army who had survived a hundred battles.

As expected, He Kegang obeyed the order. When he returned to Jinzhou, he began to count the grain, and then immediately went to the Huang family to buy it. This time, the army seized 40 million shi of grain, and the price of selling it to He Kegang was cheap. It only cost two taels of silver for a shih to send it to Jinzhou. wheat.

In this way, the price of grain is almost the same as the price in the customs. Seeing that it is profitable, the Ming army in Jinzhou pooled their money together to buy grain.For their own sake and at the same time making money, they are very busy and happy.

Huang Sheng also had no choice but to throw out a large amount of relatively cheap grain to feed these generals who were about to make a fortune and let them hoard enough reserves. .

Just when everything was arranged properly, a messenger came from Shanhaiguan, and Ge Lao Sun Chengzong came to Shanhaiguan to supervise the soldiers and horses of Liaodong again.

Because Mao Yuanyi and the generals bargained and revised the victory report document many times, the court did not get the victory report at the first time, and did not know that more than half of the Liaodong city was destroyed after the establishment of the slaves, and the Jin army lost more than [-] soldiers.

Mao Yuanyi was extremely excited when he received the news that the old leader was back, and wanted to take Huang Sheng to Shanhaiguan to meet with Sun Ge. Huang Sheng had a lot of things to do, so he politely declined.

Because Huang Sheng interfered with the historical process, Mao Yuanyi's official career has been prosperous in the past few years. He is not just a follower like a general who praised paintings in history, and his rank is only from the sixth rank.

Historically, after Sun Chengzong left office, he kept following Yuan Chonghuan. Later, Yuan Chonghuan was arrested by the emperor. He took dozens of gallops and galloped for hundreds of miles to send Sun Chengzong, who was once again the supervisor of Liaodong, to Shanhaiguan to take up his post.

Nowadays, Mao Yuanyi is also the fourth-rank Ning Qiandao soldier who is in charge of one side, and he has three to four thousand soldiers, horses, money and food for the Ming army. , the future is even more limitless.

(End of this chapter)