The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 73 tit for tat
That night, Mao Wenlong hosted a banquet in honor of Yuan Chonghuan in his tent, accompanied by all the generals from Dongjiang, Yuan Chonghuan was easy-going, and everyone drank happily.

During the banquet, Yuan Chonghuan praised the current saint Wen Chengwu's virtues, while Mao Wenlong immediately recalled the late Emperor Xizong's kindness to him, and he was moved to tears.

All the generals in the tent could feel the tit-for-tat confrontation between the words of the two sides.

Later, Yuan asked Mao what good strategy he had to regain Liaodong. Mao almost blurted out because of his drunkenness: "Ningyuan's soldiers and horses are all useless. Only use 3000 people from Dongjiang, hiding clouds and fog, and burning Dongyi with a fire."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the audience was shocked. This was simply an open provocation and insult to the supervisor Yuan Chonghuan.

But Yuan Chonghuan stared at Mao Wenlong blankly as if nothing had happened.

On the second day of June, Xu Dabao's soldiers were paid for the second time, exactly one month after the first payment, and the soldiers of Xu Dabao rejoiced.

Because everyone felt the trust of Mr. Ding.You must know that a person's credit is difficult to establish, but it is easy to collapse, but once the credit is established, he will have terrible power.

On the same day, Mao Wenlong also summoned his subordinates to kowtow to Yuan Chonghuan.

Among them are a large number of barbarians, including Mongols and Jurchens (Later Jin), especially those Jurchens who are extremely brave.

Yuan Chonghuan rewarded each barbarian with one tael of silver, one stone of rice, and one bolt of cloth.

Then the two talked about business, and Yuan proposed three things, one was to let Dongjiang soldiers be controlled by him, the other was to reorganize Dongjiang's troops, and the third was to set up a supervisory army and a salary department in Dongjiang.

Of course Mao was not happy when he heard this, and immediately changed the subject, scolding Yan Mingtai, the former governor of Jiliao, and Wu Zhiwang, the governor of Denglai, obviously referring to Sang and Huai, but nothing came of the discussion that day.

On the third day of junior high school, Yuan Chonghuan returned the invitation, accompanied by Xu Fuzuo, Xie Shangzheng, Wang Mumin, Zhao Kejiao, Ding Yi and others.

This is the first time Ding Yi saw Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong has a rough face and a fierce face, and he looks rebellious at first glance.

But Ding Yi respected him very much and went up to pay homage, but Mao Wenlong gave him a cold look. After a while, he laughed loudly: "I heard that Xu Dabao's soldiers and horses were elite and powerful, and they beheaded hundreds of Tartars. I saw you today. It really is brave and domineering."

This is an allusion to Ding Yi's arrogance against Pidao's soldiers and horses a few days ago.

Ding Yi smiled and said: "Our soldiers and horses in Ningyuan are like this."

Mao Wenlong was furious, and he was not easy to attack, so he could only stare at Ding Yi fiercely.

The day before yesterday he said to Yuan Chonghuan that Ningyuan's soldiers and horses were useless. Today, Ding Yi's words like this are obviously slapping him in the face.

Yuan Chonghuan was even more joyful, with a smile on his face like a flower.

Ding Yi retreated after finishing speaking, feeling helpless in his heart.

In his previous life, he had no likes or dislikes between Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong, but generally speaking, he disapproved of Yuan's killing of Mao, and respected Mao a little more.

But right now, the second generation is a man with a different standpoint, and he cannot tolerate Mao Wenlong's sympathy.

During the dinner, it was the same as yesterday, the two sides were at odds, and the words were all sharp and sharp.

The general meaning is, Yuan Xian persuaded, Marshal Mao, you have been guarding the border for ten years, and you have worked so hard, do you want to take a rest.

Mao Hui, I have long wanted to retire and enjoy the blessings, but the Houjin is not destroyed, how can I rest, I am even more arrogant, now in the entire Ming Dynasty, only I know how to destroy the Houjin, I can't rest.

Yuan was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, he gritted his teeth and said, there is still someone to replace you in the court.

Mao Wenlong raised his head proudly, looked around, looked at the generals around Yuan and said loudly: "Who can take over here?" His attitude was extremely arrogant and arrogant.

The generals around Yuan were overwhelmed by his aura, and many of them dared not look at him directly.

Only Ding Yi sat still, staring at him lightly.

Seeing the expressions of the generals, Yuan felt furious.

Surprisingly, none of the confidantes around him is willing to replace Mao Wenlong, only Ding Yigan.

Seeing Mao Wenlong's domineering behavior, Yuan Jue couldn't bear it anymore.

That night, he found Wang Zhu, the deputy general who was acquainted with Mao Wenlong, with the same three conditions, and asked him to persuade Mao Wenlong.

On the fourth day of June, after repeated disagreements by Wang Zhuo, Mao Wenlong finally agreed to reorganize the troops and accept restraint, but he still opposed the establishment of a supervisory army and a salary department in Dongjiang. Supervising the military pay department will inevitably lead to mutiny.

The two sides talked and talked but couldn't reach a conclusion. Mao Wenlong finally said that I agreed casually, and you, Yuan, took it seriously and regretted it.

Wang Zhu repaid Yuan that night.

That night, Yuan Du sat on a lonely lamp and stayed up all night.

At dawn, the Chinese army sent in generals Xu Fuzuo, Xie Shangzheng, deputy general Wang Zhengmin, and Ding Yi to guard.

In the original history, there was no Ding Yi in this pass.

In the early morning, Yuan Chonghuan issued an order to reward 3570 Dongjiang officers and soldiers who came to Shuangdao, three to five taels for each general, and one coin for each soldier, and the difference between officers and soldiers was huge.

At the same time, he ordered Ding Yi to send two hundred elite soldiers to escort the [-] salary he brought to Mao Wenlong's barracks.

It is also announced that in the future, Mao Wenlong will seal the letter from Lushun to the east, and the supervisor Yuan Chonghuan will seal the letter from Lushun to the west.

When Ding Yi heard it at the scene, he knew that this move was similar to his beheading Zhou Yong and the others in Xu Dabao that day.

When he was about to start, Ding Yi sighed in his heart.

Today's weather is fine, Yuan Chonghuan said, Ding Yi's arrow skills are excellent, and the golden armor is really good after the last shot, so it's better to let all the soldiers have an archery competition, and the winner will be rewarded.

When Mao Wenlong heard that he was leaving, he came over to say goodbye and thank him for the one hundred thousand salary, and asked Yuan when he would leave.

Yuan said that Ningyuan is an important place, the military affairs are busy, and the headquarters will leave tomorrow, but today we have many generals competing with each other here, Marshal Mao, would you like to take a look?

When Mao Wenlong heard that this annoying person was going to leave immediately, he was very happy, of course he agreed wholeheartedly, with a very gentle attitude.

When they went up to the top of the mountain, they saw that Ding Yi was wearing armor, a knife on his waist, and a bow on his back. He was leading two hundred elite soldiers, and stopped Mao Wenlong's army outside.

Mao Wenlong had more than 1000 soldiers with him at that time, and another 2000 soldiers were not far from here.

"The mountain is small, and the generals are watching the arrows. Marshal Mao, please let the soldiers wait outside." Ding Yi smiled and cupped his fists.

What he meant was that the space above is small, so the generals can go in, but the soldiers are not allowed to go in.

Mao Wenlong was stunned for a moment, while Chen Jisheng looked at the elite soldiers behind Ding Yi, all of them wearing armor and fully armed.

It will be June, the weather is hot, and some people are wearing iron armor and sweating profusely, but all the soldiers and horses stand motionless in place, very military.

He lowered his head and said, "Marshal Mao, the weather is sweltering, why don't you stop watching archery?"

Ding Yi's face remained unchanged, but his heart was shocked, because in the original history, there was no mention of Chen Jisheng saying this.

Mao Wenlong also showed a thoughtful expression on his face.

Ding Yi immediately said calmly: "Looking at the arrow is the second best thing. Today there are more rewards than arrows."

"My archery is the best in Liaodong." After speaking, he smiled triumphantly and patted the bow behind him.

The meaning of this is quite obvious. Do any of you in Dongjiang know how to shoot arrows?

Sure enough, Mao Wenlong was furious, and the little defense was lawless, as if there was no one in Dongjiang.

"Let's go, this commander is about to see Liaodong archery." He rushed in, and more than a thousand soldiers behind him were stopped outside.

But Chen Jisheng still called more than 100 people in, saying that they were all Dongjiang generals, not soldiers.

(End of this chapter)