Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 249 Ning Yuan
After Hong Chengchou led a team of thousands of horses out of the customs, he arrived at Gaotaibao at Shenshi that day. After a night of repairs, the brigade continued northward in the early morning of the next day.

The not-so-wide official road outside the customs is fairly smooth, allowing four horses to ride side by side.On both sides of the official road are large tracts of reclaimed fields, and as far as the eye can see, rolling mountains can be seen faintly to the west.

Many farmers in bunts are busy in the field.It's time for ear seeding, and the well-growing wheat in the field has turned yellow, and it looks like it will be harvested in about ten days.Every ten miles or so, there will be a small village of about one or two hundred families on both sides of the road, inhabited by Han Chinese who fled from Eastern Liaodong and some military households.

After crossing several rivers of different widths and depths, such as the Naughty River, the mighty horse team arrived at the important town of Liaoxi around the time. His hometown - Ningyuan.

The city wall of Ningyuan City is three feet and two feet high, the city pheasant is six feet higher, and the city wall is three feet wide. It was built by Yuan Chonghuan in the third year of Tianqi.When the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were frightened when they heard about the slave chieftains and regarded the places outside the pass as daunting, Yuan Manzi still showed extraordinary courage.

In the first month of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi led more than 1 troops to attack Ningyuan City, while Yuan Chonghuan led less than [-] people to defend the city. The strength of the two sides was very different.But it was under such circumstances that the world-famous Ningyuan Victory was born.

According to Yuan Chonghuan's report on victory, Nurhachi, the slave chieftain, was hit by the red cannons at the head of the city under the city of Ningyuan, causing the entire army to retreat. The old chieftain died of serious injuries a few months later. and died.

But after this so-called great victory, there were only more than [-] dead bodies on the battlefield.Moreover, Jianlu then took advantage of the freezing of the Bohai Sea to directly attack Juehua Island on foot across the sea, slaughtering more than [-] soldiers and civilians on the island, burning more than [-] ships of all sizes, and seizing countless grain and grass materials. It can be seen that this so-called great victory The actual results of the war are far from as brilliant as those written by civil servants.

What is even more suspicious is that since Ningyuan led the army back to Shengjing, the wild boar skin also led the army to conquer the Khalkha tribe of Mongolia, and its death time was eight months after the so-called Ningyuan was shot.

According to the medical conditions and level at that time, not to mention being shot, even if he was hit by a bullet, he would die of wound infection within a few days. Therefore, it is difficult to say exactly why Nurhachi died.

"The next official, Ning Yuan, guards the way, and Li Zhiyuan sees the supervisor!"

"He Qiang, the general of the Ningyuan branch, who is a low-ranking officer, has a meeting with Superintendent Hong!"

"The lowly post Ningyuan guerrilla Li Lu meets the supervisor!"

Ning Yuan, who had been notified in advance, and two guards greeted Hong Chengchou outside the south gate.

"Everyone, please! Li Fenshou, as an official of the imperial court, came to the west of Liaoning. It is really not easy! I will rest here tonight, and I will go to Jinzhou tomorrow; the two generals will immediately move the barracks and raise food and grass. For the army to rest!"

Hong Chengchou got off his horse and accepted the visits of several people, and then ordered lightly.He could tell at a glance that Li Zhiyuan's status in Ningyuan was far inferior to these two generals, so he specially encouraged him, but he didn't say much to He Qiang and Li Lu.

Hong Chengchou, who had commanded countless arrogant soldiers and powerful generals in the ten years of suppressing bandits, did not take a high look at the generals in western Liaoning, especially for generals of the guerrilla level who were plentiful in Ningjin.

"This official is so majestic! Let you be arrogant for now! When you come to our western Liaoning, you will be embarrassed!"

He Qian, who was nearly forty years old, was very dissatisfied with Hong Chengchou's official authority. Although he had heard of the name of the new supervisor, He Qian did not have much respect in his heart.

He Qian, who has been in the army for many years in Ningjin, has seen many important court officials such as Sun Chengzong, Wang Zaijin, Wang Huazhen, Yuan Chonghuan, Xiong Tingbi, Gaodi, etc. After experiencing the success and failure of these civil servants, he has long been afraid of the court and civil servants. Disappeared.In his eyes, no matter how big the officials came to Ning Jin, they would end up returning to the capital in disgrace. The land of Ning Jin has always been the territory of these generals who hold military power.

He Qian got up, brushed the dust off his body, and yelled at Wu Sangui who was standing not far away after dismounting: "Second boy! Why don't you come over to greet Uncle He and Uncle Li? I heard that you are promising! You've got to be the deputy chief soldier! Our gang of old bones can't compare! Is general soldier Wu still alive?"

"My nephew has met Uncle He and Uncle Li! My father is still in good health! My father once said that when I return to Ningjin, I will greet all uncles on my behalf! My nephew's men are very familiar with this place, so don't bother Uncle has sent someone to lead the way, I'd better accompany Governor Hong into the city to watch!"

Wu Sangui knew the virtues of these uncles, after greeting He and Li with smiling faces, he quickly reminded them not to be rude, and to accompany Hong Chengchou to the city to rest.

"We are all vulgar people. We watched the second boy of the Wu family grow up; I haven't seen him in the past few years, and I never thought that the son of an old friend would be so successful. When I am happy, I will inevitably be rude. Please also supervise the teacher Haihan! "

Sensing that Hong Chengchou seemed to be unhappy, Li Lu hurriedly explained.

Li Lu and Li Chongjin belonged to the same type. They came from humble backgrounds but had extraordinary records. They belonged to the more capable generals in western Liaoning.But because he was not in the nepotism, he never received Gao Xun, and he did not get a guerrilla position until he was in his 30s.Seeing that Wu Sangui, who was in his early twenties, had reached the rank of deputy general, he felt unhappy, but this kind of thing was a common practice in western Liaoning, and he had nothing to do.

Shoudao Li Zhiyuan is also dissatisfied with He Apologetic's unreasonable behavior.But since he served in Ningyuan for three years, he has been subject to these domineering soldiers everywhere. In name, he is in charge of Ningyuan's civil affairs and financial power, but in fact Ningyuan has not paid a single tax to the court for many years, so his voice is about equal to none.

"It is very hard for the supervisor to come from a long distance. It is getting late, and I invite the supervisor to enter the city to rest. The lower officials have prepared a banquet to clean up the dust for the supervisor! Please, supervisor!"

After Li Zhiyuan bowed his hands and saluted, he solemnly invited Hong Chengchou to enter the city.

Hong Chengchou had predicted the domineering and rudeness of the Liaoxi generals. Seeing that Li Zhiyuan was leading the way, he rode his horse into the south gate without showing any signs of expression.Shen Shiyu knocked lightly on the horse's belly and followed closely behind. Dozens of personal soldiers lined up on both sides to guard Hong and Shen.

After Wu Sangui ordered his generals to lead the team to the barracks, He Feng and Li Lu followed behind with their own soldiers.

A group of people entered the second gate of the city from the long south gate - the Wengcheng, and entered Ningyuan City after passing through the square Wengcheng.

There are four gates in Ningyuan City: Chunhe in the east, Yanhui in the south, Yongning in the west, and Weiyuan in the north. There is a main street connecting the east and west gates and the north and south gates respectively. The intersection is the center of Ningyuan City. A bell tower.This building reports the time on weekdays and serves as a watchtower, signal building and command center during wartime.

There are various shops on both sides of the wide stone road, which looks quite prosperous. Pedestrians and merchants on the road hurriedly hid on the side of the road after seeing a group of cavalry.

Not far along the wide street, a tall stone archway with three columns, four rooms and five floors stands in the center of the street.

Hong Chengchou drove his horse to the archway and got off his horse. He looked up and saw the four characters "Loyalty, Courage, Wisdom" engraved on the top horizontal plaque, and "Fourth Yuan Rong Shaofu" engraved on the horizontal plaque on the lower floor. There are six large characters, and a few lines of small characters are engraved on the bottom layer: "Head to the great-grandfather Dr. Ronglu, the admiral of Liaodong Zuodu Shaofu, who originally lived in Liaoyang and the deputy commander-in-chief of the Liaoyang Association to beat the governor. Zu Chengxun; the imperial envoy manager Liaodong hangs the Liao striker General Yin, Chief Military Officer, Grand Governor Shao Fuzu's birthday."

This is the archway built by the emperor in the fourth year of Chongzhen, and Sun Chengzong, who was the governor of Liaodong at that time, wrote it himself and gave the ancestor Dashou Jinggong.

"Zu Shaofu Jiuzheng in the west of Liaoxi, gathered troops in Jiancheng, and prevented the Jian captives from going south, which is really a contribution to the country; as the situation in my emperor's Ming Dynasty is getting better and better, I sincerely hope that I can join hands with Zu Shaofu , Make new achievements! Uncle, I also hope to see such a magnificent archway in your ancestral home, so you can do it with your heart!"

Hong Chengchou stroked his beard with his hands and sighed softly, and sighed to Wu Sangui who came to his side.

He will not let go of any opportunity to divide the Zu and Wu families.This has nothing to do with the atmosphere, but to better win over the Wu family to fight against the ancestral family with deep roots in western Liaoning.

It is extremely solemn and difficult to erect a stone archway in the Ming Dynasty, especially those who erect stone archways with noble morals and outstanding military achievements must be reported by the local government after checking the facts. Entrustment can only be built.

Approved by Zhu Youjian, the governor of Fujian Province is building an archway for Hong Chengchou in Yingdu Town, his hometown, in recognition of his contributions to the Ming Dynasty in the past ten years. The hometowns of Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng are also building banners engraved with the names of their ancestors. Gongpaifang.

"Humble job, I would like to follow the teaching of the supervisor, and I will do my best as a saint! As for meritorious service or otherwise, I dare not think about it!"

Wu Sangui cupped his fists respectfully and saluted.

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