The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 352 Timing
The Dongjiang generals have long been convinced. After all, the benefits of fairness, openness, and justice are unprecedented morale. Now that they know that the generals under their command will be detained in proportion to their military merits, they all want to attack the Golden State Guard.

At this time, none of the generals believed that the Jinzhou Guard could not be defeated with the current strength, because the Ming army had been bombarding Jinzhou.

First, they killed the Hongyi Cannon at the head of Jinzhou City, and then concentrated artillery fire on the city wall.

The city wall looks thick, but its strength is questionable. It is nothing more than rammed earth surrounded by city bricks.

Now it is hit by big iron balls shot by cannons every day, and the bricks wrapped in pieces are thrown off in pieces, and cracks will appear in the rammed earth soon, and then it will collapse.

Song Pengfei already had twenty six-pounders and six twelve-pounders field guns in his hands. After destroying the Hongyi cannons fortified at the top of Jinzhou City, he adopted the tactic of concentrating artillery fire on one point.

Now the city wall section of Haimen City in Xining, Jinzhou is facing five hours of shelling every day, and the trend is already developing towards ruins.

The Ming army fired artillery to destroy it every day, and the Jin army took advantage of the gap between artillery fire day and night to carry out emergency repairs at the risk of being blocked. They had no good way but to fill the gap with cloth bags and hemp bags of sand and stones.

Most of the work of urgently strengthening the city was done by the elderly, children and women, because Nahai, Mandarhan, Hamdani, Ma Guangpu and other generals found that the gunmen of the Ming army seemed not interested in these people.

Indeed, the snipers of the "Red Banner Army" are very conceited. They disdain to kill the old and weak, women and children, and would rather kill the young and middle-aged Jiannu at least with empty hands. If one or two women are killed and return to the camp, it will be a joke.

Song Pengfei, Zhao Kun and other generals also supported this. Soldiers must be proud, and if they do anything, they will be inferior.

Now Hanzi and Liu Zaiqi, two people with Mini guns, like to follow the blockade team the most. Hanzi's reason is that he can observe the Jinzhou city defense better when he is close to the city. The effect of practicing marksmanship is very good.

Liu Zaiqi has no fools. The reason why he followed the team to fight coldly is to do propaganda work in every battle combination, and the blocking team is no exception.

The news of Liu Zhilun's victory spread to the capital again, and the civil servants and military generals thought that the battle of Jinzhou had ended victoriously. Who knew that this was not the case but an unexpected victory.

Fang Zhenghua and Li Ruolian led the Shenshu Camp and Jinyiwei, along with all the cavalry from Dongjiang Town and the "Red Banner Army" who were concentrated in use, went north to raid the Jiannu-occupied area. Thirty to forty thousand.

Chongzhen was overwhelmed with joy when he received Liu Zhilun's memorial, and he promoted Fang Zhenghua and Li Ruolian to a higher level on the spot, and all the Shenshuying and Jinyi Weiguanzuo under their command were promoted without exception. When they came back, they checked their merits , Generals who have made great contributions will be promoted again.

The emperor was very happy. More than 200 people went to Shenshuying and Jinyiwei. Even if half of the battle was lost, more than [-] people would be able to come back.

Based on these generals who have been on the battlefield in southern Liaoning and fought with Jiannu with real knives and guns, the purge of the Beijing Camp and Jinyiwei will come naturally. Officials do not listen to the court dispatch.

The easiest thing for the emperor to reward the eunuchs and Jin Yiwei is to directly order Wang Chengen or Cao Huachun to draw up a decree and use the seal, but how to reward the "Red Banner Army" and the attacking troops of Dongjiang Town needs to be decided by the court to the cabinet.

When Chongzhen was happy, he started to have a headache, because he had won too much. The last three or four thousand wins in the "Fuzhou Great Victory" should be rewarded with 10,000+ taels of silver. Ten thousand taels of silver were sent.

It's not that Liu Zhilun didn't try his best to fight for the "Red Banner Army", but because the imperial court had this virtue, and being able to get 8 taels of silver at one time was already the result of the great influence of the "Fuzhou Great Victory" and the emperor attached great importance to it.

Now there is another trouble that makes the emperor happy, that is, Liu Zhilun has reported more than [-] levels of gains, and it is said that each of them is young and middle-aged, of which there are [-] real slaves.

The "Red Banner Army" has a way to make money and is easy to talk about. Dongjiang Town is so poor that it can hardly afford to wear trousers. I am afraid that they will not be able to withhold their life-saving money. Chongzhen gritted his teeth and directly issued an order to the Ministry of War.

They were asked to check the number of beheadings and immediately allocate money, which was presided over by Liu Zhilun, Fang Zhenghua, and Li Ruolian and distributed to every soldier who had been beheaded.

He also conveyed an imperial decree to inform the whole army that the Holy Son of Heaven will ensure that even if he cuts down on food and clothing, he will be beheaded and rewarded with silver. He hopes that the Dongjiang Town troops and the "Red Banner Army" will fight forward to kill more enemies and get more military rewards in the next battle against Jinzhou.

In southern Liaoning, a piece of meat was bitten by the "Red Banner Army" and Dongjiang soldiers. The court officials and princes were not willing to make things difficult for them to give them money, food and rewards.

During this time, Jin Sheng, Gao Youmou, and Zheng Xiaowen were not idle, and official documents requesting to make up for the "Red Banner Army" and Dongjiang Town's arrears were sent to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households one after another.

Xu Guangqi, Gao Di, and Zheng Guochang all helped to collect wages in the open and in the dark.

At this time, the action was indeed more effective, and the chiefs of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War were cautious. In order not to fall into the reputation of restricting the battle in southern Liaoning, they took the method of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall. Basically, the "Red Banner Army" was paid.

Dongjiang Town has owed too much over the years, and the Ministry of Households has adopted a matter-of-fact method to start paying salaries from June this year. Even so, Dongjiang soldiers feel that there have been earth-shaking changes.

Both the emperor and the ministers are educated and know how to play tricks, and they will not be soft when playing tricks and killing donkeys.

But now the mill in southern Liaoning is still turning. At this time, not only can't kill the donkey, but it has to be fed with concentrate. Otherwise, if the donkey's temper is provoked, who can be blamed by which court official provoked it?
When the imperial court employed people, southern Liaoning was fighting fiercely, and Chongzhen had to seal the official again and make a wish while beheading the silver.

Fang Zhenghua and Li Ruolian belonged to the emperor's retainers and the eunuch who came to deliver the decree belonged to the same camp. They learned from the angel that their respective promotions were only temporary. He will be summoned in person, entrusted with important tasks and given heavy rewards.

The two were overjoyed when they got the inside information, and they were both thinking about what rewards were waiting for them.

Huang Han, who had only been the governor of the right for a few days, was given a jade belt, sable fur, and a purple python robe. He became the governor of the left with the crown prince and Taibao, and he also got a title-General Pingliao.

This means that Huang Han traveled through the school for two years, and all the official positions of Zhao Ledjiao, the leader of the former master, fell to Huang Han.
Huang Longguan returned to his original post and still served as the general officer of Dongjiang Town. Yin's son was a member of Jinyiwei Hundred Households.

(End of this chapter)