The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 403

The long-legged general Wu Xiang lost his troops due to the defeat in Changshan a few months ago, and only brought dozens of families and more than two hundred cavalry back to Jinzhou to be convicted.

Fortunately, his son Wu Sangui performed outstandingly under the city of Jinzhou. He fought to the death even though his nose was slashed by a Tartar.

The emperor admired Wu Sangui's great filial piety, so Wu Xiang was not arrested and beheaded by extrajudicial grace.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, most of the army officers who lost themselves and were still alive ended up very badly.

Emperor Chongzhen basically adopted the style of one kill. The Shanxi military officer Wang Pu had a complicated network of relationships. The consortium supporting him was strong enough to avoid Chongzhen's butcher knife. Zu Kuan was used to fighting and lost his army. He was beheaded by Chongzhen for the crime of falling into feudal vassal.

In fact, Chongzhen is somewhat inexplicable when he is in power. It gives people the feeling that those who should not be killed are killed, and those who deserve death, such as Zuo Liangyu, live well.

Zhang Xianzhong, who shouldn't let it go, actually gave him the opportunity to re-sentence again and again. You must know that the thief broke Fengyang, the central capital, and dug up the ancestral grave of the old Zhu's family!It is entirely possible to save Sun Yuanhua's life. After all, he refused to rebel after being captured, but unfortunately he was killed by the cold Chongzhen.

All in all, Chongzhen is an unreliable emperor, and he handles major events inexplicably, which makes people feel neurotic.

This time the emperor was really kind, and promoted Wu Sangui to one level, but only punished Wu Xiang by dismissing him from office.

Chongzhen began to cultivate a big traitor who ruined the Han people. In history, Wu Sangui was also the only life-saving straw that Chongzhen was looking forward to at the most critical juncture, and Wu Sangui did not return to Fangjing after receiving the imperial decree, just for the price.

Now it's probably not Wu Sangui's turn to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, because from now on Ningyuan will be the base that Huang Han will never give up, and the plan to control Shanhaiguan within three years is already underway.

Wu Xiang was not good at fighting, but he was able to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, he has his own uniqueness. He is actually a figure with all-hands and eyes in Liaodong.

He is not as good as Zu Dashou except for fighting, but he is worse than Zu Dashou in other aspects. In history, Zu Dashou surrendered out of integrity, and he was a repeated villain who surrendered twice. Wu Sangui is a big traitor that everyone despises.

But Wu Xiang did not lose his integrity. He never surrendered to Jiannu, and he never surrendered to the robbers. In the end, he was beheaded by Li Duyan, the old and angry wedding dress king.

For Wu Xiang, the life of not being an official and being a rich and idle person is really not enjoyable, so he used his connections to clear up for himself.

The adults in the court gave a clear answer that the emperor had long forgotten the fact that he had abandoned Zhang Chun and fled. Now as long as he takes his son to take the initiative to attack Jiannu and cut dozens of levels to win, the official will be restored to his post nine out of ten.

Wu Xiang has the position of chief military officer. With soldiers and horses in hand, not only can he get paid for nothing, but it is also much easier to do business.

The Wu family trafficked a large amount of ironware, tea, salt, silk, cotton cloth, etc. into the prairie to trade with the Mongols, in exchange for horses, cattle and sheep, fur, gold and silver, and the profits were doubled or several times.

In addition to the benefit of giving Zu Dashou some points, the Wu family's profit is more than 10 taels of silver every year.

In order to be able to become an official again, Wu Xiang really worked hard.

Wu Sangui led three or four hundred iron-armored servants out of Jinzhou many times to find opportunities to attack Jiannu, but unfortunately they were not lucky.

Twice, after discovering that the enemy rushed up to fight in groups, they had to flee desperately before harvesting their heads, because the slave-building reinforcements arrived immediately after getting the news.

Wu Sangui is not a coward. It is possible that he has not yet reached the time when he is lucky. He fought with Jiannu and each suffered casualties. In the end, it was Jiannu who had reinforcements who came and made him fall short.

Even so, when Sanguizi retreated calmly with his armored servants, the Hou Jin army was unwilling to chase after them. In fact, most of the Jiannu were bullying and fearful masters, and they cared too much about casualties.

Taking the initiative to attack a few times, dozens of people were killed by the Tiejia Ding of the Wu family, and dozens of Jiannu were beheaded, but so far only the third level has been harvested, and the other heads have not had time to harvest at all.

This is also the characteristic of Jiannu. If the Ming army killed someone, cut off his head and fled, the Jin army would often be anxious and put on a desperate posture, gnawing at it.

Because Jianu is very superstitious, he believes that dead bodies cannot be reincarnated and reincarnated. One of the reasons why many Jiannu are afraid of the "Red Banner Army" is that they are basically wiped out when they fight with the "Red Banner Army". headless corpse.

The armored servants who dare to fight are the capital of the Wu family's foothold. They are equipped with food and drink all day long, and they are paid a stone of wheat and two taels of silver every month. They are rewarded every now and then. Clothes, the Wu family will spend no less than 100 taels of silver a year to raise a servant.

Dozens of family members died, and the pensions to be given would cost thousands of taels of silver, and the cost of obtaining the third level was too high. The shrewd businessman Wu Xiang thought that this business could not be done, and he had to change the game.

Professional counterparts are very important. The Wu family is very good at doing business, but cutting off Jiannu's head is obviously not good, so he made up his mind to seek help from the "Red Banner Army", a professional household who cut Jiannu, and he is willing to spend a lot of money to buy Houjin Army head.

Wu Xiang and his son ordered a full hundred iron-armored servants to gallop to Ningyuan to visit Huang Yizhou. He even imagined that he might be able to meet General Pingliao for an interview.

The "Red Banner Army" operates the Liaoxi Corridor and adopts the decree that no entry is allowed, and the materials transported by the imperial court to Jinzhou from Shanhaiguan are now contracted by the "Red Banner Army".

How much cost should be paid to allow Jinzhou to obtain military rations and supplies. Now as long as those losses and labor are paid to the "Red Banner Army", the Jinzhou defenders can get the materials given by the court as quickly as possible.

Because the "Red Banner Army" does not need to use land transportation along the Liaoxi Corridor at all. It can be shipped directly from Tianjinwei and Huxue City to the wharf close to Jinzhou, and then pay money to hire Jinzhou soldiers and civilians to carry it by the sea.

In the future, the Ningyuan-Shanhaiguan section of the Liaoxi Corridor will be blocked. Except for the "Red Banner Army" and the former Tunwei Army, there will be no idlers.

This will become a border area where all the people are soldiers. If it grows to [-] households, there will be at least [-] guards.

Their children will be organized to stand guard with red-tasseled guns. Anyone who finds outsiders will be interrogated and accused to the small banner officer and the general banner officer.

The blockade of the Liaoxi Corridor began in the spring of the fifth year of Chongzhen. Naturally, the imperial court sent troops out of Shanhaiguan to follow the official route, and there was only the official route. Even several camps for the "Red Banner Army" had been stipulated.

This is entirely to prevent the Ming army from disturbing the people. When marching, the "Red Banner Army" will supervise it openly and secretly. If any Ming army strays from the official path, they will be arrested or even beheaded.

(End of this chapter)