Starting in Saarhu, it is a bit difficult to make a comeback.

Chapter 75: A show of force (please read the new chapter)
Li Xianzhong stayed in the capital for more than half a month, and he was really worried that something would happen.

Fortunately, Li Sanshun sent him news every few days to report that he was safe. Only some Jianlu sentries appeared near Pinglu Fort. They were quickly driven away by the patrolling Liaodong cavalry. They did not go deep into Pinglu Fort. nearby.

In addition, several small-scale conflicts broke out between Chahar and Horqin Mongolia. Both sides seemed to be preparing for a big fight. For the time being, the area near the border wall was very calm.

Although Lin Danhan is currently treating the Ming Dynasty fairly well, and Horqin is on the side of Jianzhou, he does not want Chahar to annex Horqin.

Lin Dan Khan originally regarded himself as a descendant of the Golden Family. If he were allowed to completely annex Horqin, a powerful Mongol Khanate would appear on the grasslands, which would not be in the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

But this is a good opportunity to get rid of the extra cold weapons in hand.

The situation in Pinlubao has gradually improved. Fan Wencheng used the income from selling briquettes and coal stoves to exchange for a lot of daily necessities at the market in Tieling.

At present, daily necessities are no longer in short supply.

In addition, Liang San has successfully sold a batch of iron pots in Horqin and Chahar, in exchange for a lot of cattle. Although grassland cattle are not farming cattle in the traditional sense, and the effect of plowing is not as good as that of cattle, they are still better than pure human power. On many.

Fan Wencheng started building canals with cement, which greatly improved the efficiency of water diversion. Currently, all 5 acres of spring wheat that have been developed have been sown, and the growth rate is not bad.

As long as it lasts until autumn, Pinglubao can solve its food problem by itself.

In addition, Liang San also exchanged a batch of sheep. Except for a small number of sheep used to provide extra meals for those with heavy physical strength or good performance, most of them were replaced by corn and other miscellaneous grains.

Fan Wencheng mixed grains with millet and other grains and cooked them together, and then added some wild vegetables, which reduced grain consumption by [-]%.

At present, the civilians in Pinglubao have two meals a day, one dry meal in the morning and one light meal in the evening.

Soldiers who were engaged in heavy physical work such as mining and participated in the civilian camp had three meals, one meal was light and two meals were dry.

Most people are common people who can endure hardships, and it is impossible to eat pure grains every day at home. Li Xianzhong still set high food standards.

Fan Wencheng lowered the food standards.

He Shixian's 5000 troops have also arrived at Fushun Pass. The south side of Pinglu Fort is already safe, and the two places on the Liaodong border wall that were damaged by Jianlu were repaired with cement by Fan Wencheng.

For the time being, the defenses in Fushun and near Pinglu Fort are complete, and the Pinglu Guards can take charge of the security of Pinglu Fort themselves.

After Li Xianzhong was promoted, he also promoted a group of his subordinates. Li Sanshun is now Tieling General.

The Tieling Guard's strength of three thousand was indeed too small, so Li Rubai added another 1500 people to the Tieling Guard.

Currently, not counting the Pinglu Guards, the Tieling Guards are also garrisoned by 4500 Ming troops.

Zha Zhongwen led 2500 Liaodong cavalry north to Kaiyuan. After all, most of them were under Ma Lin's men. Li Xianzhong must have his own direct troops to control the situation.

The most urgent thing at the moment is to get to Kaiyuan, which is most likely Jianzhou's next target of attack.

In addition, he also wanted to find out what kind of mess Marin had left for him?
Five days later, Li Xianzhong and his party finally appeared at the foot of Kaiyuan City.

Kaiyuan City was built in the 26th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1393). It is a brick city built on the basis of the original earth city. The city is square, the height of the city is three feet and five feet, and the circumference is thirteen miles and twenty steps. There are four doors.

It is called "Yanghe Gate" in the east, "Qingyun Gate" in the west, "Yingen Gate" in the south, and "Anyuan Gate" in the north.

There are turrets at the four corners of the city wall. The city wall is wide and can pass carriages. There is a moat around the outside of the city. A bell and drum tower stands in the center of the city as the central commanding height of the town.

It is no exaggeration to say that Kaiyuan is the most important town in northern Liaoning, and its city size is only comparable to Liaoyang.

The Kaiyuan Road, composed of two side walls, three passes and countless forts, was like a sharp dagger, inserted between the Mongols and the Jurchens.This place is even closer to Ye He, and beyond Zhenbeiguan is Ye He's territory.

Li Xianzhong did not expect that the city of Kaiyuan would be more majestic and stronger than Shenyang.

Upon learning of the arrival of the new commander-in-chief Li Xianzhong, Kaiyuan magistrate Zhang Wenbing, general Gao Zhen, guerrilla Yu Hualong, Yu Shouzhi, Ren Guozhong, garrison He Maoguan and other civil and military personnel rushed out of the city to greet him.

When Ma Lin went to Beijing this time, they knew that the imperial court was going to hold the Northern Route Army accountable for the defeat, and Kaiyuan was probably going to change.

It would be better if the imperial court transferred a chief soldier from elsewhere. After all, the water in Kaiyuan is very deep. As long as they stick together, even the chief soldier would not dare to do anything to them.

But it happened that the new commander-in-chief was Li Xianzhong. Although the Li family in Liaodong had long declined in recent years, their reputation was still there.

Even if they fight together as a team, it would be easy to replace all of them with the connections of the Li family in the Liaodong army.

Moreover, in this Liaodong war, the Li family stole the show. Only Li Rubai's Southern Route Army suffered the fewest casualties and gained the most.

Now Li Rubai has been promoted to deputy envoy of Liaodong Economic Strategy, Li Xianzhong has been promoted to Kaiyuan Commander-in-Chief, Li Huaizhong has been promoted to Shenyang Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and more than a dozen people from the Li family faction have been promoted to staff generals and guerrillas.

The Li family in Liaodong has risen again, and even the new Liaodong manager Xiong Tingbi has to be wary of the strength of the Li family.

When they saw the majestic Liaodong cavalry with bright armor, they completely lost their temper.

Li Xianzhong came directly to the military camp in Kaiyuan City.

After a few words of greeting, Li Xianzhong said straight to the point: "You are all old people in Liao Town, and I will not talk nonsense. How many troops and horses are actually left to open the original road now? You must give me an accurate estimate?"

Everyone knew that the frontier troops were receiving empty pay, but no one expected that Li Xianzhong would be so direct.

General Gao Zhen said: "There are currently 13200 paid soldiers on Kaiyuan Road. The actual number of soldiers in each battalion is about 8."

Good guy, the free rate is as high as 4%. The average frontier army's free rate is only about 3%. Marin really left himself a mess.

Li Xianzhong said: "I didn't know how General Ma managed the army before, but now the Jianlu are eyeing Kaiyuan. There are mostly Jianlu sentry cavalry outside Zhenbei Pass. There are 8000 people guarding Kaiyuan's three passes and many forts. Do you think it's enough?" ?"

Zhang Wenbing, the magistrate of Kaiyuan, said: "The North Route Army was defeated. Most of my main force who used to open the original road were killed on the battlefield. Now these soldiers and horses are naturally unable to guard the original road. I also ask General Li to ask the court to continue to increase troops."

Li Xianzhong knew they would say this, so he said: "Eight thousand soldiers and horses are naturally not enough, but now there are 13200 registered soldiers on Kaiyuan Road, plus the nearly 16000 Liaodong cavalry brought by the general, Zhang Zhizhou thought that the imperial court Can the troops in Liaodong help us open the original route and replenish troops?"

Hearing what General Li Xian said, a few people knew that General Li had come with bad intentions and was obviously looking for trouble.

Zhang Wenbing could only apologize and said: "I wonder what General Li has to say?"

Li Xianzhong said: "In the past, the imperial court often owed pay, and there were many vacancies for soldiers in the towns in Liaodong. This general is aware of it. However, now that the imperial court has paid military salaries on time, and there is an opportunity for you to report the defeat of the Northern Route Army, there is still time to open the original road." 4% of the vacancies are unreasonable!"

"I don't want to turn over General Ma's old score, but I can't wipe his ass for him."

"I will give you 3 days. Whether you report your death in battle or recruit troops to fill the vacancies on your own, after 3 days, I will check one by one. If the situation has not improved, then don't blame me for being rude."

"It's not because this general is unreasonable, but you guys also know that Liaodong Manager Xiong Tingbi is about to rush to Liaodong to take office. This person is known as the "Xiong Manzi" and can't tolerate sand in his eyes. If Xiong Jinglue finds out that you are so 'empty' , I’m afraid even this general will be implicated.”

After Li Xianzhong finished speaking, several people looked at each other in shock. Commander Li wanted to check the wages when he came up. This was really a cruel attack!
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