Blood from Daming

Chapter 160 Schedule
After hearing Xue Jie's reply, Xue Rui's face turned ashen, and he sat there for a long time before asking Xue Yun: "Yun'er, did you really promise Xue Zong not to be the head of the Xue family?"

Xue Yun: "Grandpa, grandson did tell brother Jiu that he should not be the head of the family, but grandson did not say that he would support Xue Zong as the head of the family."

Xue Jiu scolded Xue Yun angrily: "Xue Yun, if you don't become the head of the family, you should naturally support the eldest son's grandson to be the head of the family. How come you are playing the trick of being a sour scholar."

Xue Rui shouted: "That's enough, I'm not dead yet, I can't let his eldest son and grandson be the master, if I want to be the head of the family, I have to ask Xue Rui if I agree."

Xue Jiu was a little flustered: "Master, calm down, the young master has no intention of being the head of the family, but just wants to do more for the Xue family."

Xue Rui: "The old man is not deaf or blind, you all go out."

Xue Rui sent a message to drive everyone out. Naturally, the four of them could not stay any longer, and they all walked out of Xue Rui's room to the courtyard. Xue Jiu gave Xue Yun a hard look and left with Xue Jie.

Xue Aoren said with concern: "You really don't want to be the head of the Xue family?"

Xue Yun: "Daddy, don't you think that the child's current status still cares about the position of a patriarch? Besides, it's just a false name, and what he gets is more the responsibility of the Xue family than the right."

Xue Aoren asked hesitantly: "Yun'er, do you think you should go to Liaodong as your father?"

Xue Yun: "If daddy just wants to live a mediocre life, then he doesn't have to go. If he wants to stand out and become famous, he can take risks."

Xue Aoren thought for a while and replied: "Yun'er, you have to think about it carefully when you go back for your father."

After Xue Yun and his father Xue Aoren separated, they went directly back to the backyard of Xiao Xue's Mansion. As a result, the lunch in Xiao Xue's Mansion had already been eaten. Miss Chen thought that Xue Yun would keep Xue Yun's lunch in Xue's Mansion and would not come back. Xue Yun didn't bother to just pick up some ready-made Afterwards, she went to Yan Sanniang's room to help heal her wounds.

In the next few days, the intelligence organization led by Ms. Chen in the Xiaoxue Mansion has been running at high speed. From the five commercial outlets of the Xue Mansion, "Xueji Silk Cloth", "Sanjiang Huitong", "Xinghua Restaurant", "Huimin Grain Store", and "Wuji Rice Shop" The secret reports and Qin Zhehua's and Wang Defa's news about Shuntian Mansion and Baishengtang under their control were summarized and analyzed in Xue Yun's hands. Xue Yun also had some intelligence and official letters from Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

On the 21st of the first lunar month of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Tianjin Bingbei, Zhu Youqiandu Yushi, Governor of Shanxi, and Liu Ce, the right servant of the Ministry of War, became the first high-ranking officials to be dismissed because of the announcement of the Mongolian invasion.On the same day, Datong military supplies were shipped from the capital.It is a spectacular scene when the private caravan joins the truck team transporting to Datong Prefecture, with a scale of more than [-] carts.

On the 22nd of the first month of the fifth year of Tianqi, there was news that Nurhachi, the Jian captive, was dispatching troops and generals to prepare for the expedition, but the offensive trend was unknown.On the same day, the Mongolian soldiers camped in the north of Xuanhua City.Xue Aoren asked the Ministry of War to remove Liu Zhengsheng, the general manager of Qian, for refusing to send troops and disobeying orders and feigning illness.

On the 26th of the first lunar month of the fifth year of Tianqi, Fan Wencheng, a traitor from Shenyang, Liaodong, claimed to be a follower of Fan Zhongyan in the Song Dynasty.Xue Er and Xue Wu went to Beijing.

On the 27th of the first month of the fifth year of Tianqi, the side wall of Datong was breached by the Mongolian army, and Datong Mansion declared martial law and closed the whole city.With the help of Xue Yun, Xue Ermeihua's magical power broke through the fourth level, and Xue Wumei's magical power broke through the third level.

On February [-]st of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, the Mongolian Army of Xuanfu successively opened five cottages and castles, all of which were home to wealthy merchants from Shanxi.On the same day, the Xue family army recruited troops in the south of Zhili and the north of Shandong.

On February [-]rd of the fifth year of Tianqi, Nurhachi led his troops to attack Ningyuan during the first month.Mao Wenlong immediately sent his generals Lin Maochun and Wang Fu to attack Haizhou, and sent his generals Du Gui and Qu Chengen straight to Shenyang to recover Xuancheng and Chuantieyucheng.

Xue Yun returned to Xuezhuang with Wu Hui on the 25th of the first lunar month, because his father's troops were preparing to fight in Liaodong.Sun Chengzong sent generals to occupy Jinzhou, Songshan, Xingshan, Shitun and the cities of Linghe and Linghe.In this way, Ningyuan moved forward for another 3000 miles, thus forming the Ningjin defense line centered on Ningyuan.With the in-depth defense of the Guan, Ning, and Jin copper walls and iron walls, sending troops to Liaodong is already a certainty. Xue Yun bribed the eunuch in charge of the Internal Supervision Bureau to more than double the military equipment and materials that his father's department should extract. .Xiao Xuezhuang has accumulated a complete set of equipment for [-] people, such as armor, brocade robes, spears, shields, waist knives, fire systems, etc. are very complete.

On the 28th of the first lunar month, the afternoon after Xue Yun helped Xue Er and Xue Wu improve their magic skills, Xue Yun held a secret meeting in Xiao Xuezhuang, only Xue Er, Xue Si, Xue Wu, Xue Shishi, and Lu Yaojin. present.

Xue Yun: "The Ministry of War has urged me three times. Yesterday, Eunuch Wei also came to urge me. I have to leave in two or three days. Has Second Uncle Xue deployed his troops?"

Xue Er: "There are more than 300 people in the standard battalion of the Chinese Army, and more than 150 people in Zhang Sanzhu's Rangers. A total of 500 people are directly under my command. Yu Dahui, the general manager, offered to take 500 people to Liaodong on his own initiative, and stayed for a while. Hundreds of old and weak guarded his barracks. Li Bazong and Ma Bazong each brought 800 elites, and Qianzong Liu Zhengsheng was transferred from the Ministry of War. Among the 600 people under his command, more than 3000 people were recruited. Adding the [-] cavalry led by me, the total strength is [-] People and horses."

Xue Yun: "At present, there are 3000 troops stored in Xuezhuang. When they pass by Xuezhuang, they will change their outfits. The soldiers recruited after two days will use the weapons and equipment that have been changed. The standard for recruiting soldiers is to enter the camp and give 50 taels of silver to their families. It is determined that it is not the deserters who will be paid 50 taels at the end of the year, and the family members can consider allowing them to live in Xiaoxuezhuang, and try to recruit more than [-] as reserve soldiers in Liaodong in the future."

Xue Wu: "Master, in the middle of this month, I took Liu Dazhuang and Zuo Ming to build a cottage in Hejian Mansion. There are thousands of family members in the bandit company. Strictly speaking, they surrendered. Now Liu Dazhuang is guarding with two hundred cavalry. over there."

Xue Yun: "Since it is a voluntary surrender, let's keep it. You can mobilize some people to Liaodong, but you can't force them. If the thorns go away, it will be easier for us to control the entire cottage."

Xue Yun took out five booklets and gave them to Xue Er, Xue Si, Xue Wu, Xue Shi Shi, and Lu Yaojin: "It's just a code for passing high-level information. Comparing the Arabic script of the pamphlet to writing and transmitting intelligence messages, the security aspect will be greatly enhanced, and there are many changes in the deciphering of the information inside, first of all, we must confirm which book in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and we will learn how to do it later.”

Xue Er, Xue Si, Xue Wu, Xue Eleven, and Lu Yaojin naturally nodded, Xue Yun continued: "Second Uncle, you mainly control my father's 500 people and Liu Zhengsheng's 600 people, as for Yu Dahui , Li Bazong and Ma Bazong try their best to strive for unity, if it is impossible, pay more attention to their subordinates.

Xue Er: "Although the second master decided to let me lead this team, Yu Dahui is usually very hostile to me. I'm afraid I can't control them at all when there are many officials in Liaodong."

Xue Yun: "Second Uncle, the three forces of Yu Dahui, Li Bazong, and Ma Bazong, you still have to pull them out on the surface, but if you can't do it, you give up secretly, and let them hunt wild boars in Liaodong."

Xue Yun continued: "Second Uncle's troops must be stationed close to the sea. Big cities like Jinzhou and Ningyuan should be avoided as much as possible. They can choose local fortresses and hold the army firmly in their own hands. Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou and others are all Second Uncle, who is a master of the Merger Army, needs to be extra careful, this time I have sent Jin and you to be my deputy, and you two cannot go to Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou's territory at the same time under any circumstances."

Xue Wu: "Young master, Zu Zerun, the son of Zu Dashou, died in Mongolia and lost more than 1000 people, which is considered a feud with us. Could it be that our Xue family also has a personal grudge against Yuan Chonghuan?"

Xue Yun: "Yuan Chonghuan is known as Yuan Manzi. He is self-willed and has no sons left. Although he is quite capable and good at running the army, he is a civil servant and treats generals like grassroots bandits. If he reprimands them for committing crimes, he will kill them and join the army. What's more, my Xue family It is the generational general who has long been a warlord in Yuan Manzi, and it is only natural that he wants to eat you, so when Yuan Manzi treats you better and better, it is time to prepare to do it, but the second uncle can shine at the critical moment. , The status of the head of the Dongchang stalls deters Yuan Manzi and the others, but one should not be superstitious about the identity of the hundred households of the Jinyiwei, and the identity of the head of the Dongchang stall in Liaodong.

Xue Er and Xue Wu are now so loyal to Xue Yun that they are superstitious. Not only did they help them improve their martial arts and increase their chances of survival in battle, but they also got the badges of Jinyiwei and Dongchang for them and hung them up. The titles of Wei Baihu and the head of Dongchang will make it much more convenient to do things in the future. The three also secretly finalized a detailed plan for the safe evacuation of Xue Er's troops from Liaodong under special circumstances.

Xue Shishi: "Master, I'm afraid I have to explain to my second uncle. The big house, Xue Zong, is in Ningyuan City, Liaodong. At that time, Xue Zong will play tricks, and how to deal with him if he wants to get in the Xue family's army."

Xue Er, Xue Si, Xue Wu, and Lu Yaojin all looked at Xue Yun and waited for him to speak. Xue Yun said without hesitation: "There are only soldiers in the army, there are no sons and young masters, except for the weapons, materials and silver he needs this time. Except for bringing him, you can completely ignore him, if Xue Zong messes around and disturbs the army, Second Uncle can use the tokens of Jinyiwei and Dongchang if necessary."

(End of this chapter)