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On the third day of September in the 14th year of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, before dawn, Zhang Cheng was rewarded by sentry cavalry, saying that the Tartar thieves at the foot of Changling Mountain had disappeared.

The sky is still gray, and the sun seems to be lazier than yesterday. The horizon has not yet appeared until now, but the dark clouds that have been tossing in the sky all night have all dispersed.

"Looks like today is a sunny day!" Zhang Cheng sighed looking at the dots of starlight in the eastern sky that hadn't disappeared yet.

"No, there were dark clouds yesterday, but there was no drop of rain. Since we entered Liaodong in the past few months, there have only been two rains. Let's see that Liaodong is another drought year."

Zhang Chengfang was by Zhang Cheng's side, and continued with emotion: "Continuous wars and such a severe drought, how can these Han people in Liaodong live?"

Zhang Cheng withdrew his gaze, but it fell on his adopted son Zhang Chengfang. He was a little surprised that he was still worried about the people of Liaodong during the battle. He comforted him and said: "Liaodong is just like my Xuanfu. The guard house is not comparable to that in Henan.

Yu province is not only suffering from severe drought, but also plagues of locusts and banditry. The government has long been unable to control the area. That's why we were able to gather tens of thousands of people from Dengfeng and Mi counties and move them back to Xuanfu for resettlement.

Today, despite years of wars in Eastern Liaodong, military households, whether registered or not, are all privately owned by military leaders and generals from all over the country, and the land of military households has also become their private property.

If we copy what we did in Yu Province, I'm afraid it won't work! "

He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and said leisurely: "Everyone's fate has its own destiny, maybe the Liao people here should have such doom, and it cannot be redeemed by manpower.

However, just like a person's lifespan, there is an end. Once the life is exhausted, it will be nothing in the end.I think the catastrophe of the Liao people, as it should be, is coming to an end soon! "

A gust of morning wind blew, and the chill was overwhelming, and Zhang Cheng couldn't help shivering. He hurriedly tightened the woolen cloak on his body.

Zhang Mingyuan beside him also tightened his cloak, and asked, "Father commander, the Tartars have escaped, why don't we go in and pursue them?"

Zhang Cheng didn't say anything, he just stared at the east with a little bit of ecstasy, as if he was meditating on something.

After all, Zhang Chengfang has been with Zhang Cheng for a long time. Seeing Zhang Cheng looking at the sky in a daze, he answered for him: "Mingyuan, think about it. The sentry reported that the Tartar camp is empty. From this, we can learn that the Tartars have taken advantage of it." He withdrew at night and left.

But we don't know the exact whereabouts of the Tatars. Moreover, although the soldiers and horses of the Tatars with white flags and yellow flags inlaid with us suffered heavy losses in the battle with me, the entire army was not defeated and they still had strength to spare.

Furthermore, the Tartars with the red flags inlaid with red flags attacked Changling Mountain yesterday, and it was not as violent as before, so the loss is not too big. Even if our army sentry the Tatars' whereabouts, if we attack rashly, once we are ambushed by the Tartars, we will be killed again. What should I do? "

After Zhang Chengfang's explanation, Zhang Mingyuan also seemed to have realized something, and fell into deep thought. Looking at the two adopted sons, Zhang Cheng felt deeply comforted.

At the beginning, 37 people, including Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai, were taken in on a whim in Xinzhuang Castle outside Xuanfu Town. Now they have grown into strong boys, and they all follow Zhang Cheng's side as soldiers.

There are only a dozen or so of them who are more outstanding, but they are still young, so they all practiced by Zhang Cheng's side, and not one of them has been put in the lower camp for training.

However, everyone now knows that after Zhang Jintai recovers from his injuries, he will be transferred to the Tiger Guards camp to serve as a sentry cavalry, which is really enviable.

And as Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Mingyuan acted as central military officers beside Zhang Cheng, being able to get closer to their father and commander every day was also something that all adopted sons yearned for.

It's just that the number of officers in the army is limited, and everyone dare not expect extravagantly, so they are eagerly looking forward to being able to go down to the camp to practice like Zhang Jintai, and to have the opportunity to repay the foster father's kindness in nurturing.

In their hearts, Zhang Cheng has long been regarded as a reborn parent. They all worship and be loyal to Zhang Cheng, and they are still diehard!
These adoptive sons only believed what Zhang Cheng said alone, and even copied all the words Zhang Cheng said in a small book, as classic quotations, and whenever discussing affairs, they would use Zhang Cheng's words to answer.

The officers at all levels of the various battalions of the Xuanfu Army were also influenced by them, and they all recorded Zhang Cheng’s Dundun teachings in small notebooks. recite.

If Zhang Cheng's personal loyalty is now used to evaluate the generals and sergeants of the Xuanfu Army's battalions, it is undoubtedly his adopted sons who are the most loyal.

The second is the old brothers who worked together with the king, such as Chen Zheng, Zhang Guangda, Wu Zhizhong and other four chiefs, as well as Zhang Guodong, Chen Huzi and other people who followed Zhang Cheng first after the Julu battle.

In addition, the people rescued in Mafang, as well as the Xinyong recruited by Zhencheng and Xuanbei, were all extremely loyal to Zhang Cheng. After all, they received full salary, and after everyone joined the army, their family life improved greatly.

Since Zhang Cheng arrived in Xuanbei, after his vigorous governance, the bandits have disappeared, every household has enough money, and there is no longer a situation of starvation, but because of this, a large number of people's hearts have been harvested.

However, after Zhang Cheng arrived in Xuanbei, people like Jin Xinpeng, Yan Qingrong, etc., and the officials from the capital who gathered thereafter, in Zhang Cheng's view, they were not loyal, maybe they were just bound by interests.

After all, these scholars are not as easy to fool as the low-level rough people. They read well, but their vision and thinking are also broad, and this kind of people who already have some status and family background are more greedy.

It's not like those people at the bottom, once their life improves a little, they will get great satisfaction, and even regard it as a benefactor, and because they have lived enough poverty, they naturally don't want to go back to the past, let alone May your children and grandchildren live like before.

Therefore, in order to protect their current interests, they are willing to risk their lives. Now Zhang Cheng is in their hearts, just like the living Bodhisattva who saved the world. They will naturally get their support, and they will even protect Zhang Cheng with death. .

Because in their thinking, protecting Zhang Cheng is protecting their own good life today, and it is protecting the good life of their children and grandchildren!
And it was precisely because of the support of the low-level people in Xuanbei, as well as the middle and lower-level officers and low-level sergeants of the Xuanfu Army, that Zhang Cheng was able to carry out reforms in Xuanbei, and dared to frequently adjust the chief generals and generals of each battalion.

The reason why he did this was to send a signal that the soldiers were not generals, but all belonged to Zhang Cheng alone, and the soldiers of each battalion could only be his subordinates forever.

They could lead troops to fight for Zhang Cheng, but if they wanted to do something against Zhang Cheng, the junior officers and sergeants in the battalions would not do it either.

Zhang Cheng firmly believes that as long as he insists on paying full wages to his soldiers, they will always be loyal to him alone.

After recovering from the thousands of reveries, the sky was gradually brightening, and the huge red sun in the east also showed a halo that was not dazzling. Zhang Cheng said to the two with a smile, "Go back."

On the way to the camp of the Chinese army, Zhang Cheng gave Zhang Mingyuan an order: "Send down the order, after eating at Maoshi, march to the foot of Changling Mountain at Chenshi, and join the troops with General Chen."

"Here!"

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Today, despite years of wars in Eastern Liaodong, military households, whether registered or not, are all privately owned by military leaders and generals from all over the country, and the land of military households has also become their private property.

If we copy what we did in Yu Province, I'm afraid it won't work! "

He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and said leisurely: "Everyone's fate has its own destiny, maybe the Liao people here should have such doom, and it cannot be redeemed by manpower.

However, just like a person's lifespan, there is an end. Once the life is exhausted, it will be nothing in the end.I think the catastrophe of the Liao people, as it should be, is coming to an end soon! "

A gust of morning wind blew, and the chill was overwhelming, and Zhang Cheng couldn't help shivering. He hurriedly tightened the woolen cloak on his body.

Zhang Mingyuan beside him also tightened his cloak, and asked, "Father commander, the Tartars have escaped, why don't we go in and pursue them?"

Zhang Cheng didn't say anything, he just stared at the east with a little bit of ecstasy, as if he was meditating on something.

After all, Zhang Chengfang has been with Zhang Cheng for a long time. Seeing Zhang Cheng looking at the sky in a daze, he answered for him: "Mingyuan, think about it. The sentry reported that the Tartar camp is empty. From this, we can learn that the Tartars have taken advantage of it." He withdrew at night and left.

But we don't know the exact whereabouts of the Tatars. Moreover, although the soldiers and horses of the Tatars with white flags and yellow flags inlaid with us suffered heavy losses in the battle with me, the entire army was not defeated and they still had strength to spare.

Furthermore, the Tartars with the red flags inlaid with red flags attacked Changling Mountain yesterday, and it was not as violent as before, so the loss is not too big. Even if our army sentry the Tatars' whereabouts, if we attack rashly, once we are ambushed by the Tartars, we will be killed again. What should I do? "

After Zhang Chengfang's explanation, Zhang Mingyuan also seemed to have realized something, and fell into deep thought. Looking at the two adopted sons, Zhang Cheng felt deeply comforted.

At the beginning, 37 people, including Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai, were taken in on a whim in Xinzhuang Castle outside Xuanfu Town. Now they have grown into strong boys, and they all follow Zhang Cheng's side as soldiers.

There are only a dozen or so of them who are more outstanding, but they are still young, so they all practiced by Zhang Cheng's side, and not one of them has been put in the lower camp for training.

However, everyone now knows that after Zhang Jintai recovers from his injuries, he will be transferred to the Tiger Guards camp to serve as a sentry cavalry, which is really enviable.

And as Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Mingyuan acted as central military officers beside Zhang Cheng, being able to get closer to their father and commander every day was also something that all adopted sons yearned for.

It's just that the number of officers in the army is limited, and everyone dare not expect extravagantly, so they are eagerly looking forward to being able to go down to the camp to practice like Zhang Jintai, and to have the opportunity to repay the foster father's kindness in nurturing.

In their hearts, Zhang Cheng has long been regarded as a reborn parent. They all worship and be loyal to Zhang Cheng, and they are still diehard!
These adoptive sons only believed what Zhang Cheng said alone, and even copied all the words Zhang Cheng said in a small book, as classic quotations, and whenever discussing affairs, they would use Zhang Cheng's words to answer.

The officers at all levels of the various battalions of the Xuanfu Army were also influenced by them, and they all recorded Zhang Cheng’s Dundun teachings in small notebooks. recite.

If Zhang Cheng's personal loyalty is now used to evaluate the generals and sergeants of the Xuanfu Army's battalions, it is undoubtedly his adopted sons who are the most loyal.

The second is the old brothers who worked together with the king, such as Chen Zheng, Zhang Guangda, Wu Zhizhong and other four chiefs, as well as Zhang Guodong, Chen Huzi and other people who followed Zhang Cheng first after the Julu battle.

In addition, the people rescued in Mafang, as well as the Xinyong recruited by Zhencheng and Xuanbei, were all extremely loyal to Zhang Cheng. After all, they received full salary, and after everyone joined the army, their family life improved greatly.

Since Zhang Cheng arrived in Xuanbei, after his vigorous governance, the bandits have disappeared, every household has enough money, and there is no longer a situation of starvation, but because of this, a large number of people's hearts have been harvested.

However, after Zhang Cheng arrived in Xuanbei, people like Jin Xinpeng, Yan Qingrong, etc., and the officials from the capital who gathered thereafter, in Zhang Cheng's view, they were not loyal, maybe they were just bound by interests.

After all, these scholars are not as easy to fool as the low-level rough people. They read well, but their vision and thinking are also broad, and this kind of people who already have some status and family background are more greedy.

It's not like those people at the bottom, once their life improves a little, they will get great satisfaction, and even regard it as a benefactor, and because they have lived enough poverty, they naturally don't want to go back to the past, let alone May your children and grandchildren live like before.

Therefore, in order to protect their current interests, they are willing to risk their lives. Now Zhang Cheng is in their hearts, just like the living Bodhisattva who saved the world. They will naturally get their support, and they will even protect Zhang Cheng with death. .

Because in their thinking, protecting Zhang Cheng is protecting their own good life today, and it is protecting the good life of their children and grandchildren!
And it was precisely because of the support of the low-level people in Xuanbei, as well as the middle and lower-level officers and low-level sergeants of the Xuanfu Army, that Zhang Cheng was able to carry out reforms in Xuanbei, and dared to frequently adjust the chief generals and generals of each battalion.

The reason why he did this was to send a signal that the soldiers were not generals, but all belonged to Zhang Cheng alone, and the soldiers of each battalion could only be his subordinates forever.

They could lead troops to fight for Zhang Cheng, but if they wanted to do something against Zhang Cheng, the junior officers and sergeants in the battalions would not do it either.

Zhang Cheng firmly believes that as long as he insists on paying full wages to his soldiers, they will always be loyal to him alone.

After recovering from the thousands of reveries, the sky was gradually brightening, and the huge red sun in the east also showed a halo that was not dazzling. Zhang Cheng said to the two with a smile, "Go back."

On the way to the camp of the Chinese army, Zhang Cheng gave Zhang Mingyuan an order: "Send down the order, after eating at Maoshi, march to the foot of Changling Mountain at Chenshi, and join the troops with General Chen."

"Here!"