I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 158 It's not a worry for the minister to be a slave

Chapter 157

"The desert is solitary and the smoke is straight, the long river is setting the sun!"

Although Wolf Smoke is the fastest way to transmit information, in just one day, it can transmit military information thousands of miles away.

But the problem is that the information that the wolf smoke can convey is very limited. Generally speaking, it is a lonely smoke, which represents peace, and two waves of wolf smoke represent more than one thousand and less than 1 enemies.Three puffs of wolf smoke mean that there are many enemies, and Fenghuotun will fall at any time.

After the Ning Navy arrived in southern Liaoning, they built layers of beacon fire fortresses in high mountains and areas with a wide view. This kind of artillery tower similar to later generations has only one door. Once it is blocked, it is very difficult to attack the beacon fire. Even if Jiannu wants to unplug such a beacon tower, it cannot be done in a short time.

The most reliable way to convey the detailed information of the enemy is to rely on the scout cavalry. Although the scout cavalry post where the red lady is located has only fifty knights, it is equipped with more than seventy horses, of which more than 20 horses are used to transport their supplies. and equipment.

When puffs of wolf smoke began to pass to the rear, a scout cavalry captain said: "Head, our mission is complete, it's time to retreat!"

"No, I want to explore further ahead!"

"Still exploring?"

The other three cavalry captains looked at each other.

"Are you afraid?"

The red lady was used to speaking in a false voice, she looked at the scout cavalry beside her and said, "Just go back empty-handed, are you willing?"

As the development of the Ning Navy became more and more formal, it became more and more difficult for the soldiers of the Ning Navy to be promoted. If they performed well in training, it was not enough. They had to be role models for the entire army and could not violate military discipline.In particular, there are more and more special recruits, and it is too difficult to stand out in the Ning Haijun.

It is very difficult for Changyu to be promoted from a small soldier to a commander of the capital.

The red lady was able to be promoted from a soldier to a whistle chief because she was good enough. She ranked first for two consecutive months in riding training and archery training, so she was promoted to a whistle chief.

In peacetime, it is difficult to get promoted, but in a state of war, it is much easier to get promoted.

In Ning Haijun's army, only the head of a slave needs to be beheaded to be eligible to be promoted from soldier to captain. Following the words of the red lady, these scout cavalry soldiers are gearing up and ready to move.

"Make a vote!"

Following the collective discussion of the Ning Navy Scout Cavalry Post, the decision of the red lady was passed.The tentative contact between the two sides, although Jiannu has an absolute advantage in numbers at this time.But the opponent saw that Hong Niangzi's troops only had more than [-] riders to fight.

The proud pioneers of Jianshou also naturally sent the same number of people. They are very proud and disdain to fight the few with more. They want to defeat Ning Haijun with the same number of people. They must use the actual combat results to tell Ning Haijun. Shoot, they are the number one slaves in the world, and they have never had an opponent.

In fact, although the cavalry of the Ninghai Cavalry is weaker than the Jiannu cavalry, the scout cavalry is different, because all the scout cavalry of the Ninghai Navy are specially recruited into the army.

Use a small group of rangers to follow and harass the enemy army during its movement, and when it sees the opportunity, it will pounce on it and bite it fiercely, then quickly escape before the enemy army reacts, and pounce on it when it catches the opportunity. This has always been the nomad's way Good at it.

The Central Plains dynasty, which was dominated by infantry, was often helpless in the face of such rogue tactics. When it comes to attack, the loss is quite large. This kind of aggrievedness that can only be beaten but not fight back can really drive people crazy.

But now, Jiannu's tactic has failed. The equally fierce Ning Navy scout cavalry, relying on their own skilled cavalry, and then use pulley bows and arm crossbows to shoot at Jiannu rangers. Its power surpassed that of Jiannu's riding bow, and amidst the whistling and screaming, people on both sides kept getting hit by arrows and fell off their horses.

If Hou Jin got close, they would go up without saying a word, draw out their sabers, and more than a dozen people rushed up with their knees and knees with long knives or spears...

The red lady is high-spirited, and her fiery red cloak flutters in the wind like a burning cloud. She wears a breastplate and holds a four-meter-long rifle, which can also be called a horse lance. With a white feather arrow pinned to his back and a strong knife in his hand, he rode a tall horse and dashed left and right.

After several attacks, Hong Niangzi achieved the result of beheading three ranks, but it is a pity that their number is too small. Once Jiannu can't fight, dozens or even hundreds of cavalry will immediately emerge.

After half a day of fighting, the Ning Navy scout cavalry paid the price of five cavalry killed and thirteen cavalry injured, and beheaded the 37th-level Jiannu, winning a small victory.

"Don't fight, stop when you see it, let's retreat!"

The Red Lady led the troops to test out the combat effectiveness of the slave cavalry. These rangers who served as the vanguard of the slave cavalry had very powerful combat effectiveness. If they didn't have the advantage in equipment, they might suffer a big loss.

With the heads of 37 slaves, each of them usually has a reward of [-] acres of land, and these cavalry are also very happy.

……

If the commander of an army is like the brain of the human body, then Ning Haijun's brain is not actually Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie is just the soul of Ning Haijun, and Ning Haijun's brain is the general staff of Ning Haijun.

As the size of the Ning Navy grew larger, Cheng Shijie also knew that he was not Han Xin, the soldier fairy. The more troops Han Xin leads, the better. The General Staff of the Ning Navy.

At first, Cheng Shijie pinned his hopes on the group of professional mercenaries hired by Denglai's new army, Sun Yuanhua, but later, Cheng Shijie discovered that these mercenaries were all from low-level military officers, and it was not a big problem to command 80 people. They were very professional, but the problem Yes, once it involves more than a thousand people, they seem a bit amateurish.

Later, Cheng Shijie only waited for himself to establish his own general staff. He selected a group of fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers from Ning Haijun's old background, that is, Dengzhou Wei, and put them in the training department for training. During the training process, The sea selects good seedlings for further study.The content of advanced studies is actually the six meetings of staff officers, who can read, memorize, calculate, write, draw, and pass.

In addition to the contents of the Six Sessions, there are also information acquisition capabilities, analysis and judgment capabilities, planning capabilities, organizational and coordination capabilities, inspection and guidance capabilities, and research and innovation capabilities of staff officers.

While studying and working, in this way, the general staff of the Ning Navy was set up. At this time, the person who served as the chief of staff of the Ning Navy was Zhou Ning. In addition, Zhou Ning was also the deputy commander of the Guards.

"finally come!"

Zhou Ning seemed impatient when he received the news of building slaves and dispatching troops from the front line. After the Ning Navy recovered the Haizhou Acropolis, the General Staff of the Ning Navy began to formulate detailed plans. Six sets are prepared.

Of course, after receiving the order from the Military Intelligence Bureau, the General Staff immediately started to activate the war machine of the Ning Navy. With the start of the war machine, southern Liaoning began to mobilize the transportation force. The carriage was deployed within three days.

Followed by 30 catties of meat, 200 million catties of various vegetables, more than 400 shi of military rations, more than 16 pots of crossbow arrows, a total of more than 1 million pieces, [-] fixed-mounted Thunderbolt bullets, and more than [-] fireballs. Six tons of gunpowder were prepared, which is more than [-] catties.

[-] sets of spare armor, helmets, [-] sets of military uniforms, as well as spare cotton-padded clothes, cotton-padded jackets, cotton-padded shoes, thousands of new muskets, tens of thousands of spare spears, more than [-] spare knives, medicines, bedding, shoes and socks, etc. Miscellaneous materials and other miscellaneous materials were moved out of various warehouses and loaded onto vehicles at a turnover price, and began to be transported to the front line in batches.

Four hundred young and strong military households were drawn from various places and began to enter the training state urgently. Once there was a loss of soldiers on the front line, these recruits would serve as a supplementary army and go up to maintain the integrity of the three main combat forces of the Ning Navy.

Just when Ning Haijun entered the mobilization, a group of Chuanqi also sent the news to the capital, preparing to report to Cheng Shijie.

……

When Cheng Shijie came back from Gaoyang, he already had a house in the capital, which could barely be considered a mansion. This house was originally built by a merchant, but before he had time to enjoy it, his business failed and he could only escape. When he returned to his hometown in the countryside, this house was acquired by Tai Kangbo Zhang Guoji through means.

Due to the low status of merchants, many building specifications cannot be used. Taikang Bo Zhang Guoji, as the former head of the state, was also the head of the state even in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and his status and favor were not much weaker.

It's a pity that because the only son offended Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie held back Zhang Jin, and Zhang Guoji got angry and asked for help everywhere. It's a pity that Zhang Guoji's popularity is too poor, and there are many people who want to see his jokes. Seeking to Gao Qiqian's body, he was slashed by Gao Qiqian again.

"General Cheng, a gift from Eunuch Gao!"

These are two small boxes. When you open them, they are gold.The official price ratio of gold and silver is one to ten. In actuality, when trading, a tael of gold of good quality can only be negotiated to nine taels of silver, and there are also gold of poor quality, which can only be exchanged for eight to one.

These golds were melted into new gold ingots, 50 taels each, which is the equivalent of 500 taels of silver. From the looks of it, it should be more than 3000 taels of gold, which is equivalent to more than [-] taels of silver. The house near Zhengyangmen is worth more than [-] taels of silver, which is dozens of times more expensive than the house in Dengzhou.

There are 62 rooms in this house plus the side rooms, covering half of the alley. No matter what time it is, it can be regarded as a mansion.

Sun Chengzong originally had a house in the capital, but after he took over, this house became easy to live in. It has only been more than a year since he left the center, and the original house has been divided into three sets.

Cheng Shijie took Sun Chengzong and his family into his own house and settled them down.

When Sun Chengzong came to the capital, before he met Emperor Chongzhen, officials visited Sun Chengzong one after another. Sun Chengzong also learned first-hand information from his disciples and old officials.

When Sun Chengzong heard about the recent movements of the court, his beard trembled with anger, and he didn't even eat dinner.

In desperation, Cheng Shijie had no choice but to bring a bowl of sweet potato porridge to the room where Sun Chengzong stayed: "Teacher, why are you doing this, you are so angry!"

Seeing Cheng Shijie, Sun Chengzong was displeased and said, "Why do you dare to say anything?"

Cheng Shijie was slightly taken aback: "What did the student say?"

"What you said in the imperial garden has already spread throughout the outer dynasty. You already know what you should know. Why do you say not to block Jiannu?"

Sun Chengzong stared at Cheng Shijie, wanting to hear Cheng Shijie's explanation.

Sure enough, the fact that Cheng Shijie was right with Emperor Chongzhen alone was leaked, which means that the Forbidden City of Emperor Chongzhen was actually a sieve.
Cheng Shijie said: "Teacher, you also tried to block Jiannu, but what happened? Jiannu can still continuously obtain the materials they want from Shanxi merchants, from weapons, armor, arrows, grain, salt, what Both, the de facto blockade does not exist for Jiannu, they still..."

"Then this cannot be the reason for you to become a slave in Litong!"

"That's right!"

Cheng Shijie explained: "Students are strongly opposed to fornicating slaves, and students are not involved in building slaves!"

"Not yet, it's all spread now, you sold Fan Yongdou 40 shi of grain, tell me, is there such a thing!"

"Have!"

"Have!"

Sun Chengzong suddenly stood up, pointed at Cheng Shijie and said, "You...you...you!"

"Teacher, don't be angry!"

"Don't call me teacher, I can't afford to be the teacher of General Cheng, nor can I teach students like you."

Sun Chengzong stood up and said, "Erlang!"

"father!"

Sun Chengzong's second son, Ju Rensun, stepped forward to support Sun Chengzong.

"Let's go!"

"It's so late, where are you going?"

"Even if I go to the street to beg, I don't live here, I'm ashamed to be with you!"

Sun Chengzong said angrily: "From now on, you will follow your own path..."

Before Sun Chengzong finished speaking, Cheng Shijie explained: "Teacher, don't worry, just listen to the students carefully!"

"That's right, my boy thought that brother Cheng Xian is not such a person either!"

Cheng Shijie said: "At the beginning, the students were just plotting against Fan Yongdou. He absolutely couldn't buy a grain of grain from the students!"

Only then did Cheng Shijie explain why he wanted Fan Yongdou's cattle and horses in the first place instead of money. On the condition that Cheng Shijie did not violate his promise, he sent someone to snatch Fan Yongdou's cattle and horses first.

Cheng Shijie smiled and said, "Now that Fan Yongdou's cattle and horses are in the hands of the students, what will he use to buy food?"

Sun Dao: "If Jianu brings in another batch of cattle and horses, thousands of cows and thousands of horses, to Jianu, it's just a drop in the bucket!"

"Then I will really thank Fan Yongdou's eight generations of ancestors. Next year, southern Liaoning will be able to reclaim millions of acres of land!"

Following Cheng Shijie's explanation, Sun Chengzong's expression finally eased: "Eat!"

Sun Chengzong picked up his job, looked at Cheng Shijie and said: "A man needs to be bright and tiring in his actions, and use less conspiracy!"

"Yes, the teacher is right!"

In fact, Cheng Shijie has no better way. If he doesn’t give Jiannu hope from the beginning, and prevent Huang Taiji from thinking that Cheng Shijie is a greedy person, and let Huang Taiji see that Cheng Shijie and Ning Haijun are fighting Jiannu forever, Huang Taiji A small group of troops will definitely be sent south to interfere with the farming and engineering construction in southern Liaoning.

As the saying goes, blacksmithing still requires one's own strength. If one does not have enough strength, one can only resort to this method.

Now that the autumn grain is also in storage, Ning Haijun has gone through three rounds of military expansion, and has the strength to single out Jiannu at least three banners. Now Cheng Shijie has more confidence.

Just wait until Jianu takes the initiative to go south.

Although Cheng Shijie's information transmission speed is fast, there is someone who is faster than Cheng Shijie, and that is Guan Ningjun. Guan Ningjun immediately asked the capital for help when he learned that Huang Taiji was investigating the gathering of various ministries of the Eight Banners.

In this case, when Cheng Shijie received the information from Ning Haijun, Emperor Chongzhen also summoned Cheng Shijie again.

After Cheng Shijie entered the palace, Emperor Chongzhen asked Cheng Shijie about the southward migration of the slaves.

Cheng Shijie said to Emperor Chongzhen: "As long as the minister is here, there is no need to worry about being a slave!"

PS: It will be March soon, ask for a guaranteed monthly pass.

(End of this chapter)