Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

"When Li Zicheng needs ore and iron, he will be secretly sent there. I can't support him directly, but this person will become a big hit. We don't have to please him, but we must make preparations in advance."

"Well, the Military Intelligence Department has already taken over this matter."

Lin Wenyuan couldn't believe Zhang Shouren's judgment. Li Zicheng only had a thousand left, and he was defeated by He Renlong once last month. The loss was not light. Now Zhang Shouren judged that this person would be more difficult to deal with than Zhang Xianzhong in the future. There will be more complicated and unspeakable situations, and even judging from what Zhang Shouren said, the one who ruined the Ming Dynasty may be the now unknown Li Zicheng... This is really too unbelievable.

But Zhang Shouren's prestige in the Fushan Army is full of weight, and his judgment has not missed a single time. Now the Military Intelligence Department has put a lot of effort in the Henan area, and the contact with the Chuangjun will definitely not be interrupted.

At least in the next year, Fushan will secretly support Li Zicheng's large amount of ironware. In this year, it means more armor and weapons, and also means a rapid increase in strength. [

"We should also let all the princes in the court understand that the people should not be bullied. Li Zicheng was born in a poor family, and now he is not out of his true colors. He is a hundred times stronger than Luo Rucai's generation. With this person, people in the world know the truth of overturning boats. It’s not just for fun, it’s also for future generations.”

Zhang Shouren is no longer worried that he will disappear in this era, but he is more worried that his influence on this era will be vicious and counterproductive.

At least on the original historical track, no matter how cruel and benevolent the Qing Dynasty ruled, it also claimed to have attracted the lessons of the previous Ming Dynasty. Once there was a flood or drought disaster, officials would be sent to provide relief. The end of the Qing Dynasty, in the prince's education, eunuch system, and disaster relief In these three things, it is indeed much stronger than the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, there are other reasons for this, which are also caused by the different situations of the two dynasties, which need not be elaborated.

"The situation in the north, what is the name of the person sent out?"

"Ding Hongliang, Hongguang's younger brother, is a capable talent."

"He, the writing is pretty good. It is estimated that a new one will be sent back. Once it is delivered, don't delay, send it to me for reading immediately."

Sending people to the Ningjin line and going deep into the captive territory at the same time was an important plan personally arranged by Zhang Shouren.

The situation in the north has always been heard more than experienced.

In the 11th year of Chongzhen, he went all the way to the north, and Zhang Shouren was very moved by what he experienced.

He is now hesitant about the overall situation, has the idea of ​​intervening, and also plans to stay out of it.

He wanted to intervene because he didn't want Daming to suffer too much in the hands of Donglu. He had a strong national sentiment in this matter.The reason why he wants to stay out of the matter is because Daming is rotten at the root at this stage. It is okay to do some things to gain military merits for himself and make capital for promotion. The captives are fighting to the death... He wants to really understand whether the military towns in the north can at least help him, from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan, and then to Jinzhou, whether the forces mobilized by the imperial court have the determination and fighting spirit?

Under the circumstance of not understanding everything, it is absolutely impossible for him to lead the whole army to the north just because of the holy will.

"Please don't worry, my lord. It is very appropriate to leave this matter to Hong Liang. He is our best talent. He will definitely send back something that will satisfy your lord."

"Well, it's best like this. Also, let's find a capable secretary to come in. I have some important letters that need to be written overnight, so send them away urgently."

"this late……"

"It's okay." Zhang Shouren pulled out his feet, dried himself, and said with a wry smile: "My uncle, the current situation is far from the time when we can enjoy Yanle in peace!"

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Ding Hongliang entered Shanhaiguan a few years ago. When he saw the majestic, tall and steep pass standing in front of his eyes, he almost thought he was in a dream. When he saw the pass, he could only smile wryly .

When meeting up with a large convoy of grain trucks in the capital, I originally thought that we were going to exit, and then detoured from the grasslands, passing through grasslands such as Tuman and Horqin tribes, detoured to western Liaoning, and then arrived in central Liaoning.

But after passing through Tongzhou, Sanhe, Yutian, Fengrun, Yongping, and Funing, all the way here is to travel on the official road. When starting from the capital, there are more than [-] grain trucks. When they arrive at Shanhaiguan, there are already more than [-] grain trucks. !

Each cart is pulled by a pair of oxen, and the master is helping to push the cart. They are all strong men, each of them is muscular and full of strength. Each cart pulls at least two thousand catties of grain, and Some materials were covered with oilcloth, which was very secretive, and even escorts like Ding Hongliang could not get close.

Rough calculations show that there are more than a hundred escorts, all of whom are fierce men with weapons, and most of them have cold eyes and murderous looks on their bodies.

After leaving Tongzhou, everyone rode on horseback, and their riding skills were not bad.

Ding Hongliang didn't dare to perform too well, but he was no worse than anyone else. According to Sun Qi, this small two hundred swordsman in the rivers and lakes was as good as the two or three hundred servants of the general officer outside the customs. If they really fought, no one would be afraid anyway. .

But this time, it was obviously a disadvantage to hire so many good players.

When Sun Qi mentioned it, he just sighed and yelled that it was not worth it.

Originally, they wanted to go out of the mouth, from the Mongolian border to Liaozhong. Although they are now a Manchu family, the decent Mongolian tribes dare not plunder the grain team sold to the Manchus. These grains are used to save lives. Anyway, with the Qing Dynasty entering the customs several times, the gains are not small. An ordinary herdsman’s family may have one or two Han people as slaves, and there are Han women who warm their feet in everyone’s rugs. They were able to bring out dozens of taels of silver, and of course they robbed valuable things every time they went out of the fortress. They were nothing more than young men and women among the Han people, as well as silk, gold and silver. Grab what you see.

As for food, robbing is definitely not possible, and it can only be bought. Fortunately, there are Shanxi merchants, and you can buy food with money, so no tribe has ever blatantly robbed the grain team. According to the rules, the grain trucks would be robbed if they encountered them, and the purpose of hiring quack swordsmen was to guard against horse thieves. Of course, the man Sun Qi was looking for had to be bold and dark, with good skills.

It's just that this time I didn't go out of my way, and I took the road from the capital to Ningyuan directly. Of course, it was managed in name, and it was used in the name of transporting winter and spring grain storage to the forts in Ningqian. There are many forts in Ningqian. There are tens of thousands of military households and civilians, and it is the most difficult period at the turn of winter and spring. Every year, the imperial court will send a large amount of grain to Ningqian. Along the way, except for the grain truck convoy led by Sun Qi, the rest of the grain team is also in an endless stream. Absolutely, traveling along the way, it is not lonely.

It is [-] miles from the capital to Ningyuan. Because it is the most important military road, the government along the way will dispatch civilians to repair it every year, so the road is still in good condition.

When passing through the Shanhaiguan Pass, Ding Hongliang also felt his heart tremble when he saw the important passes such as Laolongkou and the flying military flags of Daming Shanhai Town.

Such a grand pass, unless the defenders voluntarily give up, it is almost impossible to break through with force.

There are 20 soldiers guarding the various passes, even if there are [-] strong enemies, they can only look at the pass and sigh.

After passing the Shanhai Pass, the first two hundred miles is Ningyuan Fort. In the middle area, there are fire road piers at intervals, with stones as the foundation, and they are very solid. There are many military forts with more than a hundred people, and there are many fortresses between Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan.

But along the way, there were no decent fortified cities. During the several wars in western Liaoning in the past few years, hundreds of thousands of Han people with a radius of hundreds of miles would either enter the customs, or enter Ningyuan, or hide in Jinzhou. After the war, you can go out of the city to repeat production.

"These piers and castles seem to have been opened."

Ding Hongliang sighed and questioned. In front of his eyes, every time he passed a pier, he could see traces of smoke and fire. If he looked carefully, the pier had been forcibly opened from the outside.

A western Liaoning swordsman hugged his sword across his waist and said with a smile: "Xiao Ding still has little experience, so let's go back to Guanning for the first time."

"It's the first time it's right." [

"Well, these piers are so small. Who dares to guard them when the army comes to kill them? Dozens of people guard them inside, so that they won't be treated as bones? I remember that when Lao Han was still alive, he came back to fight Liaoxi, and there were hundreds of them along the way. The fortresses were all wide open, and no one dared to guard them. At that time, I saw the officers and soldiers running in front and the soldiers chasing after them. We didn’t panic. We pushed a small cart and pretended to be a coat of arms. I just pushed it back to my own home at night, it was a really good time..."

Sun Qi also sensed his interest, and asked with a smile: "Liu Liu, your family used to have three acres of paddy fields and twenty acres of dry fields, but you pushed them out with a cart, right?"

"Who said it wasn't?" Liu Liu clapped his hands and said, "It's a pity that we like to gamble. If it doesn't take a few years, it will be nothing."

"Haha, if you don't get rid of this problem, you won't be able to grow hair in this life."

A group of people started talking and laughing. They were all swordsmen who often went to western Liaoning and central Liaoning. They were very familiar with the route from Ningyuan to Shenyang.

Liu Liu said that the Battle of Liaoxi was an event during the reign of Destiny Khan. The two yellow flags were the main force, and each flag was drawn. Tens of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers were just a tentative attack. The line of defense that had been successfully built was in shambles, and the 40 Guanning soldiers were so drawn that they couldn't find the north, they only knew how to flee.

Even daring to escape is considered a great skill. There are some military forts with tens of thousands of stone grains and thousands of elite soldiers. As a result, the generals defending the fort led their subordinates to ask for surrender by the roadside, and then immediately shaved their braids and transferred their subordinates to become the Han army. The master went south together to rob his compatriots and fellow soldiers in the army, and the robbing was extremely vicious.

Along the way for thousands of miles, the Qing soldiers never fought a decent battle. The armored battles they won piled up like mountains, hundreds of thousands of grains, hundreds of thousands of military forts were demolished and damaged, and tens of thousands of small carts were called to push the captured military supplies and captured prisoners. Tuntian Han people and surrendered troops.

After this battle, the weakness of the Ming Dynasty and the true face of the paper tiger were thoroughly discovered by the Qing Dynasty, so they had a trip to the customs a few years later.