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Chapter 1153 Abundant Talents
How fanatical is Nine Frontiers?
Take Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, as an example. He led his nephew and his troops to advance thousands of miles from Liaoyang to the northeast. On the road to repair the fort, he will build six more forts for the imperial court. The latest battle report sent back to the capital is that he is repairing the old place of Tashanwei.

The commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, Zu Ren, was not idle, and took his son Zu Chengxun, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong, to sweep behind Li Chengliang's troops all the way through the enemy troops who had surrendered and rebelled, restraining the troops who had surrendered safely, and making the locals want to make trouble The hearts of all ministries were shocked.

The lord of Tulun, Nikan Wailan, has met many frontier generals and warriors in Jinyin, Liaodong over the years. He intercepted a guerrilla general named Artai who wanted to rebel in the right guard of Jianzhou. lead the way.

The name of this guerrilla is Tong Yangzheng. He was born as a general in Liaodong.

This Zhenwubao guerrilla was his first official position, and this time he was particularly impatient. He broke away from the main force during the march, and took only 26 brothers and family members all the way to Jianzhou Youwei, without firing a single arrow. , As soon as he ran to the city leader Atai, he was killed by his subordinates and offered his head.

Tong Yangzheng was still in a dream until the imperial court sent him a telegram to promote him and reward him with silver. He might never understand how his 27 people captured and surrendered more than 400 people.

With these battle reports being sent back and forth, what happened to the mansion will be known all along the nine sides of the wire, who can hold back?

The generals of Liaodong Town saw Qi Jiguang leading troops outside the Great Wall to show their power, they couldn't sit still, and each used their own skills to fight. Zu Chengxun had a garrison named Shi Ru under his command, who led [-] cavalry to fight. The vanguard charged the enemy's infantry, and the three-eyed gun let go of the turn and charged into the formation.

Soldiers and horses passed by, but the horse kicked and left him as an officer in the enemy's formation. No one knew how this man survived in the enemy's formation. Anyway, in the end, there was no enemy with decent armor and weapons. They all collapsed, and the old man was paralyzed on the ground, waving the knife around and screaming to kill himself.

After a battle, two ribs were broken, and the spine was displaced. I was carried back to Fucheng to be massaged by a doctor. I don't know if I can stand up again in this life.

But these things are invisible to others. They can only see the big tailwind, and there is no need to ask who the enemy is. It is impossible to lose.

Not to mention, Yang Siwei, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, and Zhang Jue, the deputy commander-in-chief of Jizhou Middle Road, were the first to join forces to fight. They went out to fight, but the court was worried that Qi Jiguang would not be able to defend after going out of the fortress, and was also afraid that Yang Siwei would be defeated by someone with long baldness who popped out casually, which would ruin his morale, so he didn't let them go.

It's not that Yang Siwei underestimated Yang Siwei. The chief soldier of Jizhen, who succeeded Qi Jiguang after he left for the expedition, is really not good at fighting, but he is not bad at restraining the guards for training. Besides, his biggest characteristic is honesty.

So honest that he wouldn't run even if he couldn't beat him.

In this era, this trait basically belongs to the second echelon of Ming generals. The first echelon is Daming’s firefighting captains, no matter where they fight, they are those few people; He is a good general, after all, he is from the previous generation; among the generals of the previous generation, as long as the third echelon runs honestly, it is regarded as a high-spirited one. More often than not, he neither dares to fight nor flees, and finally bribes the enemy to let me answer. Grab the land guarded by others.

That really doesn't make any sense of face.

So even though Yang Siwei's ability is somewhat lacking, and the court is aware of this deficiency, no matter whether it is Zhang Juzheng, the emperor or even the Ministry of War and Bingbei Dao, no one has ever said that Yang Siwei is wrong.

Even when I heard that so-and-so in Mongolia was going to enter the army, or when Changbal led troops to attack the customs in the first two years, Zhang Juzheng and Feng Baoyi together felt that Yang Siwei, who was guarding Changping, could not do Changbal, so what should we do?
Then Dong Yiyuan, who was able to fight, was transferred to Quchang Town to serve as the deputy commander-in-chief, and Yang Siwei was transferred to be the commander-in-chief of Baoding, and he would be transferred back after the battle.

And because of his loyalty, he never complained when he was transferred with the court, and he was promoted to a level of martial arts when he returned.

The worst one is Dong Yiyuan. Originally, he should be the commander-in-chief when he was sent out, but in the end he was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief. The blind bald man even went to the defense area of ​​Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang to act wildly, but he was partnered by the two Captured alive, he just didn't get any merit.

Perhaps the biggest advantage is that after the Shanhaiguan war ended, Emperor Wanli granted Dong Yiyuan a two-month leave, which happened to be close to the Xuanfu, and let him go home and rest for two months.

Before the holiday was over, the imperial court began to increase troops to the Xuanda defense line, and the emperor put all the elite soldiers of the Wanli army under his supervision.

It's all tears, but Dong Yiyuan is comfortable now, and he brought the Wanli Army into Guihua City.

But there are still many people who are uncomfortable.

Li Cheng'en, the deputy general of Xuanfu Town, took over the defense of the Wanli Army after leaving the fortress. Seeing that Yang Siwei, who took over the defense in Jizhou, was going to fight, he was not far behind, and he was eager to fight.

Guo Hu of Datong Town is also a terrific veteran. Although his light has been obscured by Ma Fang, he started his career by picking up the looted Tatar cavalry and the rebellious Shanxi chieftain. In an isolated city, he won the enemy's food, grass, cattle and horses without counting, and he also won more than a thousand first-level meritorious service. With his military exploits, he was promoted to the left governor, awarded Guanglu doctor, and the emperor ordered his descendants to command the five generations of hereditary commanders.

The old man wanted to join this event, and Emperor Wanli didn't know how to refuse.

Wei Shi, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Township, found a unique way. Knowing that the young emperor was very happy with his achievements, he asked Uszang chieftains who signed up for the guerrilla warfare of the Guide Institute located in Tubo and hereditary commanders to contact their guerrilla defense areas to write long letters to the emperor. The letter asked the Uzang knights who wanted to ride yaks to come out of the mountains and advance into the Hetao. He didn't do anything himself, so he sent a strategic plan to take back the Hetao to the imperial court. The nitrate pool in the desert is dedicated to His Majesty.

In contrast, Niu Bingzhong, the chief military officer of Ningxia Town and the seal of General Zhengxi, was much more honest. He didn't issue official documents, and it was embarrassing to write a private letter to the emperor: Hetao, the veteran also wanted to go.

These words carry a lot of weight. Niu Bingzhong has guarded Ningxia for ten years. He is the only commander-in-chief in Jiubu Border Town who has never fought a single battle since he took office. Ningxia is here. The last time he fought was when he was the deputy general of Yansui Town stationed in Gushan. He fought a few small battles, and his first-level merit was five or six hundred. conspicuous.

If it is really special, maybe more than 100 of the five or six hundred first-level skills were obtained by him alone.

After watching these battle reports all day long, Master Wanli could not be too big-headed. He was so angry that he just wanted to lift the table, but the boat was too heavy to move.

"They all want to send troops, and they all want to send troops, but they have the morale of the army and they really want to expand the territory, but it's all money. How can I have so much money for them to make people like this!"

The angry Wanli purred like an angry cat.

"And this, who is this Zhang Chen? He doesn't even mention his official position, but he also says that he is a criminal minister and wants to atone for his crimes. What is he doing?"

As Wanli said, he threw a letter from the Ministry of War towards Wang An, and Wang Anchu was stunned to accept the letter for a while, and it took a while to realize: "Ah, General Zhang, this slave has remembered."

"When he was guarding the Xuanfu Shanfang Fort, he sang an empty city plan. In the Jiajing year, I promised to give money to the invaders. In the end, he fought until the castle he guarded was completely surrounded. He could not go out with too few soldiers, so he asked the soldiers to drink water in the fort. For the sake of drinking, cheering and singing, more than ten thousand Mongolian riders just outside the city did not know how deep they were and did not dare to attack.

"Because of merit? That's right."

Wanli thinks about it, others escaped and bribed bribes, Zhang Chen can continue to fight after he escapes, and he has made meritorious service.

"Later, in the fifth year of Wanli, he became the commander-in-chief of Ningxia. In the same year, the king of Shunyi wanted to support troops to pass Helan Mountain. General Zhang refused to let him. Destroyed and led the army to station in Chishui and set up a formation... For the next three years in Gongshi, Gansu, no one dared to make a loud noise."

Listening to this, Wanli tried his best to restrain the urge to applaud, and said, "Then what crime did he commit?"

"Because he was irritable and blamed him for his complicated etiquette, he was impeached and dismissed."

This time Wanli really applauded, and applauded in the opposite direction: "I can't tell, it's a matter of cumbersome etiquette? This is obviously a deliberate attempt to find fault. Take the seal, and I have discovered a talent again!"

(End of this chapter)