Tao and Zhao De returned from hunting and passed by the market area outside the military camp. + It was very lively nearby, and there were many soldiers coming in and out of several shops. Seeing that the simple restaurant was quite clean, Qin Mingtao said casually,
¡°There¡¯s no rush to return to camp, let¡¯s rest here first.¡±
Li Jinxi and Zhao De looked at each other and knew that King Dong was in a bad mood and did not want to return home. King Nan came and left that day, taking away none of the thousands of horses that the cannons had exchanged for him. King Dong had been depressed ever since. In addition, after Huang Taiji broke through Xifengkou and spread unfavorable news about Nanhai Kingdom, Qin Mingtao has been feeling really uncomfortable recently.
Li Chengzong didn¡¯t seem to sense Dong Wang¡¯s emotions and shouted loudly towards the restaurant, ¡°Boss, are you there?¡±
The boss behind the counter heard the greeting and came out with a smile on his face. Li Chengzong chose a wild deer and threw it over, and spat, "Choose some good meat and fry it, and get some bones to make soup. You can take care of the rest."
The boss hugged the deer regardless of the smell of hunting, but felt that the deer was heavy in his hand. He also saw that there were many hunted deer, deer, and rabbits stacked on top of the packhorses here. He was surprised and flattered. , "You guys are good at shooting."
Li Chengzong smiled and said, "They were all killed by the three generals of Dong Wang, and they have nothing to do with me."
The four of them walked in, chose a clean table, and were about to sit down when a lame waiter quickly turned around, got on the oily table in front of everyone, and quickly wiped the table. It seems that in order to go faster, the lame waiter used the sleeves of his clothes and a rag together. Within a few seconds, the table was polished until it shined.
The waiter didn¡¯t say anything after wiping, he laughed, turned around and limped back. Seeing his humble posture and looking like a servant, Qin Mingtao felt uncomfortable and casually thanked him, "Excuse me."
Hearing King Dong¡¯s words of thanks, the limping back of Eryi suddenly stopped.
When he turned around again, the waiter¡¯s face was already flushed. He replied angrily. "Being able to serve the Eastern King is such a blessing for this little land!"
Li Chengzong heard this. He smiled and spat. "You are really good at talking. King Dong will reward you with half a tael of silver. Then go to Chunfeng Tower and have some fun."
The waiter took the money from Li Chengzong. He bowed silently and was about to retreat. But he heard Dong Dynasty himself asking loudly. "Your accent sounds like you're from Nanhai? Why do you do this business here?"
The waiter was stunned. He looked up and replied. "Xiao Di was stabbed in the hamstring by a Tatar arrow in the Daling River and was able to serve as a soldier again. The general in the camp gave me twenty taels of disability allowance. He asked me to return to Nanhai with the boat. But Nanhai is not asking for a wife. It¡¯s easy. There¡¯s no point in going back with my disabled body I¡¯ll just stay here and do odd jobs. But I can hang out with my comrades from the original team.¡±
The economy of South China Sea is developing rapidly. Twenty taels is really nothing in Qiongzhou Mansion nowadays. Coupled with the continuous import of labor, there are more men than women on the island. It is indeed not easy to find a wife. This lame man probably won't be able to have a family if he goes back. These lame people who are unable to do anything return to the highly competitive business society of Nanhai Country. He really wants to be looked down upon by society.
It¡¯s better to be here. There are also some former comrades who remember him well. Can be respected. It just so happened that this boss was going to open a restaurant. I want him to be honest and obedient. Let him be the waiter.
Zhao De is also a grassroots officer, so he doesn't love soldiers. Seeing the miserable appearance of the injured soldiers fighting for their lives, Zhao De frowned and said uncomfortably, "Father, I still lack a few horse breeders in our banner. Why don't we let him join us as a soldier and receive regular pay?"
When the waiter heard this, he was stunned and his eyes turned red. Li Chengzong saw this in his eyes, he laughed and spat, "Why don't you thank the third general soon." The waiter woke up as if from a dream, with two tears streaming down his dirty face, he lay on the ground and gave Zhao De kowtowed.
Zhao De stood up and told the guards a few words, and asked the guards to take the lame man back to the camp. Seeing the lame man's limping back, Qin Mingtao and Li Chengzong said, "In the future, if there are disabled soldiers, no matter what they do after they retire, the lightly disabled will receive half of the military pay according to their original titles, and the severely disabled will receive the full military pay of their original titles."
Li Chengzong was stunned and said, "I'm afraid it will cost a lot."
Qin Mingtao frowned and said, "Don't worry about it, just do it like this." Li Jinxi smiled and added, "I think this should be done with great fanfare, and this rule should be written down and posted everywhere in the camp. .¡±
As soon as Li Jinxi finished speaking, a soldier from the East Prince's Palace rode past the door of the restaurant and headed for the hunting ground in the mountains. It seemed that he caught a glimpse of Dong Wang's big white horse tied to the horse in the restaurant. The soldier turned around and rode back, jumped down and rushed into the restaurant. Sure enough, he saw Dong Wang and the three generals there.
"Your Highness, Kong Youde sent someone to report that Sun Chengzong is here. Please move to Beigang."
Finally, when the Superintendent arrived, Qin Mingtao and several of his subordinates looked at each other, nodded and said,?I got it. "
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Sun Chengzong sat motionless in the hall, quietly waiting for the "arrival" of "General Kong Da". This 70-year-old man was very patient. Although he had not seen Kong Youde after waiting for two days in Beigang, Sun Chengzong did not show any irritation at this time.
The bachelor just looked at Beigang quietly outside the hall, and looked at many
Only then did I realize that the building materials in Hong Kong were neither brick nor wood, and I was afraid they were made from the South China Sea. This detail made the old man's calm face change color slightly, and the hand holding the tea cup couldn't help but tremble.
"In the past, if Xiao Kong had the virtue to dare to deal with Sun Chengzong like this, he would have lost his official title ten times. Looking at the world, even if he wanted to see the emperor, he would never let Sun Chengzong wait for two days.
Sun Chengzong said in his heart that he was not angry, but he was lying and no one would believe him. If it were someone with an impatient temper, and the dignified inspector was humiliated like this by a military attache, he would have walked back to Shanhaiguan long ago. But whether he was humiliated or neglected, whether he had to wait two days or three days, Sun Chengzong had to endure it this time.
Huang Taiji has used Nanhai cannon to open Xifengkou. Those thirty cannons were really powerful. The shells they fired in a row were like thunder, killing everyone and animals within three feet of the explosion point. After seven or eight rounds of artillery fire, the Jin soldiers rushed up to the Xifengkou city wall, went all the way south to break through the fort and the Great Wall.
Sun Chengzong urgently dispatched Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou to enter the pass, and also dispatched General Wang Wei to Beijing to assist in defense. But no matter how you look at it, Guan Ning's army, which was just defeated by the Jurchens, can't stop Huang Taiji. Sun Yuanhua also asked Kong Youde to be King of Qin, but Kong Youde remained motionless for more than ten days after receiving the order. Kong Youde did not move, and another firearms camp under Sun Yuanhua, Geng Zhongming, was also dilly-dallying on the road, and has not entered the capital yet.
Huang Taiji didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack the capital this time. He just moved forward slowly and surrounded the three camps. Santun camp is where the general troops of Ji Town are garrisoned. With Hou Jin's posture, it seems that he wants to eat up Ji Town in one bite. Commander-in-Chief Wu Guojun held the position for seven or eight days with thirty Nanhai artillery pieces. He was getting weaker and weaker every day and was about to be breached.
At this critical moment, Xu Guangqi and his gang jumped out, saying that it was the Guan Ning Army's mistakes in the Daling River Battle that were not punished, and the Denglai Army's merits were not rewarded, which resulted in the current passive situation. Kong Youde made great achievements and got a false title of deputy general in vain. He didn't get a tael of silver or an additional soldier. He was also accused of colluding with the Wuyuan thieves, which hurt the morale of the army. That's why today's rescue was ineffective.
Xu Guangqi¡¯s words may sound reasonable, but if you think about it carefully, they are basically nonsense. The matter of Kong Youde's collusion with the puppet country in the South China Sea has basically been concluded after various investigations. The Daling River deserves a lot of credit. It is difficult to say whether the Nanhai people played the main role or whether Kong Youde played the main role.
Sun Chengzong dared to pat his chest and guarantee that there was not a single falsehood in his complaint about Confucius.
But now it¡¯s time to make false promises. Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou¡¯s attempt to rescue the Santun camp collapsed at the first touch, and they fled for a hundred miles overnight before taking a firm stand. The emperor was so angry at Guan Ningjun's vulnerability that he lifted the table and asked the Ministry of War in the court how the millions of salaries in Liaodong were used. At this time, it is meaningless to talk about who is the traitor and who is the enemy. It is only meaningful to protect the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
The court held discussions for several days, and the courtiers unanimously concluded that the only people in the world who could save the capital were Kong Youde's tribe. The last time they killed thousands of Tatars, the Kong Youde firearms camp built by Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua was ten thousand times more powerful than these Guan Ning rice bastards.
Xu Guangqi and Zhou Yanru joined forces, and the two elders completely threw away their responsibilities. They only said that Sun Chengzong's little move last time hurt the morale of the "Denglai Army". To untie the bell, the person who tied the bell was needed. The chief assistant asked Sun Chengzong to be responsible for convincing Kong Youde to join the King of Qin in Beijing.
It is true that Sun Chengzong is the imperial master, but it is a pity that he is the imperial master of Emperor Tianqi, not the imperial master of Emperor Chongzhen. Although a group of friends tried their best to excuse Sun Chengzong, the tragic situation of Guan Ning's army and the iron-clad achievements of Sun Yuanhua's Denglai army were in front of him. Chongzhen, who was attacked by Hou Jin's troops, was indeed dissatisfied with Sun Chengzong. Regardless of the administrative position, the emperor asked Sun Chengzong to go to Beigang to transfer Kong Youde.
Let¡¯s talk about what to do with Kong Youde after the battle. At least for now, Sun Chengzong wants to invite Kong Youde to the capital to fight this battle no matter what.
Amidst the earnest expectations of the supervisor, Kong Youde finally walked in. Behind Kong Youde was a burly soldier. The sharp and capable look in his eyes amazed the elder Ge who had seen countless people. Kong Youde, the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, made the dignified supervisor wait for two days, but there was no look of apology on his face.
"The military affairs are busy, so the commander has been waiting for a long time!"
Sun Chengzong waved his hand and simply stood upright with a handful of old bones on the table. His gray beard trembled slightly with the movements of his body. Looking at this unruly Ming general, Sun Chengzong sighed with emotion,
"It has been seven years since I left Pidao. Now Dongjiang Town is in dire straits, and the slave Huang Taiji scolds Fang Qiu for his irresistible power, which is getting more and more rampant. If General Mao knew about it, how could he be embarrassed?"
When Sun Chengzong came to Pipi Island seven years ago, Kong Youde was just a soldier of Mao Wenlong. He followed Mao Wenlong in his expeditions to the east and west to bravely kill thieves, worshiped Mao Wenlong as his adoptive father, and gradually accumulated merit and became a general. Many years later, Kong Youde was no longer the same Kong Youde, and Mao Wenlong died under Yuan Chonghuan's sword and could never survive again.
"Why should the supervisor talk about these old things again?"
When the old friend mentioned it again, Kong Youde's eyes turned red and he couldn't help but bowed to Sun Chengzong with his fists raised. The distance between the two people has shortened by ten points in an instant.If there is knowledge under the spring, how can the situation be so embarrassing? "
When Sun Chengzong came to Pipi Island seven years ago, Kong Youde was just a soldier of Mao Wenlong. He followed Mao Wenlong in his expeditions to the east and west to bravely kill thieves, worshiped Mao Wenlong as his adoptive father, and gradually accumulated merit and became a general. Many years later, Kong Youde was no longer the same Kong Youde, and Mao Wenlong died under Yuan Chonghuan's sword and could never survive again.
"Why should the supervisor talk about these old things again?"
When the old friend mentioned it again, Kong Youde's eyes turned red and he couldn't help but bowed to Sun Chengzong with his fists raised. The distance between the two people has shortened by ten points in an instant.