On the fourth day of the first month of the sixth year of Tianqi Juehua, Zhao Yingong came to see Huang Shi the day after he came back, but Huang Shi refused to say anything more and said he would leave immediately. Seeing his firm attitude, Zhao Yingong didn't waste any more words. The troops from Changsheng Island were continuously carrying out boarding work, and the military households in Juehua also helped deliver fresh water and other supplies to the dock. Ever since Huangshi announced his departure on the third day, Zhao Yingong directed the people from Juehua Island to open the dock. Today, he was extremely cooperative with Huangshi's boarding work, which made the vigilant Huangshi gradually relax. After lunch, the troops from Changsheng Island basically completed the work of boarding the boat. Huang Shi saw that the artillerymen had also boarded the boat and knew that it was almost time to leave. He hugged Zhao Yingong and said, "See you later, Mr. Zhao." Zhao Yingong replied with a smile. He gave a gift: "See you later." When he was about to leave Huangshi, he thought about the cooperation during this period and gave another compliment: "Master Zhao has made great contributions this time and the court will definitely reward him, so I congratulated Master Zhao in advance." Unexpectedly, Zhao Yingong unexpectedly said He smiled bitterly: "General Huang is joking, I would rather resign than work." Huang Shi raised his eyebrows slightly in his heart. He looked around and asked softly: "Master Zhao's family affairs haven't been settled yet?" Zhao Yingong was in his stomach. He murmured: "How to solve this? It's too late to find witnesses at the moment. If it's all fake and there is no airtight wall in the world, and the censor finds out, it won't be a problem of harem. I know you made such a big fuss last time. There are a lot of people. As long as you nod, the censor really has no place to check." Seeing that Zhao Yingong didn't say anything. Huang Shi sighed again. Hearing what he said just now, he seemed to prefer that the two sisters could survive. This was a bit surprising to Huang Shi, but he had more respect for him because of this. Future is indeed very important to Zhao Yingong. He has to rely on this job to support his mother and enable his younger brother to study. Zhao Yingong took a peek at Huang Shi's face and gritted his teeth. He said in a low voice: "General Huang's reputation is extremely important to the junior official, so I asked the general for help last time." After a pause, Zhao Yingong said again: "Someone once persuaded the junior official to declare a martyrdom for his sister-in-law. It's just a matter of time. When I see that General Huang has conquered Liaodong, it will take a few years. If my sister-in-law is still alive, I will not be able to recognize her. She will be homeless, so so" Zhao Yingong hesitated and couldn't continue. But Huang Shi also understood the meaning of his plea. He thought for a moment and suddenly said: "Master Zhao, can you take the liberty to ask me something?" Zhao Yingong was naturally overjoyed when he heard that Huang Shi wanted to agree. He thought Huang Shi was worried about his reputation. Huang Shi hurriedly promised: "General Huang Mingjian will keep his mouth shut. He will never reveal the slightest bit of information." "That's not the problem." Huang Shi was relieved that he would not go out and talk nonsense because it would be harmful if this matter spread. It's not a pleasant thing for him, Zhao Yingong. Huang Shi hesitated for a moment. The reason why he was a little soft-hearted was because he heard Zhao Yingong say that he would rather give up his fame than make his sister homeless. This really moved Huang Shi. "Master Zhao. If the eldest sister and the second sister are still alive after wiping out the slave establishment Hehe, it is indeed a blessing. But has Master Zhao ever thought about what would happen if they came back alone? Will Master Zhao still recognize each other?" Huang Shi's words Zhao Yingong was stunned for a moment and then his face turned red when he understood. Looking at Huang Shi angrily, he seemed to be ready to come forward and fight. Huang Shi also looked at him without fear. Although he knew that saying this would be a slap in the face, as a Liaodong border general for many years, he had seen this kind of thing not once or twice. If the rescued daughter has given birth to a child. At this time, the families of the victims naturally feel angry, and the priests of Changsheng Island will also go to work to persuade them. But many family members firmly refused to admit it. There are also many people who plan to drown their children. Although this requirement is in line with the morality of this era, there are also many mothers who are unwilling to kill their children, which has caused many tragedies. Zhao Yingong and Huang Shi looked at each other for a while, and their momentum gradually subsided. Huang Shi still reluctantly took the vaccine: "Master Zhao, there have been countless such tragedies among the people of Liao since the establishment of slaves and rebellion. At the end of the day, there have been countless cases. You will know that Mr. Zhao is worried about them at this time and hopes that they can come back safely. But has Mr. Zhao ever thought that they will still marry into other people's families? But if they do have children, they will definitely stay in Mr. Zhao's house. Are you willing to raise them? ? " If Zhao Yingong and his two sisters can come back, although they will definitely not be able to marry well, there will still be no big problem in finding someone to take care of them for the rest of their lives. In this case, the children can only stay at the uncle's house. Later, when they grow up, they will naturally have to take care of the problems of starting a family and starting a business. Zhao Yingong didn¡¯t think much about it before, but now he also knew that Huang Shi was telling the truth. After tilting his head and thinking for a moment, Zhao Yingong lamented: "If it is really my sister's flesh and blood, then I have to feed them." "In this case" Huang Shi believed that Zhao Yingong was telling the truth, because if he just wanted to keep his fame, he could have just declared a martyrdom for his sister whether he lived or not, and then refused to recognize each other: "Well, if the censor wants In the defense statement of Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao can ask the Ministry of Rites to ask me where I will testify for Mr. Zhao. " Zhao Yingong bowed to the ground: "Thank you, General Huang, for your generous help. " Changsheng Island, the eleventh day of the first month of the sixth year of Tianqi. After Huang Shi returned to the island, he saw He Dingyuan greeting him at the pier. The latter greeted Huang Shi with a big gift: "I have lost hundreds of soldiers, please punish me?" After thinking about it, Zhao Manxiong once said that there were only fifty defenders in Gaizhou. With fifty people, it is impossible for Changsheng Island to lose a hundred people: "Brother He went to attack Haizhou?" He Dingyuan looked ashamed: "Sir It is obvious that the general is greedy for merit." Huang Shi laughed loudly and patted He Dingyuan on the shoulder and said, "What's wrong with Brother He? Since we can attack Haizhou, Gaizhou is already in our hands. "Brother He, isn't this a great achievement?" "Thank you, my lord. How can it be said that there are only fifty slave generals in Gaizhou who fled before they reached the edge of the city?" "Although they were not killed, I say it was merit." It's merit." Huang Shi only wrote his name in the victory report this time in order to coordinate the overall situation and then share the merits with his subordinates. This time, he had a total of 760 weapons, which doubled to more than 1,500. It was enough for his men to slowly divide up: "Go back to the old camp first and then slowly talk about Haizhou." Because Huangshi ordered to transfer most of Gaizhou's military rations back, He Dingyuan's military rations were not enough to dispatch the entire division. In the end, he only brought Panshiying and similar auxiliary troops went out to attack Gaizhou. Seeing that the Ming army came to Gaizhou with 5,000 men in one breath, the Jin army was naturally able to escape as fast as possible. After seizing Gaizhou without bloodshed, He Dingyuan, who was still unsatisfied, sent people to investigate northward. At that time, Mao Wenlong had already captured the city of Shenyang, and Li Yunrui made a guest appearance as chief of staff. It is determined that Hou Jin's army will definitely go to Shenyang and Houhaizhou Panshi camp first. There is no need to worry too much about encountering large groups of enemy troops. He Dingyuan agreed with Li Yunrui's judgment, but Yang Zhiyuan told them that there was not much rations left. If Xiang continued to go north, it would be best to try to attack Haizhou to see if he could seize the reserves of the Hou Jin Army. Although Nurhachi continued to transport supplies back to Haizhou, according to Li Yunrui's analysis, the defenders in Haizhou City were actually very limited, with no more than a thousand soldiers, maybe only five hundred. After hearing this data, He Dingyuan decided to attack Haizhou and mobilized the entire Panshi Camp. At this point, He Dingyuan slapped the table hard. He said angrily: "Originally, I found that there were many cannons from the slaves in Haizhou, but I thought they were all captured by the slaves. But I didn't expect that there were many cannons in the city. They were condescending to our troops on the towers." The shooting caused a lot of casualties to the troops. "How many casualties were there?" After hearing Huang Shi's question, an accompanying Changsheng Island staff officer came up with a complete set of information: "Sir, there is a detailed report." After the Panshi Battalion returned to Changsheng Island, the staff officers who stayed behind repeatedly verified the Battle of Haizhou. In order to collect data, they interviewed almost everyone who participated in the battle. This was the first time the Changsheng Army encountered enemy artillery in a battle. Therefore, Changsheng Island attaches great importance to it from top to bottom, and the officers and soldiers of Panshi Camp are very cooperative. Huang Shi carefully flipped through the information in his hand and occasionally asked questions to the staff officer beside him. Jin Qiude sat on the other side of him and started reading the report. Both of them had very serious expressions. "There are a lot of artillery. The two towers that were tested in the trial attack had no less than 20 cannons, and no explosion of the cannons was observed. This shows that these artillery are controlled by trained gunners." The time of the two trial attacks was It didn't last long, but he paid the price of more than fifty casualties every time. Huang Shi sneered and shook his head: "It seems that we have encountered the newly attached Han army." "Your Excellency, I understand." Jin Qiude and He Dingyuan said in unison. Expressed his approval for this attack on Haizhou Panshi Camp, 116 people were killed, many of whom had been amputated by military doctors, but still could not survive the march in the cold winter. In addition, this was also the first time in Changsheng Island that some of the corpses of fallen soldiers were abandoned on the battlefield, and some of them were damaged in order to recover the corpses. "The existing three-pounder cannon has a too short range and will be attacked far outside the effective range of our army, so we have not tried it; the six-pounder can barely shoot at each other, but the gunner has to brave the opponent's firepower to push dozens of meters to enter the range. Fortunately, the opponent's shots were inaccurate due to the long distance. However, our shots were not accurate at the extreme range, so we were completely unable to suppress the vitality of the city" Huang Shi shook his head while reading. The entire report was very unoptimistic about the siege capabilities of existing artillery and was very optimistic about it. The power of enemy artillery is highly rated.??Jiannu deployed an extremely powerful artillery piece at the south gate and west gate of Haizhou. Starting from 700 meters away, the artillery bombarded our infantry formation outside the city non-stop. Within three days, it was hit. None of them survived, resulting in the death of seventeen people in our army Our army picked up several shells from this gun on the battlefield. After testing by the training team, they seemed to be eighteen-pound gun shells" "Eighteen-pound bronze gun" Huang Shi said softly He read out the name and put the report flat on the table: "This should be copied by the Guanning Military Vehicle and Artillery Battalion's Equipment Engineering Department based on the Hongyi Cannon. " Huang Shi immediately picked up a pen and wrote a letter. After sealing the letter with wax, Huang Shi handed it to a staff officer: "Send a few people from the teaching team to Juehua with fifty firecrackers to collect this letter and the firecrackers. Leave it to General Yao and Xian Shen and ask him to cooperate with us to try out his eighteen-pound bronze cannon and then record the data back. "I obey, my lord." The Changsheng Island Military Industry Department is very weak. There are too many land projects to be opened. For a long time, there has been no pressure on the artillery, so there has been no investment. Huang Shi thought for a moment silently, and it seemed that he needed to discuss with Bao Jiusun to see if he could start producing nine-pound and twelve-pound iron cannons. On the twenty-first day of the first month of the sixth year of Tianqi, the emperor frowned and read Huang Shi's memorial over and over again. He couldn't help but ask Wei Zhongxian beside him: "Why is General Huang's impeachment so ridiculous?" Here. In this memorial, Huang Shi impeached Yuan Chonghuan for being arrogant. He calmly accepted his kowtow and didn't return the favor, etc. When Wei Zhongxian heard the emperor's question, he quickly nodded and agreed softly: "Long Live Lord's opinion is really ridiculous." "It's not like Lord Yuan forced him to bow. I guess Lord Yuan doesn't even know that he carries Shang Fang's sword with him." Tianqi continued After muttering a few words, he finally put the memorial aside and looked at Wei Zhongxian doubtfully, saying: "General Huang is not such a ridiculous person. There must be a reason for this." "Long live the Lord, I clearly see that there is a secret report from Changsheng Island Supervisor Wu Mu here in Wanli." Wei Zhongxian After saying this, a young eunuch presented another memorial. Tianqi grabbed Wu Mu's secret report from the plate, pulled it open and opened it. After reading a few lines, Tianqi's frown relaxed and he breathed a sigh of relief: "So that's what happened. It's okay." Liao's salary was extravagant, so I made a few remarks during the chat. It's just that Dongjiang Town is different from Liao Town. Three hundred members of Dongjiang's commander-in-chief Mao Wenlong died at the hands of the slaves. Only his eldest son survived in the capital; deputy commander-in-chief Chen Jisheng. The whole family was also killed; as for Huang Shi the old slave remembers that he was from Kaiyuan and his family was ruined. He fled from Liaodong to Guangning to join the army alone. He was right to impeach him in such a ridiculous way." Tianqi threw Wu Mu's secret note back on the plate. The expression on his face has become relaxed: "Let this memorial be kept in the center and not be discussed by the cabinet." "I obey the order." Wei Zhongxian bent down and agreed. As soon as he shook his sleeves, someone came up, collected the two memorials, and took them to the archives of the palace. The next day Wei Zhongxian came over to chat with Tian Qi again: "Long live Lord Liaodong's victory has arrived." Zhang Guoqing defeated the 200th level at the one hundred and sixty-sixth level Man Gui defeated the 120th level, Zu Dashou defeated the 80th level, and Zhao led the teacher to the 50th level" After reading the victory report aloud, Tianqi laughed and said: "Juehua This place is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. It turns out that I have so many fierce generals. Haha, it sounds like they are all similar to General Huang." Wei Zhongxian laughed and said: "Long live Lord, I see you thousands of miles away. It's not all because of General Huang's power. If it weren't for Long live Lord. It would be great to send General Huang to Juehua and they can be undefeated. How can they have the opportunity to make such a great contribution? After all, the credit is not all given to them by Long Live Lord." Tianqi nodded in agreement and smiled happily. He said twice: "Well, you are right. Has the good news been discussed by the cabinet?" "I have already gone back to Long Live Master." "Well, Yuan Chonghuan has managed well and Juehua and Ningyuan have won both battles. It can be seen that Juehua is a handsome man. That Zhao " Tianqi stopped mid-sentence. He felt that the name was on his lips, but he couldn't remember it at once. Wei Zhongxian quickly reminded in a low voice: "Zhao Yingong." "Yes, I guess he is also a man who can be made. Let the cabinet discuss it first. After they discuss the reward, don't rush to criticize him. Bring it to me first. I'm afraid they will be stingy about the reward." Not enough." Wei Zhongxian shouted: "I obey the order." Then his voice changed again: "Long live the General Secretary Yuan Chonghuan has already submitted a copy to the cabinet, and the cabinet is now discussing it.Ran asked: "Self-ginseng? What does Mr. Yuan's ginseng mean?" "Isn't it the Huangshi incident that I replied to Long Live Master? Mr. Yuan's ginseng's words have caused civil and military discord." "Oh, it's really troublesome." Tianqi stretched out his hand to scratch it. He scratched his head and pondered for a while, but couldn't think of any good solution, so he asked again: "What did the cabinet say?" "Hui Long Live Lord, the cabinet inexplicably drafted a vote to ask Yuan Chonghuan to defend himself and asked him about the Huangshi incident." "Stay in the middle, stay in the middle and still return. Why are you defending yourself and asking questions?" Tianqi became impatient when he heard this and said in a hurry: "Everyone will stay in China." "Long live my Lord. However, I think civil and military discord is indeed detrimental to the country. Now Yuan Chonghuan understands the general nature. It's okay, but I think it's better to give him some gentle words of praise. Is it better to give Huangshi some comfort? " "Well, you're right." Tianqi frowned again and thought hard. Feeling that he didn't have a good grasp of the situation, he directly gave an order to Wei Zhongxian: "It's up to you to help me do things better." "I obey the order."