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The fierce north wind failed to succeed. Chapter 57: Massacre

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    Zhu Yifeng and Huang Shi's apology memorials were delivered to Beijing again, and the cabinet once again drafted a "severe punishment" ticket. After reading it, the young emperor ordered the cabinet ministers on duty and the Minister of War to be summoned for an imperial meeting. Today at Wenyuan  It was Li Biao and Qian Longxi who were on duty in the cabinet. After hearing the news, they hurriedly came to see the saint together with Wang Qia, the Minister of War. "I have said long ago that this Yu Zigao is not of great use. The Fujian Province officers and soldiers have already  It has been almost a year since the pirates were eliminated from the 6th side, and they just had to go straight to the tiger's den and capture them in one fell swoop, but this Yu Zigao lost his troops every time. He is really incompetent!"  All the sins of the land have been taken over." Li Biao told the emperor that the cabinet also had difficulties. Huang Shi said that he dragged Yu Zigao to a drinking place, so the only way to punish him was to punish Huang Shi first. Since Huang Shi advocated the suppression policy, the officers and soldiers in 6  Invincible, they quickly drove the pirates to the island. In the past six months, the pirates have even lost the ability to harass local areas, so Huangshi's achievements are still very obvious. And recently, the pirates have been asking for recruitment, and their tone has become more and more serious.  He became more and more humble, and Liu Xiangqi once went to Guangdong to ask for recruitment. However, the attitude of the Chief Secretary of Fujian was extremely tough, so the Chief Secretary of Guangdong also rejected his request. All this made the emperor and cabinet ministers feel that the situation was great. The Minister of War, King  Qia also echoed and said: "Your Majesty, the affairs of the Fujian Sea will be viewed as ministers. Huang Shuai is suspected of going too far. If he agreed to recruit peace, I am afraid that it would have been put down long ago." Now the pirates in the Fujian Sea only ask for amnesty and peace.  The previous arrogance of retaining the ships has completely disappeared. Li Biao felt that if he were the governor of Fujian, such conditions would be completely acceptable. However, Huang Shi and Zhu Yifeng were firmly opposed. After all, they were both civil and military officials.  The specific terms of recruitment must be determined by them. The cabinet did not say much on this issue. Now when the emperor asked, Li Biao cleared his throat and said: "Your Majesty, the governor of Fujian and Huang Shuai both said that the pirates were pirates.  Most of the ships were plundered civilian ships, and pardoning them now may encourage others to steal land. Their argument is very right, so the cabinet cannot refute it. It’s just that the pirates are not immune to the situation, so they fight to the death and the success of Jinghai has been delayed. "  "Yes, Huang Shuai has always advocated eradicating all evil. I know this, and I also agree with it. In the final analysis, Yu Zigao is still incompetent. In the beginning, he lost half of Fujian Province to the pirates, and now Huang Shuai  The whole of Fujian has been pacified, but he still can't take over a few small islands." Chongzhen complained at first, and finally waved his hands impatiently: "If you don't have any good ideas, then spare Yu.  Let's consult Gao once. I have to give Huang Shuai some face." "Since Fujian implemented the suppression policy, the only request of the Chief Secretary of Fujian was to withhold taxes from the province for two years. The total of regular taxes and Liao rates was almost 600,000 taels of silver. Chongzhen fell.  I don’t think it’s too much. Moreover, Huangshi pacified the southwest for him. In this way, the court not only no longer had to invest money in the southwest, but also could collect taxes from there. But what surprised the emperor was that not only did Fujian not receive additional taxes, but even  Other provinces have increased taxes but have not increased taxes. In the past two years, Zhu Yifeng only collected the regular taxes that Zhang Juzheng set for Fujian. The total amount was less than 100,000 taels of silver. Therefore, the young emperor made a huge loan to Fujian.  A lot of interest arose. After reading the recent report of the Chief Secretary of Fujian, the emperor felt that the large loan was a very magical thing: "I have always heard that Fujian is a province with many mountains and few mountains. As a result, the governor of Fujian and Huang Shuai  You can actually borrow 4.5 million taels of silver easily, and it seems that it is far from exhausted. How can this Fujian Province be so poor?  He is simply the richest in the world." Li Biao replied cautiously: "The Holy Spirit said so, but this loan is always in competition with the people" Chongzhen said enthusiastically: "It is indeed in competition with the people, but Mr. Zhu  Huang Shuai and Huang Shuai have said that unless the pirates are eliminated, merchants and people cannot conduct maritime trade with peace of mind, and fishermen cannot go to sea with peace of mind to fish. Therefore, they can only borrow first and then return. Besides, the Fujian patrol censor does not mean that the people of Fujian Province are eager to borrow  Give the money to Huang Shuai." The censor of Fujian Prefecture has impeached Huang Shi, Zhu Yifeng and Yu Zigao several times. However, Yu Zigao is a wall that blocks the wind. After these two defeats, Yu Zigao almost shouldered the responsibility.  He took over 80% of Yu Shi's firepower. As long as he was there, Huang Shi and Zhu Yifeng were basically not attacked. After all, it meant that Zhu Yifeng and Huang Shi didn't know who they were. Since Huang Shi spared no effort to protect Yu Zigao, then Yu Shi also  There is no other way. The Fujian Inspector and Censor kept attacking the governor, but he also brought up the Jinghai loan again and again. The behavior of Fujian people's enthusiastic purchase of bonds was another cannonball for the Inspector and Inspector.  They believe that since the military pay is sufficient, the delay in solving the problem is naturally due to Zhu Yifeng's incompetence. However, the censor's impeachment was returned to impeachment, and they also admitted that the situation in Fujian Province was constantly improving. The morale of the pirates was at a loss. Starting four months ago, the pirates  The supplies obtained from the Fujian mainland began to drop to less than 50%. Many things were shipped by Liu Xiangqi from Guangdong. Although the price of transporting supplies from Guangdong was high and the quantity was small, it could still help the pirates breathe a sigh of relief, so  Now when the censor scolds the Chief Secretary of Fujian and Funing Town, he usually brings Zhaoqing Town and the Chief Secretary of Guangdong with him, saying that if they are as firm as the Fujian political and military departments, thenThe pirates were finished long ago. Although Huang Shi was very kind and did not blame Guangdong, Zhu Yifeng had already hinted at it in his apology memorial, and he wanted to shift the responsibility for the invincibility to Guangdong. Zhu Yifeng  Feng has also been trying to protect Yu Zigao. He and Huang Shi both have Shangfang swords, and their voices are obviously louder than those of the Fujian patrol. Since these two people do not use Yu Zigao as a scapegoat, as long as the situation in Fujian Province continues to improve,  It is impossible for the imperial court to insist on dealing with Yu Zigao. Li Biao quickly followed Chongzhen's words. He knew that the emperor was quite satisfied with the work of Zhu Yifeng and Huang Shidi: "The Holy One said that although the governor of Fujian has some self-esteem,  High, but generally speaking, the border ability is acceptable. At present, it seems that the pirates can still be defeated within two years, and the governor of Fujian pacified Fujian Province this time without spending a cent of money from the court, which is also a meritorious service." "Of course he has merit.  And it's a great achievement! If the governors of all provinces have 10% of the talent of the governor of Fujian, I don't need to increase the tax. Well, if the governor of Fujian can really repay this loan, I think he is not just a marginal talent.  But he is quite talented." Chongzhen thought for a moment and handed the cabinet draft back: "The cabinet took this vote back and drafted it again. I think this naval defeat is still a small setback and it is not appropriate to criticize it too much." "  Obey the order." After exiting the main hall, Li Biao and Qian Longxi walked side by side back to Wenyuan Pavilion. On the way, Li Biao said thoughtfully: "Huangshi walked from Fujian to Guizhou, and then from Guizhou back to Fujian. There was no accident on the way back and forth.  Civil-military conflict. Huangshi also took credit for countless officials in the four provinces along the way, saying that they were successful in educating them. As a result, hundreds of officials received excellent performance evaluations, right? " "Of course. In the past, visiting troops would disturb the people when they crossed the border.  Everyone was complaining, and every time the army passed by, the disputes over the remaining land could not be resolved for several months. The soldiers and civilians in Huangshi were not in conflict with each other, and of course the officials had their contribution to education. Well, Huangshi was also commended for his ability in running the army.  "Is it there?" Li Biao nodded and counted with his fingers: "Don't mention the time when Huangshi was subordinate to Dongjiang Town. When he assisted Juehua, Governor Ji Liao made a lot of achievements. That's more than he has done for hundreds of years.  He was the first to accomplish the feat of Beibei; then Huangshi was transferred to quell the She'an Rebellion, and Zhang Heming was appointed Prince's Young Master. Now the Holy Emperor gave him a bachelor of Wuyingdian, and kept him in Beijing for constant consultation; from the south to west Huangshi left  One lap. As a result, all the officials from all the provinces along the way got excellent grades" "Well," Li Biao stopped, raised his last finger, then looked up at Qian Longxi and said, "Zhu Yifeng gave it to him.  He has been supervising the army for the longest time, for more than a year. Now not only is Zhu Yifeng praised by both the government and the public, he is also very talented today! " "Master Li, what do you want to say?" Li Biao was stunned.  He looked at Qian Longxi: "What I want to know most now is whether Huang Shi has the talent or whether Zhu Yifeng has the talent."  In the first month of the second year of Chongzhen, after Huang Taiji wrote a letter to Yuan Chonghuan, the relationship between the two sides  The negotiations between Ningyuan and Liaoyang heated up rapidly, with envoys coming and going between Ningyuan and Liaoyang. The two sides used several famous Mongolian lamas as witnesses and intermediaries. They engaged in fierce bargaining around the issue of land and coins, and the deal was quickly concluded.  It spread among the various ministries in Mongolia. A year ago, the Ming Dynasty’s Minister of War, Yan Mingtai, vowed never to negotiate for peace. The Ming court once again betrayed its allies and promises. Soon, because of believing in Yan Mingtai’s promise, it betrayed the Karaqin Mongolia of the Later Jin Dynasty.  Thirty-six Mongolian tribes, including the Kharka Mongolia and the Duoyan Mongolia, allied with Huang Taiji. By April of the second year of Chongzhen, in just four months, the northwest border of Houjin, which was once devastated by war, achieved complete peace.  , as various Mongolian tribes defected one after another, the Hou Jin regime seized a large territory in Monan without a fight. It also gained allies with more than 40,000 men. At this point, the Hou Jin regime made significant progress in the west. Its territory nearly doubled.  And began to border with another military town in the Ming Dynasty - Jizhen. Xifengkou and other places were finally exposed to the threat of the Hou Jin army. On the other hand, after starting peace negotiations with the Hou Jin Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan quickly announced on the seventh day of March that  He wrote to the imperial court, requesting control over the food and salary of Dongjiang Town. After receiving the emperor's approval, Yuan Chonghuan interrupted the supply of military salary and food and grass to Dongjiang Town. Then Yuan Chonghuan once again exceeded his authority and wrote directly to the King of Korea without going through the Ministry of Rites (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) of the Ming Dynasty.  , announced that the North Korean tribute road would no longer pass through the Dongjiang River, and strictly prohibited North Korea from providing grain, grass and supplies to Mao Wenlong. Mao Wenlong was caught off guard, and while writing a letter accusing Yuan Chonghuan of embezzling Dongjiang Town grain, grass and military pay, he hurriedly asked Shandong and others for help, hoping that Shandong businessmen could  Sell ??him or give him some grain, grass and cloth for emergency relief. More than a month after the peace negotiations with Huang Taiji began, that is, in March of the second year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan issued an order to Tianjin Wei, Dengzhou, and Laizhou, and strictly ordered each of them to  The sea is prohibited, no ship or board is allowed to enter the sea, and merchants are absolutely not allowed to sell beans to Dongjiang Town for one meter!  Faced with the strict orders of the imperial court, the officers and soldiers of Layden Town and the various state governments were on the verge of a formidable enemy. All ships that were prohibited from sailing to the sea would have all their goods confiscated, and merchants who dared to transport food and cloth to Dongjiang Town would be thrown into prison. Faced with this dangerIn this situation, Shandong merchants refused to provide supplies to Dongjiang Town, and even Liu Qingyang’s Dark Council was helpless. At the end of March, Dongjiang Town gave up Haizhou and its suburbs; in early April, Dongjiang Town Leftist Association gave up Gaizhou and its suburbs.  ; The Right Association gave up Kuandian and other fortresses that had been defended for eight years, and all 100,000 soldiers and civilians were ordered to evacuate to Shuozhou, North Korea. Later, the Left Association abandoned Lianyun Island; In mid-April, Shuozhou behind Kuandian was also suppressed by Dongjiang  Giving up, Mao Wenlong ordered all Dongjiang troops in North Korea to retreat to Dongjiang Island; at the same time, Mao Wenlong wrote to Emperor Chongzhen to impeach Yuan Chonghuan for embezzling and embezzling military rations in Dongjiang Town, and also accused Yuan Chonghuan of issuing land bans and sea bans on Dongjiang Town to Shandong and Tianjin: "  After I finished reading, I was worried and generous, and I had no plan. Suddenly I heard crying from all over the place, and the whole island was boiling. The generals rushed to the minister's office, saying that the soldiers were moaning and wailing to this day, hoping that the food and wages would arrive, and the passenger ships would come. On the day of restoration of Liao Dynasty,  Everyone returned to their homeland. Unexpectedly, Commander-in-Chief Yuan strictly prohibited them from going to the sea. They were not allowed to go out to sea, so that the guests were afraid of the law and refused to come. Moreover, the official rations of the Shandong Chief Envoy and the three governments of Qingdenglai were not affected, so your soldiers were in a hurry.  "If you cut my throat with a knife, I will definitely die." At the end of April, Dongjiang Town gave up Fuzhou and Pingshan; Mao Wenlong ordered the Dongjiang Army to withdraw overseas as soon as possible, abandoning all but Lushun!  , all leaders outside Tieshan On April 18th, near Jinzhou, Li Chengfeng took several servants and finally left Jinzhou. Although this is the south gate of Liaonan, the Dongjiang Army also  It is no longer possible to hold on, and Nanguan and others will be abandoned this time. In the plan, Dongjiang Town will only retain the Lushun bridgehead, so that there will be no problem of road transportation of grain, and unnecessary grain consumption will be reduced to  The lowest. As long as Li Chengfeng still has food to eat, he will not let the servants around him starve. Therefore, although these people are listless, they can still guarantee five buckets of rice every month, which is still better than the three buckets of ordinary soldiers.  A lot, not to mention compared with the old, weak, sick and disabled. Although Li Chengfeng left Jinzhou two years ago and was sent to the front line, this is the city where he has lived for four years after all. So it is also Li Chengfeng  The most emotional one. This time the Zuo Xie of Dongjiang Town retreated, Li Chengfeng cut off the rear and set fire to the castles one by one, but there has never been a city that can compare with this one today. The towers of Jinzhou soared  There was a raging fire. This fortress that Li Chengfeng had determined to defend to the death was lit by his own hands. He looked at the fortress that gradually turned into ashes, with bright flames dancing in his eyes: "General Zhang Pan, Zhang Fei  General Cat, General Zhang Panthe soldiers fought hard to capture cities one after another. Marshal Huang personally handed them over to me, but in the end I burned them all without a fight." "This is not true.  Sir, you are wrong, let's go back to Lushun." The servants saw that Li Chengfeng's mental state seemed to have some problems, so they quickly comforted the owner and then pulled him on the road together. Li Chengfeng was still sighing along the way: "  What a coward. I would rather they were all sacrificed by Jiannu. It is better than burning them myself. How many soldiers exchanged their blood for land, but actually gave it to Jiannu in vain." After arriving at Nanguan, Li Cheng  Seeing that the residents and garrison had all left, Feng set it on fire and burned it. New graves could be seen everywhere along the way. The refugees who fled south hurriedly hurried toward Lushun after burying their relatives. Occasionally, they could still be seen.  Seeing one or two naked corpses in the wilderness, Li Chengfeng was heartbroken. Every time he encountered such a situation, he and his servants would stop and bury the corpses to give the victims a place to sleep: "These are all  How can the common people and brothers who have followed our army in the war for many years be allowed to die in the wild and be eaten by wild dogs?  " "Stop." Li Chengfeng stopped his subordinates again. He jumped off his horse and ran to the roadside, observing a fresh earth pit. Li Chengfeng looked at it suspiciously: "This is obviously a new grave.  , who dug it open again?  "After finishing speaking, Li Chengfeng circled the grave a few more times, following a trace and two rows of footprints towards the woods on the roadside. The traces on the ground were obviously two people dragging something heavy. Li Chengfeng  Feng's heart was heavy, he had already guessed what happened. Not far away, Li Chengfeng raised his nose and sniffed hard in the air, "There is a stench." He whispered to himself,  His feet became lighter and lighter, and he continued to walk forward on tiptoe. Soon the smell became stronger, mixed with the smell of charcoal fire. Li Chengfeng carefully hid behind the tree and slowly leaned in,  Unconsciously, his palms were cold and full of sweat. There was a small empty space in the forest in front of him, and a fire was burning in the middle. Two people were sitting by the fire, wolfing down something. Li Chengfeng just said  After taking one look, he let out a howl of grief and indignation. With this scream, he jumped out of the forest, with his sword already drawn in his hand. Both of them were wearing ordinary military uniforms from Dongjiang Town, and they were surrounded by other people.  There was a dead body. He was wearing the same Zuoxie military uniform as them. The two men raised their heads in shock after hearing the voices. Li Li, with red eyes,Chengfeng had already rushed to them, and with one swing of his knife, he chopped down one of them. "You two beasts!" Li Chengfeng roared angrily, and then stabbed another person in the abdomen with another knife.  At this time, Li Chengfeng's servants also rushed towards him. They saw that the first man's neck had been cut off by Li Chengfeng's knife, and he fell straight on the ground and died. The deceased's cheeks were sunken, and his eyes were expressionless.  His eyes were still wide open, while the other person was holding the knife on his stomach, but he was not dead for a moment. Only then did Li Chengfeng see clearly that the dying person in front of him was just a young child, with no beard on his face.  Li Chengfeng and his servants fell silent. He looked back at the first deceased. It seemed that the two people were a father and son. Li Chengfeng weakly let go of the handle of the knife, and the child asked  Then he fell heavily on the bed, the child gasping for air and spitting out clouds of blood. Li Chengfeng took a step forward, and the child looked up at the murderer's eyes, his face full of shame and uneasiness.  "Sir, I'm hungry" The child mumbled a few words to defend himself. His voice became smaller and smaller, and disappeared along with the blood flowing out of his body. Li Chengfeng squatted on his bed, holding his hands.  He stopped and asked repeatedly in despair: "What have I done? What have I done?" "Sir." After a long silence, a soldier stepped forward and tried to help Li Chengfeng.  Get up. Li Chengfeng threw away the hands of his soldiers and jumped up, looking up to the sky and roaring, then looked down at the father and son he had just killed: "The people of Liao are not afraid of hardships and dangers, and come thousands of miles to join our Dongjiang Army.  , I only wanted a mouthful of food, and I only wanted a place that could save my life. As a result, not only could I not protect the environment and the people, but I personally cut off the incense of other people's homes! " "Sir, this is not your fault. Mao Keyi, Mao  General Xiang has no choice, so what can you do? " "Don't tell me about the two Generals Mao. My previous superiors were General Zhang Pan and General Zhang Feimao." Li Chengfeng paused and turned his gaze again.  The knife still inserted in the child's belly: "I once told Huang Shuai that I will guard the gate of Liaonan and will never disappoint Huang Shuai's trust until I die!" On April 18th, the second year of Chongzhen,  Li Chengfeng committed suicide on the outskirts of Nanguan. At the same time, the Dongjiang Army in North Korea was also retreating towards Tieshan. Bai Youcai and the three brothers of the Sun family were all incorporated into the combat troops this year and were sent to Kuandian. This  During this retreat, because food was limited, each person was only given two small pancakes per day. One hundred thousand soldiers and civilians of the Youxie Association in Dongjiang Town walked from the deep mountains and old forests of the Changbai Mountains to northern North Korea, and then struggled to trek through the mountains of northern North Korea. I hope to be able to  Arrive at Iron Mountain as soon as possible. "Be patient, there will be food when you reach Iron Mountain!" Because of hunger and fatigue, people died on the roadside almost every day. At first, everyone rushed to rescue them, but as time went by, people  Gradually, they became accustomed to it, and no one would take another look at the unfortunate brothers lying dead on the roadside. Three days ago, the eldest son of the Sun family also fainted from hunger. At that time, the second, fourth and Bai Youcai of the Sun family all thought  He was also dead, so they began to dig his grave. Unexpectedly, after they dug the grave, the eldest brother of the Sun family woke up again. The three ecstatic brothers tried to help the eldest brother up, but he was just limp and paralyzed.  On the bed, no matter what others said, he said nothing, and there was only deep hunger in his dull eyes. When the eldest brother of the Sun family woke up, he had already passed the pancake. At that time, the man who made the pancake thought he was dead, so he didn't stay.  Give him his share. Bai Youcai asked the Sun brothers to take care of their eldest brother, while he ran to the officers in charge of meals and begged them to make up for the two pancakes. The officer leading the team called a few witnesses to question him.  After understanding the situation, I also felt that this situation should be able to supplement food, so I gave him two pieces of cake. "Be patient, there will be food when you walk to Iron Mountain." Waiting for Bai Youcai to eat the two cold noodles.  After getting the cake back, the eldest brother of the Sun family, who had been lying speechless, jumped up from his bed, rushed over and ate two cakes in two mouthfuls. Bai Youcai shouted: "  Eat slowly, eat slowly," but an ominous premonition emerged in my heart. Not long after finishing the pancake, the eldest brother of the Sun family suddenly rolled on his stomach, holding his stomach, with a very painful expression on his face.  The frightened Sun brothers and Bai Youcai hurriedly went to find the doctor. When the doctor came with the army, he only took one look and asked: "Did you eat dirt?"  " The second child of the Sun family was so anxious that he almost shed tears: "No, I'm not eating dirt, I'm eating ground pancakes!  "Oh, I got it." The doctor took a pitiful look at the eldest brother of the Sun family who was still struggling. He was being pinned down by the three brothers: "I'm so hungry. My appetite is gone. The pancakes are killing me."  There's a puncture in the stomach." The three brothers desperately held down the eldest brother of the Sun family, who was still struggling fiercely. He almost escaped from the brothers several times: "What should we do?  " "Give him a good time."   In the end, Bai Youcai was cruel and gave the eldest brother of the Sun family a stick on the back of the head, and then they buried him in the dug grave On April 23, the second year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan  It has been three months since the peace talks with Huang Taiji began, and the economic blockade of Dongjiang Town is still continuing. After the Hubu officials returned from landing on the island, they reported that Dongjiang Island, where the headquarters of Dongjiang Town is located, is also suffering from an unprecedented famine.  He was a skinny man with an earth-colored face. Even the rations for Mao Wenlong's soldiers were reduced to three buckets per month. Yuan Chonghuan once again emphasized to North Korea that he would never provide Mao Wenlong with food again. North Korean officials saw that Dongjiang Town was being completely defeated, and North Korea was starving.  Dongjiang officers and soldiers were everywhere in the streets. By the end of leap April, Mao Wenlong finally couldn't hold on any longer. He ordered the Dongjiang Army to prepare to withdraw from North Korea. Since the first year of Tianqi, Mao Wenlong commanded 200 soldiers to counterattack Liaodong. This is Dongjiang  For the first time, the town officially ordered the abandonment of the Liaodong continent. Bai Youcai and Sun Ergou marched with the fourth son of the Sun family on their left and right. Behind them, tens of thousands of Dongjiang officers and soldiers and people could no longer stand up. Leniency  From Dian to Tieshan, the tombs and bones of Dongjiang Army soldiers paved a road sign, guiding those who followed to continue struggling towards the headquarters. "Hold on, hold on, we are going to Tieshan soon, and there will be food there."  Bai Youcai and Sun Ergou held up the fourth child and dragged him forward, while repeatedly encouraging him: "We have come this far, don't stop at the last step!" Leap April 24th  On the same day, the fourth child finally couldn't walk any more. Bai Youcai and Sun Ergou took turns carrying him forward. Soon the two of them were tired and panting. "Second brother, third brother, bury me here.  "Okay." The fourth child spoke in a vague voice. "Nonsense! We are reaching Tieshan right now. We will have food when we get to Tieshan." In the afternoon, the team marched to a place only a few miles away from Tieshan.  Ergou and Bai Youcai were really exhausted, and the fourth child had also fainted. "Er brother," Bai Youcai was so tired that he lay on his bed panting. Now his physical strength has completely collapsed. Every time  When you can’t walk more than a few steps with someone on your back, you have to stop and rest: “There is Iron Mountain ahead of you. I’m going to get the food. You watch the fourth child here.” “Well, hurry up and come back.” “I got it.” Bai You  Only then did he muster up the courage to wander towards Tieshan. Sun Ergou hugged his brother and rested for a while, then got up to find water. He brought back a large gourd full of water and poured the water carefully.  It entered a broken bowl. Following Sun Ergou, he put his brother Ditou on his lap and held the water bowl in his arms to make it warmer. Sun Ergou thought about it for a while and asked Bai Youcai to take it back.  If you want pancakes, you can use this bowl of water to soak the pancakes until soft before giving them to your brother. Sun Ergou took off his clothes and covered his brother. From time to time he raised his head and looked westward with squinted eyes. Suddenly he heard a soft sound.  "Brother." "Well, do you feel better?" Sun Ergou lowered his head and gently stroked his brother's forehead. "Better." The fourth son's voice sounded much louder, and his eyes also  It became bright again, and the fourth child lay on his brother's lap, turned his neck, and asked in confusion: "Where is the third brother, what did he do?"  Are we almost at Iron Mountain?  "华￥夏中文#网皇太极手打 upload Sun Ergou smiled. It was a smile that came after all hardships, exuding endless joy and pride Just when Sun Ergou was about to tell his younger brother that their suffering had come to an end.  At that moment, just when he was about to celebrate with his brother that they finally struggled out of the death march, a tired and low voice came from not far away: "Second brother!  " Sun Ergou raised his head when he heard the sound, and Bai Youcai stood not far away with empty hands, slowly shaking his head at him, with a terrifyingly gloomy face.  Then he returned to normal. He lowered his head and smiled and said to his younger brother: "Come on, we will arrive at Iron Mountain soon." "Well" The fourth child of the Sun family nodded, closed his eyes and fell asleep again.  Past. Bai Youcai slowly walked to the Sun brothers. He said softly: "Let's continue carrying him on our backs. There is a boat on Dongjiang Island to take us to the island. There is food there." Before Sun Ergou had time to reply, they were surrounded by people.  Suddenly a pitiful wailing broke out, attracting the attention of both people. A middle-aged woman hugged a girl and shook her desperately, and then tore her head hard. A man who looked like her husband stood beside  People around my wife and daughter were shivering one after another. “The court!  "The woman lay on her back and slapped the big one hard, until she slapped her two palms on the earth and rocks till they were bloody and bloody: "Is the imperial court going to starve us to death?  " Her husband squatted down and held his wife in his arms without saying a word, not wanting to hit the crying woman. When Bai Youcai turned around, he saw Sun Ergou testing his brother's breath, and then  It's the pulse, and finally Sun Ergou gentlyClothes covered his fourth brother's face, and now he was alone like Bai Youcai. Hua%xia中文#网皇太极手打 upload Sun Ergou raised his head, stared at Bai Youcai's eyes and asked seriously  He said: "Why? Why on earth did the imperial court want to starve us to death?"  In the leap April of the second year of Chongzhen, Mao Wenlong repeatedly wrote to impeach Yuan Chonghuan for embezzling Dongjiang military pay and cutting off the Dongjiang grain road. In his last letter of accusation, Mao Wenlong fully refuted  After the civil servants slandered him, the first issue was the issue of military pay: "His true nature is 1,280,000 yuan, but his appearance is 1,411,300 taels. The name and reality do not correspond! He borrowed porridge and squid day and night to save his life.  All the rice, beans, cloth, and the like had to be loaned to merchants from all over the world, and they paid for it as the salary came in. However, the annual salary was not used at all!” In eight years, the average of 1.4 million silver and 1 million kilograms of rice was spent every year.  To give military pay and food to 7,000 soldiers, Mao Wenlong argued that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang Town could not even get enough to eat with the wages of 7,000 soldiers, so how could there be corruption?  Then he questioned the Ministry of Accounts and only agreed to give Dongjiang Town half the pay after recruiting soldiers: "One soldier will be given one or two or four yuan of monthly silver and one hu of rice. This is a fixed amount. This is because the Ministry of Planning said that if there is an army, it will be reduced by half. I think it is the same  Soldiers, Guan Ning and Dong Jiang looked at each other. I don’t know what to think!” In a eloquent memorial, Mao Wenlong vented his anger again. Finally, he even pointed the finger at the entire civil servant class and roared at Emperor Chongzhen:  "It's really the civil servants who have harmed the country, not the ministers who have harmed the country. The ministers only plan to eliminate ministers, not slaves, and they want to control the country. They are angry with each other and use weapons and spears against their fellow ministers." After Chongzhen read the memorial, he forwarded it.  To the Liaodong Dusifu, Yuan Chonghuan was asked to explain. By this time, Yuan Chonghuan had been negotiating peace with Huang Taiji for four months, and he also wrote to Wang Qia, the Minister of War, to seek support: "The Guandong payment proposal and the temple claim have already been made.  If Wenlong can work together as one, he should have no suspicion; otherwise, if he is to behead him, Chonghuan will use the force of his sword" Hua%xiazhongwen#网皇太极手打 upload Yuan Chonghuan first pretended to be surprised by Mao Wenlong's accusation.  Fan, said that he had no idea that Dongjiang Town was encountering difficulties, and he brazenly claimed in front of everyone that civilian officials should cooperate with military attachés. "Civil officials are not willing to sympathize with military attachés. If they have the slightest disagreement, they will think about each other. What's the point?"  Since we don't have enough money, why don't we come here?" After the envoy and everyone finished speaking these high-sounding words, Yuan Chonghuan ordered that ten ships of food and wages from Tianjin be allocated to the visitor, and he wrote a personal letter to express his condolences to Mao Wenlong.  He also brought rewards of silver, pigs, sheep, wine and noodles with him on board. In addition, Yuan Chonghuan also publicly submitted a letter to ask for salary for Mao Wenlong. Because the military pay and military rations in Dongjiang Town had been embezzled by Yuan Chonghuan in the past two years, so this time he asked the emperor  He then ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to raise another 100,000 taels of silver for Dongjiang Town. After this condition was met, Yuan Chonghuan invited Mao Wenlong to Shuangdao to discuss the issue of military pay. In the local history of Huangshiyuan, Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong after  He boasted triumphantly that these words, this batch of grain and all the subsequent arrangements were all his strategies to confuse Mao Wenlong: "All of this is stupid."  On May 20th, the second year of Chongzhen, Liaoyang Mang  When Gurtai came in, Huang Taiji and Amin were bending down to look at the pictures. After hearing the footsteps, he raised his head and glanced, then straightened up and said with a smile: "Fifth brother, aren't you going hunting today?"  "You haven't left your tent in the past two days. I just came here to see you," Mang Gurtai strode to Huang Taiji's side, tilted his head and glanced at the picture there: "Looking at this again, this  What's the name? Jimen, right?" "Fifth brother has a good memory, it's Ji Town in the Ming Dynasty." Mang Gurtai looked at the picture with nostalgia for a while and sighed deeply:  "Eighth brother, you still have a way. From the first month of this year to now, it has only been a few months. Our territory of Dajindi has expanded three times. Our armored soldiers have more than doubled. Things that cannot be obtained on the battlefield can be obtained through negotiation.  " "Conquer Korea in the east, control Mongolia in the west, and never forget the well digger when drinking water, Yuan Chonghuan, a friend of Da Jin." Before Yuan Chonghuan took office as the governor of Liaodong, the Later Jin Dynasty was suppressed by Dongjiang Town and the Mongolian ministries in the central Liaoning Plain.  A few months after Ji Liao became the commander-in-chief, the Hou Jin army had defeated North Korea and formed an alliance with Monan Mongolia, extending its power to the chokepoint of the Ming Dynasty. Amin said in a strange way: "Sanbeile, please don't give Yuan Chonghuan random nicknames in the future.  , Alas, there are such heroes in the world, it is really mesmerizing, and I wish I could have a good time with him instead." "Are you sure you want to attack Jizhen?  "Mang Gurtai looked at the picture carefully. Huang Taiji and Amin drew several circles on it and highlighted a few roads: "But although Mao Wenlong has gone away, he might be gone once we leave.  Will come back again." "Of course, Wenlong is also an old friend of ours. Who among us doesn't know about his little hobbies?  "Amin shook his head sadly and patted the shoulder of Huang Taiji beside him: "It's a pity that Sibeile has a good friend named Yuan Chonghuan. Wenlong has no chance." Huang Taiji chuckled.He said: "There were four difficulties in sending troops to Ji Town: First, Monan Mongolia and I were enemies rather than friends, but Yuan Chonghuan helped us solve it. The road in front of us was opened; second, Zhao, the commander-in-chief of Ji Town,  Leader is a tough guy. He will never surrender, let alone run away. Yuan Chonghuan has transferred him and his four thousand servants to Shanhaiguan, and also reduced the remaining troops in Jizhen by 30%. The Xifengkou area has become useless;  Third, Ningyuan’s commander-in-chief Man Gui is quite courageous. If we go deep into Ji Town, he may come out from the side and cut off our food route and return route. Now Yuan Chonghuan has kicked him to Datong, and our flank is safe."  Huang Taiji stretched out his hand and pointed towards Dongjiang Island: "Mao Wenlong spent thirty years in Liaodong. Eleven of them were in trouble with our Dajin. Three hundred of his clan members died. He gathered hundreds of thousands of refugees and had the greatest military exploits.  Hard work is the heaviest If such a person does not die a good death, how can any of the wise generals, including Huang Shi, be confident that he will die a good death?"
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