Chapter 63: Changes in Shanhaiguan

Two months passed in a flash, and in the past two months, Liu Hongjian has basically stayed in the barracks of the Thousand Households in Wansui Mountain, only going home every few days to see his little wife and father.

It was the summer season in the north, and because he participated in training in the military camp every day, Liu Hong gradually became a lot darker, and Sun Xiuxiu felt distressed every time he went home.

After two months of sweating, although Liu Hong is now dark, he has become more refined, and he is no secret that he is sure to KO his original self within ten seconds.

Of course, every time I go home, in addition to saying hello to my father, it is the age of youth and vigor, and I have to applaud love.

At this time, Liu Honggradually felt quite proud, and he still had to exercise a lot, unlike the listlessness and sub-health that he sat in the office every day in later generations.

Last month, Niu Dabang mallet and Xiaolan at home finally tied the knot, thanks to Liu Hong's gradual return every now and then, Niu Dabangmala, as a guard and thug, had the opportunity to contact Xiaolan.

The wedding of Niu Dabang and Xiaolan was held in Liu's Mansion, and the courtyard of Nuoda was finally lively, and the dishes of the banquet were all arranged by Sister Liu, the royal chef of Liu's Mansion.

Liu Hong gradually made the decision, and let Niu Dabang's parents also move into Liu's mansion, not only divided the house, but also gave the errand, which moved Niu Dabang and mallet to a great extent.

Except for the old Liang Tou of Jinyiwei, who came to join in the excitement with nothing to do, the rest were all young generals of the Long Live Mountain Thousand Households.

When the young people got together, they naturally pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and drank the cow stick mallet until they didn't even remember who their wife was.

A month ago, the three 'Pingtou brothers' came from Jiangyin County in the south, and seeing the appearance of the three people, Liu Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Due to the lack of clear information, Liu Hongjian originally thought that three old men would come, but after meeting, he found that Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu looked to be in their early twenties, while Feng Dunhou looked more stable, about thirty.

Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu are both from Xiucai, who know mathematics and science, and understand rules and regulations, and now there is a shortage of literati to manage grain and straw materials in the Wansui Mountain Thousand Households, and the two are undoubtedly just right.

Feng Dunhou previously served as a trainer in Jiangyin, and the so-called instructor was an education official who inspected the achievements of local talents.

The three of them had not entered the stream in their previous occupations, and they had no grades, and when they first received the holy decree of Chongzhen, they were all sincerely afraid, thinking if they had committed something and were found out by the superiors.

But along the way, the angels (people who rushed to the field to announce the decree in the Ming Dynasty) not only did not speak ill of each other, but entertained them all the way.

Wang Erxi specially got Chongzhen's explanation and asked him to treat Yan Yingyuan and the other three well, and it is no wonder that Emperor Chongzhen acted like this, after all, Liu Hongjian was very solemn when he said the names of these three people.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was eager to seek talent, thought that he had met a capable minister who governed the world, but the three people who brought it over shocked Emperor Chongzhen, and the three of them had never entered the palace, and they were a little nervous when they entered the palace.

In the face of Chongzhen's questioning, he also stammered, which disappointed Chongzhen, so the three of them were sent by Chongzhen to the Thousand Households of Wansui Mountain as promised, and they were not intercepted by Emperor Chongzhen.

Liu Honggradually placed the families of the three in his big mansion, anyway, his house has dozens of rooms, but his family of three lives in it, and it is empty.

Yan Yingyuan and the three of them have always been confused, they have been tired all the way from the distant south of the Yangtze River, they are not familiar with the place, and then they were taken to the court to eat the white eyes of the ministers, and they are also very worried, and they don't know what medicine is sold in the gourd.

It wasn't until he came to the barracks in a daze and got the errand assigned by Liu Hong that he finally put his mind at ease, it turned out that he didn't want to make trouble!

Liu Hong gradually gave the three people the position of deputy thousand households, and the eyes of the three people were straightened, and they were promoted from a small official who had not entered the stream and had no grade to be promoted from a deputy thousand households of five grades, and it is estimated that only Liu Hong, who was relied on by Emperor Chongzhen, could do it.

With the current situation, joining the army is naturally the best way to serve the country.

After only a few days in the barracks, the three of them fell in love with this place, and the soldiers of Banzai Mountain Senhu were all teenagers, and everywhere was full of heroic spirit.

And Liu Hongjian is also easy-going, don't want it, as long as you abide by the law and train well, you will laugh every day.

When Yan Yingyuan and the others were in charge of the county government's grain collection and other matters when they were doing the history before, they were also familiar with the way to take care of the messy barracks, warehouses, and accounts before when they came here.

The older Feng Dunhou put forward new training suggestions on many occasions to enhance the efficiency of training and enhance the training enthusiasm of the soldiers.

After two months of intense training, the soldiers of Banzai Yamasenhu not only mastered the skills of using AKM, but also selected 100 soldiers with the best shooting performance as the firearms of Banzai Yamasendo.

Shield spearmen shooters, three people in groups, every day in hundreds of households, training, actual combat exercises.

In the past two months, the Thousand Households of Banzai Mountain have grown from scratch, not only giving birth to muscles and bones, but also growing wings.

On the morning of the third day of the seventh month, on this day, Liu Hongjian was training with the soldiers of Qianhu, and Chang Yu, the deputy Qianhu, came to report that Jinyiwei was coming.

It was Jiang Datong, the envoy of Jinyiwei's Nanzhen Fusi, who suddenly received a report from the border town of Jinyiwei's 700-mile urgent line today.

Pingxibo Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, privately met with Duoduo, the general of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and when he got the news, Jiang Datong thought that the matter was very important, and immediately decided to report to Liu Hongji, who was not doing his job and stayed in the barracks every day.

Finally can't help it? Liu Hong's eyes were cold, and he sneered in his heart.

When he went to the palace to report to Chongzhen, Chongzhen knocked over the teacup in his hand in shock.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of War, there are 100,000 soldiers in the border army, including 80,000 infantry troops including firearms battalions, and 20,000 Liaodong cavalry.

The 100,000 recruits currently recruited by the Beijing battalion have just begun to be put into training, and they have not formed a strong combat strength at all.

If Wu Sangui and the Manchu Qing Dynasty fornicated, would the Ming Dynasty still be able to withstand the trampling of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the 200,000 iron cavalry of Liaodong soldiers?

Liu Hongchuan has always wondered why this person didn't react before, but now he asks for money and grain for food, and what is the reason for rebellion at this time.

As a result, Emperor Chongzhen's words directly made Liu Hong gradually understand why the diligent emperor in front of him always did things with half the effort, and his previous achievements were wasted.

"A few days ago, Tianbian Town sent a letter to ask for military salaries, and the ministers were angry and asked the household department to send someone to supervise whether the border army had empty salaries, and I was also angry.

He sent Wu Gan, the right attendant of the household department, to go to the Shanhaiguan Labor Army, and by the way, he checked the number of soldiers in the border army......"

It is estimated that Chongzhen is also aware of the problem, so he won't say anything more when he talks about it.

Liu Hongjian was also speechless, you said that you gave all the money, and you were suspicious of others, I think that this Lord Wu of the household department will not be able to come back.

"I treat him well, he wants grain for food, I want silver for silver, why did Wu Sangui betray...... My heart aches......"

Speaking of the back, Chongzhen's face and eyes began to redden.

Well, in the end, there are a few of the current Ming generals who are not corrupt or corrupt, you have to copy the old bottom of others, if this person is located in the mainland, it is okay to say, and you can't run anywhere.

Wu Sangui has been guarding the mountain customs for nearly ten years, and you suddenly check the old bottom, who is not afraid of falling into the second place of Yuan Dudu.

In that year, Huang Taiji bypassed the Ningjin defense line and attacked the capital directly, and Yuan Dudu led Guan Ning Tie to ride the king of Qin, and repelled Jiannu, but finally won a reward of Ling Chi.

Yuan Dudu's past merits and demerits are not to mention, after all, people saved you, you scraped the leader of King Qin, what do others think.

It can be said that the surrender of Zu Dashou, the chief general of Yuan Dudu, has something to do with it, and no one came to King Qin in March, which is also inseparable from this matter.

In the final analysis, it is not because Chongzhen lacks political intuition.

"Your Majesty, no matter how much you hate it now, it will be useless, and the top priority is to send someone to Shanhaiguan to stabilize the situation.

The border army fought against the Manchu Qing Dynasty for generations, and almost every soldier had a family member and robe, and he died under the iron hooves of the Manchu Dynasty. ”

Liu Hong gradually frowned and said his opinion.

"Aiqing's words are reasonable, I am a little confused in my heart now, this matter is related to the survival of the Ming Dynasty, I can't trust those people in the military department, and now I can only trust Aiqing, you ......"

Chongzhen was full of hope, and took a step forward and put his right hand on Liu Hongji's shoulder.

"Since Aiqing entered the court, she has saved the Ming Dynasty many times, and has never disappointed me, Aiqing ......"

"Your Majesty, Weichen is ...... when he receives his order" Liu Hongjian couldn't stand Chongzhen's sensational entrustment, and directly knelt down and saluted to interrupt him.

Chongzhen didn't care, but stepped forward to help him up personally.

The emperor personally went to help the courtiers, if it was an ordinary general at this time, he would be excited to swear to die for the king, but Liu Hong gradually seemed very calm.

He has never paid much attention to these etiquette things, and you must have that ability first.

"Your Majesty, if you go to Shanhaiguan here, you will definitely be surprised by the Beijing camp in the past, and the Beijing camp is naturally not the opponent of the border army.

Weichen planned to only send 1,200 people from the Thousand Households of Banzai Mountain to Shanhaiguan, firstly, the march speed would be faster if there were fewer people, and secondly, so as not to startle the grass and snakes, causing Wu Sangui's dog to jump off the wall in a hurry. ”

"Everything depends on Aiqing, all the food, weapons, and silver needed for the march are taken by Aiqing, and I will go to inform the household department ...... later."

I want horses, Liu Hong almost blurted out, from the capital to Shanhaiguan, the mountains are high and the road is long, but the sad thing is that the Ming army is now extremely short of horses, if you run over, it will inevitably delay time.

What's more, running hundreds of kilometers on two legs, is it a human thing? Made, when this vote is finished, he must go to rectify the Jin Shang's gang of dogs who eat inside and out.

"Your Majesty, when you go to Shanhaiguan, the minister is estimated to march lightly and quickly, except for the necessary military rations and weapons, you can't bring anything you can, but ......."

Liu Hong gradually hesitated.

"Just what?" Chongzhen hurriedly asked.

"If the minister goes, he needs to have the power of life and death, and the emperor has to allow the minister to act cheaply, including falsely proclaiming a holy decree or something!"

When he brought such a few people over, he naturally didn't go to the hard liver Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and the Iron Rope Xiongguan was bound to be outwitted.

Of course, Chongzhen, who asked Chongzhen for a holy decree or something, naturally would not refuse, but the holy decree of the imperial court was entangled, and the big soldiers in the northeast of the people did not necessarily understand it.

"I'm right! Aiqing went to the border town to act cheaply, Aiqing should be here as if I were here! ”

Chongzhen didn't hesitate at all when he said this, which made Liu Hongjian very moved in his heart, after all, he was going to play with his life.

"So the minister will go back to prepare first, if there is no accident, the minister will definitely be able to send troops to Shanhaiguan at noon tomorrow!"

He himself ordered troops, and he counted more than 1,200 people, and it was enough for half a day to pack up a little, and the extra time was just to go home and see.

This is dangerous, and he himself is not sure that he will come back alive, not to mention the lovely man at home, alas, what he should face is still to be faced.

"Aiqing, I, I will go to the Taimiao every day to pray for Daming and you! Daming, please! Chongzhen wept.

Liu Hongji, who had just taken two steps, stopped, turned around and solemnly gave Chongzhen a grand salute.

"The minister must live up to the trust!" After speaking, he got up and walked out of the Qianqing Palace without looking back.