When His Majesty Chongzhen first ascended the throne, he did not show the mountains and water, but in the blink of an eye, the high-ranking and powerful nine thousand years old was sent to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum.

This kind of change in the situation in the court, for them warriors, is simply dazzling, and they don't know what to do.

Fortunately, His Majesty had no intention of carrying out a major purge of the officials of the DPRK and China, so the civil and military officials of Liaodong, who were originally a little uneasy, slowly relaxed.

However, with the reinstatement of the king of the military department Shangshu in Jin, the news of the DPRK's intention to dismantle the Liaodong Army and shrink the defense line came out, and the Liaodong Army once again fell into a state of panic.

Don't say that those Liaodong escapees have grievances in their hearts, even Man Gui himself is full of incomprehension.

If the defense line that was built at the cost of tens of millions of taels of silver was so easily abandoned, wouldn't it be necessary to start all over again if he wanted to recover this defense line in the future.

Although it is said that the Liaodong Army spends tens of millions of military salaries every year but has not recovered an inch of land, the current Liaodong Army has also begun to get on the right track. At least in the Battle of Ningjin, those soldiers who had experienced several battles finally ran away without hearing Jiannu's snail.

Man Gui thought that as long as he experienced a few more wars and did not die, these soldiers of the Liaodong Army would be able to become skilled veterans on the battlefield.

But now, His Majesty is unwilling to invest any more, so wouldn't it be equivalent to the tens of millions of military salaries in front of him being wasted.

"Your Majesty is still a teenager after all." Man Gui thought to himself. In fact, he is not optimistic about being summoned this time. Because he persuaded Wang Zhichen to gather many Mongols and increase his army in the past year, this move immediately aroused the vigilance of many civil officials.

In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the oath of the alliance leader of the five Inner Khalkha tribes, Zhuolik Tuhun Batulu, and the Houjin people passed into the ears of Lin Dan Khan, who had long wanted to unify the Mongolian tribes in the steppe and rebuild the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Lin Dan Khan thought that he was also from the Inner Khalkha Uziyat Division, and it was impossible for him not to know the movements of Zhuolik Tuhun Baturu, and that the Fifth Inner Khalkha Division, as his vassal, actually colluded with the Mongol enemy, which was a betrayal to him.

Lin Dan Khan, who wanted to annex the five Inner Khalkha tribes and gain direct control over the 30,000 households on the left wing, actually intimidated his subordinates without controlling his subordinates.

This unscrupulous move immediately made Sirhunak Dulenghongtaiji, who was not very loyal to him, lead his people to Nurhachi.

Lin Dan Khan's actions did not give rise to anything but a major split in the five Inner Khalkha tribes and a proof that the 30,000 left-wing households were indeed not loyal enough to him. Of course, in the eyes of the self-confessed contemporary Genghis Khan, this rebellion was a testament to his prescination.

When the Later Jin went to war with the Northern Yuan represented by Lin Dan Khan, Nurhachi again sent an envoy to the Inner Khalkha Union, demanding that the old Zorik Tuhun Baturu submit to the Later Jin.

Later Jin was the enemy before the Ming Dynasty, and then provoked a war with the Northern Yuan, in this era, as long as there is a little wisdom, people do not think that Hou Jin can last long.

As the leader of the Inner Khalkha Alliance, Zorik Tuhumbaturu is clearly not a fool, and he certainly does not defect to a gang of bandits who do not see where the future lies.

While gathering his troops to prepare for battle, Zhuolik Tuhun Batulu asked Lin Dan Khan for help, trying to show his loyalty to the Northern Yuan with practical actions.

In April 1626, Drolik Tuhun Baturu led his men to a decisive battle with the main force of Nurhachi's Houjin Eight Banners on the banks of the Xilamulun River.

Without reinforcements, the Inner Khalkha alliance was defeated, and Driktukhunbaturu finally abandoned the army and fled, and Lindan Khan took the opportunity to annex the remaining forces of Zoriktuhumbatulu.

As a result, the five parts of the Nekhalkha, which were once strong, were annexed by the Later Jin and Lin Dan Khan, respectively, and the remaining part of the exiled Mongols were recruited by Mangui.

For Man Gui, these remaining Mongols of the five Inner Khalkha tribes who refused to surrender to Lin Dan Khan and the Later Jin were really the most reliable warriors who fought against the Later Jin. And every time he recruited a Mongol, it was equivalent to making Houjin lose a warrior, so Man Gui tried his best to defend this.

However, the civilian officials, who had been nervous by the Houjin spies, had lost confidence in subduing the Mongols for their own use. They openly claimed to Mangui that if he did not drive the Mongols out of the army, they would impeach him to His Majesty.

The ministers of the overseer Wang, who had always supported him, also hesitated when the old and new emperors were replaced. He originally disagreed with Yuan Chonghuan's politics, and with the support of Wei Zhongxian, he finally let Yuan Chonghuan resign due to illness.

After Chongzhen ascended the throne, with the resignation of Wei Zhongxian, now the Donglin Party is looking at it again, which makes him hesitate a little, is it a good thing to attract the attention of the speech officials at this time.

Although Man Gui still refused to give up his intention to recruit the remnants of the Fifth Inner Khalkha Army, under the opposition of his colleagues, the money and food used to recruit the Mongols had been intercepted, so in fact this action of recruiting the Mongols had stopped.

The unfriendly attitude of the officials in Liaodong also made some of the Mongols who had already joined the Ming army feel uneasy, and some simply left quietly.

It can be said that Mangui's plan to recruit the Mongols to form a cavalry force almost failed.

At this time, the new emperor summoned him to Beijing to see Jin, and asked him to bring 1,500 cavalry into Beijing for review, so that Man Gui really did not know whether this trip was a blessing or a curse.

Although Gao Qiqian was ordered to give a banquet, he only got up and left after only three cups as usual.

After the angels in the palace left, these cronies under Man Gui suddenly became active. Accompanied by a maid and a singer in front of the hall, this kind of reward from His Majesty is rare.

These officers, who have been dealing with death all year round, have always held the attitude of being drunk today and drunk today, and who knows if they will be able to enjoy everything in front of them next time.

The scene of singing and dancing in front of them suddenly made these soldiers forget the cold wind outside the gate, whether it was the deputy general You Shiwei, Zuo Fu and others, they were all out of shape and entangled with the beautiful maids around them.

These people are also regarded as the maids of the Teaching Workshop Division, although they have good looks, but because of their poor talents, they have been reduced to the lowest banquet maids.

Although Taizu set up the Jiaofang Division when he founded the country, and did not allow these female musicians to be regarded as prostitutes, but in this era when the imperial court discipline did not exist, the Jiaofang Division was no different from the government-run Qinglou.

There was no one in the banquet hall listening to the singers singing in the hall, and there were no women in the hall who were pestering the women around him, about one was Man Gui who was full of worries, and the other was a young man on his right hand who had been drinking with his head down.

The maid green pothos, who was sitting with the young man, looked at the young man with a deep scar on the left side of his face with some trepidation.

I was drinking a little dizzy and dazed, and when I looked up, I just saw the maid next to me looking at the scar on the left side of her face in horror.

A sense of anger that wanted to destroy something suddenly came to his heart, he tilted his head, squinted at the maid and said, "Look so seriously, is it beautiful?" ”

Lifeless's action suddenly frightened the green pothos, she moved back a distance, knelt down and kowtowed to Lifeless, and said, "The little maid knows that she is wrong, please forgive the general." ”

Instead of receiving lifeless sympathy, Pothos's plea for mercy reminded him of some of the more unbearable memories.

"Forgive, forgive you what? Why didn't anyone forgive me in the first place? Deathless said in an unkind tone, and reached out again to try to grab the hem of the maid's clothes.

Seeing the fierce face approaching, the pothos fainted with a scream. Li Yuexian, who was playing and singing, suddenly stopped, and looked up just to see her sister Luluo, who was good friends with her, fainting.

She immediately put down the pipa in her hand, hurriedly walked over, and pleaded for the green pothos in the face of lifelessness: "This general, please calm your anger for the time being, there is something wrong with this maid, and the slave maid is willing to make amends for her." ”

Li Yuexian's appearance is average, and her quyi is only general, but she is the most enthusiastic person in the teaching department, so as soon as she saw that something happened to the green pothos, she ran up to intercede regardless of it.

Wusheng squatted down in front of Li Yuexian, suddenly stretched out his right hand and grabbed her neck, and said through gritted teeth: "You intercede for her, then you are willing to die for her." ”

"This madman is drunk again."

"Stop, are you really going to strangle someone?"

"General, this is the capital, if there is a trouble, it will be troublesome."

Several of the other officers were babbling, but none of them stood up to stop him.

Lifeless grabbed Li Yuexian's neck, and suddenly roared madly in his mouth: "Killing people pays for life, it's amazing that I will pay her life." I slashed and killed many enemy chieftains with the general, but I can't match a mere singer? ”

Man Gui woke up in shock, he looked at the scene in front of him, and immediately said unhappily: "No life, don't mess around, let her go quickly." ”

"It's almost to this extent, can you let it go?" and Man Gui sounded one after another, and it was another unfamiliar voice.

Only then did he realize that someone had dared to grab his right wrist and try to get him to let go.

The master Man Gui's words made Wuming finally sober up a little, this is not Liaodong. But at this time, someone actually came to stop him, and suddenly made him turn his anger to the person who stopped him, and he waved his hand without thinking about it.

Compared with the lifeless battle, Zhu Youzhen is just a young man who has not grown up, and he lost his balance, and suddenly fell backwards.

Wang Chengen and Zhou Zhijian, who had just entered the door, were shocked when they saw this scene, and desperately stepped forward to resist Chongzhen's body and prevent him from falling to the floor.

"Bold, you dare to rush against the saint..."

"Shut up, you all get me out."

Zhu Youzhen interrupted Lin Yuanzhong's words before he could stand firmly, and let the entourage behind him exit the hall with a cold face.

Under the order of the increasingly majestic Chongzhen, Wang Chengen and the two brocade guards finally couldn't resist Chongzhen's gaze, Wang Chengen glanced coldly at the head of Man Gui, and then withdrew from the hall with two guards.