That night, under the mediation of Zhu Youzhen, Man Gui and Zu Dashou drank and talked happily, which was regarded as temporarily quelling the infighting.

But Sun Chengzong knew that the contradiction between the border army and the guest army was very deep, and it could not be completely resolved by drinking two glasses of wine and saying a few kind words.

After consulting with Yuan Chonghuan and others, he made a decision: Man Gui and Zhao led the sect to continue to guard Shanhaiguan, while Zu Dashou's department drove to Ningyuan and seized the time to build the city. Before the food and salary of the imperial court arrived, he was ordered to drive to Qiantun, which is not far north of Shanhaiguan, and was stationed.

In this way, the soldiers of Man Gui and Zu Dashou could not meet each other, and naturally there were many fewer contradictions.

As soon as the military order was given, Man Gui was not very happy. He rushed thousands of miles from Datong to meet the Jurchens with real swords and guns, so that he could continue to rise by virtue of his military exploits. At this time, he was stationed at Shanhaiguan, which was tantamount to cutting off his opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

And although Zu Dashou himself advocated going to Ningyuan to build a city, the generals who came out of the Li family, He Kegang, Zu Dale and others, also strongly supported this, but the rest of the border army generals were extremely reluctant. Now that I heard that I let Man Gui stay in Shanhaiguan, I let myself take the lead, and I all complained, blaming the ancestor for not thinking about the soldiers.

And although Zu Dashou hated these border army generals very much, he was helpless. Because of the defeat of Guangning, more than 100,000 troops in Liao collectively collapsed. In addition to those killed and surrendered by the enemy, there were still 50,000 or 60,000 people, of which only a few thousand troops originally belonged to Zu Dashou. At this time, about half of them were assigned to the commander of Zu Dashou, and those border generals were naturally dissatisfied, and their orders to him were also disobeyed.

After learning of this situation, Sun Chengzong had no choice but to send Yuan Chonghuan to the Zu Dashou army as a supervisor to prevent changes in the army. After Yuan Chonghuan left, Sun Chengzong was still not at ease, so he simply went out of the city with Zhu Youzhen and went to Qiantun to inspect in person.

When he left Shanhaiguan, he was just in time for Qi's army to train outside the city that day. Qi Meifeng wanted to cancel the training and accompany Zhu Youzhen, but Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "General Qi, don't worry!" His Royal Highness is escorted by an old man, are you afraid that something will go wrong? ”

Qi Meifeng had a worried face, and quietly said to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Highness! For some reason, the last general is always frightened today, thinking that your trip may not go well! Otherwise, Your Highness will talk to the Overseer, and don't go! ”

Seeing that Qi Meifeng cared so much about herself, Zhu Youzhen was moved in her heart, and she almost had to stay and train with her.

Sun Chengzong saw that these two people were frowning, pulling and pulling, and he knew the reason in his heart, and laughed heartily: "My old man is here, it seems that there is something in the way!" Your Highness, why don't you go? ”

"Don't, don't!" Zhu Youzhen hurriedly caught up with Sun Chengzong's horse, and while walking with him, he turned around and shouted to Qi Meifeng: "Don't worry, I'll go back as soon as I go, it'll be fine!" ”

Looking at Qi Meifeng's stunned appearance, Zhu Youzhen's heart churned. After getting along these days, he already felt that Qi Meifeng had a secret affection for him, but in fact, why wasn't he like this?

But he already has Rui'er, although it is very normal to have three wives and four concubines in this era, Zhu Youzhen still can't turn this corner, and every time he laughs with a beautiful woman, he always has a sense of guilt. It has been more than half a month since he left Beijing, and his longing for Rui'er has become stronger and stronger.

In this way, they were entangled all the way, and before they knew it, the horses had galloped out for dozens of miles, leaving the majestic Shanhaiguan far behind. At this time, on the left side of the official road is the Mangcang Mountain, and on the right is the frozen sea, a magnificent northern scenery. Only then did Zhu Youzhen gradually relax his mood, took a few deep breaths of cold and fresh air, and suddenly felt refreshed.

Sun Chengzong saw Zhu Youzhen taking deep breaths frequently on the horse, and asked puzzledly: "Your Highness, do you feel that you are not breathing?" Do you want to take a break first? ”

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly smiled: "It's nothing, I just think the air here is too good!" I really want to take a few more breaths and exhale all the PM2.5 in my lungs! ”

"Split... What two hundred and five? Sun Chengzong asked in surprise.

Zhu Youzhen's face turned red, and he couldn't answer Sun Chengzong's question, so he had to squeak and say, "Oh... So what... By the way, Lord Inspector, please see, is Qiantun here? ”

Sun Chengzong looked up, and sure enough, he saw that an earthen city was gradually appearing on the horizon in front of him, so he was not in the mood to laugh with Zhu Youzhen anymore, and whipped a few times on the horse's buttocks.

When he came to the city wall, Zhu Youzhen found that this small city was too simple to compare with Shanhaiguan. First of all, the city is too small, and the side length is only more than a hundred steps, so it can't accommodate many garrisons at all. Therefore, most of Zu Dashou's military camp was camped outside the city.

The second is that the city wall is all adobe, and after years of wind and rain, it has long been damaged, and a large piece can collapse with a kick, and there is not much defense at all.

Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou and others led their troops out of the city, and just about to invite Zhu Youzhen and Sun Chengzong to enter the city, they suddenly rushed from the direction of Shanhaiguan and shouted: "Six hundred miles to rush to Tangbao!" ”

Sun Chengzong was taken aback, and hurriedly asked someone to present the Tang report. Unfolded it, he couldn't help but grit his teeth and say, "Damn the wolf!" ”

Zhu Youzhen was stunned: Isn't this on the battlefield in Liaodong? Why did they come out again? After taking the Tang newspaper and looking at it, he suddenly realized.

It turned out that the imperial court had just raised 50,000 stone grain and grass, which set off from Laizhou, Shandong, and arrived at Shanhaiguan by sea. In previous years, in early spring and February, the sea ice in the Bohai Sea had already melted away. However, this year's weather was extremely cold, and there were still large areas of sea ice outside Shanhaiguan, so ships could not reach the shore directly, so they had to wait in the sea.

But the fork came in the days of waiting. There was a fleet of Japanese pirates who quietly followed the grain ship here and took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack! And the sailors of the Ming army who escorted the grain ships were already a few, and they had not fought in actual combat for many years, and their combat effectiveness had seriously declined, and they were not much different from ordinary sailors, so how could they resist the crazy attacks of the Japanese invaders?

After the first battle, the entire army of the Daming Navy Division was annihilated, most of the officers and soldiers of hundreds of sailors were killed, the warships and grain ships were all burned, and 50,000 stones of grain and grass were looted! And after those robbers killed people and oversold goods, they disappeared without a trace, as if they disappeared into the sea out of thin air!

It was not until a few days later that the officers and soldiers who had escaped by chance climbed to Tianjin Wei by sea ice and went ashore to report the news. The guards of Tianjin Wei naturally knew that the matter was very important, and immediately reported to Shanhaiguan with an urgent report of 600 miles.

These 50,000 stone grains and grass are Sun Chengzong's life-saving rations. It was precisely because of the serious shortage of grain in the army and the slow transportation by land that Sun Chengzong desperately urged the imperial court to transport grain by sea. didn't think about it, and actually let the Japanese rob it!

At this time, Sun Chengzong was really anxious, there was a tiger in front and a hungry wolf in the back!

Because he did not know the whereabouts of the Japanese invaders, Sun Chengzong was deeply afraid that Shanhaiguan would be lost. After briefly asking Yuan Chonghuan a few words, knowing that the Jurchens did not make any major moves, he didn't even bother to drink saliva, and immediately flew back to the city.

But at this time, it was getting late, and let His Royal Highness King Xin follow him to rush to the night, and Sun Chengzong also felt that it was inappropriate. Let Zhu Youzhen rest in Qiantun for one night, and tomorrow he will be protected by the soldiers to return to Shanhaiguan.

After sending Sun Chengzong away, Yuan Chonghuan sent Zhu Youzhen to the marshal's mansion in the city and served him wine and food.

But this so-called "Shuai Mansion" is actually a fairly spacious house, without even a yard. didn't sit for a while, Zhu Youzhen felt that there was air leaking everywhere, as if he was in an ice cellar. But thinking that there are still many soldiers who can't even enter the city, so they can only camp and stay outside the city, Zhu Youzhen is still embarrassed to pick and choose, so he has to stay.

Yuan Chonghuan was very attentive to him, pouring wine and cloth dishes, and kept busy before and after.

Zhu Youzhen thought that Yuan Chonghuan, as a supervisor of the army, was the biggest official at this time, so how could he let him serve him, so he said: "Lord Yuan, you must have a lot of affairs in the army, so you don't have to worry about this king." ”

Yuan Chonghuan smiled slightly: "Your Highness, the detailed affairs in the army have their own corresponding personnel to deal with them." If anyone fails to do it, the lower officials can only hold him accountable. As a prisoner, the subordinate only chooses the most important ones! Otherwise, like Zhuge Wuhou, even the staff of the ordinary soldiers and soldiers with twenty military sticks, they have to personally supervise the punishment, wouldn't they be tired to death! ”

Zhu Youzhen originally didn't have a good impression of Yuan Chonghuan, and felt that in order to get Sun Chengzong's reuse, he did not hesitate to suggest and exclude Wang Zaijin, which was really a bit dirty. But at this time, listening to what he said, it made sense, and he had to nod frequently.

Yuan Chonghuan was very excited when he saw that Zhu Youzhen agreed with him, and said bluntly: "Your Highness, the day before yesterday, you handled the brawl in the army, although you also calmed down the situation, and the lower official thought that it was not appropriate enough. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhen traveled to this world, because he was a prince, almost no one dared to refute him. At this time, seeing that Yuan Chonghuan spoke without scruples, not like other people flattering all day long, but I liked his straightforward personality a little, so he smiled and asked, "In Lord Yuan's opinion, what should I do?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan also smiled, but only squeezed out one word from between his teeth: "Kill!" ”

"Kill? Kill whom? Zhu Youzhen didn't feel his heart tremble.

"All the generals who instigated the trouble on both sides in the first place should be killed!" Yuan Chonghuan followed his own train of thought and said, "For those who are handsome, the army must be strictly governed, not strict enough to control the subordinates, not strict enough to establish authority!" The Inspector is still a little kind-hearted! ”

"It's just a fight in the army, and you have to kill people, isn't it a bit of a fuss?" Zhu Youzhen was a little unimpressed with Yuan Chonghuan's views.

Yuan Chonghuan said with a straight face when he heard this: "Your Highness, you just want to make a big fuss!" Only then will the soldiers understand that even the slightest mistake can pay a great price. In this way, no one will dare to disobey the command. ”

Zhu Youzhen was speechless, thinking that Yuan Chonghuan's set was very much like some bosses of his original era.

When those bosses manage the enterprise, they basically don't treat people as human beings, and they don't even have the least respect for their employees. As long as an employee makes a small mistake, he or she will be fined at every turn, or even fired.

And these bosses also boast of how advanced their corporate culture is and how strong their execution is, completely ignoring the word "black heart" given to them by employees!