The autumn weather is refreshing and the Khan King has mobilized his troops.

Chapter 156

Sun Chengzong lived to be sixty-seven years old, and this was the first time that someone dared to pull out a sword in front of him without saying a word. Looking at Cheng Shijie's posture, he had the intention of chopping it down if he disagreed.

Theoretically speaking, no one in the Ming Dynasty dared to be so presumptuous in front of him, but the problem was that Sun Chengzong did not dare to gamble.

The older you are in the world, the less courage you have.

Cheng Shijie's rise was too fast, and Sun Chengzong, who had already left the center, didn't know much about Cheng Shijie. His understanding of Cheng Shijie was only reflected in the banknotes in Tang Bao Di. As a newly rising general in the military, Cheng Shijie appeared.

The frequency in the newspaper is not low.

It is difficult for the names of countless ministers to appear on this list in their lifetime, but Cheng Shijie appeared five times in just one year. The first time was when he served as a guard at Ning Haijun. As a fourth-rank military attache of the imperial court, Cheng Shijie had the opportunity to appear for the first time.

In this regard, the second time was for suppressing Kong Youde's rebellion, the third time was for sealing the general and conquering the captives, and controlling the Dongjiang Army. The fourth time was for the great victory at Jinshishan, and the fifth time was for the great victory at Haizhou.

In just one year, Cheng Shijie's name appeared in the newspaper as many as five times. It was difficult for Sun Chengzong not to pay attention to Cheng Shijie, but when he actually met Cheng Shijie, he turned on the knife.

In fact, Sun Chengzong was really not afraid of death, nor was he afraid of being threatened by Cheng Shijie. As a prince's young master who had spent his whole life in the officialdom, a former minister of the Ministry of War, a bachelor of Dongge University, and a bachelor of Wenhua Palace, when Cheng Shijie appeared in front of him

In front of you, it itself represents the attitude of the palace.

Sun Chengzong knew that there was no order to invite him to come out, which showed that there were still many people in the imperial court who opposed his coming out, so he could only compromise and let Cheng Shijie use his private identity.

If no miracle happened, he would have completed his legendary life in Gaoyang Gucheng in the eleventh year of Chongzhen.

"Yes, we have to fight!"

In Qianshan Town, about a hundred miles southwest of Anshan City in later generations, dozens of horses greedily gnawed dry grass on the grass. Fifty Ning navy scouts were divided into four teams, one after another.

A fire was lit, and iron pots were hung on the bonfire.

After half a month of investigation in Shenyang City, at the end of September, nearly 100,000 troops from the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Mongolian left and right camps, and Han military banners gathered in Shenyang City. Fan Yongdou's thousands of cattle and horses were robbed in Liao Zhongwei territory.

case, the investigation results finally came out.

The banners are hunting, the people are shouting, and the horses are neighing, which is a spectacular sight. The Jurchen Eight Banners, the Mongolian left and right camps, and the Han military flags, all the elites gather here, and the military appearance is unprecedented.

Cheng Shijie continued: "To be honest with Mr. Ge, the victory of Haizhou was not actually the result of Cheng and Ning Haijun. It was just the slaves who did not know the weather. A sudden late spring cold killed tens of thousands of slaves. Cheng was just

By luck, I missed it, and achieved this great achievement and victory, just to cheer up the people of the Ming Dynasty, and it does not reflect Ning Haijun's strong combat effectiveness!"

Cheng Shijie talks nice, but in fact he is using his tiger skin as a banner and using this old guy to protect him from the wind and rain. As long as he goes to Liaonan, everyone will look at him, but Cheng Shijie can

Taking advantage of the darkness under the lamp, he continued to do his thing.

He is sixty-seven years old. "Sixty years are rare in life." In this era when the average life expectancy is less than forty years old, sixty-seven is already an extremely old age. He should be able to enjoy peace and happiness at home, entertaining his grandchildren, but he is still worried.

Looking at the Ming Dynasty, an empire that was on fire everywhere.

Yuan Chonghuan relied on his talent and arrogance, Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang formed cliques for personal gain, Man Gui was reckless and rough, Mao Wenlong was unruly, and even Qin Liangyu contradicted them in person, he tolerated them and reused them, because these people were all outstanding talents of the Ming Dynasty.

In this time and space, such regrets will no longer exist.

Sun Chengzong understood.

"You have talents and talents, so you should be reused. You have done a good job. In less than a year, you have turned the wild land of southern Liaoning into a lush land where merchants gather, the granaries are full, and you have supported dozens of military households. Thousands of slaves were wiped out in one battle, which is truly jaw-dropping."

"Who did it?"

When Huang Taiji left Shenyang City on his war horse, countless soldiers of the Eight Banners raised their arms and shouted: "King Khan, King Khan!"

The Battle of Daling River was an eternal regret in Sun Chengzong's heart. Not only did he take the blame for the defeat, but at the same time, he also recognized the reality. He had lost influence over the Guan Ning Army, an army he had personally formed.

Sun Chengzong picked up the tea cup and took a sip, savoring it carefully and said: "You have done a good job. Being too eager is not a good thing!"

Sun Chengzong has always been like this, and it is his advantage. He has always been very lenient towards those who have the ability, and he can tolerate them no matter how big their shortcomings are.

"What a great sword, truly a peerless weapon!"

"King Khan, it's really not our people who did this!"

Fan Wencheng nodded: "It's very possible that we were fooled. This guy Cheng Shijie came up and deliberately acted very greedy to paralyze us and make us think that he was a very weak coward."

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The soldiers of the Eight Banners were so excited that they shouted at the top of their lungs: "Go south, go south..."

"No need to be polite!"

Water was boiling in the iron pot, and there were several pieces of beef jerky, salted fish, and horse meat floating in the water. Sitting in front of the campfire, the Ning navy scouts looked at the red lady who was disguised as a man and said, "Soup, there are some good ones." Stop hiding things!"

Huang Taiji was actually very angry. These bastards under him were too short-sighted. If they robbed the caravan, they could not guarantee the safety of the merchants. Will they do business with them in the future?

Although these merchants are very annoying and greedy at the moment. Huang Taiji himself also wants to strangle these greedy Shanxi merchants, but the question is, if there is no huge benefit, who will deliver supplies to them?

How could the Jian slaves survive in Liaodong without supplies?

It is exactly the same as his fortress strategy back then. If there is a difference, it is that the Ning Navy is not like the Guan Ning Army. The Guan Ning Army does not dare to fight in the wild with Jian Nu, but the Ning Navy officers are not afraid of Jian Nu.

The Sun family in Gaoyang held a great migration. Sun Chengzong's five sons, six grandsons, two nephews, and eight grandnephews, plus his wives and concubines, a total of forty-one people, followed Cheng Shijie to southern Liaoning.

Cheng Shijie then presented the three carts of gifts he had sent.

The only way they can obtain supplies now is from Shanxi merchants. The eight Shanxi merchant families, plus Cao Sanxi's family, are considered the nine major families. These nine major families have always advanced and retreated together. Fan Yongdou's cattle and horses were robbed, and other Shanxi merchants also Will wait and see, or even withdraw from Shenyang. This matter is really fatal for Daikin.

Sun Chengzong said: "I am old, what can I do for General Cheng?"

Sun Chengzong waved his hand and said: "Don't say any polite words. I have never promoted you, I just think you have talent. If I can hear your name as soon as possible, maybe Dalinghe..."

The red lady raised the bag in her hand and said: "It's gone, it's really gone. Today is the last day of our mission. We have to stand at the last post. If you want to eat meat, let's go back and eat it!"

"Not only was it not our people who did it, many of our tribes were plundered, especially the pastures in the Heliao grassland that were burned for hundreds of miles, causing heavy losses!"

Cheng Shijie immediately held the Tang straight sword to Sun Chengzong with both hands and said: "Master Sun of Sun Pavilion, I will give you a precious sword. What do you think?"

The victory report of Haizhou Victory was well written and full of flowers, but the details failed to withstand scrutiny. This was what was strange about Sun Chengzong. Listening to Cheng Shijie, the person involved, I finally understood the real reason.

Sun Chengzong is old-minded, and he still wants to see how far Cheng Shijie's fortress tactics can go.

"An old house where a treasure!"

This was Su Wannayan's impulsive behavior, and it was the only flaw. Even if the Jiannu soldiers and horses robbed Fan Yongdou's cattle and horses, they would not set fire to the pasture. Once the pasture was burned and the grass was gone, what would happen to their Jiannu soldiers this winter?

Very difficult.

The three carts of gifts were similar to those Cheng Shijie sent to the palace, but the portions were much smaller. One hundred kilograms each of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, beef jerky, milk pimples, dried fruits, etc., all of the same color ten kilograms, as well as cloth.

Not much in quantity.

"Come here, serve tea!"

Cheng Shijie said: "I am a latecomer, I would like to take you as my teacher, and I hope you will not dislike Shijie for being stupid!"

The Red Lady has successfully been promoted to the rank of Sentinel Commander during normal training. Her identity has not yet been discovered. Ning Haijun's scouts who perform well during normal training will be rewarded with dried meat, dried fruits, etc.

Using this kind of knife, apart from being unable to directly and effectively kill white-armored soldiers who build slaves, it will have a very good effect on red-armored soldiers or armored slaves.

Cheng Shijie didn't feel embarrassed, as if he wasn't the one who threatened Sun Chengzong with a knife just now.

"Xiaguan has not done enough, far from it. Now even Jinzhou looks a bit like Gaizhou, Fuzhou and Haizhou are still almost deserted!"

Sun Chengzong nodded.

Only then did Cheng Shijie take a serious look at this famous official in the late Ming Dynasty and the founder of the famous Guanning Defense Line. Sun Chengzong was quite tall, with beard and hair like snow, his face was covered with wrinkles, and his cheekbones were protruding.

Hard and sharp profile.

Huang Taiji coughed, asking everyone to quiet down, and said in a deep voice: "I know that everyone has been waiting for this battle for too long..."

In fact, Sun Chengzong was not willing to be lonely.

The handle of the Tang straight sword is wider at both ends and slightly thinner in the middle. It has excellent penetration effect. The heavy armor can defend against the slashing of the horizontal sword, effectively reducing the killing effect by 60% or even 70%, but it is not effective in defending against direct stabs.

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The cheers of tens of thousands of people came from far away, like a surging tsunami, drowning out all sounds. Those coated servants were prostrate in the dust, not even daring to raise their heads. They were not qualified to cheer and pay tribute to this Jurchen nobleman

Qualifications.

Huang Taiji sighed: "He was at his weakest around the autumn harvest. We wanted to use Cheng Shijie's people to harvest the crops in the fields so that we could pick up the ready-made crops. He used our ideas to make a plan to sell the grain.

Now that Liaonan's autumn grain has been put into storage, his Ning navy is also training day and night, and I'm afraid they are waiting for us to attack Haizhou at this moment!"

Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "I have known your name for a long time. Some people say that you are brave enough that no one can be worthy of you. Some people say that you are brave enough to take risks. I also admire you quite a lot. However, you are busy with chores and have never been able to find a chance to meet you.

You met me once, but I didn’t expect to meet you here today.”

Sun Chengzong carefully studied what Cheng Shijie did in southern Liaoning. Cheng Shijie built more than 30 forts in southern Liaoning, and rebuilt the four acropolises of Haizhou, Fuzhou, Gaizhou, and Jinzhou. He also built more in southern Liaoning.

The road that runs through the north and south takes the acropolis as the fulcrum and the town fortress as the contact point.

Therefore, Cheng Shijie was playing the role of a lawless and reckless man, while Sun Chengzong followed suit and pretended to be threatened by Cheng Shijie. Sun Chengzong hurriedly changed his tune.

Before the Ning Navy came to Liaonan, it was not difficult for them to obtain such supplies. Guangning, Jinzhou, Datong, Yulin, Yinchuan... these areas have become their fixed pastures, and when they see the harvest is good, they will kill and grab it.

One ticket.

Although Cheng Shijie drew his sword in front of Sun Chengzong, he was not too presumptuous. Compared with Cheng Shijie's ability, this was nothing worth mentioning.

Sun Chengzong was obviously a knowledgeable person, and he could tell the difference of this sword at a glance. Of course, just from the appearance, besides being able to chop and chop, the most different thing from ordinary swords is that it can stab.

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To be continued...