I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 170 This imperial envoy is outrageous!

Jiannu [-] iron cavalry bypassed Yehe and Neikalka, crossed the vast desert of Chahar, and began to roam and attack the Shanhaiguan defense line from the flanks.

At the same time, a 5000-man heavy cavalry in Hetuala City, dragging more than a hundred Hongyi cannons, advanced steadily.

Put the muzzle of the cannon on the chins of Shenyang Zhongwei and Liaodong Town, and it seems that they may attack the city at any time.

For a time, the land of Liaodong was surging.

Plants are soldiers.

Shanhaiguan, named 'Guan', is actually a small town.

The city is connected to the Great Wall, dominating the Liaoxi Corridor, guarding the main throat, and it is the biggest barrier for the Ming Dynasty to defend against Jiannu and Northern Barbarian cavalry.

Just as the Jiannu iron cavalry was rushing around and attacking the city, in a tall meeting hall in the Guancheng of Shanhaiguan, Sun Chengzong's face was ashen and sulking.

The imperial court, this imperial court is too outrageous!

The agreed double payment lasted less than half a year, and then began to default on various excuses.

It doesn't matter what gold coins or silver coins are, they are worthless anyway.

When Jiannu and Beiman do business, they always pay in cash.

No matter how bad it is, they will barter, using whole truckloads of mink fur, bear skin, tiger bones, and century-old wild ginseng in exchange for salt and iron, grain, and artillery in everyone's hands.

That's all really good stuff.

Those good things were transported to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, or Jinling, Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, and changed hands casually, wouldn't they be worthless money?
The key is food.

It doesn't matter if you don't transport food back and forth, anyway, everyone has long been accustomed to the arrears of food and salaries from the court, and the Liaoxi generals are not short of that little food.

The question is, why can Dongjiang Town in Phi Island guarantee double the food and wages?

Moreover, it is said that it is also equipped with some of the most advanced muskets...

Sun Chengzong couldn't figure it out, but he couldn't say anything yet.

How empty the national treasury is, he, the teacher of the late emperor, minister of the Ministry of War, and governor of Ji Liao, knows better than anyone else.

If it weren't for the idiot emperor's tossing around for more than a year, selling officials, land, road rights, and mining rights, and trying every means to get several batches of grain, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Henan and other places would have already Hungry everywhere.

Liaoxi generals are actually not short of food.

What they lack is food that is resold!
The Shanhaiguan line of defense stretched across hundreds of miles, with more than [-] soldiers raised. This is obvious. Those servants and private troops of the generals in western Liaoning were also included in the military register during the Tianqi period.

In other words, it is estimated that there are already more than 50 Liaoxi generals who need to be distributed by the imperial treasury.

50, against more than [-] Jiannu, and they were beaten so hard that they dared not show their faces, and the whole line was huddled in some fortified cities...

Sun Chengzong felt a little tired.

Jiannu iron cavalry, of course, are good at field battles, and they can certainly gallop across the hundreds of miles in the Liaoxi Corridor.

However, the defenders of the Ming Dynasty were able to hold on to the city, relying on artillery, muskets, mines, and even various defense equipment, to stand firm and wait for reinforcements.

The problem is that nowadays, the Hongyi cannons in the hands of Jiannu are almost on par with the Ming army in terms of quantity and quality.

Even, it may be more than two or three times as much.

Because the defenders of the Ming Dynasty were scattered in various cities and passes, and the Jiannu cavalry dragged hundreds of Hongyi cannons to run around. It can be said that they can fight whoever they want.

Which city you want to attack, you can attack that city.

Concentrate superior forces and defeat them one by one.

How could Sun Chengzong not know this truth?
But, besides building walls and passes, what else can he do?
"Reporting to the governor, someone outside Guancheng asked to see him, saying that there is an urgent military discussion." Just when Sun Chengzong was depressed, a soldier came in quickly to report.

"Who is here?" Sun Chengzong asked casually, a little strangely.

"I asked, but he didn't say anything," the soldier said, and took out a piece of bright yellow silk, "By the way, the person who came said that the supervisor has seen this thing, so he will know who he is."

Sun Chengzong was suspicious, and took the piece of silk.

After just one glance, his face changed slightly, and he said eagerly: "Hurry up, come out!"

Sun Chengzong walked out of the governor's mansion quickly, walked all the way, came to the south gate "Wangyang Gate", and directly ordered the guards to open the gate.

Outside the city gate, a middle-aged man was standing alone, wearing a green shirt, standing with his hands behind his back, and he was looking at the Great Wall pass in the distance.

"I thought it was the imperial envoy who came here, but it turned out to be the famous Mr. Mao Da. Sun Chengzong was busy with military affairs, and he was far away. Please forgive me, Mr. Mao Da!"

Once out of the city gate, Sun Chengzong took a closer look, his face froze slightly, and he hurried forward to greet him.

In Sun Chengzong's heart, he didn't really care much about Mao Yuanyi, the headmaster of the Daming Martial Arts Hall and a junior military staff member.

He led soldiers to fight all year round, but he only met Mao Yuanyi during the cold winter months last year.

The idiot emperor was tossing around, selling officials and nobles indiscriminately, and Jian Ba ​​had a large number of inexplicable talents, which was simply unreasonable.

This Mao Yuanyi, and that Song Yingxing, didn't they just write two broken books and coax the emperor into gaining his favor. How could they stand side by side with Jinshi and a feudal official like him?

Therefore, the subsequent reception seemed somewhat perfunctory.

If Mao Yuanyi hadn't taken out a piece of bright yellow silk with the emperor's seal on it, which was enough to prove that he was the emperor's imperial envoy, Sun Chengzong would not bother to pay attention to this 'Mr. Mao Da'.

Mao Yuanyi looked at Sun Chengzong's attitude with cold eyes, smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "Sun Dudu is busy with military affairs and has a lot of time to manage. If Mao Yuanyi is not on the emperor's order, how dare he bother you."

"Long Live God has an order to order Dudu Sun to send troops to rush to the front line of Jizhou Town, Datong Mansion, and Yulin Town without any mistakes."

After speaking, Mao Yuanyi cupped his hands, turned around and left.

Sun Chengzong was stunned.

This imperial envoy is outrageous!
The emperor's decree is like a child's play, standing under the gate of the city, making it clear in a few words, then turning around and leaving?

"Mr. Mao Da, please stay!" Sun Chengzong said in a deep voice: "Mr. Mao Da is invited to enter the city, and the governor will set up a banquet with wine, and show the friendship of the landlord."

"Please!"

Sun Chengzong pretended to invite the king into the city, but Mao Yuanyi didn't appreciate it very much.

Not much speculation.

This Sun Chengzong is a character, regardless of his rather clean official voice, his command of the military and government of Liaodong, and the deployment of the front line of Shanhaiguan, it seems to be remarkable.

It is much more pleasing to the eye than most officials in the Ming Dynasty.

But, so be it.

There was a smell of rotten Confucianism, but it seeped out from the bones, and it couldn't be stopped. It was sour, smelly, proud, and a bit... a pity.

If the city wall can be repaired to kill the slave cavalry with artillery, it would be so strange.

This made Mao Yuanyi quite uncomfortable.

"The military situation is urgent. Governor Sun is still busy dispatching troops and generals. It is a major event to intercept the Jiannu cavalry north of the Great Wall. As for the matter of setting up wine and banquets, after the victory of this battle, Mao will definitely discuss it." A glass of celebratory wine."

"By the way, Lord Long Live analyzed that Jiannu's attack on Shanhaiguan was a tentative attack, a feint attack, and Commander-in-Chief Sun should ignore it."

After speaking, Mao Yuanyi got on the horse, turned around and left.

Only Sun Chengzong was left with an angry face, glaring at him, but he couldn't get angry, he just squeezed the two fists in the sleeves of his robe and made a 'pop' sound.

(End of this chapter)