The female knight gave the order, and immediately many knights galloped after them. Some people jumped off their horses and brought all the abandoned cattle and sheep together. The female knight reined in the horses and walked around them. The four of them turned around in a circle with Xia Xun, her big eyes full of hostility. She looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, and she was very beautiful. For a young Han woman, she looked more vigorous and strong. But her leather hat The lapels and cuffs of her clothes all had an inch-long "wind". This snow-white fur decoration added a bit of charm to her sassy appearance.
Ding Yu, the commander of the Dingliao Central Guard, was looked at by her like a thief. He couldn't help but feel annoyed and blurted out: "What are you looking at?"
The female knight snorted, raised her chin slightly, and said disdainfully: "It's you Han people who set the rules, but it's you Han people who are seeking your own convenience!"
Ding Yu was furious and shouted: "What did you say? Get out of here, you stinky girl. Whose territory is this? It's your turn to be arrogant?"
Xia Xun stretched out his hand to stop him, and smiled at the female knight: "Girl, we are not selling or buying livestock. We are just wandering here and chatting casually."
The female knight glanced at him and ignored him. She obviously regarded his words as an excuse and did not believe it at all. At this time, knights returned one after another. One of them took off his leather hat, braided his hair and wore silver rings on his earlobes. There was a slight trace of sweat on his forehead, and he said loudly to the woman: "Come on, these people are very slippery. They just jumped around and ran away."
The female knight snorted, turned her horse and said, "Let's go and bring back the captured livestock!"
A group of people drove away with cattle and sheep. Xia Xun looked at their backs and asked Chu Bingbei doubtfully: "What do these people do?"
Chu Bingbei is an official in this city. He is the only one among the four who knows much about this place.
Chu Bingbei said: "Judging from this situation, these livestock sellers took small routes to avoid Hada City and sneaked into the original place. This was against the law, so when they saw the people who had the power to punish them, they So I had no choice but to run away."
Xia Xun said: "These knights look like they are all barbarians. Did the city hire barbarians to rectify the city?"
Chu Bingbei smiled and said: "No, the tribes don't know something. After the Jurchen and Japanese tribes joined us one after another, they often traded with the Han people to exchange what they had. As a result, these people either evaded taxes or were influenced by Han merchants." There are deceptions, there are people who don't understand the language and often lead to disputes, there are people who have bad tempers that lead to repeated conflicts, and there are people who are offended by different folk customs and get into fights. It's really unbearable to disturb.
Later, the imperial court thought of a way to use barbarians to control barbarians, and selected several powerful tribes among the Jurchen tribes as the masters to control the barbarians. Today's Hada City is a tribe designated by the Ming Dynasty to control the barbarians. , they have always had prestige among the Fan people, allowing them to live in harmony, control the horse market, and inspect and release travel, thus saving the government a lot of trouble.
At the same time, they are more familiar with the situation of the Fan tribes in various places than we are. They can know whether the Hu people of each tribe are enemies or friends of the Ming Dynasty with just one interrogation. As a result, it is difficult for spies and spies to have a shelter. Hada City is outside Guangshun Pass, on the front edge of Jingan Fort. With them blocking it, they can directly block the invading enemies from the north. We can open the original border wall of Guangshun Pass and Jingan Fort. It’s also very helpful.”
"But there are always people who want to evade taxes and take advantage, or they are people from tribes that are hostile to our Ming Dynasty. They also need to exchange for some necessities of life, but they cannot be tolerated in Hada City, so they take a small road to bypass Hada City.
, went straight into our Kaiyuan City to trade with the Han people, their goods were cheaper than those purchased from Hada City, so..."
Having said this, Chu Bingbei laughed and said: "Those who escaped just now were all smugglers who escaped from Hada City. The woman thought that we were Han merchants who came to buy private goods, so she was quite hostile to you and me.
But seeing as we are Han people, she doesn’t dare to do anything to us. If you and I were wearing Hu clothes today, we would be in trouble. I’m afraid they would take us back and be punished.”
"Oh? That's it!"
Xia Xun didn't expect that there would be a prosperous place of commerce and trade just around the corner. The delicacies and local delicacies from outside the pass were very popular among the people in the pass. Since Kaiyuan was an important town in the north of the Ming Dynasty, it shouldn't be connected here.
The market was also neglected. It turned out that this place was only used as a military camp, and there was another place specially designated for trading.
Xia Xun was refreshed and said happily: "Okay, if I have a chance, I have to go to Hada City to see it!"
Chu Bingbei, Ding Dusi and others looked at each other in confusion. This prince came to Liaodong with orders to oversee the military affairs in Liaodong. However, when he arrived in Liaodong, he was neither busy decorating the armament nor in a hurry to enforce strict military discipline, nor did he preside over military exercises.
What are you busy with?
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Xia Xun was actually not indifferent to Liaodong's military affairs. Before he came to Liaodong, he had already done a lot of investigations. From Liaoyang to Kaiyuan via Shenyang, he also listened to a lot of reports along the way and had a basic understanding of Liaodong's military affairs.
In his opinion, the military garrison, deployment of troops, and composition of arms in various parts of Liaodong have all been tested by long-term wars. Even if there were some original unreasonable things, they have gradually become more reasonable after the war.
He, Xia Xun, was not born in the military. How could he be better than those outstanding military generals who had successively served as governors of Liaodong since the founding of the Ming Dynasty? Let him, a man who has never attended a military academy and led soldiers, come here to point fingers.
Just a few times can bring about earth-shaking changes to the Liaodong army. Is there such a person in the world?
The reason why Xia Xun has been successful in all the tasks he has undertaken until now is not because he is an all-rounder, but because he is very clear about his own abilities and knows how to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses. For things that he is really not good at, he only
Generals, rather than soldiers, never point fingers and interfere directly with matters at the lower level, bypassing the officials below.
To change the situation in Liaodong, a stable environment is needed, and stability needs to be guaranteed by the army. The main problem of the army is not combat effectiveness. It is far from the end of the Ming Dynasty. The soldiers stationed in the villages are almost ordinary farmers, and the combat effectiveness has been sharply weakened. A Tatar
In the days when they could deal with seven or eight Ming soldiers garrisoned, in most cases now it is the Ming troops who chase the Tatars and beat them.
Take this time the Tatars raided 30,000 guards. If Shen Yong could send troops in time, they would never dare to attack 30,000 guards for two days and one night. Even if Shen Yong did not send troops, they would just run away after the plunder.
To a place hundreds of miles away, they are now engaged in the business of robbing homes and houses, and there is no need to treat them as evenly matched opponents.
Zhu Di dared to send him to Liaodong who was not very familiar with military affairs, especially when he had far less experience in fighting northern nomads than Qiu Fu. He obviously foresaw this result, so if Xia Xun just wanted to handle this imperial mission
Beautiful, it's easy. He just needs to rush to Liaodong, kill Shen Yong, tell Jiubian to strictly enforce military discipline, and then use the 50,000 elite soldiers he brought with him, and then mobilize a few people from near Kaiyuan to rush into the desert and burn it.
Kill a few Tatar tribes, and then you can return to the capital in triumph.
Once this matter was exaggerated and publicized, the emperor praised him again. From now on, he assisted the Duke Yang Xu in suppressing the Japanese pirates and fighting the Tatars, making him a great general of the Ming Dynasty! From this point of view, Zhu Di was quite interested in this brother-in-law.
, this time out of the fortress, it was obvious that he was here to be gilded, which was a very simple and glorious task.
Xia Xun took the initiative to increase the difficulty of the task for himself. The series of problems shown in Liaodong are not fatal yet. It may take one or two hundred years for the hidden dangers to gradually become apparent. Now, the Ming Dynasty is in a strong state.
The Tatars and Oaras have just established their countries, and it is the best time to correct these policy deviations in Liaodong. Correcting them at this time will get twice the result with half the effort. If you wait until the time of Chongzhen, the emperor of Qin, Han, Wutang, and Songzu will take the seat of Chongzhen. I'm afraid
There is no way to save it.
The current things also need to be considered, but that is not the focus of Xia Xun's mind. He has already arranged for his men to do it. One thing is to investigate and collect evidence that Shen Yongjian refused to save him and allowed the Tatars to plunder. This
The impeachment of the young imperial envoy and the personal and material evidence of Temuer were actually enough. Xia Xun deliberately delayed it because he wanted to find out how many cronies Shen Yong had in Liaodong and whether they could create obstacles for him.
Another thing is to understand the situation of the Tatar tribe that robbed 30,000 guards, find out their exact location, and strike with thunderous force. This is a major event to scare Xiaoxiao and boost the morale of the people. However, he does not need to put these
Everything is done with words, and the local Han, Mongolian and Jurchen people see actions rather than rhetoric.
After Xia Xun returned, he told Qianlong one more thing and learned everything about Hada City.
It turned out that Qianlong didn't have many informants in Liaodong. It was a vast place with few people. An outsider, even after being trained by Mrs. Xizhu and Xie Xie, was a secret agent who was good at disguise and good at dealing with strangers.
It is not easy to gain a foothold here and get enough information. However, the increasingly mature Metal Dragon spy still gave Xia Xun a satisfactory answer. In just a few days, he got what he wanted.
The information is right in front of you.
They inquired about the location of the Tatar tribe that raided 30,000 guards. The Tatar tribe was a large tribe of more than 20,000 people, with more than 4,000 young and strong warriors in the tribe. In view of the fact that the Tatars, regardless of age, women and children,
Being able to mount horses and shoot bows, the Ming army was the one taking the initiative to attack this time, fighting at the doorstep of others' homes. Therefore, Xia Xun estimated the opponent's strength to be 12,000, which was already an extreme number.
Xia Xun immediately mobilized his troops and began detailed deployment. The generals of the Liaodong guards received orders from Governor Jun: They were ordered to immediately lead their cavalry to Kaiyuan City to report before the agreed deadline. Anyone who failed to arrive after the time limit would be executed!
The 50,000 elite troops that Xia Xun brought from the pass were sufficient to suppress such a Tatar tribe, not to mention that there were three Kaiyuan guards and one troops that could be mobilized. However, Xia Xun gathered all the troops.
Guard all the cavalry, because in this battle, his purpose is not to crush, defeat, repel, or chase the enemy, but to completely wipe out this tribe from outside the wall!
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In the book review area, I saw a short joke about "Yang Xu in Liaodong" posted by a book friend. It was very funny. I posted it for everyone to laugh together:
Speaking of Fu Guogong Yang Xu, he spent all day in Liaodong stewed with pork noodles or oden, and he would say, "Turtle calf, what a thing, do you want to peel it?"
Then he became obsessed with the Northeast Errenzhuan. After returning to Jinling, he came to Zhu Di. Zhu Di asked him what he had gained during his trip to Liaodong.
Xia Xun said: "Oh my God, I'm telling you, Your Majesty, Gada is completely deserted. If you stand in any corner of the city and shout "Shaanbei Xintianyou", the echo will come back..." Then he said
The performance of the Northeastern duo gave Zhu Laosi, who did not know the truth, a chill and several black lines on his forehead...